Flying machine proves successful test at Kitty Hawk
Norfolk reports a Wright brothers flight near Kitty Hawk North Carolina. The craft rose to sixty feet with an eight mile per hour forward speed against a 21 mph wind and landed at a chosen spot. It uses two six blade propellers powered by a small engine. The platform and box kite design provide stability during the test.
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Norfolk
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Wilbur Wright
Remarkable congenital malformation found in postmortem
Brookings South Dakota December nineteenth post mortem reveals William Allison twenty one died after ten days of stomach inflammation. Doctors found a diaphragm opening and a stomach dilated three times normal filling the left thoracic cavity replacing the left lung. The heart lay on the right side and organs showed infancy onset.
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Brookings
S. D
William Allison
Fort Wayne to Show Forte Public Schools Exhibit in St Louis
Preparations are under way for Fort Wayne public schools exhibit at the Louisiana purchase exposition in St Louis. Superintendent Study heads the effort and says the space will be fully utilized with creditable samples from all city grades. Selecting the best drawings and writings from many strong submissions is a challenge.
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Fort Wayne
St. Louis
Wayne Street M E Church Sunday School Elects Officers
The Wayne Street M E Church Sunday school elected officers led by Superintendent A J Coverdale with assistants Dr M A Mason and Mrs Emily Griswold. Home department superintendent Mrs FR A Grumman and primary chief Mrs M A Mason. secretary J E B N Dillon. treasurer T H Miller. librarian Eva Badlac. chorister Herman W Brown with assistant Mrs Fred Hartman and organist Miss Gertrude Schrader assisted by Miss Eva Tinkham. Emanuel Hochetetler a deaf mute about twenty two living near Wappanee was struck by a B and O train and killed Wednesday morning while walking on the railway track.
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Wayne Street
M. E. Church
A. 3. Coverdale
M. A. Mason
Emily Griswold
FR. A. Grumman
J. EB. N. Dillon
T. H. Miller
Eva Badiac
Herman W. Brown
Fred Hartman
Gertrude Schrader
Eva Tinkham
Emanuel Hochetetler
Wappanee
Burglars Blow Safe at William & Slentz Saloon
Cracksmen seized $500 in cash and a $60 diamond ring by blowing the safe at William and Slentz's saloon and pool room in LaOtto at 2:40 this morning. Two nitroglycerine charges were used. a knife dropped by a burglar is the only clue. Deeds and papers were stolen along with the money and ring.
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Sentinel
LaOtto
William & Slentz
Grand Rapids
Indiana
Sabon
Will of Judge Cheney Leaves Majority to Daughters
The probate court allocated most of the estate to Mrs. Helen Kimberly, Mrs. Mary Nelson, and Mrs. Alice Knight with equal shares for life and passes to grandchildren after death. The will, dated May 24, 1886, provides for lifelong funds for wife and son Roswell Cheney and sets aside $10,000 to each son-in-law.
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James Cheney
Circuit
C.S. Knight
John A. Kimberly
Neenah
Wis
John C. Nelson
Logansport
Robert S. Taylor
Fanny W. Taylor
New York
Roswell W. Cheney
C. S. Knight
Helen Kimberly
Mary C. Nelson
Alice Knight
Taylor
Convention Set for January 12 Fort Wayne District Chairman Vote
A Republican convention to elect a Twelfth district chairman will be held in Fort Wayne at 1 30 o clock on Tuesday January 12. The date and place were decided at a meeting in the office of District Chairman Elmer Leonard with attendees including J W HaysGeorge Smith Fred Snider Harris and John W Baker.
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Fort Wayne
Elmer Leonard
Mr. Leonard
J. W. Hays
Noble County
John W. Baker
Whitley County
George Smith
Lagrange County
Fred Snider
Angola
Steuben
DeKalb
Harris
Allen County
Tragedy at Cecil Shocks Town Hermit Die风
In Cecil G Hicksville reports a sudden death believed to be self inflicted. Opplinger, about sixty, widower, lived alone and was known as a hermit. Neighbors describe odd behavior and solitary habits. Albertina Mise is mentioned in link to the case.
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Opplinger
Cecil
Fricke Hardware
Tragic Death At Huntington Mill Worker Fatally Caught In Flywheel
David Griffith forty one years old temporary engineer at Min- nichs mill Huntington Indiana was crushed when caught in a flywheel. The engine ran away and his body struck the stairway and ceiling tearing clothing and organs as workers rushed to stop the machine. The death was instantaneous and the manner remains conjectural.
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the Sentinel
Huntington
Ind
David Griffith
Minnich’s
Griffith
Fire destroys Bowser barn on Thomas Street
A large brick barn owned by S. F. Bowser & Co. on Thomas Street burned early Friday. Six horses and ten vehicles were saved. the loss is about 2300 dollars, insured. Mr. and Mrs. Ora Trout escaped in their night attire as flames gutted the second story.
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Thomas Street
S. F. Bowser
Ora Trout
Pennsylvania
Roundhouse
C. A. Dunkleberg
Bowser Company
What Robinson Can Do
Washington reports a House exchange where Indiana lawmakers debate rural free delivery use for politics Maddox accuses Indiana of political manipulation Robinson challenges Hemenway as appropriations chair Hemenway replies that Jim Robinson can secure more free delivery routes than any other member
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Washington, D. C
Hemenway
Robinson
Indiana
Maddox
Georgia
Middle States
Appropriations
Jim Robinson
Plangan
Barronx
Pine Street
St. Louisa
Salvona Supplies
Wabash-Logansport traction workers unionized in Northern Indiana
Jacob Beck aged 79 was badly hurt by a fall on an icy pavement in Waterloo. The article notes unionization among all motormen on the Wabash Logansport traction lines with Harvey Van Dine cited as a leader of the Chi is cut off in fragmentary text.
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Jacob Beck
Waterloo
Harvey van Dine
Chi
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