Indiana stray records show prison and reform stats
Indiana state charitable and correctional institutions report six months to March 31. Enrollment stood at 13,208 with a net gain of 456 as 12,752 began the year. prisons hold 1,265 men and 1,201 in the reformatory. Central Hospital for the Insane leads with 1,705 patients.
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Indianapolis
Eed
Board of
Wate Charities
Robert W. Long
Papling
Indiana Boys’ School
Indiana Girls’ School
Woman's Prison
Central Hospital For Insane
Lafayette
Fort Wayne
State Prison
Michigan City
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Eel
Northern Hospital For Insane
Jogapeport
Southeastern Hospital For Insane
Madison
Tattered War Flags Return to Indiana in Ceremonies
The tattered butte Mags from the Tenth Indiana Civil War regiment found in Washington are to be returned to Indiana with ceremonies. Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball, associate editor of the National Tribune, will oversee the flags awaiting formal transfer to Governor Ralston, who plans to receive them at Marion and display them in Indianapolis.
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Indiana
Washington, D. C
Isabel Worrell Ball
National Tribune
Hall
Flis
Marsh
Taylor
Chickamauga
William J. Carroll
Rall
Ralston
Marion
Indianapolis
Indiana News Briefs Collision Traps Car Near Harvey Ill
Daniel Jordan a Hegewisch contractor and William Living a neighbor were in Jordan’s car en route to Harvey Illinois when a Winds Central train struck the vehicle. The car and its occupants were buried more than one hundred feet from the wreck.
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F Hammond
Daniel Jordan
William Living
Harvey, Ill
Jordan
Harvey
Wool Over Border Love Banned by Barbed Wire Frontier
Dutch suitor Pete and Belgian Mieke pursue romance across a wartime frontier barbed wire fence. German patrols, sentries, and marsh crossings complicate their attempts to meet, forcing the pair to hide in a stable and endure a long trek back to Holland after a late Sunday encounter.
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W. J. L. Kiehl
Chicago News
The
Hague
Pete
Mieke
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Louis
Euler
Myer
Ublana
WED ONLY FOR LOVE Dean Gildersleeve on college marriage
Virginia C. Gildersleeve of Harvard College says college women divorce less than others because graduates marry for love not occupation. She views motherhood as a profession and values a rounded outlook from education, as shown in a posed photo of Dean Gildersleeve.
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Desa
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Harvard College
Dean Gildersleeve
Epitaph Found Hidden on Stone at Columbia Farm
Edward Phillips pried up a long-used stepping stone at a Columbia farmhouse and uncovered an inscription for Emily, daughter of Joseph and Eunice Smith, who died in 1814 aged six months. The stone, five by two feet, likely came from an unknown source and had rested by the back door for decades.
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Columbia
Conn
Edward Phillips
Emily
Joseph
Eunice Smith
Phillipe
Sentry Busy as Germans Hesitate at Frontier
Dutch observers report wary Dutch Belgians slip across the frontier near Bergen op Zoom while German guards avoid firing at the line to prevent breaching neutrality. Smugglers and contraband trade flourish behind the frontier as Dutch sentries tighten surveillance and reseal routes to Germany.
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Bergen-op-Zoom
Holland
Belgium
Zeetrugge
Flanders
Frerman
Goutenre
Germany
Men Rob Oliton Farm In Unmasked Hold Up
Jack Mason reports being robbed six miles south of Oliton Oklahoma. He was relieved of about $7.60 and his chewing tobacco. The assailants wore disguises and acted quickly, unmasked but with improvised outfits. County officers are investigating the hold up.
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Oliton
Okla
Jack Mason
Offcera
Mason
Wool Growing in Canada a Success
Alberta wool growers expect 25 cent wool this year amid strong demand from war boosted mills. A key Grassy Lake sheepman says prices may exceed that as the season promises a good harvest of high quality wool. Western Canada farms adapt well to sheep with no special breed needed and profits tied to scale and climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Sheapman
Grassy Lake District
Western Canada
Four Fowls and a Truckers Fare in Yorkshire
A motorist in Yorkshire hits four chickens, pays 14 shillings to the farmer for the birds and slams payment on the claim. The farmer jokes the birds will never lay eggs again due to fright and a local man notes the hens' fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolphus de Milyuns
Yorkshire
Adulphus
Dutt
Hells
Rehoboth
Witness Confusion Delays Court Over Name
A wry courtroom exchange unfolds as a witness misstates his name. Judge Wade tests the identity with questions about his father and surname. The man explains he adopted the Dolan alias after an encounter two years ago and now faces the matter as presented.
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Patrick J. Dolan
Wade
Dolan
Levingki
Pizness
Poltles
Chunk
Vm Tolan
Insomnia Linked to Coffee. Woman Credits Postum Remedy
A Topeka woman reports insomnia, nervousness, and dyspepsia improved after stopping coffee and switching to Postum. She says within weeks she slept better and her digestive health normalized, noting six years of relief since adopting Postum. The ad promotes Postum in two forms with prices and brewing notes.
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Topeka
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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J.D. Case
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Sallie K Jones
Corydon
Er. W. Taylor
South Bend
Anna R. Atwater
Hr. J. Derthick
Marshall T. Reeves
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Terre Haute
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H. F. Swartz
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Designa
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First Catholic Slovak Union of
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Indiana Bankers’ Association
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J. H. Andrews
First National Bank of
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Indiana National
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Fletcher American
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People's State
J. F. McNairy
J. F. Wild
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W. C. Johnson
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Mr. Charles
Indiana Trust Company
Dick Miller
John W. McCardle
W. J. Hutleit
J. L. Porsise
Salen
H. O. Martin
Bedford
W. P. Brewer
New Albany
James 0. Sandora
Birdseye
H. DD. Aldridge
Wallonia
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Scottsburg
Majestine Smith
Allen County
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Smith
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