Weather and society notes from Sullivan Prolific Month
The article lists last month temperatures with highs of 88 and lows of 45, averages of 68 and 72, wind from south to southwest, and 9 clear 9 partly cloudy 12 cloudy days. It also records relocations and visits of local residents, road improvements, an oil well near Hutsonville, and personal notices including travels, illnesses, and community events.
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S. Graves
Aletha C. Gray
Merom
Toledo
Wash
Eva Farrell
Graves
B. F. McHenry
Seattle
Chicago
Emma Hess
Straw Hats Cleaned and Look Like New
Straw hats cleaned and pressed to restore appearance. Laundry offers clothes cleaning and pressing, including ladies' wearing apparel dry cleaned on short notice and in a satisfactory manner.
Miner Killed by Falling Slate in Mammoth Vein Mine
Shelburn Ind July 8 Flamer Trueblood a miner at Mammoth Vein Coal company mine near town died instantly when slate fell. Archie Lane machine runner was crushed in his machine and injured foot. Lane belongs to Sullivan lodge of Knights of Pythias.
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Shelburn
Ind
Flamer Trueblood
Mammoth Vein Coal Company
Archie Lane
Lane
Sullivan Lodge of Knights of Pythias
Indiana Tax Board Reports Record Corporate Valuation Increase
Special correspondence from Indianapolis details six year gains in Indiana corporate property values totaling 40.5 million dollars under the State Board of Tax Commissioners. Railroads and related firms drive the rise, while feedback from corporations remains largely constructive. The board resumes July 14 for hearings on assessments, with August hearings for real estate valuations and reassurances of fair treatment under Republican administrations.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Billheimer
Indiana
Hickwater
Tax Board
State Board Plans for Rural Schools in Indiana
The Indiana State Board of Education endorses practical rural education with nature subjects manual training and agricultural and domestic science. Superintendent Cotton notes farmers demand thorough home schooling equal to city schools and highlights the Farmers Institute Act enabling county institutes to fund and run competitive educational programs benefiting country youth.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Board of Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Indiana
Farmers’ Institutes
Farmers’ Clubs
State Grange
Farmers’ Institute
Farmers’ Institute Associations
Farmers’ Institute Act
Cotton
General Assembly
State of
Farmers’ County
State Department of Public Instruction
Miners Endorse National Home at Terre Haute Meeting
The Eleventh district Mine Workers convention at Germania Hall voted to back a national home for disabled and aged miners and to support the labor temple project in Terre Haute. President Van Horn praised the move as vital to brotherhood. Delegates criticized recent mining laws, urging reform and wiser electing of officials aligned with miners.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Germania Hall
van Horn
United Labor Organizations
Central Labor Union
Wireless Telegraphy Foreseen in Early Philosophy
A 1617 philosophy book allegedly foreshadowed wireless telegraphy by describing two people communicating via a lodestone and needle on a metal dial. The plausibility and specifics of this claim are not detailed.
Plague Germs Found in NSW Rats and Mice Killings
Efforts to eradicate the plague in New South Wales led to the killing last year of over 91 600 mice and rate. Plague germs were found in 128 rats and 18.
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New South Wales
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