Various Indiana News Bits From February 3
A roundup of local reports includes violent incidents and obituaries in Indiana. Hiram Rose was slashed in a quarrel with his son William. A child of Joseph Zach died after ingesting liver pills. David Campbell injured in a gas explosion near Muncie. Alfred Curts died from a gunshot wound during a hunting accident near Corydon. Hog marketing by A. W. Fletcher near Cartersburg. Franklin hosts the Johnson County Farmers Institute with speakers Aaron Jones and T. B. Terry. A. Clark named international transportation leader for the Baptist Young People’s Union. Sequences cover robberies, marriages, lawsuits, and local civic notes across towns including Anderson, Vincennes, Windfall, Marion, Carypos, Danville, and Muncie.
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A. W. Fletcher
Cartersburg
Johnson County
Farmer’s Institute
Franklin
Aaron Jones
South Bend
T. B. Terry
Hudson, O
Two Children Die in Kentucky Cold Snap
HyspEn Kentucky reports extreme cold causing widespread suffering. Two children froze to death last week and old people are dying. A blockade on a 55 mile road to the railroad halts supplies and merchants, with famine feared as stock and fowl perish. The Middle Fork river ice runs nine inches thick and temperatures reach fourteen below zero as mails suspend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HyspEn
Kentucky
Fire in Porter County Court House at Valparaiso
The Porter county court house in Valparaiso valued at $200,000 narrowly escaped a morning fire. At 7 o clock a blaze was found in the fireproof vault in Auditor Stinchfield's office. The vault contained the auditor's policies a county library road petitions and many valuable papers destroyed. Damage is covered by insurance from fifteen companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Leizton
Here
Wm. Leachman
Dr. Johnson
Valparaiso
Porter County
Audi
Tor
Desperate Virginian Kills Sweetheart Then Self
John Brown shot and killed his sweetheart Ellen Titsworth in Wise county Virginia in a jealous rage and then shot himself. Tom Lowe, 26, was arrested in Texas by Deputy U S Marshal on charges of having 16 living wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesborough, Ky
John Brown
Ellen Titsworth
Wise County
Brown
Tom Lowe
Texas
U. S
B. C. Birchfield
Bloodhound Trial in Indianapolis Shows Promise for Force
The Indianapolis police tested four dogs Red Cuba Libre Bernadine and another from Smith's Ohio kennel guided by Colbert Dawson and Miller. Red led the trail from Delaware Street to a saloon near the Empire Theatre with solid performances and a positive captain's report amid a crowd of about 200 onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Colbert
Dawson
Smith
Ohio
Cuba
Libre
Bernadine
Dr.Béil
Kokomo
Miller
Altey
Delaware Street
New York
Empire Theatre
Red
Cuba Libre
Indianapolis Journal
Old Joe Tells of a Pigeon Roast Night at Elbow Bend
A rural crowd at a crossroads store listens as Old Joe Thair recalls a bygone pigeon roast near Flatrock. He paints a lively scene of wartime youth, muskets, and skies darkened by flocks, ending with a vivid memory of gathering in a farm wagon at sunset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe” Thair
Joe
Flatrock
Elbow Bend
W Scott Baker Dies After Worry At Home
W Scott Baker, a well known insurance man and prominent citizen, died at his Aurora home Monday after a period of financial embarrassment and great mental strain. Doctors attributed death to excessive worry and mental excitement affecting body and brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
The
Enquirer
W. Scott Baker
Funeral for Mrs Agnes Graham set at family home
The funeral for Mrs Agnes Graham will be held at the family home on North Franklin Street Friday afternoon at a clock, conducted by Rev. F W Fraser with Rev Hood assisting. Burial will follow at Garland Brook cemetery with pallbearers John Stobo Joseph Stobo Jas Glanton Dr Francis W H Holmes and Jas Laughlin. Viewing hours Friday morning from 10 to 12. The casket will be closed during services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Graham
Franklin Street
F. W. Fraser
Hood
Garland Brook Cemetery
John Stobo
Joseph Stobo
Jas. Glanton
Dr. Francis
W.H. Holmés
Jas. Laughlin
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Crystal
John L. Bonham
Telephone
Columbus, Indiana
Fifth Street
William Anderson
Wm. Anderson
Ington and
Bell Phone
Drake
Guare AV
Columbus
Jackson
Washington ST
T. G Quick
J. A. Newton
Washington Street
J A Georges
Pittsburg
Indiana
Hiram Rose
William
Joseph Zach
Michigan City
David Campbell
Muncie
Alfred Curts
Corydon
J.D. Hamilton
Xenia,c
United Presbyterian Church
Hebron
J. N. Buchanan
A. Clark
Crawfordsville
Monon
Baptist Young People’s Union of America
Murcie
Anderson
W. R. Hathaway
Zanesville
Seyuour
Charles W. Schneck
Louis Schneck
Emeline Overman
Tipton
Joseph H. Overman
Vincennes
Ike B. Kuhn
May Kuhn
Rabbi Ryppins
Fransville
B. Kuhn & Co
Charles Dexter
Louisville Baseball Club
Evansville
Northern Indiana Normal School
Josepha
Stella Franklin
Christian Church of Anderson
India
Franklin of Bedford
Damozh
Central Province
Theodore Littinger
W. A. Littinger
Annapolis
United States Military Academy
State University
Union Box and Lumber Company
Marion
F. G. Seitz
Thomas Evans
W. H. Winnie
Carypos
Jerry Lane
H. H. Richards
First Presbyterian Church
Oxtoby
Chicago
Frank H. Hays
Princeton
Kentucky Mountains
Porter's Court House
Tor Stinchfield
Nathaniel Randall
Louisville
May Leach
Ft. Sumpter
Jim Paxton
Jim
Piceon Roost
Jes
Otto
H. L. Rost
Dunnington’s
Dunnington
White House
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