Man in Jail Denies Theft Motive Citing Drug Addiction
Goodrich Moore, jailed for three months on rifle theft charges, faced circuit court defending against pilfering two horse blankets and a lantern. He claimed drugs drove the act, showing scars from morphine injections and a cocaine snuffing quill. Judge O'Rourke took the case under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodrich Moore
Walter Pape
O’rourke
Moore
William Rodenbeck
East Lewis Street
Pat Murphy
Inquisition of Hadley renewed in Standard Oil hearing
New York March 24. Counsel for Standard Oil agreed to note on the record that the stock of Republic Oil Waters-Pierce and Standard Oil Indiana is held in trust by Standard Oil New Jersey. William G. Rockefeller testified he is assistant treasurer. denied knowledge of reports to 26 Broadway. no direct ties to Indiana or Waters-Pierce.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Hadley
Missouri
Republic Oil Company
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Standard O.l Company
Indiana
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Henry H. Rogers
Herbert S. Hadley
Mr. Rogers
Rogers
Waters-Pierce
Waters-Pierce Company
Broadway
Mr. Hadley
Waters-Pierce Oil Company of
Hadhey
Standard
Johnson
Priest
M. M. Vanburen
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Judge Priest
Standard Oil of
M M. Vanburen
Missourian
New. Jersey
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Companies
Not His Ordinance Says William A Bayer
William A Bayer says he did not instigate the meat retailing ordinance. He signed to bring the measure before the council, not to endorse it. A council member’s signature is needed to legally present any ordinance for consideration.
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Bayer
William A. Bayer
Barnes Arrested After Brief Jail Term
Edward Barnes, released from jail after fifteen days for vagrancy, was arrested in New Haven on a theft charge connected to the death of Marshal Schoene. Deputy sheriff Eenne tt prepared to take him to jail but did not secure a conviction.
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Moore
Fort Wayne
Syracuse
N. Y
Edward Hatch
McCulloch Street
New York Central Railroad
Hatch
Richard Doyle
Maumee Avenue
Kurt Wayne
Hattersley & Sons
Indiana
P. B. Colerick
Edward Barnes
Joriany
New Haven
Schoene‘thother
Eennett
Rockefeller Baby and New York Home Spotlight
Parents of the new billionaire Rockefeller baby home in New York City have been involved in rebates and policy giveaways in exchange for proxies. The report notes ongoing concerns about tax and regulatory implications tied to family disclosures and wealth management.
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Billionaire
Rockefeller Baby
New York City
Rockefeller Did Not Visit Son in New York
John D Rockefeller Jr denied reports that his father, John D Rockefeller Sr, president of Standard Oil, traveled from Lakewood to New York to see his infant grandchild. He said there was no truth to the rumor and noted subpoenas in Missouri were not involved in the alleged visit.
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John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Jersey
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Standard Oil Company
Lakewood
Mr. Rockefeller, Sr
Hadley
Missouri
West Fifty-fourth Street
Piane donation to Hope hospital nursing school
Mrs. E G Fournier superintendent of Hope hospital and nurse training school won a Crown piano valued at 425 in a Kinsey company word contest and donated the instrument to the Hope Hospital Training School for Nurses. Kinsey held a reception at his Calhoun street store for contestants and friends with decorated rooms and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Fournier
Hope Hospital
J. F. Kinsey Company
Hope Hospital Training School
Calhoun Street
Allen County Orphans Home Stockholders Meeting Notice
Notice to stockholders announces the annual meeting of the Allen County Orphans Home to be held at the home on Tuesday April 3 1906 at 3 p m to elect five trustees for three years and handle other business as may come before the meeting. Signed J H McDonald secretary.
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Allen County
Orphans Home
Allen County Orphans Home
Telephone men meet in Fort Wayne to sever ties with Bell traffic
W L Moellering of Fort Wayne, president of the Indiana Independent Telephone Association for the second district, calls a meeting of about fifty independent Indiana phone companies on April 4 at the Commercial Club. Key topics include breaking traffic arrangements with Central Union or Bell, adopting a uniform operating system, selecting county delegates, and choosing representatives for the national convention in St Louis and the state convention in Indianapolis.
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W. L. Moellering
Indiana Independent TelePhone Association
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Central Union
Bell Company
Commercial Club
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Mutual Life files suit against McCurdy for 3.25 million damages
The Mutual Life Insurance Co sues former president Richard A. McCurdy and associates in eight actions. The first complaint seeks 3.25 million dollars in damages for alleged waste and unfaithfulness, plus nine causes of action including improper campaign contributions and excessive salaries. The suit targets McCurdy, his son Robert H., and Raymond & Co., with related charges about commissions and gratuities.
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Mutual Life
New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Richard A. McCurdy
Robert H
Charles H. Raymond & Co
McCurdy
Republican National Committee
Republican Congressional Committee
Platt
New York Republican State Committee
Armstrong Committee
Committee On
Louis A
Jude
Voters Protest Postmaster Ouster at Kendallville
In Kendallville Indiana a special election produced a landslide 1 012 to 25 vote backing Postmaster C C Browand over Captain G P Alexander as postmaster amid a bitter power struggle. A mass meeting at Gappinger hall formed a committee to travel to Washington to appeal to the president and postmaster general.
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Sentinel
Kendallville
Ind
C. C. Browand
G. P. Alexander
Gappinger Hall
Washington
Alexander
Browand
Johnson
Mr. Osborne
Mr. Browand
Indianapolis
Gappinger- Hall
Ralph Barr
B. Brillhart
E. A. Redmond
Boom for Logan Not Abating in Indiana Race
Thomas J. Logan of Fort Wayne faces mounting endorsements and donor support as a possible Republican nominee for Congress in the Twelfth District. Walter S. Penfield withdrew after recognizing local sentiment favoring Howard W. Mountz of Garrett, with Mountz drawing DeKalb county backing. The Fort Wayne convention on April 14 appears likely to pit Mountz against Gilhams while other races unfold in nearby counties. DeKalb Democrats adopt the primary election law for the upcoming county convention.
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Allen County
Thomas J. Logan
Gilbert
Logan
Allen
Angola
Fort Wayne
Congress
United States
United States District Court
Walter S. Penfield
Auburn
Nornet
Washington
Penfield
Howard W. Mountz
Garrett
Mountz
DeKalb County
Waterloo
Mr. Gilhams
Lagrange
Mr. Mountz
Funeral Terror in Baltimore as Man Fires at Ceremony
Walter Potee a Brooklyn maniac burst into a Baltimore funeral for his brother’s young daughter and fired on nine mourners. He then set a house fire and died after a two hour gun battle. Two victims, including the brother and brother in law, likely will die. Fire officials rescued the body as flames raged.
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Baltimore
Walter Potee
Brooklyn
Potee
Shocking execution ends brutal New Jersey murder case
Mount Holly, N J March 24 Rufus Johnson and George Small colored were hanged here today in a dramatic scene after no jail yard guard allowed crowd control The men were executed for the murder and assault of Miss Florence W Allinson at a Strawbridge farm barn near Moorestown on January 18 Johnson confessed before execution and again implicated Small Small denied the charge and later recanted but both were condemned to die on the same day with rewards totaling 1500 offered during the investigation
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Mount Holly
N. J
Rufus Johnson
George Small
Johnson
Small
Cime
Miss Allinson
Baltimore
Here
Seed Corn Special Tour Planned Across Monon Railroad
Indianap olis March 24 arrangements completed for seed corn special run next week. Train starts Monday morning ends Thursday night with mass meetings at Rensselaer and Monticello. Aprons Purdue University agricultural department Indiana Corn Growers association Indiana Grain Dealers association Indianapolis News Monon railroad sponsor. Lecturers include D F Marsh J P Davis M L Fisher A T Wiancko George I Christie. A corn dinner at Crawfordsville is scheduled.
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Indianapols
Monon Railroad
Rensselaer
Monticello
Agricultural Department of Purdue University
Indiana Corn Growers’ Association
Indiana Grain Dealers’ Association
Indianapolis News
Monon
D. F. Marsh
Frankfort
J. P. Davis
M. L. Fisher
A. T. Wiancko
George I. Christie
Purdue Agricultural School
Crawfordsville
Standard Oil Plans Fireproof Building in City Limits
Standard Oil 10 Build. If city permission is secured the company will erect a large fireproof office and storage warehouse within the city this summer. If permit is denied the structure will be placed on the present site at the Nickel Plate tracks Leesburg road. City ordinance restricts oil storage in town. Officials hope a law permitting in-city storage under restrictions is passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Leesburg Road
Standard Oil
West End
Depositors to Get Dividend From Bank Failure
Richmond Indiana March 24 1924 receiver Spenkenheler of the Bank of Hagerstown announced that on April 1 a dividend of ten percent on deposits at time of failure will be declared a prior twenty percent has already been paid deposits shall offset notes that the bank may have held against depositors
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Richmond
Ind
Spenkenheler
Cial Bank of
Hagerstown
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Johny D- Rockefeller Jrs
John .D. Rockefeller
Jie
Grandpa
M'Curdy
Voters Register
Walter Penfield
Columbia City Post
Williamson
L. D. Clapham
Judge Heaton
Lancaster
John W. Orndorf
Churubusco
Albion
Heaton
Whitley County
Nine
Maniac
Rufus Johnson and
Mount Holly, N. J
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