Five Day Chautauqua Planned for Williamsport
Williamsport will host a five day chautauqua from July 28 to August 1 with a Junior Chautauqua program led by a trained play leader and Miss Mignon Miller. Guarantors back the project and ticket sales target 400 as community benefit cited by North Liberty program reports and local supporters listed on the committee.
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Williamsport
Mignon Miller
Chautauqua
W. H. Conner
North Liberty
North Liberty News
Rew Wabash Schedule Overhaul Sparks Passenger Outcry
The Wabash Railway swaps nearly all time slots with only trains No 2 3 and 6 keeping times. Williamsport loses its key No 1, amid protests for reinstatement. Eastbound changes include No 28 at 4 59 A M and No 52 7 02 A M daily except Sunday. Westbound shifts affect several trains and introduce No 53 from Ft Wayne to St Louis.
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Wabash Company
Williamsport
Lafayette
Danville
Ft. Wayne
Toledo
Continental Limited
St. Louis
Repair Attica Road Plan Approved by County Board
New county road superintendent Ford McCoskey proposed widening and straightening two miles of road from Old Town to Attica, adding culverts and a new bridge, with grade equalization to improve safety. The plan, approved by the county commissioners, moves to the county council for funding. Mr and Mrs Charles Swartz returned from Hammond visit.
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Manford McCoskey
Here
Attica
McCoskey
Old Town
Anderson Farm
Charles Swartz
Hammond
Williamsport School Board Aims to Start Term On Time
The Williamsport School Board pushes to begin classes as scheduled. Contractors race to finish torn old building and prepare new wing for high and domestic science use. A temporary four room building will be erected for early use, with furniture and equipment orders placed.
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Williamsport School Board
W. O. Thomason
Willian Davis
Thur
T. R. Woodburn Co
Terre Haute
Cadilllac Goes Down High Bank Near Wabash Bridge
An accident Sunday on the overhead bridge spanning the Wabash railway east of here involved G H Livingston of South Dakota driving a large Cadillac with nine passengers. The car rolled off the embankment twelve to fourteen feet, injuring Mrs G H Livingston who had a broken arm while holding a baby. others escaped serious harm. The vehicle sustained only a broken windshield and damaged fender.
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Here
G. E H. Livingston
South Dakota
G. H. Livingston
Mr. Livingston
Danville, Or
Attica
C. G. Beckett
Franchise League Organized At Library Meeting
Friday July 2 a Franchise League meeting in the library assembly room. Mrs Horace Elwood presided and introduced Ora Thompson Ross of Rensselaer Indiana district chair of the Indiana League of Women Voters. The league aims to make votes count for the public good and is nonpartisan. Warren county chapter of the League of Women Voters organized with Mrs Ross as speaker and Jason Bowlus named county chairman. A picnic at Sulphur Springs followed with guests from Crawfordsville Indianapolis Bowling Green and nearby areas.
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Franchise League
Horace Elwood
Ora Thompson Ross
Rensselaer
Ind
Indiana League of Women Voters
Ross
Indiana League
National League of Women Voters
Warren County
League of Women Voters
Jason Bowlus
Ross McCabe Wins Houston Air Race Amid 40000 Beach Crowd
Ross McCabe arrived from Houston to visit home folks after placing first in a fifty mile Galveston air race. The event drew about 40 000 spectators and featured a purse of 1000 with payouts for the top four finishers. McCabe plans to enter the world air race in France with plans supported by S E B Cox of Houston and two racing planes built for speeds up to 230 mph.
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Ross McCabe
Houston
Texas
Galveston
Galvez Hotel
Gulf
Fort Crockett
McCabe
Galveston Beach Association
Williamsport
New York
France
S. EB. J. Cox
Louis Mery
Lyons
Mary
Buffalo
Ross
E. F. McCabe
New Encampment Formed by Lafayette Odd Fellows
Over thirty members of Star City Encampment No 6 Lafayette helped establish a new encampment branch in Lafayette led by A. O. Armf ield and Grand Scribe Wm H Leedy. An installation followed with degree work and nearly two hundred attendees from Rensselaer Brookston Otterbein Oxford Battle Ground and other towns praised the Lafayette unit.
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Star City
Odd Fellows
Lafayette
A. O. Armfield
Wm. H. Leedy
Indianapolis
Rensselaer
Brookston
Otterbein
Oxford
Battle Ground
Lafayette Lodge
Abandoned Ford Touring Cars Recovered Near Kramer Farm
Sheriff Olimer Stewart was called to the Albert Marion farm north of Kramer to investigate two Ford touring cars left near the Marion home. He towed the vehicles to the city and will hold them until ownership is established. He suspects the cars may belong to parties in Detroit and Frankfort, but heavily altered numbers hinder identification.
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Olimer Stewart
Albert Marion
Kramer
Marion
Detroit
Frankfort
Supreme Court Hammers 1919 Tax Increases In Indiana
The Indiana Supreme Court invalidated horizontal increases in 1919 property assessments, threatening large tax refunds, reduced municipal revenues, and potential bond defaults. If upheld, about 20 percent of this year’s taxes may be lost, impacting schools and state services. The State Board of Tax Commissioners plans a rehearing to seek authority under the 1919 law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Indiana
Fred A. Sims
Visitors from Akron and Lafayette Stay Locally
Mrs. Claire Elaire and her son with Mrs. Oliver Astell of Akron arrived Monday evening for a month long visit with relatives. Claire and Ollie plan a brief visit next month. Joe Calahan and his wife of Lafayette were Sunday guests of relatives here.
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Claire Elaire
Oliver Astell
Akron
Claire
Ollie
Joe Calahan
Lafayette
Green Hill Man Dead
Franklin Harrison Marks aged 33 died Friday at his Green Hill home from a complication of diseases. He was born on a West Point area farm and lived in Tippecanoe county before moving to Green Hill three years ago. Survived by widow Lottie and daughter Mrs. Lester E. Lenning and two grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at West Point M. EX. church with Rev. Taylor. interment in West Point cemetery.
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Franklin Harrison Marks
Green Hill
Mr. Marks
West Point
Tippecanoe County
Lottie Marks
Lester E. Lenning
United Brethren Church
West Point M. EX
Taylor
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W. F. Hoot
Cecil Haupt
Charles E. Brooks
John F. Ritenour
FR. Miller
L. A. King. Co
G. Rossiter
Kivin Farmer
Yarbrough & Steinsprineg
Holmes
R. M. Hatton
Milton Keister
James Keister
W.C. Odle
H. H. Madaus
A. R. McKinney
J. H. van Reed
Charles E. Hunter
W. H. Stephens
Harry Evans
H. B. Elwood
J. E. McCloud
Eva Moore
Ladillac
E. N. McCabe
Sulphur Springs
Charles McCabe
Crawfordsville
John Wilson
Lena Bear
Beagle
Lafayette Conservatory of Music
Ida Coen
Jeanette
Bowling Green, O
Todd Gearty
Rainsville
Green Hill Man
Portland Arch
L. N. Statzell
Sam Smith
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