Mail fumigation orders issued for eight Indiana counties
Indianapolis Jan 27 The post office department orders all postmasters in Clay Montgomery Putnam Owen Vermillion Greene Sullivan and Vigo to fumigate mail matter before it leaves offices amid fears of smallpox spread by the mails. The measure follows reports of rapid disease spread from Clay County to adjacent areas.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Washington
Holloway
Clay
Montgomery
Putnam
Owen
Vermillion
Greene, Sullivan
Vigo
Clay County
Department At
Did She Swallow Her Teeth in Her Sleep
Mrs George Ward of Headlee Indiana underwent a second medical exam in Logansport to determine if she had swallowed a set of false teeth. An X ray showed no foreign object in her stomach and the pain ceased after the news. The Ward home was searched but the teeth remain missing leading to suspicion she hid them while asleep.
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Logansport
Ind
George Ward
Headlee
Ward
Sugar beet plant project in North Judson canceled
Knox Indiana January 27 reports that the proposed 500000 sugar beet factory by the New England Sugar Beet company will not materialize. The firm’s reluctance is linked to a heavy loss in a recent Boston bank failure, prompting cancellation of the investment at this time.
Golden Wedding Celebrated by Cunningham Couple
Peru Indiana January 27 Mr and Mrs William Cunningham marked their golden wedding at home near Denver. They wed in Preble County Ohio on January 25 1850 and moved to this county in 1852.
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Peru
Ind
Wm. Cunningham
Denver
Preble County
Ohio
Farmers Protest Strawboard Plant Restart Near Kokomo
Farmers along the river in western county claim pollution after the American Strawboard company announced it will resume operations at its plant near Kokomo. The mill plans to open February 1 unless a current injunction action succeeds.
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Kokomo
Ind
American Strawboard Company
Dead Philanthropist Marcus C. Smith Dies in Muncie
Marcus C. Smith of Muncie Indiana died after five weeks of illness. A former leading local businessman he served in the Indiana legislature in 1854 and held state and local offices including clerk of Delaware county and state senator. He was the son of Oliver H. Smith who became a U.S. senator.
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Muncie
Ind
Marcus C. Smith
Indiana
Delaware County
Oliver H. Smith
United
Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Strifling Theft Case
Peru Indiana January 29 The jury in the case of Jacob Strifling merchant charged by customer Mrs Fannie Davidson with stealing her purse containing 86 dollars from his store was discharged after twenty nine hours deliberation. The verdict stood six to six throughout.
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Peru
Ind
Jacob Strifling
Fannie Davidson
Nellie Berger Status Unchanged as Rumor Dies
In Peru Indiana on January 27 a rumor circulated that Nellie Berger, victim in the William Jones case, was dead. Home communications confirm she remains in the same condition as weeks prior, neither improved nor worsened.
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Peru
Ind
Nellie Berger
William Jones
Indiana farmer driven insane by religion attempt to kill family
Isaiah Hoover of Scott township Warsaw Indiana July? No date given became violent over religion. He attacked his wife and two children who fled to a neighbor for safety. Neighbors restrained him and he was jailed awaiting asylum transfer from Longcliff.
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Warsaw
Ind
Isaiah Hoover
Scott
Hoover
Longcliff
Emma Stanton Charged With Forged Checks In Butler
Emma Stanton was arrested on a charge of attempt to pass forged checks. She reportedly passed a forged check drawn on Home Savings Bank of Toledo Ohio at H Levy Co in Butler yesterday.
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Butler
Ind
Emma Stanton
Home Savings Bank of
Toledo
Ohio
H. Levy & Co
Warsaw a pickle chiti ter
Warsaw Indiana becomes a pickle factory hub as Cruikshank Bros seeks cucumber growers for vast pickle vats. Contracts for building many more vats are awarded while farmers pledge large acreages to supply northern Indiana's cucumbers.
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Wabash
Ind
Tan
Warsaw
George Cruikshank
Cruikshank Bros
Pitteburg
Indiana
Sensational damages suit filed in DeKalb court
Ica M Morris and her three children sue Nick Ritter and bondsmen J William Wagner and James Griffith for 10000 damages claiming Ritter supplied liquor leading to William Morris losing control of his buggy and dying. Attorney John W Baxter represents the plaintiffs.
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Auburn
Ind
DeKalb Crenit
Ica
M. Morris
Nick Ritter
Garrett S Loan
J. William Wagner
James Griffith
William Morris
Garrett
John W. Baxter
Damage suit begun in Laporte circuit court
John A. Noble sues EZ Adams in the Laporte Indiana circuit court alleging a beating. The action was filed yesterday seeking damages of ten thousand dollars.
Notable court fight over damages for assault
Adams, described as a powerful man, assaulted Noble causing severe injuries that left him incapacitated for weeks. Noble seeks $10,000 in damages amid a high profile legal battle that filled the court room with spectators and promises a bitter contest between top legal teams.
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Adams
Noble
Fire at Coquillard wagon works paint shop
A blaze at the Coquillard wagon works paint shop in South Bend Indiana caused $6000 in losses overnight with the origin still undetermined.
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South Bend
Ind
Coquillard Wagon Works
Goshen Forgery Case Ties Woman to Bank Fraud Ring
A Goshen woman arrested for cashing forged checks on local merchants is linked to frauds across Indiana and Michigan. She previously used the name Ella Evans, from Knox, Starke County, and partnered with Ernest Kieth, who eloped with her. Her uncle seeks to defend, while Sheriff Williams returns with requisition papers and habeas corpus actions are planned.
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Goshen
Ind
Elkhart
South Bend
Auburn
Battle Creek
Marshall
Kalamazoo
Detroit
Mich
Toledo
Ohio
Ella Evans
Knox
Starke County
Ernest Kieth
Fler
Frank P. Robinson
Miller & Drake
Sheriff Williams
Marshell
Indianapolis
Northern Indiana Notes Chronicle a Fractured Local Record
A jumbled regional summary reports deaths, accidents, legal updates and civic notes from northern Indiana. It notes William Jarrett’s death near Montpelier, Florence Newcome’s fatal burns in Plymouth, a Hobart birth, and a fatal crush in a Simon & Bockman yard. It mentions acquittal in a sheep theft case, threats of fire near Southern Mic Paris, and bank leadership changes. Other items cover Auburn’s push for city incorporation, a benefactor’s bequest to a banjo-playing South Bend man, and enrollments at Rochester Normal University. Fragments also flag a gas injury at a Shipshewana mill, a mad-dog case in LaPorte, and an Mishawaka man distressed by family deaths and omens in dreams.
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Florence Newcome
Plymouth
Geo. Johnson
West
Hobart
Will Hipskind
Wobesh
Simon & Bockman
William Schreyer
Elkhart
Mic
Paris
Simmilts
Imens Savid
Circle A. Gurtner
Webasa
Becn Ele i
Yeno? National
Benk
Northoenchester
Francis J. Eigue
Flarimen Barnes
John Weisweaver
Columbia City
Salos
Auburn
On City
Charles Scott
South Bend
Anderson
Ind
Rochester Narmal University
Kosciusko County
Syracuse
Warsaw
Werewecee
Vawter Park
North Webster
Daniel Miller
Shipsheweads
William Pritt
Willvale
Laporte County
Crawford
Hana
Chicago
George Hreescil
Mishawaka
Sharon
Foa
Bly's Liquid Cream Balm for nasal spray announced
Proprietors offer Bly's Liquid Balm with a spraying tube at 36 cents by druggists or mail. The liquid version preserves the medicinal properties of the solid form for nasal use and claimed to ease catarrhal troubles.
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Bly’s
Lawton's Birthplace House Still Stands Near Toledo
Toledo, Ohio, Jan 26 The house where General Lawton was born in 1843 still stands in Toledo at Summit avenue and Columbus street, later moved to 710 Buckeye street. The Lawton family lived in Maumee during his boyhood and were connected to local mills and church, with Mrs. Moore of Maumee recalling the boyhood mischiefs of Lawton.
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Toledo
Ohio
General Lawton
Summit Avenue
Columbus Street
Manhattan Mills
Lawton
Buckeye Street
Manhattan
Maumee
E. D. Moore
Lawtons
John A. Moore
Jefferson and
Twelfth Streets
Moore
Old Court House
Institution for Epileptics in Biefeld Westphalia
In Westphalia the Biefeld central institution for epileptics, founded in 1868, houses about 1500 patients.
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Biefeld
Westphalia
ERI PHARMACY A New Type in City Drug Service
The thrift store is described as a pharmacy focused solely on relief and comfort for the sick and injured. It emphasizes prescription preparation and substance analysis for physicians and patients, presenting a modern scientific approach with a pharmaceutical library as a novelty.
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Chiesso News
Clever Mexican bird uses telegraph poles as home
The Philadelphia Post reports a Mexican bird named ILE Narpisy that nests at the foot of telegraph poles. It digs a large hole to store its family and provisions, using the pole as house, fortress and warehouse while keeping watch over the horizon.
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Mexico
Ile Narpisy
Philadelphia Post
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