Hoosier Life and Philippine Service Ailing Soldier
Hoosier Life Lebanon reports Eagar Richey has joined the army and is now dying at home from dysentery after serving in Indiana and the Philippines. Centerville notes progress against debt with plans for street and sidewalk improvements. saloon license efforts persist despite defeats. Join M Westcott sells stock farm and stallion Wimbledon to William Daggler for 275.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ind
Eagar Richey
Indianapolis
Philippine Islands
Centerville
M. Westcott
Damage suit move from Greenfield to Rush County
The suit of Engineer Warren Gipe against the Pennsylvania for 25000 damages for injuries from a wreck last fall has been venued from Greenfield County to Rush County. Also notes Methodist ministers in Richmond preparing for annual conferences at Elkhart in six weeks with potential local changes and retirements among presiding elders and pastors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Ind
Warren Gipe
Pennsylvania
Jack
Rush County
Richmond
Elkhart
A. BE. Mahin
G. H. Hill
Grace Church
A. W. Lamport
A. G. Neal
Ww. E. McCarty
Hill
Neal
Watts Held On Perjury Charge In Crawford County Case
New Albany Ind March 21. Great interest surrounds the state case against former treasurer P Watts of Crawford County. Watts was arrested Friday on perjury charges, alleged to have affidavited for a change of venue when none existed. The case promises a bitter fight and a sensational trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ind
P. Watts
Crawford County
Remarkable Powell and Reeves families in Albany Indiana
In NSW Albany Indiana a household around Richard Powell sr includes son David Powell born 1851 and grandson Richard Powell Jr born 1871 with great grandson Victor St. Clair Powell born December 1899. Elder Powell is vigorous and expects to live to 110. Stephen Reeves family counts six children including two pairs of twins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nsw
Albany
Ind
Richard Powell
David Powell
Richard, _Powall
Victor St. Clair Powell
Powell
Stephen Reeves
Aged Couple from Frankfort Wed in Kokomo
Aaron Grejider and Mathilda Hall both from Clinton county Frankfort were married by Squire De Haven in Kokomo on Tuesday after years as lovers. The couple plans to return home and build a house along Kilmore creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Aaron Grejider
Mathilda Hall
Frankfort
Clinton County
Yiere
Squire de Haven
Kilmore Creek
Woman Arrested in Lebanon for Shelby County Murder Suspect
Dora Baker, sought in Shelby county, was arrested in Lebanon as he emerged from the post office reading a letter. He denied being the man, but the letter identified him. He was taken to Shelbyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ind
Dora Baker
Shelby
County
Shelbyville
Farmer Acquitted of Perjury in Rush County Case
Lebanon Ind February 21 Judge Kent of Frankfort presided over the perjury case against Farmer Henry Wilson of Rush county. He quashed the affidavit after Wilson testified in a recent land trade here. The state appealed to the supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ind
Kent
Frankfort
Henry Wilson
Rush County
Wilson
Supreme Court
Indiana Snippets From Various Towns and Notices
A garbled Indiana roundup lists local events, deaths, public notices, and civic items. Topics include court abolitions, quarantine actions, street fair agitation, postmaster changes, rural mail routes, school governance rules, drownings and deaths, infant illness causes, veterans events, and a coop store opening, with scattered names and places such as Elwood Daleville Laporte Terre Haute Muncie Winchester Kokomo and Peor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Thomas Patton
Moreland
Indiana
Koro
G. T. Shaffer
Cayton
O.S. Tullis
Winchester
George Hoelecker
Laporte
Cedar Lake
Indiana and Indiana region election notes and oddities
A survey of political conventions in Carroll county and a parade of local incidents. Mentions candidates for lieutenant governor and governor, school vaccination delays in Terre Haute, a Marion car collision injuring two, a poisoning scare in Crawfordsville, and a printer warned under threat. Also notes a steel company dispute in Kokomo, a Greensburg doctor misinterpretation, legal contempt actions against oil operators, and a political chess match lineup with several city connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Diele
Gates
Tys
Gov
Haggard
Albert Tucker
Waterton
Terre Haute
Henry
Hazelrigg Poem Sent To County Surveyor
Civil engineer Thos A Hazelrigg mails a daily verse to John V Coyner county surveyor. The poem teases Coyner about the election and his chances of re election as it humorously praises him and calls on supporters to back him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John V. Coyner
Thos. A. Hazelrigg
Mr. Coyner
Johnny
Artist Beard Dead in New York After Apoplexy
William Holbrook Beard, renowned animal painter, died Tuesday night after a stroke first struck January 27. Born in April 1825 in Painesville Ohio, he painted portraits across the country then settled in Buffalo before periods in Europe. A member of the National Academy since 1862, he was married twice and leaves wife Mrs. Beard and son W C Beard, a writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wm. Holbrook Beard
Beard
Painesville
Buffalo
Europe
Switzerland
Dusseldorf
National Academy
Thomas Le.Clear
W. C. Beard
Mud roads cost farmers and merchants money
A vocal advocate argues that mud roads hurt farmers by delaying shipments and raising costs for eggs, tea, and calico. He notes hucksters lose cases daily, pushing egg prices up, while city grocers and railroad operations suffer delays and higher expenses across multiple towns and markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
G. A. Schnull
Schnull
John L. Moore
J. C. Perry
Mansfield
I. & W. Railroad
Supt. van Winkle
Big Four
D. T. Bacon
Indiana Car Service
Dewey Opposes Fortifications For Nicaragua Canal
Admiral Dewey rejects building costly fortifications for the Nicaragua canal calling it a neutral commercial waterway. He argues that fortifications would turn it into a war ground and that fleets would safeguard neutrality and safety in war and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Nicaragua Canal
Admiral Dewey
Newitt’s Mother Dies amid Counterfeiting Case Fallout
Mrs. Mary Newitt, mother of ex-U.S. District attorney Newitt now serving two years for conspiracy in a counterfeiting case, died after being kept in ignorance of her son’s crime. She had received weekly letters from him, falsely claiming life in Chicago as an attorney for a large business house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Mary Newitt
U.S
Newitt
Chicago
Court Affirms Conviction in Indiana Snow Road Shooting
The Indiana Supreme Court upholds the Jay circuit court ruling in the case of Marshal Keesier versus the state. Keesier was convicted of assault with intent to kill after an incident on December 8, 1898, when Hall, riding a sled, met Keesier in a buggy at a narrowed road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Jay Circuit Court
Marshal Keesier
Indiana
Keesler
Erwin Hall
Hall
Keesier
City Demurs in Tansell $7000 Judgment Case
The city filed a demurrer to the alternative writ of mandate demanding payment of the $7,000 judgment won by Jasper O Tansell. Attorneys clash over fund shortfall and steps to force payment while Judge Allen weighs briefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper O. Tansell
Supreme Court
Becker
Tansell
Kern
Allen
Doctor Darling reports Philippine conflict near end
Dr J A Darling, a 20 year Red Cross member, arrives in Corpus Christi after hospital treatment in San Francisco for wounds in the Philippines. He says the Filipino trouble will be over in under three months as insurgents are cornered except Aguinaldo in Hong Kong allied with highbinders, and warns no Washington order can block their transfer to Manila within 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
J. A. Darling
Red Cross Society
San Francisco
Philippines
Xcept Aguinaldo
Asus
Hong Kong
Washington
Manila
Births Deaths and Marriages Listed in City Records
Births note multiple couples with city addresses and their newborns, including Epsteins and Ratcliffes. Deaths list patients by name and street with causes such as pneumonia tuberculosis and heart trouble. Marriages record several couples with names and spouses in this community notices column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Epstein
Thomas
Julia Ratcliffe
English Ave
Chas
Bertha Brown
State-ave
Sam and
Lula Pollock
Jessie Carter
State-st
Arthur Ferguson
N. Davidson St
Howard L. Gibson
Alabama St
Ralph Mattox
Belmontave
Margaret Clark
Insane Hospital
Alphretta G. Blassengym
Drakest
Daniel Otto Leatherman
Almedia Bell
George Herman, Jr
Rachael Scholler
Edward P. Reynolds
Catharine McIlwain
Charles W.hornaday
Minnie Stiening
Charlies Reynold
Sidney
Teusel
George Brown
Pinkie Brunswick
Cleo B. Cook
Sarah Magdaline Morris
James Isaac
Maggie Vanclere
Edward L. McKee
Grace Wasson
Deaths and health notes from Chesterfield and Galena
A Tuesday dispatch reports a man died in Chesterfield from black erysipelas. Dr Hurry criticizes the State board of health as ignorant of the disease. The board also recommends disinterring a Galena child who died of scarlet fever due to lack of a proper death certificate, noting the child was treated by Christian Science physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesterfield
Hurry
State Board of Health
Galena
Floyd County
Christian Science
Fighting Over A License In Perry Township
County commissioners heard residents remonstrance against liquor license for Henry Hotopp. Capt. Ritter claims written authority to Charles Orme to sign names on remonstrance. Harding and Hovey move to remove these signatures alleging need for power of attorney. Board took the matter under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Township
Henry Hotopp
Capt. Ritter
Remonstrants
Charles Orme
Harding & Hovey
Hotopp
Orme
Blood Poisoning Threat After Thumb Injury
David A. Boswell, son of the county assessor, has been seriously ill with blood poisoning for two weeks after a knife slipped while he was eating English walnuts. His left thumb was pierced, leading to infection. surgeons performed several operations, and doctors now believe he is out of danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Boswell
Russia urges break with English treaties in South Africa crisis
A St. Petersburg editorial reprinted in London calls for Russia to end “fetters” imposed by England and to exploit England's South Africa difficulties. It warns Russia not to wait for England’s military reorganization, saying delays could be fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
St. Petersburg
England
South Africa
Grant Hornaday In Jail On Embezzlement Claims
Ex chief clerk Grant Hornaday of the city engineer office is jailed in county lockup. Reports say alleged peculations now total about 1200 dollars or 1500 dollars more than first stated. Bondsmen withdrew while the case moves toward proceedings in Albany Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Hornaday
Building Permits Filed for Remodels and Frame Stable
Gertrude Gerall of 209 Bird Street files for remodel work. Hubbard at 1534 North Senate Avenue seeks a frame stable with estimated cost of 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Gerall
Bird St
Hubbard
Senate Ave
Williams Acquitted in Charge of Receiving Stolen Goods
Hanover Williams, previously held in advisement by Judge Alford, was acquitted of receiving stolen goods. He had bought plunder from a gang of boys who robbed unoccupied houses, tearing out brass fixtures and plumbing, but Williams did not know the items were stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover Williams
Alford
Williams
Bright nine year old sues Van Camp for damages
O'Brian through her uncle A Killinger sues Van Camp hardware for 310000 after a piece of fire-iron from a Van Camp wagon struck her eye along Madison avenue in April 1899. The injury left her eye damaged and she now wears a glass eye. The case opened before Judge Leathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pavey
O'Brian
A. Killinger
van Camp Hardware Company
Madison Ave
Temperance Medicines Challenged Over False Formulas
Dr. R V Pierce warns against false formulas for Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription claiming they contain alcohol or narcotics. The World's Dispensary Medical Association offers thousands for any bottle proving alcohol or opiate presence. Suits are filed to stop publication of these malicious false formulas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Shell
Pierce
Judge Suspends Sentence in Edgar Fleece Forgery Case
Judge orders suspended sentence for Edgar Fleece, 19, who forged a check drawn on North Salem Bank. The instrument, payable to Charles Benson and endorsed by B. F. Davin, bears the name Ames Jos Beliers. Decision handed down in January.
City Markets Indianapolis Provisions This Month
Readable sections list meats breads produce and groceries with bulk prices. Items include sugar cured hams, bacon, pork, onions, potatoes, cabbage, apples, oranges, bananas, figs, and canned goods. Transportation and wholesale terms appear for butter, tea, coffee, flour, oats, and coal prices.
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Hoosier “Life
Elwood
Daleville
Jeensburg
Joan
Zeigler
Union Mrs. Superior Court
Laporte County
Dunkirk
Rose Wilson
Charles Stocker
Indiana Travelers’ Protective Association
Muncle
John and
Floyd Wright
Henry County
Aman
Noshawaha
Muncie
Lawton
Association of
Fort “Wayne
Starke County
Thias
Genhart
Bend
Heald
Crawfordsville
Reuben Daily
Jeffersonville
Amerikan Window Glass Trust
Prohim
Epporth League
Eureka Steel Company
Rev. W. A. Hille
Edward Hardemeyer
Greensburg
Noc
Legh
Marion Court
Lewih
Thomas McDonald
A. F. VanVicter
Carroll County
Aaron Snoeberger
Central
Ohio
C. Brown
Anderson
F. B. van Nuys
Timn
J. GC
Frederickson
Chesterton
Hudson Lake
Illinois
South
Hazelrigg
Dno. V. Coyner
Artist Beard
Cascarets
Sterling Remedy Co
Dewey
Judge Allen
AGGIE
Dr. Darling
Philpot
Albany, Ga
Dee Witt
van Camp Company
S. Delaware St
Washington St
W.washington St
Kentucky Ave
City Markets
Tlercas
Baltimore
Kentucky
California
Floridas
Arate Messina
Walntis
Brasil
Tej Esmmen
Jesfecers
Phoenix A
Empire A
Ideal Gold
Windsor Ak. C
Ridgewood
Lion
Jersey
Marion
Ted Kidney
Imperial
Young Hysen
Johnaca
Timothy
Canada
W. S
New York State
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pittsburg
Kanawha
Wnnfrede
Raymond City
Jackson
Bragis
Island City
Slack
Blosabarg
Sara City
Optum
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