Tin Plate workers resume work after wage cut vote
In Elwood Indiana two thousand tin plate employees return to work after a swift company vote against a proposed wage reduction. The factory had closed due to few orders, then reopened once the pay cut was accepted by the workforce. A separate incident reports a violent robbery of Miss Minnie Hart with $7,000 in valuables and papers. she survived after being submerged in a tub water flood. A Warsaw railroad wreck leaves one injured as an axle failure hammers 25 freight cars and two engines with extensive track damage.
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Elwood
American Tin Plate Company
Warsaw
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Winona
Frank Morton
Spiritualists vote against Hilligoss in Chesterfield election
At Chesterfield Indiana on August 12 spiritualists chose not to elect Dr. G N Hilligoss of Cincinnati as president losing by three votes. His wife had spent $2 on auditorium furnishings and planned a $2000 check which would have cleared debts, but the defeat cooled her ardor and left the association short.
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Chesterfield
Ind
Indiana
G. N. Hilligoss
Cincinnati
German farmer burns money then shoots self in Indiana
Julius Huffman, a 65 year old German farmer, burned $6,000 in bills to deprive his wife of benefits, then lay down on his lounge and shot himself. The couple married five years ago in Germany after which frequent quarrels arose and ended in his suicide.
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Rockport
Ind
Julius Huffman
Huffman
Germany
Eye Injury From Hanging Pipe Incident
William Burke Huntington looked up at a water spout and pounded a pipe with his hand. A stick fell, struck his eye, and destroyed his sight.
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Huntington
William Burke
Hogs With Mule Feet Exhibit At County Fair
Clem Richart, a farmer near Bloomington, owns two hogs with mule shaped feet. He plans to display them at the Brown county fair hoping to win prizes.
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Bloomington
Clem Richart
Brown County
Mrs Henry Arms Tracks Funeral Gain Then Home Burns
Mrs Henry Arms received funds from her husband’s funeral and later her residence caught fire. The incidents appear linked by timing, with authorities noting the sequence of events at the Armstead residence. No injuries reported and causes are under investigation.
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Washington
Henry Arms
Will of Thomas J Armstrong probate dispute to decide two thirds
In WQRANKFORT Indiana the will of Thomas J Armstrong now in probate may require a court to decide who is entitled to two thirds of his estate. He left debts paid and a monument funded, with the remaining two thirds to the person who gave him the best care during his final illness. At least five parties, represented by lawyers, contend for this share as the case proceeds in court. The estate is valued at about 1500 dollars.
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Thomas J. Armstrong
Lwyers
Nervous Exhaustion and Health Restored by Nerve Pills
A patient from Bright Street reports crippling nervous exhaustion, headaches, weight loss and heart weakness improved after using Dr. A. W. Huder’s Nerve Pills. The Buffalo, New York doctor’s remedy allegedly rebuilt strength and steadiness, with the package bearing Dr. A. W.’s signature.
Inmate Found With Dynamite at Decatur Infirmary
Police report two dynamite bombs and 60 pounds of dynamite were found in the room of Charles Echerman an infirmary inmate in Decatur Indiana. He had threatened the superintendent after being refused whisky. Escape suspected as Echerman is missing with potential for mass destruction.
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Decatur
Ind
Charles Echerman
County Infirmary
Echerman
College men charged with horse stealing in Michigan City
Robert C. Hoffman of Newark and C. G. McDonald of Washington D C two university students from Cleveland Ohio were arrested in Michigan City on Monday charged with horse stealing. They confessed they left college to take civil engineering jobs but, stranded, stole horses to replenish their purses.
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Michigan City
Ind
Robert C. Hoffman
Newark
C. G. McDonald
Washington, D. C
Cleveland
Wife of Sharpsville merchant attempts suicide in carbolic acid
Tipton Indiana August 12 Mrs James Romack 25 wife of a Sharpsville merchant took carbolic acid and cut her throat with a penknife. Doctors say injuries likely fatal. Authorities think craze from the death of her child a week ago triggered the act.
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Tipton
Ind
James Romack
Sharpsville
Tragedy on Train Ends Cahill Family's Loss in Hammond
Hammond, Ind August 12 John Cahill of this town died instantly when trying to alight from a non stopping train after attending his father's funeral. He leaves a wife and two children.
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Hammond
Ind
John Cahill
Nashville Storm Wrecks Barns and Crops in Nashville
A third damaging storm in three weeks hit Nashville Indiana on Sunday. Two barns were wrecked and the side of a dwelling torn off. Farmers report the corn crop nearly destroyed, underscoring extensive damage across the area.
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Nashville
Ind
Child dies after nurse gives carbolic acid mistaken for whisky
Flora Indiana on August 12 reporting tragedy in which the two year old child of Henry Garrison died after Mrs Gar rison administered carbolic acid thinking it was whisky. The incident highlights a fatal medication error inside a household.
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Flora
Ind
Henry Garrison
Wabash New Hospital Opens In City
A brief local bulletin notes the new city hospital opened in Wabash. Other items include a smallpox case in Brainbridge and obituaries for George W. Stanley aged 78 in Anderson and Edson Y Peck aged 74 in Warsaw. Local notices mention a Negro directory, scarce teachers, and community events countywide.
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Brainbridge
Anderson
George W. Stanley
Indiana towns report varied incidents across counties
Fort Wayne hosts seven music groups for fall festival. Logansport opens new loan and trust firm. Chesterton circulates a town hall plan costing 3500. Frankfort principals seek textbook changes. Sullivan temperance drive ousts saloons. Terre Haute melon shipments peak with one farmer shipping 50 car loads. Lafayette reports skull fracture from runaway. Michigan City plans poultry show in December. ElNora reports arm fractures. Logansport ships 100 horses for races. Fort Wayne notes many minor accidents. Marion votes to raise assessor pay. Muncie mulls glass coffin factory. Kokomo boy struck by cyclist. Milton child disappears. Wolcott finds strange coal-like substance. Morristown inventor of the machine gun dies. Rochester wife seeks divorce. Greencastle brakeman injured. Goshen curfew whistle opposed. Anderson mills close indefinitely. Sullivan man kills himself. Anderson church group closes. Richmond Friends convention large. Angola merchant Carver fails. Bluffton OKs 60-year electric franchise. Columbus Holly pump funding. Peru opera scenery from St Louis. Kendallville infant found dead. New Castle divorce sought after assault. Washington melons ship weekly. Peru building plans underway. Winchester hound shipment. Bloomington glass in dinner. Crawfordsville milk test favorable. Vincennes train accident kills 18. Elkhart funds overdrawn. Kokomo man creates ruckus while intoxicated. New Castle rolling mill site surveyed. Tipton farmer buys threshing outfit. Cambridge City aged man swallows morphine, saved by physician. Noblesville man returns home to find wife remarried, family dead.
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Angola
Agene Carver
Bluffton — County Commissioners
Ohio & Indiana Electric Railway Company
Columbus
Peru
St. Louis
Kendallville
John Tright
Brimfield
New Castle
Laura Morris
Washington
Philander McHenry
Charles Brownell
Winchester
C. O. Summers
Ohio
Bloomington
Will Baker
Dean's Kidney Fills Promote Back Comfort and Kidney Wellness
Indianapolis real estate dealer Lemons credits Dean's Kidney Fills with easing long standing kidney weakness and backache. He testified that after taking the product from Henry J. Huder's drug store he passed two gravel stones without surgery and his back grew stronger. Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo distributes Dean's nationally. Remember the name.
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Mr. Lemons
Bradshaw Street
Dean
Henry J. Huder
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
United States
Tragic suicide in Elwood woman notes revival denial
Mrs Frankie Huttmeyer killed herself in Elwood Indiana on Monday by swallowing poison. She left a note blaming her husband for not allowing her to attend a revival in a tent near her home.
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Elwood
Ind
Fankie Huttmeyer
Porto Rican Student Chooses Bartending Over Ministry
A young Porto Rican, Manuel T. Solon, who studied at Olivet College to become a minister, has been found in Grand Rapids working in a saloon. He decided to be a bartender instead of a minister and plans to return to Puerto Rico after earning his diploma to amuse locals with American drink mixing.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Manuel T. Solon
Olivet College
Porto Rico
Tissot Dies Artist of Christ Life
Paris dispatch reports James Joseph Jacques Tissot, renowned artist and illustrator of The Life of Christ, has died. Born 1836 in Nantes, he gained fame for watercolors and pen drawings from Palestine, notably the Holy Land works owned by the Brooklyn Institute of Arts. His Christ series drew worldwide acclaim and, despite offers to sell, Brooklyn preserved the collection after a late subscription by 12 anonymous benefactors.
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Patch
The
Herald
James Joseph Jacques Tissot
Life of Christ
Tissot
Christ
Brooklyn
London
Brooklyn Institute of Arts
M. Tissot
Petition Seeks Name Change From Morris to Mehojevitch
Lazar Mehojevitch a Verzegovina native long a New Orleans resident filed in district court to restore his birth name. He says a British captain misnamed him George Morris at age 12 and he has been known and voting as Morris, asking the court to declare his lawful name Mehnijevitch and publish the change.
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Orleans
Lazar Mehojevitch
Verzegovina
New Orleans
George Morris
Mehojevitch
Morris
Mehnijevitch
Neighbor's Infant Recovers After Remedy Trial
Mrs Curtis Baker of Bookwalter Ohio recounts using Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for a neighbor's infant with cholera infantum. She notes full recovery in two days when used as directed and reports consistent success in other recommendations. For sale by all druggists.
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Curtis Baker
Bookwalter
Ohio
Chamberlain
For Sale Two Story House and Two Lots in Cerealine Town
Real estate items describe a two story house with two lots in Cerealine for sale with easy terms. Inquiries directed to 214 Lemcke Ridg. Cash buyers get cash sale and trade matching, Traders' Union contact at 2 Baldwin phone 3860. Also Lot 43 by 177 on Broadway near 22nd Street offered for cash or time payments in Thorp block.
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Blaineave
Henry H. Fay
Market St
Union Trust Building
New Cottage
City Hospital
Holman & Co
Delaware St
Morris St
J. H. Pattison
Monument Place
Lemcke Ridg
Traders’ Union
Baldwin
Broadway
22Nd-St
Thorp
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Richmond
Chmond
Letic
D. W. Mason
Cambridge City
Ina
English Lutheran Church
J. W. Knapp
Lutheran Church
Pataiso
A. Stoneburner
Irs
Vous
No. i Bright St., Hd
Dr. A. W. Lls
Huder’s
A. W
Buffalo, N. Y
A. Ww
Decatur—City Band
Wabash—New City Hospital
Ossian
Carmel
Madison
Franklin
John Gee
Edson Y. Peck
Vincennes
Fairview Park
Greenfield
N. P. Howard
Muncie
New Christian Church
James T. Smith
Greenfield—Downing Glass Works
Bourbon
Tippecanoe
Goshen
Terre Haute
Fort Wayne
William Schulte
Portland
William McLaughlin
Laporte
Conrad Weidner
Rushville
Rush County Fair Association
Hartford City
James I. Troxell
Blackford County
Dublin
Hussey Mower and Implement Company
Centerville
King’s Grove
Wabash
Eugene Bechtel
Map
Tam
D. H. Loomis
Philadelphia Medical College
M.I.S
S. T. Co
M.I.S.T
Earth
M.I.S. T
Isaac Unger
Logansport
Logansport’ Loan Anal Trust Company
Elliott Building
Chesterton
Frankfort
Sullivan
Hamilton
George Detwiler
Michigan City—Poultry Association
Elnora
Clarence Rubbotoin
Marion
Grant County
Milton—Otto Harris
Allen Harris
Wolcott
Morristown
Fortune L
Bailey
Rochester
Anna Glaze
Greencastle
S. P. Marshall
Vandalia
Anderson — Middletown Tinplate Works
Secha Osborn
Curry Township
Church of Eternal Life Saying Association
Friends’ Christian Endeavor
Earlham
Crawfordsville
Thomas
Fred Bowen
Elkhart
Demarest
Arthur McCudgel
New
Castle
John T. Funke
Cambridge
Michael McGreevy
Wright
Undertaking Establishment
Noblesville
Joseph T. Roberts
Indianapolis
New York
Paris
Ameri
Nantes
Palestine
Michigan Drug _Co
General Electric Co
C. W. Meiker Co
N. Penn. St
Rogers
Lilly & Stalnaker
East Washington Street
Bishop Remedy Co
San Francisco
Cal. Sloan Drug CO
West Washington St
Indianapelia
Forest Park
D. H. Wiles
Lemeke
Ibbott & Derry
N. Penn.st. Ag
Real Estate
Davis & Co
Baldwin, Tt
R. L. Talbot
Dwinnell & Co
Mass
Ave
Miller Bros
Lemcke
Heaton Lemcke Bidg
Hodson & Wright
de Vore
Igus Oliver-ave
Caldwell & Moore
Fitzgerald
Thos. F. Quill
Brandon Bik
E. Wash. Te
J. W. Losh
N. Penn
Gee
A. B. Carter & Co
E. Market St
J. G. McCullough
Wm. Manion
Seidensticker & Root
Meyer & Newcomb
E. Market
Greyer & Keller
Majestic
Plainfield
E. Wash. T
L. M. Pentecost
Market-st
Les Aries
Hpi
Cross & Brown
Meridian
J. W. Friday & Co
Chas G. Duvall
Lombard
Smith
N. Hast
H. P. Stewart
E. Market-st. Te
Te Majestic Bldg
Denny & Denny
Delaware-st. Te
E. Washington-st
Gill & Greenen
Shelton
Pioneer
Udell & Clifton
Washington-st
Rvington
Chas. W. Brouse
Law
Davidson
Law Building
Cruse
SUN
Ohiost
Furniture Specialties
MFG. CO
Cornell Ave
Vonnegut
E. Washington St
Indianapolis Gas Co
BIG Four
Indianapolis Union Station
Terré Haute
Eaves Terre Haute
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