Bedford Officials Censured In Delay On Berger Murder Case
The story has sparked questions of a cover up with Sarah Schafer's father accusing Bedford authorities of shielding an influential figure. Prosecutor Fletcher delayed his Goshen visit, while Berger taunts officers and accuses them of hush money as he seeks more interrogations and public scrutiny.
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3Zerger
Bedford
Berger
Fred N. Fletcher
Goshen
Fletcher
James S. Dodge
Berger Signs New Statement Reiterates De fiance
Schafer reiterates his defense against Bedford authorities as Berger issues a signed statement. The dispute centers on alleged defiance and inquiries into the de fiance matter.
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Berger
Schafer
Berger Confession Drawn Diagram Fails to Spark Action
Bedford prosecutor Fletcher delays Goshen visit to probe Frank Berger alias George W Harris who claims he killed Sarah Schafer. The confession includes a crime scene diagram. Goshen prisoner drawing and Indianapolis News map are examined amid questions of motive and credibility.
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Frank Berger
George W. Harris
Sarah Schafer
Bedford
Goshen
Berger
Billy
Blodgsett
Indianapolis News
Manning
Mietcher
Oppionally
Dodge
Fletcher
Berger shifts motive in Bedford murder case confession
The article reports Ber ger, alias Harris, now claiming he did not kill the Bedford Latin teacher but used chloroform to render her unconscious. He says an accomplice, Sgt Whiteman of Ekhart, may have carried out the homicide and that a diagram of the crime scene exists. Authorities remain cautious as Berger hints at inside knowledge and possible further involvement by others.
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White
Indiana
Bedford
Gary
Pinkertons
Tennessee
Berger
Goshen
Asa White
Sarah” Schafer
Whiteman
Ekhart
George
Harrias
Sarah Schafer
Publc
Goshen News-Times
Barger
Goshen Paz
Bérgersdys
Pichart
Edwins. Simpson
Decatur
Illinois
Harris
Prison Doors Open for Myra Freeze
Indianapolis December 26 aged and deaf Myra Freeze received a clemency pardon from the Governor after lengthy State Board of Pardons consideration. Freeze, condemned for life for the July 1901 Red Mills murder of Willan Gray, was aided by her husband who plotted the crime and taught her to use a pistol in a dramatic case of alleged provocation and revenge.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Myra Free
State Board of Pardons
Gray
Red Mills
Tara
Preeze
Freeze
Prisoner Mrs Freeze Granted Possible Parole
The text notes Mrs Freeze, age 65, has been called a model prisoner and may receive a gubernatorial pardon. Friends stand ready to care for her upon release, with expectations she will go to a son in the West to make her home there.
Wife feigns death as husband shoots and dies
In New York on Christmas Eve Mrs O Rourke endured two gunshots to the head while feigning death for thirty minutes as her husband John O Rourke sat by to ensure she was dead. After firing he killed himself. she crawled to aid and was saved by Officer Roberts and his wife. Doctors say she may recover despite the brutal ordeal.
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New
York
John
O’rourke
O'Rourke
Sten
Roberts
Hayes Hopkins Visit Detroit Couple in City
Mr and Mrs Hayes Hopkins are in the city visiting from Detroit staying for several days and enjoying local sights and events.
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Mrs. Hayes Hopkins
Detroit
Miss Ewnice Kesler Spends Christmas in Galien
Miss Ewnice Kesler spent Christmas in Galien Michigan with relatives. The brief social note records her holiday visit and mentions no other events or dates.
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Ewnice Kesler
Galien, Mich
Miss Hazel Davis Visited Ligonier Yesterday
Miss Hazel Davis spent yesterday in Ligonier as a visitor, staying briefly to observe local sights and meet residents. The event appears casual with no formal program or timetable disclosed.
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Hazel Davis
Holiday Visitors Report Shared Across Cities
The garbled list shows residents from Mishawaka LaPorte South Bend Elkhart Goshen and surrounding areas visiting friends and relatives over Christmas. Names and places appear with partial phrases including Mrs Scott Gard Maude Keefer Dr W J V Armour and Mr Arse Kiase among others.
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W. J. Varmour
Goshen
Elkhart
Arse Kiase
Steering a Great Ship Aims and Challenges
The article explains ship steering is delicate, though aided by machinery. Wind, waves, and currents constantly push off course. large hulls create broad targets. A wheelhouse often stays closed, with a lookout and officer guiding the helmsman who rarely looks ahead.
Progressive New York farmer powers farm with flowing stream dynamo
A New York state farmer harnesses a creek to run a dynamo for house and outbuildings. He automates the milk separator and churn, adds a grinding stone, pumps water to a roof reservoir, and uses a circular saw to cut fuel wood, showcasing early electric powered farm labor.
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New York State
Technical World
Miner
Bees Die From Overwork Noted In Bee Yard Tale
The beeman recounts bees dying after working around a are light that mimicked daylight. He warns hives near bright illumination cause the bees to labor continually until all perish within a week. The tale, attributed to the N O Times Democrat, describes exhausted bees collapsing as daylight ends.
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N. O. Times- Democrat
Cost of cotton picking per bale range
The estimate assumes 1.5 million pickers handling 100 pounds of seed cotton daily for 100 days to harvest a 10 million bale crop. With prices at 60 to 75 cents per hundredweight, the cost to pick the entire crop falls between $90,000,000 and $112,000,000.
Man Raises 60000 With Bad Checks Cited
A man claims to have raised sixty thousand dollars through bad checks, while his wife dismisses the figure as implausible. He notes that he could call the checks two thousand apiece, then reflects that his spouse does not know much about business.
Miss Créte Zink Spends Day in Ligonier Ill
Peter Heilman of Oakland Avenue reports Miss Créte Zink is home with grippe while spending the day in Ligonier.
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Créte Zink
Ligonier
Peter Heilman
Oakland Avenue
the Grippe
Justice Missed Me At Every Shot
A former prisoner, once acquitted while guilty, sent a cable to Capt. Nicholson claiming innocence and offering three witnesses. The captain verified the testimony, revealing the man’s actual innocence and a wry note on justice that had repeatedly spared him.
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Joe” Nicholson
House of Correction
Detroit News
Reading for Thought and Character in Schopenhauer’s View
The piece argues that reading alone does not create thought. One must digest and apply what is read, expand perception, form new connections, and draw fresh conclusions. Merely reading to pass time dulls intellect and social discourse, while truly worthwhile reading arouses reflection and builds ideals.
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Schopenhauer
Deserved Rebuke in Boston Dinner Tale
Lady Walrond recounts a courtmaid’s life with Queen Victoria at Windsor and San Remo. A guest at the Sports club wrongly assumes diaries exist, only to learn the queen bans diaries at court. The maid of honor gently notes the guest would not be suitable.
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Walrond
William Walrond
Boston
Queen Victoria
San Remo
Maid of Honor
Not So Much Needed
A poverty stricken family suddenly gains income and moves to a country home. They posturing to neighbors leads visitors to a poultry yard where a guest asks about daily eggs. The girl replies that in their position the chickens do not have to lay daily.
Fish That Climbs Trees In Tongatabu
A nature student recalls a Tongatabu sight of an octopus known as feke that climbs a tree overhanging the sea. When disturbed it drops back into the water, a curiosity among Tonga tabu natives who enjoy octopus flesh.
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Tongatabu
Pacific
Cult of the Concertina Sparks Alarm in Musical Circles
The London World warns that while skilled players show the concertina's merit, amateur misuse makes it a torturous instrument. The piece cautions against expanding its popularity in a tense era where nerves are strained.
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London World
Chicago visitor Rigney in city yesterday
John A Rigney of Chicago was in the city yesterday and Walter Peterson was the guest of Ligonier friends yesterday.
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John A. “Rigney
Chicago
Walter Peterson
Ligonier
Jefferson’s frugal mood? lavish dinners and costly liquors
Jefferson kept meticulous White House ledgers showing about 12000 spent on liquors over eight years. He hosted state dinners for about 40 guests with low prices but sometimes spent up to 50 on small dinners wine list aside.
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Jefferson
White House
The
Home Magazine
Great East Room
Potomac
The Army Hangman Hunt in Crimea
A tale recalls the British army’s struggle to find a hangman for a Crimea murder case. A volunteer newcomer, locked in a stable, vanishes. The officer asks a captain to act, who seeks volunteers among sergeants and a man steps forward to hang the condemned. He later flogged the failed volunteer.
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Crimea
Falcon as Ship Mascot Captured on Northbound Vessel
The Seattle Post Intelligencer reports a large falcon named Falcon was captured by Chief Officer F. G. Mills about 100 miles inside Unimak Pass during a northbound voyage. After a tense struggle on the foretop and deck, the bird was tamed and became the ship’s pet mascot, showing aggression to others unless Mills is present.
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Ohio
Fred
F. G. Mills
Unimak Pass
Mr. Mills
Teo
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Non Barking Dogs in History and Law
A brief note contrasts the difficulty of teaching dogs not to bark with a record of a dog trained over three years. It mentions three non barking dog varieties, cites strict night barking laws in Japan with potential arrest and a year of labor, and suggests similar laws could lead to many arrests in suburban towns.
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Thibet
Egypt
Japan
N. Y. Herald
Where Curfew Should Ring
The writer argues fathers chasing money and nightlife harm their boys by denying them time at home. They urge strengthening home ties and sacredness to reduce youth temptations and curfew demands, criticizing not just bars but weakened family guidance.
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Blackstone Courier
Charles Nichols Departs on Southern Commercial Trip
Charles Nichols left this morning for a southern commercial trip. Mrs and Mrs Theodore Rouse spent Christmas day in Buchanan.
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Charles. Nichols
Theodore _ Rouse
Buchanan
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