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Notable Indiana Losses and Discoveries Across Towns
A roundup from Indiana towns lists multiple fatalities including William Hunter in Decatur and Peter Meuren in Evansville, fires at Greencastle and Marion, burglaries in Pittsboro, and a fatal tram accident near Briff ton. Other items report a new Farmers Bank at Hillsboro, a powder-mill explosion at Fontanet, and the impending Indianapolis city attorney appointment amid union tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsboro
Peter Meuren
Evansville
Day & Cross
Greencastle
Richard van Zant
Hichmond
Winona Interurban Company
Whitley County
Lurwil
Coesse
Joseph Engle
Berne
Locust Street Methodist Episcopal
John Forsythe
Frankfort
Kansas City
Frank Mitchell
Jesse Mitchell
Princeton
W. E. Talberts & Co
Morris
Eliza Williams
America
O. A. Stummers
Kokomo
Peter Paulsel
Noblesville
Indianapolis
Coots
Cools
Farmers’ Bank
Hillsboro
Charles B. Short
James J. Williams
Laflin & Rand
Fontanet
Macbeth Evans Glass
Marion
J. JD. Searles
Huntington Board of Health
James McAfee
John Gettinger
Briffton
Clifford Wallace
Ft. Wayne
Frank Chaney
Pat Crowe
Ridgeville
Randolph County
Winchester
Sle
Lee Williams
Jeffersonville
John Sullivan
Nashville
Sullivan
Indiana Reformatory
Board of Managers
Bookwalter
Frederick E. Matson
Fort Wayne Typographical Union
Indianapolis Typographical Union
Organized Labor
Matson
Employers’ Association