Burris Nominated as Prosecuting Attorney at Middlebury Convention
At the judicial circuit convention in Middlebury the two counties spoke for Burris of Elkhart and Ganlard of Lagrange to succeed Burris on January 1, 1910. Each earned their full county vote. Elkhart's Burris 25 and Lagrange's Ganlard 9.
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Judicial Circuit
Middlebury
Elkhart County
L. I. Burris
Lagrange
L. K. Ganlard
Burris
Ganlard
W. HE. Wider
Elkhart
A. S. Zook
Harold Keith
Goshen
Mr. Haskins
Lagrange County
Ekshart
Shick
Butler Addresses City Taxes At Century Club
About 75 to 100 Century Club members and guests heard G. W. Butler discuss city taxes and their sources and destinations at the club on Monday evening. The hour long address was well received and followed by a short discussion. The essential points were previously presented in the Review after his Presbyterian church talk.
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Century Club
G. W. Butler
School Coal Let Contract Awarded to Local Supplier
The school board opened bids for Pocahontas coal for the coming year and ash removal. Coal bids ranged from 3.60 to 3.63 per ton, with Consumers Coal Co. at 3.53 winning the contract. Ash removal bids varied from 50 to 75, with O H Archer awarded the contract at 50.
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Pocahontas
Consumers Coal Co
J. P. Sanders
Brusman & Co
O. H. Archer
St. Joseph Valley Lines Trip Reports No Track Work This Week
The expedition of H. EB Bucklen C. HI Winchester and S. Maxon to La Grange on Monday was partly business and partly pleasure. There is no track building by St. Joseph Valley Traction Co or St. Joseph Valley Railway Co at present. The main work is tiling for drainage and track repairs. No discussion of extending the line from Middlebury to Elkhart and no prospect of new construction.
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St. Joseph
No Tidings of Arthur Wilson
J C Wilson, father of Arthur Wilson who was linked to night rider allegations in Corbin Kentucky, said he had heard nothing from Kentucky authorities or his son. A Osceola woman received a card from Miller of Knoxyne and the Wilsons suspected a match. mail to Miller was returned by the post office.
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Arthur Wilson
J. C. Wilson
Corbin
Kentucky
Osceola
Miller
Knoxyne
Wilsons
Arthur
Autoboat by Frank Deitl Aims for 20 MPH Speed
An autoboat twenty seven feet long with a three and a half foot beam, built by Frank Deitl, is to be launched below the dam soon. It will use a four cylinder engine and may reach twenty miles per hour if it meets expectations. Plans were bought from the maker of the Redskin autoboat.
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Frank Deitl
Redskin
Zigler Moves Office to New Lexington Avenue Location
Attorney H B Zigler relocated from the Monger building to the lower floors of the Dr Haggerty building on Lexington avenue. He will share rooms formerly used by Dr Haggerty and maintain a compact, convenient office. The Lucky Horse Shoe Mining Co moved into upstairs rooms in the same building today, taking over Pounder’s vacated offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Zigler
H.B. Zigler
Monger
Dr. Haggerty
Lexington Avenue
Mr. Zigler
Lucky Horse-Shoe Mining Co
Dr. Pounder
Brinningstall Discusses Dowagiac Case After Release
James Brinningstall and brother John Bunningstall traveled to Elkhart to reunite with his wife and two children and plan a return to Dowagiac. He reported his store job remains open and criticized Detroit papers for exaggeration. Sheriff confirmed the Brinningstalls are legally married, blocking admission of the wife as a witness.
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James Brinningstall
Justice Edwards
Dowagiac
Detroit
J. H. Kinnane
Brinningstall
Jones
Cass County
Arkansas
Brinningstalls
Fire damages kitchen at 305 Division Street
Fire at 5 55 a m destroyed the kitchen roof of a frame dwelling owned by Mrs A B Miller at 305 Division Street and occupied by Josiah Myers. One water stream drenched the kitchen addition while the main structure escaped damage. Cause suspected chimney spark, loss not estimated and insured. A small office fire at J L Wright Big Four car repairer damaged clothes and scorched the interior but was quickly put out with origin unknown.
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Division Street
A. B. Miller
Josiah Myers
J. L. Wright
Big Four
Griffin consolidates stores at South Main address
W A Griffin closes the former J J Hoffman shop and moves the stock into his own store at 427 South Main Street. The consolidation ends the Hoffman outlet and centers remaining goods under Griffin’s business.
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W. A. Griffin
J. J. Hoffman
South Main Street
Couple Rescued After Boat Capsize on St Joseph River
A well known young couple, unnamed, enjoyed an anxious scare when their row boat overturned under willow branches on the St Joseph river near William Cronkhite’s livery. They clung to limbs like turtles until Cronkhite and an acquaintance assisted. After dry clothes, they continued their fishing trip as locals discuss cutting back the low limbs.
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St. Joseph
William Cronkhite
West Franklin Street
Cronihite
Boat Mishap Near Eagle Lake Averts Tragedy
A Cobn sail boat encountered trouble near Eagle Lake last Sunday. Arthur J. Cohn Fred Kent W H Kent Patrick Murphy and C Chalmed of South Bend were thrown into the water. George Young of Elkhart rescued the two non swimmers while a nearby launch assisted others.
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Eagle Lake
Arthur J. Cohn
Fred Kent
W. H. Kent
Patrick Murphy
C. Chalmed
South Bend
George Young
Elkhart
County Charities Report Sparks Infirmary and Jail Needs
The Elkhart county board of charities calls for a lighting plant at the county infirmary and a bath and laundry at the county jail. It also recommends creating a board of children's guardians for Elkhart County.
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County Charities
Elkhart County
Milk Thieves Target Homes Near Wambaugh Depot
Milk thieves have struck regularly in the Garfield avenue block near Sixth street, with milk taken before dawn from homes of Elizabeth Laidlaw William Fulmer and C A Nusbaum. Authorities note ongoing thefts around the Wambaugh milk depot and suggest the thefts have persisted for weeks.
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Wolf's Addition
Wambaugh
Elizabeth Laidlaw
William Fulmer
C. A. Nusbaum
Sixth Street
Garfield Avenue
Vagrants Arrested After Marion Street Disturbance
Two vagrants begged on Marion Street causing alarm by peering into homes. They sought food and could have entered empty houses. Sergt. Whiteman arrested the men on Harrison Street and they were booked as vagrants by Officer Little.
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Marion Street
Sergt. Whiteman
Harrison Street
Officer Little
Overcoat Stolen From Bugay During Church Visit
George Garberich of 1007 Cleveland avenue reports his overcoat taken from his buggy while he attended a U B church business session Monday evening. He tied his horse outside and was away under an hour as many passersby observed. Police were called to 912 Marion street to chase a gang of youths causing a disturbance at S J Guyer’s residence.
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Bugay
George Garberich
Cleveland Avenue
U. B
Marion Street
S. J. Guyer
Darr Versus Darr Case Postponed to September Term
The Darr versus Darr case did not finish in the recent term as Judge VanFleet planned a post noon finding of facts. Attorneys argued the facts all afternoon, requiring a rewrite. The case will proceed in the September term with the law points still to be argued.
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Superior Court
VanFleet
County Board of Review Opens Thirty Day Session in Goshen
The Goshen board of review began a 30 day session Monday. Members include John A. Pence of Jackson township C E Divehart of Concord township Assessor Bryner Auditor Batchelor and Treasurer Croup. Grievances will be heard and bank and corporate assessments reviewed with township hearing dates to be published.
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County Board of Review
Board of Review
Goshen
John A. Pence
Jackson Township
C. E. Divehart
Concord Township
Bryner
Batchelor
Croup
Alumni Reception for New Graduates at Hotel Bucklen
Preparations are complete for the high school alumni association annual reception honoring the new graduates at Hotel Bucklen this evening at 7 o clock. The event follows the program published in the Review and welcomes all graduates without formal invitations.
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High School Alumni Association
Hotel Bucklen
Jefferson's Big Receipts Close Goshen Season
The Jefferson at Goshen closes the regular season with Carter on Monday night as summer vaudeville awaits. Receipts totalled about $25,000 across the run, with nine big stars featured. Goshen drew patrons from Lig onier Kendallville Warsaw and nearby towns.
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Jefferson
Carter
Goshen
Ligonier
Kendallville
Warsaw
June 2 1920s News Briefs From Elkhart Area
School board orders coal. Attorney Zigler moves his office to Dr. Haggerty building. Hicks predicts a stormy June. Carr brothers receivership not concluded. Alumni reception tonight. Interurban time card next Monday. Pattison's alleged accomplice in abduction bail set at 1000. Butler tax talk may spur Century Club action. Senior class play may repeat for Clark Hospital. Shively to address Elkhart Woodmen next Sunday. A couple of small fires. Board of review in session. Brinningstall arrives after family. County charities board recommends. George Young rescues at Eagle Lake. Elkhart couple docked in St Joseph river. Deitl to launch fast motor boat. Griffin merges store stock with own. Wickwire-Harper liquor case witnesses in Plymouth. Burris renominated. Lagrange speakers for harmony. Barney Oldfield's wife injured in crash. Milk thieves reported. More bodies expected on Gunness farm. Lake Michigan waves claim two days of fighting. Red River rises. lives lost. Republican committee arrives in Chicago. Oregon race pledge backdrop. Mauretania sets westbound record. Ex-Senator J K Jones dies. Methodist conference ends. Indiana banker confesses horse theft. Shelbyville child killed by brother. Billy Sunday notes. Buller dies in London. New York fatal fire. Lilley talks congress. B of L E elects officers. South Bend contest to be close.
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Zigler
Lagrange County
Harmony
Barney Oldfield
Weather Forecast Summary From Miles Medical Co
Government forecast issued daily by Miles Medical Co shows maximum and minimum temperatures and wind velocity listed as 64 and 12 miles per hour respectively.
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Miles Medical Co
County Commissioners Discuss Orphans Contract and Purdue Scholarships
Supt J M Appleman of the Miami County orphans home at Mexico Indiana appealed to the county board for a contract to care for Elkhart County orphans at twenty five cents a day with a ninety day home guarantee or no charge. The matter is under advisement as the board weighs the proposal. The panel will select two students and four alternates for Purdue scholarships. Quarterly reports were given with Clerk Fleming noting 1320 75 total, 360 30 from the superior court and 960 45 from the circuit court.
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J. M. Appleman
Miami County
Mexico
Ind
Goshen
Hikhart County
Elkhart County
Mishawaka
Barney Oldfield Escapes Another Smash-Up In Lowell
Barney Oldfield the famed auto speedster had a second crash near Lowell Massachusetts on Monday. His machine skidded into a tree and his wife suffered serious injuries including a badly hurt spine while three companions sustained bruises. Officials mentioned a possible fatal injury to his wife though not confirmed.
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Barney Oldfield
Lowell
Mass
Hoover Out on Bail in Abduction Case
Samuel Hoover, owner of Hotel Lagrange in Ligonier, linked with W. W. Pattison in the abduction of Mrs. Sargent, claims Pattison believed to be an officer of secret service. Hoover has been released from Noble county jail at Albion on a $1000 bond after difficulty finding bondsmen.
Nautilus Heads to Havana First Spanish Warship Since War
The Spanish training ship Nautilus lies at Vera Cruz and will depart soon for Havana Cuba. Upon arrival she will be the first Spanish warship to visit Cuban waters since the Spanish American war.
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Vera Cruz
Havana
Cuba
Cuban
Engineers elect Corrigan and Murray to top posts
Ed Corrigan of Hillsboro Texas is chosen assistant grand chief engineer and Harry Murray of San Luis Potosi Mexico is elected first grand assistant engineer by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. J H Welch of Atlanta is named chairman of the new board of trustees and delegates vote to restore the old $7 a day compensation system. local subdivisions will set pay.
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Columbus
Ed Corrigan
Hillsboro
Tex
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Harry Murray
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
J. H. Welch
Atlanta
General Office
Contest May Be Close in Republican Convention
South Bend reports a tight race for the GOP nomination for congress between John L. Moorman of Knox and Charles W. Miller of Goshen. Delegates to the district convention at Plymouth on June 9 will be chosen Friday night. Moorman is favored in most county blocs. Miller claims strength in Elkhart, Kosciusko, and portions of St Joseph.
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South Bend
John L. Moorman
Knox
Charles W. Miller
Goshen
Congress
Plymouth
Miller
Moorman
Elkhart
Starke
Marshall
Pulaski
Fulton
Knoxman
St. Joseph
Kosciusko
Truelson Confession Tainted in Gunness Murders Case
Sheriff Smutzer returned from Vernon Texas with Jules Truelson who admits the confession was faked to avoid Texas forgery charges. Smutzer plans to resume digging on the Gunness farm citing locations Truelson named where a man and a woman were buried near the Pere Marquette tracks.
Billy Sunday Attacks Ministers in Sharon Revival
The evangelist and former baseball star Billy Sunday halted a revival at Sharon Tabernacle telling Presbyterian ministers they are corrupt and vain. His sermon sparked consternation as some clergymen left the First Presbyterian church while Sunday demonstrated his points with athletic theatrics before finishing exhausted.
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Pittsburg
Billy
Sharon
Here
Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Church
the Tabernacle
Sunday
Oregon to Have Democratic Senator Nominee
A statewide canvass shows Governor Chamberlain has been nominated for United States senator to succeed Senator Fulton following yesterday's primary. The legislature is Republican but must honor the primary result and elect Chamberlain.
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Oregon
Portland
Ore
Chamberlain
United States
Fulton
General Buller Dies in London
Sir Redvers Henry Buller, the notable English general who led operations for the relief of Ladysmith in the Boer War, died today in London.
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General Buller
London
Sir Redvers Henry Buller
Ladysmith
Red River Rises In Texarkana Flood
Red River continues to rise near Texarkana Arkansas and many residents are feared dead or missing while hundreds become homeless in the flood.
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Texarkana
Ark
Red River
Fairbanks in Race to Stay
Senator Hemenway authorizes a public statement denying false reports about Vice President Fairbanks. He says Fairbanks will be presented for the presidential nomination in Chicago and any claimed deviation from his current position is untrue.
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Hemenway
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Chicago
Congressman Lilley defends name amid House stigma
Waterbury Connecticut June 2 Congressman Lilley issues a lengthy statement defending his name against stigma from the house of representatives. He accuses Boutell chairman of the investigation committee of trying to quiet him by sending a letter through Lilley’s wife from the family physician advising withdrawal of charges.
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Waterbury
Conn
Litley
House of Representatives
Boutell
Lilley
Taft Headquarters Inaugurated As RNC Arrives In Chicago
Fifteen members of the Republican National Committee reached Chicago, while the Washington contingent arrived. The Taft bureau named Claude Watts to lead the Taft headquarters in the Auditorium Annex as the convention began to take shape.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Washington
Coliseum
Taft
Claude Watts
Taft Bureau
Auditorium Annex
Ryan declines to discuss Nebraska fund report
New York June 2 Thomas E Ryan refused to discuss a report that he contributed to the Nebraska Democratic campaign funds to elect William J Bryan as U S senator in 19 He said he would not attend the Democratic national convention in Denver.
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Ryan
New York
Thomas E. Ryan
Nebraska
William J. Bryan
United States
Denver
Roamer Reaches Chicago After Lake Michigan Ordeal
After two days battling Lake Michigan waves, the small yacht Roamer and its three occupants arrived in Chicago from Michigan City exhausted by the terrifying voyage. Life savers assisted as they were brought ashore.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Michigan City
Nevada Democratic Convention Endorses Bryan Platform
The Nevada Democratic convention in Reno reports the Bryan faction gaining control. Delegates to Denver are pledged to Nebraska-born candidate Bryan as the platform denounces the Republican administration.
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Nevada
Reno
Nev
Bryan
Denver
Fatal New York Fire Claims One Woman
A deadly blaze on Thirtieth Street in New York gutted an apartment. One woman, Mrs Marie Belle Craine, died and five others were seriously burned while a dozen residents were rescued by firemen with clothing ablaze.
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New York
Thirtieth Street
Marie Belle Craine
Senator Dick says Foraker not out of presidential race
June 2 report from St. Washington states Senator Dick declares Senator Foraker has not retired from the presidential contest. His name will be placed in nomination.
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Foraker
St. Washington
Senator Dick
Senator Foraker
Witnesses Called in Plymouth Liquor License Fight
Twenty five witnesses were sent from here to Plymouth to testify to the residence of signers of the remonstrance in the F. W. Wick and W. H. Harper liquor license cases. The case is expected to take all day tomorrow.
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Plymouth
F. W. Wickwire
W. H. Harper
Italian Artist Presents Bronze to President Roosevelt
Baron Mayor des Planches the Italian ambassador introduced Francisco Vitteri the Italian artist to President Roosevelt who received a small bronze depicting the departure of the Atlantic fleet from Hampton Roads on its world cruise.
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Washington
Baron Mayor Des Planches
Roosevelt Francisco Vitteri
Hampton Roads
Hearst's Gain Is 89 Votes In Mayor Election
Recount of twenty six ballot boxes shows Hearst gains eighty nine votes over McClellan in the last mayoralty election. The tallying in New York continued through the day with Hearst holding the edge after the latest count.
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Hearst
New York
William St. Hearst
George B. McClellan
Public Debt Rises by 11,171,379 in May 1908
Washington June 2 The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business May 30 1908 the debt less cash in the treasury stood at 936,338,615 an increase for the month of 11,171,379.
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Washington
Unrest Reported in Central America on Steamer ACAPUCO
Passenger reports on the steamer Acapucuo arriving in San Francisco from Central American ports describe great unrest in Central America.
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San Francisco
Central America
Banker Confesses to Nine Horse Thefts in Indiana Case
Indianapolis June 2 Robert H B Green Waynetown banker and church member jailed on wholesale horse stealing charge may be tried in Marion county. Police say his operations were broader than known and he confessed to nine stolen horses shipped to Chicago dealers and dispersed nationwide. Detectives recover horses for owners in Indiana and pursue further claims.
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Indianapolis
Robert HB. Green
Waynetown
Marion County
Warren
Fountaino
Tippecanoe
Montgomery County
Green
Frank Duncan
Chicago
William Willitts
Attica
Ind
Duncan and Willitts
Kane and Finley
Newgass & Son
Dexter Park Avenue
Canada
Norviel Survives Incline Roller Coaster Slide
Frank D. Norviel, general passenger and freight agent of the Indiana Union Traction line, slipped at the top of a sixty eight foot incline at Mounds park and slid down onto soft earth. He escaped serious injury after landing in wet clay and receiving painful though minor damage.
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Norviel
Widow Honors Husband With Large Greenfield Funeral
The funeral of Dr. Noble P. Howard in Greenfield Indiana was conducted under I O O F auspices with Rev. W W Blair of the Christian Church officiating. The service drew one of the town’s largest crowds and the casket was laid to rest at Forest Rose Cemetery. The widow sent a bouquet of fifty two lilies memorializing the years he lived.
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Greenfield
Ind
Noble P. Howard
Wv. W. Blair
Forest Rose Cemetery
Howard
Neighbors Help Plow and Plant for Ill Farmer
In Muncie Indiana on June 2 neighbors aided James Kautzman near Yorktown whose illness kept him from planting. They formed a plowing party, plowed and planted the entire farm while his wife and a son wounded by tragedy were already ill, and another son is ill at home.
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Muncie
Ind
James Kautzman
Yorktown
Kautzman
Fred
Clarence Asbey, Originator of Living Pictures, Dies
Clarence Asbey, aged 51, originator of the plan of showing famous statuary with living models, dies in South Bend after a two year illness. Asbey spent nearly twenty years touring worldwide with P T Barnum's circus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Living Pictures
South Bend
Ind
Clarance Asbey
Asbey
P. T. Barnum
Circus
Babies Play Soldier Ends in Accidental Shot
In Shelbyville Indiana on June 2 Floyd Jackson three years old died after being accidentally shot on the front porch by his six year old brother. The elder had a shotgun while the boys played. In Russia three girls and eleven men were sentenced to death by court martial for attacking a post car on the Vistula railroad last January.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Floyd
Walter Jackson
Wargin
Russia
Sokolow
Vistula
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Auto
Whiteman
Uesday
Gunness Farm
Mauretania
J. K. Jones
Indiana
Buller
New York City
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H Roosevelt
Duncan
Newgass
Willitts
George Delree
Shadeland
George Crawford
Lockport
N. C
John Masterson
Linden
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