Deadly kerosene fire claims two in Lafayette
Grace Davis 12, Piscaroid daughter of Melo vin Davis, burned to death in her Lafayette home after attempting to start a fire with oil. Mrs Sarah Bennett, 72, died at New Market when her dress roached a hot stove while washing. Neighbor reported smoke from the Davis house and found the child’s charred body near the kitchen stove. A melted oil container lay nearby, authorities said the incident likely caused by an exploded oil container.
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Lafayette
Ind
Grace Davis
Melovin Davis
Linge
Davis
Fennad
Sarah Besinell
New Market
Holiday trade outlook brightens as early buying lifts demand
Bradstreet reports warm weather lightly dampens trade but anticipates unprecedented holiday demand nationwide. Western jobbers report affected orders though wholesale trade remains in excess of demand. manufacturers push to meet backlogged orders while transportation improves but car shortages still hinder shipments.
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New York
Bradstreet
Trade Today
Pittsiore
Trouble on the verge as sultan taunts Pershing and Americans
The sultan of Baclod proclaims friendship with America then calls Americans hogs in a letter to Captain Pershing at Camp Vicars. The piece notes military doubt over an invasion threat and mentions rising rivers and flood conditions as tides rise.
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Manila
Sultan
Baclod
America
Capt
Pershing
Camp Vicars, Ino
Coluim
Hhacaing
Embargo on Cattle Shipment Hits Boston Markets
The secretary of agriculture orders an embargo and quarantine on cattle and swine moving from parts of Boston and from Vermont Rhode Island Connecticut to curb a foot and mouth outbreak. The action may disrupt Boston commerce and European shipments of about 2,500 head weekly while aiding Massachusetts authorities in stamping out the epidemic.
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New Bingkhind
Boston
Secretary of Agriculture
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts Cattle Commission
Europe
Middlesex
Worcester
Department of Agriculture
Pvighton
Foul Play Suspected After Indiana Deaths and Accidents
Edward Buisking was found dead on a George Cooper farm near Gem, Indiana with a skull fracture and facial wound. Coroner M. C. Howard and Dr. Larimore led a post mortem amid a hunting party from Indianapolis. foul play is suspected. In Marion County, Nathan Campbell was fatally shot during a hunt four miles north of here when a rifle discharged as hunters moved. Chas Renbarger witnessed, Campbell was a wealthy farmer. In Queensville Jennings County Chartes Flag accidentally shot himself in the knee while climbing a fence with a rifle.
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Gem
Ind
Edward Buisking
Gem Station
Hancock County
George Cooper
M. C. Howard
Larimore
Indianapolis
Buisking
William Shieldiner
Buisk
Marion
Fad
Nathan Campbell
Here
Campbell
Chas
Renbarger
Queensville
Chartes
Jennings County
Mystery death near Union Mills under coroner review
Coroner investigates a mysterious death beside the Grand Prank railroad track in Union Mills. The unknown man showed facial injuries and broken limbs with no identification found on the body. The cause of death remains uncertain amid murder and accidental death theories.
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LaPorte
Usov
Trowell F
Union Mills
Heo
Gastos
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