Daring daylight robbery mars Indiana town on train
A group of three tramps attacked Albert Stone aboard a Lake Shore freight near Waterloo Indiana, stole valuables and about $20, then threw him from a moving car. He survived the fall and later identified the assailants, who were captured after a police phaser. The list of nearby incidents and local happenings follows, including reunions, births, and legal notices.
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Waterloo
Ind
Lake Shore
Here
Albert Stone
Springfield
Mass
Chicago
Stone
Stove
Boy Killed Pulling Train Coupling In Indiana
Ora Mc Laughlin a 13 year old boy died in a freight train wreck near Nappanee Indiana after he and another boy rode on the dead wood to Bremen. They allegedly pulled a coupling pin causing cars to detach and six cars to wreck.
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Wabash
Ind
Ora McLaughlin
Baltimore & Ohio
Nappanes
Bremen
McLaughlin
Nappanee
Community reports push to rebuild George Dick flouring mills
Richmond Indiana dispatch notes Hagerstown residents nearly meeting the funds to rebuild after a recent mill fire. The item claims F and N lawn mower factory of Richmond is the world's largest producer, with ninety thousand machines produced last season. Also mentions Brookville hosts its fourth annual farmers festival with speakers Will Cumback and Col. J La Crawford from Kentucky.
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Richmond
Ind
Hagerstown
George Dick
F. and N
Brookville
Will Cumback
Col. J. la Crawford
Kentucky
Overworked brakeman dead after dozing on track at Gosport
Walter Burroughs, 26, a Monon brakeman from Lafayette, had worked several days without sleep. He sat on the railway to flag a following train near Gosport, Sind., and was struck by an engine, killed instantly.
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Gosport
Sind
Walter Burroughs
Monon
Lafayette
Indiana Inklings and Local Notices From Various Towns
Brief notes report deaths in Dublin Kokomo Fort Wayne Madison and other cities. Funeral processions used street cars in Muncie. A Kokomo carpenter died roofing a house. An injunction stalled Tipton’s new city building. A Covington drowning occurred in the Wabash. A Greentown plant started with 500 workers. The McCormicks sold oil leases in Van Buren for 55000 to Thomas Alford of Pittsburgh. A reunion of G A R Orleans and the Sixty sixth Indiana set for August 18 and 19. Terre Haute wool firm shipped 69000 pounds of wool in a Saturday run.
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Kokomo
Muncie
John J. Jacques
Fort Wayne
Price Fellows
Kokomo ‘Carpenter
Tipton
Thomas Wells
Madison County
Spicely
G. A.R. Orleans
Indiana
Terre Haute
Mobs Lock Up Chattanooga Street Cars
In Chattanooga Tennessee a mass street car lockout drew a monster demonstration with about three thousand people at Ninth and Market. The mob derailed trolleys and disrupted service. police were overwhelmed. protections were requested as tracks were greased and cars blocked in suburbs and on Lookout Mountain lines.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ninth and Market Sts
Chattanooga Electric Company
Lookout Mountain
Pennsylvania Feud Ends In Fatal Fight In Carbondale
James Quinn, 60, of Powderly Road Carbondale Pa, died at 7 pm Sunday from wounds inflicted in a feud with Joseph and Thomas Gallagher. All three are central figures in a violent clash that drew about 200 bystanders and involved stones and missiles before Quinn succumbed to his injuries. The Gallaghers are jailed on criminal charges.
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Carbondale
James Quinn
Powderly Road
Joseph
Thomas Gallagher
Gallaghers
Quinns
Gallagher
Quinn
Wealthy lumberman seeks wife who eloped to Kenton
Detroit detectives chase the wife of a Kenton Michigan lumberman who fled with a stable hand. The husband, said to be worth over 230000 dollars, aims to obtain her signature on documents to cut support. The pair reportedly took about 30000 dollars in cash.
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Oconto
Wis
Detroit
Kenton
Mich
Gas Explosion At Connecticut Capitol Steps
Hartford. The granite steps on the north front of the state capitol were blown off by an illuminating gas explosion Sunday evening. Night-watchman Keefe and George Cooper investigated a gas odor in a vault beneath the steps. Opening the vault triggered a blast that burned the men and threw them down. Keefe is gravely burned and may die. Damage is listed at $1,000.
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Hartford
Conn
State Capitol
Keefe
George Cooper
Cure for itching piles claimed by Chauncey man
Hamilton Clark of Chauncey Georgia says he suffered with itching piles for twenty years before trying DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Two boxes completely cured him. Beware of counterfeit products. All druggists carry it.
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Hamilton Clark
Chauncey
DeWitt
Croker Flops as Tammany Voices Drift Toward Bryan
Saratoga Aug. H. Augustus Van Wyck’s midsummer boom collapses after Richard Croker praises Bryan. Tammany members, who had supported Van Wyck, push back and shift to Bryan while Croker’s reasons for changing views remain undisclosed. Ex Senator Gorman and Judge Van Wyck decline comment.
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Saratoga
Augustus van Wyck
Richard Croker
Bryan
Croker
Tom Reed
Bage
Tammany
van Wyck
Gorman
Mr. Croker
Yaqui Revolt Reported With Heavy Indian Casualties
Dispatches from Mexico City describe Gen Lorenzo Torres engaging Yaqui rebels near Vicain in a forest clash. Federal forces suffer light losses while claiming 387 Indian deaths and a later skirmish leaves seven dead, with Torres wounded and others injured.
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Lorenzo Torres
Vicain
Torres
Twelfth Battalion
National Board of the State
Croker backs Bryan boosting 1900 nomination hopes
In Washington Aug 14 Richard Croker praises Bryan as a great statesman close to the people. Bryanites view Croker's remarks as a signal Tammany Hall will back Bryan, signaling a possible formal endorsement. A Tammany endorsement could seal Bryan's nomination with upstate New York backing.
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Washington
Richard Croker
Bryan
Tammany Hall
Croker
Lincoln
New York
Freight conductor killed on J M T tracks near South Street
Frank Menees aged 32 of 2714 FE New York Street died Sunday at 5 p m after slipping while climbing a switch engine on the J M T rails. He was run over by the wheels and died at once. He leaves a widow and three children and belonged to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen which will conduct the burial. The funeral will be at Woodruff Baptist Church.
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Frank Menees
New York-st
Panhandle
South-st
Brotherhood of
Woodruff Place Baptist Church
Big boycott against the Sun spreads in New York
The Central Federated Union and District Assembly 439 of the K of L announce a boycott of the Sun. With nearly 200,000 members, they plan an anti Sun parade and mass meeting next Saturday night and expect 2,000 boys to stop selling the paper. News dealers' association may join.
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New York
Central Federated Union and District Assembly
K. of L
The
Sun
News Dealers’ Association
Johnson May Succeed Hart In Chicago Baseball Club
Chicago reports a rumor that President Hart may leave the club after Burns rumored to sever his connection this season. President Johnson of the Western league is named as a possible successor though Hart and Johnson have not commented.
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Elmer Schooley
Minnesota Volunteers
Philippines
Chicago
Burns
Chicago Baseball ‘Club
Hart
Johnson
Western” League
CHR
Tragedy at Union Station Woman Falls Under Train
Florence Raper assistant matron of the Indianapolis orphans home was thrown under a train as it stopped at Union station Sunday night. Stationmaster Lewis pulled her clear, the right heel was clipped, she suffered a dislocated hip, bruises and a nervous shock, and was taken to the orphans home. She refused to reveal her age.
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Aston Camp Meeting Grounds
Union Station
Florence Raper
Indianapolis
Lewis
Births Deaths and Marriages in City Notices
Births list multiple couples with address details and newborn gender. Deaths include Emma Hester Flora Bannett Milton Robins Carl Miller William Gahe Rhincold Miller Cathena Killila Jacob Bailey Ralph Phillips Fiossie Inman with ages and causes. Marriage licenses show ten couples listed with partner names.
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Emma Hester
Fort Wayne-ave
Flora Bannett
Kennington-st. Milton Robins
St. Vincent's Hospital
Carl Miller
Prospect
Notice of Liquor License Application in Marion County
Stephen Peters gives notice to voters in Third ward Center township that he will apply at the September term 189 to the Board of Commissioners for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in less than five gallons and to allow drinking on the premises at No 162 W Fifteenth st Indianapolis. He also seeks pool table privileges in the same room in ward 8.
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Third Ward
Center Township
Board of Commissioners
Marion County
Fifteenthst
Northwestern-ave
C. St. John West
Indianapolis
Alarion County
Indiana
W. Fifteenth St
Stephen Peters
Notice to sell intoxicating liquor in Center town Indiana
Henry E. Santo applies for a license in Indianapolis Center township Marion county Indiana for sale of intoxicating liquors in a room fronting south on W Tenth street first floor of a brick building lot 12 Smith Ketcham subdivision Drake addition Ward 3 No 320 W Tenth street and for wine table privileges in same room.
O Brien seeks license for intoxicating liquors and pool
Voters of the Tenth ward Center town Indiana at their September term 1899 hear a request for a license to sell intoxicating malt and spiritous liquors in quantities under five gallons with drinking on the premises. The business is on the northeast corner of Alabama and Pearl streets in a three story brick building. The applicant Mike O Brien also seeks pool table privileges in the same room.
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Tenth Ward
Center Township
Board of Commissioners
Marion County
Indiana
Alabama St
Alabama and
Pearl-sts
Square 62
Indianapolis
Beard
Mike O'Brien
Griffin seeks liquor and game room license for Ward 15 Indiana
John Griffin files at the September term 1869 for a spirituous liquor license in quantities less than five gallons and pool table and restaurant privileges in a room facing north on McCarty street at the southeast corner of McCarty and Missouri streets Indianapolis Center township Marion county Indiana The business is on the first floor of a one story frame building at 93 feet from the west end of lot 49 in McKernan and Pierce extended subdivision outlet 128 Known as No M1 W. McCarty street ward 15 Griffin requests approval and privileges from the county board.
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Fifteenth Ward
Center Township
Board of Commissioners
Marion County
State of Indiana
Mc- Carty
John Griffin
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