Burned Hotel Fire In Sullivan Ends In Unknown Death
At the Mc Cammon hotel in Sullivan Indiana a blaze started by two kerosene explosions destroyed the three story brick structure. An unknown man died, incinerated by heat as firefighters struggled with a crippled water supply and delayed hose lines. Suspected arson involved a small dark prowler seen near the third floor before the fire.
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Sullivan
Ind
McCammon
Littl
City Water Works
Belle Winkle
Eimah
Tie
Gretar
Terre Une
Indianapolis
Issife
Turck
Suffering from twenty gunshot wounds after hunting accident
Newcastle lid. Ams 18, Hoover, son of farmer John Moorer near Spicebind, was shot by Bert Stultz who mistook his hat for a squirrel. Hoover sustained twenty wounds to head neck and shoulders but will recover. Townsend, Dr. Fima Jones Townsend, Drhilie tion ticket coroner nominee, is married to George L. Townsend.
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Newcastle
Ams
Fdea Hoover
John Moorer
Spicebind
Bert Stultz
Stultz
Dais
Troover
Beta
Severaal
Otter
Tooger
Hartford City
Ind
Fima Jones Townsend
George L. Wywnsend
Taynsend
Woman's Madiene College
Baltanere
Wells Report From Sullivan Area Exposes Production
Sullivan Ind Aug 1 An oil well has been brought in on the Janson farm west of town with a daily production of twenty barrels. The Jamison farm features three off wells and three gas wells the only producing wells of either kind in the Sullivan weld.
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Sullivan, Ind
Janson Farm
Jamison Farm
Sullivan Weld
Wat tle’s whirlwind campaign hits Elwood district
Elwood Indiana August 13 W D Wattles Socialist candidate for Congress plans a whirlwind campaign. His nineteen year old daughter Alice will stump the district with her mother and two singing brothers joining in for the tour.
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Elwood
Ind
W. D. Wattles
Congress
Alice
Milk price rise announced by Elwood dealers
Elwood Indiana milk merchants warn customers that as of November 1 milk will cost ten cents per quart due to the pure food law requiring a standard unattainable by old methods. A small article adds a light fiction snippet about Mr. Henley and Miss Fairley reflecting on self-image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Ind
Spectacle at Rotorua for US Fleet Visit
Rear Admiral Sperry and U.S. fleet officers toured Rotorua with Prime Minister Ward and Maori hosts. The trip featured the opening of a new government bath, Maori welcome, and geysers. A rifle match between Auckland teams and the fleet ended with Auckland 2 374 points to 7 246 for the battleship shooters.
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Auckland
Sperry
Rotorua
Shermat
New Zealand
Wonderland
Ward
Tikitere
United States
Cleaning a Clock How to Care for a Clock Properly
Simple guide from Popular Mechanics on cleaning clocks without taking them apart. Use benzine on rag and sable brush, remove dirt with dry method, oil with high quality clock oil, test solvent on skin, avoid vegetable oils, oil escapement teeth lightly, dry parts before final oiling, test movement after cleaning.
Will Post Get A Pass
Washington August 13 In reply to a Chicago woman's inquiry about lawful free transportation to New Mexico for Harry P Post of Maywood interstate Commerce Commissioner Thurman Opites offers his personal view. He says Post must be destitute or indigent and without support and that railroad officials must investigate and ensure the passenger is destitute before issuing free transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mstelle Ryan Snyder
Chicago
New Mexico
Harry P. Post
Maywood
Interstate Commerce
Thurlan Oxpites
Post
Tiarhin
Sailor School Ship Hoodooed in Fatal Explosion
Six people were killed and eighteen formed in a gunn explosion aboard the school ship Compoune off Les Latins ViTyeres during target practice. The disaster followed a string of fatal accidents on beam the Cou renne in sixteen months, blamed on breech block failures and powder decomposition. Three of the wounded remain in critical condition.
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Toulon
Aten TS
Schood
Les Latins ViTyeres
Reerdins
Courenne
Tria
Various World News Snippets Span Elections Fires and Flights
The report highlights electoral appearance rules in New York, Manitoba farm help demands, a Le Mans aeroplane flight by Wilburn Wright, ore dock strikes at Superior Wisconsin, a Sand Point timber fire under control, Texas Republicans naming a full state ticket, Kingdon Gould mining in Mexico for a month, Sherman as a vice presidential Republican candidate, a typhoid outbreak in Mankato Minnesota, a city health probe, and a national bureau plan to scientifically test infant foods for health safety.
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New York City
Ciba
Manitoba
le Mans
Teratee
Wilbne Wright
Great Northern
Superior
Wis
Sand Point
Republicans of
Texas
Kingdon Gould
George J. Crould
Guinajuato
Mexico
Sherman
Republcan
Mankato
Minu
J. W. Andrews
Bureau of Chemistry
National Department of Agriculture
Personal notices span city visits and travels
Ray Horner spent Wednesday in Chicago RE. J. Miller went to South Bend on business and Mr. and Mrs. IF. A. Reece plan a Buffalo trip. Several locals, including Miss Emma Ballenger and G. R. Needham, were in the city for business or visits. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Johnson of Marion street. others planned trips to Davenport, Davenport and Buffalo Bill show in South Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RE. J. Miller
South Bend
James Fanning
Terre Haute
Emma Ballenger
New Carlisle
G. R. Needham
Buffalo
Albert
Clayton Erwin
Ligonier
Bent
Newhouse
Anna Trainor
Goshen
C. S. Sage
Michigan
Jacob Lynn
Marion
Kas
John Inbody
Winona Lake
Victor Johnson
Marion Street
C. H. Stafford
Davenport
Eugenie Meader
Reading
Mich
Bertha Bitner
Fort Wayne
Grant Dennison
Buffalo Bill
Allene Nopper
Chicago
Louise Roswell
R. E. Proctor
Warren Burrell
Decatur
Ind
Eagle Lake
David Mangold
Allegheny
Art Wilson
Col. Conn
Pacific Coast
Ira H. Chruch
Allie Troxel
George Berkey
Pindl’s Landing
B. BE. Lawton
Olive
Beaver Dam
Wis
J. W. Ellis
E. N. Sykes
New York City
G. W. Spohn
Vera
Lillian Spohn
Paul C. Jagua
Portland
Winona
Mme. Schumann-Heink
Catherine Raymer
C. C. Raymer
Olive Raymer
George Mountjoy
George W. Swartz
Wakarusa
Swartz
Democrat
Frank Strayer
M. W. Kesler
Elkhart
Leander Anderson
Wawasee
H. D. Wilson
Community Announcements From Elkhart Society Pages
A compilation of social meetings and events in Elkhart includes the L S and I C Sewing Circle at Mrs Sadie Dickerhoff 228 Crawford street an ice cream social at Flossie Loudenslager 1020 Center street and a Ben Hur meeting with officer installation Friday night. Also listed are Missionary Society gatherings at Mrs A L Gotwalt 205 Division street Y P S C E ice cream social at William Foltz 202 Kenyon avenue Five Initial Club outing to South Bend and August L O T M ice cream social at Mrs J B Whyler 306 East Jackson street plus notices for W H M Society at Grace Lutheran and a lawn social by W C T U. A socialist speech at Main and High streets Friday and Mila Tupper Maynard address Saturday precede a mass meeting at Island Park with Elizabeth Stanley of Liberty Indiana.
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Flossie Loudenslager
Center Street
The
Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
A. L. Gotwalt
Division Street
J. A. Snook
Congress
Socialists
King's Daughters
Walter Martin
East Jackson Street
Ladies’ Aid
U. B
Elkhart
the Brethren Church
William Foltz
Kenyon Avenue
South Bend
Metcalf
Indiana Hive
W. H. M. Society
Grace Lutheran Church
Fred Bentz
Marion Street
Walter J. Millard
Main
High Streets
Mila Tupper Maynard
Island Park
Elizabeth Stanley
Liberty
Ind
Indiana
Lowestoft china and the rise and fall of its works
The London Globe recounts how Lowestoft’s Warren House area hid the discovery of fine clay that sparked a 18th century earthenware boom. Hewlin Luson and Gunton Park led to a factory’s 1756 start, a 1775 hard paste debut, and a peak by 1770 to 1800 before high costs and rival makers precipitated a 1803 closure.
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Lowestoft
Warren
China
Hewlin Luson
Gunton Park
Cornwall
London Globe
Clerical Clothes In New York Tale From Tailors
A western clergyman recounts being refused a clerical suit by a New York tailor who says ecclesiastical garments are not their specialty. The tailor redirects clerical orders to specialists to avoid errors embarrassing for both clergymen and tailors.
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New York
New York Sun
When Sleep Was Trumps and Fencing With Umbrellas
A Tarper’s Weekly essay recalls a university chapel routine once led by night owls who stayed awake for morning services until an abrupt time shift left the usual crowd absent. A French note mocks American ingenuity by tracing umbrella fencing to Mme Guillemot in Paris, long before U.S. adoption.
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Tarper
America
France
Mme. Guillemot
A Real Dilemma Between Devil and Deep Sea
Plodding Pete asks about a Sunday school paper fragment that ponders being between the devil and the deep sea. Meandering Mike explains it means choosing between going to work or taking a bath.
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Mike
Pete
Chicago News
Spirit of the Open Life in English Canadian Verse
An excerpt underscores the enduring charm of country life and nature in English literature from Chaucer to Wordsworth and into modern Canadian poetry, noting a moral mood pervading scenes of scenery. A light humor item follows about a man leaving his brain to a hospital in a mock dialogue.
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Chaucer
Wordsworth
Montreal
Central League Results and Standings Summary
South Bend defeated Evansville 6 to 0 in seven innings. Dayton lost 0 to 10 while Zanesville drew 2-2 and Grand Rapids Terre Haute postponed. Standings list Dayton Evansville South Bend Grand Rapids Fort Wayne Terre Haute Zanesville Wheeling. Cy Young has pitched 18 1/2 major league seasons with 471 wins and 277 losses. Criger often shared in his triumphs or defeats.
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South Bend
Evansville
Zanesville
Dayton
Grand Rapids-Terre Haute
Grand Rapids
Fort Wayne
Terre Haute
Wheeling
Cy” Young
Criger
Little Cottage Home House Auction Terms Offer
Six room cottage on a 40 by 70 foot alley lot offered for 800 dollars. Cash down 150 dollars with the balance payable at six dollars monthly plus interest at six percent. Property described as centrally located. D M Best.
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Little Cottage
D. M. Best
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Sullivan County
Mr. Henley
Admiral Sperry
Case
Warelaw
Mobwonkee
Sus
Sr Teeeree
Ray Horner
Mrs
IF. A. Reece
W. 8. Kessler
Jackson, Mich
City
W. H. Allen
Cr. O. Miller
Hill Store
C. F. Rogers
Lexington Avenue
Saranac
Albert Mangold
Ff. C. Richter
Bull Lake
Harvey Witwer
California
J. M. Hughes
Simonton Lake
W. EF. Stanton
W. F. Stanton, Jr
John C. Beverly
Lloyd
Niagara Falls
Enos Hite
Toledo
Hite
S. J. Raser
Syracuse
Charles Shipman
No. 1204
West
Franklin Street
James Shipman
Rothers
M. J. Plats
Plymouth
Spittler
Myers
Delbert Smith
Mishawaka
Edward Claussen
King & Weaver’s
Beautiful Plains South Panhandle
Kelsey
Schafer & Son
Monger
L. S. and
I. C. Sewing Circle
Sadie Dickerhoff
Crawford Street
Star Billiard Hall
the Daily Review
Briggs
Manufacturers’ and Merchant’s Exposition
Royal Italian Band
News OF Sports
Hoffman Sanitary
Lexington Ave
Hoosier
G. Curtis
C. E. Paxson
Uncle Sam
W. H. Theis
South Side
Main St
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co
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