Grave Robbers Suspected After Mayor Levy’s Grave Opened
Evansville Indiana July 27 authorities investigate a series of grave robberies at Mt Binal Jewish cemetery. The grave of Mayor Levy who died July 7 was opened with his jewels stolen. Witnesses saw items drop into the grave during interment. A dog’s fierce barking near the cemetery spurred the probe. Sexton and officers search other graves as possible robberies are confirmed.
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Evansville
Ind
Mt. Binal
Levy
Yes
Relaves
Bel‘ieved
Disinfectant Not Cure for Drunkenness Case
Charles Spence, jailed for drunkenness in Vincennes, claims damages against the city after suffering swollen lips and shaky hands. He says a drink of water in the jail led to a gulp of floor disinfectant, which tasted good to him in his weakened state.
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Vincennes
Ind
Charles Spence
Prisoner William Gilbert Executed at Auburn
July 27. William Gilbert went to the electric chair at Auburn prison after being led from the death house as convicts in the cellhouse shouted curses at witnesses. He was executed for the murder of his sweetheart Viola Hughes in Olean on August 22. He claimed the shooting was accidental and expressed readiness to meet her in heaven.
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Auburn. X. Y
William Gilbert
Auburn
Gilbert
Viola Hughes
Olean
Weci Dental
Beavenu
Pioneer 90-Year-Old Makes Long Trip From Oklahoma
Lynn Indiana reports 90 year old John Harlan travels from Oklahoma to visit old friends. Pioneer residents travel to greet him as 84 year old Nathan Cadwallader, among Randolph County's oldest, joins in the reunion.
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Lynn
Ind
John Harlan
Oklahoma
Nathan Cadwallader
Randolph County
Last Jennings Fair Announces Manager
Special to The Sun. North Vernon Ind July 27. The last Jennings County fair under the current management is now on Jay Cook the manager was discouraged by the first day's outlook and said the fairs could scarcely be continued with such support. The attractions are up to standard.
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North Vernon
Ind
Jennings County
Jay Cook
Uch
Newcastle Bank Chartered in Indiana On July 27
The Newcastle National Bank is chartered after an official action in Newcastle Indiana. The report notes the completion of currency matters at Washington and references applicants William F. Byker J. R. Toakey and Mouch.
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Newcastle National Bank
Newcastle
Ind
Washington
William F. Byker
J. R. _Toakey
Rock Fishing Man's Summer Diversion
Jeffersonville Ind July 27 Claude Albands says rock fishing is the best sport a man can engage in. He finds it thrilling to feel around under stones and logs several feet beneath the surface in search of fish. The dangers include big catfish fins being sharp and the risk of being nipped by a turtle or pulling a snake from a hole, yet the joys of catching fish outweigh the perils.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Claude Albands
Allbands
Allhands
Kokomo Girl Plays Star Passion Roles
Miss Eva Lappin of Kokomo is praised as stellar attraction in the Sinclair Webber stock company on the western circuit. The press across the Chatterton circuit lauds her success in heavy emotional roles as well as ingenue parts in leading dramas.
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Kokomo
Ind
Eva Lappin
Stinclair- Webber Stock Company
Chatterton
Old deposit spares her pauper's grave
Columbus Indiana July 27 Mrs Elizabeth Greenfield who died at Central Hospital for the Insane Indianapolis was buried here Wednesday after she left money with Amos Hartman township trustee 12 years ago for her burial expenses Her pronounced eccentricity was her insistence on water and she ran away from a soldiers home and private homes when asked to bathe
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Columbus
Ind
Elizabeth Greenfield
Central Hospital For the
Indianapolis
Amos Hartman
Child Drives Nail Into Dynamite Gap
Special to The Sun. In Bloomington Indiana on July 27 a 6 year old boy Lee Chambers son of Mr and Mrs Eis Chambers playing at his grandparents home found a dynamite cap in a tin can. He drove a horseshoe nail into it. The explosion badly damaged his arm and hand.
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the Sun
Bloomington
Ind
Clear Creek
Lee Chambers
Eis Chambers
Man Struck With Sapling. Husband Free After View of Wounds
Special to The Ing. Hammond Ind July 27. Joseph Stulpa escorted Mrs Joli Delor to her home when her husband beat him with a young sapling fracturing a rib. The assault led to Stulpa's arrest but Judge Barnett dismissed the case after viewing the wounds.
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Hammond
Ind
Joli Delor
Joseph Stulpa
Stulpa
Barnett
Fining Clause Approved in Indiana Mining Pact Referendum
Special to The Sun Terre Haute Ind July 27 The fining clause of the 1910 1912 mining contract was accepted by a large majority in a district referendum. Board of tellers announced the result with 7490 miners voting for and 3604 against. 126 locals had votes recorded and officials say missing ballots would not alter the outcome.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Board of Tellers
Indiana
Milking Stool a Weapon in Assault Case at Connersville
In Connersville Indiana Charles Blevins a milking hand is charged with assault and battery after striking Mary Culbertson and her sisters with a milking stool during an argument over milking a cow. A warrant was sworn by Mary Culbertson in Justice Cates court but Blevins remains at large after the constable failed to locate him.
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Blevins
Miss Culburtson
Mary Culbertson
Forestry Board To Be Given Reception Near Henryville
Jeffersonville July 27 The state forestry board will visit the reservation near Henryville for several days starting Thursday A reception will be tendered by citizens of Henryville and the surrounding locality to honor the board and their work.
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Forestry Board
Jeffersonville
Inv
State Forestry Board
Henryville
Henryviltle
Paralysis Strikes Visitor in Windfall Meeting
Windfall Ind July 27 Mrs Margaret Ward 78 of Danville Illinois visiting Mrs Rush 65 of Windfall suffered paralysis during a friendly chat. She fell breaking her right arm and is in critical condition with little hope of recovery.
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Windfall
Ind
Margaret Ward
Danville
Perkins Named to Germany for Carnegie Teachers Exchange
Rising Sun Indiana July 27 John Perkins is appointed to go to Germany to participate in the Carnegie teachers exchange program. Nine American young men travel annually to teach English in German gymnasia. Perkins, a Duluth preparatory school teacher this year, is well known in the city and has visited here many times.
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Rising Sun
Ind
John Perkins
Germany
Carnegie
America
Perkins
Duluth
Wis
Bridge worker falls 50 feet on Pennsylvania line
Pottsville July 27 John Van Campbell working on a Dark Water bridge fell from an overhead Pennsylvania railroad structure about 50 feet to rocky cliffs below. He was brought to Pottsville hospital in a dying condition and asked calmly on play of fate, How far did I fall Am I dying.
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Pottsville
John van Campbell
Pottsville Hospital
Quick stomach pump saves life of Mrs Carrie Chandler
In Lafayette Indiana on July 27 a family physician promptly used a stomach pump to revive Mrs Carrie Chandler who lives with Mrs M L. The intervention prevented a fatal overdose and restored her condition.
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Lafayette
Ind
Carrie Chandler
Mra.m. L
Mistakes Rat for Rabbit in Indiana Youth Bitten
Shelbyville Indiana July 27 a 12 year old boy Arthur Edwards son of Mr and Mrs Alonzo Edwards Union township picked up a small animal from a wheat shock thinking it was a rabbit. A gray rat bit his thumb causing serious injury and hospital condition.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Arthur Edwards
Alonzo Edwards
Union Township
Dreams He’s Robbed and It Comes True
In Terre Haute Indiana July 27 William Pollinger Sunday school superintendent dreamed his savings hidden in a tin can were stolen. Police court fined Co I Hampton 50 dollars for the offense and alleged he took 44 from Pollinger, including a $10 bill.
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Terre Haute, Ind
William Pollinger
Race Suicide Drives School Closings in Bartholomew County
Columbus Ind July 27 Race suicide said County Supt Talkington today is decreasing enrollment in Bartholomew county schools and he will abandon four schools next year for lack of a legal pupil count.
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Columbus
Ind
Talkington
Bartholomew County
Rodents undermine street section in Noblesville
In Noblesville Indiana July 27 sewer rats gnawed a joint in underground piping along Ninth street forming a tunnel that washed away sand under the street and caused brick paving to cave in. The rats surfaced and became a nuisance burrowing into cellars entering houses destroying grain and killing chickens.
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N. Ninth Street
Missing cashier and cash at Marion soldiers home store
Marion Indiana July 27 Charles Angerer a young Spanish American war veteran and cashier at the soldiers home store is missing. Manager R A Frittas reports 8355 19 is 1180 gone.
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Marion
Ind
Charles Angerer
R. A. Frittas
There's a Reason Mrs Reason Loosed in Court
In Anderson Indiana on July 27 Mrs Ida Reason pleaded guilty to intoxication before Mayor Foster. She collapsed in earnest plea for freedom saying she would not drink again and attributed her drinking to enlarging the liver. The mayor granted her release, noting there was a reason.
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Anderson
Ind
Ida Reason
Foster
Twins in Gab Tossed by Train in Griffith
In Griffith Indiana on Tuesday a year old twin boy was struck when a baby carriage carrying both twins was hit by a westbound Erie passenger train. One child is severely injured, possibly fatal, while the other escaped unharmed as Mrs Montrello watched in alarm and an eye witness said one boy was buried about 75 feet from the wreck.
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Griffith
Ind
Peter Montrello
Main Street
Erie Tracks
Woman with nicotine mind declared insane in Indiana
Doctors say Emaline Hartlerode of Santa Fe Ind resisted tobacco so completely she chewed, spat, and smoked until her mind gave way. They describe her as an aggravated nicotine mind case and she has been committed to the Lonz CH asylum.
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Peru
Ind
Emaline Hartlerode
Santa Fe
Lonz CH Asylum
Midnight Hunt Nets 200 Cats in New York Market
In July in New York the Washington market was swept by a midnight hunt as 200 cats were cornered and dumped into baskets for later disposal by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Agents, policemen, and market workers joined the operation to curb a rat control program that had grown into an intolerable pest as renovations began.
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Beaverton girl dies by own action in coroner verdict
In Star City Indiana coroner John B Needham found strychnine in Hazel Davis of Beaver township stomach and announced a verdict of death by own action on July 27. The engaged to be married young woman left no stated motive for the act.
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Star City
Ind
Hazel Davis
Beaver Township
John B. Needham
Bedbug Poison Kills Officer in Vincennes
Vincennes Ind July 27 A large quantity of wood alcohol and corrosive sublimate sold as a bedbug poison consumed by Sgt Lewis Alexander of the U S A recruiting force caused his death Tuesday His throat was eaten out and he died in terrible suffering before his groans were heard by baseball players in an adjoining room at the Boog hotel An investigation followed the discovery of his condition.
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Vincennes
Ind
Lewis Alexander
Boog
Alexander
Five St Louis pilots to enter national balloon race
Five pilots from St Louis will enter the national balloon race from Indianapolis on September 7 according to Aero club president A B Lambert. The entrants include Lampert, William F Assman, H Eugene Honeywell, Louis Von Phul and Andrew Drew. Drew has made six balloon trips and will qualify for a license before the race. Twelve pilots total will compete in the national race, with international participation from Germany France England Italy and Switzerland alongside American contestants.
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ST. Louis
Tuly
Indianapolis
A. B. Lambert
The
Aero Club
Gene Honeywell
Louis von Phul
Andrew Drew
Drew
Germany
France
England
Italy
Switzerland
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Des Moines, Iowa
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Castttarviena St
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Cardui Fashion
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Brussels
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Rieatt Seebre
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