Squire oxen and local harvest tales from 1881 era
This piece recalls South of Linton timber times with Nathan Squire and his four oxen Buck Jerry Mike Leppt. It notes oxen hauling logs to a mill that supplied Island City mine tipple and Pennsylvania rail bridges, set around 1881, plus local editor John Ben Stotts and Sullivan snippets on bean beetles, gardens, and birds.
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David O. Squire
Linton
Nathan Squire
Squires
Old Island City
Pennsylvania
Bushrod
Squire
Buck
Jerry
Mike
Leppt
Sean
Pres McKinnon
John Ben Stotts
Boy Scouts Plan Court of Honor in Linton
Boy Scouts of Linton will hold a Court of Honor at the United Brethren church Monday at 7:30 p.m. The new Scout executive in charge of this district will attend. All Scouts, prospective members and leaders are urged to be present.
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Boy Scouts of
Linton
United Brethren Church
Huge War Bond Rally In Linton Draws Big Entertainment
A free 8 pm Friday rally in Humphreys Park Linton features WIBC radio artists Tex Tyler Bill Stallard Zeb Mandy Vern Morgan and Hugh Cross with a talking movie Attack on Munda and wounded veterans from Billings General Hospital Indianapolis on stage The Greene County drive seeks 975000 in the Fifth War Bond drive and ends July 8 with bond pledges receipts offered at the park booths and later delivery of bonds Local committees and residents are urged to attend and buy bonds to meet quotas.
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WIBC
Humphreys Park
Linton
Greene County
E. V. Bull
Milo B. Mitchell
Edwin B. Long
Andy Humphreys
Joe Haseman
William B. Carlton
Munda
U. S
Southwest Pacific
U. S. Signal Corps
Tex Tyler
Bill Stallard
Zeb and Mandy
Vern Morgan
Hugh Cross
Hill-billy
Stockton Township
Business and Professional Women’s Club
War Mothers’ Club No. 2
Tri Kappas
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
Bull
Hospital Report Notes Multiple Local Procedures
Francis Coakley underwent a tonsillectomy this morning. Mrs. Roy Jewell of Worthing had a minor operation. Mrs. Claude Hixon and baby were taken home in Ja sonville Thursday evening. Mrs. Herbert Burch and baby were sent home on Lin ton route 2 this morning. Mrs. Rex Workman of Linton route 2 was dismissed Thursday. Mrs. Frederick Shepherd and baby were taken home Thursday afternoon. Viola Schmalz of Coal City was dismissed this morning.
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Francis Coakley
Roy Jewell
Worthington
Claude Hixon
Baby
Jasonville
Herbert Burch
Linton
Rex Workman
Frederick Shepherd
Viola Schmalz
Coal City
Bridge Club Meeting With Mrs Rae Reed
The Wednesday Afternoon Bridge club will meet with Mrs Rae Reed at 2 15 this afternoon per an announced notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae Reed
Americans Press Cherbourg Breakthrough Amid Heavy Fighting
Allied forces surged toward Cherbourg harbor as American shock troops pushed into the German defenses. Eisenhower’s HQ reported capturing key terrain and advancing about a mile, with final assault preparations under way and the port seen as potentially falling soon.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.P
Cherbourg
Dwight D.” Eisenhower
United States
Supreme Allied Command
DNB
Britain
Belgium
France
Midland Youth Sentenced for Failure to Support Family
James Hart, 24, of Midland, was sentenced to the Indiana State Reformatory by Judge Walter F. Wood in Sullivan Circuit Court after being found guilty of failure to support his wife and two children. He received a term of not less than one year and not more than seven years. Hart had prior appearances on January 28 on the same charge and violated parole by moving to Indianapolis and North Chicago before being recaptured. Prosecutor Joe Lowdermilk noted several similar cases and Judge Wood stated such violations cannot escape Indiana law.
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James Hart
Midland
Indiana
Hart
Indianapolis
Chicago
Wood
Hubert Sevier
Sullivan
Joe Lowdermilk
Hansford Gofourth
Bloomington
Indiana State
Greene
Bloomfield
Thomas Acuff
Don Bowen
Glen McKee
Max Holmes
Luke Sparks
Carl Edmondson
Floyd Marshall
Charles Hatfield
Friend Hasler
Bonnie Borders
Matster
Rev. Hughes
Unionville Baptist Church
Gofoarths
Mt. Zion Association
Hartsford Gofourth
Kern G. Beasley
Greene County
Sylvan Tackett
Monroe County
Karl Parker Vogsloh
Gofourths
Michigan City
Viola Gofourth
Funeral services for Ida Florence Keller Saturday
Funeral services for Ida Florence Keller who died Tuesday morning will be held Saturday at 2 30 PM from Welch and Cornett Funeral Home Deaconess Nola Yoder officiating Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery
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Ida Florence Keller
Welch & Cornett Funeral Home
Nola Yoder
Fairview
Major Emerson Barker MIA in Southwest Pacific
Elza E Barker and wife of Bloomfield report their son Major Emerson York Barker missing in action over the southwest Pacific since June 12 after failing to return from a flight over Guad alcanal. Barker, a 1937 Scotland high school graduate, later starred in basketball and track at Indiana Central College. He recently rose to major and commanded the Black Spider night flying squadron. he holds the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. He is married with a six month old son Emerson Jr. and a Navy brother Kenneth Barker serves in the South Pacific.
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Elza E. Barker
Bloomfield
Emerson York Barker
Southwest Pacific
Guadalcanal
Maj. Barker
Scotland High School
Indiana Central College
Indianapolis
South Pacific
Maj
Barker
Emerson, Jr
Ft. Wayne
Kenneth Barker
United States Navy
Coalmont Man Earl Bolinger Buried in Local Service
Funeral services were held at Friendly Grove church near Coalmont for Earl Bolinger 66 who died at his home Wednesday. He leaves three sons William Hymera Fred Jacksonville Ike Coalmont one stepson Sewell Sanders Memphis four sisters Eydia Sams Hattie McKee Lottie Butler Lettie Edmonson and one brother Harrison Hymera Interment was in Union cemetery McHugh Funeral Home oversaw arrangements.
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Friendly Grove
Coalmont
Earl Bolinger
William
Hymera
Fred
Jasonville
Ike
Sewell Sanders
Memphis
Eydia Sams
Hattie McKee
Lottie Butler
Clay City
Lettie Edmonson
Shelburn
Harrison
Chocolate a Poor Man's Confection
Cocoa once costly and banned by Louis XIV is now a poor man's crop in Central America and the southern United States. The trees require little land and capital and can share land with crops like corn and bananas. A recent crop could satisfy the between meal habit in the United States.
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Louis XIV
France
Middle America
United States
Weather record at Elliston cites 95 degree high
Yesterday at about two in the afternoon the high reached 95 degrees as reported by O H Brown U S Weather Observer at Elliston. This season's peak 101 degrees occurred Saturday June 17, according to the same observer.
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O. H. Brown
U. S
Elliston
Entered Hospital Portrait of a Child
Jerry Lee Ballard four year old son of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Ballard of Linton was taken to Riley hospital in Indianapolis Thursday in critical condition.
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Jerry Lee
Gilbert Ballard
Linton
Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
Linton Stockton High Band Announces Summer Concert Series
The Linton Stockton high school band plans a series of monthly concerts at Glenburn Mission this summer. The first concert is set for Monday at 7:30 PM with a free will offering and an open invitation to the public.
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Linton Stockton High School
Glenburn Mission
Raymond Miller Killed in Action in England
Mr and Mrs Roy Miller of Benton Harbor Mich learn from the War Department that their son M Sgt Raymond Miller was killed on June 8 while forces were in England He was 26 and had been overseas two years Survived by his parents a brother overseas and eight sisters in Michigan and at home with places named as Bedford St Joseph and Linton among them
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Roy Minter
Benton Harbor
Mich
United States War Department
Raymond Miller
United States ‘Forces
England
Miller
Skitz City
Michigan
Linton
Sgt. Miller
Roy Miller
Stanley
United States Army
Quilla Secrest
Bedford
Max Jeschke
St. Joseph
Harold Ballenger
Rosemary
Phyllis
Beverly
Donna
Joyce
American Sub Sinks 16 Jap Ships in New Naval Toll
American submarines, advancing as a vanguard for U S forces, sank 16 more enemy ships bringing the month total to 50 and the war total to 623. The latest losses include 11 medium cargo vessels four small cargo vessels and a medium naval auxiliary.
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Washington
U.S
U. S
Japan
Linton Girl Scouts Host Greene County Talent at Park Cabin
The Linton Girl Scouts invite Greene County troops to a gathering at Humphreys Park cabin from 10 30 a m to 3 p m on Monday. Each girl should bring lunch while Linton troops provide cold drinks for all attendees.
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Linton Girl Scouts
Greene Troops
Humphreys Park
Sullivan County
Linton
Local Resident LB Conour Dies at 64 in Linton
Lafayette B. Conour, 64, longtime Railway Express Co. employee, died at 8:30 this morning at his home 610 E street northeast. Born August 14 1879 in Olney Illinois he lived in Linton 44 years and is survived by wife Charlotte Foster son Jesse Carpenter overseas brother James Conour and sisters Grace Olney and Ella Staniger. Funeral arrangements set for Welch and Cornett Funeral Home with Rev. Baldridge officiating followed by burial at Fair View cemetery.
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Lafayette B. Conour
Railway Express Company
Linton
E” Street
Mr. Conour
Olney
Til
J. N
Clara Conour
Chicago
Ill
Conour
Linton First
Charlotte B. Conour
Jesse Carpenter
U. S. Army
James E. Conour
Wheaton
Grace Conour
Ella Staniger
Sumner
Welch and Cornett
R. B. Baldridge
Methodist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Pepper as Tax and Trade in Early Exploration
The article links pepper to taxes in early Dutch East Indies and notes its role as payment and reward. It cites prewar spice use, imports from the Far East blocked by Japan, and experiments in Central America as a potential new source, suggesting Central American crops could become a New World Far East.
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Dutch East Indies
Far East
Japan
Middle America
New World
Tomato crown claimed in county championship contest
Mrs. Clint Raymer of 649 Fourth Street NW today claimed the county tomato championship by presenting two half-pound tomatoes picked in her garden on her birthday. She described the event as a playful contest sparked by the unusual harvest.
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Clint Raymer
Fourth Street Northwest
U S completes rout of large Jap fleet in Philippine area
Aboard flagship in the Far East theater the U S Navy says a massive carrier battle routed the Japanese fleet east of the Philippines without a battleship salvo. American losses included 21 planes. Japanese losses reportedly include hundreds of planes and at least one carrier.
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U.S
Philippine Area
United’ Press
Japa Grand Fleet
Philippines
Guam
Tokyo
U. S
Carriers
Seaspan
Raymond Ames Spruance
Axis
Mrs. Nancy Irene Waymire 86 Dies Near Dugger
Mrs. Nancy Irene Waymire died at her daughter's home in Sullivan route 5 after months of illness. Born November 29, 1857 near Bruceville she was 86 with 6 months and 24 days. Survived by eight daughters, one son Paul Waymire of Akron, a brother Dr. Joseph W. Willis, two sisters, thirty grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Funeral at Akir Funeral Home Dugger Sunday at 3 pm with interment in Dugger cemetery.
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Nancy Irene Waymire
Fred Dunder
Sullivan
Route 5
Bruceville
The
Baptist Church
Mamie Wamsley
Indiannapolis
Lucille Hunter Westphalia
Nell Crow
Memphis
Aikir
Dugger
Returns to Linton After Aberdeen Visit
Mrs. Shellie Shonk returns to Linton after visiting her husband Pvt. S. V. Shonk in Aberdeen Maryland for two weeks.
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Shellie Shonk
Aberdeen
Pvt. S. V. Shonk
Sugar Cane Growers Suffer 1943 Losses Totaling 5925960
U. S. sugar cane raisers experienced a total crop loss of 5,925,960 dollars for the 1943 season.
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U. S
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Girl Scout
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Gofourth
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Task Ferce
William L. Worden
Pearl Harbor
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South China Sea
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