Frisco Church Horror and Maniac Killings Shock Town
In Rockyma Indiana a maniac named Peter Egbert killed two children in front of their mother then murdered her. deputies Mull and Sween were killed trying to arrest him before his capture. In San Francisco a male infant found strangled under a church pew. Governor Atgeld answered Carlisle on the money issue in a pointed Springfield letter. A cloud burst near Abelene caused Mud Creek to rise 35 feet in three hours.
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Ind
Peter Egbert
Egbert
Haskie
Mull
Sween
San Francisco
St. Francis Church
Atgeld
Springfield
Carlisle
Chicago
Abelene
Kan
Mud Creek
Flooded Townwarns of Damage as City Awaits Relief
Portions of the town along the north and south sides are underwater with significant property damage reported. No lives were lost. A baseball game is set for Cent Livre Park featuring Chicago Maroons versus Fort Wayne at 3 PM tomorrow.
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Centlivre Park
Chicago Maroons
Fort Wayne
Murders in Maryland Strike for Robbery
In LaPonta Maryland April 25 the bodies of Mrs. Joseph Cocking and Miss Daisy Miller were found in the Cockings Hilltop store. Both women were killed with a blunt instrument while upstairs. Joseph Cocking was bound and wounded but may recover. Robbery is the motive. A second item notes a wall paper sale at L O Hull 90 Calhoun Street.
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LaPonta
Joseph Cocking
Daisy Miller
Cockings
Hilltop
Cocking
L. O. Hull's
Calhoun Street
Deadly streetcar crashes injure man and horse
A Hanna streetcar, likely driven by an inexperienced motorman, caused several accidents around 5 pm. It struck a delivery wagon at Pittsburg crossing, scattering contents, hit Julius Young’s farm wagon on Douglas Ave, sending horse and harness into a tangle, and threw a passenger to the ground. Nearby Fred Peters’s horse stumbled, breaking a leg and being killed. Also note an advertisement for cash purchases of summer suits at 414 West Main.
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Hanna Street
Pittsburg
Douglas Avenue
Julius Young
Fred Peters
Lewis Street
Movement to Abolish Time Limit At Methodist Conference
Cleveland April 25 Bishop Bowman opens the Methodist Episcopal general conference with 600 delegates. Debate centers on abolishing the five year time limit for pastors. Supporters say it will improve ministry. opponents fear loss of itinerancy. Local church notices follow with schedules and names of pastors and congregations.
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Cleveland, O
Bowman
St. Louis
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Cleveland Central Armory
Cleveland
America
Coffee floods Bemont Rena store flue in Terre Haute
In Terre Haute Indiana a Bemont and Rena wholesale grocery building suffered coffee filling a flue from third floor to basement after bricks in the chimney were loosened. About ten barrels of coffee flowed out as an employee suspected of theft amid missing coffee accounts and coupons offering bicycles.
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Terre Havre
Ind
Bemont & Rena
Neighbors Contend With Tramps and Theft in Local Court
Early morning raids led to 90 year old Michael Costello seeking the sheriff after a chase. Jacob Hildinger confessed to stealing a freight car canvass and was fined and jailed. Court notes include a divorce suit by Joseph D. Cummins and an $225 account action by Westmoreland Specialty Co. against McDonald & Watt. Tramps arrested earlier were jailed for 15 days after hearings.
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Jacob Hildinger
Nickel Plate
Tom Wilkingon
Hildinger
Joseph D. Cummins
Luia Cumminus
Westmoreland Specialty Company
McDonald & Watt
Clausmeier
William Langley
Unclear Incident Involves Discharged Worker Amid Flues
A worker opened about 500 packages to obtain coupons and spilled coffee into the flues before being discharged. It is unknown how long he spent filling the flues. The flues have not been used as the building is heated by steam.
Consumers' Ice Company Plans Low-Cost Delivery Start Monday
Fort Wayne readers are urged to back the Consumers' Ice company which promises cheaper ice, sourced from pure spring lakes near Warsaw and frozen by cold weather. The business asserts it can beat the combines by serving patrons starting Monday with telephone orders via No 892.
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Warsaw
Ice Company
Fort Wayne
Combine
Consumers’ Company
Tce
Fort ‘Wayne
Elephone
Deaths and Funerals Snyder Pierceton Child 6
Goldie Snyder died this morning at St Joseph hospital in Pierceton Indiana at age six. The remains were shipped at 11 oclock to the family home in Pierceton. Mrs Daniel Harmon to be buried from her home tomorrow at 2 30 PM.
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Snyder
St. Joseph Hospital
Goldie
Boyd Snyder
Pierceton
Ind
Daniel Harmon
Gowdy Blames Intercepted Letters in Anti McKinley Fight
Indianapolis April 25 Chairman Gowdy of the Republican state central committee charges that anti McKinley forces have intercepted letters between him and Mark Hanna McKinley’s manager. He vows an investigation and refuses to name suspects while asserting he knows who holds the letters and that public release would trigger a probe. Rumors of compromising pledges alleged by Gowdy have circulated ahead of the state convention.
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Indianapolis
Gowdy
Republican State Central Committee
Mark Hanna
McKinley
Hanna
Coupon List Sparks Scholarship Contest Action
The Post runs a scholarship contest awarding the prize to the boy who submits the most clipped coupons from this paper. The competition has heated up as it nears the May 20 closing date, with finalists already in consideration.
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Post
Soo
Mary Falvy
Wayne Knitting Mills
Elva Beagle
M. D
Emma C. Wallace
Young Men Urged to Seize Business Education Opportunity
Coupons list names like Charles Condon Louis W Rock and Harry Smith and urge eager youths to join the chance for a business education. The note exhorts hurry to get in the bandwagon for an affordable path to business training.
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Charles Condon
Louis W. Rock
Harry Smith
New Hats and Hats Arrivals at Mer gentheim's Bazaar
New hats flowers and millinery novelties arrive daily at Mer gentheim's Bazaar Millinery Department on the second floor corner Calhoun and Main streets showing fresh styles for the season.
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Mergentheim
Calhoun
Main Streets
Diamond grade bicycle wheels sale at Sportsmen's HQ
Diamond grade wheels offered at 55 and 360 with regular price 85. Described as first class and waranted. C. H. Miner at Sportsmen's Headquarters, 20 West Main Street.
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C. H. Min.eEr
Sportsmen’s
West Main Street
Jackson's Mother Prostrated by Bryan Case Details
Greenville Ind April 25 The testimony against Scott Jackson in Newport Ky murder trial of Pearl Bryan stirs local sensation. His aged mother lies in a semicomatose state from strain and shocking details with doctors fearing her death. Relatives summoned as heart trouble endangers her. Fishing Tackle line at C H Millers, 20 West.
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Greencastle
Ind
Scott Jackson
Newport
Pearl Bryan
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