County Commissioners Install Nelson as Superintendent
Hartford City Indiana June 9 A county body appointed Ira P Nelson to the office of county superintendent by resolution defying new law requiring a ballot. Finley Geiger the incumbent is away in Kansas City and must pursue removal actions. The long running office has been struck by litigation for a decade.
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Hartford City
Ind
Ira P. Nelson
Finley Geiger
Kansas City
Geiger
Nelson
Supreme Court
Plucky Woman Hoses Baiting Man at Jailhouse Door
Frank Johnson, 23, a horse trainer, sought entry to the Rushville jail. The sheriff’s wife, alone, refused him admission. She used a hose on him, blasting his mouth and body until he retreated, while Mrs. Price waved the hose in triumph.
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Rushville
Ind
Frank Johnson
Johnson
Mrs. Price
Wells County
Copper colored man eats snakes in Muncie carnival act
A strange exhibition at a Muncie Ind carnival features a performer swallowing snakes and poisons while offering public demonstrations. He stands in a tub with reptiles and ends by biting and swallowing a snake head. The humane society may intervene.
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Muncie
Ind
The
Humane Society
Novel Reunion Planned in Auburn for 2000 Plus Marriages
A reunion and national convention are planned in Auburn on August 16 and 17 to honor more than 2,009 couples married by Rev. William L. Meese over about thirty years. The program will include talks addressing matrimonial issues.
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Auburn
Ind
William L. Meese
Escaped Snake Killing Cat Stuns Plainfield
In Plainfield Indiana on a June day two reform school boys broke into an apartment, stole clothes a razor and a pistol then left in civilian garb. A $10 reward is offered for the return of the escaped items. Ralph Bly owns a two third grown kitten that kills and eats snakes. Walter Newby remains seriously ill after a Tuesday fight with William Reynolds.
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Plainfield
Ind
Ralph Bly
Walter Newby
William Reynolds
Manhattan Oil Company Expands Line to Chicago
Trust backing secures Manhattan Oil Company position as it lays a ten inch pipeline to Chicago at an estimated cost of 1,500,000 pounds. The Chicago pine firm, linked to the company, strengthens its stance as a major rival to Standard Oil as the gas field nears exhaustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Manhattan Oil Company
Chicago Pine Fine Company
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Sons of Veterans' Encampment Attendance Slips
Shelbyville Indiana June 9 The attendance at the Sons of Veterans encampment is smaller than usual due to many members serving in Cuba and the Philippines An estimated 86 percent of volunteers who enlisted at the war's start were sons of veterans.
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Sons of Veterans
Shelby Vill.m
Ind
Cuba
Philippines
Greencastle
Terre Haute
Thomas Knight
Steuben County Man Takes Own Life After Jilt
LaPorte Indiana June 9 Frank Nichols of Steuben county killed himself Thursday night by swallowing opium after being jilted. The article notes his death occurred as a result of heartbreak and cites the incident as a self inflected tragedy in the local news.
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Frank
Laporte
Sind
Frank Nichols
Steuben County
Anderson lodge forms and county projects toast state growth
Pathfinder lodge established at Anderson. Anderson Elks plan a home. Sullivan to start a paving brick factory. Dr J G McMehan of Crawfordsville dead. Muncie police make notable finds. Grant county reports plentiful green goods. Johnson county to test rural mail July 1. Parke county cucumber bugs hit tomato crop. Rust flourishes in wheat as chinch bugs loom. Madison county medical society targets unlicensed physicians. Four candidates raised to master mason at Connersville. The immortal J N unveils state truth in north. Riverside starch factory hit by lightning. Virgil Murrys 10 year old son in Union City struck by locomotive but unhurt. Marion telegraph proposes metallic site to Bluffton. Charles Montgomery of Bluffton cultivates 20–30 bushel daily strawberry patch. Elks carnival attendance at Muncie averages 6000 daily. Westminster seminary Fort Wayne may sell and transfer to Catholics. William Trader, Kokomo jail escapee, returns to Tippecanoe county sheriff. Electrotherapeutic institute addition could boost Seymour toward Nashville health.
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Madison County Medical Society
Connersville
J. N
Riverside
Madison
Virgil Murry
Union City
Marion Telephone Company
Bluffton
Muncie
Westminster Seminary
Fort Wayne
William Trader
Kokomo
Tippecanoe County
Annual banquet by Pendleton youth club imitating legislature
Diverse anecdotes fill a broad update from Indiana towns. The Pendleton Assembly, a youth club mimicking the state legislature, hosts its annual banquet. Other items note glass industry tensions, editor Edward Toner addressing the Northern Indiana editors in Muncie, smuggling cigars, storm stories, and odd local happenings.
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The
Assembly
Pendleton
Train Wreck on Pittsburg & Gulf Line In Missouri
A passenger train on the Pittsburg & Gulf railway derailed 40 miles southwest of Kansas City. The smoker chair-car and one sleeper left the track and rolled over a embankment while the engine stayed on track. Twenty six people were injured, one perhaps fatally, and the wounded were brought to Kansas City Friday morning.
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Kansas City
Pittsburg & Gulf Railway
Swirl of Society Highlights Local Events and Weddings
Mrs. F. W. Chislett hosted a luncheon. John L. Geiger plans Europe travel at month end. Rosemary club to spend Saturday at Broad Ripple. Anderson’s F. Addie Falk visits Miss Hann at 2129 College Ave. Robert Martindale to host garden party at the Victoria for Miss Lee. Braxton Baker and family to Europe. Thomas Alfords move to new home. Mrs. J. F. Ramsey marked her eightieth birthday with a family reunion. The Walks hosted a 50-person party for their son Carl’s first wedding anniversary. Mrs. George C Hitt’s luncheon featured painted name cards by Mrs. Hitt’s 85-year-old mother. Starrs host a house party for son Thompson, from Cuba with the 161st Indiana. State weddings listed at Greencastle, Richmond, Rushville with multiple couples named.
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F. W. Chislett
John L. Geiger
Europe
Rosemary Club
Broad Ripple
F. Addie Falk
Anderson
Hann
College-ave
Robert Martindale
Victoria
Miss Lee
J. F. Ramsey
Julius Walk
Carl
George C Hitt
Hitt
Democratic fund raid planned for next national campaign
Chicago June 9 chairman Cook of the democratic ways and means committee schemes a wholesale raid on western and southern Democrats to gather campaign funds for the forthcoming national contest.
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Chicago
Cook
Democratic Ways and Means Committee
West
South
Big Four Route Mystic Shrines Trip to Buffalo
Imperial Council Mystic Shrines of Buffalo invites travel from Indianapolis with open rates of 13.25 and corresponding rates from other points. Tickets on sale June 12 and 13, valid to return by July 2 with extension option, ten day Brocton stopover for Chautauqua lake visitors. Murat Temple departs Indianapolis June 13 with Knickerbocker sleepers. Tickets honored on steamers Cleveland to Buffalo. Call Big Four office for details.
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Imperial Council Mystic Shrines
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Brocton
Chautauqua Lake
Cleveland
Murat Temple
Knickerbocker
Big Four
East Washington Street
Union Station
H. M. Bronson
Scenic Rocky Mountain Tours by the Denver Rio Grande
The Scenic Line of the World through Colorado Utah and New Mexico offers two distinct Rocky Mountain routes for through tickets. Direct service to Cripple Creek gold camp with daily trains and through Pullman sleepers between Denver San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Portland. Descriptive pamphlets available from I Trouper GPL ITA Denver.
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Rocky Mountains
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Hhoiwest
Cripple Creek
Pullman Palace
Touris
Denver
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Idaho
Mendina
Oregon
Washington
Ogden Gateway
S. I. Trouper
GPL & IT. A
Pennsylvania Lines Resume Sleeper Service Announcement
The Double Daily Michigan Service through Detroit and Indianapolis carries through sleeper trains. Mackinaw Petaskey sleeper resumes on Monday June 19th. Descriptive matter requested from W. W. Richardson D P A Indianapolis Ind.
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Pennsylvania Lines
Michigan
Detroit
Indianapolis
Mackinaw-Petaskey
We. W. Richardson
Ind
Physicians and Surgeons Notice for Treatments
Dr W B Pletcher offers sanatoriae for mental and nervous diseases and treatment of diseases of women by Dr Mary A Spink at 118 North Alabama Street.
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W. B. Pletcher
Womsti
Mary A. Spink
North Alabama St. Ss P
Timetable Summary of Rail Departures and Arrivals
Official timetable lists multiple trains with departures from St. Louis and connections to New York Chicago Cincinnati and Detroit. It includes Fast Mail Western Express Atlantic Express and various accommodations and express services with times ranging from early morning to late evening. The document shows frequencies daily and some Sunday services with specific arrival and departure windows across several stations including Effingham Peoria Columbus Vincennes and Indianapolis.
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St. Louis
N.Y
St. le Li
S. P
Effingham
Fast Mail
Western Express
St. Louis Acc
Sun
S and d
Richmond
Indianapolis
L. Mail Express
Dy. S
165 Pairs Boys Tan Oxford Shoes at $1.69
The listing offers 165 pairs of boys tan oxford shoes and oak tan morrow each priced at 1.69 dollars. Limited quantities available.
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Sten
SAKS
Russia
Oxford
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Horace
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William W. Wray
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Physicians and Surgeons
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England
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Washington and
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Morrow
Ono
Sakis & Company
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Rubens Ming of Clothiers
Djoyed
ILO Bates House
Rubens’s Clothing Parlor
Washington ST
Rockers
W. H. Messenger
E. ‘Wash
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