Assault on Athens morality shocks Crawfordsville church
In Crawfordsville Indiana on April 2 Rev Wallace Tharp pastor of the Christian Church launched a crusade against immorality in a Sunday sermon. He denounced the married people's dancing club and ridiculed gambling and slot machines while criticizing police for lax enforcement. He proposed a city eye inspector and the mayor and officials heard the message, hoping for at least a temporary effect.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Wallace Tharp
The
Christian Church
Banjo game swindles a Jay county merchant in Richmond
Richmond Indiana April 2 I developed that a banco game was worked last week on Finley Myers a country merchant from Jay county by two sharpers from Cincinnati Myers came to buy a dry goods bill at a leading hotel parlor he was shown 4660 in good money and “green goods” printed from stolen dies he bought 3009 worth for 200 money amount was sent by express but the box had no cash He notified police and efforts to locate the buncoers are under way.
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Richmond
Ind
Finley Myers
Jay County
Cincinnati
Myers
Express
Buncoers
Marriage plans end in insanity yell for Gossett in old Kokomo
In Kokomo Indiana on April 2 a six year old tragedy centers on Isaac Smith a country school teacher who suddenly lost reason just before his marriage to Miss Effie Gossett. On the wedding day Smith was taken to the asylum in Indianapolis. Grief over the upheaval drove Effie Gossett to mental collapse as she was confined to the Gay Lume asylum by relatives and friends.
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Isaac Smith
Effie Gossett
Smith
Indianapolis
Mies Gossett
Guise
Delayed Marriage Planned After Long Hospital Stage
Two ill fated lovers, unaware of each other, spent five years in separate wards of the same institution. Last week Smith fully recovered and returned home while Miss Gossett rapidly improved and a permanent cure is expected soon. The postponed marriage will then be solemnized.
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Smith
Miss Gossett
Fire razes Oolitic suburb of Bedford in 25,000 loss
Bedford Indiana April 2 Oolitic a stone quarry suburb of Bedford suffered a 25000 fire Monday morning with scant insurance. The town's main business district burned including John George drug store Marcus Spaulding furniture store Peter Williams saloon. Manaugh's livery barn also burned.
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Oolitic
Bedford
Ind
Little Insurance
John George
Marcus Spaulding
Peter Williams
Manaugh’s
Embalmer Injured by Accident In Plainfield
Will Hiss an embalmer is confined with a leg wound from an embalming instrument buried by accident. Dr. Carter immediately opened the wound and washed it with antiseptics. The instrument unused for weeks, otherwise blood poisoning and death would be likely. An enormous electric store houses plan in Anderson.
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Plainfield
Ind
Will Hiss
Carter
Anderson
Union Traction Company
Daleville
Fairmount
Muncie
Ingalls
Elwood
Lawrence
Alexandria
He Fooled Cupid Hears of a Last Minute Cancelled Wedding
Harris Jacoby from Middlefork and Blanche Unger of Geetingsville prepared for a Sunday wedding at the bride’s home in Kokomo Indiana. Rev Prentice attended with guests. Jacoby sent word he would not appear citing a farm promise from his father as the reason.
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Cupid
Kokomo
Ind
Miners Idle as Coal Scarce Hits Indiana
Terre Haute Indiana April 2 about 9000 miners in Indiana stopped work Saturday night awaiting a settlement on the powder question. A coal famine threatens southern Indiana with Evansville nearly out of coal and Kentucky supplies blocked by a strike, leaving Evansville water works usable for about a week.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Evansville
Kentucky
Move to New Castle If Suitable Houses Found
Henry Clay, a former slave and colored bachelor from Rush County, has accumulated property including a farm near Consul-general J. N. Gowdy. He plans to convert his holdings into government bonds and retire. Twenty families would relocate to New Castle if housing could be secured.
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New Castle
Henry Clay
Rush County
J. N. Gowdy
Clay
Albany Advocate to be edited by students in public schools
In Albany, an unusual weekly paper will be edited by pupils and teachers of the Albany public schools starting April 18. The move follows raids on slot machines in cigar stores and saloons as police intensify enforcement. A modern gymnasium opens Thursday at the First Baptist Church, and Miss Sue Smith, suspended from Western Seminary, Oxford, has received notice of reinstatement after being initiated during student maneuvers. A Muncie firm now manufactures carriage and automobile bodies for a South African company.
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Muncie
Ind
Albany Advocate
Albany Public
First Baptist Church
Sue Smith
Western Seminary
Oxford
Marion woman alleges abduction from convent by brother
Miss MKutie O'Brien of Marion claims she was forcibly taken from the Good Shepherd convent in Columbus, Ohio. She says Father Quinlan was told by her, under her mother's supposed will, that she must go whether she wished to or not.
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Marion
Ind
Mkutie O’brien
Good Shepherd Convent
Columbus
Father Quinlan
Westville
Moulton
Three Oaks
Mich
Doctor and ex wife wed again after brief courtship
Huntington reports the wedding of Dr. J. M. Hicks and his ex wife Zella, a reconciliation after divorce. The couple were remarried on February 27 following a short period of renewed wooing.
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Huntington
Ind
J. M. Hicks
Zella
Woman Dies Quietly During church Service
In Freelandville Indiana Mrs Wilton Howard 85 collapsed and died during Sunday services at Indian Prairie Baptist Church The widow leaves a husband and several children The incident occurred April 2 in Vincennes district news report.
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Vincennes
Ind
Indian Prairie Baptist Church
Freelandville
Wilton Howard
Mishawaka Youth Buried Beach Find Identified
Mishawaka Indiana April 2 the body found buried five days ago in the sand at Macatawa Beach Michigan has been identified as Harry Smyser of Mishawakason of a Panhandle conductor This confirms the victim is a local youth and marks the end of the search for his identity in the beach incident.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Macatawa Beach
Mich
Harry Smyser
Panhandle
Greensburg to get another national bank
Indiana inkling news notes Greensburg will welcome another national bank. In Vincennes M E church dedication day honors Bishop McCabe. Amelia Limble 40 declared insane at Evansville imagines she is Jesus. Butter window glass workers at Upland strike over wage scale. Terra Haute children may return to school April 9 regardless of vaccination. Pott brothers homes near Decatur burned at the same hour thought arson. Davenport oil company sinks gusher on Palmer farm Penn township near Montpelier producing 235 barrels. Raymond Biset fires an old revolver.
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Vincennes M. E
Bishop McCabe
Amelia Limble
Evansville
Jesus Christ
Upland
Davenport Oil Company
Palmer Farm
Penn ‘Township
Montpelier
Rioting crashes, murders, and mysteries in county news
A jumble of incidents includes a boy named Rummell killed near Cambridge City after playful collision with a playmate. Near Anderson a bus crash injures several and fatally hurts Charles Fisher. Mixerville holds a new Rebekah lodge amid a March snowstorm. Reports on strikes at Ontario silverware works and Muncie iron works. Robberies in Converse and Amboy, a tin box from Cecil Rhodes and a April Fool’s parody, a tragic accidental shooting in Vincennes, and a peculiar water mystery at Rockcreek pond. Also mentions Rev. Stewart scandal letters and a medical ad for DeWitt’s Little Early Risers.
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Toad” Wright
Bruce Keyes
Austin McKinney
Bond & Powell
Converse
John Herwng
Amboy
Dec Bonner
Hartford City
Cecil Rhodes
Kimberley
S. A
Paper Trade Journal
London
Brazilian Balm Cures Asthma and Catarrh Guaranteed
A brief, garbled ad notes a balm claimed to cure asthma and catarrh with a price of 25 cents. The fragment hints at a profitable gunliners reference on page seven, suggesting misc advertising and unrelated content in the source.
Brussard Swindle Exposed In Brass Cup Scam
Chicago reports the arrest of Martin Brussard and wife tied to the M Brussard manufacturing company. They allegedly hired agents to solicit stock subscriptions nationwide for a firm claiming brass journal cups production, while actually operating from a sub let downtown desk. The scheme reportedly duped many and reached about $56,000.
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Chicago
M. Brussard Manufacturing Company
Martin Brussard
Brussard
Coal famine feared if mines close for months
A coal famine is unlikely but possible if Indiana and Kentucky mines stay shut two to three months. Local stocks are limited and prices may rise. If prolonged, fuel would need shipment from neighboring states whose supplies are nearly exhausted. A militia may be needed to protect wood loads for farmers.
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Indiana
Kentucky
Sam Jones Says Dallas Won't Support Revival Meetings
Rev Sam Jones roasts Dallas for refusing revival meetings. He says no dividends in religion and that businessmen would swap only if offered a fair return. He criticizes lack of proper preparation and declines to preach at outlying state fair grounds.
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Dallas
Tex
Sam Jones
Golden
State Fair Grounds
Appraisers Report on Riverside Park Land for Waterworks
Sheriff Clark ordered jurors to appraise two tracts near Riverside park for a new waterworks filter. Christina and Wm. F. Emerick owned the land, appraisals set at 9500 with 1906 damage for 32 acres and 1085 for the two acres. The water works company sought condemnation in circuit court after owners refused to sell.
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Clark
Riverside Park
Christina
Wm. F. Emerick
Man Rescued by Dog From Warehouse Fire
Charles Vane a Hill syrup company fireman in Cleveland was saved from suffocation early Monday by a small black and tan dog that jumped on his cot and tugged at his clothing as smoke filled the room. The fire caused little damage.
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Cleveland, O
Charles Vane
Works of the Hill Syrup Company
Vane
High Hopes Gone to Smash
Indianapolis traveler T. J. Harris submitted a quartz sample he believed to be gold to State geologist Blatchley for analysis. Sent from Oklahoma by his son-in-law, the hill Harris heard about was deemed worth about one cent as the quartz proved poor.
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T. J. Harris
Indianapolis
Blatchley
Oklahoma
Harris
Wade Hill
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