Noted Indiana Educator Wil lam A Bell Dies
Indianapolis reports the death of Prof William A Bell at 78 after an appendicitis operation. Born January 30 1833 in Clinton County he taught in Indianapolis schools from 1863 and led the Indiana School Journal from 1871. He served as president of the State Teachers Association and also headed the Indiana school board. He is survived by Eliza Bell widow a daughter Mrs Charles A Garrard two sisters Mrs George S Reed and Mrs Alice Summerbell and a brother Milton Bell.
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Indianapolis
Willam A. Bell
Eliza Bell
Charles A. Garrard
Milton Bell
Kokomo
George S. Reed
Chicago
Alice Summerbell
Fort Wayne
Clinton County
Bell
Indiana School Journal
State Teachers’ Association
Indiana School Board
David Teeter
Silver Lake
Elkhart
David N. Hart
Columbia City
Forty-Fourth
Indiana Volunteers
Louisa’ Orton
Angola
Steuben County
Eagle House
D. N. Hoover
Decatur
Charles Farce
Doc” Linesey
Lafe Ellis
Floyd Smith
Green Birkhead
Charles Sefer
C. D. Murray
Arthur Bloom
Secretary of State
Old Folks’ Home
Warsaw
Julian A. Trish
Fannie E. Lattie
Eliza M. Kelly
Minerva Cook
Catherine Loney
Margaret Miller
Margaret Pierman
Mary A. LaFever
Elizabeth I. Thomas
Emma H. Hayman
Winer
North Main Street
Verna Shoe
Madison Township Men Fall Victim To 10 Old Tricks
Residents of Madison Township near Monroeville were duped by two green goods vendors using a Detroit based fraternal group scam. Victims paid $5 membership to receive $1,000 in counterfeit certificates, only to be directed to nonexistent addresses in Lima and Detroit and return with loss and experience.
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Madison Township
Monroeville
Detroit
Mich
United States
Green Goods
Lima
Post Office Box Rent Increase Planned
Postmaster Hanna announced that box rents will rise starting January 1. Current quarterly rates of 0.75 and 1.25 dollars for different box sizes go to 1.00 1.50 and 2.00 dollars under new rules. The change aims to reduce renters and push mail delivery to businesses and residences.
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Hanna
Turkey Supper Contest Ends With Feasting
Local Lincoln National Life Insurance agents split into two groups to compete for a turkey supper funded by the losing side. The contest closed Saturday evening with about twenty agents gathering at the company's rooms and a feast served by the Wayne club.
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Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Wayne Club
Five Men Die in Illinois Steel Plant Accidents
Five foreigners are dead in South Chicago over the last twenty four hours from industrial accidents at Illinois Steel company. One burned by hot steel, one run down by a switch engine, one asphyxiated by coal gas, and two crushed by falling steel. The report notes all victims were foreigners.
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Chicago
Illinois Steel Company
South
Murderer of Grace Brown Not Long for Earth
Chester E. Gillette was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Auburn prison in the week beginning January 28 for the murder of his discarded sweetheart Grace Brown. He proclaimed innocence in court and faced his mother, who planned a news dispatch about a potential new trial.
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Herkimer
N. Y
Chester E. Gillette
Auburn Prison
Auburn
Grace Brown
Gillette
Wickes
Mont
Cortland
Denver
New York
Prosecutor Opens Fire on Pearl Street Resorts
Prosecutor Dan B Ninde moved to shutter resorts on Pearl Street after petitions from property owners. Police raided Nellie Cummings house a negro resort as two white suspects fled. Arrests planned daily, with action against house owners if women inmates are repeatedly detained.
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Dan B. Ninde
Pearl Street
Nellie Cummings
Ford
Bagby
Justice Hawthorn
Washington Township
Ninde
Cummings
Fuel Explosion Ignites Fire at Local Paint Firm
Mrs Ackerman attempted to light a gasoline stove on the third floor of the Fort Wayne Paint and Wall Paper Co building on Barr street between Main and Berry. The gasoline line exploded, starting a fire in the room furnishings. Fire department extinguished the blaze with no injuries and a $25 loss.
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Fort Wayne Paint and Wall Paper Co
Barr Street
Main and
Berry
Tuition Rates at Indiana Normal School in Muncie
The Indiana Normal School in Muncie Indiana lists ten weeks of tuition for 10 dollars with 32 50 paid in advance. The payment covers tuition and board and room rent for ten weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Normal School
Muncie
Ind
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Roosevelt in Oslo
Christiania Norway December 10 Parliament awarded the Nobel peace prize to President Roosevelt. Mr Peirce praised the president and read a dispatch from Roosevelt proposing use of the prize to fund a permanent industrial peace committee in Washington to promote just relations between capital and labor.
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Christiania
Norway
Roosevelt
Peirce
Washington
United States
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to President Roosevelt
The Nobel peace prize honors President Roosevelt for ending the Russo Japanese War. Proposals came from legislators and universities including H P Judson Chicago University Baldwin Yale Harburger Munich Georgetown. Last year Baroness Von Suttner won. prior honorees include W H Creemer M P England and Henry Dunant.
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Roosevelt
H. P. Judson
Chicago University
Baldwin
Yale
Harburger
University of Munich
Georgetown University
Washington
Baroness von Suttner
Vienna
W.H
Stockholm
Gale Causes Fatalities and Destruction in San Francisco
A southeast gale at 48 miles per hour in San Francisco today caused one death and several serious injuries. Harbor shipping suffered damage, walls toppled, streets were blocked, and traffic halted as streetcar service was suspended for safety.
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San Francisco
President Nominates Wide Range of Officials
The president sent to the senate nominations including William B. Ridgeley for comptroller of the currency and Harry H. Roseau for chief of the bureau of yards and docks with rear admiral rank. William S. Muse would become brigadier general, with favorable action reported on Charles J. Bonaparte as attorney general and Alfred W. Coolley as assistant attorney general.
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Washington
Senate
William B. Ridgeley
Minisis
Bureau of
Harry H. Roseau
William S. Muse
Charles J. Bonaparte
Navy
Alfred W. Coolley
Catholics Knights elect officers for Branch No. 137
Branch No. 137 of the Catholic Knights of America selects officers led by President John Tremmel and Vice President Lucas Otten. Financial Secretary George Freiburger among the officials. Corresponding Secretary Julian Franke. Treasurer Peter Ofenloch. Trustees Ignatz Grube Anthony Wacker and Joseph Neu.
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Catholic Knights of America
John Tremmel
Lucas Otten
George Freiburger
Julian Franke
Peter Ofenloch
Ignatz Grube
Anthony ‘Wacker
Joseph Neu
Well Known Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wiebke of Wayne township marked fifty years of marriage with a large family gathering at their home. They were wed December 9, 1856, and have five children: Lizzie, Emma, August Becker, Frederick, and William Wiebke. The event featured a lengthy dinner and remarks by Rev. Theodore Hahn.
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Fred Wiebke
Wayne Township
Philip Wambsganss
Emmaus Lutheran Church
Theodore Hahn
English Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Wiebke
Allen County
Mr. Wiebke
Quertzin
Minden
Germany
America
Bremen
New York
Albany
Buffalo
Fort Wayne
City
Rev Rowand Speaks on Theater Cards and Dance
Reverend C A Rowand of the First M E Church preached on Social Amusements with focus on theater cards and dance. He traced amusements from ancient times to modern days, noting civilization elevates leisure and distinguishing good and bad points. A crowded audience filled the church, spilling into the Sunday school room despite rain.
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C. A. Rowand
M. E
Collision Injures Five on Passenger Train Near Paducah
A Memphis Louisville flyer northbound on the Winds Central railroad struck a light engine waiting to depart at Paducah Kentucky at 2 10 this morning due to air failure. Five people were injured including Pullman Conductor S J Westfall of Tippecanoe City Ohio Jack Drumier of New York L A Lehman of Ellisville Mississippi fireman John Willingham of Paducah and a five months old boy of Betty Sellers of Golconda Illinois.
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Paducah
Winds Central
Pullman
S. J. Westfall
Tippecanoe City
Ohio
Jack Drumier
New York City
L. A. Lehman
Ellisville
Gossiping notes from northern Indiana towns
Kendallville seeks a rag factory while Huntington whets plans for a creamery in Andrews, Wabash may get a Winslow Voting Machine factory, and churchgoers hear of a Minneapolis mission. The region reports deaths, a $65 000 Kendallville plant fire in Peru, saloon indictments in Decatur, and a bank heist relic in Andrews.
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Kendallville
Wilkerson & Plasterer
Huntington
Andrews
Winslow Voting Machine Company
Wabash
Almon Greenman
Marion
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Lagrange
Gilliams
A. F. van Niman
Jacob Wiler
Samuel Wyland
George J. Walters
Ed A. Locker
R. Lantz
W. G. Wilson
A. Bates
A. F. Guebard
D. C. Clause
W. H. Isbell
Robert Simpson
G. Kirchner
J. Collins
J. Langenfeld
S. C. Hoover
E. A. Chaffee
G. D. Brown
S. Morse
S. C. Murphy
Kendallville Manufacturing Company
Peru
D. Jones
Bank of Andrews
J. M. Key
Commercial Bank of Andrews
J. M. Leach
Bank of Avilla
Avilla
Key
Leach
Brace Banking
Winter Wheat Crop Report Shows High December Condition
Washington December 10 The department of agriculture states that the winter wheat condition on December 1 was 94.1 percent, matching last year's figure and above the nine year average of 92.9. Winter rye stood at 96.2 percent with a nine year average of 95.8.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Indiana Normal School Catalog Details Courses and Tuition
The Indiana Normal School of Muncie Indiana released a new catalog outlining full courses of study and tuition information. Readers may request the catalog to learn about school terms and other details.
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Indiana Normal School
Muncie
Ind
Great Northern Directors Honor Grantham Hospital Gift
Great Northern Railway directors present 2625 to Grantham hospital in acknowledgment of services after the Scotch express accident last September. Father Joseph Murgas of Wilkes-Barre shows experiments indicating wireless telegraphy can travel through the ground if deep shafts are sunk for sending and receiving gear.
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Grantham Hospital
Great Northern Railway
Joseph Murgas
Wilkesbarre
Strike Looms As Reading Workers Meet With Management
Reading Pa December 10. A strike is threatened by engineers firemen conductors and trainmen over union recognition as talks with Reading officials fail to produce agreement. Superintendent Dire refused to sign contracts and recognize the union, with plans to meet in Philadelphia with President Baer.
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Reading. Pa
Reading
Dice
Reading System
Dire
Mr. Dire
Philadelphia
Baer
Nervine advertised as a cure for nervous weakness
An ad touts Dr Miles Nervine claiming to restore nerve strength to treat indigestion headaches and heart palpitations. A customer named Mrs Howard Ford of Worcester Massachusetts testifies to rapid relief and renewed health after using Nervine. The Miles Medical Co offers a money back guarantee through local druggists.
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Miles’ Nervine
Howard Ford
Summit Ave
Worcester
Mass
Miles
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
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Garrett
Manion
Earth
Chester Gillette
The
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U. S
Theodore Ransevelt
GALE
Wilhelmina Wiebke
Rev. Rowand
W. J. Barnhart
Brethren Church
Minneapolis
Northwestern
Wilgerdin Biddlecombe
Crystal Theater
Gertie Gardner
F. A. Hough
Laotto
DeKalb County
Emanuel Shirer
Plymouth
Hannah Riley
Shirer
Winter Wheat Crop Report
Tion
DR. Wells
Calhoun ST
MSI TS
Calhoun Street
Ayge
Near
Washington Blvd
Tri-State Loan and Trust
C. A. Wilding, Pres
W. E. Mossman
Louis Fox
G. W. Pixley
F. C. Heine, Ass’t Sec
W. J. Vesey
Att’y
H. C. Paul
First National Bank
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