Love and Legacy at the Normandy Chateau
An officer, once Africa bound, returns to Normandy with a claimed fortune of apple orchards and a chateau. He seeks Julia’s love, pledging his soldier’s pay and promised estate as proof of fidelity and future happiness. Pitchoune, the faithful dog, watches the transformation and accepts a new family life.
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Julia
Pono Piso
Jewela
Mademoizelle
Normandy
Tremont
Africa
Herming
Anbron
Bren
Louis. XII Chateau
Sabron
Pitchoune
Louis XIII
Pitchorne
France
Bogus Brother Sermon Sparks Plainspoken Rebuke
In Ebenezer chapel during a revival Brother Bogus proclaims sanctification while claiming sinless life. Parson Baguter interrupts questioning a lapse and recalls Colonel White’s absentminded blunders in a humorous exchange. Kansas City Star report notes the colloquial sermon style and implied moral.
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Colonel White
Allas
Kansas City Star
Woman Foils Bomb Threat In Philadelphia Street
Mrs Pauline Siegel found a bomb with a lit fuse on neighbor Salvatore Corso's doorstep at 1621 South Franklin Street Philadelphia. Mr Siegel tossed it into the street breaking the device, a fragment exploded, six sticks of dynamite and gunpowder were discharged. Two men left a package, sparked a match, then fled as she seized the item and buried it in the street. Corso family says no known enemies.
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Pauline Siegel
Salvatore
Corso
South
Franklin Street
Philadelphia
Siegel
Health Shield of an Eighty Three Year Old
An elderly woman shares her secret to long health by avoiding worry, taking naps, and outsourcing chores. She emphasizes a calm mind and trusting her brain and heart to the Brent universe to sustain her.
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Brent -Universe
Examination of Military Film Exhibit in Nations Capital
An exhibit of motion pictures related to military activities and railways is shown nationwide without charge. The collection includes works from 1813 and features buildings and houses as part of the display.
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Vailhltary
Fort Wayne Street Car Training Ordinance Sparks Battle
Fort Wayne city council passes an ordinance requiring at least fourteen days of training for street car operators, aiming to settle a strike by excluding strike breakers. Traction officials vow to challenge the measure in federal court while unions say many returning crews did not join the union. Public sympathy favors the union as twenty four cars mostly carry no passengers.
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Fort Wayne
W. J. Hosey
Barrett
The
Traction Company
Hosey
Electric Device Aids Traffic Officers in Columbus
R M Champion, a local factory employee, claims to have invented an electric device that signals traffic policemen and drivers up to a square ahead. Lights on a black disc indicate intended turn direction for both front and rear of the vehicle to reduce collision risks in heavy traffic.
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Columbus
R. M. Champion
Runaway Parole Case In Indiana Reformatory
Jed Luther Nix, eighteen, reportedly fled the Indiana reformatory last week to see his sweetheart near Scottsburg. He was to be released on parole next week and had been sent to a barn with another prisoner. Nix, from Scott County, was committed for petit larceny on October 31, 1913. A $25 reward is offered for parole violators on notices sent out for Nix, replacing the usual $50 for escapees.
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Jeffersonville
Scottsburg
Jed Luther Nix
Indiana Reformatory
Nix
Scott County
Bridge Collapse Injures Four on Pisgah Bridge
Four men were injured when a scaffold on the Pisgah bridge over Bridge Creek in the northwestern part of the county collapsed. Ernest Wyne was believed fatally hurt, others named Wyne Wolf Morgason and Earl Morgason were injured after being caught under falling timbers.
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Madison
Pisgah
Bridge Creek
Ernest Wyne
Ebert
Wyne
Wolf
Earl
Morgason
Ernest’ Wyne
Thia County
Prize Money At Shelbyville Horse Show
Premiums totaling 300 will be awarded at the Shelbyville horse show to be held on October 20. Prizes range from 2.50 to 10 dollars. L. H. Mall is president of the Horse Show Association. Samuel Phares serves as secretary and Frank W. Cotton as superintendent.
Death on Shaft Shocks Oaklard City
Curtis Montgomery, 22, son of Elie Montgomery, dies after an incident on a shaft in Oaklard City. Authorities report unclear details as investigation continues.
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Oaklard City
Curtis Montgomery
Elie
Mont
Lafayette and Balfe Plan 135-Room Hotel in Logansport
Lafayette’s Balfe and Maurice of Columbia Amusement plan a $100000 hotel on the old Broad Way site in Logansport. They lease the property for 99 years from W H Porter and Martin McHale. The Porter will be the hotel name with 135 rooms a grill room a Turkish bath and a 1100 seat vaudeville theatre on the ground floor. The Columbia Amusement company will run the vaudeville house.
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Lafayette
Luke H. Balfe
David Maurice
Columbia Amusement Company
Logansport
Indiana
H. Everson
Chicago
W. H. Porter
Lo Ganeport
Martin McHale
Porter
Making Munitions of War in the Calumet Region
The Calumet region around Gary Indiana is described as a vast munitions center. At Aetna near Gary 1000 men are producing guncotton. A benzol plant is complete in Gary and steel bars for shrapnel are being rolled at Gary mills. East Chicago builds a shrapnel plant and military acids are produced there. Hammond will host shrapnel stations and cavalry depots are in Gary and Hammond with a military cattle feeding station at the Steel City.
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Gary
Calumete
Indiaana
Aetna
East
Chicago
Hammond
Hallmond
Steal
Fall Wedding Bell for Gashen and Goshen Set
Miss Mayme Drake daughter of Mrs Anna Drake and Carlyle Bonham Spohn son of Mayor and Mrs Samuel F Spohn will wed this fall. Spohn attended Wabash and Harvard. Other fall marriages include Beulah Lambert daughter of Mr and Mrs Aaron F Lambert with J Vene Lehman and Ruth Fredeke with Mervin Rummell. Franc Ellis daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Ellis with Joseph Hafner of Chicago and Helen Charlton daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Charlton with Heber Brough of Hawks Furniture Co.
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Bela
Gashen
Goshen
Mayme Drake
Anna Drake
Carlyle Bonham Spohn
Samuel F. Spohn
Spohn
Wabash
Harvard
Beulah Lambert
Aaron F. Lambert
J. Vene Lehman
Ruth Fredeke
Mervin Rummell
Franc Ellis
George W. Ellis
Joseph Hafner
Chicago
Helen Charlton
C. C. Charlton
Heber Brough
Hawks Furniture Company
Marion Tile Plant Burns in West Marion
The Sheron Bros. drain tile factory, a four story brick plant in West Marion, was destroyed by fire causing about 15000 dollars in losses with 5000 dollars insured. The fire, blamed on overheated machinery, halted operations. 20 workers were employed and rebuilding is expected to take three months. Water pressure failed to stop the blaze.
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Marion
Burns
Sheron Bros
West Marion
Hera
Pensions Awarded to Indiana Residents
Pensions of 12 dollars were granted to Indiana residents including Sarah E Beaty Oakland City Mary Hills Newburg Otto W Dietz Indianapolis Abbie Eckman Hammond Barbara E McCutchan Evansville Mary E Phillips Indianapolis Laura T Pierson Terre Haute Emma Stiff Corydon Susanna Thornton Fort Wayne and James Tompkins minor Liberty Goose to Prison for Life in South Bend William Gram of South Bend sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his father in law Squire Collier in Cassopolis Michigan after stabbing relatives and attempting to kill his wife the Возможно may have killed Collier
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Washington
Sarah E. Beaty
Oakland City
Mary Hills
Newburg
Otto W. Dietz
Indianapolis
Abbie’ Eckman
Hammond
Barbara E. ‘McCutchan
Evansville
Mary E. Phillips
Laura T.pierson
Terre, Haute
Emma Stiff
Corydon
Susanna Thornton
Frankfort
James Tompkins
Liberty
Goose
South Bend
William Gram
Cassapolis
Mich
Squire Collier
Cram
The _Booth
Bendman
The
Colier
Canning Factory Burns in Elwood Fire
Fire from the boiler room destroyed the Ferguson Packing Company plant in Elwood causing about 7000 dollars in losses and halting operations for the remainder of the iron. Insurance of the third amount is mentioned along with other fires in the months prior.
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Elwood
Hoiler Room
Ferguson Packing ‘Company
Ota
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