Lightning Strikes Two Farms In Eaporte Area
In Eaporte Indiana on May 20 a bolt hit a barn on Mrs Ridgways Martin farm injuring Baker who is in serious condition but expected to recover. The barn partially wrecked and nearby Joseph Steamer residence burned with $2 loss. J A Chaney’s home badly damaged. In Brock Indiana Richard Haskell was struck and killed.
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Eaporte
Ind
Ridgway
Martin
Touls ‘Baker
Joseph Steamer
J. A. Chaney
Brock
Richard Haskell
Kokomo Seeks Foes to Oust Chicago Gas Firm
In Kokomo Indiana on May 20 the city council opposed new gas meters sought by the Chicago Gas Company. The firm must honor current rates while gas remains available and has ordered mixer removals from stoves. The council plans court action and may demand forfeiture of the franchise as tensions rise.
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Kokomo
Ind
New
Chicago Gas Company
Chicago
Whale strikes ship halts British tanker in Hong Kong
In the China sea the British oil tanker Peruz struck and killed a 60 foot whale. The vessel sustained a great hull breach and returned to Hong Kong for repairs. The whale weighed 108 tons and was towed ashore.
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Tacoma
Wash
China’ Sea
Hong Kong
Printer Had Something to Do.
In its eighty sixth report the American Bible Society notes distribution of 80,000 English and 10,000 Spanish copies of President Roosevelt’s address on the Bible.
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New York
The
American Bible Society
Roosevelt
Births And Deaths And Marriages In Local Record
Births list several couples with street addresses and infant genders including Paul W and Laura Schubert a boy Ira D and Mary Lundy a boy William and Florence Anderson a girl R and I Metto a girl W E and Nellie Ferris a boy Dan J and Nora McNamara a boy L L and Malinda Smith a boy Alfred and Mrs Cuthrell a boy Abram and Dora Silvester a boy Deaths list Mary M Jones tuberculosis Abraham Phillips cerebral hemorrhage In M Chandler inflammation of bowels weather the Gant inanition James Helphenstine consumption Talbert Hall tuberculosis Peter Banks cerebral hemorrhage Ena Shay consumption James W Pratt heart disease Rudolph Rupert senility Marriages list Alexander Payne and Orilla Penn Bernard Niehues and Laura Gaumann Harvey E Large and Lena Coffin George E Wilson and Mary B Smith Eldridge M Shanklin and Adelaide Lecklider.
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Paul W
Laura Schubert
Newman,st
Ira D
Mary Lundy
Pennsylvania-st
William
Florence Anderson
Marion-ave
I. Metto
Bright-st
W. E
Nellie Ferris
Union-st
Dan J
Nora McNamara
L. L
Malinda Smith
Alfred
Mrs. Cuthrell
Brokst
Abram and
Dora Silvester
Indiana Ave
Mary M. Jones
Georgia St
Abraham Phillips
M. Chandler
W. Georgia
Jones-st
James Helphenstine
Coe-st
Talbert Hall
City Hospital
Peter Banks
Ena Shay
McKinnare
James W. Pratt
Rudolph Rupert
New Jersey St
Alexander Payne
Orilla Penn
Bernard Niehues
Laura Gaumann
Harvey E., Large
Lena Coffin
George E. Wilson
Mary_B. Smith
Eldridge
Adelaide Lecklider
Building Penmints and Repairs Listed by Addresses
A fragmented list records individuals and properties with repair or construction tasks and prices. Entries include James M. Eades 1541 Market St repairs $200, RK Michaels near Twenty third St house $2,500, J D Moore Twelfth St and Beville Ave house $2,200, and W H Hubbard Delaware and Twenty third St house $6,000 among others.
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Jamoes M. Eades
B. . Market-st
R.M. Smock
Central Ave
Della M. Roberts
Stewart-st
Twenty-eighth-st
Anna L.benson
W. Court-st
I. Richardson
Villa-ave
English-ave
RK Michaels
Alabama-st
Twentythird-st
John D. Moore
Twelfth-st
Beville Ave
J.W. Lint
Cottage-ave
H. J. Huder
E. Thirteenth-st
Reuben Hendricks
Lockwood-st
Emma
Sanborn
Madison-ave
I. Lenaghan
West-st
James Sanders
Michigan-st
Island Coal, Company
W. H. Hubbard
Delaware and
Twenttieth-sts
R. W. Long
Noble-st
Two men steal oil painting from theater in New York
In New York on May 20 two men in evening dress arrived in a red automobile in front of Walack's theater. They jumped out and cut a large oil painting of a show girl from its frame. The theft shocked bystanders who watched them drive away and police are investigating.
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NEW _YORK
Wallack
New Biscuit Trust to Rival National Company Forming
Chicago May 20 report states about 150 independent biscuit firms nationwide plan to merge into a giant Union biscuit company to challenge the National biscuit company. The consolidation aims to unite diverse producers under one national rival, signaling a major shift in the U.S. biscuit industry.
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Chicago
National Biscuit Company
Union Biscuit Company
Merger Now Assured for Southern L and Monon Railways
May 20 reports from New York confirm the merger of the Southern railway with Louisville and Nashville and Monon lines. Directors of Southern and L&N have met and agreed to issue 4 percent bonds in Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville stock, offering 78 for common and 90 for preferred. In New Orleans Capt Charles Felter denies British plans to buy U.S. mules. a mule shipment to Cape Town is slated for Tuesday aboard Mount Royal. In Webb City Missouri grocer H W Mayes is shot dead by W H Wagner who says Mayes pestering his wife led to the killing.
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New, York
Southern Railway
Louisville & Nashville
Monon’ Roads
Southern Railway Company
L.' & N. Railroad Company
Chicago
Indianapolis
New Orleans
Charles Felter
Chalmette
Cape Town
Mount Royal
Webb City
H. W. Mayes
W. H. Wagner
Wagner
Mayes
Mrs Downey Disappears From Spencer Home
Nellie Archer Downey wife of Urban Downey, ex representative, vanished from her father’s Spencer home on Monday night. Relatives seek her whereabouts and report she had said she would never live with her husband. Police and family work to locate her.
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Downey
Cone Spencer
Ind
Nellie Archer Downey
Urban Downey
Train Derails After Baseball Struck by Cars Near Tracks
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania on May 20 a baseball thrown under the wheels of a moving passenger train by youths playing near the tracks caused the car to derail. Passengers endured a severe jolt before the train was brought to a stop.
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Tamaqua, Pa
Wheat and Grain Price Snapshot in Milling Freight Notes
Market listings show wheat prices for various grades from No. 2 red to No. 4 white with mixed quality, kilned by May, alongside oats and hay rates. Inspections log multiple car counts for wheat corn and hay across No. 2 to No. 4 grades, reflecting steady activity in the grain trade.
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Eliac
Timothy
Cincinnati Market Notes Quiet Cattle and Sheep Prices
Cincinnati on May 20 reported cattle receipts at 137 and steady prices. Hoge receipts to 1,258 with select animals trading around 7.20 to 7.25, mixed 6.86. Sheep receipts 59 with extra lambs priced 6.26 to 6.75 and extra sheep 5.60 to 6.75.
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Cincinnati
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices at Union Stock Yards
At Union Stock Yards Illinois on May 2 cattle receipts reached 4000 with prices from 1.60 to 7.60 for various grades and calves at 8.50 to 7.00. Hog receipts 22000 with bulk at 7.06 to 7.25, light 6.90 to 7.05, rough 6.90 to 7.10, mixed 6.85 to 7.30, heavy 7.25 to 7.45. Sheep receipts 13000 with good to choice 6.00 to 6.50, westerns 5.65 to 6.35, native lambs 5.40 to 7.00, western 5.25 to 7.00.
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Union
Ill
Union and
Interstate Stockyards
Union Stockyards
Indianapolis
Conseoe
Louisiana
Carolina
California
Chicago Grain and Provisions Market Summary
Chicago May 20 Wheat up to May and July contracts with gains across futures. Corn and oats show modest rises with May and July expiries. Provisions posted mixed levels with pork, ribs, and lard trading at varied prices. Butter and cheese quotes mixed, with dairy goods listing several grades and brands. Market notes include storage rates and general commodity quotes from Chicago.
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Chicago
Indiana firm promotes coal and building material combine
The Indiana investment and adjustment company promotes a combined association of coal lumber brick and iron material dealers in the Stevenson building. The aim is to maintain uniform prices across sectors without controlling individual businesses, benefiting both dealers and consumers as volumes grow. Officers include Addison H. Nordyke president and August M. Kuhn vice president with Edward M. Churchman as director. A meeting is planned to finalize details.
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The
Indiana Investment and Adjustment Company
Stevenson
Addison H. Nordyke
August M. Kuhn
Charles E. Nordyke
George C. Pratt
John L. Moore
Robert C.finch
Edward M. Churchman
London market gains and Indianapolis stock notes May 20
London market shows advances while Union Pacific leads gains amid strike talks. Indianapolis stock quotations list belts, banks, rail and utility stocks with mixed bids and prices. Union Stockyards in Indianapolis report cattle and hog prices. New York stocks open higher with U P, St Paul and Reading among leaders, bonds steady and commodities varied.
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New York
London
U. S
St. Paul
Pacific
N.Y
J. C
U.P
Reading
Texas Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Amalgamated Copper
Erle
Prid
General Electric
East Buffalo Live Stock Market Report May 20
East Buffalo New York reports cattle prices steady. Hog sales include 19 cars with Yorkers 6.90 to 7.10, pigs 6.90 to 7.00, bulk 6.95, mixed packers 7.30 to 7.40, heavy 7.50, roughs 6.75 to 7.00, stags 5.25 to 5.50. Six cars of sheep and lambs noted. Little done.
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East Buffalo
N. Y
The Jobbing Trade Prices for Poultry and Produce
Prices paid by shippers for poultry, eggs, cheese, butter, hides, flour, fruits, vegetables, oysters, fish, canned goods, coffee, sugars, meats, and groceries. Includes per pound, per bushel, per crate, and per ton rates across multiple items with numerous brands and grades listed.
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New York
California
Califoria
New
Florida
Bermuda
Java
Rio
Santos
Ariosa
Lion
Jersey
Caracas
Dileworth's
Dominions
Columbia
Ideal Golden
Ridgewood
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Printer
NEW Biscuit Trust
Will Buck
MONON
Charley Haan
City Grain Market
Wall-St
Meyer’& Kiser
Union *Pacific
Mitchell
Belt
commMon
Cesceseesaes
Indianapolis Street Railway
American National Bank
Pite
National Bank
Wee Lb Central. Trust Company
Columbia National Bank
Merchants” National Bank
Indiana
Marion Trust Company
Union. Trust Company
Light and Power
Trust
Chiapas American Central Life
Paaduvevadesee ‘Oe Home Brewing
Diagueeeas
P. Wasson Preferred
Indianapolis Street
Y Ry
Indianapolis’ Gas Company
Citizens
Union Traction
Union ‘Traction
Broad Ripple Traction &S
Indianapolis Improvement
Indiana Cold Storage
Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
Shdodadeteact
Atlas
Ask
Elgin
Etsah
Kingan & Co
Tierces
Castile
Coal and
Pittsdur
Rous
Keefer
Brussels
Dobson's
Smyrnex
People's
West Washington St
Kentucky Avenue
Chie
Security Trust Company
Sapital
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