Terre Haute to Host Indiana County Commissioners’ Convention
Terre Haute chamber and F F Haskell of Indianapolis plan the Zord annual convention of Indiana County Commissioners for August 18 to 20. Delegations from all 92 counties will discuss taxation road work and other issues with Frederick Schortemeier to speak at a banquet. A boat ride and highway tour are on the program with record attendance anticipated and new officers to be elected August 19.
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Terre Jstaute
Zord
County Commissioners’ Association of Indiana
Terre Hauts Chamber of Commerce
F. F. Haskell
Indianapolis
Frederick Schortemeier
Chamber of Commerce
Wabash River
Vigo County
Haskell
Mining board formed to aid Hoover on reorganizing mines
Washington July 39. Secretary Hoover forms an advisory committee of mining experts to assist in reorganizing the Bureau of Mines. Chairman is J W W Reynders of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. Secretary is C P White of the coal division. Members include B Foster Bain J C Bradley L S Cates M Folsom and Phillip Murray.
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Washington
Herbert CG. Hoover
Bureau of Mines
J. W. W. Reynders
American Institute of Mining Engineers
C. P. White
Commerce Department
Coal Division
B. Foster Bain
New York
J. C. Bradley
West Virginia
National Coal Association
L. S. Cates
American Mining Congress
M. Folsom
American Petroleum Institute
Phillip Murray
The
United Mine Workers
Plans for Bryan memorial service at Cadle Tabernacle
Indianapolis dispatch reports plans for a mass meeting in memory of William Jennings Bryan at Cadle Tabernacle on August 7. William Holderby of the Christian Family Crusade leads preparations and will seek speakers including Governor Jackson Senator Ralston and Mayor Shank.
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Indianapolis
William Jennings Bryan
Cadle Tabernacle
William Holderby
Christian Family Crusade
Jackson
Ralston
Shank
Pioneer Woman Tabitha Thompson Dies at 86
United Press dispatch from Anderson Indiana reports the death of Tabitha Thompson 86 a Madison County pioneer. Funeral plans were set today for the Madison County resident who died yesterday. Her husband James Thompson 91 survives along with four children. The couple had been married 64 years.
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Anderson
Ind
Tabitha Thompson
Madison County
James Thompson
Child Burned To Death In Seymour Fire
United Press dispatch reports a fatal accident in Seymour Indiana on July 30. Lee Mord aged three or four playing with a abanahe s caused a fire that killed him while his mother Mrs John Ford suffered serious burns while trying to beat out the flames.
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Shymour
Ind
Anabehes c
Lee Mord
John Ford
French Express Wrecked Near Paris Telegraphic Report
Paris July 30. An express train was derailed near here and its cars telescoped. Early reports put dead at twelve and twelve others seriously injured.
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Paris
Virginia Murphy Returns Home After Hospital Stay
A brief note says little Virginia Murphy was taken home from the hospital where she had stayed several weeks. Mrs. Flynn of Switz City was also moved home today from the hospital.
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Virginia Murphy
Flynn
Switz City
Steamer Augusta Seized Over Liquor Cargo in Hudson
Revenue officers found three thousand cases of high priced liquors and many malt barrels in the coal bunkers of the steamer Augusta after it landed a 250000 dollar cargo and ran a liquor blockade. Two crew members are held in five thousand dollar bail and twenty two in five hundred bail on conspiracy to violate the Volstead act.
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New York
Revenue
Augusta
Hudson River
Camp Rookies Guests at Baseball Contest
In Indianapolis July 30, rookie citizen-soldiers at Fort Benjamin Harrison visited the city to watch Columbus and Indianapolis face off in a baseball contest. The visitors, part of a civilian military training camp, paused drills to attend the game and enjoy the local event.
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Indianapolis
Citizens
Fort Benjamin ‘Harrison
Columbus
Club of the American Association
RIFES Move for Peace in Paris Talks
July Paris dispatch reports semi official notice that Abd Kin s Riffian chieftain met with Spanish officials and received peace conditions from both nations. Envoys to discuss a settlement and end hostilities.
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Paris
Ion Route Topangiers
Child Dies After Eating Fire Crackers
United Press dispatch from Indianapolis reports two year old Dean Helmick died today after eating firecrackers saved from a July Fourth celebration.
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Indianapolis
Dean Helmick
For Sale Plymouth Rock frys at a quarter a pound
For sale Plymouth Rock frys at 25 cents per pound by Mrs Clift Davis living first house east of Sassafras school house. Also rent offered for four unfurnished rooms with gas lights and water inquiry at 126 West Street.
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Plymouth Rock Frys
Clift Davis
Sassafras School House
Thietelmeder
Wirst St. S
Marion to pay tribute on Harding death anniversary
Marion Ohio marks the second anniversary of Warren G. Harding with memorial services at Trinity Baptist church. Dr Carl Walker Sawyer, son of the late White House physician Brigadier General Charles I. Sawyer, delivers the eulogy with Dr A Davis, Trinity pastor, speaking as another speaker.
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Marion
Oho
Warren G. Harding
Trinity Baptist Church
Harding
Carl Walker Sawyer
Charles I. Sawyer
White House
A. §. Davis
Trinity Church
Bryan prophecy of death echoed in Dayton
The article recalls William Jennings Bryan predicting that after a major recent contest he would lie down to rest and sleep forever. Dr A C Hildreth of Macon notes Bryan’s heart concerns and cites his death in Dayton, matching the ominous forecast.
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William Jennings
Bryat
A. C. Hildreth
Macon
Mr. Bryan
Dayton
Horses Kill Indianat an Tragedy in Indiana Farm Scene
Joshua Mikescell a 65 year old farmer was trampled to death by a runaway team of horses as he led them to a wagon at his Loganport Indiana farm. The incident occurred as the animals bolted through a gate. A year earlier his son Clay Mik sell was killed after a fall from a silo on the same property.
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Logansport
Ind
Joshua Mikescell
Clay Mikesell
Woman judge laments Toledo whipping post absence
Judge Esther Antin expressed regret over Toledo lacking a whipping post after hearing Ben Miller charged with assault with intent to kill and two statutory counts. The case involved Miller beating a Delphos woman in a locked room with a rolling pin. He was bound over to the grand jury on an $18,000 bond.
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Toledo
Esther Antin
Ben Miller
Syith
Miller
Delphos
Ohio
Speedy 60 Mile Dash Saves Boy After Rattlesnake Bite
Lyle Custer, 17, of Decatur Illinois, was bitten on the hand while trying to capture a rattlesnake on a ranch sixty miles east of Colorado Springs. He rode a mile, rode a horse, rode in a car, and rode a train via Calhan to a Colorado Springs hospital where doctors say the rapid escape saved his life and his hand.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Lyle Custer
Decatur
Custer
Here
Calban
Lord Cheylesmore Dies After Auto Accident Injury
Major-General Lord Cheylesmore died in London yesterday from injuries suffered in a recent automobile crash. A celebrated rifle shot and sportsman, he was married to Lizabeth Richardson, daughter of the late S O French of New York.
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London
Lord Cheylesmore
Lizabeth Richardson
S’. O. French
New York
Explosion damage halts work at piano plant
Newcastle Indiana July 10 workers repair after a wheel explosion at the Jesse French Piano Co plant. No one was seriously hurt though large fragments of metal were hurled through the factory and about the building causing about $5,000 in damage.
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Punitemd Press Dispatcil
Newcastle
Ind
Jesse French Piano Co
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