Explosive Tube Found Hidden in Scrap Car at Kokomo Plant
Workmen loading scrap iron at Globe Stove and Range Company in Kokomo discovered an aluminum tube eight inches by three inches with a fuse nipple and packed with plant powder. General manager J. C. Patten had it opened and warned it could have wrecked the foundry if exploded. An investigation found no source or origin, suggesting it was discarded elsewhere.
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Kokomo
Globe Stove and Range Company
J. C. Patten
Patten
Ah Kum
Rascal
Sol
Asks Kuhns Removal Guardian Suit in Rushville
Attorneys for August Ebbing sue Walter Kuhn on the Rush Shelby line to remove Kuhn as guardian of Ebbing's children Elizabeth and Anna. The filing alleges Ebbing resigned as guardian after Kuhn sought appointment while Ebbing was under the influence of intoxicants and accuses Kuhn of undermining parental authority.
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Kuhn
Shelbyville
Rushville
August Ebbing
Walter Kuhn
Shelby
Ebbing
Elizabeth
Anna
Mrs. Ebbing
State Physician Stabbed in Hammond Bufet Attack
Dr J A Gr asam of Hammond was stabbed four times in a buffet here by Jonley Hurley a former prize fighter and guard of a report on the south side Chicago level.
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Hammond
J. A. Grasam
Jonley
Hurley
Chicago
Four Women Die in Laporte Grade Crossing Crash
Four prominent Laporte women were killed when a Pere Marquette freight struck their auto at a grade crossing four miles north. Funeral services were arranged for Mrs. Edwin Schura Mrs. Carlton Shafer Mrs. Fannie Heinze and Mrs. William Brace. Coroner E G Rainks began an investigation focusing on whether a flagman or brakeman was on the front car and possible criminal negligence if absent.
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George L. Andrew
Mra
William Darling Brace
Washington
Schurz
E. G. Rainks
Indiana News In Brief Summary Of Local Events
Greenfield hosts a benefit lecture for a sick member. Henryville reports a northbound car striking a buggy, with farmer William McGregor seriously injured. Greenfield quarantines three families for genuine diphtheria. Elwood arrests Harry Rea for striking a conductor. fined $10 and thirty days. Elkhart plans a wood yard for the hungry to prove willingness to work. New Castle indicts Robert Rhodius for brand larceny caught disposing of stolen hides. Princeton sues Evanville Public Utilities for $5,000 damages after a boy’s head hits a pole. Milton man Marcus Moore suffers paralysis. family summoned. Jeffersonville Mrs. Dreidel drops divorce suit after inviting friends to home. Shelbyville Odd Fellows set meeting in Morristown with six lodges and ~900 members. Lawrenceburg Mrs Amanda Huffman wins divorce from Aaron Huffman. settlement around $7,000.
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Greenfield
Milo Gibbs
Philadelphia
Elwood
Harry Rea
Granite City
Lake Erie
Elkhart
Elkhart Associated Charities
Newccastle
Robert Rhodius
Hagerstown
Rhodius
Koons
Princeton
Evanaville Public Utilities Company
Princeton Traction Line
McKinley Madison
Patoka
Milton
Marcus Moore
Ernest Moore
Union County
Albert Wadsworth
Brownsville
Jeffersonville
Fannie Dreidel
Michael Dreidel
Shelbyville
Order of Odd Fellows
Shelby County
Morristown
Blue Ridge
Lewis Creek
Smithland
Waldron
Lawrenceburg
Amanda C. Huffman
Aaron M. Huffman
Dearborn County
Alimany
Huffman
Piracy on the Canton River Aboard a Trading Vessel
A first person reminiscence describes encounters with Canton river pirates during a Frisco to Hong Kong voyage. The narrator recalls hostile boardings, Ah Kum’s treachery, chilly river nights, and the pragmatic, sometimes murderous tactics of river outlaws amid river piracy near Canton, China.
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Canton
China
Orion
Frisco
Hongkong
New Filing Systems Mix With Old Customs
Fragmented text notes various statements about schemes and products. References mention Santo Domingo adopting trie systems and Sweden exporting butter. Other lines pretend to joke about eggs and an unwelcome thawed breakfast.
Meat of Opportunity Motto on Duty and Character
A compact quotation by Samuel J. Burrows on seizing daily chances to build character and fulfill duty, noting that opportunity accompanies every day and shapes virtue even through hardship.
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Samuel J. Burrows
Astonishing Chicago Revelation About Late Publisher
The Chicago affair suggests how a wealthy publisher could be called a negro posing as white. The piece notes that in America racial identity is tied to ancestry and, despite European looks, any African forebear marks one as negro. It adds the idea that a black taint can reveal itself in dark lines beneath the nails. London Chronicle.
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Hongkong
Firat
Chicago
Les
America
London Chronicle
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Dry
Indiana
New Castle
Frank C. Ritter
W. A. Winters
Catherine Winters
H. H. Evans
Ritter
Indian Pond
Daviess County
White River
Gary
Indiana News
Federation of Women's Clubs
Henryville
Indianapolis
Louisville
William McGregor
McGregor
Heceiver
Dean
Illinois
Charles Easter
Walnut St
Woteeka
Minwie
Dean's
LN Co
Bupfald
N.Y
AO Pratt
MYLE
Rossiten Supply CO
Roan Ave
Winnipes
Aimple
Acme Supply and Hennedy Co
Abbottston St
Baltimore
Santo Domingo
Sweden
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