Pictures From Hoosier Life Bundle Of Switches
A warning message left on the doorstep of Rev. Lacey, pastor of the Methodist church in Cambridge City amid a local anti saloon crusade. Police report a skull and crossbones and a severed head reference linked to a Ble Four train. Sallee, a Ben Hur member, sought work in the area.
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Richmond
Ind
Cambridge City
Anti-Saloon League
Lacey
Methodist Church
Sallee
Ben Hur
Lambert Turns Up In Time To Prevent Murder Charge
Portland Indiana July 17 excitement at Poneto over Ed Lamberts disappearance ended when he returned with word he had been to Charleston Illinois The rumor of a newly made grave prompted the digging of a cow body Lambert appeared shortly after The affidavit against his wife for murder was about to be filed.
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Portland
Ind
Poneto
Ed Lambert
Charleston
Lambert
Rainfall Report Across Indiana Brings Mixed Relief
Across the state showers arrive unevenly with pockets of relief. Four children die of cholera infantum in Muncie while Middletown and Henry County areas report promising crop protection. Clinton county sees a night fall. Madison County drought ends. Fort Wayne and Brookston get light to heavy showers. Shelbyville and Covington report damage from storms. Charles Martin is injured by lightning.
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Muncie
Middletown
Henry County
Clinton County
Madison County
Fort Wayne
Peru
Illinois
Ohio State
Lagro
Wabash
Shelbyville
Williamsport
Crone
Brookston
Covington
Charles Martin
Wright and Shadley in fatal New Albany shooting
NEW ALBANY Ind July 17 Robert Wright was shot and killed by Benjamin Shadley after a quarrel over a disrespectful remark about Wrights daughter. The dispute resumed Tuesday night and Shadley fired three times at close range as Wright staggered across the street and died. Both men are varnishers, married with families.
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New Albany
Ind
Robert Wright
Benjamin Shadley
Shadley
Wright
Arbitration board to settle feud between pastors
In Kokomo Indiana on July 17 an arbitration board of three United Brethren pastors will decide the dispute between Rev Kerstedt and John Gard who accuses Kerstedt of fraud and has sued for slander. Gard alleges Kerstedt took a $200 check from a stranger, repaired his church and parsonage, then found the check was bad.
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Kokomo
Ind
Kerstedt
John Gard
Ierstedt J
Healer Dowie denied stake in Kokomo will
In Kokomo Indiana on July 17 1951 the will of Mrs Meranda was probated granting Dowie only three acres of land subject to a life estate and denying the prior gift of 1000 dollars.
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Kokomo
Ind
Dowie
Meranda
Woman from reformatory marries at county clerk's office
Edith Houk a former Girls' Reformatory inmate was married at the Anderson county clerk’s office on Tuesday night. Hazeldon of Muncie arranged the union after attempting to have her returned to the reformatory. Married women are not admitted, so Hazeldon stepped in to wed her.
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Anderson
Ind
Edith Houk
Girls’ Reform School
Hazeldon
Muncie
Reformatory
Den of Nywater Snakes Found North of Scottsburg
In Scottsburg Indiana a den of Nywater snakes was uncovered by workmen clearing land. Twenty one snakes were killed after a desperate fight and several escaped. The poisonous reptiles are abundant in the county with creeks infested. Scott county is said to hold the state record for snake production.
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Scottsburg
Ind
Scott County
Parachute Refusal Leaves Professor Suspended High
In Marion Indiana on July 17 Professor Frank G Reed was suspended 3000 feet in mid air after his balloon failed to detach and his parachute would not deploy. The balloon slowly vented hot air while observers feared a fatal plunge before he descended safely without injury.
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Marion
Ind
Frank G. Reed
Knightstown couple weds after jail encounter
In Knightstown Indiana on July 17 Mrs Alma McCarty and Howard Leishier of Baltimore Maryland were jailed in adjoining cells when an acquaintance sparked a relationship that led to their marriage on Tuesday. This marks Mrs McCarty’s fifth marriage venture.
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Knightstown
Ind
Alma McCarty
Howard Leishier
Baltimore
Serious Charges In Richmond Abortion Case
Wilbur Johnson, a young man employed in a local factory, was taken to Troy Ohio on charges of alleged abortion and wife desertion. He had resided in Richmond since March.
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Richmond
Ind
Wilbur Johnson
Troy
Head Cut Off by a Train in Shelbyville
In Shelbyville Indiana on July 17 E M Sallee of Cincinnati was struck by a train and fatally injured, details indicate a severe accident during the day at a railway crossing. The incident occurred as Sallee attempted to cross, with authorities beginning an investigation.
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Shelbyville
Ind
E. M. Sallee
Cincinnati
Overcome by Heat in Vincennes Death or Illness
Vincennes Indiana July 17 William Wagner a prominent resident collapsed from heat on Wednesday and was overcome but may recover.
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Vincennes
Ind
William Wagner
Joshua Jones Obituary Noted Army Scout and Mason
Tipton reports the death of Joshua Jones aged 73 a prominent grand army man and mason. New Albany notes the passing of John Neubauer longtime resident who died of cancer of the stomach.
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Tipton
Joshua Jones
New Albany
John Neubauer
Allen county farmers harvest a giant wheat crop in notes
Allen county reports a monster wheat crop as local residents like George E. Zener a retired businessman die suddenly in La Porte. Hartford City sees Excelsior Lamp Black Co build a large factory while Harlan Hadley suffers a paralytic stroke at Plainfield and lies dangerously ill.
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Excelsior Lamp Black Company
Hartford City
Harlan Hadley
Supreme
John V. Hadley
Plainfield
Harding Dillenger Case Puts $30 in Jeopardy
Harding Dillenger, 70, of Clinton county, met a maid of dusky hue near Ohio and Toledo streets Tuesday night. They went to her room, then she sent him across the street for water. After half an hour he discovered $30 missing from his vest pocket and the woman did not return. Detectives Asch and Wallace pursue the case as a possible burglary or theft encounter.
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Harding Dillenger
Pickard Mill
Clinton County
Asch and
Wallace
Ohio
John Banks Seeks to Regain Pounds After Penitentiary Loss
John Banks, who served part of a sentence for alleged election crookedness, has regained nine of the 41 pounds he lost in prison. He plans to travel to Colorado Springs to restore his health. He blames his weight loss on food and hard work and notes difficulty in mastering his cooper shop duties.
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John Banks
Colorado Springs
Starvation Ends Life of 86 Year Old Farmer
Simon Noig gie, an 86 year old retired farmer from Lancaster Ohio, began fasting 40 days before his death after months of illness and died on the fortieth day.
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Lancaster
Simon Noiggie
Burdock Blood Bitters Proven to Build Strength
Advertising copy claims the product builds up the system and provides rich blood to veins, making men and women strong and healthy. It promotes the remedy as available at any drug store.
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Burdock
Water Supply Sees No River Contamination Claims
City sanitarian Dr. Clark states river water is not entering the main, despite warm spells raising suspicion. He reports nitrite tests show sewage not present, seals on all river channels remain intact, and water tests current and previously, proving the supply safe.
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Sanitarian Clark
Slump in steel stocks signals strike impact
New York July 1 President Schwab of the steel trust and J P Morgan conferred as Wall Street awaits a final decision on the strike matter. Tables show declines in eight steel issues since June 2 amounting to 132,333,336 in depreciation.
Benneville Gresh Ill With Cold and Chronic Ailments
Benneville Gresh an elderly resident of the city is seriously ill at his home 815 E Chio st from a lingering cold and chronic troubles. The heat worsens his condition and recovery is uncertain. He leads the hand engine firemen association of the old volunteer department and laments missing the Broad Ripple veterans picnic scheduled for Saturday expressing rare hope to stay out of the cemetery.
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Benneville Gresh
E. Chiost
Broad Ripple
Sale of Dowie City lots proceeds with sparse turnout
In Dowie City Chicago on July 17 the sale of lots continued after a morning prayer. Few Dowieites attended to buy prime sites as Dowie announces uncovering another plot to kidnap him.
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Chicago
Dowie
Zion City
Tax board hears pleas from major railroads and lawyers
Dan Sams of Lafayette Judge O'Brien of Grand Rapids and Congressman Norton of Tiffin urged rate reductions before the state tax board. They argued prosperity claims and questioned the valuation of the B and O lines, noting recent ownership changes and proposed new tracks and roadbed.
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Wabash
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Dan Sams
Lafayette
Judge O'Brien
Grand Rapids
Mich
Congressman Norton
Tiffin
Dan Sims
Billy’’ Taylor
Norton
Durbin
Hunt
Pennsylvania
Statler Pan American hotel cab fare offer in Buffalo
Readers are urged to visit Statler Pan American hotel in Buffalo near the exposition. The offer refunds cab fare up to $2.00 for two or more guests staying two days or more, or half the fare for solo travelers. Fixed rates around $2.50 per day include lodging, breakfast, and dinner. offer valid until August 1 with this cutout.
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Buffalo
Statler
Delaware Ave
Statler's
Statler’'s
Cattle and hogs prices at Union Stock Yards July sale
At the Union Stock Yards Indianapolis on July 17 cattle receipts reached 500 with 200 shipments. Quotations covered good to prime export steers and heifers, fair to good feeders, light stockers, and heavy cows and calves. Hogs receipts 4,500 with common to good pigs priced, sheep and lambs offered with good to choice grades, and spring lambs listed at 4.00 to 5.25 per hundred.
Hogs Receipts At Interstate Stockyards In Indianapolis
At the Interstate Stock Yards Indianapolis on July 17 hogs received 900 with 800 shipments. Quotations showed mixed lots from good to choice, common to good, and medium to heavy categories. Prices and classifications were adjusted among lots including feeders and food pigs, with several margins and grades noted amid the uncertain OCR text.
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Interstate Stock Yards
Indianapolis
Puryear's Nomination Sparks Racial Vote Worries
Republicans fear the Negro vote could sour if John Puryear is not nominated for councilman at large. He is the sole Black candidate among 16 contenders, six will be chosen, and past defeats by Democrat Dr. E D Moffett fuel the analyst view that a citywide rejection would be leveraged to influence Black voters.
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John Puryear
Puryear
E. D. Moffett
Ward
Indiana Historian Smith Sues Blair Co for 800 Damages
William H. Smith author of History of Indiana sues B. L. Blair Company for 800 dollars, claiming inadequate diligence in marketing and promotion of the book.
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Williamh. Smith
Indiana
B. L. Blair Company
Prices Paid By Shippers At Central Printing Co
All printers use ink. Central Printing Co lists prices for turkeys, butter, eggs, hides, groceries, coffees, sugars, salt, flour, spices, beans, molasses, syrup, and rice. Items include turkey hens five cents per pound, eggs nine cents per dozen, various coffee blends priced per pound, Domino sugar around six and a half cents per pound, flour straight grades three dollars fifty-five cents per bag, and Louisiana rice at about forty-four to sixty-one cents per pound.
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Java
Golden Rio
Bourbon Santos
Golden Santos
Prime Santos
Ariosa
Lion
Jersey
Caracas
Wie
Dillsworth’s
Columbia A
Windsor
Ridgeway A
Phoenix A
Empire A
Ideal Golden
S$ Ridgewood
New Orleans
Louisiana
Carolina
Market Price List for Staples and Produce
A dense listing of prices for goods including Shot, Lead, woodware, twine, candies, nuts, and diverse produce. Items cover cylinders of containers, various tub sizes, washboards, and kitchenware alongside fruit and vegetable lots, nuts, berries, melons, and coal. Local commerce details costs per unit or box, with multiple entries per category.
Grocery price list highlights varied dairy and poultry items
The listing details eggs butter and dairy goods with multiple grades and prices. Cheese products include full creams and Swiss varieties. Live poultry prices cover chickens roosters spring chickens and turkeys with per dozen rates.
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New York
Limburger
Young Americas
le Limburger
Provisions Prices and Deli Stocks from Klingan Co
The list shows varied meats and seafood with prices: hams sugar cured 122344/131, pork products including bacon and lard, sausage, fresh beef like tenderloins and sirloin, oysters New York counts 40s 6c per can, white fish 10c per lb, trout 44c, clams little necks 50c, lobsters 25c per lb, frog legs 1.50 to 2.00 per dozen, shrimps 1.25 per gallon. Includes pickled pork, sausage links, and other processed items from Indiana and California suppliers.
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Klingan & Co
Indiana
California
S.c
New York
City Grain Market Wheat And Corn Prices and Totals
Wheat firmer with No 3 red 644c and No 2 red 6444c on milling freight July 6b4c. No 3 red 604 0025c, Sic. Corn steady with multiple grades and decimals across white and yellow varieties. Oats firmer with No 2 white 35 44c and No 3 white 54 44c. Hay prices for timothy No 1 and No 2 cited. Inspection totals listing 25 corn cars and 1 wheat car. overall car counts include 25 wheat and 24 corn cars with mixed grades and one hay car.
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Timothy
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