Sultans Order Big German War Supplies Amid Debt Woes
Constantinople reports the sultan has placed arms orders with German firms totaling about 22.6 million dollars at William’s urging. The move is seen as pressuring Turkey over debts and may lead Germany to seize assets in Asia Minor if payments fail. Turkey plans to convert the cruiser Assan Teufi at Kiel for 27.25 million marks.
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Germany
Beirut
Asia Minor
Turkey
Assan Teufi
Kiel
Fontela Declares Filipino War for Independence Will Continue
Rafael Del Pan Fontela, Philippine refugee and Madrid junta president, arrived in New York from Canada to test American independence. He asserts Aguinaldo alive, commands a large following, and vows Filipinos will fight to the last ditch unless U S forces grant independence.
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Senor Fontela
America
New York
Rafael del Pan ‘Fontela
Philippines
Madrid Junta
Canada
Manila
Fontela
Aguinaldo
Madrid
Montreal
Man Confesses to 1875 Michigan Murder
A man calling himself H. Green surrendered to Sacramento police claiming to be wanted in Claire, Michigan, for the 1875 murder of William Feeny. He says he and his brother killed Feeny, slit his throat, stole $600, and dumped the body in a lake.
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H. Green
Sacramento
Cal
Claire
Mich
William Feeny
Green
Feeny
Ward Gift Closes Real Estate Deed to Heirs
Thomas Ward of 16 E Market Street gave his four children a deed to real estate valued at 4500 dollars as a Christmas present.
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Thomas Ward
E. Market Sr
Andersons Trial Postponed to January Seventh
James S. Anderson faces an embezzlement charge with his trial moved from January 2 to January 7 at the state's request. Defender Henry Spaan says the trial will run nearly a week.
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James S. Anderson
Henry Spaan
Anderson
Two men given workhouse terms after drunken disruption
James E Thomas of 1609 McGiffin street and Thomas W Burtor of 1986 Alverd street, described as trouble hunters, received 49 days in the workhouse and 10 agilece apiece after being arrested Tuesday at Columbia avenue and Sixteenth street for drunkenness and displaying deadly weapons. They caused a disturbance behind Hagerty's saloon, threatening to kill when told to leave. Burton had a suspended sentence for a past assault on his brother-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E.thomas
McGiffin St
Thomas W. Burtor
Alverd St
Columbia-ave
Sixteenth St
Burton
Gen. BE L Brand Chief Of Staff Dead In Chicago
Maj Gen James R Carnahan of the Uniform Rank K P received notice Wednesday of the death of Gen BE L Brand in Chicago. Brand was connected with the Illinois national guard and Carnahan will not appoint a successor for a time.
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James R. Carnahan
K. of P
BE. L. Brand
Chicago
Brand
Illinois National Guard
Carnahan
Gen. Brand
Pure Blood Means Perfect Health Ad
An old advertisement touts Castaret as blood purifying medicine claiming it repairs the body. It markets bottle sizes 10c 25c and 50c and asserts pure wholesome blood restores health. The copy speaks in medical self help style typical of patent remedies.
Mallady Hopes to Hear Confession and Delayed Transfer
Sheriff Sauley agreed to delay taking murderer Bill Mallady to prison until the middle of next week at the prisoner's request. Mallady spoke of hoping for a confession from the murder of Mrs. Wilhelm, insisting on his innocence and noting his focus on reading the Bible and reporting support from the press. He claimed to be happier than the man who killed the worker and criticized press treatment.
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Sauley
Bill” Mallady
Mallady
Wilhelm
Riot at Maine lumber camp over religion wounds 30 men
A Christmas Eve riot at a Chase stream lumber camp in Maine injured nearly all of Adams and Knowlton crew. Philip Ouilette and Wm Hennessey sparked the clash as choppers and swampers took sides. Dozens suffered fractured skulls arms ribs and cuts from axes clubs and ice blocks amid about 30 combatants.
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the Forks
Maine
Chase
Adams & Knowlton
Philip Ouilette
Wm. Hennessey
Thomas Landry
Narcissi Ouilette
Emil Longor
Foreman Chase Brann
Pierre Dubois
Holdie St. Clair
Horace Wyman
Wm. Whipple
Jos. Dutelle
Trolleys Will Whizz From the Gas Belt
Chairman Sahm said the Board of Works will present the completed interurban electric railroads contract to the council at its next session. C L Henry of Union Traction asked for a conference on a franchise. Henry said tracks from Anderson to Indianapolis will reach the College Ave line by Wednesday and power is on at Ingalls and Lawrence substations to move cars into Indianapolis, with cars expected to enter the city before next week.
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Sahm
Board of Works
Council
C. L. Henry
Union Traction Company
Henry
Anderson
Indianapolis
College-ave
Ingalls and
Lawrence
Chinese envoy credentials presented to Prince Ching in Pekin
Secretary Hay received a message from Minister Conger reporting a Pekin meeting of power envoys. Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang presented their official credentials as Chinese representatives, which were received and approved. The powers then formally presented the agreement to Prince Ching, and a press dispatch says he will accept it.
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Washington
Hay
Conger
Pekin
Prince Ching
Li Hung Chang
Ching
Greer Censors County Officials and Reporters
A report from Greer reveals a push to bar reporters from county offices after January. Auditor Harry Smith may extend the same restriction, keeping media and public observers behind railings while officials conduct business, with unclear scope for other outsiders.
Court House Grocery Odd Lot Savings This Week
Court House Grocery announces big savings on odd lots for the week. The store lists locations at 304 East Washington and branches at 444 West Washington and 338-340 Virginia Avenue with telephone contact numbers for orders.
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Washington-st
W. Washington-st
Virginia-ave
Stores Wholesale Dept Listing
Wholesale department directories list stores in Alabama on street UN with telephone numbers 166i and references to multiple street sections 5 7 9.
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Wholesale Dept
Alabama-st. Tel
Monuments in Bloomington Cemetery Damaged by Acid Vandalism
A Washington Indiana firm is accused of smearing costly cemetery monuments in Bloomington with acid. A container of the corrosive was found at the base of a shaft and the acid reportedly turns the stones a rusty color. Thousands of dollars in damage is estimated.
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Bloomington
Ind
Washington, Ind
Hidden Indian Fortune Rumor Surfaces in Mishawaka
Mrs Lawrence Mix arrives from Dowagatac Michigan to verify a tale of buried treasure on the St Joseph river bank west of Mishawaka The late Chief Peashaway famed Potawatomi leader hid a fortune before dying The search intensifies as Mix and her sisters survey several acres of land for the hidden gold
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Mishawaka
Ind
Lawrence Mix
Dowagtac
Mich
St. Joseph River
Peashaway
Mix
Michigan
Robbery at Campbell Furniture Co Sparks Cash Theft
In Shelbyville Indiana authorities show waning interest as $1,000 is stolen from a desk at the Charles H. Campbell furniture company. Employee Thomas Cooper says a man exited, hid at the lumber pile, then a second person fetched items and fled. About $950 has since been recovered.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Charles H. Campbell Furniture Company
Thomas Cooper
Cooper
Richard Cooper
Married Prof Miller and Miss Sweeney in Columbus
In Columbus Indiana on December 26 1910 Prof Hugh Th Miller cashier of Irwins Bank and head of the literature and modern languages chair at Butler College married Miss Nettie Sweeney daughter of Rev Z T Sweeney ex consul general to Constantinople They will reside in Columbus The bride studied in Millers Butler classes and she and her sister are due to inherit the Irwin estate valued at more than 1 06 000
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Hugh Th. Miller
Nettie Sweeney
Columbus
Ind
Irwin's Bank
Jate
Butler College
Z. T. Sweeney
Constantinople
Needle Point Reappears In Former Resident’s Arm
In Brownsburg Indiana Frank Harding now 18 of Clermont suffered elbow pain for ten days. He sought help on Christmas Day and Dr Marsha removed a needle point about a quarter inch long from his left arm where it had lain since ten years ago.
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Brownsburg
Ind
Frank Harding
Clermont
Marsh
Tragic Christmas Morning Death of Miss Bertha Culbertson
Rushville Indiana December 26 1920 Miss Bertha Culbertson 21 a school teacher near Glenwood shot herself in the heart Christmas morning motive unknown. The previous day she and Charles May who had been keeping company with her left for Glendive Montana after an interview the details of which are unclear.
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Rushville
Ind
Bertha Culbertson
Glenwood
Charles May
Will Wood Stabs Burglar in Home Defense Incident
In South Bend Indiana on December 26 Will Wood famed for the Pearl Bryan case stabbed a burglar in his home. He grappled the intruder and recovered a knife then plunged it into the thief's neck causing him to flee with the blade still embedded.
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Will Wood
South Bend
Ind
Pearl Bryan
Wood
Laborers in Munice Face Destitution After Contractors Fail
Dire poverty strikes laborers along the Cincinnati Richmond and Muncie railroad route as C E Loss and Co contractors abandon work leaving unpaid wages of about 20000 dollars.
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Muncie
Ind
Cincinnati, Richmond
Grocer Seeks Payment for Provisions Supplied
A grocer named Charles Williams of Economy imports has not received payment for a supply valued at 00. He states a month's wages are due to most of the workmen and demands settlement.
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Charles Williams
Kokomo Man Confesses to Forged Checks in Elwood
Frank J. Lundgren of Kokomo admitted to passing three forged checks in Elwood saloons. Amos Coon reported one bad check after noticing incorrect initials of L. A. Clark, leading to Lundgren’s arrest.
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Anderson
Ind
Frank J. Lundgren
Kokomo
Elwood
Amos Coon
L. A. Clark
Lundgren
Desperado Kuhns and Local Towns Regular Visits
Desperado Kuhns is said to be making regular visits to Albion and other towns. Crawfordsville Elks gave a big Christmas tree to 210 poor children on Tuesday. Maurice Thompson of Crawfordsville is improving in health and will soon go south. The new Masonic hall in Ladoga will be dedicated Thursday night. A 3-year-old child of Mrs. Charles Riggs in Sullivan will die from burns as clothes caught from an open grate. John P. Oaks, Portier County pioneer, died Tuesday and was once a member of the late agriculture board. Officer C. W. Waite, who shot Fred Hardwick last April, was acquitted at Union City Tuesday. Sept. Hert of the Jeffersonville reformatory ordered striped suits removed from 54 prisoners. Vicelaters will be put back in stripes. John C. Marion near Winamac raised sugar beets and sold them in Kalamazoo for $74.57. crop cost him $3.43 more than it brought. Omer Bogue of Hemlick, after Christmas church entertainment, demolished lamps and presents and tore up the tree before escaping. Trouble between whites and negroes threatens Cementville near Jeffersonville after a drunken black crowd threatened a saloonkeeper and shots were fired. John Murray, alias William Davis, arrested at Christmas dinner in Chicago. accused of robberies including Laporte and others. Silkworth of $3,000 believed stolen in Quincy found in his possession. J. W. Vermillion, Anderson justice of the peace, caught Jack Hevelin beating boys. Hevelin jailed after a ten-minute setto. may face trial by the same squire.
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John Murray
William Davis
Bloomington Red
Chicago
Ait Laporte
Silke
Quincy
Ill
Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup Promises Quick Cures
An advertisement touts Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup as a reliable remedy for coughs and colds. It claims quick relief at a price of 25 cents, urging readers not to neglect a cold.
Removal Notice for Dr. B. F. Bye
Dr. B. F. Bye formerly at 227 N. Illinois St has moved his downtown office to 403 N. Illinois St at the northeast corner of Vermont Both telephone numbers remain 1935 as listed
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B. F. Bye
N. Ilinoisst
Illinoisst
Vermont
An Old Nurse for Children promotes Winslow Syrup
Claiming Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup soothes teething pain softens gums relieves wind colic and diarrhoea for twenty five cents a bottle.
Indiana Dental College Offers Low-Cost Dental Services
Indiana Dental College operates from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 5 W Cor Delaware and Chiosts providing various dental work with fees designed to cover only costs.
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W. Cor
Delaware and
Chiosts
Travel Tickets and Return Fares Listed for Cities
Cincinnati Dayton Toledo Detroit tickets offered with round trips. Prices shown: 4.40 to Cincinnati and return, 4.40 to Dayton, 8.40 to Toledo, 10.15 to Detroit. Via C E D Railway. Tickets on sale December 22 23 31 and January 1 1901 with final return January 2. Agents at 25 W. Washington St and Union Station.
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Dayton
Toledo
Detroit
Holiday Excursions on C H and D Railway
Tickets sold December 22 28 24 235 31 and January 1 1801 at one and one third fare for round trip Final return limit January 2 Consult ticket station for details
Chicago and Return Train Fare From Monon Route
Tickets sold December 22 23 24 31 and January 1 19 with final return limit January 2 1901. Call on agents at 25 West Washington street and Union station.
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Washington St
Union Station
Holiday Rates via Menon Route Tickets at 1 1/3 Fare
Tickets sold December 22 23 24 25 31 and January 1 at one and one third fare for round trip. Final return January 2. Details from agents 3 W Washington St and Union Station.
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Hell
W. Washington St
Union Station
Crowe Escapes in Missouri Hotel Standoff
Pat Crowe, sought in Omaha for the Eddie Cudahy kidnapping, was surrounded in a hotel in St. Joseph Missouri, early Wednesday but managed to escape. He is believed to remain in the city.
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ST. Joseph
Pat Crowe
Omaha
Eddie
Cudahy
Mrs Cornelius L Alvord Jr Surrenders Jewels After Bank Theft
New York December 26 Mrs Cornelius L Alvord Jr surrendered jewels to the bank after her husband stole a large sum of money. The pieces are said to be worth about 150000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr
Willard M Short Pleads Guilty In Liquor License Case
Willard M Short a Illinois druggist pled guilty in Justice Smock's court on Wednesday for selling liquor without a license and paid five dollars plus trimmings as penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard M. Short
Olinoisst
Justice Smock’s
Dean's Ointment Cures Leg Sore Claim
C W Lenhart of Bowling Green Ohio reports a severe running itching leg sore caused torturous discomfort. He credits Dean's Ointment with immediate relief from burning and itching and a rapid permanent cure.
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Dean
C. W. Lenhart
Bowling Green
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