Origin of State Names Told as National Geography Tale
The article surveys how U S state names arose from Native American words and Spanish roots. It cites California from Las Sergas de Esplandian, Oregon theories, and explains Massachusetts Connecticut Alabama Kentucky Ohio Illinois Michigan Minnesota Missouri Arkansas Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Wyoming New Mexico Arizona Utah Idaho and more with tribal and river linked meanings.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Utopia
California
Cortez
Mexico
Lower
Las Sergas de
Oregon
Oregones
Joaquin Miller
Sierras
Washington
Indiana
Ohio River
Massachusetts
Bay
Massachusetts Bay
Bay State
Boston
Connecticut
Hernando de Soto
Mississippi
Alibama
Yazoo River
Arizona
Tennessee
Tanasse
Blue Grass
Kentucky
Kent
Meadow Land
George Rogers Clark
Kentuke
Minnesota
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Arkansia
Arkansas County
Missouri Territory
Congress
Territory of
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kanza
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
New World
New Mexico
Arizonae
Utah
Idaho
James J. Connell resigns as Peru police chief for fish and game warden post
James J. Connell steps down as Peru chief of police to accept a fish and game warden appointment. He leaves the police department after years of service and will assume the new role in the state wildlife agency.
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James J. Connell
Peru
Indianapolis VP Samuel VanCamp Dies in New York Hospital
Samuel VanCamp of Indianapolis a vice president of VanCamp Hardware and Iron Company died in a New York City hospital.
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Samuel VanCamp
Indianapolis
The
VanCamp Hardware and Iron Company
New York City
Two Michigan City men drown at Tee Lake near LaPorte
Fred Engle age thirty nine and Barney Potowala age twenty seven, both residents of Michigan City, drowned in Tee lake about eight miles from LaPorte.
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Fred Engle
Barney Potowala
Michigan City
Tee Lake
LaPorte
Speicher Dies After Automobile Cranking Strain
Frederick L. Speicher age seventy five of Urbana Indiana died from heart attack caused by overexertion while cranking an automobile. He leaves a widow and six children.
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Frederick L. Speicher
Urbana
Ind
Lightning Strikes Tree Where Two Indians Sit?
Mrs Zine Yount aged 67 of Indianapolis was killed and Milton Hawkins 64 of the same city seriously injured when lightning struck the tree they sat beneath at Coatesville.
First Caesarean on a Dog in Marion Produces Fourteen Pups
Lassie of Tiare, sister to President Harding's Laddie Boy, underwent the first canine Caesarean at the Tiare kennels in Marion and delivered a litter of fourteen puppies, all of whom survived.
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Lassie
Harding
Tiare
Marion
Greencastle School Board Releases Glidewell for Martinsville Principalship
The Greencastle city school board has released Ivan S. Glidewell from his contract for the coming year to accept the principalship at Martinsville High School. Glidewell’s successor at Greencastle has not been chosen.
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Greencastle
Ivan S. Glidewell
Martinsville High School
Glidewell
Donation To Equip Hospital Lab In Blackford County
David May of Los Angeles and formerly Hartford City merchant sent a $1,000 check to the Blackford county board of hospital trustees. The gift will fund equipment for a hospital laboratory and must be matched by a similar community-raised sum.
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David May
Los Angeles
Hartford City
Blackford County
Foreclosure Decree Recorded for Midland Railroad
A foreclosure decree for the Midland railroad extending from Muncie to Brazil and formerly the Chicago & Southeastern railroad was entered in Federal court records at Indianapolis by Judge A. B. Anderson.
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Central Indiana Railway
Midland Railroad
Muncie
Brazil
Chicago & Southeastern Railroad
Indianapolis
A. B. Anderson
Pinkerman Loses Motion for New Trial in Weigel Gravel Case
Judge J Frank Charles at Marion overruled John F Pinkerman's request for a new trial in the Weigel vs Grant county commissioners gravel claim of 8 000 dollars. Court set appeal bond at 2 000 dollars and granted Pinkerman and other taxpayers 120 days to file a bill of exceptions.
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John F. Pinkerman
John E. Weigel
Board of County Commissioners
Marion
J. Frank Charles
Grant
Wayne County Board Votes to Discontinue Dolan as Agent
The Wayne County Board of Education in Richmond voted nine to seven to end J. L. Dolan's term as county agricultural agent. Dolan had backing from the Wayne County Farmers' Federation and other groups. An election to choose a successor must occur before August 15. The conflict stemmed from factional strife among opponents.
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Wayne County Board of Education
Richmond
J. L. Dolan
Wayne County Farmers’ Federation
Dolan
Crawfordsville Crossing Fatality Prompts Safety Push
After a railroad crossing accident in Crawfordsville left one dead and three injured, the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce began efforts to make all city crossings safe around the clock. Coroner J B Griffith ruled Ruth Hodgkin’s death due to city and railroad duties, saying the crossing was dangerous and visibility of the right of way from the street was impossible.
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Crawfordsville
Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce
J.B. Griffith
Ruth Hodgkin
Big Four
South Bend Men Support Summer Camps For Boys
South Bend businessmen acting as Big Brothers run camps at Corey Lake and Little Fish Lake in Michigan and on the St Joseph River near Mishawaka Indiana. Camps serve YMCA boys scouts and working boys with additional camps at Culver Military Academy and Camp Roosevelt Rolling Prairie. By summer’s end more than 3000 boys will have enjoyed camp vacations.
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South Bend
Big Brothers
Corey Lake
Mich
Little Fish Lake
St.’ Joseph River
Mishawaka
Ind
Boy Scouts
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Roosevelt
Farmer Plans Hog Forage Swap Amid Grain Prices
Near Huntington farmer H. O. Rice says with both wheat and corn at 90 cents a bushel he will turn his hogs into the wheat field rather than cut and thrash the grain. The move aims to reduce costs and utilize homegrown feed.
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H. O. Rice
Huntington
Youngstown plans $6 million extensions for Indiana Harbor plant
The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Works, owner of the steel and tube plant at Indiana Harbor, prepares to extend the facility with nearly $6,000,000 in new construction. Mill construction of the stock may begin this summer.
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Youngstown Sheet and Tube Works
Steel and Tube Company
Indiana Harbor
Gored by Bull Ends Life of Albert Wyeth Near Jasonville
Albert Wyeth sixty vigini was killed when a bull gored him four miles east of Jasonville. County agent A Arehart was reelected for a two year term by the county board of education at Valparaiso.
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Albert Wyeth
A. Arehart
Valparaiso
Appeal Taken From Shelbyville Damages Suit
The Stein-Hall Manufacturing Company filed a complaint for damages of 6400 dollars and appealed to the appellate court from Shelbyville.
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Shelbyville
Stein-Hall Manufacturing Company
Four men held on first degree murder charges face venue change
Four colored men were brought to Porter county jail at Valparaiso from Lake county and granted changes of venue. The defendants, all charged with first degree murder, await further pretrial steps.
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Porter County
Valparaise
Lake County
Evansville Auto Crash Claims Two Lives and Injures Man
Charles Lay aged 47 and Nicholas Schuler, both of Evansville, died in a vehicle collision near Evansville. Joseph Krause sustained serious injuries in the same crash.
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Charles Lay
Nicholas Schuler
Evansville
Joseph Krause
Fire destroys six-room house on Israel Whetsel farm near Anderson
A six-room dwelling on Israel Whetsel's farm near Anderson burned, causing a loss of 1500 dollars. The home was occupied by Whetsel's son-in-law Oscar Stanley and his family.
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Israel Whetsel
Anderson
Whetsel
Oscar Stanley
J Kerrick Ordained at Rocklane Church
J Kerrick, pastor of Rocklane Christian church near Franklin and a Butler College graduate, has been ordained into the ministry of the Christian church.
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J. Kerrick
Rocklane Christian Church
Franklin
Butler College
The
Christian Church
Drowning of Charles Markus in Wabash River at Terre Haute
Charles Markus aged 42 drowned in the Wabash river near Terre Haute after falling from a skiff tied to the west bank south of the Vandalia railroad bridge into ten feet of water. The incident occurred as he was on the river.
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Charles Markus
Wabash River
Terre Haute
Vandalia Railroad
Agricultural agent J Mann reelected at Frankfort
Vv. J. Mann, agent for Clinton county for two years, was reelected for another year at a meeting in Frankfort.
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Vv. J. Mann
Clinton County
County Board of Education
Frankfort
Columbus League of Women Voters elects officers
Officers elected for the coming year include Miss Vida Newsom as president Mrs Alice Wells as vice president Mrs Laura D Fix as secretary and Mrs William Budd as treasurer.
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Columbus League of Women Voters
Vida Newsom
Alice Wells
Laura D. Fix
William Budd
Boy Dies After Insect Bite At Mishawaka Resort
Leon Poppe five of Detroit Michigan died at Mishawaka following a bite from a strange insect while playing at a nearby resort. Medical aid failed to relieve his suffering.
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Leon Poppe
Detroit
Mich
Mishawaka
Suits Filed Over Stock Subscriptions in Burn-Oil Tractor Co
Marion F. Enyeart as receiver filed six suits at Huntington against Bert Krieg Ed King George A. Robert H D Lower Raymond D Krieg and J W Niblick involving notes for stock in the Burn-Oil Tractor company of Warren.
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Burn-Oil Tractor Company
Warren
Huntington
Marion F. Enyeart
Bert Krieg
Ed King
George A. Robert
H. D. Lower
Raymond D. Krieg
J. W. Niblick
Meloy Buys One Third of Dorsey Block in Shelbyville
William C. Meloy of Shelbyville acquires a one third interest in the Dorsey block for about $50,000. He purchases the stake previously held by Mrs. Hannah Dorsey. Other owners are S. L. Dorsey of Shelbyville and Dr. Gayla Wolfe of Indianapolis.
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William C. Meloy
Shelbyville
Dorsey
Meloy
Hannah Dorsey
S. L. Dorsey
Gayla Wolfe
Indianapolis
Eastern child evangelist heads west on first tour
Miss Mary Agnes Witchestain of Pittsburgh a fifteen year old child evangelist will conduct evangelistic services at Glenwood park in New Albany marking her first western tour. Witchestain has preached for six years attracting attention in eastern cities and will tour western towns beginning here.
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Mary Agnes Witchestain
Pittsburgh
Glenwood Park
New Albany
Witchestain
Indiana Dunes Highway Opens Segment to Michigan City
The Dunes highway, among Indiana's finest paved roads, is now open for 15 miles to Michigan City motorists. When finished to Gary, travelers can reach South Bend without leaving a concrete or asphalted route via Michigan City New Buffalo Three Oaks Niles Mich.
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Indiana
Michigan City
Gary
South Bend
New Buffalo
Three Oaks
Niles
Mich
Ohio Falls Holiness encampment set for Aug 2 12
The 37th annual camp meeting by the Ohio Falls Holiness association will be held on their grounds west of New Albany Indiana from August 2 through 12. Evangelists include Rev C W Ruth of Indianapolis Rev H C Morrison Wilmore Kentucky Rev David Anderson Houghton New York Rev and Mrs C C Rineberger of New Albany and Mrs T R Talbot Louisville Kentucky as children’s evangelists.
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Indiana
Ohio Falls Holiness Association
New Albany
C. W. Ruth
Indianapolis
H. C. Morrison
Wilmore
David Anderson
Houghton, N. Y
C. C. Rineberger
T. R. Talbot
Louisville, Ky
Jury verdict favors defendant in Shull v Prudential case
Noblesville jury sides with Prudential in a suit by Mrs. Lilly F Shull widow of Henry Shull seeking two life policies totaling 5000 tied to his death by self harm. The insurer argued premiums were unpaid while Shull’s receipts allegedly given by the agent were lost.
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Noblesville
Lilly F. Shull
Henry Shull
Prudential Insurance Company
Shull
Fire Destroys Tipple at Sherwood Coal Mine
Fire destroyed the tipple at the Sher wood Coal Company mine west of Linton. Loss estimated at 70000 dollars. About eighty men were thrown out of work by the blaze.
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Sherwood Coal Company
Linton
Prominent Indiana Educator Miss Anna Willson Dies
Miss Anna Willson a leading state educator died at her Crawfordsville home after a long illness. She held key posts in the National Education Association and was once president of the Indiana State Teachers' Association.
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Anna Willson
Crawfordsville
National Education Association
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
Jolly Dust Brothers Cause Summer Dust Nuisance
The Jolly Dust Brothers return with pranks as dust keeps reappearing despite cleaning. They spend summer along a road near multiple houses causing residents to dust repeatedly from ground to garret levels. The tale notes residents’ frustration at dust seemingly coming from nowhere.
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Daddy
Jolly Dust Brothers
Jolly Dust Brothers Invite Mr Wind to Headquarters
A tale describes Mr Wind visiting the Jolly Dust Brothers headquarters a vast dust storehouse where dust is saved from housecleanings and stored in many branches. The brothers explain their plan to puzzle people with dust sources and entertain themselves by wind tricks.
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Jolly Dust Brothers
Wind
Mr. Wind
Mr Wind
Fletcher's Castoria Adoption Statement
Advertisement asserts Fletcher's Castoria has 30 years of use as a safe substitute for Castor Oil Paregoric Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups with no narcotics. It claims proven directions on each package and physician endorsement while noting the genuine product bears a signature.
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Fletcher
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