Whinnery Wins Nine Acre Corn Prize
Whinnery of Rock Creek township led a five acre corn contest with 7 1 8 bushels per acre at 14 90 per acre and 93 2% score. Other winners from Rock Creek include Wooster Hart Sheets Garber and more, praised for soil fertility and farm management at Huntington Farmers Institute.
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F. A. Loew
Huntington College
Farmers Institute
Kb. Kh. Whinnery
Rock Creek Township
Whinnery
QO. M. Wooster
Ve. Hart
Chester Sheets
Willard Garber
Warren Township
Markle
Purdue University
A. L. Whiting
Ilinois Agriculture Experiment Station
Wuntington Theatre
Tound
Huntington to buy large Kentucky coal mine to avert shortages
An option held by J P Bippus head of Huntington Light and Fuel Co may lead to purchase of a Kentucky coal mine. If the coal quality holds, transfer could occur soon to secure a steady supply. The mine could yield 600 tons daily and sustain Huntington’s 30 000 ton annual needs.
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Huntington
J. P. Bippus
Huntington Light & Fuel Company
Kentucky
Bippus
Frank Martin
Ilinois
Huntington County
British Break German Lines on Ancre Front in France
British forces pierced German positions on both sides of the Ancre River near Grandecourt and Miraumont in France, taking about 268 prisoners including five officers. Northward raids and gains continued along the line, with Turkish fronts in Mesopotamia reporting British advances and nearly 2,000 prisoners seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
River Ancre
France
Grandecourt
Miraumont
Petit Miraumont
Haig
The
Ancre
Baillescourt
Kut-El- Amara
Mesopotamia
Tigris
Huntington Light & Fuel adds 3000 KW turbine unit
Huntington Light and Fuel company orders about $75,000 worth of equipment to expand its electrical plant. The installation will add a fourth unit with a 3000 KW turbine, condensers, switchboards, and related parts to boost output and prepare for future city and county demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.l.&f
Huntington Light & Fuel Company
Lndt
Demobilization of National Guard Troops Ordered
Washington Feb 17 The War Department ordered General Funston to begin immediate demobilization of all national guard units on the border as the embassy in Mexico reopened. About 50,000 guardsmen will be withdrawn north by March 7, while regulars remain along the border from Brownsville to Yuma under General Swift. The move aims to ease tensions with Mexico and support resumed diplomatic contact, with Ambassador Fletcher preparing to present credentials and a memorandum on the Hachita killings to be forwarded next week.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico
War Department
Funston
Brownsville
Yuma
Arizona
Perashing
Eben Swift
Pershing
el Paso
Baker
Germany
Funstonud
State Department
Army
Villa
Zapata
Rio Grande
Carranza
Ambasador Fletcher
United States
Hachita
New Mexico
Texas
Arigone
British Shipping Sunk By German Blockade Action
The Day's Toll reports 7,485 tons sunk as German blockades hit shipping Sat. Queenswood 2,701 tons Marion Dawson 2,300 tons Marie Leonhardt 1,468 tons likely submarine victims. Lady Ann 1,016 tons sunk by a mine. German reports claim U boat successes with one submarine sinking 50,000 tons in 24 hours and another averaging 7,000 tons daily for five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenswood
Marion Dawson
Marie Leonhardt
Lady Ann
Frankfort Men Held for Election Frauds
Frankfort officers seize six warrants in a fraud roundup. Dr. O W Edmonds former mayor candidate and five others are named among those arrested on federal indictments in Indianapolis. In Evansville a separate roundup halted after 13 arrests and plan to arrest remaining indicted men next Wednesday.
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Frank Barnhart
M. C. Mikesel
Indianapolis
O. W. Edmonds
Henry Wolf
Bart Russell
John Gibbons
H. R. Austin
James Ambers
Federal Grand Jury
Evansville
United States
Marshall Mark Store
Marshall Oehlman
Oehlman
Mark Storen
Storen
Insane man fatally shoots minister in Atlanta attack
Claude Anderson recently released from a state insane hospital hid at his mother in law’s home in Atlanta and killed Rev. Gaston E. Buford and fatally wounded Mrs. M Zahn and slightly wounded Mrs. W J Zahn before being shot and killed by W J Zahn. The Rev Buford died at the scene and Mrs Zahn died in hospital.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Inlaw
Claude Anderson
State Hospital For the Insane
Gaston E. Buford
Moore Memorial Presbyterian Church
Anderson
Zahn
Buford
W. J. Zahn
M. Zahn
Louisville
Germany frees U S residents amid diplomacy shuffle
Berne reports American consuls left in Germany will travel to Switzerland Tuesday afternoon. President Wilson weighs asking Congress for broad powers to protect American lives and property from submarine attacks, while avoiding war. Officials note Turkey may aid Beirut refugees and that Allies may shift on Austria as Germany pact frays.
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Associated Press
Berne
Legation
Germany
Gerard
Switzerland
Schafhaussen
Congress
Elkus
Constantinople
Turkey
Beirut
United States
Austria
Senate
Cummins
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Agre Corn
Whiting
Elizabeth Stanley
Liberty
Ind
U. S
Sebeteeters
Submarine Boat Corporation
Davy Jones
St. Lawrence River
Wre
Frankfort
Wilson
Capitol
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