Black Hand Letter Plotted $500 Ransom for 45 Citizens
Tart Start, 20, jailed in Columbus Indiana on a confessed plan to fund a black hand letter to his uncle Edward Nail in German township. The note demanded $500 from 45 named farmers, threatening death and property loss if not paid by Sept 4. Start admitted the plot after others were gathered and he grew nervous.
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Columbus
Ind
Tart Start
Binack
Edward Nail
German Township
Stitt
Wilh Dave
Johnson County
Warren County
Young Stitt
Dreams Foretell Barn Fire Ends In Loss At Princeton
Mrs. Ann Anderson dreamed thrice of her barn burning and then a real blaze destroyed the building and contents near Princeton Indiana. Loss about 2500 with insurance. two mules and livestock perished. her son Virgil Patterson had added insurance after her warnings.
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Princeton
Ind
Ann Anderson
Anderson
Virgil Patterson
Patterson
School openings and classifying schedule for 1908
Notice to parents says schools reopen Monday September 1 1908 with a teachers meeting September 5 at 10 pm in Room 11 of the high school. High school pupils will be classified by the principal on September 1 1908 for Seniors Juniors Post Graduates Sophomores and Freshmen with specific times and rooms.
Notice on first Primary grade entry in 1908 1909
Notice to parents from the board of education advising that children who will be six before February 1 1909 may enter school at the start of the 1908 09 year on September 1 1908. It recommends waiting until age six for better performance and notes supervision by Miss Michael superintendent.
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Board OF Education
Miss Michael
Buggy Collapse After Frightened Horse Spooks Auto
Mr and Mrs Dovel of Goshen and their child escaped serious injury when a horse harnessed to a buggy pulling a buggy line near the South Main street car corner of Main and Jefferson streets bolted at 4 30 yesterday afternoon. The driver broke a line and the horse pulled hard. The buggy collapsed as the four wheels buckled and the team veered into the Thomas Albright foundry building before the horse was halted. All occupants were uninjured seriously.
Camp of Instruction Opens at Fort Benjamin Harrison
The biennial camp for regulars and militiamen in the Department of the Lakes U. S. Army opens today at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis. Brig. Gen. W. H. Carter, in command, will issue general orders guiding the maneuver camp and its staff's actions since arrival last week.
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Department of the Lakes
U. S. Army
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Idianapolis
W. H. Carter
Marshall county official inspects Elkhart court house project
William H. Troup commissioner from Marshall county visited Plymouth to inspect the rebuilt Elkhart county court house. Options for Marshall county improvements exist though no appropriation is secured. Underground crossing work proceeds near Lake Shore tracks at Angela with Harold A. Keith conducting surveys. A Goshen youth rumored to have wed in Indianapolis after leaving Winona Park may have eloped with a Fort Wayne area girl. no confirmation. Perry C. Purl sold land on canal bank to Christian Hinderer for $600 for ice house use. Edith Cripe travels to Ashley and Topeka to visit friends. Western Union seeks a messenger boy with reference required.
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William H. Troup
Marshall County
Plymouth
Elkhart County Court House
Bucklea Valley
Lake Shore
Angela
Harold A. Keith
Perry C. Purl
Christian Hinderer
Canal Bank
Purl Street
Mr. Hinderer
Republican temperance platform and local option debate
The piece traces Indiana party temperance positions from 1874 to 1908, noting Republicans repeatedly favor local option while factions and alliances with liquor interests shape platforms. It cites campaign pressure, pledges, and alleged deceit linking party leaders to brewers, with Democrats advocating clear local self government and stronger local control.
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Republican Party
Jivansville
House
Senate
Roger R. Shiel
Indianapolis
John D. Volz
Marion County
Indianapolis News
Murbin
Jim Watson
Durbin
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Long, Method
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Walter Hawkins
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Albert Ambenour
Frankfort
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Western Union
Chicago
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Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
Democratic State Convention
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St. Doe County
Gue
Madison County
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Republica State Machine
Joe Cannon
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EUSA
Ieee Republican
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Cinelanad
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