Night Operator Miss Gladys Wentworth Prompts Police Watch
From Saturdays Daily Truth Miss Gladys Wentworth took a night operator job at the Bell exchange on Main and Franklin. She heard steps Thursday night and a man claimed to be repairing a broken lock the next morning. Friday a figure appeared and again last night she called police to monitor the premises. no disturbance occurred.
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Gladys Wentworth
Bell Telephone Exchange
Main
Franklin Streets
Miss Wentworth
John L Harper Dead at 76 After Long Illness
John L Harper of 617 Middlebury street died at 6 40 this morning of consumption after months confined to home. Born September 25 1869 in this city he ran a billiard hall on South Main near the Lake Shore. He leaves his mother Mrs Martha Harper a son Louis seven and two brothers William and Robert. His wife died June 21 1905. Funeral Monday at 2 30 pm at Castle U B church with Modern Woodmen of the World in charge.
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John L. Harper
Middlebury Street
South Main Street
Lake
Umbrella Mender Fred Kline Arrested on Old Charge
Fred Kline, known for drunkenness in police court, was arrested at Main and Franklin at noon by Officer Hoagland on an old charge. South Bend police had a warrant for burglary, but later said they no longer wanted him.
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Fred Kline
Main
Franklin _streets
Hoagland
South Bend
Miss Carrie Bunyen's Troubled Tuesday Dream Shatters
A fragment reports Miss Carrie Bunyen, aged 16, facing a disrupted day on Tuesday. The line hints at a personal setback or tragedy but provides limited context or outcome.
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Carrie Bunyen
Rioting in Springfield Threatens Negro Quarter
In Springfield Ohio rioters burn seven Negro houses after the fatal injury of white brakeman M M Davis by two Black men. Sheriff asks Governor Pattison to send troops as militiamen clash with mobs and police rescue children trapped in a looted saloon.
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Springfield
M. M. Davis
Preston Ladd
Edward Dean
Almoney
Columbia Street
Water Street
Foster Street
St .Ing
Dayton
Negra
Wealthy Georgia farmer Cody Bryant built wealth from timber and land
Covington Newton county reports Cody Bryant born to enslaved parents became a leading Black farmer in middle Georgia. He leased land in Jasper county, cleared timber, bought mules and houses, then purchased farms. Now owner of 1650 acres, 53 mules, a sawmill, and modern gunnery, he employs tenants and hands while supporting churches and schools. He taught himself reading arithmetic and manages his affairs.
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Covington
Newton
America
Cody
Bryant
California
Jasper County
Georgia
Jasper
South
Harvard Faces Three-Year Deficit Amid Growing Shortfall
Harvard University in Cambridge posts a $5 000 deficit after missing running expenses by $30 743, despite having $8 036 025 available funds for 1904 05. The institution has seen annual deficits funded from the insurance and guaranty fund, with efforts to raise the teachers endowment and tuition increases to curb the shortfall. The law school leads in expense coverage, accounting for $41 351 of the year.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard
Cambridge University
Cambridge
Gvacuate
Insurance and Guaranty Fund
Fune
Teachers Endowment Fund
Grainaiss
Blind man counterfeiter testimony in Maleto gang hearing
Testimony at a United States Commission hearing exposed a counterfeit trust linked to the Maleto gang. Five members faced questions in Philadelphia about operations, methods, and networks behind the forgeries.
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Philadelphia
United States ‘Commission
Old School Politicians Cared Little for Big Offices
Indiana politics in the early days valued public service over higher offices. Former President John Tyler once led road building with zeal, reflecting a time when governors and legislators were stepped stones to higher posts. The piece notes changes in how state leaders view promotions, mentions Gov Hanly, Gov Jennings, and Indiana’s delegation, and reports on the Republican state convention planned for April 11-12 in Indianapolis with apportionment changes and the Fifth district congressional nomination contest involving Congressman Holliday.
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Ben Whitehead
Indianapolis
Ind
John Tyler
White House
Indiana
State House
State Capitol
Gov
Hanly
State Senate
Congress
George W. Self
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Jonathan Jennings
Washington
Gov. Hanly
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