Severe Hail Storms Hit Northern Indiana Cities
Reports from Elkhart Goshen and Lafayette detail the heaviest rain and hail in ten years. Damage to crops includes corn wheat and fruit, with cattle killed and a carpenter killed attempting shelter. Evansville reports a severe wind storm destroying trees and an old tenement.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Elkhart
William H. Weygans
Goshen
Lafayette
Evansville
Ind
Herbert Saur
Brownstown
Dog Saves Boy From Water Moccasin Snakes
Shelbyville Indiana June 390 A two year old boy strayed near a bayou and played with three water moccasin snakes. A large shepherd dog grabbed the largest snake and shook it to pieces saving the child who remained unharmed. The farmer claims the dog is not for sale.
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Shelbyville
Ind
McLure Bass
Indiana items show varied talk of Reid and local booms
Richmond reports Daniel G. Reid does not claim Indiana home and would not seek the senate nomination. Elwood forms a commercial club to attract factories. Michigan City records a Negro murderer's hanging. The Indianapolis court delays Gillespie habeas corpus ruling until October. Shelbyville notes a hip operation on a child. Anderson reports spontaneous life generation in a lab. Galveston janitor Jacob Crip e killed by lightning. Evansville mentions a wealthy farmer admitted to a private sanatorium.
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Richmond
Ind
Daniel G. Reid
New York
C. W. Fairbanks
United States
Indiana
Reid
Parole Granted for Michigan City Murder Case
John Kays, a life prisoner in Michigan City, was paroled by Gov. Durbin after 18 years for complicity in a deadly assault in Dubois county. He must report monthly to the parole board. Harry Becht, imprisoned with Kays, was pardoned ten years ago for saving a prison officer.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Kays
Michigan City
Dubois County
Durbin
Mount
Reid
McCormick
Kays
Harry Becht
Wedding Postponed After Licensure Block
In Fort Wayne Indiana on June 30 Miss Della Treace and Oz car Winebrenner faced a delayed ceremony after the clergyman and guests arrived. The clerk refused a license because the bride was 15. her mother Ida Long fainted at the courthouse. The mother later announced the daughter must wait one year.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Della Treace
Ozcar Winebrenner
Ida Long
Controversy Over Mother's Picture Settled In Court
Logansport Indiana June 30. Wealthy brothers John Tritt and Pam Tritt faced a civil dispute over their mother's picture on the anniversary of her death. Replevin actions were filed but a compromise was reached before the case was called, and the matter was dismissed.
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Logansport
Ind
John Tritt
Pam Tritt
The Flock Vows Vengeance In Bluffton Parish
The congregation led by Rev. Floyd Bolton at Six Mile near Bluffton threatens vengeance if he returns. Their anger centers on Misa Celestine Beers 22 who says the pastor jilted her and lies ill at home.
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Muncie
Ind
Floyd Bolton
Six Mile
Bluffton
Misa Celestine Beers
The Englishman Appeals From Wabash Jail
Henry Bragg of Wabash Indiana appeals to the British consul in Chicago for relief after confinement for failure to pay a dog tax. He claims punishment without law and asserts his status as a British subject.
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Wabash
Ind
Henry Bragg
Chicago
Bragg
Storm Ruins Crops in Madison County Fields
Farmers in southern Madison county reported Thursday night that corn crops were ruined and fruit beaten from trees by a hail and rain storm. Lightning struck several buildings and caused damage.
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Anderson
Ind
Madison County
Durbin Rejects Studebaker as Third Regiment Colonel
Consternation in national guard circles follows Gov. Durbin’s refusal to recom mission George M. Studebaker of South Bend as colonel of the Third regiment. The decision sparks debate over leadership and state military appointments.
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Indianapolis
Ind
National Guard
Gov. Durbin
George M. Studebaker
South Bend
Unclear fragmented items from Indiana notices and deaths
A set of brief Indiana notices reports Mrs. from an unhappy marriage in Indianapolis, a suicide by Mollie Jackson near Hartford, a bank receiver preparing a second dividend in Matthews, and a Jasper report on Clement Doane in active service with unclear details.
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Bonde
Indianapolis
Ind
Carter
Rising Sun
Mollie Jackson
Hartford
Matthews
A. D. Lynch
First National Bank
Doane
Evansville
Jasper
Clement Doane
Jeroboam’s Idolatry Lesson From Kings 1 and 2
The July 1904 Sunday Bible School lesson surveys Jeroboam’s schemes in Bethel and Dan, the golden calves, the altered feast, and priestly corruption. It contrasts Jeroboam’s self serving plans with Christ’s example, warns against idolatry and presumption, and notes key prophecies and lessons for worship alignment with God.
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Jeroboam
J. M. Edson
Shechem
Mount Ephraim
Penuel
House of David
Jerusalem
Rehoboam
Judah
Israel
Egypt
Beth-el
Dan
Levi
Jereboam
Bethel
Ahijah
B. C
Schechem
Tireah
Abijah
Nero the Bull Terrier’s Odd Illness Explained
A German town man and his wife believe Nero the bull terrier is ill after the dog licks his chops and shows wide mouth movements. The owner, misled by a watchman, treats the dog with various remedies, only to learn the “symptoms” were hair clinging to the dog’s tongue while grooming.
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Germantown
Sayls
Philadelphia
Nero
Fancier
Awakening in Russia Signals New Freedom Mood
In Russia the government sleeps while the people rise with new demands and freer behavior. Crowds hiss officials, passengers challenge conductors, and soldiers are ordered to back down. The traveler notes these small acts reveal a growing spirit of freedom unseen under rigid repression.
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Russia
Palace Quay
St. Petersburg
Metric System Debate In Milk Reporting
An agricultural department officer regrets reporting milk production in gallons as milk is sold in quarts or pounds. The piece notes metric system would provide absolute units and avoid confusion between feet and yards or gallons and quarts.
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Agricultural Department
The Curious Chinaman
A London News item describes a very curious Chinaman noting odd habits such as shaking his own hand, walking out of step, keeping his hat on to be polite, whitening boots, riding with heels, a south pointing compass, and discarding melon fruit in favor of seeds.
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London News
A Grown-Up Girl Describes Growing Up and Dressing
A childhood poem recounts the speaker’s steps to becoming a grown up girl. She details braiding hair, dressing herself, and the pride of independence while noting a brother’s taunting nickname. The verse blends playful self discovery with family dynamics.
Wise Bees Turned Joke in Colorado Beehive
In Colorado a man who tends many honey bees plays a prank on a bragging neighbor by shaking a hive and removing honey. The neighbor is swarmed and stung, while the bees attack only him and he retreats indoors to recover. The tale, recounted by Ross B. Franklin of the Chicago Record-Herald, ends with the bees by suggesting they could speak.
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Jereboam
Jeroboam
Colorado
Ross B. Franklin
Chicago Record-Herald
Old Horse Prince Rescues Child At Toledo Store Barn
William McDonough, a Toledo grocer, recalls how his 20 year old family horse Prince saved his four year old daughter who had wandered into a barn behind the store. Prince lifted the child from danger after she fell near a young spirited horse, placing her on hay as Mr. McDonough arrived to take her home.
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Prince
William McDonough
Toledo (O
Mr. McDonough
Old Prince
Laege
Density of Liquids and a 39 Degree Water Test
A simple hydrometer principle is explained with a glass float and graduated stem. An egg shell device demonstrates that water is heaviest near 39 degrees, bobbing then sinking as temperatures rise and fall in a tall jar.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Incredible Bird Migrations Reach 100 MPH Distances
The piece notes storks and bluethroats flying 1,000 to 2,000 miles non stop, blue throats Africa to North Sea under a day. It mentions a stork route from Budapest to India at 100 mph, and recounts Slatin Pasha’s note tied to a banded stork returning from Omdurman to Austria, proving his survival.
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Central
Africa
North Sea
Storks
Austria-Hungary
India
Budapest
Hungary
Lahore
Europe
Central Africa
Slatin Pasha
Central African
Darfur
Khalifa
Gordon
Soudan
Omdurman
Austria
Slatin
N. Y
Sun
The Berlin observatory clock runs with extreme precision
An electric clock housed in an airtight glass cylinder at the Berlin observatory has kept time since 1865 with an average daily deviation of only fifteen one-thousandths of a second, and has run for two to three months at a stretch.
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Berlin Observatory
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