Mystery Man Peter Power Confirmed In York City
April report confirms Peter Power exists in York with 100 shares of Northern Pacific stock and a half interest in a house at 260 West Ninety Ninth Street mortgaged for 10 000 dollars. Attorney George Lamb explains secrecy aimed to avoid caricature while pursuing a landmark 400 million dollar Northern Securities case.
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York
Peter Power
Northern Securities Cine
Northern, Pacific
Ninety-ninth St
George Alfred Lamb
Northern Securities
Lorenzo Power
Peter
Power
Man and woman clash over marriage claim in Terre Haute incident
In Terre Haute on Saturday night Charles Iter, a colored man, was chased over an alley fence by Mattie Covington who carried a revolver. She had gone to his fiancée's house with a justice of the peace to marry her daughter. Mrs Covington was arrested. Porter took possession of the house. When Joseph Wharton asked why his laundry wasn’t delivered Porter cut his throat but Wharton survived.
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Terre ‘Haute
Ind
Charles Iter
Mattie Covington
Dead body found on river bank in Muncie Indiana
A young man named Younce was found dead on the river bank in Muncie Indiana. The coroner ruled suicide after the body had been there several days. The deceased had recently mourned his grandfather's death.
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Muncie
Younce
Mingigdimeswa
Actor Sol Smith Russell Reported Near Death
Washington April 28 Sol Smith Russell actor in dying condition at his Hotel Richmond apartment. He has suffered months of intermittent paralysis with a severe attack Friday night and was judged by his physician to be sinking rapidly and unlikely to live through the day.
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Washington
Sol Smith Russell
Richmond
Russell
Consulship Bid for Zanzibar Hopes by Hector Fuller
Hector Fuller, literary editor at the News, seeks the Zan zibar consulship with Senator Fairbanks' backing. A former English immigrant who rose through Indianapolis journalism, Fuller reportedly connected with Hil ton A. Brown, News general manager, to pursue the post. He was not reachable Monday and resides at 2446 N. Pennsylvania St.
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Hector Fuller
the News
Zanzibar
Africa
Fairbanks
Fuller
Indianapolis
News
England
Hilton A. Brown
Irvington
Pennsylvania-st
Sudden Death at New Albany Inn Involves Soldier’s Death
Robert Mayes, an old soldier, died after poison in Haramsburg days after marrying Mrs. Sarah Roberts of New Albany. The wife, a fortune teller, had lived with Andrew Routh after his wife died suddenly. Mrs. Roberts later stayed with Anna Hollis, who also died suddenly. The coroner investigates Mayes' death.
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New Albany
Inn
Robert Mayes
Haramsburg
Sarah Roberts
Andrew Routh
Roberts
Anna Hollis
Hollis
Mayes
Remarried Twenty Years After Separation Near Davis Station
William Frazee and his wife, separated for 20 years, were remarried last Saturday near Davis station in Indiana. They had lived a short distance apart during the separation and had not spoken to each other in all that time.
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Laporte
Ind
William Frazee
Davis Station
Wealthy farmer James Alexander found dead in bed
James Alexander aged 84 of Wheeler is found dead in bed. William J Oliver aged 82 of Mashawaka, brother of James Oliver, a famed slow manufacturer in South Bend, dies Sunday night. He engaged in iron works and was wealthy, survived by five children, fifteen grandchildren, and ten great grandchildren.
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James Alexander
Wheeler
William J. Oliver
James Oliver
South Bend
Mashawaka
Took a Game From the Little Toughs at Sun
The Sun reports Victoria British Columbia April 38 that the Tees returned with a life buoy from the Condor disaster and news of wreckage along the coast from Skidgate to Maesst while the Liners seek a game next Sunday against any team four years or older and address communications in care of The Sun.
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SUN Toner
Little Grounds
Gallagher
Bogby
SUN
Victoria
B.C
Tees
Skidgate
Maesst
Russia may grant a constitution under Melikov plan
Reports from St Petersburg on April 23 say the czar is near to adopting a constitutional framework proposed earlier by General Loris Melikov. Well-informed quarters indicate a constitution similar to Melikov's prior draft may be issued shortly.
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Gen Melikov
ST. ‘Petersburg
Russia
Loris Melikov
Vance Fined For Shell Game Plot Against John Lee
William Vance, a North Indianapolis character, was fined $50 and sentenced to 1800 days in the workhouse by Police Judge Stubbs after police found shells used in shell games on arrest. Harry Raines and Vance were caught by Officers Crenin and Coons laying for John Lee with wagon wheels concealed under their coats. Raines received $10 and costs for carrying concealed weapons.
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William Vance
Indianapolis
Stubbs
Vance
Harry Raines
Crenin
Coons
John Lee
Raines
Births Deaths Marriages A City Ledger List
A period notice lists births on various streets with names like George and Clara Boyer and Patrick O Connor, and deaths including Ruby Tulecoat and Louiss Miller, followed by a lengthy marriages section pairing many couples such as Edward Devine with Pearl Morris and Harry Steel with Anna Alsmeyer, plus numerous property repairs and values. The item reads like a local records column documenting births, deaths, marriages, and real estate transactions in a single town observance.
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Ruby Twlecoat
Washington St
Patrick O'Connor
Little Sisters of the Poor
Louiss
M. Miller
Quincy-st
Alexander C. Richardson
W. Twenty-sixth
Frances L. Hill
Host-st
Brookside Ave
William Scott
Bellefontaine-st
John “Davenport
Ritter-ave
Grip
Lyster
West-st
Solomon Kaufman
Edward Devine
Pearl Morris
Harry Steel
Anna Alsmeyer
Charley Hupitt
Nellie Onnan
Peter Hanson
Mary Hanson
Guy T. Gosney
Maude B. McCoy
Furman Burditte
Hannah Tames
Lawry L. Elliott
Lena Harmening
Harry M. King
Cora M. Bolton
William H. Caldwell
Belle Boyd
Clement T. McMillin
Annile Beck
William H. Arnold
Emma H. Hardy
George W. Lydy
Dell McCurday
World’s Fair contract stalls Indiana mill workers
The Nickey hardwood plant in Princeton Indiana facing a strike. More men from Huntingburg are brought in but refuse to work. Railroads Southern Evansville Terre Haute refuse to move lumber for a St. Louis world’s fair contract. In Paris a party election returns show ministerialists and antis. In Fort Wayne merger of Logansport Rochester Northern and Indiana Northern traction will likely fund a line to Kendallville.
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Princeton
Ind
Nickey Hardwood
Huntingburg
Southern
Evansville & ‘Terre
Logansport
Fort Wayne
Logansport, Rochester & Northern Traction Company
Indiana Northern Traction Company
Kendallvalle
Indiana In A Minute Local News Roundup
Three year old daughter of Jacob Newly near Martinsville died in a fire. Nathan Meyer of Wabash to close Pioneer Hat Works due to wage demands. Emanuel Miller stock farm near Brazil saw a 15 ton hay stack blown down on Saturday. Louis Russell shot and killed Perry Stout of Owensboro at a dance near Princeton. Herman Sholtz 12 of Clinton found dead with skull fracture. bicycle nearby. Building at Russiaville used as a Methodist church. Red Men’s Hall destroyed by fire. loss about 500. Gas left burning. Kokomo police stopped an elopement of Edward Waugh and Miss Maude Vickery. They were taken from a train as it pulled out. Bert Keck, superintendent of construction of the Independent Telephone Co in Marion, found unconscious near Jonesboro bridge. unable to speak of what happened. Wheat crop in Howard and neighboring counties forecast half yield. oats slow to sprout. pastures slow to come in. Warm weather and rain needed.
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Jacob Newly
Martinsville
Nathan Meyer
Wabash
Pioneer Hat Works
Emanuel Miller
Brazil
Louis Russell
Perry Stout
Owensboro
Princeton
Herman Sholtz
Clinton
Gkull
Russiaville
Red Men’s Hall
Kokomo
Edward Waugh
Maude Vickery
Bert Keck
Independent Telephone Company
Marion
Jonesboro Bridge
Howard
Two Men Killed as Steam Engine Explodes Near Dover
A boiler explosion on engine 914 of the Morris and Essex division of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad near Dover, NN, kills the engineer and fireman. No passengers harmed and the train remains intact. Names of the dead are not yet known.
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Dover
Morris & Essex
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Here
Bargains in Upright Pianos At Baldwin's Bargains
Readable fragments show promotions for slightly used upright pianos at Baldwin's. Several lines list services from Phoenix Barber Shop and Capitol Cleaning Works with pricing. Travel ads mention special trains Indianapolis to Terre Haute and Dayton round trips on May 4. Also notes about ledgers, and homes offered on easy payments.
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Baldwin
Baldwin’s
Mail Carrier Injured On Street Car Platform
George P. Gibbe a 38 year old mail carrier living at 919 Massachusetts avenue slipped while boarding the front platform of a street car at Liberty and Washington streets Saturday. He fell and the wheel passed over his right heel badly crushing it.
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Liberty
Washington Sts
George P. Gibbe
Massachusetts Ave
Price notice for Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets
An old advertisement states the famous Laxative Bromo Quinine Cold and Grip Cure costs 25 cents and requires the product name to appear on every box as a guarantee of authenticity.
California and Its Attractions for Winter Tourists
A promotional piece touts California as the best winter destination with sunshine, beaches, Monterey golf, Catalina fishing, and the Southern Pacific Sunset Route from New Orleans. It highlights the Sunset route daily service and the Sunset Limited, inviting readers to request literature from W H Connor in Cincinnati.
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California
United States
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Golden California
Pacific Ocean
Monterey
Catalina
New Orleans
Y Pacific Coast
Cincinnati
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Clara Boyer
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Lord St
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Williamsst
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Union-st
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Washington-st
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S. AYRES @ CO
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Federation of American Zionists
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Standard Tea and Grocery CO
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Great Cut Price Grocery Stores
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Mass. Ave
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Joas
16Th
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Market Square
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West St
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Fountain Square
St. Clair St
Mass
Ava
L. A. Jackson
Prop
Hood
Baldwin's
WM. B. Burford
Phoenix Barber Shop
Market St
Capitol Cleaning
Dayton
Rushville
Connersville
Hamilton
Union
WM. B
Burford
Vandalia Line
Terre Haute
E. W. Grove
Massachusetts
Aye
Indianapolis Paint and Color Company
W. B. Craig
Wood's Stable
Tel
Union Station
Pittsburg
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