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Newspaper

Francesville Tribune

Location

Francesville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1912

Page

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Local notices of visits and travels across Indiana towns

Mr and Mrs Robert Layman from Medaryville and many others from Michigan City Noblesville Monticello and Lafayette visit relatives and attend events in Francesville Beaver and surrounding areas. The article lists numerous northern Indiana residents and guests including school graduates and birthday celebrations with names such as Madge Jones Myrtle Geyer and Anna Colbo along with local officials and church groups.

Robert Layman Medaryville William Rees Michigan City Glen Ale Noblesville Will Hart Lafayette H. A. Myers Clyde Myers Monticello Joseph Kruger Beaver German Evangelical Church Abram MecGorkham Chicago Lewis Lehman A. Moncel Risk Clarence Geyer Western Union Telegraph Company Harve Critten Shayne Stanley Asa Roush Mattie Garwood Monon Cora DeVault Pythian Sisters’ Lodge B. H. Thompson Knox William Schleman Charles R. Lizenby Y. P. C. E. Society Pleasant Ridge Church Francesville Blues R. J. McMurray Mulberry Florida H. L. Severns Alsen N. D Lyda Rice Sainsburg Mich Severns St. Paul St. Marie Tribune College of Physicians and Surgeons University of Ilinois Studebaker Hall Leslie Stine Fred Stine

Boy Injured In Pony Accident Near S K Jones Residence

Herbert Schleman suffered two broken bones in the left leg when a pony slipped on a cement crossing and fell near S. K. Jones' residence Saturday. He was brought home for surgical care from Doctors Sharrer and Sharrer. The condition was described as not serious and likely to improve. The rest of the text advertises local goods and sales at Doyle's, Holub's, Hubbard's, Cox's, Boehning and Wolfe's, and Clark's Grocery.

Ronald Timmons Francesville Madge Jones Lenore McMurray Christina Auxier Audrey Garrigues Mabel Werner Ralph Myers Virgil Coffel Willis Wolfe Leon Minnicus Roy Thrasher Herbert Schleman S. K. Jones Sharrer

Winter killed wheat devastates Indiana Ohio Illinois crops

Government monthly crop report bulletin shows nearly half of seven million acres planted in wheat last fall in Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois was winter killed. Nationally 6,569,000 acres, about 20 percent of last fall sown, are so damaged they will not be harvested. Abandoned area exceeds prior years and more than twice the amount abandoned in the past.

Government Monthly Indiana Ohio Illinois

Buick Touring Car Destroyed by Fire Near Lake Maxinkuckee

The four cylinder Buick belonging to Auker and Sons of Knox burned on the road near Lake Maxinkuckee while Elza Aukerman and T. A. Wetherford rode inside. The fire likely started from a faulty carburetor or self ignition. The rear was saved but the loss is nearly total. insurance covered $700.

Aukerman & Sons Knox Lake Maxinkuckee Elza Aukerman T. A. Wetherford

Registration law sparks protest signers limit

An opinion arises that only legally registered voters may sign a remonstrance against a liquor license applicant while many state voters are disqualified for not registering, prompting calls to apply.

Local trades and sales items from Monon Indiana

Insure with Fitzpatrick Work shirts 3 for 1.00 at Holub s. Schleman s trade pays. J H Mallon at Indiana polis last Thursday. Mrs Wilson Timmons visited friends in Manon yesterday. For Sale Sweet potato plants. Mrs Joseph Butcher phone 1140. We do not keep P N corsets we sell them. Mrs L H Swisher. Nugloss polishes and preserves furniture woodwork and floors by Boehning Wolfe. On hand at Monon Green House Geraniums colors sizes bud and bloom. Bargains 5c to 20c with vegetable plants. Send orders or visit. Mrs S H Myers Co Monon Indiana.

J. H. Mallon Indianapolis Wilson Timmons Manon Joseph Butcher P. N. Corsets L. H. Swisher Boehning & Wolfe Monon Green House S. H. i Myers & Co Monon Indiana

Controversial Me nance Paper Sparks Local Uproar

A Logansport Chronicle letter blasts The Menace anti Catholic paper for bias and vulgar insults to Catholics. It condemns free speech, calling the editor a nuisance despite not being Catholic. The same issue reports the death of Mrs. Clara Koster Saltwedel at age twenty one from heart failure on the Saltwedel farm. Her funeral was held at White Post Evangelical Church with burial in Koster Cemetery.

Logansport Chronicle Menance America J. W. Saltwedel John W. Saltwedel

Record of Two Prisoners Paroled and Reoffended

Warden Fogarty recounts two inmates paroled March 11, 1911, who travelled from Plymouth to Ft Wayne and Indianapolis, received final discharges March 11, 1912, and were later arrested for new crimes and sent back to the state prison, meeting again with deputies.

Kk. J. Fogarty State Prison Board of Trustees Plymouth Ft. Wayne Indianapolis

Typhoid Vaccination Effort Aids Memphis Flood Relief

Memphis Tennessee with 150,000 residents faces typhoid fever after Mississippi floods. The city adopts vaccination against the disease and reports over 3,000 people vaccinated with 10,000 more to receive vaccination soon by city officials.

Memphis Tennessee

Wool sales and local ads in Francesville Indiana

The notice lists Wool from J. R. Hayworth Produce Co seeking top market price and invites selling. Other classifieds promote Babies Embroidered Hoods at Mallon’s Crane’s Cream at Cox’s Restaurant D. M. C. embroidery floss at Mrs Swisher’s new buggies at Schleman’s Buggy Store and account collections at State Bank of Francesville with receipts.

J. R. Hayworth Produce Co J. R. Hayworth & Co Francesville Indiana Crane’s Cox’s State Bank of O. T. Higgins & Co

Popular Couple Wed In Fort Wayne nuptials

Dr. Raymond J. Ives wed Miss Kathryn Fitzpatrick at the bishop’s residence in Fort Wayne. After modest wedding events they visited Chicago then returned to start housekeeping in a home bought from F E Burger. Mrs Fitzpatrick is the high school graduate daughter of Mr and Mrs William Fitzpatrick. Dr. Ives, formerly from Stuttgart Arkansas, studied at Northwestern and Hahnemann and built a local practice.

Raymond J. Ives Kathryn Fitzpatrick Herman J. Alerding Ft. Wayne Chicago Ives LaSalle FE. R. Burger William Fitzpatrick Francesville High School Stuttgart Arkansas Northwestern University Hahneman Medical College the Tribune

Also Mentioned on This Page

S. W. Kahler Myrtle Geyer Star City Ross Nolan Ab Whitaker A. E. Malsbury Remington Myrtle Hudgens Pearl Geyer John F. Kopka Grant Gunnerson Mrs. Chamberlain Sam Hall Grace Brown Brookston William Davis I. N. Davis James Clark Rose Columbus Mesdames Janie Rishling Elizabeth Tee Battleground Anna Colbo Jennie Fawn Gilsinger Pulaski Patrick Hackett Qwen Dailey San Pierre Chester McCormick North Judson News Rensselaer E. J. Collins New Albany John Cover Wm. Boehning Wm. Hubbard Wm. Tiede Wm. Koster Elzie Coffel Roy Myers Wm. Schumaker Warren Morgan Rahn-Johnson Construction Company Chicago Heights Harvey Brannan Monticello Herald Christine Auxier Helen Shirtz Helen Schleman Johnny Westphal Paul Delamere Louise Spitler Nina Myers Sadie Westphal Docie Culp Mildred Esther Wymer Viola Nickerson Ocie Grafton Ida Maxwell Soren McMurray Alberta Dunn Juanita Aken A. T. Patty Kewanna William Hubbard Hamlet Thomas McCormick Reynolds George Hansell White Post Township S. E. Jones Walcott Goldie Thrasher Solsberry Lois Doris Petra Fern Nellie Parker Ruth Wolcott Glen Riley Laporte M. A. Beck Mary Martha Cords Beaver Township W. R. Jones John Jennie Colbo Tippecanoe Sarah Aery Winamac Charles Topp Lewis Miller Anna Frank Markley Joseph Manion Ella O’brien Swisher Barraboo Wisconsin Albert Brown H. L. Rogers Rubin Rhinehart Fern E. Ri Ws Monroe Township Gus Daseke The Rhinehart Feyn E. Riggs Vililet Metz Monroe Agnes Bain Marcella Hoover Boy Doyle’s Holub Hubbard’s Crane Boehning and Wolfe’s Clark’s Grocery W. J. Hubbard’s Boehning Wolfe Patek Fitzpatrick Holub’s Schleman’s Papers Mallon’s Mallon Joseph Fox John Fitzpatrick Hazel Hullinger
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