Local anecdotes mix of feats and quirks from Irvington
A collection of brief items: Morris DeFrees, Big Four engineer, photographs Danville bridges and spots a loose bolt before rain. Harold Megrew clears streets by paying a newsboy to collect waste. Charlie Clark funds McGregor's campaign and is caught in a prank call revealing a payment demand. Mayor Bookwalter fears a knife gift. Gustav Haher laments crooked saws. a health worker notes fingernail regrowth. a gaudy Washington Street restaurant sign offers a lunch with a hanging man and an alligator, and a barber shop is dubbed a shaving parlor.
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Harold C. Megrew
Pennsylvania-st
Megrew
Washington-st
E. Washington St
Richness cases traced to butcher preservative use in Lansing
Lansing reports say cases of richness previously blamed on tainted canned meat are now linked to a preservative used by butchers. Several butchers admit having used the preservative, shifting the suspected cause of illness away from canned goods.
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Lansing, Mich
Chesterfield Marshal Shot During Spiritualists Camp Incident
Chesterfield Indiana August 11 A shooting at a camp of spiritualists outside the gates left Marshall Ed Brooks with a scalp wound after he attempted to arrest Mack Lane of Anderson Lane fired at him Brooks and a special officer were attacked as Lane fled A second pistol shot wounded Will Pers onett as he chased two disturbance makers A reporter notes odd incidents including a floating body and a recent attempted medium seizure The camp plans further meetings despite financial strains and a costly new coliseum drawing on funds
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Chesterfield
Ind
Ed Brooks
Mack” Iane
Anderson
Brooks
Saloonkeepers Lose Trade to Rural Free Delivery
Covington saloonkeepers say rural free delivery is hurting their business. Patrons who once visited town every evening now come in only once a week, and even then not together, reducing the amount of drinking and socializing that sustained brisk trade.
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Covington
Man Arrested After Family Attack and Train Escape
Egbert McIntyre drove his wife and mother-in-law from their Loagansport home assaulted his son until unable to stand. He sent his daughter on a train to Yoledo and told her not to return. He then sat on the veranda and sang. He was arrested and jailed.
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Logansport
Ind
Egbert McIntyre
Yoledo
Union Traction to Start 100 Men on Rail Link
Elwood Ind Aug 1 Union traction company will start 100 men to lay steel rails between here and Hobbs. Hot mills of tinplate resumed work Monday. Advices from Pittsburg say wage scale submitted by chimney workers has been accepted by manufacturers. Of 28 plants of the American Tin Plate Company, 15 have been closed definitely.
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Elwood
Ind
Union Traction Company
Here
Hobbs
Pitsburg
American Tinplate Company
Ohio River Woman Earns License To Pilot Steamer
Mrs. John Golden of Jeffersonville Indiana has been granted a license to pilot steamers on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. She began her first voyage as a licensed officer Monday aboard her husband’s steamer the Shawnee, which proceeds south with a large store boat the Mt. Vernon in tow.
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Louisville
John Golden
Jeffersonville
Ind
Ohio
Mississippi
Mt. Vernon
German veteran killed by lake Shore train at Goshen
Goshen Indiana August 11 John T Ludwig 45 a German who served in the Prussian army was struck and killed by a lake Shore train on Sunday. His home is believed to be Auburn but relatives cannot be located.
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Goshen
Ind
John T. Ludwig
Lake Shore
Auburn
Democratic ticket chosen in Decatur and Bartholomew counties
Columbus Indiana August 11 joint Democratic convention of Decatur and Bartholomew counties nominated G L Tremain for prosecuting attorney and David Wilson for senator.
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Columbus
Ind
Decatur
Bartholomew
G. L. Tremain
David Wilson
Child of Hardware Merchant Dies After Mosquito Bite
In Terre Haute Indiana the child of Adam Snider a hardware merchant died three weeks after a mosquito bite caused blood poisoning The fatal case underscores risks from infections following insect bites in August.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Adam Snider
Inana
Shortage claim tied to ex treasurers 213000
Versailles ind August 11 It is claimed shortages in two accounts of ex County treasurers Grant Johnson and Joseph H Cooper mire are something like 213000 Morristown new houses are in demand Economy Mary Cook fell and fractured her arm Hillsboro citizens pull for a glass factory Lima J Dormand orders a new automobile Fort Wayne William Scott 65 undertaker is dead Fairmont fair this week Anderson grand opera house opens for the winter season Everett Robert S Coats and Agnes B Bolding married Muncie electrical workers union organized with 25 members Rockport Sidney Green fell off a sled and broke his ankle Sheridan health board orders people to clean the town Brazil steam heating company granted a franchise Shelbyville colored people hold a big picnic at Flat rock cave Liberty lightning killed two cattle worth pounds 100 for Ed Coughlin Wabash Pendleton gas company may locate an engine factory here Mnewland wood choppers in great demand and 2 a card is paid Terre Haute thief stole a rsourn
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Anderson—Grand Opera House
Everett
Robert S. Coats
Agnes B. Bolding
Muncie
Mnewland
Terre Haute
Quicky Local Notes From Many Indiana Towns
Broad sampling of brief notices from Indiana towns reporting deaths, injuries, marriages, weather, crime, and civic events. Highlights include Levi Wolver’s death, a Norfolk quail sighting, public health notes on smallpox, naval site search in Hammond, a philippine service return, a divorce request in Vincennes, and various accidents and local happenings across Muncie, Kokomo, Lafayette, Fort Wayne, and more.
Flora Way Elopement Plot Ends In Home Wedding
Flora Way and her betrothed wed at home after parental intervention. Parents gave consent, sealing a quiet ceremony. In Connersville, Charles E. Boone, a noted bachelor farmer, died when a lightning bolt traveled through a gate latch, as he closed the fence. Aunt Lucy Detraz of VeVay recalls colonial times and scalps offered by the British for five dollars each.
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Vevay
Lucy
Detraz
Connersville
Charles E. Boone
MOTHER-IN-LAW Sparks Court Testimony in N J Divorce
Frank Barnes of Hasbrouck Heights says his wife Gertrude left him due to her mother’s interference after marriage. Vice chancellor Stevenson hears the case in Jersey City as Mrs Barnes testifies to cruelty and denies maternal influence.
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New York
Aug. C
Frank Barnes
Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
Gertrude Barnes
Stevenson
Jersey City
Barnes
Doctor Fights Paver to Reach Dying Man
In New York City Dr Rorke of St Catherine's Brooklyn struck foreman Thomas Flanagan after the man barred an ambulance on a Flushing Avenue street. The doctor, carrying an unconscious patient, knocked Flanagan down and rushed the vehicle to the hospital.
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New York
Aus
Rorke
St. Catherine's Hospital
Brooklyn
Thomas Flanagan
Flushing
St. Nicholas Avenues
Tve
Flanagan
Was Not Born to Drown in Metamora
Aug 11 Metamora Michigan reports 18 month old Maury Deeter, daughter of the Deeter family, repeatedly rescued from tubs of water. Despite precocity and singing ragtime tunes, the child shows a dangerous water affinity, causing serious parental concern after three rescues in six months.
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Metamora
Mich
Maury Deeter
Deeter
Mary
City Life Items from Indianapolis Sunday News
Reports include a loquacious mix of city happenings and incidents: an escaped inmate from Lawrenceburg, Sousa band hired for state fair, Tribe of Ben Hur considering Indianapolis as HQ, cab drivers demanding 75 cents for Crown Hill funerals, 25 000 Sunday visitors to Union Station, army post site proposals heading to Chicago, thieves hitting Goldie Smith cigar store and a residence, a blaze at Lyon clothing company causing about 800 dollars damage, and Sunday storms causing damage and a lightning strike on John Hoffman's barn near Broad Ripple.
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Willis Perlee
Lawrenceburg
Sousa
State Agriculture Board
Crawfordsville
Tribe of Ben-Hur
Indianapolis
Army Board
Chicago
Lawrence
War Department
Goldie Smith
Massachusetts Ave
George Wysong
Broadway
Lyon Clothing Company
Pennsylvania
Southsts
Judge Lamb
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Irvington
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Market St
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Monument Place
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Davidson
Law Building
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E. Market
Cottage Ave
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22Nd St
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National Bond & Realty Co
Ohio St
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Illinois St
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