Death of Lewis Bailey Who Built the Gatling Gun
In Freeport Indiana Lewis Bailey dies at age and is remembered for constructing a working Gatling gun model. He pursued a larger gun in Europe after patents went to another man, returned broken in health and fortune, and died largely forgotten. Nearby Kokomo details report a Sunday farm fight over threshing with fists clubs and pitch forks, ending with Sabbath observers claiming the day.
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Greenfield
Ind
Lewis Bailey
Freeport
Bailey
Europe
Kokomo
Powers Farm
Poplar Grove
Henry Turley
Tom Powers
Sab
Insanity scare sparks barefoot sprint to Marion
A woman, Artie Pierce, fleeing believed hauntings by a dead friend, ran nine miles barefoot to Marion before police and her father took charge. Reports say she has shown insanity signs for two years, imagining calls to dead relatives.
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Marion
Ind
Tacie Mang
Artie Pierce
Pierce
Pearl Bryan
Drowned Daughter of James Hargan Sought At Resort
A Michigan summer resort reported the drowning of the year old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Hargan. The parents carried the body home but it disappeared on the train and a special search train was sent to locate it. MARION Ind Aug 21 Mrs May Barron seeks her husband Leon Barron who vanished July 10. It is learned he was married to Pearl Carson of Shelbyville and has not divorced her.
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Anderson
Ind
Marion
A. S. Norton
Toledo
Christ
James Hargan
Michigan
Marion, Ind
May Barron
May Hickman
Logansport
Leon Barron
Pearl Carson
Shelbyville
Pitcher
Castoria
New York
New York City
Mr. Fletcher
Chas. H. Fletcher
Severe storm damages Delaware County as lightning strikes hit homes
A severe electrical storm swept Delaware County on Wednesday causing extensive damage. Houses were struck by lightning, streets flooded, cellars filled, and excavations for business blocks flooded. A sewer on Elm Street caved in for 60 feet.
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Muncie
Ind
Delaware County
Elmst
Bass fisher Roscoe Perdieu nets 14 black bass record
Roscoe Perdieu traveled from Innow Springs with 14 black bass totaling 17 pounds. The smallest weighed three quarters of a pound and the largest one and a half pounds. He claims the best bass fishing record this summer.
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Muncie
Roscoe Perdieu
Innow Springs
Farmer Finds Valuable Diamond Near Nashville Creek
Levi Harrison discovered a diamond along a Hamblen township creek on his farm in Nashville Indiana. Estimated value is 700 to 1000 dollars. He plans to take the gem to Indianapolis for examination by city jewelers.
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Nashville
Ind
Hamblen Township
Levi Harrison
Indianapolis
Escapee from jail commits suicide in Indiana cell
Glen Benham, 18, who recently escaped from the county jail and was returned from Vostoria, Ohio, hanged himself in his Richmond, Indiana jail cell on Wednesday night. He fashioned a rope by tearing a sheet into strips.
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Richmond
Ind
Glen Benham
Vostoria
Streetcar Strike Hits Impasse in Lafayette
Lafayette Indiana August 21 street railway management refuses to sign striker proposition, erasing hopes for a quick settlement of the street car trouble.
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Lafayette
Ind
Train Strike Wounds Plymouth Man Near Track
Andrew Nifong stood near the railroad when a train passed. The engine pilot struck a stone on the track and hurled a fragment against Nifong's head, causing a serious injury.
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Plymouth
Andrew Nifong
Nifong
Nerve Pills Praised By Indianapolis Residents
Mr. Alex MacPherson and Mrs. B. Smith of Indianapolis report Dr. A W Chase's Nerve Pills helped a family member and themselves. They credit Hyder's Drug Store for supplying the medicine and note relief from dizziness nervousness low spirits improved sleep and general strength.
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Indianapolis
A. W. Chase
Alex MacPherson
Washington St
Ind
Hyder
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