Thanksgiving gathering and local society notes
A pleasant surprise to Mr. and Mrs. John Longfield at 67 Charles Street on Thanksgiving evening featured card playing, dancing, and a lavish repast. Robert Harrison presented a parlor lamp, with many local residents in attendance. The St George CKAC and Catholic Benevolent Legion vied for a silk flag at St Peter's church fair, the former winning 1,930 votes to 968. South side diners hosted by the Randall, L Park Drayer, and Margaret Greiner were noted, as were visits by William E. Quinn, typhoid illness in Munice, and family visits to Kendalville and West DeWald Street.
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John Longfield
Charles Street
Robert Harrison
Thos’ Ryan
Phillip Lordier
Jacob Rohle
John Casey
Frank Burns
Adam Collins
D. Crimmons
Wm. Kehoe
Patrick Walsh
Edward Finnigan
Peter Harber
J. J. Hayes
Frank Rosenberger
Michael Connors
Edward Krebs
John Nolen
K. O'Leary
Misses Kittie O'Leary
Annie Sten
Burgie Connors
Maria Rohle
Alice Ryan
Goldie Hays
Messrs
John Welch
Phil Conway
Wallie Connors
Wm. Longfield
John Hayes
France
Pedro
L. Park Drayer
Margaret Greiner
Hartford City
Hiram Perrin
John Larwill
W. B. Hall
Kendallville
Best Route to the State Capital via Rail Time Card
A new time card effective October 20 details Fort Wayne to Indianapolis service by the L. E. and Wabash railways with a departure at 7 10 a m and arrival at 11 28 a m, and a return from Indianapolis at 6 25 p m arriving Fort Wayne 10 40 p m enabling half a day at the capital. In London the American Society marks Thanksgiving with a banquet at Holborn restaurant attended by about 450, despite Ambassador Bayard's absence.
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Muncie
Big
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
American Society
London
American Society of London
Ohio Society of New York
Holborn
James R. Roosevelt
United States
Bayard
Voice Restoration Brings Carrie Roth Wedding Peace
In Newport Kentucky on November 29 Miss Carrie Roth once a top Cincinnati concert vocalist had a voice loss for three months. Her parents and her husband, the minister in dispute, disagreed but in the excitement her voice returned and the wedding occurred as planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Carrie Roth
Cincinnati
Miss Roth
County Liability Fight Heats Up Over Bridge Defects
The Indiana supreme court ruling reversing a Newton circuit court decision holds counties not liable for injuries from defective bridges. Lawyers predict ongoing suits, including a $10,000 death claim, with appeals likely and some urging legislative remedy.
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Scorissure
Supreme Court
Board of County Commissioners
Allman
Newton Circuit Court
Indiana
Gets His Thigh Broken in a Battle with Train Robbers
Elijah Love longtime Big Four freight conductor is wounded in Union City battle with train robbers. After alarm at his train cars, Love and crew exchanged fire with robbers between box cars. Love struck in the thigh as shots rang out. Robbers fled, pursued by the crew in a running chase lasting over a mile.
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Indianapolis
Elijah Love
Brightwood
Union City
Love
Healer in Indianapolis Rival to Schlatter Claims
George W. Bunting, a noted Indianapolis architect, announces hypnotic powers and claims to cure as Schlatter did in Denver. In four days he heals a house mover named Johnson after severe injuries, saying he has cured a hundred with hypnotic force.
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Indianapolis
George W. Bunting
Schlatter
Denver
Bunting
Johnson
Anti saloon fight defeats license bids in Greenscastl e ward
GREENSCASTLE November 29 The anti saloon drive fails to block pending license applications in the First ward with fewer than 100 remonstrants among 13 voters. The canvassers report no further effort will stop the plan. Tower Tree Braved the Storm in Greensburg November 29 The storm leaves one tree atop the court house tower, after earlier pruning reduced the grove to one surviving tree. Scatterfield Gangster Acquitted in Anderson November 29 Sam Clark, second of the Scatterfield gang tried for burglary, is acquitted after a 24 hour jury deliberation. Other Scatterfield cases postponed to January 14 while Stinson and Davis appeal a six year sentence to the supreme court.
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Greencastle
Greensburg
Court House Tower
Anderson
Sam Clark
Scatterfield
Stinson
Davis
Supreme Court
Has a Guilty Conscience Sequel to Hypnotic Murder Trial
In Wichita on November 20 Mrs Ida Dunlap of Kingfisher Oklahoma daughter of Anderson Gray of Summer County now in state penitentiary for life for murder at Conway Springs Kansas has secured affidavits exonerating her father The case involves the hypnotic murder plan in which Thomas McDonald was acquitted and Anderson Gray was imprisoned McDonald admits he lied to secure leniency and compensation.
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Vichita
Ida Dunlap
Kingfisher
O. T
Anderson Gray
Summer County
State
T. C. Patton
Conway Springs
Kan
Thomas McDonald
Dunlap
McDonald
Gray
MYSTERIOUS CRIME IN A BOAT NEAR PARIS TEXAS
United States Marshal Williams returned from Arthur City to bury three men and a boy found murdered in a boat on Red River. A large grave near the scene holds the bodies side by side. No crew is found, though many theories exist. A $500 reward is offered for the arrest and conviction of the killers.
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Paris
Tex
United States
Marshal Williams
Arthur City
Red River
Multiple Chicago indictments and varied late 19th century crimes
The grand jury in Chicago indicted William J. Dix of the Berry detective force for murder of F W White, with seven agency members held as accessories or conspirators including the superintendent. Other items include religious quarrel injuries in Creston Iowa, a man seriously injured on a moving train in Indiana, a Milwaukee sewer tunnel death, ossified man in Texas dead after seven years immobile, suicides, fatal train collision, arson deaths, swindling arrests in Pittsburg, and diverse weather, accidents, and social notes across several states.
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Chicago
William J. Dix
Berry
F. W. White
White
Creston
Frank Wilson
Patrick Martin
Martin
Wilson
Henry Minor
East Fowler
Swanington
Ind
John Peronsky
Frank Schmidt
Milwaukee
C. Martin
Bryan
Tex
W. H. Odenheimer
Baltimore
Birmingham
Ala
Lizzie Williams
Stonington
Ola Brown
Decatur
G. F Gimme
Marshalltown
John A. Losting
Pittsburg
Joseph Horn
Humboldt
Ills
South Dakota
Berry Wilson
Cassopolis
Mich
W. M. Love
Adria
Elijah Jones
Pana
Biamarck
Frova Pieameers
Washington
Ohio
Indiana
Alexander McDowell
Pennsylvania
Benjamin Russell
Missouri
William J. Glenn
New York
J. C. McHirey
H. D. Fisher
Kansas
Ill-fated Gunboats Headed Toward the Dardanelles
Cable from Constantinople reports imminent action by the Porte to permit four extra gunboats for embassies through the Dardanelles. Ambassadors warn the sultan to yield, fearing foreign powers will press for protection of foreign residents as fortifications and mines are completed. Guns may boom in the Straits as preparations escalate.
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Porte
Bosphorus
Dardanelles
Straits
Marash
Boston
Judson Smith
Foreign Department
American Board of Missions
Constantinople
Phillipopolis
Red Cross Society
Sofia
Bulgaria
Tewfik Pasha
Great Britain
Russia
Austria
Italy
Dardenelles
Massacre Report At Marash Tells Of 1000 Christians Killed
Constantinople cabled that on Nov 18 at Marash about 1000 Christians were killed as Christian quarters burned from three points. A letter from a former pro-Turkish writer said Christians offered no resistance. Embassies reported aid to Sassonites blocked as Kurds destroyed buildings funded by English relief. Van region disturbances continued. five American missionaries at Marash were safe but arrival status unclear. Dispatch from Beyrut noted troops bearing green flag. Jerusalem crowded with troops to subdue Druses. Meanwhile Gen Harrison heads home to Indianapolis.
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Van
Marash
Terrell
Daily News
Beyrout
Jerusalem
Tower of David
Pilste
Damascus
Druses
Porte
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