Local man Jeff Mills dies by self inflicted gunshot
A Wayne County incident reports Jeff Mills as morbid and troubled prior to shooting himself with a Remington rifle in the orchard near his home. The coroner held an inquest, his son Frederick A Mills being notified, and a large funeral with Masonic rites followed at the family home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynetown
Jeff Mills
Dr. Hurt
John W. Shuler
Nellie Nolan
Mr. Mills
Fred
Indianapolis Business College
Thomas J. Mills
Blackford County
Hartford City
Elizabeth Pierce
Frederick A
J. P. Henson
K. of P. Lodge
Gray Family Reunion Celebrates Uncle Sam Gray’s Birth
The twenty-eighth Gray reunion gathered about seventy relatives and friends at Mr. and Mrs. James Gray’s south of town. A grand feast followed by a short program by the youngsters ended a pleasant afternoon. Visitors included Susan Wor men of Dayton Ohio Aunt Susan Walters and daughter Mrs Will O Neal of Crawfordsville S P Gray and wife of Covington and W B Gray and sister Stella of Veedersburg. The next gathering will be hosted by Mrs Redden B Snyder of Crawfordsville.
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Gray
Sam Gray
James Gray
Susan Wormen
Dayton
Ohio
Susan Walters
Will Oq’ Neal
Crawfordsville
S. P. Gray
Covington
W. B. Gray
Stella
Veedersburg
Redden B.snyder
Ice Cream Supper Planned by M. E. Church Ladies
The ladies of the M. E. church announce an ice cream supper on the church lawn in the rear of the building one week from tomorrow evening Saturday June 25. Ice cream and cake will cost 10 cents. Everyone is invited to attend and enjoy a good time.
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M. EH. Church
Odd Fellows Memorial Service and Grave Decorating
Sunday afternoon the Odd Fellows lodge holds a memorial service at the M E church at 2 PM with Rev W B Adkins delivering the address. Members and visiting brothers will meet at the lodge, march to the church led by the band, then graves at Wesley cemetery and the old cemetery east of town will be decorated in forenoon and twenty four at the Masonic cemetery will be decorated after the service. Rebekah lodge members are invited to help arrange flowers, join the parade, and take part at the cemetery.
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Odd Fellows Lodge
M. FE
W. Bion Adkins
T. J. Simpson
Wesley Cemetery
Archie Bratton
Old
Masonic
Rebekah Lodge
Children Day Exercises Delightful Evening at M E Church
The Sunday school ladies organized three weeks of practice for Children Day at the M E church. The program pleased the audience and youngsters, but the offertory of 4.70 was meager and deserves rebuke, as the crowd could have given much more.
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M. E. Church
Memorial and Decoration Services of Waynetown R of P Lodge
The annual memorial and decoration services were held Sunday afternoon. Illness kept W T Whittington from delivering the address, but Rev Risner of Crawfordsville Baptist church spoke instead. Knights marched to Masonic cemetery to decorate graves, with many present from Hillsboro Wingate and other lodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynetown
Hillsboro
Wingate
Warning on typhoid fever epidemic threats
Dr A N Hamilton, secretary of the local board of health, warns of a potential typhoid epidemic unless strict sanitary measures are followed. He urges clean premises, healthy wells, and that boys avoid bathing in the creek, recommending tubs of water as safer baths. Early spring rains have left decaying matter along streams increasing disease risk.
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A. N. Hamilton
Board of Health
Eleventh Birthday Party Delight In A Social
On Tuesday evening Master Paul Sutton celebrated with almost thirty friends at a party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Ike Sutton. The event fulfilled plans for his eleventh birthday delayed by illness. Games, ice cream, cake, and continued revelry followed at the residence into the evening, with everyone returning home tired but happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Sutton
Ike Sutton
Murder Mills Victim Henry Hendrick Jr Ends Life
Henry Hendrickson, 26, drank carbolic acid and died, a recent victim in the Covington area’s murderous saloon scourge. The article portrays alcohol as his foe, noting repeated failures to reform and choosing death over ongoing debauchery.
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Covington
Henry Hendrickson
Conner to Lecture Rex Von Wonee at Local Church
On Tuesday evening June 28 A W Conner will deliver Rex Von Wonee The Preachers Boy or the Worst Boy in Town at the Christian church Reserved seats will be on sale at the furniture store on and after Monday next Seats 15 cents Children 18 years and under 10c Conner spoke at the Commencement address here recently and the lecture is said to be first class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Conner
Rex von Wonee
The
Christian Church
Conner
Pearl Beam
Pearl Kline
Crawfordsville
Squire Biddle
Ab Brown
Charley Geigner
Bond
Kimberlin Heights
Tenn
Ashley Johnson
Baptist Church
Julia Saxon
Glen
Harford City
T. J. Mills
Jim Wilkinson
Convention Held By Wayne Township Republicans
Wayne township Republicans met Monday night after failing to select a delegate for the Joint Senatorial Convention at Crawfordsville. Fifteen to twenty rank and file chose Dr. H. M. Bounwell as delegate and E. E. Vanscoyo e as alternate. H. L. Harvey chaired. E. E. Vanscoyoe was secretary.
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Wayne Township
Crawfordsville
H. M. Bounwell
E. E. Vanscoyoe
H. L. Harvey
Correction: Poage to preach here not Ingersoll
A correction from the issue states that Fld. Clarence H Poage will not preach at Ingersoll on Sunday as announced elsewhere. He will instead preach here at 11 a m with the subject Four-Square Christians. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence H. Poage
Ingersoll
Wingate events and Crawfordsville show notes
Mrs. I N Henry and son Dallas of Wingate attend events while Wingate hosts a horse show on June 25. Crawfordsville activity includes theft worries, horse show prizes, church fresco completion, and Kids Day program with a Foreign Missions collection. Various residents travel to Indy and New Richmond for visits and fairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. N. Henry
Dallas
Wingate
Wim, Swank
Elmdale
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Willard Fink
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Phoeba McAlister
Enoch Earl Aid
W. W. Livengood
Lon Freeman
Wingate and
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Sam Groves
Blanche Zack
Lizzie Darnall
New Richmond
J. C. Vaughn
Lee Schlosser
Indianapolis
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Childrens’ Shoes
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Munns
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