Indian prisoner robs guard and escapes in Indianapolis
July 6 Indiana item reports Fred Whitefield an Indian escapes from county jail after wresting a revolver from guard Ben Norse. Matron Liszie Whiteman aided pursuit. Norse exposed with hands high, Whiteman struck and Whitefield fled. Also notes anti imperialist convention in Indianapolis set for August 15 and 16 with leaders including Cochran Boutwell Spaulding Schurz Carnegie.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Fred Whitefield
Ben Norse
Liszie Whiteman
Woman’s Department
Whitefield
Norse
Mina Whiteman
American Anti-Imperialist League
Bourke Cochran
New York
Boutwell
Massachusetts
Bishop Spaulding
Peoria
Carl Schurz
Andrew Carnegie
League
William A. Mize
Chicago
Will Wood Married After Newport Pearl Bryan Case
Will F. Wood eloped with Blanche Daily in Danville Illinois after leaving Lebanon Indiana. The couple wed Tuesday night and planned to move to Lansing. Wood gained notoriety from the Pearl Bryan murder case at Newport Kentucky in 1896 and later served in the navy after the Jackson and Walling executions.
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Lebanon
Ind
Will F. Wood
Pearl Bryan
Newport
Blanche
State A. C. Daily
Wood
Lansing
Mich
Danville
Ill
Miss Daily
Santiago
Will Wood
Bryans
Scott Jackson
Cincinnati
Jackson
Walling
Navy
Two men in Indiana charged in July 4 murder
Oliver Tomason was arrested in Mitchell charged with the murder of Frank Lautz near Bedford. Lautz was found dead with throat cut and two bullet wounds. Tomason held in Salem amid fears of a lynching. A second man, John Gaines, was arrested in Bedford for Lautz’s slaying and sent to Jeffersonville for safety. A $250 reward was offered for killers. Others implicated to be arrested.
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Kokomo
Ind
Hattie Malesh
Mike O’donnell
Pearl Hosier
Warraste
Malosh
Martin
Bedford
Meckstone
John Gaines
Frank Luutz
Jeffersonville
Gas main failure and fires blot Muncie arrests
A gas main owned by Indianapolis Gas Co. ruptured near Fall Creek, igniting a train’s engine and sending a 40 foot flame skyward as cars passed unharmed except for a severely scorched brakeman. In South Bend, J W Morrison, tied to a fatal June blaze, was arrested for murder by arson. In Muncie, Cyrus Laughlin died after a straw bed ignite trapped him. jail receivership appointed for Enterprise Store Co. assets.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Gas Co
Fallcreek
Monon
Local Notes From Garrison Creek and Vicinity
J M Custer and wife visited T J Custer whose health is badly impaired. Thomas Meek plans to buy a corn shredder this season and already owns a corn cutter clover harvester and threshing machine. Ebba Stam sold one hundred beech trees for 65 dollars to Connersville buyers. Will Matney, road boss in Columbia Township third district, starts clover hay work Monday. Epic Burgoyne excels with the hoe against weeds and vines.
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J.M. Custer
T. J. Custer
Thomas Meek
Tom
Ben Stevens
Frank Stevens
J. D. Revalee
Connersville
Will Matney
Columbia
Abner Stevens
Charley Stevens
Rushville
Frank Burgoyne
Strate Capital
F. M. Webb
Laurel
Hen. K. Burgoyne
Suney
Carter Farington
Ebba Stam
D. Hevalee
Clifford Stevena
Will
Epic Burgoyne
Pittsburg Pillows Smother Auburn Carpenter Found Dead
A Garrett contractor Harry Smith was found dead in bed with his head buried in pillows after his wife failed to wake him. In Evansville Ida Bradford aged eight died after morphine mistaken as quinine and a physician confirmed morphine administration. Iron Works to Resume in Muncey with 600 men returning to Midland steel. James Wolfe of Georgetown killed by Air Line freight train while crossing tracks. Frank Summers of South End killed stepping on wrong way while recovering his hat. South Carolina recognizes a diver granted in another state.
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Muncie
Seattle
Wash
Logansport
Ind
Dyke Minthorn
Gene Ford
Chicago
Minthorn
Ford
Laporte
Earl Bunton
Auburn
Harry Smith
Garrett
New Albany
James Wolfe
Georgetown
This County
South End
Frank Summers
Free Boschee's German Syrup Sample Offered at McKenaa & Ashworths
An ad offers any adult with cold chest or lung troubles a free sample bottle of Boschee's German Syrup at McKenaa & Ashworths. Limit one bottle per person, and no freebies to unaccompanied children. Claim highlights century‑long sales and physician endorsement. Sold by dealers worldwide.
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McKenaa & Ashworths
Boschee
Boachee
Major's Cement Promises Superior Quality and High Prices
An old advertisement extols Major's Cement claiming top materials justify high costs. It criticizes rival cements as cheap glue diluted with water or acids, touts a monthly advertising spend and urges replacements by Major's Rubber and Leather Cements.
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Major
New York
Lts
Isid
Wkely Co
Untitled fragment hints at Missouri Wabash notes
Fragmentary text mentions Mo. Wabash and a night event with chairs and individuals named between incomplete phrases.
Wannamaker Serves as Sire for Noted Racehorses and Speed
Wannamaker, a stallion described as a full brother to Rob and to Jennie Cobb, has sired multiple speed progeny including Money Maker, Verne, Fairview Bell, Lulu May, and Robby P. Bred by Charles Caffrey 1043, out of Julia by Happy Medium 400, Wannamaker is praised for extreme speed and solid conformation. He stands for the season at a farm 3 miles southwest of Connerville at a low fee of.
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Money Maker
Verne
Fairview Bell
Lulu May
Wannamaker
Charles Caffrey
Robby P
Giles Noyes
the Wizzard
Gus Fellows
Julia
Happy Medium
Maxie Cobb
Jennie Cobb
Willie Houston
Connereville
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Logansaport
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Rowley
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Ossian
Harry 0. McGowan
Louisville
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George Sarr
Vincennes
Wm. Sager
Freelandville
Badgar M. Cole
Knightstown
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Windsor
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Oxford
Cincinnati Water Works
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New Haven
Henry Wade Rogers
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Yale University
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Turkey
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Morrison
Cyrus
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Charles H. Church
Delaware County National Bank
Enterprise Store Co
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Titus, Herman
Robert Hut‘gel
B. A. Casmire
Nervita Medical Co
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Opera Drug
Garrison Creek
Soce of the Courier
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Ida Bradford
Munele
Midland Steel Works
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Secksen
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Opera Drug Store
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Suick
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