Taft to Speak at Winona on Foreign Missions
Special to The Sun Winona Indiana May 15 Taft will speak Aug 30 on Foreign Missions during the Post Missionary conference. John Wesley Hill arranged the visit. Winona expects a record crowd as it hosts multiple church conventions this summer including the Brethren synod and Christian Endeavor events.
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Winona
Ind
Taft
John Wesley Hill
Metropolitan Temple
New York
National Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church
National Conference of
The
Church of the Brethren
Summer School of Missions
Christian Citizenship Institute
Tithers’ Association
Christian Endeavor Union
National Conference of the Brethren Church
Dunkards
Brethren
Wabash G A R Men Back Thompson for Commander
Wabash county G A R delegates and past commanders voted to support Col. Chester G. Thompson of Lafayette for commander of the Indiana department at the encampment in Lafayette on May 25 26. He had previously been defeated and was ill last year preventing his candidacy.
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Wabash, Ind
Wabash County
Chester G. Thompson
Lafayette
Indiana Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
Richmond Schools May Obtain Neff
Principal I. E. Neff, who resigned as Richmond High School head, weighs offers from Richmond Indiana and Kenilworth New York high schools. Neff favors the Richmond post amid two presented principalships.
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Richmond
South Bend
Ind
I. EE. Neff
Richmond, Ind
Kenilworth, Y
Botoh
Neff
Gwynneville Receives Bank and Church Plans
Rushville businessman Frank A. Mull announced plans to establish a new bank at Gwynneville. He has led local business efforts since buying the grain elevator there years ago. Gwynneville will also build a new church soon, signaling growth for the town.
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the Sun
Rushville
Ind
Frank A. Mull
Gwynneville
Mull
Dynamite nearly lifts Allen as wagon wheel barely misses blast
Marion Allen of Greensburg Ind suffered a close call Tuesday when a wagon wheel narrowly avoided a stick of dynamite. The live explosive was described as powerful enough to lift him into the air.
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Greensburg
Ind
Marion Allen
Allen
Constellations
Light Plant Vote in Crawfordsville Declared
Crawfordsville Ind May 18 In a special election held Tuesday the voters of this city decided that a new municipal electric light plant should be built here this summer. The vote was 776 to 75. The new plant will cost about 85000.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Greensburg Elks Plan Fourth of July Circus Parade
Greensburg Indiana May 18 local Elks lodge votes for a noteworthy Fourth of July celebration featuring a circus worthy of the name free street pageant a balloon ascent and fireworks planned for the city celebration
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Greensburg
Ind
Lodge of Elks
Fire damages bankrupt clothing stock in South Bend
In South Bend Indiana on a Wednesday early morning a fire caused about 4000 dollars of damage to the bankrupt clothing stock of Abraham Franklin. Insurance companies suspect arson and are investigating the blaze.
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South Bend
Ind
Abraham Franklin
Incen
Marisn
Odd Fellows Asked To Aid Windfall Man Rejected
Irvin Platt of Windfall, a member of the Odd Fellows, was refused admission to the Central Asylum for the Insane in Indianapolis as chronic and incurable. He has been jailed a week in Tipton. Relatives, aided by Odd Fellows, consider appealing again to lodges for support.
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Tipton
Ind
Irvin Platt
Odd Fellows’ Order
Central Asylum For the Insane
Indianapolis
Platt
Chicken row dispute to be heard in circuit court
In Kokomo Indiana on May 17 a dispute between chicken raiser Andrew Corbet and neighbor Bennett Hurst moves to the circuit court after Corbet appealed a police court fine for pointing a gun at Hurst. Corbet says Hurst threatened to shoot the chickens and Mrs Corbet in the potato patch.
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the Sun
Kokomo
Ind
Andrew Corbet
Bennett Hurst
Corbet
Hurst
Masons Plan Corner Stone Laying in Elkhart
Free and Accepted Masons of Elkhart announce the laying of the corner stone for their new Masonic temple. The ceremony takes place Wednesday afternoon with masons from South Bend Goshen Warsaw Laporte and Michigan City assisting the Elkhart lodge.
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Elkhart
Ind
South Bend
Goshen
Warsaw
Laporte
Michigan City
Elkhart Lodge
Mother Saves Boy Of Five From Burning
In Kokomo Indiana on May 18 a five year old boy named Richard Moon was near a fire when his blouse caught flame. His mother wrapped a skirt around him and threw him into a tub of water to extinguish the blaze. The child escaped unharmed but the mother suffered severe burns to her hands.
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Kokomo
Ind
Richard Moon
Death levies toll on six in two days
Hartford City reports six residents died in the last 48 hours, ages from 3 to 81. The deceased are Mrs. Mary A. Fidler 81 Mrs. Nancy Turner 79 Tom Fields 57 Henry Elsey 54 William Martin 9 Dorothy Ruble 3.
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Hartford City
Mary A. Fidler
Nancy Turner
Tom Fields
Henry Elsey
Wiliam Martin
Dorothy Ruble
Marion Horseshoe Contest Opens Season In Indiana
Marion Indiana May 18 The West Marion Horseshoe club opened a ten week series of tournaments. Last year Tom Hendricks and Sam Bristol won the state championship defeating the unbeaten Soldiers home team. Two games are played weekly with prizes for the top three scores at season end.
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Tom Hendricks
Sam Bristol
Soldiers
Wealthy farmer refuses census questions in Indiana
Wabash Indiana May 18 Harry L Ben del census supervisor received a complaint from an enumerator against a wealthy farmer who has persistently refused to answer questions The man thought the report was being gathered for the benefit of speculators
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Wabash, Ind
Harry L. Bendel
Guests Barely Escape As Adams Hotel Burns In Phoenix
A $206000 fire gutted the four story Adams hotel in Phoenix killing Ralph Purvis of Draper South Dakota. About 150 guests fled in scanty attire after the blaze started in the basement near the elevator shaft. Gov and Mrs Sloar narrowly escaped and their young daughter was saved by a hotel clerk.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Adams Hotel
Arizona
Gov
Fire in New York Kills Three In Tenement Blaze
Three people Vincente de Biasco Adatina de Biasco and their daughter Maria de Biasco died in a fire at a three story tenement at 73 Sullivan Street in New York City on Wednesday The blaze is believed incendiary two others were injured seriously one likely to die and the other in critical condition authorities reported from the scene
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New York
Sullivan Street
Vincente de Biasco
Adatina de Biasco
Maria de Biasco
Navy Refuses Deserter Return From Kokomo
Blaine Record was held by police in Kokomo Indiana after being identified as a deserter from the battleship Louisiana. Government officials did not want him returned, and the reason was not disclosed. Record reportedly returned home to kiss his wife.
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Kokomo
Ind
Blaine Record
Louisiana
Record
Navy
Moving Picture Man Sings 3120 Songs
Billy B. Watson of Indianapolis completed a year of performances at the Lyric theater in Columbus and calculated he sang 312 songs in the year, averaging ten songs daily for a total of 3120 songs.
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Moving Picture Man
Columbus
Ind
Billy B. Watson
Indianapolis
Lyric Theater
Senator Owen Criticizes Bossism Ahead of House Change
Senator Owen argues insurgents and Democrats will control the next House and organize it. Speaking to the American Civic Alliance on Insurgents and What They Represent, he urges elimination of bossism. He cites Hale's resignation as proof Americans tire of boss legislation and political stagnation.
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Oklahama
Congress
House of Representatives
House
American Civic Alliance
Owen
Hale
Good Roads Folk Meet in South Bend Conference
The Good Roads conference for northern Indiana officials and citizens will be held in South Bend on Thursday. About 100 delegates from northern tier cities and counties will attend. Automobile enthusiasts are unusually prominent among attendees.
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South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Section Men End Big Four Strike Complainants Accept
Section men on the Michigan division of the Big Four returned to work after a compromise. Striking from Anderson to Niles, Indiana, they had demanded 1.75 dollars per day but accepted 1.45 dollars, receiving 81.5 percent of a day’s pay.
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the Sun
Wabash, Ind
Michigan
Big Four
Anderson
Niles
Mich
Irvinton Man Dies In Ohio Newspaper Pioneer Passes Away
James B. Banning, a pioneer South Bend and former Indianapolis publisher, died at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. A longtime figure in Indiana journalism, he later resided in Irvington and was active in the I O U F fraternity.
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Banning
South Bend
Indianapolis
Cuyahoga Falls
Irvington
Indiana
Wife Sues Actor Over Desertion in Induced Distress
In Greensburg Indiana Burleigh Cash manager and star of the Cash comedy company is reported missing. His wife sought police aid, filing a wife desertion charge after Cash was found in a Shelbyville hotel bathtub with water to his mouth making gargling sounds. He allegedly feared losing his eyesight and may have contemplated suicide.
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Greensburg
Ind
Burleigh Cash
Cash Comedy Company
Shelbyville
Cash
White ants drive family from home in Mitchell
Tiny winged ants forced Edward P. Moore and his family to flee their Mitchell residence. The Hying insects swarmed the house after appearing in numbers from a pile of decaying fences rails. Chemicals are being burned inside the dwelling to expel the pests.
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Mitchell, Ind
Edward P. Moore
Kokomo men plead not gambling in secret society setup
Ten men arrested for gambling in rooms above Jones and Graham poolroom in Kokomo Indiana May 18 will plead that they were not gambling but organizing a secret society. Watches and insignia were issued to participants as part of the alleged set up.
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Kokomo
Ind
Jones & Graham Poolroom
Oliver Plow Works Plans Hamilton Plant in Canada
Oliver Plow Works of South Bend announced plans to erect a branch plant costing 1 500 000 dollars at Hamilton, Canada, to supply the trade of the high west. The plant will be erected with careful attention to efficiency and local needs.
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South Bend
Ind
Oliver Plow Works
Hamilton
Canada
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