Local Briefs Include Travels and Court Report
Madison notices report Lula Evans travels to Terre Haute to visit Miss Mary Lawrence of Hanover. Others mention Miss Ada Beatty en route to State Normal School and hospital nurse visits. Court records show Madison Safe Deposit & Trust Co. settlement as administrator for Charles Hl. George. Obituary notes Thomas Farley of Trimble County dies after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mis J . Reddick
Louisville
Franklin Po Weber
Ada Beatty
Muornese
State Normal School
Broadway
Wimena Hr. Leger
Snelbyville
Leger
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Frank White
James White
White
Louisa Kraut
Cragmont
King’s Daughters Hospital
Schneider's
Civil War Veteran Crawford Whitsitt Dies in Scott County
Crawford Whitsitt, civil war veteran and longtime Scott county resident, died at his home west of Deputy. He was about 80, buried at Wesley Chapel graveyard. Survived by widow, daughter Myrtle, and four sons Benjamin of Kansas Egbert Porter of Scott county and Dr S A Whitsitt of Kent.
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Crawford Whitsitt
Scott County
Wesley Chapel
Whitsitt
Myrtle
Benjamin Whitsitt
Kansas
Egbert and
Porter Whitsitt
S. A. Whitsitt
Kent
War debate opens as arms race warned by Sir John Davidson
General Sir John Davidson opened a House of Commons debate on an upcoming British Imperial conference warning that war becomes inevitable unless nations cease arming. He framed the issue as a global peril affecting all empires and urged restraint.
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House of Commons
London
John Davidson
Fate of Peru Bust Unveiled at Pan American Union
The bust of Hippolito Unanue, key in Peru’s independence struggle, was unveiled in the Hall of Flags at the Pan American Union. Peruvian ambassador Senor Don Frederico Alfonso Peret called Unanue the Father of his Country. Belgium has existed as a kingdom since 1890.
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Hippolito Unanue
Peru
Pan American Union
Senor
Don Frederico Alfonso Peret
Unane
Driggs Brothers Barns Burn On Michigan Road Fire
Fire of unknown origin destroyed two large barns at Driggs Brothers place four miles north of Madison on the Michigan road noon today. A chicken house fed the blaze to nearby structures, consuming farm wagons 500 bushels of corn 15 tons of hay and farming implements. Loss estimated at $5 000 with $1 800 insured by Continental Fire Insurance Company.
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Driggs Bros
Michigan Road
Madison
John Driggs
Continental Fire Insurance Company
Saint Mary's Graduating Exercises This Sunday Afternoon
The St Marys school closing exercises are at St Marys Church Sunday at 3 oclock. Diplomas will be awarded for the commercial course to Louise Schoenstein Margaret Niesse Frances Duenisch Marie Niesse Alma Hunger. Stenography diploma to Vivian Magers. Palmer awards issued to nearly all graduates and a typewriting certificate to Margaret Niesse for highest record. Eighth grade certificates to Lawrence Hill Henry Bilz Maurice Lorenz Raymond Strong Bernard Steinhardt Sabina Koehler Georgetla Hirst Florence Niesse Anna Laura Kohl. Sabina Koehler wins highest average.
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Louise Schoenstein
Margaret Niesse
Frances Duenisch
Marie Niesse
Alma Hunger
John Lucht
William Anger
Vivian Magers
Palmer
The
Palmer Co
Underwood
Lawrence Hill
Henry Bilz
Maurice Lorenz
Raymond Strong
Bernard Steinhardt
Sabina Koehler
Georgetla Hirst
Florence Niesse
Anna Laura Kohl
Experiments at Mace Farm Show Fertilizer Impacts on Crops
Farmers from Jefferson Scott Clark and nearby counties attended an afternoon field demonstration on the A. G. Mace farm near Bletcher. Purdue Professor Wibueko explained 1906 started trials across 44 plots, detailing fertilizer costs and crop gains per acre per rotation with manure limestone and various phosphates showing net returns, notably acid phosphate and rock phosphate.
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Jefferson
Scott, Clark
A. G. Mace
Bletcher
Purdue Experiment Station
Wibueko
Purdue
Reformatory Not Moved From Jeffersonville If Colgate Relents
Gov. McCray said Indiana will not remove the reformatory from Jeffersonville unless Colgate Soap Company releases the state from the property sale. The state seeks at least an extension of the removal deadline beyond October next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Colgate Soap Company
Father Williams Shot by Son in Brazil Indiana
In Brazil Indiana on June 17 Fred Williams was shot in the thigh by his son John Williams. The father returned home drunk and assaulted his wife, prompting the son to seize a shotgun and fire at close range, likely leaving the father crippled for life.
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Brazil
Ind
Fred Williams
John
Willams
Attorney General orders probe of machine guns on Hoboken freighter
Newark reaches a telegram from Attorney General Daugherty to District Attorney Grosser demanding a thorough investigation into how machine guns and ammunition were loaded onto a freighter at Hoboken before it sailed for Ireland.
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Newark
Daugherty
Grosser
Hoboken
Ireland
Briand Wins Confidence as Chamber Ratifies Policy
Paris June 17 Premier Briand secures a second vote of confidence from the Chamber of Deputies with a 427 to 116 tally to postpone Marcel Cachin's interpellations on Near East affairs. The decision is presented as an affirmation of Briand's policy.
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Paris
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Marcel Cachin
Egge Named General Superintendent of Aerial Mail Service
Carl F. Egge was appointed general superintendent of the aerial mail service by Postmaster General Hays, replacing the resigned Major Zoll. Egge previously led the Chicago Minneapolis mail division.
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Washington
Carl F. Egge
Aerial Mail Service
Hays
Major Zoll
Egge
Chicago- Minneapolis
Pershing Denounces Education, Health of Returning Soldiers
General Pershing declared at Camp Edwards in Seagirt New Jersey that the moral and physical condition of American youths who served in the war is a disgrace to any nation. He spoke to a gathering stressing the need for reform and national renewal.
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Camp Edwards
Seagirt
N.J
General Pershing
Slayer Arrest in Ohio Publisher Case
Salvator Cala of Cleveland was arrested today in Buffalo as the slayer of Daniel Kaber, the wealthy Lakewood publisher. Great Britain will address a note to the United States urging strict watch to stop contraband arms to Ireland. George M. Stanley departs for St. Louis to attend the National Convention of Modern Woodmen.
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Buffalo
Salvator Cala
Cleveland
Daniel Kaber
Lakewood
Ohio
London
Great Britain
United States
Ireland
George M. Stanley
St. Louis
Modern Woodmen
Mystery of Lost Cyclops Case Nears Conclusion
New York report quotes Lieut. James M. Hays as saying he traced the Cyclops fate from a buoy and a life raft sighting near Barbados while aboard the Orion. He details cargo, loading slots, and the ship’s last movements toward Bahia and Rio, concluding no mystery remains about the Cyclops and her crew.
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New York
James M. Hays
Cyclops
Orion
Carlier
Bermuda
Pablia
Brazil
Bethlehem Steel Company
Suftorten
Elias
Celm
Sungay
Tmidedgl
Barbados
Atlantic
Hays
Navy
North Sea
Pittsburg
Downes
Philadelphia
Annapolis
Cape May
Leutenant
Norfolk
Boesch
Nering
South America
Lambert’s Point
Hampton Roads
Norfolk Navy Yard
Bureau of Navigation
Bahia
Rilo Janeiro
Montevideo
Buenos Ayres
Helmaman
Franklin
Rio
U.S. S. Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Harrington
Marine Corps
Admiral Caperton
Santos
Bulia
Raleigh
Om Cers
States
Martins
Thane
Boy tests Edison with 14 correct answers
11 year old Herbert Hansen, a seventh grade pupil in a Chicago school, answered 14 of Edison's questions correctly as Edison tested college graduates seeking plant jobs.
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Herbert Hansen
Chicago
Edison
Ex Kaiser Seeks Diversion In Dutch Visits
Doorn Netherlands former Emperor William after the empress death remains in low spirits but seeks diversions. He visited Amerongen to thank the Bentinck family for sympathy and to inspect the electric plant at the hospital village he funded. He wears black except dining when in uniform with mourning band. In Des Moines Iowa Victor Diemer 30 dies after a dirt embankment collapses on him during work.
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Doorn
Holland
William
Bentinck
Amerongen
Des Moines
Victor Diemer
Home Made Recipe Catarrh and Cole Remedy
Thousands use this simple at home remedy for catarrh. Ask your druggist for a quarter ounce of arsenic solution and mix with water in a pint bottle. Gargle the throat and spray the nostrils twice daily to keep the throat and nose healthy and prevent flu germs.
Bio-feren remedy praised for rapid nerve and vitality gain
An advert promises dramatic health improvements from Bio-feren tablets. It claims nervous exhaustion and low energy recover quickly with two pills after meals and one at bedtime, with a seven day course and restocking by druggists.
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Bio-feren
Webb
Muncie
Cie
Hind
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Lula Evans
Terre Haute
Mary Lawrence
Hanover
Sesten Park
Colorado
Kappa Delta Phi
Belgium
Driggs Brothers
St. Mary's
St. Mary's School
St. Mary’s Church
Scotteburg Experimental Field
Gav. McCray
Pershing
of Kaber
At Buffalo
U. S. Collier
Boy Fools Edison
Kaiser
Germany
Catarrh
United Suates Army
Sale Deposit & Trust Co
Leading Trust Company
John W. Tevis
Jenka Obs Glomenta
Treas
Nials
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