Salvation Army to Name Booth Heir After General Booth
William Bramwell Booth, eldest son of the late General Booth, is appointed head of the Salvation Army to succeed his father. Obsequies for the late general are expected to last a week with funeral likely August 29 or 30. A lying in state will be at the Salvation Army congress hall in Clayton and a massed service will be held in a larger hall.
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New York
William Bramwell Booth
Wm. Booth
Salvation Army
London
International
Victoria Street
Army
Navy
Patagonia
Lapland
George
Salvation Army Congress
Burglar Snyder Shot After Night of Break-ins in Seymour
Oliver Snyder, recently released from the Indiana reformatory, robbed fifteen houses in Seymour overnight. He was shot in the thigh by Chief Abell, leading to amputation to save his life. Surrounded by a posse, he refused to surrender and was killed by a final shot. Snyder had previously robbed about twenty houses in Scottsburg and was jailed after swift sentencing. He left Brown county with apples, selling them in Columbus before the spree here. His father is a Brown county preacher and Young Snyder once taught school there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Ind
Oliver Snyder
Indiana Reformatory
Abell
Soen
Snyder
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Scottsburg
Marschal Walker
Scott County
Joseph H. Shea
Brown County
Columbus
Young Stryder
Thrilling ride ends near Wabash river embankment
Ed ward Heath and James Locker, riding a new touring car in Lafayette Indiana, failed to heed warnings as the vehicle sped toward the Wabash river. The car plunged over a forty foot embankment and struck a tree stump, throwing them from the vehicle in a dramatic, dangerous incident.
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Lafayette
Ind
Edward Heath
James Locker
Heath
Columbia Street
Wabash River
Sherman Glad to Hear News of renomination
Washington and Utica dated dispatches report Vice President Sherman being informed of his second Republican renomination. President Taft congratulates him on the bid, praising constitutional government and national progress. Sherman accepts in Roscoe Conkling Park amid Republican clubs, noting the divided opposition and Progressive attacks.
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Washington
Taft
Sherman
Republican Party
National Republican Party
Party
Old Fertilizer Plant Burned at Prairie Switch
Fire at Bash Fertilizer and Chemical plant southwest of the city destroyed an old wooden structure. Insurance covers 20 000 dollars, but fall orders may be delayed. Watchman Fields alerted fire crews but the blaze had a long head start. New factory plans will proceed to meet spring orders.
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Bash Fertilizer and Chemical Company
Prairie Switch
Watchman Fields
Charles S. Bush
Plana
Veteran Pennsy Shopman Dies After Pneumonia
Peter N. Stetzer, 74, a longtime Pennsylvania Railroad shopworker, died at his 1032 East Washington street home after pneumonia followed a street car fall weeks earlier. Born February 12, 1838 in Becksbach Germany, he came to America forty years ago and worked 27 years before retiring on pension. Survived by seven children and other relatives, funeral Saturday at 2 PM from his residence and 2:30 PM at St Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev. Jacob Miller. interment Concordia Cemetery.
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Stetzer
Becksbach
Bavaria
Germany
America
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Brue
Jacob Miller
Concordia Cemetery
Republican Orator Praises Taft Platform and Warns Voters
The speaker endorses Taft and the Republican platform, criticizes Democratic and Progressive rivals, cites tariff support and vetoes, and warns against Wilson and the new party. He emphasizes national prosperity, strong military and postal service, and adherence to the constitution as November approaches.
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William Howard Taft
Taft
Wilson
British Board of Trade
Republican Party
N Isthmian
Excite the ire of suffragettes
London, August 22. Suffragettes are indignant as sheriff's officers entered the country house of Mr and Mrs Pethick Lawrence, leaders visiting in Canada, and ordered furniture sold to pay costs of the recent conspiracy prosecution. Lawrence and his wife were sentenced to nine months' imprisonment on May 22 at the Old Bailey for inciting followers to malicious damage but were freed on June 27. The Women's Social and Political Union said the action was persecution, noting windows had been replaced by insurers and tradesmen benefited from the publicity. The union contrasted with the promoters of a recent London commercial strike, who caused greater loss yet went unpunished.
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Utica
N. Y
James &. Sherman
United States
George Sutherland
Utah
Roscoe Conkling Park
Sherman
Wilson
Bryan and
Parker
Sutherland
Republican Party
Progressive Party
Roosevelt
Hiram Johnson
Democratic Party
Chicago
Union
London
Pethick Lawrence
Canada
Hay Shippers Plan Ohio Association Formation
Toledo date Aug 22 hay dealers and shippers of Ohio will meet in Lima on Sept 4 to form the Ohio Hay Shippers association to guard hay production transport and marketing interests. Organization committee members include A T Faghoner Bellevue Harry W Robinson Green Springs H A Parrott Spencerville John Parrott Continental D W McMillan Van Wert Frank Donley Defiance T B Rakestraw Napoleon E A Young Shelby S W Kepp Spencerville J G Herman Vanloo.
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Toledo
Defiance
T. B. Rakestraw
Napoleon
E. A. Young
Shelby
S. W. Kepp
Spencerville
J. G. Herman
Vanloo
Ossian Pioneer Rev Alexander Mayn Dies at 80
Ossian Ind Aug 22 word came of the death of Rev Alexander Mayn aged eighty a former educator and pastor here He conducted Ossians only academy from 1868 to 1872 and led United Presbyterian churches at Warren and Flat Rock Interment was at Solsberry Ind Other local notices mention relatives visiting, Bible conference plans, and travel to Winona Lake and Tulsa Oklahoma
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Ossian
Ind
Alexander Mayn
Mayn
Solsberry
United Presbyterian
Warren
Flat Rock
Yeaman Buried With Own Obituary In Bottle
Samuel Yeaman of Noblesville Indiana was buried with an obituary he wrote. The note, indelibly penned, was placed in a bottle and buried with him per his wish to aid identification if his grave were moved. He began the tribute in 1906 and finished it recently, with the date of death to be added later. He was 79. A tombstone he designed will be placed over his grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Ind
Samuel Yeaman
Yeaman
Three Wives In Hunt For Husband In Cincinnati
In Lawrenceburg Indiana three Cincinnati women Mrs. Charles Cooper Mrs. Michael Schuck and Mrs. John M Stockton met in the circuit court clerk office to check marriage records. Each suspects her husband obtained a license to wed another woman after deserting her. A photograph shown by Mrs Schuck triggers screams from the others who believe the man pictured is theirs. A runaway couple matching the description married in June in this city with the license from Jeffersonville. The three plan to proceed to Cincinnati for official action.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Charles Cooper
Michael Schuck
John M. Stockton
Cincinnati
Court House
South Bend Woman Escapes Punishment by Technicality
Mrs. Joseph Sharpless faced forgery charges after a check made out to Mrs. S Sharpless and cashed by Josephine Sharpless led to a $42.59 payment. A U S Marshal Rankin arrested her in Indianapolis and U S Commissioner Thad Talcott acquitted her, ruling no crime since the mail carrier was not induced to leave the check. The status of pursuing locally remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Joseph Sharpless
United States
Rankin
Indianapolis
Thad Talcott
J. H. Ellis
S. Sharpless
Post Office Department
Josephine Sharpless
Jessie Sharpless
Harrigon's Grandson Dead in Erie Rumor
Erie report notes the death of John Hatton, grandson of Harrigon, with President William Hei nd of id. The item appears as a terse obituary or brief notice in a late August edition.
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Erie
John “Hatton
William . Heind
Snake causes panic at Rushville fair
At the Dry Fair in Rushville Indiana on August 21 a large snake escaped from a show and caused a panic among women in the floral hall. The reptile slithered to a hot dog stand, frightened the vendor, ate several sandwiches, then climbed into floral hall prompting more screams before a handler secured it and returned it to its cage.
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Rushville
Ind
Fair Ground
Floral Hall
Boy Found Slain After Disappearance in Kansas City
Four year old Joseph Timmerman, who vanished while playing with companions, was found in a city gully with his skull crushed. Police say the child was murdered. Reports from other boys aged 5 to 7 who were with him give conflicting stories about his whereabouts as investigators search the area. The victim was the son of a locomotive engineer and his disappearance prompted a citywide search aided by boy scouts.
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Kansas City
Joseph Timmerman
Suffragettes Strike Hunger In Irish Jail
Dublin August 22 suffragettes Mary Leigh and Gladys Evans jailed August 7 for wounding John E. Redmond and setting theater fire have begun a hunger strike. Jail officials are forcibly feeding them.
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Dublin
Ireland
Mary Leigh
Gladys Evans
John E. Redmond
Irish Parliamentary Party
Asquith
Theater Royal
Andrews Man Dead in Shia Place Businessman Dies
Andrews Ind August 28 Charles Rudig prominent Shia place businessman died Wednesday at age 49 after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are pending with local undertakers.
Tailor Arrested in Ruse to Blackmail Wealthy Merchant
Eddie Karnatz, a Rensselaer tailor, was arrested at Hinsdale Illinois and brought back to answer charges of attempting blackmail against B Forsythe, a retired merchant. Letters demanded 700 dollars with threats of death and dynamite. Karnatz confessed claiming the letters were written in fun.
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Rensselaer
Ind
Eddie Karnatz
Hinsdale
B. Forsythe
Forsythe
Karnatz
Post Office Department
Illinois
New Albany Pool Room Gamblers Plead Guilty
In New Albany Indiana on August 22 Barney McDevitt and six employees pleaded guilty to conduct of a pool room with racing returns after a raid by Prosecuting Attorney W W Bulliet. They paid fines of 19 dollars each. Sears and Heffernan also paid 19 dollars each for renting a room for gaming. The gambling paraphernalia will be destroyed by Sheriff Fisher. Further raids warned.
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New Albany
Ind
Barney McDevitt
Louisville
W. W. Bulliet
Charles Sears
Sears
James Heffernan
Fisher
Bulliet
Crusade to Drive Tramps From Muncie Sparks Tension
In Muncie Indiana a police led crusade to oust all tramps from the city follows a string of crimes blamed on wanderers. A 15 year old boy Edward Tierney was attacked by a vagrant named William McLaughlin who later tried to commit suicide. A housewife insulted by a tramp in the north part of town was beaten by her husband after breakfast was refused.
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Muncie
Ind
Edward Tierney
Wm. McLaughlin
Ossian News and Social Happenings
Mrs Mary McAfee of Biunton visited friends in Ossian with Mrs Donaldson Wilson and daughter Mrs Charles Glass returning from South Bend and Fort Wayne. Local clergy and families plan trips to Winona Lake and Bryan Ohio for vacations and Bible conference. Mrs Wilson stays in Ossian, Mrs Hunter goes to Bryan. The J M Culbertsons visit Munice for kin and reunion. Craig Glass fractures his right arm near the water, attended by Dr Jeresne. Miss Mary Swerer from Denver visits Miss Inez Gorrell. Rev Marion Deam vacationing in Ossian with his parents. The Daughters of Ruth class hosts a miscellaneous shower for Eva Woodward. her home was nearly destroyed by fire recently and she is hospitalized.
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E. D. Wolfenberger
Poffenberger
Biuffton
Lee Chalfant
Fred Chalfant
Garrett
Benj. Roe
Ridgeville
Ind
Markle
Frank K. Baker
Katherine
Caroline
Oxford
James Wilson
Hattie Listenfeld
Pennville
Otty Merriman
W. T. Bailey
Alfred
Susie
Watertown
West Ossian
Stella Bennard
Churubusco
Gladys Caston Pilcher
Ossian
Valentine
Huntertown
Tulsa
Oklo
Hazel Bird
Zanesville
Jamea Bint
Mies
Lizsie Johnston
Poneto
Mary McAfee
Biunton
Donaldson Wilson
Charles Glass
South Bend
Fort Wayne
D. Poffenberger
Crooked Lake
W. E. Hunter
Columbia City
Gibson Wilson
Winona Lake
Wilson
Hunter
Bryan
Ohio
Henry Stine
George Glass
Elwin Goshorn
J. M. Culbertson
Muncie
Craig
Jim Glass
Jeres
Mary Swerer
Denver
Col
Inez Gorrell
Marion Deam
Springfeld
Til
John Deam
Ruth
Presbyterian Sunday School
Grea
Eva Woodward
Earl D. Possaheraer
Woodward
Wis
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Quest of
Senator Sutherland
William Booth
Pennsy Shopman
Peter N. Stetzer
Peter N. Stezer
Pennsylvania Company
East
Washington Street
Peter M. Stetzer
Pennsylvania
Lima
Ossian Academy
Solsberry, Ind
Obituary
Him
Hubby
Harrigon's
Andrews
Rensselaer Man
AID Muncie
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