Linton Coal Boom Shaped by 80 Acre 1832 Land Sale
The article traces the 80 acre tract in Linton sold for $100 in 1832 to Abner and Mary Ann Young, then passing through Osborn and Sherwood families to Dr. Hanna and Hubbard. The land spurred rapid growth, area expansion, and the Birmingham addition before Linton settled on its name.
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Linton
Abner C. Young
Mary Ann Young
United States
Youngs
William Osborn
Osborns
Amanda Baker
Isaiah Coddington
Elizabeth Coddington
David L. Osborn
Mary Osborn
Wickliff W. Osborn
Tryphena Osborn
Osborn
Dr. Hanna
Wi. W. Hubbard
Hubbard
Island Coal, Co
Doctor J.terhune
Coal Company
Birmingham
Alabama
England
Former Resident Loren Gowan Dies in New York
Ward reports the death of Mrs. Loren Gowan 43 formerly Hulda Heaton daughter of Louis Heaton of Linton in Hornell New York August 16 Her body returns to Bloomfield for burial in Grandview cemetery with graveside services at three o clock Saturday. A sister Miss Louise Heaton of Linton survives.
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Ward
Loren Gowan
Hulda Heaton
Louis Heaton
Linton
Hornell
N. Y
Bloomfield
Grandview
Louise Heaton
19th Richard O. Taylor Family Reunion Set for Sunday
The 19th annual Richard O. Taylor family reunion will be held at Humphreys Park on Sunday per today’s announcement. All members and friends are invited to attend.
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Richard O. Taylor
Humphreys Park
Association
Moscow Says Armies Have Crossed The East Prussian Frontier
Soviet forces mass along the Szestuppe river border and bombardment begins as the 3rd White Russian Army prepares a drive toward Konigsberg. General Cherniakhovsky’s 38th Army presses into East Prussia testing defenses and advancing toward the railway hub at Insterburg.
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Moscow
U.P
Szestuppe
East Prussia
Konigsberg
Germany
Red Air Force
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
Kaunas-Konigsberg
Mariampole
Insterburg
Szeszuppe
Cherniakhovsky
Gross Deutchland
Italy
Mrs Andy Miller Called by Death in Linton
Mrs. Mary Maude Miller wife of Andrew J. Miller died at Freeman Greene county hospital at 8 20 this morning after two months of declining health. Born April 22 1880 in Whitehall Owen county she was 64 years 3 months 26 days old. She was active in the Linton Christian church and Red Cross, led the Needlecraft club, and never missed a church service in thirteen years. Survivors include her husband three brothers and three sisters. Funeral at Linton Christian church Sunday at two with Rev H J Rains and Rev P E Roll officiating. Interment in Worthington cemetery.
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Mary Maude Miller
Andrew J. Miller
Freeman Greene County Hospital
Whitehall
Owen County
Thomas G
Rosetta Williams
Linton
Akron
Chester Wiliams
Indianapolis
O. G. Merrill
W. H. Griffith
Worthington
Max Cohen
Ohio
Welch and Cornett
Linton Christian Church
H. J. Rains
P. E.roll
Worthington Cemetery
Merchants and Clerks Picnic Draws Big Attendance
More than three hundred persons attended the annual Merchants Clerks picnic despite threatening rain. The event featured games and contests with the tug of war between the east and west Main street merchants ending in a draw. Lemonade, soft drinks, and a lunch by War Mothers Auxiliary No. 2 were served including ham sandwiches beans slaw potato salad and tomatoes.
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Merchants Clerks
Main Street
War Mothers Auxiliary No. 2
Postponed Meeting Of Business And Professional Women's Club
The regular meeting scheduled for Monday was postponed. The next meeting will be held on the third Monday in September.
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Business and Professional Women's Club
Indiana ranks third in payroll savings for war bonds
Indiana is third among states in the share of payroll savings invested in war bonds. Eber M. Spence of the Indiana war finance division reported 82.8 percent of about 850,000 industrial workers save an average of 10.2 percent of income, placing Indiana ahead of most states and just behind Delaware and Kansas.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Eber M. Spence
Ethee
Indiana War Finance Loman
Delaware
Kansas
Spence
Michigan
Courter Wilson Family Reunion Set for Sunday at Humphreys Park
The Courter Wilson family annual reunion will be held Sunday at Humphreys park per an association announcement. Members and friends are invited to attend.
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Courter-Wilson
Humphreys Park
Association
Baughman Reunion At Lin-Stock Park
The annual Baughman family reunion is set for Sunday August 20 at Lin-Stock Park. Friends and relatives are invited to attend.
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Baughman
Lin- Stock Park
Michigan Leads War Contract Value in WWII Era
Michigan tops wartime contract value from June 1940 to February 1944 with over 20 billion dollars. California and New York tie for second, each near 17 billion.
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Michigan
California
New York
Encourage Youth to Attend School Go-To-School Drive
The Go-To-School Drive, backed by the U S Office of Education and the Children’s Bureau with War Information Office and War Manpower Commission support, urges high school students to stay in school through completion. It warns of a wartime enrollment drop and rising youth employment that wastes education and endangers future national welfare.
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U. S. Office of Education
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Office of War Information
War Manpower Commission
Stolen Automobile Found Near Linton
An Oldsmobile owned by Mrs. Dance of Louisville was found hidden beneath weeds in Goose Pond farms by levy workers near Linton. Police reported no items missing. Mrs. Dance arrived to claim the car and urged caution about leaving keys in cars.
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Louisville
Goose Pond
Austin Greenway
Ray Byroad
Dance
Births and medical procedures report
A son named George Aikman was born to Mrs. Claude A Hawkins Jr on route 3 Thursday morning weighing 9 pounds 2 ounces. Betty Ann Fordyce aged 6 underwent a tonsillectomy this morning. Bobby Patterson of Lyons was admitted for tonsillectomy and Donald Jones of Jasonville was dismissed this morning.
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Claude A. Hawkins, Jr
Route 3
George Aikman
Betty Ann Fordyce
William Fordyce
Bobby Patterson
William Patterson
Lyons
Donald Jones
Jasonville
Dentists Average Hours and Patients Rise in 1943
In 1943 dentists averaged 50 hours of work weekly on 51 patients, up from 47 hours on 44 patients the prior year. This indicates busier practices and higher patient loads during the period.
Meteor Seen Across Indiana Sparks Robot Bomb Rumors
Citizens reported a ball of fire zigzagging across northern Indiana this morning around 8:15 am with explosions and tremors felt statewide. Authorities dismissed weapons reports while residents, police, and towns from Vincennes to Logansport tracked the mysterious object, some claiming plane crashes or explosions. No wreckage was found as reports spread about the meteor incident.
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Triangle
Daily Citizen
Indianapolis
U.P
Imen
Mars
Vincennes
Terre Haute
Franklin
Logansport
Illinois
Sullivan
Ind
Clarke County
Missing Airman Safe in England in WWII update
Sgt. Stanley Miller, long reported missing in action over France since July 8, says a cable to relatives that he is safe in England. He served as aerial gunner on a B-26 Marauder with the Ninth Air Force, with families in Switz City and Benton Harbor.
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Stanley Miller
France
England
Miller
Ninth Air Force
Sgt. Miller
Air Corps
Ray Miller
Switz City
Benton Harbor
Mich
Hattie Miller
Nancy Heaton
Lutherland
Bloomfield
Clyde Rodecker
Raymond Miller
Meritorious Production Awards Given to 147 Ship Firms
Up to mid-year 1944 the U S Maritime Commission awarded four meritorious production honors to 147 firms engaged in shipbuilding and ship equipment production.
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U. S. Maritime Commission
Maritime Commission
Indiana Bell issues 100000th War Bond to Miss Zahn
The 100000th United States Savings Bond purchased by Indiana Bell employees was issued August 17 to Delores Ann Zahn, Long Distance supervisor in Indianapolis. Bond value totals 2,907,200 with invested 2,180,400. Miss Zahn, a decade in traffic, was promoted in January.
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United States Savings
Indiana Bell Telephone
Delores Ann Zahn
Indianapolis
Miss Zahn
A. M. Taylor
J. R. Ruddick
Indiana Belt
Ruddick
Indiana Bell
Zahn
Telephone Company
Traffic Department
Soup ladle frees man from caved-in well in Tacoma
Roy L. Stephens escaped a collapse in a Tacoma well by using a soup ladle to scoop dirt away from his legs. Deputies initially tied timbers and lowered a rope but deemed digging too risky, so they fed dirt out in spoonfuls until he could pull himself clear.
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Tacoma
Wash
U.P
Roy L. Stephens
Stephens
Three Team Tie Sparks City Softball Title Showdown
Dugger upset Burns City to trigger a three way tie among Maumee Colleries Burns City and Dugger for the city softball championship. Maumee faces Burns City at seven then the winner meets Dugger to decide the champion.
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Dugger
Burns City
Maumee _ Colleries
Maumee
Hyde Park colored team to play here Sunday
The Hyde Park colored team from Terre Haute will tangle with the Dagger team in a baseball game Sunday afternoon at Lin Stock park. Public is cordially invited to attend.
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Hyde Park
Lin Stock Park
Terre Haute
Americans Press Across Suburbs of Paris and Into Cannes
Allied forces swept through outer Paris suburbs racing toward the city gates as three American columns crossed inland toward the capital. In southern France, units neared Cannes while Toulon defenses fell and German pockets were cut off, with more than 7,000 prisoners taken and Paris on the verge of siege or surrender.
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Rome
Toulon
France
Cannes
Riviera
LaPapoule
36Th
Rapido
Cassino
Italy
Wilson
Alexander Patch
7Th
Patch
Ap Benat
Cuers
Hyeres
HOQRS
AEF
U.P
Paris
Channel
George S. Patton
Normandy
United Press
Richard D. McMillan
Seine
McMillan
West
Europe
Saint Arnoula
Chartres-Paris
Authon
Transocean
Champes
Itambouillet
St. Arnoult
Caiital
Patton
Midway
Tours
Orleans Fe
Orleans-Paris
Orleans
United Press War
Henry T. Gorrell
Salling Bark P the
Birth of Mary Ann Welch at Ft Custer Kalamazoo Couple
Captain and Mrs. F. C. Welch of Kalamazoo Michigan announce the birth of an 8 4 pound daughter born August 14. The child has been named Mary Ann Captain Welch is stationed at Ft Custer Michigan.
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F. C. Welch
Kalamazoo
Mich
Mary Ann
Welch
Ft Custer
Shipbuilding output surges in wartime United States
The War Production Board says commercial shipbuilding climbed from about one million tons in 1941 to nearly twenty million tons in 1943 as U S industry expands for the war effort.
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United States
Wpb
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Catherine Sherwood
Sherwood
Jesse Hanna
William F
Bud
Ben and
Hal
Charley
John Sherwood
John B. Terhune
Tryphena Sherwood
Taylor
Andy Miller
Yanks
U. S. 7Th Army
6Th Airborne Corps
Guadalcanal
BUND
South
Channel Coast
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