Troops Headed to Fort Harrison Ready for Arrival
Fort Harrison prepares as divisions move from Chicago and Omaha toward Indianapolis. Gen Carter and staff take up canvas headquarters. Signal Corps, field artillery, and infantry units arrive in stages, with Remington and Lafayette routes chosen for best roads and speed.
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Department ‘of the
Signal Corps
Omaha
M. K. Cunningham
Lawrence FP
Butler
Burgeon J. S. Kennedy
War Department
Philip- Dines
United States
Fort Harrison
Signal
Colored Knights of Pythiax Hold Indiana Session
The grand judge leads a three day session of the Colored Knights at TM hall 674 Indiana ave claiming 2000 members in the state. Grand Chancellor Fred J Hord of Noblesville presides and James Shelton of Indianapolis seeks grand chancellor. Election set for session end with a downtown parade at 5 PM Tuesday.
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Colored Knights of Pythiax
Indiana-ave
Indiana
Heir to $3,000,000 Mining Fortune Found
Jerry Miller of Bristol, a saloon keeper, learned from Lander Wyoming that his uncle J H Miller has died leaving mining property valued at three million dollars. The recovered heir, though invalid for years and 30, plans to quit alcohol and depart for Wyoming to claim the fortune.
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Souippe
Wyoming
Health board June bulletin shows births steady, deaths rise in violence
The June health bulletin reports tuberculosis deaths at 545 for the month with 141 males and 114 females, many parents among them. rheumatism most prevalent. 69 smallpox cases with no deaths in eight counties. pneumonia causing 111 deaths. Total state deaths 2,322, rate 10.6. Edward S Roberts injured in Madison collision, brain concussion feared.
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State Board of Health
Eighr
Health Board
Ex Congressmen Seized by Epileptic Fit in Hammond Office
Ex Congressmen Joseph J. Woods of Crown Point suffered an epileptic seizure last night while in front of his offices in Hammond Indiana. Justice Stout, recently improving from illness, expects to return to his office within ten days.
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Hammond
Ind
Joseph J. Woods
Crown Point
Justice Stout
Justice of the Peace
Harvey B. Stunt
Avril
Man Killed by Switch Engine in Rid the Canal Area
Nelson Watson 28, deaf mute, was struck by a switch engine on West Street Rid the canal Monday afternoon. He died at City Hospital three hours after admission. Engineman says Watson walked directly in front. he clung to the pilot but was dragged for some distance. He lived with his mother at 417 West Market Street.
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Nelson Watson
West St
Watson
Thea
Mr. Watson
Lved
W. Market St
Robbery at Raleigh Boulevard Nets Diamonds and Cash
Special to the Sea from Memphis reports two highwaymen held up May Goodwin and Franklin Hern near Raleigh Boulevard, four miles from the city, seizing 3000 dollars in diamonds and jewelry and 217 dollars in cash. Goodwin saved about 700 and Hern about 300 as rings were dropped into a bugsy. The thieves searched the women and removed a stocking stash, discarding 90 dollars in bills.
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Memphis
Tenn
May Goodwin
Frankin Hern
Old Madson
Raleigh Boulevard
Bugsy
Mins Goodwin
Miss Hern
Miss. Hoern
Train Plunges Into Deep Lake Near Spokane Tragedy
A Great Northern Transcontinental train plunged into a 300 foot deep lake 35 miles east of Spokane yesterday afternoon. At least nine lives are lost as cars toppled 65 feet into the water. Fire and wreckage followed. several bodies recovered while others remain submerged and unrecovered for days.
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Scrippa-McRae Press Association
Spokane
Wash
Great Northern
Curtis
Moneford
Indianeporta actor gets key role in Detroit opening
Lawrence Atkinson an Indianeporta actor who was featured here last season in Uncle Dan'l and who finished a long New York engagement with Behind the Mask will have one of the best parts in the last named play, opening in Detroit in August.
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Lawrence Atkinson
Bedford Fire Report Mentions Acid Incident
A fragment indicates a burn injury case in Bedford Indiana on a July date. The text mentions acid exposure and an individual named Harry Pen aged, with aprons noted in the damaged OCR. Further details are unreadable.
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Bedford
Ind
Harry Pen
Public events list and lectures scheduled this week
The article outlines a Holy Angels church lawn event at North Western Ave and Twenty-eighth Street Tuesday night. It notes a general meeting of Military Camp festival committees for Aug 3 and 4 at the Mutual Service association camp on W Forty-third Street, 3 p.m. Tuesday. Attorneys Parden and Hutchins, involved in the Ed Johnson case, will give free talks at Second Baptist church tonight Bethel A M E church Thursday and Jones Tabernacle Friday.
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Holy Angels
Norths 'Weatern Ave
Mutual Service Association
Offica
Union Trust
Tuer Way
OW. Parden
ZL. Hutchins
Ed Johnson
Chattanooga
Bethel A. M. EB
Jones Tabernacio
City approves $200000 bonds for new city hall
City council backs a 200000 bond issue to fund a new city hall and aims to finish by June 1 next year. A motion to specify extra costs and auditorium details failed. Threats surfaced to block construction on the market house site, while an additional 15000 street repair appropriation was delayed after finance committee objections.
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Theodore Portteus
Ninth Ward
Jost
Counciimen Porticus
Hartmann
Sn* ‘Thre
Market House
Harry Rouse
Finance Committee
New Features At Winona Lake Highlight Summer Growth
Special to The Sno. Winona, Ind July 24 The town sees constant renewal as visitors stay weeks. Auditorium programs, expanding classes, and new lecture courses excite residents. Mrs Graydon leads children’s activities with assistants Le F Smith and Wulfred Lindstrom. Infants to schoolchildren receive care and education while mothers enjoy events. Domestic science lectures by Miss Dean cover salads and canning with low per-lesson costs. New lakefront lots will go on sale Aug 7 with band concert and ship exhibition. purchasers may be refunded expenses.
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Winona
Lake
Ind
le F. Smith
Alice Graydon
Wulfred Lindstrom
Graydon
Indianapolia
San Francisco
Chicago
Infanta
Appel Likely Appointed to Board of Public Parks
Mayor Badwalter offered John J. Appel the vacancy created by Anthony Lauck. Appel, a Democrat with Gregory & Appel realty, is expected to accept, completing the Board of Public Parks membership.
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Lauge
John J. Appel
Board of Public Parks
Anthony J. Lauck
Charles A. Badwalter
Appel
Gregory & Appel
Ice Trust Case Ends as Grand Jury Shifts Focus
The grand jury, amid witness testimony, shifts from the Ice trust to a Washington township case. Prosecutor Benedict says newspapers know more than the state, while the jury weighs the alleged fee combine and methods of tee sellers as it adjourns into a duty session.
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Grand
Ice Trust
Wruer
Washington Township
Ics
Frank Fitch
City Jee Company
Te Trust
Charles P. Benedict
Etem Tg
Fee
Freight blockade halts Southern Pacific to San Francisco
San Francisco dated July 24 reports a freight blockade impact with seven thousand carloads stranded near the city. Southern Pacific ordered no more freight to SF until current cargo is unloaded. The carrier imposed storage charges of 47 to $10 per car per day, hoping to pressure resolution. Another brief notes Pickles caused death of Annie Gross from vinegary diet.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Aaa
BT. Louis
Graughts
Annie Gross
City News of Violent Attacks and Sudden Deaths
Charles VarNote attacked Henry Lawrence with a pocket knife wounding him severely before arrest. Annie Houcker a 70 year old sought admission to the Sisters of the Poor while Mrs Houches had a good home questioned. Leslie Ward was cut by Brady Gibson with a severe throat injury treated at City Hospital. Gibson fled. Margaret Lyons died after swallowing chewing gum causing bowel obstruction.
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Charles VarNote
Henry Lawrence
Annie Houcker
Sisters of the Poor
Houches
Leslie Ward
Brady Gibson
Ward
City Hospital
Gibson
Margaret Lyons
Patrick Lyons
Senator Allison In Improved Health Denies Kidney Trouble
In Des Moines on July 24, L. J. McNeely, private secretary to Senator William B. Allison, states that newspaper reports overstated his health. He declares Allison has no kidney trouble and is improving steadily, countering rumors from friends seeking an official update.
Lincoln's Clerk Sentenced After Court Plea
Special to the Kum reports in Washington that a White House clerk from Lincoln’s era was sentenced to 15 days in jail with hospital treatment recommended after a local police court appearance. Julie Gime, 70, claimed he was under doctor care and had taken whisky medicine.
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Washington, D.C
Lincoln
White House
Executive Mansion
Ite
Bima
Tragic Wichita Horse Accident In City Streets
Special to The Sun reports Thomas Freeman, a contractor, riding a horse through Wichita streets yesterday when the animals trampled toward a building causing fatal injuries. Police began investigation into the incident and the exact cause remains under review.
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Wichita
Kas
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