Auto and train collide near Muncie killing son
In Indiana, John W. Ketterman, 23, was fatally injured when an eastbound C and G train struck the automobile he and his father David Ketterman, 63, rode in just north of Muncie. The son died en route to hospital. the father was badly hurt but expected to recover. The car stalled on the crossing as brakes failed and the driver attempted to clear the track.
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Muncie
John W. Ketter
David Ketterman
Lmited C. &G
Retty
Dla
Fires in Linton and Schoolhouse Hit by Blaze
Fires destroyed Randall Jarvis home and then his barn at midnight in Linton with losses totaling 2500 dollars. The nearby West Linton schoolhouse also burned at about the same hour, loss 1400 dollars.
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Linton
Randall Jarvis
West Linton
Death reveals a tragedy in Bartholomew County
The death of Mrs. Charles Russell in Ohio township uncovers that the man believed to be Charles Russell is an orphan rescued by his foster father, John Russell. The foster father, a Wisconsin veteran, found a dead family after an Indian raid and raised the boy as his son before moving with him to Bartholomew County.
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Columbus
Charles Russell
Ohio Township
Bartholomew County
John Russell
Wisconsin
Russell
Ohio
Rtussell
Indiana News in Brief Highlights Local Tragedies and Openings
Short regional items report a man in Indiana dying after a self inflicted neck wound in Osgood George Foster. Newcastle opens two new city school buildings. Diamond theft reported in French Lick. Several Civil War veterans cited with illness and arrest. Naval and army recruit counts at Terre Haute. Mishawaka gaming raid leads to Bert Kellam arrest. Miss Amelisa Laupert loses sight after diphtheria. Elwood hosts a forty five day industrial revival. Hamilton divorce suit filed in Vincennes suburb Hadleytown. Embezzlement case near Muncie with bail posted. Smallpox fears in Hadleytown area. Divorces involving Mrs Etta Long and William Long. Long hospital hip injury in Philadelphia. Roy Emig to present musical comedy in December. Barn fire in Bedford destroys wheat and implements. Forgery convictions in Shelbyville. Clive McGuire to pastorate in Vincennes area. Horse whipping injury near Columbus. Danville schools reopen after diphtheria closures. Incendiary fire damages Princeton home. Burned in Mouth Bend area report.
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Osgood
George Foster
Newcastle
French Lick
Bruce Sackett
Bedford
Thomas McDowell
Renaselner
Edward Frawley
John Stowers
Evansville
Amelisa Laupert
E. J. Sauper
Elwood
The
Christian Church
Vinecennes
Kathleen C. Hamilton
Robert I. Hamilton
Muncie
Carey E. Taughinbaugh
Brazil
Hadleytown
Jasonville
Noblesville
Etta Long
United States
John D. Works
California
Wiliam Long
Jeffersonville
William H. Long
Barney Gilmour
Arcor
Philadelphia
Columbus
Roy W. Emig
Sagamore
Indiana Red Men
Mansel Hitchcock
Shelbyville
Elmer Charles Harp
Indiana Reformatory
Boyer
Danville
Princeton
Harry W. Lewis
Coral Made Roads Aboard Coral Devoured by Dutch Rule
The article recalls Java under Hollandia the roadmaking miracle funded by forced labor and wealth of a Batavian Chinese magnate. It recounts the Batavia to Samarang highway built at no cost to the Dutch East India Company and the ruthless methods of Governor General Jan Pieterszoon Coen. Modern times move away from coercive measures toward more humane public works.
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Hague
Holland
Hollandia
Java
Netherlands
India
Batavia
Samarang
Jan Pieterson Coen
Dutch East India Company
Jan Pietergron Coen
Stockholm City of Beauty and Its Island Palaces
Stockholm presents as a beauty resort with the royal palace on an island between Lake Malaren and the Baltic Sea. Visitors tour state rooms filled with tapestries, porcelain, paintings, and gifts from Napoleon, Russia, and Japan. Summer life centers on steamer trips among pine fringed isles, linked by bridges and dotted with villas and restaurants. The northern twilight lights the shores as sailors voyage between islands toward the Baltic.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Lake
Maler
Baltic Sea
Napoleon the Great
Napoleon
Clara
Japan
Dresden
China
Baltic
Royalty in a Family Row at Windsor Castle
London reports that Queen Mary faces family friction as her brothers the duke of Teck and Prince Alexander of Teck quarrel over residence schooling and child rearing. The Tecks are unsettled at Windsor with a move to Frogmore for the duke, while public opinion dislikes the princes and tensions persist between Queen Mary and the duchess of Teck.
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London
Mary
Duke of Teck
Prince Alexander of Teck
Windsor Castle
Frogmore
Duke
Prince Alexander
Queen Mary
Duchess of
Teck
George
India
Adolphus
Aging couple wed in probate court at Topeka
An aged pair, married seventy two years, celebrated their bond in Topeka Kansas probate court. They first met when they were fifty seven, as a boy and girl in Missouri, recalling a long shared life.
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Topeka
Kan
Question and answer about stairs stumble signs
A humor exchange where Mrs Klatter asks what a stair stumble signals and Mrs Klubmann replies with a witty domestic hint. The brief vignette plays on marital knowing looks and light jest about signs in a marriage.
Castoria and Other Household Remedies in an Odd Ad Mix
An assorted display of vintage ads references Castoria with its claimed infant benefits and signature, then pivots to quips about Dr Pierce laxative and household products. The fragmentary item touches on a wife and daughter dialogue, a cartoonish reference to mosquitoes, and a moral jab about self-promotion and wedding tears.
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