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Newspaper
Kendallville Daily Sun
Location
Kendallville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1902
Page
1
Special carpet and rug sale runs Monday and Tuesday to clear stock of short lengths and ruts at prices below cost. Readily available remnants 8 to 20 yards, featuring Lowel's Hartford Suffolk wool Ingrain carpets at 65 cents per yard and 90 cents the rest, with early buying urged to secure choice.
The Logansport Rochester and Northern Traction company ran its first car over its new interurban line in Logansport with company officials and local citizens present. Joseph T. McNary, president, operated the car, and locals crowded Fifth to Twenty-fifth streets cheering. The system plans further city expansion and a Warsaw extension, with a free ride planned Sunday. A transfer agreement with Boyd’s system is proposed, though Boyd may oppose it. City council largely protects Boyd’s interests, while locals favor broader access.
Indiana editors discuss 1904 campaign prospects and party harmony. John B. Stoll urges tariff moderation and anti-monopoly stance while Payne Hill or Olney emerge as possible nominees. Stone of Missouri criticizes lack of Kansas City platform endorsement and calls for party unity. The dispatch notes July 4 events and local commerce trivia.
In a dated Algiers Indiana letter W D Radcliff recalls a severe smallpox illness that kept him from work twenty two days. He once opposed vaccination but after witnessing illness in his family he now believes in vaccination and urges others not to fear it. The Waterloo area shows growth with land transactions by R M Lockhart including water plant sites and properties for a sanitarium residence barn and home.
Seventy four Mishawaka pigeons sent to Paris Tennessee for a Sunday flight arrived the next day at 5 15. The first bird belonging to A de Meester completed the 400 mile journey by 4 49 pm and several seconds later. The last bird came in at 5 08 20, showing fast steady speed. Prizes totaled 120 dollars. Next flight planned from Holly Springs Mississippi offset by 800 miles. Kendallville notices Fourth of July celebration. June ends amid mixed royal health reports with conflicting newspaper accounts of King Edward’s condition.
A local notice lists an evening lecture on Christ the True Socialist at the M E church and a morning topic Christ Man's World of God. The state health board proposes a concise health ordinance for towns without one. Also reported is a Fourth of July training crowd and a water rent collection notice from Kendallville city.
Various town notices announce Kendallville as July 4th headquarters for candidates, job ads seek men for Flint and Wailing Manufacturing, and local stores advertise goods from pattern suits to graphophones. Obituaries notice Ross Dalin dies of smallpox in Mechanicsburg with family illness spreading.
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