Synodical Meeting Closes as Dignitaries Attend
Laporte Ind Aug 15 The Lutheran synod for Indiana Ohio and Kentucky closed its sessions with a large Lutheran exodus from the city. The next general conference will be in Fort Wayne with doctrinal discussions continuing. Funds were allocated to Ironton Ohio Indianapolis Ind New Albany Ky and New Richmond for missions and pastors. Several pastors were elected to attend the two year general conference. A resolution urged canvassing for a collection for Rev Barth who lost personal property in a fire. The mission board was re elected and thanks extended for hospitality.
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Laporte
Ind
Synod of the
Lutheran Church
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Cleveland
Port Wayne
J. Bohn
Fort Wayne
P. Schmidt
Seymour
H. W. Lothmann
Akron
G. Schumm
Lafayette
A. V. Schlisten
Cicera
C. A. Frank
Evansville
Barth
Changes at Roann in school leadership
Roann Indiana August 15 Prof Clyde L Wagner of North Manchester selected as Roann superintendent succeeding Prof William Eisenman who moves to Andrews Township Trustee A M Oswald oversees the charter surrender and a new modern school building is under construction to replace the old burned last December with an estimated cost of 16000 Profs Noble Harter of Warsaw and H S Hippensteel of North Manchester have previously served as Roann superintendents reflecting the town's educational leadership continuity.
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Roann
Ind
Clyde L. Wagner
North Manchester
Newport
William Eisenman
Andrews
A. M. Oswald
Roann School Corporation
Eldows
Noble Harter
Warsaw
H. S. Hippensteel
North
Manchester
Moann
Burglars Bind Elderly Indiana Farmer and Wife
In Milford area Elkhart county, three burglars entered the isolated home of 82 year old Aaron Nymyer and his wife. They bound and gagged the couple then searched the premises. Nymyer freed his arms but a robber seized the revolver, forcing surrender. He disclosed where his purse lay after the intruders took about $16, despite having hundreds earlier that day. Authorities suspect neighborhood insiders and expect arrests.
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Elkhart
Ind
Aaron Nymyer
Milford
Tiis
John L. Davis Dies at 66 in Auburn
John L. Davis, a leading Auburn hardware businessman aged 66, died after a long illness at 11:05 last night. His wife and daughter were at his side. He was a prominent citizen known for probity and contributed to the city’s upbuilding and local affairs. He was a member of Fort Wayne organizations.
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Auburn
Ind
John L. Davis
Fort Wayne
Davis
Horer
Local businessman and public official dies in Fort Wayne area
Davis, a prominent Fort Wayne and northern Indiana figure, belonged to the Lodge of Perfection and other Masonic bodies and to the Fort Wayne Lodge of Ells. A wife and daughter survive him. He once ran a Gar rett store and bank, was a staunch Republican, and filled the unexpired County Treasurer term Protest before serving four years as treasurer.
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Lodge of Perfection
Fort Wayne
Ells
Indiana
Davis
Garrett
Duelling love scandal ends in morphine suicide bid
Charlies Dunbar a 35 year old New Albany druggist and Mrs Nora Bradley 30, both well known in New Albany, attempted suicide in Kansas City after eloping in June. They were found unconscious after taking 30 grains of morphine but will recover. A letter described burial wishes and asked a New Albany pastor to inform Dunbar’s wife of his death claiming a wrong done to their loved ones.
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Kansas City
Charlies Dunbar
Nora Bradley
New Albany
Ind
Dunbar
Bradley
Omaha
Tev. G. P. Conk
Dunbne
Discovery in a Cave Near Bedford Ind
Three men Willam Russell Orrin Scica and Vester Stephenson explored Korn's cage a mile and a half from Bedford. They found a vast chamber three hundred feet square with a 160 foot high ceiling and a swift stream a hundred feet below. Remnants of clothes and a bottle with a note dated December 25 1896 were discovered indicating a man named Jake Olden from Lincoln Ned was hungry and lost and would die happy with all gone.
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Bedford
Ind
Willam Russell
Orrin Scica
Vester Stephenson
Korn
Jair Olden
Lincoln
Ned
Jake
Died The Date She Set In Mishawaka Indiana
Mishawaku August 16 three weeks ago Elizabeth Hoerst told relatives her earthly career would end August 16. Friends dismissed the prediction yet she died suddenly yesterday from a broken heart. She was a devout admirer of Bishop Toerstman of Cleveland.
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Mishuwaku
Ind
Elizabeth ‘Hoerst
Toerstman
Cleve-land
Prayers Reported to Cure Green Cast Steady Walker
Greencastle Ind Aug 16 Eleven years ago Mrs B F Trogger of this city was injured in a railway accident. Doctors said the spine was incurable and she used crutches. On Sunday April 20 she says she heard a voice in answer to friends prayers telling her she could walk if she would. She threw away her crutches and now takes long walks and does her own housework, attributing recovery to prayer.
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Greencastle
Ind
ERING WIFE RECLAIMED IN OHIO CASE
Bruton Indiana Aug. Three weeks ago Mrs W H Straley and her eight year old daughter eloped from Leamersville Ohio with William Bigelow. They came to Bruton and rented rooms. Letters to her Mansfield Ohio parents asked to return home. Her husband, Semmerville postmaster, learned of the affair and persuaded her to go back with him. Bigelow had left days earlier.
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Bruton
Ind
Aug
W. H. Straley
Leamersville
Ohio
William Bigelow
Mansfield
Semmerville
Bigelow
Burned at Summer Resort in Elkhart
Word arrives from White Oak Ohio that Mrs. P S Steiner sister of John Primley, wealth from chewing gum, was severely burned at the home of Dr Pixley in Elkhart while visiting.
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Elkhart
Ind
White Oak
8. C
P. S. Steiner
John Primley
Pixley
Lamp Explodes. Mrs Steiner Alone In Room
A lamp exploded while Mrs Steiner was alone in her room. Her daughter is currently traveling in Europe.
Boswell Marshal Arrested After Suicide Attempt
In Fowler Indiana yesterday noon a 12 year old Banes girl accused Boswell marshal John Purdy of criminal assault. Purdy was arrested and, while stepping aside, shot himself in the chest. He is expected to die. Purdy was married to Mrs Banes as his second wife.
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Fowler
Ind
Banes
John Purdy
Boswell
Purdy
Prisoners Escape From Train Near Otis in Dark
Officers transporting Jeffersonville inmates halted near Otis seven miles south of Michigan City after two prisoners Clark Miller and James Turner escaped from the car while the train waited. Miller, 5'7". 140 pounds. Miller and Turner, both sentenced to terms for grand larceny, fled as the train departed. A $50 reward was authorized for each capture. search continued as darkness hindered sightings.
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Michigan City
Ind
Jeffersonville
Otis
Otis Clark Miller
Grant County
James Turner
Daviess County
Miller
Turner
Egler
Reformatory
Ofis
Hert
Michignan City
Tolict
Plainfield
Girl Bride Left Alone in Logansport Mystery
Logansport Indiana reports a troubled marriage case. Mrs Lovie Shutt of Burnettsville says she has heard nothing of Dr Shutt who married her 19 year old daughter six months ago after a brief courtship. Dr Shutt 50 reportedly fled with his young wife after a house fire three weeks earlier, with $1650 insurance paid. The girl's father John Wiener plans to sue for divorce, alleging the doctor owns large land tracts near Bismarck North Dakota.
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Logansport
Ind
Bens
Lovie Shutt
Burnettsville
Shatt
Dr. Shutt
John W. Wiener
Fire Destroys St Andrew's Church in Richmond Indiana
Richmond Indiana August 17 a severe electrical storm sparked a lightning fire that destroyed most of St Andrew's Catholic church only the walls remain. The fire department fought the blaze through the night with losses estimated from 40 000 to 50 000 while insurance totals 18 825. The organ costing 2300 was lost and some movable contents were saved as the church plans to rebuild.
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Richmond
Ind
St Andrew's Catholic
St. Andrew's Church
Mutual Church Insurance Company
Indianapolis
Royal
Liverpool
German
Freeport
Buffalo German
German Mutual
Accidental Shooting Incident Near Bluffton
In Bluffton Indiana yesterday afternoon a group of men and boys at around four o clock opened fire toward a distant mark aimed at Peterson using target rifles. No injuries are reported but the event drew police attention as residents described the scene and questioned safety at informal shooting outings.
Accidental Shooting Kills Boy in Store Incident
A 4 year old, Milton Breiner, child of merchant Henry Breiner, left a store near Robert Bierne who loaded a flobert cartridge. When the breech opened the cartridge fired, the bullet struck the boy over the heart, killing him instantly. Bierne was distraught, believing the act accidental and unaware of the child’s presence.
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Flobert
Milton Breiner
Henry Breiner
Robert Bierne
Bierie
Ind
Power of Attorney Denied In Napanee Saloon War
In Napanee Indiana on August 17 the saloon contest ended with a victory for applicant William Lavering. A remonstrance filed by temperance attorneys representing a majority of township voters was challenged by Lavering’s counsel who argued the remonstrants had no power of attorney. The commissioners granted the application despite the remonstrance.
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Wabash, Ind
William Lavering
Murder follows quarrel near Anderson Indiana
Huston Manis a young farmer shot and killed Irvin Lawson after a town quarrel. Marshall Irvin and Mack Lawson had confronted the Manis brothers at a buggy, leading to the fatal shooting. Manis and his brother surrendered to police and were jailed, claiming self defense after years of Lawson terror in the neighborhood.
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Anderson
Ind
Huston Manis
Irvin Lawson
Manis
Marshall Lawson
Marshall
Irvin
Mack Lawson
Irvin Jawsen
Tryin
Release bid for Hinshaw gathers pace in Indiana revival
William E Hinshaw, the former preacher serving a life sentence in Michigan City for his wife s murder, faces renewed efforts led by James O Parker of Evansville s Ohio Valley Trust. Parker claims new evidence shifts doubt on Hinshaw s guilt. Previous suspects Noah Baney Kid Whitney and Guy Vantaesell were examined after a sensational trial in Danville. The 1995 conviction has prompted ongoing public and state scrutiny.
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Guy Vantaesell
Hinshaw
Baney
Mrs. Hinshaw
Raney
Danville
Parker
County files suit against five ex officials and bondsmen
The county attorney, after a state expert review, sues ex-sheriff George W Huffman ex-clerk Albert Oppenheim ex-treasurer Benjamin F Kain and ex-clerk Robert F Cummins and their bondsmen for amounts totaling thousands of dollars. Defendants contest 75 percent of the claimed fees as pending supreme court decisions. Some officials were reportedly short. others barred by statute of limitations.
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Robert F. Cummins
Benjamin F. Kain
Supreme Court
George W. Huffman
Arnica Salve Praised By Soldiers At Front
Twenty nine officers and men write from the front praising Bucklen's Arnica Salve for scratches bruises cuts wounds sore feet and stiff joints. It also treats burns skin eruptions and piles at 25 cents a box with a cure guaranteed. Sold by Dreler Bros druggists.
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Dreler Bros
Fierce race riots rock New York after policeman's death
Nightlong clashes erupt on the West Side from 12 to 3 am and again at dawn as white mobs and Black residents clash following the murder of Policeman Thorpe. About fifty wounded, forty arrested. Kennedy wounded, Lee alleged in Thorpe’s death threat. Police and reserves quell the chaos with rain aiding dispersal.
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New York
Policeman Thorpe
Arthur Harris
Lloyd Lee
Kennedy
Lee
Thorpe
Aegroes
Twenty-eighth Street
Long Acre Square
Fortyserond Street
Eighth
Winth Avenues
John Kennedy
Lloyd Lee Lee
Phorpe
Gee
David MK. Carr
Bellevue
New York Hospital
Gooney
Cooney
Mon
Marlborough Hotel
Broadway
Marlborough
Forty-third Street
Shantoy
Iis
Burns
West Thirtieth Street
Devery
O'Eloef
Hophes
Jolif
Thirtieth Street
Seattles
Hiter
Richer Barris
James
Ethel Harris
Harris
Robert J. Thorpe
West Thirty-seventh Street
Eighth Avenue
Forty-first Street
Ninth Avenue
Thirty-sixth
Thirty-seventh Streets
Riot Brings Widespread Beatings in Local Tenements
A drunk Irish woman incited violence by praising a dead policeman and urging killings of blacks. A young Black man was beaten and rescued after whites rushed him, as a spontaneous riot spread with hundreds fleeing from tenements. Police and bystanders observed the chaos amid targeted beatings of Black residents.
Rothschild Bros to Open Wholesale Paper House in Fort Wayne
A new wholesale paper house will open on East Columbia Street Fort Wayne by Joseph and Otto Rothschild. The three story Rothschild building will be used for offices and stock valued at about 20000 dollars. The firm plans to ship paper goods nationwide with three salesmen at once and six weeks to full operation.
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Fort Wayne
Joseph and
Otto Rothschild
East
Columbia Street
Rothschild
Vnstaing
Joseph Rothschild
Bis Chicago
Rothschild Bros
Nies
Divorce Suit Alleges Cruelty And Threats From Wife
James Welle Nas sues for divorce from Mary Wells alleging jealous, cruel treatment and repeated threats including attempts to poison, drown, and shoot. Married 1885, separated 1900. They have one child, Walter Richard, and Nas seeks custody. Harrick Bros. represent the plaintiff.
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James Welle Nas
Mary Wells
Plaintiff
Alrives
Chicago
Wayves
Walter Stichard
Har
Rick Bros
Veteran veterans denounce ex secretary Alper at Michigan reunion
In Detroit on August 17 veterans of the Fifth Michigan Cavalry severely condemn former War Secretary Alper. They note his refusal to attend their reunion near his home, despite inviting letters. They vow to cut ties with him for good after his lack of greeting and absence from the event.
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Detroit
Mich
Aus
Alper
Fifth Michigan Cavalry
Alerer
Boy S leg fracture after buggy fall in Jackson
Edmond Hageman, 9 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hageman of Jackson and Pritchard streets, fractured his right leg between the ankle and knee when he jumped from a buggy on West Wayne street Friday morning. Dr. Deming reduced the fracture at his home.
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Edmond Hageman
Louis Hageman
Jackson and
Pritchard Streets
West Wayne Street
Legal patent remedy oath promises hundred dollar cure mention
A scanned 1886 note in which Frask J Coexny swears her senior partner will pay one hundred dollars for each case cured by the company’s cure. The sworn document, dated December 1886, references Dr. Frank Curtney and a detail about Catarch Cure, with remarks on medical claims and a broad warning about deaths among women and men.
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Starr
Onn
Croy
Tonene
Lucas County
Frask
Ormof
Ara
Ciy
Tatar
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