Review of Indiana Highlights Local Losses and Happenings
A Warren woman Mrs James Okely is dead Elkhart plans a new modern interurban depot Elks auxiliary club formed by Wa bash wives and daughters Fire destroys part of Peters burg Meyer Machine plant Forty six year old Fletcher Ault sues Kitselman Brothers for damages Ault blinded by hot wire in factory Ambrose B Berry assigned to lead North Indiana M E Conference in Anderson April telegram delay suit against Western Union $2500 Emery Love injured dislocated legs and treated George Southwell dies of Brights disease after Civil War service Fred Hines found dead in public road Dunnings druggist Frank J Goldman commits suicide in Elkhart aged 65 Several men and boys suffer injuries in accidents and burns at farms mills and mills Schooled events include weddings and personal losses in multiple Indiana towns including Brazil Peru Fort Wayne Sullivan Noblesville and Danville.
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Emery Love
Brazil
Love
Fred Hines
Indianapolis Southern Railroad Construction Gang
Dugger
Brewer
Harvey Neal
First Baptist Church of Lebanon
Blanche Stoughton
Grace F
Maud Ward
Clifford
George W. Southwell
Fourth Ohio Cavalry
Jeffersonville
Bright
Mr. Southwell
August Doepke
Michigan City
The Paradox Love Poem and its Hidden Riches
A poem contrasts love with danger and treasure. A weed wounds the plucker yet binds with spells. Cupid darts bring simple remedies for smart. Mariners seek calm beneath storms, finding refuge in love. A chapman finds treasure in earth but must sell all for the field. The speaker declares love has cost him all he owns and calls it riches.
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Chapman
Sam Hancock and Berthy's marriage tale from the barn talk
In a rural conversation at a store, Sam Hancock weighs a warning about Berthy a neighbor’s daughter. Ben Crittenden bluntly describes Berthy as shiftless and temperamental. Sam challenges tattling and later marries Berthy after he confronts the concerns.
Old coins new to her take cashier by surprise
A coin collector in an uptown restaurant used an old two-cent piece and three Flying Eagle cents to test a cashier. She rejected them claiming unfamiliarity and doubt of authenticity. The manager relented, noting the fragile history of 1856 57 58 flying eagle cents and 1873 two cent pieces once minted in millions.
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United States
New York Times
United States of America
United States Mint
Spurgeon Converts Swearer with Prayer Challenge
A stone mason curses loudly as Spurgeon passes. The preacher offers five shillings to the man if he vows not to pray. The mason pockets the bet, feels uneasy, and throws the money away. His wife retrieves it, reports the gift, and Spurgeon later speaks with him, guiding him toward conversion and joining the flock.
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Clayton
Washington Hancock
Sol Baker
Tancock
Clayt
Lisbeth
Birdle
Marvin Parsons
Hancock
Rafe
Rickerleck
Sam Hancock
O’ Hitchin
Buck
Spurgeon
Retaliation at a West Virginia wedding
A guest at a West Virginia summer resort recalls a near humorous wedding in a nearby town. The young minister, nervous yet sincere, performs his first wedding while the blushing couple remains confident. The bride thanks him and hints the couple may one day retaliate if he has not married yet.
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West Virginia
Harper’s Weekly
Proprietor Receives Final Note on Pharmacy Supplies
A large drug store owner received a curt, angular note demanding a wrong shipping term. The missive reads I do not want vasiline but glisserine. The writer asserts plain spelling and insists on correct terminology.
Letter From Married Woman Brings Tears to Reader
A readable fragment notes that a woman finds solace in a letter from a married woman, described as stained with tears, reflecting intimate emotion and literary tone.
Submarine Diver Stops Ammonia Leak at Hollis and Rich
A diver in under water gear entered the Hollis and Rich store to cap a leaking ammonia tank used in the freezing plant. After about thirty minutes inside the building the diver replaced the cap, restoring air and ending the toxic fumes threat to life and property.
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Hollis & Rich
Boston Advertiser
Hollis
World's Greatest Shipowner Charles Wilson Dies in Hull
Charles Wilson, First Lord Nunburnholme and senior partner of the world’s largest private shipping line, died in Hull, England. Born 1833 in Kingston upon Hull, his Wilson fleet today numbers eighty nine steamers with 190 439 tons and a capital of £2 500 000. He served in Parliament for thirty years and was raised to the peerage in 1905, succeeded by his son the Hon Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson, with daughters Lady Cowley and Lady Chesterfield.
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Charles Wilson
Nunburnholme
Hull
England
Kingston-upon- Hull
Thomas
Wilson
Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson
Lady Cowley
Lady Chesterfield
Owl forecasts weather from Hancock source
A Pittsfield Mass cor sends a note from Hancock near the Lebanon Mountains where a hoot owl called Big Ben supposedly predicts rain or clear weather. The owl roosts on John Taylor s farm and its mate once adorned a local shop window.
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Hancock
Lebanon Mountains
Pittsfield
New York State
John Taylor
Big Ben
Frank Hadwell
Robert J. Gillespie
New York
Washington
Mass
New York Herald
Electrical Plant Found In Nicaragua Causes Shocks
A plant in Nicaragua is described as charged with electricity. Touching a branch with the bare hand yields a distinct battery like shock, and its influence on a magnetic needle is noticeable up to six yards away. At close range the needle moves in a circle when the instrument is centered on the bush, with intensity varying by time of day.
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Nicaragua
Kansas City Journal
Literary Exercises Spoof Recalls Late Night Poetry
A humorous dialogue features a wife scornfully accusing her husband of staying up at a literary club. He recalls reciting something titled Chips That Pash in the Night, a playful misquote that echoes the paper’s light entertainment style.
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Literary Club
Baltimore American
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Warren
Elkhart
Wives and Daughters of Elks
Wabash
The
Elks
Meyer Machine Company
Petersburg
Fletcher Ault
Kitselman Brothers
Muncie
Bishop Berry
North Indiana
M. E
Anderson
Baltimore
H. E. Jennings
Newcastle
Western Union Telegraph Company
Frank J. Goldman
Mr. Goldman
Auten Post
South Bend
Odd Fellowship
George Parker
Elwood
Parker
Arnie Spencer
Clarence Dickey
New Washington
Sylvester Allspaugh
Paoli
Russel Meeker
Tipton
Harvey Winebrenner
Wawaka
B. E. Wallace
Hagenbeck- Wallace Circus
Peru
Newbern
Noah Barnes
Shelbyville
Ed Midkiff
Mr. Barnes
Charles Druliner
John Reese
Mary Banyard
Evansville
Frankfort
I. N. Perlstine
Chicago
BE. L. Furness
Furnessville
Furness
Lizzie Hickerson
Davis Addington
Boonville
Margaret Lewis
Spring Valley
Lewis Frissell
Swarthmore College
Pennsylvania
Media, Pa
Ray
James Burns
Indianapolis
Bert McConnell
Gwynville
National Rolling Mills
Terre Haute
John Bocher
Bocher
Princeton
Robert A. Cushman
Mary Salm
Louise Salm
Carl Mangrum
George Zimmerman
Ladoga
Moses Wood
Effie Jeffries
Greenfield
Wood
Liverpool
Atlantic
Europe
Cupid
Sam
Nobuddy
Ben Crittenden
Berthy
Ben
Baker
Chicago Daily. News
Marine
Owl
Aun Electrical Plant
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