Week's Happenings in Francesville and Nearby
Local notes cover store ads from Mallon's and Porter's, visits by shoppers from Lafayette and Huntington, and upcoming events. Community members discuss transportation ties, railroad substation moves, and a possible Dem congress convention site. A Sunday school picnic, Christian Endeavor delegates, and temperance stance by the United States Brewers Association are noted amid church activities and local politics.
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John Mara
Lafayette
Michigan City
Monon
R. W. Burris
Gillam Township
Chicago
Pleasant Ridge
Star City
Christian Endeavor
Logansport
Francesville
United States Brewers’ Association
Milwaukee
United States
Taft Dominates Credentials in Chicago Republican Convention
The Republican National Convention in Chicago faces strong wrangling over seating as Taft supporters control credentials and organization. Other candidates lack strength against the powerful machine, while Indianapolis papers back Charles W Fairbanks.
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Chicago
Taft
Indianapolis
Chas. W. Fairbanks
Couple Weds in St Joe Michigan After Eluding Plan
Estel Markin son of George Markin and Besse Doll both county farm workers began a trip on June Sth to Francesville to meet kin but rode the Monon to St Joe Michigan instead arriving Saturday morning and marrying there. Jasper County Democrat.
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Estel Markin
George Markin
Besse Doll
Francesville
St Joe
Michigan
Jasper County Democrat
Death From House Quarrel In Delphi Family Feud
Amos Platt died after a quarrel with Mack Lewis Frank Likens and Jessa Franklin at his Delphi home. Platt suffered three head wounds from a poker and a knife wound to the heart during an intoxicated dispute with his alleged half brother Likens and others.
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Jessa Franklin
Mack Lewis
Frank Likens
Delphi
Amos Platt
Platt
Likens
Community observes Children’s Day with varied program
Children’s Day was observed at the Christian church with salos, duets, recitations, dialogues, and chorus singing. A large audience filled the seating, the pastor urged service beyond worship, and a missionary collection was taken. A town ditch project was discussed for northeast drainage at the county commissioners’ court. Dr J W Wiltzshire and Mrs Boltz visited the Boltz home last week.
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The
Christian Church
Dr H C Sharp on tuberculosis in prisons and immunity
Dr H C Sharp of the Indiana Reformatory in Jeffersonville argues tuberculosis deaths stem from mixed infections, not simple TB. He urges strengthening resistance and bodily repair, noting outdoor treatment is impractical and drugs should play no role. The piece also reports Indiana state bank assets and deposits rising from February to May with 248 banks to 254.
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H. C. Sharp
Indiana
Reasons for Decline of Sheep in Northern Indiana
A stockman outlines several factors reducing sheep numbers in the region. High land costs, clearing and draining of pastures, low flock life power, higher fencing costs, and competition with hogs limit sheep farming. He notes profitability hinges on wool around 25 cents or more and August or September lamb prices near one dollar.
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Indiana
Have You Purchased Cold Tea Swindle Warns of Tea Bottles
Swindlers peddling bottles labeled cold tea at $1 in central Illinois towns trick thirsty buyers into believing they buy whiskey. The mixture is only cold tea of good quality, and with no false pretenses the victim has no recourse.
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Sinois
Pleasant Ridge church cancels Saturday services
Church announcement notes no services at Pleasant Ridge church east of Francesville on Saturday. Evening session begins at 11 o clock with the sermon Casting stones at Christ and a 7 30 pm service on Old Time Religion. Familiar songs accompany the evening service. all are invited. S G Fife, Pastor.
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Pleasant Ridge
Francesville
Christ
S. G. Fife
Definition of a gentleman reprinted in poised moral terms
A quoted definition extols a gentleman as clean inside and out, who respects all classes, can lose without whining and win without boasting, shows consideration for women, children, and the elderly, and is brave, generous, and fair. The piece frames this ideal as a timeless standard.
Garwood and Heltzel Wed At Parsonage Ceremony
On Wednesday evening at 8 o clock at the M E parsonage Charles Garwood of Garwood Bros and Miss Mattie Heltzel were united in marriage by Rev Northrop in the presence of a few relatives.
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M. E. Parsonage
Charles Garwood
Garwood Bros
Mattie Heltzel
Northrop
Independent Township Convention Nominates Nonpartisan Ticket
An Independent convention will be held at the Francesville Opera House on Saturday, June 27 at 2 pm. The meeting aims to nominate a nonpartisan Salem township ticket for the November election.
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Francesville Opera House
Salem Township
Illness Leads to Surgery Then Death in Monticello
Mrs. Harvey Robinson formerly of Gillam township fell ill with an intestinal ailment last Saturday at her Monticello home. A surgical operation was performed in Indianapolis on Tuesday as the only chance for recovery, but she died yesterday afternoon.
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Harvey Robinson
Gillam Township
Monticello
Indianapolis
Medaryville Shooting Over Dance Ticket Leaves Three Wounded
A Saturday Medaryville incident at Stienke hall involved Francesville youths and Roscoe Closter. After a demand for a second admission fee, a fight ensued with Closter firing in self defense. Two Bunnell brothers were shot or struck but all combatants were bonded to appear in Squire Coppess' court.
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Medaryville
Stienke
Francesville
Roscoe Closter
Clester
Oris Ballard
John
Clarence Bunnell
Closter
Bunnell
Bond
Squire Coppess
New Horse Disease Warns Public About Fatal Illness
Prof Glover of Colorado Agricultural College warns of a new deadly horse disease without a name or known cause. Symptoms include fatigue, fever, pallid mucus membranes with red spots, excessive urination, swelling, staggering, delirium, and eventual death within three weeks to eight months. No treatment exists and a suspected blood organism may be involved.
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Glover
Colorado Agricultural College
America
Canada
Notice to Farmers Miller Seed Sale by Crabbs Reynolds Taylor
Farmers informed of a fine quality Miller Seed offered for sale by Crabbs Reynolds Taylor Company.
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Crabbs, Reynolds, Taylor Company
Hedge Thorn Puncture Proof Tires From Hig gins Co
Hig gins Co advertises Hedge Thorn puncture proof tires at three dollars each. The note implies a catalog or shop listing with pricing and availability.
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Puton, Higgins & Co
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Jones
Mallon’s
Porter's
Higgins & Co
Merry Widow
Manon’s Department Store
John Priest
A. Engle
W. BR. Howatt
Malon
Steall
Barget and Sons
W. J. Hubbard
A. C. Mallon
Macatawa Park
Lake Michigan
Frank J. Vurpillat
Mallon
J. J. Case
Burger and Sons
Higgins and Co
Porter’s
Clothier & Furnisher
Barget & Sona
Frank Rees
LaCrosse
Barget & Sons
Matlon’s
Gale
Minnie Bush
Huntington
Ind
Ernest Gehrle
Paul David
William Koster
Detroit
Gehle
Lester L. Rowles
Winamac
Rowles
Barker
Harry Foster
Ladoga
Ali. Whitaker
St. Joe
Commissioners’ Court
L. G. Hullinger
Gordon Street
Koster
J. W. Wiltzshire
Mary Boltz
Aon
Henry
I. W. Boltz
Garwood-Heltzel
Independent Township Convention
Philipine Islands
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