Mystery at the House of Mystery Unfolds in New York
Rudolph van Vechten and Tom Phinney investigate the House of Mystery near the Powhatan club as a man is found dead and Paige Carew’s purse surfaces. Detectives clue to London connections, Temple Benner, and the Willard-Devereaux ties while a girl helps Phinney escape.
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Rudolph van Vechten
Ware
Powhatan Club
van Vechten
Tom Phinney
Paige Carew
Tom
Temple Benner
Flint
Nou
Ws.le
Temple Tenner
Compton Schuyler
Max Willard
Devereaux
Bonner
Willard
John Callie
Callis
Tom Phinney lands a shipboard job on the Kohinur
In New York Tom Phinney, in a despondent mood, pursues employment with Brownlow the importer. Brownlow explains a secret charter of the Kohinur and the need to assemble a crew, with Tom agreeing to recruit a first officer, a mate, and an engineer for a mysterious voyage. Tom secures Phil Mercer and Cox and heads to the Claremont landing to board the Kohinur.
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Brownlow
Tom
Phinney
Claremont
Hudson
Claremont Landing
Phil Mercer
Shanghai
Mercer
Annapolis
Cox
Tonneau
Phil
van Vechten
Ramsey
Kenmore
Claremont’s Landing
Claremont's
The Kohinur Launch Encounter with Captain Phinney
Tom confronts an importer aboard the Kohinur about appearance and manners. He harshly criticizes the launch’s brass nameplate and the crew’s attire, warning the man to change before the night proceeds. The scene ends with Tom demanding civility.
Taxpayers' League Formed in Frankfort to Advise Officials
A new organization named the Taxpayers' League forms in Frankfort with J. B. Meifeld as president and H. F. Campbell, Carl Sims and John C. Morrison as officers. It aims to promote citizens interests, support economical city governance, back beneficial legislation, and aid public improvements. The league prompted the city council to reject an 80 cent per foot bid for fire hose, contending cheaper hose exists.
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Frankfort
Tax Payers’ League
J. B. Meifeld
H. F. Campbell
Carl Sims
John C. Morrison
Underwood Arrested For Whisky Delinquency in Poolroom
John Underwood borrowed 25 cents from Frank Huffman chief of police and followed by patrolmen was seen entering Joseph Hines poolroom where a whisky sale occurred. Underwood held a half pint bottle of whisky and Huffman recovered the quarter from Hines. Hines faces charges of running a blind tiger after officers found multiple bottles of whisky hidden in cigar boxes a coffeepot and a mop pail.
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Columbus
John Doc Underwood
Frank Huffman
Underwood
Joseph Hines
Hines
Huffman
Death of Benjamin Owsley Linked to Multiple Violent Losses
Jeffersonville report notes Benjamin S. Owsley's death amid a family history of four violent deaths. His second wife Ada Brown Schneider, once tried for murder in St. Louis, had been previously divorced from Joseph Schneider. Owsley previously lived in Utica and married Rose Underwood in 1886, who later divorced. The murder trial ended with a hung jury.
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Jeffersonville
Benjamin S. Owsley
St. Louis
Owsley
Utica
Clark County
Rose Underwood
Ada Brown Schneider
Joseph Schneider
Frightful oddity captured near Connersville
In Connersville on May 15 Will Hanson and Fred Volz trapped a creature about the size of a rat with a weasel like body and a squirrel head. Claws longer than a housecat, thin light brown fur, very quiet and mostly asleep, puzzled local scientists as it ran for a hollow log end in a thicket north of the city.
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Connersville
Will Hanson
Fred Volz
Rattlesnake Found in Elkhart Business District
Ira C. Corner, an Elkhart policeman, heard a buzzing noise and shone a flashlight to investigate. He discovered a rattlesnake near his feet, ready to strike, which was clubbed to death. The snake had five rattles and is believed to have been brought into town in a load of hay.
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Elkhart
Ira C. Corner
Dynamite Wagon Struck by Traction Car in Tipton
A delivery wagon driven by Ray Hunter and Fred Shupard carrying eight boxes of dynamite was hit by a traction car in Tipton on May 13. The dynamite fell into the street but did not explode. The horse and wagon were dragged about fifty feet. Hunter and Shupard escaped serious injury.
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Tipton
Ray Hunter
Fred Shupard
Hunter
Shupard
Public intoxication defendant chooses church over jail
Police Judge Wilson faced John Yeater who pleaded guilty to public intoxication. Yeater offered a preference for attending church over serving eleven days in jail or fifty two Sundays in church, choosing religous observance as his sanction.
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Wabash
Wilson
John Yeater
Little Courtesies of Social Life
The piece lists daily nuisances in social conduct such as interrupting conversations, talking loudly, gossiping about others, and telling prolonged stories. It urges individual effort within families and circles to eliminate discourtesy and bad breeding.
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Woman’s Home Companion
Mark
Philosophical Ease vs. Parting with Objects
Quote frames a reflection on how adopting a philosophical view makes acquiring things feel simple, while relinquishing them demands deeper contemplation and resolve.
Plainfield Clean-Up Day Sees Widespread Civic Aid
Plainfield observes a successful cleanup with nearly all residents joining efforts led by the Woman's Club Civic League and the Business Men's Association.
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Plainfield
Woman's Club
The
Civic League
Business Men's A Association
Egg Surgery Successful in Small Town Event
Hartford City reports Miss Jane Anthony dropped an egg while moving west. After it cracked she heard a chicken peep. She mended the egg with paper and later watched the chick break the paper shell.
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Hartford City
Jane Anthony
Twin Boys Born on Different Days in Greenfield
Twin boys born to Mr and Mrs Frank Cully of Greenfield will observe different birth days one at 1145 p m Saturday night and the other at 1230 a m Sunday morning The births occurred in the city setting the unusual date split.
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Greenfield
Frank Cully
Law Point Passes in Reed Case over Dismissal Charges
Judge Wickens of the Bartholomew circuit court ruled on the Indiana v Reed case. Reed now serving in state prison for dynamiting a Hope school heating plant while pending charges included malicious trespass unlawful use of dynamite assault and battery with intent to kill and arson. The court dismissed remaining charges after the state declined to appeal, citing three-term trial dismissal rules.
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Columbus
Wickens
Bartholomew
Indiana
Enzer Reed
Hope
State Board
Reed
Indiana News In Brief Across Communities
Clinton forms Clinton-A Sons of Veterans camp with thirty charter members aiming for one hundred by Memorial Day. Kelwood-Herman Uoan, 20, jailed for allegedly damaging a Dr. Mendenhall automobile. Henry County orphan home abandoned. twenty children to move to Indianapolis facility. Evansville probate records show Predick W. Cook estate valued at 269000 largely in stocks and bonds. Oliver Brown, wanted in St. Louis for assault with intent to kill, under arrest. Marion administrator James A. Hubert receives 1500 damages from Grant circuit court in train death case. Shelbyville gas explosion burns Emma Smith while opening oven door. Lawrenceburg Charles Day, 43, arrested for breaking into a house with intent to commit murder. Terre Haute Solon D. Freeman sues Terre Haute Transfer for 5000 damages after taxi driver assault over fare. Muncie Woman’s Franchise League denounces Terre Haute civic conditions and recent Donn Roberts trial. Aurora William C. North, 16, disappeared. writes from New Mexico seeking return home to avoid war. Anderson suit for 2500 damages over watermelon patch dispute proceeds in Madison circuit court. Crawfordsville Mary Hanna Krout invited to Memorial Day address by G A R. Rushville Fisher sues Fletcher for 165000 damages in a case moved from Hancock to Marion court.
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Clinton
Sons of Veterans
Kelwood
Herman Uoan
F. FL. Mendenhall
Spiceland
Henry County
Indianapolis
Evansville
Predick W. Cook
Oliver Brown
St. Louis
Marion
James A. Hubert
Nettie Hubert
Chesapeake & Ohio
Jonesboro
Grant
Shelbyville
Emma Smith
Lawrenceburg
Charles T. Day
Fairview Pike
George H. Manford
Terre Haute
Solon D. Freeman
Freeman
William C. North
Aurora High School
Raton
N. M
Mexico
Anderson
Madison
George W. Pettigrew
Ingalls
Bert Sylvester
Pendleton
Pettigrew
Sylvester
Fisher
Fletcher
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