Terrible Wind Storm Hits Hancock County Indiana
A June 25 storm swept Maxwell Wilkinson Cleveland and Pendleton causing major damage. Houses blown down several factories ruined grain elevator toppled with fatalities reported among residents and at least ten to eighteen dead. Rev Frederick Biddle noted Indiana Lutheran pioneer died Monday. Roosevelt and party in Boston today and tomorrow.
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Indianapolis
Hancock County
Indiana
Maxwell
Wilkinson
Cleveland
Pendleton
George Lang
Frederick Biddle
Elkhart
Lutheran Church
C. G. Cookingham
Roosevelt
Boston
Harvard University
Washington
King Edward's Condition Reported Satisfactory
Special dispatch from London dated June 25 reports at 2 p.m. that King Edward had a comfortable morning and his condition was described as satisfactory by his physicians.
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London
King Edward
Wheat yields from varied cultivation methods
Experimental plots show seed sowing in rows with hand cultivation yields of sixty bushels per acre. An English record cites 100 bushels when wheat was planted one foot apart and six inches between plants with six inches of manure worked in. Belgium commonly yields 60 bushels per acre. The studies suggest higher yields are possible with fertile soils and improved cultivation.
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England
Belgium
Edison unveils storage battery hopes to ban horse power
Edison proclaims a lighter cheaper battery that can run 100 miles per recharge and foresees it replacing horses for city transport. He notes current machines weigh 183 pounds per horsepower and require hours to recharge. In Kendallville Lodge No. 109 K P, officers for the term were elected J A Diggins C C J J Isbell V C Co E Cluff Prelate S A Eckhart M W S A Bickel M at A Frank Shade I G J H Williams O G. Representatives to grand lodge Adam Koons Isaac Kann Alternates Henry Smith Albert Cawley. J J Foster K of R and S.
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Edison
Kendallville Lodge No 109
J. A. Diggins
Isaac Kann
Henry Smith
Albert Cawley
J. J. Foster
Irving
Ladies Domino Club
Louis Beckman
State Street
W. Broecker
I. Beerman
Pittsburg
P. Schmitt
Seymour
Ind
G. Koons
Columbus
Merkling
Sawyer School
Brimfield Road
G. F. Meacham
M. D
Police raid nets nineteen gamblers in city sweep
Indianapolis officers raided a gambling den on Monday night arresting nineteen professional gamblers. A separate squad captured six more at another table with all detainees taken to the same jail. The mayor signals strict enforcement of the law, implying reform if involved officers remain in office.
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Indianapolis
Bookwalter
Grain conditions in Indiana in June reports
State Statistician Johnson reports Indiana grain conditions as good. Wheat 78 percent, oats 88 percent, corn 76 percent, timothy 79 percent, potatoes 90 percent. The G. R. and I. run a special train to Rome City for Knights of Columbus Fort Wayne excursion.
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Johnson
Indiana
G. R.and I
Rome City
Knights of Columbua
Fort Wayne
Goshen Justice Fines Man For Poena Violation
Edward Carter of Columbia City was fined 28 dollars and sentenced to twenty days on the stone pile by Judge Ferrall for failing to obey a subpoena. The item also notes light political and social notes from Kokomo to Indianapolis and a health warning on smallpox.
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Goshen
Edward Carter
Columbia City
Ferrall
G. H. Lohman
Logansport Elks carnival nets six thousand dollars
The Elks Club in Logansport reported a carnival last week that yielded a profit of 6000 dollars. Other notes include a baby girl welcomed by Mr and Mrs William Grossman and Indianapolis man Charles Lynn fined 11 dollars for drowning two puppies in a river. Snow and hail covered Belle Isle near Detroit Monday while ads promote Beckman’s umbrellas and Foley’s Kidney Cure.
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Charles Lynn
Indianapolis
Belle Isle
Detroit
Beckman
McKeen Snyder Lumber Co
Foley
H. C. Cunningham
H. T. McIntyre
St. Paul
Minon
G. H. Lohman & Co
J.g.w.cowles
Cleveland
Oberlin College
Barrows
Blended patent Gerbelle bread touted as superior
A local note extols Gerbelle bread made from blended patent flour as tastier and better than all spring wheat flour bread. It also mentions a July Fourth upcoming, a Mrs Zern hosted June 12 children outing near Mitchell grove, and population estimates for the city reaching 4,500 to 5,000 with Sunnyside nearby.
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White House
Indianapolis
Sunnyside
Local ads and notices mix in Beckman’s and other firms
An assortment of 19th century classified items appears for Beckman’s and partners. George Lang promotes patterns for white vestings. Flint and Walling Manufacturing advertises. Foley’s Kidney Cure and Chamberlain’s Pain Balm are sold locally. A piano closing-out sale by Mrs. Ida DeVore is noted. Public wishes for baggage service and Beckman umbrellas are included.
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House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Congress
Kodaks
KODAK
Beckman's
George Lang
Flint and Walling Manufacturing Company
Foley
H.C. Cunningham
U. S. Express
Charles Jourdan
G. St. Lohman & Co
Ida Devore
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J.keller
Lawley & CaWiey
A. J. Strauss
URES
J. G. Levis
Opera House Grocery
D. F. Ohlwine
DaiLy Sun
D. C. Wilson
W.F. M.S
Virgil Taylor
Kokomo
Kk. B. Bryan
Government Normal School
Manila
Indiana University
Lake Shore
Pennsylvania
Muggins
Philadelphia Record
Sulivan
Tadio
Geo. Lang
the Elks
Logansport
Wiliam Grossman
Gent’s Lisle
HOSE
Kibo Patent
Ideal Dress Boot
Oxford
Campbell & Company
Abbh
H. G Misselhorn
Peninsular
D. H. Stinson
A. R. Otia
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