Fraudulent check led to aunt's money plot. two youths seized
Miss Jane Brunot, last linked to a forged $200 check signed in her name, aimed to access funds from the Dana bank. One accused is young Brunot, who claimed a job offer, but the bank refused. The forgery resulted in a $183 exchange via Chicago draft. The item closes with police notes and multiple local incidents.
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Dana
Ind
Jane Brunot
Pana
Ill
Milton Sumon
Miss Brunot
Bank of Dana
Young Brunot
Appleton & Co
Indianapolis
Miss. Brunot
Chicago
Fontanet
Two Train Robbery Suspects Captured in Indiana
Two members of a gang that has robbed Grand Trunk and Lake Shore trains of about 100000 in goods in the past year were captured in Valparaiso Indiana after being found in a car while the train moved. The men were armed and resisted. the last car contained bonded goods from Canada and the suspects face federal action.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Grand Trunk and Lake Shore Railroad
Canada
Uncle Sam
County plans jail and sheriff's residence contracts
Peru Indiana county commissioners set contracts for a new jail and sheriff's residence. Additional kilns are being built at the Electric Manufacturing Company works in the porcelain department to use coal as gas supplies dwindle. Several Mormon elders proselyting locally have added three new associates.
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Peru
Ind
Electric Manufacturing Company
Stolen Boy Roy Chatterson Sought Among Gypsies
South Bend Ind April 25 report says no trace of Roy Chatterson missing from Three Oaks Michigan. Officers allege he was taken by Gypsies who were camping near Three Oaks when he disappeared.
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South Bend, Inc
Roy Chatterson
Three Oaks, ‘Mich
Three Oaks
Miners Conference in Brazil Seeks Settlement
L. F. McCormack state labor commissioner and President Mitchell of the National Miners Union meet with striking machine miners and operators in Brazil Indiana to adjust ongoing disputes and seek a peaceful settlement.
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Conference of Miners
Brazil
Ind
L. FB. McCormack
Mitchell
National Miners’ Union
Cocaine Seizure Follows Local Raid
In Shelbyville two Boggstown men Reno and Amos were removed from Goulding and Bogeman's saloon by officers and cocaine was pumped from their stomachs at the prosecutor's office. Arrests expected.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Boggstown
Reno
Amos
Goulding
Bogeman
Fatal Formalin Dose Fatal Dose of Formalin
James Kehoe a 25 year old inmate at a home for the feeble minded died after drinking formalin used to disinfect seed potatoes. The accidental ingestion occurred in Fort Wayne Indiana on April 25. Police are investigating the incident.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
James Kehoe
Victor Mann Dies by Own Action Over Ill Health
Elkhart Indiana April 25 Victor Mann 22 died by his own hand using morphine due to ill health He feared he could not earn enough to wed the woman he was engaged to in the aftermath of his Spanish war service.
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Elkhart
Ind
Victor Mann
Gen. Trotter
Lexington
George Marshall
Gen
George Trotter
Trotter
Banes
Indiana towns report varied incidents and shifts
Reports from Indiana include Muncie securing a union station, Richmond selling cigarettes for 500 a year, Danville organizing an anti cigarette club, and multiple tragic events. Hamilton county orphan 17 year old Morphine, Knightstown man killed near Tucson, Ariz.
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Danville
Albert Haggswood
Orphan
Hamilton County
Sudden Deaths Linked to Poison Plot in Taylorsville
In Taylorsville Illinois April 25 Mrs Jennie Brunot confronts her son and Fred Sibley the confessed murderers for confessing the murder of her sister in law Young Brunot tells State's attorney Humphreys of details prompting a warrant for his mother He claims he forged a drug order using his father's name and that his mother used arsenic to kill rats Two days later the elder Brunot died of apoplexy fueling rumors he also killed Mrs Mary McIntyre in Pana January 26
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Taylorsville, II
Jennie Brunot
Fred Sibley
Brunot
Humphreys
Assumption
Mary McIntyre
Pana
Butchered His Family in Jealous Crime in Camden
Edward Oswald killed his wife and a five year old daughter while they slept in Camden New Jersey, after which he wounded himself and attempted suicide. The eldest daughter screamed for help and escaped. Oswald was taken into custody, with jealousy cited as the motive.
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Edward Oswald
Camden
WN. J
Oswald
Frederick Schmidt Identified in Cincinnati Suicide Case
The young man who shot himself at 803 WW Washington St was identified as Frederick Schmidt of Cincinnati. His father William Schmidt notified relatives, and Frederick Paittmann of 331 E Raymond St identified him at Blanchard's. The body will be taken to Cincinnati for burial. The father reports no motive and notes the deceased was sober and industrious at 28 and unmarried.
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Washington St
Frederick Schmidt
Cincinnati
William Schmidt
Frederick Paittmann
Schmidt
Accused in Watch Theft Acquitted in Quick Trial
Robert Taylor, 62, colored, was tried and acquitted in criminal court after a saloon altercation on W tenth street ended with Hickey missing a watch. Police searched Taylor but found no watch. testimony praised his honesty though he had earlier been known as a fighter. The jury discharged him after a brief deliberation.
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Terre Haute
Ohio
Henry Taylor
Morgan
Maude “Wampler
Taylor
Robert Taylor
Wm. H. Hickey
W. Tenth-st
Hickey
Receiver Coffin Receives $350 From Krag Reynolds Co
Receiver David W. Coffin of the Krag Reynolds Company receives $350 on a specified account. The brief item notes payment to Coffin, with emphasis on the receiver role and the sum involved.
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Coffin
David W. ‘Coffin
Krag- Reynolds Company
Rae
Acfol
Indianapolis Sightsees Federal Building Site With James K Taylor
Treasury supervising architect James K Taylor toured Indianapolis to review proposed sites for a new federal building. He met local notables, viewed the statehouse and public library, and expressed preference for low buildings and lighter dome glass while staying noncommittal on sites. The Denison reception and city drives accompanied his visit.
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James K. Taylor
The
Treasury
Federal
Denison House
Martindale
A. A. Young
Franklin Hays
Ohio
Taylor
Indianapolis
Columbia Club
Denison
James Whitcomb Riley
Pennsylvania-st
Charley Dennis
Washington
State House
John C. New
Big steel project eyed for Cambridge City plan
Report from Richmond Indiana on a proposed large steel factory scheme backed by Indianapolis capitalists. The plan includes buying 200 plus acres, building an immense plant, laying out housing for married male factory workers, and erecting a school house.
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Richmond
Ind
Indianapolis
Cambridge City
Dublin principal sues school for 450 dollars over salary
Alfred Ellebarger, principal of the Dublin schools, has filed suit against the school corporation in Richmond Indiana claiming that 450 dollars is due him after resigning due to differences.
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Richmond
Ind
Alfred Ellebarger
Dublin
School Corporation
Cable project Hastings to Pensacola to Havana
News notes report a new cable laid between Pensacola Florida and Havana Cuba. Other items include 10 000 visitors to Natchez Mississippi to view Gunboat Nashville and Cardinal Krementz reported dying at age 80 in Cologne.
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Pensacola
Fla
Havana
Nashville
Natchez
Miss
Philip Krementz
Cologne
Naval Academy
Annapsis
Frank Davis
Murphysboro
Ill
Pope Leo
Buffalo
Gibraltar
New York
George Hahr
Chicago
Timothy Dillon
Victor C. Bell
Sidney C. Mayer
Oil City
Palmer House
Richard Croker
Europe
Barns Gap
C. Pennell
Domestic worker faces grand jury over attempted arson in family home
Mary Cashman a three weeks employee at 248 West Street will answer to the grand jury on a charge of attempting to burn the house. A mysterious fire in an upper room damaged dresses of Mary Flynn and Mary Roach and was linked to coal oil soaked items.
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Mary Cashman
Mary Flynn
West Sr
Spilan
Murphy
Flynn
Cashman
Mrs. Flynn
Mammoth rifle works shift to Rock Island plant
An order transfers manufacture oversight of the Ikxrag Jorgensen rifle from Springfield to Rock Island Illinois. A $250000 appropriation becomes available to start work July 3, signaling Rock Island may outpace Springfield as the nation’s leading rifle plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
United States Armory
Rock Island
L. C G. Dickson
British Kowloon occupation faces renewed Chinese resistance
Hong Kong April 25 British observers fear a peaceful occupation of Kowloon as natives retake villages and a 40 000 strong Chinese force gathers behind Tai Po Fu. The British situation mirrors US struggles in the Philippines.
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Hong Kong
Kow Loon
Tai Po Fu
Philippines
Births Deaths Marriages Notice
Births list names couples and addresses with newborn girls and boys. Deaths report multiple ages and causes including tuberculosis paralysis consumption meningitis and heart failure. Marriages list several couples with spaces and street addresses for license records.
Beef Court Begins Review After Ten Weeks
The beef court of inquiry opened Tuesday to consider its report after almost ten weeks of sessions. Testimony spans about 4,500 pages.
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Washington
Beef Court of Inquiry
Kipling’s First Work Sells as Rare First Edition
A first edition of Rudyard Kipling’s School Boys Lyrics in original wrappers printed in Lahore for private circulation sold in London on Monday for £135. The work described as exceedingly rare if not unique. Kipling was 18 at the time of production.
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Kipling
London
Rudyard Kipling
Lahore
Political Tips and City Clerk Nomination Talk
A veteran campaigner warns that Tom Taggart may be used as a lever in a heated mayoralty race while Republicans push for a quick decision. Nominees for city clerk include Chas N Elkiett Eugene Harris and Oliver Byram with HE Oburn urged by supporters.
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Tom Taggart
Chas. N. Elkiett
Republican County Committee
Vandalia
Eugene Harris
Oliver Byram
Hilliott
HE. T. Oburn
Pneumonia Fears and Chamberlains Cough Remedy
A claim that pneumonia follows colds, touting Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a quick cure and preventive. The ad asserts the remedy is specially made for this ailment, famous worldwide, and available at all druggists with a low price.
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