Hoosier Again Crowned King of Corn Growers
Peter J. Lux of Shelbyville Indiana crowned 1919 corn king at the International Grain and Hay Show in Stock Yards Illinois. Lux’s Johnson County White corn beat 2000 entries with a top ten ear sample advancing to grand sweepstakes where Lux prevailed over Region 3 winner Troyer of Lafontaine Indiana. Troyer had claimed 1920 champ honors. Lux’s field yielded 83 bushels per acre while Troyer’s averaged 79.
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Union Stock Yards
Peter J. Lux
Shelbyville
Ind
United States
Johnson County
Alva Mann
King City
Reid
Lux
G. D. Radebaugh
Bynum
C. E. Troyer
Lafontaine
Wabash County
John S. Campbell
Crawfordsville
Lex
Troyer
J. L. Workman
Sangamon County
Illinois
Mr. Lux
Planes Crash Kill Six Near Langley Field
Major Guy L. Gearhart of Leavenworth Kansas Captain Benton A. Doyle of St. Louis and four enlisted men died in a collision between a Martin bomber and a Fokker scout plane 250 feet above the Hampton Normal School farm adjoining Langley field. The planes burst into flames, rescuers were badly burned, and a board of inquiry was named to investigate.
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Newport News
Guy L. Gearhart
Leavenworth
Kas
Benton A. Doyle
St. Louis
Hampton Normal School Farm
Langley Field
Doyle
Gearhart
Blue laws at Wabash bootleg ruin Sunday sales
In Wabash Indiana Sunday blue laws closed all business and amusement places. A new bootlegging sector arose as smokers faced locked stores. Patrons protested with comments while bootleggers offered cigars and cigarettes for a price.
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Eagles Theatre
Charles Bolte
Wabash
Ind
Dawes Denounces Illinois Governor at Patriotic Meeting
Brigadier General Charles G. Dawes retired denounced Governor Len Small for commuting sentences of William Bross Lloyd and 15 others jailed under Illinois anti-syndicalism law. He criticized La Follette and the Progressive bloc, urging a rising vote, as Pershing warned pacifists and radicals threaten patriotism.
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Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Len Small
Illinois
William Bross Lloyd
Lloyd
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Congress
Moravians First in Ohio Found Schoenbrun Town
Missionary Moravians were the first white settlers in Ohio. In 1722 they laid the foundation for a settlement named Schoenbrun in the Tuscarawas valley of the unknown wilderness.
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Moravian Church
Ohio
Schoenbrun
Tuscarawas Valley
Unknown Wilderness
Boob Denies Devilish Reputation in Quiet Visit
Mae recounts Mae joking with Jack about his reputation with women. Jack sits quietly, denying the boasts, described as a perfect boob during the encounter.
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Mae
Jack
Mary
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J. W. Wolford & Sons
First National Bank
Hoosier
King OF Corn Growers
Dawes
Communist Laborites
Pershing
New York
Herrin
Aman
Madras
Fashion Park Clothiep
Linton Phone
Argen
R. R. Cook
Anpeinbafett
A” St. N. BE
A Brunswick
Columbia Music
Chiropractors
W. H. Scholl
D. Co
Palmer School
K. M. Ingleman
D. C
Linton Florist
Ae Delivery
First Sts
N. E
Lizzie Davis
First Street
City Transfer CO
Dixon & Hannum Bros
G. F. Chapman
Linton
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