Mystry of Mary Yoke Grace Livingston Till Lutz tale
Tyrory Wynham meets a frightened beauty who seeks protection. Dunham shelters her as Mary Remington then aids her to flee the city. She travels to Chicago, buys modest necessities, and rents a small room with sparse furnishings as she begins anew.
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Hhe Mystry
Mary Gy
Grace Livingston Till Lutz
Marcia Schuyler
Pholbe Deane
Wynham
Dunham
Mary Remington
The maid Mary gains a job and new life
A woman invites a jobseeker to stay and help with a dinner party and offers a waitress reference. Mary paints cards and proves skilled in household tasks. Mrs Rhinehart hires her for four dollars a week with Sundays and Thursdays off and furnishes uniforms. Mr Hart thanks her for helping.
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Mary
Rhinehart
Mystery Bride Hat Hidden in Club Box Solves Disappearance
Tyron Dunham learns from Judge Blackwell that a missing girl is safe after she rode with friends to the station. A hat box and suitcase reveal clues, including a note signed with her thanks, while a long stolen hair suggests a masked romance and a secret admirer.
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Tyron Dunham
Mary
Henry
Dunham
Chicago
Hat Box Secrets Unravel in Cornelia House Mystery
Tryon Dunham recovers a hat tied to a missing woman from California named Mary Weston. He hides the hat and coat, then confesses to Cornelia that he may be the thief while his mother and sister debate how the wardrobe slip occurred and whether Norah is involved. He also secures a business offer from Judge Blackwell.
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Mary Weston
California
Europe
Dunham
Cornelia
Tryon
Mrdé. Dunham
Cornie
Practical Cornelia
Norah
Hard Times for a Chicago Girl in Chapter Seven
A disciplined young woman leaves an unhappy position with Mrs Rhinehart and finds steadier work where her skills are valued. She endures social friction from jealous staff, overbearing suitors, and dreams of a supportive ally as Judge Blackwell assigns a Chicago evidence case to a junior partner.
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Chicago
Blackwell, Hanover & Dunham
Blackwell
Greenwich Royal Observatory and Early Global Skyward Aims
The piece traces the history of major observatories from Alexandria and Nuremberg to Tycho Brahe and Paris, noting Greenwich as the English landmark founded 38 years after Charles II and serving as the basis for longitude in maps and ship time. It lists Williams College and Harvard as early American observatories, with Milwaukee Sentinel cited.
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Greenwich
Charles II
Flamsteed
John Flamsteed
Paris
Washington
Alexandria
Ptolemy Soter
Europe
Nuremburg
Bernard Walther
Tycho Brahe
Kent
Williams College
Harvard
Milwaukee Sentinel
Guess Quick and Act With Decision Motto
A young minister recalls a man who credited his success to a personal motto. He observed wasted time and missed chances caused by indecision and adopted the rule Guess quick and act. The tale underscores brisk decision making in worldly matters.
Mrs Grage Tillson in Lafayette stolen goods case
Miss Mabel Blume of Lafayette is held on receiving stolen goods charges after a police report ties Grace Tillson to a scheme with Earl Tillson. Grace Tillson pleads guilty and goes to jail on a $200 bond. Blume and Earl Tillson also face bonds as investigations continue between Logansport and Lafayette.
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Logansport
Dec
Mabel Blume
Lafayette
Grace Tillson
Tillson
Earl Tillson
Moving Picture Theatre
Solicitors May Sue City Over Magazine Arrests
Columbus December 5. John Rynerson says damage suits may be filed against the city of Columbus and police who detained eight magazine solicitors here about a week ago. The seven men and one woman are held pending trial despite telegrams and letters from the magazines and circulation company claiming offers were bona fide.
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Columbus
City of
John Rynerson
Old Shotgun Found in Johnson County Church Ruins
Workmen tearing down a former Presbyterian church building in Johnson County uncovered an old shotgun wedged between plaster and weatherboarding. The church, erected in 1873, likely housed the firearm since that era. the wooden stock has decayed but the metal barrel remains.
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Franklin
Johnson County
Bedford Man Disappears on Suspected Foul Play
Bedford December 5 The relatives of William Watts search for the middle aged man who left his father in law William Williams home to go to Peerless on business. He vanished with about 1000 dollars and his wife and he planned to go to Missouri.
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Bedford
William Watts
Watts
Wiliam Williams
Missouri
Starkes Gifted To Grotesque Public Welcome In Terre Haute
Terre Haute on December 5 reports newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Rosene Stark endured a vulgar public ambush in the business district. They were forced astride a mule while the bride, now Mrs Be lle McClanhan, was wrapped in a blanket to resemble an Indian squaw in a degrading stunt by friends.
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Terre Haute
Rosene Stark
Twin daughters born to Beggs in Deerhorn county
In Sparta township Deerhorn county the stork brought twins to Mr and Mrs Grover C Beggs weighing 20 pounds total first born. The mother is seventeen and the father eighteen.
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Aurora
Grover C. Beggs
Sparta Township
Deerhorn County
Taggart murder cases continued to March term
Judge Daupree of Brown circuit court and attorneys agreed to continue the cases of Frank Taggart and wife who are accused of murdering their niece. The next term is expected to open in March.
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Taggart
Nashville
Daupree
Brown Circuit Court
Frank Taggart
Local Obituaries and Rural Incident Reports
Covington reports the death of William Taylor seventy two a Civil War veteran from heart disease near his home. Mrs. Sarah Price sixty eight dies of stomach cancer leaving three sons and six daughters. Martinsville notes two boys ages fourteen and sixteen shot a cow at Losen Fisher’s farm north of town. They took the rifle but escaped on an interurban car toward Indianapolis.
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Covington
William Taylor
Sarah Price
Martinsville
Losen Fisher
Fister
Indianapolis
Bloomington Receives Carnegie Library Offer
Bloomington has been offered 27500 by the Carnegie corporation for a public library. The city will provide the site and guarantee upkeep, and the offer will be accepted.
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Bloomington
Carnegie Corporation
Thieves smash jewelry store window in Terre Haute heist
Five hundred dollars of jewelry was stolen from Rizwood's jewelry store after window smashing in Terre Haute. A newsboy who witnessed the theft alerted a friend, who waited an hour to call the police.
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Terre Haute
Thiaves
Rizwoods
Tobacco Crop Short in Spencer County
Rockport reports by tobacco raters indicate a harvest less than half of previous yield due to an extended summer drought. The reduced crop affects Spencer County in Indiana with lower tobacco production for the season.
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Rockport
Spencer County
Fatal Collision Kills Couple on Oakford Crossing
A buggy carrying William E. Grishaw and Mrs. Ruth Youngman was struck by an L. E. & W. passenger train at Oakford Illinois. Grishaw died instantly, Youngman died later, and Wilbur Youngman was severely injured. The couple had married the previous Wednesday and were visiting Grishaw.
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Kokomo
William E. Grishaw
Ruth Youngman
Champaign
Wilbur Youngman
Oakford
Grishaw
Mrs. Youngman
Mr. Youngman
Good Samaritan Hospital
Third election ordered for Westfield trustee
Noblesville December 5. A third election will be held at Westfield December 9 to choose a town trustee of the First ward. At the November 4 election John C. Hinshaw on the Citizen's ticket and H. K. Kenyon on the People's ticket each had 79 votes, and the November 24 vote count tied with 59 votes each.
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Noblesville
Westfield
John C. Hinshaw
Citizen's
H. K. Kenyon
People’s
Indiana News Briefs Highlight Local Incidents Across Cities
A digest of short items from Rochester to Tarre Haute notes a newborn with two perfect teeth in Rochester, forgery arrest in Linton, Christmas charity drives in Mr. Sullivan, serious injuries in Aurora, and a $28,000 suit in Bedford. Other briefs cover railroad injuries in Evansville, a kidnapping sentence in Elkhart, a medical license fine in Gary, Red Cross seal sales in Connersville, a fatal railroad accident in South Bend, a hunting accident in Aurora, and various legal notices and local concerns including a prehistoric bone find in Pulaski and liquor license refusals in Shelbyville.
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Sullivan
Tri Kappa
Aurora
Frederick J. Isselhardt
Bedford
Henry Howell
Bedford Stone and Construction Company
Evansville
Edward Luckett
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Howell
Vanderburg
Illinois Central Railroad
Elkhart
Fred Whittaker
State Reformatory
Frank Hess
Gary
Julius Sweiganthal
The
European Medical Specialists
Conniersville
Red Cross
Federation of Women's Clubs
South Bend
Sadie Behenes
William B. Craig
Samuel H. Craig
Hogan Township
Peru
Samuel Conwell
Katman
Rich Grove
Pulaski County
Shelbyville
Shelby County
J. Tilson Boyd
Charles Frakes
Tarre Haute
City Board of Health
Deanize
Pasteur
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Monarch
Mrs. Grage Tillson
Indiana
Mute
Stork
Indiana News Briefs
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