Monument Dedication Draws 2000 Indiana Civil War Veterans
Indiana news report from Indianapolis on July 23 details the dedication of the Oliver P. Morton monument at the statehouse. Governor Hanly led a parade with three Indiana National Guard battalions while unveiling ceremonies proceeded. Morton Jr. unveiled the monument as Mrs. Morton, ill but listening by telephone, hoped to witness the moment.
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Indianapolis
Oliver P. Morton
Statehouse
Indiana
Indiana National Guard
Hanly
Oliver Perry Morton, Jr
Indiana Red Man editor to run jail-anchored paper
Muncie Indiana July 24 The Indiana Red Man organ of the Red Men fraternity will be edited from the Delaware county jail for an indefinite time. Joseph P Williams editor publisher and owner of a printing plant shot and killed Herman Pugh a printer Saturday evening. Williams will continue to conduct business from jail with an experienced newspaper man handling affairs under his direction. Lawyers and business leaders offer defense and aid while Williams remains dazed and silent about the tragedy.
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Muncie
Ind
Indiana
Red Man
Red Men's Fraternity
Delaware County
Joseph P. Williams
Herman Pugh
Williams
Bung and Loan Association
Hammond mail carrier charged with rifling mails
Daniel E. Hunt, a Hammond mail carrier, is arrested on charges of rifling the mails. He allegedly admitted stealing money from the mails for seven years while employed as carrier. Hundreds of dollars are said to have been taken from a surgical instrument company linked to his mail route.
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Hammond
Int
Daniel E. Hunt
Hunt
Surgical Instrument Company
Suit over damages from marshal in Greenfield
John Gipe of Shirley sues Amos Halloway the Greenfield marshal and his bondsmen in circuit court for 5000 dollars claiming injuries from a mace hit and removal from the streets without cause. The filing dates from July 20 in Greenfield Indiana.
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Greenfield
Ind
John Gipe
Shirley
Amos Halloway
Gipe
Stabbed in the Back
In Hammond Indiana on July 19 Charles Morrison of Butler Pennsylvania a laborer for the Standard Steel Car company was stabbed in a quarrel with George Brown over union labor Brown called Morrison a scab and drove a knife into Morrison s back after the dispute ended in violence
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Hammond
Ind
Charles Morrison
Butler
Standard Steel Car Company
George Brown
Brown
Morrison
Dentist James A Brookins Killed in Indiana Auto Crash
In Anderson Indiana on July 19 James A Brookins dentist of the city was instantly killed and his companion Elmer East badly hurt when their car was struck at a crossing by a Union Traction streetcar in La Fontaine Grant County as they were en route to Silver Lake.
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Anderson
Ind
James A. Brookins
Elmer East
la Fountaine
Grant County
Silver Lake
Union Traction
Stevens Regains Consciousness After Accident
Lebanon Indiana July 24 Joseph Stevens who lay unconscious in the roadway for nearly six weeks has regained his senses and is likely to recover. He recalls only allowing a stranger to ride with him in his buggy.
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Stevens
Lebanon
Ind
Joseph Stevens
Large Indiana Democratic editorial meeting at French Lick Springs
Indianapolis July 22. The Indiana Democratic editorial association closed a three day gathering at French Lick Springs with 180 attendees and 48 newspapers represented. The event was praised as the largest in association history due to the efforts of Lew Ellingham and D. A. Moffat who secured Monon railway transport.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Democraticditorial Association
French Lick Springs
Thomas Targart
Lew Ellingham
Decatur Democrat
D. A. Moffatt
Elwood Record
Organized gang of thieves reported in northwestern Indiana
Kentland Indiana July 25 an organized band of horse thieves is operating in northwestern Indiana. More than 100 horses have been stolen in two months. A horse owned by Will Arnold was taken from the public hitch rack in Kentland last night and two horses were stolen at Raub. One was taken at Goodland. Four automobiles were chartered last night and searching parties sent in every direction but no trace of the missing animals.
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Kentland
Ind
Indiana
Will Arnold
Hirch
Raub
Goodland
Printer slain by employer in Muncie dispute
Herman Pugh a 35 year old printer was shot dead by his employer Joseph P Williams editor of the Indiana Red Man in Muncie after a payroll dispute. Pugh refused to leave the office and Williams fired a single shot through the forehead. Williams was arrested.
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Muncie
Ind
Herman Pugh
Joseph P. Williams
The
Indiana Red Man
Pugh
Williams
Milton Goldsby Vanishes in Redford Mystery
Milton Goldsby, a quiet citizen, is missing from his Redford home. His brother and family fear foul play after he cashed a $135 two months’ pay check at a local bank Monday and has not been seen since.
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Redford
Mad
Milton Goldsby
John
Goldsby
Stone
Preacher Fined for Killing Birds in Fairmount
In Fairmount Indiana on July 23 Reverend Edward Taylor pastor of the Methodist church was fined forty dollars and forty cents including costs for shooting song birds. Deputy game warden Elmer Hiatt filed the charge and Justice Fleeth heard the case. Taylor pleaded guilty claiming the birds ruined his berry crop. It is alleged he shot robins orioles and other song birds.
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Fairmount
Ind
Edward Taylor
Methodist Church of
Justice Fleeth
Elmer Hiatt
Taylor
Eight Violations Alleged Against International Harvester
Topeka July 24 Attorney General Jackson files criminal proceedings against the International Harvester company alleging eight distinct violations of the anti-trust law. The punishment in each case ranges from a fine of 100 to 1000 dollars.
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Topeka
Kan
Jackson
International Harvester Company
Williams Sentenced in Interurban Pocket Theft Case
George Williams of Findlay Ohio was sentenced to prison for pocketing a traveling salesman Harry Burleigh as he stepped from an interurban car in Muncie Indiana. The July incident in Muncie led to Williams being charged with theft.
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Muncie
Ind
George Williams
Findlay, O
Harry Hurleigh
Burleigh
Drowning of Earl Mart at Ware gravel pit in Fairmount
Earl Mart thirteen years old son of Franklin Mart of near Fairmount drowned while bathing in the Ware gravel pit. Two younger brothers witnessed the accident.
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Fairmount
Ind
Earl Mart
Franklin Mart
Ware
Drowning at Sylvan Lake In Indiana
Gee Conners a worker for Kunkle Safety Valve company Fort Wayne drowned at Sylvan lake Rome City Indiana while bathing and seized with cramps and was carried down by the current.
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Rome City
Ind
Gee Conners
Kunkle Safety Valve Company
Fort Wayne
Sylvan Lake
Bride of four months dies by self destruction in Indiana
No cause is assigned for the death of Mrs. Garfield McKinsey of Frankfort Indiana who, four months after her marriage, committed suicide by swallowing poison.
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Frankfort
Ind
Garfield McKinsey
Burglary at Rising Sun Post Office And Quick Escape
Burglary reported in Rising Sun Indiana on July 24 with $12 in stamps and money stolen from the post office. Letters rifled before the thief fled to Kentucky by a stolen skiff.
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Kentucky
Rising Sun
Ind
Deaths in Indiana from self-harm and accidents
Effie Maddox of Madison after a night of revelry shot herself through the heart. Carl Marry, ten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Marry, drowned while wading in the Little Blue river at Shelbyville. J. R. Wy, a Fort Wayne native, was killed when caught between two Pennsylvania railroad cars in Warsaw.
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Madison
Ind
Effie Maddox
Shelbyville
Carl Marry
Joseph Marry
Little Blue River
Warsaw
J. R. Wy
Song of
Fort Wayne
Pennsylvania
Terrible Disaster Off California Coast Claims Many Lives
San Francisco reports a major maritime catastrophe near Shelter Cove after a collision between the steamers Columbia and San Pedro. About a hundred lives lost, 160 survivors now listed, 97 unaccounted, and three bodies recovered including Mrs A Lewis of Pasadena. Captain Doran spoke his last words, God bless you.
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San Francisco
Columbia-San Pedro Coliseum
Shelter Cove
A. Lewis
Pasadena
Cal
California Coast
Columbia
Mendicino
Humboldt County
San Pedro
Doran
Whitney
Four Decatur Residents Believed Lost on Columbia
Four Decatur residents Mrs George E Keller and her three daughters Alma Effie and Grace are believed missing after the Columbia voyage. The Keller family letters indicated they planned to sail on the Columbia. Mrs Kellers husband, secretary of the Decatur Racing association, is noted as a prominent stockman in central Illinois.
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Decatur
George E. Keller
Alma
Effie
Grace
Columbia
Keller
Decatur Racing Association
Illinois
Magill and wife head to Illinois to face murder charge
Fred H Magill and his wife Fay Graham Magill rode a Southern Pacific train to Clinton Illinois under sheriff escort to face murder charges over Magill's first wife. Magill insisted on his innocence saying the scandal is the worst part and that proof will clear him.
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Los Angeles
Fred H. Magill
Fay Graham Magill
Southern Pacific
Campbell
Clinton
Ill
Magill
Judge orders acquittal in Breathitt county conspiracy case
In Sandy Hook Kentucky July 22 Jungie Moody tells jurors to acquit James Hargis of conspiracy in the assassination of Dr D Cox. This ends the Breathitt county cases against Hargis as prosecutors withdraw their witnesses leaving the defendant free.
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Sandy Hook
Jungie Moody
James Hargis
5. D. Cox
Detsoner
Harsis
Breathitt County
Hargis
Byrd and
Jouett
Jury convicts four in Lamana kidnap murder case
In Hahnville Louisiana on July 19 a jury finds Nico Jina Gebbia Campisciano Mrs Campisciano Tony Costa and Frank Gendusa guilty of complicity in the murder of Walter Lamana of New Orleans. The verdict carries no capital punishment. The victim was kidnapped and strangled about a month prior.
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Hahnville
Nico Jina Gebbia Campisciano
Frantz Orders Oklahoma Route to Sept election
Governor Frantz issues call for state and Indian Territory election on September 17. Voters will decide on the proposed constitution, its separate provisions, all elective offices for a full state government, and congressional representatives.
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Frantz
Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Congress
Yaqui Indians Loot Copper Camp Then Depart Without Killings
Yaqui raiders attacked the Richfield Copper Mining camp near Querobabi Hermosillo on July 22 stripping valuables but spared lives after the manager agreed no pursuit or resistance would follow. The raiders rode off unharmed.
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Hermosillo
Mex
Richfield Copper Mining Company
Querobabi
Notice to Non-Residents in Fountain County Court Suit
In Fountain Circuit Court April Term 1907 Eleven Light Vir Isaac Crowder et al the plaintiff files to quiet title to described real estate in Fountain County Indiana with numerous named defendants many spouses unknown heirs and Winders and the case set for September 1907 with appearance required by September 2 1907 at Covington Court House.
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State OF Indiana
Fountain County
Fountain
Isaac Crowder
Elizabeth Crowder
Wiley Crowder
Anderson Crowder
Margaret Crowder
Joel Crowder
Mary Crowder
Stephen Crowder
Nancy Crowder
Isaac Crowder, Jr
Alice Crowder
Valentine Crowder
Crowder
William Crowder
Henry Crowder
Nancy Sellins
David Sellies
Elizabeth Endsley
Clark Endsley
Catharine Endsley
Martha Endsley
Edward Endsley
John Endsley
Sarah Endsley
Henry Enodsley
Jackson Crowder
Elliot Endaley
Michael Keller
Sarah Keller
Craton Keller
Jane Keller
Catharine King
John King
Amanda Ward
J. A. Ward
Emma Allen
Rose Allen
Catharine Allen
Isaac Allen
Lewis Allen
Elizabeth Hack
Henry Hack
Nancy Foster
George Allen
Sarah Allen
Caroline Allen
Caroline Harrison
William Harrison
James Allen
Mary A. Cartwright
William H. Cartwright
Joshua Cartwright
Cartwright
Alfred Cartwright
Wabash Valley and Petroleum Mining Company
Indiana
Covington
Court seals June 22 1407 notice in Fountain Circuit
The document records a court action heard in absentia and dated June 22 1407 with Anson G Madden clerk and O B Ratcliff attorney for the plaintiff. It mentions the Fountain Circuit Court and includes the court seal.
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Anson G. Madden
Fountain Circuit Court
O. B. Ratcliff
Notice to Non-Residents in Fountain Circuit Court 1907
Notice to Charles T. McComas Catharine McComas William Wines and unknown heirs. Rebecca E. Van Leer sues to quiet title. Defendants must appear Sept 20 1907 next term or answer. Clerk Anson G. Madden signs. Fountain Circuit Court. Covington Indiana.
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State of Indiana
Fountain County
Fountain Circuit Court
Rebecca KE. van Leer
Charles T. McComas
Covington
Catharine McComas
William Wines
Husbend
Anson G. Madden
Fountain Circuit Cout
John B. Martin
Puff
Expenditures and Tax Levies for Van Buren Township 1907
Samuel J. Ludlow trustee of Van Buren Township Veedersburg Indiana announces the proposed 1908 annual expenditures and tax levies. The plan lists amounts for Township Local Tuition Special School Road Additional Road Library Poor and totals including a 14 200 dollar expenditure total and a 136 percent tax levy on properties and polls. The notice cites totals and per cent levies with 1090 000 total taxables and 215 polls.
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van Buren Township
Ountain County
Indiana
Veedersburg
Ind
Samuel J. Ludlow
Expenditures and tax levies for Richland township 1908
The Trustee of Richland township Fountain county proposes expenditures and levies for 1908 at the advisory board meeting in Newtown. Items include township local and special school road and poor expenditures with taxes per hundred dollars and per poll. Total expenditures 22787.57 and total levy 1.35 percent.
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Richland Township
Fountain County
Newtown
Notice of Application in Fountain County Indiana District
Notice to citizens of Wabash township that Walt and spirits firm applies to Fountain County Board of Commissioners at September term to permit sale of intoxicating liquors on premises in Stringtown. Building details given with location in Subdivision No. 1 West part NE quadrant Section 1 Township 18 North Range 9 West. Property fronts East on public highway.
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Wabash Township
Board of
Commiss Opera
Fountain County
Indiana
Nous
Walt
Stringtown
Wabash
Fruetain County
Tuewit
Etze
Gish
Nereker & Co
Towrnship
Range
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Idrops
S. D. Bland
Brewton
C. L. Gates Hancock
Minun
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Company
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