Nurse Cora Moffett Attempts Suicide In Hotel
In Lafayette Indiana on Saturday former Soldiers' Home nurse Cora Moffett left a note saying she wanted her body cut by Dr King. She twice tried death by her own action at the Bramble hotel by drinking carbolic acid and then turning on gas after being found by the clerk. She later said it burns and then activated the gas again. It is believed she will recover.
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Lafayette
Ind
King
Indiana Soldiers’ Home
Cora Moffett
Soldiers' Home Hospital
Bramble Hotel
Tongues Wagging Leads Pastor to Resign in LaPorte
Rev. J. J. Cole announces intent to resign as pastor of First Christian Church LaPorte citing gossip and whispers over his pastimes. Critics blamed him for playing checkers with his wife, chatting with officers, bathing at Pine Lake, attending theater, and drinking hot tea when ill.
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the Sun
Laporte
Ind
J. J. Cole
First Christian Church
Pine Lake
Dan Patch colt among horses burned in lightning storm
In Lafayette Indiana on July 16 during a severe rain and electrical storm a barn on James N Rhodes farm near Winthrop was struck. Glenn Rhodes was badly burned and later expected to die. He and two other men sought shelter in the barn as it burned, destroying the barn and several horses including a Dan Patch colt.
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Lafayette
Ind
James N. Rhodes
Winthrop
Glenn Rhodes
Dan Patch
Green Apples End Life Of Big Eater
Kokomo Indiana July 16. Joseph Mc Hale 17 is dead. Death caused primarily by overindulgence in green apples a week ago, typhoid fever resulting.
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Green Apples
Big Eater
Kokomo
Ind
Joseph McHale
Markers Gaining Weight in Prison
Special to The Saw reports Will and Noah Marker in Leavenworth federal prison are gaining weight. Will adds 16 pounds and Noah six. Also, Thomas Nugent county auditor buys W A Miles & Co stock of goods at Plainville for about 12000 dollars.
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Tipton
Ind
Will
Noah Marker
Leavenworth
Noah
Washington
Thomas Nugent
W.A. Miles & Co
Plainville
Nominee Fails to Kill Frog on Log in Shelbyville
Shelbyville Indiana July 16 Professor S C Ferrell Republican nominee for state superintendent of public instruction endures town noise after trying to shoot a green frog on a log. He was handed a rifle and told to make the first shot as the star of a local stunt, firing three or four times without the frog moving.
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Shelbyville
Ind
S. C. Ferrell
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Bar
Association Prinis
Jerrel
Goose nest misadventure ends with punchline in Indiana
In Logansport Indiana Perry Hopke hid under a bed to elope with his sweetheart but a jealous goose awoke. The bird knocked him with a wing and the father charged, bowling him over. Hopke fled south, while the father laughed off the incident and allowed future visits.
Farmer defies railroaders with shotgun at property line
James K. Miller of Brazil Indiana fired at a Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction crew to eject them from his land claiming the company encroached on his property. He has cut down high tension wire poles for the same reason and is under arrest.
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Brazil
Ind
James KI. Miller
Terre Taute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
Pauper Attorney Involved in Bad Check Case
Terre Haute Indiana July 16 Charles Crawford a pauper lawyer is puzzled after winning a suit for a client who then wrote a worthless check with a note claiming the client never had a deposit. Crawford fears arrest may force him to defend a client with no funds.
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Terre Haute
Inud
Charles Crawford
Crawford
Funeral Party Struck by Bolt in Indiana Barn
In Wabash Indiana a funeral party returning from Mrs Charles Yeates funeral sought shelter in a barn during a thunderstorm. The barn was struck by lightning leaving E W Schienkel unconscious and several others seriously injured. Mrs EH Elser of Huntington was also struck and expected to die.
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Wabash
Ind
Charles Yeates
E. W. Schienkel
EH Elser
Huntington
Fight Over Revolver Strikebreaker Hurt
In Washington Indiana Frank Elkins a New York City strikebreaker and railroad detective Fred Heger linger from injuries after a scuffle over a revolver. Heger fired the weapon wounding Elkins and himself. Heger will face trial once he has recovered.
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the Sun
Washington
Ind
Frank Elkins
New York City
Fred Heger
Heger
Elkins
DIES OF WOUNDS AT MAYOR'S HOME
In Kokomo Indiana July 15 J W Edwards 55 a Black man died from three bullets Thursday night fired by Constable Oscar Welty. Edwards named Welty as aggressor before death and yielded an ante mortem statement to Prosecutor Manning. Welty to be charged with first degree murder. Edwards bid his seven children farewell as white residents showed sympathy while Black residents voiced bitterness. Mrs Welty permitted to see husband in Tipton jail. insanity plea possible.
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Oscar Welty
Edwards
God
Walty
Kokomo
Williams Brothers Tragedy Near Vandalia Station
At Martinsville Indiana on July 16 James B Williams a Vandalia station night watchman was eating breakfast when his brother Guy Williams 38 was found dead beside the tracks. He had been struck by a midnight train and died instantly Fravuk Williams another brother discovered the body near the rail line.
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Martinsville
Ind
James B. Wiliams
Vandalia
Guy Williams
Fravuk Williams
Once Football Star Tacks Marriage in Purdue Era
Lafayette Ind July 16 Robert Lee Sears former football star married Florence E Schiliing Thursday Sears captained the Purdue team in 1896 and 1897 and is now in the laundry business in Lafayette Indiana
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Lafayette
Ind
Robert
Lee Sears
Florence E
Falls heir twice within same week
Vincennes Ind July 16 Clarence B Kissinger was twice heir in one week First the uncle David B Kissinger left him 3000 The second inheritance comes from his mother in law Mrs Catherine Harris The latter estate is the more valuable of the two.
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Vincennes, Ind
Clarence B. Kissinger
David B. Kissinger
Catherine Harris
Kokomo Country Club to Host Marion and Muncie Clubs
The Kokomo Country club will entertain Sunday the country clubs of Marion and Muncie in Kokomo Indiana. The event will feature match games with not less than 50 guests from each city attending.
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Kokomo, Ind
Kokomo
Marion and Muncie
Swayzee group condemns Jeffries Johnson fight prints
In Swayzee Indiana on July 16 the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union resolved that pictures of the Jeffries Johnson bout would be bad and sent the resolution to the printer Friday to halt publication.
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Swayzee ,Ind
Swayzee W
T. U
Census Office Receives 2000 Romantic Proposals
A farmer from Colburn Indiana wrote to the census office claiming to be a homebody with dreamy brown eyes and curly blond hair. He sought a wife aged 17 to 30 who has never married, promising domestic help and fine clothes if selected.
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MR. Pyles, JR
Colburn, Ind
After Being Shot Man Is Arrested in Gallion Case
In Rensselaer Indiana on July 7 16 Albert M Gallion who was shot days earlier by poacher James Haynes while trying to arrest him was arrested for wife desertion after his wife learned his whereabouts Mrs Gallion who is dying of consumption had sworn out a warrant following the news of his location Gallion has made several efforts to arrest Haynes but has failed so far
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Albert M. Gallion
James Haynes
Mayor Won’t Ban Fight Films In Columbus
A Columbus committee from the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union urged Mayor Barnaby to ban the Jeffries Johnson fight pictures. The mayor refused to commit, continuing his prior policy on the issue.
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Gcolumbus
Ind
Columbus W. C. T. U
Barnaby
Jeffries-Johnson
Somebody Is Wrong Says Dead Man at Home
Special to The Sun from Bunker Hill July 16 Charles Bigger returns from Marion to his family who pinched him to confirm he was alive. They greet him in open-eyed amazement believing he was dead but Bigger dismisses it as a mistake.
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Bigger
Marion
Prisoners Escape From Workhouse In Franklin
William Foster an 18 year old colored inmate escaped from county workhouse Superintendent C B Owens during a bridge construction detail near Nineveh. Foster, already serving six months, had priorly been arrested for horse stealing from Mrs R and Sturgeon.
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Franklin
Ind
William Foster
C. B. Owens
Nineveh
Foster
R. & Sturgeon
Roosevelt visit sought for Columbus Indiana in October
John M. Davis, Republican chairman for Bartholomew County, asks State Chairman Lee to cooperate in arranging a five minute address by President Roosevelt in Columbus Indiana during his October visit to the state.
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Specia
San
Columbus
Ind
John M. Davis
Bartholomew County
Lee
Roosevelt
First new wheat tested in county yields 30 bushels per acre
Columbus, Ind July 10 Thomas Fivecent marketed the first new wheat here Friday. His crop tested 60 pounds to the bushel and yielded 30 bushels per acre. The county's wheat yield is expected to exceed early harvest estimates.
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Columbus
Ind
Thomas Fivecent
Remarkable revival after 30-foot block injury
Terre Haute Indiana July 16 A remarkable recovery was noted when Sherman Lovell regained consciousness after nearly three days He was struck on the head by a 20 pound concrete block that fell 30 feet Hospital authorities are amazed at his vitality despite the serious injury and long coma attempt to summarize the incident without sensational detail
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Terre Haute
Nest of Six Monkey Faced Owls Found in Indiana Farm
Elias Frey, national president of the rattawy mail carriers, discovered a nest of six monkey faced owls on his farm near Pendleton in Pendleton County. The birds are described as rare in this section.
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Anderson
Ind
Elias Frey
Rattawy Mail Carriers
Pendleton
Lightning Kills Farmer in Meadow Near Shelburn
Sam Horn Beck, 38, was killed by a bolt of lightning at noon Friday while working in a meadow on his farm near Shelburn Tec. The incident occurred during July, with only sparse details available from the Special to The Son.
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Shelburn
Tec
Sam Hornbeck
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