Weaving Revival In New England Arts And Crafts Era
The piece celebrates hand weaving as a revived New England craft with linen silk and wool goods. It notes rag rug weaving by Massachusetts artisans and the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind in Cambridge using blind weavers. Detailed are loom skills, color work, Swedish linen methods, and regional centers in Deerfield Marblehead Hingham Lynn and Berea College Rug weaving and colonial town influence, plus a Tennessee link and rural mountain practice.
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New England
United States
Massachusetts
Arts and Crafts Association
Boston
Deerfield
Marblehead
Hingham
Lynn
Central Square
Cambridge
Massachusetts Commission For the Blind
Nyone
Far East
Indiana
Berea College
Berea
Tennessee
Almple
Queer ideas about food and superstition
A compact look at food related superstitions across cultures. It notes salt spilling as luck, thirteen at table with Christ and apostles, coin in pan east to west, oat cake offerings in Scotland, and a nine knob birthday cake with each guest naming animals.
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Judas
Galt
Christ
Scotland
Cards Cause Double Tragedy Trailed to Kentucky Hills
Indiana reports two deaths linked by alcohol and a card game dispute. Clarence Jones, 28, shot Claude Pruitt, 23, then killed himself within 50 feet of the victim. Pruitt recently married. Jones left a wife and daughter. The other item tells of Nelson Fritz, an escaped Michigan City convict, captured near Barbourville Kentucky after a seven year chase, and sentenced to life in Bedford for murder.
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Frankfort
Ind
Hillisburg
Here
Clarence Jones
Claude Pruitt
Pruitt
Jones
Michigan City
Indi
Nelson Fritz
Bedford
Lawrence County
Cumberland Mountains
Barbourville
Thomas Larmore
Larmore
Blue Ridge
Fritz
Latmore
Grandfather Dropped Dead After Boy's Tragic Accident
Corydon Indiana report tells how Herbert Hitner ten died when a gate latch injury caused his death while staying with Charles Embs in Morgan county during his parents divorce proceedings. The shock of the boy's death caused Embs' heart failure and his grandfather died upon hearing the news.
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Corydon
Ind
Herbert Hitner
Floyd County
Charles Embs
Embs
Morgan County
Saloon Men Arrested In Elk Resort Raid
Two Winamac saloon operators George Shorter and George Mott were arrested for selling intoxicating liquor after a raid on The Elk. They were bound over to the circuit court each on $500 bonds secured by former Judge Burson. Fourteen barrels seized. samples sent to state chemist. Civic Revival under way in Northern Indiana with sessions in St Wayne Wabash Logansport Goshen South Bend and Valparaiso. Two youths Chester Long and Albert Brooker drowned in the Ohio River near Louisville while swimming. bodies not recovered.
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Winamac
Ind
George Shorter
George Mott
Elk
Burson
Winona Lake
Indiana
International Reform Bureau of
Washington, D. C
St. Wayne
Wabash
Logansport
Goshen
South Bend
Valparaiso
Ohio River
Jeffersonville
Chester Long
Louisville
Albert Brooker
Ohio
Grain Elevator Fire Destroys Lebanon Structure
J. W. Witt's grain elevator in Lebanon Indiana was totally destroyed by a fire with losses of about $8,000 and $4,000 insured. Very little grain was stored at the time. Suspected arson involves local youths.
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Lebanon
Ind
J. W. Witt
Striking Coal Vein Found Near Chrisney Indiana
While drilling for oil and gas near Chrisney in Spencer county a six foot coal vein was struck. Several shafts will be sunk this fall and the new coal field developed by Evansville operators.
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Evansville
Ind
Chrisney
Spencer County
Village Blaze Destroys Smith Valley Lumber Yard
A fire in Smith Valley near Indianapolis destroyed the Rush & Paddock lumber yard and several small homes. Loss estimated at $20,000 with partial insurance coverage.
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Tig Village
Indianapolis
Ind
Smith Valley
Rush & Paddock
Unearths a Skeleton in Albany Indiana
In Albany Indiana William Johnson of Frederonia unearths a human skeleton beside a largely decayed purse containing 79 two dollar fifty cent geld pieces while plowing on the river bank. A separate note reports Sullivan Indiana strikes a gas gusher about two miles west of town yielding over 1.5 million cubic feet daily from a 723 to 750 foot depth. A fragment ends with mention of sleeping youths killed by a train in Greenfield Indiana.
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New Albary
Wm. Johnson
Fredonia
Sullivan
Ind
Hanly Praises State Funds Earn $33,000 Yearly
Indiana Governor Hanly told the state board of finance that public depository funds yield $33,000 annually in interest. He said the arrangement is worthwhile financially and marks a shift from prior speculative handling, with funds now deposited daily into the state treasury.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Board of Finance
Hanly
Executive
Treasury Departments
Publc
protest over pay plan by Indianapolis bolk er workers
In Beech Grove Indiana most bolk er makers at the New York Central shops went on strike after the company adopted a piecework pay plan. The layler makers had planned to quit for two weeks unless pay reverted to the straight time method.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Bolker
New Beech Grove
New York Central
Indiana Hens Lead Nation in Egg Laying by County
A statewide bulletin compiled by Statistician Moore shows Indiana hens laid 62,018,508 dozen eggs last year, down from 62,410,102 dozen in 1966. Hamilton County topped counties with 1,858,472 dozen, followed by Jay County with 1,258,159 and Allen County with 1,287,008.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Moore
Indiana
Hamilton County
Jay County
Atllen County
Eleven Counties Will Stay Wet In Indiana Vote Study
S Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana Anti Saloon League, completed an estimate on local option law impact. He predicts within two years not more than 11 of Indiana's 92 counties will remain wet. Evidence Points To Murder In Columbus Body found on White River banks. 18 year old Mrs Curtis Piercefield reported killed. John Underwood arrested for the murder.
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Indianapolis
Ind
S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti- Saloon League
Indiana
Columbus
Curtis Piercefield
White River
Here
John Underwood
Judge Denies Masena Request For Unsupervised Book Review
Warsaw Indiana authorities refused former Deputy County Treasurer Roy Masena permission to leave his cell to review county treasurer's books with guards unless the judge orders otherwise. The matter rests with Judge Moyse as the case proceeds.
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Warsaw
Ind
Roy Massena
Warsaw bank to pay 26 percent dividend August fifteenth
Will Get a Dividend, South Bend, Ind. The Koascinako county bank at Warsaw, Pnd., which was closed by the state authorities, has announced that the stockholders of that institution will be given a dividend of 26 per cent of their deposits about August 15.
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South Bend
Ind
Koascinako County Bank
Warsaw
Pnd
Democrats Nominate County Ticket in Lawrence County
In Bedford Indiana the Democrats of Lawrence county met at the courthouse and nominated a full county ticket. Thomas Welch of Mitchell was named as representative. The gathering was very enthusiastic and orderly.
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Benz
Evansville
Indi
Dubois
Perry
Crawford
Huntingburg
Ind
Samuel Benz
Crawford County
John Henz
Leavenworth
Ancient Mariner
Indiana
Bedford
Lawrence County
Thomas Welch
Mitchell
Fatal accident at unfinished horse race heat
In Terre Haute Indiana during the second heat a horse named Kruger driven by McDonald broke through the railing and impaled its breast on a sharp scantling. The horse died almost immediately and the rider was not mentioned in the report.
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Terre Vaute
Kruger
McDonald
Thieves Steal $65 From Man Displaying Wallet in Public
In Indianapolis two thieves obtained sixty five dollars from James Morgan of Flat Rock Indiana by noting his wallet in public. Morgan showed the pocketbook to validate having money and was left poorer after the encounter.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James Morgan
Flat Rock
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Indiana State
Kentucky Hills
Anti-Saloon League
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R. C. Minton
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David H. Hall
Renee Af
Finance Board
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