Beard removing preparation from Germany praised in Indiana
Loganport in December reports Joseph Mandel of Dorner truck and manufacturing company received a German chemical and pastel paste that removes facial hair in about five minutes without razor use. The paste leaves skin clean shaven, does not destroy hair growth, and reportedly works on multiple subjects without harm when directions are followed.
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Logansport
Ind
Joseph Mandel
Dorner Truck and Manufacturing Company
Germany
Whitecaps Attack in Markleville Area
In Anderson Ind on December 14 report says whitecaps resumed depredations near Markleville. Addison’s barn was entered and his horse horribly mutilated with mane and tail shaved flesh torn from the body and throat cut. Whitecapism has flared intermittently for years in the region.
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Anderson
Ind
Markleville
I. N
Addison
Runaway Girl Returned After Day in City Jail
Grace McDonald, 15, daughter of a wealthy Indianapolis farmer, was brought home to Elkhart after spending a day and night in the city prison. She had run away with Clyde White, her father's hired man, and the couple registered as husband and wife. The girl says she will not stay at home and will go to White when he is located.
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Elkhart
Ind
Grace McDonald
Clyde White
White
Man Dies Lighting Gas Stove in Store
Shelbyville Indiana reports death of Christopher Houston aged 60 while he lit a natural gas stove in his store. He fell dead Thursday morning leaving a family and no immediate foul play suspected.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Christopher Houston
Affidavit Missing Amid Auburn Farm News
In Aubur n Indiana on December 14 to 18 1899 at the home of German farmer William Gatsch east of town near the Ohio line a series of farm births are reported triplets twin calves a litter of pigs a colt a litter of pups and two lambs seen on the same property.
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Auburn
Ind
Will Jange
William Gatsch
Here
Ohio Line
Robpse
Dredge Destroyed at English Lake Two Die in Explosion
Advices from La Porte Indiana report a dredge was destroyed at English lake and two men were killed. Names are not known and no further details have been received. It is believed the dredge was blown up.
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Laporte
Ind
English Lake
Indiana Inklings and Town Affairs Snapshot
Local items document Lake navigation sailing bans, fund drives for the Boers, Elwood temperance plans, and Milroy crow roost claims. Reports include a love affair ending, a fatal horse accident in Bedford, a Fort Wayne car fare request, and a well jump incident. Steady stream of small-town misfortunes and civic notes.
Tuition and rewards and a misty crime chronicle
Peru offers free high school tuition for top students in each Miami county township and two years for the county top average. Jay Price, jailed in Lafayette for brass theft, escaped via sewer manholes. Evansville hermit Jon Howard, Civil War veteran, lives in seclusion after his sweetheart wed his brother. George Bailey of Pierceton fined for assault. Mrs Cox seized boiling water in defense. Fred Schaffer near Winchester died of rabies after dog bite. Shelbyville hawkers offer muslin and garments for $30, with note receipts. Tin-plate mill meeting asks bi weekly pay and wage holds. Elwood to host talks. Tillie Leng, Evansville daughter of a German notable, looms insane after shoplifting. Ernest Macy in the Philippines writes home of comfort and civility. Evansville Dr. Burton and Dr. Euler charged in Flora Walters death, held for circuit court, sensational ties to local elites. a stenographer weeps in court.
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McCormack and Schmid
Elwood
Tillie Leng
Evansville
Ernest L. Macy
Battery B
Sixth Artillery
Philippines
Greencastle
Aguinaldo
United States
A. R. Burton
Herman Euler
Princeton
Flora Walters
Bond
Deplorable carelessness among liquor dealers exposed
Federal officers uncovered lax practices among liquor dealers led by E. L. Roys of Goodland who pleaded guilty to possessing an uncancelled stamp. Judge Baker fined Roys ten dollars and warned jail terms may be imposed if violations continue as officials plan stricter enforcement.
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E. L. Roys. Goodland
Baker
Doctors to determine Ellis Glenn sex at jail
Ellis Glenn was brought from Hillsboro to be tried for forgery after securing thousands from William Richardson. About 1,000 curious people followed her to jail where she was held in default of $8,000. Judge Jackson ordered doctors to examine to confirm sex, with potential dress requirements if female.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Ellis Glenn
Hillsboro
Wiliam Richardson
Gen Jas per Packard dies in Lafayette at 67
Gen Jasper Packard editor of the New Albany Tribune and Lafayette soldiers home commandant died at 5 05 p m Thursday in Lafayette Ind after a Thanksgiving illness. Born February 1832 in Ohio he rose from teacher to superintendent in Laporte County and served in the Civil War from private to brevet brigadier general. He edited the Laporte Chronicle Public Spirit and later the Tribune. He served three terms in Congress and once as a state legislator. His wife and three children were at his bedside.
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Lafayette
Ind
Jasper Packard
New Albany Tribune
Thurssday
Bright
Packard
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan University
Hillsdale
Laporte
New Albany
Forty-eighth Indiana Infantry
128Th Indiana Infantry
Taporte
Congress
Laporte Chronicle
Internal Revenue Collector
Public Spirit
Tribune
Melxinley
Gen
State Soldiers’ Monument
Lafayette Soldiers’ Home
Arthur
Chiscago
Adelaide
Florence Cook
Buffalo
N. Y
Government receives Morton statue for Statuary Hall
Gov Mount sent a Thursday communication to the United States House conveying to the care of the government the statue of Oliver P Morton placed in Statuary Hall Washington. The original committee included Charles E Shiveley Oliver T Morton and Addison C Harris. After Morton's death and Harris's appointment as minister to Austria Hungary Judge Elijah B Martindale and Henry C Petit joined the committee.
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Gov. Mount
United States House of Representatives
Oliver P. Morton
Statuary Hall
Washington
Charles E. Shiveley
Oliver T. Morton
Addison C. Harris
Morton
Harris
Austria-Hungary
Elijah B. Martindale
Ilenry C. Petit
Deaths of Generals Ferrero Callaghan and Adams
Maj Gen Edward Ferrero aged 68 of New York born in Spain organized the Fifty first New York in 1861. Very Rev James F Callaghan vicar general of the diocese of Little Rock died in a New York hospital. Col Julius Walker Adams 85 of Brooklyn pioneer engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge served under McClellan and had been in Indiana.
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Edward Ferrero
New York
Spain
Fifty
New York Regiment
James F. Callaghan
Little Rock
Ark
Julius Walker Adams
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
McClellan
Indiana
Waterford Lodge Elects Officers For Current Term
Waterford lodge No. 18 F and A M elected officers on Wednesday night with Lt. Terry as Worthy Master, R Hodsummer as Senior Warden, H Dunlon as Secretary, William Nelson as Treasurer, J Seaton as Junior Warden, and trustees Lawson Seaton Edward Bax ton and J F Lindsay.
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Waterford Lodge
A. M
Lt. Terry
R. Hods Umer
H. Dunlon
Willam Nelson
J. Seaton
Lawson Seaton
Edward Baxton
J. F. Lindsay
Wire Tips and Other Briefs From Across the Nation
Wire items report a failed hair trust tax reduction push and a whisky tax plea, plus unchanged condition of Lieut Brumby in Washington. Berlin notes 15 degrees below zero. Dutch in Chicago raise funds for Beer wounded. Zinc found near Centaur Missouri near St. Louis. Architect 8 P Anderson of New York dies by own hand. Mrs Mary Schlindwein 41 of St Louis also dies by own action. Jealous manufactures fibre wrapping paper to push prices in Cleveland. Salvationist Joseph R McFee plans a poor man’s hotel in Baltimore. A mob hangs an unknown Black man from a telegraph pole at Jones Louisiana. Mrs Elizabeth Upham Chase, 93, suffrage advocate, dies. Santiago Murphy in City of Mexico gets nine years for $70,000 bank robbery. Unmarried Boston women protest married women in business. Chicago aldermen plan a municipal improvement club at a banquet. Mrs A J Clark of Watton Iowa dies. Coal oil poured on fire. husband and child possibly fatally affected. James J Hil of Great Northern gains control of St Paul & Duluth. Matthew Sweeney of Waverly hotel New York killed clerk James Halbrew. Charles Phillips of Cleveland burned to death in laundry. two buildings destroyed. Ellis Glenn, Hillsboro Illinois female forger, to be returned to West Virginia. Illinois declines to prosecute. Brazil objects to Paris tribunal decision in Venezuelan boundary case. James McGrath of Chicago juror accused of soliciting a $5,000 bribe. W T Heber of Chicago arrested for defrauding women with 25-cent silk samples. Chicago General Railway to swap six 25-cent tickets with transfers for seven tickets without transfers.
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Hair
Whisky Trust
Brumby
Washington
Berlin
Germany
Chicago
Centaur
St. Louis
P. Anderson
New York
Mary Schlindwein
Jealous
Ceveland
Joseph R. McFee
Baltimore
Jones
Elizabeth Upham Chase
Pawtuckett
R. I. Santiago Murphy
City of Mexico
St. Paul & Duluth
Matthew Sweeney
Waverly
Jas. Halbrew
Charles Phillips
Cleveland
Ellis Glenn
Hillsboro
West Virginia
Ilinois
Brazil
Paris
Abe Springsteen in hospital after mental collapse
Abe Springsteen, once called the civil war era’s youngest drummer boy and a well known Indianapolis resident, is confined in a Washington hospital with mental aberration. He believes 60,000 paupers pursue him and recently attempted to take laudanum. He holds a $1,000 a year post in the post office department and is married.
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Washington
Abe” Springsteen
Indianapolis
Post Office Department
Bird Is Guilty of First Degree Murder in Alaska
Port Townsend report states Hewer Bird of New Orleans was found guilty of first degree murder in Juneau Alaska for killing 8 11 Patterson and J B Harlin. This marks the first Alaska jury verdict of first degree murder.
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Bird
Port Townsend
Wash
Hewer Bird
New Orleans
Juneau
Alaska
Patterson
J. B. Harlin
Advance of 0 per cent on furniture prices at national conference
Chicago December 11 conference delegates from camper suit and casework manufacturers agreed to an advance of zero percent over current prices. The decision followed an anti trust meeting held in the city aiming to stabilize the furniture market and address competition concerns.
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Chicago
National Anti-Trust Conference
Association of Camper Suit and Casework Manufacturers
Isthmian Canal Board to Inspect Routes Next Month
The Isthmian canal commission chaired by Admiral Walker will begin its inspection tour on January 6, examining the Nicaragua route first before proceeding to Panama. The visit aims to assess feasibility and logistics of the proposed canals.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Admiral Walker
Nicaragua
Panama Canal
Four Killed In Jersey Central Passenger Collision
A Jersey Central passenger train collided with a coal train near Allentown Pennsylvania on Wednesday. Fireman Will iam H. Smith engineer Fred F. Yeomans and baggage master Thomas Herth all of Eaton Pennsylvania were killed along with flagman George Hann of Bergen New Jersey.
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Allentown
Jersey Central
Fred F. Yeomans
William H. Smith
Thomas Herth
Eaton
George Hann
Bergen
N. J
Judge Scorches Preachers in Omaha Courtroom
Judge Scott delivered a forceful address to Rev. Mackay and Rev. Herring amid contempt proceedings over a letter about child disposition. He condemned political preaching and hypocrisy, urging ministers to preach truth. The ministers and judge then shook hands.
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Omaha
Neb
Scott
Mackay
Herring
Christ
United States Promises Indemnity Over Tallulah Lynching
In a reply to a direct question Venosta Italy’s foreign minister said the United States government had promised moral satisfaction and a cash indemnity for the lynching of Italians at Tallulah Louisiana.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Venosta
United States
Tallulah
Bribes Allegedly Offered Detroit Mayor in Gas and Rail Deals
Governor Hazen Pin gree recounted two bribe offers he says targeted his former Detroit mayoralty. He described a $75,000 gas ordinance pitch in New York with veto levers and a separate $75,080,350,290 fund plus $25,000 for his secretary to urge signing a street railway franchise with high fares.
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Lansing
Mich
Hazen
Pingree
Smiror
Detroit
New York City
Telephon concerts entertain county jail inmates
Dr J L Blue gave a telephone concert to 19 county jail prisoners Wednesday night. He used his Indiana avenue office phonograph connected to the telephone transmitter so sound could be heard in the jail. The doctor asks Judge Alford to allow prisoners access to the telephone room for future concerts. All listeners were trusties. other inmates remained in cells.
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J. L. Blue
Indiana-ave
Kate Kane Rossi Seeks Chicago Alderman Seat
Mrs. Kate Kane Rossi, an attorney, announces her candidacy for alderman of Chicago Ward 1 in the next spring election. Ward 1 is described as the toughest and wealthiest in the world.
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Chicago
Kate Kane Rossi
Tea Benefit for Ellen Emerson Club Paired With Chinese Customs
At a Wednesday tea hosted by Mrs. Charles P. Green on W Walnurst, Mrs. Moy Kee brewed and served tea in Chinese fashion. Moy Kee performed on a Chinese instrument and read from a Chinese paper while her husband Moy Kee assisted.
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Charles P. Green
W. Walnurst
Ellen Emerson Club
Moy Kee
Couple’s 13th Wedding Near- Miss Sparks In Memphis
Miss Ella M. Dyche of Memphis and 13 Company Grigg of Canada wed just after midnight at the Hotel Windsor, performed by Rev. Wm. A. Quayle. The bride reportedly balked at Wednesday nuptials due to the superstition about the number thirteen.
Deaf and Bomb Children Visit the State House
The fourth grade pupils from the deaf and dumb school toured the governor’s offices at the Indiana State House on Thursday morning. Guided by their teacher they explored large toy displays and studied the governor at his big desk, learning through object lessons.
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State House
Deaf and Dumb School
Gov. Mount
Indiana
German House Concert Draws St Louis Attendees
Carl Schurz and William Dudtrey Poulike were among strangers at the German house concert on Wednesday night. The event, the season's second, featured Emma Geyr of St. Louis as soloist with a sweet soprano. The chorus and orchestra earned high praise for performance and tone.
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Carl Schurz
Willian’ Dudtrey Poulike
Emma Geyr
St. Louis
Isenhour Appeals After Adulteration Fine
L. J. Isenhour, fined $50 earlier for adulterations in milk, files exceptions to the ruling in Judge Ford's court on Thursday.
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Isenhour
L. J. Isenhour
Alford
Preferred Prison to Freedom in Ohio Odd Tale
Charles Blane an aged former prisoner at the Columbus penitentiary offered to exchange liberty with any inmate and serve out the other's sentence officials refused the proposal Blane 97 has served multiple terms in the past 30 years lacks friends money and is infirm He recently married Maria Keyes 59 in Argentine Kansas also listed are John Mitchell 97 and Keyes obtaining a marriage license in Kansas City Kansas despite prior marriages
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Columbus
Charles Blane
Blane
Kansas City
Kas
John Mitchell
Maria Keyes
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