Wept Like Children When Help Arrived
Hoosier soldier Hancell Farmer recounts a 20 man detachment sent to disperse insurgents near Lynbo in the Philippines. A fierce hour long clash left three dead and nine wounded, the unit retreating to a church and enduring four days with only rice before relief arrived. The party then pressed a brutal march, reclaiming two wounded and killing rebels in a later encounter.
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Greencastle
Ind
Star-Press
Hancell Farmer
Putnam County
Forty-Fifth Volunteers
Philippines
Lynbo
Farmer
Wheatey
Stinehauser
Miller
Johnson
Phillips
St. Clair
Lyabo
Caurines
Manila
Shot From Ambush Strikes Jeffersonville Farmer
Cpl William Woods a prominent farmer was shot in the head and neck Friday afternoon while picking berries. Though he raised himself to look around no assailant was seen and the culprit fled. Woods died hours later after failing to recover, with the surrounding area scoured and the shooter unrevealed.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
William Woods
Woods
A. T. Whittleson
Indiana
Council Bluffs
Evansville
Elopement Involving Contractor And Partner's Daughter
Lebanon Indiana July 23. M. Joe Downs 36 a cement contractor eloped Thursday with Diamond Martin 16 daughter of his partner John W Martin. The couple traveled to Chicago stopping at locations not fully described in the readable text.
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Lebanon
Ind
M. Joe Downs
Unknown fish swarm in Riverside pool near Muncie dredge site
A pool of water in Riverside, a Muncie suburb, formed by gravel dredging on bottom land not adjacent to a stream now contains thousands of small fish from an unidentified source.
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Riverside
Muncie
CAMP TENTS FALL THE SHOW IS OVER
Camp scene winds down as the march through the city begins at 1 30 with batteries and infantry in parade. Tents collapse, mischief and drill memories follow, and a bustling finale includes a lively artillery display and a cheering crowd.
Poisoned Ice Cream Triggers Townwide Church Social Panic
About 200 Evansville attendees at a church social reportedly fell ill from contaminated ice cream but are expected to recover. A separate case involves John Diehl of Anderson facing perjury charges after seeking a continuance in a New Castle trial tied to claims over Mary Farwig’s death. Fort Wayne resident Mrs Sophia Busche allegedly arranged a marriage for a mentally unwell man for $50. In Edenborro a dispute over 50 cents led to Charles Tine being shot and killed, with Edward Spindler named as the shooter after Tine allegedly fired first.
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Evansville
John Diehl
Anderson
New Castle
Mary Farwig
De Wet Offers to Surrender If Followers Return
Dispatch reports Gen Christian De Wet offered surrender if his followers may return home unmolested. Lord Roberts demanded unconditional surrender. Also notes J F J Archibald’s London return saying Boer resolve remains strong and both sides expect continued fighting for months.
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London
Central News
Christian de Wet
Orange River
Lord Roberts
Post Office Vacation Schedule Set by Acting Postmaster
Acting postmaster Shideler arranged a vacation schedule for 200 postoffice employees with 30 taking five days off at full pay. The final squad will report for duty September L.
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Shideler
Births Deaths and Marriages in Local Ledger
Birth notices list William and Harriett Fitzhugh. Clark and Andrews families report newborn girls and a boy respectively. Death notices include Charley Price infant Edwards infant Freddie Schaefer Hattie Torrence Jacob Stevens Harriett Johnson Allen Smock Peter Kealing Henry Meloy with ages and causes. Marriages record Edward Bailey and Helen Pellett Roeder Dora Isensee L Oversholser Louis Rexroth Martha Koch L Schmoe W S Bonner J A Goodwin W L Dynes with addresses and property work and costs.
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Hattie Torrence
Jacob E. Stevens
Central Hospital
Aresis
Harriett E. Johnson
Allen Smock
New Jersey-at
Peter Kealing
E. Washingtonst
Henry cC. Meloy
Vacation Pay Boost for Telegraph Operators
Scripps-McRae press association the Sun service introduces weekly paid vacations for each telegraph operator. The move costs about $30 weekly for months and is welcomed given strict absence penalties for operators. Also reported are divorce filings Jennie M. Pruitt suing James for divorce over minimal alimony and Kathryn Puckey alleging William E. Puckey abandoned her and failed to provide.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
SUN
Telegraph
Jennie M. Pruitt
James
Kathryn’ Puckey
Wm. E. Puckey
Penny’s Work Leads to Burglary Charge for Tom Williams
Tom Williams, a colored man, was jailed Saturday on burglary charges for breaking into Walter Rouse’s home at 1212 Pleasant Street. Rouse, a floorwalker at Charles Mayer & Co, identified a peculiar thin penny found on Williams by Detective Gerber. Williams has prior trouble and has been out of jail since last October.
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Tom Williams
Walter Rouse
Pleasantst
Gerber
Rouse
Charles Mayer & Co
City Markets Prices for Provisions in Indianapolis
City Markets Indianapolis July 28 lists wholesale prices for smoked meats including hams bacon and sausage, various dried meats and pickled pork products, lard, and tenderloins. It also covers vegetables fruits nuts and candies with case and per bushel prices, canned vegetables, fish and game, dairy and eggs, oils, coffee and tea, molasses and sugar, flour and feed, coal and drugs with numerous itemized prices.
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Illinois
Brazil
Ridgewood
Phoenix A
Empire
Ideal
Windsor
Jersey
Imperial
Young Hyson
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