Impressions from Colorado Springs by E M Rinear
In Alta Vista parlors 6000 feet up Pike's Peak Avenue Colorado Springs the writer notes the Antlers Hotel park views and the snow capped peak. He recalls Helen Hunt Jackson Ramona and Cheyenne Mountain Seven Falls. Governor Peabody’s renomination by Republicans is reported with Derby Parker electoral hope.
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Alta Vista
Sea Levve
Cnascade Avenue
Great Antlers Hotel
Pike’s Peak Avenue
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Pike's Peak Mountain
Copper Peak
Denver
Helen Hunt Jackson
Ramona
Cheyenne Mountain
Peabody
Parker
Pension Roll Sees Deaths Top New Grants in Year
A Washington report shows more deaths than pensions granted in the year ended June 3, with new names added to the pension roll slightly fewer than those dropped. The finding marks the first time since the Civil War that deaths surpass new pension grants.
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Washington
Col Brown Reports On Boll Weevil Battle Plan
Col Isaac W Brown, sent by Miss Helen Gould to Texas, returned to New York after four days south of Dallas. He found little progress toward a bird based remedy and said studying the boll weevil would require six months of field observation to compare bird populations and pest impact.
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Isaac W. Brown
Texas
Helen Gould
New York
Mexico
Colonel Brown
Lightning Strikes Kill Cow and Calf in Open Field
Sunday’s storm produced thunder and lightning across the area. Philip Miller found his cow and calf dead in a Jefferson township field, struck by lightning despite being far from any tree. Telephones suffered minor outages but soon recovered.
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Philip Miller
Jefferson Township
Marriage License Report for James Gibson and Phoee Mossy
Notice records James Lewis Gibson and Miss Phoee Mossy obtaining a marriage license. Also a local millinery ad notes fall hats cleaned at the millinery store with remarks about waists gloves and fashionable items.
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James Lewis Gibson
Phoee Mossy
K. O. Bly
Royal Tailors to give away ten cars at World’s Fair
The Royal Tailors announce a nationwide contest awarding ten automobiles as prizes to customers who estimate the total paid attendance at the World's Fair in St Louis. Ten prizes total 14500 dollars, including a 4000 dollar Peerless Touring Car and nine other cars priced from 3000 down to 650.
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Twelfth Street
Michigan Avenue
Royal Tailors
St. Louis
United States
Divorce Day in Court Highlights Constant Courtroom Breakups
The circuit court opened with divorce cases as Louisa Runkle won a decree against Lawrence Runkle with two years no marriage and custody of their child. Amanda Miller dismissed her suit against Thomas Miller after agreeing to pay accrued costs. Discarded cases included Mrs. Walter Burgess for nonpayment of prior costs leading to dismissal. A new suit arose from Lemley T. Swaim against Arthur Bretlinger and George W. Drumm on a note.
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Louisa Runkle
Lawrence Runkle
Lawrence
Amanda Miller
Thos. Miller
State Crop Report Notes Rain and Varied Yields Across State
The report details widespread rain relief and drought impacts. Corn ripening well but slower than hoped, with risk to late September to October harvest. Somelow temperatures and yields. potatoes, onions, cucumbers and grapes show strong outputs in places while tomatoes rot in some areas. Wheat plowing slowed by drought but rain may help. overall fruit and produce vary by county.
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Wis
Married at Parsonage unites Judge Price and Miss Lucy Thomas
Judgen W. Price and Miss Lucy Thomas were married by Rev. L. A. Beeks Sunday evening. They will live at Henry Fritz’s on Wabash street while preparing a home. Price is a meat market operator at City Meat Market on South Main. Thomas is the daughter of James Thomas of Keystone.
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Judgen W. Price
Lucy Thomas
L. A. Beeks
Henry Fritz
Wabash Street
Mr. Price
Miss Thomas
James Thomas
Keystone
Price
South Main Street
Montpelier
Bluffton
Special Session Set to Address Little River Ditch
A special session of the commissioners will be called for September 24 to take action on the Little River ditch. A set of viewers will have to be appointed by Walls county board.
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Little River Ditch
Walls County
Miller Family Reunion Honors Mrs Esther Miller
In Fort Wayne a large Miller family reunion celebrated Mrs Esther Miller's 70th birthday at her home. About fifteen children and grandchildren attended from the city, with Dan Volmer and family T. J. McDowell and family and Aro Lee among the local attendees.
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Esther Miller
Fort Wayne
T Nore
Dan Volmer
T. J. McDowell
Aro Lee
Wittebort Attny Contests Divorce Suit Details
John A. Remy, attorney for Leopold F. Wittebort, objects to the Grant Superior Court filing describing the case as a divorce. The petition depicts an annulment plan though no divorce is asked, noting November 3 1897 license, later abandonment, priest’s return error, and a 1904 marriage to Grace Mason that was never dissolved. The Hartford City Times reports the case, with witnesses and court records awaiting full disclosure.
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John A. Remy
Leopold F. Wittebort
Wittebort
Grant Superior Court
Marion News-Tribune
Times
Remy
Grace Mason
Hartford City
News-Tribune
Father Dhe
Augusta Wittebort
Grace Magon
Wittehort
Hartford City Times
Prohibitionists Complain of Local Advertising Failures
State prohibition chairman C E Newlin blasts local workers for poor coordination and unpaid express charges hindering campaign efforts. He cites Mizabethtown and Elizabethtown where posters sat unsigned and no volunteers turned up, inflating costs and reducing turnout.
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C. E. Newlin
Governor’s Party
The
Phalanx
State Committee
Mizabethtown
Elizabethtown
Case Dismissed In Malicious Trespass Ruling
State versus Harry Barber ended Monday morning with the case dismissed after a motion to quash the indictment was overruled. Wm Abshire testified as prosecuting witness alleging Barber unlawfully entered his land and pastured his horse on growing grass valued at ten dollars. The defense argued insufficient proof of damage and the case was dismissed on a technicality.
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Walbert
Harry Barber
Wm. Abshire
Barber
Abshire
A. G. Emshwiler
Jim Lynch and Gang Move to Parker City for Trench Work
Jim Lynch and his men, active in a county ditch project, left Wednesday for Parker City to trench ten miles of pipeline. Lynch, a master mechanic, will camp nearby during the job as his crew travels in a covered wagon.
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Jim Lynch
Parker City
Mr. Lynch
Jim
Was warrant forged in such a school dispute case
A circuit court case filed Friday pits Manson A. Johnson against Garrison School Township and trustee Matt Ashbaucher over a $50 account for school supplies. Johnson claims two township warrants signed by Ashbaucher were issued as payment and not honored. Ashbaucher has branded the warrants forgeries, while Johnson contends the goods were ordered and delivered. The case, tied to Johnson’s prior notoriety with trustees, hinges on whether the warrants are forged, with broader implications for the township’s finances and school affairs.
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Manson A. Johnson
Garrison
Matt Ashbauecker
Johnson
Ashbancher
Ashbaucher
Walbert Case Continued In Arkansas Rail Injury Suit
Elmer Walbert of Bluffton sues a Southern railroad for damages after a train strike a year ago last March left him unable to work. Original claim of 10090 reduced to about 2000 under state law. Trial delayed as the court meets only in February and August, continuance granted to February term.
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G. E. Fulton
St. Louis
Paragould
Alb
Elmer Walbert
Bluffton
Southern Railroads
Walbert
Arkansas
Railyoad
Parlor City Oil plans stock sale and soon drilling
The Parlor City Oil company formed by local capitalists held a Monday meeting with County Treasurer Amos G. Kling to prepare stock sales and organize a investor trip to a Muncie lease. They have not drilled yet, aiming to start a well by October if funds are raised.
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Parlor City Oil Company
Amos G. Kling
Muncie
Notice to Hunters Pay For Licenses After October First
The commissioner of fisheries and game T Sweeney in Columbus Indiana reminds hunters it is illegal to be in fields with dog and shotgun after October 1 without a license. Licenses expire after one year. old licenses may be renewed by returning the old and enclosing one dollar plus an application. Blank applications are available free upon request.
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T. Sweeney
Commissioner of Fisheries and Game
Columbus
Ind
Farewell party for Williamses before Frankfort departure
Friday attendees at Smoky Row home gathered for mince pie feast and a taffy pull in a sendoff for Mr. and Mrs. Williams who soon depart for Frankfort. The group included Gertrude Phillips Cora Hitchcock Ver tle Little Dora Baltzell Ella Powers Nina Powers Lena Shafer Katie Shafer Hazel Cotton Chas Baltzell Orville Zimmer A J Holderman Lawrence Fair Charles Berio Charles Burkett and others. Mr and Mrs Fred Kain Mr and Mrs Law Bender ee Vordee also joined.
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Lawrence’ Fair
Charles Berio
Charles Burkett
Fred Kain
Law‘Bender
Ee Vordee
Noted figure at Portland in sympathy with condemned son
William Terrell, elderly Randolph county minister and father of John W. Terrell, attends the Portland Christian conference. John W. Terrell was convicted last December of murdering Melvin Wolfe. The father, eighty, feeble yet mentally sharp, supported his son during the case, using an ear trumpet to testify due to deafness.
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William Terrell
Randolph County
John W. Terrell
Buttten
Melvin Wolfe
Hilly
Mills Corner
Portland Commercial Review
Terrell
Insurance covers loss in Oakley damages suit
J. W. Goodyear and A. B. Cline face a $10,000 civil suit by a former employee in Oakley. Fidelity and Casualty Co. insures all such losses and already has an attorney ready to defend. If a judgment is awarded, the insurer pays costs. the mill company may offer an attorney to assist but is not required.
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J. W. Goodyear
A. B. Cline
Oakley
Fidelity and Casualty Company
Ockley
Imsurance Company
Goodyear
Young Girl Fractures Two Arms In Barn Fall
Thirteen year old Miss Robinson fell eleven feet from a mow hole to a barn floor injuring both arms above the wrists. Dr. G. E. Fulton treated the patient and reduced the fractures. She showed improvement by Tuesday and was relieved from intense pain with aplates administered.
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G. EB. Fulton
John Robinson
Miss Robinson
Circuit Court Notes on Attachments and Foreclosures
A petition by Thomas Waterson and George A. Welsh led to an attachment to sell attached goods to satisfy a judgment yesterday. James A. Pace sues The Commercial & Gas Company to foreclose a mechanic’s lien for work done, with Homer Baumgardner and EB A.W represented by Hamilton and Brown in a separate contract dispute referencing misrepresentation and document terms.
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Thomas Waterson
George A. Welsh
James A. Pace
The
Commercial & Gas. Company
E.1
Homer Baumgardner
EB. A.W
Sait
Hamilton and Brown
Dropped From Church Over Elements of Scandal
Rev Ellis of Richmond, once a state sensation for an element with a young woman, has been dropped from the church by executive action. He remains in his wife’s good graces, who still professes to love him after his alleged misdeeds.
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Ellis
Richmond
Theft of Three Hundred Pounds of Mite Reported in Celina
Word reached Celina of a theft involving three hundred pounds of mite from a local area last night. Authorities worry the quantity could be used for explosive purposes, hinting at possible threats tied to an attempt to blow up a bulkhead. The incident raises security concerns in this rural region.
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Celina
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Colorado Spring
Colo
Col. Brown
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Portland
Circuit Court Notes
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