Four-year-old dies after eating unexploded firework chaser
South Bend on Independence Day. Cliva Jez four years old found a chaser and ate it thinking candy. She died soon after as grief struck her playmates. In Evansville three affidavits filed against Edgar Louis and William Lupp owners of a Vanderburgh farm for liquor law violations linked to a confiscated still. Seager fined and jailed. Lynns questioned but dismissed.
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South Bend
Cliva Jez
John Jez
Jevansville
George D. Heilman
Vanderburg
Edgar
Louis
William Lupp
Sylvester Seager
Herbert Males
Seager
E. H. Ireland
Lynns
Edgar Lynn
City Street Department
Ed Lynn
Fewer Fruit Trees in Indiana Decline by 1920 Told
Washington July 4. Census bureau statistics show Indiana lost bearing and nonbearing peach trees from 1910 to 1920 and a larger drop in bearing and nonbearing apple trees. The report lists 1,270,274 fewer bearing peach trees and 577,483 fewer nonbearing peach trees. 2,377,205 fewer bearing apple trees and 1,032,814 fewer nonbearing apple trees in 1920 compared with 1910.
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Indiana
Washington, D. C
Petition to Increase Fort Wayne Phone Rates Denied
Indianapolis July. Home Telephone company of Fort Wayne had sought higher rates but the public service commission rejected the petition after a property valuation showed 7.74 per cent earnings. The firm argued 1920 net profit at 2.6 per cent with a 3 per cent loss forecast for 1921. current Fort Wayne business lines cost 3.50 and residences 2.00 dollars. The proposed rises would set business rates at 6.00 and residence at 2.75.
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Indianapolis
Home Telephone Company of
Fort Wayne
Public Service Commission
Peruvian Bees Captured With Buckshot in Unusual Rescue
In Peru a 70 year old resident Jackson Brotton and son in law Bernard Wilson captured a swarm of bees using buckshot. After the first limb fell and bees swarmed back, Brotton shattered a second limb and lured the swarm into a hive along a sycamore tree by the state highway.
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Peru
Jackson Brotton
Mexico
Mr. Brotton
Miners Held in Indiana Vigilante Raids Probe
Princeton on July 4 William Bruck Dallas Devine both miners of Princeton and A Beck of Terre Haute were arrested and jailed in Gibson county for grand jury inquiry into vigilante raids at Francisco and near Oakland City on June 10 in which 150 or more foreigners were driven from coal fields. Michael Cleary of Princeton also under arrest for several days.
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Princeton
Wiliam Bruck
Dallas Devine
A. Beck
Terre Haute
Gibson County
Francisco
Oakland City
Michael Cleary
Note Found In River Hints At Drowning Tragedy
A note sealed in a bottle found by ferryman Harry Brown on the Ohio river at Rockport claims Grace Wright has drowned herself in the river and names her husband Harry L. Wright. No such resident is listed in Rockport.
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Evansville
Harry Brown
Rockport
Grace Wright
Ohio River
Harry L. Wright
Poisoned bran fights grasshopper invasion nationwide
The USDA urges community grasshopper organizations to use poisoned bran and coordinated methods to curb eight Pacific states pest species. Bulletin 1140 details species traits and recipes, with timing and placement tips to protect livestock.
Control of Wheat Disease Flag Smut and Its Control
Reports on flag smut of wheat detailing discovery in 1919 near Granite City Illinois and 1920 spread across 111 fields in 47 square miles. Describes symptoms black leaf stripes stunting and spore spread via seed and infected debris. Recommends treatment with formaldehyde as described in Farmers Bulletin 1213.
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Farmers
Illinois County
United States Department of Agriculture
Granite City
Madison County
Coordinated Grasshopper Control Plan Urged for Pacific Districts
The United States Department of Agriculture bulletin calls for centralized leadership and county by county defense areas to combat eight grasshopper species. It urges farmer and landowner cooperation, equitable funding, legal guidance, and rapid poison and bait deployment across infested zones.
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Pacific States
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Growers Study Cabbage Shipping and Marketing Practices
Growers accompanied car lot shipments to market to learn shipping and marketing conditions. They achieved satisfactory sales and gained valuable experience observing handling in markets. The method helped areas new to cabbage production and could profit other crops per USDA experts.
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Bureau of Morkers
United States Department of Agriculture
Nut Trees for Shade Japanese Walnut Described
Specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture note the Japanese walnut offers shade and landowner benefits. It is as hardy as the black walnut and common in northern and eastern states, ideal for farm and yard planting. Seedlings will dominate due to few budded or grafted trees available. The Japanese walnut is a dwarfish species often with 15 to 23 leaflets per leaf and racemes of nuts, with shells between black and Persian walnut in thickness. Kernel flavor resembles American butternut.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Nurse Fog and Storm King Tour Coastal Treats
A whimsical Nurse Fog narrates coastal travel with boats and seagulls while Mother Ocean laughs and warns ships. The scene blends childlike fantasy with a biblical meditation on Stephen’s martyrdom, wisdom, and burial, ending with prayers and lament.
Gloved Hands Appear in Winter Walk Diary Fragment
A snowy lesson note describes stepping outdoors and noting visible details. The fragment mentions gloves and a terse exchange about what is seen during a cold winter walk. The text reads as a personal, reflective snippet with incomplete phrases.
Saul Persecuting Christians A Young Pharisee Lesson
Lesson notes describe Saul as a Pharisee in training in Jerusalem. It covers his zeal for God, his love of law, and his persecution of Christians, contrasted with the proof of Jesus as God’s Son and the martyrdom of Stephen. It cites Acts 22 and related scriptures for study context.
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Christ Jesus
Jerusalem
Saul
God
Jesus
Christ
Stephen
Five outlets of life and the power of prayer
A quote outlines five life outlets the lips service money and prayer with prayer deemed the greatest. The speaker S D Gordon asserts the supreme good is to pray for God and for man.
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S. D. Gordon
How to Serve God with Gladness and Praise
A devotional exhortation urging believers to serve the Lord with joy. It echoes Psalm 100, urging entering gates with thanksgiving and courts with praise, acknowledging God’s goodness and blessing His name.
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God
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Booster Testimonial
Pottsville resident Mrs. Sallie Siefert credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing years of female trouble and restoring strength to work. She reports a gain of twenty pounds and urges other women to try the product for relief from weakness, pain, and fatigue.
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Pottsville
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sallie Siefert
Fourth Street
Siefert
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