Murder Sparks Jealousy in Dana as Ingram Slain
In Dana Indiana on July 13 John Ingram was killed by Tot Darnall during a car ride with Miss Othel Sims. Ingram suffered six knife wounds as the assailant fled. the horse spooked and was later caught by Hugh Southerd. Miss Sims is distraught and Darnall remains at large.
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Dana
Ind
John Ingram
Tot Darnal
Othel’ Sims
Ingram
Miss Sims
Darnall
Hugh Southerd
That Indicted Him and Other Shelby County Men
Shelbyville Indiana July 13 George M Ray editor of the Democrat under indictment for conspiracy with county commissioners to defraud the county in the allowance of false claims through his paper attacks the members of the grand jury that returned the indictment He says there was not a thorough democrat on the grand jury The bill of the Democrat he says for Klanke furnished the recorder was for 226 instead of 743 as charged
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Shelbyville
Ind
George M. Ray
the Democrat
Klanke
Recorder
Sensation promised in Charles Dale murder case
Rushville reports prosecutors secured a statement from the Frazee family meals preparer who poisoned the food. She will testify, boosting the case as it heads to the September term. In Muncie a woman saved a burning office where she worked, risking her life. Prof. Oelschlagel paid $500 for a Guanary violin aged 225 years.
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Rushville
Ind
Charles Dale
Dale
Muncie
Hattie Johnson
T. F. Rose
Christian Oelschlagel
Richmond selects Nelson as consulting engineer for electric plant
Richmond Indiana city council hires James B Nelson of Indianapolis as consulting engineer to oversee the municipal electric light plant project. Efforts continue to form a cooperative company among citizens to advance the project and manage resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
James B. Nelson
Indianapolis
Municipal Electric Light
Municipal Scheme Sparks Council Pushback
A municipal scheme faces opposition as the council questions its viability and seeks revisions. Officials stress oversight and cost concerns while proponents cite potential services and growth opportunities in the area. The dispute centers on funding, timeline, and impact on residents.
Benwood’s Rose McMahan, County’s Oldest Citizen, Dies
Brazil Ind July 13 Mrs Rose McMahan of Benwood aged 70 died Thursday from general debility. She was the county’s oldest citizen and had lived in Benwood for 40 years.
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Brazil
Ind
Rose McMahan
Benwood
Brazil forms six club amateur baseball league
The Brazil baseball association organized Thursday with 20 stockholders. Teams include Brazil, Clay City, Greencastle, Clinton, Benwood and Coxville, each with salaried players drawn from the fastest amateurs in the state. Sam Grimes named manager. Sawders of Indianapolis hired to play second base for Brazil.
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Brazil
Ind
Clay City
Greencastle
Clinton
Benwood
Coxville
Brazil Baseball Association
Sam Grimes
Sawders
Indianapolis
Unknown man found dead in Terre yaute
A list of brief Indiana items notes several deaths and incidents including Mrs Elizabeth Shaffer 91 Fortville who died Thursday Ransom Hill 16 near Windfall drowned at a gravel pit and Christian Schlie 14 Fort Wayne died of tetanus after being shot in the hand July 4. Grant county board of education to oil school house floors as sanitary measure and a Knights of Khorassan temple being formed at Muncie with 400 charter members.
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Ward Hanger
Anderson
Ransom Hill
Grant County Board of Education
Oil
Richard Bartholomew
Lagro
the Knights of Khorassan
Muncie
Christian Schlie
Fort. Wayne
Town parade and patchwork streets star in Terre Haute scene
Citizens debate costly street repairs on Seventh Street as a drunken sailor links to Hamilton’s anniversary. Local officials deny a liquor license to Richard Morgan. Bets on Bryan’s election connect Crawford Fairbanks and Henry Klopser. A firebug targets Capt. Roach’s home while a fatal hay fork injury grips Muncie. Multiple marriages in Indiana towns unfold amid local notices and law reminders.
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Crawford Fairbanks
Terre Haute
Henry Klopser
Chicago
Bryan
Klopser
Anderson
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
Aaron Burr
John Roach
Muncie
North
Manchester
Frank Pinney
Train wreck in Pennsylvania kills four on ice train
In Stroudsburg Pa on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western a wildcat train was switched to let six passenger trains pass when an ice train of 40 cars ran away down the Pocono mountains and crashed into the wildcat train killing engineer Jerry Thomas and three berry pickers. Conductor Singer and brakeman Beam survived by jumping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroudsburg
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Paradise Valley
Pocono Mountain
Jerry Thomas
Scranton
George Cramer
East Stroudsburg
McGovern Erne bout heats up as weigh-in clears
In New York on July 13 betting on the McGovern Erne contest spiked with evens. Erne weighs 127 pounds and claims strength and fitness. McGovern is described in grand shape and confident ahead of the fight.
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New York
McGovern-Erne
Erne
McGovern
Campaign Hats For Parades And Street Wear
Hat dealers stock campaign hats with bright bands and insignia. Rough rider hats lead parades while straight billed caps display candidate names. Republican caps feature gold bands and Democratic caps silver bands in street fashion.
Health Board Struggles Over Budget in Monticello Case
Dr. Hurty of the State health board was summoned Friday to Monticello amid a diagnostic dispute among doctors in a major case. The board met that afternoon to plan operations through November 1 with a $500 fund. No pure food actions occur due to lack of funds.
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Hurty
State Health Board
Monticello
Disaster to Lord Roberts Army at Nitral's Nek
London July 13 reports the Boers surprised the Nitral's Nek garrison near Pretoria on July 11. The engagement lasted all day with nearly 200 captured and two guns seized. Casualties included two officers killed and Col. Roberts wounded and captured. Lord Roberts fears heavy losses. Gen. Botha led the Boers.
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London
Nitral’s Nekt
Pretoria
Col. Roberts
Lord Roberts
Gen. Botha
Naral disaster survivors report heavy British losses
Thirty survivors reached Pretoria reporting very heavy British losses in recent fighting. Reinforcements from Pretoria halted the Boer advance. General Mahon captured Boer positions near Rielfontein with small losses.
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Pretoria
Naral
Mahon
Rielfontein
Mrs Grinley Accused Of Stabbing Husband At Home
Police investigations center on Mrs Thomas Grinley accused of stabbing her husband with scissors at 630 South West Street. Grinley claims he was attacked by a crowd and stabbed in the back. Neighbors report arguing near their home Wednesday night.
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Thomas Grinley
S. West St
Grinley
Dis
Scorcher Injures Girl in Street Collision
Dora Leonard daughter of Charles Leonard is badly injured after Ed Mills struck her with a bicycle wheel in front of 728 North Noblest at Massachusetts Avenue and Noble Street She was taken home unconscious as Dr M H Field warned of possible brain injury Police arrested Mills whose assault charge was postponed to July 19 Mills claims the girl darted into his path Bystanders dispute his account and Mills resides at 1504 Ash Street.
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Dora Leonard
Charles Leonard
Ed Mills
Massachusetts Ave
Noble St
Mills
Dora
Bastarders
Okey
M. H. Field
Ash St
Robbery at Menning Tailor Shop and Ice Box Looting
Thieves robbed W F Menning’s tailor shop on Prospect Street Monday night taking suits pants cloth patterns and a bicycle. The front door shows crowbar marks and the bike was found in a Gar field park brush pile. Loss estimated at $100. Ice boxes in the neighborhood were also looted that night.
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F. Menning
Mit Prospect St
Garfield Park
Runaway Circle Street buggy crash injures horses
A Thursday evening runaway on Circle ended in a collision between two buggies, destroying both vehicles and injuring the horses. Moments later another horse and buggy near Illinois and Washington streets began throwing parts of its wagon, prompting a police assist.
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Circle
Illinois
Washington-sts
Scott
Fire destroys barn and telephones inflicting loss
A barn rented by William Barr behind 543 North Meridian street and owned by the DePauw heirs burned Thursday night. Fire damaged four Central Telephone cables, leaving over 49 subscribers without service for at least two days. Loss to the company about 200 dollars. contents and barn valued around 140 dollars uninsured. Also Ellen Gustin Brown seeks divorce from Roscoe Brown claiming abuse after two years of marriage.
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William Barr
DePauw
N. Meridian Sr
Central Telephone Company
Explosion Kills Two In Boston Freight Yard Disaster
In East Somerville on July 1, a tanker car blast in Boston and Maine freight yards fatally burned two men and injured many others. Victims include Joseph Hayden and R Fellows among the dead. Edward Walker Frank Strout Everett Wentworth missing. Twenty five freight cars destroyed as crowds watched stunned by flying debris and burning oil.
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East Somerville
Mass
Boston & Maine
Thurada
Boston
Cambridge
Somerville
Joseph Hayden
R Fellows
Edward Walker
Frank Strout
Everett Wentworth
Dolla& Ing
Brewers Arrested Over $1000 License Demand in Indy Case
The Indianapolis brewing company declined to pay the $1000 license demand and its representatives were arrested. The case in poll court Friday was continued. Other local breweries joined the Indianapolis firm and the ordinance will be tested. Judge Baker in federal court held a similar Terre Haute ordinance invalid for taxing brewery agencies.
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Indianapolis Brewing Company
Indianapolis Company
Baker
Terre Haute
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Batis
Felix Rothschild & Co
Monroe St
Ill
Bliss, Swain & Co
Bliss Swain &Co
the Progress
Rogress Stevenson Building
Tot Darnall
Ray
Grand Jury
Shelby County
New Baseball League
Indiana Inelings
Terreyaute
Elizabeth Shaffer
Fortville
Indiana
Congress
Richard McClure
Elwood
Adolph J. Yorr
Fort Wayne
Huntington
B. C
William Rolland
Hancock County
C. C. Bowers
Elkhart
South Bend
Earl Price
Fairmount
James M. Templer, Jr
West Point
Walter E. Prosser
New Albany
Jessie Barger
Seventh St
Wayne County
Richard Morgan
Milton
City Water Company
Henry L. Crone
Morgan County
Lucitia Ballard
Martinsville
Owen M. Bowne
Hattie Whitton
Rushville Street Fair
W. J. Russell
Charles Miller
Bessie Miller
Gov. Mount
Thomas
California
Schuller's
Meridian St
Merchant's
Jacob Beam
Singer
Beam
Health Affairs
Nitral’s Nee
Mrs. Grinley
Little Dora Leonard
Menning
Hood
America
Ellen Gustin Brown
Gertie Orpwood
Roscoe
Walt
ARRE
E. C. Sen
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