Colored Man Held On Forgery Charge In Post Office Money Order
William Davis a West Main street porter was held on $200 bond after a preliminary hearing for allegedly signing a Kentucky money order to obtain $10 at the Indianapolis post office He pleaded not guilty with attorney Henry Colerick and government attorney J J M Lafollette presenting the case The government alleges Davis forged Hayes's signature to cash the order while Hayes was in Kentucky The witness Oliver A Kealey money order clerk identified Davis as the recipient Davis did not present defense evidence at the hearing and bond was set despite remarks about his property of two chickens and a razor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Davis
Knapp
West Main Street
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Logan
Davis
W. T Fletcher
Indianapolis
Henry Colerick
J. J. M. Lafollette
Oliver A. Kealey
Thomas Hayes
Smithfield
Hayes
Kentucky
Keeley
Bond
Colerick
Thaw
Louisiana
Jerome
George F. Barney
Talesman
James 5. Smoot
Smoot
Benton J. Sullivan
Eugene F. Coleman
Donald Bethune
Harold R. Faire
Standard Oil Faces Report On Unfair Practices
The commission cites Standard Oil for undercutting rivals by price manipulation and discrimination. It alleges use of fake independent companies to crush competition, bribing rivals’ employees for insider data and tracking shipments to steer oil to its own tanks andGalena Oil contracts. The report condemns these tactics as anti competitive and damaging to independent refiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Standard Oil Company
Germany
Union Tank Line
Standard
United States
Galena Oil Company
Standard Companies
Galena Co
Galena Company
Robbins charges break to accident and gets off
George W. Robbins faced city court on a charge from Rosa Faulkner for breaking a dish and damaging a stove at their Pearl street home. He was acquitted after claiming any breakage was accidental due to drinking. The case revealed vague details about spouses and past relationships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Robbins
Rosa Faulkner
Pearl Street
Robbins
Faulkner
Michigan
Hved
Gulillot
Frank Guillot
Frank Dry Goods Company
D. N. Foster Furniture Company
Allen Gaines
Gaines
Guillot
National Handle Company
Roux
Fred Roux
William Stahlhut
Ernst Limbach
Skelton
Ely's Liquid Cream Balm Remedy Ad Explains Relief
Advertises Ely Bros liquid Cream Balm for catarrh relief via atomizer. Claims thick discharge clears and breathing returns, price 75 cents with spraying tube, available from 56 Warren Street New York or through mail order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
Ten Juror Chosen In Thaw Trial Amid Courtroom Tension
The Thaw trial saw juror selection continue with ten jurors sworn, including John S. Dennee a traveling railway freight agent from Louisiana. The process revealed tensions as Thaw’s lawyers challenged several candidates while noting courtroom dynamics and attitudes toward press coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
Talesman
Daniel J. Martin
Sidney H. Salomon
Salomon
John S. Dennee
Thaw
Popper
Thaw murder trial draws crowds and court orders seating limit
The lengthy Thaw murder trial attracts constant public interest with crowds seeking admission. Justice Fitzgerald imposes a strict no spectator policy except those with business, aiming to curb sensationalism. Defense counsels indicate no details will be revealed before the jury address, signaling potential new moves. Delmas predicts another week to complete the jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Justice Fitzgerald
New York
Pittsburg
Thaw
Harry Thaw
Delphin M. Delmas
Wife found burned to death in locked room in Pittsburgh
Albert Houck returned from work to find his wife’s body on a table in her room burned to a crisp. Police and the coroner investigate, ruling out accidental fire since surrounding items remained untouched. Doors locked and lights out complicate the case with possible foul play suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Albert Houck
Burns Girls with Hot Iron in Harlem Court
Nellie seven and Jennie ten faced Magistrate House recounting how stepmother Kate Gravius branded their hands with a red hot stove lifter during play noise. The woman fainted twice, claimed possession by mania, and was remanded. Children placed in Children's Society care. Mrs. Gravius custody with counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nellie
Jennie
Magistrate House
Harlem
Kate Gravius
Local Tanner John McGuire Dies in Ambulance en Route Hospital
John McGuire aged 55 died at 2 AM Monday in an ambulance while being moved from the Salvation Army industrial department on West Main to St Joseph's hospital. A tanner by trade formerly at O G Hutchinson tannery, he was injured weeks earlier on Calhoun street when a fall caused by an open manhole impaired his eyesight. He had slept at Hutchinson's home before feeling ill and was taken back to the Salvation Army quarters where his condition worsened. A post mortem was held by Coroner Stults. he leaves behind a brother and sister in New York and was unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McGuire
Salvation Army
West Main Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
McGuire
O. G. Hutchingon Tannery
Calhoun Street
Maiden Lane
Hutchinson
Schone Undertaking
Stults
New York
Sealed death pact tied to bridge tragedy on a railroad
In Philadelphia on January 28 an unknown man and woman embraced on a high Newton Creek bridge before a westbound trolley struck them. The man vanished under the train and was not recovered, while the woman, about 25, died from a skull fracture. A gold watch with initials W C and a plain wedding ring were found on her. the couple remained unidentified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Camden
Gloucester City
Atlantic City
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
John Bruden
Newton Creek Bridge
Bruden
James Curtis
Newton Creek
W. C
Carnation Day Observed Across Washington for McKinley
Washington observes the sixty fifth anniversary of William McKinley's birth as carnation day with government officials, Congress members, and citizens wearing carnations. President Roosevelt, Secretary Loeb, and cabinet members display blooms, while Postmaster General Cortelyou distributes carnations to staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William McKinley
Congress
Roosevelt
Loeb
Cortelyou
Carnation League of America
McKinley Memorial
Peculiar Will Names Spirit as Church Trustee in Kokomo
In Kokomo a dramatic will by George W. Deffenbaugh leaves fifty thousand dollars to the Swedenborg church on condition his spirit be elected a board trustee and consulted at every meeting. The document prescribes how trustees must act and even provides for a member convention if appointees fail. His children contest, arguing the testator was insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
George W. Deffenbaugh
Swedenborg
Defenbaugh
Deffenbaugh
Foley's Honey and Tar Claims to Prevent Pneumonia
An advertisement asserts Foley's Honey and Tar stops coughs and heals lungs preventing pneumonia. Dr. C. J. Bishop of Agnew Michigan cites three severe pneumonia cases treated with Foley's Honey and Tar with good results. Dreier & Bro promote the product and warn against substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
C. J. Bishop
Agnew, Mich
Dreier & Bro
Brantley bill targets liquor sales in prohibition states
Washington dispatch reports the house judiciary committee favors the Brantley bill to classify intoxicating liquors as a special interstate commerce item and ban cash on C O D shipments where state law forbids liquor sales. The same day, the naval appropriation bill totaling 96,167,155 is reported, with 37,283 sailors required. Debate also opened on the agricultural appropriation bill as 380 pension bills pass in 1 hour 15 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Judiciary
Foss
Illinois
Committee On
Naval Affairs
House
Natives of Java in revolt reported from Kediri
A serious revolt in Kediri province Java Dutch East Indies is reported with about three hundred natives taking up arms. Many Dutch officials and adherents are said to be killed or wounded. The vice governor is among the wounded and the police chief is reported killed. Troops have been dispatched to the outbreak site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Holland
Kediri
Sland
Java
Dutch East Indies
Batavia
Remarkable healing claim from Port Byron resident
Amos F. King of Port Byron New York says Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured a leg sore he suffered with for over 80 years and declares he is now eighty five. The product is guaranteed to cure all sores and sold by Dreier and Bro druggists for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Byron
N. Y
Amos F. King
Dreier & Bro
Great Strike at Baku in Four Naphtha Works
Seven thousand workers at four naphtha plants in Baku, Trans-Caucasia, struck demanding a 1906 wage bonus from 20 to 80 percent. A general strike is being planned in support of the movement. Pine Salve Garbolized advertised as a versatile antiseptic poultice for eczema hands lips cuts and burns sold by Rhoads' drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baku
Trans-Caucasia
Rhoads
Notice to Defendants in Quiet Title Action Indiana
State of Indiana Allen County ss Charles Lallow vs Andrew Rogers et al in Superior Court January Term 1960 Action to Quiet Title. Nonresidents named and unknown spouses and heirs are listed. Court orders defendants to appear and answer by January 23 1960 or the complaint will be heard in their absence. Clerk Joseph N. Mabor confirms. W-30-31
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Indiana
Allen County
Charles Lallow
Andrew Rogers
the Superior Court
State of
Indiana
Amariah Rogers
Anthony Rogers
William Rogers
Cynthia Rogers
Joseph Rogers
Cynthia Welyant
George Welyant
William Hughs
Michael Rodgers
John J. Johnston
George Weigant
Cynthia Weiyant
George Weiyant
Michael Rogers
George Weilyant
Joseph N. Mabor
Asealy Clerk
W. Kuhne
Flaintiff
John Vanderveer
Ann Vanderveer
John van Derveer
Ann van Derveer
John Vanderan
Arthur Vandervar
Emma S. Vandervar
Delia Ann Moore
Thomas ©. Moore
Emma I. Vandervar
Ohio and
Indiana Rail Road Company
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Rail Road Company
Hugh McCulloch
Recorder's Office
Jo Wit
John Vanderau
Arthur Vandevar
Benjamin D. Skinner
Thomas Cc. Moore
Johny van Derveer
Thomas C. Moore
J. W. Townley
7. W. Townley
Thomas (. Moore
Jonathan Bieber
Joseph N. Sago
Quiet Title Complaint In Indiana Court
Indiana notice outlines complex parties in Ackerman versus Vanderveer case with unknown heirs and creditors. The suit seeks to quiet title on real estate, with March 23, 1907, as the appearance deadline. includes administrators and debtors connected to the estate of Jonathan Bieber and others. Administrative appointment and employment ads follow, listing a solvent estate and job offers at Mercantile House and Indiana School for Feeble‑Minded Youth with varied postings.
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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
May MacKenzie
George Osnegie
Miss McKenzie
Evelyn Thaw
Carnegie
William Thaw
Countess of
Yarmouth
Edward
Josiah
Delmas
McPike
Peabody
Theodore V. Boynton
Mia
Winslow
Hesse
Pratt's
Donkey
Jett
Car Wheels
McKinley
Kokomo Man
Prohibition
John Quinlan
Hannah Quinlan
Levi Jump
William W. Driver
Frank J. Belot
D. Kemp
Bank Blk
Fort Wayne
Ind
Lm-D&w
A. EB. Carroll
Indiana School
Jos
Fitch & Sons
Real Estate Bulletin
Remaeher
Monroe W. Fitch & Sons
Opp P. O
Dade
Rhoads’ Drug Store
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