Native of Roachdale Dies at Crawfordsville
Mary Myers Dowden, a Roachdale native born July 18 1845, died in Crawfordsville after a stroke at her stepson Walter Dowden's home. She married Sterling Miller, then Tra Moorman, and later George W. Dowden. A Dunkard Church member, she had lived near Deer's Mill before residing with her stepson.
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Crawfordsville
Mary Myers Dowden
Walter Dowden
DelaWare Street
Dowden
Roachdale
Sterling Miller
Tra Moorman
Mr. Moorman
George W. Dowden
Mr. Dowden
Deer’s Mill
Dunkard Church
Long Suffering Ends in Tragedy in LaPorte
Howard Hildebrand 29, a painter, shot his 10 year old daughter Jane then killed himself after ten years of caring for her. Jane had been bed ridden since infancy from spinal meningitis and never walked or spoke. Hildebrand died soon after in a local hospital after the double tragedy.
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Laporte
INS
Howard Hildebrand
Jane
Hildebrand
Hildebrands
Flu Epidemics Boost Demand for Vicks VapoRub
The public responds to health warnings by avoiding colds as flu sweeps the nation. Vicks VapoRub demand shatters records, with output exceeding 375000 jars daily and over 2600 jars shipped every minute. The Lab capacity has tripled since 1918 to meet the national emergency as the milder 1918-era epidemic effect grows, already affecting over a million people.
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Vicks
Vicks Laboratories
Hardwood section on Jimmy Tobin fuels local debate over grades
The Greencastle Wiley game sparks fan ire as basketball star Jimmy Tobin faces failing grades in English and French. Teachers defend standards while peers question dedication. Greencastle trips to Elwood after a second-half surge, with other Indiana county notes on teams, player Honor Rolls, and local letters about who tops the Big Five.
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Jimmy
Tobin
Bedford
Greencastle
Indianapolis Star
Lester Reynolds
Martinsville
Indiana
State Normal
Terre Haute
Hardwood
Star
Fans weigh in on Hoosier hoops and lineup shifts
A Greencastle fan praises Ellis and questions center duties for the Tiger Cubs proposing Ellis at center with a faster lineup. Reports note a tall center from Clayton joining the team and list recent game scores across Indiana and national schools reflecting strong basketball activity.
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Greencastle
Ellis
Tiger Cubs
DePauw Hosts Indiana Central for Sole Home Game Week
The article lists scorelike lines for teams Danville Normal Evansville Marquette Beloit Notre Dame Detroit Pennsylvania Yale Ohio Wesleyan Manchester Franklin Muncie Normal Army Princeton and notes DePauw's game with Indiana Central at Greencastle Tuesday night is the only home game this week.
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Marqnette
Beloit
Notre Dame
Detroit
Pennsylvania
Yale
Ohio Wesleyan
Manchester
Franklin
Muncie Normal
Army
Princeton
Depauw
Indiana Central
Greencastle
Institute at Russellville Thursday Speakers from Indiana
The Russell township Farmers Institute meets at Russellville high school gym on Thursday January 10 starting at 10 a.m. Speakers Mrs. Vesta S. Perdue of Acton Indiana and Mr. Joe Sher of Jeffersonville Indiana will address both forenoon and afternoon sessions.
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Russell Township
Vesta Perdue
Joe Sicer
Russellville High School
Vesta S. Perdue
Acton
Ind
Perdue
Calvin Perdue
Shelby County
Shelby County Poultry Club
Institute Force
Joe Sher
Jeffersonville
Sher
Purdue University
Purdue
Chicago
Putnam County Students Enroll at Indiana University
Putnam county's student delegation fuels Indiana University's record enrollment for the semester. The register lists 5779 in residence students across Bloomington Indianapolis and Winona Lake, plus 8200 extension division home study participants. Read names include Dorothy Akers Perry Michael James Abel and others across Bainbridge Cloverdale Greencastle and Raccoon.
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Bloomington
Ind
Putnam County
Indiana University
State University
Indianapolis
Winona Lake
Indiana Univerisity
Bainbridge
Dorothy L. Akers
Cloverdale
Perry R. Michael
Greencastle
James W. Abel
Alverda Boyce
Nurses Training School
Winship C. Callahan
Eugene T. Chenoweth
Howard M. Dirks
Robert D. Howell
Kimball R. Larkin
Margaret Ann O'Hair
Paul C. F. Wietzke
Medical School
Community Legion Meeting Attendees Named
Continuation D Peru eleventh Clarence Cominca of Fort Wayne twelfth and William W Stose of Goshen thir teenth. Local Legion Post members who attended the meeting Sunday were Wilbur S Donner Post Commander Roy C Evens and Prof E R Smith other officers.
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Peru
Clarence Comincavish
Fort Wayne
William W. Stose
Goshen
Legion Post
Wilbur S. Donner
Roy C. Evens
Prof
E. R. Smith
Cardinal Tosi of Milan Dies After Long Illness
Cardinal Tosi archbishop of Milan died today after a long illness at age sixty six. He had been created a Cardinal in 1922.
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Milan
Italy
Tosi
Fire destroys Gary Memorial M. E. Church in Wheaton
The Gary Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church in Wheaton Illinois was destroyed by fire. Estimated loss is $225000. The edifice was built by the late Elbert H Gary in memory of his parents. The Rev James R Durand discovered the blaze and escaped with his family as flames spread from an overheated furnace.
Descendant of Pioneer Dead in Indianapolis
Mrs Jerusha Ann Knubbe age 94 died after a ten day illness in Indianapolis. She traced ancestry to Allan Perley, early settler who came to America with Governor Winthrop’s 1630 fleet. Born in Toronto April 1834, she married Frederick Knubbe of Michigan City in 1854. Funeral at son in law William Fortune’s home at 10 tomorrow.
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Indianapolis
Jerusha Ann Knubbe
Allan Perley
Perley
America
W'throy
Bridgeton
Elizabeth Karte
New Brunswick
Canada
Knubbe
Toronto Canada
Michigan City
Frederick Knubbe
William Fortune
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