Prominent Citizen Charged in Morristown Arrest Case
Morristown Indiana reports Frank Smith, a prominent citizen, arrested on a charge of keeping Stella Johnson, 18, as his wife amid allegations by Stella that her father forced her to live with him. A Cumberland County Illinois warrant exists for the same charge, with threats alleged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
Ind
Wm. Johnson
Jack Champion
Sena
Frank Smith
Johnson
Stella
Smith
Cumberland County
Illinois
Heroic mother drowns saving son in Ohio River
In Charless town Indiana on Wednesday afternoon Mrs J N Teeple drowned while attempting to save her five year old son Audrey from drowning in the Ohio River. Her seven year old Herbert also drowned after both children went beyond their depth as the mother tried to rescue them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
Ind
Ittle
Ohio River
J._N. Teeple
Fell Dead Mrs Quick Arrested On Poison Charge
Peru Indiana August 24 Mrs Edith Quick was arrested on a charge of poisoning her husband William Quick New evidence presented by Henry Quick brother of the murdered man is damaging She protests innocence and remains composed under the accusation Bourbon Indiana August 24 a laborer collapsed after a wagon pass by Mrs Abraham Brillhart house She fainted from fright and died from a brain hemorrhage minutes later
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Peru
Ind
Sps
Edith Quick
William Quick
Henry Quick
Bourbon
Abraham Brillhart
Leaves His Family and Elopes With a Young Girl
VALPARAISO Aug 24 Harry Hamilton 45 elopes with Lillie Gray 16. Hamilton has a wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso, Snud
Harry Hamilton
Lillie Gray
Hamilton
Heir to $20,000 Notified in Ohio Estate
Peru Indiana August 24. Joseph Juyon has been notified that he is heir to $20,000 in Miami county Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
Joseph Juyon
Miami County
Ohio
Winter lodging house planned for Lafayette tramps
A winter shelter lodging house is to be built at Lafayette to shelter tramps. The report lists other local items including sales, resignations, and incidents across Indiana, with notes on missing persons returning home and various small-town happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Jacob Billman
Sullivan
Alot of Steenth Time Poisoner Haunts Vincennes
Fragmented notes recount a time of dog thefts and cart loads of canines in Vincennes. A Terre Haute conductor Wesley Bieler dies of lungs bleedings. Death records list many aged individuals across Indiana towns. Gas main accident injures workers A. Brannen and Lewis Donaldson, with Donaldson dying and Branwen crippled. A boy identified as Paulson from Roseland recounts abuse by parents in Michigan City case sent to Chicago humane society. M P conference Elwood appointments cover Indianapolis district with many named pastors and evangelists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Paulson
Roseland
Michigan City
Chicago Humane Society
A Little Boy Slain in Philadelphia Suburb
A four year old boy, child of John Wing, left home for a walk and was found in a vacant lot with his head crushed. A dirty handkerchief was tied around his throat. Police and detectives swarm the case as the killer remains at large. The boy died at 11 p.m. after being found near 1 p.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John Wing
Pocket Mirror and Comb Set in Leather Case
A compact accessory set features a pocket mirror and comb housed in a neat leather case. Compact and stylish, it offers convenient grooming on the go.
Wilder Monument Dedication to Honor Indiana Illinois Vets
Gen Wilder of Knoxville hosts arrivals for September dedication of the Wilder monument by the Wilder brigade association in Chattanooga. Governors Mount and Tanner with staff and Congressman Connolly of Springfield Illinois plan to attend. Tennessee hosts receive Indiana and Illinois veterans and their staffs for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciarattanooga
Tenn
Johnson T. Wilder
Knoxville
Venn
Indiana
Illinois
Wilder Monument
Wilder Brigade Association
McMillan
Tennessee
Gav. Carder
Georgia
Uhinais
Pan MAfee Sentenced For Theft Of Silverware and Household Items
Dan McAfee received one to three years in the penitentiary after conviction for stealing silverware and harness from Mrs. Margaret Hamilton. Judge Alford presided. McAfee is brother to a murderer linked to deaths of a druggist on Senate Ave and Tenth St. George Winfield also drew one to three years for stealing silverware and toilet articles from Wm H Draper at 1119 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan McAfee
Alford
Margaret Hamilton
McAfee
McaAfee
Parker
Eyster
Senateave
Tenth-st
Gov. Mount
George Winfield
Wm. H. Drapier
Broadway
Noah's Ark Mengagerie With Twelve Animal Pairs
A 12 pair mengagerie titled Noah's Ark features elephants camels deer horses cattle donkeys gonta lions bears tigers dogs and cats. Lithographed in multicolor on heavy cardboard with embossed details each animal is distinct and life sized for its species. Postpaid on 2 cent stamp and 15 Arbuckles Coffee wrappers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbuckies
Republicans Lose Battle on Track Elevation Ordinance
The council passed the elevation ordinance 16 to 4 amid factional strife with Republicans Allen Crall Bowser Shaffer opposing and Tom Montgomery present. The measure requires center city tracks to rise by April 1920 and be elevated by September 1901, with outer districts on stilts by 1802.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Montgomery
Messrs. Allen
Crall
Bowser
Shaffer
Knight
Bernauer
Railroad Committee
Allen
Harston
Costello
Mr. Little
Parish Divorce Filed After Church Ouster
Isabella Parish sues for divorce in circuit court alleging cruelty personal violence and threats by Frederick G. Parish who was recently expelled from the South-st. Baptist church. She seeks alimony of 1.0 and claims he could earn 100 per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parish
Isabella Parish
Frederick G
South-st. Baptist Church
Lockout Threat Looms Over Chicago Builders
In Chicago on August 24 a possible lockout of 30,000 building trades workers looms as contractors mobilize. Masons have discussed methods and expressed plans to strike, signaling rising tensions in the construction industry.
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Chicago
Admiral Dewey to Arrive in New York Earlier
A cablegram to Admiral Dewey confirms arrival in New York on September 28, with the Dewey celebration set to begin September 29. Randolph Guggenheimer, acting mayor of New York, notes the plan and confirms the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Dewey
New York
Villa Franche
Lost Eye After Cement Splash In Bicycle Repair
Glen Bookwalter, nephew of Charley Bookwalter, lies in St. Vincent's hospital recovering from a severe left eye injury. Three weeks ago while repairing a bicycle tire in Dentist E. C. Worth's office liquid cement splashed into his eye causing intense pain and blindness in the eye. Bookwalter, a Kansas resident, was studying dentistry in Worth's office when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Bookwalter
Charley Bookwalter
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Young Bookwalter
E. C. Worth
St. Vincent’s
Bookwalter
Kansas
Dr. Worth
McGregor Presses for Stone Bridge on Central Avenue
County commissioners will open bids Wednesday for a new bridge over Fall Creek at Central Avenue. Two proposals are listed steel plate girder and stone bridge. Commissioner McGregor remains steadfast in backing a stone structure.
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Centtral-ave
Fall Creek
McGregor
Drowned farmer Fred Hartman found in well near Cumberland
Fred Hartman a 63 year old farmer living three miles southwest of Cumberland was found dead in a well at 5 p m Wednesday. Neighbors pumped the well and the body was recovered with life extinct. An inquest was ordered by Coroner Nash with Dr Groff as examiner. The family believes accidental fall possibly prompted by a missing board. Funeral service set for 2 p m Friday.
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Clara Augusta
Bary J. Holmes
Jennie Haruan
RR. Moore
Xicore
Rupy
SiPeLine
Fred Hartman
Cumberland
Hartman
Greff
Nash
Groff
Robert Burns Crouch dies after hexit failure
Robert Burns Crouch, longtime rival of the Standard Oil Co, died in Chicago. The body will be taken to Pittsburgh for burial according to reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert Burns Crouch
Standard -Oil
Ay Pittsburg
Fanis
Local RIRTES Notices Births and Deaths
Christian Busse and Lina Busse announce a boy at 1523 Woodlawn Avenue. David Strake and Mary Strake announce a birth at 1512 Charles Street. Several other births listed with partner names and addresses. Deaths include infant Terner and Alice Seidenburg with causes and ages. multiple adults and illnesses noted. Marriage licenses include Elliott Armstron g and Armstrong, and several other couples with listed spouses.
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Christian and
Lina Busse
Woode Lawn-Ave
David and
Mary Strake
Charles-st
Aloysius and
Theresa
Martin and
Inez Miner
Cornell-ave
John and
Lillie Skidmore
Highland Place
T. J
Matilda Carpenter
New Jersey-st
Dillon and
Halie Ray
Keystone Ave
Terner
Maryland
St. Alice
William Elliott
Nannie Armstrong
Frank Sullivan
Margaret Sage
Harry Mitchell
Annette Warren
Chas. Bonge
Mary Jones
Samuel Johnson
Henrietta Berry
Sullivan Coburn
Agnes Minchlee
Crothersville State Bank and Eureka Steel Company Profiles
Crothersville state bank lists capital stock of $25,000 with Wm. Fultz as president and C. W. Keach as cashier. Eureka steel manufacturing company of Kokomo shows capital stock of $66,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crothersville State Bank
Wm. Fultz
C. W. Keach
Eureka Steel Manufacturing Company
Kokomo
Bedford Street Pastor Endorses Chamberlains Remedy
Reverend J M Yingling of Bedford Street Methodist Church Cumberland Maryland praises Chamberlains Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says it never fails when taken promptly and notes it is sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Yingling
Bedford Street Methodist Church
Cumberland, Md
Chamberlain
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MRS
Indiana Inklings
Lulu Marie Alexander
Sellersburg
Oolitic
Frank Wirt
Flora
Ste
Jeremiah Monroe
Huntington
Turner, Day & Woolworth
Louisville
United States Fish Commissioner
Lake Maxinkuckee
Joseph A. Zike
Stt. Joseph, Mich
Packard
Watayette
John Judy
Wabash
Wannah Williams
Long Clift Insane Hospital
Logansport
Frankfort
Mishawaka
Golden Gates
Anderson
Alexandria
Elwood
Robert M. Brockman
Crawfordsville
Pine Ridge
S. D
Frank S. Hummel
Rosebud
J. Monroe Anderson
Muncie
Laura Knox
Ottawa
Camp Chesterfield
John Shultz
Porter County
Jerry Covert
Lua
Sir’ Francis
Elkhart
Greensburg
Laporte
Marie
Wesley Bieler
Terre Haute
Henry Guynn
Pioneer
Jacob Likens
Noblesville
Peter Wilson
Esta Moon
Portland
Joseph Walery
Bedford
Phoebe Jones
Charles W. Woods
Robert Perkins
Kirklin
Brannen
Lewis Donaldson
Greentown
Donaldson
Branwen
M. P
Indianapolis
J. Glaspy
Bethel
W. L. Martin
Hoytave
Villa~ave
Duck Creek
Monroe
Friendship
P. W. Jiineberry
Prairie
C. A. Frakes
Union
J. G. Smith
Mooresville
A. H. McClain
Workington
F. M. Delumbum
Farmer Creek
J. G
Arbuckles
Scholars’ Companion
Yost
Express
Sene
Anyons
Post-Peid
Ro. 93
Paul de Longpre
Cass
Pan M’afee
Nec
Aida
Arbuckle Bros. Aga
Arbugele Bros
Notion Dept
New York CiTy
N. Y
MR. Parish
South-st. Baptist Church Fame
Mgregor
Central-ave
Chad
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