Missing 20 month old girl reported in South Bend
July 28 report says a 20 month old daughter of Mrs August Hageman was taken from the napmock where sleeping and placed in a cab by a young girl. The same girl seen near the Hageman home Thursday night. Strangers observed nearby asking for the distance to the fitness state. Some believe the child was kidnapped for her father who left weeks ago over financial disputes.
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Bend
Ind
Hasenfuss
Westenfeld
India
Milan Tornado and Hailstorm Damages Homes and Trees
A severe rain and hailstorm struck Milan Indiana at 6 am Friday. Trees were blown down and outbuildings scattered. A brick residence owned by John Hoover was blown in, but the family escaped. A new building owned by Mrs Mary Barkley was completely demolished and telephone lines to the south are down.
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Milan
Ind
John Hoover
Rirs
Mary Barkley
Local notices mix crime deaths floods and town tales
Indiana briefs report a string of incidents from different towns. A Warsaw clapper incident, a Lagrange assembly update, a park bell sighting in Mishaweka, and health vaccination mandates appear alongside drownings, shootings, arrests, and oddities from Goshen to Evansville.
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Bryan
Lagrange
Mishaweka
Board of Health
Notable Local Happenings From Various Towns
A grouchy city dispute over street improvements leads to threats of lawsuits between Hammond pany and the city. Reports recount odd incidents from a fiddlers contest prize to a boy playing musical ribs in Norristown and German bands clashing in Terre Haute ending with cops hauling in leaders.
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Hammond Pany
Imment
Hos. Cruser
Williamstown
Rushville
Matin Miller
Arlington
Terre Haute
Geeting Seeks Indianapolis School Board Seat
Petition circulated for David M. Geeting former Indiana superintendent and Indiana State School Journal editor to join the Indianapolis School Board. Friends note his long career in education and describe him as ideal for the post.
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David M. Geeting
Indiana State School Journal
Indianapolis
Geeting
Henry
Geo. IF. Bass
Will Walker
Cross-Roads
Indiana
Bryan men urge Col. Tomlinson as Democratic VP
In Birmingham Alabama July 29 Bryan supporters back Col John W Tomlinson for the Democratic vice presidential nomination with Bryan He was elected president of the Democratic national bimetallic league in Chicago last week and has long been close to Bryan, touring with him in 1896 He is a prominent lawyer and leading figure of Alabama silver forces.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bryan
Alabama
John W. Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Chicago
Richmond teacher collects material on underground railroad history
In Richmond Indiana professor Walter S. Davis history instructor at the high school is gathering material for a history of the underground railroad. Fountain City in the county was the chief depot and Pingree garden work in the area is progressing well.
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Richmond
Ind
Walter S. Davis
Fountain City
Three Killed in Wreck Near Campbell Tram Road
A telephone message from Kennett Missouri reports three men were killed in a wreck on a tram road near Campbell about 20 miles north of Kennett. Names of the deceased were not released. The incident occurred late Thursday evening.
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Kennett
Campbell
Kale Fire Destroys Town in Guthrie Area
Kale, a small town in Guthrie County, was wiped out by a blaze killing Henry Johnson and Richard Salms. The estimated loss stands around $20,000 as firefighters battle hotspots. In Buffalo, a kerosene lamp incident fatally burned Oscar Maine’s 16 year old daughter and her 7 year old sister during a fire started while kindling.
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Guthrie
C. T
Kale
Henry Johnson
Richard Salms
Buff Ao
Tex
Fily
Oscar Maine
Usury dispute case pits Bossert against Holt in county arena
William Bossert a sewer contractor sues Sterling Holt former county treasurer for 26000 alleging usurious interest on a 19000 loan for the Southside main sewer project. Holt calls the suit blackmail. The case highlights witness ties among local officials and lawyers including Harding Hovey and connections to county investigations.
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Wiliam Bossert
Sterling R. Holt
Bossert
Holt
Southside
Barrett Law
Supreme Court
Harding & Hovey
John R. Wilson
W. N. Harding
Harding
Rockwalter and
McCaslin
Murderer Billow Captured in Ohio To Seattle Transit
Deputy sheriff C R Harris of Sandusky County Ohio arrives with requisition papers for Louis Billow. Billow confessed to planning to kill Miss Hess of Fremont Ohio after she refused to marry him. He waited with a double barreled shotgun for two days and set dynamite under her home, causing the blast that killed Jacob Hess and wounded two sons, with the old man killed instantly.
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Seattle
Wash
Ellensburg
C. R. Harris
Sandusky County
Ohio
Louis Billow
Billow
Miss Hess
Fremont
Jacob Hess
Hess
Gomez Aims for Presidency in San Domingo
Havana July 29. Morning papers in the United States report that Gen. Gomez desires the presidency of the San Domingo republic. He refuses to discuss the matter. Though absent for years, he still claims San Domingo as his home and is said to be planning to return, organize an army, and contest the presidency.
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Havana
United States
Gomez
San Domingo
Prohis to nominate city ticket at Indiana meeting
Prohibitionists in Indianapolis plan a 2 p.m. Saturday meeting in criminal court to nominate a full city ticket from mayor to council. The call invites all supporters of liquor suppression and strict law enforcement to attend.
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Prohibitionists
Indianapolis
Criminal Court Room
Garden owner shoots four youths in watermelon patch
In Vicksburg Mississippi on Friday night D. J. Yerkes fired on two white and two colored boys in his watermelon patch. One white and one colored boy are expected to die. Yerkes fled as a mob pursued him with the threat of lynching if caught.
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Vicksburg
Miss
D. J. Yerkes
Yerkes
Standard Oil Firm Buys Mexican Petroleum Company
CITY OF MEXICO July 29 The Walters-Pierce oil company a branch of Standard Oil has purchased the Mexican petroleum company securing a monopoly of illuminating oil in the republic. The price of petroleum rose to 62 cents Mexican a gallon.
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Standard
Mexico
City OF Mexico
Walters-Pierce Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Mexican Petroleum Company
Republic
Gen Cole Dying in St Louis
ST LOUIS Mo July 29 Gen Nelson Cole civil war veteran and prominent citizen is dying in a local hospital as friends and officials gather. His illness has brought tributes from civic organizations and former comrades.
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Gen. Cole
ST. Louis
Gen
Nelson Cole
Is It Right For an Editor to Recommend Patent Medicines
An editor from Sylvan Valley News Brevard North Carolina argues newspapers may endorse patent medicines to reduce suffering. The piece praises Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, recounting twenty years of reliable use and claims early dosing can avoid lengthy agony and physician visits. It notes the remedy is sold by all druggists.
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Sylvan Valley News
Brevard
N. C
Chamberlain
Track elevation dominates Southside city race and voters
Southside residents press track elevation as the main issue in the city campaign. Citizens claim Mayor Taggart backed out on elevation for political reasons, spurting a high stakes contest where candidates are judged by their stance on the elevated tracks. The elevation group seeks to erase party lines to push a single policy plank.
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Southesiders
Taggart
Council
Gov Candler Critiques Lynching After Bainbridge Murders
Atlanta July 29 Gov Candler rails at fools and fanatics for southern race turmoil following Bainbridge lynchings. He urges a restricted ballot with intelligent negroes allowed to vote and blames carpetbaggers for stirring unrest. He claims crimes against negroes are exaggerated and notes literacy shifts since 1870.
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Atlanta
Candler
South
Bainbridge
Innocent lynching sparks outcry in Mississippi county
In Rankin County Mississippi Sampson Hayes a Black man allegedly blamed for a home invasion and assault was lynched despite claims of his innocence. The accusation arose from a rumor of a criminal act by a Black intruder at the Corley home.
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Jackson
Miss
Sampson Hayes
Rankin County
Corley
Hayes
Murder and assault in Little Rock home
An old German named Herman Critzie and his wife were attacked in their house on Friday night. The woman was beaten to death with an ax and the man was fatally injured with the same weapon.
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Litti
E- Rock
Ark
Herman Critzie
Casimir-Perier to Testify First at Dreyfus Court Martial
Rennes France July 29 Casimir-Perier the former president will be the first witness at the Dreyfus court martial followed by ex secretaries of war He is said to hold the key to the affair and will reveal details to avoid Franco German conflict Emile Zola notes he will not write about the trial in advance.
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Rennes
France
Feniwr
Casimir- Perier
Dreyfus
M. Casimir-Perier
Germany
Emile Zola
Births And Deaths In Local Notices
Ear l and Eille Roberts welcome a girl at 12 S Senate Ave. Allen and Carrie Long report a girl at 1219 McLain St. Fawin and Jule Huse have a boy at 102 W Twenty- eighth St. Henry and Mrs Wrueger greet a boy at 115 Charles St. Frank and Anna Schoppenhorst announce a boy? at 102 E Ohiont. Frank and Mary Grismer report a baby at 2 Wisconsin et kav. Gustave and Anna Just bless a boy and a girl at 418 Ss New Jersey St. Albert and Mita Musser have a girl at 1378 Blackford St. William and Florence Holman welcome a girl at 227 Rankin St. Beaths listed for Louisa Mouiz nine months at 78 Howard St. Jeremian Cooper, 46, anemia at 171 T Columbia Ave. Clarence Crutcher with appendicitis at 1842 Peck St. Alita Wiese, 9 ½, croup at 674 Weghorst St. Walter Barks, 5, laryngitis at 1921 Vigost.
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Earl
Eille Roberts
S. Senate Ave
Allen and
Carrie Long
McLain
Fawin
Jule Huse
Henry
Mrs. Wrueger
Charles St
Frank
Anna Schoppenhorst
E. Ohiont
Mary Grismer
Wisconsinet
Gustave
Anna Just
New Jersey
Albert Sid Mita Musser
Blackford-st
Girkh
William Tid
Florence Holman
Rankin- St
Gris
Louisa Mouiz
Howard-st
Jeremian Cooper
Columbia-ave
Clarence Crutcher
Peck-nt
Alita Wiese
Croup
Weghorst-st. Walter Barks
Five hundred overcast-makers strike in New York
A mass strike of five hundred overcast-makers occurred in New York on Saturday. Other items note an anaconda bite on a 22 year old snake charmer in New York, a death from blood poisoning in St Louis after a divine healer, and various financial and political notices.
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New York
Fred de Parke
Amelia Flanders
St. Louis
Adbert Ballinger
San Francisco
Blanche Bates
Baldwin and Schnectady Works
England
Gov
Pingree
Michigan
Alger
Detroit
Attorney bids $15,000 for Republican nomination
Ralph R. Rule of Green Spring proposes to auction the Republican congressional nomination in Steubenville. He offers $15 for the nomination, claiming eligibility by residence, and promises to dedicate the proceeds to a school of political diplomacy training in economical and political sciences.
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Steubenville
Jay
Ralph R. Rule
Green Spring
Seneca County
R. P. Scott
Cadiz
Scott
Excommunication of Entire Parish Reported in Illinois
Belleville Illinois July 2 1910 announced that Rt Rev John J Janseen bishop of the Belleville diocese will excommunicate all members of St Patrick s parish East St Louis for three months violent resistance to ecclesiastical authority This would be the first instance in the country of an entire parish being excommunicated with 1780 members In East St Louis Illinois
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Belleville
John J. Janseen
St. Patrick's
East St. Louis
Roosevelt letter urged cabinet retirements and command changes
A Washington dispatch says Gov. Roosevelt urged Gen. Alger's retirement and Gen. Otis's relief plus Gen. Brooke being succeeded by Gen. Wood. The governor criticized the war department, and the letter is believed to influence the president's decision to request Alger's retirement.
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Chicago
Washington
the Tribune
Gov. Roosevelt
Gen. Alger
Otis
Gen
Brooke
Gen. Wood
War Department
Alger
Girl Hanged Found in Fannin County Ledger
The 11 year old daughter of Alonzo Newton, a white citizen, was found dead hanging from a tree by her father in Fannin county. He had left her alone to work. Citizens search for a clue and one or two lynchings may result.
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Dallas
Tex
Alonzo Newton
Fannin County
Friday
Lightning burns Morris barn and crops near Knightstown
The barn of Thomas Morris six miles north of Knightstown Ind was struck by lightning on Friday burning the barn and its contents including two shaves one bushel of wheat 20 tons of hay and farming implements. Prof C S Plumb Purdue University warns against alleged cream separators sold to dairymen saying milk must be diluted with water for cream separation.
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Knightstown
Ind
Thomas Morris
Here
C. S. Plumb
Purdue University
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