Lovers wed after rifle exhibition in Michigan
Miva Wright once a proofreader for the Evening Call in Lafayette Ind. and August J Watten of Iron Mountain Mich married after meeting during exhibitions by Wright at Winchester Firearms Co. Their wedding featured a buckskin hunting suit made by Chippewa workers.
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Jn Eattayette
Ind
Maror Miva
Alice Ansonia Wright
August J. Watten
Iron Mountain
Mich
John D. Long
Winchester Firecarme Co
Michigan
Sawmill Fire at Orleans Causes Major Loss
In Orleans Indiana on December 15 a sawmill owned by C. A. Conyers burned down at 1:30 am with 13 horses two wagons and harnesses and 1009 bushels of corn destroyed. Loss is $23,600 with no insurance. Fire origin unknown and wind helped save $1,000 worth of dry lumber.
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Orleans
Ind
C. A. Conyers
Woman Marries Colored Man Cited By Blood Oath
Washington Indiana December 15 Mrs Lou Brown white resident wed Charles Heney a colored man to obtain a license she pricked her lover’s arm and sucked his blood Bloomington Ind December 15 Subscriptions soar for Indiana University women s building over 5000 pledged Anderson Ind December 15 Willie Privett returns from Klondike minus fortune damaged health Wabash Ind December 15 city gas meters to begin February may push patrons back to wood and coal Elwood Ind December 15 two year old daughter of saloon keeper Ekier fell into a ten gallon can of sepo and was fatally burned December 15 New York Gov Moust may ask Andrew Carnegie to donate funds for aid in Indiana project Pamargem Tad December 15 Charlon F of the estates of Broa
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Washington, Ind
Lou Brown
Hee
Charles Heney
Lcense
Elwood
Ind
Peter Ekier
New York
Moust
Andrew Carnegie
Kien
Rev
Indianapolis
P Ehall
Wareaw
Pamagern
Charlon F
The
Entats
Broa Au Westoum
Desperado Kuens Believed Near Logansport Indiana
Desperate fugitive Marvin Kahne, an escaped Ohio penitentiary convict, is thought to be hiding near Logansport. A highwayman fired on Otto Briggs Sunday night three miles away. a bullet pierced Briggs’s hat but his horse fled. Homes of D A Hauk and W Routh were entered Saturday by likely the same man. Briggs suspects a second accomplice down the road. Patrols and officers with Winchesters pursue the robbers. Kahne remains at large.
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Logansport
Ind
Marvin Kahne
Ohio Penitentiary
Otto Briggs
Briggs
D. A. Hauk
W. Routh
Man Finds Remains of Colored Child in City Basin
Lafayette Indiana December 17 Charles Biddle city worker cleaning a catch basin at Salem and 15th streets reported a dream of finding a murdered child. He descended into an open basin and discovered the remains of a fully developed colored child with the side of the head crushed.
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Lafayette
Ind
Charles Biddle
Biddle
Salem
15Th Streets
Killer and Victim in Flint Gliss Factory Fight
Lem Skinner struck Milton Rutter with an iron ladle during a Saturday afternoon quarrel at the Diamond flint gliss factory in Hartford City Indiana. Rutter died from the head injury Sunday morning. Skinner fled but was captured Saturday night at Matthews and jailed here.
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Hartford City
Ind
Dee
Lem Skinner
Milton Rutter
Skinner
Rutter
Matthews
Religious wave prompts Elkhart courtroom services
A wave of religious revivalism linked to Rev. Dr. Chapman from New York leads the Elkhart police board to start Sunday evening services in the city court room next to the central station from 6 30 to 7. Firemen may attend, and the public is welcome. Rev. M B Townsend will lead the first service with other local preachers to join in future. The board acted unanimously and said the idea came from local voices.
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Elkhart
Ind
Dea
Chapman
New York
City Court
Central Station
M. B. Townsend
Escaped convict Kuhns linked to Warsaw horse theft
Albion Indiana December 14 Marvin Kuhns an escaped convict from Columbia prison left town Saturday morning toward Warsaw It is believed he stole a team of horses at Warsaw and exchanged gunfire with Logansport officers He reportedly returned to Cherubus Whitley County had wounds dressed and may hide in Green township Noble County Sheriff Bell leads a posse determined to capture him dead or alive
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Albion
Ind
Marvin Kuhns
Columbia (D
Warsaw
Logansport
Kuhns
Cherubus
Whitley County
Green Township
Bell
Noble County
Turbulent Indiana divorces and court fights headline Indiana items
A La Porte court hears a sensational divorce complaint by Mary C. Albertson alleging her husband offered to sell her for $2 and that Dennis paid $2. she claims Dennis became her housekeeper after. A Porter county jury awards Dr. Claude H. Thompson $10,000 in his suit against Maurice Lowenstine over alleged alienation of his wife. Franciscan Sisters celebrate 25 years with regional prelates attending. Indiana seeks a receiver for the Order of Chosen Friends. A diamond found on a sidewalk is valued at about $200 by a jeweler. A golden eagle exhibit is displayed in Reckville. A six year old drowns after falling into a stream in New Albany. The Touker Mutual Casualty Co. updates Mrs. Mary Hotera’s affairs in South Bend.
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Taporte
Ind
Laporte
Mary C. Albertson
Michigan City
Wm. Dennis
Albertson
Dennis
Addit
Porter County Superior Court
Claude H. Thompson
Athens
Maurice Lowenstine
Valparaiso
Harry B. Tutti
Thompson
Lowenstine
Lima
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