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Newspaper
Flora Enterprise Sentinel
Location
Flora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1904
Page
3
Red Signal Flag Marks New Year Reconciliation
Desire Drummond and Delight Wetherill reconcile on New Year’s Day after four years apart, prompted by a red signal flag in Delight’s window. The diary code and rheumatism memories bind their history, leading to a quiet reunion as they walk across the street with Roxy the cat, ending in shared peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desire Drummond
Roxy
Desire
Delight
Dwlight
Isobel
Ethelind
Jeannette
Maude Mathilde
Delight Wetherill
Actor Fritz Emmet Surprises Crowd With Sobriety Comeback
An old theater anecdote recalls Fritz Emmet once ruled by roistering reputations and a famous March 31 20 years ago Kansas City tale. Facing a prior intoxication rumor, he arrives sober in Leavenworth on April 1 to thrillingly perform. The audience erupts as his staging and singing redeem his image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Emmet
Emmet
Joe Emmet
Kansas City
Fritz
Leavenworth
Belgium uses life imprisonment in place of death sentence
In Belgium there is no capital punishment. The death sentence is pronounced but never executed. The condemned is treated as dead in law and serves life in prison. King Leopold vowed not to sign a death warrant, a promise to his dying mother, despite pleas regarding anarchists sentenced to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Leopold
Bragger Compares Efforts In River Claim
A bragger boasts of strength saying he lowered an empty cask into the river and pulled up 30 gallons of water. A listener retorts that he lowered a boat into the stream and pulled up the river, illustrating a louder boast from Smith's Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith's Weekly
Pope’s Easter Egg Worth Two Thousand Pounds
An English lady gifted the Pope an Easter Egg of ivory shell with white satin lining and a golden yolk containing a ruby set with diamonds. The treasure is valued at over £2000.
Rising Sun murder trial ends day with key testimony
The Gillespie murder case reached a peak as the state rested its case after two major witnesses, Mrs. Jane Boyle and Frank Sebastian, testified. Josh Grace faltered under questioning, while Boyle remained clear and damaging to the accused as stenographer Day concluded notes from Gillespie’s prior trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rising Sun
Ind
Gillespie
James Gillespie
Jane Boyle
Frank Sebastian
Josh Grace
Capt. Coles
Boyle
Matt J. Day
Jim Gillespie
Indianapolis & Ohio Valley Traction Co Formed 150 Mile Route Planned
Articles of Incorporation filed in Indianapolis for the Indianapolis and Ohio Valley Traction Company with a $50,000 capital. Named are J H Furimer Butler Smith Adrian E and Mary E Fauve of Indianapolis and Peter Baker of Troy. Line would run 150 miles through Nashville Bloomington Bedford Mitchell Paoli West Baden French Lick Jasper Ferdinand St Meinard Evans ton Grandview Rockport Troy Tell City to Cannelton. Route traverses much of the state's wildest regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis & Ohio Valley Traction Co
J. H. Furimer
Butler Smith
Adrian E
Mary E. J. Fauve
Peter Baker
Troy
Nashville
Bloomington
Bedford
Mitchell
Paoli
West Baden
French Lick
Jasper
Ferdinand
St. Meinard
Evanston
Grandview
Rockport
Tryo
Woman travels in telescope with infant aboard train
Goshen Indiana December 23 Mrs Frank Osborne of Washburn Ohio caused a sensation at the Big Four passenger station when she alighted with her two children and a third baby about two months old carried in a telescope Breathing holes were cut in the baggage for the infant The mother said she had carried the child the entire distance from Lodi Nebraska claiming it was easier to care for in this way
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Ind
Frank Osborne
Washburn
Osborne
Lodi
Neb
Freight Train Ditching Hinders Grand Rapids Passenger Run
Fort Wayne Indiana December 23 A derailed freight attack on a southbound Grand Rapids Indiana passenger train due in Fort Wayne at 2 AM Friday night was thwarted when an extra freight crashed into rails near Wallen eight miles north. No injuries reported. Public expense maintenance noted for state institutions. Evansville December 23 a traveling man Jacob Kuhn 60 died after falling from a fourth floor window. A city councilman’s six year old son injured by a brick thrown during snowball fight. assailant unidentified. Windfall Indiana December 23 Adam Smith who vanished 47 years ago has a 263 acre Grant county farm estate awaiting him. Indianapolis December 23 John L Griffiths expected to be named consul general to Paris. South Bend December 23 Indiana Railway Co and Indiana Western Railway Co merged with $3 million capitalization to expand west to Laporte and Michigan City. Cincinnati December 23 Rushville team joins Sunday Baseball League. possible admission of Sadpolse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Wallen
Evansville
W. T. Karges
Adam Smith
Marion
Grant County
Murder Mystery Shocks Town with Discovered Body
Relatives receive word that W A Agee formerly of Arthur Illinois was murdered for his money in Jones City Indian Territory. A dog found chewing flesh from a human skull led to the discovery of a buried body in a back yard. Agee arrived with $1600 and stayed with his nephew James Bratchee whose yard held the gruesome find. Signs of a bloody struggle appeared in the kitchen. Bratchee had sent his family to Tennessee while he traveled to the Indian Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ind
Jones City
O. T
W. A. Agee
Arthur
Agee
Jas. Bratchee
Bratchee
Tennessee
Indian Territory
A Plucky Woman Fends Off Burglary in Mt Jackson
Mrs Leslie McLaughlin was alone in her Mt Jackson home when a burglar woke her. He demanded valuables and threatened to kill her with a large caseknife. She wrestled the knife away and chased the intruder from the house, surviving the encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Mt. Jackson
Leslie McLaughln
McLaughlin
Purdue to receive historic locomotive Daniel Mason loan
New Haven December 23. Negotiations completed whereby Purdue University Indiana will receive from the New York New Haven Hartford railroad a loan of the historic locomotive Daniel Mason built in 1858. The university will also become custodian of an old passenger coach said to have been placed in service by the railroad in 1835.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Purdue University
Indiana
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Daniel Mason
University
Man jumps from train near Valparaiso as officers pursue
In Valparaiso Indiana an unidentified man en route from Chicago to New York leapt from a Pennsylvania train near the city and disappeared into the woods. He was well dressed and may be demented, drawing a posse that has yet to locate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Ind
Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania
Irvin Couple Celebrates Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary
Corydon Ind Dec 21 Mr and Mrs James D Irvin oldest couple in town celebrate 60th anniversary Only living attendant Mrs Agnes Jordan invited but unable to attend due to frail health
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corydon
Upd
James D. Irvin
Agnes Jordan
Prohibitionist State Committee Chooses Hall Chairman
Indiana Prohibitionists elect Dr. Homer J. Hall of Franklin as chairman, succeeding C. E. Newlin of Indianapolis. Hall returns to leadership and pledges immediate organization of the party statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
National Commission Co Resumes Buckets After Settlement
The National Commission Co restoring operations in 30 Indiana and Ohio cities after two week suspension and receiver appointment. In Clinton Indiana sheriff halted a prize fight between Kid Paige and Tony Moran, threatening arrests after four rounds of a preliminary bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
The
National Commission Co
Indiana
Ohio
Clinton
Swayne
Kid Paige
Tony Moran
Fort Wayne stockholders decide pro rata swap with American Strawboard
Fort Wayne Indiana December 23 stockholders owning one million dollars in United Boxboard Co have voted to take their pro rata share in American Strawboard stock The deal will be closed by S B Fleming and involves a stock exchange between the two firms with details to follow authorities and closing actions pending further steps
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawboard
Fort Wayne
Ind
United Boxboard Co
S. B. Fleming
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