Illegal marriage ends in shooting and attempted parricide
Crawfordsville scene as Laura Sykes 17 shoots at her father Peter Sykes after an illegal first cousin marriage to John Bowen. The incident follows Bowen's arrest and a vigil by locals. a man named John Flannigan helped obtain the license as the crowd speculates on future actions.
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Curfew Enacted By City Council In Peru
Peru bans unsupervised street presence of youths under 16 after 9 pm with fines and potential imprisonment. Humane society backed the ordinance amid concerns for youth safety and order.
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Loxpow Report Promises Safe Town Amid Threats
From Bula away the town remains safe though hourly fears an attack or road blockage by the Matabele, which could prevent help from reaching Loxpow.
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Bulaaway
Duel deaths spur Germany toward abolition movement
Telegrams report Count Von Kotze killed Baron Von Schrader in a pistol duel sparking talk of ending such duels in Germany. British General Carrington is ordered to Cape to lead forces in Mata beleland, a veteran of South African warfare. Justice of the Peace Henry E Bancroft of Gloucester Nova Scotia is said to have died by his own hand after a $100 destruction incident. Knights of Pythias tribunal rules law excluding gamblers and drunkards is not active and does not affect those who were.
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Davies Escape Sparks Madison County Manhunt
Winterset April reports say C Davies the Peru bank wrecker is at large with sheriffs and posse searching in the area. The county is described as an armed camp as roads bridges and towns are guarded while patrols seek Davies and his accomplices. The escape has cost Peru and Madison county money and heightened tension after a $10 000 to $15 000 depositor loss.
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Winterset
Peru
Davies jailbreak mystery and escape by tunneling from jail
The article recounts Davies alias L C Douglas and EH C Misner fleeing Peru jail by tunneling out with an accomplice, aided by a Des Moines man. They used a spade and sawed bars, exits in the jail yard, while a woman named Mrs Ryder allegedly aided through notes in meals.
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Canandaigua
N. Y
Des Moines
Winterst
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L. C. Douglas
O. P. Wright
East Peru
Madison County
Streeter
Ryder
Winterset
Stanfield House
George Stanfield
Stanfield
Michigan man found murdered in Black River
Enog W. Lawrence, 41, was found dead in Black River with bound feet a tied sack over head and a weight in the sack. Sheriff pursues Mrs. Lawrence and her brother Roy Coats suspected of the crime after both fled to Howard City and were located there.
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Enog W. Lawrence
Lawrence
Enos
Heath sells stake in The Commercial Gazette and retires
Perry S Heath resigns as president and general manager of The Commercial Gazette after over twenty years in journalism. He plans a long vacation to focus on banking real estate and other interests in several states. The piece also notes tributes in Congress for late Representative Cogswell and a pension bill passage after Cannons appeal.
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Death of Elder W W Blair on train after conference
Lamont Iowa reports Elder W W Blair long time chief councillor to President Joseph Smith of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints died after collapse on a train en route from Kirkland Ohio to Chariton Iowa. Also noted 61 237 barrels in six day Pillsbury mill run, Chicago district politics, Afghan ameer orders bicycles for ladies, women vote at Charleston Illinois school election, Ira D Sankey in Chicago, Chicago births Feb 29 eight years until next, Ohio forest fires near Chillicothe, Ella Davis jailed in Chicago, Bolln trial witness, Philadelphia temperature 93, bicycle trust denied in Toledo, Salvation Army leadership change in northwest.
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