Three Drown Victims Mark Sugar Creek Picnic Tragedy
Bloomingdale residents learned that three teenage girls Lydia Harvey Portia McKey and Fay Wilkins drowned in Sugar Creek during a Sunday school picnic. About twenty young Misses aged fourteen to seventeen waded near treacherous steps when the sudden current pulled them under. Miss Williams was rescued by her brother.
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Bloomingdale
Sugar Creek
Lydia Harvey
Portia McKey
Fay Wilkins
Williams
In Memory of Miss Rose Conner
Obituary notice from Owensboro Kentucky mourning Rose Conner who died August 18 1912 at 3 15 am in her twenty fourth year. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Conner she was active in music especially violin and valued for virtue fidelity and Christian faith. The Messenger notes her asleep in Heaven and speaks of her talent and gentle character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Conner
Robert Conner
Vermilion County Farmers Prep For Harvest Time
Walk and Riff McGill from Vermilion county farms arrived Wednesday to ready fields for harvest. They expect to turn out oats at about eight and a half bushels per acre amid a planned Thursday display.
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Walk
Riff McGill
Vermillion County
Record Price Cattle Sale Sets Parke County Mark
Levi Linebarger reported on August 21 he sold seventeen steers on the Chicago market at 10.45 per hundred dollars totaling 2550 with 150 per head. H C Vestal set a Parke county high August 8 at 310.25, a 20 cent rise. Reserve township is noted for top cattle and strong feeding.
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Levi Linebarger
Chicago
H C. Vestal
Parke County
Reserve Township
Teen girl elopes with youth then detained near home
A fourteen year old girl and a young man attempted a getaway last Saturday night. They were driven to Clinton and boarded an interurban toward Terre Haute, planning a trip to California. The parents alerted authorities and the girl was detained while the young man fled, later sighted in flight. the girl has since returned home.
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Clinton
Terre Haute
California
Grand Jury Session Names Parke County Members
Parke county grand jury met last Friday with jurors Frank Pressler William Day A E McCord Scott Webb James A Goatley Paul Zhind gren Petit Jury Sidney Nichols John Martin Vorhees Huxford Daniel Machin Arthur Wiseman William Connelley Charles O Seybold Ed Watson Thomas Patton John S Pickard Joseph Stryker and James Ball.
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Parke County
Grand Jury
Frank Pressler
William Day
A. E. McCord
Scott Webb
James A. Goatley
Paul Zhindgren
Petit Jury
Sidney Nichols
John Martin
Vorhees Huxford
Daniel Machin
Arthur Wiseman
William Connelley
Charles O. Seybold
Ed Watson
Thomas Patton
John S. Pickard
Joseph Stryker
James Ball
Ready for School in Montezuma Trusts Open Sept 9
Montezuma trustees report school facilities repaired painted and heating systems serviced in preparation for the September 9 opening. Transfers from other districts will move to Montezuma High School with in-district transfers directed there.
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Montezuma Schools
Montezuma
Montezuma High School
Musicale and recital at Linebarger chapel well attended
A musicale and recital at Linebarger chapel last Saturday night by Miss Ethel Warner Mrs Elva Pauley and Mrs Gertrude Cooke drew a large audience. Each program number was well rendered and reflected credit on the young ladies who performed.
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Linebarger‘chapel
Ethel Warner
Elva Pauley
Gertruda Cooke
State Guards Camp At Montezuma On Mineral Springs Property
About eighty officers and privates of Battery C IL N G marched into Montezuma last Thursday evening and pitched tents on the Mineral Springs property for the night. They brought their complete equipment and about 125 horses to mount the battery and move wagons guns and carriages. The unit behaved orderly, with few exceptions, and included local barber Hamald F Arnold who has run a shop here six months.
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Battery C
IL N. G
Montezuma
Mineral Springs
Hdlmond F. Arnold
Timely Smith Lever Extension bill gains steam in Congress
The Smith Lever Agricultural Extension bill, backed by the National Soil Fertility and others, seeks federal and state cooperation to fund farm demonstrators training farmers in modern methods. Backers include the National Grange and Farmers Institutes, with widespread business support. operation could begin within a year. Local agent F D Miles of the C and E I Lines has printed material available.
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Congress
Smith-Lever
Colleges of Agriculture
National
National Grange
Farmers’ Institutes
C. & E. I. Lines
F. D. Miles
King & Son win big street grading contract near Horseleaf City
C. C. King and Son secure a major contract to grade streets at the new Horseleaf City just south of the Speedway in Indianapolis. Work is slated to begin early next week as the city builds around automobile manufacturing and accessories.
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C. C. King & Son
Horseleaf City
Indianapolis
Morgan Smith
Eugene Smith
Terre Haute
I. A. Sharp
Dixon
Brockway Club House
Ras Harper
Elijah Southerland
Russellville
Wit Southerland
Morton
G. W. McGill
Theodore Hixon
O. S. Goodsell
J. A. Ingram
West Terre Haute
Railway Wreck Near Antioch Kills One Injures Many
A CH and D excursion train near Antioch five miles from Decatur derailed after a broken rail. One man, Jacob Ozencopki of Decatur, died. More than twenty passengers were hurt, including S C Smalts of Austin and Mrs Nancy Urich of Indianapolis. Two others were from Indiana.
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Antioch
Decatur
Jacob Ozencopki
Decature
Indiana
S.C. Smalts
Austin
Nancy Urich
Indianapolis
Personal notices from Clinton area crowds and travels
This column lists local visits and travels including Bert Raynes in Clinton, Mrs. Wiesggerber in Terre Haute, several births and hospital mentions, and numerous trips to Decatur Brazil and Danville. Residents visit relatives at Terre Haute, Clinton, and nearby towns, with reunions and theater invites noted.
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Bert Raynes
Clinton
J. C. Wiesggerber
Terre Haute
Geo Hinote
Mayme Fellows
Brazil
Ferre Haute
Seelyville
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Christ
Jesus
Owensboro
Onde
Clik
Ee Donley Sans
Louis Waldridge
John Linebarger
Rockville
Frank Adams
Myrtle Kay
Zulu Tuttle
Ed Dennison
Raymond Fon- Cannon
Floyd Miles
M. McGinty
Fred Murphy
W. W. Albright
Ill
Joseph Haworth
Danville
Illinois
Bertha Geltz
Clint Cristy
St- Marie
Viola Bush
Wichata Kansan
Walter Downey
Bush
Downey
U.S. A
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Springfield
Grace McLaughin
W. H. Hill
Cincinnati
Jerry Connoly
St. Bernice
Quinlans
Miss Lo Reeder
Frank Lee
Coxville
Guy Brown
Lintner
Electric Theatre
J. S. Hollowell
Cowgills
Inez Nixon
Gus Bailey
Fred Willis
Jessie Bang
Clelah
John Broderick
John King
John Brockway
Brockway—Pickard Grimmes
Layton Allen
Freeman Cox
F. L. Miles
Brockway—Pickard — Grimes — Ephlin
Howard Sunday
J. B. Tate
Evanston
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