Chicago Woman Hires Detectives in Murder Plot
Miss Mae Otis, 36, allegedly contracted a scheme to kill her mother Mrs. Sarah Otis for $2500, with $100 paid as a down payment to private detectives. Police, posing as hired killers, arrested Otis after she stated details of the plan and was confronted with the alleged motive of obtaining her mother's fortune.
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Hicago
Mae Otis
O’brien
Misa Otis
Sarah Otis
Miss Otis
Manston
Wis
Mrs. Otis
Chicago
Robert C. Stolpman
Stolpman
Mackay
Mae L. Otis
East
Robert, Stolpman
Anna Stuvinga
Hook Island Station
Miss. Otis
Kleine Optical Company
George Kleine
State Street
Smith
Waiput Street
Misa. Ota
Wisconsin
Keystone Detective Agency
la Salle
Robert Co
Stoltman
Otis
Mfhe
Stollman
P. D. O’brien
Bureau of Detectives
Capt. O’brien
Mackey and
Fitzpatrick
Mackey
Philadelphia
Walnut Street
Harrison Street
Projections for Thanksgiving Turkeys Across Markets
Farmers report speculation on turkey prices as demand factors remain uncertain. Prices hover around 13 to 14 cents per pound live and 18 to 20 cents dressed, with many aiming to contract supplies but buyers reluctant. Market remains puzzling due to uncertain demand and variable supply outlook.
Fort Wayne bankers return pleased with 1909 convention bid
Fort Wayne bankers attending the Indiana Bankers association convention in Indianapolis returned home at noon Friday. They praised the city’s prospects for hosting the 1909 convention and planned early preparations to accommodate the anticipated large turnout. C. H. Worden presented Fort Wayne’s invitation on behalf of the city. final decision rests with the executive council.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Indianapolis
C. H. Worden
Cotbnell i
Beveridge Outlines Broad Patronage Policy in Indiana
Senator Beveridge announces a key patronage plan for Indiana and its eleven of thirteen districts. He vows appointments on public service, opposes party machines, and sets March 4 as a benchmark date with eight year limits on major posts.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Beveridge
Washington
Indiana
A. O. Marsh
Surveyor of Customs
L. G. Rothschild
United States
H. C. Pettit
Joseph B. Kealing
Additi
Evansvil
Evansville
Terre Haute
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Goshen
Elkhart
Columbus
Hartford City
Bluffton
Lebanon
Delphi
Logansport
Jeffersonville
New Albany
Brazil
Frankfort
Lawrenceburg
Auburn
Muncie Anderson
Covington
Veedersbure
Rochester
Princeton
Marion
Bloomfield
Noblesville
Danville
Kokomo
Huntington
Brownstown
Portland
Madison
Vernon
Franklin
Vincennes
Warsaw
Lagrange
Bedford
Plymouth
Shoals
Peru
Bloomington
Crawfordsville
Martinsville
Albion
Kendallville
Paoli
Spencer
Rockville
Cannelton
Petersburg
Mt. Vernon
Greencastle
Winchester
Rockport
Angola
Knox
Sullivan
Tipton
Newport
Wabash
Boonville
Salem
Columbia City
H. C. Petit
John R. Bonnell
Dry spell of present year unmatched in Indianapolis history
October weather report by W. J. Blythe notes a drought with no parallel in state records dating to 1871. The drought’s length and intensity surpass any prior period, with only 1893 and the late 1890s offering near comparisons in rainfall shortfalls and dry months in Indianapolis and surrounding areas.
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Salem
Washington County
Anderson
Hammond
Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
Indiana
Blythe
Indianapolia
Fort Wayne and Wabash Traction sees hopeful business rebound
Traffic on the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction lines shows a marked recovery with November receipts surpassing last year and a return toward pre-panic levels. Weather and walkers reduced city streetcar takings recently, but colder weather is expected to shift pedestrians back to the cars. The company also reports increased losses from electric light jumper theft, with over twenty cases detected and service cut off when found.
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Fort Wayne
Wabash Valley
Emmons
Big Traction Syndicate
Governor-elect Marshall Declines Speaking Invitations
Columbia Indiana November 12 Governor-elect Marshall has declined invitations to speak before the Richmond Indiana and Louisville Kentucky Commercial clubs. He says he is overwhelmed with correspondence and applications for office and must also rest.
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Columbia
City
Ind
Marshall
Richmond
Louisville
Auditor Compiles List of Allen County Township Assessors
County Auditor Lindemuth released a list of township assessors for Allen County. The Republican appointees include Washington, Springfield, Maumee, Adams, Wayne, Westington, St. Wee, Monroe, and Benton townships with named officials such as John A. Bushman and Warren Biringfela among others.
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Lindemuth
Allen County
Washington
Springfield
Maumee
Adams
Wayne
Doubts Cast on Andree Grave Found Report
Stockholm reports arctic experts split on claim that the grave of Prof. S. A. Andree was found on Labrador coast. Prof. Nanthorst objects to the conclusion noting Andree's balloon could not have reached Labrador.
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Stockholm
S. A. Andree
North Pole
Labrador
Nanthorst
Andree
Body of Andree Arctic explorer reported found in Labrador
A Danish captain reports a cross bearing the name Andree and a body found inland on the Labrador coast. If verified, the remains may belong to Professor S A Andree, who with two companions vanished after their 1897 balloon North Pole expedition from Denmark.
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Copenhagen
S. A. Andree
North Pole
Labrador
Inga
Chalker
Pelops
Conception Bay
Newfoundland
Andree
Greenland
Danes Island
Spitzbergen
Prof Andree
Strindberg
Fraenkel
Andree Polar
King Charles Island
Vardee
Norway
York Factory
British Territory
York
Fort Churchbhill
Bond money received divides among seven banks
The Indianapolis school board distributes 681 ups in bond premium and interest to seven financial institutions. Treasurer Angelia Fypivet states the premium on bonds issued last month is 1 005 and interest totals 80. Distribution lists First National Bank 21 520 Ola National Bank 3 Sates Tri State Building and Loan U rman American National Bedmas National Bank 38 nt fivens Trust company 3 920 Trust company 4 086
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Angelia
Fratee
Wa and Company
O Jane
Remium and
Halen Belie
Isue
Indianapolis
Tollow First National Bank
National Anit
Tri-State Building and Loan
Associa
Nee
Urman-American
National Bedmas Stataton ‘National: Bank
Trust Company
Porter Pleads Guilty Charged With Parmit in High Port Route
A criminal docket reports Porter pleading guilty to charges tied to a permit violation along the port route. The case details remain partially obscured in the OCR text but indicate a formal court disposition and related enforcement actions.
Court weighs penalties for slot machine case
The proprietor presented no defense as the court weighs likely fines and orders to end all games of chance. Minors would be barred from the premises and the business must operate within the law. The initial affidavit charged Porter with keeping a slot machine.
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Porter
Henry Watterson’s son Harvey dies in Wall Street fall
Harvey Watterson, 30, son of Henry Watterson of Louisville, plunged from a nineteenth floor window in a Wall Street building. Coroner says accident while closing a window. body sent to Louisville for burial with widow Alice Murrowes at his side.
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New York
Harvey Watterson
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Wall Street
Watterson
United States Trust Company
Wing
D. B. Whedon
United States Trust Building
Mr. Watterson
John Street
Hudson Street Hospital
Laurie
Lehane
Second Avenue
Dartmouth College
Columbia Law School
Alice Murrowes
Death of Harvey Watterson Reaches Henry Watterson
News of Harvey Watterson's death prompted a careful plan to inform Henry Watterson, father of the famed editor. Friends cut telephone service to his country home while Mrs. Benjamin Ridgely, widow of the former Mexican envoy, was entrusted with delivering the message.
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Louisville
Harvey W. Watterson
Henry Watterson
Benjamin Ridgely
Mexico
Ridgely
Watterson
Royal League Meeting Draws Fort Council Members
Members of the OW Fort Council No. 192 Royal League gathered for an interesting and entertaining session at the hall on Wednesday evening.
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Old Fort
Royal League
OW Fort
Fte-Hall
Laymen organize mission drive for Methodist church
In St Louis on November 12, about 300 laymen from across the United States formed the laymen's missionary movement of the Methodist Episcopal church. They aim to raise 6 million annually for foreign missions by 1912 and to expand benevolence and local budgets. Officers include President J Edgar Leacraft and Treasurer J T Stone. Henry J Wright, 67, of Syracuse, died of apoplexy days earlier.
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St. Louis
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Union Methodist Episcopal Church
Col. B. W. Halford
Washington, D. C
F. M. North
New York
J. Campbell White
H. N. Carroll
George W. Brown
H. K. Carroll
New Jersey
W. O. Gantz
Charles Gibson
Albany
N. Y
W. Halford
William Christie Herron
Cincinnati
Frank A. Horne
Brooklyn
H. W. Moore
Denver
Welch
Westfield
Earl Taylor
H. B. Williams
Chicago
An Enviable Record at Jacobs Music House
Jacobs Music House promotes itself as Fort Wayne’s oldest and largest piano retailer with a 300 instrument stock from makers like Mason & Hamlin and Krakauer. It pledges no trading stamps or gimmicks, offers upright pianos from 175 dollars, square pianos from 15 dollars, and record hand organs from 8 dollars, inviting visits to see bargains.
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Jacobs Music House
Fort Wine
United States
Mason & Hamlin
Kranich & Bach
Krakauer
Shoninger
Melville Clark
Waugh
Keller
Smith & Barnes
Willard
Haddord
Clarendon
Jacobs
Reliable Music House
Atore
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Mother
Insurance
Bankers
Pres
Ent Outlook
MR. Marshall
School Board
Ups
Quilty
Don
THE
Henry J. Wright
Syracuse
Geo. Jacobs
Music House
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