Fire destroys Landessville Brethren Church and damages nearby structures
Sparks from a traction engine reportedly started a blaze that destroyed the Brethren Church in Landessville, built in 1877 and long a town landmark. The fire spread toward a Christian Church and three houses, but bucket brigades saved them. No insurance, losses near 4000 dollars. gables previously blown in 1877 and one fatality then.
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Brethren
Landessville
Landers
Christian Church
Munday
Will Continue Business Here in Warren Drug Store Exchange
M. M. Tam of Warren traded his Warren garage to Jobn Kend all for the City Drug Store of this place. Kendall bought Pilkington & Son’s store as a speculation. Buck Miller of Amboy moves to Warren to run the garage for Kendall. Pilkington runs the drug store for Tam who plans to continue business here. Tam also owns a drug store in Macon Mississippi. If you want to buy or sell real estate, see DePoy.
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M. M. Tam
Warren
Jobn Kendall
Kendall
Pilkington & Son
Buck Miller
Amboy
von Pilkington
Mr.Tam
Mr. Tam
Macon
Miss
DePoy
Automobile Fire In Lee Garage Damages Frank White Car
Fire broke out in the front of Frank White’s automobile in the Lee garage Friday night caused by shorted electric wires. Landess White thanked helpers who used pyrene and extinguishers to prevent total loss. Two other accidents nearby: Frank Korporal’s son’s car overturned at Crane Pond cross roads and two Ford cars collided with minor damage.
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Frank White
Lee
Landess White
Sipoke
Crane Pond
Frank Korporal
Captain F L White Chosen Again By St Joe Threshing Ring
The St Joe Threshing Ring met at Lee school house Tuesday with seventy five people. They settled up, shared ice cream and cake, and Spark Bros signed up for another year. The group threshed 1 929 bushels of wheat and 14 173 bushels of oats. F L White was again chosen captain.
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St Joe Threshing Ring
Lee
Spark Bros
F. L. White
Edgar Noble
Geo, Hedrick
Harvey Endsley
W. O. Enodsley
John Christman
Noah Enodsley
Everett
Rain Ends Drought Narrowly Boosts Late Crops
A heavy rain broke weeks of drought Monday night and continued Tuesday, helping late potatoes tomatoes late beans and fall pastures. Corn, however, will not exceed about half a crop.
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Drouth
Trustee Witmer Names Teachers for Township
Trustee C R Wittmer selects teachers for the township noting the manual training course is dropped this year. Assignments include Superintendent H T Scott Principal R K Cowen, Assistant Principals RR Stallings Grace Bligomfield, Domestic Science Maude Howare, Music and Drawing Velva De Noyer, and position lists for grades and districts with named instructors such as C C Huff Rosa Rhodes Florence Curtis Martha Beck Gladys Kern Miss Crawford Selene Cobler Johnson Boxell Asher Huff Florence Farr Paul Frazee James Farr Geraldine Miller Julia Mertel.
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C. Ro Wittmer
Currieuum
H. TE. Scott
R. KE. Cowen
C RR
Stallings
Grace Bligomfield
Maude Howare
Velva de Noyer
C. C. Huff
Rosa Rhodes
Florence Curtis
Martha Beck
Gladys Kern
Crawford
Selene Cobler
Jobhnson Boxell
Asher Huff
Florence Farr
Paul Frazee
James H. Farr
Geraldine Miller
Julia Mertel
Card of Appreciation from Landess Community
The Landess Church People Merchants and Citizens extend heartfelt thanks to all who nobly assisted in saving property during the recent fire. Their efforts helped prevent devastating flames from destroying homes and property in Landess and surrounding areas.
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Landess
Ind
News-Eagle
the Eagle
Twenty Acres Wanted Near Van Buren
A customer seeks twenty acres located north or west of Van Buren. Contact KB or H. DePoy for details.
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van Buren
H. DePoy
MAG HODGSON Seeks Divorce in Louisville Case
Mrs. Hattie Bainbridge Hodgson of Louisville files suit for divorce from Orville Hodgson of Bear Run, Indiana. She alleges cruelty and that he is a felon serving an indeterminate sentence for forgery in Jeffersonville, after elopement and a high society scandal.
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Louisville
Hattie Bainbridge Hodgson
Orville Hodgson
Bear van Buren
Ind
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Hodgson
Hattie’ Bainbridge
Pittsburg
Frankfort
Governor Goodrich III Diagnosed With Typhoid Fever
Indianapolis physicians on Monday diagnosed Governor Goodrich III with typhoid fever. Absolute rest ordered. doctors say illness is mild and recovery chances are very favorable.
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Indianapolis
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Stephen Lee
Jackson Mills
Lucinda Long
Rebecca Pulley
Susan E. Howard
Polk Huff
Sharon Concrete Post Co
van Buren, Indiana
Marion
Indiana
Grant County Infirmary
O. M. Brumfiel
St. Joe Ring
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Mag. Hodgson
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