Runaway Horses Kill Local Man on Lebanon Street
John Pell, 60, a retired farmer near the city limits, died after leaping from a wagon as team bolted and crushed his skull on the brick street. The Metzger Coal and Lumber Company team, driven by Pell, tangled near Elm and Lebanon, narrowly missing a porch as Martha Brown moth er redirected the path moments earlier. Pell, married to Sarah M. McMurray, leaves eight brothers and six sisters. funeral services are set in Milledgeville with Rev. P. W. Boxett officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pell
South Lebanon Street
Pell
Cassius Tolen
South Lebanon
West Streets
Metzger Coal & Lumber Company
Lebanon Street
Tolen
Metager Company
Lumber Company
Elm
Lebanon
George Mayer
Martha E. Brown
Mayer
Memorial Day Guest Meeting at 412 North Meridian
Mrs John Morans home 412 North Meridian street hosted a Thursday afternoon gathering decorated with flags red white and blue bunting adorning living rooms mantels archways and adjacent spaces reflecting a patriotic mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moran
North Meridian Street
Euchre Tea at Mrs Moran Hostess With Nine Tables
A Thursday afternoon event hosted by Mrs. Moran featured nine euchre tables from two to five with prizes for lone hand and points. Assisting hosts included Mesdames Hayez Cobb Crider Stewart Gardner Storms Dodson Chaver. out of town guests came from Anderson and Indianapolis. A two course lunch and fruit punch complemented the games and decorations included the American flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Frank
Charles Lenox
Jacob Deiser
Harry Richey
D. H. Stewart
J. C. McCarthy
Indianapolis
Higher Prices for Summer Milk Declared by Sheridan Condensed
The Sheridan News reports a higher price for summer milk from the Wil son’s dairy, aiming to stimulate the dairy business. Despite 2,400,000 pounds bought in May, demand outstrips supply as heat reduces receipts. prices announced Wednesday apply locally and at the Lebanon factory, promising the highest summer milk price in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan News
Indiana Condensed Milk Company
Lebanon
Vacation Bible School ends first week with 80 enrolled
Eighty children completed the first week of Vacation Bible School with class meetings this morning. Next week adds four more story hours and a stereopticon lecture by Rev. A L Ward on The Children's Christ for children and parents featuring fifty five colored pictures by listed artists. Mrs Laura Nelson supervises and adds daily extras urging broader church participation next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Ward
Christ
Seacted
Tissot
Hoffman
Merwn
Pigilien
Fiockherd
Pougereau
Raphael
Vitorio
Kaulbeck
Dobson
Millais
Murrillo
Luini
Hunt
Castrake
Laura Nelson
Move to Lebabon by Ticce Family Hints Change in Residence
The family of W P Ticce, manager at the head likeweria of the nléretale Public Service Company, moved to Lebanon arriving Thursday. Mrs Ticce and daughter Dorothy stay in Crown Point Indiana since February to finish high school. They secured a home with Mrs Woodward on South East Street and will keep house through summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Ticce
Likeweria
Nléretale Public Service Company
Lebanon
Painful eye injury at Mechancisburg smith shop
Sam Doughty, a blacksmith in Mechanicsburg, was struck in the eye by a hot iron sliver while shoeing a horse Thursday morning. Dr. Timberline treated the wound and expected no serious harm. Doughty returned to work that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg
Sam Doughty
Imberline
Doughty
Carranza delays as mediators press for action
Watchful waiting surrounds Saltillo as Carranza delays answering the mediators. Huerta's agents, Villa allies, and South American delegates weigh a possible armistice while Carranza plans a government and terms for mediation. Uncertainty governs Mexico's future as talks stall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Ont
South America
General Huerta
Carranza
Saltillo
Senori Rabasa
Elguero
Rodriguez
Huerta
Villa
Cerranza
United States
Mexico
Peculiar Accident Involving Jolietville Farmer
Henry Mabrey a farmer near Jolietville attended court in Noblesville yesterday with a bandaged left eye from an accident while handling a young horse. A rope with a knot swung and struck him in the eye, causing painful injury. Initially feared loss of sight, but the eye is recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mabrey
Jolietville
Noblesville
Motorcycle Accident Near Town Ends With Injuries
Elmer Morrison and Otto Summers rode toward Thorntown on Thursday at seven. The motorcycle skidded near Max and toppled into a ditch. Summers escaped uninjured and Morrison suffered two cuts on one leg as the machine’s front part was badly damaged. Had they been riding faster it could have been worse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Morrison
William Morrison
Otto Summers
Earl Martin
Thorntown
Max
Mr. Summers
Mr. Morrison
Rain Arrives Delighting Farm Fields Across County
Rain finally came on Thursday night reviving wheat oats and clover. The showers touched nearly every part of the county with varying intensity from light to heavy. In some areas rainfall was so heavy that plowing could not be done today.
Invitations Out for Ransdell Buchanan Wedding
Invitations have been issued for the wedding of Miss Mabel Margaret Ransdell and Harold T. Buchanan on Wednesday night, June 17, at 8 o'clock. The ceremony will be at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs Isbella Ranadell, on North Park street. Buchanan is the son of George Buchanan of Culver Indiana, formerly of Boone county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Margaret Ransdell
Harold T. Buchanan
Isbella Ranadell
North Park Street
Mr. Buchanan
George Buchanan
Culver
Ind
Boone County
Farm Sold to Claude and Oscar Bowers
Claude and Oscar Bowers purchased an 168 acre farm near the town, securing the deed and finalizing the sale after negotiations with the former owner. The property includes surrounding fields and potential for expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude
Oscar Bowers
Big
Will Write History Shot Through With Indian Democracy Dreams
John B. Stell of South Bend has long played a role in chronicling local politics and civic life. The fragment hints at years of involvement with Indian Democracy ideals and details of archival work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Stell
South Bend
Convention Opens as Beveridge and Stoner Attend
The Progressive county convention will meet with Albert J. Beveridge and state chairman E. Stoner on hand for speeches. Bernard B. Shively will deliver the principal address for Congress in the Eleventh district. Jamestown Boys Band and a male quartet will provide music. Morning session starts at 10, afternoon at 1:30 with ticket nomination to follow. Invitation extended to ladies. Rev. O H Carmichael to offer invocation. Reception committee named for Senator Beveridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert J. Beveridge
United States
E. ©. Stoner
Progressives
Bernard B. Shively
Marion
Congress
Jamestown
O. H. Carmichael
Beveridge
H. G. Brown
Charles King
Jesse Neff
D. J. Kimmell
W. L. Powell
A. M. McMillan
A. L. Howard
James Dye
A. N. Lewis
Aquitania Arrives Aboard Maiden Voyage to New York
International News Service reports the Cunard liner Aquitania arrives in New York from Europe on her maiden voyage. The 1,055 passengers traveled from Liverpool in five days seventeen hours and forty three minutes at record speed. Spectators line the bay as ferryboats tugs and steamboats signal the arrival with whistles and crowds fill uptown skyscraper windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jing
Aquitania
Westinghouse Strike Aims To Grow To 10000
Pittsburgh June 5 Three thousand Westinghouse Electric employees walked out with leaders forecasting ten thousand joining by day’s end. President Davis called it unrest while police report 12 000 marchers filling streets. No violence, picketing peaceful as firms face disruption across plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
West Pittsburg
H. T. Davis
Westinghouse
Scide
Body of New Mutual Life agent found in lake near Peekskill
International News Service reports the body of Charles M. Strauss, general agent of the New Mutual Life, was recovered from Lake Mohegan near Peekskill. A pocket letter is said to explain the disappearance from his Riverside Drive home on May 28. He was not in financial distress and his health was good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
New York
Charles M. Strauss
New Mutual Life
Riverside Drive
Lake Mohegane
Peeksidl
Mrs Ellis Darnall Reports Darnall Improving at Hospital
Mrs Ellis Darnall of Crawfordsville writes Lebanon friends that Mr Darnall is improving rapidly though his daughter has scarlet fever. Quarantine remains in effect until June 10 and the neck wound is not fully healed, so visitors are asked to wait until after that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis G. Darnall
Crawfordsville
Lebanon
Darnall
Mr. Darnall
Baxter's Pupils Hold Pleasant Evening at Miss Gabriel's
David Baxter pupils gathered at Miss Harriet Gabriel's home for an informal program of songs. Accompanist Miss Zella Bratton led the music as Esther Perkins Biendean Esther Coombe Zella Bratton Donna Neese Harold LaFollette Fred Donaldson Joe Iacobelli Carrie Rice and Mr and Mrs L F Tones and Dr Lloyd Darnall shared in the event with refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Baxter
Harriet Gabriel
Baxter
Zella Bratton
Esther Perkins
Biendean. Clute
Esther Coombe
Donna Neese
Harold LaFollette
Fred Donaldson
Joe Iacobelli
Carrie Rice
L. F. Tones
My Pee
Lloyd Darnall
Funeral Reddick to be held at Hopewell Saturday
Chester Warren Reddick died at noon yesterday at his Clinton township home. Survived by parents George and Filen, sisters Carrie Ermal Hazel May Grace Levaline Anna Marie Gladys Irene and Mrs Mary Galvin, brothers Orville J and Clarence B. He lived in the county since birth and was a member of Hopewell Presbyterian Church. Rev A A Pratt of Crawfordsville will officiate at 11 a.m. Saturday services at Hopewell with burial in Hopewell cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson Pell
Tipton County
Indiana
Harrison Township
Boone County
Sarah M. McMurray
Pell
Methodist Protestant Church
Milledgeville
Chester Warren Reddick
Reddick
Clinton Township
George
Filen Reddicters
Carrie Ermal
Hazel May
Grace Levaline
Anna
Marie
Gladys Irene
Mary
Galvin
Orville J
Clarence B
Presbyterian Church
Hopewell
A. A. Pratt
Crawfordsville
Hopewell Cemetary
Bank Directors Review Plans for New Indianapolis Building
W J DeVol A Goons Naragan and B F Coomba visited Indianapolis Thursday for the proposed First National Bank building. They inspected elevators and fixtures and suggested changes to the plans. Directors met to discuss renting the pool room on South Lebanon Street as temporary quarters during construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. DeVol
A. Goons
Bank
Empress of Ireland Loss Put At 4.5 Million
The monetary loss from the Empress of Ireland disaster is placed at 4.5 million. Canadian Pacific Railway cites 2 million for the ship, 0.5 million for general cargo, and 2 million for bullion. Most bullion may be saved, unless dynamiting is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empress of Ireland
International Luws Service
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Canadian Pacific Railway
Daylight Robberies Reported in New York Area
Two daylight robberies occurred in Greater New York today. At Fourteenth Street and Tenth Avenue two American Can Company dep artment employees were blackjacked and robbed of 2700 dollars. At 52 Jay Street Brooklyn Masury Paint Company clerks were held up and robbed of 3000 dollars, with suspects fleeing in a car bearing a New Jersey license plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greater
Fourteenth Street
Tenth Avenue
Ecashiern Department
American Can Company
Jay Street
Brooklyn
Masury Paint Company
New Jersey
Beardsall Church Destroyed by Suffragette Arson
International News Service reports a Derby England fire on June 6 that razed Beardsall church a historic Norman structure. Only the spire remained and the Erasmus Darwin monument and the priceless Chained Bible were wrecked.
Voice culture instructor to teach pupils here this summer
Clarence Ball, a student at DePauw University, will return home next week and remain in Lebanon this summer to instruct pupils in voice culture. He has studied with David Baxter of Indianapolis for two summers and under Dean McCutchan at DePauw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Ball
de Pauw University
Ball
Lebanon
David Baxter
Indianapolis
Dean McCutehan
DePauw University
Boyd Bynum Named Tele Editor at Moline News
Boyd Bynum, longtime Rock Island reporter for The Daily Argus, receives promotion to tele editor at The Moline Times. His colleagues praise his solid reporting and expected leadership in the new role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Bynum
Moline Evening Mail
Rock Island
Daily Argus
Moline
Bynum
Passengers Rescued From Stranded Steamer Wartelasa
Seventy five passengers including women and children were taken off the steamer Wartelasa after it was driven ashore on Bartietis Reef near Bartlesville. The incident was reported by International News Services from Sew London Connecticut on June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uinternational
London
Conn
Wartelasa
Storms cause wide damage and loss of life across multiple states
International News Service reports severe storms with torrential rain and lightning killing several people and injuring many across Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, and beyond. Flooding cuts rail service, bridges wash out, crops damaged, and towns from Bellevue to Green Bay report heavy rain and cool fronts following the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Chicago
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Bellevue
James Auberger
Louis Hail
Ausberger
Adam Green
Bucyrus
Somerset
Newcastle
Ind
Jacob Skillman
Fox River
Appleton
Green Bay
Wausau
Great Lakes
Ohio
Mississippi
Davenport
Dubuque
Illinois
Indiana
Indianapolis
Louisville
Oregon
Washington
Leadville
Colo
Salt Lake City
Tornado Causes Severe Damage in Johnstown Area
Reports from Johnstown Pennsylvania say a tornado swept through the Casselman River valley last night injuring many and causing widespread destruction. Wires are down beyond Rockwood and communication is cut to Ursina Fluence Listonburg Addison with Ursina reported wiped out and Mary Cameron of Ursina fatally injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Johnstown
Hads
Casselman River
Rockwood
Uniontown
Ursina
Confluence
Listonburg
Addison
Mary Cameron
Storm on Coast Hampers Ships Off Northwest Gate
A two day gale battered the coast as ships from San Francisco struggled to make headway at the northwest gate. The storm, moving at high speed, persisted with vessels reporting difficulties steering and maintaining course amid the rough seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinternational News Service
San Francisco
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Ohn Pell
Brick Street
William Robinson
Mayers
W. P. Tice
Crown Point
Burg
Miss Ransdell
F H. G. Buch
Anan
Shelburne Place
Springs
Ren. F. HeKey
Boone County Progressivel
An. Beveridge
Mate
Taner
Westinghouse Plant
Ellis Darnall
Min Goblet
Chester
Warren Reddick
Greater New York
Clarence Hall
Snow
Nevada
Sarbor Curt, Rey
Date Bax Mae
Pasengers
Ian Tails
Casselman River Valley
Purnell
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