Frontiersman Messenger to Wyandots Faces War Threat
Ensign Joseph Hayward travels toward Fort Harmar to carry a pledge to the Wyandots amid looming Indian war. He encounters Simon Girty and Rene D Auvray while preparing for a perilous Sandusky mission, as General Harmar and Hamilton loom over a volatile frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hayward
United States Army
Fort Harmar
Simon Girty
Hamilton
Hayward
Wa-pa-tee-tah
Haywards
Randall Parrish Excerpt With Hayward Meeting a Woman
In a riverfront scene a reader notes a self educated frontiersman, Master Hayward, and a silent companion. They share a late meal, recall a mission to San Dusky, and later a pale woman appears asking to speak to him under a starry night.
Midnight River Quest On Wyandot Trail
A weary American officer faces a mysterious Wyandot woman aboard a covert expedition from Fort Harmar. She claims heritage and warns of danger as they slip into a silent forest river, while plans to travel north and meet Wyandot allies unfold amid tension with Simon Girty and the threat of capture.
Lawmaker Macdonald Lets Loose Mixed Metaphors
James Ramsay Macdonald made a animated speech attacking agnibalists and syndicalists, claiming they fall into holes yet pull themselves out with strings. The Delilah of syndicalism is accused of cutting trades unionism’s locks, turning it into a mere purty under authorities.
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Lawmaker
James Ramsay Macdonald
M. P
Macdonald
John Burns
London County Council
Long Chase Ends In Check Forgery Ring Probe
Isaac Jacobs, sought in six Indiana counties for forgery, is jailed in Columbus after a multi county pursuit. Authorities say the parolee used farm visits to stage a chicken theft scheme, then vanished. He was captured at a Jackson county farmer’s home and brought to Columbus by Sheriff Burns. Snakes Robbing Nests in Ogilville prompt egg losses as blacksnakes are seen near nests. A five year old girl reappears from a wardrobe after a long police search in Shelbyville. she had been sleeping there unseen.
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Rene D'Auvray
Harmar
Hamilton
Brady
Vincennes
America
Monsieur
Mademoiselle
Generail
Illinois
Kaskaskia
Simon Girty
Girty
Ebhe
Johann Schultz
Brown
Schultz
Indiana News
Columbus
Ind
Isaac Jacobs
Orange
Lawrence
Jackson
Morgan
Bartholomew
Jacobs
C. A. Jacobs
Freetown
Jackson County
Burns
Bartholomew County
Ogilville
Shelbyville
Cyrus Lemmon
Bee
Three Eggs In One Discovered In Gosport
In Gosport on June 1 D W Buskirk cut open a boiled egg to find a second egg inside the first and a third inside that. The outer shell was normal, the middle shell smaller, and the innermost marble sized. All shells were hard with color from white to brown inside.
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Gosport
D. W. Buskirk
Freeland Fire Destroys Businesses at Freeland Park
Freeland near Fowler reports a blaze at Magee's two story building Swan hotel barber shop and a residence. Origin of the fire remains unknown with Magee's store cited as the starting point. Freeland had a prior April fire causing damage.
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Freeland
Fowler
Freeland Park
Magee
Man loses legs after freight car crushes Terre Haute switchman
William Houran a 62 year old switchman for Chicago and Eastern Illinois was run over by a freight car in Terre Haute on June 22 suffering amputation of both legs. He leaves a wife and five children.
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Terre Haute
William Houran
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Cold Camp Meeting Draws Two Thousand Five Hundred
June 19 at Anderson reports twenty four hundred visitors at the Church of God camp meeting suffering from cold weather. Most campers stay in tents and stove heat was provided to cope with the chill.
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Anderson
Church of God
Suit Reveals Marriage of Indiana Reformatory Official
Jeffersonville June 19 A divorce suit by a wife married secretly in April uncovers that James A. Carter once drew 1800 dollars annually at the Indiana reformatory and rose to chief engineer before parole. He married Clara May Taver after midnight with justice James S. Keigwin officiating. She cites cruelty and seeks her maiden name. Carter, a Peyton protege, influenced staffing and parole duties, with several officers resigning over his history.
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Jeffersonville
James A. Carter
Indiana Reformatory
Carter
James S. Keigwin
Clara May Taver
Reformatory
D. C. Peyton
James McCann
Hen Lays Two Eggs a Day in Bedford
James Harris, Civil War veteran, keeps a plymouth hen that lays two eggs daily then stops for a few days. The lone hen is tethered in the yard with a nest under a bush, drawing interest from local fanciers.
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Bedford
James Harris
Plymouth
Indiana News in Brief Summary of Local Items
Vincennes fifty six year old Utt died by self inflicted gunshot. Wabash couple Zahn celebrate golden anniversary. Terre Haute brakeman Tiffensee, twenty three, killed by fall before train cars. Alexandria passes public health ordinance framed by Dr Hurty. Princeton contractor Gambrel elected to city council. Evansville grand jury indicts Robert Collier for first degree murder. Evansville southern Indiana clubwomen hold July conference to promote industrial girls clubs. Greencastle trio of boys arrested after attempting to rob a grocery, returned to state institution. Kokomo weather forecaster Cady plans to place river gauge on Wabash bridge. Anderson fortieth anniversary of Onondaga Indians celebrated with many delegates. Richmond Maennerchor to attend North American Saengersbund meeting in Louisville. 55 singers. Shelbyville Beggs and Swan families hold annual reunion at Flat Rock cave. Jasper judge Welbourne orders Landgrebe to pay fines. Shelbyville fifteen year old boy caught in chicken coop while roosting. Hammond train fire on East Shore line damages mail car. crew fights blaze before Whiting fire response.
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Vincennes
Jethro Utt
Wabash
George Zahn
Terre Haute
Albert Tiffensee
Alexandria
City Health Board
J. N. Hurty
Princeton
John W. Gambrel
McDonald Watson
Hymera
Ind
Evansville
Vanderburg County
Robert Collier
John Cain
Greencastle
Plainfield
Kogansport
W. R. Cady
Government Weather Service
Wabash River
Anderson
Indianapolis
Richmond
Richmond Maennerchor
Indiana
Louisville
Saengersbund
Shelbyville
Beggs and Swan
Flat Rock Cave
B. F. Swain
Thomas A. Swain
W. D. Cost
Clarence James
Kate James
Jasper
O. M. Welbourne
Edmund C. Landgrebe
Landgrebe
Hammond
Eake Shore
Whiting
G. Trowe
Eastside
Whiting Grey Department
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Sandusky
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Americain Generail
Monaleur
Leten
Wyandots
Bimon Girty
Banker's
Vernon
John E. Amick
Scipio
Joseph Cole, Sr
Connersville
Joseph J. Cole
J. J. Cole, Jr
Cole Motor Car Company
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O. P. Smith
Michigan City
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