Newcastle Fed and Local Delve Into Blackmail Plot
Citizens of Newcastle rally over an extortion attempt against farmer Nathan Payne. A letter demanded a $500 package be placed at Flat Rock bridge under threat of arson and family harm. Guards at the Payne home. handwriting linked to a miner. extra precautions and nervous neighbors throughout the community.
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Ind
Nathan Payne
Payne
Flat Rock Bridge
Ernest Payne
James H. Jones
Burr
Motion Overruled in Vandalia Railroad Case in Indianapolis
Judge Anderson overruled the motion to dismiss and took under advisement the exception to the master's report in the Vandalia railroad vs Union B Hunt and others. The railroad seeks a permanent injunction against a December 1906 railroad commission rate order on classified freight from Indianapolis to the Illinois state line. The judge questioned railroad accuracy, saying figures in court must be straight and denying claims that railroads can manipulate accounts or gain court advantage.
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Vandalia Railroad
Union B. Hunt
Railroad Commission
Ilinois State Line
Andersuod
Railroad Cmpany
Indianapolis judge attacks Buckwalter administration over enforcement
Judge Whallon of the police court accuses the Buckwalter administration of selective law enforcement and dismissals by police in auto arrests liquor sales on Sunday and smoke ordinance cases. He says officers themselves have ignored violations and that Capt. Asch discharged an arrested auto driver without grounds. Coroner Padgett exhumed Spencer Spriggs and found arsenic in his stomach amid threatening letters. Grand jury foreman A A Young says the shooting of attorney Samuel Dowden by a police class member will be investigated. In Quakland City a gas well near Olesoff Co. reports a 5,000,000 cubic feet daily flow under 500 psi.
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Buckwalter
Ite
Wharton
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Shelburn
Ind
Padgett
Spencer Spriggs
Carlisle
Spriggs
A. A. Young
Grand Jury
Samuel Dowden
Ciass
Metzger
Adolph Asch
Sergt. Barmfuhrer
Dowden
Quakland City
Here
Oles@off & Co
Ofl
GovernorMarshall Urges Rail Commission Rethink Opinion
Gov Marshall writes to the railroad commission urging reconsideration of its recent opinion on enforcing the full train crew law passed by the recent legislature. He argues there is no basis for telling railroads how to violate the law.
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Gov. Marshall
Railroad Commission
Marshal
Saloonfine and Hoosier Notes From Indiana Gossip
Evansville saloon keeper Amos Riggs fined 2 and costs in police court. Obituary notes for H C Peters of Liberty aged 77, medalist in Odd Fellows and Mason. Mamie Wiseman in serious condition after being struck by a policeman’s club thrown at a fleeing suspect in New Albany. Terre Haute boat Black Demon set a 150 mile river record in 10 hours 4 minutes from Terre Haute to Lafayette. Michigan Indiana Retail Coal Dealers join Mantou cruise to Sault Ste Marie. Notre Dame students La Torra and Sturia capsize in St Joseph River. Torra drowns, Sturia saved. United States Steel Co takes option on Hammond Co coal properties. Owen Darling, last survivor of 1849 Golden Gate escape, dies in Evansville. Sylvia Dailey and Clarence Wells arrested in Richmond runaway romance. plan to marry after Wells gains work. Michael Fascino admits Black Hand letter seeking $550. threats of kidnapping. Webb Nye of Warsaw receives 1862 Ohio check for 15 dollars as a squirrel hunter reward. Evansville work car injures B F Knight. motorman James Pearce arrested. Second Battalion Indiana National Guard holds annual boat event at New Albany. teams from Jeffersonville Madison and Martinsville compete. Feet washing at international camp meeting in Anderson draws 2000, with many missionaries and African descent participants. Auctioneers set Chicago 1910 session. Anson G Madden elected president. Warrick County votes will end local option elections in Indiana until winter. Indianapolis dry status move announced.
Fruit dealer Mascari shot. condition critical in Indianapolis
Indianapolis sees a shooting as Anthony Mascari, a local fruit dealer, is wounded by city employee Gus Giffre after a dispute over a woman. Mascari remains in critical condition with possible death. Police investigate motives and circumstances.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Anthony Mascari
Gus Giffre
Mascari
Too Splendid for a Home by Elinor Glyn
Excerpt from Elizabeth Visits America describes a Parisian inspired home with two suites of rococo furniture lavish curtains and embroidered cushions. The narrator notes lack of coziness and sleep issues from embroidered details while contrasting boudoir and sitting rooms with high end decor and Duveen influences.
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Paris
Duveen
Elinor Glyn
Elizabeth
America
Made a Messenger of Love to Lord Northcote Tale
London M A P recalls Lord Northcote as governor general of Australia. A maid kisses him and hands a sausage and a note saying her master has company. At the gate a servant waits for his sweetheart and a five shilling tip is given. The anecdote links to potential succession to Earl Grey in Canada.
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Earl Grey
Canada
Australia
London
Tree dispute in Germantown over fifty year old boundary
A giant tree along the property line between R. G. Beale and Charles Spoerl in Germantown is split by the line. Beale secured a preliminary injunction while Spoerl moves to cut the tree during improvements, and the case proceeds in court.
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Germantown
R. G. Beale
Charles Spoerl
Beale
Hartford Courant
Boy Reneges On Dinner Table Topic
A father asks about Johnny’s day at school, but Johnny declines to discuss school matters, citing a “physiology” favoring pleasant table talk and requests to change the subject. The exchange highlights family dynamics and humor over everyday conversation.
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Father
Johnny
Child asks how sardine cans are opened
A lunch table exchange has a mother explaining that small sardines are eaten by larger fish while five year old Mabel asks how the cans are opened. The scene preserves a domestic moment with simple curiosity.
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Mother
Mabel
Man Sells Wife for a Shilling Cited in Paper
A terse joke notes an American man selling his wife for one shilling with the husband replying that a good wife could be worth that amount. The quip reflects a humorous take on marital worth in a satirical voice.
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America
Cure Claims From Kidney Pills and Tuberculosis Hope
A Fort Scott reader praises Dean's Kidney Pills for dissolving a stubborn kidney stone and removing all symptoms after treatment. The note also quotes Dr Osler on tuberculosis progress and describes a new Herzog lamp burner patent marketed by Union Light Co New York City for broad township rollout.
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S. Hill 31
Fort Scott
Kansas
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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