Murderer Jackson Trial Opens in Campbell Circuit Court
Newport Ky April 21 Judge Helm opened the Campbell circuit court for the trial of Scott Jackson alleged in the Pearl Bryan murder. Col Crawford’s bid to restrict spectators was denied and Jackson’s counsel warned against contempt. Dr Wagner reportedly improving and may offer testimony. Jackson maintains no knowledge of Bryan’s death. Crawford contends a public trial is needed and Jackson may admit tossing Bryan’s clothing from the suspension bridge.
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Newport
Helm
Campbell
Scott Jackson
Miss Pearl Bryan
Fort Thomas
Colonel Crawford
Plummer
Jackson
Crawford
Wagner
Insane Asylum
Lexington
Seward
Miss Pear
Bryan
Pearl Bryan
Suspension
Miss Bryan
Cincinnati
Indiana House
Walling
Dr Banning's Aveline Office Closes to New Cases Friday
Dr Banning's office in Aveline will close to new case intake at 5 p.m. Friday April 24. After that time the office will not accept new cases.
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Banning
Cleveland
Aveline
Baseball Doubleheader At Lake Side Park
Tomorrow at Lake Side Park in Terre Haute the Fort Wayne team visits for a baseball game set to start at 3 o clock. A diamond ring valued from ten to one hundred dollars is part of the day’s events all under F Green. Fort Wayne to Chicago service via the Nickel Plate road runs daily year round.
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F. Green
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Lake- Side Park
Terre Haute
Back the Combine Movement Against Ice Trust
Will Goodfellow and Fred Hell ing Jr back the effort to destroy the existing ice trust as part of a broader anti monopoly movement. The article notes supporters pushing for coordination with other reform efforts and public backing in the forthcoming political climate.
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Will Goodfellow
Fred Helling, Jr
Ice Trust Moves to Raise Prices Ahead of Season
A city ice companies trust has secured a large supply and plans to bring the combination to market by selling under its price to outpace a competitor. The new coalition formed to advance ice prices has already met a rival who has been preparing efforts for the forthcoming season.
Man Found Wandering as Self-Proclaimed Detective
Amos Shoaff was found by a police officer wandering near Diether Bros lumber yards and taken to jail. He claims to be a detective seeking a notorious criminal, though he is clearly demented. He asserts kinship to local photographer John Shoaff and James Shoaff and says he lives near Arcola. a lunacy commission will likely review the case.
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Amos Shoaff
Diether Bros
John Shoaff
James Shoaff
Arcola
Leotta Recital Friday Evening in April
Leotta recital set for Friday evening April 24. Tickets available from Young Women's Christian Association members or at the association rooms.
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Leotta
Young Women's Christian Association
Never Rose Again Child Drowns At St Marys River
The first spring drowning tragedy reports a child named Ho uder slipping from the riverbank while playing with companions on the St Marys River bank. The body had not yet been recovered.
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Sta. Mary’s River
Don Houder
M. L. Houder
Boone Street
Don
Chaislips
Fort Wayne and Terre Haute Meet At Lakeside Park
The Terre Haute baseball club faces Fort Wayne this afternoon at Lakeside park in a close anticipated game. Ed Meara of the Cleveland club catches behind the plate with Swain on the mound. Lineups include Gray and Lyons for Fort Wayne and Staats and Tebeau for Terre Haute.
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Lakeside Park
Terre Haute
Fort Wayne
Terries
Ed ©’Meara
Cleveland
Swain
Gray
A. Staats
Blake
Lyons
Tebeau
Messmer
O Meara
C. Whitton
Creiger
Lee
C. Early
Hackett
Thurston
Zeek
P. Lynch
Mahaffy
P. Dalgrimple
New Ice Firm Promises Low Price for Fort Wayne Public
The Consumers' Ice Company of Fort Wayne plans to deliver ice at about 25 cents per 100 pounds, half the price the trust charges. The firm, formed by William Goodfellow and Fred Heling Jr, cites over 200 contracts and a sure supply source. Ice costs last season ranged from 20 cents to saloons and large buyers, 25 cents to private customers, with 50 and 40 cents the new scale for private and large buyers respectively. Temperature and Pleasant Lake supply influence future price.
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Fort Wayne
Consumers’ Ice Company of
William Goodfellow
Goodfellow Bros
Fred Heling, Jr
Mr. Goodfellow
Pleasant Lake
Pontiac Street to be paved with Metropolitan block at 4.43 per front foot
The board awarded C. E. Moellering & Co. the Pontiac street paving from Calhoun to Lafayette for 4 43 per front foot using Metropolitan paving block. Other bids ranged to 5 65. material deemed durable.
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Fourth Street
Board of Public Works
Pontiac
Calhoun
Lafayette
C. E. Moellering & Co
T. B. Empie
H. W. Tapp
R. L. Remy
Julius Remus
Eliza Hanna
Wells Street
Woman in Ky Ends Life With Husband's Razor
Mrs William Baldwin of Harrodsburg Kentucky used her husband s razor to cut her throat seven times in a planned act. She died minutes after being found with a morphine habit alleged in a note to her stepson W E Baldwin. Coroner s jury ruled death by her own hand while temporarily insane. The report also notes Lutheran delegates chosen for the Walther league meeting in Huntington.
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Harrodspurc
Wiliam Baldwin
North Main Street
W. E. Baldwin
McKee
Walther League
Huntington
St .Paul
Theodore Fs
Eberlein
Public dispute turns to personal attacks in Fort Wayne campaign
The Fort Wayne Journal and The Post clash over campaign tactics with threats of libel and counter accusations. The Post warns of reciprocal personal attacks, while urging the public to judge candidates by records and public life, not private matters. Other court notes mention a missing girl found at home, a $413.46 judgment against McDonald & Watt, a divorce suit, and a malicious trespass case with a damaged delivery wagon.
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the Post
Fort Wayne Journal
Journal
Friends of the Journal
Mamie Grieb
Huntington
John Grieb
Kh. H
W. J. Peck
New York
McDonald & Watt
J. H. Powers
L. Guy Ramaley
Mary D. Ramaley
George Hannick
Justice France
Mendal Frank
Hannick
Frank
Stolen valuables rock Dr Nierman office and wary suspect
A revolver and macintosh owned by Dr H G Nierman were stolen from his office last evening. A young man patient-type visitor is suspected. Miss May Stevens reports her gold watch missing from her Washington house room during supper.
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H. G. Nierman
May Stevens
Washington House
John Kelley
Jennie Russell
Ulmer
Bloomingdale
Humane Society
Outrage over ice prices amid mild winter harvest
The editor condemns an ice combine that sets April 20 as the start date for selling natural ice at 50 cents per hundred to private buyers and 40 cents to saloons and large consumers due to a supposed mild winter. The piece notes a thick 10 inch ice crop last winter and urges public resistance to what it calls robbery. Also an ad for ice cream soda at 5 cents a glass.
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Dunn & Taft
Calhoun Street
Colored
Mozambiques
Grenadines
Child
St. Marys River
Base Ball News
The
Triangle Cycling
Dallas F. Green
Jolly Sixty-five Club
Harry Latham
Waeneas
Harry S. Latham
WaHeress
Waenrxas
the Association
Temple
Rich Cut Glass
Pontiac Street
Moellering and Co
Chester Driftmeyer
Pirenta
Main’ Street
Tomor
Charles Piper
Mr. Piper
Hiram Ward
Clay and
Holman Streets
Harmer Street
Shondel
A. F. Schoch
West Main
Joseph Rademacher
Ind
Clinton Street
H.brammer
F. K. Safford
Professor Loveless
Charles Rosenthal
Frank Mayby
Ernest Miller
Au Grand
William Baldwin
Harrodsburg
Corporation Road
Bailey
Lilly
A. C. Aurentz
West Berry Street
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