Hoosierisms and Local Accidents Highlight Indiana News
Otis Allen stands trial in Bloomington for roommate Raymond Sparks’s death. Morgan Nance killed by a circular saw in Evansville mill. John Strickler dies instantly from a live electric wire at Kentland. Mrs. Farr finds a pearl in an oyster near Muncie worth 100. October 1907 death total 2,701 with rate 11.8. 1906 had 2,847 deaths at 12.6. Indiana Odd Fellows report 74,543 members and $3,185,505 in resources.
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Morgan Nance
Evansville
John Strickler
Kentland Electric Light Plant
Indiana State Board of Health
Indiana
Grand Lodge
The
Odd Fellows of
Indianapolis
Leedy
Order
Reunited After Sixteen Years Divorce at Princeton
Ellery Morrison and Mrs Letitia Morrison reconciled after sixteen years apart and renewed their marriage in Princeton. The reunion follows a lengthy separation ending in a formal ceremony at the town’s church.
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Ellery Morrison
Letitia Morrison
Princeton
Newcastle Boy Dies After Thorn Wound
Ten year old Frank Vannatta of Newcastle stepped on a hedge fence thorn and developed lockjaw. He died after suffering severe agony as authorities investigate the incident and warn about dangerous objects.
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Frank Vannatta
Newcastle
Bedford Grants Franchise for Interurban Line
The city of Bedford grants a franchise to Grand Central Traction Company to build an interurban railway through the city and to construct and operate an electric light and heating plant.
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Bedford
Grand Central Traction Company
Heiress in South Bend Inherits Half Million
Mrs. Charles Druliner of South Bend is named heiress after the death of her uncle John Rose in New York. She will receive half a million dollars within one year.
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Charles Druliner
South Bend
John Rose
New York
James Oppenshaw Benefactor Aiding Young Couples
James Oppenshaw aged 65 died in Linton from injuries after a fall. The local benefactor customarily offered help to newly married couples and in recent years assisted in furnishing 20 homes for young couples.
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James Oppenshaw
Linton
Indiana Industrial Life Insurance Company Incorporation
Article of incorporation filed with the Indiana Secretary of State. Terre Haute will host the principal office. Capital stock set at $100,000.
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Indiana Industrial Life Insurance Company
Terre Haute
County Auditors Meet in Indianapolis Form Uniform Bookkeeping
State counties sent representatives to Indianapolis to form an Association aimed at uniform bookkeeping. Misunderstandings in transactions arose due to the lack of this standardization.
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Indianapolis
Stella Lennox Seeks Divorce Over Gas Reading Dispute
Mrs Stella Lennox of South Bend files divorce citing her husband John Lennox restricts her from using gas to read in bed. The couple, described as well to do, faces a domestic dispute centered on economical habits.
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John Lennox
Stella Lennox
South Bend
Lennox
State Fair Dates Planned for September Second Week
The State Board of Agriculture aims to hold the State Fair in the second week of September next year. The American Association of State Fairs and Expositions meets in Chicago on December 5 to set fair dates. The Indiana board will advocate for the September second week.
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State Board of Agriculture
American Association of State Fairs and Expositions
Chicago
Indiana Board
Saloons Agree to Obey Law After County Measures
In Madison County sixty four of seventy saloon keepers in the city sign an accord to comply with new saloon restrictions as proposed by local manufacturers and aimed at keeping liquor outlets within designated territory in Anderson.
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Madison County
Anderson
Emigrants from South Bend Area Headed Back to Europe
More than 2,000 Poles Italians Slavs Hungarians and Belgians living in South Bend and vicinity have joined an exodus to their former European homes. While the largest group is from South Bend, nearby towns such as Elkhart LaPorte and Plymouth also contribute to the move.
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South Bend
Elkhart
Laporte
Plymouth
Man Sends 75 Cents Back Taxes After Conscience Pricks
Mervin Hertzel of Norwich North Dakota writes County Treasurer G. W. Irvine of Warsaw sending 75 cents as second installment for 1899 back taxes. He declares the amount large in the eyes of God and says it must be settled with his fellow men per his conscience.
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Mervin Hertzel
Norwich
N. D
G. W. Irvine
Warsaw
Infant smothered during cross country move exonerated
The infant child of Mr and Mrs Frank Galloway died from smothering in the mother s arms while driving from Huntington to Cherubusco on a cold night. The coroner exonerated the mother in the death.
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Frank Galloway
Huntington
Cherubusco
Murder Rattles Greenfield As Father Is Slain
James La Follette was killed in Greenfield on Sunday while searching for his son. He was found shot with a bullet wound to the chest. Francis M. Duncan was arrested and confessed to the crime.
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Greenfield
James la Follette
Francis M. Duncan
Indiana fruit yield forecast by state entomologist
State entomologist B W Douglass predicts an unusually good fruit yield in Indiana next year if weather cooperates. He notes only an early freeze or a warm spell followed by a freeze could hurt output, but absent such conditions the harvest should exceed average after a failing year.
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B. W. Douglass
Indiana
Three Clifford Girls Hire Out To Husk Corn For Christmas
Miss Blanche Stoughton and Grace and Maud Ward of Clifford aged 20 19 and 18 have hired out to nearby farmers to husk corn for Christmas. The youngest wagers 100 dollars she can husk more corn than any man in the county. Last year Bartholomew county husking record was 135 bushels per day.
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Blanche Stoughton
Grace
Maud Ward
Clifford
Bartholomew
Auditor Wins State Land Title to 293 Acres by Kakee River
Auditor John C. Billheimer secured state ownership of 293 acres along the Kakee river in Starke county. The tract, previously mortgaged by squatter Hugh Kreuter and disposed of by Stensland of Chicago to Asset Realization Company, was acquired as an asset of the wrecked bank and surrendered to the state without trouble.
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John C. Billheimer
Kakee River
Starke County
Stensland
Chicago Bank
Hugh Kreuter
Asset Realization Company
Billheimer
Bishop Chatard Sues Dupont for 5000 Damages After Fontanet Explosion
Bishop Chatard of the Catholic Church sues Dupont Powder Co for 5000 regarding damages to St Augustine Church from Fontanet mill blast. Mrs Richards sues for 10000 damages to her house and injuries. Company seeks settlements with 275 damaged homes. over twenty fatalities and many injuries have settlements. Five death claims settled at 700 each.
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Bishop Chatard
Dupont Powder Company
St. Augustine
Fontanet
Richards
Taxpayers sue Knox County over $10,000 land sale
Knox County taxpayers led by George W. Phillipe sue in Knox Circuit Court to recover $10,000 allegedly illegally taken from the county treasury. They claim the County Council and Board of Commissioners approved purchase of a 40 by 140 foot lot from the Board of Trade of Vincennes for far more than its value, in a secret hurried act with no county benefit.
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Knox County
George W. Phillipe
Knox Circuit Court
Board of Trade of
Vincennes
County Council
Board of Commissioners
Board of Trade
State entomologist to inspect private Indiana trees
Within a short time B. W. Douglass the state entomologist will begin a general inspection of private property in Indiana to stamp out tree diseases. The private tree survey will start as soon as nursery property work is finished.
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B. W. Douglass
Indiana
Laporte County Approves 75000 for New Jail
Laporte county commissioners authorize a 75000 appropriation for the erection of a modern jail. The action signals a major infrastructure project for the county's justice system and facilities.
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County Board of Commissioners of
Laporte County
Goldfield Strike Brings Gambit of High Grading in Mines
Goldfield’s mining camps suffer as labor union graft drives high grading. Rich Mohawk Red Top and Jumbo mines lose millions to thieves using assay offices to move stolen ore. Hayes Monette lease sparked a rash of gouging, with change rooms introduced to curb theft. The I W W dominates, while owners enforce discipline amid a delayed strike end.
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Goldfield
Western Federation of Miners
Cripple Creek
Industrial Workers of the World
Goldfield Consolidated Group
Red Top
Hayes & Monette
Chicago Stack Yards
Chicago Stock Yards
Benedict
Smith
Reno
Hayes & &Monette
Golden Chamber
Consolidated
Consignee
The
Goldfield News
George Wingfield
Mohawk
New
Cor
New York Press
Samson's Fall and the Temple's Destruction in Gaza
The lesson recounts Samson's capture after losing his eyes in Gaza, the Philistines' feasting in honor of their god, Samson's plea to the Lord for strength, the collapse of the temple pillars, and his death along with many Philistines after twenty years of judgeship.
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Gaza
Dagon
Samson
Samsah
Zorah
Eshtaol
Manoah
Israel
Gideon
God
Paris Pattern Hints for Girls Dresses in Mohair and Serge
Pattern notes describe several girls and child dresses for 6 months to 12 years. Fabrics include green and blue mohair, navy serge, blue and black striped taffetas, broadcloth, and plaid worsted. Each pattern lists fabric details, sizes, and a removable lace shield option. Fashion editor requests ten cents and Paris pattern No. size name address.
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400 Century Building
Indianapolis
Ind
Paris
Mountains That Dont Exist Claim Raises Map Hoax
A historical note recounts how the supposed Mounts Brown and Hooker were myths debunked by Collie and Bancroft's History. It traces map errors to early explorers and a botanist who mislocated peaks near the Athabasca Pass, while trappers and geographers recount the hoax during the Klondike era.
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Brown
Hooker
Mount Iseram
Mount Tillman
Alaska
St. Elias
Russell
Athabasca
George Dawson
Collie
Palliser
Douglass
Bancroft
British Columbia
Athabasca Pass
Vancouver
Coleman
Brown and Hooker
Klondike
Ultimate Fate of Fish in Nature and Captivity
A New York Sun essay notes fish never die a natural death in the wild because bodies would float if unmolested. It argues captivity alters mortality through environment and predation, suggesting fish life is relentlessly strenuous and selfish, existing to eat and avoid being eaten.
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New York Sun
Nature Faking
A Baltimore American joke notes a family hopeful declaring the discovery that trees can leave and stay at once. The father asks for the fact, highlighting the humorous paradox in natural history lore.
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Baltimore
Quotations on Life and Society from the Atchison Globe
A collection of humorous and aphoristic observations from the Atchison Kansas Globe. Topics range from home and marriage to gender roles and social pretensions, illustrated by pointed insights about men, women, lawyers, and prosperity. The excerpts resemble a newspaper readers’ column with wry moral tones and social commentary.
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Otis Allen
Bloomington
Raymond Sparks
Oscar Farr
Muncie
Hoosiers
Indiana I
Thorn
New Indiana Insurance Company
State Auditory Form Association
Europe
Mother
the Sunday School
Til
Canada
Sunflower
Atchingon
Kan
Globe
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