Marion man confesses arson in Brooks house fire
Benjamin Brooks house arson case in Marion Indiana led to the arrest of Charles Sisson of Gas City and A C Lindley, former Marion real estate man. Sisson admits offering $50 and Lindley offering more money for the act, with both men claiming involvement after visiting the home on Friday evening. The fire, traced to the center front room, alarmed North Marion factory workers and drew three fire companies to the scene. Capt. Phillips aided by tips located the suspects in Gas City and Marion police, with both men confessing.
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Benjamin Brooks
Charles Sisson
Gas City
A. C. Lindley
Marion
Sisson
Lindley
Fred Love
Love
Lind-sey
North Marion
Capt
Phillips
Indiana
McDougall
Former liquor dealer to quit, move into furniture business
Marion Ind March 6 L Livingston who runs a liquor store on Adams street will end the liquor trade when his license expires. He plans to relocate to Davenport Iowa in May to enter the furniture business.
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Marion
Ind
L. Livingston
Adams Street
Davenport
Pruning Trees to Get Splendid Crop of Apples
Cass county farmers in Logansport Indiana begin annual pruning to shape and balance tree tops and thin central branches to allow sunshine to reach inner buds. The article notes careful technique as essential for good yields.
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Logansport
Ind
Cass County
Indiana Apple Production Hinge on Pruning Says Grower
Mercer Brown, a noted Spiceland fruit grower, warns that excessive blooms harm tree vitality and fruit maturation. He asserts Indiana could lead the nation in apple production with proper pruning, in a misfit fable from 1900.
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Mercer Brown
Indiana
Hoosiers Will Get Work in Alabama
Madison Indiana March 26 J W Hyatt arranging with a railroad company in Alabama to take a gang of men from this area in a week or ten days to work there Woman badly burned Winchester Indiana March 26 Mrs James G Brown severely burned at Courtney farm while attempting to start a fire with coal oil She will recover
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Ind
J. W. Hyatt
Alabama
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James G. Brown
Courtney
Martz
Tipton
J. O. Behymer
Salvation Army Adjutant Takes Own Life in Ohio
Youngstown Ohio March 6 Adjutant A T Webb head of the local Salvation Army committed death by his own action yesterday morning Illness was the cause He leaves a wife and family He swallowed chloroform He had been here five years He recently spent time in Kentucky for his health
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Youngstown
A. T. Webb
Salvation Army
Kentucky
Very Like Him Self in Pittsburgh Observer Reprint
An elderly, hard of hearing woman questions a man about relation to Mr. Green. He confirms he is Mr. Green, prompting the woman to acknowledge the striking resemblance noted by the Pittsburgh Observer.
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Mr. Green
Green
Pittsburg
Cardus Woman’s Medicine Endorsed By Mrs York
A vintage advertorial urges women with female troubles to try Cardus Cardui grounds its claim on half a century of relief for conditions caused by organ derangement. Mrs H B York of Mena Ark testifies Cardui is the greatest medicine.
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Cardus
H. B. York
Mena, Ark
Cardui
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