Mishawaka Printer-Journalist Jernagan Dies in Washington
Jernagan born in Maryland and long served as Mishawaka and Michigan City editor. He moved papers through Mishawaka South Bend Laporte and Michigan City, served as postmaster and Navy veteran, later worked in the pension office until his death leaving five children including Louisa Palmer and E A Jernagan. A jailer was attacked during a mental case incident in his later tale.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Jernagan
Washington
Indiana
Mayland
South Bend
Mishawaka Tocsin
Laporte
Michigan City
Enterprise
News
Government Pension Office
Louisa Palmer
E. A. Jernagan
Remarriage Ends Feud as Couples Tie The Knot
In Kokomo Indiana Curtis Lamb and Nellie Roe who divorced two years ago renewed vows Friday after a night ride. The groom's father insisted the ceremony be at home and the couple traveled 17 miles to the Lamb residence then 20 miles to Greentown. After a long chase the couple wed at the bride's home and the feuding families agreed to drop the feud.
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Kokomo
Ind
Curtis Lamb
Nellie Roe
Lamb
Roe
Justice
Moreland
Greentown
Baker suit against railroad settled for 123 dollars
Wm A Baker sued the Terre Haute and Logansport railroad for 500 dollars claiming track crew on a Vandalia freight from Flora to Bringhurst threw coal at him on the platform and later scorched him with hot water causing a fall and injuries. the case was compromised for 123 dollars.
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Logansport
Ind
Wm. A. Baker
Terre Haute
Bringhurst
Baker
Carver Saved From Embezzlement by Friends Aid
In Anderson Indiana on March 10, D K Carver of Irvington faced embezzlement charges as guardian for the Harris heirs. His backers aided by restitution after a circuit court affidavit. Separately the Madison County Fair Association, led by T B Orr and C K McCullough, bought forty acres within five minutes of the courthouse for a fall fair.
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Harris
Carver
Mae
Fire Burns Thompson Barn In Brownsburg
Elmer Thompson started for Indianapolis early Saturday and unknowingly left a lighted lantern in his Brownsburg barn. A mile from town he looked back to see the barn ablaze destroying the structure, its contents, and one horse. Loss amounts to about 400 with 150 insured. The Masonic building fire damage is larger than first reported with walls cracking and possible demolition of some sections.
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Brownsburg
Ind
Elmer
Thompson
Indianapolis
Jury Awards $2000 in Crossing Death Case
A special jury in Logansport Indiana found for Harri son McVety in the Panhandle case seeking $10,000 for killing Mrs McVety at a crossing last August. Judgment was set at $2,60). The ruling raises questions over required precautions at dangerous crossings outside cities beyond statutes.
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Logansport
Ind
March
Harrison McVety
Panhandle
Richmond Fielding Pro Baseball Team for Season 1929
Professional baseball returns to Richmond with a new lineup led by Billy Harts catcher and captain. The roster includes Reynolds and Wayne pitchers, Crawfordville Bateman shortstop, Haas left fielder, plus Wayne and Terre Haute connections. Season opens April 15 against Milwaukee of the Western League.
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Richmond
Ind
Splj
Billy Harts
Little Globe Trotter
Reynolds
Decatur
Wayne
Fort Wayne
Crawfordville
Bateman
Terre Haute
Haas
Dayton
Milwaukee
Praise for Capt English in Richmond district race
Richmond Ind March 1. It was announced that Charles A. Robinson who twice sought the Democratic nomination for Congress will not run this year. U S Jackson Greenfield and D W McKee Connersville are favored for consideration. The local G A R post passed resolutions commending Capt W E English Indianapolis for refusing pay for services during the Spanish war.
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Richmond
Ind
Charles A. Robinson
Henry A. Johnson
Congress
U. S. Jackson
Greenfield
D. W. McKee
Connersville
G. A. R. Post
W. E. English
Indianapolis
Roy Jones Beate Peru Dispatches Alarm After Near Killing
Peru Ind March 10 Roy Jones conductor of Nellie Berger was nearly killed in an incident that left him severely injured and injured passengers shaken as authorities investigated.
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Peru
Ind
Roy’ Jones
Nellie Berger
Memorial address and rail updates from Indiana era
Major I Ss Astrander delivers the Memorial day address in Indianapolis. Hikers Wayne Smelser from Williamsburg became mentally troubled over his parentage while en route through Richmond between Cincinnati and Michigan resorts. Four more engines added, eight in total. A full train of vestibuled coaches ordered for the Cincinnati Mackinaw run.
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Richmond
Ind
Astrander Ezie
Indianapolis
Wayne Smelser
Wiliamsburg
Cincinnati
Michigan
French-Canadian Accused of Assault Moved to Wabash
Fred Cankan Caspar the French Canadian accused of assaulting Mrs Henry Wise was moved to Wabash Friday night as deputies feared a mob. Wise remains in critical condition. Cankan has pleaded not guilty and says he only visited the Wise home once on Wednesday.
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Marion
Ind
Fred Cankan
Caspar
Henry Wise
Wabash
Gaines
Wise
Cankan
Vandals Burn Old House For Rail Yard Construction
SEYMOUR Ind March 10 The old Orrell house recently bought by the Indiana Southern railroad for track laying was set afire Friday morning. The building was saturated with kerosene and blank cartridges were scattered on the floor to hinder firemen. This marks the railroad company's fifth arson fire on its property recently.
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Burns
Seymour
Ind
Orrell
Indiana Southern Railroad
Juror in Wall vs McElwaine-Richards Case Dropped
Noblesville Indiana March 10 Juror Ysiah Roberts assisting in the John Wall versus McElwaine Richards Company damage suit is removed from the jury after expressing belief that Roberts should receive damages and Judge Neal withdrew the case from the panel.
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Noblesville
Ind
Ysiah Roberts
John Wall
McElwaine-Richards Company
Indianapolis
Roberts
Neal
Railroad tricycle wreck blocks track near Francisco
Princeton Ind March 10 The L E St L agent at Francisco Friday night on a railroad tricycle from Francisco to Oakland City wrecked his machine on a pile of ties across the track. Had he been two hours later a passenger train would have been wrecked. No clue to wreckers.
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Princeton
Ind
Francisco
Oakland City
Mitchell dies from Warren hotel gas explosion shock
Huntington Indiana March 10 W J Mitchell a Pennsylvania oil gauger died from injuries after the Warren hotel natural gas explosion which also hurled other roomers from their beds and left many with minor injuries.
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Huntington
Ind
W W. J. Mitchell
Pennsylvania
Warren Hotel
Republic Iron and Steel to Restart Mills Next Week
Muncie Indiana March 10 The Republic iron and steel company expects mills to be in operation by week’s end. Antitrust plants have been drawing on idle firm workers and there is fear the entire workforce may depart.
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Muncie
Ind
Republic¢ Iron and Steel Company
Anti-Trust
Grant county grants electric railroad franchise to Tippecanoe
Marion Ind March the Grant county commissioners have given an electric railroad franchise to the Tippecanoe traction company to run a line between South Bend and Marion. All right of way is secured except through Wabash.
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Nother
Marion
Ind
Grant County
Tippecanoe Traction Company
South Bend
Wabash
Fire destroys several Noblesville businesses
Noblesville Indiana March 10 Fire Friday night destroyed the Dr Pearce laboratory Jamison tailoring rooms Fred Neals plumbing store and shop and the agriculture implement store of Kengall & Co No insurance remained.
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Noblesville
Ind
Dr. Pearce
Jamison Tailoring
Fred Neal
Kengall & Co
Heir To a Big Fortune in Indiana Estate News
Lafayette Ind March 10 James Matlock farmer has been notified he is heir to 1 000 000 part of a 22 000 000 estate shared with two brothers and a nephew Matlock is already comfortably fixed.
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Lafayette
Ind
James Matlock
Matlock
Oil Well Drills Near Marion Shows 2 Barrels A Day
In Marion Indiana a Missisinewa mining company oil well two miles southeast of Marion was shot on Friday and shows a flow of two barrels per day. Additional wells will be sunk in the area to expand production.
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Marion
Ind
Missisinewa Mining Company
Prominent Democratic Leaders and Pioneers Named
Lafayette Erasmus M Weaver of Lafayette and Muncie figures Henry Cooley and John C Brinsley are identified as notable locals. Brinsley, 72, a mason and old railroad man from Fort Wayne, and Cooley, a Delaware county pioneer, appear among regional political and civic notables.
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Lafayette Erasmus M.weaver
Fort Wayne
John C. Brinsley
Muncie
Henry Cooley
Delaware County
Farmer Kills Seven-Foot Eagle in Indiana
Dublin Indiana March 10 Elmer Hiatt a Henry county farmer killed an eagle Friday that measured seven feet from tip to tip of its wing.
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Dublin
Ind
Elmer Hiatt
Henry County
A Pretty Hotel
Middletown Indiana March 10 The Welsh hotel soon to be completed here will be one of the prettiest small hotels in the state and will attract travelers and locals alike with its design and location.
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Middletown
Ind
Dallas Sherfick Dies Crushed by Falling Tree
Shoals Indiana report says Dallas Sherfick son of John M Sherfick was crushed when a tree fell on him while cutting timber on Friday. The incident occurred near Shoals as authorities investigated the fatal accident.
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Shoals
Ind
Dallas Sherfick
John M. Sherfick
Protracted meetings and labor strikes across Indiana
Protracted meetings reported state wide with Shiloh at Advance ending in 32 additions while Muncie labor unions may erect a handsome temple. Johnson county fears wheat damage, K of P meeting closes at Lebanon with 400 knights, independent telephone lines rise, and bridges at Wildcat creek imperiled by ice breakup.
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Shiloh
Advance
Bluff Creek
Wildcat Creek
Kokomo
Wilbur Ryman
Harrison
Jasper County
Terre Haute
Johnson County
K. of P
Lebanon
Muncie
Winlmac Christian Church
Johnson
Indiana News Highlights From Marion to Terre Haute
A patchwork of local items includes school closures in Marion township due to funds, a $1,200 census job for T H Greenfield in Washington, a Timber mishap injuring Chris Hickel, and legal notes on whippings and a barroom case. Pension boosts for Indiana residents list numerous individuals with specified increases. Rumors touch rail expansions, a proposed Royal Center county-seat move, and curious ice-embedded fish tale from Huntington county.
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Marion Township
Decatur County
T. H. Greenfield
Greensburg
Census Department
Washington
Chris Hickel
Norway
Boone County
Recd
J. M. Dye
Huntington County
Henry Welke
Debate at Carnegie Hall on corporate regulation ends with Columbia win
Students from Columbia and Chicago university clashed over the resolution on national regulation of corporations. Columbia supporters won the debate. Chicago’s Arthur E. Bester argued against overly restrictive legislation, citing issues like stock manipulation. He named John D. Rockefeller and criticized Standard Oil for railroad discrimination, a surprising reference from a Rockefeller-founded university student.
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New York
Columbia
Chicago University
Arthur E. Bester
Milwaukee
John D. Rockefeller
Bester
Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Senate Set To Take Up Puerto Rican Bill Next Week
Washington March 10 The Puerto Rican bill resumes priority in the Senate with Foraker in charge and no vote expected for weeks due to numerous pending amendments. Debate will be bitter on some points while others are offered. Speeches on the Philippines question likely before the Spooner bill. The Quay case will be pressed vigorously though a vote this week is doubtful amid clashing interests.
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Washington
Senate
Foraker
Philippines
Spooner
Plague scare fades as ports edge toward clean status
Sporadic bubonic plague cases persist but no epidemic. The Board of Health plans to declare Hilo a clean port by March 6 and Kahului by March 18, with Honolulu to become clean by March 31 if no new cases arise.
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Flonolula
San Francisco
Board of Health
Hilo
Kahului
Honolulu
Mrs Goelet Engaged to Francis B Riggs After Yacht Tragedy
New York March 10 report says Mrs Robert Goelet, widow of the Nahma tragedy off Naples a year ago, has become engaged to Francis B Riggs, a New York clubman. The notice cites the report published here Saturday asdash.
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New York
Robert Goelet
Naples
Francis B. Riggs
Dr Bell's Cough Syrup Promises Quick Cures
An old advertisement touts Dr Bell's Cough Syrup as a remedy for coughs and colds. It warns readers not to attend church or public meetings and to avoid disturbing others with coughing, urging use of the remedy immediately.
Warranted arrests spark Kentucky Goebel case turmoil
W H Culton, a Jackson county clerk in the state auditor’s office, is jailed on charges of complicity in Senator Goebel’s assassination. Warrants also target Caleb Towers and others. Capitol guards and soldiers surround the capitol as Republicans protest the arrests.
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Charles Finley
John W. Davis
Capitol Square
Goebel
Finley
John S. Powers
Whitley
Knox
Taggarts Reply Full of Passion Denies Police Payoffs
Mayor Taggart defends a civil service report on the police department, rebukes critics like Lucas B. Swift and Harry Milligan, and denies police coercion of campaign donations while defending past dismissals. He accuses papers of sensationalism and notes gambling remains but downplays recent four year trend.
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Civil Service Report
Police Department
Taggart
Civil Service League
Lucas B. Swift
Harry J. Milligan
Civil ‘Service
Denny
Swift
Milligan
Tomlinson Hall
W. P. Fishback
Democrats Uphheld In Kentucky Gubernatorial Case
Judge Emmet Field of the common pleas court upheld the Democrats by ruling courts cannot review acts of election commissioners and the legislature when within authority. The decision, a voluminous opinion, was delivered Saturday morning in Louisville.
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Louisville
Emmet Field
Common Pleas Court
Sheriff summons posse to arrest Powers and Davis
In Frankfort sheriff Suter plans to mobilize a posse and swear in many citizens as deputy sheriffs to aid in arrests of Powers and Davis. Gov. Taylor and Republican leaders reportedly prepare to move to London Saturday night as a police detail guards capitol entrances. Sheriff seeks entry to state house but Adjutant General Collier refuses, citing orders to admit no one.
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John Davis
Davis
State Capitol
Adjt
Jen. Collier
State House
Powers
Governor's
Culton
Taylor
Capitol
Executive
Chief Williams
W. H. Culton
Goebel
Dixon
Col. Morrow
Capt
Cochran
Collier
Louisville
Gev
Marshall
Tom Campbell
New York
Richardson
Robinson
Lieut
Campbell
Frankfort
Suter
London
Burglars Make a Good Haul in Lockport Store
Burglars hit the large Williams Brothers woods store in Lockport on March 11, making a sizable haul. Police pursued clues as investigators reviewed security footage and questioned employees for details of the break in and stolen goods.
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Lockport
Wiliams, Brothers
Sheldon to tackle vice and politics next week
Topeka Kansas March 1 Rev Charles M Sheldon plans to crusade against vice in the Topeka Capital next week while probing Kansas politics corruption and city government costs He has banned tobacco ads and most patent medicines and is seeking to hire reporters nationwide for investigations and policy drafting.
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Topeka
Kas
Charles M. Sheldon
Sheldon
Kansas
Rev
Capital
Mr. Sheldon
Capital editor bars corsets and liquor ads in home paper
The editor vows to discard corset and liquor advertisements as injurious and not medical, rejects fashion and decollete images, and bans bargain day ad items. He says home merchants deserve protection and Kansas City retailers cannot place ads in the Capital. The Sunday woman's page will avoid cuts of fashionable society women and hosiery trends.
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Kansas City
Sheldon
The
Capital
Lincoln’s Body Restored to Vault for Monument Work
Abra ham Lincoln s body moved Saturday from beneath the Lincoln monument to a temporary receiving vault on the monument knoll during reconstruction. The body had rested for nearly two years under six feet of solid cement, hermetically sealed, with a decaying wooden covering over the metallic casket. Workmen were warned to guard against desecration of the remains as the site undergoes major repairs.
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Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Monument
Monument
Lincoln
Princeton Prep Captain Stanley Riggs Dies in Mexico
Word reaches New York that Stanley Huntington Riggs, star and captain of the Princeton preparatory school's football eleven, killed himself at a lonely camp in Mexico. D F Buckingham, his tent mate, sent the report stating Riggs grew irritable and believed all were against him before he shot himself on February 24.
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Mexico
New York
Stanley Huntington Riggs
D. F. Buckingham
Riggs
Mexic Civil Engineer
Yale
Princeton Yates
Buckingham
Sed Riggs
Mam
Princeton
Anson in Politics Headlines Chicago Council Nomination
CHICAGO March 10 Capt. A. Son, the old ball player, was nominal the city council by the democrats on Friday.
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Chicago
A. ¢Son
Cascarets laxative sales pitch readies relief
Public notice pitches Cascarets as a natural solution for constipation offering guaranteed relief or money back. It promotes easy, pleasant use and urges readers to buy at druggists or request a free sample by mail from Ste Co. Chicago and Montreal addresses.
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Chicago
Montreal
Can
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