Indiana Doings Longview Rings Suit to Enjoin Its Big Neighbor
Crawfordsville Indiana May 2 A suit seeks to stop Crawfordsville from annexing the suburb of Longview. Longview has been an incorporated town for 18 years. The complaint says the Crawfordsville council passed an ordinance for annexation without voter submission or an election. It also claims Longview cannot undertake new street or alley work or spend funds beyond ordinary running expenses.
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Longview
Crawfordsville
Ind
Crantoriaville
Ten Imprisoned by a Cavern in Cloverland Mine
Ten men were trapped by a collapse at Seliera coal mine near Cloverland Indiana on Thursday night. Rescuers worked swiftly and all prisoners were lifted to safety by midnight with no injuries reported.
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Terre Haute
Ind
deave-In
Seliera
Cloverland
Coroner’s inquest finds innocence for Logen Ingles and Frank Dillon
A coroner’s inquest clears Logen Ingles and Frank Dillon of a crime after they were arrested last week and released without preliminary hearing. The evidence presented supports their innocence.
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Logen Ingles
Frank Dillon
Dade
Tippecanoe County Is Out Of Debt
Tippecanoe County plans to pay the final instalment of its court house bonds worth 173 373 dollars to Northwestern Life Insurance company, completing payment of the county’s indebtedness. The courthouse cost 200 001 dollars. County treasurer William E Geadlett and county auditor Harvey H Cheney accompany the trip to Milwaukee to settle the debt.
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Tippeca-noe
Harvey H. Cheney
William E. Geadlett
Milwaukee
Court House
Northwestern Life Insurance Company
Was a Man Involved in Yeager Death?
In Kokomo Indiana on May 2 reports say there is no crew to identify a killer of Lewis Yeager. Some believe the person seen with Yeager the night he died was not the actual killer, stirring uncertainty and local speculation.
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Kokomo, Ind
Lewis Yeager
Yeager
Literary societies elect officers in Crawfordsville Indiana
Crawfordsville Ind May 2 The Indiana union of literary societies elects officers for the year President Mrs Eva Rohboch Wabash Vice President Miss Eliza Browning Indianapolis Secretary Treasurer Mrs Minnie McKnight Crawfordsville Chairman of program committee Mira Frank Baylor Elwood
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Indiana Union of Literary Stutes
Eva Rohboch
Wabash
Eliza, Browning
Indianapolis
Minnie McKnight
Mira
Frank F. Baylor
el Woot
Real estate assessment nears completion in Richmond
In Richmond Indiana on May 2 the city real estate assessment nears completion. The peak valuation is at Main and Eighth streets at 80 per foot, up from 70 per foot. The report notes there are between...
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Richmond
Ind
Main and
Eighth Sts
Fort Wayne ministerial group targets Sunday excursions
Fort Wayne leaders vow to curb weekend trips as a three minister committee plans to meet railroad officials to protest Sunday excursions into the city. The group may address Sunday baseball next if needed.
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Fort Way Ind
Port Wayne
One Man Strike Shocks Frankfort Factory
Frankfort Indiana May 2 A one man strike began at a new canning plant as labor unions go on record. Samuel Strong a carpenter by trade quit work after union organizers. He learned workers at the plant were paid seven cents an hour and toiled fourteen hours daily. Carpenters union scale in the city calls for twenty eight cents an hour and nine hours per day. Charley Myers reports farmers in Porter County face hard soil and poor seed beds. In Rensselaer vaccination drives predict near eradication of smallpox as 700 arms were vaccinated Friday. Emanuel Yanna of Roanoke visits Perus May 2 and returns home at sixty one years old and plans months longer travel. Objecting merchants in Montpelier clash with Hartford City traders over business pull.
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Fight Over Flirtation Sparks Circus Night Fracas
In Loganport Indiana on May 2 a post circus brawl broke out after a West side girl flirted with an East end youth. The fight involved around ten youths with brick and stone throwing reported. Multiple injuries noted though details remain sketchy. In Frankfort Indiana on May 22 a large payroll cut affected Cloverleaf railroad workers with about 330000 distributed among shop and yard staff depot clerks and conductors.
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Ing
Frankfort
Ind
Interurban Service Expands and Extensions Planned
Martinsville cars adopt regular hourly schedules with hour and a half travel time. service will be permanent. Half hour runs to Bloomington on Greenfeld line start Saturday. Knightstown through routes to be added. Spring Lake Park near Greenfeld draws riders. extra cars due to higher demand. Laying of falls and tracks advances on Indianapolis Columbus & Southern between Edinburg and Columbus. Franklin to Columbus extension expected by Sept 1. Capitalists secure rights of way for Columbus to Madison electric line linking with Indianapolis Columbus & Southern.
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Grape Nuts credited for recovery on London buses
An American claims a diet of Grape-Nuts kept a 6 year old girl nearly paralysed by a stomach illness alive and thriving. She reports two teaspoonfuls per meal for two months then two dessert spoons, no weight loss, and travel to ten foreign countries in three months with Grape-Nuts as a constant.
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Evstum
Battle Cresi
Rain Floods Indiana as Farmers Welcome Wet Spell
Old Uncle Dan recalls heavy rain in Indianapolis and a broad storm across Indiana and neighboring states. Indianapolis recorded 1.2 inches with strong winds and no major damage while cities like Comm bus 2.48 inches and Canbridge City 1.90 inches. Evansville reported no rain. The downpour aided crops in drought areas, though wind caused some damage elsewhere.
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Died of fright in county custody case
Reported incident Thursday night involves Sal Rospitel amid a county transfer. Unclear details and transcription errors obscure full events regarding a murder case linked to Jaman Dabeon Boer and a company named Shams Incised. Further clarification needed.
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Sal Rospitel
Shams
Jaman Dabeon Boer
Mat of
Sriges
Bryan warns Cleveland nomination would ruin the Democratic party
In a Broadsdale Lincoln dispatch William Jennings Bryan argues that nominating Cleveland would bring disgrace to the Democrats and invite complex disaster. He cites 1894 congress elections showing Republican gains and says the party must avoid repeating the 182 to 1896 split. He notes Cleveland left the party demoralized and urges unity ahead of key alliances and conventions.
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Wiliam Jennings Bryan
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Bryan
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