Grave Robbery Ring Brought Down in Indianapolis
A gang of seven African American grave robbers is arrested in Indianapolis as a sweep ends months of cemetery thefts. Rufus Cantrell implicated a prominent physician linked to a Central College of Physicians and Surgeons anatomy program. Nearly 100 graves were robbed. bodies sold to colleges reopening winter terms. Crown Hill and Mount Jackson graves were affected. police expect a full inquiry.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Central College of Physicians and Surgeons
Rufus Cantrill
Cantrill
Mount Jackson Cemetery
Mount Jackson
Rufus
Medical College
United States
Indiana
Alger Accepts Interim Senate Appointment
Gen R A Alger former secretary of war formally accepts Governor Bliss ad interim appointment to the United States Senate. He telegrammed Bliss from Detroit that he duly received the telegram and accepts the honor with thanks.
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Detroit
R. A. Alger
Bliss
United States
A. T. Bliss
Saginaw, Mich
Senator McMillan
Farmland Boom Attracts Investors In Len County
Real estate activity surges in eastern Len County amid a thriving corn crop. In Jackson and nearby townships investors flood the market as land values rise from six to ten dollars per acre twenty five years ago to fifty to seventy five dollars today due to ditches drainage and improvements cited by E H McDonald Fort Wayne Trust assistant secretary.
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Jackson Township
Alen County
Jackson
E. H. McDonald
Fort Wayne Trust Company
Roosevelt Wound Reopened During Step Toward Recovery
At the temporary White House Roosevelt’s wound was opened yesterday to inspect injury extent and aid healing. Dr Shaffer Rixey and colleagues performed scraping and drainage with cocaine, finding the shin bone in good condition and no unfavorable findings.
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Roosevelt
Shaffer
New York
Rix
Quits After Long Service at Fort Wayne Railway Post
S. E. Unthank, a well known railway postal clerk in the Fort Wayne area for twenty one years, retires from the Lake Erie and Western route to Cincinnati. He will devote himself to farming, owning two farms near Spiceland and other property, planning a comfortable later life after a long, respected career.
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S. E. Unthank
Fort Wayne
Unthank
Lake Erie and Western
Cincinnati
Spiceland
Accuses Judge of Perjury in Bennett Will Case
Freehold New Jersey September 29 Lawyer Samuel A Patterson of Asbury Park arrives with a new complaint against former Hoboken Justice Samuel Stanton accusing him of perjury tied to the Bennett Biggar conspiracy and false testimony in the Bennett will case. Prosecutors aim to indict Stanton by the Monmouth county grand jury. Dr Kendrick and ex Justice Stanton remain jailed after Friday arrest on conspiracy charges related to the same proceedings.
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Freehold
N. J
Samuel A.patterson
Asbury Fark
Samuel Stanton
Hoboken
Stanton
Monmouth County Grand Jury
Kendrick
Bennett Will
Long Branch
Local Woman Miss Maude Wiggins Reported Ill at Home
Fragmentary text indicates Miss Maude Wiggins is described as lying quit sick at her home near Holton. Reference to an oil tank company and Bowser office remains unreadable, details unobtainable from the fragment.
President in good spirits despite limited mobility
The president shows little pain and remains bright and cheerful though hindered by reduced vigor and limited ability to move around, causing mild annoyance at restrictions.
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Sion
Typhoid Cases Reported in City
Physicians report many typhoid fever cases in the city. Alva Reed of Pearl and Fulton streets is very ill, his father James Reed is at Hope hospital with the disease, and a young son of Frank Gaskill at 1208 Erie street also suffers from the fever.
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Alva Reed
Pearl and
Fulton Streets
James Reed
Hope Hospital
Frank Gaskill
Erie Street
Emile Zola Dead in Paris署 Gas Escape Suspected
Paris Sept 29 Emile Zola novelist born 1840 died this morning found dead from asphyxiation due to fumes from a stove. His wife gravely ill. Rumors of suicide denied by doctors who cite a gas leak and a dog in the bedroom. Police deem accidental poisoning. inquiries and blood tests ordered.
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Paris
Emile Zola
Zola
Madame Zola
Mean
M. Zola
Leyrmand
The
Temps
Dreyfus
Lycee St. Louis
Messrs. Hachette Et Cie
Figaro
Claude
Marseilles
Legion of Honor
French Society of Men of Letters
A H Orr of Belmont Ohio Visits Fort Wayne
A H Orr, longtime Belmont county resident and former Fort Wayne firefighter, returns to the city for a short visit. He recalls Fort Wayne as it was in the 1860s and notes the remarkable growth in factories, streets, and railways since his departure after the Civil War. He became nearly blind after smallpox in 1864 and is now a respected Belmont figure.
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A. H. Orr
Belmont County
Ohio
John W. Orr
Mayflower Mills
Mr. Orr
Fort Wayne
Sentinel
Orr
Fort Wayne College of Medicine Lecturer Resigns
Dr. William E. Stemen resigns his post as lecturer on osteology at the Fort Wayne College of Medicine and will be replaced after a faculty meeting on Wednesday. He had returned from service as U S Army surgeon in the Philippines and, after a western outing, will practice in Colorado Springs. He leaves Fort Wayne noting health concerns and a decision to remain in Colorado.
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William E. Stemen
West
Fort Wayne
Colorado Springs
Colo
Stemen
United States Army
Philippines
C. B. Stemen
Indiana
Colorado
Siemen
Fort Wayne College of Medicine
Boilermaker Mr Bock Recovering After Fall at Shops
Mr Bock a boilermaker who fell from a big iron pillar at the new Pennsylvania shops Saturday is recovering well. Doctors report no serious internal injuries and expect a full recovery.
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Bock
New Pennsylvania
Wheat hits 95 cents as shorts rush to cover on futures
September wheat on the Chicago board of trade rose to 95 cents the highest since 1898 as shorts rushed to cover after limited supply. H. H. Walls cites a corner attempt by local houses and seeks a temporary injunction against Armour & Co J J Townsend and others to prevent margin manipulation. The close shows a 7 1/2 cent gain from yesterday.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Shorts
H. H. Walls
Armour & Co
J. J. Townsend
Grave Robbery Confession Sparks Indiana Cemetery Search
The confession of Rufus Cantrell, an alleged grave robber, has stirred Indiana residents with relatives buried in smaller cemeteries around Indianapolis. Authorities continued the case after a magistrate adjourned it until October 23 as a search for missing bodies proceeds, including attempts to locate Miss Glendor Gales in nearby vats.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Rufus Cantrell
Glendor Gales
Two Enlistees Join Naval Recruiting Drive
Lieutenant D. M. Wood leads the city recruiting party as two youths enlist for the Navy. John Edison Wilson, 18, of Fort Wayne, and Walter Dugilay, 18, of Churubusco, enlist as landsmen for training. Nine applicants appeared on opening day and six today. among yesterday's nine, three passed and two await parental consent. Today's applicants all failed the physical.
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D. M. Wood
Uncle Sam
John Edison Wilson
Lafayette Street
Fort Wayne
Walter &. Dugilay
Aee 18
Churubusco
Jandaman
TEs CAPTURED THE THIEF
Deputy Sheriffs Ryan and Huguenard captured John Rothweiler in New Haven this afternoon and brought him to the city. He is accused of stealing tools from the Otto house.
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Ryan
Huguenard
John Rothweiler
New ‘Haven
Rothweiler
Otto
Wedded Laer Ethie. residents of itr
Fragmentary OCR reads like a brief wedding notice or society item describing a marriage involving Laer Ethie and titled residents of a location. Details are unclear due to garbled text, but it resembles a local wedding blurb with names and place hints.
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Gen. Alger
Russell A. Alger
Len County
of Investors
Washington
White House
Cortelyou
George B. Cortelyou
Rixey
Navy
O’heilley
Army
Schaffer
Lung
Jackson Place
Crane
Massachusetts
Root
Payne
Daizell
Pennsylvania
Lessler
Merriam
General Land Office
Hermann
Pittsfield
E. Unthank
STOVE
Fire Brigade
J. W. Orr
W. E. Stemen
Medical
Mike
Leiter
Invokes
Laer Ethie
Itr
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