Indian heir to land claims roots Laporte city site
Charles Ia Pokagon, sole surviving son of Chief Simon Pokagon, travels from Brentom Harbor to Laporte Indiana to press possession of land valued in the millions, claiming a patent issued under treaties of 1836 and 1846 to Chief Poquan, grandfather of the claimant, with papers he says prove perfect title. He resides in Hartford Michigan.
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Brenton Harbor
Mien
Charles Ia Pokagon
Simon Pokagon
Pottawatomie
Poquan
Pettawatomies
Poetan
Pokagon
Hartford
Buren County
Mich
Measles Sweep Hits Muncie and a Shocking Shack Scene
Reports show nearly 1500 measles cases in Muncie over two months with about 85 deaths. The Associated Charities found Mrs. Morton Wells and her 10 day old child huddled in a shack without food or fuel. The husband is jailed in Anderson on junk theft charges.
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Muncie
Ind
Associated Charities
Morton Wells
Andersen
Reward Raised in Fort Wayne Officer Recapture Case
Warden Darby of Ohio boosted the reward by 100 dollars for the Fort Wayne officers to recapture Kuhns. The report alleging he shot officers at Avila is described as a fake.
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Forte Wayne
Ind
Warden Darby
Ohio
Fort Wayne
Kuhns
Avila
Ramsam Echesley Beats Stepmother in Muncie Family Row
In Muncie Indiana Ramsam Echesley beat his stepmother Tuesday night causing likely fatal injuries. Schooley is jailed without bail claiming self defense after his father attacked him with a bread knife and he was forced to defend himself.
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Munci
Ind
Ramsam Echesley
Schooley
Postmaster Reagan to be reappointed at Plainfield
A long string of terse, disparate items notes local and regional events. Postmaster Reagan in Plainfield is slated for reappointment. Other entries report incidents of violence, deaths, legal actions, and municipal plans across Indiana towns including Evansville, Terre Haute, Logansport, Huntington, and Fort Wayne, with varied details such as accidents, murders, arson, and public works initiatives.
Christmas Candies Best New Mixed Nuts Special Notice
A special notice offers mixed nuts for sale with a promise to sell exactly what is advertised and to measure weigh and count purchases. The notice guarantees 16 ounces to the pound and urges customers to verify quantity before buying.
Three Dressed Men Fight Then Leave Hotel Room
A principal escorted three individuals to a hotel and assigned them to a room. About an hour later they returned looking as if the fight had not been finished and they did not want to finish it.
Soldiers Treated Like Hogs On Pacific Return Trip
Sick soldiers aboard the Hancock report poor treatment after crossing the Pacific. They say they were fed in a line, forced to stand to receive rations and eat while seated on a wet deck, describing harsh conditions during the voyage.
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San Francisco
Hancock
Pacific
County homes urged to curb truancy under compulsory law
State-school superintendent Jones argues counties should create parental homes to enforce compulsory education. He cites a nine year period of rising participation with enrollment up 6.5 percent, attendance on enrollment up 9.4 percent, and attendance on enrollment up 6.3 percent since the law began.
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Harding
Indianapolis
Hancock County
Jones
Panic at Punch and Judy show injures number of children in Chicago
Fifteen hundred school children attending a Punch and Judy performance in Chicago on Tuesday night were panic stricken when an electric light reflector broke. A fire cry caused a mass crush at the exits with children trampled and bruised. no deaths reported.
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Chicago
Who's Next as Park Commissioner Isaac King Term Ends
Isaac King’s term as park commissioner ends December 31. Mayor Fag Gart will not indicate if he will be reappointed.
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Isaac King
Faggart
Hairless Alsop Family Baffles Doctors in Owensboro
In Masonville Kentucky the Alsop family Mrs. Alsop 65 her son 31 and a younger daughter are entirely hairless including eyebrows and eyelashes. The mother’s hair vanished years ago the son’s hair fell out at 16 and the daughter followed. A Daviess County medical association meeting Tuesday discussed the anomaly but offered no solution.
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Owensboro
Des
Masonville
Alsop
Daviess County Medical Association
Doctor Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Promoted for Digestive Cure
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for stomach diseases and related organ ailments. It claims stomach cures can heal heart, lung, liver, and kidney issues, citing a San Jose customer who recovered after trying the product and its Pleasant Pellets.
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A. Knapp
San Jose
California
San Francisco
Pierce
First Fine New Car Makes a Trial Trip
A new steel street car, praised as superior by President McGowan, delighted officials and press on a test run. Master mechanic Charles Remelius led operations on the double-tracked car with open summer features and hot water heating. About five more cars are due this week for service on Illinois and Pennsylvania avenues and College avenues, with possible line reconfigurations. Afterward, guests were treated to lunch at the Grand hotel, then to boutonniere gifts at Betterman’s Floral House.
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McGowan
Charles Remelius
Remelius
Buffalo
Ilinois
Pennsylvania-sts
College-ave
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania and
S. Meridian-st
Ilinois-st
Grand Hotel
Admiral Brown
Henry Jameson
J. A. Lemcke
P. A. Hinds
Grant
Manarder Peck
Broad Ripple Line
John Thompson
Mitholland
Sheriff Fends Off Lynching of China Man in Hereford
A mob in Hereford attacked the jail after Luke Lee a Chinese man accused of assaulting a white girl was brought before an examining trial. The sheriff leading a strong posse thwarted the lynch attempt and Lee remained jailed.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Luke Lee
Hereford
Lee
Narrow Escape for Miss Mattie George at Tacoma Ave Home
A celluloid comb caught fire from a grate at Mrs. Bertha Crane's house on Tacoma Avenue Monday night. Miss Mattie George suffered hair burned and a severe scalp burn while Arthur Crane smothered the flames with his coat. injuries not believed serious.
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Mattie George
Bertha Crane
Tacoma Ave
Arthur Crane
Revival meetings end at Roberts Park M E church
Evangelist Harrison led revival at Roberts Park M E Church closing Tuesday night. Over 200 persons professed conversion and 250 were received at the mourners bench. Harrison departed for Boston. Also notes croup relief with Dr Thomas eclectric oil advertised as safe and reliable.
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Roberts Park M. E. Church
Evangelist Harrison
Boston
Croup
Thomas
Mary McAllister elected president of G A R auxiliary
Elsmer E Elsworth circle members elected Mary McAllister president Ela Roach senior vice president Eunice Glasscock junior vice president Mary Bicknell chaplain Julia Hensel conductor Maggie Smith guard The City Life item notes a horse incident prompting police call and a foot injury to flagman Oscar Lentz after a brass fragment from a train.
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Elsmer E. Elsworth
Mary McAllister
Ela Roach
Eunice Glasscock
Mary Bicknell
Fannie McAllister
Julia Hensel
Maggie Smith
George Tucker
Bray and
Losh
Tacoma-ave
Tucker
Oscar Lentz
Lentz
Railroad Time Card at City Ticket Office Washington Street
Time card for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and St Louis routes shows office at No 1 East Washington Street for city tickets and passenger arrangements.
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City Ticket Office
Washington-st
East
Washington St
Telinal
W. Washington-st
Virginia-ave
Wholesale Dept
Alabama-st
China Van Henderson Injured In Basement Jar Breakage
China Van Henderson of 1050 Prospect Street received a severe hand injury when a china jar broke in the basement of Frommeyer Bros at 248 Meridian Street. He was cut badly as the jar shattered. extensor tendons along the back of the hand were severed. He was treated at the City dispensary.
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van Henderson
Prospect St
Frommeyer Bros
Meridian St
Dewet Found a Hole in the Net
London dispatch reports a running fight as Gen Knox pursues Gen Dewet toward Reddersburg. Dewet evades Knox with a British column ready to cooperate at Helvita, the Orange River colony triangle secured by floods on the Orange and Caledon rivers.
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Dewet
Reddersburg
Orange
Caledon
Overstreet Doubts Indianapolis Military Post This Session
Congressman Overstreet says a military post for Indianapolis is unlikely this session but he will reintroduce the bill and keep it before the relevant committees.
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The
Commercial Club
Overstreet
Indianapolis
Multiple Local Disturbances Highlight Patchwork News
Pennsylvania coal car shortage troubles rail traffic while Chicago fights smallpox fears. Cincinnati resident Mrs Della Walsh lies in a weeklong sleep. Gibson the child killer is jailed again in Maysville Kentucky. Fenelton New brace car wreck kills Brakeman Kennedy and Fireman Dun. Michigan legislature adjourns in extra session. Effie Scraba dies on a Pittsburgh train after health trip to California. M S Cassinger uncovers a mummified child remains in Fort Scott path. Princess Colonna vows to challenge Hawaii exile seating in America. Deputy U S marshal John Smith shot dead at Carrs Fork Kentucky. Branahan and Combs factions clash with arrests.
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Gibson
Maysville
Kennedy
Duncan
Fenelton
New
Michigan
Effie Scraba
Pittsburg
Lawrence
Kas
California
M. S. Cassinger
Fort Scott
Princess Colonna
Wilcox
Hawaii
America
Carrs Fork
John Smith
Branahan
Combs
Committee to Submit Epilepsy Care Bill to Legislature
A committee formed at the recent State conference of charities and corrections will present a bill to the legislature to provide care for epileptics and recommend a suitable village for the unfortunates.
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Cconference of Charities and Corrections
Meat inspectors inspect Indianapolis markets for safety
iMeat inspector E H Pritchard and Patrolman Kurtz checked 40 grocers and meat markets in central Indianapolis on Tuesday afternoon finding 12 “ban rabbits” in one shop on W Market St. Most city shops were in first class condition and not subject to daily inspection fears.
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iMeat
E. H. Pritchard
Kurtz
Indianapolis
W. Market St
Safe Children's Medicine Ad Promises Gentle Purge Relief
An old advertisement touts Casearets as pleasant, harmless medicine for children. It claims fast, gentle relief from violent purges without harsh drugs, urging druggists to stock the remedy.
Train schedules and connections for midwestern routes
A dense listing of train times and connections among Benton Harbor St Louis Chicago Cincinnati and Peoria lines. It notes arrivals departures and service types such as limited express accom and fast mail with multiple stations including Lafayette Greensburg and Bloomington.
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Linois
Washington-sta
Dayton & Xenia
Pittsburg & East
N. Y
Col
Ind
Louis
P. Rich
Col. O
Piqua
Columbus
Lam
Richmond
Mad
Bun. Tadomey
Ceeese Enone
Col. Ind
Sam
Vernon
Madison
Martinsv
E & Vin
Logansport
Chicago
Martinsville
Knights & Rich
Phil & N
Balti
Wash
Dayton & Spring
Springfield
Pittsburg
East
Martinsville Accom
Vandalia Lines
T. H
St. L. & West
Ara T. H
St. L. Ace
Sam T.H
Western Express
Efingham
Ws A
Ot L Fast
Cincinnati Train Schedules and Ticket Offices Listed
A cluttered excerpt lists multiple railway lines and services serving Cincinnati and surrounding cities. It details ticket offices at 2 W. Washington and 7 W. Washington, various routes including Cin Chicag o, Cin Toledo Detroit, Dayton and Springfield segments, and numerous arrival and departure times with customer-facing notes for the era. The fragment mentions the Pennsylvania Lines and Monon Route facilities and broader connections to Indianapolis, Louisville, Pittsburgh, and Chicago.
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City
W. Washington
Cincinnati
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Indiana Inklings
Reagan
Plainfield
Amos Paelin
Newtown
Southern Insane Hospital
Evanaville
Michael Reichard
Jay County
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Parker
Madison C. Stephenson
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Interior Department
Elizabeth Joyce
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William Lineay
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Terre Haute
Henry Moore
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Will Hines
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Frank Boone
Huntington
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William Hammock
Lebanon
Andrew J. Adams
Vigo County
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F. L. Cooper
E. A. Stone
Greencastle Society
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Kankakee
English Lake
Indiana Grange
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Pillsbury
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Della Walsh
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Chicago Fast Mail
Éam
Cincinnati, Ex
Greensburg
Cin
Flex
N. Ver
D.s
Peoria Line
Peoria
Bloom
M&ex
Peoria & Bloomington
Caldesieers
Champaign
Peoria & Biocom
Columbus & Spring
Ohio Special
Lynn Accommodation
Dayton and Xenia
Spencer Ace
Col. Ind. & Louis
Logans
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Way
Indiana, Decatur & Western Ry
St. L. F
Lake Erie
Western
R. T
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L’porte
Chicago Express
Chicago Vestibule
Pennsylvania Eines
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