Official Program 19 Highlights Summer Civic Events
The schedule shows July activities including Sunday school parades and picnics, concerts, dramatic readings by Ruth Hemenway, and lectures by Dr. A H Hornley and Senator Gore. Daily programs from July 1 to July 8 feature band concerts, juvenile entertainment, vaudeville style readings, and the Glaziers Jubilee Singers with additional acts by Walden and Heraly the Handcuff King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ww. Co. T. U
Harry G. Hill
Miss Smith
Shelbyville Band
T. P. Gore
Florence E. Maybrick
Sunday Events List at Church and Hall Programs
Open air concert at 7:45 PM and 2:00 PM sacred concert on Sunday July 9. A popular lecture titled America's Storm Center by Rev. A EF Ewert at 8:00 PM follows the 2:20 PM Hon. Richmond P. Hobson appearance. An illustrated lecture on Mormonism by James L. Loar at 8:00 PM concludes the program seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Richmond P. Hobson
James L. Loar
Taft Visit Sparks Indiana Republican Banquet Plans
Indiana Republicans prepare for a large Taft visit with a July 4 banquet at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis and a forenoon Marion Club reception. C. W. Fairbanks hosts Taft, who is seen as a rallying figure for the 1912 campaign and Hoosier GOP pride. Charles S. Norton manages seat reservations with tickets at five dollars.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Claypool Hotel
United States
Marion Club
Marion
Taft
Hoosier
Charles 5. Norton
Norton
Mr. Taft
Veteran Elijah Bell Dies at 70 in Wolcott Indiana
Elijah R. Bell died at his daughter Mrs. Ida Scripter’s home in Wolcott White County aged seventy. He served in the 134th Indiana regiment and was a prominent G A R member with a prized army-curio collection including Confederate money a Danville canteen a Maine splinter and a Danville blank muster roll. He leaves two sons and two daughters near Walcott and one sister Mrs. A H Burris Indianapolis with several nieces in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah R. Bell
Ida Scripter
Wolcott
White County
Sandusky
Greensburg
Charles T. Bell
James C. Bell
134Th Indiana Regiment
Danville
Ill
Maine
Walcott
A. H. Burris
Indianapolis
Ilra Clark
W. A. Watson
Ina Rowe
J. W. Owens
Lambert Shows His Colors in Tariff Debate
Abstractor P. T. Lambert, long aligned with the Republican party, is profiled as a strong tariff advocate. He supported a gold standard early in 1806 and has praised protective tariffs, opposing free trade. The piece notes his stance as a standpatter and his intent to follow the Payne-Aldrich-Cannon line until Democrats and insurgents concede tariff errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Lambert
Lambert
Democrat
Republican Party
Lincoln
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
McKinley
United States
Repub
Beecher Defies Interruption in Manchester Speech
In 1863 Henry Ward Beecher visited England to aid the Union cause as the Confederacy sought independence. During a Manchester talk he was interrupted for an hour before declaring, We are fighting Americans, and not Englishmen, ending the disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ward Beecher
England
Manchester
Mr. Beecher
Civic Union Meeting Endorses Indiana State Effort
A Sunday afternoon gathering at the Christian church voiced support for a broad Civic Union movement. Rev. D. B. Johnson spoke on uniting efforts to address social ills facing home church and country. A resolution endorsing the Indiana State Civic Union and an auxiliary group was passed, with L. D. Braden, R. P. Hamilton, N. E. Howe, W. E. McElroy, Dr. D. A. Galbraith, Dr. J. W. Rucker and Anthony Habig named to form a permanent committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
D. B. Johnson
Indiana Civic Union
Johnson
Civic Union
Indiana State Civic Union
L. D. Braden
R. P. Hamilton
N. E. Howe
W. E. McElroy
D. A. Galbraith
J. W. Rucker
Anthony Habig
Logan Removed as City Policeman by Council Vote
At a Monday night city council meeting councilman Smith Russell introduced a resolution to declare the office of policeman held by Gus Logan vacant on July 1. The measure passed five to one with Wesley Lanius voting for Logan. Rumors say Logan may contest the council’s authority and seek charges, promising a showdown and tales of inner administration workings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Russell
Gus Logan
Wesley Lanius
Logan
Andrew J Alexander Dead at Burney Home
Andrew J. Alexander died at his daughter Mrs John Gartin's home two miles southwest of Burney at 9 20 Monday night after two years of kidney and bladder illness. Born December 1834 in Ohio he moved to a Burney farm forty years ago now owned by son Frank a county commissioner. He leaves four sons and a daughter Mrs Mollie Gartin and funeral was at the Gartin home at 16 a m Wednesday with Rev Alonzo Murphy officiating. Interment Hartsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Alexander
John G. Gartin
Burney
Mr. Alexander
Ohio
Frank Alexander
Miss Stewart
Hartsville
Clay
Frank
Mollie Gartin
William
Elwood
Lewis
Indianapolis
Gartin
Alonzo Murphy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grand Union Fraternal
Ruth Hemenway
Bracken’s Grove
Chester Birch
Sky Pilot
A. H. Hornley
Elma B. Smith
Glazier’s Jubilee Singers
Conner
Woodland Players
Conners’ Company
Greensburg Tend
Civic Union Meeting
First National Bank Building
Greensburg, Indiana
Greensburg, Ind
Haines Bros. Pianos
J.W. Owens Music
South Side Square, Greensburg
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