Northern Indiana utility firm plans large scale light and power buildout
Indianapolis August 11 A big public utilities corporation with 4.5 million capital aims to supply light heat and power to dozens of northern Indiana and Ohio towns including Fort Wayne Bluffton Montpelier and Lima The company to be known as the Indiana Light ing company self identifies directors Franklin L. Babcock Anthony N Brady Charles P Dieterteich Frank S Hastings James V. Lee Samuel T. Murdock Henry C Paul Albert Tag and James No Wallace with Dieterich slated as president and Murdock as secretary and general manager The Lafayette home office will anchor the reorganization of the former Tvieterich syndicate receivers sales linked to the Roemer public utilities law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Publc Utilities Corporation
Indiana
Ohio
Franklin TL. Babcock
Anthony N. Brady
Charles PF
Dieterteb
Frank §$. Hastings
James V. Lee
Samuel T. Murdock
Henry C. Paul
Albert Tag
James No Wallace
New York City
Murdock
Lafayette
Traul
Ft Wayne
Dieterich
Indiana Lighting Company
Ble Corporation
Ft. Wayne
Bluffton
Montpelier
Anderson
West Lafayette
Logansport
Peru
Wuarbast
Deratur
Creneva
Berne
Crawfordsville
Lebanon
Thorntown
Frankfort
Ludlana
Lima
Wapakuneta
Celina
St Mary's
Greenville
Precovery
North Mercer Nay
Coldwater
Roemler Publs Utilities
General Assembly
Lactayette
No Corporation
Tvieterich Syndicate
SOLU
Insured Barn Sparks Amish Church Rift in Indiana
Decatur Ind Aug 11 George Paille an Amish member near Berne is accused of violating church rule by insuring his barn with a Chicago agency. The barn burned the policy paid the insurer. Elders demanded return of funds or expulsion. Paille says he refunded the money and the matter will be investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ind
George Paille
Berne
Caille
Chicago
Paille
Minniner
Evansville Endures Worst Storm In History
Evansville Indiana faced a historic deluge with heavy rain and high winds. Streetcar lines, electric system, and telephone service were disrupted. Large hall stones damaged windows and skylights while streets flooded, forcing businessmen to seek shelter indoors and travelers to wade through floodwaters at the Evansville and Terre Haute station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ievansville
Ind
Aue
TrebEvansvile
Evanseie
Terre Haute
Olsen Outwrestles Demetral For Lightweight Title Bout
In Indianapolis on August 11 Charley Olsen defeated Demetral in a three fall wrestling match. Demetral won the first fall by head scissors in sixteen minutes twenty seconds. Olsen then captured the next two falls in thirteen minutes thirty seconds and thirteen minutes respectively by leg scissors. The event was billed as a lightweight title match.
Marathon runners complete seven miles for $4 wager
Noblesville Indiana August a pair of young runners Harry Banks and John Hudson ran seven miles without stopping to win a $4 wager. James Webb and A W Teter bet they could not finish. The time was eighty six minutes.
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Noblesville
Ind
Harry Banks
John Hudson
James Webb
A. W. Teter
Fifty Years of Wedded Life in Delphi Couple
Delphi Ind August 11 Mr and Mrs R L Higginbotham celebrate fifty years of marriage tomorrow marking long married life for the couple with the milestone noted in local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi, Ind
R. L. Higginbotham
Ore Dock Laborers Strike Ties Up Great Northern Docks
Superior Wis Aug 10 150 workers walk out at Allouez ore docks demanding higher pay. All dock work halted and a successful strike could trigger a broader ore industry tie up for the Great Northern railroad.
Senator Allison's Will Filed In Dubuque Estate Valued At 100000
The will, filed in Dubuque Iowa, assigns annual sums to housekeeper Mrs Brayton the widows of James and Matthew Allison and to four nieces and nephews. Legacies include 1000 to Du buque public library Finley hospital and the Y M C A. Executor named Judge Lacy. Attested in Washington April 2 1906.
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Dubuque, Ta
Allison
OG. J. Brayton
James
Dubuque Public Library
Finley Hospital
Brayton
Cornelia Allison
James Allison
Matthew Allison
Lacy
Washington
Fishing Superstitions About Eels and Herring
The Pittsburg Gazette-L Times notes old sea folk beliefs on cures from fish. Cod liver oil is the approved fish medicine, while eel fat and skin are linked to hair loss prevention and rheumatism shields. A New Year’s herring ritual warns that catching a king herring foretells a successful next day’s catch.
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North Wales
Pittsburg
Local residents and visitors reported in Elkhart society notes
Numerous mentions of travel and visits appear from Paul B. Works in South Bend to G. E. Sherman in Chicago and many others. Names include Miss Helen Baker Miss Ina Myers Miss Nora Lambert plus families and friends visiting cities such as Goshen Plymouth Terre Haute and River Park. Several moves and outings are noted at Eagle lake Pend's landing Paw Paw lake and Lake Wawasee.
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Mary Robinson
Plymouth
E. A. Campbell
Goshen
Robert Dalton
Jack Horner
Eagle Lake
Edna Wilson
Washington
Ind
Ruth Work
M. A. Deal
Milwaukee
Alvin Dunbar
Ina Myers
State Normal
Terre Haute
C. B. Potter
Ithaca
N. Y
W. H. Theis
Pend's Landing
B. Sterling
Plainwell
Mich
C. O. Sterling
Washington, D. C
W. W. Sterling
Claude Mentzer
Warsaw
E. J. Miller
Martha Pletcher
J. C. Schafer & Son
Lake Wawasee
Berenice Diltz
Indiana State Normal
Fire threatens panic at Phipps power building blaze
Fire started on the sixth floor of the Phipps power building at Duquesne way and Cecil alley and spread through a congested business district. Firemen rushed to the scene on express cars while elevators kept running and many hotel guests fled in panic. The Joseph Morne company store was saved. damage estimated at 25000 dollars.
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Pittsburg
Phipps Power
Duquesne Way
Cecil Alley
Joseph Morne Company
Fremen
Edison entertains Farman at Orange laboratory
Thomas Edison hosted aviator Henry Farman at his Orange New Jersey lab to demonstrate a flying machine based on gyroscope uplift concepts. Farman praised the ideas as superior to his France exhibit craft and sought backing for a U S tour before possibly returning to France.
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New York
Thomas AL Edison
Henry Farman
Orange
N. J
Edison
Irance
Farman
Hughes Wields A Big Stick At Saratoga Gambing Probe
Charges of neglect of duty for failing to suppress alleged gambling at Saratoga Springs were served on Sheriff John Bradley Jr. by Ben Smith on behalf of Governor Hughes. Dr Walter Laidlaw, chair of the Anti Racing Gambling Campaign, filed the charges with the governor. Bradley is summoned to Albany to defend himself August 17 at 8 p.m. and must file an answer by then.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Copleg
Saratoga Springs
John Bradley, Jr
Saratoga County
Ben Smith
Hughes
Tlughes
Walter Laidlaw
Chimmen
New York
Bradley
Albany
Married in a sick bed in Des Moines
Miss Mayme Ifulen of Lancaster Missouri married I C Hoover of Memphis Missouri in a bedside ceremony at a Des Moines hospital. The event occurred with a nurse lifting the bride, the physician, the nurse, and Dr G G Mendenhall present as the minister. The bride remains hospitalized for at least a week.
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Des Moines
Mayme Ifulen
Lancaster
I. C. Hoover
Memphis
G. G. Mendenhall
Gold Loving Cup Presented to Lynch by Typographical Union
Boston hosts delegates from the International Typographical Union its stereotypers and electrotypers mailers trade district and the ITU Women’s Auxiliary for the fifty fourth annual convention. A cordial welcome was extended and President Lynch received a gold loving cup from his organization.
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Lynch
Boston
International Typographical Union
International Stereotypers and Electrotypers’ Union
Mailers’ Trade District Union
The Superior Smile Advised for Young Don Oxford Varsity Note
The piece praises the superior smile as a valuable skill for young men especially at universities. It notes the smile is studied at its best on young Don and, though it covers a naked mind, should be pursued by parliamentary candidates.
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Don
Oxford
Sick list and injuries at the local works
A list shows multiple residents on the sick list including Mrs. Harry Stover and Charles Harmon. Mrs. C. W. Lewis and Mrs. J. W. Tillett are ill or recovering from serious illness. Workmen report injuries from a timber accident, a back injury, a hip sprain, and a finger mash when an air tool slipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. V. Force
Harry Stover
Fulton Avenue
C. Ff. Meyers
Victor Johnson
Don't Think He'll Ever Get There Best Republican Song
A short sheet music item requests five two cent stamps for mailing to Will Roessner at 2739 Bellefontaine Street Indianapolis Indiana. The message promotes a Republican song described as the best heard.
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Will Roessner
Bellefontaine Street
Indianapolis
Ind
The Headman and the Axe Before 1483
The article argues that before 1483 execution by sword or adz was common and the ax only later became standard after Lord Hastings's beheading. It notes a putlog scaffolding use and cites contemporary Paston letters as scarce references to pre 1483 ax and block executions. It also includes a short note on hair elasticity and growth by Dr. Pincus with measurements from the London Standard.
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Tam
Lord Hastings
Tower Green
Gloucester
St. Peter
Jacl
Gade
London
Pincus
London Standard
Eccentric Will of 1736 Demands Grave Dancing Bride
In 1736 England Samuel Baldwyn died after a troubled marriage. His will left his estate to his widow on the condition she dance on his grave periodically. The plan called for his body to be taken by boat to the Needles and cast eastward, a demand she could not meet and thus forfeited the property.
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England
Samuel Baldwyn
Etymology of Ogre Traced From Orcus Myth
Etymologists once linked ogre to the suffering of Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries by the Oigours, but this is abandoned. Gere from Italian and Spanish enters French as Orcus, the Latin underworld god later depicted as a black moon monster who devours lost children.
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Europe
Orcus
Beetle Mystery Noted by Rev. Theodore Wood
The Rev. Theodore Wood, an English beetle expert, notes a small brown flat tile beetle found often in primrose flowers. He laments the unknowns of its life from egg laying to grub food, chrysalis hiding, and why the adult beetle enters primrose blossoms.
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Theodore Wood
Mr. Wood
Not Afraid to Make Enemies Says Veteran
A Washington Star quip contrasts advice on success with a youth’s wry reply about becoming a baseball umpire. The exchange frames bold ambition against practical mischief and humor.
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Weashington Star
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BIG Scheme
Nothern
the Daily Review
Senator Allison
Paul B. Works
South Bend
G. E. Sherman
Charles Cook
Arthur C. Norwood
Helen Baker
Kenneth E. Winegardner
Myrtle Foster
Paw Paw Lake
Rupert Horton
Iva Wheeler
Emanuel Williams
River Park
E. G Machan
Christiana Street
Nora Lambert
John Guipe, Jr
Corwin Jeffreys
John Cook, Jr
Tippecanoe Jake
H. N. Spear
Frances Styers
Winona Lake
Madame Schumann-Heink
FL Poorhaugh
Texas
Southwestern
Mishawaka
Elly Sibley
Elkhart
John N. Kaufman
Ottumwa, Iowa
Gas Light, Heat & Power Co
A. I. Young
Blessing
Kansas City
LaPorte Argus
Emily Lown
Edward Lotter
John Magnuson
H. Drewes
G. B. Pratt
Berkshire Hills
Massachusetts
James Loshbough
North St. Peter Street
Edison Entertains
Paris
Charles Harmon
Division Street
C. W. Lewis
Hudson Street
J. W. Tillett
Cone Street
The
Sterling-Hudson Co
Marlon
Bell
D. M. Best
Hoffman Sanitary
Lexington Ave
B. C. Godfrey @ Sons
Warren Hill Company
Hill’s
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