Auto Accident Delays Auburn Car Toward Washington
An Auburn automobile driven by L. E. Scherb of Indianapolis carrying four Odon men had two crashes traveling toward Washington Monday night. A horse hit the rear of the buggy, sending the horse onto the radiator and damaging the car. Chapman was thrown from the buggy but escaped serious injury. The car lost its lamps and rear wheel, later heading to a Barnett garage repair, with the passengers returning to Odon after a Barrett garage repair.
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L. E. Scherb
Indianapolis
Odon
Washington
Edwardsport
Auburn
Curtis Faith
Clyde Chapman
O'Donnell
Barnett
Barrett Garage
Elmer Pishing
Levi Matthews
Elmer &Ush
Walter Freeman
County Commencement Holds Countywide for Eighth Grade
The county eighth grade commencement was held Tuesday afternoon at the opera house in Washington. About 200 children, dressed for the occasion, performed a program with music, invocation, an address by Chas A Greathouse, and diplomas presented to graduates from Madison Township and Odon along with a list of student names.
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Opera House
Washington
Death of George Bright Civil War veteran and real estate dealer
George A Bright a long time Washington real estate and insurance man and Civil War veteran died at 9 50 PM Monday at his home corner East Fifth and South Street Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 PM at the First Christian church in Washington Albert Lane of Washington county visited his brother Dr A E K Lane and family this week
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George A. Bright
Washington
East Fifth
South Street
First Christian Church
Albert Lane
Washington County
A. EK. Lane
Easy Pickin' For Locals In A Loosely Played Game
The White Sox beat the Washington Elks 8 to 5 at South Side park in a loose town ball style contest. Washington led early but Polo and Conners homered and the Sox rallied with timely hits and aggressive baserunning to pull away.
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White Sox
Washington Elks
South Side Park
Decoration Day
Washington
Flint
Plainville
Elks
Lemasters
County Seat
Conners
Barrows
O’coners
Gantz
Agen
H. Sears
Strange
Malone
Williams
Freeman
Train Stops 10 Feet From Robbery Victim
A holdup near Lipton left Jamies Beveridge bound on a railroad track and robbed of about $40. An oncoming passenger train stopped within ten feet of him thanks to the engineer’s quick action. Beveridge, 32, with wife and daughter visiting in Oklahoma, was left tied as desperadoes fled. A posse searches the surrounding territory.
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Lipton
Jamies Beveridge
Beveridge
Linton
Stockton
Oklahoma
One Killed Thirty Four Injured in Monon Wreck
A rear end collision near Bedford Saturday night killed J. P. McClure of Bloomington and injured about 34 passengers when the Monon train failed to clear the main track. Edward F. Riley of New York suffered severe head cuts and a broken arm. Property loss is estimated at 75000 with engineer A J Briggs resigning after admitting he missed the meeting place.
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Monon
Bedford
J. P. McClure
Bloomington
McClure
Edward F. Riley
New York
Lafayette
A. J. Briggs
Mrs Wadsworth Heads to Warm Falls to Visit Government Posts
Miss Mabel Wadsworth sails from Oregon for Warm Falls to assist her father P. R. Wadsworth, temporary superintendent of the Indian agency. She will visit Canada and northwestern states before returning home, per the Washington Herald.
Free To All Ministers Twill Send One Bottle of Warner
A fragment notes a vow to distribute a bottle of Warner’s White Wine of Tar to ministers as a remedy for coughs. The language appears archaic and promotional, with emphasis on a charitable gesture and exposure to a medicinal product.
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Warner
Bloomfield Merchant Robert McLaughlin Dies After Illness
Robert McLaughlin a Bloomfield merchant and stock dealer aged fifty five died at his home Sunday after a short illness of peritonitis. He is survived by a widow four grown sons and a stepdaughter in the same house who is in a critical condition from the same disease.
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Robert McLaughlin
Elnora Minister Hurt In Wreck Between Trains
Rev. S. H. Dyer of Elnora among injured in Monon railroad wreck between passenger trains No. 5 and another Saturday evening. Dyer’s injuries described as not serious.
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S. H. Dyer
Elnora
Bedford
Monon
Mrs Sommerville Returns Home From Visit
Mrs Ona Sommerville and her children return to Vincennes on Sunday after visiting the families of Fred Kinnamap and William Summerville.
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Ona Sommerville
Vincennes
Fred Kinnamap
Wm. Summer
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Sloan Hill Encoun
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Chas. A. Greathouse
State
Madison Township
Hazel Dot Baile
Iven E. Conneil
Hobart Fisher
Eachol Freed
Denver Hasler
Dale Donald Mumaw
Wenneell Mumaw
Enoch Myers
Julia O’ Donald
John BR. O’donald William Smith
Florence
Dennis York
Georgia
Fern Alford
Alvin Boyd
Pearl Boyd
Hugh Chandler
Ross Correll
Elsworth Critchlow
Kenneth Davis
Sophis Hamersly
Erna Keck
Raymond Kinnaman
Clesta Malone
Fern Neeremer
Wilma Scholz
Dott Skemp
Smiley Seneff
Ethel Sommers
Fred Williams
National Correspondence Schools
Pensylvania St
Geo. Bright
Haig
Yesger
Garten
Stellings
Whistman
Inds
Odon Williams and Garten
Lemasters and
Wistman
Mother Eroh
Mother Kroh
Kroh
Odon Drug Co
W.L. Stoy
G. H. Gilpatrick
Sec
Gideon N. Houser
Purdue University
Williams Bros
Price
Oregon
Mabel Wadsworth
Canada
The
Northwestern
Home
Washington Herald
Bloomfield
Suonday
Ville
W and CO
WM. Bair
Russell Sommers
Corner Spring and
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