Convention Date Set for State Union in Fort Wayne
At a State Christian Endeavor Union executive meeting in Muncie Fort Wayne was chosen as the site for this year’s state convention to be held June 23 to 26. Rev. J Webster Bailey and Ralph Willson attended. Rev J Wilbur Chaman and Vogt are named speakers. Sessions to be at First Presbyterian Church and Temple Theater. A separate report notes Milford residents Mr and Mrs Jacob Nymyer were found unconscious in their home with possible chloroform evidence and a suspected burglary. A stock company with capital 60 cents or 60 may be referenced but details are unclear.
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State Christian Endeavor Union
Muncie
Fort Wayne
J. Webster Bailey
Plymouth Congregational Church
Union
Ralph Willson
J. Wilbur Chaman
Vogt
Boston
First Presbyterian Church
Temple Theater
Jacob Nymyer
Milford
Kosciusko County
Cheswick Miners Still Entombed in Exploded Mine
Rescue efforts press on as four miners are confirmed dead including Selwin M. Taylor. Adolph Gonia, rescued miner, may be blinded. volunteers brave tunneling to reach trapped men while air shafts are repaired after the Cheswick blast.
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Selwin M. Taylor
Taylor
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Coal Company
George Horvath
Tom Wood
Adolph Gonia
Selwin Taylor
Selwyn M. Taylor
Gonzo
Judge Robert Lowry Dead Civil War era Indiana jurist and congressman
Judge Robert Lowry, a prominent Indiana jurist and former congressman, rose from a self taught early education to lead as Fort Wayne lawyer and Allen county judge. He served as Fort Wayne city recorder, state and federal judge, and guided the Indiana bar as its first president.
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Allen
Indiana
Lowry
Indiana State Bar Association
Indiana Bar
Congress
Deadly explosion traps hundreds in Harwick mine shaft
In Pittsburg on January 25 a massive blast at Harwick Coal Company near Cheswick entombed between 125 and 150 workers. About 200 men were employed. 150 inside, others on the tipple. Tipple walls collapsed, debris filled the shaft, and several outside and tipple workers were injured. Supt. George Sheets ordered rapid aid from Cheswick and Springdale.
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Allegheny Coal Company
Cleveland
Sheets
J. R. Morris
Pittsburg Tool and Drop Forge Company
Cheswick
Tippie
Allen
Springdale
McCulloch
F. W. Cunningham
Cunningham
Pittsburg
Harwick Coal Company
George Sheets
Assiat- Ganes
Ct & Workmen
Germans suffer costly reverses in southwest Africa
An official dispatch from Windhoek reports heavy German losses in efforts to relieve Okahandja, with five settlers and their families murdered. Hereros threaten Windhoek as a German patrol near Hope Farm loses officers and men, while the Windhoek garrison stands at about 230.
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Berlin
Windhoek
Africa
Okahandja
Hope Farm
von Boysen
Editorial accuses Republicans of using Bryan on foreign tour
The Courier-Journal editorial claims Republicans used William Jennings Bryan as a tool during his foreign trip, depicting him as a civic focal point while criticizing party influence and the "faith cure." It contrasts Bryan with figures like Cleveland and Blaine and questions motives behind party leadership and estate issues.
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Louisville
William Jennings Bryan
Henry Watterson
Courier-Journal
Bryan
Europe
America
London
Paris
Rome
Sartin
Yuba Dam
Nebraska
William McKinley
Cleveland
Bennett
Mr. Blaine
Mr. Bryan
Many Killed by Storm in North Alabama
A violent tornado and severe winds struck north Alabama early today, with Moundville in Hale County hardest hit. Reports indicate at least thirty deaths and many injuries, as lines of communication collapsed and relief trains moved toward the disaster zone.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Moundville
Hale County
Tuscaloosa
A. EH. Werren
Montgomery
J. H. Redmond
Dayton
Storm Devastation at Moundville Kills Thirty Seven
A News wires report from Birmingham details the storm toll at Moundville as thirty seven dead, with seven whites and thirty blacks among the victims. The town is described as completely wrecked and three white victims Warren Seymour and Redmond have had their bodies brought to Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
News
Moundville
Warren
Seymour
Redmond
Leo items recount local notes and a runaway
Miss Emma Klopfenstine visited Josie Witmer in Grabill last Sunday. A ten pound girl was born to Mr and Mrs Daniel Gerig, and a son to Mr and Mrs Del Amstutz. Mrs Andrew Gerig is ill. Sunday school was sparsely attended due to bad weather. Prof Sanders visited Bertha Gerig. Miss Esta Boger is ill. Daniel Roth of Fulton County is visiting Dave Amstutz. Leah Conrad returned from Ohio. Scarlet fever quarantines affect several families. The village blacksmith stayed busy with ley roads. A dramatic runaway occurred with one horse east of Leo and the other west, wrecking harness and sleigh. Sol Steiner from Mlinovis is visiting. Michael Klopfenstine bought the old tile mill and plans to move it to Wolcott to make tile. Maud Howey visited her parents. she teaches in Thurman Indiana. John Hensinger, our butcher, nearly completed the Cedarville buildings with Mr and Mrs C Witmer last Sunday. David Grabill and Jerry Stine were at Fort Wayne.
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Emma Klopfenstine
Josie Witmer
Grabill
Daniel Gerig
del Amstutz
Andrew Gerig
Sanders
Bertha Gerig
Esta Boger
Daniel Roth
Fulton County
Dave Amstutz
Leah Conrad
Ohio
Leo
Sol Steiner
Mlinovis
Michael Klopfenstine
Wolcott
Mise Maud Howey
Thurman
Ind
John Hensinger
C. Witmer
Cedarville
David Grabill
Jerrystine
Fort Wayne
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Do Se
The
Bureau of Information
Bureau OF
State Meeting of Christian Endeavorers
Capital
Robert Lowry
Rochester, N. Y. Athanazeum and Young Men's Association
Willian Lytle
Goshen
Joseph A. Wright
Elkhart
Gothen
Judge Lowry
Tadiana
Chicago
Lagrange, Steuben
DeKalb
Noble, Kosciuske
Whitley
Adams
Wells
Horace Greeley
Civzt
Lowry, Robertson
BAR
Fran. Walpole G. Colerick
Auburn
James B. White
Henry C. Stanley
Noble County
McDonald, Hendricks
East Berry Street
Ninde Block
Harry Hilgemann
Robert Lowry, Jr
Anna Lowry
H. Brook Sale
Indianapolis
M. M. Brannan
Dakota
John Lowry
West Berry Street
Frankfort Zeitung
Karl Sisterhen
Ligonier
United States Express Company
Butler
Ceylon
F. M. Hines
DeKalb County
Democratic Central Committee
Elizabeth J. Parker
Columbia City
J. W. Parker
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