Indiana Daily Snippets Across Towns Report Odd and Notable
An assorted Indiana roundup lists unusual events and local happenings from Nashville to Noblesville. George Ellis killed a four foot long rat with a button the size of a dollar embedded so deeply a surgeon was needed. Labor fights, deaths, new depots, boxers, floods, weddings, divorces, and fires fill the pages with brief notes from towns like Brazil Greencastle Seymour Decatur LaPorte Richmond Greensbriar Kokomo Marion Slaughterstown Frankfort Knox Greensfork Tippecanoe Chesterfield Summitville Wabash Franklin Milton Terre Haute Goshen Fredericksburg Rushville Columbus Washington Anderson Smiths Crossing Connersville Vincennes Noblesville and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Cox’s Mills
Lightning
Lon Morrison
Rensselaer
Arthur Powell
Mary Potts
Franklin
Milton-City
Terre Haute
James Fagan
Goshen
Catherine L. Steffen
Fredericksburg
W. C. Trotter
Rushville
Wallace Morgan
Columbus
Siegel Smith
Fitzgerald
Washington
Henry Switz
Anderson
Henry Youree
Smith
Clint Gwinnup
Connersville
Philip Shepler
Wabash
Kokomo
Charles Kellar
New York
Vincennes—Enterprise Stove Works
Noblesville
Moses Parson
More Useful Than a Man The Goats Owner in Elwood
Mrs. Ebenezer Rainy a 50 year old widow in East Elwood owns a remarkable goat called Billy used as a plow horse in her garden. The animal is a household companion and watchdog, dining from a box, sleeping on the doorstep, and creating quiet disruption with its bleats.
Marion girl faces charges after fatal baby neck injury
In Marion Indiana a girl of unspecified age carried her 14 month old brother by the head and ears, dislocating the neck. The infant lost consciousness. a physician reset the vertebrae. The baby recovered consciousness and appeared well after four hours with a broken neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Charles Long
Engineer negotiates gas tank project in Muncie
An expert engineer is negotiating with Muncie gas officials to build a large retaining tank to store surplus gas for winter. The project, estimated at about 60000 dollars, aims to provide fuel for the city in cold months if approved. Meanwhile rural free mail route patrons report boxes are dangled and dirt stuffed, with postal authorities investigating. Boer leaders Botha Delarey and De Wet, en route to England, say they will attend the Spithead coronation naval review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Brussels
Botha
Dewet
Delarey
England
Madeira
Spithead
Ten-year-old fisherman hooked by spirited bite
In Frankfort a ten year old son of Ea Mattix went fishing with companions when a bite came and the line jerked hard. The hook caught in the youngster during the untidy moment, prompting concern and quick action from those nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Ea Mattix
Quack Hair and Pain Remedies Advertised in Patchy Copy
An advertisement fragment touts hair preparations like Weile' lair Tone and Rover on More for ants and moths with a 50 cent can. It promotes Lightning Relief for rheumatism and pain and Rough on Bunions costing 5 cents. A dubious claim pitches Get There and Try It as a money maker and leg wash, with unclear assurances about horse value and savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weile
Multiple Indiana town reports clutter local news brief
A long list of short notices from towns including NEW ALBANY Ferdinand township Dubois county lacking a Republican. GREENFIELD stock sale by Charles Stoner. ROCHESTER Willis Hill injured by a horse. EDINBURG John Cooper injured by dynamite. COLUMBA CITY pickle plant opening. and many more items across the state such as runaways, fires, divorces, and civic events. The clippings cover mishaps, business, and community happenings with numerous named locations and individuals.
Rail timetable and station listings 1902 Indiana lines
Indianapolis Union Traction timetable shows routes to Anderson Muncie Marion Alexandria with hourly departures from 4:15 a.m. to 9:15 p.m. Limited trains to Anderson and Muncie at 8:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. plus direct Anderson connections to Elwood. Transit cars operate from 5:45 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. with Mooresville and intermediate stops. Real estate ads for a modern residence and adjoining parcels accompany the timetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland St
Anderson
Muncie
Marion
Alexandria
Elwood
Maryland-st
Mooresville
Union Station
Indianapolis
Arlington Stranger Loses Hat and Is Mistaken as Crazy
A German stranger in Arlington lost his hat and could not speak English causing bystanders to pursue him, leading to fear he was deranged. In Lafayette a nine year old son of George Smith fell onto a plowhandle hitting a disc blade and suffered severe cuts. In Winchester Will Lanning was confined in the county jail after attempting suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
George Harden
Lulu Suggs
Indianapolis
Madison
Arlington
Lafayette
George Smith
Winchester
Will Lanning
Be Cured to Stay Cured By Nature's Own Remedy
An advertisement promoting Alma-Eromo Salt from Alma Michigan as a home remedy for constipation stomach liver kidney and nervous diseases. Claims rapid permanent cure and clear complexion with pleasant taste and tonic effects. Sold by druggists for 50 cents a bottle. trial bottle offered free by mail from Michigan Drug Co Detroit. The Sun Seventh Page. For sale column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma-Eromo
Alma
Mich
Michigan -Drug Co
Detroit
Cannes
Bishop Remedy Co
San Francisco
Cal
Sloan Drug 60
West Washiartes St
Fedianapolis
Ind
Farm quarrel ends with man struck by pitchfork
In Windfall Indiana on August 14 Richard Baker's farm where Thomas Cottingham aged 19 struck Charles Reed over the head with a heavy pitchfork handle during a quarrel. Reed is in a dying condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ind
Richard Baker
Thomas Cottingham
Richard
Charles Reeder
Reeder
A Cure for Cholera Infantum
Mrs Curtis Baker of Bookwalter Ohio recounts a neighbor’s infant saved from cholera infantum after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy per directions. She reports full recovery in two days and ongoing health nearly a year later, endorsing the medicine to others. Sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Baker
Bookwalter
Ohio
Chamberlain
Brazil Woman Confesses to Barn Fire in August Blaze
Mrs May Howard living with Charles Hanawalt confessed to setting his barn ablaze enjoying the spectacle. Authorities suspect additional fires in and near Brazil Indiana. A sensational alleged confession by Rev Charles Hill to killing Mrs Smith at Benwood 15 years ago is deemed a fake. his wife says he has not been ill for five years. He is currently away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Edward Haniwalt
South Bend
Colfax
Woodmen of America
Chester
Hunt Family
Capt
Jeffries
Anderson
Don H. Benadum
Cambridge
Boden & Son
Fsom Waymire
Doddridge
Ind
May Howard
Charles Hanawalt
Charles Hill
Lonely Widow Buries Six In Family Tragedy
Cleveland dispatch reports a widow at 194 Forest Street mourns after a string of losses. Mr and Mrs Witkowsky endured the deaths of three children, then their father, and finally the surviving son Archie who died of typhoid fever. The funeral was held at Mayfield Cemetery, leaving the widow alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Forest St
Aa. Witkowsky
Archie
Mayfield Cemetery
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Indiana
Nashville
George Ellis
Greencastle
James Armstrong
Salem
Seymour
Laporte
Richmond—Circus
Greenbriar
Dan Simpson
Burton McClain
Marion—Horseshoers
Slaughtertown
Bruce Wright
Knox
Greensfork
Beeson’s Grove
Tippecanoe
Chesterfield
Summitville
Decatur
C. L. Miebers
Carnegie Library Board
Florence Leeson
B. Goldsmith
J. H. Elliott
Vestal
Otto Ammon
Russiaville
Jennie McCormick
Keokuk
Ammon
Sylvester Newlin
The
Friends’ Church
London
Rover
New Albany
Ferdinand Township
Dubois County
Greenfield
Charles Stoner
Rochester
Willis Hill
Edinburg
John Cooper
Columba City
Crawfordsville
Minnie Shanklin
Elekhart
N. E
Kendalville—Goshen & Agara Traction Company
Peru
Mabel Taylor
Aurora
Guuseppe Imperiale
Fowlerton
Levi Simon
Fort Wayne
New Haven
Diamond
Cincinnati
Richmond
Walter Bymaster
Harry
Jim Elwood
People’s Company
Warsaw
Bedford
Co. G
Fourth Indiana Cavalry
Court House
Tommy Holbrook
Elena Riley
Greensburg
J. H. Alexander
Geo. M. Ewing
Charles Timm
Bloomington
Voris Underwood
George Landon
St. Angelo
Tex
Bush County
Grant County
Lewisville
George Morris
Tipton
Elwood-Tipton
Union Traction Company
Father Lucas
Catholic Hospital
Anderson Bridge Company
Huntington
Mary J. Mahoney
John
Shannon
Sullivan
Reuben Shaw
Marshal Lee Morris
Hymera
Morris
Breeden
Putnamville
David Sublett
Dave Harris
Jack Bray
William Shank
Vincennes
Johnson County
Westville
Minerva Sweet
Cottingham
Chas. H. Fletcher
Mr. Fletcher
Yoo
Mneanis
Reape of
Olid
Samuel Pitcker Rochelle Saitelle Sood
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Deutsch Tailoring Co
General Electric Co
C. W. Merkel Co
N. Penn
Express
BIG
Wasi Hingto
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Cleveland Express
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Avon
Union “City
Boston
Union City
N.Y
Boston Limited
N. Y
Knickkr
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MikUaAr
ST. Louis Line
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Mad
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Phila
Martinsville Ceoneae
Logansport
Chicago
Bradwedge
Philadoiphs
Payton
Incennes
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Madigan
Isis
Pittsburgh
Spencer
Limited
Xenia
Peene Fox Northland
Geen
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway
West Waanihgon
S. C
Cincinnati Fast Mail
Cincinnati & Dayton Express
Toledo & Detroit Express
Cincinnati Limited P. D
Monon T
Vandalia Line
81. Louis Limited
Onaniefbe Sn
St. Louis
West
Weett
Western Express
Effingham
Indiana, Decatur & Western
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Toledo
Michigan
Chicago, Ltd
Lafayette & Mich
City
Union Tractison Company OF Ind
Forest Park
Eee Tibbott
Derry
St. Ag
Davis & Co
Balawin
R. L. Talbot, Lemcke
Dwinnell & Co
Mass
Miller Bros. “Real
Lemcke
Heaton & Lemcke Bldg
Hudson
W Wright
de Vore
Oliverage
RAL Estate
Caldwell & Moore, & Fitzgerald Bidz
Ud Thos. F. Quill
Brandon’ Bik
E. Wash
Blaine-ave. RR
Henry H. Fay
E. Market St
Union Trust Building
J. W. Losh
Ailroad
Forest Park Lot Ouyerm
A. B. Carter & Co
E. Market-st. Tf
J. G. McCullough
Ee Real Estate
Wm. Manion
Delaware
SE Peng Pete
Seidensticker & Root
Tt Real Estate
Meyer & Newcomb
Grexer & Keller
Majestic
Plainfield
Bailey
L. M. Pentecost
Fotal Bargains
K. Marketst
C. W. Bridges Investment Co
Lombard
Washington-st
Cross & Brown
Meridian St
J. W. Friday & Co
Chas G. Duvall
Lombard Bldg
N. East
H. P. Stewart
L. E. Market St. Ir
Oreaee Real Estate
Greyer & Keller
Denny & Denny
E. Washington-st
Gill & Greenen
Shelton
Pioneer
Udell & Clifton
News
Irvington
Chas. W. Brouse
Law Ride
New Cottage
City Hospital
Heiman & Co
Delaware-st
Morris-st
J. H. Pattison
Monument Place
Lemcke Ridg
Traders’ Union
Baldwin
Davidson
Law Building
Tfee
Cruse
Cottage
Holman & Co
Delaware St
Broadway
22Nd St
Thorp
Frank L. Furguson
E. Market
S. Illinois-st
W. W. Dark & Co
E. Market-st. Newphone
Ing. Spann & Co
R. Co. Light
Stevenson
Waddle & Co
Lemcks
the Sun
Vonnegut
Washington St
BIG Four
Indianapolis Union Station
Chichester
Bate Ichester
Pastern Mall
MD Maé
Ieen
Prilaw
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