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Miraculous Escape From Death of a Summitville Man
A string of brief notices details accidents and deaths across Indiana. Notable items include Harvey Duncan’s dramatic near-fatal railroad collision escape near Eaton, several deaths including James Graham of Muncie and Mrs. Elizabeth Plummer of Eaglesfield, local pensions listings, and reports of a large spread of la grippe with Kokomo fatalities. Also mentions religious revivals, courthouse politics, and stray early-20th-century incidents across towns like Marion Logansport Goshen Peru Tell City Greensburg and Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Purdus
Goshen
James Graham
Muncie
Elizabeth Plummer
Eaglesfield
Richmond
Marion
Casa County Farmers’ Institute
Logansport
Tell City
Riggs
Simeon Riggs
Franklin
Melvina Kohl
Indianapolis
Plainfield
la Grippe
Kokomo
J. G. Oberg
Valparaiso
Sweden
State Typographical Association
Crawfordsville
Indiana
Joseph Leon
Michael Erskin
Tuorntown
Dorian Loy
Greenfield
Ottia Lemke
Fort Wayne
Thomas Rooker
Noblesville
James L. Vancleava
Livonia
Washington County
Zem
Sarah Donnell
Greensburg
Sally Donnell
Frank Nicholas
Brazil
Pittsburg
Hellwood
Pat. Perkina
Hewart
Columbus
Anderson
Patrick Lyons
Alexander Carr
Seymour
Marsh
New Winchester
Gov. Chase
Abdalla Salm
Thomas Townsend
Barney O'Toole
William Reffert
Reffert
Reffett
Anton Truskowski
Michigan City
Crawfordsvile
Viola Wager
Gosben
Daniel Hatch
Savara
Daniel
Harvey Duncan
Summitville
Eaton
Duncan
John G. Teerer
Franz Stern
Henry P. Chambote
Collins Griffith
Michael Hogland
Willian She
William W. Withrow
Wiliam Douthwail
Jacob Clark
Thomas Bunce
William Eshell
Abel Armstrong
Frederick G. Elder
James Currens
Jonas Hammel
Increase —Thos
H. Wade
Elkanah B. Weddersmith
John H. Black
Jas
O. Laughlin
Janes Ancil
Augustus Powers
Micajah D. Rigdon
Geo. N. Gardner
Geo. W. Browz
James L. Adama
Martin M. Higgins
Wm. H. Montgomery
Edmund Copa
Samuel H. Smith
Wm. Mathias
Wm. H. Meyers
Ezekial Clough
Reiasue
Ine W. Gordon
Wido
Anna Baan
Birdie
de Hemae
Ellen Feemoleen
Jo D. Heyer
Killen Kate Beatty
Lucinda Goble
Helen H. Ho
Martha Jane Stinebeck