Turned Him Down When the Other Fellow Came
Miss Stella Laird of Minden Michigan came to Chicago with C H Rittenhouse to marry. After a three day dispute bank cashier Frank Wolf won her hand and they left for Grand Rapids to wed. Rittenhouse went to California to forget the setback. Laird is 22 and described as a pretty blonde.
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Chicago
Stella Laird
Minden
Mich
C. H. Rittenhouse
Hillsdale Gasoline Engine Company
Hillsdale
Frank Wolf
First State Bank
Miss Laird
Wolf
Grand Rapids
Rittenhouse
California
Michigan
Aerial Tournament Plans At World’s Fair
The St Louis world’s fair appoints Dr L H Laidley as medical director with an emergency hospital on the site. The board approves several executive committee appointments and a $200000 allocation for an aerial tournament. Francis and Adolphus Busch visit Washington amid reports Austria Russia and Brazil may skip the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
L. H. Laidley
Francis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Adolphus Busch
Washington
Austria
Russia
Brazil
Engineer Sible Injured After Red Signal Fearful Jump
In Peru Indiana on January 15 engineer J E Sible of the Wabash railroad leaped from his passenger engine after spotting a red signal on a sidetrack freight train. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries and is hospitalized at Wabash hospital. The train traveled 40 miles per hour and passengers were shaken but unhurt. Sible had a prior wreck in Lafayette and is said to have been extremely nervous. investigators say the signal and track were normal and the incident stemmed from his imagination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
J. E. Sible
Wabash Railroad
Wabash Hospital
Sible
Lafayette
Spaniard Confesses To Blowing Up the Maine
An Omaha paper carries a Pine Ridge agency report claiming a drunken Spaniard rancher confessed he detonated the Maine to spark war with the United States. The man, alleged ex captain in Cuba, knew harbor mines and slipped past guards to sink the battleship before fleeing to Mexico.
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Maine
United States
Spain
Weyler
Cuba
Mexico
Skirt Patterns Feature Heavy Weight Tcazle
Readable notes describe full size skirt patterns with heavy weight fabric details. The entry lists pattern notes and construction tips for durable garments using sturdy cloth.
Striking machinists plan nationwide action against Allis-Chalmers
Chicago workers say a new campaign will target shipyards nationwide. Strikers aim to persuade employees to stop handling Allis-Chalmers products, potentially delaying orders for shafts steel beams and engine machinery. National officers decide when to call out workers at major coasts’ yards as ships in Scranton Buffalo Milwaukee and San Francisco already receive material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Allisch-Chambers Company
Allisoh-Chalmers
Allisoh-Chalmers Company
Scranton
Buffalo
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Deaths and Funerals in Local Community
Co. St. Palmer aged 82 died Tuesday at the home of his son 317 Walcott Street. Mrs Barbara Klepper 78 Lawrence township pioneer died of apoplexy. Harvey L McClellan 76 former Johnson County sheriff died Tuesday at St Vincent's infirmary with burial at Crown Hill on Wednesday.
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Barbara Klepper
Lawrence Township
Harvey L. McClellan
Johnson County
St. Vincent’s Infirmary
Crown Hill
Indiana News Briefs Detailing Accidents and Local Events
Richmond clears smallpox, a tree injures John Patterson in Hope, and a gas explosion claim in Marion. Evansville to add hot water heating, a line from Richmond to Greenville, Ohio. Wires cut between Portland and Blaine, miners strike in Eaglesville ends, and Philanderings in local politics. Cartersburg burglary fails, Elkhart embezzlement case pursued, deaths reported across several towns, library site funding in Shelbyville, and a police report on livestock incidents.
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Richmond
Greenville
Portland
Blaine
Hugh S. Fischer
Hope
D. C. Harrold
Elwood
Eaglesville
Indiana
Western League opens in Kansas City with Beall ousted
No Hoosier attendance as Western League meets in Kansas City. A. B. Beall of Minneapolis is railroaded after being denied a hearing. Powers and Sexton attack Hickey while Packard wins a Denver franchise and Dowd Milwaukee is approved. Indianapolis and Louisville may receive representation if they apply.
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Ikansas City
Whitfield
A. B. Beall
Minneapolis
Beall
League
George Tebeau
American Association
P. T. Powers
National Association of Minor Leagues
Western League
Powers
Hickey
National Association of Major Leagues
M. N. Sexton
D. C. Packard
Denver
Thomas Dowd
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Louisville
Baseball Briefs and boxing talk from Milwaukee to Louisville
The steel grandstand in Milwaukee costs 215000 while Indians at Carlisle face scarcity. Pabst may back a Western league club in Milwaukee and a National league report goes to printer. All-Americans lose 4 to 2 to Nationals in San Francisco. St Pauls AA team begins April training in Richmond with exhibitions to spur a home lineup. The National league battle eases with few injuries as Spalding fights in courts. William Rothwell faces a New York police court Wednesday over sparring at the Dewey. Corbett visits McGovern at a hospital nose operation and denies insults about McGovern. McGovern plans to attend Louisville on Feb 22 to face Sullivan nose or no nose.
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Milwaukee
Carlisle
Pabst
Nationals
San Francisco
William Rothwell
New York Police Court
Dewey
Young Corbett
Terry McGovern
Corbett
Terry
McGovern
Louisville
Sullivan
Bezenah to Meet Forbes in Hot Springs Bout
Ringside notes say Gus Bezenah will face Harry Forbes in Hot Springs on January 2. L Smith, the Columbia club favorite, seeks entry or arrangement related to the match.
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Gus Bezenah
Harry Forbes
Hot Springs
L. Smith
Columbia Club
Two Nitro Glycerine Magazines Explode in Indiana
In Marion Indiana a pair of nitroglycerine magazines containing 1500 quarts exploded at 1 20 am on Wednesday shaking the gas belt area. The St Mary torpedo magazine held 700 quarts and the Empire glycerine magazine held 880 quarts. No lives were lost.
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Marion
Ind
New Castle
Muncie
Fort Wayne
St. Mary Torpedo Company
Empire Glycerine Company
Harry Lippert
The
Empire Company
St. Mary Company
Bargains in Shoes at Low Prices
Advertised stock includes Misses' and Children's shoes at fractions of typical prices. Infants' shoes 19c, Boys' shoes 10c, Men's shoes 69c, Ladies' shoes 39c to 49c, with large odd lots and special deals on multiple pairs.additional note offers selection of Ladies styles.
Track Talk and Racing Roundup
Jockey Henry arrived in New York from Paris on Tuesday. Louisville balks at a $50,000 purse for the race between Boralma and Crescens. Jockey Moore was suspended after interfering with horses at the starting post in Charleston on Tuesday. J Boggs, a 20 to 1 shot, won the Reliance handicap at Oakland on Tuesday, coming from behind to beat Frank Bell. A Denver seeress, who correctly predicted 19 of 24 last Friday, is predicting winners for the men who matched McGovern and Corbett.
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Henry
New York
Paris
Louisville
Boralma
Crescens
Moore
Charleston
J. Boggs
Oakland
Frank Bell
Denver
McGovern
Corbett
Girls Healthy in Cook County Midwinter Games Test
Chicago January 15 report shows examination of boy and girl athletes preparing for the Cook County high schools midwinter games. Girls tested are largely free from heart disease with only one girl below the average. Ten boys fell below the mark in the screening by school physicians.
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Chicago
Cook County
Evansville Boy 8 Sentenced for Horse Theft
Herman Jones eight year oldcolored youth was sentenced Tuesday to the reform school after being arrested ten times in the past year for theft and related mischief in Evansville Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Herman Jones
Reform School
Bryant's Brother Dead in Princeton at 94
John Howard Bryant, poet, politician and business man, brother of William Cullen Bryant, died at his Princeton home at age 94. He played a active role in abolition politics and helped organize the Republican Party, serving as a delegate to early national conventions and as an associate of Lincoln, who appointed him internal revenue collector at Peoria.
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Princeton
John Howard Bryant
William Cullen Bryant
Bryant
Republican Party
Gen
Fremont
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Internal Revenue
Peoria
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Connersville
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Jocko
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Elkhart City
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New Albany
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Rush County
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Johnson
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Mary Mays
Phills
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Bowman
Isabelle
Hilly
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John D
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Charles D. Maxwell
A. Maxwell
James M. Milender
E. D. Olin
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Elizabeth Selking
Wilking
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Ann E. Thompson
Noah Webster
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Bert W. Cathcart
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