Fort Wayne Antituberculosis Stamps Fund Fortifies Camp Plan
The Fort Wayne Anti-Tuberculosis society reports Christmas seal sales netted about 600 dollars this year, lifting total proceeds to 1600 dollars. Officials plan a local tuberculosis camp with land donation possible and a Chicago architect engaged to draft plans.
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Fort Wayne
Chicago
Vie @rull
George W. Gille
E. M. van Buskirk
Allen County
Orphans’ Home
J. R. Meriwether
Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Red Cross Society
American Red Cross Society
Lakeside Home Fire Destroys Mrs Andrews Residence
Fire from an overheated furnace caused $1000 damage to Edith Andres 909 Edgewater avenue while she was away in Capac Michigan. Neighbor Cheater Scheffer and his mother entered to save valuables but flames forced them back. Firemen cut through walls to reach the seat of the fire. A canary died in the cage. Mrs Andrews compiled the Fort Wayne city directory and lived alone.
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Edith Andrews
Edgewater Avenue
Andrews J
Fort ‘Wayne
Automobile Burned Up in Indiana Return Trip
Ragged OCR reports a car fire near Walcott on a December day. A large gasoline-powered automobile burned, with details incomplete about the driver or cause.
Lights Blaze on Lakeside Bridge Illumination Shines
A Tuesday night ceremony on the Columbia Street bridge marked the first lighting of the Lakeside approach with new ornamentals. About 100 residents attended as William M. Leedy chaired the program with speeches by Postmaster Robert B. Hanna and Attorney Albert E. Thomas, who defended Lakeside’s civic efforts and urged continued vigilance against undesirable development at the bridge ends. A loud crash briefly interrupted the event when a fire engine’s passage caused glass globes to break.
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Lakeside
Forest Park
Columbia Street Bridge
Maumee
Lakeside Civic Improvement Association
William M. Leedy
Robert B. Hanna
Deratization Campaign Targets Havana Rats and Plague
A report by William C. Rucker details Havana's anti rat program under Cuba's Dr Juan Fuiteras. The effort uses cage traps and cresol in bags to curb rat populations on wharves, aiming for concrete wharves to prevent plague spread aboard ships and to the United States.
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Washington
William Colby Rucker
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Havana
Juan Fuiteras
Cuba
United States
Gen Orozco's Father Charged With Robbery by Mexican Government
In Antonio Texas on December 26 Col Pascual Orozco the father of the revolutionary leader was freed on bonds of 2500 dollars for violating neutrality laws. He was rearrested on a warrant by civil authorities and charged by the Mexican government with larceny and robbery alleged to have occurred in Chihuahua. He remains in county jail awaiting evidence from Mexico.
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Antonio
Texas
Pascual Orozco
Chiruahua
Bluffton Marriages Record Two Ceremonies
Last evening at the Purdy home Bluffton ind Mrs Samuel Purdy witnessed the marriage of Vera Claudia Loughiter to William Wilford Markley son of Mr and Mrs William Markley east of Bluffton They will reside on the groom’s father farm The marriage of Raymond Dwight Poffenberger son of city clerk W J Poffenberger and Miss Nancy Elizabeth Betz daughter of Mrs William Betz was noted in Bluffton.
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Nancy Elizabeth Betz
William
Kidnapped Girl Reunited With Mother After 30 Years
A Bradford detective tale ends in a Christmas reunion as Pearl Ness now Pearl Marks, kidnapped as a child, is found alive. Her mother Mrs Noss had sought help from J W Snyder, a Bradford detective, after the girl vanished on a typhoid era plan. Correspondence with Troy and Reading, Pa., traced Pearl Ness to Walter Marks of Reading.
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Buffalo
OY. Dee
Walter Marks
Dorothy
Reading
J. W. Snyder
Bradford
Auburn Postoffice Building Demanded for City
The Auburn Bee reports a movement to secure a new U S government postoffice building in Auburn Indiana. The Nusbaum building housing the current post office is described as unsafe with warped and cracked walls and recent partial collapse risks. advocates urge government action and timely erection of a proper facility.
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Auburn
Ind
United States
Postoffice
Auburn Bee
John C. Lochner
Nusbaum
Man surrenders after four days hiding in movie theater
Evansville Indiana October 26 Norbert Kern a gambling suspect admitted he hid from officers for four days in moving picture shows because his eyes grew tired of looking at the movies and he decided to surrender to the police.
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Evansville
Ind
Norbert ‘Kern
Revolver Held Up Stude baker Home Burglary
In South Bend Indiana a burglar entered the Studebaker residence and held a revolver to Clement Studebaker Jr. The intruder fled from a second story window after taking 100 dollars and goods valued at 375 dollars. The burglar was pursued by Mr. Studebaker and his butler but escaped into surrounding bushes.
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South Bend
Ind
Clement Studebaker, Jr
Studebaker
Mr. Studebaker
Afr
Four Miller family killed in crossing horror near Champaign
Four members of Edward H Miller's family died when struck by a train four miles south of Champaign Wisconsin on December 26. Edward H Miller 34 Maud Miller 33 Miller 8 Wayne Miller 4. Opal Scott 11, neighbor's child, died of injuries. The family was returning from Christmas celebration and driving the Scott girl home.
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Champaign
Edward H. Miller
Kings Central Panama Limited
Maud Miller
But Miller
Wayne Miller
Opal Scott
Millers
Scott
Packages Lost in Holiday Rush
In the holiday shopping rush many items go missing as shoppers hurry through stores. Nate Beadell of the People's store notes a sizable lost and found, with other city department stores likely experiencing similar trends. Attendants report parcels and pocketbooks are common, and larger stores keep such items in hope of claim. to recover owners must prove positive identification.
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Nate Beadell
People’s Store
Mr. Beadell
Judge Taylor's Appointment Hopes Stir Indiana Interest
Indiana leaders and river interests press for Judge Taylor of Fort Wayne to be named to the Mississippi River Commission to succeed Br. B. Taylor. Amid moves for a broader customs-service reorganization, Stockslager and Tracewell groom for Treasury controller posts as Cox-led politics anticipate patronage changes.
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Washington
D. C
Dee
Mississippi River Commission
Taylor
Fort Wayne
Cleveland
Charles W. Fairbanks
Joseph B. Kealing
Wilson
AL Stockslager
Corydon
Ind
Controler
The
Treasury
Robert J. Tracewell
Stockslager
V Tracewell
Congress
Timothy KB. Howard
South Bend
State Supreme Court
Indiana
William J. Cox
Customs Service
Cox
Kern
New Theater Company To Unite Huntington Venues
Huntington Ind Dec 25 A single theater corporation will be formed to manage the Palace Princess and Lyric under T G Perfect who will serve as president with his brother H A Perfect as next in command. Proper papers to be filed with the secretary of state shortly.
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Huntington, Ind
Palace
Princess
Lyric
T. G. Perfect
H. A. Perfect
Death toll rises in Marble Davis case and city accidents
In Terre Haute Indiana a 20 year old named Marble Davis was shot and killed during a dance hall fight involving James Ramsey. The city also reports two additional deaths from accidents yesterday with Emory Miller dying from injuries after a car struck a street car and an unidentified wagon passenger dying at a hospital after a collision with an interurban car.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Red Light District
Davis
James Ramsey
Emory Miller
Boy's Christmas Toy Causes Girl's Death in Fire
In Chicago on December 26 a toy electric sparkler used at a home Christmas celebration caused the death of seven year old Theressa Burman as her clothing caught fire. Her sister suffered severe burns but is expected to recover.
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Fort Wayne Relief Union
Hanna Street
Mary Williard
Dorothy Heaton
Chicago
Theressa Burman
Inauguration Preparations Spark Washington Crowd and Plans
Washington braces for the Wilson Marshall inauguration with expected record attendance. Hotels raise rates along Pennsylvania Avenue as stands and viewing points proliferate. Promotional efforts include paid seats, roofed stands, and a large press operation to push daily updates. Kentucky Colonels and cadet escorts from Lexington join parade preparations, signaling a heavy southern turnout.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Treasury Department
Banes Department
Capitol
Washington
Thomas J. Pence
Woodrow Wolson
Wilson
Gen. Nichols
Lexington
United States
Westpoint
Staunton
Kentucky
Louisville
South
Dixie
Girl Attempts Suicide in Jail Hospital Ward
Albion Indiana December 25 Susie Glass cock a jailed truancy detainee in the jail hospital attempted suicide using carbolic acid. A physician administered antidotes and saved her life.
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Albion
Ind
Susie Glasscock
Amish Colony Leaves Indiana for Georgia in Mass Migration
About 500 Amish stockraisers and farmers near Oakland City Indiana plan to move for better farm prospects near Macon Georgia after a Pike county court ruling blocked construction of the Virgil Bozeman levee to confine the Patoka River. Bishop Joseph Witmer and his two sons initiated sales of property as the departure began.
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Oakland City
Ind
Macon
Pike County
Patoka
Joseph Witmer
John
Amos
Evansville man pleads guilty to murder in self defense
John Jones, a negro, pleaded guilty in Evansville Indiana to first degree murder two hours after arrest for the fatal shooting of Ernest W. Temme a civil engineer on Main street Christmas eve. Judge Gould warned punishment could be life in prison or death. Jones claimed self defense saying Temme struck him and fell before rising. Mrs Jones corroborated that her husband shot as Temme arose.
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Evansville
Ind
John Jones
Ernest W. Temme
Main Street
Gould
Jones
Temme
Supreme Court to Hear Tax Case on Leasing Corporations
The United States Supreme Court will hear Minehill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad Co v Philadelphia and Reading Ry Co on whether the corporation tax applies to companies leasing property to others. Lower courts ruled against the government, which argues shareholders pay taxes for corporate existence amounting to doing business. Opponents say the tax targets income from property, not business, and would amount to an unconstitutional direct property tax.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Bullitt
Minehill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad Company
Collector of Internal Revenue
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Supreme Court
Minehall Company
Reading Company
Congress
Thomas Cummins Dies at 90 Father of Senator Albert Cummins
Des Moines Iowa December 26 Thomas Cummins father of Senator Albert Cummins died at his home this afternoon. He was 90 years old and had been ill for more than a year. Survived by his children including Senator Albert Cummins.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Thomas Cummins
Albert Cummins
Cuming
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the Court
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