Big purse boosts Indiana speedway prize in Decoration Day race
Accessory makers offer a record purse for a 700 tile face event in Indianapolis. Monogram Oil Stake adds 200 to 100 for top four, Remy Electric Co offers 1000 to winner if Remy ignition is used, with total prize money nearing 50 000 dollars. Announcement notes 30 entries so far and expected field of four cars minimum, plus foreign drivers and large crowds.
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Indien
Columbia Lubricantz Co
New York
Monogram Oils
Fred 3. Wagner
American Automobile Association
Remy Electric Co
Anderson
Indiana
Speedway
Lancia
America
Philadelphia
Boston
Indianapolis
Adams Drives McFarlan in 500 Mile Sweepstakes Nomination
Bert Adams named as the last driver nominated for the 500 mile International Sweepstakes at Indianapolis Motor Speedway driving a McFarlan Six. Adams raced McFarlan cars in 1910 and found success at Atlanta Speedway. He is building a special race car at the Connersville factory for a May Indianapolis tryout.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Bert Adams
McFarlan
Adams
Atlanta
Connersville
Indianapolis
Bricks Pave Two Miles At Indianapolis Speedway
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway features two and a half miles of solid brick pavement. The vitrified bricks measure forty to sixty feet in width and total nearly 4,000,000 pieces, set with cement filler for durability.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Dawson After Honors Journeyman Driver Aims for 25000 Indy Purse
Joe Dawson stars in Marmon racing in 1910 after a string of bold finishes. Marmon plans two special speed cars for the 60 mile Indianapolis Sweepstakes on May 30 with Dawson at the wheel. The 1910 season ended with multiple wins and a notable Coke Cup victory before a fateful Vanderbilt Cup mishap.
Solid Basis for Makers Declares Industry Stability
Geo M Dickson National Motor Vehicle Company general manager foresees stable, legitimate growth in the auto industry. He predicts professional methods, stronger protections for parts makers, and lasting gains for both manufacturers and dealers, ahead of three big cars in the $25,000 500 mile Sweepstakes at Indianapolis next Memorial Day.
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Geo. M. Dickson
National Motor Vehicle Company
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Flying Dutchman ready for Indy 500 entry
Joseph Jagersburger known as The Flying Dutchman becomes the third Case racing team driver entered for the $25,000 500 mile International Sweepstakes at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Memorial Day May 30. He joins Louis Larsonneur and Lewis Strang as captain and manager with notable prior speed records and ties to George Robertson.
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Joseph Jagersburger
Flying Dutchman
Case
Jagersburger
Louis Larsonneur
Lewis Strang
Vienna
Austria
America
C. L. Charley
Paris
Harry Harkness
New York
Harkness
Elkwood Park
George Robertson
Harry Knight
Westcott
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Knight
German Mercedes to field 600 mile speed monster at Indianapolis
Daimler Mercedes imports a 383 cubic inch 2400 pound racer driven by Spencer Wishart for the 600 mile International Sweepstakes at Indianapolis on Memorial Day. German builders promise swift, durable performance while foreign teams plan to join the race to claim the $25 000 purse.
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Teuton Motor Makers
America
Atlantic
Daimler Mercedes
Mercedes
Spencer Wishart
Port Chester
N. Y
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Wishart
Indianapolis
Germany
Speedway
Hemery
Benz
Nazarro
Wagner
Bob’ Burman
Bruce-Brown Enters 500 Mile Indy Race
David Bruce-Brown has entered his 90 horsepower Fiat stripped chassis in the 500 mile race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Decoration Day. He won the 415 mile International Road Race for the Automobile Club of America's Grand Prize gold cup at Savannah on November 12, 1910, setting up keen competition for ten cash prizes totaling $25,000. This will be his first appearance on a specially built motordrome course.
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Dawson
Indianapolis Speedway
Joe
Indianapolis
Dlawson
Bob” Burman
Burman
Bob
Joe Dawson
Hall of Motor Fame
Marmon
Atlanta
Nordyke & Marmon Company
David Bruce-Brown
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Automobile Club of America
Savannah
Bruce-Brown
Court records include multiple judgments and dismissals
The docket lists damages awards of 250 to Charles F. Bales, 1500 to James Martin Wortman, and 448 against John L. Higbee estate. Dismissals include Ira Patton vs. T H I E Traction and Mollie McKissick vs Lee McKissick. Divorces granted or granted with costs, custody orders, partition sale in Howe Vowe, and real estate appraisals and sales approved.
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a= One Co
Board of County Commissioners
Charles F. Bales
Jackson Hill Coal & Coke Co
Ira Patton
T. H. I. & E. Traction
Indiana
Inc. Banks
Henderson
Jas
Martin Wortman
David Wortman
Mollie McKissick
Lee McNkissick
Steve Conezy
Sophie Conezy
William Sylvester Baldridge
Anderson Weir
George W. Higbee
John L. Higbee
Citizen's Trust Co
Robert L. Ladd
Susanna E. McCutcheon
Samuel McCutcheon
Board of Children's Guardians
Hosea McKinley
George D
Jesse B
William F
George
Lillie McKinley
Merom
Ellen Davison
Daniel Davison
Ellen Pifer
Eviel Howe
Virginia Belle Vowe
Paul Howse
Charles FE. Walston
James Greenlee
Ward Hawkins
Howard Campbell
Joe Ss. Schroeder
Charles M. Bunch
Donald Bunch
Sunday Laws Bill Reintroduced Sparks Constitutional Debate
A letter from Farmersburg Indiana on April 24 argues against a Senate bill S 287 to enact Sunday rest laws in the District of Columbia. The writer warns of religious legislation and cites the First Amendment, urging citizens to decide whether Congress should regulate Sabbath conduct or honor God. The piece notes Congress has faced Sunday law efforts since 1889 and predicts a coming public lobby.
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District of Columbia
Johnson
Alabama
Congress
U. S
God
Caesar
Jesus Christ
Union
Community Notes From Merom and Surrounding Towns
Local items record Y M C A meetings and campus visiting figures in Merom and Chelsea as well as chapel talks on poets graves. Notes mention visits by El is McKenzie to Charley Boone’s property and various Sullivan Lin coln area social calls and a postponed Caledonia Vicksburg ball game due to rain.
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Beisiegel
Price
Miss Foote
Sullivan
Ed Ward
Palestine
Dr. Stoddard
Draper
Charles Boone
Foy
Eliot
John Setzer
Dr. Boone
Kelly
John Hammond
Herbert Creed
Trimble
Mercmn
Lincolia Hall
Woodworth
Chicago
Carl Berry
Dy Bible Institute
Zion City
Elvis McKenzie
Charley Boone
Nellie Walters
Ella
Emma Kenady
Edgar Smith
Bill Rettich
Bill Smith
Henry Thomas
Maggie
Nell Bledsoe
Grace Cochran
Maggie Thomas
Lula Powell
New Lebanon
Farnsworth
Caledonia
Vicksburg
Long’s Chapel
Melissa Smith
Iva
Joe Smith
Ervin Gallegar
Alma Steward
Iva Smith
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Vanderbilt
Harry Grant
Alco
Boy
Marmon Company
Eddie Hearne
Hearne
Elgin
Ill
Joe Jagersburger
P. A. R. Farmersburg, Ind
Lane
Wiley
Park
Longfellow
Emerson
Hoskinson
Mr. Sims
Carlisle
Holmes
Chelsea
Mich
Edgington
McCoy
Hunt City
Vis
Hosea Snow
Wilbam
Guy Snow
Andy Smallwood
Park Rusher
Sarah Bond
Line Smith
Mary Boone
Andy Alsman
Ethel Alison
Ira Smith
Lem Thomas
Ed Snow
Bruce McClure
Graysville
Joe Shipman
Emma Davis
Grover Ellis
Coquella
Buena Smallwood
Coon Huff
Bill Thurman
Walter
Allen Kenady
Carrie Rettich
Edna
Boston Bros
South Side
Harry
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