Roanoke Celebrates Kil-So-Quah Centenary in Indiana
Roanoke Indiana marks July 4 as the centennial birthday of Kil-So-Quah the Miami princess daughter of Little Turtle. The town near the Wabash and Erie canal grew with early settlers like Jared Darrow and Capt Columbia while railroads followed and today houses about 900 residents with a local newspaper and Wayne knitting mills employing seventy.
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Roanoke
Ind
Kil-So-Quah
Little Turtle
Miami
Indiana
Wabash and Erie Canal
Lem Jones
Paul Salts
Bob Eskridge
Hl Blount
Thomas Hacket
John McTaggart
James
Andrew Branstratter
George Shank
Hugh
William Taft
Aaron Rose
George Chapman
Tim Horton
Lemue
Salts
Wabash
Wabash Valley
Wayne Knitting Mills
Treat No More Players
Dr. John D. Reese a famed bonesetter and bloodless surgeon in Youngstown announces he will no longer treat ball players. He cites private reasons and leaves open the possibility of resuming in the future. Players Tommy Leach and Jim Jordan were due for treatment.
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Youngstown, CO
John D. Reese
Special Sale on All-Wool Suits by S. J. Singer & Sons
All-wool gray and blue serge suits made to order for 10.75 dollars with satisfaction guaranteed. Offered by S. J. Singer & Sons located at 43 West Washington Street.
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S. J. Singer & Sons
Washington St
Indiana temperance forces face tougher odds to save local option law
May 27 Bloomington Indiana Laman K Babcock private secretary to Mayor Shank of Indianapolis told Federated Churchmen's clubs that brewery interests have a well organized plan to secure nominations from both parties statewide He said the brewery camps will fight harder because they have learned politics and can repeal the local option law.
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the Sun
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana
Laman K. Babcock
Shank
Indianapolis
Federated Churchmen’s Clubs
Babcock
Millionaire in Long Trying Death Race
W. J. Chalmers, Chicago manufacturer, and his wife sped from Carlsbad by rail and river to reach New York for their daughter's serious illness. They chartered trains and hired a turbine boat, then boarded the Mauretania to arrive Saturday morning.
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New York
Carlsbad
Germany
W. J. Chalmers
Chicago
Norman Williams
Chalmers
Ireland
Tappan Had Been Only Spoofing in Hartford City Case
Parole Officer Larimer of Michigan City investigates the record of Gentleman David Tappan who was sent up two years ago. He allegedly gained entry to A L Bunswold's home as a piano salesman, seduced the wife, and obtained loans claiming Texas land ownership. The evidence shows the Texas property was transparent and overvalued.
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Hartford City
Ind
Texas
Coal firm seeks freight-rate relief from multiple railways
The Sullivan Coal Company asking the Indiana Railroad Commission to revise coal freight rates charged by the Southern Railway through Dugger Greene County and to secure fair terms from Big Four Pennsylvania L E W and Belt connections. It also notes Lake Shore Michigan Southern seeks exemption from a block signal rule under a state law for a side line between Elkhart Indiana and White Pigeon Michigan with limited trains.
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Sullivan Coal Company
Dugger
Greene County
Indiana Railroad Commission
Southern Railway Company
Big Four
Pennsylvania
Belt Railroad
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company
Railroad Commission of Indiana
Elkhart
Ind
White Pigeon
Mich
Ill W ool Blue Serge Suits to Order Special Price
J Singer & Sons offers to order ill wool blue serge suits at ten 75 a price. The shop is located at 43 West Washington Street.
Hawk named district superintendent in Chicago
Anderson Indiana May 27 The appointment of Pete Hawk to district superintendent of the Postal Telegraph company in Chicago pleases locals Hawk started as Andersons first messenger boy and served as first Bell Telephone night operator His longest messenger run was to the Heading company and he once earned dimes from J L Kilgore at the factory he regarded as large.
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Anderson
Ind
Pete” Hawk
Postal Telegraph Company
Chicago
Hawk
Bell Telephone Company
J. L. Kilgore
Receiver Chosen for Harlan Property in Divorce Case
Judge Mc Masters appointed a receiver for the Oliver E. Harlan and Grace B. Harlan property in a divorce matter. The Railroadmen's Building and Savings Association filed the petition, citing loans totaling 2300 from 1907 and several smaller mortgage-backed debts. The Trior Trust Company, L. M. Maxfield, and James M. Bishop hold mortgages, and a deed to the parents does not block the receivership per Judge Carter.
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McMasters
Superior Court
Oliver E. Harlan
Grace B. Harlan
Vinson Carter
Railroadmen’s Building and Savings Association
Harlan
Trior Trust Company
L. M. Maxfield
James M. Bishop
Carter
City to Run Trade School for Girls in Manhattan
New York City will lease the Manhattan Trade School for Girls for two years transforming it from a private charity to a public trade school. The program aims to teach girls in 12 months the essential trades available to women, marking a notable shift in American education.
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New York
New York City
Board of Education
Manhattan
Home Run in Twelfth Decides West Baden Victory
In West Baden Indiana on May 27 the West Baden Sprudels defeated the French Lich Pluteos 6 to 4 with a twelfth inning homer. Batteries Plauto Watkins Williams Crow for the Pluteos Sprudels Taylor Wiley.
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West Baden
Ind
Inining
Pluteos
West Baden Sprulers
Sprudels
Plauto
Watkins
Williams
Crow
Taylor
Wiley
Meanest Man In Lafayette Abandons Mother And Home
Bud Warren of Lafayette is described as the meanest man after he reportedly left his 70 year old mother with an empty house. He rented from Ostrander, paid in advance, then vanished with all the furniture overnight. The mother found the house bare when the month ended.
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Lafayette
Ind
Bud Warren
T. W
Wstrander
Ostrander
Hoosier Charged With Attempted Sale Of Girl
Word reaches Ft Wayne of the arrest of Charlies H. Stanford, railroad employee, accused of attempting to sell 17 year old Nel lie Bell of Lima for a life of shame. Stanford allegedly induced Bell to elope to Chicago, securing a room at the LeRoy hotel as plans unfolded.
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Wayne Man
Lima
FT. Wayne
Ind
Charlies H. Stanford
Pennsylvania Railroad
Nellie Bell
Chicago
LeRoy Hotel
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Badger Furniture Co
Washington Street
Trade School For Girls
The
Merchants Heat & Light Co
Edward L. McKee
M. Ayres
G. A. Efroymson
Charles Mayer
Henry Kahn
P. Wasson
Pennsylvania Street
Main
Indianapolis, Ind
Hoosier
Kaiser
Berlin
William
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