Logansport gas drill and Indiana county items
A flood of notes recalls Logansport drilling for gas and a fiery geyser at Marion, with water and gas jetting skyward after a casing failure. Reports detail thefts, train fatalities, saloon fights, school vandalism, and church disputes across Indiana towns including Crawfordsville, Michigan City, Goshen, Bloomington, and Evansville, plus state university staff changes and gas prospects for Columbus and Indianapolis boom talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Elnora
Scottsburg
Gibson County Demos
August Larsen
Durham
Marion
Columbus
Wabash College
A. L. Brown
LaPorte
Lees
Connersville
Madison
Geo. I. Stager
Michigan City
Theodora Thauman
Washington
J Sma Brown
Crawfordsville
Elkhart
Crawfordeville
Bloomington
F. F. Gunn
State University
David Yoder
Goshen
Andrew Lehman
John Hall
Evansville
Bansheer
Tuck Skillman
Shelby County
Christian Church
Rav. Meyers
Kleinmeyer
Brownstown
Clark County
Charlestown
Frank Mingus
Lounsberry
LaGrange
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad
Margaret Garritt
John Crow
Hanover College
Joshua Garritt
Hanover
Chae
Hays
Montgomery County
Harry Hipes
James Patton
Mace
Belladona
Frankfort
Moran
Fort Wayne
Land Company
Keklings
Geo. Spanser
Boggstown
Chicago
Albert Spencer
Fletcher Lawrence
Terre Haute Express
Indianapolis
The
Express
Franklin Greenwell
Huntertown
Allen County
Greenwell
Muncie Herald
Frederick Preston
Chas
A. Willard
Willard
Jackson
King of Holland Not Sick and Other Miscellany
A jumble of brief reports and notes: King of Holland reportedly well. Oklahoma cotton plans. Flack conspiracy trial in New York. Pittsburg hosts about 800 unlicensed saloons. Hector Havemayer wills $250,000 to charity. Various political, crime, and local incidents across the U.S. and abroad including a miners’ requiem mass in Wilkes-Barre and a deadly rear-end freight collision on the Burlington line near Harvard Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King of
Holland
Oklahoma
Flack
New York
Pittsburg
Hector Havemayer
North Dakota
Rowland Leach
Chicago
Maj
Wissman
Sted
Wilkesbarre
Monay
Morton
Jacksonville
Fla
Ludlow St
Tidehorne
Kalamazoo College
Burlington Road
Harvard
Neb
Paraaell Commission
Balfour
Jawess
Eldridge Sat
Mike Morgan
Kansas City
Mary Case
U. S
Port Townsend
Wash
Spartensturg
S. C
Henneman
B. Dunlap
Augusta Haperlandt
Bafors
Boston
Jageman
Scherer
Vienna
Miss Scherer
Miss Jageman
Biddeford
Augusta
Bangor
Mary Martin
Raymond St
Fritz Jabusch
Hhis
Oshkosh
Local officials report finances and legal actions in Monday council session
M C A wheelmen organized well and 35 straddlers present as township trustees from Pike Perry Lawrence Washington Wayne Werrep and Decatur report sound finances to county commissioners. City attorney Taylor sues the Gas trust for 1424 dollars for summer trench repairs. central labor union to probe jail non union procurement and fire department auxiliary work. Obituary notes Joseph D Pattison, 81, pioneer merchant, died at his daughter’s home. Booth stables markets new driving rigs for season with monthly contracts and metropolitan style stable improvements. Market notices list March 11 provisions and varied meats, lard, coffee, and produce prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.C. A
Pike
Perry
Lawrence
Washington
Wayne
Werrep
Decatur
Taylor
Gas Trust
Central Labor Union
Sheriff King
Col. Hicklin
Council Fire Committee
Joseph D. Pattison
Elizabeth Reid
Pennsylvania St
Kingan &Co
S. Meridian-st
Wholesale Groceries and Produce Prices Across Varied Goods
A dense listing of produce, seafood, dairy, and general goods with per unit and per case prices. Items include canned vegetables, oysters, fish, peas and beans, butter, lard oil, flour and feeds, hay, and coal oil, followed by stock market notes and regional grain quotes for Indianapolis and Chicago markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarmouth
Excelsior
Polk’s
Columbia River
Sacramento River
N. Y
New York
Kentucky
Valencia
Floridas
Wanted: Good girl advertising work in The Sun
A terse recruitment blurb invites readers to answer and promises a jewel and time savings. The notice seeks applicants for advertised work, implying a job opportunity and potential reward. This compact classified style reflects era newspaper marketing language.
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Indiana
PAX
Norbert Landgraft
Denison House
Landgrat
Bates House
the News
City Life
Jno. L. Booth
Booth
West Market St
Hoffman
John Wocher
Anna
City Markets
Banda
Cordoba
California
Johnson
Daily Live Stock Journal
Gaccaestebe
Timothy
Telegraph Grain Markets
Culiaeo
CuscaGo
Ate Ce
Ines
Miller
John A
Ohio
Wiliam
Fatima Miler
First Baptist Church
Friends
Society Heesstingh
Carpenters’ Union
Mansur’s
G. W. Combs
East Ohio Street
N. Hilaaige
FIOR
W. Fitth St
Mincie Roberson
Washington St
Madame Lucie
Massave
N. Mc Fidian
Pennsyrapia
Riri
Noble St
Meridian St
Cor
Kay
John Clark
Cca
Hester
Pylohousa
Roors
Riverage
River Ave
House of Dreams
Walout-St
W. Liberty-st
Broadway
Stelbeyville
Ind
Ben. D. Wilson
Pepp
Indiana-ave
W. New York
East New York
OBR
Harway
Wabash Ét Apr Tv
W. Wllaon
Wabash-st
Opera House
Cat Fornia- St
Gustin & McCurdy
Algo
Europe
Amie
Paris
Cincinnati
Witte
North Peansylvaniaest
A. W. Hilliker
Noring
Cloak House
North Illnois-st
R. L.H. Dunning
Vermont-st
A. Fletcher & Co
JOHN
Tarrington
Capital National Bank
South Meridian Street
Capital, CO
M. B. Wilson
Jos, Collett
W. D. Ewing
Indianapolis National Bank
United States Depository
Cerne
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Treo
P. Haughey
E. E. Bexford
Emil Wulschiner
Pennsylvania
Sindlinger
North Str.ciest
W. Washington-st
Victor
W. Wash-st
State House
the Excelsior Launcr
East Washington Street
North Illinois Stree
Major Taylor
Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Company
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Coffea
Lilly & Stalnaker
Bryce
Newmarkets
Henry Watel
Island City Coal
Chas. A. Nicoli
EH. Eldridge & Co
Alabama and
Maryland Sts
Kahn Tailoring Co
Parrott & Taggart
Albert
GALL
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