Indiana Democrats Get Bryan Letter On Platform And Lead
Williamsport Ind May 7 James McCabe ex judge of the Indiana supreme court received a letter from William J Bryan criticizing reorganizers and urging Democrats to focus on democracy versus plutocracy. Bryan towns up with a call for bold leaders from the vast Democratic base and warns against muffled candidates.
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Williamsport
Ind
James McCabe
Indiana Supreme Court
William J. Bryan
New York
Parker
Indiana
W. J. Bryan
Northern Indiana Obits and Local Notes
A sequence of brief notices reports deaths in northern Indiana including Dr Lydia Fox a Bluttson pioneer, Thomas Stradley and Eugene Sullivan. It mentions civic revival for Loganport Commercial Club and a Mishawaka hat removal vote. Also notes a Kendallville youth losing a foot, an Elkhart accident, a Layro death, a Wabash canal worker, and a Mishawaka rescue by a tramp. Includes a town census push in Taporte and saloon-law enforcement affecting local politicians and witnesses.
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Lydia A. Fox
Bluttson
Whitley County
Thomas T. Stradley
Columbia City
Eugene Sullivan
Warsaw
Logansport
M. BE
Mishawaka
Minorvon Williams
J. of
van Auken
Auburn
John Pressler
Kendallville
Elkhart
Charles Ditton
Layro
England
Wabash County
Wabash and Evie
Victor Devueger
Marshal Bongert
Darrow
Taporte
Bongert
Four Men Killed by Lake Shore Flyer Near Elyria
Four men, believed to be foreigners, were struck down by the westbound Lake Shore Limited near Elyria, twenty five miles from Cleveland. They were walking on the track and reportedly stepped into the path of the oncoming train at sixty miles per hour. All four bodies were badly mutilated and their identities could not be determined.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Twentieth Century Limited
Lake Shore Road
Elyria
Fort Wayne to Host Branch Office for Big Harrison Street Building
President H. McCallum of Corporation Finance arrives to open a Fort Wayne branch to guide preliminary work on the eight story, fire proof office building at Harrison and West Berry. Plans show marble corridors, hardwood floors, and four elevators. construction to cost about 480000 with one year to complete.
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H. §. McCallum
Corporation Finance Company
Indianapolis
Harrison and
West Berry Streets
Fort Wayne
Richard
Richard, McCarty & Bulford
Columus, C
Aurede Dry Goods Company
Berry
Harrison Streets
McCallum
Blood hounds on trail in Earlham burglary case
Earlham Iowa May 7 bloodhounds track burglars who entered Fry Packard general store and dynamited the safe securing several hundred dollars. Entry gained by breaking a window. Also an advertisement for Brownie Pine laxative at 28e per box from The LeRoy Co Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Earlham
Iowa
Fry & Packard
LeRoy Co. P. O
Fort Wayne
Ind
Western Journalist Dead in Omaha at 74
A. D. Balcombe longtime publisher of the Omaha Republican and a West development figure for fifty years died at his Omaha home. He was 74. The notice highlights his political influence and regional impact.
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Omaha
Neb
A. D. Balcombe
Omeaha Republican
Buffalo Stave Company Incorporation Reported
Indianapolis May 7 Special The Buffalo Stave company of Fort Wayne was incorporated today with a capital stock of 10000 dollars. Directors are Anton Vail William Niblick and Benjamin Horne all of Fort Wayne.
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Indianapolis
Buffalo Stave Company
Fort Wayne
Anton Vail
William Niblick
Benjamin Horne
Fort Waynas
Escape Ends Garrett Jailsman Bigamy Suspect
Walter Fish, jailed in Garrett on a bigamy charge, escaped from the Garrett city calaboose Friday night while awaiting transfer to Auburn County Jail. He had been arrested after a Fort Wayne woman alleged a prior marriage and had waived hearing, with bonds set at 1000 dollars. Indications point to outside help as Fish vanished at about 10 p.m. and authorities have no clues to his whereabouts.
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Garrett
Ind
Walter Fish
Fort Wayne
Calaboose
Auburn
Fish
Toledo
Lucy Miler
Garratt
Youn
Tish
Mountz
Biguiy
Chew
Cabboose
Fort Wayne Man Married Here Under Cloud of Bigamy
A man named Fish wed Della Johnson at Wayne Street M E Church on Sept. 9, after living with Mrs. Johnson in Fort Wayne. He claimed railway work on the Nickel Plaza line and later disappeared, sending only sporadic letters from Garrett. Mrs Tish learned he had two wives in Indianapolis, though he said divorces had been obtained. The Fort Wayne wife worked at a knitting mill and is described as estimable.
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Fish
Wayne Street
A. S. Preston
Fort Wayne
Garrett
Sinaly
Indianapolis
Knitting Mille
Fort Wayne Company Secures Major 25000 Acre Land Deal
Northern Indiana Land company of Fort Wayne completes purchase of 25000 acres of Jasper and Newton counties in northwestern Indiana from Nelson Morris. The land sits about fifty miles southeast of Chicago in a solid block, valued near half a million dollars. Straus Bros. & Co. held the option and transferred it to the buyer, which plans immediate subdivision and sale to settlers.
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Indiana
Northern Indiana Land Company
Fort Wahyne
Nelson Morris
Chicago Packer
Jasper
Newton
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Straus Bros. & Co
Ice in a field spares a May 34 find in Waterloo
John Duesler unearthed a large cake of ice under seven inches of muck while plowing Tuesday. John Wimner took the ice home and used it to make ice cream for his family and shared with Mr. Duesler in the field, a remarkable incident for a May day discovery.
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Waterloo Press
John Duesler
John Wimner
Duesler
World
Ica
Battery Explosion Hits Yacht Tarantula At City Island
Three men were badly burned when a battery exploded aboard William K. Van derbilt's turbine yacht Tarantula near City Island. The blast hurled them overboard and burned them with acid. Pinesalve advertises a pine extract salve for burns and cuts sold by Moyer Bros Co and A. GC Gocke.
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New York
William K. Vanderbilt
City Island
Moyer Bros. Co
A. GC
Gocke
Babe Falls in Fifty Foot Tile Well at Oskaloosa
In Oskaloosa Iowa on May 7 a two year old child of W H Doe fell into a fifty foot twelve inch tile well and slowly smothered to death. The mother heard screams and alerted workers but rescuers could not save the babe.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
W.H. Doe
Secretary to sign large warrant for Panama Canal fund
Washington May. Secretary Shaw will sign a warrant for 840000000 in favor of the Panama Canal company. He will deliver it to Morgan & Co in New York with the treasury disbursing appointment. Morgan & Co will then deliver 25000000 in United States Bonds to secure the disbursement.
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Washington
Shaw
Pantme Canal Company
Humself
New York
Morgan & Co
Treasury Department
United States
Wicker Plate road offer for groups up to 100 miles
Prompt states that starting Sunday April 17 and every Sunday after, groups of five or more can travel round trip for $1 per person to any point within 100 miles of the selling station on the Wicker Plate road. Advice to see the nearest agent or address C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind.
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Wicker Plate Road
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
W&sw
Rails Shipped From Goshen To Fort Wayne Depot
The Fort Wayne Trust Company purchased rails shipped to Goshen for the Goshen and Indiana railroad. They are reloading the rails to ship to Fort Wayne for use on the Fort Wayne and Lima railroad.
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Angola
Fort Wayne Trust Company
Goshen and Indiana
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne and Lima
Prosecution Witness Absent in Ward I Assault Case
William Niezer charged with assaulting Hon. Henry Colerick at the Third ward voting place on April 30. In Justice Tancey’s court the prosecuting witness was absent and the case was dismissed.
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William Niezer
Henry Colerick
Third Ward
Tancey
Marriage Licenses for Adams Griebel Runnioborn Runnion Ormsby
Charles Adams and Elizabeth Griebel as well as Nosh W. Runnion and Etta Ormsby appear in a notice listing marriages licensed. The terse item notes the names connected to licenses issued.
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Charles Adams
Elizabeth Griebel
Nosh W. Runnion
Etta Ormsbiy
Will cure consumption says Ark man Foley’s Honey and Tar
A. A. Herren of Finch Arkansas endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as the best remedy for coughs colds and lung trouble claiming it cured consumption in early stages. Sold by Dreier and Bro.
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A. A. Herren
Finch, Ark
Foley
Dreier & Bro
Des Moines Postoffice Promotes Married Clerks With Large Families
Des Moines Iowa May 7. Preference in job postings will be shown to clerks who are married especially those with large families. Postmaster McKay says the order from the postoffice department Washington aligns with President Roosevelt idea of aiding large families.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Doctor Younge Reports Holy Land Tour Highlights
Dr J W Younge writes from Jerusalem April 19 1904 with vivid notes on Bethlehem Church of the Nativity marker the manger site and the Good Samaritan Inn He recounts Jericho Bethany the Mount of Olives and the River Jordan with baptism site and Dead Sea remarks He mentions plans to Egypt next and lists souvenirs including Jordan water and Dead Sea samples.
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J. W. Younge
Youngs
Holy Land
Palestine
Jerusalem
the Sentinel
Ithan
Bethlehem
Church of the Nativity
Jesus Christ
Shethiehent
Stirling
Jericho
Bethany
Mount of Olives
Martha and
Mary
Simon the Leper
Lazarus
Good Samaritan
Na Khan
Christ
Elijah
Jordan
Dead Sea
Mediterranean
Egypt
New York
M.D
Body of Missing Girl Found in Mississippi River
Keokuk Iowa May 7 The body of Miss Clara Marsh of Warsaw Tennessee was found this morning floating in the Mississippi River at Canton She disappeared from her home April 25 after a period of illness Miss Marsh was the daughter of the late Z W Marsh and the niece of Congressman Marsh of Tennessee
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Keokuk
Iowa
Clara Marsh
Warsaw
Mississippi River
Canton
Judges at Decatur Funeral Keeps Courts Silent
No business in circuit or superior court as Judges O'Rourke and Fenton attend Judge Studabaker's funeral in Decatur. Citizens' Trust Co. advertises deposits with $400,000 security for depositors. Governor Durbin reappoints A. L. Kuhlman of Auburn as major of Infantry, Indiana National Guard, for four years.
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Circuit
Superior Court
O'Rourke
Fenton
Decatur
Studabaker
Citizens’ Trust Co
Opp
Durbin
A. L. Kuhlman
Auburn
Indiana National Guard
New River Tragedy Turns to Doll Discovered at Bridge
A crowd gathered near Van Buren street bridge on the St Marys river Saturday after reports of a baby body. Coroner Stults and bystander retrieved a doll dressed as a infant from the river about 150 feet north of the bridge, likely blamed on neighborhood mischief by local youths.
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van Buren Street
St. Mary’s River
Stults
Chloroform Attack at Wabash Revival Meeting
In Wabash Indiana unknown persons sprayed a bottle of chloroform on a revival at a Christian Holiness tabernacle. Worshippers fell ill and were dragged to the doors where they were revived by bystanders and attendants.
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Wabash
Ind
Tabernacle
Tax Commission to Visit Fort Wayne on May 16
Gov Durbin and Indiana tax commission members will tour Fort Wayne on Monday May 16 to inspect conditions and improve duties. The group includes Parke Martin John Wingate Sherick Storms Miller and several clerks. They will visit the state school for feeble minded youth and dine with Superintendent Carroll and trustees before continuing to Chicago.
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Winfield T.durbin
Indiana Tax Commission
Fort Wayne
Durbin
Parke Martin
John C. Wingate
Sherrick
Storms
Miller
Decatur
Carroll
Chicago
Nickel Plate Railroad
Bishop presses Brother B on family prayer
A church meeting scene shows a stern bishop questioning Brother B about spiritual condition and family prayer. The exchange reveals a paradox when Brother B notes a man may be Christian without family prayer, then explains his companion is considered better despite no prayers because he has no family. Also mentions Curt Tallerday, a Goshen man, and H L Hutson at the Naw Aveline.
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Brother B
Harper’s Magazine
Curt Tallerday
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Lake Shore
Aurode
Bright
Meyer Bros. Bros. Co
Measur Bros. Co
A. C. Gocka
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Stave Company
Mikado
FSH
Fort Wayne Company
Baue
BOUND
de Moines
DR. Yourge
Tour
Bible Land
New River
Congregation Chlorof
TAX Commission
H. L. Hutson
Naw Aveline
Bella
Clinton
Barry
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