Sawmill Explosion Kills Three In Indiana
A Miller James Nickum's mill near Muncie Indiana exploded Friday killing Thomas Sullivan Clifford Van Buskirk and Marion Carey. Engineer Lon Van Buskirk died later in hospital with four others injured. The mill stood on a farm owned by Prof William A Bell.
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Muncie
Ind
James
Nickum
Thomas Sullivan
Clifford van Buskirk
Marion Carey
Lon van Buskirk
James Dragstrim
James McCreary
Will Green
Young van Buskirk
Wm. A. Bell
Indianapolis
The
Indiana School Journal
Ragan Testifies in Danville Murder Trial
Danville Indiana March 24 The Ragan murder trial adjourned until Monday with seven witnesses testifying Friday including the defendant who said he carried a revolver for self defense and had taken another gun from a drunken man named Spennington. Evidence cited that Wolffenbarger fired first two shots and Lee Trotter fired the fatal final shot.
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Danville
Ind
Ragan
Spennington
Monroe Wolfenbarger
Lee Brotter
Mackey
Harvey
Dutch
Trotter
Miners' Strike Situation Holds at Boonville
In Boonville Indiana 300 strikers guard mine entrances and local authorities are powerless to protect non union workers. There has been no bloodshed and officials hope for guidance from a joint conference of miners and operators in Terre Haute.
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Boonville
Ind
Terre Haute
Shelbyville suits allege void warrants in school supplies case
Three suits filed by David B. Wilson against George M. Ray in Washington township allege warrants for 1500 dollars are void as issued two years after delivery of school supplies. Ray says Higgins was not an officer then, he never received value, and indorsed the warrants only for accommodation and as Wilson's son in law.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Shelby County
David B. Wilson
George M. Ray
Washington Township
Ray
Higgins
Wilson
Richmond Letter Highlights War Pay Refusal Gratitude
Captain Wm. E. English of Indianapolis thanks the local G. A. R. post for resolutions praising his decision to refuse Cuban War pay. Other notes include Light Star sale near $1,000, March 235 birthday for Pally Price of Fountain City, cannery bid by Fountain City, and church/college items across the region.
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Richmond
Ind
Spi
Wm. E. English
Indianapolis
G. A. R. Post
Lackey & Barefoot
Cambridge City
Light Star
Pally
Price
Fountain City
Methodist Church
J. P
Charles Metts
Centerville Methodists
Mary Matthews
Wayne County
University of Minnesota
Mrs Kern of Cowan Released on Bond in Shoplifting Case
In Muncie Indiana on March 24 Mrs Isaac Kern of Cowan was freed on bond after being charged with shoplifting. She claims an insane desire to steal and her friends call it klepto mania. Small items were taken from local stores and more were found at her home. Her son was recently sent to reform school and appears affected.
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Muncie
Ind
Isaac Kern
Cowan
Reform School
Esquire Ireland
Mexico
Peru
Hiram Hurlburt
Vernon
Henry May
Lebanon class color clash unsettles high school
In Lebanon Indiana on March 24 juniors raised their class colors to the flag pole, seniors pulled them down. The next day the superintendent suspended several students and others walked out. The suspended and striking seniors plan to graduate at Thorntown.
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Lebanon
Ind
Thorntown
Wheat in Bad Shape in Delaware County
Muncie Indiana farmers report the wheat crop a total failure with yield expected below seed corn and oats will be sown. Lack of snow and repeated thawing and freezing are blamed for the disaster as farmers plow up wheat fields across the county.
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Muncie
Ind
Delaware County
Horace P. Biddle Celebrates 89th Birthday
Ex supreme judge Horace P. Biddle of Logansport Indiana marked his eighty ninth birthday on Saturday March 4, 1924, with family and friends noting his long public service and longevity in retirement.
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Logansfort
Ind
Horace P. Biddle
Fragmented OCR headlines expose unclear names and claims
Readable fragments show a disputed scene involving a pastor and individuals named Huffer and Camack. The text is garbled with partial phrases and quotes, making it hard to confirm roles or events.
Suspect Arrested After Lodging Robbery in Winamac
In Logansport Indiana on Friday night Mrs Mandril of the Columbia hotel found a black man under her bed. She screamed and he fled. A suspect was later arrested at Winamac. Earlier three men bound and gagged her and looted the house.
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Logansport
Ind
Miners and operators fail to reach wage and powder agreement
In Terre Haute Indiana on March 24 the three joint conference committees representing miners and operators worked into three sessions ending at midnight without agreement on wage and powder issues. Conventions will stay in session until all questions are settled.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Farmers Buy Groceries in Bulk at Wholesale
In Kokomo Indiana on March 24 farmers pooled orders to purchase ten carloads of groceries and supplies. About 200 farmers lined up to haul away goods some two miles distant. They claim savings of one to fifteen percent.
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Kokomo
Ind
California
Indiana
James Whittington Missing in Jeffersonville
Jeffersonville Indiana March 24 James Whittington a popular young man of Ohio Falls has disappeared He was to be married in two weeks to Miss Daisy Herfel He had bought furnishings for his house Friends are alarmed
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James Whittington
Jeffersonville
Ind
Ohio Falls
Daisy Herfel
Oil Field Near Peru Reaches Low Production
The Peru oil field has exhausted itself with production around 7,500 barrels per week generating about $9,000 for operators, with most earnings remaining in Peru.
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Peru
Ind
Little Hoy's Neck Broken
Ralph J. Caze, 10, fell beneath a heavy wagon while roller skating on the asphalt in Lafayette Indiana. The wheels broke his neck in the accident reported March 24.
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Little Hoy
Lafayette
Ind
Ralph J. Caze
Indiana News Snapshots From Across the State
Indiana items report mumps in Hendricks county and new rail and telecommunication projects in several towns. Other notes cover a fatal runaway near Evansville, electric railway franchise grants, a pensioner of 1812 dead in Greensburg, and local oddities from Crown Point to Peru Sentinel correspondents.
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Dublin
Rachel Meek
Greensburg
Herman Beeple
Johnstown
Peru Sentinel
Indianapolis Southern Railway
Salem
Harry Blackwell
Bunker Hill
Plainfield
Vicinity
Heir to $50,000 for impecunious Reno artist
J B Schweitzer, a poor young artist in Reno, has become heir to $50,000 after the death of an uncle, a wealthy tea merchant in India. The news note cites the unexpected fortune as his uplift from poverty.
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Reno
J. B. Schweitzer
India
Indiana Parties Pick Convention HQs Across the Nation
Democrats plan to base their state headquarters at the Coates house during the national convention in Kansas City. About 100 Hoosiers expected to attend. Republicans choose Lafayette Hotel for their Philadelphia convention with roughly 1,000 attendees anticipated.
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Indiana
Coates
Kansas
City
Lafayette
Hotée
Philadelphia
Western seminary suspends 13 girls over cemetery initiation
In Ohio, 13 female students from Western Seminary for Girls, Alpha Tau society members, were suspended after a 3 to 4 am cemetery vault initiation featuring hard cider and cigarettes. Masks, empty bottles, and a basement escape were noted. faculty kept details secret as families protested.
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Oxford
Western Seminary
Alpha Tau Society
O'Toole
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Michigan
Ilinois
Edith Poulson
Thorntown
Ind
Eva Grace Owens
Newark
Owens
Ann Wilson
M. E. Wilson
Dayton
Mary and
Georgia Mills
North Manchester
Poulson
Suecome
Daughters of Directors
Elizabeth Taylor fires lamp incident at 364 West Twelfth
Fire damaged lace curtains at Elizabeth Taylor's home after a lamp was hurled by Mrs. Taylor at her husband over his bringing another woman home. Firemen pushed inside as witness fought with a man trying to enter. The neighbor used a racial slur when asked about the husband. Mrs. Taylor fined $16 for roughing Gresh. she claimed the fireman had no business entering.
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Elizabeth Taylor
W. Twelth St
Capt. Hoyse
Gresh
Two Great Fires Trigger City Fire Dept Debate
Mayor Taggart, Chairman Roth, and Fire Chief Barrett held a secret conference Friday night on improving the fire department. Barrett warned current equipment and water supply could not prevent disaster if two large fires occur simultaneously. He urged better water service, more fire crews, and additional aerial trucks for both the business district northeast and the south. funds to cover upgrades are lacking. No agreement was reached amid discussions of Captain Fanning, with Roth seeking his discharge and Fanning’s brother opposing removal.
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Taggart
Board of Safety and Fire
Barrett
Capt
John Fanning
Roth
Fanning
J. T Fanning
Board of Works
Penny-dreadful reader jailed for grand larceny in Lyons
Charles Phinney, 18, a known penny-dreadful reader, stole $300 and a shotgun from John and Henry Everhart in Lyons. He spent the loot on novels and revolvers, set up a woods camp, and was nabbed with $293.44 by Deputy Prevost after a brief escape.
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Lyons
N. Y
Charles Phinney
John
Henry Everhart
Phinney
Prevost
Desperado
Public request for canal search in Selvage case
A notice urges turning out canal water Saturday night to dredge for Miss Selvage’s body. The search will start Sunday morning with four teams, two from Bread Ripple and two from Washington street, scanning both canal banks. The Selvage family asks North Side residents to check cisterns and premises for possible concealment or drowning.
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Miss Selvage
Bread Ripple
Washingtonst
Selvage
Mob Attacks Mormon Elders in Albemarle
News from Chattanooga reports a mob beating Mormon elders William P. Jacobs and William H. Jensen after a post office visit. They were struck with sticks and stones and a scarecrow was used as a flail before fleeing to the courthouse and then the woods. Quarantine raised at Brig ham house on Bates street following smallpox cases. eight residents were exposed, four attacked.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
William P. Jacobs
Wm. H. Jensen
Albemarle
N. C
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup for Stubborn Colds Ad
Advertises Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a remedy for lung affections promising rapid cure. States price 25 cents and urges trial to be convinced.
Bailey Favors Shiveley for Running Mate
Dallas March 24 report says Congressman J W Bailey hopes Kansas City convention nominates a man equal to Bryan and would be running mate choice. He personally favors John W Daniel of Virginia or B F Shiveley of Indiana.
Dunn Loses Ten Dollars in Baggage Game at Union Station
William Dunn of Warren county Kentucky was approached by a stranger at Union station on a Friday evening. Dunn loaned the stranger money to cover a baggage fee and was left out ten dollars by confidence men after the ruse.
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William Dunn
Warren County
Kentucky
Union Station
Dunn
Chicago machinists union sues Goss printing on ad law
The Chicago machinists union charges Goss printing press with violating the law that requires employers to state when filling positions for strikers. The case rests on a letter offering S. O. Gould of Marion Indiana a job.
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Chicago
Chicago Machinists’ Union
Goss Printing Press Company
S. O. Gould
Marion
Ind
Kitz Sample-Room Brings Chicago Style Lunch
The Kitz at 127 E Court St offers business lunches in finest Chicago style from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cafe-restaurant serves a menu for professionals seeking midday dining.
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Kitz
E. Court-st
Chicago
Bubonic plague reported on Cozu mel island near Yucatan
Wire snapsoots describe bubonic plague on Cozumel island off Yucatan with several deaths reported. Seven people injured in a Fort Worth Texas wreck Friday. Lawrence Kansas reports a $50,000 fire Friday night. Cuban tariff reductions on sugar sent to the United States.
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Cozumel
Yucatan
Fort Worth
Tex
Lawrences
Kan
Sulgar
United States
Washington
Jones
Democrats
Grow
Pennyy Ivania
Comprehensive Price Column for Groceries and Supplies
Extensive listing of groceries and general store items with prices including peppers tea canned fruits vegetables fish game oysters oysters etc. Includes peppers spices tea canned goods dried fruits and vegetables, meats, dairy eggs butter, poultry, coal fuels, and drugs with price quotes and packaging notes typical of a late 19th or early 20th century catalog or advertisement page. The entry enumerates multiple categories and item variants with per unit or per quantity pricing across departments.
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Alonzo VanBuskirk
Anthony
Sturday
Camack
Farmer's Combine
Indiana Ineelings
Hendricks County
Crown Point
Morristown
Hartford City
Pecksburg
Little Perry Chilcote
Butler
Melvin Kale
Starke
Lapore
Peter Wolfe
Warrick County
Evansville
Norman Ayess
Warsaw
Big Four
Earl Mahaffy
Madison
Grant Mitchener
Valparaiso
Michigan City
Chesterton
Jacob Reed
George Kuehert
Peace Association of Friends of America
Baltimore
the Messenger of Peace
Charles A. Evanston
Lake Shore
W. B. Vanderlip
Goshen
Crown Point Register
College of
Taane
Hot Springs
Ark
McGuigan
Garland County
New York
James Sharp
Brigham House
Bates St
Paine
Carrie G. Atkins
Sag Harbor
Stewart Place, Cor
Illinois and
Stewart Place
Cor
Illinois
Ohio Streets
Strawniger & Nilius
Meridianst
Ormonde
W. Pearlst
Ponder’s
Stanton L. Wilhite
Edward G. Gardner
M'ft’ging Jeweler
Hubbard Block
Progress Laundry
Plaza Restaurant
Monument Place
Merchant's
Restaurent
Hoyt
St. ‘Charles ‘Hotel
Chas
Muellerschoen
McCreenss
Hioya
Muses
Paren
Ater
Pennsylvania S
Moses Optical Fo
L.M. Rowe
Optician
City Markets
Florida
Floridas
Ridge
Lion
Jersey
Marion Club
Singapore
Imperial
Young Hyson
Johnson
Best
Sane
Timothy
Canada Field
Neas
New York State
Wisconsin
Pittsburg
Kanawha
Winifrede
Raymond City
Jackson
Brazil
Island City
Slack
Blossburg
Island
Optum
Soar
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