Col Brewer Charged With Murder In 1902 Case
Col Albert Brewer, prominent and wealthy, stands charged with the murder of Luther G Hershey, a Mifflin dairy farmer. At a May 7 1902 saloon confrontation witnesses say Brewer struck Hershey and hurled bottles after a quarrel, leaving Hershey unconscious along a road. Doctors conclude a circular skull wound likely caused by a bottle, though some claim wagon accident.
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Penn
Albert Brewer
Col. Brewer
Luther G. Hershey
Mifflin
Luther Hershey
Leppert
Mersey
Brewer
Hershey
Hershey Awas
H. la Wenner
Loganport Lines to be bought by new traction syndicate
Logansport Indiana March 27 A traction syndicate is set to acquire Loganport Lines in a move aimed at reorganizing local transport. Details on buyers and terms were not disclosed in the brief item.
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NEW Traction Syndicate
Logansport
Ind
Any Traction Syndicate
A Cough Conundrum Promotes Scott’s Emulsion Cures
An old advertisement promotes Scott’s Emulsion as the solution when a cough lingers beyond a common cold. It claims the product cures the underlying condition by healing and repairing the inflamed area, suggesting it treats the “something more” than a simple cough.
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Scott
George F A Culloch Confirms Syndicate's Fort Wayne Traction Purchase
George F A Culloch, serving as president, confirms rumors that the syndicate will eventually own the Wabaab Logansport and the Incal Boyd lines, indicating the syndicate has purchased the Fort Wayne traction network.
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George F. A
Wabaab- Logansport
Boyd
Spnicate
Fort Wayne Traction
Kansas Apple Crop Projections and Peach Failure Noted
Topeka March 27. Kansas faces a tin bursty apple crop with a heavy harvest of other fruits, except peaches, due to two severe winter frosts in December and February. The peach crop is already a failure, with reports from across the state confirming bud damage and rare peach yields over five seasons.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Kome
Kita
Street Flanked With Marble By Washington Meridian Plan
The article notes dramatic street changes in Indianapolis this year with L. S. Ayres & Co moving to a new building at Washington and Meridian and other corner redevelopments. Rumors of a modern hotel on the Occidental corner and the Merchants National Bank relocating are discussed amid possible new blocks and marble facades.
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Washington-at
Delnwarest
Capitol-ave
Merchants’ Heating and Lighting Company
L. S. Ayres & Co
Washington
Meridian Os
Mai
Occidental
Nmtional Bank
L. §. Ayres & Co
Douglas Shoe Company
Hag
Washington and
Meridianste
Yohn Vleck
Culp G. Deschler
Eagle Clothing
Ayrts & Co
New
Clay Post
Washingto
Illinois
William H. Warford
Meridlan St
New York
Pennsylvania Ste
Wll
Pennsylvania-ats
Joyful Heart Urges Swift Grasp of Life’s Deep Springs
A fragment from Evan Stein in The Indianapolis Sun exhorts the heart to seize happiness before fleeting time. It notes spring fading, summer turning gray, and night following day, urging swift tasting of life’s pure streams. A Brownsburg Record blurb references Virginia Ave’s dire condition and a newspaper remark about dirty content.
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Evan Stein
Indianapolis Sun
Virginia-ave
Brownsburg
Rambler and Orient Bicycles Advertised by Koebring
An advertisement from C. Koebring & Bro at 878 Virginia Ave promotes Rambler and Orient bicycles along with a dated generic note. It also touts Old Nurse for Children and Mra Winslow's soothing remedy for teething, claiming wind colic relief and distress cure, priced with a twenty-five cent bottle.
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Rambler and Orient Bicycles
C. Koebring & Bro
Virginia-ave
Mra Winslow
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Monarch
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Indiana Dental College
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