Human Crazy Quilt Columbus Hicks Admitted To Infirmary
A long known Indiana figure called Human Crazy Quilt, Columbus Hicks, age near ninety, has been admitted to the Miami county infirmary in Peru. He roamed the woods, lived on roots and game, wore patches of varied clothing, never slept indoors, and avoided coffee and liquor while skippingPersonal history remains a mystery.
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Peru
Ind
Columbus Hicks
Indiana
Miami County
Carroll
Cass
Miami
Huntington
Wabash
Trustees award bids for Indiana feeble minded boys cottage
Trustees of the Indiana school for feeble minded youth meet to award a $50,000 contract for a new custodial cottage for boys. Grotholstman & Co. win general construction at 27,700, Geake furnishes cut stone at 2,540, Baltes footing 1,495. Inmates will excavate. brick from the institution saves about 5,000. Occupancy planned by October 1.
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Indiana School
H. A
Grotholtman & Co
Geake
Baltes
J. M. Henry
Grotholtman
Wing & Mahurin
Randall
Menced
Carroll
F. Boester
William Rachel
H. A. Grotholstman
W. Bartenick
H. J. Kaiser
Christian Franke
Henry Kilgemann
Peter Baltes
M. Becker & Co
Hilgeman & Bro
Wennenberg & Buesching
B. Borkenstein
Charles Wermouth
E. A. Eble
F. Coblentz
William Geake
Keller & Braun
E. A. Ebie
Old Irwin opera house to reopen as vaudeville theater
Goshen reports: the historic Irwin opera house will restart as a vaudeville venue. Alongside, local deaths include Levi Schaupp assessor of Hartford township Adams county and Rebecca Trumbull pioneer resident of Troy township Whitley county. Several fatalities occur from accidents and disease. A new bank is formed by North Judson and San Pierre with 10000 capital.
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Irwin
Goshen
Levi Schaupp
Hartford Township
Adams County
Rebecca Trumbull
Troy Township
Whitley County
Philip Aumann
Kendallville
Rushville
Albright Christen
Decatur
New Era
DeKalb County
John Long
Butler Township
North Judson
San Pierre
John Cininger
Warsaw
A. L. Brick
Home versus the Saloon sermon in Fort Wayne church
Rev. Charles A. Rowand preached on "The Home vs. the Saloon" at the First M. E. Church, arguing the home as civilization’s fortress and the saloon as society’s deadliest foe. He warned against liquor’s wreckage on families, urged guardianship of homes, and cited charity calls linked to intemperance.
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M. E
Charles A. Rowand
Mr. Rowand
Fort Wayne
Crusade For Law
Rowand
O. E. Mohler
Associated Charities
Mohler
Oregonian reports inner circle killed own, not just miners
Boise dispatch claims the inner circle of the Western Federation of Miners murdered and then killed their own tools. Orchard is said to have been shadowed long, and Steve Adams’ confession hints at fear of death by those who employed him. Wesley Smith, a Telluride boss miner, is added as another victim of the disturbances.
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Portland
Ore
Oregonian
Boise City
Idaho
Western Federation of Miners
Orchard
Steve Adams
Colorado
Wesley Smith
Telluride
Ben Hur Order in Fort Wayne Wins Prize Banners
The Ben Hur organization in Fort Wayne proud to receive prize banners for largest membership gains. No. 15 court, the Tribe of Ben Hur, with over 1,160 members, earned both the supreme court’s and state prizes. Banners will be presented next Friday evening by supreme officers led by Supreme Chief D W Gerard of Crawfordsville.
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Fort Wayne
Supreme Court
No. 15
Supreme Chief
D.W. Gerard
Crawfordsville
Lew Wallace
General Schofield Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Lieut. Gen. John M. Schofield, retired former head of the U S Army and Civil War commander, died in St Augustine Florida at 8:20 PM after a Sunday cerebral hemorrhage. Born in New York, he rose from West Point to command in Missouri Georgia Tennessee and Ohio, served as Secretary of War, and retired as lieutenant general in 1895.
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St. Augustine
Fla
John M. Schofield
Schofield
New York
South
Missouri
Arkansas
Department of the Missouri
Grant
Sheridan
Chicago
Johnson
San Francisco
West Point Military Academy
Department of the Gulf
Pacific Department
Department of
Exclusion League Adopts Fascination Aims in China Debate
San Francisco March 5 The Japanese and Korean Exclusion League adopted a stance denying responsibility for conflict in China. They argue that troubles arise not from U S policy on exclusion but from overzealous missionaries and unscrupulous merchants.
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San Francisco
Dia
China
Mark Twain Addresses Youth Group Crowd At Majestic
Mark Twain spoke at the West Side Y M C A at the Majestic theater drawing about 3 000 people. He recounted reminiscences and joked about definitions of a gentleman while sharing stories of holding up a train for a berth and a dining car chicken.
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New York
Mark Twain
West Side
Young Men’s Christian Association
Majestic Theater
Clemens
Ioors
Russell
Mr. Clemens
Monmouth
Ill
Humorist
William Dean Howells
Mark
Howells
Joe Choate
Material Jerusalem Sermon Sparks Macon Church Sensation
Rev. William Coburn of New York argued that the new Jerusalem is a material city with the throne of God at the universe’s center. He claimed planets revolve around it and that scientists will soon discover the place, provoking a churchwide stir in Macon Mo on March 5.
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Macon
New Jerusalem
William Coburn
New York
God
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children ad
A reader testimonial endorses Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children noting improvement in sickly schoolchildren. The missive from Mrs The M Bradstreet of South Byfield Mage promotes free samples and urges others to try the product.
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Mother Gray
Children’s
New York
E. Maronn
Main St
Meriden
Conn
Daniel Zimmerman
Sturgis
Mich
David Griffin
Hornellsville
N. Y
Post Office
Scott
Idana
Kansas
Peasant Class Holds Election in St Petersburg Districts
In St. Petersburg province rural districts peasants elected village elders volost chiefs and volost court members to choose delegates for the provincial congress. The process shows a conservative peasant voice with no reported government interference amid ongoing agrarian unrest.
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St. Petersburg
National Assembly
Suicide by Father Gapon organizer shocks St Petersburg
The accused Father Gapon labor group member Sechoff killed himself amid a government money scandal. Sechoff, once respected among workers, died as Father Gapon attended the session. Gregori Petroff had alleged Sechoff took 2500 dollars and aided a police agent's search for Malushensky, the movement’s press agent.
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St. Petersburg
Father Gapon
Sechoff
Gregori Petroff
Secret Police
M. Malushensky
Carriage Workers Strike Hits Boston Firms
In Boston on March 5 five hundred carriage and wagon workers stopped work to press a nine hour schedule a closed shop and a Saturday half-holiday during the summer. About sixty firms are affected.
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Boston
Sechoff Endorses Innocence Then Mortally Shoots Himself
Sechoff condemned the charge that his organization collaborated with the government and denied abloquy against him. He then asked Father Gapon to testify. Gapon exonerated him, after which Sechoff declared his honesty and shot himself, killing himself with a revolver.
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Sechoff
Father Gapon
Process of Drying Milk Introduces Groundable Product
William A McCool of Traverse City plans a plant to manufacture dried milk that can be ground like flour and shipped in sacks or barrels. He received a patent after three years of study. The method renders milk soluble with water, resists atmospheric dampness, and works in any climate using a blower on the milk can dome and heated air to draw moisture through the system.
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Traverse City
Mich
Wikliam A McCool
McCool
Opera House Burns in Des Moines Blaze
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Grand Opera house and damaged the observatory building in Des Moines. Total loss estimated at 80000 dollars, with partial insurance coverage. An opera troupe slated for three nights was completely ruined.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Miss Mary Wilkes Dies in Florence at 45
Florence March 5 Miss Mary Lynch Wilkes daughter of the late Rear Admiral Wilkes U S N died here today from meningitis She was 45 years old
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Florence
Italy
Mary Lynch Wilkes
Wilkes
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Indiana School For
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Northern
J.P. Morgan
Rome
Rev. C. A. Rowand
Maine
Gen. Schofield
Johnston
Heaven
C. Orttenburger
Port Huron
N. M. Kelly
East
Shelby &J
Worcester
Mass
Gray
Michigan
Opera House
Burns
Dakers
National Biscuit Company
Graham
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