Cowardly attempt to murder by junk dealer Lyons
In Muncie Indiana on Tuesday 8 a m Martin Lyons 23 shot at his brother Edward Lyons 36 a burner at Endmeling works from a hotel window The elder Lyons was wounded in the right leg The younger escaped Police pursue Martin Lyons alleged motive wife blamed Police report Sapho play praised after Monday night performance by the upper ten at the opera house with city officials and police present The company plans a tour of gas belt towns
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Muncie
Ind
Martin Lyons
Edward
Co. Lyons
Endmeling Manufacturing Works
Boyceton
Lyons
Martin
Opera House
Hoosier Yacht Entered for Great Lakes Circuit
Muncie Ind March 27 Burt Whiteley prominent manufacturer and sole Indiana owner of a racing yacht will enter Josephine in the Great Lakes circuit this season The yacht last season won the summer and fall regattas and competed in the Canada United States trial but was defeated by Genesee The boat now rests in dry dock at Racine Wisconsin undergoing repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Burt Whiteley
Indiana
Josephine
Great Lakes
Canada
United States
Genésee
Racine
Wis
Woman Falls From Donkey On Egyptian Mountain Path
A letter from Egypt reports Mrs J W Sansberry and her husband touring the country. While climbing a rugged mountain side she slipped from a donkey and tumbled 40 feet down a precipice. She was found unconscious but revived with restoratives and is expected to recover. Mrs Sansberry is sister to Mrs Moses Eckhouse of Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Egypt
J. W. Sansberry
Prominent Man Arrested in Sheridan Larceny Charge
W. E. Cox surprised ex-postmaster and ex-city clerk W. E. Clements in Cox's Sheridan grocery at 5 a m Tuesday while Clements aided himself to eggs and cigars. Cox held him at gunpoint and handed him to an officer, with Clements bound over to court on larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Ind
W. E
Cox
W. E. Clements
Clements
Eliza Hughes Die From Shock After Whitecap Incident
Danville Indiana March 27 Mrs Eliza Hughes mother of Edward and Dt Hughes is dead. Her two sons were recently whitecapped and it is said her death was due to the shock of this guirage. If this is shown to be the fact severe punishment will be meted to the whitecappers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ind
Eliza Hughes
Edward
Dt Hughes
Young Robber Claimed Bananas and Oranges Feats
Evansville march 27 George Day a 14 year old colored boy confessed to robbing a fruit store. He admitted eating 1 banana 53 oranges and three pounds of nuts all in three hours. He claims to eat double that amount with no effort and physicians call him a record breaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
George Day
Centenarian Luke McPherson Dies at Madison County
Anderson Ind March 21 Luke McPherson a Madison county centenarian died Tuesday. He was born in Virginia in 1799 and until two years ago could still do a fair day’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Milan merchants linked to ten thousand damage suit
A $10,000 damage suit in Madison Indiana circuit court names S. B. Knowlton president of the State Bank at Milan as a plaintiff and A. J. Dever Milan dry goods merchant as defendant. The case stems from an assault on Knowlton July 26 and alleged prior trouble over alleged anonymous letters about Dever and another woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Ind
S. B. Knowlton
State Bank
Milan
A. J. Dever
Knowlton
Dever
Democrats Poised to Renominate Judge Offutt in Hancock County
In Greenfield Indiana on March 27 observers say Democrats will renominate Hon. Charles G. Offutt for Hancock County judge. Republicans are expected to back him and voters favor keeping the judiciary out of party politics. Some Democrats oppose due to his stance on the party’s financial plank four years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Offutt
Greenfield
Ind
Charles G. Offutt
Hancock County
Judge Offutt
Indiana pioneer Gideon Stevens longtime resident of Johnson County
Franklin Ind March 27 Gideon Stevens 1813 Tennessee born moved to Indiana in 1814. He spent 76 of his 85 Indiana years in Johnson county. Stevens helped grade the J M I Indiana's first railroad and was one of the early settlers cited in a local tribute.
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Franklin
Ind
Gideon Btevens
Here
Indiana
Tennessee
Johnson County
Trinity M. E. Church members insure building after fire
In Lafayette Indiana on March 27 1913 or 27 the Trinity M. E. church members who carried only enough insurance to cover the debt have now taken out policies equal to their intended subscriptions. If St Pauls church burns again the church would be covered by forty thousand dollars in insurance.
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Lafayette
Ind
St. Paul's Church
Trinity M. E. Church
Indiana woman commits suicide amid illness and despondency
In Pittsboro Ind Mrs Carrie Sickles formerly of Indianapolis shot herself in the head after a note blaming her husband for her ill health and despondency. The tragic act was reported from Danville area with a note left expressing distress over poor health.
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Danville
Ind
Alfred Walters
Carrie Sickles
Indianapolis
Eshot
Pittsboro
Fic
Ltc
Miners and operators split on wage law and hiring cards
In Brazil Indiana on March 27 Black coal operators and miners discuss the weekly wage law and hiring practices. Operators resist full compliance citing workload and reluctance to require union cards from applicants.
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Brazil
Ind
Sawmill worker crushed in Danville accident
George Davis 35 was badly crushed at the New Rudd Harvey sawmill in Danville while helping raise pillars when a heavy column fell. He leaves a family and recently moved from Amo. his condition is grave.
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Danville
Ind
George Davis
Rudd & Harvey
Amo
Marion man found dead after home discharge
William Hello wel, 56, formerly an inmate of the soldiers home, was found dead in his apartment in Marion Indiana. He was dishonorably discharged from the home three weeks earlier for incorrigibility. He served in Company G Fifty fourth Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Wm. Hellowel
Soldiers’ Home
Indiana
Bridges Underway on Union Traction Line
Work began on the Union traction company line between Anderson and Muncie. Ties are already distributed and rails will be laid as soon as the bridges are finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Union Traction Company
Anderson
Dead Man Appears in Court Over Forfeiture Claim
In Terre Haute Indiana on March 27 Frank C. Mallory returned to the circuit court room where his divorced wife’s relatives sought to have him declared dead and his estate forfeited after he had been missing for more than five years.
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Terre Uaute
Ind
Frank C. Mallory
Circuit Court Room
Fruit Jar Farmholders in Indiana Await Price Rise
Munci Indiana March 27 Bill brothers glass makers cover about ten acres with fruit jars stacked eight feet high and are holding for a likely price increase following a natural gas field failure.
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MUNCI
Ind
Bill Brothers
Evansville Man Zeber Confesses to Safe Cracking
Adam S. Zeber, arrested days earlier in Evansville on suspicion of cracking the Midland post office safe, confessed and said he also blew open several safes at Boonville two months ago.
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Evansville
Ind
Adam S. Zeber
Midland
Boonville
Elevator Fire Destroys Grain Elevator in Knox
Fisher and White's grain elevator in Knox burned Monday night consuming about 2000 bushels of grain. Loss estimated at 3000 dollars, fully insured. Authorities suspect arson by a fire bug.
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Knox
Ind
Fisher & White
Miscellany of Local Tidbits and Oddities
A collage of notes reports St Pauls Lutheran church Michigan City accepting a $1000 clock, pendulum 14 feet long. Kokomo civic group backs a woman on the school board, while gossip hints two seats for women. Mishawaka police fined a farmer after a long tirade. fines paid, jail threatened. LaPorte wedding gossip talks of two fiances, Goshen and Indianapolis. Wallace circus owner buys animals from Hamburg Hagenbeck group trained three years. Prices span $27 to $1000 for animals and oddities including a Bengal tiger, lioness, llamas, a white deer, armadillos and more.
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St Paul's Lutheran “Church
Michigan City
Civic Federation of
Kokomo
B. E. Wallace
Peru
Wallace Circus
Cincinnati Zoo
Hamburg
Hagenbecks
Wallace
Anderson
Cincinnati
Hagenbeck School
Chicago machinists threaten strike over hours and wages
In Chicago 500 pattern makers vote to strike if nine hour day and fixed wage scale are not granted by April 1. The city reports a calmer general labor scene as several hundred machinists return to work after gains. President O Connell predicts a US machinists strike by April 1, but Chicago union officers disagree.
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Chicago
O’connell
Machinists’ Association
Chicago Union
Death from exposure at Miami county asylum
Eliza Cowens, insane inmate at the Miami county poor asylum in Peru Indiana, died from exposure after refusing shelter and scavenging from garbage barrels. The incident highlights harsh conditions at the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
Eliza Cowens
Miami County
Glass firm to cut prices again amid competition fears
In Anderson Indiana on March 27 rumors spread that the American Glass Company will cut prices by another 20 percent to stifle competition. The report notes industry tensions and potential shifts in local glass supply dynamics amid ongoing price pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson, Ind
American Glass Company
Woman's Missionary Society Meet Set in Rushville
Rushville Indiana hosts the twenty fourth annual meeting of the Woman's missionary society of White water presbytery on April 4 and 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushville
Ind
Woman's Missionary Society of Whitewater Presbytery
Normal School Opens in Muncie with 75 Students
Indiana Normal University opened on Monday in Muncie with 75 students and expects attendance to rise to 6090. The article notes goal and anticipated enrollment for the new institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal School
Muncie
Ind
Spll
Indiana Normal University
Dr. Schoff Becomes City Physician in Chattanooga
Dr. J. Schoff, formerly of East Germantown, Ind, has taken the post as city physician in Chattanooga Tennessee. The move announced in the news dispatch dated March 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoff
East Germantown
Ind
J. &. Schoff
Chattarooga
Tenn
Ragan Murder Verdict Expected in Danville Trial
Danville Indiana awaits a verdict in the Ragan murder trial with the decision anticipated Wednesday morning. The court's proceedings and jury deliberations are proceeding as the trial nears its end.
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Danville
Ind
Mrs Geveridge in Critical Condition in Dansville
Friends say Mrs. Beveridge wife of the senator lies in a much worse state in Dansville New York with death near after months of no solid food. Doctors attributed a severe oriental dysentery from a voyage to the Philippine islands with her husband though she has long suffered a similar ailment since childhood.
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Beveridge
Dansville
N. Y
Philippine Islands
Two "Good Ones" Caught In Brighton Robbery Case
James Miller and George Matthews, both colored, will be tried Friday on burglary and receiving stolen goods charges. Detectives Gerber Fort Morgan and Holtz arrested them early Tuesday and found numerous unaccounted items at Matthews’ Northwestern Ave home. Collin’s Brighton road home lost a watch, chickens, clothing. Bridges’ 1152 Sciotost home lost feather bed and clothing. Silverware was found at Matthews’ house with no owner identified. Miller has four prior penitentiary terms.
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James Miller
George Matthews
William Collin
Brighton
Road
Charlies Bridges
Sciotost
Gerber, Fort, Morgan and Holtz
Matthews
Northwestern Ave
Collin
Bridges
Miller
Indiana towns push rail stations and city status shifts
Across Indiana multiple items show growth and change. Fort Wayne pursues a Union railway station while Auburn votes to become a city. Mishawaka expands social welfare and new lines, Portland bets on a Davenport well, and Kokomo gathers corn for India relief.
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Michigan City
Auburn
Mishawaka
Cambridge City Cereal Company
Kokomo
India
Marion
Wabash
Davenport Oil Company
Portland
Exposition Opens April 14 as Cabinet Fixes Date
Paris officials announced on Tuesday that the cabinet has set April 14 as the official opening date for the exposition. The decision follows the cabinet meeting held in Paris.
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Paris
Thieves Target Woodruff Refrigerators Quiet Town
Reports from Woodruff describe repeated thefts of refrigerators, including Campbell's and Thom as', with many near the park area visited. Residents express anger toward the watchman who has failed to catch any thief.
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Woodruff
Woodruff Place
Campbell's
Thomas
Park
American sheet steel trust forms with 155 mills
The American sheet steel company planned by about 50 manufacturers seeks a $200 million capitalization. Promoter Thomas B. Reed helped organize the deal with Reed Simpson Thacher Barnum. The First National Bank will fund working capital as 155 mills are targeted, including Cambridge iron and steel and several Pittsburg and Ohio concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Reed
Reed, Simpson, Thacher & Barnum
Reed
Judge Moore
Moore
American Sheet Steel Company
First National Bank
American Steel Sheet Company
Cambridge Iron and Steel Company
Cambriige
Canton Rolling Mill Company
Canton
Chartiers Iron and Steel Company
Pittsburg
Corning Steel Company
Hammond
Ind
National Steel Company
Chicago
Aetna Standard Works
Bridgeport
Newport Rolling Mill Company
Newport
New Philadelphia Iron and Steel Company
New Philadelphia
Old Meadow Rolling Mill Company
Scottdale
Piqua Rolling Mill Company
Piqua, C
Pittsburg Sheet Manufacturing Company
Shousetown
Scottdale Iron and Steel Company, Limited
Scottdale, Pa
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Promised Cure for Catarrh
An advertisement touts Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a complete cure for catarrh in head throat and bronchial tubes and stomach. It claims the tablets are tastily pleasant and superior to salves powders and sprays and notes they cost 50 cents per package. The copy warns buyers to know what they take and highlights ingredients like Eucalyptol Hydrastin Guaiacol and antiseptics with no cocaine or morphine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Murderer Stricken Dumb While Fleeing Police in Chicago
In Chicago on Monday night Vito Paolotto a young Italian killed his partner Frank Giavito in a saloon and while fleeing was suddenly stricken dumb. Doctors diagnosed paralysis of the tongue and facial muscles preventing speech. Friends call the affliction providential punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Vito Paoletto
Frank Giavito
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Offer A New Cure
A Pittsburgh insurance clerk describes using Stuart's Catarrh Tablets after eight years of chronic catarrh. He reports relief after two months, praising the tablets as pleasant to take and effective, unlike sprays and douches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Pittsburg
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Promised Safe Blood Remedy
A life companion to catarrh sufferers, the article argues catarrh is a blood disorder best treated internally. It praises Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, claiming they act on the blood, avoid cocaine, and offer quick relief with permanent results after a week. Druggists sell them for fifty cents per package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Cleveland
Ray Oearn
Women on Danube passengers sufferings near Rampart
Victoria reports on the Danube voyage from Cape Nome. R R Macrae and F H Nagel describe hard weather and crowds headed for Nome, including several women whose hands and feet froze and who were unable to continue. The group near Rampart consisted of four men and three women who were deeply homesick.
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Victoria
B. C
R. R. Macrae
F. H. Nagel
Danube
Cape Nome
Nagel
Rampart
Rea and Green policy shop proprietor charged with lottery shares
John Barmfuhrer linked to Gus Rahke and alleged proprietor of the Rea and Green policy shop faces five indictments after Tuesday arrest for selling lottery shares. He posted a bond of 32,500 signed by James L. Keach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barmfuhrer
Gus Rahke
James L. Keach
South-side Mass Meeting Aims to Oppose Club House
A South-side mass meeting is planned Tuesday night at Fountain square to oppose a club house and other projects of interest and benefit to the South-side, promising a lively gathering.
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Fountain Square
Sudden Death of Inmate Promptly Probed by Coroner
Mrs Annie Sanderfier 23 an inmate at 132 S Missouri st died Monday night with morphine use suspected. Coroner autopsy held Tuesday after report of earlier beating at the same house. She left a husband Amos in Shelbyville and three children. father Orban lives in Edinburg Indiana.
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Annie Sanderfier
S. Missouri St
Sanbifer
Lizzie Oliver
Amos
Shelbyville
Indianapolis
Orban
Edinburg
Ind
Fortune Favors the Brave and Hood's Sarsa parilla Claim
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsa parilla as America's Greatest Spring Medicine offering a clear head and a healthy body. It links purification of blood in spring to the product and urges readers to use it for vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Hood
Hood's Pills Claim Cure for Constipation
A Victorian era ad touts Hood's Pills as a cure for constipation priced at 25 cents. It also promotes Hoyt's Poisoned Blood Cure, suggesting a broader patent medicine lineup.
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Hood
Hoyt
Finest prepared Meal in City at St Charles Hotel
Full regular dinner two cents meal for business men lunch price fifteen cents served at St Charles hotel operated by Chas Muel lerschoen proprietor McCreast opposite Union station reflects a historic menu listing with low dining prices and a prominent hotel setting.
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City
St. Charles Hotel
Chas
Muellerschoen
McCreast
Union Station
Merchant's 3c Restaurant Ad and Teething Syrup Mention
An old advertisement promotes Merchant's 3c Restaurant open day and night with a claim of first class service. The text also markets a soothing syrup for teething with warnings about wind colic and pain relief for children, priced at twenty five cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchant's
Frick declines board seat at Carnegie Steel Company
Pittsburg March 21 Henry Clay Frick has declined to become a member of the board of directors of the Carnegie Steel Company. The announcement notes Frick will not serve on the board.
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Red Key
C. C. Ayres Lumber Company
The
Carnegie Company
Pittsburg
Henry 4. Frick
of the
Carnegie
Etee
Pest
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets End Catarrh Belief
A described remedy targets catarrh by cleansing blood and mucous surfaces. The tablets use Sanguinaria Hydrastin eucalyptus and similar antiseptics to relieve nasal and throat symptoms. Taken as lozenges they dissolve in the mouth or can be used as a douche if desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Cure for Catarrh Promoted by Stuart's Tablets
An old promotional piece extols Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a universal cure for catarrh in nose throat stomach and other organs. It claims rapid relief from coughing hawking and throat clearing and asserts ingredients are safe without mineral poisons. The ad warns against cocaine or morphine habits and notes a 50 cent package price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Stuart
Train schedule fragment shows car types and times
Fragmentary timetable lists train services with classes such as Daily 8 sleeper parlor chair dining cars and Sunday exceptions. No complete origin destination or day details. includes times like 0am 1.20pm 10.20am and notes for Peru Toledo Mich City and Plymouth lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thua
Cincinnati Rail Timetable Excerpts
City Ticket Office at 25 W Washington St Cincinnati lists express and connecting trains. Times show Cincinnati to Detroit and Dayton trips with departures around 4 10 am 12 45 am and 2 45 pm 7 07 pm and connections to Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington St
Cincinnati Express
Ang
Detroit
Dayton
Dayton Sim
Pad
Toledo
Chicago Night and Day Express Schedule Fragments
Fragmentary railway timetable notes list multiple Chicago based departures and connections including the 12.5 am Chicago express, 7.0 am Chicago express, 11.5 am Chicago vestibule, 3.35 pm, and various connections to Cincinnati Toledo Peru Indiana and St. Louis with miscellaneous times and accommodations.
Peoria Bloom Bus Schedules Mention Ex Routes
Readable fragments show bus lines between Peoria Bloom and Champaign Springfield Columbus with times like 4.23 pm 7.11 pm and 5.45 am 11.35 am. The text references connections at Peoria Bloom Columbus Spring and Colu Aibus routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Bloom
M & Ex
Peoria & Bloom
Champaign
Springfield
Colu Aibus
Columbus & Spring
Benton Harbor Train Schedule Snippet
Rail timetable fragment shows Benton Harbor and Wabash connections with express and accommodation services listed, including times and platform cues. The text is garbled but indicates schedule entries for mixed services and stops.
St. Louis Line Schedules and Connections
Rail timetable notes show St. Louis accommodation at 70 am and 610 m service, with transfers to T. H. and Mattoon line at 40 pm NM a St. Louis express, Sv. 10 pm 46a, indicating evening and overnight connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
St. L
W. Lim
T. H
Mattoon
Chicago Line Schedule Fragments
Fragmentary train schedule notes show travel times between Chicago and Lafayette with morning and night departures and a late night connection. Entries list 5.15 am and 12.06 am times with destinations including Lafayette and Chicago WC sp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Chicago
M’l
Pennsylvania Lines Ticket Offices and Train Schedule Fragments
Fragmented timetable notes show ticket offices at stations and routes across Pennsylvania Lines. Entries list connections among Columbus, Indianapolis, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Dayton, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and other hubs with varying arrival times and service notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Lines
Ilinois
Washingtons
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LaPorte Bulletin
Goshen
Ers
W. M. S. Meeting
Indiana Inklings
Fort Wayne
Union Railway
Mishawaka Epworth League
Sampson's Canning
Avondale
Glass Trust
Hartford City
Andersen
Nappanee
Gordin.n. Murray
Clay City
Alum Cave
George Griffith
Thomas Lowney
Charles Carlson
St. John's Hospital
Ernest Clover
Tipton
Clover
Samuel Wiley
James K. Terrell
Tom Reed
American Sheet: Steel Company
Federal Steel Company
Combine
NEXW
York
Sheet Steel
Police
Alaska
Frick
Lake Erie & Western
E. BR
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway
Chicago, Indianapolis &Louioeliis
Washington-st
Chicago Express
Menon
Cincinnatism
Tol
Mich. City
Plym
Decater & W
St. L.R
Big Four Rew
City Ticket Office
Washington
Cleveland Line
Union City
New York
Boston
Cincinnati Accom
San Cincinnati Express
Greensburg
Ag Cin
Wash
Flex
N.ver. & Louis
Peoria Line
Benton Harbor
Eae
Bernion Harbor
ST. Louis Line
Philadelphia
Mel Colum
Louis
Liem Richmans & Col. O
Piqua & Columbus
Martinsve & Vincen’s
Logansport
Baltimore & Washton
Columb’s
Mad
Col
Ind. & Lewis
Vandalia T. H
St. Lo & Wea
St. Bic
Effingham Ac
L. & All
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