Democratic trend favors Cox and McAdoo at preconvention talks
San Francisco June 26 William G McAdoo of New York appears to lead for the Democratic presidential nomination as Cox slides to second place among delegates. While Cox backers push for a head role, most agree McAdoo would head the ticket if both remain in contention, barring a formal decline from McAdoo.
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San Francisco
Wiliam G. McAdoo
New York
McAdoo
Governor Cox
Ohio
Cox
Soon
Two-Handed Pinochle and a 8000 Barrel Gusher
A Philadelphia Public Ledger item recalls a commuter favorite game of pinochle played for small stakes as a telegram arrives with news of an 8000 barrel oil strike. The financier reacts with mixed glee and worry, brushing aside the potential fortune to protect his modest pleasures.
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New York
Atlantic City
Cape May
Piladelphia
Pi Ile
Ihler
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Sugar dealer embeds gasoline powered water trip home
Frederick R. Bartlett of Maston Illinois arrived in New York aboard the steamship Mara from Venezuela claiming a gasoline shortage would force him to travel home by water. He learned railroads were operating and drove his party to Kastoo by boat, abandoning the ship at sea.
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United States
Frederick R. Bartlett
Maston
Mid
New York
Venezuela
Hlis
South American Republic
Bartlett
Kastoo
Daugster
Historic House to Be Converted Into Insecticide Factory
The old Billop house in Lottenville, Staten Island, once General Howe’s headquarters in 1776, will be fitted with insecticide production equipment. The property was put up for sale, with plans to convert it into a factory despite proposals to preserve the house, dungeon, and underground passage as War for Independence relics.
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Billop
Lottenville
General Howe
Staten Island
New York Times
Best age to marry debated by ladies at tea
At a tea a group of ladies argued over the ideal marrying age. Opinions ranged from thirty down to twenty-seven, until Miss Elsie De Wolfe quipped that the best age to marry is while you're still too young to know better.
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Elsie de Wolfe
Christian Church Service Notes in Crawfordsville
Levi Marshall pastors the Christian Church with Sunday School led by Mrs. Cora O'Brien who will discuss the State Sunday School convention in Crawfordsville. Morning worship features the sermon The Religion of the Door Step and special music. Union Evening services at Locust Street Church begin at 7 30 with a sermon by Rev Tidrick.
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Cora O'Brien
O’brien
Crawfordsville
One by One Reception at Baptist Church
Albert Lawrence Tidrick pastor leads service for reception of new members at morning worship. Grant Scott superintendent reports no evening service. Union service at Locust Street Church at 7:30 with topic Four Impossibilities.
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Grant Scott
Locust Street
St Paul’s Catholic Church Announces Sunday Mass Schedule
Rev. John Walsh presides with a first Mass at 8 o clock and a benediction after the last service. On the last Sunday of each month only one Mass will be held at 8 o clock.
Victorious Living Theme At Local Presbyterian Service
The Presbyterian Church announces Sunday school at 0, Mission Sunday, and a 1 45 afternoon session in the Manse. Morning Worship at 10 40 features the sermon Victorious Living with special music. Union Evening Services at 7 30 at Locust Street M F Church with Rev A L Tidrick of the Baptist Church preaching. Woman's Circle meets 2 30 Wednesday. Miss Rima Jones in charge of program. Busy Workers Sunday school hosts. Prayer Meeting at 7 50 Thursday evening.
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Victor L. Raphael
Mission
Manse
Rima Jones
Roachdale Suffers Major Fire Destroys Homes
A daytime blaze near 11 am destroyed the McMullen home and the Alfred Woodrum residence in Roachdale. The loss is estimated at 5000 dollars with several nearby houses severely damaged. a chemical engine saved further extensive damage though the town lacks a local fire department.
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Roachdale
Pere
Z. T. MccMulin
McMullen
Alfred Woodrum
Northwood Developments Progressing Despite Rain Delays
Northwood sewer and road work continue after rain delays. Mr. Kaufman nears basement completion on his new home with framing to follow. Hixon and Allan-Loyd houses near completion while Greenwood Avenue gains rock surfacing. Septic tank work has begun and should finish next week as many visitors tour the property admiring its appeal.
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Northwood
Kaufman
Hixon
Allan-Loyd
Greenwood Avenue
Hog Market Opens Higher With Mixed Cattle and Sheep
Indianapolis receipts show hogs 4000, cattle 300, calves 300, sheep 500. Hog prices rise 10 cents at opening with general sales around 16.50, some sales at 16.40, heavyweights 16.00, pigs at 15.50 down. Local buyers 4000 head. rest to outsiders. Cattle steady to 1.00 higher. sheep and calves steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Man Sentenced on Assault Charge in Clay Circuit Court
Herbert Snoddy of Turner received 140 days on the state penal farm plus a $10 fine and costs from Judge Hutchison after pleading guilty to assault and battery on John Boyer of Harmony. The brutal attack at Beck mine west of the city last Friday fractured Boyer’s nose and wrist after Snoddy allegedly attacked him during work.
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Herbert Snoddy
Turner
Hutchison
Clay
John Boyer
Harmony
Beck
Boyer
Snoddy
Terre Haute School Girl Ends Life in Cistern
Swearington Swearington a 19 year old Indiana State Normal School student and Garfield High School graduate disappeared from her Terre Haute home early Friday. Her body was found in a cistern with a note saying she would be there. Friends said she had been in a nervous condition from overstudy and overwork.
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Tith Swearington
Ezra H. Swearington
North Eighteenth Street
Terre Haute
Clay County
Swearington
The
Cis
Locust Street Church Morning Service and Union Evening
Locust Street Church schedules a 10:40 morning worship and a 7:30 union evening service with Rev Tidrick preaching. Sunday School at 9:50 led by Superintendent W C Van Arsdale. There is a quarterly communion service on the morning following the lesson Why the Holy Sacrament.
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H. C. Clippinger
Army Worms Spotted in South Putnam County Farm
A county agent was called to Washington township where farmer Charley Knight found army worms in a corn field. The insects hatched recently and a furrow was plowed to contain them. worms will be poisoned and monitoring is advised to prevent damage.
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Putnam County
Charles Jackson
Washington Township
Charley Knight
Jackson
Third Quarterly Conference Closes at Locust Street Church
The adjourned third quarterly conference for Locust Street Church met Friday night. Recommendations to the district conference for preacher licenses were approved for Brothers Jones Cash Talott Pritchett and Greer. Licenses for local preachers Emma Jones Grace Black and Angie Godwin were recommended as local preachers. The action follows the General Conference and marks a historic first for Locust Street. Steps were also taken to stabilize finances.
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Locust Street M. B
Brothers Jones
Cash
Talott
Pritchett
Greer
Emma Jones
Grace Black
Angie Godwin
H.C. Clippager
Mrs. J. G. Dunbar Spends Friday in Indianapolis
Mrs. J. G. Dunbar spent Friday in Indianapolis visiting relatives and taking care of business matters. She was seen at local shops and attended a social event with friends.
Brothers Injured Within an Hour at Two Works
Two Chesterfield brothers were hurt within an hour yesterday. Bert Chesterfield suffered severe hip injuries at the Mary mine where their father John Chesterfield is general manager. An hour later Rtoy Chesterfield bruised his arm at the McRoyelay plant where he works. Bert was X rayed and found to have no fractures and was sent home to recover.
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Bert Chesterfield
Mary
John Chesterfeld
Rtoy Chesterfield
McRoy Elay
Tert Chesterfeld
Right Way to Water the Garden
Garden watering guidance favors soak then wait, with irrigation or mulch as preferred methods. It advises avoiding light sprinkles, using furrows beside rows, and applying water thoroughly only when soil dries partially after once or twice cultivations.
Mrs John Allee Jr Visits Indianapolis for the Day
Mrs John Allee Jr spent Friday in Indianapolis for a brief stay. Local observers noted her presence and activities during her visit.
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John Allee, Jr
Indianapolis
War Shorn Art Fades Glamour of Battle in Salon Opening
The Salon reveals art shorn of heroics as few war scenes appear. Painters, many scarred by trench life, capture dull misery of life at the front. A limping soldier and a blinded comrade appear among stark images, while artists distant from the front promise future cheerful scenes.
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Salon
Artistes Francais
Garry Palula
Michel
Pouz
Repetition of Fashion Fashions Through History
A reflective note on fashion cycles from past eras. The text cites writers Blackwood and a trendsetter, tracing how women’s dress and vanity sparked discussion about extravagance and moral judgment across centuries. It ties historical styles to Puritan critique and social decorum.
Denni Stever Faces Hardship on Test Run to Brockton
Denni Stever, a traveling salesman for On Toe Von Stroe, encounters obstacles while visiting a Noril Car Minn town. A taxi ride to a distant township ends with washed out bridges and flooded banks. He improvises by setting samples on the roadside and arranging a return to Brockton Enterprise.
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Denni
Stever
Sanuthvern
Eonmern
Noril
Stover
Staver
Sale Brockton Enterprise
Obscene Novel Conviction Comment Sparks satire from Eugene Waller
All Blush Now reports Eugene Waller, a New York publisher, protesting a conviction for publishing a controversial novel as harmless. The piece recalls a teacher leading students at a museum and quipping a pointed line about the next statue, illustrating satire on scandal and censorship.
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Eugene Waller
New York
Arees Girls’ School
Metropolitan Museum
Newlyweds establish England's first honeymoon tent colony
Four couples rendered homeless by a housing shortage have started married life in a meadow near Farnham Surrey. The Open air colony is expected to grow as several more couples apply for admission, marking a pioneering rural honeymoon settlement in England.
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England
Farnham
Surrey
London Mall
Cloverdale School to Be Built in Town
The Cloverdale township trustees let contracts for a new sixteen room school with auditorium and gymnasium. Mayrose Warner & Co. of Terre Haute win general contract for 95 420, W A Beemer gets plumbing for 6 046 20, Zeitlow Co. of Indianapolis handles heating for about 15 404. The total cost is 115 070 20 under a 116 000 appropriation.
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Mayrose Warner & Co
Terre Haut
W. A. Beemer
Zeitlow Co
Indianapolis
Martin Lot
Cloverdale
Johnson Miller, & Miller
Terre Haute
L. FE. Michael
Walker
Putnany County
Peanut Shower Astonishes Pier Residents in Santa Monica
Residents along Devean Drive on the Santa Monica pier woke to a brief cloudless sky showering peanuts onto roofs streets and shoulders. Sam Cheisto later explained his missing roaster was turned on earlier, a fragment found lodged in a pillar eight hundred feet away.
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Devean Drive
Senta Monica
Sam Cheisto
Bailey
Aged Woman Hopes for Band Concert on 100th Birthday
Mrs. Johann Tibbet of Princeton Indiana wishes to reach age 100 and celebrate with a Princeton band playing her favorite lively music. She lives with her daughter on Mast State Street and tends her garden when not dreaming of a centennial celebration.
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Johann Tibbet
Princeton
Ind
County Clare
Treland
Government destroys remaining Confederate money vault
The United States treasury reports the destruction of 60000 dollars and 40 cents in Confederate currency, the last such notes held by the government, citing a congested treasury condition and policy completion.
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United States Treasury
Department
Portuguese Cabinet Changes Hit 366 Mark
Portugal records show 366 cabinet changes since the current government era began, with 206 alterations in under a decade, reflecting ongoing reshuffles.
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Portugal
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COX & M
Adoo
FAOR
Wilson
Levi Marshall
Christian Endeavor
Locust Street Church
Tidrick
Albert Lawrence Tidrick
ST. Paul's Catholic Church
John Walsh
the Presbyterian Church
Brazil
Charley
Knight, Washington Town
Farmer
J. G. Dunbar
Sue Waler
Dobbed Lair
Blackwood
Janes
Wonen
Cannes
Pinden
South Putnam Educational
Cloverdale Townships
George W. Walker
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