Forty Nine College Grounds Lots Sold Already
The Commercial Club reports eighty nine of the one hundred college ground lots sold with heavy interest from buyers including N. H. Jepson John Reinsel and Son McCarty and Smith Len L. Whetsell Thomas Wilson Jr among many others. Officials expect to sell all remaining lots by Friday noon as Rolling Mills officials visit to view the site for a potential factory.
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College Grounds
Commercial Club Committee
Rolling Mills Plant
Commercial Club
Washington
N.H. Jepson
John Reinsel & Son
McCarty & Smith
Len L. Whetsell
Thomas Wilson, Jr
M. Z. Burke
William Heffernan
Hatfield
N.G. Read
Hyatt Bros
G. B. McWilliams
Faith & Faith
W. M. Hayes
John Murphy
John Weiland
Joseph D Arebart
Kelle & Dillard
Hugh McKernan
Anna Wells
Charity Kauffman
Martha Garaghan
Sam Elswick
W. R. Meredith
Reister Bros
C. L. Gross
B. A. Calvert
Railroad Work Moves Families to Baltimore for Jobs
Ed Newland travels to Baltimore to join the B and O S W as fireman Roll Conley 13 relocates his household from Aurora. In another incident Martin H Archer a B and O S W section hand suffered severe bruising after being struck by a hand car near Fritchton on Tuesday.
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Ed Newland
Baltimore
Roll Conley
Aurora
Martin H. Archer
Fritchton
Will Marry Step-Daughter in Elmore Township
A marriage license was issued today to James T. Nicholson and Mary M. Raquet. Nicholson, a 35 year old Elmore township farmer, plans to marry his step daughter who is 18 after two prior marriages ended with the deaths of his wives. The couple are well known and highly respected, with Mary having kept house for Nicholson.
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James ‘T. Nicholson
Mary M. ‘Raquet
Nicholson
Elmore Township
Brice
Fashionable receptions and the value of thinking
A fragmented line argues that at fashionable receptions there would be little thinking if everyone spoke only one way, implying a critique of conformity and surface behavior. The remark hints at social pressure and the need for independent thought.
Bewara. Fake Sales Notice From Joseph's
A brief ad warns of fake sales offering men’s 06 black and brown socks for five cents at Joseph's. The item list is limited and cautions shoppers to verify the sale before purchasing.
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Bewara
Joseph's
I C O F Hall to Be Headquarters for Indiana Grand Lodge
Indianapolis May 21 The I C O F grand lodge session approved selling the Odd Fellows hall site and relocating northward. Reports show 690 lodges in Indiana with 59,905 members last December, a 3,583 gain this year. Receipts reached 302,274.11 with net resources of 2,661,704.28. 3,535 members relieved, 176 widowed families aided, 21,496 weeks of benefits paid totaling 280,126.62. Treasurer Willam A Morris of Frankfort reported 17,557.84 cash on hand.
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Indianapolis
Grand Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
W. H. Leedy
Willam A. Morris
Frankfort
Beveridge receives praise for series in Philadelphia Post
Indianapolis May 21 Senator Beveridge has drawn letters from prominent figures nationwide praising his series Americans of Today and Tomorrow in the Philadelphia Evening Post. A missionary in India lauded his grasp of global affairs and American leadership. Indiana’s St Louis exposition plans grow with manufacturers offering planes for the Indiana building. Decoration Day is proclaimed for May 30 with flags at half mast and business suspended to observe soldiers’ heroism.
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Benator Beveridge
Indianapolis
Pen
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
Eix
Beveridge
wAo
India
Camp Barodi
Senator Beveridge
Durbin
Indiana
Factory fund drives drive local club sales
Washington commercial club sells seventy two lots at two hundred dollars each to raise a factory fund amid a slogan factory or bust. Other items note Governor turnover in Indiana and a quip on lawyers’ rates, with Burdock Blood Bitters touted as a cure all.
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Washington’ S
Vincennes
Gala plans spark city decor as drummers arrive
Indianapolis events on June 12 and 13 will feature a gala display. A committee is working with merchants and residents to decorate stores and homes in blue, white, and gold for the organization during the meeting.
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Tndiapapolis
State lists county school enumeration gains and losses
The State Superintendent reports on county school enumerations with gains in Brown Carroll Cass Clay Clinton Desidorn Elishart Fayette Floyd Howard Huntington Jefferson Johnson Knox Lake LaPorte Lawrence Madison Morion Newton Orange Pike Porter Posey Scott Starke St Joseph Union Vanderburg Vigo Wabash and losses over 1002 in Adams Bartholomew Benton Blackford Boone Clark Crawford Daviess Decatur Dekalb Duboin Franklin Fulton Hamilton Hancock Harrison Hendricks Jackson Jasper Jay Lagran Marshall Martin Miami Monroe Montgomery Noble Ohio Owen Parke Pulaski Putnam Randolph Ripley Rush Spencer Steuben Bullivan Tippecanoe Tipton Warren Washington Wayne Wells White Whitely.
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Brown
Carroll
Cass
Clay
Clinton
Desidorn
Elishart
Fayette
Floyd
Howard
Huntington
Jefferson
Johnson
Knox
Lake
Laporte
Lawrence
Madison
Morion
Newton
Orange
Pike
Porter
Posey
Scott
Starke
St.Joseph
Union
Vanderburg
Vigo
Jay
Lagrange
Marshall
Martin
Miami
Monroe
Montgomery
Noble
Ohio
Owen
Parke
Pulaski
Putmad
Randolph
Ripley
Rush
Spencer
Steuben
Bullivan
Tippecanoe
Tipton
Ascension Day Observed by Local Knights Templar
Ascension day observed with Nights Templar planning at Olney Illinois. Local members traveled by special train at ten in the morning and return by midnight. Catholic churches marked Ascension Thursday with three masses at St Simons and May devotions afterward.
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Templar
Thewly
St. Simons Church
Pretty wedding ties Potter and Reller in Vincennes
Miss Mabel Potter and Hugo Reller married at the bride’s home Wednesday night with Rev. Fred Reller of Evansville officiating. The couple, both prominent locals, will reside on North Third Street after a Chicago trip. A large reception followed with roses, silver and china gifts noted.
Pioneer Passes Away in Vacatiana Township
Mrs. Jamima Wheeler, a pioneer of this township, died at her home in Vacatiana on May 21. The obituary notes her long residence and contributions to local settlement. Further details of survivors and services are announced locally.
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Vacatiana
Jamima Wheeler
Local Notes Include Visits and Movements Around Odon
Mrs Berry and agighter Effin spent Sunday here. A.W. Dicks and Charlie McNeely were at Indianapolis Sunday. Mrs A A Lane and her daughter left for Washington to visit friends. F G Lutes of Washington was here early in the week. Mrs Grant Callahan of Terre Haute is visiting relatives here. Miss Lillie Sommers has returned from Indianapolis. A A Lane spends the week at Shoals. Charlie Williams was at Burns City Sunday. Miss Anos Barsh spent Sunday at Elnora. Ira Bowman left Tuesday for Indianapolis. Elder Mullendore of Franklin will reach at the Christian church the fifth Sunday of this month May 31. Mr and Mrs Fisher of Franklin spent the first of the week with their daughter Mrs E E Toresythe of this place. Bev Crooke Harry O Dell and Ed Garten fished on the banks of First Creek and brought back fine fish. Misses Clarice Courtney and Fannie O Dell attend a kindergarten school in Indianapolis. The Good Hope church is being improved with a fine new vestibule and bell power. The Odon post office has moved from the Abraham and Shields shoe and harness store to the old meat market room on the corner of Spring and Elm streets. Mr Abraham desires to place the office into the third class, and to do this it must be placed in a building by itself.
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Berry
Agighter Effin
A.W. Dicks
Charlie McNeely
Indianapolis
A. A. Lane
Washington
F. G. Lutes
Grant Callahan
Terre Shautelia
Lillie Sommers
A.A. Lane
Shoals
Charlie Williams
Burns City
Misa Anos Barsh
Elnora
Ira Bowman
Tuelsday
Mullendore
Franklin
The
Christian Church
Mrs. Fisher
E. E. Toresythe
Bev
Crooke
Harry O'Dell
Ed Garten
First Crees
Clarice Courtney
Fannie O'Dell
Good Hope Church
Odon
Abraham & Shields Shoe and Harness
Spring
Elm Streets
Abraham
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Round House
Oliver C. Gatch
Leo Montgomery
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Jennie Smith
Pittsburg
Order of Railway Conductors
Decatur
Springfield
Mary Farmer
Shorts Sisters
I.c.o.f.hall
Grand Lodge of Indiana
Iba
Gilbert
Bryan
Cleveland
Indianapolis News
Rochester
Uncle Herald
Willard
Hammond
Henry 8. Lane
Lane
Oliver P. Morton
Richmond
St Louis
Daviess County
Knights Templar
Mabel Potter
Hugo Baller
W. A. Hunter
UD. D
Ft. Branch
Gibson County
L. Smith
Sophia Walters
Mayme Schofield
Potter
B. Kuhn and Company
Reller
First National Bank
Mrs. Reller
Chicago
North Third Street
Barson
Horace B. Wheeler
Horace B
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Monroe City
Mary
Washington State
M. E.church
M. E.church of This Place
L. E. Johnson
Pioneer
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