McFarlan Car in Fire at Chicago Agency Showroom
The C A Coey Auto agency in Chicago reported a fire that damaged one of four McFarlan show cars held for display. The uninsured touring car, valued at about 2500 dollars, was a total loss and hampers the McFarlan exhibit at the Chicago automobile show. A. H. McFarlan and H. M. McFarlan are at the Windy City show.
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Chicago
McFarlan
McFarlans
Coey Agency
Windy City
Covey Agency
A. H. McFarlan
H. M. McFarlan
Jack Davis of Jennings Township Dies After Appendicitis
Omer Davis known as Jack Davis dies at Fayette sanitarium after a week of illness from a ruptured appendix and severe inflammation. He was born in Alusia September 21 1876, married Emma Kehl in 1902, survived by widow Lizzie Davis mother sisters brothers and friends. funeral plans pending word from a brother in Oklahoma.
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Omer Davis
Jack’ Davis
Fayette
Dan
Mr. Davis
Alsuiia
Connersville
Lizzie Davis
Alquina
Sarah Beckett
Everton
Matt Davis
Oklahoma
Elvin
Orders of
Red Men
Faycette Lodge
Odd Fellows
Little Trouble to Get Signatures in Connersville Wet Vote drive
The Central Committee of the Citizens' League reports steady petition circulation for a wet or dry election in Connersville. Dr. J. H. Morrison says filing could occur Saturday with Auditor Kennedy at the first county commissioners session. Circulators report encouragement and signs of a higher signing rate than two years ago. exact petition names to be released soon.
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Connersville
Central Committee
Citizens’ League
J. H. Morrison
League
Kennedy
Thumb Injury After Wood Chopping Incident
Will Stout of Harrison township suffered a deep cut to his left thumb while chopping wood. The ax contacted the thumb producing the wound. He traveled to the city where a physician dressed the injury.
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Will Stout
Harrison Township
January Deaths Low in Fayette County Count
Report notes unusually few January deaths in Fayette County with six total, three in the city and three in rural areas. Physicians cite sanitation and temperance gains, along with fewer illness causes, as factors, while weather and aging population are considered.
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Fayette County
Laborer In Line For $600000 In Philadelphia Estate
James Logan, 74, a Muncie laborer, receives word from a Philadelphia law firm that he stands to inherit $600000 as a share of the estate of his German great grandfather Philip Baker. The bulk of the estate, valued around $300000000, centers on land along the Delaware River in Philadelphia. Logan has long supported a family of five on daily wages and this news comes as a blessing.
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Muncie
Ind
James Logan
Philadelphia
Philip Baker
Baker
Germany
Delaware River
Logan
Caleb Powers
Tuitioniel
Lens of
Robert Bo Macon
Arkansas
Powers
Kentucky
Goebel
Statehouse
Frankfort
Macon
Cif
Republica
Roberts
Canal Remonstrance Measure Passed Prompts Backlash and Proposals
The canal remonstrance measure passes amid debate over canal feasibility from Lake Michigan via Maumee River. Senator Beveridge proposes a straight $1 a day pension for Civil War and Mexican War veterans, aligned with Indiana platforms. In Cambridge City, Bob Wharton seeks a new saloon license after a blank remonstrance last summer leaves only Sawers remaining in Jackson township.
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Lakerie
Lake Michigan
Maumee River
Ft. Wayne
Beveridge
Indiana
Cambridge City Tribune
Sawers
East Germantown
Jackson Township
Plague Ravages Manchuria As Cities Fall To Disease
Reports from Harbin indicate plague within a 200 mile radius devastates towns and forces mass refugees. Deaths exceed 1000 daily in Northern Manchuria as Chinese fear Japanese poisoning rumors while Harbin fights to contain the outbreak.
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Pekin
Harbin
Tnd
Manchuria
Russian
Fuchiatian
Rebecca Decker Dies. Widow of Samuel Decker in Harrisburg Area
Rebecca Decker aged about 65 to 70, longtime Harrisburg area resident, died Monday evening at her brother Aaron Jackson’s home in Carthage Indiana after long illness. She was wife of Samuel Decker and mother of Noah Decker. Funeral services were held at Jackson’s home with interment at Bentonville.
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Rebeccca Decker
Harrison Township
Harrisburg
Aaron Jackson
Carthage
Ind
Decker
Samuel Decker
Noah Decker
Bentonville
False allegations against Rev S S Offutt of Flat Rock
The Shelbyville Democrat asserted Rev S S Offutt faced unfounded accusations of improper advances and elopement. Friends from Flat Rock deny wrongdoing, say he was not married, and explain statements as distorted jokes. They cite a phone call apology from a young woman and claim he made no elopement attempt.
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Shelbyville Democrat
Flat- Rock
Offutt
Flat Rock
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