Soul blindness and somnolent waking faculties described
Berlin reports a newly named condition soul blindness by Prof Schuster in an elderly Russian patient who can read but not comprehend words and cannot name letters though he can recognize objects. Dr Hertwig notes a somnolent woman with full waking faculties who answers in a whisper while eyes stay closed and she perceives familiar surroundings in a blue gaze.
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Berlin
Schuster
Russia
Hertwig
Stuttgart
Mild Winter Predicted by Pat Elias Hartz Goosebone
Reading, Pat Elias Hartz, aged 92, foresees a dry winter with sharp cold spells and a possible blizzard. He notes the breast bone shows little purple coloring this year, with a clear middle winter and a late-season cold snap around February into March.
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Pat Elias Hartz
Hartz
Hog Found Starving In Ice House Near New London
A long-missing hog belonging to farmer H A Pritchet was found in an abandoned ice house on the farm after 42 days without food. Mrs. Pritchet rescued the animal, which showed a faint smile as she observed its condition, and farm hands aided its gradual recovery before it could stand again. The owner plans to fatten the hog once more to regain its former size.
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New London
H. A. Pritchet
Man Mistaken for Huntsman Seeks Marriage License
In St Louis Missouri Louis Bell queued for a huntsman license and received a hunter’s license by error. After the clerks corrected the document Bell and his bride were already gathered for the ceremony and the minister found the license wrong. The old license was cancelled and a proper marriage license issued enabling the wedding to proceed.
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St. Louis
Louis Bell
Bell
City Hall
Indian Seeks Senatorship From Oklahoma State
An Indian candidate pursues a seat in the U S Senate as Oklahoma becomes a state. If elected, he would likely gain rapid prominence and influence in politics, with potential implications for tribal relations and state leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Evansville chooses John W. Boehne as mayor with moral reforms
Evansville Indiana elects Democrat John W. Boehne to lead the second largest city. He pledges a more moral Evansville including nightly saloon closings and removal of winerooms and gambling devices. A police shake up is anticipated as 18 officers may resign. Sunday baseball policy under review could affect regional league plans.
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Sid
Evansville
Ind
John W. Boehne
Atate
Boehne
Hanly
Boonville
Princeton
Mount Vernon
Mortgage filed for 2 750 000 by United Boxboard & Paper
A mortgage for 2 750 000 was filed by United Boxboard & Paper company owner of West Side Strawboard and other Indiana plants. The Trust Company of America holds the mortgage to cover Yorktown Eaton and local property and will back mortgage bonds to be exchanged for outstanding bonds and to cancel local indebtedness and liens.
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Muncie
Ind
United Boxboard & Paper Company
West Side
Strawboard Box
Indiana
Trust Company of America
Eastern
Yorktown
Eaton
Insane Huntington Woman Holds Sheriff At Bay
Mrs. Morris Simons, 63, kept Sheriff and deputies from forcing her from her home in Huntington for two days. Violently insane, she refuses to eat or leave the house. Her son was murdered in Montana four years ago, and her husband deserted her years ago. she lives alone on the city edge.
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Huntington
Ind
Morris Simons
Montana
McCormick Buys Interest in Star League Newspapers
Indianapolis Star reports Alexander A. McCormick editor and publisher of the Chicago Evening Post has bought an interest in the Star League which publishes the Indianapolis Star Terre Haute Star and Muncie Star. He will become editor and publisher of those papers succeeding John C. Shaffer as president.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Star
Alexander A. McCormick
Chicago Evening Post
Star League
Terre Haute Star
Muncie Star
Edttor
John C. Shaffer
Penfield Resigns as State Department Counsel
Judge William I. Penfield of Indiana resigns as solicitor of the state department effective immediately. The decision cites health and financial reasons though Secretary Root and the president praise his excellent record since appointment in 1897 as the department's legal adviser.
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Penfield
Washington, D. C
William I. Penfield
Indiana
State Department
Mealth
Root
Saloon Robbery in Walkerton by Two Masked Men
Two masked men entered James Hamdenbrook’s saloon in Walkerton Indiana and forced the proprietor and six patrons to the wall at gunpoint. They looted the cash drawer rifled pockets and then extinguished the lights before fleeing.
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Laporte
Ind
James Hamdenbrook
Walkerton
Plan for New Newspaper in Evansville Rumor
Evansville rumors a new afternoon paper may launch soon with Cincinnati backers. The venture is said to have strong backing and will be sold for a penny per copy.
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Evansville
Ind
Cincinnati
Defendants Win in Bank Suit Over Indianapolis Stock
In Indianapolis on January 2 the fifth trial of Receiver Stevenson of the Indiana Banking Company against John C. New and John G. Wright ended with a verdict for the defendants. The case challenged a sale of stock in the First National Bank of Indianapolis to Wright’s firm.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Stevenson
Indiana Banking Company
John C. New
John G. Wright
First National Bank of Indianapolis
Evade Closing Order Sparks Sunday Bar Loopholes
Terre Haute Indiana January 2 local saloons misread the closing order as permitting improvised bars adjacent to regular saloons and accessible from Sunday entrances. Police took no action to curb the widespread violation.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Pumping Station Burns Near Converse
Gas pressure irregularities caused a fire that destroyed the pumping station of the Logansport and Wabash Valley Gas company near Converse. The plant, built years ago, cost about $5,000.
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Peru
Ind
Logansport and Wabash Valley Gas Company
Converse
Bookwalter Sworn In as Indianapolis Mayor
Charles A. Bookwalter, a Republican, was sworn in to succeed Democrat John I. Hollman as mayor of Indianapolis. Bookwalter will serve a four year term.
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Bookwalter
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles A. Bookwalter
Rep
John I. Hollman
Battle in Russian town inflames unrest amid insurgent clashes
In Bakhmut a morning attack by factory workers on barracks sparked an eight hour battle. Insurgents were caught between two fires after Cossacks arrived, with about 300 workers killed and three troops slain. Separate reports note arrests, martial law warnings, and ongoing repression across Riga and St. Petersburg.
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Bakhmut
Russia
Saratoff
Baltic
Riga
Livonia
Count Sollogub
Mitau
Woerman’s Park
Netron Mensa
Cronstadt
Dvalk
Dvinsk
St. Petersburg
Schlosselburg
St. Peter and St. Paul
Millionaire Alaskan miner Frank Phiscator ends life
San Francisco reports Frank Phiscator, a Klondike pioneer and Dawson builder with Bonanza creek claims, shot himself in his hotel apartment. Grand Rapids notes his Michigan roots, frequent Baroda visits, and long fortune shared with family and a St Joseph waitress he married in Alaska.
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San Francisco
Frank Phiscator
Phiscator
Klondike
Dawson
Bonanza Creek
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Berrien County
Baroda
Whitcomb
St. Joseph
Alaska
New York Insurance Reform Moves Forward
The legislative investigating committee has decided on early recommendations. A misdemeanor for officers using life insurance funds for political purposes is proposed. A bill for full publicity on company payments to supervise legislation is planned. Radical changes to the state insurance department are anticipated.
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New York
Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
State Insurance Department
Davidson Sworn In As Wisconsin Governor
Madison Wisconsin January 2 Governor James O Davidson was sworn in at noon to serve the unexpired term of Governor La Follette who leaves for Washington to assume his senatorial duties Chief Justice J B Cassaday administered the oath and the afternoon was devoted to the inaugural reception
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Madison
Wis
James O. Davidson
Robert M. la Follette
Washington, D. C
J. B. Cassaday
Supreme Court
Fatal Freight Train Collision Near Columbus
Two men died and two were injured in a head on crash between two Big Four freight trains four miles west of Columbus Ohio on Monday night. The dead are engineer Pat Schuryman and fireman Daniel O'Brien. Officials cite order confusion as a possible cause, with responsibility not yet determined.
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Columbus
Big Four
Pat Schuryman
Daniel O’brien
Tragic Tie to Fence Hindering Rescue Misses Mother and Child
In Meridian Mississippi on January 2 Mrs Will O Neill of Enterprise watched her daughter burn to death after her clothing caught fire from a bonfire. Her own clothing became entangled in barbed wire as she hurried to help, and she could not free the girl.
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Meridian
Miss
Will O’neill
Enterprise
Ex-banker John Ellis of Beatrice commits suicide
Lincoln Neb Jan 7 2 John Ellis former banker Beatrice Neb and ex county treasurer of Gage county died by self inflicted action taking carbolic acid in an apparent suicide note indicates financial troubles and records his death.
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Lincoln, Neb
John Ellis
Beatrice, Neb
Gage County
Fatal leap at sanitarium ends life of 19 year old
James Kittredge, patient at Dr William Pickett private sanitarium, leapt from a second story window Monday and was killed instantly. The 19 year old son of a wealthy Tunkhannock, Pa businessman suffered from melancholia.
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Philadelphia
James Kittredge
William Pickett
Kittredge
Tunkhannock
Sherwin's Postmaster Fate Lies With Roosevelt
The Goshen postmaster Sherwin faces possible nonrenewal as President Roosevelt decides, after a Civil Service Commission referral. If Roosevelt refuses reappointment, Sherwin must retire at term end, likely paving the way for Congressman Brick's recommendation. Affidavits tie Sherwin to Col. Huffman, which he denies.
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Sherwin
Goshen
Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Department
Real Estate Transfers in Elkhart and Surrounding Townships
A series of property transfers recorded across York, Elkhart, Goshen, Middlebury and Wakarusa townships. Transactions include parcels sold by Stauffer to Faivre for 2500 dollars, and multiple deeds in Elkhart with prices from 20 to 1200 dollars. Other transfers involve Beardsley and Davenport additions and various co owners and widows.
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Harlan A. Stauffer
Louis A. Faivre
York
R. P. Ahrens
Charles A. Swartzell
Beardsley
Elkhart
William H. Merritt
Charles H. Merritt
McNaughton & Young
Charles Liederer
Helen T. Carr
Fellows & Dennison
Goshen
Benj. F. Kuhn
Jessie M. Lamb
Concord
Carrie R. Howland Et al
Andrew J. Diehl
Davenport & Beardsley
Susannah Plank
Adam Yoder
Middlebury
Samuel F. Freedrick
William B. Pratt
William EB. Burris
Pratt
Tickhart
Thomas J. Jones
Samuel and
Mary M. Whitaker
Bango
Wakarusa Coal & Lumber Co
Wabash Railroad Co
Olive
Olive Ip., $1. the Hyman Pickle Co
Olive Tp
Anne Beeson Prady
Frank Leader
Frank Tyler
Mary E. Mast
Frances D. Plumb
Ethelyn R. Titus
Wm. B. Pratt
Sam Winer
Frederick W. Miller
Albert R. Beardsley
Jeremiah Bechtek
John H. Tyson
Wakarusa
Governor Briggs and the black stock legend at Williams
A Williams classmate recalls ex Governor Briggs wearing a black stock to explain a tale about a young man enslaved by strong drink. The young man joked that if the governor stopped wearing a collar he would stop drinking, and Briggs agreed, then never wore a collar again and the man reportedly never drank again.
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Williams
Briggs
Sunday drug store rules limit perfumery sales in Spain
In Spain drug stores may sell medicines all day on Sundays but perfumery sales are forbidden. Candy sales must stop by 11 a m if staff are employed. Proprietors may stay open all day only if they work without help.
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Spain
Pyramid Pile Cure claimed free trial offer in old ad
A vintage advertisement promotes Pyramid Pile Cure with a free trial by mail. It features a testimonial from T. A Sutton of Marion Indiana claiming relief after using a 50 cent sample. The copy touts suppositories as painless, claims instant relief, and urges readers to send name and address to Pyramid Drug Co Marshall Michigan for a no cost trial.
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T. A Sutton
Stone
Marion
Ind
Pyramid
Drug Co
Pyramid Building
Marshall, Mich
Alster
Blue Light May Ease Pain Says London Doctor
London expert Dr. Harvey Hilliard reports blue light can induce analgesia and calmness. He notes reduced pain from dental procedures and suggests blue light could aid insomnia, infant restlessness, and mania in asylums, citing calming effects and comparisons to red light’s impact on smallpox germs.
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London
Redard
Harvey Hilliard
Royal Dental Hospital of London
Medical Times and Hospital
Hilliard
Brave Indiana Wife Wins Farm After Husband’s Infirmity
In Knightstown Indiana the Henry circuit court approved the estate settlement of George Shewmaker and ordered the farm turned over to his widow. She saved the farm while raising two children after her husband was sent to an insane hospital and a murder caused her brother in law to go mad. The judge commended her brave fight and diligence in paying notes and taxes while tending the crops and sending the children to school.
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Knightstown
Ind
Henry
George Shewmaker
Rufus Shewmaker
John Thrawley
Who Owns These Teeth in Ypsilanti Tale
A new edition of the Cinderella story circulates as a prince checks mouths for fit. A post office carrier found a set of false teeth in city mailbox unwrapped and unpaid. destination unknown. Teeth kept a week before being sent back to the dead letter office as unmailed matter.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
Ypsilanti
Left Fortune by a Vag Felon Helps Detectives Hero
Felix ONeill, ex sheriff of Denver county, has received 32000 from Garrity’s will. Garrity, serving a vagranucy sentence, thanked O’Neill for aiding him when he was penniless. O’Neill, then a detective, helped Garrity get on his feet and kept him as a true friend.
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Denver
Col
Felix O'Neill
Denver County
Garrity
O'Neill
O’neill
Uncle Sam's Loose Change
The world’s total money is 12.5 billion dollars with 6 billion in gold and over 3 billion in silver. The United States holds nearly a quarter of the gold and just over a fifth of the silver, more than any other nation.
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Uncle Sam
United States
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