Irwin Funeral to Pause Trains Five Minutes in Columbus
Joseph E. Irwin, president of the Indianapolis Columbus and Southern Traction Co, will be interred at Columbus Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. The Indianapolis Columbus and Southern line will stop trains for five minutes at 3 30 p m Tuesday. Dr Jabez Hall of Butler University will assist. Irwin’s body arrived from Windermere Ontario, escorted by family, including son W G Irwin and daughter Mrs Hugh Miller, who is ill.
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Columbus
Ind
Joseph
E. Irwin
Windemere
T. Sweeney
Elsie Sweeney
W. G. Irwin
Hugh Th. Miller
Baptists Warn Against Flying Machines and Autos
In Lafayette Louisiana on August 15 the Carer Baptist association, representing 2007 churches and 5000 members in southern Louisiana, adopted resolutions condemning flying machines and automobiles as moral and financial hazards. They warn the nation faces an abyss from rapid technological craze and urge a halt to protect womanhood and prevent nationwide beggary.
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Lafayette
Ind
United States
Carer Baptist Association
Louisiana
Famine Bread Becomes 93 Year Old Family Relic
In Muncie Indiana Joseph Hummelh family keeps two one and a half ounce loaves baked during the German famine of 1815 to 1817. The loaves preserved under glass came to Mr Hummel twenty years ago during a visit to Wurtemberg. Wheat sold for 84 dollars per bushel amid floods and war.
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Muncie
Ind
Joseph Hummel
Germany
Hummel
Mr. Hummel
Wurtemberg
Europe
Free rent offered to first family with baby in Vulcan flats
Evansville Ind Aug 15 Free rent goes to Mr. and Mrs Asa Poffenberg of Rose Terrace flats A baby was born to them Sunday Maj Rosen Cranz president of the Vulcan plow works had announced he would give free rent to the first family in one of his flats to give birth to a baby In two years he declared no infant had been born in any of his flats
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Evansville
Ind
Asa Poffenberg
Rose Terrace Flats
Maj. Rosencranz
The
Vulcan Plow Works
Richmond Grows in Bonded School Debt
Special to The Sun reports Wayne county township and school corp debts for the year ending July 31 totaling about 230000 dollars, with Richmond school corporation owing 160000 dollars. Other townships carry under 20000 dollars each.
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Richmond
Ind
Wayne County
Red Headed Man Detonates Dynamite Then Flees in Indiana
Ezra Brown and William Stinson, farmers of Anderson, Indiana, testified they saw a redheaded man explode dynamite in the river and flee. They admit they were picking up the fish when arrested, while the officer testified to the act. The case for fish and game violations was taken under advisement by the court.
Runaway Horse Kills and Injures In Anderson
In Anderson Indiana a horse driven by Charles Stanley crashed into bystanders while three people sought a shroud for Mrs. Harey Best. Mrs Best died from injuries, Mrs Frankie Hinderer died en route to hospital, and Stanley was arrested on drunkenness charges with possible additional counts.
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Anderson
Ind
Harey Best
Charles Stanley
Frankie Hinderer
Mrs. Best
Stanley
Police raid uncovers beer and disrupts trade
Martinsville Ind August 15 police raid Will Carlton’s home finding two and a half barrels of beer. Carlton not the poet but a local bootlegger. Police also raid Eva Ferrand’s home where she loudly protested the destruction of her trade. She faces charges of blind tiger and profanity.
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Martinsville
Ind
Will Carlton
Carlton
Eva Ferrand
Court Favors Free Trade in Courtship Fling
Kokomo Indiana August 15 Obhba Dillman Mike Jackson and Fred Martin were fined for assault Cecil Manness was fined for carrying concealed weapons Manness from Hemlock traveled to Oakford to woo a girl and was pelted with stones Manness fired his revolver into the air during the incident
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Kokomo
Ind
Obhba Dillman
Mike Jackson
Fred Martin
Cecil Manness
Manness
Hemlock
Oakford
Knight Templars appoint new grand officers in meeting
Very Eminent Grand Master W B Melish of the Knight Templars appointed officers in Cincinnati. Bishop John W Walden becomes grand prelate and L F Newby named grand standard bearer. Fred Tharer from Knightstown is grand standard bearer and Huston B Colman of Kalamazoo is grand sword bearer with John W Borkin named grand warder and John W Borkin as grand captain of the guard.
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Cincinnati
W. B. Melish
Knight Templars’ Organization
John W. Walden
L. F. Newby
Knightstown
Ind
Fred. Tharer
Waterville
Huston B
Olman
Kalamazoo
Mich
John W. Borkin
Richmond
Gypsy band raids town of Fairland
A band of gypsy thieves toured Fairland Indiana on Saturday, stopping at each store to tell fortunes and stealing items. One shop held closed to keep them out as the thieves moved through the town.
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Fairland
Ind
Richmonds Fall Festival Marks Centennial Warne County
The third annual Téiets mond fall festival opens October celebrating Warne county centennial. Promoted by Richmond Young Men's Business Club with local business support, the event spans three days featuring a state encampment by Modern Woodmen, an industrial day with a monster pageant, and a centennial day with floats praising industrial and political history.
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Richmond
Ind
Warne County
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Last Miami Chief Gabriel Godfroy Dies at 76
Gabriel Godfroy, 76, last Miami Indian chief, died near Peru Indiana Sunday. He led the tribe for over sixty years and was in demand at celebrations in recent years. Once wealthy, his generosity to tribesmen left him penniless. his father was Chief Franche Godfroy. He leaves a widow and fourteen of nineteen children by three wives.
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Franche Godfroy
Reinila
Partridges To Boost Howard County Game Preserve
In Kokomo Indiana on August 15 the Howard county game preserve will receive a new stock of Hungarian partridges. The bird has multiplied rapidly since release and provisions will be made to protect them from winter snows and spring rains.
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Kokomo
Ind
Howard County Game Preserve
Howard County
Johnson County Republicans Plan Close Organization
Franklin Ind Aug 45 Johnson county republicans held a conference Saturday to lay plans for a close organization. Speakers included Charles Remy of Indianapolis Ed Fitzpatrick clerk of the supreme court and Warren Voorhis of Kokomo.
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Johnson County
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Indianapolis
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Snake Knocked Boy From Tree By Strike
Harold Shoaf, son of farmer Peb Shoaf near Rumbletown Indiana, was bitten by a large chicken snake while climbing a tree to catch a fluttering bird. The snake struck him between the eyes and knocked him to the ground but the lump on his forehead is not expected to be serious as chicken snakes are not poisonous. The boy escaped injury from the fall.
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Peb Shoaf
Rumbletown
Meeting called to found city hospital in Columbus
A joint meeting of the Commercial club and physicians in Columbus is set for Monday to plan establishing a city hospital, a facility the city has never had.
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Columbus
Ind
Commercial Club
Rush County Teachers Institute Opens With Noted Speakers
The Rush county teachers' institute opens in Rushville Indiana on Monday and runs to Friday. Speakers include Mrs Rose Mikels of Newcastle Indiana Prof Tilson of Connersville and Prof Van Ormer of Pennsylvania.
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Rushville
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Rush County Teachers' Institute
Rose Mikels
Newcastle
Tilson
Connersville
van Ormer
Pennsylvania
Colt Thows Boy and Tramples Him in Greencastle
In Greencastle Indiana on August 15 a vicious colt threw 15 year old Emmet Kinsey and trampled him. The accident occurred as the boy rode along a deserted road. He is believed to be near death.
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Greencastle
Inn
Emmet Kinsey
Chicken with extra legs wobbles on Muncie farm
Aug. 14 report from Frank Hui Barger, a farmer four miles north of Muncie, describes a chicken with four legs that cannot walk. It staggers on all four limbs and falls, while the owner trains it to use two legs for progress.
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Muncate
Ind
Frank Huibarger
Muncie
Hamburger
Monon Vacancy Promises New President Likely
Bloominton Ind Aug 15 Judge B C Fields of Chicago vice president of the Monon railroad will be made president according to belief here based on sound authority. Mr Fields has been with the company many years and his appointment would be popular.
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Ind
B.C. Fields
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Omen Thirteen No Worry At Threshers Ring
In Kokomo Indiana on August 15 a thrashing ring held at Griffith Tolle’s home served thirteen cakes defying superstition. The ring of thirteen farmers was organized over Iridar.
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Kokomo
Ind
Griffith Tolle
Ov Iridar
Returns Sherrick to Answer Charge in Scottsburg
Indiana detective Harry C Webster brought Justus W Sherrick of Frankfort to Scottsburg to answer charges of being an accomplice of Walter FE Neill who raised a draft from 4 to 3000 dollars at the Scottsburg state bank on August 1 Sherrick posted 1000 dollar bond and returned to Frankfort Neill's bond was set at 3000 dollars and he will be jailed until the October term of court
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Ind
Harry C Webster
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Justus W. Sherrick
Frankfort
Walter FE. Neill
Sherrick
Neil
Pickpockets Take Homecoming Haul in Shelbyville
Shelbyville Indiana reports two thefts during the St. Paul homecoming. Robert Whittaker missed forty dollars from his pocket and Nicholas Borden had thirty five dollars stolen from his hip pocket on Saturday.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Robert Whittaker
St. Paul
Nicholas Borden
Railroad heir inherits fortune from Chicago uncle
Jeffersonville Indiana August reports that W. W. Hume of Chicago, an uncle, Millard Hume, a railroad man of Jeffersonville, inherits a $50,000 fortune upon the elder Hume's death.
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Sun
Jeffersonville
Ind
W. W. Hume
Chicago
Millard Hume
Canners Begin Tomato Pack in Columbus and Hope
The Columbus and Hope tomato canning season has started with scanning factories beginning work. The corn pack is expected to be heavy while the tomato pack will be light, marking a shift in the season's output.
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Columbus. Ind
Columbus
Hope
Auto racer in crash at Newcastle tryout
Addlo Lindsay of Anderson was seriously hurt during a preliminary fall recog tryout in Newcastle Indiana. His car slid in loose dirt at a curve and his head struck a post. Doctors believe his skull was not fractured.
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Newcastle
Ind
Addlo Lindsay
Anderson
Kerosene Tank Burns At Martinsville Grocery
Fire broke out in the rear of Frank Leonard's grocery in Martinsville Indiana about midnight Saturday and ignited a kerosene tank causing damage to the building. The cause remains unknown.
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Martinsville
Ind
Frank Leonard's
Gilmer Medical Institute Claims Cure for Chronic Disease
An Indianapolis woman credits rapid relief after four weeks of treatment at the Gilmer Medical Institute. The Franklin case joins many others praised as cures for long standing ailments with offices at 46 North Pennsylvania Street Suite D and E in Indiana. They claim to accept only cases that can be cured and to offer quick, permanent results with thorough examinations.
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Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Street
Indiana
Ville Annual Horse Show Set for October 2021
The Ville annual horse show will be held in October 2021 with premiums totaling 2000 dollars. Homer Powell was elected president of the horse show committee.
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Rushville
Ind
Homer Powell
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