Lightning strikes Adirondack town houses and pasture
AURORA Ind May 13 Lightning struck the house of Thomas Gravey at Fri Gay shocking the inmates A large hole was torn in the roof of Thomas Walker s house two cows were killed in the pasture for John Walters A bolt struck the low share of Benjamin Wilson knocking him down and stunning the horses and Fred Housemyer and Sherman Abbot were severely shocked
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Aurora
Ind
Thomas Gravey
Thomas Walker
John Walters
Benjamin Wilson
Fred Housemyer
Sherman Abbot
Stepdaughter awarded damages in Indiana case
Lena Trenschman won a verdict for 2709 dollars against her stepmother for injuries inflicted as punishment. Defense lawyers seek a new trial claiming jurors recorded individual damage amounts then divided by 12 to reach the total, alleging the method is illegal.
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Lafayette
Ind
Lena Trenschman
Editor of the Searchlight jailed after multiple assaults
Salem Indiana May 13 D A Jennings editor of the Searchlight was arrested after beating his wife three times in one day. He was released on bond after the first assault and returned to repeat the act. His wife sought protection at the jail and Jennings faced six indictments in total.
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Salem
Ind
D. A. Jennings
the Searchlight
Jennings
Maybe He Was Drunk in a Murder Trial at Bloomfield
May 13 in Bloomfield Ind Mrs Lou Gray wife of Murderer Gray testified for the defense noting his peculiar actions and insomnia He often sat up all night smoking cigarettes Mrs Andy Johnson said Dr Gray visited her sick baby but acted so strangely she feared giving the medicine He may have been drunk was brought out on cross examination
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Bloomfield
Ind
Lou Gray
Gray
Andy Johnson
Widow awarded 6000 against Pennsylvania railroad
In Richmond Indiana on May 13 the widow of John H Parish obtained a 6000 judgment against the Pennsylvania railroad. Parish a conductor was killed near Batam Ohio a few months ago and the widow had sought 15030. The case will be appealed.
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Richmond
Ind
John H. Parish
Pennsylvania Railroad
Parish
Batam
Theodore Thuis Heir to Large Family Dies in Runaway
The Seventeenth Sen. Vincennes reports Theodore Thuis died from injuries after a runaway accident. He was the seventeenth son in a family of 24, highlighting a large household in Vincennes.
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Sen. Vincennes, Inc
Theodore Thuis
Fragmented Indiana notices from scattered towns
Aerial, fragmentary list of Indiana deaths, local events, business plans, and oddities across Hartford City Sullivan Seymour Terre Haute Muncie Noblesville Anderson Corydon Crawfordsville Mishawaka Linton Prince ton Lafayette and other locales. Notable items include deaths by lightning and accident, a high school graduation count, a plan to locate a factory, and local civic notes.
Diverse Local Notices From Indiana Chronicle
A batch of short items from Indiana counties reports court actions and damages sought by Miss Anna Fawcett, a 13 month calendar by C H Bendy, and politicians like Treasurer-elect Henry Fisher. Other notes include a fatal morphine overdose in Rush county a misen egg with an eye in Hendricks, a Kokomo gas well prove productive, marriage rumors in Ko komo, and various odd incidents including a baby found in a shoe box and a stolen or forged mortgage allegation involving Elkhart county Walmers.
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Anna Fawcett
Posey
Henry Fisher
Dennis Fitzgerald
Rush County
Hendricks County
Kokomo
Marshall Mercer
Oscar Garr
Floyd Wheeler
Eva Taylor
Patoka
Fire damages Euclid Avenue block dry goods store
Fire swept part of the Hoyt Kent Sefton Co. dry goods store on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland between 3 and 4 am Saturday. Fire started on the sixth floor and burned downward destroying valuable stock. Loss set at about 0600 dollars, electric wire suspected as the cause.
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Cleveland, O
Euclidave
Hoyt-Kent-Sefton Company
Two Halifax youths flogged for desertion to US Navy
At the Halifax navy yard on Friday two boys aged 17 and 18 were flogged by a naval court after attempting to desert to enlist in the United States Navy. They were caught boarding a steamer to New York and sentenced to 24 lashes each with birch soaked 24 hours. The punishments left them badly lacerated.
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Halifax
N. S
Comus
Navy Yard
United States Navy
Aney
New York
Fireworks crowd seats collapse injuring twenty two at Paris show
In Paris Texas on May 13 during a State firemen’s association event a large semicircular seating area collapsed. Two thirds of the seats gave way injuring 22 spectators, with L B Hunt sustaining a broken back and described as likely to die.
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Paris
Tex
L. B. Hunt
Birt Found Guilty of Embezzling Over One Million
London May 13 G R Birt longtime Millwall Dock Company chairman and fugitive from February burglary was found guilty of embezzlement. Birt age 70 with 13 children, disappeared last winter leaving a 1 200 000 shortage, then arrested in London.
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G. R. Birt
London
Millwall Dock Company
Birt
Jailer Moves Prisoner to Barn Amid Mob Fears
In Calhoun Illinois on May 13 a jailer spirited Bryant-Taylor, a ten year man for the Logsden murder, to a barn two miles from town after fears of a mob forming to hang him.
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Calhoun, Iy
Riggs
Bryant-Taylor
Joe Logsden
Boers Active Near Cape Town Guns On Train
Cape Town reports a train moving through with artillery guns and a detachment of artillerymen aboard. The scene suggests heightened military activity as forces mobilize in the region.
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Cape Town
Paine's celery compound touted by New York society
An appeal extols Paine's celery compound as a premier spring remedy for nervous fatigue and weight regain. Mrs. Robert Osborn lauds it as a nerve invigoration and health tonic, claiming widespread endorsements from physicians, newspapers, and diverse social circles for rheumatism relief, blood purification, and kidney support.
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Paine
Robert Osborn
New York City
Rome Lawyer and Wife Granted Papal Audience
Mr English a Chicago lawyer and his wife formerly Miss Sutro of California received a private 15 minute audience with the pope on Friday. Vienna reports slow censorship on riots sparked by Nicolieff supporters in Russia with many rioters and 13 cossacks killed as details emerge.
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Rome
English
Chicago
Miss Sutro
California
Vienna
Nicolieff
Russia
HogsiER Pensions and Related Restorations
A list of pension actions showing original claims, restorations, increases, and reissues for multiple individuals across Indiana towns. Names include James W. Potts, John H. Leavenburgh, Peter B. Martin, Richard Carpenter, Samuel Sholty, and others with stated monetary amounts and locations such as Fort Wayne, Bloomington, Walkerton, South Bend, and Logansport. Also notes widows and related beneficiaries.
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Joseph M. Goddard
Monroeville
Nicholas W. Housekeeper
South Bend
Genjamin F. Rabinehart
Walkerton
James WW. Potts
Drceased
Alfordsville
John H. Leavenburgh
Fort Winyne
Peter B. Martin
Bloomington
Richard Carpenter
Galve
Sarah 3. Lavanway
Fort Wayne
Susan Guffey
Wwarveysburg
Sarah Brosser
Logansport
Sarah A. Leslie
Albion
Home proof boosts trust in Doan's Kidney Pills
John Glick, boiler maker from 124 Douglass street, endorses Dean's Kidney Pills citing relief from back and kidney pains after cramped work positions. He purchased at Henry J. Huder's drug store and notes restored kidney secretions and absence of pain after completing treatment. Doan's Kidney Pills sell for 50 cents per box, with Foster Milburn Co as sole U S agents.
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Maine
California
Indianapolis
Dean
John Glick
Douglass Sr
Chandler & Taylor
Henry J. Huder
Doan
Foster-Milburn Company
Buffalo
United States
Cincinnati and Return Special Train May 14
One dollar round trip via Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway. Special fast train departs Cincinnati at 7:10 a.m. and returns from Rushville, Connersville and Hamilton, reaching Cincinnati at 6:25 p.m. on Sunday, May 14.
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Cincinnati
Rushville
Connersville
Hamilton
A. m
S.st
Columbus
S and
Richmond
Stouis
D. S
Atlantic
Indianapolis
Ecnesess
da Express
Mail Express
L &N
Western Express
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway
Dinner and services listed at Plaza cafe and local businesses
An itemized local listing notes a full dinner for 15 cents at Plaza cafe, an eight dollar offering at 40 Monument Place, and services by Dr W B Craig veterinary surgeon with office at Wood's stable. It also mentions Progress Laundry with collars and cuffs priced at four cents.
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Monument-place
W. B. Craig
Sogs
Wood's Stable
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J. H. Dowell
Hartford City
Elizabeth McGrew
Sullivan
Henry Stacy
New Albany
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Miami College
W. G. Alvey
Muncie
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W. Hare and Son
Noblesville
Anderson
Union Steel Unit
Alexandria
Cook
Corydon
Indiana
Laura Street
Marion
Henry Bohnert
Washington
James P. Crawford
Terre Haute Iron and Steel Company
Indiana Academy of Science
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Knightstown
Sarah Trail
Waterloo
Texas
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Princeton
Mishawaka
Henry T. Johnson
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Springefield
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Wiliam Abbott
Gaston
Lucien
Nicholson Law
C. H. Bendy
Campbell & Fetter
Wabash
Geo. Appy
Dewey
Manila
J. Ravencroft
Ella Kern
Maud Gingerick
Levi Connel
A. A. Beal
George B. Jones
Krushville
Greenfield
Frank Borst
Reuben Sawvell
Tom Armstrong
Fort Wayne Building Company
Solomon
Noah Walmer
Elkhart County
Walmers
Tom Rice
Fountain County
Rice
Greensburg
Cleveland
South Pennsylvania
Hogsier Pensions
Progress Laundry
Dr. Klick
G. K
Cook Bros
Grocers
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Vandalia Line
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Cleveland Mail
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W. Ace
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Roachdale
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