Gentleman's Crook Targets Society Girls in Midwest Scam
Henry D. Caton of Bloomington Illinois, a handsome young man described as a gentleman crook, fleeces girls from well off families by passing worthless checks. He was nabbed in Brazil Indiana after a failed escape by hotel fire escape. He attempted to post bail via telephoning his Bloomington home and urging the girl’s father to bail him, but was refused.
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Brazil
Ind
Henry D. Caton
Bloomington
Caton
Woman in Flora faces mental decline after family tragedies
Mrs. Dora Smith, grieving following a father’s death, a house fire, and a severe child burn, is confined to her home as relatives report she raved after a funeral. Doctors hope rest and care will restore her, with home nursing arranged.
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Flora
Ind
Dora Smith
Robert
Woman Demonstrates Nerve In Runaway Incident
In Union City Indiana on August 9 Mrs Charlies Huffer was injured when a spring wagon struck by the horse team ran away. She was jolted from the seat onto the wagon dashboard yet kept hold of the lines and steered the frightened animal into a livery barn where it halted. Doctors feared a possible skull fracture.
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Union City
Ind
Charlies Huffer
Man Arrested After Hat Clue Reveals Seller
In Van Buren Ind August 9 Dick Starr the man who ran from under his hat when Marshall Roberts chased him for selling liquor to Nate Sugar was arrested Roberts recovered the hat and Starrs identification partly by the hat which fit the description.
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van Buren
Ind
Dick Starr
Marshall Roberts
Nate Sugar
Roberts
Starr
Slide for Life Cause Of Boy's Fall In Union City
Union City Indiana August 9 Willie Reed aged 16 fell from a telegraph pole while constructing a slide for life device. His left arm was dislocated at the elbow and broken in two places.
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Union City
Ind
Willie Reed
Baby found on doorstep in Gas City
Mr. and Mrs. James Bowers found a baby and a bottle of milk on their doorstep when they returned home late Monday night. The infant appeared about a month old in Gas City Indiana.
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Gas City
Ind
James Bowers
Milk Fraud Warned In Hammond Indiana
State authorities in Hammond Indiana report findings that a milk dealer supplied residents with milk diluted by 70 percent water. The discovery raises concerns about consumer safety and calls for potential enforcement actions.
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Hammond
Woman loses gold watch in Rushville fire
Aug 9 report from Rushville Indiana notes Mrs Ollie Offut near Arlington lost a fine gold arch watch while leaving a plush case after a fire. The watch vanished as gas lighted, with authorities or witnesses not yet locating the timepiece.
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Rushville
Ind
Ollie Offut
Arlington
Rebecca G. Wylie Celebrates 98th Birthday at Home
Bloomington, Aug. 9. Mrs Rebecca G Wylie widow of Theophilis J Wyle former Indiana University president and noted astronomer celebrated her ninety eighth birthday Tuesday. She lives with her daughter and remains active able to go up and downstairs about at will.
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Bloomington
Ind
Rebecca G. Wylie
Theophilis J. Wyle
Indiana University
Ft Wayne Priests Go Into Retreat at Notre Dame
About 100 priests of the diocese of Ft Wayne began a retreat at Notre Dame university near South Bend and will stay through Saturday night. At St Marys academy one mile west of Notre Dame, 600 sisters of the Order of Holy Cross are also in retreat for the week.
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South Bend
Ind
Diocese of
Ft. Wayne
Notre Dame University
Notre Dame
St. Mary’s Academy
the Order of Holy Cross
Irvington Man Hurt in Brazil Accident
I A B Lowe of 270 Downey avenue Irvington was thrown from a Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern car as it moved past the Davis hotel. He tried to alight and fell landing on the pavement, suffering severe bruises and a nervous shock.
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Brazil
Ind
I. A. B. Lowe
Downey Avenue
Irvington
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern
Davis Hotel
Lowe
State Chairman Leads Twelfth District Meeting in Fort Wayne
In Fort Wayne Indiana on an August day the first of a series of twelfth district organization meetings was held under State Chairman Lee with precinct committeemen and Allen county candidates present. The gathering was notably enthusiastic.
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FT. Wayne
Ind
Lee
Allen County
Bureau to establish Evansville mine rescue station
The bureau of mines will set up a station at Evansville Indiana to train coal miners from southern Indiana and northern Kentucky. A foreman who is a practical coal miner will run the building with groups of eight miners undergoing a two week course focusing on mine rescue work and the use of oxygen helmets.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Kentucky
Bureau
Swipes At Fly And Saves M Kinley Lookalike
Wabash Ind Aug 9 3 W R Milliner nearly cut his little finger off while he was shaving. Milliner swiped at a fly. He bears a close facial resemblance to the late Mark Hanna and the martyred William McKinley.
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Wabash
Ind
W. R. Milliner
Milliner
Mark Hanna
William McKinley
Zig Zagging Blocks Auto To Stop Passersby
Lawrenceburg Ind August 9 Cornerstone O'Brien accuses Joseph Sheldon and Floyd Whaly of zigzagging in front of their buggy to block passing. O'Brien, son of W H O'Brien state auditor nominee, chased in his automobile while locals report similar recent incidents as autoists face passing trouble.
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Sh. Lawrenceburg
Ind
Joseph Sheldon
Floyd Whaly
Cornelius O’brien
W. H. O'Brien
Sheldon
Whaly
O’brien
Farmer Robbed During Window Bricks Incident in Oakford
Alfred Rhodes of Oakford, Indiana, was robbed of a pocket book during the commotion when Lew Fitz hurled a brick through a traction car window. The pocket book held $35 in cash and a ten dollar bank certificate.
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Kokomo
Ind
Alfred Rhodes
Oakford
Lew Fitz
Hard driven horse abandoned ends in death in Indiana
Anderson Ind Aug 9 The Humane Society began a close inquiry into cruelty to animals after a horse died Monday night from hard driving. The animal, unhitched, was driven to the back yard of Walter Seipie meat market where Seipie stumbled over it in the dark. The rig had been pulled away by hand.
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Anderson
Ind
the Humane Society
Walter Seipie
Seipie
Prairie drought grips Huntington area with parched ground
Aug 9 Huntington Indiana reports crops largely saved despite dry conditions. Grasshoppers are bad and leave trees shedding foliage. Ground is cracking though little crop damage expected unless corn suffers. Section notes need rain to ease the heat and dryness.
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Huntington
Ind
Day nursery a hit with Kokomo women
A day nursery for the mothers of the Main Street Christian church in Kokomo Indiana has been provided. Some young women will care for the babies each Sunday in rotation. The idea is proving popular.
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Kokomo
Ind
Main Street Christian Church
Bryan to Speak on The Price of a Soul in Rushville
Rushville Ind August 9 The Rush county chautauqua is on Lincoln Alc Connel speaks Tuesday night Wdg Bryan the great commoner will deliver his address The Price of a Soul Friday
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Rushville
Ind
Rush County
Lincoln Alc- Connel
W Dg. Bryan
Queen of Labor Day to Be Chosen Soon
Kokomo Indiana will host Labor Day celebrations with an industrial parade as the main event An election will be held soon to select a queen for the parade festivities.
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Labor Day
Kokomo
Ind
Hay wagon accident injures old soldier in Unionville
Bloomington Indiana August 9 68 year old George Lampkina an old soldier was loading hay near Unionville when the horses started suddenly and threw him under the wagon breaking five ribs.
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Bloomington
Ind
Unionville
George Lampkina
Woman trampled by horse in Bloomington incident
Special to The Sun reports Mrs Wesley Jones, 66, was trampled by a horse in Bloomington Indiana on Monday after she finished handling the animal. The horse wheeled and struck her collar bone and rib area causing injuries. Local authorities described the scene as a tragic accident with the horse still loose nearby.
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Bloomington
Ind
Wesley
Jones
Iba
King Survives Drowning After Boat Sinks Off Frankfort
Frankfort Ind Aug 9 F W King escaped drowning when his boat filled with water and sank in deep water. He shouted for help as William Boyd nearby tossed him an oar and a boatman finally pulled him from the water after a third submersion.
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Frankfort
Ind
F. W. King
King
William Boyd
Patriotic Order Holds Glenwood Meeting With Drill Contests
The annual Patriotic Order, Songs of America meeting will be in Glenwood Tuesday with drill teams from Rushville Crawfordsville and Indianapolis competing for prizes. James Greeg state president will oversee all meetings.
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Rushville
Ind
Patriotic Order
Songs of America
Glenwood
Crawfordsville
Indianapolis
James Greeg
Babe Scalds When It Tips Pan On Itself
A seven teen months old girl in Rushville Indiana pulled a pan of scalding water onto herself from a table. The child will recover. In New Salem Mrs John Higdon aged 87 died at her home. She had never moved in 57 years and left a husband and four children.
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Babe
Rushville
Ind
Sylvester Kirkpatrick
Arlington
John Higdon
New Salem
Burglarous Man Chooses Clean Shirt Heist
In Columbus Indiana on Monday morning a genial burglar entered I M Dodson's home and exchanged his dirty shirt for Dodson's clean one, then lifted a watch before Dodson awoke and alerted police and Nick Carter.
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Dodson
Genias
Gene
Nick Carter
Dave Fisher Wedding Ends In Heavy Cash Drift
In Columbus Indiana on Monday the 70 year old groom David Fisher married 60 year old Eliza Roberts amid tense humor. She noted he had to bring a bone to the ceremony while he used a cane. It marks her second marriage and his third.
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Eliza Roperts
David Fisher
Boy Swallows Sheep Dip Bottle. Mouth Burned
MARION IND Aug 9 Leon Wagner five years old swallowed about a tablespoonful of sheep dip while trying to make it bubble. His mouth was badly burned.
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Marion
Ind
Leon Wagner
Tailor Breaks Wrist in Moped Collision at Capitol and Kentucky
Minner Ennis a tailor at 250 North Capitol avenue rode his moto cycle around a gravel wagon in front of 1023 Kentucky avenue Monday afternoon and collided with the wagon breaking his right wrist police reported..
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Minner Ennis
North Capitol Avenue
Kentucky Avenue
Back Yards To Be Removed For Fall Creek Boulevard
Citizens discuss map changes as park board plans to seize back yards between Twenty eighth and Twenty ninth streets to widen Fall creek boulevard. The Indiana union traction company tracks on the Muncie line would be rerouted away from the new road, possibly shifting cars to Martindale avenue.
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Park Board
Fall Creek
Twenty Eighth
Twenty-ninth Streets
Indiana Union Traction Company
Muncie
Twenty-ninth
Thirty-eighth Street
Martindale Avenue
Orientalist Sir William Abdy Dies at 66
Sir William Abdy renowned orientalist dies at 66 after an operation for an internal ailment. He was a major landowner with 3,000 acres in Essex and served as high sheriff in 1884.
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London
William Abdy
Essex
Democratic Harmony Conference Talks Party Unity in Albany
In Albany Aug 9 the harmony committee met to seek common ground for Democrats in the fall campaign. Led by Dix and Edward M. Shepard, they discussed likely state ticket leadership with Osborne as a possible head. Glynn and Sulzer factions showed strong support.
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Albany
N. Y
Harmony Committee
Legislative Committee
State Committee
Dix
Edward M. Shepard
Brooklyn
Shepard
Democratic League
Thomas M. Osborne
Martin Glynn
Sulzer
Farmer Dies After Car Collision on Rural Road
Flora Ind August 9 Two autos bumped the carriage of John Spiceler 72 as he halted to yield to a crossing vehicle. Spiceler was trampled by his horses and is expected to die. His daughter escaped unharmed Uriah Gumm driver of one car was injured.
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Flora
Ind
John Spiceler
Spiceler
Uriah Gumm
Partnership Bankrupt in Crawfordsville Firm Esra and Harvey
A voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed in federal court Monday by Lon E Esra and Carl B Harvey grocers of Crawfordsville doing business as Esra and Harvey. Esra shows liabilities of 159.64 and assets of 37. Harvey shows liabilities of 2095 and assets of 2514.64. The firm has assets of 915.37 and liabilities of 953.92.
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Lon E. Esra
Carl B. Harvey
Crawfordsville
Esra & Harvey
Esra
Harvey
Cholera Record: Thousand A Day In St Petersburg
From July 24 to July 30 the sanitary commission reports 15 244 cholera cases and deaths. The weekly tally shows a sharp rise in the epidemic across St Petersburg and surrounding areas, reflecting intensified public health concerns.
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ST. Petersburg
Sanitary Commission
Barn Fire Destroys Jesse Fry’s Farm Near Bedford
BEDFORD IND Aug 9 Jesse Frys barn near Bedford was burned Monday night causing about 1500 dollars in damage with partial insurance coverage noted.
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Bedford
Ind
Jesse Fry
TIZ Foot Remedy Promises Pain Relief and Fresh Feet
A vintage advertisement touts TIZ as unlike powders, drawing out toxins to prevent soreness. It claims immediate relief from corns bunions and tired feet, promising you will feel renewed. Sold by Walter Luther Dodge & Co Chicago or druggists at 25 cents a box.
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Walter Luther Dodge & Co
Chicago
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