Trade Boosters Set for One Day Southbound Trip
Indianapolis merchants prepare to board special Indianapolis and Cincinnati cars at 7 am Friday for a 14 city itinerary along the Rushville division of the L&N Traction line. The trip includes meetings with four county seats and ends with meals of chicken at Rushville and Shelbyville. A flotilla of Overland autos will accompany the excursionists, with a long list of reservations from major firms and banks.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Indianapolis Trade Association
Rushville
L. & C. Traction Company
Greensburg
Traction Care
Shelbyville
Octogenarian Club Picnic Planned for Aug 16
Marion Indiana July 13 The Grant County Octogenarian club will hold its annual reunion at Matterpark August 16. Secretary and founder R L Whitson reports 211 Grant county men and women aged over four score. Eligible are all born before 1810.
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Marion
Ind
Grant County
Matterpark
R. L. Whitson
Vanderbilt Jr Appointed at Big Four Rail Directors Meet
New York July 13 At a directors meeting of the New York Central Hudson River and Big Four railroads William K Vanderbilt Jr was appointed to a position announced during the session.
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New York
New York Central & Hudson River
William K-Vanderbilt Jr
Vanderburgh Rockport Republicans Nominate Eigemanny for Joint Senator
Evansville Ind July 13 Republicans of Vanderburg Spencer and Warrick counties met naming William P Eigemanny of Rockport for joint senator over Benjamin Haff an also of Rockport The convention praised Taft and the Payne Aldrich tariff with no mention of Senator Beveridge Stand patters controlled the convention and will lead the congressional gathering at Boonville Thursday
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Thean
Evansville
Ind
Vanderburg
Spencer and
Warrick
William P. Eigemanny
Rockport
Benjamin Haff
Taft
Beveridge
Boonville
Train Wreck Kills Fireman and Engineer in Indiana
A Southern railway passenger train struck a landslide at Knight Crossing near Princeton Indiana. Fireman William Finney aged 31 and Engineer Elmer E Reeves were killed. Four others injured including Mrs Lillie Mishell Mr Carmel TL and daughter 3 M KE Calkins mail clerk Fairfield Ir and J G Stone baggagemaster Louisville. Reeves died from wounds Wednesday morning. Two boys near the site warned others too late.
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the Sun
Princeton
Ind
William Finney
Elmer E. Reeves
Knight Crossing
Here
Southern Railway
Lillie Mishell
Carmel
M. KE. Calkins
Fairfield
J. (. Stone
Louisville
Reeves
Fate gives aid by quarantine of two
Huntington Ind July 13 If the friendship of Willard Menish and Miss Goldie Shroyer does not ripen to love it is not because fate has failed to give aid Menish is a prisoner at the home of Miss Shroyer as a result of quarantine for scarlet fever A family member had been sick for several days and on Sunday evening after Menish was at the home the physician pronounced scarlet fever and put the home under quarantine
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Huntington
Ind
Willard Menish
Miss Goldie Shroyer
Menish
Miss Shroyer
Boy Vanishes in Same Manner as Father
In Kokomo Indiana on July 13 Ward Morris vanished from his mother Lizzie Morris home a week ago. No explanation was left. His father disappeared twelve years earlier and remains missing with no word received since.
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Kokomo
Ind
Ward Morris
Lizzie Morris
En deavor society condemns fight pictures in Columbus church
The En deavor society of the Tabernacle Christian church in Columbus Indiana passed resolutions condemning fight pictures. They specifically denounced images of the Jeffries Johnson fight as improper for display.
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Columbus
Ind
Endeavor Society of the Tabernacle Christian Church
Jeffries-Johnson
Duck Sets Indiana Record With 93 Day Egg Streak
A duck owned by Justice Silas Ping of Walesboro Indiana reportedly produced one egg daily for 93 consecutive days, setting a local productivity record. The hen began laying after starting a brood, with a total of 13 exits during the period.
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the Sun
Columbus
Ind
Silas Ping
Walesboro
Indiana
Sleeping Mule Knocks Auto Crew With Holes in Radiator
In Huntington Indiana a mule awakened while dozing in the road disturbed by a car horn kicked the lights and then struck the radiator, causing multiple holes. The attacker aimed at the windshield and after the final pop fled while W K Frazier, owner of the vehicle, and occupants ducked the glass shower. The mule, ears cocked, resumed a mock sleep awaiting another interrupter.
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Hauntington
Ind
W. K. Frazier
Frazier
Spinster widow linked to old marriage shocks town
In Fort Wayne the death of Mary Walters uncovers a long-ago marriage to railroad engineer John Murphy, with later life-insurance and will bequests. Murphy died six years earlier. Walters refused the assets. Cass County prosecutor comments on trustees, while New York gossip ties Helen Gould to Ralph Thomas and hints at Edith Kelly in Paris. Walters, once a warm friend to Murphy, now reveals a Norfolk, Virginia origin and two sisters.
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Y FT. Wayne
Ind
Mary Walters
John Murphy
Gould
Ralph H. Thomas
Helen Kelly Gould
Mr. Thomas
Frank J. Gould
Edith Kelly
Paris
Peared
Murphy
Woman Rescued From Mired Swamp by Pet Dog
In Elkhart Indiana on July 13 Mrs Herman Beidier was saved from a swamp miring near a 5B camp by her dog’s barking which drew Harry Shek to help. She had been overcome by heat and wandered into the swamp in a delirium.
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Beidier
Here
Harry Shek
Mrs. Beidher
Dalzell Gains in Official Black Dalzell Contest Recount
Pittsburg reports the official recount in the Black Dalzell congressional contest showing Congressman Dalzell with a 207 vote plurality, a gain of three over the unofficial tally.
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Pittsburg
Dalzell
Kangaroo Mouse Captured Near Danville Indiana
Leonard Marrs, a Central Normal College student, captured a rare kangaroo or jumping mouse in Danville Indiana. The two inch body and four inch tail animal died after capture as finders were unsure how to feed it.
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Marrs
Central Normal College
Indiana
Eleven Cars Moved In Electric Train In Michigan City
Electric train of eleven cars moved between Pullman and Hudson Lake on Monday. The train passed through Michigan City around 1 o clock carrying about 1000 electrical workers from the Pullman shops for the annual picnic.
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Michigan City
Ind
Pullman
Hudson Lake
Brother Reappears After Fifty Years in Vermont
Elkhart Indiana July 13 Miles Os good 76 brother of Charles W Osgood of this city reappeared at the family homestead near Meredith Vermont after fifty years absent. Relatives long believed him dead yet he kept track of the family and rushed home when learning his sister was dying to be with her at her end. He refuses to explain his prolonged absence.
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Elkhart
Ind
Miles Osgood
Charles W. Osgood
Meredith
Crowd drives thief to cover in Marion hardware raid
About 500 townsfolk chased a suspected burglar through Marion Indiana and watched as sheriff and six officers cornered the man on the ground floor of a central hardware store Tuesday night. Nelgon, a colored resident from Jeffersonville, is linked to about 25 burglaries in recent months.
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Son
Nelgon i Colored
Jeffersonville
Coat of tar waits recreant husband
In Landersville on July 13 residents vow a coat of tar and feathers for Elmer Jones if he returns without a satisfactory explanation for his sudden disappearance with Addie Lafferty, a domestic employed at his home. The Sandersville merchant is married with children.
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Landersville
Elmer Jones
Landerssville
Addie Lafferty
Jones
Sanderssville
Lockjaw ends life of boy hurt fourth
North Vernon July 13 Leo Jackson 11 died Tuesday from tetanus after shooting himself through the hand with a blank cartridge on the Fourth.
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Lockjaw
Boy Hurt
North Vernon
Leo Jackson
Humane Society Targets Convictions in Kokomo Cruelty Crackdown
In Kokomo Indiana July 13 the humane society announces a 3 reward for each conviction of cruelty to animals in Center township. A special officer is appointed to investigate and enforce penalties over the next 36 days amid a local crackdown on cruel drivers and teamsters.
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Kokomo
Humane Society
Center Township
Brazil hosts two weeks for Chicago slum children
Brazil Indiana welcomed 79 children from Chicago slum districts for a two week outing. The Chicago Charity societies requested care for 40, but locals asked for more. A special coach was provided by the . & E. IE. A large picnic is planned at Lewis McNutt's model farm south of town on a day next week.
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Brazil
Ind
Chicago
Soviets
E. IE
Lewis McNutt
Amazon Bond Dies at Home After Carbuncle Illness
Franklin Missouri July 13 Amazon Bond a farmer past 70 died at his home from a carbuncle. He was active in Republican politics served as justice of the peace for several years and had lived in the county for nine years.
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Franklin
Amazon Bond
Carbuncle
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