Union Baptist Church Holds Centennial Celebration
Union Baptist Church four miles south of Greensburg marked its 100th anniversary with an all day event featuring former pastors and members, a relics display, a centennial sermon by Rev Wilfred Lindstrom, musical tributes, and a large pitch in dinner.
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Greensburg
Charles Short
Matthew Elder
W. C. Hart
Louisville
R. V. Thomas
Chicago
Thomas
Wilfred Lindstrom
Washington
U. S
W. M. Wood
J. C. Nicholson
Westport
Fords Collide On East Main
A pair of Ford roadsters collided yesterday afternoon about 1 30 in front of the Judge Craig home on East Main street. John E Hart and Miss Fay Hancock of Indianapolis were westbound, while Owen O Banion with Thomas Davis and son Harold approached from Vine street. Both cars struck and jumped the curb causing damage to the Hart vehicle a right front fender axle radius rod and spring. No injuries were reported and Chief Wilson mediated a settlement after a brief dispute over right of way.
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Ford
Judge Craig
East Main Street
John E. Hart
Pershing Street
Indianapolis
Fay Hancock
Main Street
Owen O’banion
Thomas Davis
Harold
Vine Street
Hart
New Point
O’banion
Wilson
Blaine McGrath to Speak at Winona Convention
Blaine McGrath president of the Indianapolis Advertising club will discuss The Golden Rule and the Business Man at the Golden Rule convention in Winona Lake on July 14 and 15. He is a nephew of Mrs Mary Robison of this city.
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Blaine McGrath
Indianapolis Advertising Club
Winona Lake
McGrath
Mary Robison
Clinton Township Farmers Picnic Set for Geneva on June 24
Members of the Clinton Township Farmers Federation and families will picnic at Geneva on Wednesday June 24.
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Clinton Township
Farmers’ Federation and Families
Geneva
Mr and Mrs Grant Elliott Visit Indianapolis Relatives
Mr and Mrs Grant Elliott of Indianapolis visited relatives at Bur ney yesterday.
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Grant Elliott
Indianapolis
Burney
Circuit Court Actions Move Through Local Docket
Hiram Sanders seeks a divorce from Dora Sanders citing abandonment after marriage on May 9 1916 and separation on Nov 1 1921 with one child Helen aged ten to be held in the mother’s custody. Other items include Bruckman Co. v Marshall trial status, Elizabeth Martin et al. administratrix v Perlina Foreman conversion, and George W Bruce estate suit against Prudential Life Insurance. Judge Craig presiding with several witnesses and attorneys noted.
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Hiram Sanders
Dora Sanders
Circuit Court
Ethel Trotter
Burney
Noble Trotter
Helen
Hazel Bruner
Earl Bruner
D.R. Jones
John Osborn
Clark County
Max Redman
Helen Smith
Greensburg
Bruckman Co
Marshall
Craig
Elizabeth Martin
Abner Colson
Perlina Foreman
Squire Holmes
George W. Bruce
Nellie Bruce
Prudential Life Insurance Company
James Newton Annis
Bruckman
Charles G. Marshall
John W. Craig
Aged Greensburg Resident Jacob F. Bryan Dies at 80
Jacob Franklin Bryan 80 a Greensburg resident for over sixty years died at home 224 South Poplar street at 7 pm Saturday after a three week illness. He was born Oct 10 1844 in Rockingham county Virginia and came to this county in 1851. He married Henrietta Roberts in 1873, she died in 1923. no children. Survived by brothers James near Osgood Marion Bryan of Indianapolis and sister Mrs Lizzie Martin Limerick. Funeral at 2 pm today at the home Rev J H Morton officiating burial by I O O F.
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Jacob Franklin Bryan
Greensburg
South Poplar Street
Bryan
Grover Jackson
Leviana Mary Martz Bryan
Rockingham County
Virginia
Millhousen
Henrietta Roberts
James
Osgood
Marion Bryan
Indianapolis
Allen Bryan
Lizzie Martin Limerick
Christian Church
Decatur Lodge of Odd Fellows
Finished Planting Corn June 18
Will E. Jackson, the late corn planter, finished planting corn Friday in the same field and at the same hour as last year. He anticipates a good crop. Mrs. Prosser Clark underwent a serious tonsil operation at Indianapolis today with her husband Dr. Clark of Clarksburg present. Mrs. Clarks is a daughter of Dr. R. W. Thorne of this city.
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Will E. Jackson
Prosser Clark
Indianapolis
Dr. Clark
Clarksburg
Howell families return from motor trip to Troy
Mr and Mrs L T Howell of Burney and Mr and Mrs Graysor Howell of Indianapolis returned home from a motor trip to Troy C where they visited Mrs Gladys Howell Knoop.
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L. T. Howell
Burney
Graysor Howell
Indianapolis
Troy, C
Gladys Howell Knoop
Souvenir Edition Promotes Decatur County Boosters
A planned sixty page souvenir and booster edition of the News aims to showcase Decatur County and Greensburg. It will highlight commercial and agricultural advantages, living desirability, and local history. Herman Holton organizes space. chambers of commerce may distribute copies to clubs and prospects.
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Decatur County
Greensburg
Detatur County
Chamber of Commerce
Herman Holton
Opening of Centenary Church Cornerstone Plan
The Methodist centenary event will mark the cornerstone opening of Centenary church. Rev. Charles W. Whitman and church leaders will lead a ceremony with trustees officials and congregation present. Contents of the cornerstone will be kept in Greensburg National bank vault until the new church cornerstone is laid. The Centenary building wrecking is underway. its cornerstone was laid August 25 1866 and dedicatory services were July 12 1868. construction cost was 19000 dollars.
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Methodist
Charles W. Whitman
Greensburg National Bank
Death claims Senator Edwin F. Ladd in Baltimore
Senator Edwin F. Ladd of North Dakota died at the Church Home infirmary in Baltimore at 10 30 a m today from kidney trouble. He had come from Cleveland for neuritis and rheumatism and grew seriously ill after arrival as his kidneys failed. Ladd was among four senators expelled from the Republican party last spring for backing Robert M La Follette in the presidential campaign.
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United Press
Baltimore
Edwin F. Ladd
North Dakota
Church Home
Ladd
Cleveland
Republican Party
Republican Senatorial
Robert M. LaFollette
Silent policeman at Main and Franklin top expense debate
Majority opinion among consulted residents argues installing traffic posts at four square corners is not justified given light and uneven traffic. Critics note potential $50 a month operating cost per post, totaling about $2400 yearly, and suggest street improvements or extra officers on peak Saturday hours instead of the posts.
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Main
Franklin Streets
Klan Speaker Outlines Tenets At City Park Rally
Rev. Robert Evans of the Ku Klux Klan told a crowd of over 500 at the east city ball park that the order seeks to maintain national institutions not by race or religion but through a definite program. He praised immigration limits and deportation laws and urged English language instruction as the nation’s backbone. He criticized Columbia University leader Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler and cited Klan actions against officials in various cities.
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Ku Klux Klan
America
Robert Evans
Ball Park
Chicago
Nicholas Murray Butler
Indiana
Columbia University
Evans
United States
Russell Molloy descendants gather for Cincinnati reunion
Descendants from Cincinnati of John Francis Russell and Catherine Molloy Russell, Irish natives who came to America about a century ago, joined a reunion at Shulte Park. The gathering decided to hold annual meetings, form a 1926 planning committee, and collect family history facts. Attendees from Greensburg included Catherine Hartman and several Russell families.
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John Francis Russell
Catherine Molloy Russell
Ireland
America
Russell
Dan S. Perry
Stanton Guthrie
Mary Amanda
Wade McMillan
Frank Russell
John Richard
Anna Russell
Marie
Miss Kate Dickerson Visits Dobyns in Indianapolis
Miss Kate Dickerson of this city visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dobyns in Indianapolis yesterday.
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Kate Dickerson
Mrs
Charles Dobyns
Indianapolis
Woman Dies at Sister's Home in Kentucky Widow
Mrs. James W. Clay aged 49 died at her sister Mrs. W. C. Fogg's North Broadway home after a lingering illness. Born Lillian Stone she is survived by son George Clay of Henderson Kentucky and other relatives. The body was taken to Henderson for burial beside her husband.
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James W. Clay
W. C. Fogg
North Broadway
Lillian Stone
A. Ze
Anna Longsford Stone
Bardstown
Kentucky
Henderson
George Clay
Burney Baptist Pastor Resigns to Return Home
Rev. C. H. Myers, pastor of Burney Baptist Church, surprised parishioners by resigning to take effect July 19. A native of Mooreville, N C, he is returning to his home church of 5,000 in Louisville educated at the Baptist theological school. He has served Burney and Lewis Creek for two years and leaves with general regret. He and his wife have four children.
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C. H. Myers
Burney Baptist Church
Myers
Mooresville
N. C
Baptist Theological School
Louisville
Burney Church
Lewis Creek
Burney
Amundsen Flies N 25 to Oslo After Polar Return
The N 25 brought Captain Amundsen and Arctic fliers to King's Bay Spitzbergen from Franklin's Bay where they landed Sunday. The N 24 was frozen and abandoned. Premier Mowinckel works with scientists to raise funds for Amundsen's further research and plans for a Oslo welcome.
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United Press
Oslol
Roald Amundsen
North Pole
King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
Franklin’s Bay
Mowinckel
Amundsen
MacMillan Arctic Expedition Reaches Maine Coast Ahead of Sydney Stop
MacMillan Antarctic expedition continues along the Maine coast with the Peary and Bowdoin leading the voyage toward Sydney Nova Scotia where coal will be loaded. Commander Donald B. MacMillan has not commented on any international controversy related to new continental discoveries.
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Monegan Island
MacMillan Arctic Expedition
Far
Sydney
N. S
Peary
Bowdoin
Maine
Donald B. MacMillan
MacMillan
Local Woman Severely Hurt In West Main Fall
Mrs. Daily Powell slipped in bare feet in her West Main home Sunday noon, breaking a hip. After X rays at Memorial hospital confirmed a fracture, she was placed in a special bed from Indianapolis and will return home after several weeks of bed rest.
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Indianapolis
Castor Family Vacation Visit Reaches Sardinia
Mr and Mrs Jacob Castor and their son from Long Beach California arrived in Westport this morning to visit Mr and Mrs Thomas Castor at Sardinia. They traveled by automobile.
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Jacob Castor
Long Beach, Cal
Westport
Thomas Castor
Sardinia
Becker Armstrong Wedding Attended by Don Harding
Don Harding of Indianapolis visited Westport to attend the Becker Armstrong wedding with Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Harding yesterday.
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Don Harding
Indianapolis
Weather Outlook for Lake Michigan Region Tonight and Tuesday
Mostly unsettled tonight with possible thunderstorms. Temperatures cool on Tuesday with a drop near the lake. Strongest activity expected away from shore while Lake Michigan area experiences cooler conditions.
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Lake Michigan
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Clareneugh Gris
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Levell
Union Church
Frank Levell
Moses
East Main
Winona
Farmers
J. H. Morton
I. O. O. F. Fraternity
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Paign
Cincinnati
Molloy
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Burney Baptist
Sunday School Report
S. F. Rogers
Frank Sefton
Mills Henry
Ed Donnell
Presbyterian
Baptist Dip
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