Dream of the Rarebit Fiend plotting recruit to stop Crazy Snake
The piece describes a frantic cry to recruit Mike to capture Chief Crazy Snake who is causing chaos and scalpings. A caller asks for Mike to be dispatched quickly and even requests a lock of hair as a token. The tone mirrors wartime vigilante urgency.
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Crazy Snake
Cherry
Dickinson
Secretary OF Interior
Ballinger
Oklahoma
Wild Mike
Percival
Will
Mike IE
Bullet
Fort Wayne School Board Reelects Superintendent for Three Years
The Fort Wayne city school board re elected Prof. Justin N Study as superintendent for three years, marking sixteen years in Fort Wayne since 1896. The board also awarded architectural plans for two new schools to Merer and Griffiths while delaying salary decision. Study presented a thirteen year work summary.
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Fort Wayne City
Justin N. Study
Study
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Henry W. Merer
Washington School
Griffith & Lair
Holton Avenue
Marion Crawford Dead In Sorrento After Illness
Sorrento reports novelist Francis Marion Crawford died at 7:30 p.m. after months of illness. Born August 2, 1854 in Bagni di Lucca, Italy, he studied at St Pauls Cambridge Heidelberg and Harvard. He wrote many novels including Mr Isaacs and A Roman Singer and served as editor of the Indian Herald in Allahabad 1879-80. Funeral set for next Monday.
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Sorrento
F. Marion Crawford
Francis Marion Crawford
Bagni di Lucca
Italy
Thomas Crawford
St. Paul’s School
Concord
N. H
Cambridge
Heidelberg
Harvard
Indian Herald
Allahabad
Mr. Isaacs
Claudius
Leeward
Zoroaster
Marzio
Adam Johnstone
Paul Patoff
Syracinesca
The
Immortals
Greifenstein
Sant Ilario
Prague
Three Fates
Don Orsino
Marion Darche
Pietro Ghisleri
Katherine Laudervale
Markets Swing With Record Breaks In Chicago Wheat
Chicago markets surge as high records fall in early trading. July and September wheat options push to new peaks with May rally driven by a New York firm’s distress. Corn and oats follow wheat trends amid light trade and mixed receipts across Chicago and regional markets.
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Chicago
New York
Receipts And Prices For Cattle Hogs And Sheep
Chicago and Indianapolis markets report cattle receipts around 1 500 and 900 heads respectively with mixed results. Hogs seen at 10 000 head in Chicago and 3 500 in Indianapolis with prices from 6 90 to 7 75 for various grades. Sheep receipts near 12 000 at Chicago with native and western varieties priced up to 8 30 for lambs.
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N. Y
New York
Cincinnati
Lée
Chicago
Texas
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago and New York Butter Egg Cheese Markets Report
Chicago and New York market notes dated April 13 show steady butter with creamery specials at 22 28 1/4 cents and last prices around 27 27 1/2 cents. Eggs steady to barely steady with a range of 20 to 22 1/2 cents for firsts, and Western storage at 21 to 21 1/4 cents. Cheese firm with a wide spread from 12 1/4 to 19 1/4 cents, various grades listed. Potatoes firm around 1.00 to 1.08 per bushel, veal prices steady across weight classes, and poultry markets mixed with dressed and alive prices.
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Minnesota
Kansas
Liverpool
Western
Rio
Santos
New Orleans
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Fort Wayne Wholesale Prices Reported for Staples
Current Fort Wayne wholesale markets list prices per bushel for grains and per pound for dairy and poultry. Wheat 1.32, corn 0.68 to 0.72, oats 0.56, barley 0.65, rye 0.75. butter creamery 0.30 to 0.31 per lb, process 0.23, prints 0.32, dairy 0.25 to 0.27. Also listed: beans 0.27 per bu, onions 0.76, apples 4.75 to 5.25 per barrel, honey 0.12, turkeys 0.16, chickens 0.14, ducks 0.11, popcorn 0.19 per lb, rabbits 0.15 to 0.20, teats Howey seeds 6.10 per lb.
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Barr Street
Iza
Mayflower
Tresselt & Sons
Wee
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Bee Commission Merchants
J. T. Johnson
East Columbia St
GH. Crease & Co
Columbia St
Bush
Eckart Packing Company
Thos. P. Riddy
New Haven
Monroeville
Baldwin
Hoagland
Sheldon
Aboit
Arcola
Peabridy
Spencerville
Grabill
Gar Creek
Wondburn
Timothy
Nathan & Levy
North American
Tillman
Peabody and Raber
Market Quotations From Cattle to Grain and Hides
Quotations on cattle dressed beef and hides, wool, and seeds from multiple firms and mills. Includes Tan fur notes, Mayflower Mills prices for wheat, flour, cornmeal, and screenings, plus street bids on grains and animal products from Chadwick, J. T. Johnson, G. H. Crease, and others with regional food and farm item values.
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S. Bash & Company
Weill Brothera
City Scares Retail Prices
Market notes show Hay at 6.00 per ton and corn around 65 to 70 cents per bushel. Coal prices vary by mine and region with Pocahontas listed at 6.00 and 5.25 in nearby towns, coke at 6.00, and anthracite cash 7.50 to 7.76 in West Virginia and Indiana.
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Jackson
Pocahontas
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Indiana
Wind Storm Kills Girl as Jeannette Opera House Collapses
A severe wind storm in Pittsburg and Jeannette Pa causes one death and several serious injuries. At Jeannette a wall collapse toppled the opera house, killing 16 year old Mildred Felton and injuring Grace Swift, with other family members hurt. Property damage runs into thousands.
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Pittsburg
Jeannette
Jeannette Opera House
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Electrician killed at Rolling Prairie sub station
Charles Fowler age 26 in charge of the sub power station for the Chicago South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway at Rolling Prairie was instantly killed when a short circuit occurred as he demonstrated lightning arresters to a section hand. He left a bride five months married. A separate note says Joseph W. Foote of Warsaw sues officers over seized beer from a blind tiger raid claiming the drinks were for his own use.
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Laporte
Ind
Charles Fowler
Chicago, South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway Company
Rolling Prairie
Joseph Clark
Fowler
Joseph W. Foote
Warsaw
Foote
Young man confesses to interurban office robbery in Peru
Toner Bell, 23, of Fort Wayne, confessed Sunday to Sheriff Freeman and Fac ling agent Fahlsing in Wabash county. He admitted stealing 63.20 in cash and a 96.54 check from the Peru interurban ticket office two hours before capture, with cash recovered and check found along the route. Bell, formerly assistant agent at Peru, led officers to the haymow hideout and to a trail of papers along his departure route. Goshen to get an artificial ice plant.
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Fort Wayne
Bell
Peru
Beber
Boyd Park
Wabash County
Fahlsing
Wabash
Fahising
Beil
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