Night Riders Bombard Russellville Tobacco Firms
Night riders attacked Russellville Kentucky early this morning, overpowering police and destroying two independent tobacco firms along with several other establishments. Three people were wounded, including Dr. Charles M. Roberts of Evansville Indiana, as the mob seized key facilities and guarded the rail depot, telephone, and electric plant to suppress alarms.
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Russellville
Logan County
Hopkinsville
Clarksville Pike
Frank G. Wake
American Snuff Company
Roberts & Brown
Alfred Underwood
King & Proctor
Joshua Knowles
Charles M. Roberts
Evansville
Ind
J. R. McLean
J. P. Moseley
W. P. Bruce
J. Henry Moseley
Forst
Robberts
Cave Springs
Electric power to run Lafayette cars routed from Fort Wayne line
Lafayette city street railway cars will soon run on electric power generated at Fort Wayne for a 115 mile transmission the longest in the central west. Fort Wayne Wabash Valley Traction officials install the system with Lafayette’s station to be remodeled, taking months. New service stripes and stars will mark employee longevity across cities. A new interurban schedule works well and officials hope to add hourly service later.
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Lafayette City Street
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
West
M. J. Kehede
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Spy Run Avenue
Fort Wayne and
Wabash Valley Company
New Building Ready for Inspection at Nebraska School
Contractor JunghansNotifies school board of completion of school addition and requests immediate inspection and acceptance. Work expected to finish on schedule per original plan.
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Junghans
Nebraska
Fire Marshal Ayres to probe Russellville night rider raid
State Fire Marshal Mott Ayres departed Hopkinsville for Russellville to investigate the early morning night-riders raid. He will decide if an immediate inquiry is warranted or defer to his successor Cicero Barnett, who takes office in a few days.
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Hopkinsville
Mott Ayres
Russellville
Col. Ayres
Cicero Barnett
Youthful inmate hanged after bungled gallows in Louisville
Clarence Sturgeon, 19, was executed in the jail yard of Louisville, Kentucky, after a delayed, painful hanging caused by a mechanism failure. He murdered Ira Bruner, James Blackerly, and Wilfred McMichael a year earlier and faced the end with calm resolve despite pleas for pardon from his family and supporters.
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Louisville
Clarence Sturgeon
Sturgeon
Ira Bruner
James Blackerly
Wilfred McMichael
Aiding Accused Woman Ada Lewis in Indianapolis Case
Fort Wayne residents rally to aid Ada Lewis, the colored woman jailed in Indianapolis on charges of passing raised five dollar bills. Her husband faces a similar charge. Readily trusted as a laundress over years, Lewis is believed by former employers to have acted unknowingly. signatures support her integrity.
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Fort Wayne
Ada Lewis
Indianapolis
Federal Grand Jury
Freight wreck at Kalamazoo injures GR&I crew
A freight train entering the Grand Rapids and Indiana yards at Kalamazoo wrecked at 1 p m Friday injuring engineer C W Taylor and fireman Cheater Grout both of this city though their injuries are not serious. Early reports claimed a passenger wreck with several injured but officials say the train was freight Grout son of Mr and Mrs W H Grout of 26 Calhoun street has worked on the road about a year. William Snyder a former Noble County man is dead at Eldorado Kansas he was postmaster at Albion during Grant's administration.
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Grand Rapids & Indiana
Kalamazoo
C. W. Taylor
Cheater Grout
Grout
8. & Son
W. H. Grout
Calhoun Street
William Snyder
Noble County
Eldorado
Kan
Albion
Grant
Fort Wayne Rings in 1908 with Noisy New Year Welcomes
Fort Wayne greeted 1908 with a citywide roar of whistles bells and guns as churches held watch nights and thousands joined in New Year celebrations. An accident marred the moment when Corporal George Balls of Battery B Indiana National Guard was injured by an exploding powder charge during a salute at midnight. Sergeant Gates Horton sustained minor burns but returned home. The battery reloaded too quickly causing a flash and blast that damaged the gun. several others suffered minor burns. Downtown stayed lively for about half an hour as revelers exchanged greetings and shops closed for a quiet New Year Day with services across Catholic and German Lutheran churches.
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Fort Wayne
George Balls
Battery B
Indiana National Guard
Hope Hospital
Gates Horton
Balls
Harry Clark
Richards Bares Small Arm as Evidence in Court
In city court Friday morning Carl Richards faced an assault and battery arraignment over a dispute with Katie Flannigan. He displayed his arm as proof while Flannigan testified he threatened to smash her, but Richards and his family offered a different account. Judge Skelton fined Richards one dollar plus costs with suspended sentence for avoiding further fights. The session also jailed James Howard for thirty-one days on loitering charges, and several vagrants were assessed five dollars plus costs.
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Carl Richards
City Court
Katie Flannigan
Michael James Flannigan
Clyde Gandy
Skelton
Richards
James Howard
Grice
Dante Hapice Sas
Noted Surgeon Senn Dies in Chicago
Dr. Nicholas Senn, renowned U S surgeon, died in Chicago at age after a ten week illness from heart disease. The Spanish War chief surgeon of the Sixth Army Corps, he attributed illness to high altitudes in South America. He authored many medical works and was a leading operating surgeon.
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Chicago
Nicholas Senn
United States
Enraged Japs Attack Vancouver Firemen in Broad Street Clash
In Vancouver British Columbia a mob of armed Japanese attacked three city firefighters Frost Anderson and McDonald near Powell street and Gore avenue. Frost sustained fatal wounds from knife attacks. Police arrested four Japanese as the injured firefighters were taken to hospital.
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Vancouver
B. C
Frost
Anderson
McDonald
Powell Street
Gore Avenue
Friendly Japan act closes old year 1907
Tokio dispatch notes 1907 ends with a government memorandum on emigration sent to the American embassy. Officials say details of administration will satisfy the United States, hoping 1908 opens brighter. Also reports Mrs. John Morris of Andrews dies from internal injuries after a fall. Huntington churches unite as United Baptist Church. William W. Harrison of Philadelphia sues Rochester for restraining use of a school fund to pay bonds, alleging interest default.
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Tokio
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Japan
John Morris
Andrews
First Baptist Church
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Huntington
United Baptist Church
William W. Harrison
Philadelphia
Rochester
Isce Ul
Sunday School Men Meet in Boston Conference
In Boston today leaders from North American Sunday school work convene by invitation of W N Hartshorn to discuss improving the lesson system. Representing about fourteen million members in 155000 Sunday schools, the gathering includes the International Sunday School association and related publishing bodies.
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Boston
North America
W. N. Hartshorn
International Sunday School Association
International
Rome
International Association
Organization
First quail shipment for Allen County on the way
Allen County Licensed Sportsmen's association held a meeting to plan liberation sites for quail arriving locally within days. A distribution committee and a liaison group with farmers and the State Game and Fish Commission were named, with promises of large quail shipments and funds to favor quail stocking. The shooting season had closed, and overall game hunting saw mixed success alongside rising hunter participation and county statistics.
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Allen County
Herbert Bond
Frank Emrick
Fred Peters
al Alter
A. Hattersley
Dr. Porter
Ben Woodworth
George Loesch
James Parnin
Val Goeglein
Ailen
Proposed Toledo and Fort Wayne line passes through rich territory
Officials compile statistics on the territory the Toledo and Fort Wayne electric line would traverse to present the project to eastern financial interests. The figures aim to attract enrollment in the enterprise and reveal prospects for the venture.
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Toledo and
Fort Wayne
Rae Egil
James Wallace Case Highlights New Year Fine
A young man identified as James Wallace pleaded not guilty to public intoxication in city court on January 1 and was fined five dollars plus costs. The case, noted as the first fine of the year, references a naming idiosyncrasy used for parental sake.
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James Wallace
Wallace Althrough
Wellington
Wallace
Countess of Yarmouth Seeks Divorce in Court
London January 3 The countess of Yarmouth formerly Miss Alice Thaw of Pittsburg has begun nullification proceedings against her titled husband The countess is sister to Harry Thaw The case is defended inlan and set for trial in the coming sittings of the divorce court It will be heard in camera Also Mrs Samuel Shoemaker aged 57 died suddenly from heart failure at her home near Columbia City
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London
Countess of Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
Pittsburg
Earl of Yarmouth
Harry Thaw
Yarmouth
Samuel Shoemaker
Columbia City
Money to Loan on Real Estate or Personal Security
C. E. Pfeiffer offers money to loan with real estate or personal security as collateral. Office rooms 6-7 in Bass Block.
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C. E. Pfeiffer
Bass Block
Piles free trial offer at People's Drug Store
The People's Drug Store at Berry and Clinton streets offers a free introductory box of the best Pile Remedy in existence with a call or mail request.
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People’s Drug Store
Cor. Berry and
Clinton Streets
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WAR Against Tobacco Trust
Kentucky
American Tobacco Company
Tobacco Growers’ Protective Association
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
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Lafay
Ette Cars
Outh
Lnd
Taylor
Mrs. Flannigan
Bicholas Senn
The
International Associa
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Hicksville
Bryan
Scarre Pav
Harry Beverle
Treat
What Is
Castoria
Centair Company
TY Murray Street
New
Erry
Countess of
Sis
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Bourbow Rmedy Go. Incorporated
Henry Klese
E. Columbia St
Fort Wayne, Indiana
True Temper
Ft. Madison Line
Abs Hepreipfer & Son
Columbia St. Eee
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