Croker Cuts Visit Short at French Lick
Indianapolis December reports Richard Croker and New York friends will depart French Lick Springs this evening by way of Cincinnati. He aims to leave after a brief stay as Indiana Democrats say there is little incentive to court the Tammany leader amid cold weather and few visitors.
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Indianapolis
Richard Croker
New York
French Lick Springs
Cincinnati
Croker
Springs
Indiana
Tammany Coss
French Lick
Crocer
Dougherty Declines Chairmanship Of State Committee
Bluffton resident Hugh Dougherty is urged as a possible Democratic state committee chair but says a team of horses could not pull him into the job. He plans to focus on banking and telephone business, with party leaders considering other candidates like Youngherty as the committee reorganizes.
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Bluffton
Hugh Dougherty
Indianapolis News
Taggert
Youngherty
Dougherty
Hennée
Dreamed Of His Fate Ends In Sawmill Death In Indiana
Charles W. Gearhart of Walkerton died at a sawmill near Waveland when his coat snagged on a setscrew and twisted him into a shaft. He had previously dreamed, on February 14, of becoming a corpse within a year, a fate his mother dismissed as superstition.
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South Bend
Ind
Charles W. Gearhart
Walkerton
Waveland
Gearhart
Farmer sues gas firms over VanBuren field wells
George Allen of VanBuren township Indiana filed suit in Anderson against Consumers Gas Trust of Indianapolis and Chicago Pipeline Company. He alleges the two firms drill more wells than leases permit and draining life from the VanBuren field. case could set lease-privilege rights.
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Anderson
Ind
George Allen
VanBuren
Consumers’ Gas Trust Company
Indianapolis
Chicago Pipeline Company
Belknap's Body Arrives from Manila on Transport Thomas
Word from San Francisco says Major Belknap's body reached Belknap’s Marion home on the transport Thomas, received by Con. ATL Steele whose daughter is the widow. The body will be brought east at once. Belknap's home was in Marion.
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Manion
Ind
San’ Francisco
Belknap
Manila
Thomas
Con
Atl Steele
Ws Oy
Wil
Belknep
Marion
Council to Investigate Fire Incident In Poeffenberger District
A city panel will probe a recent blaze at Poeffenberger property after reports allege intoxication impaired duties. The incident occurred late Saturday night, and officials seek clarification on the fire response and responsibility.
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Slutton
Sity Edineil
Poeffenberger
Death Notice from Blaffton Ind Telegraphed
Death notice from Blaffton Indiana dated December 20 reports the passing of ABCALIS ROMANC. The brief item notes the local telegraph transmission of the event.
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Abcalis Romanc
Blaffton, Ind
Township Trustees Must Publish Annual Reports by Jan First
Indianapolis December 20 The Attorney General states that township trustees must prepare and publish their annual reports in a newspaper of general circulation in their counties before January 1 as required by the recent law. The AG advised trustees to comply and publish on time.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Taylor
Honors for American boy in Leipzig concert.
Louis Elbel of South Bend Ind boy pianist achieved a major triumph in Germany. At a Leip sic concert before 4000, he played Tschaikowsky op 23 in B flat minor with skill surpassing renowned virtuosi. Lokal Anzeiger lauded his accuracy, emotion, and musical sincerity and noted an encore with Rubinstein’s A minor Barcarolle.
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South Bend
Ind
Louis Elbel
Germany
Leipsic
Elbel
Lokal Anzeiger
Martin Kause
Peter Tschaikowsky
Rubinstein
Influenza Outbreak Kills Horses on Wabash Line
A severe influenza outbreak hits horses used by the Wabash line between New Haven and Butler. State veterinarian Dr. Bitting of Lafayette had to euthanize about twenty animals. Quarantines andwatching of suspected cases continue as the contractors seek state reimbursement.
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Wabash Line
New Haven
Butler
Bitting
Lafayette
Citizens Present Bonus to Electric Railroad Company
Eaton citizens raised 450 dollars and offered it as a bonus to the Muncie Hartford City and Fort Wayne Electric Railroad for a power house car barns and shops. The company to choose its site. land donation abandoned. Building contracts to be let soon. grade work halted until after the holidays.
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Eaton
Muncie
Hartford City
Fort Wayne
Be Wise Mothers Choose Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup
The advertisement urges mothers to use Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup for teething children and promotes it as the best remedy. It presents no other facts and uses praising language to endorse the product.
All Cure-Claims Prompt Free Sample Medical Advice
Fragmentary notice claims a free medical sample and advice at a New York location. It references a cured Bi Re Constipsity On Beh xenonate Gusranie and rematipation liver free, with unclear names and organization.
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Surstoya N.Y
President seeks successor as Secretary Gage plans retirement
Washington December reports indicate Secretary Gage intends to resign the treasury portfolio as soon as a suitable successor is found. President Roosevelt is credited with urging Gage to stay, while Gage says relations with the president are cordial. Separate notes negate retirement plans for Secretary Hay, saying he will remain in the cabinet through the canal negotiations.
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Washington
Gage
Treasury
Roosevelt
New York
Bankers’ Association
Apraiser Wakeman
Wakeman
Mr. Wakeman
Hay
Isthmian Canal
Petition in Bankruptcy Filed by Local Bicycle Firm Partners
Arlon B. Himes and Walter F. Rosenwinkel, once in the bicycle business in this city, filed a bankruptcy petition in federal court. The firm lists liabilities of 2266.29 with no assets. Himes shows assets of 761.81. Rosenwinkel totals debts to 2363.54. Ellison & Keegan represent the petitioners.
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Arlon B. Himes
Walter F. Rosenwinkel
United States
Himes
Rosenwinkle
Ellison & Keegan
Insurance payout praised as a good investment
A Detroit woman thanks an insurer for prompt payment after her husband, insured August 9, drowned within a month. She calls the settlement a good investment reflecting quick aid in tragedy.
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Detroit
Richmond council battle over electric line franchises
Richmond Indiana December 20 a battle forms among city council factions over electric line projects An ordinance proposes rules for construction within the city and a method for new companies to enter traffic arrangements with the existing firm Three interurban companies have asked for a franchise and two await the council's action.
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Richmond
Ind
City Council Rejects Franchise Amid Ordinance Hold
City council refuses to vote a franchise to any company until the general ordinance is adopted. Remaining members decline to act as the ordinance remains unsettled and action stalls on all franchise requests.
Dr Peter Drayer Dies at 61 in Hartford City
Dr Peter Drayer a Hartford City physician died after a yearlong illness at his home at 3 am Friday aged 61 He practiced medicine for 35 years first in Hartford City and later earned a broad reputation in Fort Wayne where he was a frequent visitor Surviving are his widow three daughters two sons and a Princeton student son L P Drayer Mrs Crowe Mary Edson Julia Drayer and George P Drayer He was a devoted Presbyterian member and known for kindness and honesty.
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Peter Drayer
Hartford City
Drayer
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Fort Wayne
Hope Hospital
Dr. Drayer
Pennsylvania
West
Alexandria
Ohio
Miami University
Starling Medical College
M. E. Drayer
Mary Edson
Julia Drayer
L. P. Drayer
A. B. Crowe
George P. Drayer
Princeton University
Now a Citizen Leopold de Roulet Receives Naturalization
Leopold de Roulet a wholesale liquor dealer on East Columbia street has appeared in the U S court and secured his first naturalization papers He renounced allegiance to the republic of Switzerland and has served as a soldier in the French army.
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Leopold de Roulet
East
Columbia Street
United States
de Roulet
Republic of Switzerland
Ellison to Enter Wisconsin Dairy School After Holidays
Andrew Ellison will enroll in a Wisconsin dairy school after the holidays. He plans to study dairy science and begin coursework in the new year, aiming to apply his knowledge to local dairy farming operations.
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Andrew Ellison
Wisconsin
Sampson protests Dewey report on Santiago command
Admiral Sampson objects to Admiral Dewey's Schley court report claiming Schley led at Santiago. The protest asserts Sampson commanded, Schley second, and questions what the court could consider. It cites precept limits, exclusion of evidence, and Navy decisions placing Sampson in command at the battle.
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Washington
W. T. Sampson
Dewey
Schley
Santiago
Navy Department
E. S. Theall
Sampson
Broad Street
New York
Department
Commodore Schley
United States
Admiral Sampson
Brooklyn
Vixen
Indiena
Gloucester
Indiana
Senate
Admiral Schley
Hanna
Admiral Dewey
Judge Advocate
Raynor
Siipe
Incubators and Brooders Headed for Fort Wayne Show
A carload of incubators and brooders from the Prairie State company of Homer City Pa. is en route to Fort Wayne for the Poultry and Pet Stock show in the Saengerbund building January 14 to 18. The exhibit aims to hatch 150 to 200 chicks daily during the event, marking Fort Wayne’s first incubator display in about fifteen years.
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The
Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Saengerbund
Prairie State Company
Homer City
Fort Wayne
Antwerp murder case drama unsettles community
The Van Wert Bulletin reports little new on the Antwerp murder case. Shaffers sought to pay a boy 209 dollars to dispose of a body after the McBride woman’s death. He then offered 200 dollars in a life-insurance claim on a burned property. The boy alerted the mayor, who notified Paulding officials, leading to the Shaffers’ arrest as detectives probe whether a body was burned in a prior incident.
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van Wert
Antwerp
Paulding
Shaffers
Five women fined in Columbia street saloon case
Lillian Chapman Grace White and four other girls were arrested in rooms above Stein's liquor store on East Columbia street and fined five dollars each for being bad girls by Justice Tancey. All fines were promptly paid. Separate case: Edward M. Wilson sued George Bare for assault and battery on Dora, 16, from DeWald street children's home. Bare appeared and case continued to next Thursday.
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Lillian Chapman
Tom Clark
Columbia Street
Grace White
Stein
East Columbia Street
Bagby
Justice Tancey
Edward M. Wilson
Ballérman’s
George Bare
Aboit Township
Beware of Mercury Based Catarrh Ointments
Caution against mercury containing catarrh remedies and false claims. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is warned as harmful when used internally. Authentic versions sold by druggists with price 75 cents per bottle.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Contaissuo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney and Co
Prica
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Township Trustees’ Report
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A. W. Seabrease
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