29 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
1
Local notes report Frencesville Fall Festival set for September 17 to 20, 1907 and various shopping, textile, and sales events. Marsh Rice of St. Paul visits, school picnics at Barklay township and Jones Island are noted, with farm and department store promotions and a study of crop conditions.
Mrs J F Osborne died at 3 AM Monday in Monticello after a period of nervous and prostrated illness. Born in the county 53 years ago, she married Elijah Warfield in 1877 and later J F Osborne in 1887. Survived by husband Willard Ora and George are deceased, with Willard the only living child. Funeral at residence, then burial in Rensselaer. Funeral notice ends with festival attractions and local vendor ads.
A long list of prizes and premiums for a county fair including cash values for best displays in baking canning poultry eggs butter bread cakes and fruit. Donors include J H Mallon L H Swisher C A Clark and many local merchants offering goods from $1 to $13 plus items like a Studebaker wagon and a J. I. Case fertilizer attachment.
Secretary of the Treasury George B Cortelyou announces a plan to deposit government funds in New York Boston and other cities for five weeks or more to prevent monetary stringency and possible panic at the peak of the crop moving period. Funds will be placed at designated points where needed. Previously deposits were limited to New York and were often mistimed.
Secretary Travis secures Miss Mabel Davenport, famed aeronaut, for daily balloon ascents and parachute leaps at the county fair on September 26. Davenport, an eighteen year old, ninety five pound brunette, will thrill crowds as part of efforts to make the fair the biggest and most entertaining yet. The fair will also boast over seven thousand dollars in speed prizes and a renovated grounds setting.
The Knox area launches a temperance drive with over $1000 pledged. Prosecution officials, ex judges, local press, and Starke County lawyers back the campaign as teachers gather for the county institute in Winamac. A Reynolds blaze destroys a block’s retail heart in a storm, with losses pegged at $25,000. The White County Grand Jury gears up for Monticello court terms as a detective aids the Citizens League in pursuing cases. In farming news, granite powder as potash fertilizer could cut costs, with trials showing promise and industry interest rising.
Notice invites boys to a free gambling course September 17 to 20 with a full corps of teachers located on the public street. Fathers are urged to bring their boys and participate to encourage them, signed by W. C. Haymond.
For sale good cane mill and fixtures complete plus a platform scale. Cheap price. Inquire at Tribune office. The Commercial Hotel will serve Sunday dinner at 25 cents. A special invitation is extended to you and your friends. al? 2
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