Big Labor Day Picnic In Montpelier Planned
The Montpelier merchants, unable to fund Hartford City's canceled Labor Day celebration, announce a countywide picnic. Everyone is invited with a special nod to clerks and county residents. free games and amusements, dinner not provided, bring your own dish. Lee Levering H Hoping and F E Haller pick the venue and program details, with further updates to follow.
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Montpelier
Hartford City
Penny Wise
Lee Levering
H. L. Hopping
F. E. Haller
Hickman Family To Hold Reunion In North Country
Mrs. W. H. Hickman of Jamestown New York arrives to spend weeks with her husband Dr. Hickman on his Montpelier farm. Daughters Mary and Emma Hickman return from Minneapolis joining son W R Hickman of Hattiesburg and other son John a University of Wisconsin student for a family reunion. Dr Hickman is an officer of the New York Chautauqua and known in assembly circles nationwide.
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W. H. Hickman
Jamestown
N. Y
Dr. Hickman
Montpelier
Mary
Emma Hickman
Minneapolis
Watson to Sound Keynote September 15
James E. Watson Republican governor candidate will deliver the keynote at the campaign stop in Marion on September 15. Dr. C H Good candidate for Congress will also speak. Watson plans appearances at every county seat in the Eleventh district with tentative dates in Wabash Peru Logansport Hartford City Montpelier and other district cities.
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James E. Watson
Marion
C.H. Good
Congress
Watson
Huntington
Wabash
Peru
Logansport
Hartford City
Montpelier
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Montpelier Resident
A Montpelier resident reports long kidney trouble alleviated by Dean's Kidney Pills. He details a fall and recurring symptoms, then credits the remedy with rapid improvement and no return. Sold by dealers at 40 cents. Master-Milburn Co. in New York is the U.S. sale agent.
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Dean
Montpelier
Millard
South Park Street
Ind
Doun
Chandler Reunion Held at Shannon Grove Near Montpelier
The Chandler family holds its fourth annual reunion at Shannon Grove one and a half miles south of Montpelier on Wednesday August 2. Invited are all members and friends. Alvin Chandler serves as president and Gertrude Pownall as secretary.
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Chandler
Shannon Grove
Montpelier
Alvin Chandler
Gertrude, Pownall
Bluffton to Expand Pumping Station With 25 More Tanks
The Standard Oil Company plans a major expansion near Bluffton to create a larger pumping center. About twelve tanks can be fitted per forty acres, signaling a long new land area and increased station activity. Four carloads of pump material arrive on side tracks, while fifty workers reside on site in tents and nearby families join local labor.
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Bluffton
Indiana
South Harrison
Preble
Bluffton Banner
Big Lake Ditch Project Underway in Jackson Township
Workers clear a ditch in Jackson Township to lower two lakes in Lost Township by about teen feet within sixty days. Over 160 acres will be returned to owners, a gravel road will be steadier under sand loads, and the ditch extends a mile toward the Salamonie river with tile of fifteen to twenty inches and some sections twenty six feet deep. The drainage aims to center the area, leaving sixty feet of water at the deepest point, and the drained ground is expected to yield around five thousand bushels of corn next year where weeds and flags once grew.
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Jackson
Lost Township
Salamonie
Indiana War History Offer For Veterans Vols Sent To Libraries
Oren Perry adjutant general of Indiana offers several hundred volumes of the Record of Indiana Volunteers in the Spanish American War to war veterans at the cost of postage. The books will be mailed to veterans and public libraries on receipt of 14 cents per volume. They contain valuable information.
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Oren Perry
Indiana
One More Old Fashioned Fair Opens in Huntington
September 8 to 12 marks a local fair in Huntington offering free entries stalls straw pens and space. Promoter R Simonton invites locals to bring exhibits and asks interested parties to send inquiries for further details.
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Huntington
Purdue at State Fair Seeks Extensive Purdue Exhibit
Purdue University plans a large display at the State Fair under Prof. G Z Christie. The exhibit will showcase many Purdue experiments with daily demonstrations on spray mixtures stock judging and seed selection at the fair. Dairy division will feature practical butter making. A reunion for all students is set for Thursday September 1 with President Stone and Dean Skinner in attendance.
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Purdue University
G. Z. Christie
Purdue
Stone
Skinner
Business College offers top business training in Fort Wayne
Blackford County youths advance through the National Business College system in Fort Wayne. The program boasts twenty years of continued success and ranks among the nation's best business schools. Fort Wayne's proximity offers many opportunities for graduates with a first class business education. Write for catalogue at 425.
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Blackford County
Volleme
Fort Warne
United States
Fort Wayne
Electric Bitters Praised By Mrs Davison
Mrs M M Davison of San Jose California endorses Electric Bitters as a superior general remedy for headache biliousness and sluggish digestion. She claims a bottle offers more digestive health than any other remedy and notes Pioneer drugstore sells it with a guarantee. 60cc.
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M. M. Davison
Gifford Ave
San Jose
Cal
Pioneer Drugstore
Evans Found Safe and Returned Home After Week Away
Geo W Evans, a small west side grocer, was located in a boarding house by The Boss. He appeared demented and could not recall where he had been, saying he wandered to Muncie Cincinnati Dayton and Fort Wayne before returning with his son Theo and Constable Sills. He is now home and under care, with family hopeful for a full recovery.
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Geo. W. Evans
West Side
Jake Murphy
Montpelier
Fr. Wayne
Evans
Jake
Murphy
Theo
Henry Sills
Ft. Wayne
Mr. Evans
Muncie
Cincinnati
Dayton.o
Silla
Ute
Mo Evans
Volney French Buys Selecta Stately in Harness Horse Trade
Local horseman Volney French purchased harness horse Selecta Stately from Dr. McClain of Vera Cruz on Saturday. The horse was shipped to Muncie to race this week and had previously competed at Montpelier, where she gave a solid showing though she did not win any purse.
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Volney French
McConkey Family Reunion Planned at Montpelier Farm
The fifth annual McConkey reunion will be held August 23 1908 at Eli McConkey’s old homestead three and a half miles west of Montpelier. All members relatives and friends are invited for a joyous gathering and good time.
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Mc- Conkey
Eli Mc- Conkey
Montpelier
Why James Lee Got Well
Mrs. Mary Lee of Zanesville Ohio touts Dr. King's New Discovery as lifesaving for her husband James Lee. She credits dramatic lung recovery from consumption to the remedy, praising its relief from coughs and claiming a guaranteed purchase at Pioneer Drug Store with trial bottles offered.
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Zanesville
Mary Lee
James Lee
Dr. King
Pioneer Drug Store
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