Jones Quote Sparks Chicago Sermon on Wife and Poodle
Rev. Sam P. Jones soothes Chicago crowds at Swedish Mission with colorful lines about a good wife and many children versus a society woman and a poodle dog. He touched on topics from alligators to atheism and politics to poodles while delivering a rambling address. Local notes record several callers and residents visiting Knox and Kentland with brief movements and visits among families.
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Sam P. Jones
Sweedish Mission Church
Chicago
Combating Hessian Fly with Late Seeding and Decoys
Indiana wheat growers are urged to delay seeding to disrupt Hessian fly eggs and plant decoy wheat stripes around fields three weeks before regular sowing. Rotate crops, improve drainage, and ensure all local farmers adopt these measures to reduce rust and fly damage. Community notices follow with local business and social updates.
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Indiana
Purdue
Erie Railroad reports strong year with gains and large improvements
The Erie Railroad filed a preliminary statement showing gross earnings over 50 million dollars for the year ending June 30 1906 up 4.3 million from the prior year with net gains of 1.55 million. Spending on roadway and equipment improvements includes over 2.7 million for track and rails and more than one million for rehabilitation of rolling stock. The company reduced transportation costs despite 4 million dollars in added gross earnings and invested about 2 million in property upgrades.
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York
Erie Railroad
Kankakee River survey advances toward new channel
Survey crews finish westward work from the LaPorte line to Hebron road as the line for the new channel lies within forty five feet of the old. Oxbow bend near ten miles upriver has long drawn trappers and anglers. Local notices mention multiple visits, marriage licenses issued, a fatal field accident, a LaGrange wedding, and a rain-delayed ball game with Kankakee.
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Kankakee
LaPorte
Momence
Hebron and
DeMotte
Breyfogle
Hebron
Oxbow Bend
John W. Foust
Maude Scott
LaFayette
McKay
Baptist Church
Walter Ford
S. A. Foust
North Judson
George Sevedge
Princeton
Our Boys
Kankakeurers
Jubilee Fund Grows as Subscriptions Pour In
The After Harvest Jubilee fund continues to grow with new subscribers listed including John Dusek Louis J. Jermann Wessely and Borkovec Henry Booth A J Bunnell Frank Dusek KH A Short Jacob Keller C H Seuane and others. Local farmers from Michalski schoolhouse east of town discussed plans and heard Aaron Jones of South Bend, a noted authority, will deliver an address during the Jubilee. Joe Zoun sold his farm to Fred Adam, and Mrs Keller visited Chicago relatives. Established to endure The Farmers Merchants Bank of North Judson. Walters Ashman, a Panhandle operator, visited from Logansport.
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Joseph Pribyl
Frank Blazek
Fred Sawyer
George A. Smith
Harry Watts
Emma Koza
Thomas J. Travers
Felix Seroczynski
Travers
Chicago Academy of Music
W. JA. Foust
Harry Pribyl
Mary Pribyl
Geo. A. Smith
Frank Owens
Owens
Regina Dusek
Mesdames
Martin Vanoskey
Fred Kasch
Wm. Schricker
Christina Koza
Carrie Blaschke
Elizabeth Koza
Messrs
Frank Blaschke
Lester Nelson
Harley Horton
John Dusek
Louis J. Jermann
Wessely & Borkovec
Henry Booth
A. J. Bunnell
Frank Dusek
A. Short
Jacob Keller
C. H. Seuane
Thomas Koza
John Wichowski
Tobias Kreider
Wee
L. Rennewant
Henry Horner & Co., Grocers
Elihu Barnum
L. H. Howard
J. M. Alspaugh
Farmers’ Clubs
Michalski School House
L.E. Mosher
G. N. Peterson
C. H. Kuester
H. F. Sechricker
C. A. McCormick
Geo
M. Smith
L.C. Foust
Wm. G.kuester
Aaron Jones
South Bend
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John H. Hopp
Knox
Wm. Keehn
Jones
Wm G. Kuester
San Pierre
Jacob P. Quigley
Henry Bock
John Dolezal
Joe
James
Sarah Graeber
Jay
Fulton County
Henry Kuester
Huntington
C. E. Groshans
John Beam
George Burson
Winamac
Edna Minish
Nellie Horton
Inez Graeber
Kentland
Fred
A. L. Courtright
George White
M. Fuller
White
Frank Cutler
Edith Wahrhauff
Two Joe
J. H. Trump
Trumps
Clara Janovsky
Minnesotta
Wisconsin
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minnesoa
St.Paul
State Capitol
Japorely
Geo J. Neupert
Idaho Springs
Colorado
Manson
Charlie Prettyméti
Charlie
Koester
U. B
N. W. Roberts
International Harvester Co
Roberts
The
Erie
Anton Andziewiz
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Anna Schricker
Logansport
Marshall Chapel
Enterprise Park
Laramore
Sid Childs
Hamlet
Meee
Ben Rogers
Tennessee
Frank Wessely
N. L. Marsh
Q. L. Muesser
W. J. Thorpe
H. C. Miller
T. M. Smith
Joe Winkoski
M. D. Henry
Mrs. Williams
Wayne Township
Frank Hielman
G. Filet Short
Ade Schricker
Emma Koester
M. E. Norris
Friend
Frank Janovsky
Kankakee Survey
Clarence Slidinger
W. B. Gizer
Grass Creek
Rev. Koester
Ralph Miller
Wm Schricker
R. M. Gray
Robert of
Orwell
J. Allen Barr
Gray
Mrs. Barr
W. T. Barnett
Algiers
Ind
Allen Barr
Howard D. Chapel
Iva M. Dunfee
James E. Clark
Bertha A. Decker
Carl R. Nichols
Bessie A. Sharp
Noble County
Liberty
Jubilee Fund
Joe Zoun
Fred Adam
Farmers & Merchants Bank of
North Judson, Indiana
Walter Ashman
Mr. Ashman
Denham
G. B. Corbitt
Michigan
Alter Harvest
Railroads
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