A Murderer Screams in Jail Over Fatal Shooting
Shelbyville Indiana March 2. After nine days of intense suffering Jacob Newman who was shot three times last week by David Duncan died. Newman's dying words were I forgive Dave. He lay on an iron cot in the jail residence with his father and mother nearby. A brother and two sisters witnessed the final moments. Mrs James Duncan is married to the brother of the shooter whose husband is in the Philippine war. Sheriff's notice to Duncan led to his screams as he pleaded for means to kill himself and vowed not to leave jail alive. Newman and Duncan were once close friends.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Sps
Jacob ‘Newman
David Duncan
Dave
James Duncan
Schoelch
Duncan
Newman
Oldest Howard county resident John Moulder turns 95 in Indiana
J J John Moulder the oldest male resident of Howard county and a locating commissioner is 95 years old. Born in Orange county North Carolina he moved to Indiana in 1816. He founded Annapolis Park county in 1828 served as village postmaster and merchant. He married in 1827 to Elasanor Maris and celebrated her long life. He lives with his son in Middleton and is in good health. He is father of County clerk O L Moulder and grandfather of Dr J M Moulder.
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Kokomo
Ind
John Moulder
Howard County
Orange County
North Carolina
Indiana
Jacob Moulder
Corydon
Annapolis
Park County
Elseanor Maris
Wfr. Moulder
Middleton
O. L. Moulder
J. M.moulder
Relics unearthed from East Germantown death notice
Mr and Mrs Israel Reisinger who recently died left relics now revealed including a well preserved copy of the New England Weekly Journal from April 1728, a bar of soap made in Baltimore by the grandmother in 1763, and another made by the mother in 1836.
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East Germantown
Ind
Israel Reisinger
New England Weekly Journal
Boston
Baltimore
Relisinger
Josephat Confesses Plan To Marry Kokomo Belle
Oliver Josephat a tramp claimed to be son of a Kokomo farmer and told Chicago police a romantic tale of love. He said he would win Jennie Deville daughter of a Kokomo politician by a world tour and return by March 2, 1900 to wed her. Authorities pursued his story as a possible ruse.
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Chicago
Oliver Josephat
Kokomo
Ind
Hhardisip
Jennie Deville
Mrade
Deville
Josephat
Farrington May Recover After Greentown Saloon Stabbing
Alfred Farrington survived five deep gashes in a Greentown saloon stabbing by Frank King. Doctors say he will recover despite major artery involvement. King was arrested and posted bond. Both men are leading Republican politicians who had clashed over primary election candidates.
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Kokomo
Ind
Sps
Alfred Farrington
Pippenger
Greentown
Frank King
Bond
Storm wrecks hit Ingle family in ditch incident
A March 2 report from A Whole Family Hurt, Ind., describes a storm causing damaged trees and crippled telephone and telegraph service. Henry Ingle and his family were swept into a water filled ditch. Mrs. Ingle broke her arm, a daughter dislocated her shoulder, and the baby was submerged but unharmed.
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Ind
Henry Ingle
Smooth man in Elwood steals from hotel guests
An unfamiliar visitor in Elwood, Indiana, claiming to be broke, stayed at a hotel and asked to pawn his overcoat for a night's lodging. After all guests slept, he stole valuables from the premises and fled. Local authorities continue investigations into the theft linked to the gas belt worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Pendleton Business Men Plan New Plant Ventures
Pendleton business leaders have secured the Star Manufacturing Company plant to produce portable planing and saw mills and patent appliances in tin and iron. Cassius Alley has organized a company to manufacture an improved insulation for telegraph and telephone wires.
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Pendleton
Ind
Star Manufacturing Company
Cassius Alley
Choir member yawns into baptistry during service
In Kokomo Indiana on March 2 John Lewellen a choir member at Tailor Street Baptist Church pitched headfirst into the baptistry while attempting to pass a song book. He was rescued and sent home by cab.
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Kokomo
Ind
John Lewellen
Tailor St. Baptist Church
Williams of Railroad Family Dies on the Rails
Crawfordsville Ind March 2 Francis C Williams killed on the railroads belongs to a family of railroaders with three generations of deadly accidents.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Francis C. Williams
Employee vote at Republic steel favors weekly pay
In Alexandria Indiana on Thursday night workers at the Republic Iron and Steel Company held a mass meeting and cast a secret ballot on the weekly pay law. The result was 177 in favor and 44 against.
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Alexandria
Ind
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Farmer’s $10,000 marriage bid ends in Pulaski county match
In Kokomo Indiana on March 2 William Harness a wealthy farmer announced a deal with a sixteen year old girl from Pulaski county claiming she is the wife he desires He had been offering ten thousand dollars for a wife and now asserts the match is made
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Kokomo, Ind
William Harness
Pulaski County
Dam across St. Joseph river to build 10000 horsepower plant
A deal was closed to construct a dam 13 feet wide and 1,200 feet long on the St. Joseph river in South Bend Indiana. The project will house an electric plant capable of 10000 horsepower, signaling a major regional power development.
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St. Joseph
South Bend
Ind
St. Joseph River
Elkhart master mechanic faces employee petition for removal
In Wabash Indiana on March 2 workers at the Lake Shore shops in Elkhart have signed a petition calling for the dismissal of master mechanic C W Brandeen amid growing discontent with his leadership and management.
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Wabash, Ind
Lake Shore
Elkhart
C. W. Brandeen
Jeffersonian Banquet Set For April In Lebanon
Dr Flavius Josephus Lebanon Indiana reports Democrats populists and silver Republicans will host a Jeffersonian banquet on April 7 with speakers Flavious Josephus Van Vorhis on the ethics of bimetallism and Frank B. Burke on imperialism.
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Lebanon
Ind
Flavious
Josephus van Vorhis
Frank B. Burke
Chopping Record Claims Winter Windfall in Danville
Danville Indiana report notes William Stewart and Lee Holton cutting and cording 3% cords of wood since December 1 and claiming the winter chopping record for the season.
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Danville
Ind
William Stewart
Lee Holton
Snowbound special train halts near Peru after Toledo delay
A special tourist train planned to pass Peru on Wednesday is stalled in Toledo yards due to snow. Local officials report smooth travel plans disrupted as crews work to clear tracks and resume service.
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Peru
Ind
Toledo
Early date set for Republican county convention in Anderson
Anderson Ind March 2 The Republican county committee met Friday and named April 5 for the county convention. The aim of the early date is to put Col Durbin in line for the state ticket the party bosses have chosen.
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Col. Durbin
Anderson
Ind
Republican County Committee
Doctor Dies After Buggy Wreck in Greencastle
Greencastle, Ind. March 2 Dr. E H Lammers a well known physician was thrown from his buggy against a tree Thursday and died within minutes.
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Greencastle
Ind
E. H. Lammers
Non unionists become unionists in Daleville plant walkout
Non union workers imported by the Daleville glass company have joined the union and left the plant, which subsequently shut down.
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Muncie
Ind
Daleville Glass Company
Newspapers Blamed For Agitating Weekly Pay Law
Muncie Indiana reports local officers of Republic iron and steel admit plant closures were caused by enforcing the weekly pay law and blame newspapers for stirring opposition declining to name individuals or exact figures.
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Muncie, Ind
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Keplinger Disappears After Admitting Forging $6000
Jay S. Keplinger, selling a stock food cooker in Fort Wayne Indiana, vanished leaving a note admitting he forged $6000. He directed that the four creditors and the rich be released while his wife moved the family to her father’s nearby home.
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Fort. Wayne
Ind
Jay S. Keplinger
Here
Blacksmiths Organize To Raise Prices
KOKOMO Ind March 2 Blacksmiths have organized to raise prices.
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Kokomo
Ind
Indiana Inklings and Local Notices Chronicle
A collage of brief items from Indiana communities notes missing persons Mrs. Solomon Holten of Osceola, governance talks on franchise interests in Bluffton and Lafayette, the Central Universalist Convention in Muncie, and labor actions in Brazil. Other items report a 30-barrel oil well in Decatur, policing about snow removal in Lafayette, a death at work in Terre Haute, sales trends in Anderson jewelers, and educational health measures in Terre Haute. Deaths include several residents, with notes on public works and civic actions across multiple towns.
Decatur Egg Case Plant Strikers Clash With Force
In Decatur Indiana on March two dozen to fifty workers in the hoop department struck and were replaced. They returned with clubs and stones assaulting workers. James Co Ault and son Orin were badly beaten with the son possibly not recovering and the father suffers a broken arm. J W Vail, company president, vows not to yield to the strike.
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Decatur
Ind
Decatur Eggcase Company
James Co. Aylt
Orin
Ault
J. W. Vail
First Night of Council Investigators Fails to Impress
The long delayed Board of Safety probe opened with a tame session. Chair Wheeler noted W N Harding as committee attorney who claimed city compensation. Ex policemen testified, but witnesses were kept separate and cross examination limited. Officials praised the start while rumors of demolition of collusion swirl in political streets.
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Board of Safety
Wheeler
Council Chamber
Bell
Roth
Hyde
Davis
W. N. Harding
Sam Perrott
Harding
A. D. Rinker
Jacob Kurtz
William Cox
D. A. Butcher
Terry Moore
Harry Barbee
Perrott
Herb Green
Harry Walker
John Hoegele
Henry Smith
Moore
Quigley
Taggart
Butcher
Prominent Chisago Traders Face Mail Fraud Indictments
James Nicolla vice president Henry Parker former vice president and Calvin Whyland were arrested in Chisago charged with using the mails to defraud. Charles and Albert McLain retired businessmen also indicted for collusion in a swindling bucket show scam affecting several states. Bond set at 3000 dollars.
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Mclain Brothers
Euch
Senate returns $32000 to Montana treasurer
On Thursday the senate committee holding 320000 from Montana to use as evidence against Senator Clark returned the funds to the Montana state treasurer. The treasurer will keep the money five years. if unclaimed it goes to the school fund. Whiteside said he received the money from all of Clark's agents.
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Washington
Marsh
Senate Committee
Whiteside
Montana
Clark
Dr Wagner Outruns Peddler In Rug Swindle
Dr Wagner bought a rug from a traveling peddler and overpaid with a $20 gold piece. The peddler pocketed it, but after a tip from a College avenue physician the dealer was spotted. A stakeout led to the peddler returning the $400. the rug still sits with Dr Wagner, who forgot to charge a dollar.
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College-ave
Dr. Wagner
Woman with ten children rents house after cemetery visit
In La Porte, a single mother with ten children faced housing trouble. She took nine to a cemetery, then sought a home for one child. The landlord asked about children. she answered This one and nine in the cemetery, and leased the house for five years.
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Laporte, Inc
Woman Discovers New Needle Threading Method
In Franklin Indiana on March 2 a local woman unveiled a novel way to thread a needle. She grips the needle between the third and little fingers and uses a single hand to pull the thread through the eye without releasing the other finger, letting the thread’s weight draw it through.
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Franklin
Ind
Nimrod Johnson Named Post Office Finance Clerk
Richmond boy Nimrod Johnson, son of ex-Congressman Johnson, receives appointment as finance clerk in the local post office. Mayor W. W. Zimmerman returns from California improved in health. George Heck, 12, labeled corrigible, and Dan Kelly, 18, tied to sheep theft, are transported to the Plainfield reformatory.
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Richmond
Ind
Nimrod Johnson
Johnson
Post Office
W. W. Zimmerman
California
George Heck
Dan Kelly
Plainfield Reformatory
Where Is That Mallet Mystery Menaces Foote Sanity
Ezra B Foote of Capitol Avenue is confined as insane with a bizarre tale of a magical mallet. He claims a letter once guided him to a fortune of 1 300 000 dollars per minute and promises to share wealth with bicycle police upon locating the missing mallet.
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Ezra B. Foote
Capitol Ave
Fie
Jie
Captain Wilson Injured Carrying Wood in Danville
Danville Ind March 2 Captain Wilson injured his leg while carrying wood the other morning. In the afternoon he walked and said he had been bandaged. He remarked it had pained him and he would be examined.
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Danville
Ind
Wilson
Mexican rurales deployed to shield American settlers
The Mexican government has dispatched a force of rurales to protect American settlers in the Meslatoyuca district after multiple American murders in the area. The move aims to deter further violence and safeguard residents along the frontier.
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City OF Mexico
Meslatoyuca
Coal at 125 Dollar Ton Reported in Dawson Mines
San Francisco news wires report Dawson coal discovery values and vast extent. Coal has been selling around 15 dollars per ton, with indications of steep prices and extensive new deposits near Bets. The dispatch notes the remarkable scale of the find and its potential impact on supply.
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San’ Francisco
Cal
Dawson
Sheldon edition bids fail to swamp the mails
Topeka March 2 The demand for the Sheldon edition of the Daily Capital is strong with Postmaster Guthrie requesting extra clerks. The dispatch notes global interest, as many nations are represented among the mails, and a leading London daily cables for permission to republish daily in England.
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Topeka
Kas
Daily Capital
Guthrie
London
England
Icebound Milwaukee harbors three lake liners wedged by ice
Milwaukees harbor holds three regular lake liners fast in ice packs stretching fifteen miles from shore. The Pere Marquette No 3 carries twelve passengers and lies about three miles from the government pier. Steamer No 4 sits eight miles out while Steamer No 2 is jammed so far it can only be seen with a glass.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Government Pier
Births and deaths and marriages in local column
Birth notices list Bernard and Fanny Amt at 4 Downey Street a boy and several other couples with addresses and newborn girls and boys. Death notices include Infant Assner age unknown and Lucy Johnson aged 56 plus pre mature birth tribune entry and multiple illnesses with ages and street addresses. Marriages include Homer Mozingo and Tena Shoe pune Lee, Martin Turk and Martha Wood, Nathaniel Yeager and Lillian Humph, Lege and Minnie Jacobs.
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James Bessy
Della Chambers
Martine Turk
Martha Wood
Nathaniel E. Yeager
Lillian Humph
Lege
Minnie Jacobs
Prominent Lawyer Clark Drops Dead in Alabama Court
Col Harry F Clark of Springfield and Dr F Y Lipscomb a noted attorney from Birmingham Ala were in court when Col Clark collapsed and died after concluding an engaging speech. Also named are Louis H Prager a 101 year old retired New York merchant and Sir Frederick Carter former chief justice of Newfoundland.
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Harry F. Clark
Springfield
F. Y. Lipscomb
Birmingham
Ala
Louis H. Prager
New York
Sir Frederick Carter
New Foundland
Swirl of Society Social Calendar Highlights
The social round features Mr and Mrs C F Dark hosting Friday dinner Miss Henrietta Grohs held a large reception Thursday Mrs Thomas De Feise entertained her club Thursday night Mrs Tilly hosted a German coffee at her daughter Mrs Robert Keller home Miss Tarquinis Vosswittell discussed travels in Russia Friday night Mrs P M Dill and Mrs Frank Wells gave a dainty luncheon at the Bates Thursday The German house ladies society plans a large party and musicale Saturday afternoon Wabash Miss Birdle Beltman and Sig Herzog of Cleveland were married Thursday afternoon at the bride’s mother's home Miss Gail Smith hosted Thursday dinner for Miss Mathias of Greencastle and Miss Taylor of Noblesville Guests toasted toasts Mae Pearse celebrated her eighteenth birthday Thursday at 7111 N Illinois St
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C. FE
Dark
Henrietta Grohs
Thomas de Feise
N. East St
Tilly
Robert Keller
Tarquinis Vosswittell
Russia
P. M. Dill
Frank Wells
Bates
Ladies’ Society
Wabash
Birdle Beltman
Sig. Herzog
Cleveland
Gail Smith
Mathias
Greencastle
Mise ‘Taylor
Noblesville
Board of Works approves street and utility repairs
The Board of Works adopts plans for gravel and asphalt roadways cement walks and sewers on Walcott St Beck(Beville) Ave Mount Avenue Oliver Ave and other blocks. Monthly bills include Indianapolis Gas Co Consumers Ice Co and Indianapolis Power for city services. Payrolls show sewer repair street repair and bridge crews and totals.
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Board of Works
Walcott St
Sturr
Igan
First Alley
Bevile-ave
Michigan
Seca Ley
Woodlawn-ave
Shelby
Bott Ave
Twenty-fifth
Mount
Washington
Jackson
Marlowe Ave
Orient Arsenal
Markets
Miley
Richland
Ave
Henry
Oliver
Shelby-st
Pleasant-run
Ped Cottage
Minnesota
Grav Way
Olney-st
Tenth
Thirteenth-st
Indianapolis
Hall
Ighat Power Company
Oliver-ave
River-ave
Kentucky
Ohio St
Nobiet Arsenal
Cody's Scheme for Barricade on for the British
Chicago report says Buffalo Bill proposes barricades on wheels to protect British soldiers advancing in Africa. He suggests mobile, bullet-proof sections 90 wide to shield troops from rocks and obstructions during assaults.
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Chicago
W. F. Cody
Falo Bill
Fredy
Africa
Plainville Train Mishap Sparks Small Town Shock
A passenger train on the railroad near Plainville plowed through, after a strange disruption, leaving residents puzzled and local authorities assessing the scene for details and safety implications.
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Plainville
Cond
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Nera
Sasutulandy
South Africa
Hick
Flavius Josephus
Pr. Lammers
Indiana Inklings
Solomon Holten
Osceola
Tipton County Poultry
Electric Road
Bluffton
Lafayette
Central Universalist Convention
Brazil
Martinsville
Muncie Hils
Jacob Sauer
Vandalia
Terre Haute
Mount Vernon
Anderson Jewelers
Wilbur Ford
Albany
Hulley
Marion Water Works
Columbus
Jacob W. Heath
Perry S. Heath
Charles Albertson
Pen
Muncie Water Company
Princeton
Board of Health
Mary Mitchell
Spring Hill
Robert Critzer
Greensburg
Barah Hoover
Delaware County
William W. ‘Newsom
Worthington
Martha Badger
Maria
Hartsell
Council
Jardiniere
W. Washington St
Sheldon
Bernard and
Fanny Amt
Downey St
Mary Burne
E. Georgia-st
William and
Emma Spaulding
Dunecan-st
Charles H
Mary Rose
W. Rural
A. F
Marie Molott
W. Thirtieth-st
Lewis and
Sadie Stall
Lafargette-st
Louis and
Minnie Thies
Assner
Maple-st
Lucy Johnson
Martindale-ave
Tribune
Eleventh-st
Dutch Wickleff
Missouri-st
Jane Thompson
la Grippe
Wilbert Hamilton
North-st
Earl Crichlow
Maryland-st
Goldie Miller
S. State-st
Thomas French
N. West-st
Minnis Lipford
Kansas-st
Homer R. Mozingo
Tena Shoe
Pune
Lee
Mae Pearse
Illinois St
Cuppa
Hagrison
Tia
Kentucky Ave
Board O’ Works
Cody
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