At the Irwins vaudeville bill delights crowds
The Irwins present a balanced vaudeville program led by Anna Palmersi in a Vesta Victoria impersonation. George McDonald sings Clover Blossoms with animated slides and Mephisto's Son closes with notable pictures. A Saturday matinee for children offers souvenirs, amateur night Friday features locals, and Tuesday offers a free admission for one lady with each paid ticket.
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Irwins
Anna Palmersi
Vesta Victoria
George McDonald
Mephisto
Irwin
Sunday Record Herald promises clean fun and glossy Sunday magazine
Laugh and Grow Fat features a colorful comic section free of vulgarity with entertaining specials. The Sunday Record Herald markets a Sunday Magazine by celebrated authors and artists, with a rich first cover color and a standard in Sunday journalism. Warsaw Times reports John Parish near death after moving from Goshen, with son Tom not at his bedside, while Goshen women champion cooking from blended flours. E. B. Whitehead promotes cedar posts and Wire fence. O. L. Simmons offers Fire Insurance.
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Sunday Record Herald
Warsaw
John Parish
Cleypool
Goshen
Tom
Indiana mystery clues in Kapshaw death near Bedford
The body of Joseph Kapshaw from Yolth was found March 24 in a quarry pool near Bedford Indiana. A bloody hickory club and a watch with Mrs Lucinda Decoursey engraved on the back linked to her. Decoursey’s husband Charles Decoursey had a divorce, and Kapshaw had been involved with Decoursey after the split.
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Bedford
Ind
Joseph, Kapshaw
Rapshaw
Lucinda Decoursey
Oolitic
Kapshaw
Niehara Speer
Kravshamw
Land scheme in Texas nets mixed reports from Hoosier investors
Indianapolis reports detail Indiana investors, including William Denton of Muncie, reacting to a Texas land venture promoted by Jaes W. Johnson and the Unglon Central Railroad of Texas. Some say land exists and a rail branch is planned, while Denton and others claim promises failed and money losses. Letters show escrow for 40,000 acres with a $5,000 forfeiture if a railroad is not built in six months near Palestine.
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Indianapolis
Jaes W. Johnson
Unglon Central Railroad
Texas
Tribane
Tndianapolis
Tas
Willia Ro Denton
Muncie
Ditle
Johnson
Deaton
John F. Baldwin
South Bend Tribune
Ironton
Palestine
Insanity Verdict in Bloomington Murder Trial
After forty eight hours of deliberation the jury found Harvey Hinkle not guilty by reason of insanity for the August 1907 murder of John R. McClintock. McClintock was escorting home when Hinkle, to whom McClintock had been attentive, allegedly killed him.
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Bloomington
Ind
Harvey Hinkle
John R. McClintock
Young Wall
Hinkle
Maiden Sisters Die After Long Years on Farm Near Crossing
An aged pair of sisters from Chamberining Crossing in this county have died. Teyre Haute seventy eight years old and her sister Miss Mary Chamberlain seventy seven. The sisters had lived on a little farm for seventy eight and seventy seven years respectively. The text notes a receiver for a trolley line tied to the family history.
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Teyre Haute
Ind
Sarabh
Chamberlain
Chamberining Crossing
Mary Chamber
Ini
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