Spencer's Folly The Judge and The Widow Case
A mob gathers at Judge Ostrander's house after a widow seeks aid to clear her husband’s memory of a murder twelve years past. Deborah Scoville uncovers letters, a knife point, and a peaked cap linking Oliver Ostrander to the Etheridge murder. A chilling confession dated November 7, 1898 seals the tale.
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Judge Ostrander
Deborah Scoville
Algernon Etheridge
John Scoville
Dark Hollow
Etheridge
Deborah
Reuther
Oliver
Miss Weeks
Black
Spencer
Scoville
Spencer’s Folly
Oliver Ostrander
Archibald Ostrander
Bela Jefferson
Shelby
Judge Defends Oliver Ostrander in Shelby Case
Deborah Scoville declares Oliver Ostrander innocent as Judge Ostrander confronts a riotous witness and a town stubborn on guilt. Mr Black presents the accused and Mrs Scoville asserts her daughter will not marry Oliver. The judge pressurizes the witness to reveal truth while firm in defending his son.
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Oliver
Ostrander
M. Black
Iaver
Scoville
John Scoville
Reuther Scoville
Oliver Ostrander
Mr. Black
Day of Noise Is Passing and the Soft Pedal Urged
Director Ziegler urges a soft pedal week to honor strict noise injunctions as society debates ending nocturnal disruption. Citizens advocate lasting quiet, citing suffering from loud trucks, milk and news deliveries, and early shopping noise that disturbs sleep and hospital patients.
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Ziegler
Essence of Fiction from Louisville Courier Journal
A brief modern romance notes two attractive protagonists who meet and plan marriage but face an obstacle they overcome. The tone mirrors a serialized newspaper blurb for busy readers.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Italians in Indiana Ordered to Report for War Duty
Clinton Doctor Salavoglio announces Italian government summons Italian subjects aged twenty to thirty nine in Clinton and surrounding Clinton County to report for duty in Italy. Those fit will receive paid travel and examinations. unfit means execution. About 200 have applied for permission to go abroad.
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Clinton
Dr. A. Salaroglice
Indiana
Italy
Chicago
Cincinnati
America
Nine South Gend Nine druggists freed over drug act ruling
Special investigator John H. Quilhot led arrests of Ralph Kuss Ira White A W Huff Frank Streibel J J Klaer Lewis Steinkohl Reuben Kink Louis Kreidler and Henry L Spohn on liquor sales charges in city court. Superior Court Judge George Ford ruled affidavits improper for citing liquor sold without prescription from a reliable physician rather than a reputable physician in active practice. Kink a former councilman among those arrested last winter.
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South Gend
John H. Quilhot
George Ford
Ralph Kuss
Ira White
A. W. Huff
Frank B. Streibel
J. J. Klaer
Lewis Steinkohl
Reuben Kink
Louis Kreidler
Henry L. Spohn
Kink
Parcel Post Auction Attracts Franklin Crowds
Franklin residents packed the opera house for a parcel post auction run by the ladies auxiliary of the First Presbyterian Church. Lew Shank of Indianapolis sold items while notable donors included William H. Taft and William Jennings Bryan. Taft's parcel brought 32.50 and contained his photograph. Brayan’s gift a handkerchief sold for 1.59. Parcels ranged from a live pig to a rattlesnake skin and the sale exceeded 1.00 in receipts.
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Franklin
Ladies’ Auxiliary
First Presbyterian Church
Opera House
Lew Shank
Indianapolis
William H. Taft
William Jennings
Iyan
Mr. Taft
Returns Money Allowed by Board in Corydon
County treasurer Corydon J. Pitman shows 225 from R F Davis a county board member who returned the funds after learning from the attorney general that the grave road inspection allowance was not legal. Davis says he slept poorly until repayment despite initially voting for the allowance.
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Corydon
J. D. Pitman
R. F. Davis
Board of County Commissioners
Davis
Richard M. Milburn
Flying Shears Sever Artery in Sheep Shearing Accident
Columbus-Howard Harrington, near this city, was struck by flying shears as a shearer’s tools were kicked loose by a startled sheep. The blade severed an artery in his left calf and he nearly bled to death before a physician reached the scene.
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Columbus
Howard Harrington
Harrington
Farrington
Man Hangs Self at Mother's Home in Muncie
Roy Monroe Runkle thirty seven unmarried resident of Muncie committed suicide by hanging in his mother's home. He believed himself fatally ill though doctors said he was not seriously ill. His body was found suspended from a rope attached to an elevated support after he jumped from a ladder. No warning was given.
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Claymore Tavern
Scoville
Spencer
New York
Shelby
Heuse Willich
Mr. Etheridge
Deborah
Dark Hollow
Upsworth
Oliver
John Scoville
Reuther
Oliver Ostrander
Muncie
Roy Monroe Runkle
Christopher Runkle
DePauw Cane Holder Dr Jeremiah Tingley Dies At 89
Dr Jeremiah Tingley, oldest living DePauw graduate and holder of the alumni cane for two years, died at Northside near Pittsburgh at age 89. The cane passes to Indianapolis class of 1852 member John S Tarkington. Tingley taught at the School for the Deaf and Dumb in Indianapolis and lectured at Allegheny High School and Allegheny College for years.
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Greencastle
Hillary A. Goben
DePauw University
Jeremiah Tingley
Northside
Pittsburgh
Tingley
DePauw
Johns. Tarkington
Indianapolis
Asbury College
School For the Deaf and Dumb
Middle West
Allegheny High School
Allegheny College
Meadville
Man Arrested After Pulling Mayor’s Beard
Elwood Joe Moran about thirty was jailed sixty days for drunkenness and vagrancy. He had spoken of the Industrial Workers of the World on street corners when he grabbed Mayor Har’s beard after a refused handshake. He was arrested immediately.
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Elwood
Joe Moran
Harhit
Jasper Town Officials Nominated
In the Jasper democratic primary the ticket was named with Mayor George P. Wagner Treasurer George H. Krempp Clerk John Judy Councilmen First ward John Snyder Second ward Joseph Eckert Third ward Robert Eckert At large John Dishinger Cornelius Gugsell There was no councilman at large Republicans will not field an opposition slate.
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Jasper
George P. Wagner
George H. Krempp
John Judy
John Snyder
Joseph Eckert
Robert Eckert
John Dishinger
Cornelius Gugsell
Mrs Harriet Cullen Dies After Operative Cancer Treatment
Mrs Harriet Cullen widow of Dr J C Cullen died at St Johns hospital after an operation for cancer. The Cullens were visiting in San Antonio when she fell ill. She is survived by her husband and daughter Mrs George Hewitt of Anderson. She was related to the Cullen and Sexton families of Rushville and Indianapolis.
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Anderson
Harriet Cullen
J. C. Cullen
St. John’s Hospital
Church receives $10,000 gift to clear debt
The West Street Christian Church was presented with a $10,000 check from the N. S. Martz estate. Charles Martz said his father wished the gift fulfilled and it will pay all outstanding indebtedness. The elder Martz served on the building committee during the church’s construction.
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Tipton
West Street
Man Kicked by Mule Faces Possible Death in Indiana City
Nelson Frey a teamster for Premier Construction Company of Indianapolis was kicked in the face by a male mule while handling the animal on Tall streets in Vincennes. Doctors fear he may die from injuries.
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Vinecennes
Nelson Frey
Frey
Premier Construction
Indianpolis
Evansville Teen Dies After Baseball Head Injury
Seventeen year old Oscar Genter died in Evansville from a brain concussion after being struck on the head by a baseball during a pickup game. The injury appeared minor at first, but worsened prompting a physician’s call.
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Evansville
Oscar Genter
Holy Rollers Driven From Town After Week of Meetings
Decatur residents drive out the Holy Rollers who held a week of sessions in the streets. Citizens call the gatherings a nuisance and report pugilistic arguments break out instead of peace.
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Decatur
Holy Rollers
Drys Win by 12 Votes in Jay County Township
In Portland Wabash township Jay county the local option election ended with anti-saloon forces winning by twelve votes. Only one saloon operated in the township and the dry victory ends it there.
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Portland
Wabash Township
Jay County
Roberts Daughter Begins Work as Park Board Secretary
Terre Haute Indiana Dor othy Roberts daughter of Donna M Roberts now in Leavenworth prison has begun work as secretary of the park commissioners appointed by Mayor Gossom. She will receive 25 dollars a month.
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Terre Haute
Dorothy Roberts
Donna M. Roberts
Leavenworth
Board of Park Commissioners
Gossom
Carpenter Falls From Scaffold In Fatal Injury Risk
Evanaville history shows contractor carpenter Richard Wilsey aged fifty fell from a scaffold sustaining internal injuries. Physicians report he may die.
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Evanaville
Richard Wilsey
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Essence of Fiction
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Jacob Williams
Drys
Robert
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