Columbus Quiet Honors Man Who Honored Town
Funeral for Joseph J. Irwin drew the largest crowd in Columbus history and halted all business. Rev. W H Book and Dr Jabez Hall led services as Irwin, father of Indiana interurban railways, was buried beside his wife in city cemetery. Interurban cars between Indianapolis and Louisville paused five minutes at 3 PM in tribute.
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W. H. Book
Tabernacle Christian Church
Jabez Hall
Butler College
Irwin
City
Indianapolis
Louisville
Indiana
Methodists Begin Meet in Frankfort Indiana
The annual conference of the Methodist Protestant churches of Indiana opens in Frankfort on Tuesday with about 1450 delegates in attendance. Congressman Martin A. Morrison will welcome the delegates and Rev W T Abrams of the Baptist church will give an opening welcome for the Frankfort Ministerial association. The opening sermon will be delivered by W A Lineberry of Plymouth.
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Testant Churches
Indiana
Martin A. Morrison
W. TE. Abrams
The
Baptist Church
Frankfort
Editor mauls man with blood in eye in Rushville
Ezra Scoville, owner of an auto, tried to clean out Editor W K Elm of Knightstown but Elm fought back and mauled Scoville. The dispute followed earlier vandalism accusations against Scoville’s party and a refusal to suppress a name in the paper.
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Rushville
Ezra Scoville
W. K. Elm
Knightstown
Scoville
Deem
Sons of St. George Open at Anderson
Delegates from West Virginia Ohio and Indiana began arriving for the convention of the Order of Sons of St. George in Anderson Indiana. Mayor Foster welcomed attendees as the gathering opened Tuesday and the convention will close Thursday with a trolley trip to Indianapolis.
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Sons OF ST. George
Anderson
Ind
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Order of Sons of St. George
Foster
Indianapolis
Dog Rescued After Four Day Ditch Ordeal
George Giltner found his rat terrier wedged into the entrance to a tile ditch after chasing a rabbit. The dog had been trapped for four days, a prior similar incident last year saw the dog prisoner for fifteen days.
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Huntington
Ind
George Giltner
Everett Smith Rescued After Line Shaft Accident
Everett Smith of the Apperson automobile works in Kokomo Indiana escaped death when his clothing was torn from his body after catching in a line shaft. The incident occurred on Monday and narrowly spared his life.
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Kokomo
Ind
Everett Smith
Apperson Automobile Works
Boone County Fair Opens Free for Children on Tuesday
The Boone County fair in Lebanon Indiana opens Tuesday as Children's Day with free admission for all school children. Several thousand are expected to attend, and the regular fair program includes additional circus features as special attractions.
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Lebanon
Ind
Superintendent Moves From Greentown to Linden
Morton Lamb resigns as Greentown public schools superintendent and moves to Linden to lead Linden and Kirkpatrick school systems as superintendent with his family.
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Kokomo
Ind
Morton Lamb
Greentown
Linden
Kirkpatrick
Sisters Take Vows in Terre Haute Ceremony
In Terre Haute Indiana on August 16 Bishop E S Chatard of Indianapolis vested twenty one young women with the Catholic order of Sisters of Providence in a formal ceremony.
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Terre Haute
Ind
E. S.° Chatard
Indianapolis
Sisters of Providence
Cyclone Lifts Boy On Hay Load At Indiana Farm
Stacy Haines 150 pounds rode a hay laden load about 25 feet high when a cyclone hit his father’s Andrews area farm in Huntington county. He fell to the ground dazed but uninjured aside from shock and bruises. Earlier the wind hurled a fork of hay 100 feet before releasing it over a wide area.
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FT. Wayne
Ind
Stacy Haines
Andrews
Huntington County
Friend of trusts wilts like violet in Indiana scuffle
In Hammond Indiana on August 16 a clash over Hoying costs brought Peter Swets into a fight with John Beattie Swift and Company agent. Beattie blamed farmers, Swets blamed trusts. Swets nicknamed Abe Lincoln endured while Beattie ended dusty and wilted.
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Hammond
Ind
Peter Swets
John Beattie
Swift and Company
Beattie
Swets
Beaitie
Democrat Sheriff Nominee Withdraws in Richmond
Charles Reiser a Jackson township farmer and Democratic sheriff nominee withdrew from the ballot saying he fears election after initially feeling honored. He stated he would not hold the office for love nor money and chose to step aside.
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Richmond
Ind
Charles Reiser
Jackson Township
Mondas
Reiser
Graveyard Stones Moved in Brookville Town Vandalism
Vandals overturned markers at the county burying ground beside the Lutheran church in Brookville Indiana. The disruption left many graves unidentifiable and families unable to locate stones. The community mourns and feverishly searches for clues with no trace of the vandals.
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Brookville
Ind
Two Fatally Hurt by Auto's Plunge
In Hammond Indiana a Castleman touring car traveling from Wisconsin to Gary plunged down a steep embankment near Des Plaines. Vaughan Smith a 14 year old of Gary and Dick Schoen resident south of Hammond died from skull fractures and internal injuries. Alderman M N Castleman of Gary was injured but survived. Three other Des Plaines men escaped with minor injuries.
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Hammond
Ind
Desplaines
Inl
M. N. Castleman
Gary
Castleman
Wisconsin
Vaughan Smith
Dick Schoen
Hammon
Arrestee Defends Role in Scottsburg Bank Fraud Case
Ted Sharick, arrested for alleged complicity in a $900 Scottsburg bank defrauding, told reporters in Frankfort on Monday that newspapers wronged him by linking him to the crime. He claimed he only accompanied Neal to Scottsburg to seek a property deal and did not know the young man’s true nature or involvement with the bank.
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The
Sun
Frankfort
Ted
W. Sharick
Scottsburg
Neal
Sharick
Accident victim admits drinking in court
Charles Stanley admitted guilt on intoxication in a court in Anderson on Monday. He was driving a buggy with Mrs. Frankie Hinton and Mrs. Harry Best when the horse swerved and Everett ran away. Hinton died from a fractured skull and Best broke two legs. The coroner to investigate and Stanley was sent back to jail without sentence.
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Anderson
Charles Stanley
Stanley
Frankie Hinton
Harry Best
Opticians End Session Without Infant Eye Operation
The Indiana association of opticians closed its session in LaPorte on August 16 without performing surgery on the Atkins infants eyes. Doctors said one eye was partially open but light sensitive and an operation would be experimental with doubtful chance of restoring sight.
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Laporte
Ind
Indiana Association of Opticians
ER. A. Atkins
Opticians
Attorneys Seek Fees Over County Option Suit
In Vincennes Indiana on August 16 attorneys B M Willoughby and James M House sue Eagle Brewery Company for 375 dollars each claiming the brewery agreed to pay 500 dollars each for services opposing a county option petition. The amount claimed remains unpaid.
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the Sun
Vincennes
Ind
B. M. Willoughby
James M. House
Eagle Brewery Company
Coroner to Probe Cause of Lulu Warner's Death
Acting Coroner Thomas Blackwell will conduct an autopsy Tuesday morning to determine the death cause of Lulu Warner, 27, of 625 Bates street. She was found in a comatose state on North Alabama street near Massachusetts avenue Saturday night and did not regain consciousness.
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Thomas Blackwell
Lulu Warner
Bates Street
North Alabama Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Otwell Homecoming Prize Goes To 102 Year-Old Mary Bradfield
Petersburg Indiana August 16 Mrs Mary Bradfield of this town won the Otwell homecoming prize for the oldest person She is 102 with five other competitors ages from 90 to 96 years old.
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Petersburg
Ind
Mary Bradfield
Otwell
Forty women take final vows with Holy Cross in South Bend
In South Bend on August 16 Bishop A J Allerding led 40 women to solemn final vows after five years of probation. The ceremony marked their formal admission as members of the Holy Cross congregation.
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South Bend
Ind
A. J. Allerding
Holy Cross Congregation
Coroner Rules Blow Caused Buckley Death
Coroner Holder finds James Buckley died from concussion of the brain after a blow and fall. The blow was delivered by Zed Hudson. Hudson is jailed awaiting trial and no action will be taken until the circuit court convenes in September.
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the Sun
Washington, Ind
Holder
James Buckley
Zed Hudson
Young Hudson
Killing Near Cambridge City Sparks Anger At Camp
Richmond Indiana August 16 The third killing at the Pennsylvania railroad construction camp near Cambridge City where foreign workers are quartered followed a fight between Italians Louis Leueta and an unknown Italian. Leueta arrested and camp evacuation discussed as Cambridge City reels from the violence.
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Richmond
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Louis Torio
Louis Leueta
Builetto
Leueta
Cambridge City
Dublin
Father Beats Daughter After Theater Outing
In Hammond Indiana on August 16 John K Volk attacked his daughter Mary Volk after she went to a theater with John B Ogner. Volk beat Mary and lashed her with a whip in the home and is in custody.
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Hammond
Ind
John K. Volk
Pretty Mary Volk
John B. Ogner
Volk
Woman shoots at burglar as bullets hit wall
Washington Indiana reports Mrs T Co Banks fired her revolver when she heard burglars at night. The bullets struck the wall eight feet apart and the burglar fell over a chair unhurt, then escaped.
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the Sun
Washington, Ind
Court fight ends with contempt fines in Newcastle
William E. Jeffries law partner of Congressman Barnard was fined 40 dollars by Judge Jackson for contempt. John Will M. and R. D Goodwin prominent Newcastle businessmen were each fined 20 dollars after a courtroom fist fight over appointing a commissioner to sell the Goodwins estate. Jeffries was badly pummeled. the feud between families has a long history.
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Sun
Newcastle
Ind
William E. Jeffries
Barnard
Sixth
Jackson
John
Will M
R. D Goodwin
Jeffries
Goodwins
J. Pluvius Helps Scrub Windy City
Chicago cleans up after a drenching rain with citizens aiding the health department. Crowds with brooms and shovels sweep streets yards and alleys, piling summer refuse for city wagons.
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J. Pluvius
Windy City
Chicago
Citizens Aiding Health
Health Department
J. Plavius
Evans
Rush County Chautauqua Eyes Theodore Roosevelt Appearance
Rushville Indiana August 16 The Rush county chautauqua has closed and aims to invite Theodore Roosevelt for next year. The town is hopeful that Jim Watsons influence will help secure the former president.
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Rushville
Ind
Rush County
Theodore Roosevelt
Jim’ Watson
Brown Renominated in Indiana State Rep Race
John G. Brown of Monon was renominated Monday by Republicans of White and Jasper counties as state representative. Resolutions praised Taft Beveridge Crumpacker Senator Halleck and Representative Brown.
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Brown
Rensselaer
Ind
John G. Brown
Monon
White and
Jasper Counties
Taft
Beveridge
Crumpacker
Halleck
Methodist Hospital Endowed In Memory Of Mrs Gibson
By will of the late Mrs Jane Ann Gibson Lawrenceburg Ind Aug 16 a gift of 35000 endows a bed at the Indianapolis Methodist hospital in memory of Mrs Gibson Her estate is valued at 500000 The will also remembers several charitable institutions in Ohio.
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Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg. Ind
Jane
Ann Gibson
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Gibson
Ohio
Coal vein found near Bloomington first in Monroe county
At a depth of six feet a seven foot vein of coal was struck on the John D Badgley farm seven miles northwest of Bloomington Indiana. This is the first coal vein discovered in Monroe county.
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Bloomington
Ind
John D. Badgley
Monroe County
Penny Ballots Will Name Kokomo Labor Day Queen
Kokomo Indiana prepares a big Labor Day celebration with an industrial parade. A queen will be chosen by public ballots sold at a penny each. The event reflects local civic spirit in Kokomo with community participation.
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Kokomo
Ind
Three Children Drown In Menominee River Tragedy
A search for the bodies of Aviera Eva Riengren Hazel Lindholm and William Riengren continued after a raft broke apart on the Menominee river Monday. The three Carnegie Wisconsin children aged 12 13 and 9 drowned in the accident.
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Menominee, Mich
Menominee River
Aviera Eva Riengren
Hazel Lindholm
William Riengren
Carnegie
Wis
Indianapolis campers form Quick Step club at Trinity Springs
Trinity Springs Indiana August 16 Indianapolis campers organized the Quick Step club with members including John Baister Thomas Kinney Herman Lentz Wi Baist Robert Booth Fred Hienenkamp Val Wolf Elmer Cunningham Otto Schier John Rauch E L Segar John Horan Andrew Wicker Vic Rothley Dan Wolf Thomas Gardner Benjamin Leerkamp and C F Brandum.
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Trinity Springs
Ind
Indianapoli
Quick Step Club
Indianapolis
John Baister
Thomas Kinney
Herman Lentz
Wi Baist
Robert Booth
Fred Hienenkamp
Val Wolf
Elmer Cunningham
Otto Schier
John Rauch
E L. Segar
John Horan
Andrew Wicker
Vic Rothley
Dan Wolf
Thomas Gardner
Benjamin Leerkamp
C. F. Brandum
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Milwaukee
Pabst Brewing Company
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Jim
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Mich
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Strong Company
Indiana Trust Co
LE. & WR R
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Bloomingdale & Ret
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N. TH St
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Washington
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Corner
Illinois
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