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Death and crime and sport notes in Indiana 1908 era
In Fort Wayne and surrounding towns, reports detail attempted suicides in Muncie, a fatal horse death in Chesterton, burglaries in Peru, and a drown of public alarm over crime. Local notices include court actions in Knox and Miami counties, and a Logansport ministerial assembly denounces Sunday ball playing. Indiana pension lists and school events appear alongside baseball results and league scores from Princeton, Lebanon, Anderson, and Noblesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Muncie
Seymour
Bloomington
Frankfort
Ministerial
Logansport
Order of Hibernians
Peru
Edinburg
James Whiteley
Elwood
Laporte Tonsoria
Brazil
King William
Chesterton
Elshing
Elwood Militia Company
Elijah Bridgewater
Eureka Coal Company
Wm. O’brien
Elkhart
Laporte County
Fort Wayne Electric Corporation
Wm. Shaffer
Lewis Egdleman
Lindsey Farris
James Farris
Knox County
Lindsey
Schumacher
McNutt
Terre Hante
Jones
Eighth District
Decatur
Kush
Ruebville
John D. Miller
Clay City
Indiana
Edward Bias
Delaware County
David S. Widmeyer
Nappanes
Daniel H. Schere
Veedersburg
Mountain County
Sebastian Bidermann
Washington
Davies County
Robert Gilmore
Wheatland
Warren Roberts
Madison
Jefferson County
Jos. H. Islip
Trinity Springs
Martin County
Samuel Meyera
Newport
Vermillion County
Jacob Buchanan
Monticello
White County
Wm. Grose
New Castle
Henry County
Helen’ I. Miller
Westville
Inporte County
Lucinda Bryant
Grant
Fulton County
Louiea Ann Brenon
Swalls
Vigo County
Princeton
Harvard
Anderson
Noblesville
Philadelphia
New York
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Pittatburg
Boston
Colcolough
Mack
Campe
Smith
Ganzel