Two Women Kill Their Husbands in Nashville and Arkansas
In Tennessee Nashville Tean Aug Charles T Reed was shot and killed by his wife on Wednesday her brother then shot her through the body She may recover The couple had a turbulent domestic life for years In Arkansas City Ark Newt Sarria 50 while drunk attacked his wife with a chair She shot him through the heart Mrs Farris 45 has not been arrested
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tean
Charles T. Reed
Arkansas City
Ark
Newt ‘Sarria
Engineer Fatally Hurt and Fireman Killed Saving Man
Fireman John AV. Smith died and Engineer John RR. Hoffman was fatally injured when a Panhandle train from the west jumped a track on a curve near JEEWETT on a Wednesday. Two passengers were seriously injured. Hoffman saw a man on the track and applied airbrakes, but the train derailed into an embankment. The man on the track escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman
Felt for Miles Bluffton lid blast kills three workers
A nitroglycerine explosion near Felt for Miles Bluffton lid killed Edward Radabough driver William Howard compounder and Wilam Breffy assistant. The blast left a 90 by 20 foot crater, dusted nearby land and shattered glass as far as Hartford City and Montpelier. Breffy leaves a wife and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Montpelier
Bretty
Sprinkling Contract Dispute Emphasizes Payment Deductions
In Komo, Indiana, Kennington Bros faced a halt in payment after Inspector Smock refused to deduct $91.60 for improper sprinkling on Crawfordville road. An extra $2.76 was docked for water sprinkling on Michigan street Highland avenue to Walratt street. Police public note tells of two men, Hincho and Hincho, ordered by the court to kiss as penalty after a scuffle. They confessed continued affection and the judge then dismissed the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennington Bros
Howard Smock
Crawfordville
Water Company
Wate
Michigan St
Highland-ave
Walratt St
Rokomo
Ind
John
Bfar
Hincho
WITNESS NEEDED TO PROVE POLLUTION OF WHITE RIVER
Health authorities seek a witness to prove waste water from Muncle and Yorktown strawboard ponds entered the White River. Strawboard executives deny the pollution, urging the board to secure testimony from someone who saw the discharge. Citizens along the river push for action amid slow progress. Flora Indiana reports romance and a New York beggar case close by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Strawboard Works
White River
3. N. Harey
5. H. Emery
Strawboard Company
Carey
Macey
Avans
Muncle
Yorktown
Yorttown
Dr. Hurty
Health Board
Anderton
Mosquito War Prepares Oil Pond Trials in Indiana
State board of health vows relentless war on mosquitoes as it plans repeat ponds oil treatment after initial kerosene baths in Anderson and Noblesville reduced odor and larval numbers. Dr Murty notes millions of larvae killed and surface corpses visible, signaling a successful start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Indiana
State Board of Feurtth
Anderson
Noblesville
Murty Vaid
Haymakers To Meet In Washington Hall Saturday
The National association of haymakers a Red men branch will convene in Washington hall on Saturday morning. That night Indianapolis hayloft WU will host a smoker for visiting members. On Sunday the group travels to Anderson Mun¢le where haylofts of the cities will entertain them under G A Haller who chairs the local entertainment committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Haymakers
Red Men
Washington Hall
Indianapolis
Anderson Land Mun¢le
G. A. Haller
Pope Pius X Walks Unattended in Vatican Garden
Rome reports Pope Pius X, after a busy Wednesday of receptions and business, walked alone in the Vatican garden Thursday morning to clear his head. Guards were surprised to see the new pope without guards or formal escort. Church bells rang for an hour in Rome in honor of the election. Later, Pope Pius X received dignitaries, with a ceremonial reception in the throne room of the Vatican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bella
Rome
Pius X
Vatican
Fis Nollness
Diplomatic Corps
Sacred College
Carricu Aus
Morton Bookwalter Dies in Denver Hospital
Secretary to the mayor, Harry Brunaugh, reported the death of Morton Bookwalter, the mayor’s brother, from consumption at Oske hospital in Denver. He had been ill for years and traveled seeking relief to Philadelphia New Mexico and Denver. Morton was superintendent of the mechanical department of the Taddle House Journal in Philadelphia. his body will be moved to Fort Wayne for burial Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Brunaugh
Morton Bookwalter
Oskes Hospital
Denver
Mayor Bookwalter
Book
Walter
Philadelphia
New Mexico
Morton Rockwalter
Tadieg’ Home Journal
Fort Wayne
Deed of trust filed by St Louis American league boss
Ralph YH Orthwein, president, files a deed of trust securing $1000 loans. Property to Charles C Orthwein of Kanzac City. Instrument states Orthwein for money advanced to carry loans and protect securities. He says it was a means to raise $100,000 for business ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louie
Aug
Ralph YH. Orthwein
St. Louis
American League Baseball Company
Charles C. Orthwein
Kanzac City
Orthwein Sa
Orthwein
Body weighed down found in Ohio river near Cincinnati
A body retrieved from the Ohio river at North Bend Wednesday carried about three pounds of iron attached by a wire. Police believe the man was murdered. Authorities are investigating the death as a possible homicide with the victim unnamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
North Bend
Cincinnati
Carnegie Gives $2,500,000 to Scotland Birthplace Trust
Andrew Carnegie will give 2,200,000 in United States steel trust bonds to Dunfermline Scotland his birthplace. Gen Nelson A Miles declares not a candidate for G A R commander. Arlei Philip May dies in London on a Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
London
Andrew Carnegie
United States
Dunfermline
Scotland
New Indiana Songs Produced This Week
Two new pieces emerge from Indianapolis with one gavotte by Ros Mullendorf to be played at Fair Bank on August 13. Grace Wallace Linn authored Tippe canoe, an Indian melody published by Cartin & Lennox. Mullendorf's work is published by Wulachner's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ros Mullendorf
Fair Bank
Mr. Mullendorf
Cartin & Lennox
Grace Wallace Linn
Wulachner
City Life in Indianapolis Star Confirms New Nome and Real Estate Move
The Indianapolis Star reports a new Nome at Market Street and the Circle, with George F. Me. Culloch buying the Hendricks block for $100,000. Police recovered a lost baby, Charlie Cave, 1219 Madison Ave., who was separated from his father on a downtown street. An elopement between Mina Elizabeth Behnmidt, 1016 N Alabama St, and George L. Lehman, Panhandle employe, occurred quietly in Cincinnati. A jury failure to convict a gamblin g case in Morgan County due to juror prejudice. A peddler Charles Middaugh struck Ruth Collingis with a melon rind and fled as bicycle cops approached. Unorganized labor sought a Saturday half holiday. Retail Clerks union refused support for dry goods clerks already declining union assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Star
Market St
George F. Me
Culloch
Hendricks
Charlie Cave
Madison Ave
Alabama-st
Charles Middaugh
Ruth
Jolo
State in Brief: Brow Fires at Engineer on Train
In Evanville Tom Brow fired two shots at Engineer George Ales after being removed from a train near Huntingburg. A large group of farmers later jailed him. In Terre Haute Mrs Westbrook lies dying from bullet wounds inflicted by gambler John Heese in a jealousy case. In Muncie Laura K. Anderson, eight miles southwest of town, has died and requested cremation with ashes scattered on her rose bush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evaneville
Tom Brow
George Ales
Huntingburg
Lebanon
Northwestern Traction Company
Elmost
Frankfort
Terre Haute
Westbrook
St. Anthony's Hospital
John Heese
Muncie
Mia
Laura K. Anderson
Here
Runaway horse halted by Lieut Fortescue on Fifth Avenue
Aug 6 New York Lieut Fortescue on leave of absence stopped a runaway horse attached to a cab near Waldorf Astoria. The horse ran ten blocks toward Twenty-ninth Street, dragging the cab before being halted. Rev Geo Clark Houghton, pastor of the Little Church Around the Corner, was rescued unharmed after jumping from the cab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fourth Cavalry
Geo. Clark Houghton
Fifth-ave
Waldorf
Astoria
Lieut
Fortescue
Houghton
MURDERER FRANK EVANS FACES EXECUTION AT GALLOWS
In Greenwood Mississippi on August 6 Frank Evans, condemned for murdering his wife, calmly addressed the gathering before the trap was sprung. He declared he feared no death and urged tears only after his death. He spoke of tears shed for those who testified falsely and then stepped onto the platform as the drop ended his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Miss
Frank Evans
Hin
Igor
Evans
Prosecutor charges strawboard plants over White River pollution
Anderson August 6 Prosecutor Vestal of Madison County says he has enough evidence to file affidavits against Muncie and Yorktown strawboard factories for polluting White River. Charges will be filed in Delaware and Madison counties naming United Paper and Box Company with the crime. Vestal cites witnesses claiming flood waters from both plants were released at the same hour allowing poisonous effluent to flood the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Vestal
Madisen County
Muncie
Yorktown
White River
Delaware
Madison County
Uhited Paper and Box Company
Russians Pouring Into Manchuria War Escalation Report
Vancouver dispatch notes steamship Empress of Japan reports thousands of Russian troops heading to Manchuria. Pekin advices say railways can't handle Chinese passengers as barracks and troop deployment at Port Arthur begin. Prominent Russians in Pekin indicate war was decided at the Port Arthur conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B.C. Aue
Fresh Air Fund Receives Part of Heck Carnival Receipts
Arrangements allocate a portion of main gate receipts from the Heck carnival on Friday afternoon to the Fresh Air Mission Fund. Also, WIT’s children's matinees will admit children free on Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresh Air
Fresh Air Mission Fund
Wind and Weather Rake Towns in Tornado Like Storms
A series of wind and storm events caused widespread damage across multiple states. Ottumwa, Jacksonville, and Griggsville suffered structural harm and injuries, while Lawrence and Whitehall reported uprooted trees and burned barns. Owensboro saw flooded streams, and a fatal injury occurred at the fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Lawrence
Kas
Whitehall
Owensboro
Griggsville
Til
Fair Grounds
Louis World's Fair Grounds
Theodore Richter
A. H. Clark
East St Louis
Margaret Reichmann
Band from Charleston Orphanage Mallets at Roosevelt Lawn
A Jenkins colored orphanage band from Charleston tried to serenade President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill without notice. Secret Service agent Tyree halted them, the youths retreated, then circled the area and departed under guard. The ten musicians were on a multi city concert tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jenkins Colored Orphanage
Charleston
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Tooting
Secret Service
Tyree
Bagamore Bill
Pity the Judges Lincoln Appeals Longest State Case
Ned Lincoln for Mrs Lena Lille appeals in the supreme court after a life sentence for the murder of Harvey Lille. The four volume, 19000-claim appeal argues errors in the case from 1902. Lille was shot in bed by Harvey Lille.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Ned
Lena Lilie
Murpreme
Lille
Harvey Lillie
Saleen
Lost Boy Reunited by Loyal St Bernard Dog
A St Bernard named FinDe helped locate Howard Redmon after the boy wandered from Meridian Street. Police tied a note to the dog, who delivered the message directing where the boy could be found. The frightened child was safely returned to his mother. Divorce granted to Mrs Susie Mitchell Sevley in New York on an interlocutory decree against Herbert Barnham Sevley. He inherited a fortune from P. T. Barnum’s grandfather. she, Susie Mitchell, is the daughter of journalist A. F. P. Mitchell. Also reports a bumper apple crop near Newcastle Indiana, with Wash Cartwright claiming 6000 bushels due to spray methods. Washington notes additional free delivery routes increased by July and more planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard
Little Howard Redmnon
Meridian St
Sevley
New York
Susie Mitchell Sevley
Herbert Barnham Serley
Supreme Court
Truax
P. T. Barnum
Mra Seeley
Susie Mitchell
A. F P. Mitchell
Newcastle
Ind
Indiana
Wash Cartwright
Here
Tobacco Heart Cure Advised For Red Symptoms
Vague ad style copy promotes Dr Miles Heart Cure with uncertain claims about heart and blood health. Mentions avoiding neglect of red symptoms and learning more, using old fashioned phrasing and garbled text. No verifiable specifics or credible medical guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Learn & Wrst
Alo
Corey Will Try to Get Along on 25000 a Year with Bonus
New York Aug Wm E Corey the new president of the steel trust will receive 25000 a year. This is 5000 a year less than his predecessor Gehwab but under the profit sharing plan he will get a handsome bonus each year in addition to salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aug
Wm. E. Corey
The
Steel Trust
Gehwab
Corey
Lowe in Race With Death Across Nation
Henry Lowe of New York races to Lag Angveiy Cal to reach his dying daughter. He left New York Tuesday at 2:35 pm, reached Chicago briefly, then rode a Santa Fe special toward Los Angeles. The train must average 34.5 mph to meet the schedule, with a fare of 4530 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry Lowe
New York
Angviey
Cal
Los Angeles
How Ix
United States Steel Corporation
James J. Hill Plans Railroads in China
James J. Hill, famed builder of northwestern railways, plans ventures in China. R. Van Bergen, his representative, surveys the Chinese field as Hill prepares a formal announcement expected in a month or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Paul
Minn
James J. Hill
China
R. van Bergen
Local Horse Show Focuses On Home Entrants
The upcoming horse show emphasizes local horses over vehicles with 47 classes largely open to home entries. It is scheduled for the week of September 7 at a specified Newcastle location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fen— Ate Qve
Sizteenth-st
Indiana postmasters named in Washington list
New Indian postmasters include T. T. Trakes of Branchville B M Newby Bunker Hill and G Hough of Spartanburg W J Barnett appointed carrier at Winamac in Indiana records from Washington dated August New Indian postmasters list confirms assignments and local carrier appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Washington
T. T. Trakes
Branchville
B M
Newby
Bunker E Hill
G . Hough
Six Killed In Wrack At Great Western Railroad
Six Italians were killed when a freight train split and backed into a gravel train on the Great Western railroad near Devon Iowa. Two drowned in Cleveland Ohio when three doctors disappeared while swimming in the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrack
Devon
Aug
Great Western Railroad
Cleveland
Adelptt, Qudell
Ernest H. Luete
Eenabday
Svenine
Swinuaing
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walt
PANTS
Lion Pants
S. Pennsylvania St
Loxfords
Oye
Hees
Rubb
EARLE
Washington St
Court House
Aurt
Inspector Howard &Mock
Flora
Frank Michiela
Burington
Morrison Ky
Matilda Lance
Kentucky
Appleetell
Offcera
Skeeters
Marty
Philip May
Arlel
Wednende
Indiana Magicians
City Life
Lieut. Fortesgue
Rev. Houghton
Diego
Manchuria
Ottumwa
L.S. Ayres
Indiena
Lilly & Stalnaker
East
Washington Street
Finde
Bernard Bog
MR. Lowe
Chinkdom
Aux
Lyons
Milton Wright
United Brethren
Messick
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!