Anna Schloot 88 former Stockton settler dies at home
Mrs Anna Smith Schloot widow of Gerhard Schloot, a pioneer of Stockton township, died at 11 30 this morning at her Second Street Southeast home of general debility aged eighty eight years five months twenty five days. She came from Germany at eight, married 1857, and leaves sons Terman Peter Dasper and Gerhard Schloot and daughters Mrs Conrad Freund Mrs Henry Klink Mrs P C Berns and Miss Bertha Schloot. Funeral 10 Sunday at Saron Reformed Church with Rev Jaberg.
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Anna (Smith) Schloot
Gerhard Schloot
Stockton Township
Second Street
Saron
J. H. Blumphreys
Schloot
Humphreys
Terman
Peter
Dasper
Jasonville
Conrad Freund
Henry Klink
P. C. Berns
Bertha Schloot
Linton
Saron Reformed Church
Family of Eight Burned to Death in Fire
United Press dispatch from Osborne June 1 reports Albert Kaser his wife and six children perished when their home burned today. Fire destroyed the residence, leaving eight in the family dead in the disaster.
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United
Osborne
Kane
Ewing Emison Named Indiana Republican Committeeman
Ewing Emison of Vincennes, Coolidge campaign manager in 1924, was appointed Republican national committeeman from Indiana to fill the vacancy caused by Joseph B. Kealing's death. Emison and national committeewoman Dorothy Cunningham will attend the national committee meeting June 6 to hear contests over seating of delegates.
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Indianapolis
Ewing Emison
Vincennes
Coolidge
Indiana
Joseph B. Kealing
Emison
Dorothy Cunningham
National Committee
Indianapolis Hog Prices Dip At Livestock Exchange
Indianapolis market report shows hog prices slipping 5 to 10 cents with bulk 170 to 800 pound hogs at 0.86 to 9.90. Receipts totaled 11,500 including 65,465 holdovers. Cattle receipts about 600 and calves 1,100. Beef steers 12.50 to 14.00. veals 15 to 16. heavy calves 7 to 11. Market closed strong to higher, veals little changed.
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Lmithd Prisss
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Livestock Exchange
Coal Mine Changes Hands Near Clay City
The Clay City Coal company mine near Clay City west of town, operated by Ray Beemis and Toward and Sanford Bolt, was sold to Lester Griffith and Irvin Summerlott. The mine has long produced high quality coal and employed several men regularly, and the new owners are experienced in coal operations, expected to provide excellent service to coal buyers.
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Clay City
Pyle Promises Cash For Cross Country Winners Tonight
United Press Dispatch from New York reports C. C. Pyle pledges 48 500 in cash today to the ten winners of the cross country marathon and plans a 26 hour relay starting at Madison Square Garden. Pyle had said funds would be handed to Tex Rickard but transfer delays hindered payment. He says the money will be in greenbacks today as twenty teams of forty top runners begin the race at 9 p m and run through 11 p m Saturday.
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United Press
New York
C. C. Pyle
Ballyhoo
Madison Square Warden
Pyle
Tex Rickard
California
Greenbacks
Griffith Child Dead in Indiana Hospital Death of 3 month old Griffith girl
Onita Ruth Griffith of Switz City died at Riley hospital Indianapolis after an illness of two weeks. Pneumonia was the cause. The infant, aged 3 months 10 days, will be buried in Worthington with funeral services announced.
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Onita Ruth Griffith
B. R. Griffith
Switz City
Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
Worthington
Time Extension for Boys Baseball Teams in Indianapolis
An extension to June 15 allows boys baseball teams entering the American League Junior series to register. State Athletic officer R W Bushee of Ossian announced it after the Indiana High School Athletic Association ruled high school students may compete in the Legion tournament without becoming ineligible for school sports next season, provided they do not receive pay or play under an assumed name. The Linton Boy Scouts will have a team entered in the association.
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Indianapolis
R. W. Bushee
Ossian
American Legion
Indiana High School Athletic Association
Linton Boy Scouts
Bove Association
Farm Prices One Hundred Years Ago
Comparisons show wheat at 25 cents a bushel oats 12.5 cents potatoes 12.5 cents corn 12 cents flour one dollar per hundred chickens 3.87 cents a dozen eggs 8 cents a dozen maple syrup 16 cents a gallon. Trade prices higher than cash exchange.
Balloons in National Elimination Races Suffer Weather Toll
United Press dispatch from Pittsburgh reports that in the 1928 national elimination races at McKeesport Pennsylvania only three balloons weathered a rain and electrical storm that struck after launch. Two pilots were killed and two injured as several balloons were destroyed.
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Pittsburgh
McKeesport
National Aeronautics Association
Eruptions Hint at Ancient Emerald Finds Across Regions
A fragment notes emerald sightings in Colombhin and Venezuela with no famous gems found at Santa Feo Stones. It mentions old mines at Mergt yielding colored stones long ago, and suggests sea action may have exposed them in silt from the Nile near Meyvpl mines.
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Columbhin
Venezuela
Mergt
Nile
Upper
Meyvpl
Poor Engineers Strive for Beauty Then Find Nightmarish Deformity
A reflective note compares idealized urban planning to flawed results, likening a straight boulevard to the crooked tracks of a cow built by engineers, referencing Eastern American Magazine.
Radio features today’s five best programs listing
WZ presents an eight hour chamber music block. WGY Schenectady schedules a joy hour across six segments. WOR network airs seven chain programs. WEAF network offers a six city service hour. WJZ features Godfrey Ludlow the violinist in six performances.
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WGY
Schenectady
WOR
WEAF
WJZ
Godfrey Ludlow
Metals That Defy Rust and Copper Alloys
Copper resists rust in its pure form and is ductile and easily shaped. When alloyed with zinc it forms brass, a harder material that also resists rust.
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Hamilton
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