13 Jul 1911
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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
1
Community notes cover visits, sales, illness, and events. Mentions Crane’s Cream at Jones, Fly Skoot promotions, local car purchases, school and church socials, and upcoming games by Francesville and Medaryville teams with brief results and fan attendance. Includes obits, family visits, and farm activity across towns like Reynolds, Medaryville, and Lafayette.
Rochester merchants once formed the Business Men's League to shut down saloons, then shifted to boosting trade as small towns went wet. Breweries report triple business and strong competition as Rochester jolts the market. Also notes Barnum and Bailey circus touring with a 400-strong company, pioneering acts, and massive illumination on its grounds.
Charley Shultz formerly of Beaver township died in Phillips Oklahoma when a balloon he helped ignite caught fire. He was lifted about 400 feet before the craft exploded and he dropped to his death. Witness A M Baughman notified relatives and the body shipped to Francesville for funeral services led by Rev Paul M Schroeder. Interment followed in German Evangelical cemetery Beaver. Shultz, 38, left surviving sisters and a brother. Meanwhile in Starke County, sixteen hoboes were rounded up. four jailed for vagrancy and sentenced to fourteen days to work on roads under sheriff and marshal supervision.
Threshing time brings coal with strong heating value. Crabbs Reynolds Taylor Elevator notes. County voting machines sent to Rochester New York last Tuesday for new attachments, perfected since sale to Pulaski county. Alterations free of charge. county pays only two way freight. Sleepy Eye Flour at Clark's.
Plain white dinner plates cups and saucers offered in bulk with limited time pricing. 25 dozen of each item received. one dozen plates for $1 one dozen cups and saucers for $1 or half dozen for 60 cents.
Mr and Mrs William Lehmann express gratitude for kindness and the many floral offerings during the illness of their infant daughter Leona Dorothy.
Bible School at 9 30 am worship at 10 30 am preaching services then 7 30 pm prayer and Endeavor meeting every Wednesday evening at 7 30 pm.
After forty years in hay making the author warns that best hay comes from mature grasses and proper curing. Wet hay heats in the stack causing loss of value, while field curing prevents sweating. A simple test checks stem breakage to confirm readiness for storage and to avoid dust and loss.
For sale by Mrs. Mary Parker of Francesville a Jersey cow listed via the Salem Evangelical Church notice. Contact Francesville Rural Route 1 telephone 121 R to arrange viewing or purchase.
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