Man Without a Home The Rambler A No 1
The article profiles a lifelong traveler known as A No. 1 the rambler. He travels nearly five hundred thousand miles in twenty four years, avoids paying fares and avoids capture by rail conductors. Born in San Francisco he speaks three languages and keeps a mile-by-mile diary. He may return to Kansas City soon or vanish for years.
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North America
City
Mexico
New England
Robert Reddington
Professor Livingston
San Francisco
Kansas City
The
Pate Sues Cement Plant for 25000 Damages
Charles U. Pate, through Boruff & Boruff, filed a $25000 personal injury suit against the U S Cement plant. He alleges a cave in on Oct 28 1906 in a poorly lit coal room caused him to fall into a floor hole and be caught by a conveyor, breaking ankle and instep bones and injuring his right leg and hip.
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Charles U. Pate
Boruff
Indiana limestone proposal for Panama Canal docks
The United States government weighs using Indiana oolitic limestone for the Panama Canal. A Bloomington led movement seeks Monroe and Lawrence county quarry owners to unite for a multi million contract. The work would fill half the oolitic belt output for eight years and boost quarry incomes.
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United States
Panama Canal
Monroe and
Lawrence County
Bloomington
Tramp the Rambler Carries Mark of the Road Across Nation
A blue overalled wanderer known as The Rambler, calling himself No. 1, rode out from a Santa Fe train at Union Station and disappeared among freight cars. He travels without tickets, brands railroad property with “A No. 1,” and patterns wooden figures and potato sculptures for a living as he roams from Ottawa to Kansas City and beyond.
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Knights of the Road
Union Station
The
Kansas City Journal
Ottawa
Kan
Kansas City
Seattle
Tampa
Valentine Day Valentines Flood Stores With Novel Cards
Stores display a red hot Valentine campaign with celluloid car valentines and comic sentimentals selling from one cent to five dollars. Shoppers can find original effects and tender missives to send to a sweetheart or a friend as ten days of displays sweep the market.
Iron Ore Prospect Near Huron Attracts Attention
A promising iron mine lies 14 miles west of Huron on a hill by Beaver Creek. The vein runs about 40 feet thick with 40 50 percent iron and high quality sand stone. No winter work. spring activity is expected as a land company pursues ownership amid local speculation of foreign investment influencing the stoppage.
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Huron
Beaver Creek
Judge Pushes Trial in Walsh Bank Case
Judge Anderson dismissed Walsh plea in abatement in the Chicago National Bank mismanagement case. Government demurred. Walsh attorneys Miller and Hamill argued improper grand jury hearing. Judge urged continued prosecution, stating further delay would be unacceptable and ordered trial to proceed.
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Anderson
United States District Court
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Walsh
Grand Jury
John S. Miller
Hamill
Steve Owens Taken To Penitentiary In Parole Violation
City Marshal John Gratzer arrested Steve Owens at his wife Libbie Riley Owens home on a charge of drawing a deadly weapon. Assistant State Agent Thomas M. Larmore then took Owens toward Michigan City for parole violation after his latest release. Owens is about 45, has a long criminal history with seven trips to state prison, and his current sentence adds seven years to serve beyond parole.
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John Gratzer
Steve Owens
Libbie Owens Riley
Steve
Assist
Monon Wins Test Suit In Indiana Railcase
Special Judge John C. Robinson directed a prompt verdict for the Monon Railroad in a $2,000 case brought by Frank Dillman. The judge ruled the railroad may run on any schedule and stop where it sees fit, and that passengers must check schedules before boarding. Joseph E. Hepley and Judge Brooks represented the railroad. Rufus H. East defended the plaintiff.
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Bloomington
Ind
John C. Robinson
Frank Dillman
Monon Railroad
Gambling devices hurried out of state from raid
Twenty five slot machines valued at 2500 and lottery paraphernalia valued at 1000 were seized nearly a year ago and stored at the New Albany police station. They were moved to Louisville on writs of replevin in Justice Thomas K. Fogle's court. Chris Mueller and John J. Rose filed suits claiming ownership. Each bond set at 50. The raid preceded by a William Jenks saloon raid.
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New Albany
Thomas K. Fogle
Louisville
Chris Mueller
John J. Rose
Charles W. Schindler
William Renn
William Jenks
Jenks
Floyd County court notes reveal acquittal and raids on lottery
Witnesses said they played the machines but Jenks was acquitted for lack of proof of ownership. A lottery outfit was raided near a saloon as the morning drawing occurred. operators fled. Rose faced charges, pleaded not guilty, and the case lingered before dismissal without indictment.
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Jenks
Rose
Louisville
Floyd
New Albany
Mueller
William Renn
Joseph Renn
Renn
Busy Sunday at the Presbyterian Church
Sunday at the Presbyterian Church featured an extra large Sunday school attendance the Men’s Club led meetings in the afternoon and evening with Pastor Birch delivering a strong message on the wage of sin. The week promises more services and continued music led by a male chorus with Miss Sanders at the organ.
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Presbyterian Church
Birch
Paul Higman
Richard Roberts
Mr. Birch
Findley
Methodist Church
A.C. Voris
Bank sues Hyatt and Rider over $10,000 loan
Seymour National Bank sues Mrs Lennie Hyatt and her father Preston Rider to recover $10,000 borrowed by Mr Rider. Rider had been heavily involved in a Seymour poultry company that failed, wiping out his fortune. He owned the Columbus Canning plant which he gave to his daughter who last week sold it to the Hope Canning Company for $25,000.
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Seymour National Bank
Lennie Hyatt
Preston Rider
Rider
Seymour
Columbus Canning Company
Hope Canning Company
Farm Horse Disappears Then Returns to Owner
W J Burch, a Bloomington area farmer, sold a horse to Underwood and Wilson of the west Sixth street livery. He borrowed the horse to ride home and planned to return it next day. The horse vanished, prompting inquiries to the livery and a nearby Scotland man, who reported the horse arrived at dawn and was later bought back by Underwood & Wilson.
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W. J. Burch
Bloomington
Unders Cod & Wilson
West Sixth Street
Scotland
Bloomfield
Underwood & Wilson
The World’s Quirky Quote Picks at Bloomington
A collage of quirky lines from the Bloomington World features odd phrases and snippets. Phrases range from humorous insults to weather chatter and campus banter, reflecting a playful snapshot of daily newspaper humor.
Memorial notice for Bedford Mason Hezekiah Conklin
Bedford Lodge No 14 mourns the death of Hezekiah Conklin aged 69 who died February 6 1907. He joined Rob Morris Lodge No 282 in 1865 and earned multiple degrees in Bedford, remembered as an active Mason. A memorial page is set to honor his service, with mourning draped hall and published notices.
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Hezekiah Conklin
Bedford Lodge No
Bedford
A. D
A. L
Rob Morris Lodge
Campbellsburg
Indiana
Royal Arch
Hacker
Royal Arch Masons
Masonry
Nesbit Thaw testimony reveals life of scandal and crime
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw described her life from childhood to Paris and marriage as she testified in the Stan ford White case. She told of White's coercion and her alcohol intoxication, and Thaw's reaction, while jurors listened to a vivid account of abuse and manipulation.
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Thaw
White
Evelyn Nesbit
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Heltonville
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Monroe County Stone Company
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South Street
William Todd
Louis Hon
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Clear Springs
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Linton Call
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Huffman’s Lake
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Ed Bennett
Farmersburg
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Laurel Bennett
Laurel
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State House
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England
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Stanford White
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