Burglar Proof Chest Fails at Shoals Post Office Burglary
The Shoals post office safe was blown open with three nitroglycerin charges, robbing money and stamps worth about 1000 dollars. Two men fled northwest by buggy after the blasts, seen nearby earlier. This marks the area’s third post office burglary in recent years with several gang members previously captured and imprisoned.
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Entity
Albaugh
Gould
Louisville
Michigan City
Martin County
Mary Runyon
Young Priest Dies of Tuberculosis in Michigan City
The Rev. John P. Healion aged 27 died at St. Anthony's hospital in Michigan City from tuberculosis. Ordained in the Fort Wayne diocese a year ago he never had assignment due to ill health from overwork. Son of James Healion railway engineer he was born and raised in Michigan City and educated at Notre Dame and Cincinnati.
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Michigan City
John P. Healion
St. Anthony's Hospital
Fort Wayne
Father Healion
James Healion
Notre Dame
Cincinnati
Rushville Couples Tie the Knot with One-Armed Husbands
In Rush county the Jett family has seen two marriages to one-armed men. Miss Daisy Jett wed Samuel Conrad of Indianapolis in the courthouse, Conrad having lost an arm in an earlier accident. A week earlier Daisy’s mother Mrs. Louisa Jett married a one-armed man, her first husband already deceased.
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Rushville
Jett
Rush County
Daisy Jett
Samuel Conrad
Indianapolis
Conrad
Louisa Jett
Hier
Cut Off Mule's Tongue Provokes Animal Cruelty Fine
In New Albany a Greenville man Frank Goss cut off the end of a mule's tongue after a mime trade war caused the animal to hang its tongue from its mouth. He pleaded guilty to cruelty to animals and was fined fifteen dollars.
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New Albany
Frank Goss
Greenville
Mad Dog Bites Four on Farm Near Terre Haute
A mad dog bit four people on a farm south of Terre Haute, injuring William and Herman Miller and two farm workers Henry Kincomb and Gable Bush. They were brought to the city for treatment before the animal was shot.
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Terre Haute
Wiliam
Herman Miller
Henry Kincomb
Gable Bush
Profit in Goat Raising in Oakland City
Zale Whitman operates a profitable goat business in Oakland City with twenty one goats and twice yearly sales of young goats called butters. The text notes raising goats as a new industry locally per Anderson. Mrs Philip Michael suffered a long unconscious period after a lightning strike damaged the family residence, chimney and roof. Mrs George Lamphere, city engineer’s wife and editor J W Knight’s sister, was prostrated when lightning hit a street near their home.
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Oakland City
Zale Whitman
Life Crushed Out by Land Roller Near Newcastle
Mrs. Maggie Coon age 49 wife of Luther Coon a farmer ten miles west of here was crushed to death under a heavy field roller. She rode the roller while guiding horses in a cornfield when the team bolted. The roller passed over her body. Husband Luther Coon and one child survive.
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Newcastle
Maggie Coon
Luther Coon
Here
Widow pleads guilty after whisky spree in theft case
Rosa Green, a Muncie widow who took her employer John Bowers horse and buggy and valuables to Anderson, pleads guilty. Bowers asks no prosecution as Green explains she drank whisky and believed she owned all at the home.
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Muncie
Rosa Green
Anderson
John Bowers
Bowers
Doctor Injured in Farm Country Auto Crash
Dr N G Shook of Kendallville responding to an infant injury at J T Trowbridge farm wrecked on a country road. He suffered a broken collar bone and cuts to face and hands. Reporters Carroll Holcomb and Ralston Fischer were cut and bruised. The infant died after falling into a pot of melted lard. Mrs Trowbridge tended the men’s wounds.
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Fort Wayne
N. G. Shook
Kendallville
J. T. Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Shook
Carroll Holcomb
Ralston Fischer
Motorcyclist Fatally Hurt in Fort Wayne Race
At the aviation meet and races in Fort Wayne John Hughes age 23 assistant superintendent of the Corrugated Paper company probably fatally injured in a ten mile motorcycle race. Blinded by dust he crashed into a fence at about sixty miles an hour suffering a skull fracture and was taken to St Joseph hospital for an operation.
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Fort Wayne
Fair Grounds
John Hughes
Corrugated Paper Company
Hushes
St. Joseph Hospital
Shoots From Bicycle in Columbus Kills Bird
Berl Zeigler a 22 year old resident northeast of Columbus mounts a bicycle and fires a rifle while riding killing a sparrow. He is said to be skilled at bird shooting from the saddle and has recently given exhibitions to neighbors.
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Columbus
Berl Zeigler
Hatchery Fire Sear Burns Duck Loss at Rushville
Fire destroyed the fowl hatchery of Earl Kitchen in Rushville. Loss pegged at 1800 dollars with no insurance. Four thousand ducks perished in the blaze. Kitchen suspects arson after ten days without a fire and cites local opposition to the hatchery.
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Rushville
Earl Kitchen
Kitchen
Body Found With Shotgun in Clinton
The body of Benjamin Cherry, 49, a coal miner at Crownhill mine No. 1, was found in the yard of his boarding house in Clinton. A shotgun rested in his arms and the shot penetrated his brain. Cherry had been in ill health.
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Clinton
Benjamin Cherry
Crownhill Mine No
Cherry
Indiana Briefs Chronicle Local Crews and Changes
Jeffersonville reports William Schindler at death’s door from self inflicted bullet wound between the eyes. Huntington notes a railroad nearby may block rebuilding of Andrews school. Anderson Elks name committees for May 1912 state meeting with costs estimated between 8600 and 5000 dollars. South Bend hires George H Hess as deputy at the new state employment bureau branch. Wakarusa’s former principal Daniel B Nye named deputy prosecuting attorney in Montgomery County. Princeton commercial club schemes a Charleston backed commercial college with 100 scholarships at seventy dollars each. Lawrenceburg pastor Rev John Fritz resigns to take a German church post in Regina Canada. Wabash couple escape injury when their auto falls ten feet off a bridge abutment. wife was driving.
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William Schindler
Louisville
Jeffersonville Hospital
Huntington
South Bend
Peter J. Kraper
New South Bend
State Employment Bureau
George H. Hess
Kraper
Daniel B. Nye
Wakarusa
Ind
Chester Rh. Montgomery
Princeton
W. H. Givier
Charleston
Givier
Lawrenceburg
John F. Fritz
Bellair Evangelical German Lutheran
Indiana
Charles P. Light
American Association For Highway Improvement
Indianapolis
Commercial Club
Light
Indiara
State Department
Mr. Light
United States
Liverpool
London
CC. Hadley
Clarence A. Kenyon
Kenyon
Ad. McClure
Tltgtor
Bor
Mr. McClure
R. G. McClure
Hadley
Openings on Meat Gear in U S Infantry Kit
A detailed wartime список outlines lighter equipment for United States infantry units. The shift cuts weight by half with redesigned pack, shelter halves, canteens, and tools, while preserving essential weapons and ammunition amid new field tactics and officer proposals.
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Nole Sam
Flere
United States
Etrapa
United State Infantry Association
John C. Bates
Clarence R. Edwards
George H. Shelton
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