Nashville Fire Wipes Out Business Area Incendiary Suspected
Nashville Indiana suffered a devastating blaze early Monday that destroyed multiple buildings along the town square including C. N. Carvin's implement store and Calvin's restaurant. Incendiary strike suspected as Ora Kellar was injured by a falling timber while fighting the flames. estimated losses around $20,000.
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Nashville
Ora Kellar
C. N. Carvin
Calvin
Masonic Hall
Court House
Kellar
Salt Solution Revives Woman in Indiana Hospital
In Evansville Indiana on April 15 Mrs Sallie Allen revived after doctors declared her dead following abdominal surgery. Three minutes after Dr Richstein injected a pint of normal salt solution into a vein she opened her eyes and asked for food. The case attracts wide comment from physicians.
Cupid Linked By Mail For Twenty Years Wedding
In Muncie Indiana on April 15 Miss Sadie Heffner and Sylvester Colvin of Hamilton Ontario married here after twenty years of courtship separated by long gaps and intermittent letters. They plan to reside in Hamilton now that they are wed.
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Muncie, Ind
Sadie
Hamilton, Ont
Bright Young Preacher Killed Stepping From Train
Reverend Edwin J. Olliver, pastor of the Peru evangelical church, was instantly killed Monday in Elwood after stepping off a Wabash train into another, at Herne conference return. The tragedy stunned local worshippers and drew attention to the young ministry.
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Peru
Edwin J. Olliver
Indiana Cemeteries List Notable Local Figures
Indiana cenates recount list of deceased individuals with ages and towns. Scott McDaniel 55 Jeffersonville left double pneumonia, multiple family deaths nearby. Benjamin F Aiman 74 Pendleton owned grain elevators Cataract mills and lands. Charles A Jackson 48 Columbus principal of colored Schools. D B Curtis 83 Warsaw. James E Walker Noblesville Indianapolis editor Ledger Lafayette Call. Miss Addies eele 54 Charlestown church charity worker.
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Scott McDaniel
Jeffersonville
Webster
Richard
Hosea Tillson
Bethel
Christian Church
Benjamin F. Aiman
Pendleton
Aiman Grain Elevators
Lawa
Warsaw
James E. Walker
Noblesville
Indianapolis
Ledger
Lafayette Call
Miss Addies
Eele
Charlestown
Partially Finished House Fire Damages Builder in Muncie
In Muncie on April 15 a partially completed house built by contractor Glint Hancock was set ablaze Saturday night causing $600 in loss with no insurance. Hancock suspects enemies aim to disrupt his work, noting previous incidents where partially finished houses were destroyed over the past six years including an incident two years ago.
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Muncie, Inc
Glint Hancock
Han
Ball brothers set fruit jar prices for coming season
In Muncie Indiana on April 15 the Ball brothers and other large firms agreed carload prices for fruit jars. Pints cost $5.50 per gross, quarts $5.75 per gross, half gallons $8.25 per gross, about a 5 percent advance over last year.
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Muncie
Ind
Ball Brothers
Five Marriages Allegedly Claimed by Calvin Man
LaPorte Indiana April 15 Officers search for Fredk Erksmire of Calvin Michigan who is accused of contracting five marriages without divorces. He has been missing for months and was last heard from in South Bend where he allegedly abandoned his fifth wife. He was formerly an itinerant preacher.
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Laporte
Ind
Fredk. Erksmire
Calvin
Mich
Erksmire
South Bend
R. M. Jackson’s Death Shocks Columbus Community
R M Jackson a prominent odd fellow and oldest carriage maker in Columbus Indiana died at 8 am Monday He pioneered the old style break neck bicycles and contributed to local industry and leisure in the city authorities report his death as a notable loss to the business and fraternal community.
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Columbus
Ind
R. M. Jackson
Indiana miscellany notes on crime, industry and deaths
Indiana items report measles insanity in Modoc and a smallpox case in Terre Haute. Muncie fruit jar plant burns. Richmond schools reelect T A Mott. unions extend to Converse. Warsaw woman, 22, commits morphine suicide. two Columbus marriages. ancient Elm era stores torn down for block. coal strike at Princeton. Danville and Lafayette bank plans. oil fields near Portland and Antiville. Evansville poison arsenic clue. Fort Wayne electric line plan. West Baden saloon attack case. Huntington golden anniversary of John Kenower.
Prospectus of 1900s Kokomo political and business items
Fragmentary notes describe a 1961 shell injury and a dead pile incident, then list Sullivan Republicans with candidates for clerk treasurer marshal and council seats. A school building bond vote is debated. The Fortune Hunters in Kokomo pursue a phantom $300,000 estate claim in Maryland. Huntington grants Fort Wayne and Southwestern traction franchise with a $7,000 bonus for a power house. line to Fort Wayne Wabash Warren Marion and Montpeter fields.
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Fortune-hunters Association
Kokomo
Andrew House
Maryland
R. L. Adams
Richmond
Huntington Council
Fort Wayne & Southwestern Traction Company
Fort Wayne
Wabash
Western Points
Warren
Montpeter
Marion
Boers Threaten British Commerce in Privateer Plan
Gen Pearson the Boer agent says British commerce will face a great surprise as Boers plan to fit out privateers to capture vessels carrying mules for the Transvaal. He spoke after a court dismissed an injunction suit to halt mule shipments.
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Pearson
D Burghers
Turner proposes sending Blacks to Africa to solve race problems
Atlanta April 15 Bishop Turner president of the Sixth district of the African M E church argues the race problem lies in deporting what he calls the bad element to Africa. He says all colored people should seek homes where they can establish self governing communities and urges U S aid to relocate up to 3,000,000 Africans if travel costs are covered.
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Elwood
Ind
New Methodist Church
Bishop Merrill
M. E
Cc. C. Albertson
Richmond
G. C. Hedson
Wives, Widows and Daughters of Preachers’ Association
London Denies Boers Captured French and 500 Men
The British War Office officially denies reports that Gen. French and 500 men were captured by the Boers. The April 15 dispatch states the claim was untrue and counters it as misinformation from the field.
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London
British War Office
French
Ex Lieutenant Governor Hanna Dies Suddenly in Indiana
Ex Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hanna dies at his Indianapolis home after a 1:30 p.m. collapse from apoplexy. He was born in 1841 in Lawrence County and served in the 15th Indiana during the war. Funeral from 317 E Vermont St Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. with burial in Greencastle. Survived by widow and three children.
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Thomas Hanna
Vermont St
C. BE. Bacon
Greencastle
Gov. Hanna
Lawrence County
Depauw University
15Th Indiana Regiment
Tennessee
Porter
Indianapolis
H. Clay Evans
Gertrude
Thos. H
Maurice M. Hanna
Hopper and Daly Charged Over Sunday Concert Violation
DeWolf Hopper and Dan Daly were arraigned in Yorkville court on charges of violating the Sunday concert law. They presented a travesty of Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Academy of Music for actors' fund benefits, Hopper as Uncle Tom in a garish robe and blackened face, Daly as Simon Legree with boots and whip. Inspector Thompson made the arrest as Uncle Tom neared death.
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New York
DeWolf Hopper
Dan Daly
Yorkville Court
Academy of Music
Hopper
Uncle Tom
Daly
Simon Legree
Golden Portals
Inspector Thompson
Barnetts Trial Set for Murder Charge at Bates Inn
Tuesday James Barnett is to be tried in criminal court for the murder of bartender Frank Wilson at the Bates Inn. Defense is led by Duncan Smith Hornbrook Smith Hawkins and Smith with J T W Hill. Saloon-keepers offered to hire a prosecutor’s lawyer, but Ruckelshaus declined.
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James Barnett
Frank Wilson
Bates Inn
Duncan, Smith, Hornbrook & Smith
Hawkins
Bargain Week for Upright Pianos at Baldwin Music Store
Eight piano models described as "almost new" are offered as bargain prices this week at Baldwin Music Store. The sale highlights upright pianos in good condition with reduced prices to attract budget buyers.
Stolen Bonds Offer Hidden Recovery Case in New York
In New York the owners of a Manhattan savings bank story emerge from 1878 theft of 2,747,700 in securities and 11,000 cash. A man claims possession of the stolen bonds and will return them for a nominal fee, while police pursue a 23 year mystery.
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Gainsborough
Bank Fallout Deepens as Man Arrested in Miles Collapse
Chicago dated report notes embezzlement suicide and financial ruin linked to the First National Bank of Miles Michigan a month earlier. John Pruyn a heavy depositor has been taken into custody after going crazy over a $40,000 loss.
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Chicago
First National Bank of
Miles
Mich
John Pruyn
Heir to 100000 for prisoner Charles Dixon
Columbus Ohio April 15 Charles Dixon a federal prisoner has received a letter stating he is heir to 100000 He served in the Spanish war and was convicted of pension frauds He concealed the disgrace from his family who believed him dead His letter revealed both parents are dead leaving him and an only sister as joint heirs to 200000 in estate
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Columbus
Charles Dixon
Dixon
Abuse of second class mail reaches millions in losses
The post office department weighs reform as hundreds of papers and magazines use prizes and guessing contests to boost circulation. Annual losses from second class matter range from 15 million to 25 million dollars. Denial of second class rates may be applied to these publications.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Floating Exposition Ship Touts American Goods
Washington April 15. American manufacturers plan a floating exposition. A large ship will be equipped with various classes of goods and tour Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean ports. Orders will be taken aboard, making the ship a sailing drummer for trade promotion.
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Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Bargain Prices for Upright Pianos This Week
New upright pianos arrive at Baldwin Music Store with special bargain prices this week.
Indianapolis Spiritualist Woman Died at Poor Farm After Son Abandoned Her
Mrs Caroline Hudson 90 a longtime Indianapolis resident known among spiritualists died at the poor farm after her son, who had squandered her money and left, gave no word. Born in Boston in 1811 she moved to Indianapolis with husband a few decades ago and was cared for by William Esbach. Funeral services will be held at the cemetery chapel Tuesday at 2 30 p m.
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Caroline Hudson
Hudson
Boston
Indianapolis
Fletcher & Sharp and Harrison
Denver
Pointer
Vermont St
Indiana-ave
Crownhill
Carpenters' Scale Signed By Smock and Crusie
About 25 carpenters for Contractors to Act signed the carpenters' scale on Monday, adding 25 men to work while about 150 remained unplaced. Carpenters said they could place most of the rest but many wait to see if their contractors sign the scale. A contractors meeting was set for 4 p.m.
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F. C. Smock & Co
Christ. Crusie
Carpenters
Penters
Fifteen Children in Mansions Versus Sixty Three in Tenement
A New York newspaper investigation finds stark contrasts between wealth and poverty. In the east side tenement area there are 63 children, while in a mile of Fifth Avenue mansions there are only 15. The study notes a fourfold difference in child populations.
Laborers in Politics Organize Independent Labor Party
New York building trades unions voted to enter politics and form an independent labor party after court rulings struck down wage and stone dressing laws. The laws’ annulment is a setback for labor, costing unions thousands in agitation costs. A separate note mentions Rev Ballard Bedford and Lucas to take part in correspondence chess with players in Indiana Illinois and Ohio.
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New York
Building Trades' Unions
Court of Appeals
F. O Ballard
C. T. Bedford
D. R. Lucas
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Public meeting denounces Tron and Fairbank backers
At Tomlinson hall on Sunday afternoon a resoluti on denounced William Tron of Fairbank and allies who praised his character. Rev J S Bitler spoke, arguing ancient Rome and Greece show licentiousness and warned against similar vices in modern times.
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Tron
Tomlinson Hall
No Indianapolis
Associati
J. S. Bitler
Chi«#ag
John F. Craig Dies of Pneumonia After Wife's Funeral
John F. Craig ex trustee of Haughville and former postmaster died Sunday morning from pneumonia. He contracted the illness after attending his wife's funeral last Friday. Mrs. Craig also died of pneumonia. They leave one orphan boy. Craig was a prominent Odd Fellow and lived at Germania and Calvelage?
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John F. Craig
Haughvill
Indianapolis
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