Wheat Passes Century Mark in World Markets
Duluth August 20 Wheat made a sensational rise across world markets with New York St Louis and Northwestern markets up 4 to 5 cents. Cash wheat topped 101 dollars in Duluth and 97 cents on the curb while flour costs rose to 5.05 a barrel.
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Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Duluth
Minn
Paris
Chicago
Liverpool
New York
St.Louis
Northwestern
Beerbohm
América
Minneapolis
Uffalo
Baltimore
St. Louis
Board of Trade
Dollar wheat soars as options hit six year high
Dollar wheat dominates St. Louis market with cash wheat at 1 per bushel and 5,000 bushels of May traded at 1.00. Ex-Secretary D R Francis leads in purchases while December and September options push toward dollar marks amid bullish government crop forecasts.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Brinson-Judd Grain Company
Sedgwick County
Kan
Dollar
D. R. Francis Commission Company
C. H. Albers
D. R. Frankis
Rbohm
Jloulla
Beerbohm’s
United States
Dollar Wheat Reaches Historic Level in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on August 20 dollar wheat was reached for the first time in seven years. The Chamber of Commerce erupted in celebration as miller C A Pillsbury led a band on the floor amid cheers and a wild scene of wheat flying through the air. The cheerful mood followed news of the milestone amid busy barter and exchange activity.
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Commercial Tribune
Minneapolis
Minn
Chamber of Commerce
C. A. Pills
Bury
Byrd Weds Junia Spradling in Campton
John G. Byrd brother to A F Byrd Democratic nominee for Commonwealth Attorney in this district marries Miss Junia Spradling in Campton Kentucky yesterday at noon. The couple had sought parental consent a week earlier but wed after meeting in town while the bride was there for a teaching certificate exam.
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Commercial Tribune
Campton
John G. Byrd
A. F. Byrd
Junia Spradling
Byrd
Justified Shootings In Xenia Ex Convict Case
Wm Shamblin, an ex convict, was shot by Officer Wm Charters in Xenia Ohio while resisting arrest and died from the wound the next morning. Public opinion largely supports the officer’s actions and a post mortem and inquest are planned next week with no arrest of Charters.
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Xenia
Commercial Tribune
Menia
Wm. Shamblin
Wm. Charters
Shamblin
Charters
Octogenarian Sets Bed Afire in Lunacy Inquest
In Chillicothe Ohio Henry Ackerman age 80 attempted suicide by fire igniting blankets and bed coverings. His son in law rescued him before serious harm. Minor damage resulted and an affidavit of insanity was filed today marking his second such attempt.
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Commercial Tribune
Chillicothe
Henry Ackerman
Ackerman
A Mother's Crime Denies Her Story In Infant Death Attempt
Mary B. Thompson told Commercial Tribune reporters of burying her newborn baby alive after claiming George Cottom fathered the child and arranged care. She said Cottom later urged death for the infant. he was arrested near Hume, Illinois, and denied the accusation. The baby survived and Thompson was released on bail.
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Commercial Tribune
Terre Haute
Ind
Mary B. Thompson
Danville
George Cottom
Sidell, Ill
Metcalf
Hume
Paris
Riley
Whitney as a Nimrod Will Bring Elk to Lenox Mountain Park
Special dispatch reports William C. Whitney has acquired about 12 000 acres around October Mountain near Lenox Massachusetts. He plans a private drive from Lenox Station to his summit estate and preserves the forest to foster Rocky Mountain game including buffalo elk and deer.
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Mountain
Lenox, Mass
Commercial Tribune
Lenox
Mass
William C. Whitney
October Mountain
Lenox Village
Richmond Iron Company
Lee
Becket
William P. Perry
Lenox Station
Perry Place
Whitney
Rocky Mountain
Berket
Washington
Ohio Democrats in turmoil over McConville and McLean campaign
Ulric Sloan vows statewide effort against McLean and his tickets as party factions clash. Ohio Democratic leaders McConville Myers and Hough face discontent and possible removal while editors weigh a united front to oppose McLean. Sloan aims to defeat McLean aligned tickets.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Democratic State Committee
Dan McConville
R. T. Hough
Alen O. Myers
McConville
Myers
Hough
McLean
W. H. Williams
Ohio
Democratic Press of
Ulric Sloan
Hillsboro
Hheme
Hanna
Democrats Nominate A H Ellott in Carroll Harrison District
In Scio Ohio the Carroll Harrison Democratic meeting chose Professor A H Ellott of Minerva Carroll County as their nominee after a difficult effort to secure a candidate.
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Commercial Tribune
Cadiz
Carroll-Harrison
Scio
A. H. Ellott
Minerva
Carroll County
Geiselman Named Democratic State Executive Committee Member
Hon Eli K Geiselman of Wooster Wayne County was appointed a member of the Democratic State Executive Committee in Columbus on August 2.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Eli K. Geiselman
Wooster
Wayne County
Democratic State Executive Committee
Train Robbery Charged In Alabama Case
Thos N Low of Coxville Indiana faces charges for holding up an L N train at Calera Alabama on March 9. Stole 1600 dollars an old watch and other goods from the Southern Express Company. Co defendant G W Hyatt already in Tennessee Penitentiary for a similar crime. Sheriff of this county arrested Low at Clinton. Death by hanging is the Alabama penalty for train robbery.
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Commercial Tribune
Rockville
Ind
Thos. N. Low
Coxville
Birmingham
Ala
Burns and Fisher
Calera
Southern Express Company
G. W. Hyatt
Low
Atages Companion
Tennessee
Clarksville
Tenn
Clinton
Alabama
Pennyroyal Reunion Draws Speakers From Columbus and Cleveland
In Cambridge Ohio on August 20 the eighteenth Pennyroyal reunion was held near Fairview. Prominent speakers from Columbus and Cleveland attended the event.
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Commercial Tribune
Cambridge
Fairview
This County
Columbus
Cleveland
Monument to Miss Collins in Lexington Cemetery
The May L. Collins Monument Fund holds 35.50 dollars, nearing the amount needed to erect a monument for May L. Collins of Midway who died in Boston while lecturing on free thought. The planned monument will stand in Lexington Cemetery.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
May L. Collins
Midway
Boston
Lexington Cemetery
Revered Pastor Stricken During Sermon in Lester
Rev. Geo. W. Hissey of Zanesville collapsed during a service in Lester and lost speech before losing consciousness. He was brought to Zanesville last evening and is not expected to survive for long.
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Commercial Tribune
Zanesville
Geo. W. Hissey
Lester
Balloonist Dies After 300 Foot Fall at Park
Aéronaut Walter Allerd plunged 300 feet from a balloon at Electric Park Chicago on August 21. Entangled in a guy rope he was dragged from the parachute trapeze and fell to his death before several hundred spectators. Every bone in his body was broken.
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Chicago
Walter Allerd
Electric Park
Old Slave Who Bought Freedom Dies in New York
Rev. Perry Hopkins, 75, bishop of the American African Union Methodist Church, died in New York today. A former slave who was owned by Maryland planter Robert Gamble, he bought his freedom and moved to the city forty five years ago. He preached last evening on The Mysteries of Death.
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New York
Perry Hopkins
American African Union Methodist Church
Robert Gamble
Maryland
Hunter Trial Set in Kentucky Conspiracy Case
The Franklin Circuit Court docketed the trial of Dr. Hunter ex-Congressman John H. Wilson E T Franks Noel Gaines and Thomas Tanner for alleged conspiracy to bribe. Wilson arrived and defense plans to shock the prosecution with anticipated testimony. Witnesses for the Commonwealth include Senator Clark Mrs J B Lewis Mrs Noel Gaines General Dan R Collier J W Allison and Graham Vreeland. Subpoenas issued for Governor Bradley ex Senator Blackburn and others of prominence.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Dr. Hunter
John H. Wilson
E. T. Franks
Noel Gaines
Thomas Tanner
Cantrill
Franklin Circuit
Franks
Gaines
Tanner
Hunter
Hopkins County
Commonwealth
Clark
Jackson County
J. B. Lewis
Dan R. Collier
J. W. Allison
Covington
Graham Vreeland
Louisville
Bradley
Blackburn
William Goebel
Phil Thompson
Deerwester Admits Weakness Denies Knowledge of Murder
In Bellefontaine Ohio on August 20 Lewis Deerwester, a suspect in the murder of Mr and Mrs Detrick, sat at the jail window and claimed gaps in memory. He said he learned of the killings after it happened and that he had been taken into the Detricks’ confidence.
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Commercial Tribune
Bellefontaine
Lewis Deerwester
Derrick
Deerwester
West Liberty
Detrick
Ford
Detricks
Governor Atkinson declines reward offer for Vaters capture
Charleston West Virginia August 20 Governor Atkinson said he would not offer a reward for the capture of Albert Vaters. He stated Fayette County should offer any reward and that he has no funds to pay for it.
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Commercial Tribune
Charleston
W. Va
Atkinson
Albert Vaters
Fayette County
Two Wicker Boys Drowned on White River Bathing Trip
Bedford Indiana reports John and Everett Wicker ages 10 and 14 drowned while bathing in the White River between Leesville and Ft Ritner ten miles southeast of Bedford. Relatives in Bedford have traveled to help search for the bodies.
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Commercial Tribune
Bedford
Ind
John
Everett Wicker
White River
Leesville
Ft. Ritner
Butler man arrested in stamp cancellation ring
Lagrange Indiana reports H R Simmons of Butler arrested at Cold Water on charges of using canceled stamps. The department says canceled stamps scheme costs the public about 1 million dollars annually.
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Commercial Tribune
Lagrange
Ind
H. R. Simmons
Butler
Woman Sets Barn Fire and Kills Herself Near Millington
Miss Mary Freeman, about 40, recently discharged from Pontiac Insane Asylum, locked a barn door and set the barn ablaze four miles east of Millington Michigan. She climbed a haystack after starting the fire. rescuers arrived too late.
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Commercial Tribune
Millington
Mich
Mary Freeman
Pontiac Insane Asylum
Here
Another Airship Winged Machine Under Construction
Richmond Ind August 20 Prof John Co Baldwin of Wayne County announced in Chicago a new airship project. He has spent years in balloon ascents and now builds an elliptical craft buoyed by 5000 cubic feet of gas with gas motors on both sides. Three wings will open and close rapidly and provide a large surface for support with minimal resistance.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Ind
John Co. Baldwin
Wayne
Chicago
Wreck at Lima Junction Kills and Injures Many
A night crash at the Lima Junction involving a Lake Erie freight and a Lima Northern excursion train injures many, mostly women and children, with Mrs. George Coe fatally crushed and several others seriously hurt. Authorities note no watchman at the crossing and blame the high speed freight for the collision. Relief trains rush to the scene as physicians treat the injured.
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Lima
Ohio
Lima Northern
Lake Erie and Western
Lake Erie
Toledo
Murray
Scanlon
Hal
Lac Erie
Hartman
Wm. McClelland
E. W. Hiner
Detroit & Lima Northern
L. N
T. EB. Davis
ELOPING HUSBAND ABSCONDS WITH YOUTHFUL COMPANION
Mrs. John W. Lindemude seeks her husband who fled Fairfield area with a 15 year old girl. The 38 year old farmer took about 500 dollars and vanished by buggy at night, heading toward Indiana. Neighbor Mrs Rep Logoal's daughter accompanied him.
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Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
TON. O
John W. Lee
Fairfield
Greene County
Lindemude
Llandemude
Bloodhounds Trace Seiners Arresting Law Violators
Indiana Fish Commissioner Welty returned from the Upper Wildcat with twenty six violators of fish laws arrested near Jerome Dam. Dynamite and spines were used to destroy fish. Rev. Isaac Newhouse Rev. James Veal Elmer Newhouse Sherman Lancaster and Frank Sanders were taken into custody, with the Newhouses and Lancaster fined $35 each. Bloodhounds are used in pursuing violators.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
Welty
Wildcat
Jerome Dam
Isaac Newhouse
James Veal
Elmer Newhouse
Sherman Lancaster
Reedy Sentenced 21 Years for Killing Walter Bird
In Williamsburg Circuit Court James Reedy was given twenty one years in the penitentiary for the murder of Walter Bird. The shooting followed a church confrontation after Walter tried to intervene in a quarrel sparked by Reedy kicking a young woman. Bird died instantly.
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Commercial Tribune
Williamsburg
James Reedy
Walter Bird
Bird
Luther
Reedy
Luther Bird
Walter
Moonshiner and Bride Tie Knot Under Gun Threat
In Jeffersonville Indiana a moonshiner and his bride entered Judge John House office with two revolvers and a Gatling gun style weapon. He asked for a private room to elope and later secured a marriage license. The couple from Green County stated they would shoot if Louisville officers threatened them. The judge and family were frightened but completed the marriage.
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Commercial Tribune
Jeffersonville
Ind
John House
John W. Marshall
Patsy Parrett
Louisville
Green County
Paralyzed Wife Triggers Third Jessup Divorce Suit
Princeton Indiana report: William Jessup, wealthy resident, secures divorce from his young wife in his third suit in two years. A month prior, Mrs Jessup allegedly assaulted him on the street, leaving him with paralysis on the left side. Alimony denied.
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Commercial Tribune
Princeton
Ind
William Jessup
Frost Hits Michigan Fields in Summer Chill
Frost blanketed Michigan and parts of Indiana with temperatures lowering to the mid forties. Washtenaw and Jackson counties reported severe frosts risking beans buckwheat and corn, while Metamora in Lapeer County saw cabbage leaves frozen together and thin ice in lowlands. South Bend also logged a heavy frost across the county.
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Commercial Tribune
Detroit
Mich
Weather Bureau
Washtenaw County
Niles
Jackson County
Lapeer County
Metamora
South Bend
Ind
Frosts Nod to Corn crop Near Valparaiso Reported
Valparaiso Indiana farmers report heavy frosts across the county last night with several areas indicating corn injury.
Suspects Held on Robbery Charge Tied to Hinshaw Murder
Sheriff Shufleton returns with Noah Baney and Guy Van Tassel to Indianapolis from Michigan City. They face robbery charges from three years prior and are jailed until September then to Danville for Hendricks County Grand Jury action. Van Tassel denies knowledge of the murder while Baney’s confession looms. Attorney Parker says new evidence will prove the killers beyond doubt.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Shuffelton
Michigan City
Noah Baney
Guy van Tassel
Hinshaw
van Tassel
Baney
Parker
Hunter a Deceiver: Bigamy Arrest in Middletown
Special Dispatch reports Mrs. William C. Hunter of Chicago secured a warrant for her husband’s arrest on bigamy. Police nabbed Hunter on South Baltimore Street after locating him with his second wife and four month old child. He claims his first wife was dead. two wives vow to prosecute. The case may move to Hartford City for prosecution.
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Commercial Tribune
Middletown
Willam C. Hunter
Chicago
Emery
South
Baltimore Street
Hunter
May Martin
Kenosha
Wis
Hartford City
Ind
Belhama Randolph
Captain A J Howard dies a Hoosier political giant
Captain A J Howard longtime Warden of the State Prison South and prominent Indiana politician died at his Jeffersonville home. Born October 30, 1834, he once led an armed force to move convicts inside prison walls prompting state officials and militia response. The convicts never worked outside again.
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Commercial Tribune
Jeffersonville
Ind
A. J. Howard
State Prison
South
Hoosier State
Indianapolis Furniture Dealers Plan Region Convention
The Indianapolis Retail Furniture Dealers Association voted to hold a convention on Wednesday September 1 and extend invites to furniture dealers within 150 miles including outside dealers to join the organization.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Retail Furniture Dealers’ Association
Sensational Elopement Under a Bridge Near Jeffersonville
In Clark County Indiana, July 2 Amos G. Coombs and Mary G. West from prominent families married by Squire John House near a bridge over the river. The event, witnessed by local and regional figures, stirred talk as the bride’s father presided over or supported the spectacle amid horse interests active in St. Louis.
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Commercial Tribune
Jeffersonville
Ind
Amos G. Coombs
Mary G. West
Clark County
John House
Pres- G. West
St. Louis
Stewartsville Fire Nearly Wipes Posey County Town
Evansville Aug 2 Fire in Stewartsville Posey County near Evansville destroyed every business house and several dwellings and barns. The blaze started in Guilbert's drug store and is believed incendiary as residents organized bucket brigades since the town has no fire department.
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Commercial Tribune
Evansville
Ind
Stewartsville
Posey County
Guilbert
Large dog Attacks Two-Year-Old Near Metz
Butler Indiana reports a large dog bit the two year old son of Benjamin L Ruff a farmer living near Metz last evening. Doctors say no hopes for recovery.
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Commercial Tribune
Butler
Ind
Benj. L. Ruff
Metz
Labor Unions Call and West Virginia Strike Tactics
The National Executive Board of the United Mine Workers calls a labor conference in St Louis for August 30 to pursue arbitration only if all operators in Ohio Indiana Illinois West Virginia and Pennsylvania join. The push aims to broaden the strike amid injunctions and police enforcement, with Gompers and Sovereign backing the effort as a defense of civil liberties and workers rights.
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National Executive Board
United Mine Workers Today
Conference of Organized Labor
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
J. R. Sovereign
Knights of Labor
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