Gettysburg reunion recalls blue gray encounters and uniforms swap
Union and Confederate veterans revisit the Gettysburg field for the fiftieth anniversary. Stories recount friendships and exchanges of uniforms between a Oregon blue and a Louisiana gray veteran. Notable figures include James H. Lansberry, L. D. Munsee, and John Francis Key.
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Gettysburg
A. T. Dice
Reading Railway
Oregon
New Orleans
Dice
Louisiana
South
Reunion of blue and gray sparks warm receptions in camp
A fife and drum corps led a procession through the Confederate camp area, greeting veterans who reported a cordial reunion. Two men named John Carson, one Union from Burlington NJ and one Confederate from Burlington NC, met by chance.
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W. H. Fielg
Houston
Texas
Marine Department
Confederate Navy
Flelg
Confederata
Man In Blue
Corfaderate
Gettysburg
John Carson
Burlington
N. J
N.C
Jersey Carson
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Congress
Spain
Signal Corps
Army
Quezon
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Fire at Indiana Harbor Post Office Wreckage and Casualties
A fire destroyed the old post office at Indiana Harbor and damaged a new three story building. One man burned to death, four seriously injured from jumps and burns, and a total of twelve violent deaths reported in the Calumet region in the past day.
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Hammond
Indiana Harbor
Anastasia Livejanas
John Peter
Peter Nicholas
John Miylish
Paraskavos
Calumet
Indiana
Mike Sicklit
W. H. Lewis
Steel Corporation
John Yardovich
Indiana Harbor Canal
Howard Pridgeon
Gary
Flintlake
Yen Hung How
Promoter Held for Fraud in Laporte
Abner Griffin a mining promoter from Seattle was arrested in Laporte on charges of selling worthless stocks. He was held on $1,000 bail after W W Hane filed the charge. Griffin sold about $12,000 worth of stock to Laporte residents with one dividend paid. He claims the mine was worked but the company cannot pay further dividends due to refusal of smelter companies to handle the ore.
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Laporte
Abner Griffin
Seattle
Wash
W. W. Hane
Griffin
Lightning Fatalities Hit Selah Area MusseI Diggers
Lightning struck a tree near Shoals during a storm, killing Richard Summers and injuring Thomas Salmon and Summers' son, along with Salmon's two sons. Summers, 40, leaves a large family. A nearby building was struck injuring Charles Troutman Mark Edwards and two others, who were briefly unconscious.
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Shoals
Richard Summers
Thomas Salmon
Summers
Charles Troutman
Mark Edwards
Franklin College Fails to Secure Rockefeller Gift
Franklin, July 2. The last of a $200000 fund was raised to claim the $50000 offer from John D. Rockefeller. The college needed completion by July 1, 1918, and ended about $5000 short of the required total.
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Franklin
Rockefeller
Franklin College
John D. Rockefeller
Motorist's Tie Dangers Robison in Near-Fatal Crash
South Bend July 3 A long necktie nearly killed 9 B Rob inson of S M Robinson & Son real estate when his tie caught in a car engine during cranking. The tie snapped, saving his neck per doctors. In Brazil July 3 Louis Schultz quits after 24 years as a drug store clerk to take his first vacation, missing one illness day.
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South Bend
B. Robinson
S. M. Robinson & Son
Robinson
Brazil
Louis Schultz
Romance Sparks From Boxcar Wave in Bransville
A romance tale begins with Warble H. Whitten, brakeman, waving to Misa Lola A. Powell from a boxcar in Bransville on July 3. The readable fragment hints at a budding relationship sparked by a railway greeting.
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Bransville
Warble H. Whitten
Misa Lola
Warrant Issued for Winfield Fox in Terre Haute Case
Judge J I Cox issued a warrant for Winfield Fox after Eva Close won 34300 in a breach of promise suit. Fox, a high school teacher in Washington Indiana, faced potential state flight. He had filed bankruptcy defenses previously quashed by federal referee Albert D Raab and Judge Anderson. Fox admitted ongoing calls and kisses but denied any marriage promise.
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Terre Haute
J. I. Cox
Superior Court
Winfield Fox
Eva Close
Cox
Fox
Washington
Ind
Albert D. Raab
Anderson
Mins Mapes
West Terre Haute
Miss Close
Indiana News in Brief Highlights Across Cities
In Peru a jury convicted Hann of perjury and he seeks a new trial. Richmond reports a man named John Goodwin killed himself by drinking acid. Petersburg notes Pierson fined $35 for bootlegging his second offense. Kokomo celebrates an $80,000 Eagles building dedication with 5,000 attendees. Sullivan covers a toddler's broken thumb from a cannon accident at courthouse park.
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Peru
Frank Hann
Richmond
John Goodwin
Cambridge City
Petersburg
P. J. Pierson
Pierson
Kokomo
Sullivan
Joe Booth
Chester Booth
Courthouse Park
Lafayette
Metropolitan Police Board
Shelbyville
John J. Wingate
Morning News
Columbus
Pennsylvania
Frank Kosik
Edinburg
Crawfordsville
City Health Board
Horace Burnham
Frank Harmon
Sullivan County Miners’ Examining Board
Abraham Rhinehart
Dunkard
Hig
Aaron Coblentz
Tipton
Cicero Township
Tipton County
William Reed
Martindale
Reed
Amboy
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mra
Emma E. Rosler
Booneville
Guy Hart
Indiana Reformatory
Hart
Evanavilla
Josephina Dickmeyer
Vanderburg
Dickmeyer
Chester Morford
South Bend
Willard Arney
Enoch Highshew
Mishawaka
William Booker
Jeffersonville
Arney
Booker
Rushville
G. P. Hunt
Must Always Pray as a Path to Higher Life
Rev Charles R. Brozzi argues that Jesus and all true Christians show the power of prayer. Prayer cleanses life, concentrates divine affection, and brings a new force affecting outcomes, from children’s balloons to moral choices, while urging believers to ask seek and knock for guidance and aid.
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Jesus
Seta
Lfe
Unseen
Charles R. Brozzi
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James H. Lansberry
St. Louis
Third Indiana Cavalry
Madison
Gettyeburg
Barna
Harry K. Thaw
Daniel HB. Bickles
Matteawan
Schoon‘maker
Thaw
Sickles
Thas
L. D. Munsee
Erie County
111Th Pennsylvania
Peachtree Creek
Sherman
Muncee
Munsee
Georgia
Francis Scott Key
Alexander Hunt
Virginia
Mr. Hunter
Illinois
Daniel BE
Babes
Lansberry
Indiana News
Frank Kinner
Glen Miller Park
Kinner
Bruin
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