Mrs. W E English shines in Lim ited gun club shoot
Mrs English shot nine of ten targets in the Lim ited gun club event held Wednesday afternoon. The contest also featured Mrs Tripp and Mrs Heikes with Heikes and Tripp scoring as first-time shooter and nearly none. Fred Gilbert was high gun with 142 of 150, edging out rival Rike in a close finish. The city call it the most successful shoot, with 40 contestants and plans for more on Thursday. The event includes an Indians path barrel crew and a live bird finale Friday before a trip to Kansas City for another meeting.
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Wm. E. English
Tripp
English
Scott County
Fred Gilbert
Rike
Memphis
Fday
Kansas City
Bowling fire as Tish-i-mingoes win six straight
The Electrics stretch with six consecutive wins on Wednesday night led by Tish-i-mingoes. Four bowlers hit 900s and one rolled a 1028. Ramblers and Deweys also triumphed, while the Prospects saw Hoo-Hoos stumble.
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Tish-i-mingoes
Ramblers
Deweys
Cough Remedy Promoted for Quick Recovery
A market ad extols Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a safe, effective treatment for grip and related pneumonia risk. It claims the medicine counteracts tendencies toward pneumonia and promises rapid improvement for users.
Early Season Practice and Boxing Match Talks
Local teams in Indiana resumed practice with Shortridge and Manual Training School facing a near complete schedule. In boxing news Terry McGovern plans a May bout with Ben Yanger in Chicago, while James Jeffries pressures a Fitzsimmons agreement for a Los Angeles fight.
Great Lexington Auction Winds Up 21 Thoroughbreds Sale
A New York firm bought 21 thoroughbreds for 20000 at Lexington in a standout sale of horse flesh this week.
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Lexington
New York
O Brien Ryan Derby Day Fight Canceled
The Louisville derby day boxing match between Jack O'Brien and Tommy Ryan is off as Ryan accepts a London bout during coronation week. O'Brien now plans to fight Jack Root of Chicago at 160 pounds, with the deal nearing completion despite Root's prior agreement to face Marvin Hart on derby night.
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Louisville
Jack O’brien
Tommy Ryan
Kansas City
Southern Athletic Club
O’brien
Gray
Ryan
London
Jack Root
Chicago
Root
Marvin Hart
Riot Call At Rockwood Plant Ends With Arrest
A riot call at Rockwood manufacturing on State Street and English Avenue brought the patrol wagon and officers. William McLaughlin, 1220 Ash Street, was arrested for drunkenness after a noisy crowd attacked Joseph Born and William Marschke, two longtime Rockwood workers.
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Rockwood Manufacturing Company
State St
English Ave
Ta‘fe
Kruger
Sergt. Corrigan
Kinney
Lancaster
William McLaughlin
Rockwood Company
Yaffe
Rockwood
Joseph Born
Wm. Marschke
Born
Marschke
Ash St
Rockwood Files Expense Report in Republican Primary
Charles B. Rockwood, a 45 year old city resident and candidate for councilman at large, filed an expense account showing no spending before the primary and was nominated. The piece lists various campaign expenditures for other individuals including amounts for Parker Porter Stout McMaster ORoberts Nickerson Carter Hayes Smock Seguin McGregor Spafford Allen Brown and others.
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Charles
Rockwood
John Broom
John
Parker
John A. Porter
Fremont Alford
Harry B. Stout
John L. McMaster
J. Harry O ‘Roberts
William H. Nickerson
Albert Carter
Joseph H. Hayes
David J. Smock
Milton
KK. Alexander
William’ C. . Smock
E. S. R. Seguin
John MesGregor
Thomas Spafford
Henry Clay Allen
Charles" W. Brown
Elopement Reported In Kokomo Farm Scene
In Kokomo Indiana March reports Miss Mable Coles age 16 daughter of florist Whew Coles eloped with John Salmons a former gardener on the Coles farm. The wedding occurred in a rural setting with details limited by the fragmentary notice.
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Mable Coles
Kokomo
John Salmons
Ind
Matel Coles
Whew
Coles
Roge
Cumber
Calvin Kuhn Carried From Burning Irvington Home
Irvington dwelling of Calvin Kuhn burned Wednesday night causing about £3000 in losses. Neighbors removed most furniture downstairs and found Kuhn ill in bed upstairs before rushing him to safety. Firemen did not attempt to halt the blaze.
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Calvin Kuhn
Irvington
Cold Wave Kills 15 in North Dakota Prairie Deaths
The cold wave has claimed 15 lives in North Dakota as of the storm's end, with many more possibly dead on the prairies. Dozens of stranded travelers were believed overwhelmed by the blizzard and may not be found until snow melts.
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Noth Dakota
Murderer Lanier Hanged Before 5000 In Aberdeen
In Aberdeen Mississippi on March twenty, William Lanier was executed by hanging after the courts deemed him guilty of the murder of two men, Welter and Homer Bittle, in Monroe County in August 1900. The scaffold drop severed his head, the body fell aside, and the head rolled as the noose hit the floor. The event drew about five thousand spectators and followed previous sentences for the same offense.
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Lanier
Welter
Homer Bittle
Monroe
Cook Charged With Attempting to Ditch Train Near New Buffalo
Herbert Cook of Buffalo Michigan is jailed in St Joseph charged with placing an open switch to derail an eastbound Michigan Central passenger train near New Buffalo. He claims no wreck was intended but wanted the train to split the rail. A concert by the Tribe of Simeus is announced for April 7 at Tabernacle Baptist Church.
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Cook
Joseph
Mich
Herbert Cook
New
Buffalo
The
Michigan . Central Railroad
New Buffalo
Simeus
Tabernacle Baptist Church
N. Capitol-ave
Oneida
Capitol Ave
John Brosnan
Ida Natt
Gulia
Marie Bradley
Mayor Opposed to New Office or Higher Officer Pay
The mayor, Bockwalter, opposes creating a new city office or raising salaries for current officers. A licensed scales ordinance and inspector appointment are set for introduction at the next council meeting, though the inspector’s salary remains unfixed. The mayor previously refused a part time attorney in police court, saying the city needs money and he is against new city positions.
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Bockwalter
the Sunn
Sweepers in Indianapolis delayed until April first
The Marion county construction company, slated to begin street sweeping March 1, will start about April 1. Six new sweepers were tested on Meridian street Wednesday, pleasing the Board of Works, which notes the contractors will not be paid until actual work begins.
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Marion _county construction company
Indianapolis
Meridian St
Board of Works
Cadet Battalion to Attend Monument Dedication
Culver Military Academy cadets over 200 strong will attend the monument dedication in a body with the academy band. The group includes a battalion of infantry and a 40 strong mounted cavalry detachment on black horses. An encampment is planned the week of the ceremony.
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Culver Military Academy
Kentucky reform school burned near Lexington with no lives lost
Fire at the Kentucky State Reform School near Lexington injured 287 boys, destroying eight buildings including offices and dormitories. The fire began early and the origin remains undetermined. A guard fled the blaze as heat and smoke intensified. In Fort Wayne an unrelated fire claimed over 100000 dollars in millinery, furniture, and instrument maker losses from a trash fire.
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Lexington
State Reform School
Clover Leaf Depot Burns in Bluffton Fire
Bluffton Indiana march 20 The Clover Leaf depot at Bluffton burned Wednesday night causing a two thousand dollar loss. The company will rebuild at once.
Cleaveland Collier Collapses at Misfit Storefront
Cleaveland Collier, 21, living at Mileyave 238, suffered a severe hand cut after collapsing into the Misfit clothing store window on Washington Street Wednesday evening. City dispensary doctors treated him. The Easter fair of the Mayflower Congregational Church proceeds with the Ladies Aid Society raising funds for the building fund and improvements.
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Cleaveland Collier
Mileyave
Washington St
Congregational Church
Ladies’ Aid “Society of the Church
Mob executes murderer after jail raid in Natchez
In Vidalia Louisiana on March 20 a mob of about 30 men seized John Woodward from Concordia parish jail and hanged him after he killed Lon Calvitt. The coroner ruled death by unknown parties. Woodward had confessed to stealing ten sacks of cotton.
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Lon Calvitt
Woodward
Natchez, Miss
John Woodward
Calvitt
Two Hoosiers Fight Over Hartford City Girl
In Hartford City Indiana on March 20 Bartender John Kane and Glassworker Edwin O'Brien fought with bare fists teeth and heels to win a courtship with Miss Nettie Hoffman 19. The brawl lasted about two hours with O'Brien ducking his rival's head underwater and nearly drowning him. Both men and their seconds were arrested and heavily cut up.
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Hartford City
Ind
Bfarch
John Kane
Edwin O'Brien
Nettie Hoffman
O'Brien
O’brien
Ladies Cure Tobacco Habit Ends Craving Instantaneously
A famous Ohio chemist announces a harmless compound that instantly cures tobacco habit. It stops the craving at once and forever, without odor or taste, making it impossible for a user to relapse.
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Ohio
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W. E. English
Charles A. Babb
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Shortridge
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Terry McGovern
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Fitzsimmons
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Big Horse Sale
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Silesia
Enoch Morgan
Jasson
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H. P. Wasson & CO
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William Lanier
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Culver
F. P. Smith Co
N. Illin
Kentucky Reform School
Fort Wayne
James S. Armstrong Millinery Company
Soliday & Hite Furniture
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H. Cohen
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John. Woodward
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