Deserted by Relatives Man Executed in Electric Chair
Percy Hill executed in Auburn prison for killing Chloe Hancock near Cuba New York on March 18 1908. He faced the death penalty with no relatives present and the mother of the victim shown letters that she believed affected his mind. He recited the 23rd Psalm as the current flowed in two stages totaling about 59 seconds.
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Auburn
N. Y
Percy Hill
Chloe Hancock
Cuba
Hill
Jill
Odd Fellows Celebrate Ninety Years of Fellowship
Indianapolis and Talauna Odd Fellows mark the United States nine tieth anniversary with a Sunday service led by Rev. John H. Neuhauser attended by members of Southeastern Lodge No. 857 and I O O F No. 465.
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Odd Fellows
Indianapolis
Tualana
Odd Fellowship
United States
John H. Neuhauser
Second English Lutheran Church
Southeastern Lodge
H. C. Clippinger
Edwin Ray M. E
I. O. OY
H. XI. Kéan
Austin
Rockport
Huntingburg
W. H. Leedy
Gary
Brook
Rushville
F. L. Priest
Evansville
E. E. Prior
Hobbieville
C J. Orbison
Knighstown
Odeon
Mechanicsburg
Indiana Odd Fellows
Stranger seeks burial fund for dying girl
Detectives search for a stranger who subscribed to bury Miss Lucille Hogan, 2, of 712 S West Street, three days before her death. He entered the Hogan home area with a burial paper and fled before confirming the child’s fate. Hogan had spent months at Flower Mission hospital, dying Saturday morning. The man carried the subscription and presented it to many people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Hogan
S. West Street
Hogan
Miss Hogan
Flower Mission Hospital
May Extend Line to Connersville Connected to Richmond Indiana
Officials completed an inspection trip from Milton to Connersville and revived plans to extend the line to Fayette county. Connersville merchants expect the project, opening rich eastern Indiana territory, to succeed with prospects of connecting Terre Haute and Indianapolis & Eastern traction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Eastern
Traction
Milton
Connersville
Fayette County
Indiana
House Built Around Tree Among 197 Illustrations
Popular Mechanics May issue features a house built around a large tree. The owner refused to cut the tree despite the house’s design acclaim.
Frederick Roeder Despondent Worker Ends Life
The body of Frederick Roeder, 59, was found in White River near Harding street. He had left home at 226 Wisconsin street on April 16 saying he would not return until employed. Despondent over unemployment after 14 days in 18 months, he took his life. Funeral held Monday at 10 from Fr A Blanchard's parlors.
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Frederick Roeder
White River
Harding Street
Roeder
Wisconsin Street
Calf Theft Case Costs County Large Share of Jury Pool
In Klamath Falls Oregon the calf theft case against J J Arant has drawn 77 jurors at county expense with 15 prosecution and 21 defense witnesses. The dispute over ownership centers on mistaken identity of the calf found in Arant's possession. Proceedings head to a second trial after the jury disagreed at the June term and court costs are projected to rise to about 5000 dollars.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Kualmath County
Arant
War on autos sparks threats near Wheatland
Washington Indiana reports say farmers near Wheatland have declared and begun war on autoists. Auto tires are punctured on journeys to Vincennes and Wheatland paths, with barbed wire barbs scattered along roads after a fatal accident involving the Barekman boy.
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Washington
Ind
Wheatland
Vincennes
Massachusetts Avenue Merchants United Incorporation
The Massachusetts Avenue Merchants Association filed its incorporation papers with the secretary of state. Directors include George J. Marrett O J Conrad Harry Stout G H Westing George J Hammel Leonard Geiger Robert Losey Howard Amos John Bettermann Fr C Bennett and H H Reiner. The group aims to make Massachusetts avenue in Indianapolis more attractive as a retail street and foster business and friendly merchant intercourse in the salt street district.
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Massachusetts Avenue
Father of 14 Children Ends Life in Des Moines
Des Moines, April 26. Peter M. Miller, father of 14, committed suicide by swallowing carbolic acid. He told his wife he could no longer care for such a large family. The widow is left destitute.
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Des Moines
Peter M. Miller
Island Governor Shot in Philippine Province
Maj. John P. Finley governor of Zamaoagna province in the Philippines and a leading U S army executive was shot and killed by his orderly. Dispatches from Zamboanga say the cause is unclear whether accidental or not. Finley of the Twenty eighth Infantry was en route to San Francisco on furlough.
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San Francisco
John P. Finley
Zamaoagna Province
Philippine Islands
United States Army
Zamboagna
Finley
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Two Men Buried Alive in Ditch Near Gaston Indiana
Albert Long and A O McKieven were buried in a ten foot ditch on the Peterson farm near Gaston Indiana after a cave in on Saturday. Long stood at the edge while McKibben was bent over as if laying tile when rescued. Both men left families including Long who is survived by a wife and six children.
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Muncie
Ind
Albert Long
A. O. McKieven
Peterson Farm
Gaston
Long
McKibben
Mother Sees Child Run Over by Auto on City Street
Mrs Edward Henn of 712 East Michigan Street witnessed Sunday night as her six year old son was struck by a car driven by Allen Hill of 809 Jefferson Avenue. The boy suffered a broken left leg and head bruises.
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Edward Henn
Michigan Street
Allen Hill
Jefferson Avenue
Horseshoe and Marble Games Stir Rush County Citizens
In Rushville Indiana on April 26 at Ging Station locals practice horseshoes as world beaters claim, with ringers in Ging and marble players in Milroy gaining a notable athletic record for Rush County.
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Rush County
Rushville
Ind
Ging Station
Milroy
Vermilion County Land Trio Expands Holdings Near Rockville
Howard Maxwell and Thomas H. Callin add 150 acres to their 400 acre purchase from John Collett in Vermilion county. The total reaches 560 acres, nearly all of Collett lands in the region.
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Rockville
Ind
Howard Maxwell
Thomas H. Callin
John Collett
Vermilion County
Collett
Bloomington names new Bloomington superintendent
Prof Lester Smith head of Canal Zone schools to lead Bloomington schools succeeding Prof W H Sanders who resigned to join Wisconsin Normal School His salary is set at 2200 dollars annually His parents reside in Bloomington New York also reports Miss Nora Langhorne and Paul Phipps of London wed in a ceremony conducted by Bishop Courtney and the Rev Nenave of Virginia
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Bloomington
Ind
Lester Smith
Canal Zone
W. H. Sanders
Wisconsin Normal School
Smith
Indianapolis
New York
Nora Langhorne
Paul ‘Phipps
London
Courtney
Nenave
Virginia
Light Mourning Etiquette Cited in Broadway Dialog
Mrs. Baker explains to Boobie that light mourning allows matinee attendance but bars evening performances, as quoted in May Lippincott. The exchange reflects social norms on theatergoing during mourning periods.
All Kinds of People Make Up a Circus
The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth attracts interpreters from many regions as it travels, led by James A. Bailey and P. T. Barnum. The May 10 performance promises unprecedented acts and new improvements, with a downtown ticket office opening on show day at Huder's.
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Europe
James A. Bailey
P. T. Barnum
Cireus
Huder’s
Church People 10 Out to Recover Property
Evansville Indiana April 26 members of the Jefferson Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian church welcomed an appellate court ruling that Cumberland Presbyterians are entitled to their church property held jointly with the Presbyterians. Suits are expected to be filed this week to recover the property.
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Evansville
Ind
Jefferson Avenue
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Appellate Court of
Indiana
Cumberland Presbyterians
Funeral of Dr David Miller Pioneering Indianapolis Resident
The funeral for Dr David Miller formerly of Indianapolis and long-time Franklin resident was held Monday afternoon at A M Ragsdale chapel. He was 67 and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and the G A R post at Franklin.
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David Miller
Indianapolis
Franklin
Ind
A. M
Stockyards Men See Elko Careless Cupid
A prominent Elk at the stockyards pledged to sell 100 tickets for the Elks musical comedy Careless Cupid at English’s Thursday through Saturday nights, the twenty ninth annual show to benefit Indianapolis orphans. Ticket agents were appointed, with strong advance sales reported this morning.
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ELKO
Stockyards
Hubert Riley
The
Elks
Nicholas Longworth to Return to Washington This Week
Congressman Nicholas Longworth, visiting his mother in Cincinnati, will fly back to Washington within the week. Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth stayed behind due to ill health and did not accompany him on the trip.
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Cincinnati
Nicholas Longworth
Washington
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Taft's Son Stars in Private Secretary Stage Play
In Waterbury Connecticut April the dramatic club of Taft's school presents The Private Secretary with Charles Taft the president's son playing Eva Webster the heroine. The show debuts Saturday night at Waterbury hall then moves to Carnegie Hall in New York.
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Waterbury, Conn
Dramatic Club
Taft
Waterbury Hall
Carnegie Hall
New York
Charles Taft
Eva Webster
Milwaukee Beats Kansas City 2 1 for Third Straight Win
In Milwaukee on April 26 the home club defeated Kansas City 2 to 1 before the largest crowd ever seen at a Milwaukee game. Pape shut out the visitors until two outs in the ninth when Flaherty homered to break the shutout.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Kansas City
Pape
Flaherty
Biggest cider mill planned for Worcester dry city
Worcester,MassApril 26 The city known as the largest dry city will host the world's biggest cider mill. Cider will be moved from large tanks into barrels for Worcester county trade and export services.
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Worcester
Mass
Worcester County
May McGrew Awarded $2000 By Jury In Probate Court
Mrs May McGrew sued for 2500 claiming a loan to the late Archie C McGrew. A probate court jury awarded her 2000. She was one of his former wives, the man having been married three times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May McGrew
Archie C. McGrew
Sowing Hard Labor Season Warns of Grass Seed Woes
A Greensburg Argus note warns that planting grass seed in this season attracts rash, short sighted actions that will later demand lawn mowing and heavy labor to repair.
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Greensburg Argus
Party at Propylaeum for Young Members
A young people and children party will be held at the Propylaeum on Saturday May 1 at 2 p m. The event is hosted by the Young Women’s Missionary Society of the Second Presbyterian Church. Tickets cost 25 cents each.
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Propylaeum
Young Women's Missionary Society
Second Presbyterian Church
Knights of Columbus Initiate 60 in Columbus Council Event
More than 500 Knights from Indianapolis and elsewhere attended in Columbus Indiana to initiate 60 candidates into Columbus council No 141. Degrees were conducted by Indianapolis council No 473 South Bend No 63 and Notre Dame staff. A Good Spring Biced Medicine advertises Haneg liver pills a six week course to cleanse blood and restore organs with various bottle sizes.
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NEW K. OF C. Council
Columbus
Ind
Knights of Columbus
Indianapolis
Columbus Council
Haneg
Haag
Julius A. Haag
Bogue Returns From Convalescent Trip After Illness
Mr Benjamin N Bogue principal of Bogue s School for Stammerers was confined at St Vincent s hospital for 11 weeks with typhoid fever He has now fully recovered and weighs more than ever His itinerary included Atlantic City New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington.
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Benjamin N. Bogue
Bogue
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Atlantic City
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
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