Captain and pythons build a South American house
A nautical tale portrays a captain stranded between Rio de Janeiro and Santa Cruz who trains a company of pythons to perform tasks. The snakes haul lumber, build a two story cottage, and even imitate the captain’s chores as a rescue ship finally appears with a waving American flag. Bildad the dog dies after eating a park pet before the captain’s rescue.
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South Ammeriky
Circle of Nature
County Clarion
Guy Humphries
Greeley
Piscataquis
White House
Si Wotherspoon
Sam Busby
Peru
Cap
Argentine Republic
Rio de Jannuary
Santa Cruz
Bildad
Gorry
Mass theater fire wipes out dozens at Rhodes Opera House
MAD FLIGHT FROM THEATER Boyertown Pa January 14 a blast and oil lamp fire at Rhodes Opera House during a St Juan Lutheran Sunday school benefit killed between 50 and 75 people and injured at least 15 as crowd of 700 poured into exits. Fire crews from nearby towns struggled as building burned to ashes with many bodies unrecoverable in debris.
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Boyertown
Rhodes Opera House
St. Juan
Frank Cullen
Lula Fegley
Daniel Gabel
Daniel Kramer
Lottie Kramer
Fred Gotscheil
Elisha Reinert
Harry Toms
Harry Reinardt
George Romig
Herbert Godschall
Henry Binder
Mabel Hoel
Blanche Hoel
Francis
Frank Boyer
William Boyer
EH. H. Boyer
Anna Dorr
Anna Bauman
Willam Moyer
Laura Grim
Adam N. Moyer
Anna Leidy
Florence Weand
Maggie Leinbach
Mamie Fon
Pottstown
Fire destroys El Oro mining camp in Mexico
Telegram reports El Oro field mining camp in Mexico, one of the republics largest, fully burning with principal hotels and major business buildings razed. Town threatened. communication cut off after fire. Meanwhile, Army Canteen association boards push nationwide branches to pressure Congress, endorsed by Roosevelt. Appalachian forest preservation noted in a Roosevelt letter. Wheat clearings for Britain total 843,277 bushels for the week ending January, all from Pacific coast points to United Kingdom.
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Mexico City
el Oro
Republic
New York
The
Army Canteen Association
Con Cross
Roosevelt
Atlan, Ga
Bigon Johnson
Appalachian National Woeat Association
Great Britain
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Delegates Vote Narrowly on Anti Tobacco and Liquor Proposal
Indianapolis delegates representing about 100 Farmers' Mutual Insurance Companies Union refused to back an anti tobacco and liquor crusade. A resolution by S W Hillman urging members to push for banning intoxicants and tobacco as a narcotic failed by three votes. Aaron Jones retired as president after 12 years, with George W Kell succeeding him as president and Jos D Saunders elected vice president and H J Nowlin as secretary treasurer.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Companies’ Union
S. W. Hillman
Greensburg
Aaron Jones
South Bend
Union
George W. Kell
Hagerstown
Wayne County
Jos
Jail Cell No 12 Opened After 40 Years in New Albany
A historic note from New Albany recounts the reopening of cell No 12 in Floyd county jail where Simeon Reno was confined during the 1868 lynching. The cell, long avoided due to bloodstains and superstition, was finally opened during jail renovations after the lock failed decades ago and the floor could not be reached. Other items include a Porter's estate dispute in Summit County Ohio and a case in Laporte about a father’s marriage claims. Uniform grain inspection is urged in Indianapolis with mixed dealer support.
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New Albany
Ind
Renos
Floyd County
Simeon Reno
Reno
Laporte
Mary Johnson
South Bend
Niles
Mich
Akron
Jennings Meyers Strunk
Summit County
Ohio
Porter
Mary Strunk
John C. Strunk
Indiana
Three Men Entombed at Ennis Mines near Petersburg
At the Ennis mines eight miles west of Petersburg Indiana a heavy plate fell trapping John Tint Ed Shoultz and 11 year old Clifford Frederick. All are internally injured with Shoultz and Frederick possibly mortally hurt. The boy had accompanied the men to watch the work. Mine owners say workers were warned of danger.
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Petersburg
Ind
Ennis
John Tint
Ed Shoultz
Clifford
Frederick
Shoultz
No Sympathetic Strike Denied in Anderson Visit
President W. D. Mahon of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railways of America denied rumors that amalgamated motormen and conductors on all electric lines in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois would be called out in sympathy with the Central Electric strike during his Anderson stop.
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Anderson
Ind
W. D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railways of America
Ohio
Indiana
Inois
Central Electric
Receivers Named For Bank of Goodland Closure
Rensselaer Indiana judge Hanly appointed N T Giggs of Goodland and Grant Hall of Fowler as receivers for the Bank of Goodland which has just closed its doors. The same receivers are expected to be appointed for the Fowler and Am bia banks which recently closed. Stubbed His Toe in Hagerstown Death from blood poisoning follows toe injury. foot was amputated a week prior, relief of suffering.
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Rensselaer, Ind
Hanly
N. T. Giggs
Goodland
Grant Hall
Fowler
Bank of Goodland
Ambia
Hagerstown
Ind
Philip Pipher
Tuell Elected President of Indiana Board of Agriculture
Edward S. Tuell of Corydon has been elected president of the state board of agriculture in Indianapolis. He has served as vice president and superintendent of the mechanical department during the past year.
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Tuell
Indianapolis
Ind
Edward S. Tuell
Corydon
Stat Board of Agriculture
Agad Pioneer Dead in New Albany Near Ramsay
Isaac Davis a well known New Albany resident died at his Ram sey home on the Southern Railway line about fifteen miles west of time. He was 40 years old and the notice notes his local prominence and the remote location of his death.
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Agad
New Albany
Ind
Isaac Davis
Ramsey
Crusade Against Gambling Sparks Warsaw Raid
Councilman Cian Gillian, ex-saloonkeeper, led a police raid on a cigar shop rear rooms at o'clock in the morning resulting in the seizure of the gaming paraphernalia. Twenty young men must appear in Mayor Rigdon's court for violative charges amid Alderman Gillian's bid to curb gambling with night police support.
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Warsaw
Ind
Cian Gillian
Rigdon
Cnl
Gillian
Forced to retire J. E. Killen from Indiana National Life
Indianapolis Tad reports the state insurance department ordered the forced retirement of J. E. Killen vice president and general manager of Indiana National Life Insurance Co citing reduced securities from losses at Rich Creek Bank and objections to Killen's management. M. D. Butler, president, will become general manager.
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Indianapolis
Tad
State Insurance Department
J. E. Killen
Indiana National Life Insurance Co
Insurance Department
Andites
Rich Creek Bank
Killen
M. D. Butler
Tragedy Near Richmond Sees Brother-Father Killed
In Richmond Indiana John Ullery a 35 year old freight conductor for the Pennsylvania railroad was instantly killed near Richmond while leaning from his train to inspect an adjacent track. The train was in charge of his brother William Ullery an engineer. Ullery leaves a wife in Indianapolis.
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Richmond
Ind
John Dllery
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ulery
William Ullery
John Ullery
Ullery
Indianapolis
Missing Muncie capitalist Charles Bu Johnson sought in Indianapolis
Indianapolis police and agencies coordinate a search for Charles Bu Johnson a Muncie capitalist and real estate dealer who disappeared from a sanitarium in Indianapolis. His brother A L Johnson leads the effort after Johnson was last seen on the canal bank days ago with tracks in earth and sand found nearby.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Bu. Johnson
Muncie
A. L. Johnson
Jobmcom
Canal Baneh
Daklie
Muncie Strike Costs State Big Losses
Col. Harry B. Smith of the Indiana National Guard on return from Muncie warns the strike may be Indiana's most costly. He says riot costs have run at least $2,000 daily, totaling about $16,000 so far for the state.
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Muncie
Indianapolis
Indiana
Harry B. Smith
Second Infantry
Indiana National, Guard
Father Finds Son's Body After Disappearance
Edward Carr in Indianapolis discovers his son Wilbur Carr, 12, dead in a downstairs room four days after his disappearance. A bottle of carbolic acid nearby indicates death by his own hand, concluding a anxious search.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Edward Carr
Wilbur Carr
Firecracker Blast Injures Petersburg Man
Firecracker exploded in the hands of Fred Stubblefield in Petersburg fatally wounding him. He lit a cracker and tossed it, Ina picked it up, and it exploded badly lacerating his hands and body in the street.
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Petersburg
Ind
Fred Stubblefield
Ina
Woman regains consciousness after 95 hours in Fort Wayne flat
Isabella Bowen shows signs of waking after 95 hours since she was found unconscious in her Fort Wayne flat. Doctors say she may recover. In Elkhart a roundhouse fire at Lake Shore and Michigan Southern destroyed a machine and offhouse with one man burned. investigators link it to inflammable material. A political primary held in New Albany.
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Ft, Wayne
Ind
Gan
Isabella Bowen
Elkhart
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Road
Shamburger
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Aald
Guasculus
Ilama
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Oyster Bay
Astore
Mexico
Indiana Grain Dealers’ Association
United States
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Pearcy
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