Walker sues over marriage contract and estate fee
Thomas Walker administrator sues I. P. Poulson and W. F. McBane for alleged conspiracy with Gussie Burris to win Wealthy William C. Walker’s marriage contract, transferring real estate worth $400, and withholding $400 in attorney fees. Plaintiffs seek $1,400.
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Pgreenfield
Ind
Thomas Walker
I. P. Poulson
W. F. McBane
Gussie M. Burris
Wm. C. Walker
Miss Burris
Murderer Gray Letters Read. Skinner Relative Recalls Threats
Bloomfield Ind May 11 During the reading of the letters by murderer Gray to his victim Malissa Skinner Gray's daughter stopped her ears Maggie Skinner says she accompanied Miss Skinner to the doctors office once where Gray threatened to kill her if she date other men Oliver Skinner, a brother, found a note in the dead woman's belt reading I am not in a very good humor today and I mean for you to go home and stay there The writing was identified as Gray's
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Bloomfield
Ind
Gray
Malissa
Skinner
Maggie Skinner
Miss Skinner
Oliver Skinner
Too Much Wind Demolishes House Killing Occupant
In Upland Indiana on May 1 a cyclone wrecked the home of David Mong and Jesse Stanley. A visiting granddaughter of Mong from Fairmont was killed and Jesse Mong was injured.
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Upland
Ind
David Mong
Jesse Stanley
Mong
Fairmont
Jesse Mong
An Old Crime Recalled
Bloomfield Indiana May 11 William Wagoner was arrested on information charging him with killing his former wife found dead in a cistern at Newark in 1891 The case hinges on circumstantial evidence Wagone r had married Clara Anderson a wealthy deranged woman in 1290 and moved to Newark where she disappeared and was later found in a cistern He married another woman days after the first wife’s death
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Bloomfield
Ind
Bloomington
William Wagoner
Newark
Wagoner
Clara Anderson
Riot at Funeral Over Burial Rights in Vincennes
In Vincennes Indiana a riot marred the funeral of Henry Winlock as rival undertakers Valler and George Garner clashed over who would bury the body. Haller demanded payment and threatened to halt the procession until resolved. Police restrained the dispute and the funeral proceeded.
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Vincennes
Ind
Henry Winlock
Waller
George Gar‘ner
Haller
Studebaker reunion stirs gubernatorial rumor in South Bend
In South Bend on May 11 about 400 members of the regiment gathered at the Studebaker home for a Tigers reunion on Wednesday night. Attendees included Goy Mount and staff. Rumors circulate that the event signals a possible bid by Col. Studebaker for governor.
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Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Tigers
Goy, Mount
Col. Studebaker
Riley reading urged attendance at Fort Wayne event
The Fort Wayne city council passed a resolution directing that when James Whitcomb Riley gives his reading, he should not be met by empty benches and all citizens who can attend are ordered to do so.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
James Whitcomb Riley
Will Let Em Go Gallagher
NEW ALBANY IND May 11 Edward Erstine and Mrs Amos Zenor have disappeared Erstine was formerly no suitor Zenor will make no effort to find his wits.
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Gallagher
New Albany
Ind
lEdward Erstine
Amos Zenor
Erstine
Zenor
Indiana News Briefs Roundup Of Local Figures Events
A compilation of short items: Tilford, 74, Bedford dead. measles at Shelbyville poor farm. Logansport clerks union to admit women. Frankfort police wear white helmets. Women’s Union Label League organized in Blariotn. Clover Leaf to run black coaches. Evansville News carrier missing. Monroe county whitecapping reported. Indiana Republican editors to meet at Warsaw on July 13. Logansport ice cream factory fire total loss under 6,000. Laporte raises city employes' wages 20 percent. Morristown gets new telephone franchise. Quakers hold spring meeting at Morristown. Logansport to bid for state encampment. Fraternal millers of America to meet in Evansville on June 22. Barns hardware store in Anderson appoints receiver. James B Lennox of Anderson patents rubber process. Anderson trades council backs clerks union early closing. Steel cages to be installed in Laporte jail for inmate safety. Robert Hanna of Brookville sues city for 1,000 over ankle injury. no crowding of Owensville leper Bill Deal. American Wire and Steel Co of Anderson in trust, working short hours. Madison council offers 100 prize for best town write-up during editors’ convention. Jeffersonville council fines marriage runners aiding elopements. Miss Mary Trueblood and Warren Barrett resign from Earlham College. First Baptist Church South Bend adopts rule barring remarriage for divorced except on adultery grounds. Greenfield Tribune kicker column suggests vaccinating teachers.
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Anerson
James B. Lennox
Anderson
Anderson Trades Council
Clerks’ Union
Laporte
Habu
Robert Hanna
Brookville
American Wire and Steel Company
Madison Council
Jeffersonville
Unscrupulous cases cited in scattered Indiana items
A jumble of local notes reports Barrett law challenges in federal court and a widow’s $1,000 damage suit against ex-husband Kennedy’s children. It notes a Kentucky runaway found near Greensburg and a Louisville marriage, a forged affidavit by John F. Hopper in Evansville, and a Manila service claim. It mentions hens returning with a note, editor conflict over an offensive article, runaways, a fatal collision with a barbed wire fence, a dynamited Burling ton saloon, Judge Offutt’s election day ruling, and $300 awards for Joe Hamilton and Nelson if claims prove.
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Kentucky
Greensburg
Louisville
John F. Hopper
Evansville
Manila
Muncie
W. E. Foley
Andersen
Bulletin
Offutt
Greenfield
Joe Hamilton
Nelson Hace
Ed. 1
Stoner
Tregar
Carthage
Jamilton
Lace
Death of Geo Dorland. Wabash wreck settlement reached
The Wabash bridge wreck near Peru claimed Geo Dorland of Ta Porte, secretary of the Tin Lake assembly. The L E B and W railroad agreed to pay 36700 after attorneys Frank Osborne and ex-Judge Biddle conferred. The judge instructed the jury to render a verdict accordingly, ending the damage suits from the winter night tragedy when the train plunged on river ice.
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Geo. Dorland
Taporte
Tine Lake
Wabash
Crank or Brute Healer Slashes Bride in New Orleans
In New Orleans on May 11 Doctor De Carlo a self styled healer cut Mrs Frank Nicolace throat with pruning shears to drive out the devil then brutalized her with his fists claiming to make it too hot for the devil. The bride who married two weeks ago is dying and De Carlo is under arrest. Mars Nicolace husband sought help after her marriage believing she was possessed.
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New Orleans
Frank Nicolace
de Carlo
de Corto
Mars
Nicolace
Ili
Laurels for Herz 1 Chennati in London
Rev Dr Joseph C Herzl Chennati, American Methodist Episcopal bishop of Africa, arrived in London. He reports missions in Liberia and Madeira in excellent condition. Dr Wartzell has recovered from African fever and has been made a grand commander of the Order of the Redemption in Africa for protecting British subjects on the Liberian border.
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London
Joseph C. Herz
Chennati
Afric
Liberia
Madeira
Wartzell
Order of the Redemption In Africa
Iis
Elderly donor James A. Bell to retire in Los Angeles
James A. Bell, 85, who gave 11,000 volumes to the Brooklyn Library last year, will spend his remaining years in Los Angeles. He has long resided in Brooklyn and many friends and strangers pressed him for gifts, generating persistent requests and even threatening letters.
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New York
James A. IT. Bell
Bronklyn Lbrary
Los Angeles
Cal
Vie
Brooklyn
Tias
Tie
Monument to Dewey Urged in Golden Gate Park
Irving M. Scott of the Union works urges California to welcome Admiral Dewey on his return voyage and to erect a suitable monument to the Manila hero in Golden Gate Park. The idea is met with great enthusiasm by the public.
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San Francisco
Cal
Irving M. Scot
The
Union From Works
California
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Golden Gate Park
Pangs of Hunger Drive Starving Russians to Eat Grass
In the eastern provinces famine is worsening with typhus and scurvy rampant and inhabitants dying by scores. Samara district natives reportedly eat grass as famine deepens, per report.
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ST. Petersburg
Samara
Delegates to International Kyworth league convention in Indianapolis
Delegates will attend the International Kyworth league convention in Indianapolis on July 20. Gov Mount and Sena or Beveridge will welcome them and several speakers are listed including Bishop Fowler General John Potts and James Me Bickley.
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Indianapolis
Gov. Mount
Senaor Beveridge
Bishop Fowler
John
Gov
John’ Potts
James
Me ‘Bickley
Columbia yacht owner C Oliver Iselin dominant in yachting circles
C Oliver Iselin, principal owner of the new yacht Columbia, is the premier figure in American yachting. A law-educated leisure aristocrat and top sportsman, he aims to win the cup after a decade of effort, while earning fame as a leading yachtsman and nautical authority.
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C. Oliver Iscelin
America
Iselin
Girls in Bloomers at Y M C A Show
The W C A staged a bloomers display with 95 athletes in blue blouses and full bloomers. Miss Anderson led drills, a lively basketball game, and varied routines as Miss Tille Holle captained the Reds and Miss Mary McGee led the Blues in a 14 to 2 win. The event closed with an annual meeting planned for Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Second Presbyterian Church.
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Grace
Dr. Nehrbas
Reds
Tille Holle
Mary McGee
Blues
May Camphill
May Stuart
May Ballard
Opal Tilford
Miss McGrath
May Mathews
Jennie McGee
Nettie Smith
Miss Anderson
Andersen
University of Indianapolis
Miss McGee
Liege
Second Presbyterian Church
Smallpox Quarantine Lifted and Reimposed at Salem Street
Smallpox quarantine at the Crewett house on Salem Street was lifted after 14 days following Mrs. Crewett's case but was reestablished when Adelia Crewett, three years old, broke out with the disease on Wednesday. Health officers note surprise at the 24 day gap before reimposition.
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Crewett
Salem St
Mrs Kline Dies After Long Illness At Indianapolis Home
Elizabeth Kline wife of Frederick Kline died at 906 IF Georgia street after nearly three years of illness from dropsy. Born in Brienz Switzerland in 1831 she came to the United States as a child and lived in Indianapolis 47 years, the last 32 in the home she died in. She married in 1957 and was a member of Hope lodge No 6 Knights and Ladies of Honor. Surviving are sons Charles and Thomas E Kline daughters Mrs Alice Duthie and Mrs Anna E Rafert all of Indianapolis.
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Hope Lodge
No. 6
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Consumers’ Gas Company
Chas
Kline
Alice Duthie
Anna
E Rafert
Neon
Who Was She Sat by Fall Creek on a Rainy Wednesday
A thin-faced woman sat for hours on the north bank of Fall Creek near Central Ave bridge on Wednesday afternoon. Bystanders saw her through drizzle as a search party later scoured the area but found only mud and frogs.
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Fall Creek
Centralave
Valiant Geo. B. Marshall
Pension Office
Alger forms wartime cabinet meeting weekly
Washington May 11 Secretary Alger has created a cabinet of his own to speed war department work. An order requires the adjutant general inspector general surgeon general chief of engineers and other military chiefs to meet him each Wednesday afternoon to discuss matters. Alger’s first cabinet meeting was held Wednesday.
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Washington
Alser
War Department
Spector
Algers
Births Deaths and Marriages Notice Card
Births list multiple families in city addresses with genders noted. Deaths record ages and causes including railroad injuries and illnesses. Several marriage licenses listed with couples and partners, indicating local unions and proposed ceremonies.
Combines Gear Prices Rise Amid Farm Equipment Push
Mapte flooring manufacturers will increase prices while corm shelters feed cutters grinding mills and cider presses boost by 15 percent. Plow trust said to target 50 percent market share. Ex Judge Wim A Vincent of Chicago backs the enterprise with headquarters likely in Moline Illinois.
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Plow Trust
Wim. A. Vincent
Chicago
Treadquarters
Moline
Washington reception urged for Admiral Dewey in Chicago
Wire notes say Chicago officials and Illinois manufacturers urge a Dewey visit while Gen Funston and Gov Tanner back a home for him. Comdr Smith to survey Pacific cable route via Victoria to Sidney. A fire in Yukon linked firm loses 100 tons of goods. Rumors of Nicaraguan dispute and a 500 offer to withdraw in Youngstown. A bankruptcy act convention planned in Chicago. Credits include Low and Mahan remarks.
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Washington, D. C
Dewey
Lakeside
Chicago
Nicas Ragua
Costa Rica
Topeka
Gen. Funston
Gov
Tanner
Harrison
Ilinois Manufacturers’ Association
Admiral Dewey
J. Owen
W. R. Torrance
C. R. Brackett
New York
Commander Smith
London
Victoria
Sidney
Fanning
Fiji Islands
New Zealand
D. F. Andapen
Youngstown
North American Transportation and Trade Dug Company
Hamilton
Yukon
Seth
Mahan
United
Army of Baptists gathers in Louisville for convention
In Louisville on May 11, about 7 900 Baptists from the south, including 900 delegates, assemble for the forty fourth Southern Baptist Convention. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees will rule on charges of heresy against Dr. W H Wohitsitt, its president who resigned months ago amid efforts to block acceptance of the resignation. The charges rest on ecclesiastical articles asserting that Baptist immersion practice predates 1840.
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Louisville
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
W. H. Wohitsitt
Wohitsitt
Streetcar Runs Over Child. Motorman and Conductor Jailed
In Wheeling West Virginia on Wednesday evening a street car struck a 6 year old child of Mrs. Coon. Motorman G F Terry and conductor Wm Bradford testified before Mayor Thomas Shepherd they had orders to run regardless of danger because United States marshals would provide protection. They were arrested and jailed.
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Wheeling
W. Va
American coal eyed by French navy in fuel test
Washington notes indicate French naval authorities may adopt American coal for its higher smoke and lower ash compared with Cardiff coal. Indiana resident Albert M. Reagsin is named farmer at the Indian agency Fuchio North Minneapolis at a monthly wage of 3000. Porto Rico post offices and schools will fly the U.S. flag. The British Venezuelan arbitration commission session, planned for Paris, is postponed to June. Mrs Maertens, a noted peace conference figure, is said to be a member of the arbitration committee and may not attend simultaneously.
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Washington
Cardiff
Paris
Maertens
Flo
Bath
Stove Trust Committee Probes Baker Consolidation Plan
Cincinnati May 11 The 200 stove manufacturers have devoted time to J W Bakers proposition to form a trust A committee works on the details Baker outlines a consolidation scheme claiming at least 15 000 000 a year can be saved by expense reductions.
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Cinnati. O
J. W. Baker
Baker
Indianapolis men attend Cincinnati meeting on home company
Indianapolis men in St Henry Bennett and George Alig of Home Stows company travel to Cincinnati for a meeting. George Alig Jr said Thursday he had heard nothing from his father and did not know whether the Home company would enter a combines net.
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Indianapolis
Henry W. Bennett
Indianapolis Stows Company
George Alig
Home Stows Company
Cincinnati
George Alig, Jr
Cloudburst Ravages Homer Nebraska and Surroundings
Telephoned weather bulletin from Homer Nebraska reports a cloudburst flooding a 15 by 20 mile tract with several feet of water. Hundreds seek refuge on bluffs as crops are washed out and cattle drown. no loss of life reported.
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Sioux City
Homer
Neb
Board of Works to Seek Crossing Change After McGowan
The Board of Works will ask General Manager McGowan to shift car stops from the near crossing to the far crossing upon his return. If he resists, no council will be asked to pass an ordinance enforcing it. Fennott promises four long signs seven inches wide for car signals. Capt. Brouse, Irvington commander of the 100th Indians at Missionary Ridge, has been awarded a congressional bronze medal for bravery.
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Board of Works
McGowan
Sapt
Fennott
Charles W. Brouse
Irvington
Missionary Ridge
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