Desperado Kuhns Captured After Bold Home Invasion
Loganport Indiana January 18 Desperado Marvin Kuhns captured by a citizen posse at Green Hill near Lafayette. Kuhns denies being Kuhns claiming name J W Wilson of Dakota. Bertillon measurements and Captain Somers identify him. one associate believed to be his brother.
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Logansport
Ind
Marvin Kuhns
Green Hill
Lafayette
Patroinian Dean
Kuhns
J. W. Wilson
Dakota
Plymouth
Noble County
Columbus
Somers
Desperado Captured, Logansport Report Verified
CHURUBUSCO Ind Jan 18 The relations of Marvin Kuhns who reside a few miles north of this place verify the report of the capture of the desperado at Logansport Thursday evening.
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Churubusco
Ind
Marvin Kuhns
Logansport
Taits Die in Collision En Route to Robson Funeral
In Galesburg on January 18 a carriage carrying Mr and Mrs H G Tait of Copley was struck by a passenger train while returning from William Robson obituary funeral. Both occupants were killed.
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Galesburg
Jil
H. G. Tait
Copley
William Robson
Light signals from Mars debunked by astronomer
Prof A E Douglass of Lowell Observatory says Nikola Tesla’s Mars light signals are just sunset phenomena. He notes the sunlit projections near Mars’ terminator move with the planet at 440 miles per hour and are clouds illuminated at sunset.
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Chicago
A. E. Douglass
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
A. Vt
Nikola Tesla
Mars
Douglass
Troops at Corbin in Kentucky region hold city after jailbreak
Seventy five soldiers and a Gatling gun reached Corbin at 4 36 m forcing doors shut. Sheriff Sutton met the train at London and discussed Rolla White who escaped from the train after being jailed for killing John Shotwell. White leaped from a moving train with two deputies as the Shotwell party closed in. John James and Bob Shotwell were later arrested. Soldiers expected to be recalled within 24 hours.
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Corbin
Sutton
London
Col. Williams
Rolla White
White
John Shotwell
Shotwell
Woodbine
John
James
Bob Shotwell
Muddled Heegs Taken To Insane Hospital Prompt $5000 Suit
Charles E Heeg sues ex Sheriff Clark for 5000 claiming a June commitment for August Heeg to the insane asylum led to a mix up. Heeg alleges protest and sworn testimony that he was in error, was driven through the city to the hospital for 60 hours, and suffered mental anguish and injury to his social and business reputation as a cigar dealer worth 5060.
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Charles
Heeg
Clark
August Heeg
Boers Suffer Setbacks in Transvaal Actions
London Jan 18 Lord Kitchener reports a Boer force was routed west of Ventersburg Transvaal and a clash between Gen Colville and 1000 Boers north of Standerton. British casualties: one killed and 15 wounded. Boers suffered heavy losses and retreated.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Ventersburg
Transvaal
Colville
Standerton
Amish Family Home Burns in Indiana Blaze
Elkhart Indiana January eighteenth a sudden fire swept the Benjamin Miller farm near Middlebury destroying the house. The parents were milking when flames broke out two children on the first floor were pulled from the burning structure unconscious. Four children on the second floor died likely from suffocation as walls collapsed and ladders were unavailable.
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Benjamin Miller
Middlebury
Freight collision near Greenfield kills brakeman
An east bound freight train and an extra collided four miles west of Greenfield Indiana. Brakeman Emory Buerin was killed instantly. Firemen and engineers jumped but were not seriously injured. The wreck is blamed on a misunderstood order as the extra failed to wait at Philadelphia. Both engines were badly damaged.
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Here
Emory Buerin
Philadelphia
Coroner and mother recount the Lentz murder case
Bloomington officials report the discovery of Frank Lentz body as the Thomasson and Gaines trial unfolds. Deputy Sheriff Stone testifies Thomasson confessed amid mob fear while defense seeks exclusion. Minnie Mann a schoolteacher places Gaines at her home on the murder night until early hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lentz
Lentz
Thomasson
Gaines
Stone
Bedford
Minnie Mann
Fatal Fire Injury In Harmony Woman Dies En Route
Brazil Indiana January 18 Miss Cynthia Rose building a fire in Harmony when her clothing caught fire. She was badly burned and died shortly after at home.
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Brazil
Ind
Cynthia Rose
Harmony
Indiana News Briefs Highlight Deaths Trials and Local Events
Noblesville adds a new bank fund while John L. Kline, 67, dies of paralysis. In Huntington a trial sees Mrs Frank Smith slap Justice William John. An Emery county oil well opens east of Muncie with undetermined capacity. Farmers anticipate more quail if a wheat crop improves. Frank Fahey receives 200 damages from Laporte court after dog attack. Nathaniel Bramlett, 79, dies after surprise visit from Arkansas daughter. Myrtle Smith, 44, Owensville, assaulted in a barn. former sweetheart Homer Gooch arrested. Lewis Baker trial continues near Martinsville. Hal Mitchell and father testify on a murder case in Franklin. Muncie water pipes blocked cause city to face fire risk. repairs cost millions over six years.
The Murray Hall Mystery Woman of Tammany Hall
New York story reports the death of Murray H Hall a 60 year old man living as a woman for 30 years. The Iroquois club member voter and husband to two wives left an estate of about 40000 dollars with an adopted daughter Minnie Hall. The coroner left the sex blank pending settlement questions.
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Ray H. Hall
Fifth Assembly
Hall
Murray H. Hall
Iroquois Club
Tammany Organization
Fifth Assembly District
Murray
Murray Hall
Train murder on Waterloo line shocks London
Wm. Pearson was killed and robbed in his train compartment near Waterloo. A robber, believed American, fled but was soon captured. Mrs. Rhoda King was also shot in the cheek.
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London
Wm. Pearson
Waterloo
Rhoda King
Births and Deaths in Green Bay Area Notices
A list of births and deaths records from Green Bay area entries includes multiple births with addresses on Gei sendorf, E Washington, Union, Wes hurst, Keystone, Arrow, Hovey, Spring, Minkner, Harlan, and Arrow streets, detailing boys and girls. Deaths note influenza at 1149 Malott Ave. pneumonia at St. Vincent’s Hospital. several older residents listed with causes such as grippe valvular heart disease and convulsions. infant with atelectasis. meningitis. asthma. vhthisis pulmonalis and other conditions.
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Nicholas
Mabel Connelly
Geisendorf-st
Thomas
Sallie McCabe
E. Washington-st
John W
Elva Lane
Union-st
Arrow-ave
Harry E
Maggie Sample
Hovey-st
Melvin H
Agnes Deeter
Spring-st
Thomas and
Mary Riley
Minknerst
Frank and
Emma Wright
Harlan St
Green Bay
Malott-ave
la Grippe
Fred W. Knight
St. Vincent's Hospital
John Cunningham
Jefferson-ave
Byschenile
Margaret Colter
Hlome Place
Brippe
Copenhaver
Julia A. ‘Trick
Central-ave
Martha E. Bourgrin
State-ave
Eva B. Williams
N. Tlinofs-st
William Roberts
W. Market-st
Emma Day
Washington-st
Quincy A.parker
City Hospital
Bad Aim Ends Troubled Love Affair Shooting in Kentucky Avenue
Bessie Blackwell 22 fired three shots at Samuel C. Dawson 1895 Prospect St near H A Davis office on Kentucky Ave. No one harmed. They had a three year history with family opposition and a failed June 1898 wedding. Dawson reportedly married his stepmother months later.
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bessie.Blackwell
Samuel C. Dawson
Prospect St
H. A. Davis
Kentucky-ave
Dawson
Blackwell
Blackwell Sass
Priest
Fletcher M. Nee
Kentucky Ave
Niy
Hem
Kail
Police
Can Harden Copper Patent by Covington Men
Daniel E. Connors and Orville Bagby of Covington Kentucky have patented a copper hardening process. Copper is cleaned in solution, exposed to liquid air and frozen to extreme cold, then plunged into intense heat to harden to any required degree. The process makes the metal nonmeltable and follows ancient Egyptian knowhow and mound builder relics in America.
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Cincinnati, C
Covington, Ky
Daniel E. Connors
Excity Engineeer
Orville Bagby
America
Property Repairs and Additions Reported on Local Notices
J. W. Cooper at 1710 Bellefontianne St reports repairs for $300. United States Building and Loan Association at 363 W. Twelfth St lists repairs for $460. P. A. Havelick at 637 N Capitol Ave reports remodeling for $800. A S Allgeir at 860 English Ave lists an addition for $300.
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J. W. Cooper
Bellefontianne
Sugar firms cut price on all granulated sugars
New York January 18. The American Sugar Refining Company and the Arbuckles reduced the price by ten cents on ten pounds all grades of granulated sugars. Competing refineries in New Orleans and San Francisco prompted the cut.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
The
Arbuckles
New Orleans
San Francisco
Advertisement for Cascarets Cathartic candy
A vintage drugstore ad promotes Cascarets Cathartic with claims no violent strain and gentle restoration to natural activity. It lists 0c 2c and 30c prices for the product.
Board of Works Orders Sewer. Defers Oak Street Plan
The Board of Works ordered a local sewer from Noble Street to the first alley east of Liberty Street in Michigan Street. It paused the Oak Street sewer from Massachusetts Avenue to the first alley north of Tenth Street due to protests by Oak Street property owners. Pay rolls: Bridge gang 108.30, street repair 157.50, sewer gang 214.80. The board will study building a new smoke stack at Brightwood water works. the old stack is said to be dangerous.
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Board of Works
Michigan-st
Liberty-st
Oak-st
Massachusetts-aye
Tenth-st
Brightwood Water Works
Yale Graduates Propose Yale Bones Return
Yale graduates propose transferring the bones of Elihu Yale from Wales to New Haven for burial on Yale campus. The plan would move the historical founder's remains to be reinterred at the university.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Elihu Yale
Wales
City Markets Provisions Report from Indianapolis
City markets in Indianapolis report varied prices for smoked meats and bacon. Smoked hams include Hamas and California boneless options, prized at around 10 to 14 cents per pound, with dried beef hams and pressed cooked ham listed. Breakfast bacon and clear sides show further price points, with weights from 8 to 16 pounds referenced.
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California
Grocery Prices and Meats List for Local Market
A dense price rundown lists Sausage and pickled meats with weights and per-unit costs, followed by vegetables like potatoes onions and cabbage, fruits including apples oranges and lemons, nuts and candies, and broad grocerie sections. It covers canned vegetables and fruits, fish and seafood, seeds, hides, tallow, salt, flour and feed, oils, cheese, butter, live poultry and various retail price quotes.
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Green Bill
Marvin
Douglass Hoots
Tesla
Elkhart, Ind
Pennsylvania
Greenfield
Bloomington
Indiana Inklings
Hope
John L. Kline
Noblesville
Huntington
Frank Smith
William John
Emery ‘McGillard
Muncie
Indiana
Frank Fahey
Laporte
Nathaniel D. Bramlett
Shelbyville
Mrs. Huttin
Arkansas
Myrtle Smith
Owensville
Homer Gooch
Lewis Baker
Retta
Burkhart
Martins ¥illé'Bézan
Franklin
Hal Mitchell
Baker
Tammany
Barney Martin
Mure
Birthe
Patrick Campion
Ella E. Conrad
Harry Hallet
May Hamilton
Joseph Habig
Theresia M. Habig
Rio
Santos
Orleans
Ose
Ikingan
Carolina
New Carolina
New
New California
Our
East
Washington St. Branch
W. Washington-st. Branch
Virginia-ave
Brxrg
Alabama-st. Tel
the Times
Cloaks
Castor
Cash& Doveco
Mass
Bessie Blackwell
Moe Sale
Marott
Board O’ Works
City Markets
Indianapolis
Washington and
Pennsylvania Streets
Etter
Saks & Company
Men’s and Boys’ Outfitters
Tierces
Tier
Baltimore
Holland
Bermuda
Floridas
Groceriee
Ridgewood NX
Phoenix A
Empire A
Ideal
Windsor
Ridgewood
New Lima
Ariosa
Lion
Jersey
Singapore
Imperial
Young Hyson
Johnson
Best
New York Counts
Timothy
Kentucky
Annes Field
G. S
W. S
New York State
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Limburger
Eqas
C. Hens
Cnokce
SOUL
Pittsburg
Kanawha
Winifrede
Raymond City
Jackson
Island City
Slack
Blossburg
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