Deaths: Wm D Pickett of Muncie passes at 85
William D Pickett of Muncie Indiana died Wednesday evening at his daughter's home in Muncie at age eighty five. He married Pashanna Garrison in 1863 and had five children including A W Dixon Elmer D Pickett Eva Allen Mamie Andrews and Joe Pickett. The body will be taken to Elmer Pickett's home for funeral services Saturday and burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Wm. D. Pickett
Muncie
Indiana
A. W. Dixon
Pashanna Garrison
Elmer D. Pickett
Eva Allen
Indianapolis
Mamie Andrews
Ft. Wayne
Joe Pickett
St. Louis
Elmer Pickett
West
Walnut Street
Elmer, Pickett
Oak Grove Cemetery
Playhouse on Wheels Draws Crowd on Main Street
Mrs. John W. Lyhan recuperating at home. a miniature bungalow on a truck drew attention on Main Street. Built by Reel Blue Lumber for Leslie Hamersly as a children's play house, it advertised insurance by Busan Hastings and Hamersly draperies.
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Reel Blue Lumber Company
Leslie Hamersly
Busan & Hastings
Hamersly
Andrew J. Dillon
C. N. Huddleston
Toledo
C. E. ‘Godtee
Pearl
Campaign drives Indiana Methodist aid appeal to hospitals
A statewide fundraising drive began in Indianapolis to raise between 1.25 and 1.5 million dollars for the Central M. E. hospital with additional funds benefiting hospitals in Fort Wayne and Gary. The campaign, launched at a state council meeting, seeks immediate support as the second crop of straw loads ripens.
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Indianapolig Ind
Indiana
State Council
M. E
Ft. Wayne
Gary
Indiana Governor Pauses for Seventeen State Appointments
Governor Emmett F. Branch faces a busy schedule appointing seventeen people to state boards and commissions by year end. Several terms expire this summer and fall, including nursing board secretary Lulu Cline and other trustees, with replacements sought for posts on the Soldiers and Sailors Monument board, Indiana University trustees, State Farm Trustees, and the Indiana World War Memorial Commission.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Emmett F. Branch
Charlie
McGonagle
Plainfield
Kia Kehrer
Anderson
John van Attai
Myestock
Logansport
Edwin Carr
Bloomington
George Ball
Muncie
Indiana University
John Gun
Bedford
Southeastern Hospital For the Insane
John Klinger
Brazil
State Farms
John Brown
Rockport
State Tax Board
Indiana World War Memorial Commission
Marcus Sonntag
Evansville
William Gleason
Gary
Howard O'Neal
Crawfordsville
James Good
Advance organizer promotes Chautauqua in Washington
W. W. Anderson of Lincoln Nebraska representing Mutual-Morgan Chautauqua Company of Chicago arrived in Washington and began organizing locally. He touts a strong seven year Chautauqua background and says the Washington season offers the best program yet with balanced, high quality features. Anderson plans to meet narrators and promoters to ease operations and urges prompt purchase of season tickets at two dollars guarantors price before supplies run out. The same program is shown in Columbus Bloomington Vincennes and other Indiana towns.
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W. W. Anderson
Lincoln
Nebraska
Mutual-Morgan Chautauqua Company
Chicago
Washington
Anderson
Chautauqua
Narantors
Mutual-Morgan
Columbus
Bloomington
Vincennes
Bicknell
Indiana
May Start Ballot ing Tonight at Madison Square Garden
Massive crowds packed Madison Square Garden for a Smith rally as confetti flew and police stopped traffic. Delegates and media barred from the hall, while thousands flooded the galleries and the surrounding streets, marching and singing to radio broadcasts.
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Madison Square Garden
Smith
Convention Hall
Madison Square Park
Youngs'ersi
Indiana Historical Commission to name Lindley successor
Indianapolis June 26 the Indiana Historical Commission will appoint a successor to resigning director Harlow Lindley who leaves to study at Earlham College. C B Cleeman Allegheny College historian is named as a possible appointee. Eastside Park hosts a Holiness Convention July 1 with speakers from Indiana and Illinois.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Harlow Lindley
Indiana Historical Commission
Lindley
Earlham College
C. B. Cleeman
Allegheny College
Indiana
Butler College
Eastside Park
Illinois
George Wilson
Nazesene
John Carroll
W. W. Gines
George E. Walker
Katie ‘Anu
C. L. Jones
Focal Church
Bankers Warned Of New Grafters In Lafayette
Local bankers have been alerted to a confidence man aged about 50 to 60 operating in several communities. The latest report places him in Lafayette where he presented a $50 check to a minister, claiming to be executor of a Pennsylvania estate worth about $90,000 and an heir in Kentucky. The check bounced after being endorsed, exposing the scam. The man is described as tall about 5 feet 9 inches, with gray hair and a fast-talking manner, frequenting the YWCA.
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Lafayette
John, Houk
Pennsylvania
John Lane- Han
Afayette
Chaimed
Kentucky
Winters National Bank
May Fang
Personal notes from the city with visitors and shoppers
Wilfred Burris returned from Indianapolis to visit relatives. Mrs John Heisenbein and daughter Beulah shopped in the city from Petersburg. J C Kohn of New York City was here on business along with Richard Wells of Ilgin Illinois. Mrs Will Reynolds and daughter, the Misses Bernadette and Yinma Breen, were shopping from Loogootee. Dorothy Hacker and Susie Rooks shopped from Shoals yesterday. Cyrus Arnold of Fort Wayne and Zip Hayes of Indianapolis were in on business. A Newton visitor from Philadelphia spoke this afternoon. Neal Godwin visited his parents. Frank Berry Brayton Smoot Art Keith and Tom Ken will attend a Jasper event. Mrs T W Wilkison of Elnora shopped yesterday. Everett Osman of Plainville was a business visitor yesterday. Mr and Mrs Henry Thomas of Toquiam Washington have been visiting and left today for Louisville Cincinnati and Detroit on various trips.
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de ‘Newton
Philadelphia
Neal Godwin
Rank
Gna
George Godwin
Frank, Berry
Brayton Smoot
Arteith
Tom Ken
Ageat Jasper
T. W .Wilkison
Elnora
Everett Osman
Plainville
Henry Thomas
Toquiam
Wash
Thomas
Louisville
T Thomas
Cincinnati
Deroit
For Sale and Rentals Featured in Local Ads
Want ads late for classification list items for sale including a 1922 Excelsior motorcycle in A-1 condition through Randall Scraper at McGuire Bales Company. Garage for rent at 26th. J. F. Rooney advertises 502 North Street. Two or three unfurnished rooms for rent with modern conveniences. Phone 1/22-J. </s>
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Excelsior
Gee
Randall Scraper
McGuire Bales Company
J. F. Rooney
North Street
Notice to Contractors for Harned Avenue Improvement Bid
The Common Council of Washington Indiana invites sealed bids by 7 30 p m on Monday July 14 1924 for improving Harned Avenue from East Line of Meridian Street to West Curb Line of Southeast Fourth Street with concrete curb and gutter on both sides and paving with brick sheet asphalt vibrothic concrete or concrete per a March 16 1924 declaratory resolution and April 28 1924 confirmation. Bids require the statutory affidavit and a certified check for not less than 2 43 percent.
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Common Council
Washingeton
Indiana
Council
Meriian Street
Fourth Street
Anid
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George Brennan
Ilinois
Roosevelt
Walsh
Eastside
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Ee Holiness Convention
Wilfred Burris
John Heisenbein
Daught, Beulah
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J. C. Kohn
New York City
Richard Wells
Ilgin, U1
Will Reynolds
Ary
Bernadette and
Yinna Breen
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Loogootee
Vernon Walker
Dorothy Hacker
Susie Rooks
Shoala
Cyrus Arnold
Fort Wayne
Hayes
Belgium
Flanders
Eskridge-Allen Co
Dixon Cutlery Co
Greenwood & Company
Fred Fromme
Simpson
Sam Schofield
East Main St
Washington Monumental Works
Meridian
Jepson Jewelry CO
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