Camp Festival Plans by Local Committee
The arrangements committee for the M. L. A. Grounds camp festival on June 3 held its final meeting. Tickets are being sold by association members and others. Attractions include Jacob's Well drinks, popcorn and candy booths, ice cream and cake, sandwiches, lemonade, readings, the Kitchen Symphony band, the Panden Sisters dance act, a sleight of hand act, a country store, art gallery, domestic booth, fish pond, flower booth, fortune telling, Gypsy attire performers, and free streetcar transport for supplies.
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Queen Esther
Central Avenue Church
Humaniphone
Kitchen Symphony Band
Panden
Zee Zee Chanitee
Woman kills large snake with a rail in Indiana orchard
Milton Ind June 21 Mrs Catherine Swafford near Beesons station and Miss Ruth Hacker killed a six foot black snake found among turkeys in an orchard. Swafford broke the reptile's back with a rail.
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Milton, Ind
Catherine Swafford
Beeson’s
Ruth Hacker
Fire destroys Banner-Rock plant in Alexandria
Fire at the Banner-Rock manufacturing plant in Alexandria causes a loss of 7500 dollars. The plant was fully insured and will be rebuilt.
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Alexandria
Ind
Banner-Rock
Silver Lake man 5 killed in the West
Warsaw Ind June 21 Word has been received here of the death of James Colbert at Oak Cree's Jol It is understood he was shot James Colbert was the son of Thomas Colbert of Silver Lake He went to Colorado two years ago and took up a claim He had worked at a government mining camp weighing coal He was married but had no children and was about 33 years old.
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Warsaw
Ind
James Colbert
Oak Cree's
Jol
Thomas Colbert
Silver Lake
Colorado
Week of Homecoming in Bryant Town to Run Five Days
Bryant Indiana launches a five day homecoming ending July 2 and 3 with a Fourth of July style finale. Planned events include contests free vaudeville acts a double header ball game and a balloon ascension for the celebration.
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Bryant, Ind
Bryant
Water Works Overtly Planned for Hagerstown
Hagerstown Indiana plans a waterworks system to be installed and running before winter. Trustees grant a franchise to Charles Van Meter and Henry Hancock to study contracts, install five cisterns, supply cooling water to the electric plant, and operate a gravity pressure standpipe system drawn from a deep well with purity tests.
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Hagerstown
Ind
Badger Game Lands Woman in the Prison
Terre Haute Ind June 21 May Cook was sentenced to five years in prison for blackmailing a picture agent out of 50 cents her brother who acted as the injured husband was sent to Paris Illinois authorities who seek prison for robbery Deider the agent says the woman lured him into the house pretended to order a picture sat on his lap and then the injured husband demanded $25 but took 50 cents only Deider reported the incident.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Overland trip ends in Goshen widow's death in Kansas
Mrs W C B Harrison wife of a former Goshen newspaper man died in Chanute Kansas after an overland journey by wagon with her husband and three children. She suffered from consumption and died suddenly after initial improvement during the long trip.
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Goshen
Ind
W. C. B. Harrison
Chanute
Kas
Teen Drowns Swimming Across Pond in Gravel Pit
Greentown Indiana reports 16 year old John Hall drowned while attempting to swim across a pond in a gravel pit yesterday. Community mourns as authorities investigate the accident.
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Greentown
Ind
John Hall
Rajah of Bhong to Be Staged by Large Cast at Wonderland
The Rajah of Bhong musical comedietta will be presented by the Nelson Musical Comedy company with the Pekin Zouaves in a rescue party scene aboard the mysterious Bhong. Wonderland’s Airdome, seating about 7,200, has drawn crowds since its start and will feature Russian musicians in the German village nightly this week.
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Wonderland
Hoosier
Nelson Musical Comedy Company
Pekin Zouaves
Indianapolis
Bhong
Nelson Musical Company
Lafayette to Host Indiana Mayors' Meeting
Lafayette Ind June 21 The nineteenth annual meeting of the Municipal League of Indiana will convene here tomorrow and run three days. Joseph T McNary Logansport is league president. Mayor George Durgan will deliver the opening address. New officers will be elected Thursday. Gary seeks the 1910 meeting.
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Lafayette
Ind
Municipal League of Indiana
Joseph T. McNary
Logansport
George Durgan
Gary
Drowning of Two Cousins in Sugar Creek at Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville Indiana on June 21 Sidney Purcell aged 18 and his cousin Finley Purcell aged 16 drowned in Sugar Creek after wading. Sidney sank in a deep hole and Finley, attempting to save him, also drowned. Luther Purcell narrowly escaped. The bodies were recovered.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Sidney Purcell
Finley Purcell
Sugar Creek
Luther Purcell
Executor Appointed for Lucy King Estate
Judge Ross of probate court appointed William K. Worrell executor of Lucy King’s estate. The will leaves a farm and other property to her children with small bequests to Ernest Reed and John Jenkins. The estate valued at $12,000.
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William K. Worrell
Lucy King
Ross
Ernest Reed
John Jenkins
Joys of Beach Outing at Camp Algonac Priced
Camp Algonac offers a complete beach outing with board transport and sleeping accommodations. One way train fare plus camp stay costs 20 dollars for adults and 13 50 for children under twelve.
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Camp Algonac
Nutritive Value of Beer Recalls Historic Commission Findings
A London editorial notes a government commission report arguing beer is a nutritious beverage with low alcohol. It compares beer to milk and beef in caloric value, highlights hypnotic effects of hops, and cautions on obesity and diabetes, urging moderation and quality beer selection.
Old Mexican head pottery at Greenfield bakery
In Greenfield Indiana a clay head mold from an old Mexican potter draws attention. The hollow piece shows creases filled with grass seed. when watered it sweats and the seeds grow into a green hair like a lawn. Brought from Mexico by Charles King, the work is noted for its workmanship.
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Legnth
Mexico
Charles King
Woman Sues Over False Arrest In Mount Vernon
Kate Cleveland of Cynthiana files a damage suit for 30000 against Zacharia T. Emerson and Elvin E. Gudgel of Mount Vernon alleging false imprisonment. She was arrested for throwing garbage into the main street, jailed by Town Marshal Gudgel and brought before Squire Emerson who imposed a light fine.
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Mount Vernon
Ind
Kate Cleveland
Cynthiana
Zacharia T. Emerson
Elvin E. Gudgel
Gudgel
Squire Emerson
Purdue instructor resigns to join engineering firm in Oklahoma City
Lafayette Ind June 2 N A Lago has resigned as an instructor at Purdue University and accepted a post with Moore and McClure consulting engineers in Oklahoma City Oklahoma.
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Lafayette
Ind
N. A
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