Kokomo Shooting: Herman Shultz Shot by Arthur Woolford
In Kokomo Indiana Arthur Woolford shot and killed Herman Shultz at a farm house after a quarrel over a dance. Woolford is jailed as neighbors recall both men were part of a sledding party and Shultz a Spanish War veteran in the 158th Indiana.
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Herman Shultz
Arthur Woolford
A. ‘Farmer
Christian Sevience
Kokomo
Ind
Woolford
Ther
Shutz
Shultz
Indiana
Carpenter driven to insanity by Christian Science in Elkhart
Louis Kantz, a carpenter in Elkhart Indiana, became violently insane over Christian Science. He forced attendants from a house with a chair then placed his foot in a coal stove burning flesh, tossed live coals around the room, and fled six miles into the countryside before collapsing from exhaustion.
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Elkhart
Ind
Louis. Kantz
Carpenter
Christian Science
Woman in men's attire seized as suspicious in Snorth Vernon
In Snorth Vernon Indiana on February 15 authorities traced a suspicious figure to the city electric power house. A woman dressed as a man, calling herself Franklin Weber, was arrested after being found shivering in the engine room. She claimed past work as a telegrapher in Rochester, New York, and said she sought Vincennes to visit an aunt. She stated she wore male clothes to endure mistreatment and get by while traveling by freight.
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Snorth Vernon
Ind
Louisville
City Electric Power House
Vinc@e1es
Mra
Milken
Vincennes
Grand jury probe stirs public in Jeffersonville
Jeffersonville Indiana February 15 The grand jury investigation of County treasurer Panghorn's accounts creates more excitement than any case since 1871 when four men including Squtes Taylor Cras Tavis and William Johnson were hanged for murdering the Pailes family.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Panghorn
Squtes Taylor
Cras
Tavis
William Johnson
Pailes
Dead Man Found On Train Near New Albany
In New Albany Indiana on February 15 a passenger train eastbound discovered a dead man on top of a sleeper car. He likely rode from St Louis and was struck and killed near the tunnel five miles west, a hole found in the back of his head.
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New Albany
Ind
St. Louis
Here
Boone County farmers see land values rise amid cattle market boom
Farmers in Boone County Indiana report land values up by five to fifteen dollars an acre driven by strong cattle and hog prices with markets moving ten carloads daily to Indianapolis. Wheat crops have been poor since 1891 and outlook remains uncertain due to Hessian fly and weather, though farmers plan to unite next year to try Prof Lana’s pest control idea involving sowing a wide rod around fields and plowing to bury larvae before replanting for immunity.
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Lebanon
Ind
Indianapolis
Prof
Lana
Dublin Fire Department Organized in February 1915
Dublin Indiana reports the local fire department organized on a Wednesday night after acquiring a fire engine a few weeks prior, marking the town's first fire protection.
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Fire Department
Dublin
Ind
Found Dead in Bed in Lebanon Indiana
Susan Shaw, 75, was found dead in bed Wednesday morning in Lebanon Indiana.
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Lebanon
Ind
Susan Shaw
Indiana Inklings From Albany Smallpox Rise
Smallpox increases at Albany with health officials noting rising cases. Madison county infirmary reports receiving first colored children. Local notes mention mischiefs from fruit jar manufacturers and a plan for truss baseball practice at De Pauw. Fourth class postmasters across district 5 organize. Bays and valentines market shifting as vogue fades.
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Madison County Infirmary
Elliottsville Bank
Bloomington
Bays
Valentines
Alfred Chark
Enormous bass stories and local disputes arise
The piece reports on large bass catches rumored from lakes up north and a string of local concerns. It notes plans for a new accommodation train on the Monon between Lafayette and Bloomington, tax and franchise disputes, labor actions, bank panics, and political moves in Hamilton county. It mentions a pending marriage, a murder case, property fires, a water works test, and various local crimes and civic happenings.
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Lafayette
Bloomington
Crawfordsville
iAnderson
Anderson
Hamilton County
Griffiths
Valentine
Elwood
Relief Fund For India
A Blow To Contractors In Chicago Building Trade
Chicago on February 15 reports near no work in the local building industry as contractors assert they will concentrate forces on one or two sites. The building trades council absorbs the independent council, destroying its charter and inviting members to join the main body. Contractors threaten armed guards and detectives, claim traitors among workers, and say non union laborers are being sought from nationwide addresses.
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Chicago
Buildings, Trades Council
Independent Council
Buuilding Trades’ Council
Therle Percent Council
Building Trades’ Council
Building Trades
Coucil
Contractors Council
High Demand for State Statistics Reports
A surge in requests for the 18 percent reports from the state statistician boosts interest in information on vanity and township government. Of 5 000 copies, fewer than ten remain. callers include other states seeking copies from the state house basement.
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State Statistician
Vounmcy
State House
Boom for John Kern and Latent Mention
Fragmentary OCR notes mention John Kern with phrases like boom and latent in unclear context. No coherent event or details present to establish a concrete news item or outcome. The readable text offers no identifiable organization, date, or location to anchor a public record.
Poisoner Described as Garment Fitting One Man
Assistant-district-attorney Osborne explains a plan devised with Viola Roseboro to craft a metaphorical “garment” that would fit only the poisoner. Roseboro says the description was meant to identify the culprit, insisting it would fail for anyone else and point to the murderer.
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She
Mies
Viola ‘Roseboro
Magaszines
Osborne
Miss Roseboro
More Officers Needed Push in U S Forces in Philippines
Washington reports a shortage of officers across departments as 63,000 soldiers remain in the Philippines. The surgeon general plans to send 40 contract surgeons to Manila in the next two months, with many sent home due to fatigue and disease. Congress will be asked for wide staffing increases including medical, commissary, quartermaster facilities, and transport staff across Luzon Panay and Mindanao.
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Washington
United States
Philippines
Congress
Manila
Yaided
Commissary Department
Secretary of War
Luzon
Panay
Mindanao
Rect
Three Schwartz Family Found Dead In Chicago Home
Mrs Jeannette Schwartz and her two children were found dead in their beds at 3 am in Chicago. Police call the case mysterious and suspect possible gas asphyxiation. Schwartz, a saloon keeper, reportedly closed his saloon at midnight and visited the Burlington road house before returning home to discover the deaths.
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Chicago
Jeannette Schwartz
Schwartz
Burlington Road House
Scandal Claims Stir Over German Officers in Colonies
Berlin reports follow the Prince Von Arenberg conviction for cruelties in the Kameroons. A local paper accuses him of kicking a sergeant’s wife in Münster and suggests he was sent to the colonies. Vorwärts charges a German officer with causing four Togoland natives to die from maltreatment by captors.
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Berlin
Prince von Arenberg
Muenster
Vorwaerts
Four Students Leave State Normal School Over Vaccination
In Terre Haute four students departed the state normal school to avoid vaccination. Washington county reports improvement in smallpox, as residents recognize true cases rather than chickenpox. The county health board sent two men to northern areas to diagnose the disease, confirming Dr. Ferrison's diagnosis.
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State Normal School
Terre Haute
Washington County
County Board of Health
Ferrison
Plunged to His Death On Mill Creek Tracks
In Cincinnati Ohio two men with a basket on a railroad track were chased after trapping two policemen. They fled into the river where one drowned. The survivor, exhausted, reached shore and claimed unknown acquaintance with the drowned Chicago youth aged about 18 who had been carrying scrap iron to a shop for money.
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Cincinnati
Tto
Mill Creek
Chicago
Democrats Eye 4th National Convention Site
Washington February 15 The executive committee of the National Association of Democratic Clubs meets February 23 to pick the convention location. Cincinnati Louisville and Kansas City vie for the quadrennial gathering with an estimated 10 000 delegates expected according to Secretary McKean.
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Washington
National Association of Democrat’e Clubs
Cincinnati
Louisville
Kansas City
McKean
Tragic Fall Behind Florence Doctor Ends Life
Dr D C Green of Florence area was found dead behind his house after leaping from the roof. He had once a comfortable fortune but squandered by early farming methods. Facing poverty in old age, he planned and carried out his own destruction. His wife is a cousin of the Rockefellers. Both were too proud to seek help.
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Birmingham
Ala
D. C. Green
Florence
Henley Polo Team Accepts Racine Challenge
Richmond report notes the Henley polo team has accepted a challenge from Racine Wisconsin. Details are unclear due to partial OCR but indicate a matchup between Henley and Racine with a handle on the event and location in February.
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Richmond
Ihd
Henley Rollef
Ram
Green goods ring raided. four arrested in New York
Police raided a green goods plant at 3 and 27 Frankfort Street New York arresting four suspects, including two young women. They seized about ten pounds of lure literature and a Weekly Report issue wrapped with green-goods circulars promoting counterfeit schemes and sensational stories.
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New York
Frankfort St
Frank _Brooks
Chas
Jackson
Lily Walker
Ingeborg Lie
Treasury
Pittsburg
Nice
Carnegie’s Trouble in Coke Deal Legal Fight
In Pittsburgh on February 15, reports say H. C. Frick sued Carnegie Steel in a rival minority plot. Frick Coke Co may seek to void its contract with Carnegie. Case filing could take weeks. coke usage runs 90 carloads daily at 135 dollars per ton, with alleged daily savings of 15,000 dollars claimed by the minority.
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Pittsburg
H. C. Frick
Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie
Frick Coke Company
Carnie
Carnegie Company
Thrilling voyage from Austria ends in New York
The Austrian steamship Eros reached Hampton Roads for coal after a perilous voyage from Trieste begun January 2. Storms drove the ship off course and exhausted the crew. With dwindling bunkers and a damaged hull, the vessel narrowly avoided foundering and proceeded to New York.
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Austria
Norfolk
New York
Trieste
Hampton Roads
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promised Digestive Reform
A bold claim for Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets positions them as a safe non patent remedy endorsed by physicians for indigestion and stomach troubles. The pills digest food fully, claim to cure dyspepsia, water brash, sour stomach, and gas, with emphasis on natural digestion over tonics or cathartics.
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Drugfists
Stuart
Fmart
Custody petitions flood Indiana circuit court
The Board of children's guardians filed three custody petitions in circuit court. They seek the care of William and Wilbur Jones aged 7 and 6, sons of Thomas E. Jones, alleging the father is intemperate and neglectful. They also request William T. Johnson, 5, formerly under John Finnegan, who has been abandoned, and Bertha Morton, 14, removed from a Columbus county poorhouse with unknown parents, suspected of corruption. the board seeks her custody as well. Also listed are numerous vegetables and groceries with prices.
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Board of Children's Guardians
William
Wilbur Jones
Thomas E. Jones
William T. Johnson
David C. Johnson
Whitestown
John Finnegan
Bertha Morton
Chas. L. Norton
County Poorhouse
Columbus
Ind
Female Curiosity Rouses Post Office Fury
A enraged woman stormed Postmaster Hess’s office on Thursday clutching a letter. She accused a mail carrier of misdelivering mail to another woman and demanded an explanation. Hess kept the envelope and vowed to investigate and curb any future mail mix ups.
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Hess
Mr. Hess
Shelbyville Considers New Range Factory Expansion
Shelbyville Commercial club approves bringing a range factory employing 60 workers to the city and is weighing a proposal to add a branch of the Dean boiler works from Massachusetts.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Sply
Commercial Club
Déan Boiler Works
Massachusetts
Steel mills form capitalized combine in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on Wednesday twenty five of the nations twenty nine steel sheet mills formed a combination. The capital stock is about 52,900,000 dollars with the body meeting to set terms and operations for the steel industry.
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Pittsburg
Tibe Capital
City Markets Indianapolis February 15 Provisions
City Markets Indianapolis Feb 15 lists prices for smoked meats and bacon items including hams, dry beef, shoulders, clear sides and backs, bacon types, sausage, pickled meats, and pork barrels with varied weights and prices in a compact market rundown. Numerous brand names appear alongside unit and bulk pricing, reflecting assorted imports and domestic products.
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Indianapolis
California
Link
Fendersd
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