Local Elks Honor Flag Day At North Main Lodge
Linton Lodge 866 Elks celebrated Flag Day with an program at their North Main Street home. Walton Stover recited the flag’s history, Senator J H Humphreys gave Elks' Tribute to the Flag, and Alfred M Beasley delivered a patriotic address. The event closed with The Star Spangled Banner as the assembly sang.
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Linton Lodge
Benevolent ‘and Protective Order of Elks
North Main Street
Walton Stover
Elks
J. H. Humphreys
Alfred M. Beasley
Order of Elks
Ellis
Beasley
As You Look at It Luck Is No Matter of Temperament
A reflective remark on luck and alimony noting some feel fortunate to pay support while others deem it unlucky to be bound by the obligation, exploring attitudes toward financial duty and personal fate.
Willard Standards of Service Declaration
A service note states that the Willard Standards of Service have been carefully developed by professionals who specialize in optimizing battery user support. The text invites readers to view the wall display as a declaration of company policies.
Odd Fellows plan monthly programs for women and children
Unity Lodge I O O F met last evening to outline monthly community programs. The first event for women children and friends will be July 12 at the lodge hall with stories songs and games and possibly pictures. Hikes for the boys are also planned as a regular feature.
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Unity Lodge
Odd Fellows
Aged Homeless Man Seeks Work in Vincennes Tale
An 80 year old man named Dick Strasser, found near Union Station, pleads for employment rather than charity. He says he raised a son and daughter in Indianapolis who cannot support him, though they are well off. He claims past work as a saw fitter and axe user, and hopes to find odd jobs toward Monroe City.
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Vincennes
Union Station
Indianapolis
Dick Strasser
Jasonville
Monroe City
Myers
Mine Guard Slain as Utah Coal Strike Unrests Move
In Salt Lake City Utah on June 15 gunmen shot at a train in the Castle Gate coal strike area killing a mine guard and wounding a mine official. Three Utah National Guard units were dispatched last night and martial law may be declared in the district. About two hundred guardsmen will patrol Camerno Helper Scofield Winter Quarters Castle Gate Kenilworth and Spring Canyon. Major Elmer Johnson commands with power to close all mines if needed.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Castle Gate
Utah National Guard
Camerno
Helper
Scofield
Winter Quarters
Kenilworth
Spring Canyon
Elmer Johnson
Indictments Against Lexington Brewery Officials
A federal grand jury indicted six Lexington Brewery officials and four soft drink stand operators after authorities seized a truckload of alleged intoxicating beer believed produced at the brewery and 27 barrels at two stands. Named defendants include John Klocker, John J. Galvin, Jas. Klein, Theodore Lasig, Charles Wickline, and Joe Dodson.
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Lexington
Federal Grand Jury
Lexington Brewery Company
John Klocker
John J. Galvin
Jas
Klain
Theodore Lasig
Charles Wickline
Joe Dodson
Rents Fall in Chicago In Last Year Decline
June 15 Chicago F W Armstrong general manager of the citizens committee to enforce the Lands award reports rents in Chicago dropped from five to fifteen dollars a month over the past year. He cites the construction boom and new buildings following the wage controversy as the cause.
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Chicago
F. W. Armstrong
Citizens’ Committee
Landis
Take a Letter Please romance turns to secret marriage plan
Elizabeth Lockwood, a longtime secretary, leaves her employer after his death and accepts a new post with Ernest Hunter. The secretary and his blond assistant Carl Winters grow close, then Hunter reveals he is the author in disguise. He proposes marriage, masking the ruse as a plot for a story.
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Miss Lockwood
Mr. Wainsmith
Springside
Ernest Hunter
Elizabeth
Wainsmith
Hunter
Carl
Hilzabeth
Fler
Washerwoman woes in Indianapolis News ad complaint
Mrs. C. responded to a wanted ad for laundry service and hired a washerwoman who delivered damp, poorly cleaned clothes. She complained that each washing was not done separately and a handkerchief was missing. The voiced retort implied sarcasm over the phone.
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Mrs. C
Indianapolis News
Ancient cosmetic pursuit traces back to early rulers
The piece notes how in Richard II era men shaved brows as women did and describes primitive cosmetics. It mentions Stone Age use of ochre pigments and a ruler in pre dynastic Egypt who darkened eyelids to enhance eye size and brilliance long before formal cosmetics.
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Richard II
England
Madame
Europe
Lightleigh Prefers American Macaroni Over Italy
Mr Lightleigh, after a rapid European tour, found little to impress him and dismisses the lazzaroni of Italy. He would rather have a plain dish of American macaroni baked with cheese any time, underscoring his natural preference for simple fare.
Mischief-Making Easy
A quotation attributed to Washington Irving notes that even well meaning effort yields limited good yet a single contemptible person can cause vast harm. The line frames caution about unintended consequences of actions and the ease of causing trouble.
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Washington Irving
Memorial 10 Frankis Sgot Key Dedicated at Fort McHenry
President Harding dedicated a national memorial to Francis Scott Key at Fort McHenry marking Flag Day. The event tied to Key’s words urging liberty amid danger and called for unity in addressing modern educational religious and foreign challenges within the Northern Baptists and Protestant groups.
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Baltimore
Francis Scott Key
Harding
Fort McHenry
Unity in Church Urged in Northern Baptists
In Indianapolis on June 15 Mrs. Helen Montgomery president of the Northern Baptist Convention urged harmony between fundamentalists and modernists within the church.
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Indianapolis
Northern Baptist Church
Helen Montgomery
Northern Baptist Convention
Moonshiner Hunted as Sheriff Dies in Kentucky Shootout
In Hickman Kentucky on June 15 officers trapped Ruby Jimierson, accused moonshiner, after he allegedly shot Deputy Sheriff Charles A. Murchison. Jimierson, wounded in the exchange, was taken to Paducah hospital. He reportedly begged officers to let a mob finish him.
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Hickman
Ruby Jimierson
Charles A. Murchison
Jimierson
Paducah
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Gerin Battery Station
Willard Storage
ODD Fellows Meeting
Sonville
Steam
Beer
Lexington, Ky
R. Ray Baker
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Circlet
J. W. Wolford & Sons
N. Main Street
Dreamland
Arizona
Franklyn Farnum
Shorty Hamilton
Dreamland Orchestra
Neal Hart
Lloyd
Old Fort
McHenry
Deputy
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