Famous Horses To Be Sold From C K G Billings Stable
Belmont track sale will auction Omar Khayam William The Harvester Roamer and 20 more famed horses from C K G Billings stable at Curlsneck Farm Richmond Va. Uhlan and Lou Dillon kept for sentimental reasons. Billings plans permanent retirement from racing after investing over 500000 in the farm and stock.
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United Press
New York
Omar Khaayyem
William
Harvester
Roamer
C. K. G. Billings
Belmont Track
Long Island
Uhlan
Lou Ditlon
Curlsneck Farm
Richmond
Billings
Ahlan
Omar Khayam
England
Peter Ollien
Orloff
Hijtlings
Lou Dillon
Brazil Stands Solitly in Wartime Rally
Rio de Janeiro reports unprecedented popular support for President Wenceslau Hraz amid diplomatic tensions with Germany. Citizens attend rallies, prepare for potential conflict, and mass for allied victory fills Catholic churches as press and public back the government.
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Rio de Janeiro
Mall
Brazil
Wenceslau Hraz
Germany
Apple Tree Blossoms But Bears No Fruit at Dover Farm
In the front yard of the Joseph Davis farm near Dover Delaware an apple tree blossoms every spring with pink robes like a rose bush, but the tree bears no fruit. The description notes clusters resembling ramblers.
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Joseph Davis
Dover
Del
John Bull's Stomach on Trial Headlines British Ration Campaign
London reports by Lowell Mellett note the British stomach under trial for humor as July 1 will reveal if voluntary rations suffice or if compulsory quotas are needed. The honor system promotes shared sacrifice with billboard prompts and phrases like Save the bread and the bread will save you. Kennedy Jones aids Lord Devonport guiding the nation's food drive. The system extends to families with hotel and restaurant controls enforcing orders.
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Lowell Mellett
United Press
London
John Bull
Lord Devonport
Kennedy Jones
Jones
Quartermaster Unit Feeds 5200 Men at Ft. Benjamin Harrison
At Ft. Benjamin Harrison on June 6 Maj. McCankey and the quartermaster department reported success in rationing and equipping 5200 men in training. Transportation delays have hindered rapid supply shipments, but the depot now provides ample food including war bread, with clothing and gear following to ensure soldiers are outfitted for field life.
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Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Maj
McCanukey
Quartermaster’s Department
McCank VII
Hoosier Briefs Across Cities
In Crawfordsville forty eight fatherless children were adopted by locals. In Terre Haute Charles Anderson was arrested for attacking a guardsman guarding a bridge. In Evansville Jesse Whitaker, six six, was deemed too tall to enlist in the Marines. In Indianapolis a bean planting dispute led Isaac Allen and his wife to court. the judge advised hoe beans. An old Japanese prophecy says men will fly and ten great wars will follow.
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Evansville
Jesse Whitaker
Marines
Indianapolis
Isaac Allen
Skull Found in an Open Sewer near Newcastle Ind
A skull found in an open sewer by workmen near Newcastle may belong to Catherine Winters the nine year old daughter of Dr W A Winters missing since March 1913 Doctors say the skull is from a child not over 12 and likely died from foul play though positive identification remains pending
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Catherine Winters
W. A. Winters
Fugate
Newcastle
Epworth League Holds Twenty Eighth Annual Convention
The Epworth League of the Methodist church meets June 8 to 10 at Shoals with all Vincennes district chapters invited. A large city delegation attends and Washington participants join the program. Rev. P. S May of this city speaks on an Old Fashioned Love Feast, with a Washington First Church song service and Social Service discussion by Washington chapter on Sunday.
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Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Shoals
Vincennes
Washington
Kill Plant Lice Now Warns Indiana Entomologist
Indianapolis June 6 Plant lice appear on a wide range of garden crops and shrubs and must be killed now warns Frank N Wallace state entomologist Examine the undersides of leaves for small green insects and spray with nicotine sulfate or kerosene emulsion of whale oil soap on tolerant plants. Contact action required to stop feeding and damage.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Frank N. Wallace
Wallace
Local Social Visits Across Eastern Howard Area
Diana Bell visited daughter Mrs Tom Barley on Wednesday. Delmar Franklin family members and L F Franklin visited Tuesday night and Wednesday. Julia Wilkey spent Wednesday with brother John Roach. Homer Wade left Thursday for Stockton for work. Mayme Chritchlow stayed Thursday with Ora Wade. Ethel Hackler visiting mother Lula Mackler in Epsom. Alpha Brock visited with father Joseph Brock on Saturday. Earl Franklin and family of Odon stayed with Susan Franklin on Sunday. Ida Keller and son Raymond visit Benjamin Franklin in Odon Saturday night and Sunday. Ora Myers Agnes Hackler and Alpha Brock visited Julia McCain Sunday afternoon. Willard Byrer called on Emery Wade Sunday. Alpha Brock spent Sunday night with Ora Wade.
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Diana Bell
Tom Barley
Delmar Franklin
L. F. Franklin
Julia Wilkey
John Roach
Homer Wade
Stockton
Mayme Chritchlow
Ora Wade
Ethel Hackler
Lula Mackler
Epsom
Alpha Brock
Joseph Brock
Dmirs
Earl Franklin
Odon
Susan Franklin
Ida Keller
Raymond
Benjamin Franklin
Ora Myers
Agnes Hackler
Julia McCain
Willard Byrer
Emery Wade
Welfare Workers Assemble Pittsburgh Delegates Reach 3500
More than 3,500 delegates attended the forty fourth annual convention in Pittsburgh as welfare workers gathered for sessions and key addresses to set policy and plan year ahead.
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Welfare Workers Assemble
Pittsburgh
Jana
National conference opens at William Penn Hotel
The National Conference of Charities and Corrections opened under President Frederick Al Tsag at the William Penn Hotel. Delegates from several assemblies will discuss social welfare topics over six days including birth control prison reform eugenics and child welfare along with related labor and sociological issues.
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National Conference of Charilties and Corrections
Frederick al- Ts'a
William Penn
International Association of Policewomen
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Indianapolis News
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