Fort Wayne and Sterling News Briefs From May Day (1900s style)
A Fort Wayne train collision injures several aboard the work car near Robison Park with Charles Phillips, the motorman, sustaining serious leg and thigh injuries. In Sterling a man, Elmer Hall, kills himself, saying he tires of married life. In Allentown Mrs Bachman fatally wounds two children then kills herself. Memorial Day proclaimed for May 3 by Gov Durbin and Congress.
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Fort Watne
Ind
Robizeon Park
Emma Shefferiy
Rose Elitote
Michael Long
Bluffton
Oliver Hinkle
Charles Phillips
Sterling
Elmer Hall
Allentown
el- Yin Bachman
Slatington
Man in Rushville returns to jail to please jailed girl
Frank Burtch a miller, sentenced for living unlawfully with Grace Lewis, was released last Thursday after his employer agreed to stay his fine. Friday night the jailed girl sent a note saying she would kill herself if he did not return to prison. Burtch surrendered Saturday and gave up his job and liberty to stay in jail.
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Rushville
Ind
Jal
Frank Burtch
Grace Lewis
U. S. Works
Burtch
Lewis
Rivers to Power Indiana Mills Promise Growth
Hydrographer M O Leighton and engineers survey northern Indiana rivers to map fast currents. They foresee Logansport and other cities on the Eel Tippecanoe Mississinewa Salamonte and Wabash rivers becoming power hubs as capitalists learn water power’s value free of cost. Earlier limits on water power gave way to gas coal and rail growth. now water power may drive widespread electrical power use.
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Logansport
Ind
M. 0. Leighton
Government Geological Survey
Indiana
Leighton
Eel
Tippecanoe
Mississinewa
Salamonte
Wabash
Untl
1 Ia
Must Put On City Airs to Get Free Delivery
TERRE HAUTE Ind May 2 If the people of Taylorville Central Terre Heure want their mall brought to their doors the town must put on city airs At present the people of that town must wet their mall at the general delivery of fice in this city The government is willing to give the town free delivery on condition that the streets be named the cures numbered and the sidewalks put in good condition for the winter months.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Taylorville
Terre Heure
Fire in Winamac Office Sparks Suspected Solution
In Winamac Indiana on May 2 a man in an office watched sunlight through a plate glass window focus onto an inkstand and papers, causing them to curl, smoke, and burst into flame. Investigators believe this explains several recent mysterious fires in town.
Wife kept on roof during rug cleaning in Connersville
In Connersville Indiana May 21 a man West Hillman upset by his wife going onto the veranda roof to clean rugs locked the windows and kept her there until neighbors arrived to help. They rescued her using a ladder.
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Connersville
Ind
West Hillman
Rushville Man Eats 24 Eggs in Three Minutes
Rushville Indiana May 21 Jos Polasky a local junk dealer set an odd record by eating 24 eggs in about three minutes as part of a wager. He reportedly added pepper and salt to the eggs and declared his appetite not yet exhausted.
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Rushville
Ind
Jos Polasky
City Park Fountain Delayed by Funds Shortage
Riven, partner park project in Loganport cannot be beautified with the city's park fund. The Woman's club offers a fountain and has the money, but lease and water main extension costs leave insufficient funds for completion.
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Mone
Logansport
Ind
Big fire destroys Adama hoop factory at Frankfort
Frankfort Indiana May 21 A large fire Wednesday night leveled the Adama hoop factory, a major Frankfort industry. The loss runs around 15000 with about 33000 of insurance covering the property. Local authorities report extensive damage and prompt response by fire crews.
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Frankfort
Ind
Boy dies after refusing to take a dare in Richmond
Frank Hockett, a young boy, dies from lockjaw after climbing a telegraph pole at a dare. The incident follows reports of coin and bank scam attempts near Vincennes. Separately a Pennsylvanian work train wreck at Plymouth injured two men, Edward Volker and Daniel Haag, with leg injuries. Obituaries note several local ages.
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Richmond
Ind
Frank Hockett
Hockett
Plimouth
Pennsylvania
Edward Volker
Upper Sandusky, C
Daniel Haag
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