Daring Flyers Plane Ice Locks Paris Flight
Paris aviator Lanser and M Panier aimed to fly Paris Brussels for a 30000 prize but two hours into the journey ice formed on the wings from rain, forcing a descent. Farman also faced icing during a long flight, weighing in at 195 pounds of ice on arrival as he targets duration and distance records.
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Paris
Lanser
M. Panier
Issy
Brussels
Automobile Clubs
Hia
Henri Farman
Farman
Legagneux
English aviator Lorraine fails cross channel attempt
Sheerness England December 29 Robert Lorraine English aviator actor tried to fly from Sheppy Island to win Baron de Forests 20000 prize. Motors failed before takeoff forcing a descent and damage to Lorraine's aircraft. He planned a new attempt the next day in front of a large crowd.
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Sheerness
England
Robert Lorraine
English Channel
Sheppy Island
Baron de Forest
Lorraine
Torraine
Missing Man May Be Declared Dead
A petition filed in the circuit court at Columbus Indiana seeks Michael Killgville declared legally dead and an administrator appointed for his estate. Killgville disappeared five years ago after 70 years of age and left a will bequeathing property to the Brooks brothers cornice works proprietors where he worked. He reportedly came from Cincinnati in 1964 and left a Cincinnati bank fortune and $200 in a local bank. he had no relatives in this country and treated his employers as his best friends.
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Sun
Columbus
Ind
Michael Killgvllen
Brooks Brothers
Theelief
Cincinnati
Indianian Will Work for Japan
Thomas Ludwell Lee 24 son of Dr T L Lee has been named chief electrical engineer for the Hall signal company Garwood New Jersey under contract to the imperial government of Japan. Lee a Rose Polytechnic Institute graduate will design the signaling system to meet Japan's needs as his firm adapts its products.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Thomas Ludwell Lee
T. L. Lee
Hall Signal Company
Garwood
N. J
Japan
Lee
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Hero Dan Auker Snags Kidnapped Sled Rescue
Huntington December 24 Dan Auker acted as a hero by rescuing a kidnapped sled. He found a boy being dragged along in a buggy after being thrown into a street puddle. Auker telephoned a nearby grocer to intercept the runaway buggy, saving the sled.
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Huntington
Dan Auker
Dan
Auker
Ida Williams Wins Divorce Suit In Court Beat
In Anderson Indiana on December 29 Mrs Ida Williams filed for divorce minutes before her husband John appeared with an assault and battery affidavit. The husband was taken into custody as his attorney sought to explain why the suit could not proceed.
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the Sun
Anderson
Ind
Ida Williams
John
Poor Farm Keeps Costs Low in Monroe County
Bloomington Ind Dec 29 The Monroe county poor asylum runs about 1500 dollars yearly with the 32 inmates largely self supporting as labor earns the rest. All meat used is raised on the farm and Supt Thomas Cunningham keeps all able workers at work.
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Bloomington
Ind
Monroe County
Grand jury returns no indictment in Black murder case
In Muncie Indiana on December 29 the grand jury declined to indict Norman E Black in the murder case but recommended to county commissioners that a reward be set aside for the arrest and conviction of the killer.
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Muncie
Norman E.black Murde
Conductor Is Scored in Indiana Interurban Incident
In Columbus Indiana December 29 a drunken William Imel attempted to board an interurban car. Conductor George McLean reportedly pushed him off. Imel pleaded guilty and later filed an affidavit against the alleged assault and battery.
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Columbus
Ind
William
Imel
George
McLean
Hattery
Man leaps from courthouse tower to test invention
Howard Payne, 22, jumped seventy feet from the Newcastle courthouse tower into a life saving device of his own making. His mother cried out in the crowd begging him to stop, but Payne turned to her and said to turn away as he jumped. He was only slightly stunned with no other injuries.
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Newcastle
Ind
Howard Payne
Payne
Suffraget Stymies City Push in Hammond
Miss Virginia Brooks a 21 year old suffraget disrupted a bid to make West Hammond a city. Election returns show a 22 vote victory against the move after she addressed a 200 person mass meeting in a tobacco thick room. Voters escorted her home and the plan to incur debts and big water works was halted.
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Hammond
Ind
Virginia Brooks
West Hammond
London
Treasury
Virginia
Detective saves life from train in Marion
Marion Indiana December 29 detective Otto J. Duke risked his life to pull Elmer Leach from an oncoming west bound freight. Leach stood stunned in the track center when the engine was under five feet away. Duke sprang aboard and knocked him to safety.
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Marion
Ind
Elmer Leach
Otto J. Duke
Leach
Savas
Washington Street
Duke
Double Decked Elevated Road Faces New York Relief Plan
New York readers view a proposed double decked elevated railroad with three tracks to relieve congestion as suburban housing demand grows. The plan aims to move vast passenger volumes that overwhelm current traction systems in the city.
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New York
Conscience money sent to Richmond dry goods store
A local Richmond Indiana dry goods company received a $100 conscience fund by mail on December 24. The typewritten letter offered no sender details and simply stated the money belongs to the company.
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Richmond
Ind
Conscience Money
Engineers Close Their Convention in West Lafayette
The American Society of Agricultural Engineers wrapped up its convention with a banquet in West Lafayette after an afternoon session on motor competition. New officers include President A. Ocock of Madison Wisconsin First Vice President W F McGregor Racine Wisconsin Second Vice President J B Bartholomew Peoria Illinois Secretary J B Davidson Ames Illinois Treasurer F E A White Urbana Illinois Council Howard W Riley Ithaca New York. Nomination committee M L King Ames Indiana chairman H J Podeljak Moline Illinois John Evans Guelph Ontario GC qunness Fargo North Dakota is the research committeeman.
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West Lafayette
A. Ocock
Madison
Wis
T. Rose
W. F. McGregor
Racine
Mr. Ovcock
J. B. Bartholomew
Peoria
J. B. Davidson
Ames, Ill
Everett W. Hamilton
Ames
FE. A. White
Urbana
E. William Warmilton
Winnipeg
Canada
Howard W. Riley
Ithaca
N.Y
M. L. King
H. J. Podeljak
Moline
John Evans
Guelph
Ontario
GC. Qunness
Fargo
N.ob
New Steam Road Planned Across River to Henderson
Evansville Ind Dec 29 Plans by capitalists to build Mortallies across the river call for a steam road from the new town to Henderson Ky rather than a traction line A major railroad company with a stake in the old Ohio Valley grade backs the project Engineers are surveying and construction will begin after Fan. £.
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Henderson
Mother Fights Cupid for Daughter’s Marriage License
In Marion Indiana a mother fought to block her daughter Mrs Florence Bradley Ross from receiving a marriage license to Jim Pierce. Despite the mother's age concerns and the daughter’s prior marriage, officials issued the license after confirming the age. Pierce is 52 and the daughter is set to wed.
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Jim Pierce
Pierce
Florence Bradley Ross
Unusual Revenge Ends in Suicide at Terre Haute Billiard Rooms
Henry Hotz a discharged attendant at the Terre Haute house billiard rooms cut the cloths of the Bibles and, after lying on a table, shot and killed himself. The incident occurred on December 29 in Terre Haute Indiana.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Henry Hotz
Terre Haute House
Rupture cure advertised with trial offer and coupon
An advertisement touts a rupture cure appliance claimed to avoid wearing a truss. It promises instant relief after trying other methods, features an air cushion, soft bands, and no metal springs, and urges readers to request a free illustrated book and price list by mail.
Elected Justice of the Peace Surprises Hartman in Warsaw
Joseph F. Hartman tells the county clerk in Warsaw he was elected justice of the peace by a strong majority. He says he was surprised to see his name on the ballot and suspects he may have voted for himself after previously serving as constable.
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Sun
Warsaw
Ind
Squire
Joseph F. Hartman
Hartman
Four in Automobile Have Narrow Escape
Terre Haute Ind December 29 Webb Beggs lost control of his car while avoiding a group of apparently drunk men. The vehicle plunged down a twenty foot embankment but Beggs and three passengers Mrs Thomas Beggs Miss Marie Hack of Vincennes and Miss Fayelle Fisbeck escaped injury miraculously.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Webb Beggs
Thomas Beggs
Marie Hack
Vincennes
Fayelle Fisbeck
Health board orders cleaning of residents in Columbus
The board of health ordered all persons in need cleaned. On Wednesday an aged resident was scrubbed. His clothing and bedding were burned. Officers spent the day disinfecting him and his room after the extensive washing effort.
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Columbus
Ind
Board of Health
Wiseman Barn Fire Destroys Stock and Hay in Noblesville
A large barn owned by Hiram Wiseman in Noblesville Indiana burned Wednesday night. Four horses and four cows perished, along with seventy five tons of hay and five thousand bushels of corn. Estimated loss stands at six thousand dollars.
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Noblesville
Ind
Hiram Wiseman
Wanderer Returns After Twenty-Four Years Away
Fred Atkins, an Oklahoma-born man of wealth, returns to Linton Indiana after a 24 year absence. He kept his whereabouts secret and came back upon learning of his mother's illness.
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Linton
Ind
Fred Atkins
Anarchists Planned Bomb Outrages in Russia
London reports a translated Russian anarchist correspondence found with the dead member of the Hounds Ditch burglars shows a plan for new bomb outrages in Russia. Police doubt a June coronation demonstration in England and say the gang used burglary to fund bomb making. Scotland Yard tightens security ahead of King George’s coronation.
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London
Russiia
George
England
Russia
Scotland Yard
Secret Service Bureaus
America
Politician's Wife Dies After Acid Ingestion In Indiana
Washington Indiana December 29 Mrs Grant Faith wife of a prominent lawyer and Republican politician drank acid in a drug store Wednesday. She died later from burns. Friends say her mind was unbalanced by two unhappy matrimonial ventures.
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Washington
Ind
Grant Faith
Thankful Bethlehem Man Endorses Brooks Rupture Appliance
A Bethlehem resident James A. Britton writes praise for the Brooks Rupture Appliance after six years with a rupture. He says the device fits snugly, becomes part of the body, and is easy to wear day or night, recommending it to others.
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C. E. Brooks
Marshall, Mich
James A. Britton
Springs St
Bethlehem, Pa
Jansen St
Dubuque
Iowa
Brooks Rupture’ Appliance Co
Tru
Andrew
Eggenverger
Brooks Rupture Appliance Praised by Cure Recipients
Letters from users describe successful recoveries from hernia rupture after using the Brooks Rupture Appliance. A 76 year old man in Dubuque reports lasting relief since November 1905 after starting in May 1905. A Iowa mother credits the device for curing her baby’s rupture and praises the product.
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C. E. Brooks
Marshall, Mich
Appliance Coupon Delivers Free Trial Offer
Householder asks readers to mail a filled coupon to send an appliance on trial to prove claims. The notice urges immediate action and promises demonstration of truth through a no risk trial.
Texas Farmer endorses Brooks Rupture Appliance Co
A Texas farmer testimonial praises the Brooks rupture appliance. He claims years of wearing trusses without relief and says after trying the apparatus last November, he found significant improvement and continued use.
Appliance Cure Mentioned by Satisfied Buyer
A testimonial from E Brooks of Martshall Michigan praises a medical appliance for curing a child after other remedies failed. The letter states the device worked after about a year of use and fully after34 months, with the family expressing willingness to recommend it to friends.
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the Con
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Kentucky
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Dan Cupid
PEACE
Squire Hartman
Wanderer
Gold Street
The
Indiana Trust, Company
A Home For Savings
Illinois, Ohio and
Indiana Ave
Pennsylvania
Bald Prairie
Texas
G. E. Long
Jamestown, N C
Sam A
Hoover
Bryant Studio
Geo. A. Thompson
East Washington St
Texas Farmer
Brooks Rupture Appiiance Co
E. Brooks
Martshall
Mich
Coupon Co
E.brooks
Citizens Gas Co
S. Penn. St
John I. Brown & Son
Boston
Mase
Dr. Taft
Dr. Noble
Cash
Taft’s Dental
Indianapolis
Tel. Main
Rugi Hartmann
Uquet
H ‘Bertermann
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