Global facts and figures from Flora Enterprise Sentinel
The Flora Enterprise Sentinel cites diverse data from 1902 including seven German electrical combines with allied firms totaling 109106000 in capital. high US executive pay 259000. a police emetic saving a life in England. Russo Japanese war losses estimated at 370000 men. a Maryland blacksmith reading the Bible 117 times. Bulgarian monopoly plans on salt matches tobacco and petroleum. shrinking Indian rhinoceros numbers. high continental train speeds 57 mph and 131 mph on different lines. French naval pensions and militia. Simpson tunnel across the Alps 12 miles long double bore. England Wales population 33 million with marriage dissolution rates. Panama sea level canal plans cost 2305 million and 178 million for higher level option.
Land Openings and Copper Trade Shaped by Nations
The piece notes vast vacant land untapped by the General Land Office, Indian reservations opened for settlement, and Indians receiving farms. It discusses U S copper production surpassing rivals, rising foreign demand, and a Russian push into Turkestan. It also reports Prof Jacques Loeb’s life creation experiments in sea urchin fertilization using vinegar salt to form membranes.
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United States
General Land Office
W. A. Richards
Alaska
Congress
Jacques Loeb
University of California
Gospel Songs Sung By Women Summoned as Witnesses
Women summoned as witnesses in a state case sang gospel songs during proceedings. The courtroom heard renditions from several participants, adding a musical interlude as testimony continued. No further details on case or outcomes were provided.
Revival and tragedy thread through Huntington trial
At Huntington and Rising Sun a divorce case and the Gillespie murder trial unfold amid religious revival songs by petitioning witnesses and exhorters. Judge Branyan limits disruptions as the trial, while jurors face suicides linked to the Gillespie case, including August Finke who killed himself after earlier juror incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
England
Wales
Margaret Thompson
Branyan
William Thompson
Rising Sun
Gillespie
James Gillespie
Elizabeth
Michigan City
August Finke
Finke
Andrew Davis
Wm. Scranton
John Russell
William Powell
Davis
Venireman
Bar
Fatal accidental shooting on Petrie Lake boat
In Laporte Indiana on Petrie Lake William Mulloy 19 son of Joseph Mulloy of Hanna was fatally shot when Clyde Hammond 20 aimed at a duck the gun discharged striking Mulloy in the head and brain. The boat capsized Hammond swam with Mulloy to shallow water and a physician tried to save him but Mulloy died 45 minutes later. Hammond is prostrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
William Mulloy
Joseph Mulloy
Hanna
Clyde Hammond
Henry Hammond
Union Mills
Petrie Lake
Hammond
Mulloy
Young Hammond
Budget highlights Indiana farm and finance notes
Across Indiana reports show Cass County shortages with Muncie improvements costing nearly two million dollars over ten years. Southern counties anticipate a record oats crop due to last year's freshet, while Topeka near Lagange receives Carnegie library funding support via Jacob Straus. Indianapolis banks hold substantial deposits with high reserves. Terre Haute plans a new library fireproof building and a summer term manual training building. Southern Indiana Fair Circuit schedules span August to September across Mt Verdon Chrisney Oakland City Rockport New Harmony Booneville Princeton Huntingburg and Evansville.
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Terre Haute
Parsons
Indiana Normal School
Evansville
Indiana
Mt. Verdon
Chrisney
Oakland City
Rockport
New Harmony
Booneville
Princeton
Huntingburg
Tri-State Fair
Governor warns militia over Inland Steel plant unrest
Indianapolis March 31 Gov Garg Hanly of Indiana warned that rioting at Inland Steel Co Indiana Harbor plant will not be tolerated and that militia could be deployed if outbreaks occur to protect property The governor told Sheriff Daugherty there must be no rioting even with militia to preserve peace The trouble stemmed from the companys plan to startup its sheet mill with non union men The plant is currently operating
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Indianapolis
Ind
Hanly
Indiana
Inland Steel Co
Indiana Harbor
Daugherty
Burglars Hit Trafalgar Drug Store in Nitro Explosions
In Indianapolis on April 1 two burglars wrecked the Pritcher & Bridges drug store at Trafalgar with nitroglycerin. Dr R J Williams across the street fired on the robbers who returned fire. no injuries reported. The bandits fled with a small sum. Police pursued but did not capture them. Nearby Yeager & Marshall in Cynthiana also reported a $50 robbery after an early Saturday blast. neighbors faced gunfire as posses chased suspects.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Pritcher & Bridges
Trafalgar
R. J. William
Yeager & Marshall
Cynthiana
Poisoned Entire Family in Freelandville Greens
Terre Haute Ind March 31 Mrs Robert Bascal of Freelandville Sullivan county is dead and her husband and three children are in a precarious condition from eating greens she cooked Tuesday. The family ate them at dinner and she grew violently ill soon after. A physician treated her for poisoning but she died Thursday. The plant species causing the poisoning is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Robert Bascal
Freelandville
Sullivan County
Lumber Dealers Elect Officers in Indiana Meeting
The Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan Lumber Dealers association held its annual session in South Bend Indiana. Byron C Godfrey of Elkhart was chosen president Carni Smith of Niles Michigan was named vice president and James Taylor of South Bend took the role of secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Northern
Indiana and
Southern Michigan
Lumber Dealers’ Association
Byron C. Godfrey
Elkhart
Carni Smith
Niles
Mich
James Taylor
Cost Rise At Indiana State Pens and Benevolent Homes
Indianapolis report shows first quarter maintenance at 13 state penel and benevolent institutions totaling 437 475.63 dollars, up 4 596.67 from the prior year, with 1 479 employees listed in the statistics. Three Seek Damages In Railway Wreck Suit At New Albany Mabel Hogan widow of Homer Hogan sues for 10 000 dollars, while Marshall G. Mitchell and Charles B. Munter seek 15 000 and 25 000 respectively for injuries from the December wreck on the Southern Railway at Maude Illinois.
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Indianapolis
New Albany
Mrsa
Mabel Hogan
Homer Hogan
Southern Railway
Maude
Marshall G. Mitchell
Charles B. Munter
Largest egg of theaephornis in US National Museum
The egg, likely the largest ever found, measures 12 inches long and ten inches wide with a shell nearly a quarter inch thick. It is so sturdy it could hold contents of six ostrich eggs or 14 percent of a hen egg and 30,000 hummingbird eggs.
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Theaephornis
United States National Museum
Who Owns the Railroads in America
H T Newcomb reports statistics showing 6 174 718 savings bank depositors in six eastern states have a stake in 442 354 086 of steam railroad securities while Massachusetts insurers hold 845 889 058 and 74 educational institutions rely on 47 468 327 of similar securities. Total fiduciary holdings exceed 1.5 billion, about one sixth of railroad capital, with life and fire insurers and depositors comprising the mass base. The piece notes broad public ownership by savers and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Newcomb
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Errors of Modern Life and Pusheck's Kuro Advertising
An advertisement-like fragment touts Errors of Modern Life and a tonic named Pusheck's Kuro claiming to restore vitality, boost appetite, purify blood, and relieve nervous debility from overwork. It mixes health claims with urges to contact a Dr. Winking for an illustrated brochure and warns against blaming heredity.
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Pusheck
S Sheck
Abandoned Their Babe Near Haubstadt
Evansville authorities report a four week old baby named James Walton was abandoned by his parents after the mother and father could not care for him. They took the infant from Evansville to Haubstadt and left him on a woodpile, while the father, a cotton mill worker, earns only small wages.
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Evansville
Ind
James Walton
Ubstadt
Walton
Haubstadt
Wak Con
Gibson County
Date Set for Indiana First District Special Election
Indianapolis March 31 Gov Hanly fixed May 16 as the date for the special election to fill the vacancy in Indiana's First congressional district caused by James A Hemenway's election to the United States Senate to succeed Vice President Fairbanks.
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Indianapois
Ind
Hanly
James A. Hemenway
United States Senate
Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Baby McKee Visits White House in 1900s Era
President Roosevelt receives Mrs. Robert McKee in Washington on March 31. Mrs. McKee introduces Benjamin Harrison McKee, the infant son once nicknamed Baby McKee during Harrison’s White House days. The scene underscores a presidential lineage visit with the child of the late President Harrison.
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Baby McKee
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Robert McKee
Harrison
Arthur Lee
McKee
Benjamin Harrison McKee
March Arrives and Leaves Calm in Indiana Weather
Indianapolis reports March arrives pleasantly and departs similarly, marking one of the best behaved Marches in the past decade. The mild spell surprised forecasters with stable temperatures and agreeable conditions across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Fireman Run Down and Killed in Delhi Station Incident
Cincinnati March 31. J. G. Smith a Baltimore and Ohio Western fireman, was struck by a passenger train in front of Delhi station and killed instantly. His home was Lawson Indiana. Coroner Cameron notified. remains taken to county morgue.
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Cincinnati
J. G. Smith
Delhi
Lawson
Ind
Cameron
New Library For DePauw University Gift Announcement
In Greencastle Indiana at a joint chapel service President Hughes announced a gift of 50000 dollars from Andrew Carnegie to DePauw University for the erection of a new library. Rostmasters recommendation noted in Jeffersonville as Senator Hemenway delays postmaster recommendations for at least three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Hughes
Andrew Carnegie
Jeffersonville
Hemenway
Drowning of Harry Rodgers in White River at Princeton
Harry Rodgers aged 29, a young society man of Princeton Indiana, fell from a staff while fishing in White river and drowned. He belonged to several fraternal societies.
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Harry Rodgers
Princeton
Ind
White River
Teacher Sued for Marion in Football Injury
Elijah Harrell on behalf of his 13 year old son Waldo sues teacher Clarence Bradford for 3000 damages alleging a December 5 1904 football recess incident fractured his right leg and left him crippled for life. Also notices of wage increase at Paragon Shirtwaist Co and local political timing, a death in Fort Wayne, operation of Verna Lay, and a $3500 verdict against Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway for personal injuries.
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Marion
Elijah Harrell
Waldo Harrell
Clarence Bradford
Vincennes
John N. Rosenborough
Baltimore
Ohio Southwestern Railway Company
Pusheck's Kuro Remedy Mentioned in Fragmentary Note
Fragmentary OCR text notes a remedy called Pusheck's Kuro and mentions a person named Marie Klager. The lines reference reassurance about health and a group of as yet unclear individuals cured by the remedy, with phrases about being well and attentive care. The readable content is garbled and lacks clear dates or locations.
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Pusheck
Paris
Cai
Marie Klager
Laxative Bromo Quinine Pills Promoted for Quick Cold Cure
An advertising claim touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for colds. Druggists refund money if it fails. Grove's signature appears on each box. The ad notes it is easier for the average man to pay than settle debts, per Chicago Daily News.
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Grove
Chicago
Ews
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