Local Notes Include Visits and Property Trades
A flurry of items mentions visits by Miss Lille Scanners and brother Russell, Revo John rede Jr’s sermon, and Alexander in Washington. Ames Stalcup buys a half interest in a livery stable building. Fred Casey and wife of Indianapolis visit relatives. Payson Winkiepless sells property to Robert Peller Rey. Miss Maud Winklepleck hosts a fur party for Myrtle. various churchgoers attend Y P C U convention. and exchanges about local merchants, the post, and upcoming sales fill the page.
Harvest Home plans and local notices from Montgom ery area
Local items report births visitors and travels among residents including Mr and Mrs Walter Breeden a ten pound boy and visits from Riley Richardson Dr Ray and Gardner from Elmore township and Howard Williams from Evansville. Auction set August 27 at Aueiet and a harvest home event at Montgomery scheduled for August 6 7 and 8 with various residents seeking farms and goods in the community.
Local visitors and gatherings across Martin county
Farlen W S Boothe visited Sunday and H T Summerville from Martin county came Tuesday. Attend the telephone meeting at No 6 tomorrow night. Mr and Mrs James Alen from Martin county visited this week. Jobo Sims and Art Woodruff from near Epsom visited Sunday. Dan Ledgerwood and family from Odan visited Ed Hubbard Sunday. John Richardson from the north end spent Sunday here. James Sloan and son David from Washington were here Saturday and Sunday. John Jackson from Burkam visited Tuesday. Mr and Mrs David Bricker from Martin county visited Wednesday. Herman Kutch went to Jasonville Sunday evening for a job. Mr and Mrs John Summerville from Martin county spent Sunday with J M Stotts family. N O Laughlis and daughters Lucinne and Mabel visited in the north end Monday.
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John Summerville
Martin County
J. M. Stotts
Noted Elnora citizen George Drake dies after illness
George Drake a leading Elnora resident and prohibition party figure died Tuesday after a two week illness of flux. He married Jennie McFadden on June 25 and was about 45. A longtime M E church member his affiliations included Masonic Red Men Fraternal Aid and Knights of Pythias. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning with a large turnout.
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George Drake
Elnora
Prohibition Party
Jennie McFadden
Manly
M. E. Church
Masonic
Red Men
Fraturnal Aid
Knights of Pythias
How to Stand In at a Printing Office
A humorous guide warns that disruptive pranks at a printer’s desk will make the prankster the editor’s remembered nuisance. It advises invading workspaces, critiquing proofs, stealing copies, pulling papers, and creating loud chaos to gain notoriety.
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Washington
Rezi Overton
Alexander Startup
Overton
Minerva Rawle Burial Noted In Raglesville Column
Local Raglesville notes report Mrs Minerva Rawle burial drawing large attendance. Several residents visited relatives in nearby towns including Mrs Anna Hattery and Mr A J Stuffle. Threshing continues amid poor wheat yields as mines change hands and workers suffer minor scalds.
Seeing Football by Proxy in Blackburn’s Blind Fan Mike
A blind Blackburn man, self taught in piano and other instruments, travels with the Blackburn Navers to matches to “see” the game by proxy. For twenty years he has scarcely missed a Saturday afternoon, standing with the crowd and recounting play, proud of his unique support for his team.
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Blackburn
England
Mike
Geien Penny
Blackburn Navers
Cates
Mire
Local residents visit and wage notices referenced
The text notes weekly work completed since last winter and wage increases effective August first. It lists visitors and guests including Mrs W K Penrod Miss Emma Moser of Loogootee Prof A O Fulker son and wife of Washington Fred E Casey and family of Indianapolis and Grant Stoy and family who were guests of Mrs Mildred Casey Sunday.
Death of Mrs. Manerva Ragle after long illness
Mrs. Manerva Ragle aged about 70 died Friday night at home on Sycamore Street after a liver cancer illness. Born Casey in Tennessee, she moved to Indiana at sixteen, married Alfred Ragle over 50 years ago, and lived much of her life in Van Buren township before moving to Qdon. She left eleven children, seven living, and was buried in Raglesville cemetery after funeral led by Rev. Thes Wadsworth.
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Manerva Ragle
Sycamore Street
Tennessee
Casey
Indiana
Alfred Ragle
Texas
Missouri
van Buren Township
Qdon
Ragle
M. E. Church
Dicey Smith
Kansas
Minnie Bennett
John
California
Chas. Myers
Epsom
Tra Corcll
Soldier John W. Sipes Killed by S. L. & S. Train
Veteran John W. Sipes, 72, was killed near Cale when struck by a passing S. L. & S. train as he walked along the track carrying a water bucket. The engine knocked him sixty two feet, breaking his neck back and both legs and causing instant death.
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John W.sipes
Cale
S. Lb
Amish Palace Home Highlights Daviess County Farm Visit
Editor Leavitt tours Daviess county Indiana noting soil, crops, and land values. He profiles Dick McCallian on 80 acres with a brick Amish built house featuring a full basement and circular porch, praising hospitality and farm improvements.
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Daviess
Washington
Plainville
Elnora
Odon
Indiana
Tipton County
Dick McCallian
Tipton
Patronize Home Industries In Oden
A call for residents of Oden to patronize local merchants and use home industries and labor in construction. Advocates united community effort and mutual support to sustain town growth and prosperity with steady collaboration.
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Oden
Odon
Jet
Remarkable volcanic heat patterns spanning centuries
Historical notes describe Vesuvius in 1858 still venting steam 12 years later and Etna eruptions producing steaming lava below the crust. Jorullo in Mexico reportedly sent lava flows in 1771 with crust so hot that a stick ignited, while steam vents persisted years after eruptions.
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Vesuvius
Etna
Mexico
Drowne
Bet
Sit Et
Diet from Norway and Sweden linked to health gains
United States consul at Hergen Norway asserts that a plain diet like Swedes and Norwegians could end dyspepsia and gout in America. He notes Swedes rarely eat hot bread, favor knackbrode made of oats and rye, no yeast, and two meals daily with milk. Sweets and meat at few meals are limited, candy reserved for state occasions.
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America
Norway
Sweden
United States
Hergen
Clubwomen Drive Forest Preservation Across States
Clubwomen in several states promote forest preservation. Pennsylvania reports saving 700 000 acres, Wilkes Barre hosts a forester program, Maine has a federation committee, Maryland and Delaware work to save evergreens, New Jersey seeks 100 000 dollars for forestry parks, Wisconsin women plant trees, and Minnesota aims for a permanent forest reservation at the headwaters of the Mississippi.
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Pennsylvania
Woman's Club
Wilkesbarre
Maine
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Palisades
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Detroit Free Press
Mississippi
War-time service rates by country among men aged 21 to 60
The figures show in peace a thousand men aged 21 to 60 in France 58.4 in service, Germany 48, Russia 43, Austria 34, Italy 30. In war the rates rise to Germany 139, Austria 96, France 171, Italy 107, and Russia 1.
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France
Germany
Russia
Austria
Italy
Gold yields surge in late 1800s exceed seventeenth century output
The statement notes that in the last five years of the nineteenth century gold production surpassed the entire output of the seventeenth century, highlighting a dramatic rise in precious metal mining activity.
Indiana's Successful Folks It 79 The Best Always
Promotes The Journal as a premier Indiana morning paper with extensive market reports AP wires and national coverage. Highlights weekly prices, stockyard reports, farm news, court decisions, fashion society and women’s pages, and republican conservative editorial stance. Ends noting 10 cent price.
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eMtlavit
Indiana
Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Buffalo
Louisville
Union
Inter- State
Indianapolis
Journal
Washington
Beause
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Gln Hayes
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Nattie Neorewer
Lizzie Gilley
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Ora Pershing
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Abner Smiley
W. T. Alexander
Wrednesday
Misses May
Alpha Netchem
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Harve Ward
Harve Pershing
Burns City
Clarenee Johnson
Vincennes
Lola Seara Priday
Asce
Mike Walhek
Ft- Nera
SV Tehey
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Mias May Wirklepleck
P.C. U
L. L. Schoonover
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Dr. Anderson
Ivis Diefendorf
Rock Island Railroad
Aldres & Pickett
Walter Calishan
Frank E. Bell
Inter-State Telephone Coj
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Alex O'Dell
Jas. M. Sloan
David
Mr. Sloan
Odon Reabckah Lodge
Jennette Boyd
Nias Ina Cooper
Gid Hayes
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Towa
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Dot Hedrick
Jasonville
Walter Breeden
Aye
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Harry E. Williams
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Howard Williams
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W.T. Alexander
Dan Wright
Aedruw Hadings
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Hayes & Pickett
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Aglesville
Case of
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Chas
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Will Walters
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Veederburg
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Clarice Courtney
Atlantic City
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Elmore
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Arthur Ward
Toledo
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Farlen
Jobo Sims
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Odan
Ed Hubbard
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The
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James Sloan
John Jackson
Burkam
David Bricker
Herman Kutch
N.O. Laughlis
Lucinne
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Raglesville
Ora Dershing
Eva Hewitt
J.A. Overton
Hal Sears
Lola
Albert Singlevons
Minerva Rawle
R. BR. Williams
Leegoo
Ben Sears
Anna Hattery
Jesse Trueblood
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JM. Wicklepleck
J. W. Burress
George Critchlow
Odin
A. J.stuffle
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Louis
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Clarence Johnson
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Cleo Case
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T. G. Wadsworth
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D. B. Wadsworth
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J. A. Overton
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Overton Mines
Joe Turpin
Mortuary
Wri. Chambers
Nish
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Baristar Wesley Chapel
Leavitt
Sharpaville Record
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Patronize Home Industries
Jorullo
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Journal Office
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Fred Toelle & CO
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U.S
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Washington, Indiana
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Cincinnati
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