Burglar Blows Safe. $1000 Loot Taken at Shoals Post Office
A cafe in the post office acre at Shoals was robbed of about $1000 in money and stamps. The safe, nitro charges blew off the door and damaged only the ceiling. Two men fled by buggy toward the northwest. The case marks Shoals’ third post office safe burglary in recent years with several gang members previously captured. In a related item, Rev. John P. Healion, 27, died of tuberculosis in Michigan City after a brief illness. He was educated at Notre Dame and Cincinnati.
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Louisville
Michigan City
Martin County
Mary Runyon
John P. Healion
St. Anthony's Hospital
Fort Wayne
Father Healson
James Healson
Notre Dame
Cincinnati
Rushville couples wed one armed men in court
Rushville two Jett family members married one armed men recently. Daisy Jett married Samuel Conrad of Indianapolis at the courthouse. Conrad has one arm from a past accident. A week earlier Daisy’s mother Mrs. Louisa Jett wed a one armed man. her first husband is dead.
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Rushville
Jett
Rush County
Mies Daisy Jett
Samuel Conrad
Indianapolis
Court House
Conrad
Louisa Jett
Cut Off Mule's Tongue at New Albany Cruelty Case
Frank Gosa of Greenville pleaded guilty to cruelty to animals after he cut off the end of a mule's tongue to stop its habit of hanging it out of the mouth. He was fined $15 in the New Albany area proceeding.
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New Albany
Frank Gosa
Greenville
Mad dog bites four near Terre Haute city farm
A mad dog ran amuck on a nearby farm, severely biting four people including farmers William and Herman Miller and workers Henry Kincomb and Gable Bush before it was shot. The victims were brought to Terre Haute for treatment.
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Terre Haute
William
Herman Miller
Henry Kincomb
Gable Bush
Profit In Goat Falsing In Oakland City Zale Whitman’s Herds
Oakland City resident Zale Whitman runs a growing goat business with twenty one animals. He and his staff raise young goats twice yearly for market, a local venture dubbed butters in this region. A tornado of events follows with lightning striking a residence injuring Mrs Phillip Michael, another shock hitting Mrs George Lempere, and a fatal tractor accident near Newcastle involving Maggie Coon.
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Oakland City
Zale Whitman
Widow Pleads Guilty After Stealing Emploees Horse
Rosa Gree a young widow who took her employer John Bowers horse and buggy and valuables fled to Anderson but was arrested and has pleaded guilty. She drank whisky at Bowers home and claimed ownership of all on the property. Bowers does not want prosecution. Dr N G Shook of Kendallville responded to Trowbridge infant accident but his auto rolled injuring him and two reporters. the child died. John Hughes of Corrugated Paper Co injured in ten mile motorcycle race at the aviation meets. skull fracture and critical condition.
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Muncle
Rosa Gree
Anderson
John Bowers
Bowers
Wart
Fort Wayne
N. G. Shook
Kendallville
J. T. Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Fair Grounds
John Hughes
Corrugated Paper Company
Hughes
St. Joseph Hospital
Shoots from bicycle to kill sparrow in flight observed
Columbus man Har Zelgier, 22, lies northeast of the city and exhibits sharpshooting from a mountain bicycle. While riding at high speed he releases the handlebars and fires at a sparrow, killing it as the bicycle is steered by body motion. Neighbors have witnessed his exhibitions.
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Columbus
Har Zelgier
Hatchery Fire Incendiary Suspected in Rushville Loss
Rushville fire destroyed Earl Kitchen’s duckling hatchery with 1800 dollars in damage and no insurance. About four hundred young ducks perished. Kitchen notes no recent fires and suspects arson due to objections to hatchery location.
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Rushville
Earl Kitchen
Kitchen
Body Found In Clinton Coal Miner Shotgun Fatality
The body of 40 year old Benjamin Cherry, a coal miner at Crownhill mine No. 1, was found in the yard of his Clinton boarding house. A shotgun lay in his arms and a gunshot entered his brain. Cherry was in ill health.
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Clinton
Benjamin Cherry
Crownhill Mine No. 1
Cherry
Indiana News in Brief Consolidates Local Dispatches
Jeffersonville William Schindler 45 of Louisville is near death at Jeffersonville hospital from a self-inflicted gun wound between the eyes. Huntington a school proximity near rail lines may bar rebuilding of Andrews high school per new rail safety law. Anderson Elks lodge appoints committees for May 1912 state meeting. entertainment costs estimated at 3000 to 5000 dollars. South Bend Peter Kruger of the new state employment bureau names deputy George H. Hees. Kruger opens offices to begin operations. Wakarusa Daniel B. Nye named deputy prosecuting attorney by Chester R. Montgomery. Princeton Charleston Commercial club discusses establishing a commercial college. 100 scholarships at 70 dollars each pledged. Lawrenceburg Rev John F. Fritz, 62, resigns from St John’s Church. will serve at Regina Saskatchewan Canada. Wabash Mr and Mrs W H legend injured in auto crash over a bridge abutment.
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Jeffersonville
William Schindler
Louisville
Jeffersonvilla Hospital
Huntington
Andrews High School
Anderson
Anderson Lodge of Elks
Elks
William H. Borgcehes
James E. van Deventer
Julius Kreusch
G. A. Whitridge
Daniel Boland
South Bend
New South Bend
State Employment Bureau
George H. Hees
Kruger
Daniel B. Nye
Public Schoola
Wakaruea
Ind
Chester R. Montgomery
Princeton
W. H. Givier
Charleston
Inl
Commercial Club
Commercial College
Givier
Lawrenceburg
John F. Frits
Bellair Evangelical
Bellair Evangelical German Lutheran* St. John’s
Fritz
Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
W. Hy Legin
State Food and Drug Dept Targets Indianapolis Meat Dealers
Fifty six affidavits prepared by H E Barnard state food and drug commissioner accuse Indianapolis meat dealers of failing to provide protective cases for meats in violation of the sanitary food law of 1908. Arrests began, with notices given last Saturday. Barnard emphasizes protection over fines and notes a dispute over who pays for refrigeration or glass cases. The article also covers egg dealers seeking relief from the law, placards issued to guide farmers, and a broad range of local regulatory topics including highway improvement proposals and legal rulings on carload rates.
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Indianapolis
H. E. Barnard
State Food and Drug Commissioner
Court of Justice of the Peace
C. J. Emhardt
State Department
Thy
Barnard
Bay
State Food and Drug Department
State Board of Health
H. B. Barnard
Food and Drug Commissioner
Inside the White House Guard Routines and Dangers
The article details extensive security at the White House including 42 guards, with 24 outside and 18 inside, plus secret service for the president and family. It notes constant door policing, night guards at executive offices, and vigilant patrols to deter assassins and dangerous individuals amid America’s liberty.
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Jashington
America
White Home
White House
Secret Service
Bankers and Secret Service Fight Counterfeit Money
Bankers identify counterfeit currency through trained detection, with experts estimating bad money at about 1 in 100000 for paper and 2 to 3 in 100000 for coins. The piece explains counterfeit methods, from hand copying to photographic reproduction and denomination raising, and notes that banks, secret service, and system work together to root out fakes as tellers gain experience and consult specialized magazines.
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Secret Service
Washington
Ree Sons
Bank
Woman Soldier Seeks Pension After Civil War Service
Louise Eliza Bliss of Sheridan Wyoming applied for a pension claiming she served four years in the Union Army while disguising herself as a man. She joined Company G Sixty third Infantry from Illinois and Illinois-born soldiers. After four years she was mustered out when the war ended and then married John Sibler.
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Louise 2
Eliza
Sheridan
Wyo
Hong
Federal Army
Sixtythird Infantry
Windis
Bliss
Vicksburg
Corinth
Okirta
Co} McCowan
Sixty-Third Infantry
Richardson
Fife
John Sibler
Mame
Mosquitoes as Great Menace Tied to Breeding Habits
The department of agriculture labels the mosquito a major disease disseminator on par with the fly. L C Howard urges communities to remove breeding places by sterilizing rain barrels and water tanks, destroying containers and trash near homes, and draining damp yards. Cattle and horse footprints also provide marshy breeding grounds in villages with gardens during rainy seasons.
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Department of Agriculture
L.C. Howard
Bureau of Entomology
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