Poisoning Sours Cream Causes Illness in Plainfield Guests
Mrs. Charles McBride and her young daughter Mary, guests of Mrs. John Morgan, recovered in Plainfield after ptomaine poisoning from sour cream used in buttermilk. Also affected were Mrs. Morgan, and Daniel Gregory of Chicago. ice ran out and cream stood over night.
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N. Delawarest
Mary
Plainfield
John Morgan
Iesus
Morgan
Daniel Gregory
Chicago
McBride
The
Union Trust Company
Fire destroys Dakota elevator with $1.125 million loss
A fire in Buffalo, N.Y. destroyed the Dakota elevator and grain, causing an estimated loss of 1.125 million dollars. Authorities say the blaze likely consumed about 600000 bushels of grain, with the damage reportedly fully insured.
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Buffalo
Buffalo, N
Italians Honor King Humbert With Memorial Services
About 200 Italians held Sunday services and a downtown march for King Humbert in St John’s Church. A police platoon led the procession past flags crepe adorned and a band played as Rev. F H Gavisk delivered a brief address on patriotism and American citizenship. A requiem mass followed Monday with a draped catafalque and a portrait of Humbert near palms.
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King Humbert
St. John’s
America
Italy
F. H. Gavisk
F. H. Gavish
S. J. Donaghue
F. S. Ryves
Death of Mrs Addie M Bell at 2216 North New Jersey Street
Mrs Addie M Bell wife of M S Bell died Saturday night at her home 2216 N New Jersey st after an illness of six months She was 31 and leaves two young children She was daughter of the late Captain Murray The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon from the home at her request the service to be private with Rev Jones of Blackford street church officiating
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M. S. Bell
New Jersey St
Capt. Murray
City Life Notes From Indianapolis Enliven Weekend
About 2000 people exited Indianapolis on excursions Sunday while 5500 returned. R L Smith grand councilor of the Grand Council of chosen friends tours Indiana lodges. Editor Toner denies Col Durbin formerly owned stock in a non union glass factory and cut wages. J H Clarke railroad men's Republican club organized with Harris president and Histed secretary treasurer. Sunday closing debated by Ross Barbers protective assoc with majority in favor. St Johns Evangelical church celebrated fourth anniversary, congregation now over 100. J W Oliver urged Lincoln club Republicans responsible for no old soldiers employed in Indianapolis federal building. John B Newman, Havana mail superintendent, home. Havana life dull, Postmaster Thompson innocent victim. Street car company emergency wager overturned. John Miller and Fred Smith sprained ankles. Bethany park season closed. cottagers spent Sunday socializing. rain prevented services. Labor Day transport committee discharged. new one appointed to seek rates within 75 miles. No intoxicants sold on state fair grounds. German Protestant orphan society elected Henry Bakemeyer president and officers Rosebruck Mack Prange Russe. trustees Stolte Lindeman Reinecke Mashmeyer Stedtfeld Grossert. auditing by Welleman Koehne Aldag.
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Indiana
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Anderson, Herald
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H. D. Harris
Lee Histed
Ross Barbers’ Protective Association
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Indianapolis
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Havana
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Fred Smith
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H. C. Prange
Henry Russe
William Stolte
Frank Lindeman
Julius F. Reinecke
William Mashmeyer
H. Stedtfeld
Fred C. Grossert
Fred C. Welleman
Armin C. Koehne
Henry W.aldag
Indiana Inklings and Tragic Local Happenings
A collage of brief items from Indiana towns notes a glass industry dispute, a Greencastle farmer’s fatal fall, a 15 000 strong Harlan reunion in Union City, and Edward Price’s trek to England for a 35 million fortune. Storm damage in Hancock county, a Greenfield brick collapse, theft at the Burt hotel, self harm attempts, election bets, and trust tensions fill the report. Also recounts a boy’s fatal accident near Rushville, a Muncie teen injured near a streetcar, a Union Traction payout, a seance claim of a slain Alexandria officer, a 1776 army canteen in Vincennes, a Dillsboro banquet mystery, Pittsburg murder of a Jasper Houston, and tight Monroe County politics.
Wind Storm Wrecks Marion Buildings and Injures Residents
A wind storm in Marion Indiana caused extensive damage across the city. The state normal college, multiple homes including the Baynard Floyde residence, and the Protestant Methodist church suffered partial or total destruction. Frances Mills sustained serious injuries from flying timbers while twenty plus structures and oil well derricks were unroofed or destroyed.
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Ind
State Normal College
Baynard Floyde
Frances Mills
Protestant Methodist Church
Fifth Ward
South Marion
Convict Otha Fox Found Dead in Jeffersonville Cell
In Jeffersonville Indiana on August 7 Otha Fox a Peru prisoner serving for horse stealing was found dead He reportedly died from an intra cranial hemorrhage after being found with his hands chained to a door after an assault on another inmate on July 31 Fox had caused trouble for his keepers and officials investigated the death on August 13
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Otha Fox
Peru
Fox
Terre Haute Lineman Hurled From Pole After Live Wire
Claude Osborn of Terre Haute, a lineman on the Terre Haute and Brazil interurban line, was struck by a live wire and fell about 20 feet. His back is broken and he is believed to be dying.
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Brazil
Ind
Claude Osborn
Terre Haute
Politician Spending Pledge and Election Exit Plans
Democrats and Republican managers push candidates to sign an agreement not to spend a dollar except for necessities and consider a plan for candidates to leave the county until after the election. In a coroner's inquest at Monon near Lafayette, freight conductor Callahan testified that a switch was open after a collision and that Cain, who claimed to have closed it, was so drunk he could not recall. Also noted: Professor Norman McGee escaped Chinese Boxers after leaving Pekin. Bryan's 1898 Bloomington visit and donation to the university. Robert Hobbs drops suit against David M Stout of Bush county over $13,000 in gold coin stolen from Stout in Haughville. Detectives Hobbs and Williams located the money but refuse to reveal the site until trial. Stout says he paid all due fees.
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Lafayette
Callahan
Opeen
Cain
Bloomington
Indianapolis
Bryan
The
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University
Robert Hobbs
David M. Stout
Bush County
Stout
Haughville
Hobbs
Williams
Turbulent Wind and Record Rain Sweep Illinois Street
A severe storm delivered rapid temperature swing from 8 to 66 and dumped 1.40 inches of rain in 28 minutes, a record. Winds hit 52 mph and streets flooded, sewers clogged, and trolley lines failed. Damages included toppled trees, damaged awnings, and telephone poles shattered. several residents reported shocks from lightning.
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Homer Taswell
Broad Ripple
Wealthy stockmen fatally shot in Nodaway hold up
Frank Craig and Joseph Philpot, prominent Nodaway cattle dealers, were held up near their St Joseph home early Sunday by two men. They resisted and were fatally shot. Two strangers were arrested as lynching rumors circulated locally.
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ST. Joseph
Frank Craig
Joseph Philpot
Nodaway
Old settlers picnic marks Cartersburg town day
In Cartersburg Indiana on Saturday locals celebrated old settlers picnic day. Vendors offered games and beer from a wagon to thirsty patrons while the county boasted few saloons outside the northeast area.
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Cartersburg
Ind
Lunatic wife attacks two in Muncie with butcher knife
Mrs Lavina Lacazette, described as a lunatic and ex wife of a Cuban planter, seized a butcher knife and rushed to the home of Mrs Kate Emlong an aged invalid, attempting to disembowel her. Helpers arrived, saving the victim though she is in shock and may die. The accused was captured by relatives.
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Muncie
Ind
Lavina Lacazette
Kate Emlong
Emlong
Miner Whit tico’s failed murder attempt ends in shooting
In Springfield Illinois on August 13 Bid Whit tico a white miner went to Berry Station to kill his wife but failed. He shot her sister Magsie Drennan 17 in the neck. the wound is potentially fatal. The wife had fled Whit tico and the murderer escaped.
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Springfield
Ill
Whittico
Berry Station
Magsie Drennan
Chinese Fraternity Meeting Draws Indiana Chinamen
Sunday turnout from across the state attended a gathering of a Chinese fraternal order in Indianapolis described as similar to the Masons. The group buys Chinese ginseng as a universal medicine, delays flowers for the ginseng’s victims, and charges initiation fees ranging from ten to eighty dollars based on means.
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Indianapolis
China Free Mission
China
Robbers Loot Parsonage Silver in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana on Sunday night robbers entered the Methodist parsonage while Rev L J Naftger was at church and stole about 20 dollars worth of silverware. Some missionary money and communion silver remained undiscovered. No suspects or clues are available.
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Muncie
Ind
Methodist
L. J. Naftger
Fifteen Die as Bus Struck by Train in Slatington
An omnibus returning from Sophia Schaeffer's funeral collided with a passenger train at a Slatington crossing killing fifteen people and injuring several others. Two riders survived the crash with most victims either dead or hurt. no crossing watchman was present and the train was a special.
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Slatington
Sophia Schaeffer
Once Noted Beauty Clementine Coffman Delayed Hearing
A commission met Monday to pass on the sanity of Clementine Coffman 64 of 611 N Liberty St. She has not recovered from a grip and believes neighbors influence her illness. A member of the Woodfill family noted for beauty, she lives four miles south of town. Her case was continued awaiting further testimony.
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Clementine Coffman
Libertyst
Woodfill
Grand Duke and Duchess Escape as Crash Kills Fourteen
A train carrying Grand Duke Peter of Russia and his wife collided at a bridge near Rome while returning from King Humbert’s funeral. The royal pair were unharmed, but fourteen passengers died and forty were injured when an extra train rear-ended the stopped locomotive, telescoping the carriage.
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Rome
Peter
Russia
Humbert
Dutch Lunch At Menninger’s Promises Delicacies
Free neckbands offered with Progress laundry and a Fast Express Steamers service to Paris promoted by Atlantic Steamship agency P. Pfisterer at 26 Virginia Ave. Tel. 1961. Famous cold Dutch Lunch with sandwiches and delicacies served to order at Menninger’s Ohio and Illinois streets.
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Atlantic Steamship Agency
P. Pfisterer
Virginia-ave
Tel
Menninger’s
Ohio
Special 1.25 Madison Return Train from Indianapolis to Madison
A special train departs Indianapolis at 7 30 a m and returns from Madison at 6 p m on Sunday August 19 with a round trip fare of 1 25.
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Madison
Pennsylvania Lines
Indianapolis
John Pierson Dies After Long Illness at 70
Uncle John Pierson, 70, died Sunday at his West Indianapolis home after a long illness. The funeral was held Monday and the body sent to Stilesville, Hendricks County, for burial. He was long connected with Union Stock Yards and had been a merchant in Fillmore and Coatsville, known for his tender hearted nature and generosity to debtors.
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John” Pierson
West Indianapolis
Stilesville
Hendricks County
Pierson
Union Stock Yards
Fillmore
Coatsville
City Markets in Indianapolis August Provisions Prices
City market report from Indianapolis on August 13 lists smoked meats including hams and bacon at varied percent costs, dry curing items like sausage and wiener, pickled meats with large 200 lb barrels, lard in tierces, and tenderloins. Fresh produce and fruits show prices for potatoes onions cabbage apples peaches and berries.
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California
Indiana
A Woman in Trousers Wears White Duck Pants
In Larchmont New York on August 13 a woman who had returned from a cruise confessed she wore white duck trousers. She said the style is cooler and keeps skirts from dragging in boat bottoms, allowing quicker movement. others in the fashion have not been seen on the beach.
Wholesale grocery prices and merchandise list
A dense catalog of sale prices across fruits vegetables nuts canned goods and staples. Items include choice bananas lemons honey pineapples watermelons peaches huckleberries and more with per case per basket or per pound rates. Also listed are nuts confections canned vegetables fruits fish game teas spices seeds flour oil butter and other commodities with varied seller prices.
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Brazil
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