Mayask Taft to Visit Lebanon and Dedication
The Mayask Taft visit to Lebanon is discussed for October during Boone county dedicatory exercises. A representative citizens committee may meet President Taft in Indianapolis on July 4 to extend the invitation and plan funds for entertainment and bands during dedication week. The business men of Lebanon are urged to decide swiftly to support a week of events and the committee will form sub committees once decisions are made.
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St. Taft
Lebanon
Boone County
Indianapolis
Lrbssor
Indiana to launch systematic English improvement crusade
State Superintendent Charles Greathouse orders a grammar reform for Indiana students. Miss Adelaide Baylor will lead the effort, focusing on teaching proper thinking before expression and standardizing methods for teachers and pupils. The plan aims to begin with superintendents and expand nationwide for a uniform course of study.
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Indiana
Charles Athouse
House
Troliana
United ‘States
Miss Baylor
Miss. Baylor
Baylor
State outlines new school courses for Indiana districts
Indiana state superintendent outlines a new course plan prepared by Mise Baylor for English and by Frye and Gordy for geography and history. The materials will be sent to county superintendents for distribution to teachers. The superintendent praises the coming year's courses as among the best the state has adopted. Also completed is the outline of subjects for township institutes.
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Baylor
A. B. Frye
Fry
Wilbur F. Gordy
Indiana
Greathouse
Wigwam Building planned for Indianapolis hotel
PLAN BIG HOTEL Indianapolis will have a modern fireproof hotel if the plans of the building committee of the improved Order of Red Men are approved by the Great Council in October. The eleven story Wigwam building on Market street and Capitol avenue will cost about $300000, have 185 exterior rooms, and an auditorium for 1500.
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Indianapolis
Improved Order of Red Men
Otto Wolf
Great Council of Indiana
Market Street
Capitol Avenue
W. W. Drinkwater
Kokomo
M. C. Mayhew
C. L. Brace
Elwood
F. H. Kileckamp
Fort Wayne
George W. Cromer
Muncie
Great Council
Drinkwater
Indiana
Turkish column crushed near Gheesan in Red Sea region
Rebels overwhelmed a Turkish force commanded by Mahomed Ali Pasha outside Gheesan, about a hundred miles north of Hodeidah. About a thousand Turkish soldiers died and Mahomed Ali Pasha was missing as the retreating survivors fled toward Gneesan. The gunboat Sutebbe shelled Gheesan, wounding or killing hundreds. Rebels captured four bigans.
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Hodeidah
Arabia
Aden
Mahomed Ali Pasha
Gheesan
Red Sea
Gneesan
Farmer Larsen Found Dead In Cistern After Quarrel
Peter Larsen a retired farmer was found dead this morning in a cistern a six inch head wound and a blood stained hand ax found in the barn Neighbors heard quarreling early today an inquest will be held by Coroner LeSage Opinions differ if death was suicide accident or murder The widow denies knowledge of the death Mrs Larsen came from Chicago two months after their marriage and is under surveillance
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Fowler
Ind
Peter Larsen
Larsen
LeSage
Chicago
Tri Kappa State Convention Opens in Rushville
The Tri Kappa Sorority state convention opened in Rushville with about 200 delegates and visiting members from forty chapters including Sullivan Decatur Auburn Newcastle Connersville Princeton and many others. A 1 pm business meeting yielded no major actions. Grace Norwood of Lebanon is suggested for reelection as grand president with events scheduled through tomorrow.
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Tri Kappa Sorority
Rushville
Sullivan
Decatur
Auburn
Newcastle
Connersville
Princeton
Logansport
Warsaw
Jeffersonville
Columbia City
Bloomfield
Goshen
Knightstown
Wabash
Spencer
Covington
Lebanon
Greensburg
Union City
Huntington
Greenfield
Columbus
Ladoga
Lawrenceburg
Fowler
Anderson
New Albany
Lagrange
Elwood
Aurora
Alexandria
Valparaiso
Orleans
Franklin
Montmorenci
Paoli
Bedford
New Harmony
Bloomington
Tri Kappa
Harsh Weather Hurts Crops As Wheat Harvest Nears
The season brings heat and dry pastures as wheat ripens and cherries rot on trees. Farmers and families cope with drought, while wheat cutting advances and threshing rings prepare for a busy county harvest. Experts note a timely rain would boost yields and a moisture fall could improve fortunes.
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Ruben
Periodical cicada visit spares sparrows aid control
Indiana and national agricultural departments warn of a huge seventeen year cicada emergence, with eggs laid in 1894 hatching to winged insects in 1928. The broods span the east and middle west, with two races and occasional overlap. Civilizing expansion and sparrow predation reduce brood size.
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Indiana
Eleada
Department of Agriculture
East
Middle West
New England
Henry L Stimson, Taft's Pick for War Secretary
Henry L Stimson, defeated in New York gubernatorial race, rises to be war secretary under Taft. His career includes leading sugar trust prosecutions and bank case against Charles W Morne, highlighting his rapid ascent and cabinet potential.
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Henry L. Stimson
Roosevelt
New York
John A. Dix
Taft
Stimson
Jacob M. Dickinson
Dixie
Charles W. Morne
Paoli man becomes engineer for local electric company
NEW EMPLOYE RB. W. Mavity of Paoli Ind has taken a position as engineer with the Citizens Electric Light and Power Co. Mr. Mavity is a graduate of this year's Class of Purdue University.
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RB. W. Mavity
Paoli
Ind
Citizens Electric Light and Power Co
Mavity
Purdue University
City marshal ends quiet porch game on South East street
Otto Seaton and Jamex Barton played a small craps game on a porch when City Marshal Bandlin appeared during a passing patrol. He confiscated the thirty cent pot and arrested both men who were later released on promises to appear in city court. Barton paid five dollars in costs and will settle further.
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Otto Seaton
Jamex Barton
Seuse Net
Xrosery
South East Street
Marshal Bandlin
Seaton
Purtien
Harton
Seston
Barton
Indiana Supreme Court Reverses Marion Court Ruling
The Indiana Supreme Court reversed Judge Remmter of the Marion circuit court and held that the law forcing Judge Bartholomew of the Marion County Superior Court to hold court in a portion of Ghely County is unconstitutional.
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Indianapolas
Ind
Indiana Supreme Court
Remmter
Marion Circus Court
Bartholomew
Marion County
Ghely County
Elvin Reese Dies in Whit tier California
Elvin Reese, aged 71, died suddenly at his Whit tier California home after a long illness. Born 1839 in Parke County, he moved with his family to Montgomery County as a child, later settling on the family farm near town. He wed Miss Tacy Cox in 1862 and leaves several children, with a life of neighborly service and Friend faith noted by relatives.
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Thorntown Times
Elvin Reese
Whittier
Cal
Reese
Mr. Reese
Parke County
Montgomery County
Marley Riley
California
Tacy Cox
Isaac Cox
Orpheus
William
Virgil
Della M
Cassie A. Howard
Glenna
Masonic Lodge Plans 40000 Temple in Frankfort Center
The Frankfort lodge of Masons will construct a 40000 temple on Main and Walnut, replacing Gilbert photograph gallery. The two story building will include a large basement with gymnasium and swimming pool. Work is set to begin next spring on land the lodge has owned for some time. The current lodge quarters occupy second floor space on Wear Washington street with an art titled interest in three business rooms.
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Frankfort Lodge of Masons
Aste
Gilbert
Main and
Walnut Streets
Wear Washington Street
July Weather Forecast From Hicks Predicts Warmth and Storms
Weather outlook for July from Rev Hicks warns of rising temperatures by the 2nd and powerful storms in western states. A wave of heat and Fourth of July thunder storms could sweep the nation on the 3rd and 4th, with a storm period from the 5th to the 10th and possible lingering heat and storms thereafter.
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Hicks
Ball Family Reunion Held at Brookside Park Indianapolis
The Ball family gathered for their annual reunion at Brookside Park in Indianapolis with about thirty attendees from Rush and Hancock counties, Lebanon, and Indianapolis. Merrill Ball of Rush County was elected president for the coming year and Horst Bargent of Indianapolis was chosen secretary. The next reunion was tentatively planned for the old Ball farm, though the exact location remained unsettled.
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Ball
Brookside Park
Indianapolis
Rush County
Hancock County
Lebanon
Maerril Ball
Horst Bargent
Indianapolia
Royal Pageant Greeted King and Queen Across London Route
London crowds cheered King George and Queen Mary as they rode a grand procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Bridge. The extended route passed through Covent Garden Piccadilly Trafalgar Square and the Strand with four cavalry squadrons and naval forces, while festive decorations and massed spectators marked the royal display.
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London
George
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Borough Road
Westminster Bridge
Life Guards
Dragoons
Lancers
War Office
Kitchener
Piccadilly
Trafalgar Square
Strand
Sho
Skain
Classmates to Attend Casey Funeral in Worth Township
Lebanon High School 1912 graduates are urged to attend the funeral of John Lloyd Casey who died at his parents home in Worth township. The service will be at Mt Run church at 1 p m Sunday. Class members attending will take the 11 22 a m interurban to Whitestown where transport will be provided to the church.
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Lebanon High School
John Lioyd Casey
Worth Township
Mts. Run
Whitestown
Ran
Delbert Neese Sets Berry Patch Record in Whitestown
The Whitestown Dispatch notes Delbert Neese reportedly raised an unusually high yield from a berry patch measuring 19 by 43 feet. He claims gathering about $2 per gallon, with the harvest described as large and of very fine quality.
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Whitestown Dispatch
Delbert Neese
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Mary Wysong
Maud Witt
Grace Neal
Miss Wysong
American Press Association
HR. W. Mavity
Giner of
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Otto Seaton and
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Ton
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Classe
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