Silent farmer of Indiana never speaks to others
Van French a farmer near Slack hawk Indiana is famed for never speaking to anyone outside his immediate family He 44 and only smiles at others His mother and psychologists ponder the cause noting his kindness and optimism while he enjoys reading chess and farm life with no spoken conversations outside relatives
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Valparaiso
van French
Slackhawk
Van
French
G. W. Neet
Valparaiso University
Prof
Neet
Edward Franch
Wes
Indiana
Onion Show Carnival Planned at Collins August 20
The Own Day Program at Collins Columbia City details an annual onion show event ten miles north with plans for a superior carnival this year. Found Dead in Wooda: William Shaw, 78, of Columbia City was found dead in Foust woods east of town after ten days away.
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Collins Columia City
Collins
Wooda
Columbia City
Ind
Willam Shaw
Foust Woods
Family Flees Burning Eight-Room Farm Home
Elmer Hughes and his family escaped a fire that destroyed an eight-room farmhouse at Hughes farm near Anderson. Loss estimated at 2060 dollars. In Laporte Aug 12 the first New York-Chicago airline car from Laporte to Hammond will Test Aug 14 then return to South Bend.
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Anderson
Elmer Hughes
Hammond
Laporte
New York
Boy Dies of Injuries in Terre Haute Buggy Accident
Terre Haute report states Frank Woerman, 16, died Saturday from injuries after a bicycle collision with a buggy driven by a drunken man. The driver’s identity is not known.
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Terre Haute
Frank Woerman
Elizabeth Dies at Ninety in Vincennes Surroundings
Mrs. Elizabeth, aged ninety, born near Vincennes, died here. She had never left Vincennes except for a visit to Bt. Fren Maville nine miles away.
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Vincennes
Elizabeth Age
Smee
Bt. Fren Maville
Train backs off trestle injuring six near Bedford
On Chicago Terre Haute and Southern train No 1 the engine and two day coaches derailed after backing from a trestle at Heltonville. Six people were injured with one likely fatally. Conductor James O Day sustained light facial injuries. Passengers A A Baker and H H Hancock were seriously hurt. Others include George Cavin William Simminger and William George all treated at Bedford hospital or hotel.
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Terre Haute
Chicago, Terre Haute & Southern Railroad
Heltonville
Bedford
James O'Day
James Brough
A. A. Baker
Indianapolis News
Marion
Ind
Manon
Simson
H. H. Hancock
Seymour
George Cavin
Linton
William Simminger
Cleveland
Ohio
William George
Trestle
Horse kicks man in Warsaw leads to broken arm
William Minear sustained a broken arm after a horse he was leading from the Minear livery barn kicked him Saturday morning in Warsaw. The incident occurred early in the day and he is receiving treatment.
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Warsaw
William Minear
Minear Livery Barn
Indiana News In Brief Summary of Local Incidents
A compilation from multiple Indiana towns reports a four year old burned to death in a barn fire, a Gary homicide and wounding, a police chief in Newcastle recovering from a stroke, a fatal collapse at a funeral planning discussion in Shelbyville, and a civil suit over ejection from a traction car in Greencastle. Additional notes cover reunions in Rhodes and Fort families, bank Knights of Pythias outing, a garden contest in Brazil, Pine Lake assembly directors, a failed publicity bureau at the Indiana reformatory, Columbus Chautauqua incorporation, a wagon accident in Tipton, and a habeas corpus challenge by Margaret Egan in Grant County.
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Willie Pinkstaff
John R. Pinkstaff
Pinkstaff
Gary
Joseph Bavido
Mary Thompson
West Oak Street
Chicago
Newcastle
Shelbyville
Sugar Creek Township
Ona Campbell
Greancastle
Calvin H. Little
Clayton
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
Uniform Bank Knights of Pythias
Welphi Lodge
No. SA
Eighth Regiment
Sturgeon Siav
Wis
Brazil
Woman's Reading Club
Laporte
Pine Lake
O. P. Duncan
Lafayette
S. C. Fulmer
Jeffersonville
Indiana Reformatory Haat
Hale
Columbus
Columbus Chautauqua Association
Chaitauquain
Sesaton
Tipton
Daniel Cunningham
Jefferson Township
Marloe
Margaret Egan
Swaysee
Grant County
Central Hospital
Tony George
Indiana Seventh-Day Adventists Elect Officers and Plan Institutes
Indiana Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists elected officers and approved resolutions. O Montgomery and W A Young led an active session with credentials issued for ministers and lay members. The group invited the general conference to hold its next quadrennium session in Indianapolis and approved religious liberty institutes across the state.
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Indianapolis
G. W. Baer
P. L. Thompson
W. L. Avery
F. A. Loop
M. D
H. H. Rane
O Morris
R. W. McMahan
Dora A. Montgomery
Marian C. Bissett
Nellie Rothhouse
Mia Pearl Miller
Lela Bauchet
J Theresa Thompson
Mia
Ida V
Milton ©. Wilcox
Mountain View
Cal
Conference on Banking Examinations and Proposed Charter Board
W. H. O'Brien auditor of state and Harry L. Arnold chief clerk in the banking department reviewed general banking practices with five state bank examiners. They discussed changes in examinations and recommendations for the next general assembly, including a proposed law creating a board of governor, auditor and treasurer to approve bank charter applications.
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W. H. O’brien
Harry L. Arnold
General Assembly
Certificates for new physicians and hearing in Rifle case
State board prepares certificates for physicians passing July exams and holds a hearing in the Raymond Rice Rifle case at 450 East Vermont Street. Rice defends himself, arguing a prior criminal operation caused the death of a young woman. The list of new licensees spans Indianapolis to Evansville and beyond with numerous names. Incorporations filed include The H Burnettsville State Bank, Indiana Kentucky Hotel in Rockport, and J R Brannen Amusement Company in Evansville.
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State Board of Medical Examination and Registration
Raymond Rice
East
Vermont Street
Rife
Lcenses
Ernest ©. Asher
Indianapolis
Clarence 8. Auble
Herman Marcus Harker
Evansville
Charles C. Barker
New Albany
Raymond C. Keeler
Clyde (. Hitler
Madison
James D. Hobbitt
Bloomington
John T. Rolin
Vincennes
George W. Bowman
Frank A. Brayton
Osborne T. Brazleton
Patoka
Larrein L. Bullett
Canton N. Cain
Gary
Harry J. Cooper
Twelve Mile
Cox
New Augusta
Homer W. Cox
Southport
Chester Demaree
Franklin
Garnett N. Drury
James W. Duckworth
Martinsville
Frederick G. Eberhard
South Whitley
Charles J. Emme
Lucia Gabrella Ferrer
Ralph M. Funkhouser
Arthur E. Gister
Chicago
Virgil Gordon
Chad D. Greene
Fernando J. J. Hachat
Hartford City
Byrum W. Harris
Walter F. Hickman
Archie V. Hines
Sterling P. Hoffman
Rufus A. Hoover
Lapel
Gilbert A. Hoppes
Middletown
Harrison #. Hulse
Willian Seth Powell
Lebanon
John W. Ramey
Rushville
L. Bradley Rariden
Delphi
Lewis C Rentachler
Spencer
John 8. Robison
New Philadelphia
Leigh F. Robinson
Louis H. Segar
Walter K. Schlosser
Fort Wayne
Joseph EF. Sharp
Summittville
Augustus C. Shipp
Frank. Yin
Lioyd
Sholty
Claypool
Carl PF. South
William R&. Turner
Arnold O. Utterback
Terre Haute
Cyde R. van Gundy
Rockfield
Walter F. Vandament
Julian O. Walter
Middlebury
Joseph K. Walther
Marshall
Chalmer H. Weaver
Auburn
Leonard T. Whaley
Kyana
Alfred Co. Willllame
H Burnettsville State Bank
Iniana-Kentucky Hotel Company
Rockport
O. M. Iglebart
GQ. Iglebart
J. R. Brannen Amusement Company
J. R. Brannen
B. Moone
MV. Moonah
Old Marshall Homestead North Manchester Indiana Stands Preserved
In North Manchester Indiana the birthplace of Thomas R Marshall governor and vice president candidate endures storms and time. The small house moved several times since 1854 when it stood on Main street later occupied by Dr Dante Marshall and the town’s large store. It was moved to Walnut street and later to its present site after brief ownership by John H Shively and Bart Krisher.
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North Manchester
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Walnut Street
Main Street
Lawrence Nationa Bank
Dante Marshall
Aleo
Tie Brothers
Pierceton
Gover
Dor
Gray
Thomas Marshall
Folka
Hin
Hits
John H. Shively
Bart Krisher
D. W. Krisher
Prisoner Hunter Works Toward Early Parole at Workhouse Farm
Alexander Hunter, serving sixteen months of a workhouse sentence for four larceny counts, seeks early parole. Appointed as a trusty to supervise Chesley Island’s inebriate farm, he built a fence and recently secured a wire stretcher after a curious journey by boat and train to obtain one.
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St. Louis
Alexander Hunter
Chesley Island
Calvin J. White
Hunter
Kimniswick
Superintendent White
White
Corset cover as a noose ends life at Ocean Grove
Annie Spellman thirty from Ireland hanged herself with a corset cover rope in J F Slattery home on Shanley street Newark. The rope broke and her death was discovered by Mrs Slattery after a fall alarmed her. Also reported is the marriage of Edward Page Mitchell editor of the New York Sun to Ada Moroughe, aged twenty eight from Brooklyn.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Annie Spellman
Ocean Grove
J. F. Slattery
Shanley Street
Newark
Ireland
Muelin
Mrs. Slattery
New York
Edward Page Mitchell
The
New York Sun
Ada Moroughe
Brooklyn
Mitchell
Brice
Bhe
Sun
Big Red Cross Seals Sale Aims Nationwide
The Red Cross seals drive will run in almost all states and territories plus Porto Rico, the Canal Zone, Hawaii and the Philippines. At least 100000 volunteer agents from stores, theaters and individuals will join the effort. About 100000000 seals are expected to be printed and distributed along with millions of posters and display cards.
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Red Cross Senia
Red Cross
United States
Porto Rico
Canal Zone
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
Badly Frightened Fish Near Local Bridge
Rankin Dunfre, a local angler, reports a 16 inch fish leaping from water after he crossed a bridge with a lantern. He saw the fish floundering in the weeds and suspects the lantern startled it. The night was dark and the unusual event astonished the observer.
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Rankin Dunfre
Philadelphia Record
Pa’s Anachronism Prompted Shakespearean Quip
The fragment references a fatherly remark about anachronisms in Shakespeare with a playful cue to "run along as a play." It preserves a dated voice and suggests a light literary aside without a full narrative.
Their Place Dialogue About Salary And Automobile
A humorous exchange features George and his spouse discussing a salary raise and affording a new automobile. George questions practicality while scornfully deeming it common, prompting a light domestic remark about marrying and possessions.
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Uotners
Blackhawk
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Indiana News
Seventh Day Adventists
Iowa State School
Walter A. Jessup
Department of Education
Indiana University
State School
Willian Loweryan
Provemont
Mich
Jessup
Iowa State University
Iowa City
Hawkeye School
M. W. Richards
Indiana Apple Show Commission
Indianapolia
Charles Downing
Indiana State Board of Agriculture
North
Manchester
Thomas A. Marshall
Libby
Workhouse Trusty Returna
Philadelphia
Margaret Armstrong
Maria Dean
Post
Cresen
Pese Sorfave
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