Kidnapping case of Miller child deepens in Indiana dispute
The Miller abduction case grows as Mrs. Miller seeks custody while Mr. Miller argues the boy should stay with him in Indianapolis. Mrs. Miller discusses legal steps, trips to Cleveland and New York, and plans to consult attorneys. Supt Quigley regrets taking part, saying police should not interfere in private family matters.
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Sam
Mrs. Miller
Mr. Miller
Helen
Indianapolis
Pe Miller
Millers
New York
Kruger
Tam- My
Boiled. Gas and electrical workers form national group
A national association forms with Chicago headquarters while a telephone strike disrupts service in San Antonio Texas as 1400 phones are taken offline. In North Dakota Russian settlers in McHenry county face hunger. A fatal shooting in Charleston West Virginia sees 14 year old Lance Kelly kill 16 year old Lowell Neighborgall. A separate case in Ironton Ohio has Eph Noble and two sons charged with murdering G W Noble.
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Chicago
San Antonio
Tex
McHenry County
North Dakota
Kelly
Lance
Lowell Neighborgall
Charleston
W. Va
Eph Noble
Alex Arbaugh
Ironton
G. W. Noble
Is Pherson Insane In Murder Trial Near Franklin
In Franklin Indiana on December 28 the Pherson murder trial moves toward opening statements. J R Huntington of Greenwood testified that he believed Pherson was insane. Mrs Elizabeth Pherson denied seeing him strike Knapp and the overall testimony leans toward insanity at the time of the crime.
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Franklin
Ind
Thie” Pherson
J. R. Huntington
Greenwood
Pherson
Elizabeth Pherson
Knapp
Lyda Cox Murder Trial Testimony on Capsule Admission
In Benton County, on cross examination, the coroner testified that Mrs Lyda admitted to giving her husband a capsule the evening of his death. Two physicians testified death resulted from uraemic acid poisoning.
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Monticello
Ind
Lyda-Cox
Benton County
World-challenging wager and holiday accidents in Indiana
In Brownsburg Indiana Asa Groseclose folded 750 copies of the Record into sixteenths in 59 minutes, challenging the world. A boy, Thomas Burns, 15, lost a hand when his shotgun burst. Another boy, Ralph Amick, 12, received an air rifle that discharged accidentally, leaving him blinded in one eye.
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Asa Groseclose
Nana
Asa
Thomas Burns
Ralph Amick
Bank Closes Doors In White Pigeon Bank Failure
First National Bank of White Pigeon Michigan shuts down under bank examiner orders after poor loans and cashier illness. Capital stock valued at 50000 dollars. President Seth Jones expects full repayment to depositors.
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National Bank of
Corn Suit Alleges Amputation After Shoe Dealer Pared Toe
John Reynolds, a Clever Leaf section hand, sues G. W. Roop of Portland Indiana for 2690 damages claiming Roop partnered with a lotion to pare a corn on Reynolds toe causing amputation. The suit was filed December 28.
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Portland
Ind
John Rey
Nolds
G. W. Roop
Roop
Vote sellers disfranchised by Indiana judge ruling
Crawfordsville Ind December 28 Circuit Judge West ruled the law allowing disfranchisement of voters who sell their votes. Fifty men were arrested on warrants sworn out by the politicians who had bought their votes and argued the measure unconstitutional.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
West
Couple to celebrate 71st wedding anniversary
Elisha Brown and his wife plan to mark their seventy first wedding anniversary in February. Brown is 91, having turned 91 on Christmas Day, and his wife is one year younger. They remain in excellent health and have lived their entire married life in the same township.
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Hagerstown
Ind
Elisha Brown
Brown
Mrs Breckenridge seeks divorce over color claim
In Kokomo Indiana on December 28 Mrs John Breckenridge formerly Miss Rose Tooker filed for divorce alleging her husband is a Negro. A prior divorce petition was denied but the color claim was not raised at that time.
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Kokomo
Ind
John Breckenridge
Rose Tooker
Indiana man acquitted in 1929 Lebanon shooting case
Joseph Reese was found not guilty by the jury on December 28 in Lebanon Indiana after being charged with shooting Sanford Campbell on April 27 with intent to kill.
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Lebanon
Ind
Joseph Reese
Sanford Campbell
Indiana Local Crime and Society Briefs
Franklin hosts a gang of robbers. Columbus Elks stage a minstrel show. Fort Wayne reports burglars. Lincoln birthday banquet planned in Frankfort. Obituaries note Nathan Grayhill and Myron F Barbour both dead in northern Indiana. Louis Schmidt, 60, nearly killed by a reckless driver in Lafayette. infant son of Warren Wall, Bloomingport, scalded to death. Francis Crump buys three pianos for children. Gen Lew Wallace advocates deportation of captive Philippines natives to Guam. Winamac bank draft for 100 dollars found in oats bag. Charles E B Miller of Frankfort jailed on 500 bail and rumored to have skipped. Local alarm over rising defalcations. Fort Wayne paper cites Logansport lynching rumor over farmer Marvin Kuhns. Muncie’s John Anderson reports turkey theft. suspect fled after three shots. Jackson Clemens remains under charge.
Local life notes mix tragedy and humor in Indiana dispatches
Maj. 43 H-Stine of Union City slips on pavement and fractures his skull in a Thursday accident. A rural post box system on a farm near Union City uses a tree as a mail drop with over 50 boxes. Marriage notices from New Albany and surrounding towns appear amid tales of a prowling panther near Parke county and a harsh hazing incident on a Petersburg area pond.
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Juste x
H- Stine
Union City
Army of the Potomac
Morgan County
Chetwynd
New Albany
Pannie A. Bowling
Russell P. Finney
Jeffersonville
Elizabeth Trunzler
Charles IS. Bishop
Caroline Miller
Sherman Finsbie
Sadie Wolfe
George L. McWilliams
Taswell
Katie Lang
Harry M. Wells
Parke County
Wolf Creek
Nathan Bennett
Rockville
Woman Held for Insanity After Attack at Union Station
Hattie Moon 40 of Louisville Ky was arrested at Union station after an attack on Matron Gregory. She struggled, crying, then knocked Gregory to the floor and pulled her hair before aides intervened. A Friday commission ruled Moon insane.
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Hattie Moon
Union Station
Louisville
Turnkey Long
Gregory
Hattie
Mrs. Gregory
Mrs
Women Rioters at Raymond Street Jail in Brooklyn
At the Raymond Street jail in Brooklyn, about 20 female prisoners rioted on Thursday. They assaulted Matron Fannie Handy and Warden McGrath, with Nellie Johnson delivering a severe blow. Five deputy sheriffs quelled the uproar after a fierce struggle.
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New York
Dee
Raymond St
Brooklyn
Fannie Handy
Warden McGrath
Miss Handy
Nellie Johnson
McGrath
Raid Threat Ends Planned St Louis Boxing Bouts
Chief Campbell warned promoter Sam Gumpertz that Morris Rauch versus Dan Daugherty and Clarence Forbes versus Sammy Harris must not be held. Any raid would interrupt the matches after protest by W. W. Boyd representing a committee. Sports had expected no interference since the Neece fatality last January.
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ST. Louis
Campbell
Sam Gumpertz
Morris Rauch
Dan Daugherty
Clarence Forbes
Sammy Harr
W. W. Boyd
Neece
Bellerson
Better Car Service for City Street Railway
Officials rush to ease congestion by shortening intervals on key lines to eight minutes and adding three to four more cars this week. A new schedule is being prepared and will be announced, with trippers on some lines and all available cars used to reduce crowding. The Poor’s Home thanks benefactors for Christmas cheer.
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Pennsylvania- St
Central Ave
Local directory entries at 208 East Wasnainegton and 444 W Washington
Multiple branch listings show contact numbers for the Great 23 Tbs. a24 facility at 208 East Wasnainegton, a second branch at 444 W Washington, and a third office at 338 340 Virginia Ave with respective telephone lines 1645 and 2754.
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Wasnainegton-st
W. Washington-st
Virginia-ave
Stores Wholesale Dept Details on North Alabama Street
Wholesale department listing for five seven nine eleven North Alabama Street with telephone number 1641.
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Alabama-st. Tel
Important Letter Found in Booz's Case
Philadelphia reports a letter Booz wrote to the Philadelphia bar examiners explaining he left West Point due to weak eyes. A copy was sent to Gen. Miles and then to the Board of Inquiry, but has not been used as testimony. The letter was written about a year after Booz resigned.
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Inquiry Board
Philadelphia
Booz
Soard
West Point
Miles
Board of Inquiry
Women may lose reins over state prison in political row
Gov Mount weighs a message to the legislature while avoiding details. He may support primary election law changes and more funding for farmers institutes. About the women prison and girls school management, there is talk of transferring control from a female board to men, though no formal charges have been made public.
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Col. Durbin
Women’s Prison
Girls’ Industrial School
Mount
Minturn
Witness Doyle Details Booz Hazing At West Point
The testimony centers on John R. Doyle who joined West Point in 1897 and was discharged in 1907 for deficiency. He describes hazing rituals including “hell sauce” and eating preserved peaches with quinine, along with numerous “eagles” and “wooden Willies.” Cadet U. S. Grant and Lt. Jervey provide related remarks on the culture and individual confidence.
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West Point
N. Y
John R. Doyle
Philadelphia
Doyle
Military Academy
Booz
Breth
Academy
Baltimore
U. S. Grant
James P. Jervey
Corps of Engineers
Lord Kitchener Returns to Pretoria in Cape War Context
Lord Kitchener is back in Pretoria amid reports that Cape Colony crisis is resolved and British control remains strong. Dispatches suggest Boer activity across a wide area is part of a planned war, with General Louis Botha seen as organizer in the Transvaal and General De Wet directing southern operations.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Cape Colony
Kitchener
Transvaal
South Africa
Louis Botha
Dewet
Daily News to Shift Policy on South Africa War
The Daily News, a liberal paper in London, plans to drop government support and urge cessation of the war with liberal terms for the Boers.
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London
The
Daily News
South Africa
United States poised to top world exports in 1900
Seattle dispatch notes long term shifts in global trade with the United States inching ahead of the United Kingdom. By 1899 the U K led, but by November 1900 U S domestic exports exceeded U K by over 5.4 million dollars and may finish the year as the world’s largest exporter of home produced goods.
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United Kingdom
United States
Experts on Printing Bids Considered in Private Room
County commissioners Greer and Spafford and county expert accountant Leslie met on the courthouse third floor to review printing bids. McGregor was absent as Ayres and Leslie examined records and figures tied to the auditor’s contract. The group, paid to inspect the records, aims to finalize an award likely by Saturday.
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Court House
Greer
Spafford
Leslie
McGregor
Ayres
Kern Talked Of For The Presidency
John V Kern's Lincoln Jefferson club banquet speech has politicians talking. Washington believes Bryan may choose Kern as his presidential candidate. Kern could unite Democratic factions. The piece notes Bryan likely won’t run in 1916 and briefly mentions dyspepsia and Hood's Sarsaparilla.
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John V. Kern
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Washington
Kern
Indiana
John W
City Markets Indianapolis Provisions Prices
Market report from Indianapolis dated December 27 lists smoked meats and bacon prices. Hams sugar-cured 10 11 1 2 cents, California 7 cents, bone less Reliable 10 11 1 2 cents, dried beef hams Reliable 1 1 2 cents, shoulders 74 8 1 2 cents, breakfast bacon 11 4 cents, bacon clear sides 60 cents per pound.
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California
Florida
Brazil
Groceries and produce price list with varied items
A wide price list for meats vegetables fruits nuts and canned goods. Includes pork, lard, beans, onions, cabbage, celery, citrus and tropical fruits, nuts, candies, teas and spices, canned vegetables and fruits, fish and game, oysters, seeds, flour and feeds, oils, butter, poultry, coal, drugs, and miscellaneous price points from multiple suppliers.
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Elkhart, Ind
Reese
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Nathan Grayhill
Clinton County
Myron F. Barbour
Fort Wayne
Louis J. Schmidt
Lafayette
Warren Wall
Bloomingsport
Francis T. Crump
Lew Wallace
Richmond
Philippines
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Bank of Winamac
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Charles EB. Miller
Frankfort
Kuhns
Logansport
John ‘Anderson
Muncie
Anderson
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Petersburg
HI Pugs
Jolky
Sue Sugar
Tbs
Peoria
Minnesota
Dakota
GOV. Mount
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