Wathena Bank Cashier Suicide After $130,000 Loss
In Wathena Kansas the state bank wrecking ends with cashier Frank Harpster killing himself after looting $130,000. Directors face lynching pressure as Bank-commissioner seeks a receiver. Jed Dubach lost $2,000 just before closing. Losses hit small tradesmen, workers and farmers hardest.
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ST. Joseph
Wathena
Kres
Missouri River
State Bank
Frank Harpster
Harpster
Bank
Briedenthal
Flarpster
Jed Dubach
Bank Robbery Hits J A Rushing & Son in Walnut Springs
In Walnut Springs Texas a private bank owned by J A Rushing and Son was robbed Sunday night. The safe vault was wrecked and there were no crew seen. About provides unclear amount.
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Walnut Springs
Tex
J. A. Rushing & Son
Dawes Names David B. Lyman Bank Receiver
Compere Dawes names David B. Lyman as receiver of the Third National Bank Chicago replacing the late H W Jackson. Lyman is president of the Chicago Title and Trust Company.
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Washington
Compureller Dawes
David B. Lyman
Third National Bank
Chicago
H. W. Jackson
Lyman
Chicago Title and Trust Company
Potter Kirkham Failure Reported on Consolidated Exchange
New York January 21 Potter and Kirk ham members of the Consolidated stock exchange have failed.
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New York
Potter & Kirkham
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Five Whistling Bullets in College Ave Shooting
A shooting affray at College and Twentieth streets Saturday afternoon left A. J. Coffin the street car conductor wounded by five shots fired by Chester Walker son of grocer W. F. Walker. Coffin was struck in the left hand left shoulder and left side while Walker fled and later returned to the station. Coffin was later arrested and Walker bound on a 1000 bond.
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College-ave
Twentieth St
Chester Walker
W. F. Walker
Bellefontaine Sr
A. J. Coffin
Coffin
Walker
Cornellave
Twenty-fifth-st
Union Station
Porter
Chester
Maeh Corporations Pay and Budget Proposals for 1909
Controller Johnson's annual report to the council shows 1909 expenses of 1 022 775 75 a rise of 11 971 51 from 1899 Bonded debt payments totaled 17 100 Johnson calls for eliminating the deficit with temporary loans only from special sources not tax levies He urges private franchisees to provide adequate compensation and notes taxable property valuation at 123 755 030 with a constitutional indebtedness limit of 2 475 060 Johnson plans a 40 000 temporary loan at the Monday council meeting
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Johnson
Ife
Schooner A K Coleman Founders Before Hotel Rudolph
Several thousand people witnessed the foundering and breaking up of the two masted schooner A K Coleman laden with lumber less than a half mile from shore in front of the Rudolph hotel Atlantic City on Sunday. The captain and crew took to the rigging and were rescued by life savers.
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Atlantic City
N. J
A. ‘K. Coleman
Rudolph
Brill shoots Weir over alleged intimacy in Laporte office
Joseph Brill a Cleveland mine owner shot Ellsworth Brill attorney Weir in Dr Dokin's Laporte office after Weir refused to sign a statement alleging intimacy with Brill's wife. Weir wounded, Brill surrendered, negotiations over a 50 000 settlement collapsed. Police and local reports note earlier Cleveland consultations and a complex domestic dispute.
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Laporte
Ind
Joseph TW. Britl
Cleveland
Ellsworth Br. Weir
Morgan H. Weir
George M. Dokin
Brills
Bri
Weir
Brill
How a town was killed in Washington Indiana Chelsea tale
A court decree vacates the plat four miles east of Washington where Chelsea was planned in 187. Willard Carpenter of Evansville laid out the lots and sought English bonds for a rival railroad. Competing circles claimed marshes poor land and no minerals, derailing bonds and dooming Chelsea.
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Washington, Ind
Chelsea
Willard Carpenter
Evansville
Carpenter
England
Carpenter's
Railroad
Kuhns Surrenders After Escape to Ohio Penitentiary
Marvin Kuhns, captured after fleeing from the Ohio penitentiary, says he returned home to Noble County then headed for the Pacific coast on January 12. He complains about being caught by farmers, asserts he remained armed until capture, and denies accompanying his brother or taking part in a running firefight with Logansport police.
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Columbus, CO
Marvin Kuhns
Ohio Penitentiary
Noble County
Pacific Coast
Kuhns
Bell
West
John
Marshall County
Logansport
Dayton Architect Defends Three Stars on Plans in Indianapolis
F M Andrews of Dayton says his designs for the Indianapolis federal building were rejected by Washington examiners for a mark on drawings that would reveal the author. He explains the stars are a nom de plume used in competitions and says he tried to withdraw after learning of the issue but was denied. He notes Indianapolis partners assisted in the bid and that local backing was sought to influence the outcome.
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F. M. Andrews
Dayton, D
Indianapolis
Washinton
Washington
Andrews
Clarence Martindale
Insurgents Sentence 18 Filipinos to Hang in Trials
From the Philippines reports to Washington state 18 natives have been sentenced to hang for murder and brigandage. The victims were largely Filipinos regarded as friendly to the American cause.
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Washington
Philippines
Street Cars Tied Up by Powerhouse Engine Break
North side street cars were tied up for an hour Monday morning and all lines were affected by a valve gear break on the big engine in the W Washington street powerhouse. The second engine was also impaired and damage to machinery is reported considerable.
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W. Washingtonst
Citizens sue to stop Richmond power plant contract
In Richmond Indiana on January 21 citizens filed an injunction to halt the municipal electric light plant project. They challenge the Varney Construction Company contract as overpriced at 144490 and claim the city park location is improper and Varney lacks legal incorporation to contract with the city. The group supports municipal ownership but seeks a fair price.
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Richmond
Ind
Sply
Sietric Light
Varney Construction Company
Indianapolis
Varney Company
Sole Heir Condition Tangles Adoption Plea
Probate commissioner Walker received a letter from Frank Kane of Odin NL, asking Geo A Richards to adopt his daughter Ruth. The father insists Ruth be the sole heir and get a college education, and refuses to consent to placement with the orphan asylum. Richards had taken custody months ago and the family is attached to her.
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Frank Kane
Odin
Ruth
Geo. A. Richards
Richards
Orphan Asylum
A Young Girl Insane at City Hospital
Ethel Moore a 16 year old patient at City hospital was declared insane by lunacy commissioners. She sang and laughed during examination yet expressed wishes to kill herself and attempted to throw herself from a window. She believed she had a little baby taken from her and had been ill with typhoid fever since November.
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Ethel Moore
City Hospital
Bretz
Death of Mrs Phillip Welch Sister of Studebaker Family
Mrs Phillip Welch sister of Clem Studebaker and J M Studebaker of South Bend died Saturday afternoon in Goshen Indiana from apoplexy.
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Goshen
Ind
Phillip Welch
Clem
J. M Studebaker
South Bend
Indiana Inklings Deaths and Fire Suspicions
Reported deaths include Clayton Hunt age 8 in Richmond and John Austin 94 near Pinbook Wayne County. Ex Senator R C Bell of Fort Wayne is sinking with expected death. Benjamin F Jones 71 and Charles G Adams 46 prominent Coltumbus businessmen also dead. Fire in Roann suspected incendiary origin. John D Stewart 8 died in LaPorte.
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John Austin
Pinbook
Wayne County
R. C. Bell
Fort Wayne
Benjamin F. Jones
Charles G. Adams
Coltumbus
Roann
Horse Disappearance Drives Damages Suit in Court
In superior court Edw E Getter sues street car company for 3700, claiming a transfer wagon carrying his photographic equipment was struck by a street car three years ago, smashing gear on the way to a camp. Trial earlier ended with a hung jury. witness William Bullitt died recently after a notorious remark about the horse.
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Edw. E. Getter
Getter
Lik
P. Encampment
Wm. Bullitt
Nevba
Fishback Will Probate Details Wealth and Beneficiaries
The will of William P. Fishback dated April 2 1891 was probated on Monday. It bequeaths all property to widow Mary I except stock in Lenaja cattle company and the Long J ranch in Colfax county New Mexico which go to son Robt M Fishback. Widow named administratrix of the estate valued between 75000 and 100000 dollars.
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Wm. P. Fishback
Mary I
Lenaja Cattle Company
Long J
Colfax County
New Mexico
Robt. M. Fishback
Death of Miss Bertha Gall Daughter of Former State Treasurer
Miss Bertha Gall died at 5 a.m. Monday at 712 N Illinois St after over a year of illness and five months bedridden. She was prominent in social circles. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at her home with Rev Criley of English Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in Crown Hill.
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Bertha Gall
Albert Gall
Criley
English Lutheran Church
Miss Gall
Crown Hill
Society Man Locked Up In New York Suit For Damages
George Stewart Smith an insurance and society man spent Sunday in jail after a $100000 damages suit for alienation of wife’s affections filed by Richard Clay Sibley New York clubman and organizer of the United States rubber company and the whisky trust Smith could not post a $20000 bond
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New York
George Stewart Smith
Richard Clay Sibley
United States Rubber Company
Whisky Trust
Smith
Births and Deaths Notice with Multiple Names
Births Arthur Murray and Neie Murray girl John and Anna Sanders girl Walter Warrenburg girl A V Sailor girl Aaron Kessler boy J I Hensley girl Isaac Linton boy Louise Wax boy Death Harriet Barbour heart failure Margaret Burket chronic bronchitis Abraham Goldberg infant Charles Berner enteritis Catherine Dugan consumption Patrick Harold apoplexy Margaret Moran pneumonia Infant Hawkins City hospital Max Bishop typhoid fever Harold Betts pneumonia Mary Meyers pneumonia Henry Deerberg myocarditis Robert Green peritonitis Annis Thomas peritonitis Cora Johnson consumption Lloyd Woodson and Sarah Shaffer William Madden and Belle Ferrier William Losey Estelle Lotshar David Kinney Jr Nettie Keys Ernest Bradfield Langley deceased at Deaconess hospital.
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Harriet Barbour
N. Capitolave
Margaret Burket
S. Capitolave
Abraham Goldberg
N. Adelaide St
Charles F. Berner
Michigan St
Catherine Dugan
Walnut St
Patrick Harold
S. West-st
Margaret Moran
Infant Hawkins
City Hospital
Max William Bishop
N. Penns Sylvania St
Harold R. Betts
W. Thirty Eighth St
Mary Meyers
W. Washington St
Henry Deerberg
English Ave
Robert L. Green
la Fontaine
Ind
Deaconess Hospital
Annis C. Thomas
Agnes St
Cora Johnson
E. Maryland Sr
Lloyd Woodson
Sarah C. Shaffer
William J. Madden
Belle Ferrier
William C. Losey
Estelle Lotshar
David Kinney, Jr
Nettie M. Keys
Ernest E. Bradfield
Agnes €. Langley
City Markets Prices in Indianapolis Provisions and Vegetables
Jan 19 city market report lists smoked meats including hams boneless and pressed, bacon clears and backs, sausage varieties, pickled meats with per unit and bulk prices. Lard and tenderloins priced by tierces and pounds. Potatoes quoted at 55 cents per bushel.
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Indianapolis
California
Indiana
Tierces
Prices for Fruits Vegetables and Groceries Published
A dense price list shows Sweet potatoes onions and cabbage among many produce items with per barrel crate and per bushel prices. Includes fruits like apples lemons oranges and cranberries plus nuts, canned goods, oils and dairy with varied regional and vendor prices.
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Baltimore
Illinois
California
Florida
Hallowee
Brazil
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Sue
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Jennings County
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Grammar
Ed High
Terre Haute
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Fontanet
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Anne Storck
Joseph D. Keith
Elkinsville
B. F. Swafford
Margaret Edwards
John Clark Ridpath
de Pauw University
Greencastle
William de Paur
Herbert M. Skinner
A. L. Mason
James Whitcomb Riley
Thomasson
Gaines
Bloomington
Jueniz
Stone
MR. Andrews
The
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LA Photon
Sig
Mrs. Welch
Clayton Hunt
John D. Stewart
MR. Fishback
Arthur
Nei E .Urray
John and
Anna Sanders
George and
Cora Linton
S. East St
Isaac and
Louise Wax
Norwood
City Markets
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Ridgewood
Phoenix A
Empire
Ideal
Windsor
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Lion
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Kentucky
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