Local News Highlights From A Busy Indiana City
A sprawling local page records updates on former governor Ira D. Chase and Frank Erickson's ongoing improvements, resignations at Adams Express, and travels of Michael Andrews and John Dirig. It notes a fatal family bereavement, rising job searches, and various marriages, civic appointments, and business shifts in Huntington and Fort Wayne areas.
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Ira D. Chase
Frank Erickson
Frank Howey
Adams Express Company
Chicago
Michael Andrews
John Dirig Jefe
Los Angeles
Cal
J. M. Bassett
3Rd Wheel Works
Hentertown
Reed
Sarah Blyler
Hope Hospital
Snewer
August Beverlorden
H. F. Bover
Milwau
California
Charabasco
John
Fort Wayne
Harabasco
Pittsburg Railway
Kendallville Sun
Dalley Ie
Welape
King
George Z. King
Montgomery Street
Mr. Scott
Kinzer
George Snyder
Lancaster Township
Huntington County
Elisabeth Snyder
A. H. Shafer
Huntington
Hav. H. L. Nave
Presbyterian Church
Huntington Herald
Snyder
Smallpox in Indianapolis District Reported
A resident on Eddy street, David Stahlcup, has a definite smallpox case with a suspected second on West Washington street. The area is quarantined, a danger signal is posted, and seventeen people inside are isolated. Health officers vaccinate those within a square radius.
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Inpiaxarouis
David Stahlcup
Eddy Street
West Washington Street
Stahlcup
Duvall
Matlock
Board of Health
Wholesale forgeries and a city theft spree tied to Dunlap
John Dunlap, a 32 year old cement worker, used blank checks to forge Boseker Moellering and other firms, cashing about 100 dollars in fake notes before fleeing. The incident links to a liquor league influence in local politics and a push to drive saloons from residential areas.
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John Duniap
Boseker& Moellering
Obhnhaus & Monshan
Dunlap
Boseker & Moellering
Old National Bank
Boseker
Bosker
Moellering
Obahana & Monahan
W.F. Weber
West Main Street
Weber
Ohio
LIVELY BIDDING AT BESKHILL BROTHERS SALE
Out of town horsemen attended the Beskhill Brothers auction in Fleming as Rockhill Bros and Fleming offered forty head. Bids stayed brisk with total sales of 7935 dollars at an average 198 37 per head and a list of purchasers paying over 100 dollars for fine horses.
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Beskhill Brothers
Fleming
Rockhill Bros. & Fleming
Strathallen
B. H
Strathmore
Dr. Bateman
Batava
Ind
Hurley Burley
E. G
Red Bell
S. B. Smith
Huntington
McPherson
Charles Mahler
Fort Wayne
J. S. Blair
Lynn
Hall
B. G
Maelstrom
Otto Jaeger
Fostoria
Ohio
C. H
A. A. Bach
Decatur
William Mellen
Three Rivers
Mich
Charles Rippe
C. W. Watkins
Murder mystery clouds Fresno case with missing Wooton body
Fresno April 20. Sheriff Scott presses for a body as William Wooton’s disappearance leads to murder charges against Professor Sanders. A letter from Sanders postmarked California, returned to Wooton, ties Sanders to the case while Rockwood of Hot Springs, Ark., notes Mail confusion. Sanders holds Wooton’s land deeds and is jailed.
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Fresno
Cal
William Wooton
Sanders
Scott
Wooton
Edward Rockwood
Hot Springs
Ark
Strixes
Rockwood
Reedy Caja
California
W. F. Sanders
Selma
Syrup of Figs touted as gentle sure remedy
The advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting, effective tonic for kidneys bowels and digestion. It claims quick relief from colds headaches fevers and habitual constipation and promotes it as the only remedy of its kind, widely available in 5c and 1 bottles through druggists with substitution avoidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Stedman & Friedman
Druggists
Minnesota
Minn
Beadebh
Chas
Wines
Duncannon
Lydia
Pinkhaven
Mass Meeting and Parade Over Wilson Tariff Plan
Eight hundred workers led by John J Stewart depart for Washington to protest the Wilson tariff bill. They aim to deliver a petition and textile fabric samples at the Senate, with a mass meeting in Metcroff's hall and a parade tomorrow. Baldwin's Derby string, headed to Chicago, includes Key Santa Anita and other California horses with hopes in the Derby.
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Privaprnema
John 8
Stewart
Workingmen’s Protective Tariff League
Washington
Metcroff
United States Senate
Senate
San Francisco
Lucky Baldwin
Chicago
Santa Anita
Lucky Dog
California
Lady Bess
Emperor of Norfolk
Santiago
Teescorora
Empress of Norfolk
Arapaho
Florina Galindo
Charade
Aritta
Cavanna
Paola
the Hock
Alpha
G. Verano
McDaniels
van Buren
Jockey
Troubling Prohibitionists Secretary Shiel Resigns
Secretary Shiel of the Indiana Prohibition State Central Committee resigns after a clash with executive member Robert Denny. Disputes over a Hendricks county meeting and a state convention fight spurred the exit. Shiel, two years secretary, cited Denny as a perpetual source of strife and was praised as an efficient leader by top party figures.
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Shiel
Denny
McWhirter
Mr. Denny
Mr. Shiel
Tramps whipped from Meyciy in city crackdown
Police superintendent Miller armed several officers with rawhide whips to drive tramps from the railroad station, chasing them along the Lake Erie and Western line. One officer wielded his whip so violently blood was drawn. Separate item notes Congressman Brown's decline and Jarvis to replace Vance in the Senate, plus a note on the Vigilant sale to the Goulds.
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Meyciy
Ind
Miller
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Crossword Enigma and Transposition Anecdotes
A miscellany of puzzles and word games from No. 106 111 113 114. It mixes acrostics, transpositions, anagrams, and proverb themes with clues spanning languages, geography, and history. The piece invites readers to participate in pronunciation games and memory tasks, ending with a lurid social note.
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Warsaw
Arno
Rhine
Wicklow
Inverness
Carlisle
Kidderminster
Brink
Rink
Gulf of Siam
Atlantic Ocean
North Sea
Davis Strait
Baltic Sea
Antarctic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Bothnia
Gardiner’s Bay
Almeria Bay
Caspian Sea
Spencer Gulf
Harrison Bay
Prince Albert Sound
Indian Ocean
Bay of Fundy
Arctic Ocean
Black Sea
Cook Strait
Torres Atrait
Yellowsea
Behring Strait
Bristol Bay
Monterey Bay
Strait of Dover
Onslow Bay
Pamlico Sound
Penobscot Bay
An American Queen and Her Four Daughters Scene on Express
A brief scene aboard the 3 o clock express between Boston and Worcester Massachusetts features an American queen and her four daughters. The account emphasizes travel alongside regal imagery and regional setting.
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Boston
Worcester
Mass
Puzzling collage plus sensational self-harm note excerpt
A fragment from a newspaper page shows a lurid exchange about a man inviting Lulu to a matinee, her refusal, and his violent suicide attempt. The item shifts to a magazine-like puzzle section with transpositions, beheadings, proverbs, and an advertisement spree. It ends with a candidate’s note for the Superior Court nomination and a city editor’s missive.
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Lulu
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Frank E. Wyatt
Cutler
C. F. Patterson
Johnson
Franklin
Lyman McLallen
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Nickey
William E. Hain
Robert P. Lord
Mauck Chunk
Dr. White Cloud
William Limecooley
Officer Limecooley
Creighton Avenue
Miner Street
Myer’s
William Black
St. Joe Township
Black
May Perrin
Charles la Doucer
Michigan
Boylan
Post A
Lafayette
George F. Felts
Ann Arbor
Felta
John Breckenridge
Kokomo
Bessie Bowman
Marion Township
James Wilkinson
J. Emerick
Alice Dingman
Emerick
James Trythall
East
Butler Street
New York
R. T. McDonald
J. H. Baas
A. P. Edgerton
A. Ely Hoffman
Fox Baking Company
Portia
Arkansas
A. Bowersock
Michael Avenue
Mr. Bowersock
John Crawford
William Lahman
Edward Dennis
Kin
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la Grippe
Brickenridge Street
Clausmeier
Charles Noll
Bloomingdale
John Mosier
John B. Wagner
Thurman
Weat
Jefferson Street
Harry F. France
Schmidt
Concordia College
Sauer
Jon Griffith
Indiana
Illinois
Cliff Cherry
A. B. White
South Whitley
Thompson
South Wayne
Fickel
Mantel
Spy Run Avenue
Hunt
Andrew Docker
Hayden Street
Pennsylvania Company
Docker
Durham
Logansport
North American Accident Association
A. J. Durham
Busjahn
Indianapolis
Filuby
Bill Dalton
Preny, Okls
Bill Doolan
Cherokee Strip
Marshal Nix
Nickel Plate Road
Dr. WILLIAMS’ _ MEDICINE CO
Schenectady, N.Y
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Lorna Doone
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W. D. Rhodes
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Marina
Norman, Jr
Alderman
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Crescent
Ira Wilkes
Sadie
Anthony Wayne
S. M. Foster
Wm. M. McKinnie
Sister Mary
Fontoria
Antiliquor League of
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M. Wells
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Min Baily
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Edward Rudeau
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Allen
Democratic County
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Anno
Assensor
Seerte
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Sunoty
Gore
Michael V. Walsh
Sex Anel
Justice of the Peace
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Cincinnati. Co
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
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Evaneville
C. P. Atmore
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