Newcastle Fetes Boosters Day With Keyless Town Event
Newcastle Indiana hosts Boosters Day as 1,500 visitors crowd the greens at the Nipp and Tuck club grounds. Former Vice President Fairbanks enjoys side-stepping questions on Earth’s shape while impersonations and songs mark the lively affair. Officials including Congressman Adair and W. A. Hough address the crowd amid feasting and playful town pride.
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Newcastle
Ind
Sherman
Fairbanks
Yairbanks
Noblesville water and light company sold to local businessmen
Special to The Sun reports Noblesville Ind on August 3 J W Smith and George Christian sold the Noblesville water and light company to L N Joseph and forty other business men. About 40000 was involved in the transaction. The stockholders elected officers President A D Booth Vice President L N Joseph Treasurer J F Haines Secretary James Thom.
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Noblesville
Ind
J. W. Smith
George Christian
Noblesville Water and Light Company
L.N. Joseph
A. D. Booth
L. N. Joseph
J. F. Haines
James Thom
Girl Hit by Train While Boarding at Springport
Newcastle Ind August 3 Miss Ida Riggs 14 was struck by a Lake Erie and Western train at Springport while rushing to the depot to board for Cincinnati and misjudged the engine distance. She will recover.
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Newcastle
Ind
Ida Riggs
Lake’ Erie & Western
Springport
Cincinnati
Old Soldier Ends Life by Acid Route
Brazil Ind Aug 3 Lafayette free man 72 drank carbolic acid to die. Formerly a familiar figure at the soldiers home on Degritte Drive he was despondent and wore his army uniform.
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Old Soldier
Brazil
Ind
Lafayette Freeman
Wacan
Degritte
Freeman
Petersburg man sentenced for life in killing
Special to The Bun. Frank charged with killing Thomas Amil in Patoka Township July. sentenced to life in prison Tuesday, August 3, in Peters burg Indiana. The report notes the sentence followed the court action and marks a death in a mine as a separate headline.
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Petersburg
Ind
Frank
Thomas Amila
Dance No Patoka Township
Second Story Leap Not Fatal in Washington Hotel
Mrs. Elizabeth Foraker 55 jumped from a second story window of the City hotel to a concrete walk in Washington Indiana. She is in serious condition. The woman was found in a demented state in St Louis last week and lives in Chicago.
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Elizabeth Foraker
City
St. Louis
Chicago
Stranger Returns Stolen Corn After Six Years
In Peru Indiana a stranger visited Frank Jackson's farm on Tuesday and offered a bushel of corn, claiming he had stolen that quantity from Jackson six years earlier. He said the theft haunted him since becoming a Christian.
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Peru
Ind
Frank Jackson
Jackson
Dog Shows Courage On Operating Table In Marion
Prize-winning Biddie Jingo owned by Harry Sheldon endured a 20 minute breast probe for embedded glass. Veterinarian Dr G L Simons praised the dog for quiet behavior, noting most dogs bite, growl, or resist while the master’s simple prompt kept him calm.
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Marion
Ind
Biddie Jingo
Harry Sheldon
Sheldon
G. L. Simons
Oats Yield Breaks All Former Records
An average of 89 bushels of oats per acre was raised on a nine acre farm belonging to Mellia Dill near Frankfort Indiana. This breaks all Todiana records for production, about two and a quarter times the average crop. The seed was sown on ground formerly trampled by corn stalks.
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Frankfort
Ind
Todiana
Nitro attempt fails to blow depot ticket office safe
An August 3 report from Washington Indiana says a nitroglycerin blast to rob the E. and I depot ticket office failed, damaging the safe beyond repair. No crew remained after the attempt.
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Washington
Ind
Divorce Decree Granted for Bradways with Alimony Struck
In Richmond Indiana on August 3 the court granted a divorce to Mrs Georgia Bradway from William Bradway. The decree included 1500 dollars alimony but the court struck out the alimony provision at Mrs Bradway’s protest and did not award payments.
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the Sun
Richmond
Ind
Georgia Bradway
William Bradway
Bradway
Buzzard Family Reunion Set for Aug 21 in Huntington
The second annual Buzzard family reunion will be held in Huntington Indiana on August 21. John H Buzzard serves as president and is sending out the notice.
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Buzzards
Huntington
tInd
Buzzard
John H. Buzzard
No Doubt About Amos Having Come Back
In DOPETOWN Indiana on August 3 Amos Quito's return is celebrated with satirical boxing lore about James Clothespin, nicknamed Skeeter, and a witty critique of Amos's punishing new blow the corkscrew dip. The piece jokes that Amos is sharper, stronger, and ready to face John Arthur Johnson.
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Amos
Ind
Kid McCoy
Anos
McCoy
Standard Oil Company
S. UW. Co
Amon
John Arthur Johnson
Princeton School Board In Contest
Special to The Sun. Princeton Indiana August 3 Stuart T Fisher elected treasurer and H EF Noble secretary at the organization of the city school board Tuesday night A heated contest looms as Mayor Davison says both men have contracts with the city and may not serve with school board duties He threatens a test suit Fisher treasurer of the city water company and Noble holds a school plumbing contract
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Princeton
Ind
Stuart T. Fisher
H. EF. Noble
City
Davison
Stuart
City Water Company
Noble
Famed temperance lecturer dies in Columbus
Special to The Columbus Ind. Aug 4. Joseph Critchfield, a stonemason who turned to temperance lecturing after his wife died fifteen years ago, passed away. He gained fame as an eloquent speaker though illness sometimes kept him from lectures. His daughter Effe Critchfield is a grand opera singer living in Paris.
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Columbus
Ind
Joseph Critchfield
Effe Critchfield
Paris
Eagles Boosting For Big Fall Festival
Washington Indiana August 3 The local Eagles lodge backs a plan for a fall festival and home-coming celebration the first week of October with free attractions and the annual Daviss County Pet Stock association exhibit.
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Washington
Ind
Lodge of Eagles
Daviess County
Pet Stock Association
Missing Tooth Filling Found in Appendix Operation
Miss May Sweeney aged 18 of Jeffersonville Indiana underwent an operation by Dr J H Baldwin to remove a piece of a tooth filling that had become embedded in her appendix during surgery a few days earlier.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
May Sweeney
J. H. Baldwin
Boy Falls From Ladder in Winchester Incident
Winchester Indiana August 3 Dean Hunt fell twelve feet from a ladder Tuesday. He was unconscious for three hours but is expected to recover.
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Winchester
Ind
Dean Hunt
Child wife’s throat slashed by enraged husband in Gary
In Gary Indiana on August 3 Joachim Daviso 24 a steel worker stabbed his 13 year old wife cutting her throat at 160 Madison street. She was taken to Merry Hospital in dangerous condition. Daviso was captured soon after. The couple wed after her parents forced the marriage on May 2 in Chicago where they say he swore she was of age.
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Madison Street
Merry Hospital
Daviso
Chicago
Gary
Bachelor Gown Choice Stirs Kokomo Chautauqua
Kokomo Indiana August 3 The gown worn by Mrs Ylla Moore Cardin lecturer at the Kokomo chautauqua caused a stir as it was selected by manager Rauch a bachelor The gown a yellow silk with gold embroidery and four panels drew attention when Cardin learned Rauch was a bachelor and he tried to sidestep the reveal The stunner aimed at the bachelor created headlines around the event
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Kokomo, Ind
4Ylla Moore Cardin
Kokomo Chautauqua
Rauch
Cardin
Ane
Swine Breeders Elect Officers in Indiana Meeting
The Indiana Swine Breeders Expert Judge association re elected Milbert Saylor as president and Charles Keys as vice president at Crawfordsville. C A Widener was chosen secretary and treasurer. The group decided to hold its 23rd annual meeting in Crawfordsville on the first Tuesday and Wednesday in August 1911.
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Indiana Swine Breeders
Milbert Saylor
Newmarket
Charles Keys
C. A. Widener
Crawfordsville
Indiana Woman Loses Eye After Mosque Shooting
Miss Aznes Parker Moore of Terre Haute Indiana was shot in the mosque of Omar in Jerusalem by a fanatic Moslem while touring with Miss Anna Sankey. Moore is blind in one eye from the attack. The assailant fired five shots before being overpowered by a Turkish guard and received a long prison sentence. The visitors had proper permission and wore required coverings during the tour.
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New York
Azsnes Parker Moore
Terre Haute
Ind
Omar
Jerusalem
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Anna B. Sankey
Moore
Miss Moore
Miss Sankey
Europe
Abraham
Miss Maurice
New metal may replace steel says Elwood Haynes in San Francisco
Elwood Haynes, president of the Haynes Automobile Company, returns to Kokomo from San Francisco and announces the discovery of a metal superior to steel in many respects and capable of replacing it, promising cheaper production and broader use for industry.
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Kokomo
Ind
Elwood Haynes
Haynes Automobile Company
San Francisco
Polly Cries Fire Barn Is Saved in Indiana
In Huntington Indiana on August 3 a poll parrot owned by Peter Young alerted neighbors to a blaze near a barn. The bird perched in a tree near the chicken house drew the fire department and prevented broader destruction including two Erie cars and surrounding outbuildings. Polly was saved.
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Peter Young
Polly
Erie
Buckles Recovers and Names Suspects in Kokomo Assault
James Buckles, 25, Green Town, revived after two days unconscious, says three men assaulted him. He resisted twice, can identify the attackers to authorities but withholds names for now. The incident occurred in Kokomo, Indiana, on August 3.
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Kokomo
Ind
James Buckles
Greentown
Buckles
Woman of 93 Dies Leaving 62 Kin in Indiana
Noblesville Indiana August 3 Mrs William Collins aged 92 percent died Tuesday night She leaves sixty two descendants four children including James and Jesse Collins of Indianapolis twenty four grandchildren thirty one great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren survive her
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Noblesville
Ind
William Collins
James
Jesse Collins
Indianapolis
Pastor to Get Call in Rushville Congregation
The Rev. B. Meacham, pastor of the Ripley Ohio Presbyterian church, will likely receive the call from the First Presbyterian church in Rushville Ind. after the congregation voted in favor. session approval remains.
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Rushville
Ind
B. Meacham
Presbyterian Church
Ripley, O
First Presbyterian Church
Professor Ogg starts 150 mile overland trip to Lyons
Prof. B A Ogg, former Kokomo public schools head for twelve years, begins a 150 mile overland buggy journey to Lyons to run his farm scientifically and then move to Indianapolis to work with the State Sunday school association. He will address farmers institutes and aims to keep the young people on the farms.
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Kokomo
Ind
B. A Ogg
Lyons
Indianapolis
Prof. Ogg
State
Sunday School Association
Resolutions Seek Return of Pastor in Columbus church
Resolutions asking for the return of Dr A H Pitking pastor and Dr H B Hyde district superintendent were unanimously adopted at the fourth quarterly conference of the M E church in Columbus Indiana on Tuesday.
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A. H. Pitking
H. B. Hyde
M. E. Church
Red headed Milroy triplets lead Decatur old settlers reunion
WESTPORT Ind Aug 3 The red headed triplets of Milroy will headline the fourteenth annual reunion of the old settlers of Decatur and adjoining counties to be held near here Aug 23 to 26. A number of prominent speakers will be present.
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Westport
Ind
Milroy
Decatur
Mammoth frog captured at Rohm mill pond
Chauncey and John Pruitt caught a mammoth frog in the Rohm brothers mill pond in Rockville Ind The creature measures 9 inches in circumference and has hind legs about 8 inches long with a total length around 34 inches
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Rockville
Ind
Chauncey
John Pruitt
Rohm Brothers
Delaware county corn crop to yield bumper harvest
Muncie Ind Aug 3 The corn crop in Delaware county promises a bumper yield as tassels form and stalks reach full size Residents expect to eat juicy white grains off the cob soon and muss their ears in celebration of the harvest 稍
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Muncie, Ind
Delaware County
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