Lion Tamer’s Narrow Escape in Indianapolis Arena
Capt. Jack Bonavita, a lion trainer, faced a dangerous incident during a seven-lion act in Indianapolis. His lion Denver, a male, fatally attacked two men earlier, and during the performance the animal struck Bonavita with claws and teeth. Bonavita fought back with a whip, the orchestra calmed briefly, and he finally escaped through a door after subduing the animal.
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Jack” Bonavita
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al- Tea
Dever
Capt
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Rural Free Delivery to Begin in Several Indiana Towns
Washington October 12 rural free delivery will start October 15 in listed Indiana towns including Fairmount Grant county and North Manchester Wabash county with route lengths and carriers named. Other items note local arrests reports indictments and a strike affecting Indianapolis area workers.
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Fairmount
Grant County
Carcier
Jacob Dane
Galveston
Cass County
W. C. Odin
Toe Otties
Devo
Crittenden
Wuntington
Hretineten
Emnaty
J. Mi Roya
Robert Tyson
DAL Fishes
D.ale
James
Adam Anglemayer
North
Manchester
Wabash County
Tsuge Lowry
G. N. Shively
Ditch Crashes Freight Train Kills Horses and Burns Cars
An Evansville Terre Haute south bound freight wrecked near Purcell seven miles south of Vincennes Indiana after striking a cow. The collision threw the engine into a ditch and burned 18 cars including two race horses. One horse died in the fire. another was shot after a broken leg. Three men were seriously hurt and one missing. Engineer and fireman escaped. Nearby, William J. Musberry, president of a railroad land company, was found wandering, suffering from a mental lapse.
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Vincennes
Ind
Evansvile
Evansville
I M.C
Foursa
William Dock
Thomas Purteht
Richmond
James Astep
New Harmony
Tragic Accident At Gas Co Station South Of Red Key
Leslie Tiggins was instantly killed at the Ohio Indiana Gas Co station one mile south of Red Key while oiling machinery. His coat caught on a fly wheel dial and he was carried around the wheel, his body beaten into an unrecognizable mass. He recently moved from Leicester and was the station’s new engineer.
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Muneh
Ind
Leslie Tiggins
Mysterious Claimarises Over Mrs Cramer's Estate
A strange case follows the death of Mrs Hattie Cramer near Fort Wayne Indiana as Daniel E McKenzie a farm hand claims to be her husband and seek letters of administration He says they married in 1898 at Indianapolis and presents a certificate Relatives hire attorney W G Colerick to contest the matter while McKenzie is represented by J M Harper The coroner found fatty degeneration of the heart as the cause of death and the farmer who employed her left a sizable estate with two adopted orphans involved
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Hattie Cramer
Huntington Road
Cramer
David Cramer
W. G. Colerick
McKenzie
Pickpocket Squad Foiled In Rooseveltx Train Stop
Indianapolis reports a crew of pickpockets trailing the Roosevelt train from Winchester. Two were arrested for loitering. Cameron and O'Donnell confessed plans to target crowds. Cameron had prior Cincinnati arrest. O'Donnell from Chicago. Cameron from Denver.
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Ind
Roosevelt
Winchester
Union Railway
Arthur Cameron
Joe O'Donnell
Cameron
Hartford City Tragedy Claims 7YearOld Boy
Hartfort City Indiana reports that Barle Wyncoop seven died instantly near Upland after his foot became caught in a cattle guard as a train passed. Cornerstone laying in Bedford drew five thousand attendees with Elder Z T Sweeney speaker. Fort Wayne’s Shamrocks beat Lafayette 3 to 2 in Athletic Park. Hess and Ayera go on trial for Levi Spahr’s murder as Likhart County court opens.
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Charles Wyncoop
Upland
Bedford
Get
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Constantinople
Oceanic accident leaves carpenter dead in Liverpool
Liverpool reports show a crew member on the Oceanic losing a left leg and another man with a fractured leg after a rope chain broke during lowering operations. The carpenter died, and the other injured man survived. In Nebraska, Deputy Sheriff Clark took Charlen Evanston into custody for a two year old Union Bank of Richmond robbery with $6 000 in cash and 40 000 in securities stolen. King George of Greece arrived in Paris to visit the exposition with officials greeting him at the railway station. America claimed the most Paris exposition awards by count and size.
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New York
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Neb
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Kalamazoo
Michigan
Charlen Evanston
Union Bank of
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George
Paris
Greece
Gen. Reineck
de Vamp
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August Flower the Largest Sale Medicine in Civilised World
An old advertisement extols August Flower as the top selling remedy for indigestion biliousness and nervous prostration claiming doctors were scarce and it cleansed the system regulated the liver and eased headaches. It promotes Green's August Flower in liquid form and notes sale by Mchewnan and Ashworth.
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Mchewnan & Ashworth
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