Automobile Turns Over Near Wallace
Two stock buyers were injured when an Overland roadster skidded and rolled over near Wallace. T. M. Jackson sustained serious injuries. G. L. Ward had a broken collar bone and bruises. Neighbors and Kingman responders freed them and arranged medical aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Jackson
G. L. Ward
D. W. Dove
Wallace
Dove Home
Murphy
Clarence Harvey
Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Ward
Kingman
Kingmanite Buys Attica Book Store
Omer Drake, a Mill Creek township native and former local barber, last week purchased the Brady book store in Attica. He took possession immediately and operates at the same location, promising to maintain the shop’s high standards. Kingman friends wish him success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer Drake
Mill Creek Township
Brady Book
Attica
Drake
Omar
Kingman
Ewbank Family Heads for Lake Region Summer
Dr. E. E. Ewbank and family left Tuesday morning in a Studebaker for a summer trip to northern Indiana. They planned to reach Anderson on the first day and finish the journey the next day, aiming to spend the season on Steuben county shores near Angola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Ewbank
Studebaker
Indiana
Anderson
Steuben County
Angola
Once Again We Appeal for Overdue Subscriptions
The Star urges readers more than a year in arrears to settle their accounts to avoid discontinuing the paper. It states it prefers voluntary payment and asks indebted readers to refuse delivery if not willing to pay. Readers are asked to check the label and address arrears immediately.
Clover Leaf Headed This Way For Cayuga Oil Motor Line
Superintendent Hinkle visited Cayuga to discuss a proposed Y and switch. A new company plans a Crawfordsville to Cayuga oil motor line tapping the Clover Leaf at Silverwood with Cayuga as a terminal. Backers include Ransom Myers of Alamo and IndianaPolis/Cincinnati capitalists, route roughly parallel to the Kingman interurban via Yountsville, Alamo, Wallace, Kingman, Silverwood.
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Hinkle
Clover Leaf Railroad
Cayuga
H. M. Booe
Crawfordsville
Silverwood
Ransom Myers
Alamo
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Kingman
Yountsville
Wallace
Cayugan
Marion
Ind
Coggins Visits Town to Campaign in Fountain County
Dr C M Coggins Republican candidate for representative from Fountain county spent Wednesday in town meeting supporters. A longtime resident of Wabash township he is described as one of the best known men in Fountain county after thirty eight years there.
Local and Personal Brevities From Fountain County
The Fountain County Anti-Tuberculosis League elected officers at Veedersburg with Harry Ross of the Attica Ledger Press as president. Several township vice presidents were named, and notes cover band activity, postmaster changes, local birthdays, school prize sales, a bank window accident, Health Day plans, Civil Service results for rural carriers, barber shop fire incident, and local visits and births.
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Fountain County
Veedersburg
Harry Ross
Attica Ledger Press
Mill Creek Township
Ir. A. L. Ratcliff
H. H. Glascock
Fulton Township
S. W. Weir
Geo. B. Pavey
Jackson Township
C. A. Caphoger
Ida Wilkinson
Last Cash Prize Contest Ends in Kingman
The last cash prize contest drew the season’s largest crowd and boosted Kingman’s profile along with the 4th of July celebration. Merchants credit the weekly events for town vigor and local cooperation among businessmen, townspeople, and farmers, and plan future inducements to maintain drawing power, with a Star suggestion of a Dollar Day.
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Kingman
Undergoes Serious Operation at Culver Hospital
M P Rowlett, in precarious condition for weeks, underwent a delicate operation at Culver hospital in Crawfordsville at 8 o clock Saturday. Dr Barcus led the surgical team and the diagnosis of a pus forming collection near the right lung proved correct as almost a quart of pus was drained. The recovery will take several months though he returned home Wednesday evening greatly improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Rowlett
Culver Hospital
Crawfordsville
Barcus
Rowlett
F. S. Cuthbert
Mrs Daniel Kellar Dies After Short Illness in Town
Mrs Daniel Kellar died at home in the town’s west section Wednesday about 9. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 Friday morning at the residence by Rev. B. F. Clifton. Burial was in the new Fraternal cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Kellar
B. F. Clifton
Mrs. Junkens Returns Home From Illinois Visit
Mrs. A. E. Junkens and her son John return to Homer Illinois after visiting G. W. Spencer and E. E. Ewbank. Geraldine Spencer joined them for a trip to Homer and Champaign Illinois.
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A. E. Junkens
John
Homer
Ill
G. W. Spencer
Geraldine Spencer
Champaign
Samuel Sowers Called in Death
Samuel Sowers longtime Fountain county farm superintendent died Sunday night at Coryington after a diabetes illness He was 44 a Jackson township native and served six years in office He leaves a wife and three children Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Lutheran church east of Wallace with burial nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Mowers
Coryington
Sowers
Fountain County
Jackson Township
Luthern Church
Wallace
Former Richland resident attempts suicide at Covington farm
William Parent, ex resident of Richland township, attempted death by taking muriatic acid at William Ward farm northeast of Covington Monday morning. He was found and treated by a physician who counteracted the poison. He said the act followed heavy drinking and misused funds belonging to the threshing firm where he is a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Parent
Richland Township
William Ward
Covington
Board appoints new county farm superintendent
The board of county commissioners met in special session at the auditor’s office to appoint a successor to Samuel H. Sowers, who died Sunday night. They named Frank Hull of Covington, noting Sowers had under two years left and Hull would have assumed duties next winter by prior appointment.
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Fountain County
John R. Harris
Newtown
James Witt
J.B. Mellott
Mellott
Stephen A. Moore
Cates
Board of County Commissioners
Auditors Office
Samuel H. Sowers
Frank Hull
Covington
Sowers
Hull
Boyer Jones Nuptials in Cayuga
Luther Boyer son of William Boyer of Harveysburg and Laura Jones daughter of Alexander and Mrs Jones of Eugene were married in Cayuga last Saturday at three o'clock. The Star offers congratulations. They will reside at the Alford Bryant house in Kingman Heights.
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Luther Boyer
William Boyer
Harveysburg
Laura Jones
Alexander Jones
Eugene
Cayuga
Alford Bryant
Kingman Hights
Dentist Lindley to Take Over Bloomingdale Practice
Dr. J. H. Lindley of Bloomingdale will arrive early in the week to assume dental work at Dr. E. E. Ewbank’s office. Ewbank retired due to ill health. Lindley is a Bloomington Indiana Indiana Dental College graduate and well recommended as a gentleman and dentist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Lindley
Bloomingdale
E. E. Ewbank
Lindley
Indiana Dental College
Bloomington
Ind
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Roy Lindley
Dingbat” Guilford
Wortham
Guilford
Boone
Iowa
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Bales
Greenleaf Woody
M. T. Woody
Greenleaf
Reid Alexander
Helen and Blanche Schecter
Riola
Inl
J. W. Bennet
Charles Manwarning
R. B. Myers
Terre Haute
F. B. Torbert
Carl Gibson
Baby
Rockville
Fred Madden
Earl Irwin
Evansville
Bank of Kingman
Ralston
Virgil Sanders
Vern Cory
Civil Service
Ephlin
J. T. Redman
Reeva
Pearly Jackson
Albert Farr
Eston Printy
W. H. McCord
F. R. Jones
H. Allingan
Mark Ivlow
Tn Lafayette
Oscar Abernathy
Near
Samuel Sowers
County Farm
Board
Boyer-Jones
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