Clergy vow to block Sapho at LaPorte opera house
LaPorte Indiana April 13 clergymen plan to stand at the opera house door Saturday night to block the production Sapho. If the mayor stops the play, they will list parishioners who attend. The manager threatens suit for heavy damages against city action. Also in Muncie a weekly prohibitionist paper The Rising Sun is planned.
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Laporte
Ind
MUNCI
Muncie
the Rising Sun
W. P. Stephens
Stephens
Trial of Santa Pendergrass in Indiana Murder Case
Santa Pendergrass goes on trial in Kokomo Ind for the murder of Jesse Daily with a fence stake claiming self defense Daily allegedly advanced with a brick William Busby the former killer of Orin Springer withdraws his new trial motion and accepts a sentence of two to 21 years Rushville Indiana Prohibitionists buy two horse and buggy for congressional candidate H C Pitts Manila for campaign use
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Kokomo
Ind
Santa Pendergrass
Jesse Daily
Daily
William Busby
Orin Springer
Rushville
Rush County
Manila
Ola Couple Married in Portland Area
Albert Starr 76 of Hillsdale Michigan and Mrs Mary Dunham of Redkey Indiana were married in Portland area on April 13 according to local marriage records.
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Ola
Portland, Ind
Albert Starr
Hillsdate- Mich
Mary Dunham
B. Redkey
Cambridge school chief Paul Wilkie resigns
Cambridge City Indiana April 13 Supt Paul Wilkie of the local schools will resign his position.
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Cambridge City
Ind
Paul Wilkie
Insurrection Talk and Electric Railnote Feature from Evansville
A fire rescue tale from a burned home in which a mother tries to save her children as they escape through a back window. Col Charles Denby headlined a banquet in Evansville with John W. Foster presiding, noting Philippine independence progress. J Q VanWinkle of the Big Four doubts commuter trains between Muncie and Indianapolis will be added. he favors electric rail, arguing it will endure as the future of transit.
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Eva Bortner
Green Center
Albion
New Era
Orphea Taylor
Laperte Opera
Ginger
Howard ‘Lare
Selma
New Lexington
Muncie
Charles Denby
China
Evaneville
John W. Foster
Harrison
Col. Denby
Philippines
Anderson
J. Q. VanWinkle
Big Four
Indianapolis
Murdered by Nihilists or Spy Plot? Dr Cocke Found Dead
Boston reports the death of Dr James R Cocke 37 a renowned blind surgeon hypnotist and alienist found with a pistol wound in his head. His wife Mrs Charlotte Harrington Cocke 3rd wife is detained claiming they were Russian secret service agents. Police investigate amid nihilist murder theories.
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Boston
Charlotte Harrington Cocke
James R. Cocke
Dr. Cocke
Cocke
Russia
France
Germany
England
Unconscious 42 Days In Youths Illness Tale
Bert Owens of 620 Elwood Street narrates a strange witness story claiming he was unconscious for seven months after severe typhoid malaria. Doctor David Wall treated him 42 days at the start of illness and says most of that time he was unconscious. He recalls waking in winter, wearing an overcoat, with no memory of holidays or events during the lapse.
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Bert Owens
Elwood St
W. Washington St
David Wall
Indiana-ave
Tramp’s Night of Terror Ends in Deathly Encounter
In Reading Pennsylvania on April 13 Geo Glass of Wernersville shot and killed a mad dog that guarded a ferocious hound attacking a tramp on a lonely road. The exhausted man had watched the dog all night, fearing for his life and losing his first sleep in years.
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Reading
Geo. Glass
Wernersville
Glass
South Mountain
Gray-haired sisters accused of abandoning babies for benefit
Catherine and Agnes Fay, elderly sisters in St. Louis, were arrested after four babies were found at their home. They allegedly abandoned infants on doorsteps to aid mothers who could not care for them but wanted the children cared for, and the children were sent to a foundling asylum.
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ST. Louis
Catherine
Agnes Fay
Cortelyou Appointed as President's Private Secretary
The president named Geo. B. Cortelyou of New York as private secretary replacing John Addison Porter who resigned due to ill health. Cortelyou has served as assistant secretary for some time and assumes the post immediately.
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Cortelyou
Washington
Geo. B. Cortelyou
John Addison Porter
New York
Porter
Thirty Five Applications For Eight Year Teaching Licenses
The superintendent of public instruction received 35 applications for professional licenses valid eight years allowing teaching in any state school. Passing the second division of the examination grants a life license. J. I. Carson of Washington PA endorses Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for stomach trouble, noting it digests what you eat and is sold by all druggists.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
J. I. Carson
Washington
Heroic Rescues From East Side Fire Endanger Heller Family
An April fire on Cannons Street 67 and tenements 41 and 43 Forsyth Street trapped residents. Hyman Heller, wife and two children were rescued unconscious but survived. the father is feared dead. About 150 residents were affected and firefights saved others via roof escapes. total damage around 15000 dollars.
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New York
Hyman Heller
Heller
Beller
Forsyth St
Vice Presidential Nominations Debate Roosesvelt Out
Worries linger over Republican and Democratic vice presidential picks. Roosevelt withdrawn to run for New York governor. Bliss also out. Possible GOP names include Sherman Long Cannon Walcott Spooner and Fairbanks with Frye favoring a western candidate. Democrats eye Admiral Schley with Senator Jones noting cordial sentiment and Schley’s war hero status.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Bliss Beth
Sherman
Utah
Navy Long
Massachusetts
Cannon
Illinois
Walcott
Spooner
Wisconsin
Fairbanks
Indiana
Frye
Maine
Admiral Schley
Jones
Democratic National Committee
Schley
Spain
Water Company Warns City Over Montcalmst Track Plan
A letter from T. A. Morris, president of the water company, sent to Indianapolis and the street car company threatens court action over tracks laid across water mains on Montcalmst. The note claims the water main, placed in 1898 with the city’s orders and near the street’s middle where gas mains lie, gives the water company superior rights. It states the city’s Riverside parkine order to the street car company and warns that the water company will seek redress for any damage or loss, holding the city responsible.
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Water Company
Indianapolis
Stret Car Company
Montcalmst
T. A. Morris
Davis
Two Small-Pox Cases Spark Family Quarantine
Two small-pox cases trigger quarantine of both households. Bert Hawkins, 20, of 1337 W Ohtost, refuses hospital isolation despite exposure to his brother and sister-in-law with three children. Dr Ferguson also reports H C Peterson, 03 Daugherty St, with small-pox and quarantines his home while his wife and brother remain exposed.
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Bert Hawkins
W. Ohtost
Hawkins
C. E. Ferguson
H. C. Peterson
Daughertyst
Cure Dyspepsia Digestive Aid Promises Quick Relief
Cure Dyspepsia is advertised as an artificial digestant and tonic that digests food and aids Nature in strengthening exhausted digestive organs. It claims to be the latest discovery with unmatched efficiency, instantly relieving and permanently curing indigestion heartburn flatulence sour stomach nausea dull headaches gastralgia cramps and related symptoms.
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