A New Story Of Oom Paul Kruger Emerges In Old Tale
The article claims Oom Paul Kruger, future Transvaal president, ran away from Philadelphia at age 12 after his father beat him. It says he sailed as a mariner, rose to captain, then owned ships between India Germany and America, and married a German cousin of the imperial family. Relatives named include Alfred Haywood and David Haywood in Indianapolis.
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Oom
Paul Kruger
Transvaal
David A. Haywood
Park- 28
Harry Rooney
Park-ave
Alfred Haywood
New York- St
Joseph Haywood
Wapakoca
Oo Paul
Walter Bierce
Om Paul
Rocksborough
Philadelphia
Paul
India
Germany
America
August Willich
Charles Roney
David Haysnwood
Indianapolis
John ‘Beutler
Rett
Kruger
Foraker Calls Kohl Fool and Liar in Political Clash
In an inter day speech Senator Foraker accused Kohl of lying and being a fool regarding gold plank authorship. He said Kohl is personally responsible for controversial actions and that disagreements arise among personal friends over statements.
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Ashington
Foraker
East
Kohla
Kohlrt
Hoosier in the Debate Victory At Indiana Contest
Won-Young Wagner leads a victory in a Stanford University freshmen debate with his team. Wagner from Indianapolis High School oratorical contest is noted for the topic what you eat and stomach related ailments. The piece mentions heart dyspepsia and drug use in passing.
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Wagner
Gones
Dr.t. A
Stanford Unider
Indianapolis High School
Gen Lawton’s Funeral Held at Family Residence
A simple funeral service for General Lawton was conducted Friday morning at the family home. The remains were moved to a vault in the chapel at Fort Paco cemetery, escorted by the Fourth Cavalry with staff members serving as pallbearers.
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Manila
Déé
Fight With Negroes in Mississippi Leaves Man Mortally Wounded
A reported clash six miles north of Meridian, Mississippi, left Oscar Ford mortally wounded and two others seriously hurt. Whites, unarmed, clashed with nine armed Black men on a highway over the right of way.
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Meridian
Miss
Oscar Ford
Mayor Taggart Signals Possible Reinstatement of Dismissed Officers
Mayor Taggart hints at reinstatement for dismissed firemen and policemen if found efficient, while denying political influence in changes. He expects the Board of Works to be announced soon and suggests further vacancies may follow as officials reshuffle.
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Taggart
Roth
Board of Safety
Quigley
Barrett
Board of Works
Albert Sahm
Joe Fanning
Higgins
Bernauer
Mayer Taggart
Grand Hotel
Robbers Fail to Rob Private Bank in New Paris
In New Paris Indiana December 22 an attempted bank robbery at Wm. C. Sharpe's private bank failed after an explosion used to blow the safe. Five robbers fired on bystanders fled on a Big Four handcar after triggering the alarm.
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New Paris
Ind
Wm. C. Sharpe
Queen Victoria Farewell to Roberts Before Cape Sail
Field marshal Lord Roberts sails for the Cape on Saturday. He visited Windsor Friday to bid farewell to the queen who recited aloud her written words of sorrow for her sorrow at her son’s death and gratitude for his swift response to his country’s call. She blessed him with a prayer for success and God speed.
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London
Lord ‘Roberts
Cape
Windsor
Beckett Wins and Loses in Supreme Court Action
The supreme court granted in part and denied in part the petition of Samuel Heath’s attorney Wymond J. Beckett in a suit against the street railway company. Beckett claimed the Hendricks county trial record was not properly certified and sought correction. Company attorneys accuse Beckett of interlining papers in the case.
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Supreme Court
Wymond J. Beckett
Samuel Heath
Street Railway Company
Beckett
Hendricks County
Dent Held on Forged Pardon Plot Cousin of Stonewall Jackson
W J Dent, under arrest at Tucson, awaits extradition on charges of securing the release from the Degentiary of George Isaacs by a forged pardon. Dent is a nephew of U S district judge John J Jackson of West Virginia and cousin of Stonewall Jackson. Isaacs, a Dalton gang member, was serving life for murder. Dent reportedly received 10000 dollars for the alleged release.
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Stonewall” Jackson
Austin
Tex
W. J. Dent
Tucson
A. T
George Isaacs
U. S
John J. Jackson
West Virginia
Stonewall Jackson
Isaacs
Dalton Gang
Dent
Prominent Doctor's Downfall
Bristol Tenn section reports Dr John A P Baker dead at Abingdon Virginia once wealthy and influential. He faced murder by poison charges in connection with his wife and his alleged paramour Mrs Gilmer. Baker was hanged in 1891 then acquitted on a second trial. He died a physical and mental wreck.
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Bristol, Tenn
John A. P. Baker
Abingdon
Gilmer
Baker
Central College dentists reception highlights faculty event
The annual reception of Central College of Dentists students to the faculty featured a musical and literary program and a stereopticon lecture on Egypt by Dr C I Fletcher. The views were taken during his travels in the land of mummies.
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Central College of Dentists
C. I. Fletcher
Egypt
Everett .L. Smith
Amelia
Smiths
Edith Berwyn
Madison
Wm. M. M. Fairbanks
Terre Haute
Arah Kroot
Marion County Democracy
Morrison's Hall
Monument Place
Baker
John E. Underwood
Frankfort
Joseph T. Irwin
Eli Marquette
Supreme Court
Marquette
W. S. Bedgood
Bedgood
Irwin
St. Joseph County
Soldiers’ Monument Association Incorporated
Mortimer Levering
Lafayette
F. A. Nave
Attica
W. S. van Natta
Gov. Mount
Fort Worth
Tex
New England Society
Denison
Rev. N. Hyde
Indiana National Guard
A. BR. Eldredge
Midland
Mrs. Judson
M. Eldredge
Ash-st
Kentuckian Moore Dies by Suicide in Crisis After Dinning Case
Franklin Kentucky December 22 W H Moore a prominent farmer and distiller committed suicide Thursday night by shooting. He led the mob that attacked George Dinning a colored man months ago in which Jagdie Conn a wealthy farmer was killed. Moore was also among those against whom Dinning recently obtained a federal court judgment in Louisville for $50050.
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Franklin
I.y
Moore
George Dinning
Jagdie Conn
Dinning
M Nre
Louisville
World S Doings Highlights and Local Incidents
Interstate commerce commission extends car equipment deadline to August 1 120. Gold coin worth 15000 found in Nicetown Pennsylvania. James Duane Wagner Palace Car official dies by suicide in Washington. Winslow Robinson of New York kills himself. A Springfield street car exploded with no injuries. Yale reports 2517 students. Engineer William Lannigar killed in Buffalo collision. Cruiser New Orleans reaches Manila. Drowned: James King Geo Gibson Edward Lee. Knox alias Bennett bank forger found guilty in Pittsburgh. Irish in Chicago raise funds for Poers. Berlin notes Britain ready to seek peace after South Africa success. Over 2000 negroes leave Georgia for Mississippi swamps. Atlanta searched for 40000 Thursday night.
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Nicetown
James Duane
New York
Wagner Palace Car Company
Washington
Winslow Robinson
Springfield
N. Y
New Orleans
Manila
James King
Switzerland
Fla
Geo. Gibson
Edward Lee
Norfolk
Knox
Alias Bennett
Bank Forger
Pittsburg
Chicago
Berlin
Great Britain
South Africa
Georgia
Mississippi
Atlanta
A Smash at Sea Collision Near New York Harbor
The Rotterdam American line steamer Werkendam collided with the British steamer Silvio just after leaving New York in fog. Five of Werkendam's plates were broken.
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Rotterdam
Werkendam
New York
Silvio
Mans Louis
Fifteen Turks Killed in Clash with Armenians
Constantinople dispatch reports a fight between Turks and Armenians at Henkhiare. Fifteen Turks were killed and five wounded according to the latest message received.
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Constantinople
Henkhiare
Dunfermline Receives Christmas Gift for Public Baths
Andrew Garne gié-hys funds public baths and gymnasium in Dunfermline Fifeshire as a Christmas gift to the town.
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Andrew Garnegié-hys
Dunfermline
Fiféshire
Tragic Infant Drowned by Bottling Water Spill
In Portland Indiana on December 22 a 14 month old daughter of Professor Ross fell into a pan of boiling bottling water left on the floor and was scalded to death.
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Portland
Ind
Ross
Cozy Sample Room to Open in Grand Opera Block
The Cozy Sample Room rear at 123 N Pennsylvania Street Grand Opera Block will open Saturday December 23. John N Matz formerly at 11 E Market Street announced the opening and new operations.
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Pennsylvania-st
John N. Matz
E. Market-st
Attorney General Attacks Standard Oil in Freight Rate Debate
Attorney general Monnett, noted for Ohio anti trust battles, urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to publicize points against the Standard Oil Company in freight rate discussions. He questioned rate increases and argued such moves target small dealers, noting rival penalties and reduced carload options. He hinted trusts could be reached by Congress as lotteries were.
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wAstinaron
G . Nn
Chile
Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard Oil Company
Commission
Gill
Classification Committee
Railroads
Standard Oil
Ohio
Monnett
Congress
Davison proposes peace mission to London and Pretoria
Chicago industrialist J C Davison outlines a plan to mobilize a 1.09 million dollar fund from 10 million Americans. The money would sponsor 100 notable citizens to travel on government transports to London and Pretoria to deliver a peace petition to Britain and the Boers. Proposed delegates include Presidents McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt among others.
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Chicago
J. C. Davison
Great Britain
United States
London
Pretoria
Davison
McShinley
Grover Cleveland
Benj. Harrison
Theatore Roosevelt
Booker T. Washinston
Archbishop Ireland
Carter H. Harrison
BE. G. Hirsch
P. D. Armour
Marshall Field
Wm. R. Harper
Experts Busy as Trial Hears Writing Expert Tolman
December report from New York shows jurors and defense surprised by Tyrrell testimony about the Corish and Barnet letters. Prosecutor Osborne introduces Tolman, a Chicago handwriting expert, who claims the admitted writing shows a young man with strength but weak will, and that the letters were written by the defendant.
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New York
Molineux
Turiday
Osborne
Martin
Tyrrell
Corish
Barnet
Henn L. Tolman
Chicago
Tolman
World End Prediction Aims at Christmas Morning
John D Ratliff of Muncie claims to have solved perpetual motion and predicts the world will end on Christmas morning as Biela's comet passes through the earth, causing total destruction.
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Muncie
Ind
John D. Ratliff
Biela
The Priest Had Grit
John Mahood a negro painter fell from a three story scaffold injuring his arm ribs and internal organs. A crowd gathered and no ambulance was summoned until Father Murphy carried him seven blocks to a drug store for help. Mahood has an even chance of recovery.
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New York
John Mahood
Wm Murphy
Church of St. Peter and St. John
Flo
Mahood
Indiana insurance department reports state business and closures
The last fiscal year report shows 250 insurance companies doing business in Indiana and six Indiana fire companies. Since the previous report eight life and accident companies have gone out of business. Over five years insurers paid the state 986 335 in fees and taxes.
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Insurance Department of the State Auditor's Office
Indiana
Births Deaths and Marriages in Local Notices
Birth announcements list FE L Hearne Rosa Hearne 1607 Milburn St boy James A Daugherty Anna Daugherty 2699 Park Ave Sir Arthur and Franklin W Twelfth St J R Callahan 1555 Heisner St boy Michael Binzer 737 Massachusetts Ave boy Frank Johantges 12 Regent St boy Death notices Montgomery 36 1424 S Meridan Brights disease Prange 04 327 N Davidson paralysis William A Sweeney 6 months 1833 S East St diphtheria Martha M Buissel 6 813 Massachusetts Ave uraemia Mrs Joseph Gates 26 corner Capitol Indiana Aves acute gastritis Christina Balz 69 726 N West St senility Jane Daglish 63 1608 N Alabama St senility Mary Kirk 43 4465 W Washington St hemorrhage Marriage Licenses Denny Smith Sally Smith Frank Unger Emma Ward Benjamin L Whitacre Fanny L McMahan John Smith Sadie Haughton William C Bantz Flora Manderbach William Higgins Grace Ditchell Building Permits Hannah M Furnas 1428 Central Ave frame barn $300 Isaac N Norwood Morris and Yeiser Sts frame house and shed $669 Dewitt s Little Early Risers purify blood clean liver invigorate system
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FE. L
Rosa Hearne
Milburn St
James A
Anna Daugherty
Park-ave
Arthur
Franklin
W. Twelfth
J.R
Alice
Callahan
Heisner
Ae Een Montgomery
S. Meridam
Bright
Arene Prange
N. Davidson St
William A. Sweeney
S. East-st
Martha M Buissel
Massachusetts
Joseph Gates
Capitol
Indiana-aves
Christina Balz
West-st
Jane Daglish
Alabama-st
Mary, Kirk
Washington-st
Gould Affair at Lakewood Delights Society Friends
New York reports a Lakewood New Jersey house party hosted by Mr and Mrs George Gould drawing about 100 fashionable guests. The event featured dinner three plays and dancing until early morning with gold cotillion favors and Mrs Gould making a stage return in The Twilight of God drawing encores and bouquets. Boyd Putnam and Miss Bijou Fernandez were among the professionals in the cast.
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New York
George Gould
Lakewood
Philadelphia
Boyd Putnam
Gould
Bijou Fernandez
Natal dispatch hints Buller action possibly at Ladysmith
London dispatch reports seven men killed and 14 wounded in action of December 18 with three dead due to fever. The communication mentions Buller’s force and suggests a new operation not yet reported, possibly connected to Ladysmith.
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London
Natal
Buller
Ladysmith
Tugela defeat reported with Buller and losses
A week-old Cleveley camp dispatch details Gen. Buller’s Tugela defeat on December 15. British retreat cost many lives and captured guns. Capt. Roberts wounded bringing in three guns, Capt. Schofield and Lord Donaldson affected, Dundonald failed to hold a position amid heavy fire as Boers used smokeless powder. Casualties listed include Capt. Goldie killed and several officers wounded or captured.
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London
Cleveley
Buller
Tugela
Roberts
Schofield
Lord Dunonald
Dundonald
Goldie
Long
Elton
Hunt
Bailwarle-Forster
Schreiner
Census shows 3133 in mates in Indiana asylums
A census dated August 31 records 3133 inmates in Indiana poor asylums, up 21 from the prior year. Of the total 2012 men and 1121 women, feeble mindedness, insanity, old age, and related disabilities explain the cases, with Marion County housing the most at 240 inmates.
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Indiana
Marion County
Allen
Vanderburg
Vigo
St. Joseph and Tippecanoe
Ohio
Starke
Crawfurd
Newton
Charles "Silver dollar" Smith Dies Noted Tammany Leader
Charles known as Silver dollar Smith, former eighth district leader in New York, died Friday after long illness. A famed local political figure, he led Tammany in his area for years and earned his nickname from Essex Street saloon decorations with silver dollars on the bar floor.
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New York
Charles
Clifford Browning's Body Returned for Funeral in Indianapolis
The body of Clifford Browning, former governor's office file clerk, who died in Texas, arrived in Indianapolis Friday. It was moved to Blanchards undertaking rooms and will be sent to his mother's home at 1119 Church Street. The funeral is set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Roberts Park Church.
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Clifford Browning
Governor's Office
Texas
Indianapolis
Blanchards
Church St
Roberts Park Church
Three Coleman children drown in swollen stream crossing
Norfolk Virginia reported three children named Coleman in Page county attempted to cross a swollen stream on a log en route to school. Two fell in one girl drowned while a boy survived with difficulty.
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Norfolk
Coleman
Page County
Interstate Live Stock Market at Interstate Stock Yards
Price listings and receipts from December 22 show cattle receipts at .250 Friday with shipments totaling 170. Quotes cover calves, steers, heifers, cows, and bulls in multiple grades and weights. Hogs and sheep prices appear with ranges for good to choice, light and heavy weights, including lambs and bucks per 100 pounds.
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Interstate
Interstate Stock Yards
Eca
Untitled fragment on newspaper page
Fragmentary OCR text provides partial headlines and notes. readable items mention lines, seventh, and source lines. No clear event, date, or named entities are extractable for a full card.
Fifty Girls Leave Indianapolis for Christmas Vacation
Sisters of Providence escorted about 50 girls from St. Marys of the Woods Terre Haute to Union Station in Indianapolis. The pupils, attending the school, dispersed along various railroad routes to begin their Christmas vacation.
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Sisters of Providence
Indianapolis
St. Mary's
Cattle and Hogs Trade at Indianapolis Union Stock Yards
Indianapolis December 22 cattle receipts 500 with fair shipments. Good to prime steers and stockers in mixed classes. hog receipts 5 000 with prime to fancy export bulls and butcher bulls. sheep receipts 300 with good to choice lambs and sheep. Prices vary by grade from good to fair across cattle hogs and sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
Indianapolis
Ceee
City Grain Market Prices and Chicago Wheat Trends
Friday grain activity reports No 3 white and No 4 yellow corn with 31 cars total, oats steady, hay prices firm, and mixed milling freight values. Chicago wheat closed steady to 4 cents lower with December at 65-66 cents and May near 69 cents. oats and provisions also noted with pork around 10.20 to 10.40 and lard near 5.62 to 5.75.
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City
Hay
Timothy
Chicago
Liverpool
Paris
Victoria
Australia
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the World's End
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Sally Smith
Frank Unger
Emma Ward
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Fanny L.mcmahan
John Smith
Sadie Haughton
Wiliam C. Bantz
Flora Manderbach
Wiliam Higgins
Grace Ditchell
Hannah M
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Central-avé
Isaac N. Norwood
Morris and Yeisersts
Dewitt’s
St. John’s School
Masonic Hall
St. John’s Boys
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Mr. Santa
F. H. Gavish
F. Ryves
Rev. M. Lyons
Dispatch
Throg
SUN
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Badea
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Gandy
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Brazil
Gozen
Maine
Wm. H
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the World
W. P. Symons
Dundee
Ught Housekeeping
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Alinai
Californiaa
Hast
Illinois
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Ss. Meridianat
Jennie
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