Barony Mystery Opens in Old Southern Plantation
In a worn Bar bay library the Barony sale unfolds with Ha n nibal Wayne Hazard appearing as chapters reveal adoption, debts, and runaways. Judge Slocum Price shelters the boy as Yancy battles Murrell’s men, while Betty Malfoy and Bruce Carrington move toward Tennessee.
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Barbay
Unitards
Jonathan Crenshaw
Tranger
Bladen
Bobancy
Hannibal Wayne Hazard
Yancy
Nathaniel Ferris
Betty Malfoy
Ferrises
Murrell
Bruce Carrington
Betty
Tennessee
Carrington
Hannibal
Judge Slocum Price
Desperate Hearts and a Piecemeal Justice at Pleasantville
In a rural drama, Judge Slocum Price confronts a crumbling social order as Hannibal clings to the judge for protection. A mysterious raft story, a danger from Captain Murrell, and a missing Uncle Bob push the tale toward a jail-raising during a Saturday in Pleasantville as the search for a boy in danger continues.
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Hannibal
Murrell
Bob
Tie
Mahaffy
Solomon Mahaffy
Uncle Bob
Slogson
Pleasantville
Frenchwoman Converts Hidden Gold Into Nugget
Mme Couly of Romartin France hid 400 francs worth of gold in her kitchen grate during a brief absence She returned to light a fire and awoke to a single gold nugget her stored wealth reduced to a lump of gold in a single nugget.
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Mme. Couly
Romartin
France
Bloomfield-Slater brothers acquitted in judge room drama
Six ballots produced a verdict acquitting Edward and Ray Stibbing of murdering their father George W. Stibbins. The crowded court room erupted in applause after the reading, as the mother and sister, Ray's wife, and three others rejoiced and embraced. The family planned to return home with the mother in Rouox county.
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Bloomfield
Slater Edward
Ray Stibbing
George W. Stibbins
Henderson
Nellie
Ray
Rouox County
Man Weds His Stenographer In Windsor Visit
Oi Man of Hartford City aged sixty six and a Civil War veteran married his former stenographer Miss Chlasr per, seventeen, after a reported elopement to Windsor Canada. Police say Kissel Bass confronted his separated wife, tore into trouble, and was cast into the street. a charge was filed as she sought protection. Fire in Kempton's business district destroys meat market jewelry store restaurant and post office. postmaster saved office contents. total loss about two thousand dollars. The town lacks a fire department.
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Mlartford City -Orlundga
Munejie
Kissel Bass
Hass
Ruts
Kempton
Tipton
George Stephenson
Samuel Darrow
Fred Spencer
G. Campbell
Ofice
J. J. Martin
New York
Jefferson, Township
Kokomo
Two Days Without Food In Prisoner Rescue Story
Two men detained for two days without water and food were rescued from a shack by Sheriff Browning and a company of deputies. They were contractors and foremen working on a branch line for the Tiinets Central railroad project near here.
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Hloomipeten
Tiinets Central Railroad
Browning
Expensive Poultry Case Plea Ends in Fine and Time
Petersburg farmer Peter Brenton was found guilty by a jury of stealing a chicken valued at fifty cents. He received a $100 fine and thirty days imprisonment plus a one year disqualification. Brenton had previous trial at the February term where the jury disagreed.
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Petersburg
Peter Brenton
Brenton
Two Fishermen Drown When Boat Capsizes In White River
Mitchelili-While GH Koger 39 and C Stealth 40 were fishing on White river when their boat capsized. Koger could not reach shore and drowned while Stealth reached land but could not rescue him.
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Mitchelili
GH. Koger
C. Stealth
White River
Koger
Smith
Never Too Old. Iondianapolis John J. Wildman Weds Mias Sarah BE Welling
John J. Wildman aged 78 of Bridgeport obtained a license to wed Sarah BE Welling. It is his second marriage after prior wives died. the bride is entering marriage for the first time.
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Iondianapolis
John J. Wildman
Bridgeport
Mias
Sarah BE. Welling
Five-Year-Old Castor Child in Critical Condition
Carmel Edward Castor five years old son of Mr and Mrs William Castor remains in critical condition after ingesting multiple strychnine tablets. Doctors fear recovery is unlikely.
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Carmel
Edward
William Castor
Oldest Soldier in Home Dies at Ninety Five in Lafayette
The Indiana State Soldiers' Home loses its oldest resident, a Laporte county Civil War veteran from the Thirteenth Indiana regiment. He died from arteriosclerosis at age ninety five. At his death, D. D. Kebler, the home commandant, accompanied his body to his former name in Stillwell.
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Lafayette
Martin Sent
Indiana State Soldiers’ Home
Laporte County
Thirteenth
Indiana Regiment
Stillwell
D. D. Kebler
Woman Planned to Kill Husband in Bedford Murder
A woman planned to kill her husband amid jealousy and a second woman in Bedford. Letters found after Ping’s death reveal plans to end both their lives and arrange funeral details. Ping died after shooting herself. her husband survived in critical condition.
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Bedford
Ping
Mew Ping
Judge Branyan Dead at 74 in Huntington Circuits
Judge James C. Branyan, 74, a former Indiana state legislator and Huntington circuit court judge, died after a long illness in Huntington. He served as a respected jurist and public official during a lengthy career in the state.
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Branyan
Huntington
James C. Braneyan
Indie Ona
Huniington
Indiana News in Brief Rochester and Around Indiana
A roundup of short items reports a 37.50 fine for A W Wheadon over a fish net, smallpox closes a school in Anders Hanson’s family, and various local incidents. Notable events include a dynamite cap accident near Hoonville, a fatal tree-felling near Madison, a jail term for bootleggers in Linton, a missing manager from Aurora Staging in Lawrenceburg, vice crackdown in South Bend, a civil suit verdict in Newcastle, Mrs d Amorim learn of her mother’s death, and medical association meetings in Rushville. Additional notes cover a fatal railway accident near Fowler, a rattlesnake incident in Shelbyville, a divorce suit in Shelbyville, an arm injury from a rooster attack near Princeton, and wheat prospects in Wabash County.
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Rochester
A. W. Wheadon
South Bend
Anders Hanson
Hoonville
Harvey Garrison
Madison
John W. Denny
Brookyvlle
William Stewart
Connersville
Hamilton
Q. Linton
Henry Rodenbeck
Charles Brandt
Tippecanoe
Linton
John McCorkle
Jonah Stiff
Lawrenceburg
Frank E. Kriner
Aurora Stag
Lewis S. Albert
Slame
Newcastle
Mra
Anni Hart
Willian VW
Strong
Sanford Conn
Liberty
Fowler
Don Smit
Willam Lafoon
Templeton
Shelbyville
Hart & Buick Carnival Company
Lockwood
Anna Hart
Shelby Yille
Blanche McGinnis
Princeton
Irene Coollégé
Itig City
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Crodigal
Vaughan Kester
Dmelvill
Hanninpai
Blannibal
Slocum Price
Solomon
Mr. Mahaffy
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Alsshige
Will
Mr. Mahaff
Price
Marrell
Stibbins Brothers
Quilty
Indiana
Wife Thrashes
Musband
Murd
Indiana News
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