Two Men Sentenced to Life for Moorestown Murder
Ralph Broom and W O Ellison, cousins from North Dakota, were sentenced by Judge Paulus to life in the state penitentiary for the December murder of Wade Robinson, a merchant in Jandesville. They pleaded guilty to first degree murder and stated they left their fate to the judge. Broom confessed to killing Robinson during a store robbery attempt.
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Marion
Ralph Broom
W. O. Ellison
Cousins
Paulus
Wade Robinson
Jandesville
Met
Brough Forth
Broom
Ellison
North Dakota
Robinson
Drowning at Cedar Creek Junction Leaves Youth Dead
A 3:30 PM plunge toward the Niddie Joseph river at the Cedar creek junction ended with the drowning of a young man. Oscar Springer and John Walbold could not help as the victim surfaced crying for help. A bystander used a rake to locate the body and a diver retrieved it.
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Niddie Joseph
Cedar Creek
Oscar Springer
Devaux
John ‘Walbold
Partie
Indiana News In Brief Summary Of Local Happenings
A compilation from Indiana towns notes a Rushville auction of lots led by Mayor Shank, a Shoemaker death by suicide, a broken hand for J W Nelton in Shelbyville, and city Masonic home scrutiny in Indianapolis. Other items include game wardens in Henry County violations, a 56th anniversary celebration near Pennville, a civil war veteran’s fall in North Vernon, carbolic acid death in Greenfield, a double near-drowning in Crawfordsville, an arrest at Brazil sewer works, an appeal to curb law in Clinton, bread wagon cleanliness checks in Tipton, and Vincennes nursery association activity.
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Dykeman
Rushville
Shank
Indianapolis
Portland
Genera 1
Shelbyville
J. W. Nelton
Newcastle
Henry Cauy
Pennville
Aaron Allman
North Vernon
Pleasant W. Randall
Vernon
Greenfield
Louis J. Lubkeman
Thomas Smith
Peru
George Kohring
Crawfordsville
Paul Vance
Jesgie Goben
Sugar Creek
Joseph Overtake
Brazil
Ernest Hargess
Clinton
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Tipton
Fred Tucker
Vincennes
Asaociation of
Vincennes Ip
Army bread baking demo showcases faster field ovens
Washington barracks hosted a War Department delegation as Army cooks demonstrated rapid field ovens that can bake for 250 soldiers in seven minutes three seconds, a third of the time from two years prior. The event showcased clay Civil War ovens to modern knockdown types and featured field bakery No 1 serving about a third of the Army’s cooking capacity with 65 men and one officer.
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Asdavory
M. A. Elliott, Jr
Field Bakery
United States Army
Army
Mystery huts found on Palmyra Island amid US claims
In a Palmyra Island report by Rear Admiral Southland aboard the West Virginia, no sovereign monuments were found to challenge US claims. On Islet 51 a remote hut complex revealed iron and thatch roofs, stoves and cedar cases, one labeled ammunition May 7, suggesting distant occupation and potential use as a supply rendezvous for secret expeditions.
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Washington
Southland
West Virginia
Palmyra Island
Lesser Isles
Honolulu
Fanning Island
Palmyra
Chapple
Hawaii
State Department
Great Britain
United States
Postal department worker swallows nail in workplace accident
John R. Rhoades of the supply division at a federal post office swallowed a nail while handling large boxes of postal supplies. He left Providence Hospital after waiting half an hour for care, returned to his duties, and reported ongoing pain while postmasters nationwide reportedly await their shipments.
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Huntingtons
John Diffenbough
Richards Department
Roanoke
Jeffersonville
Post Office Department
Hitchcock
John R. Rhoades
Rhoades
Providence
Wireless Electric Demonstrations Dazzle at Seminary Lecture
Professor L H Wood and electrical expert Henry L Transtrom showcased wireless discharges in long specterlike streams and a globe burning without wires. A volunteer reportedly received 800 000 volts with no injury as eggs fried without power. The darkened hall lit by discharges and a floating copper globe in water impressed the audience at the Washington Foreign Mip alan seminary.
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L. H. Wood
Henry L. Transtrom
Washington Foreign Mipalan Seminary
Tranatrom
Wirelgas
Wood
Tha
Atiom
Tratrom’ Ie
Fragmented Thought on Courage and Self-Assertion
A fragment from a popular magazine notes that people must sometimes bark loudly to maintain courage. It questions whether readers' self-assertive friends do the same as they cope with fear and uncertainty.
Untitled 19th Century Ad Fragments On Skincare and Remedies
Fragmented ad copy promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment for skin and hair care, offers samples via mail, and links other remedies to pelvic health products, laundry blues, arbitration wages, Gardield Tea, and memory tips, reflecting varied product pitches and public notices.
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Dept. L. Boston
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Paerl Nichols
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Lane 12
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Department of Indiana
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