Indiana's first aviator era marked by Anthony failed glide
Shoals Indiana June 16 a farmer John Anthony of the Anthony farm attempted Indiana's first heavier than air flight in 1881. He built a winged glider atop a barn platform and was pushed off by a neighbor failing to lift. The craft nose-dived injuring Anthony but the story shows his idea anticipated later aircraft. The Anthony school nearby stands as Indiana's lone monument to its first aviator.
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Orleans
Indiana
John Anthony
Kitty Hawk
Wright Brothers
Germany
Anthony
Khnown
Low Rate Excursion to Chicago This June 18
A low rate excursion fare of 4.20 is offered to Chicago and return on June 18. Contact the Central Ticket Agent for details and booking.
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Chicago
Finois Central
Emerald Oil Promises Quick Relief For Tired Feet
Tired aching feet are claimed to recover in a minute after applying Emerald Oil. The ad urges night and morning use with a few drops to surface of the foot, noting relief from misery and odor, and touts camphor antiseptics and a long selling record.
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Moone
Two youths drown in pond near Terre Haute
At 4 30 p m yesterday Roy Todd 15 and Harry Hickman 17 drowned in Sanford mine pond near Terre Haute after Todd began to choke from water and Hickman panic faded from swimming. Witnesses including two younger boys and Sheriff Ray Ioncanon helped drag the 12 to 15 foot deep pit until bodies were recovered.
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Terre Haute
Sanford
Roy Todd
Harry Hickman
Todd
Hickman
Ray Ioncannon
Forrest Marshall
Senate Passes Priority Bill Giving Wilson Rail Control
United States Senate approves without roll call a Priority Bill granting President Wilson control of railroads and power to order preferential shipments for war prosecution, marking a key wartime policy ten days into June 1917.
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U. S. Senate
Wilson
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets Boost Fat and Health
Skinny men and women are urged to try McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablet, touted as a modern vitamin flesh food that helps gain weight and improve vitality. Sold at Hamilton Drug Store and Elkhorn Pharmacy with a 30 day money back guarantee if five pounds are not gained. Only genuine McCoy's tablets are advised.
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McCoy
Hamilton Drug Store
Elkhorn Pharmacy
McCoy’s
Physicians Lose Their Fight on Advertising in Indiana
Indiana Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliam ruled that chiropractors and other drugless practitioners may advertise, striking from registration blanks a pledge not to advertise. The ruling follows a request by board president Dr Ei M Shanklin, noting chiropractors have long advertised and the 1927 injunction law allows such practice for registered practitioners.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Board of Medical Registration
Arthur L. Gilliam
Ei. M. Shanklin
Indiana
Gilliam
Lewis speaks to Pittsburgh miners on wage causes
In Pittsburgh on June 16 a crowd of about 10,000 miners and wives heard United Mine Workers president John A. Lewis blame high death rates in nonunion camps on the low wages paid by local coal companies. The meeting, the second of four in the district, was held in McDonald, Washington County.
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Pittsburgh
John
A. Lewis
United Mine Workers
McDonald Washington County
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