Water Scarcity Strains Bloomington as Drought Grips City
Bloomington citizens endure severe water shortages with the water works idle and springs dry. Residents haul water from White River for drinking cooking and laundry while mills and factories like Shooters furniture and stone mill face shortages. Indiana University benefits from its own plant as others plead for rain to refill cisterns and supply.
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Bloomington
Water Company
White River
Indiana University
Minister's Daughter Attacked in Greencastle Robbery
Miss Gracie Morrison Everett daughter of the Rev T J Everett of Terre Haute and a DePauw student woke at 2 a m Sunday forced from bed unlocked her trunk and fired $10 at a robber. She defended herself and identified Homer Welsh a painter and police character as the assailant who was arrested by Marshal Johns.
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Greencastle
Gracie Morrison Everett
T. J. Everett
Terre Haute
DePauw University
Homer Welsh
Marshal Johns
Miss Everett
Six Freight Cars Ditched in Plainfield Siding Accident
Six freight cars on the Vandalia siding at Plainfield were ditched when a switch engine backed into them on an open switch. One car carried gasoline from Terre Haute Oil Company and others held empty tin cans for Van Camp Canning Company. A brakeman, unnamed, received minor bruises.
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Plainfield
Vandalia
Terre Itaute Ofl Company
van Camp Canning Company
Drugstore Proprieter Robbed After Night Hold Up
W F Stewart, owner of a Muncie drug store, was held up in a dark street Saturday night. He was struck by one of two highwaymen and relieved of a gold watch and 30 dollars. He reached a neighboring home later, with a severe temple wound, and believes his assailants were boys.
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Muncie
W. F. Stewart
Stewart
Landing of Abner Scribner’s descendants marks centennial
New Albany October 16 three great grandson of Abner Scribner floated in a houseboat to the landing to celebrate the pioneer founder's centennial event crowd greeted them Senator Shively spoke autos wrecks injuries reported at Fortville October 15 a car driven by Fred Whetnel skidded struck a culvert and plunged over an embankment killing Sherman Chappell aged sixteen and seriously injuring Tom Taffett Homer Camp and Whetsel
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New Albany
Abner Scribner
Senator Shively
Fortville
Fred Whetnel
McCordaville
Bond to Tree. Oakland. City, Oct. 15.-Hazel Def fendell
Twelve year old Hazel Def fendell, daughter of an Oakland resident, is the focus of a local bond issue filed in city records dated October 15. The case involves guardianship and public safety concerns. Local officials urge community guidance and legal action as needed.
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Oakland
Hazel Deffendell
Mrs Ireland Dies By Revolver In Bloomington
Bloomington October 17 Mrs Joseph Ireland age twenty eight died by self inflicted gunshot in her rented East Sixth street room after filing for divorce. Her husband a witness for hours then released had seen her visiting his room and allegedly urged reconciliation. Coroner Harris found no powder burns indicating suicide and noted a revolver on the floor. authorities hold Ireland pending further investigation.
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Bloomington
Joseph Ireland
Ireland
Harriage
East Sixth Street
Harris
Indiana News in Briefs Highlights Local Crimes and Dues
In Lawrenceburg a villager reports poisonings of every dog in Welsburg leaving twenty seven dead. South Bend police search for 68 year old Charles Schopp who vanished Friday. Terre Haute hosts over a hundred guests at Claude L Herbert camp bean feast. Columbus police seek 55 year old William Ray for forging five checks. Logansport Mrs Frank Richason sues her mother in law for 5000 dollars over alleged alienation of her husband’s affections. Petersburg Pike county monument dedication marks highest point in Walnut Hills cemetery. Jeffersonville jury awards 1650 dollars to Mary Denny from the estate of Josephine Denny for nursing care. South Bend C Robert Johnson fined 500 dollars and sentenced to six months for stealing a meerschaum pipe. Sullivan William Gilmore sues Gregory Coal for 7000 dollars after a mine incident. Logansport hoboes raid Wabash freight depot and hold a feast on a dry goods box. South Bend coroner blames Thomas Jefferson for the Chicago Indiana Southern wreck that killed three. Evansville jurors rule against Dr Jernald Cunningham in a support case involving Miss Ethel Clark. Aurora Daniel H Donalds, 33, a Black man, employed at a Baltimore and Ohio work camp, mentioned in report.
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Lawrenceburg
Welsburg
Dearborn
South Bend
Indiana
Charles Schopp
Terre Haute
Iilinoia
Claude L. Herbert
Columbus
William Ray
Elmer Robertson
Logansport
Frank Richason
Josephine Richason
Petersburg
Pike County
Monfuments
Jon
Walnut Hills
County
Jeffersonville
Clark
Mary Denny
Josephine Denny
Denny
C. Robert Johnson
Pittsburg
Herzog
Mishawaka
Sullivane
Wark
Sherman
William Gilmore
Gregory Coal and Mining Company
Wabashe
South Hend
Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railroad
Thomas Jefferson
T. J. Swantz
Jefferson
Evaneville
Ethel’ Clark
Jernald K. Cunningham
Cunningham
Ris
Miss Clark
Misa Clark
Wee Yenued
Princeton
Ind
Dr. Cunningham
Swealthy
Aurora—Dafitel
H. Donalds
Baltimore
Ohn
Weary Moroccan Journey Described By Frances McCulloch
Frances McCulloch chronicles a grueling overland trip from Mogador to Agadir. She details primitive transport, scarce wells, and harsh living conditions, noting the immense costs of travel and the futility of relying on interpreters.
Waiting Years Between Lovers and Sports Harsh Words
A fragmented London Tit-Bita style exchange reveals a suitor recounting five years apart from a lover who promised a new dress. He mocks her certainty and patience, noting six sporting absences as irony for delayed vows and gifts.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Clear Severe Pimples
LeRoy O'Brien of Saginaw Bay area reports nine months of seed warts on his face causing bleeding itching and disfigurement. After using a free Cuticura sample and buying the soap and ointment he says his face healed in ten days with no scarring.
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Saginaw
Miah
Ted
LeRoy, O’brien
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
The White Slave’s Classics Cited in New York Press
A New York Press comment notes Bartley Campbell's old melodrama The White Slave was not a regular white slave play. It contained two lines regarded as classics: Strike, death be welcome and Rage are royal talent when worn for virtue's sake.
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Bartley Campbell
New York Press
Mire Winslow Teething Syrup Hailed for Soothing Pain
Teething relief advertised at 25 cents a bottle touts Mire Winslow Soothing Syrup as softening gums reducing distress and easing wind colic. The copy claims it calms and comforts, branding it as a popular choice for tired parents.
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Winslow
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Tower of London
Daye
Caid Anfiuss
Maud Allen
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Ghent
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Emall
Patiell
Wong
Eigenen
Bright
Dean
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