Burglar Rescued After Tumult in New York Tunnel
A burglar fleeing near Park Avenue and Sixty‑fifth Street leaped into a Park Avenue tunnel. An officer risked his life to pull him clear of an oncoming train as detectives, a car with a searchlight, and a lowered rope saved him. Police later found eighty five silver pieces stolen from a local apartment.
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New York
Sixty-fifth Street
Park Avenue
New York Central
Palacio Apartments
Tramp’s tale sways judge in city court case
George Benson, arrested for vagrancy after alighting from a Pennsylvania train, presented a personal story and adoption papers in city court, proving his claims and earning release. Other defendants faced mixed outcomes including suspended fines and cautions amid reports of dire living conditions and petty crimes.
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George Benson
Pennsylvania
Thornton
Inl
David O’connor
Rockwell, C1
Benson
Philadelphia
Hunt
Jefferson Club
Joseph Hunt
Huntertown
Skelton
Five St Paul Girls Die by Own Hands in New York
Seventeen year old Helen Baxter recounts that five girls who came to New York from St Paul within the past year died by suicide. She herself attempted to end her life after learning of their fates, while friends who sought work and a loveless marriage followed by self destruction.
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New York
St. Paul
Helen Baxter
Helen
Minnesota
Europe
South Bend
Indiana
Revere
Mass
Missing Helen Baxter in St. Paul City Directory
An inquiry finds no current Helen Baxter listed in the St. Paul city directory or local business colleges. A school remembered a former pupil named Helen Baxter from about three years ago, but her name no longer appears in records. the sole Baxter woman in 1906 is Anna B. Baxter, listed as moved to Charleston, South Carolina.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Sarch
Helen Baxter
Baxter
Anna B. Baxter
Charleston
S. C
Lakeside Dike Improve ment Forum Shapes Plans
More than a hundred Lakeside residents met in the school house to discuss dike improvements after the recent high water. A committee led by Albert E. Thomas will study laws and report. another panel including Henderson, Rogers, Challenger, Mitchell, McAfee, Spindler and Sharp will evaluate dredging and construction options for the dike and related waterways.
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Lakeside
Maumee
Albert E. Thomas
H. S. Smith
Homer C. Underwood
Harry F. Kenneth
Will C. Ryan
St. Joe
DeKalb County
W.D., Henderson
James Rogers
Frank Challenger
R. HE. Mitchell
Harry, McAfee
David
Spindler
Lew V. Sharp
Jttiss
Ross and Sheefel Fined After Guilty Pleas
James Ross and Carrie Sheefer pleaded guilty in city court to specific immorality after delays seeking lawyers. Each was fined thirty days and ten dollars plus costs. The article notes family fallout with Sheefer’s wife and children, and separate cases involving their relatives and two boys sent to Ohio to find their father.
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James Ross
Carrie Sheefel
Skelton
Harmon Sheefer
Ross
Ohio
Conroy
Fort Wayne Firm Plans $300000 Preferred Stock Issue
S F Bowser and Co a leading Fort Wayne manufacturer says it will issue $300000 of preferred stock to boost working capital with $100 par value shares. Tax exempt 6 percent semi annual interest, ten year maturity with early retirement option and $3 premium if retired within five years. no common dividends paid while arrears on preferred persist. Company assets exceed $1 million and plant invites public to East Creighton Avenue and Thomas Street.
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S. F. Bowser & Co., Incorporated
Fort Wayne
Deshes
East Creighton Avenue
Thomas Street
Allen County Co-Operative buys Carpenter Shop
The Allen County Co-operative Society decided to purchase the old carpenter shop of Henry Trier on Superior Street. It plans to hire six to twelve men daily and give unemployed workers a chance to work, marking the first of several steps to provide job opportunities.
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Allen County Co-Operative Society
Carpenters’ Union
Henry Trier
Superior Street
Bank of Orland President Resigns
John F. Shuman has resigned the presidency of the Bank of Orland. Rev. G. F. Byrer, pastor of Calvary U B church, returned Friday from Pittsburg after serving as a delegate to the international inter denominational missionary convention described as the largest of its kind ever held.
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G. F. Byrer
Calvary U. B. Church
Pittsburg
John F. Shuman
Bank of Orland
Allen County Democrats set March primary for delegates
A Democratic primary will be held Saturday March 21 from 1 to 5 p m in Townships and 4 to 7 p m in Wards to select delegates to State Congressional and Joint Senatorial Conventions. Delegates allocated per ward and township appear alongside a long list of districts and townships.
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Allen County
Wayne Township
Aboit Township
Adams Township
Cedar Creek
Eel. River Township
Jackson ‘Township
Jefferson ‘Township
Lake Township
Lafayette
Madison
Maumeé Township
Marion
Milan
Monroe
Perry
Pleasant
Springfield
Epileptic Lad Attacks Maples Citizens In Jail
James Warren Boals, an epileptic youth under care in Indiana village, is jailed for assaulting his father and later throwing stones at nearby Maples residents. He was captured after a standoff behind a stone pile and sent to the sheriff with an arrest warrant.
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James Warren Boaals
Indiana
James Wesley Boals
Department For
Mapies
Negro held on charge of cutting to kill in Chicago street fray
Charles Ashworth a negro ash hauler was arraigned in city court on a charge of cutting to kill Ed Moore, another negro, after a dispute over a pocketbook. Moore was wounded and Ashworth was held for examination until March 19. Police pursued Ashworth but he fled, later captured in a vacant cellar.
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Charles Ashworth
Ed Moore
Chicago
St. Joseph’s Hospital
J. M. Dinnen
Ashworth
George Williams
Chicago Street
Moore
Bob Dickson
de Wald Street
Henry Lane
Lenz
Naster Terry
Greer
Murphy
Appellate Court Rules Remonstrance Fails Against City Ward
Indianapolis march 14 appellate court affirms that a township remonstrance signed by a majority of voters cannot defeat a liquor license application in a ward of an incorporated city within that township. The Indiana Anti Saloon League notes the ruling aligns with long held views.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
E. M. Barney
League
Freeman Miller
James Givens
Jay County
The
Supreme
Paurt County
RedS barred from burial of young Averbuch
Olga Averbuch sister of the man killed by Chief Shippy protests anarchists joining the body removal from the potter's field to a western Chicago Jewish cemetery. The Jewish Free Burial association says anarchism clashes with Jewish tenets and had barred anarchists from attending the ceremony.
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Chicago
Olga Averbuch
Shippy
Potter’s Field
Jewish Free Burial Association
Denver Insanity Plea Focuses on Alia Murder Case
District Attorney Geo Bridger seeks to prove Giuseppe Alia is sane before defense denies insanity in the Father Leo Heinrichs murder trial. Alienists testified yesterday that Alia was sane at the time of the February 23 shooting. Three more experts prepared to testify today.
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Denver
Col
Giuseppe Alia
Geo
Bridger
Leo Heinrichs
Alia
Robison Park Opening Delayed to Late May This Year
Robison park season start postponed to May 31 with theater bills around June 8. Temple theater manager George H. Fisher returns to oversee park attractions and promises higher quality shows to avoid weather-related delays from prior years.
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Robison Park
George H. Fisher
Temple Theater
Fisher
Indiana State Nurses Association Semi annual Convention Held Here
The Indiana State Nurses Association will hold its semi annual convention in this city March 27 and 28. Sessions take place in the courthouse assembly room with speakers from within and outside the state. Officers include President Mrs E Humphrey and others. The two day program covers receptions, papers on nursing topics, and business sessions led by local and invited speakers.
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Indiana State Nurses’ Association
Court House
M. Elliot
E. M. Weaver
E. Humphrey
Crawfordsville
M. B. Sellars
Lafayette
Cora Birdsell
South Bend
M. B. Curry
Indianapolis
Anna Rein
Row
M. F. Porter
Edith Favorite
Fort Wayne
Ind
Charles Beall
Indiana School For
Ioecca
Johnson
Associated Charity Work
O. BE. Mohler
Fort. Wayne
Appiare
Elizabeth Bell
Filipino Young Ladies Inspect Fort Wayne Electric Works
A group of Filipino women visiting Fort Wayne to take civil service exams toured the Fort Wayne Electric Works on Friday. They were guided by Howard Miller, Mrs. Nettie King, and Miss Josephine Zimmerman and accompanied by two St. Mary’s academy sisters from Notre Dame. The group has studied at Notre Dame for three years and will return to Manila in July. William McKinley Carr, a veteran soldier, has died at his home in Angola.
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Fort Wayne
Philippines
E Electric Works
St. Mary’s Academy
Notre Dame
Howard Miller
Nettie King
Josephine Zimmerman
Orient
Manila
William McKinley Carr
Angola
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Joseph Cole
Delbert
Jesse
Lewis and
Grace Payne
Coles
Joseph Costigo
Charles Jacobs
C. Hill
Wer
Interurbon
SX Chums
Five End Life
Sheefel
City Court
Able Preferred
Henee
Bowser Company
James Warren Boals
Mary Morris
Red Light District
May
Mae
Gertrude Brown
Ira Farrell
REDS
Young Averbuch
Vic
Tim
State Nurses’ Association
Pweaee
What Is
Castoria
SAW Electric Works
Charles A. Wilding
W. H. Mossman
Louis Fox
Henry C. Paul
Geo. W. Fixley
Fred C. Heine
WM. J. Vesey
Board of
Wenger
Bright
Dr. N. R. Wenger
F. M. Smith & Co
Calhoun
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