Gettysburg Battle Recap of Three Days of Heavy Fighting
Fifty years ago about 165000 Americans clashed at Gettysburg in a three day struggle that decided the Civil War turn. Union generals Reynolds Hancock Sickles Sykes Sedgwick Howard Slocum faced Lee’s 84000 Confederate troops under Longstreet Ewell Hill. Pickett’s charge marked the last major assault. Union losses neared 24000 with several generals killed. Confederates suffered about 30000 casualties.
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Gettysburg
Robert HE. Lee
John F. Reynolds
W. S. Hancock
Daniel F. Sickles
George Sykes
John Sedgwick
O. O. Howard
H. W. Slocum
Lee
James Longstreet
Longstreet
Round Top
Sickles
Peach Orchard
Cemetery
Culp’s Hill
the Devil's den
Marble Pillar Marks Site of McIntosh Apple Tree
Farmers in Dundas county Ontario have erected a marble monument at the site of the McIntosh apple tree. The famed McIntosh red, discovered by a settler, spread across Canada and helped establish a major fruit industry. The original tree died after 115 years, with the pillar tribute honoring its influence.
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Dundas County
Ont
Ontario
Canada
McIntosh
Great Dominion
Laporte chosen as 1914 convention site for jewelers
The Indiana Retail Jewelers association ends its Indianapolis meeting with plans to hold the 1914 convention in Laporte, with $1,000 promised by the Laporte Chamber of Commerce to entertain attendees. Officers elected include J. H. Arnold of Columbus as president and O. P. M. Squires of Laporte as secretary.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Retail Jewelers’ Association
Bohemia
Committee of Trades Interest
Steel F. Roberts
National Retail Jewelers’ Association
Indiana Association
Ur. E. Reagan
Baldwin Miller Company
Robert C. Abt
Chicago
A. W. Anderson
Neenah
Wis
Fourth annual Indiana A M E Zion session opens in Indianapolis
The fourth annual Indiana branch session of the A M E Zion conference convenes at Jones tabernacle Indianapolis with Bishop G L Blackwell presiding. About one hundred delegates attend including all general church officers. Bishop Alexander Walters and Bishop J M Caldwell are expected.
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Indiana
A. M. E. Zion Conference
Missouri
Jones’ Tabernacle
Indianapolis
G. L. Blackwell
Philadelphia
Alexander Walters
New York
J. M. Caldwell
John M. Dancy
Washington, D
G. W. Ward
W. H. Weaver
Gurley Brewer
J. M Holt
Christian Endeavor Societies
R. L. Bailey
Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Societies
L. E. Cochran
Daughters of the Conference
Belle Street
Shank
Indiana Pharmacists Gather for Lake Wawasee Convention
Between 200 and 300 druggists representing nearly all counties arrived at Lake Wawasee for the twenty second annual Indiana Pharmaceutical association convention. The opening day attendance was a record high and the event promises to be the largest meeting yet. Many attendees are accompanied by wives and mix business with leisure fishing bathing and boating.
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Indiana
W. E. Longley
Longley
Lake Wawasee
Indiana Pharmaceutical Association
Indiana School Superintendents Meet in Bloomington
Indiana school superintendents from most counties gathered in Bloomington for the annual state meeting. President Ora Kopper urged higher salaries for superintendents, Greathouse praised the vocational training bill, and Z M Smith and W F Book spoke on law enforcement and implementation. Homer L. Cook credited recent legislative progress for education. A discussion followed Tarkington’s absence on sanitation and medical inspection in schools.
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Indiana
Bloomington
William Lowe Bryan
Ora Kopper
Salem
Greathouse
Z. M. Smith
Purdue University
W. F. Book
Homer L. Cook
Marion
County
C. E B. Tarkington
Columbus
Indiana State Golf Association Annual Meeting in Muncie
The fourteenth annual meeting of the Indiana State Golf Association will be held at the Delaware Country Club in Muncie from July 14 to 19. Drawings for qualifying rounds occur July 14 at the Muncie Commercial Club. Rules follow the Western Golf Association with seven events and finals on the last day. Local ground rules may override Western rules. Headquarters include three leading hotels, with many visitors hosted by Country Club members.
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Indiana State Golf Association
Muncie
Delaware Country Club
Western Association
Country Club
May birth rate in Indiana drops to 18.8 per thousand
Indiana statistics show the May birth rate at 18.8 per 1000, down from 10 per 1000 in April. The state board of health explains the anomaly by annualized calculations and May having one fewer day than April.
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Indiana
State Board of Health
State Board
Leapo Debacle: Brentlinger Leaps to Death at Vigo County
John Brentlinger of Terre Haute, charged with larceny, leaped from the third floor window of the Vigo County Courthouse as prosecutors read an information. He died instantly after robbing a saloon and resisting arrest. he had served one prior prison term.
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John Brentlinger
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Brentlinger
Corner Stone Holds History of First Methodist Church
In South Bend the corner stone of the 1869 First Methodist church was removed to place history in the new $90,000 church. The old newspaper records and photos crumbled. Rev. John Thrush was pastor, and John Dunn and B F Dunn are the only surviving stewards.
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South Bend
John Thrush
John
Declared Legally Dead in St. Joseph County
Walter Ivins of New Carlisle has been legally declared dead by Judge Walter A. Funk after no contact with relatives since 1880. Carrie DeVeaux, his sister and sole heir, gains ownership of a near $10,000 farm near New Carlisle through the decree.
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South Bend
Walter Ivins
New Carlisle
St. Joseph County
Walter A. Funk
Circuit Court
Carrie DeVeaux
Farmer Matthias Pearson Hangs Himself at Rochester Home
Matthias Pearson, 56, a Rochester area farmer, committed suicide by hanging at his residence. His wife found him in the barn after he failed to answer breakfast call, and he died soon after being cut down. Ill health is listed as the cause. He leaves a widow and four children.
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Rochester
Matthias Pearson
Sullivan Woodsmall Faces New Trial On Conspiracy Charge
Shellburn attorney Samuel W. Woodsmall, convicted earlier in circuit court and reversed by the supreme court, must stand trial again on a similar conspiracy charge filed by Prosecuting Attorney Bays. He is jailed with bond set at 1500 dollars by Special Judge Nesbit and likely will furnish it.
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Sullivan
Samuel W. Woodsmall
Shellburn
Supreme Court
Bays
Woodsmall
Nesbit
Lightning Strikes Farmer Near Carmel
Charles Williams seventy year old farmer living three miles from here was struck by lightning during a severe storm. Found unconscious in the barn his condition is now improved though he remains partly paralyzed and is expected to recover.
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Carmel
Charles Williams
Here
Honey Bee Linemen Strike Over Wages Dispute
Newcastle reports linemen for Union Traction on the Muncie extension of the Honey Bee line strike for higher pay. Strikers allege they earn less than workers at the Muncie end for equal work and that Muncie men receive board for $2 weekly while they must pay $4.
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Newcastle
Union Traction Company
Muncie
Prisoner Granted Week-Long Parole to Visit Ill Mother
Harrison Miller a Howard county farmer jailed for two years with several months remaining was given a week's parole to see his ailing mother Mrs Rachel Miller of this city. He left the prison on his word to return at the parole’s end.
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Pitts
Elwood
Pearl Found in Gravel Worth 1600 Dollars
Petersburg citation notes George Willis, Jefferson township road supervisor, found a pearl while at work. The pearl, valued at 1600 dollars, came from White River gravel mixed with mussel shells. several smaller pearls were found by workers, but are far less valuable.
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Petersburg
George Willis
Jefferson Township Rock Roads
White River
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Pickett
Virginia
State of New York
Forty-fourth New York Infantry
Laporte
Indiana Jewelers
State Retail Association
J. H. Arnold
Golf Association
Leapo
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