Skeleton of man found on Bettermann farm near Indianapolis
Coroner investigates a nine mile east of Indianapolis discovery of a skeletal remains with a revolver in hand and a bullet hole in the temple. The head is detached and no identifying papers are found. A Hungarian laborer reported the scene to the foreman.
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Indianapolis
Bettermann Farm
Durham
Walter F. Kelly
Pete George
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
George
David Paxton
Typhoid Deaths Forecast For Indiana
Dr J N Hurty state health commissioner warns Indiana could see about 500 typhoid deaths from now to December 31 based on state health board statistics. He mailed a bulletin statewide urging precautions and sanitary measures to curb the disease and its deadly fly.
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Indiana
J. N. Hurty
Health Board
State Health Board
Social News From Boston Bedford And Bloomington
Miss Margaret Gooch of Boston visits Miss Virginia Crawford for a picnic at the caves next Saturday with Bedford and Mitch ell young ladies in attendance. Mrs Richard Shaw and Mrs Jack Chenault of Detroit visit their relatives in town. Mr and Mrs Frank Holland move back to the city after illness. Mr and Mrs Isaac Batman and daughter and Mr and Mrs Robert Miler of Bloomington visit relatives here. The Fowdens travel to Denver to visit their son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Gooch
Boston
Virginia Crawford
Richard Shaw
Jack Chenault
Detroit, Mich
M. J. Marley
Frank Holland
Leesville
Holland
Isaac Batman
Robert Miler
Bloomington
Frank Dunn
William Barr
Green township muddle under state examination in Grant County
Walter G. Owen, field examiner for the state board of accounts, testified today on his role in the muddle in Green township Grant County amid examinations of township accounts. Deputy examiners Boltz and Butler planned to go to Fairmount to probe the situation by governor order. Alleged coal shipment discrepancies for township schools are central with trustee Harvey Mccaskey accused of diverting coal, paying from private funds, and selling surplus. The issue sparked debate between field examiners and residents, and a third special examination is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter G. Owen
State Board of Accounts
Green Township
Grant County
Boltz
Butler
Fairmount
Harvey M. MecCaskey
State Board
Indianapolis News
Thrilling Narrow Escapes At Monon Station
Waiting passengers at Monon Station faced two close calls in minutes as a boy on the house track barely dodged an approaching switch engine and a brakeman stumbling in front of moving cars almost fell under them but regained his footing. Guy Rutherford alerted bystanders and shouted to warn both.
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Monon
Guy Rutherford
Disappearance of Hurshel Lucas and wife sparks search
Sheriffs and police chiefs in several states are alerted to locate Hurshel Lucas and Eva Lucas who vanished from their Brownstown area home August 19. They were last seen boarding a C. T. H. S. E. train in Kurtz and disembarking in Terre Haute. Descriptions include Hurshel, 5'6" tall, blue eyes, light hair, 150 pounds, wearing a light striped suit and brown hat. Eva, 5'8" tall, 130 pounds, black skirt white blouse straw hat with flowers. A reward is offered for information.
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Ben
Hurshel
Luncas
Eva Lucas
Brwonstown
Lucas
Joel Lucas
Harshel Lucas
Kurtz
Terre Haute
Wilson
Indiana
Brownstown
Seymour
Bloomington and Seymour Enrollment Rise for Fall Term
Bloomington reports 1395 students enrolled across all grades starting the fall semester with 395 in the high school. Seymour public schools count 1057 pupils on the first morning, including 186 in high school and 361 in Shields building grades, with crowded rooms noted at multiple sites and 59 primary pupils at Shields.
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Bloomington
Supt
H. L. Smith
Seymour ‘Public
Shields
Park Building
Third Ward
Laurel Street
Lynn Street
State Board Plans Large Scale Reforestation Project
The state forestry board will plant about fifty acres at the state forest reserve near Wenryville with red and white oaks sycamore catalpa black locust and nut bearing trees this fall. An agreement with Martin county commissioners assigns board supervision to aid hillside reforestation. Additional planting is planned for next spring if approved. State Forester Deam says about five thousand copies of the annual report have been issued to teachers requesting copies for classroom use.
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State Board of Forestry
Wenryville
State Board
Martin County
Deam
Bloomington to host street car carnival in September weeks
Bloomington plans a three day street car carnival run by the Commercial Club in the last week of September. The 23d regiment of the U S infantry will march from Fort Benjamin Harrison to French Lick and camp for two days, offering exhibition drills. Free shows on the public square are planned along with airship program promises from local merchants.
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Bloomington
Commercial Club
U. S. Infantry
Fort Benjamin Harrison
French Lick
West Baden Schools Up To Date With Manual Training
The West Baden schools advance with a new department of Manual Training Domestic Science this year. Equipment includes steel adjustable benches, rapid acting vices, and full tool sets for boys, while girls receive modern white enamel tables, cabinets, and sewing benches. A Purdue University trained instructor leads courses in mechanical drawing, wood work, cooking and sewing as floor space and plumbing work progress.
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West Baden
Purdue University
Typhoid and illness spread in local notices
Donella on North street suffers typhoid. Mrs Rutherford on East Second street and her guest Miss Dav is of Lafayette visited Bedford with the Rutherford couple. Mrs Capshaw and children on West 7th street return from Bedford to Bloomington World. Mrs Bowen on North 8 street is seriously ill with flux. Born Monday to Capt Otis Schnarr a son. Harry Campbell on Breckenridge road is ill. Lawrence Graves, once ill with typhoid, is now able to be out. Born Sunday to Homer Corbin on West First street a son.
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Tu. CG. Rutherford
East Second Street
Lottie Davis
Lafayette
Bedford
Guy Rutherford
Bloomington
James YD. Capshaw
West 7Th Street
Robert Gyger
Lawrence Graves
Homer Corbin
West First Street
MEN WANTED Over State Shortage of Applicants Says Bureau
Oswald Stalin of the state free employment bureau reports labor demand in Indiana exceeds supply with calls for 250 to 300 men for canneries construction warehouses steel works and rail labor. He cites extreme heat as a factor suppressing job seekers while Indianapolis and neighboring states seek workers offering good wages cheaper housing and family transport.
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Oswald Stalin
Free Employment Bureau
Statehouse
Indiana
Stalin
Indianapolis
Hammond
Indianapolis News
Remarkable Noe Nimrods Ninety Thousand Licenses Soon
George W. Miles, commissioner of fisheries and game, will send out sixty thousand hunting licenses to county clerks for distribution. Last year 54,000 licenses were issued, bringing in about $49,200 in revenue. County clerks keep ten cents of each dollar as pay. Marion County turns the entire license revenue into the state treasury.
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George W. Miles
Fisheries and Game
Marion County
Hodges Recovering After Appendicitis Operation
Miss Dora Hodges, who underwent an appendicitis operation at her home near the Judah School, is making rapid progress in recovery.
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Dora “Hodges
Judah School House
Farewell Dinner for Hospital Staff Guests in Englewood
Mr and Mrs Elijah McGinnis hosted a farewell dinner at their Englewood home for Miss Hubrick and companion as they depart for Louisville after overseeing City Hospital. Conductor Albert Pearson and Brakeman Charles Love begin vacations with travels planned to New York Chicago and other eastern points. J H Cole and Meehan replace them. Mrs Stephen Smith who spent summer here returns home with daughter Mrs Cloud Buchanan and sister Mrs Imma Parks of Martinsville.
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Elijah McGinnis
Englewood
Misses Hubrick
Louisville
City Hospital
Albert Pearson
Charles Love
French Lick Runs
Pearson
New York
Washington
Charlie
Stephen Smith
Cloud Buchanan
Martinsville
Imma Parks
Mary Stipp
Charles Stipp
Erie
Elwood
Republicans Should Rally for November Victory
A 1880 Maine election setback showed Democrats and Greenbackers weakening the GOP. The piece urges a strong Republican canvass now, citing Garfield’s victory as proof of the party’s resilience and predicting a new era of trade growth if Republicans win. It calls national and state leaders to mobilize early to secure a large November turnout.
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Maine
Garfield
Democratic House
Congress
Friends of Industrial Stability
Globe Democrat
Mrs Brown Guest of Railsbacks in St Louis Family
Mrs Brown nee Mayme Railsback of St Louis visits her father F E Railsback and other relatives.
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Mrs. Brown
Mayme Railsback
St. Louis
F. E. Railsback
Marriage License Filed for Lloyd Conley and Gladys Clark
Lloyd Conley of Mitchell marries Gladys I. Clark of Mitchell with a recorded marriage license in the local filing.
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Lloyd Conley
Mitchell
Gladys I. Clark
Dry law and political talk dot Indiana town
In a small Indiana town residents discuss a new dry law after September 4 and call the law a corrupt practice for candidates. The piece also lists residents traveling to Indianapolis and visiting relatives, including Miss Anna Mary Dye and Miss Ruth Duncan.
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Anna Mary Dye
Indianapolis
Louise Hedges
Oxford
Ohio
Indiana Mines and Quarries Output in 1909
Census figures show 1 010 operators in Indiana with 480 mines and quarries employing 31 292 people. Net value of products was 1 209 092 000 after deducting intercompany duplication. coal led with 577 142 935, petroleum and natural gas 185 416 684, and other minerals including copper iron and gold driven the rest.
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Bureau of the Census
Indiana
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Notable Local Visitors and Appointments in Springville
Mrs. Frank Vaught of West 18th Street is ill. Mrs. Campbell of Chicago visits Dr. and Mrs. A. J. McDonald on West 15th. Allie Friedman returns from New York and Atlantic City. Emmett Parks of Indianapolis stays with cousin Mrs. Cloud Buchanan on West 1%th. Miss Mariyn Johnson joins Williams Power Co. South J. Street. Prof. S. B. Inman of Highland Park to teach Springville advanced grades this season. previously taught at Williams.
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Mrs. Campbell
Chicago
A. J. McDonald
West 15Th Street
Emmett Parks
Indianapolis
Cloud Buchanan
Mariyn Johnson
The
Williams Power Co
South J. Street
S.B. Inman
Highland Park
Springville
Williams
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Marion
Hurty Dan
Samuel Fowden
Denver
Colorado
WG Owens
Monon Station
Hurshel Lucas
Columbus
Ilinois
Kansas
Ing
Otto Hae Carmi
Tflarry Donella
North Street
Fred Bowen
North 8 Street
Capt
Otis A. Schnarr
Harry Campbell
Breckenridge Road
Hodges
John
Oscar Short
Wilkie Jarvis
Ella Laforce
West 17Th Street
E. S. Evans
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Robert Harris
South I Street
Hugh Whiting
Wm. Kingman
Stanley Murray
East 15Th Street
Anna Marie Therd
J. Wallheiser
Louis Uiterbach
North I Street
J. Colonge
South K Street
Lester. Turley and Daughters
Oakland
Nebraska
Harrison Miller
Orleans
Ruth Duncan
Brazil
Frank Vaught
West 18Th Street
Allie Friedman
Atlantic City
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