Indiana Deaths Near Four Thousand Report
Indiana health board data for March show 463 smallpox cases and one death across 34 counties, with a Martin county child among the fatalities. Tuberculosis caused 420 deaths statewide, pneumonia 444, and typhoid 27, while polio affected three children. Total March deaths reached 3,548 with a 15.1 per thousand rate. major cities report varied local rates. The piece also previews suffrage convention plans in Indianapolis, detailing speakers, delegates, and events at the Claypool hotel and Odd Fellows building.
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Indianapolis
State Boards of Health
Martin County
Clark
Clay Ton
Rawlord
DeKalb
Knox
Madison
Martin
Owen
Vanderburg
Vigo
White
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Terre Haute
South Bend
Manvie
Richmond
Anderson
Hammond
New Albany
Lafayette
Indiana School for the Deaf Audit Reveals Small Debt
State board of accounts report on ten years of records at the Indiana State School for the Deaf shows a debt of 62 cents to Superintendent Richard Q C Johnson. It notes three accounting errors in 7,084 vouchers totaling $1,803,468.55 were corrected by the superintendent, except for a $5 payroll error in November 1902 where a 3 was read as 8 and paid to the general fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State School For the Deaf
State Board of Accounts
Richard QC. Johnson
State Board Receives Letter on Typhoid Free Flood Town
Dr J N Hurty state heart commissioner receives a letter from Dr LF OMalsbury health officer of Peru thanking the state board of health for its cooperation in preventing disease. No typhoid cases reported in the flood stricken town. Council passes resolution thanking Doctor Murty for his work. New state corporations: Orinocco Chair Co Columbus renamed Lincoln Chair Co. Winslow Building and Loan Association Winslow 50000 to operate building and loan. M Sprageins W S Brown H T Lob bay Littlefield Fry McGough Inc. Amigo total capital 25000 Indiana address 10,000 to do general construction. H M Fry A S Littlefield S P McGough Indiana address H McCowen Indianapolis.
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J. N. Hurty
Atate Heart
LF. O. Malsbury
Peru
Doctor Malsbury
Atate Board of Health
Doctor Murty
Orinocco Chair Company of
Columbus
Lincoln Chair Company
Winslow Building and Loan Association
Winslow
Building and Loan Association
M. Sprageins
Brown
Trustees Close Meeting at Indiana University Session
The Indiana University board finished a two day Bloomington meeting with all trustees present except Senator B F Shively who was detained in Washington. Vice President Rose presided. Items discussed included waterworks 40500 third street paving 5519 58 third street sewer 247 96 pump heater tunnel greenhouse heating 7100 lights drives and walks 560 vacuum cleaner renovation and repairs 20000 Wylla hall equipment 2445 land for Long hospital 50000 total 182303 54. Committee of President Bryan and Trustees Rose Shea Fesler and Carr to confer with Governor Ralston and the Quance board and meet finance board next week.
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Board of Trustees
Indiana University
Bloomington
B. F. Shively
Washington
Rose
Theodore F. Rose
Muncie
Joseph H. Shea
Seymour
J. W. Fesler
Indianapolis
S. Rw, Lyons
Richmond
R. I. Hamilton
Vincennes
Edwin Carr
Ira C. Batman
Wylla Hall
Long Hospital
Bryan
Rose, Shea
Fesler
Carr
Smallpox Quarantine Tightened at Jeffersonville Reform School
Dr. W F King assistant secretary of the state board of health returned from Jeffersonville where he found the Indiana reformatory under strict quarantine. He said authorities are handling incoming supplies to protect the public from the disease already present at the institution.
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W. F. King
State Board of Health
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Tipton Tailor Brockman Switched From Jail to Fine Again
Indiana report from Frankfort May 2 details William A Brockman of Tipton charged for operating a blind tiger. He previously received a $75 fine and six months in jail with suspended sentence. His case involved witnesses from Brockman’s shop and a Tipton art studio run by two young women.
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Frankfort
Indiana
William A. Brockman
Tipton County
Tinton
Indianapolis
Tipton
Brockmen
Brockman
Reckman
William
Trrock- Man
A. Mock
Prockumn
Aige Purvis
Fire in Bridegroom's Room at Grand Hotel
Fire alarm drew a large crowd to Vincennes Grand hotel during the April wedding at St James Episcopal for Lawrence Kiplinger of Marshall, Indiana and Miss Margaret Ames Medimsey, daughter of theater owner Guy Medimsey. AI M Ford hotel manager and Rev Ndgar Daugherty helped extinguish the blaze in the bridegroom's room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Lawrence M. Kiplinger
Marshall, Til
Margaret Ames Medimsey
Guy A. Medimsey
St. James Episcopal Church
Grand Hotel
AI M. Ford
Ndgar
Daugherty
Boy Harpoons 40-Pound Catfish at Wabash Pools
High water in the Wabash has formed pools in the bottoms. As drying occurs, men and boys fish with hands and improvised gear. One boy harpooned a forty-pound catfish with a pitch fork, others claim sacks full. Covington April 29.
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Covington
Wabash
Touch of Sorrow and a Family Reunion in South Bend
The Garfield family reunites after their 17 year old son's burglary arrest leads to the parents William and Pearl Garfield remarrying at the police station. In Wabash, Miss Mabel Sherwin saves Miss Nellie Ivory from a railroad trestle as a train nears, risking her life to reach safety.
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South Bend
Slay
William
Pearl Garfield
Girl
Wabash
Mabel Sherwin
Nellie Ivory
Marrying Squire’s Busy Day in Brazil
Brazil Brazil April 30 George E Law, famed as the marrying squire, officiated in eight marriages last Sunday. The principals came from twelve towns and cities in Indiana.
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Squire
Brazil
George E. Law
Todiana
Four Legged Chicken Report From Jeffersonville
Jeffersonville on April 30 reports Mrs Noah Pearcy possesses a four legged chicken among a setting of fourteen eggs from which thirteen chicks hatched. The oddity draws local curiosity and speculation about its origin and stability.
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Jeffersonville
Noah Pearcy
Tragedy in Logansport Two Boys Drowned by Mother
Mrs Nellie Turnpaugh of near Bluffton took her sons Donald nine and Herbert six onto a ridge over Deer Creek and jumped into the stream. Donald perished with his mother, the younger boy surviving after grabbing grass and reaching shore. the event remains without witnesses and a full account is unavailable.
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Logansport
Nellie Turnpaugh
Bluffton
Donald
Herbert
Indiana Union Traction Company
Deer Creek
Mamma
Lincoln
Indiana News In Brief Chronicle of towns and events
Tangier township holds May 2 commencement for the school. Evansville Owls buy land to build a $15,000 home. Wabash child dies from coughing spell. a man near death after hayloft fall. Charlottsville celebrates a county birth and anniversary. Brockville reports a woman’s suicide by cutting her throat, motive unknown. Spencer judge injured by a train recovering. Nashville votes to restrict chickens May 1 to Nov 4. sheep loss from dogs. Sullivan man arrested for freight-car theft. Delph i high school orator wins county contest. Columbus man charged with beating and attempted murder. Columbus sues over auto injuries. Mimeie school board to run summer programs. Marion man dies from a broken spine after a hay fall. Spencer appoints new road supervisor. Kosciusko graduates set for June 7 commencement. South Hend apoplexy near hot stove. Woomfeld man pleads guilty to assault. fined and jailed. Denver ex-representative Green and wife injured in runaway horse incident. Bloomfield judgment against Vauglin for unaccounted funds. New Richmond spelling error delays license. Nashville poultry death from toxin after feed incident. Terre Haute candidate Reimbold seeks grand keeper role. Richmond deputy inspector Farwie runs for mayor. Noblesville sharp high school contest results.
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Spencer
John C. Robinson
Tushville
Anna Bolinette
Oak Park
Chicago
Nashville
Hiram H. Wallman
George Krach
Sullivan
Charles Whitlock
Paxton
Delphi
Lake
Mnurder
Colutrubus
Alys
Catherine Gruhl
Isaiah Harker
Harker
Mimeie
Marion
Hayman
John E. Blessing
Green Township
Harry V. Hice
Koseluska County
South Hend
Harvey Steele
Woomfeld
Lester Watkins
Jacsonville
Kim
Denver
Burton Green
Bloomfield
Isaac N. Vauglin
New Hichmond
Beecause
James Lockard
Mamie Hutton
Nelson Hilckmean
Terre Mante
Philip K. Reimbold
Crand
Gaddening words frame a widow’s bachelor pursuit ad
A fragmentary ad style note mentions a young widow on a bachelor’s trail and droll remarks about promises. It contains a humorous reference to Mrs. Austin’s Bag Pancake Flour advertised as a product at all grocers.
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