Diamonds and ring stolen in Hoosier home burglary
Maskea burglars entered Sam Prager’s Terre Haute home securing 800 dollars in diamonds and jewelry while Mrs Prager wore diamond earrings. They forced Mr Prager to remove his solitaire ring. Officers found no trace. Marion Herron died after a crash caused by an auto called by William Moore. Mr and Mrs Herron suffered broken bones.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Maskea
Sam Prager
Prager
Marion Herron
Frignt
William Moore
Dynamite Shatters Blind Tiger Saloon in Corydon Attempt
In Corydon Indiana on November 4 a powerful dynamite blast shattered the front of James T Tabler saloon building amid an alleged effort to destroy a blind tiger. No licensed saloon exists in town and Tabler faces charges related to operating the illegal bar. A nearby EFOKOMO Indiana report notes a horse driven by a rider was frightened to death in a separate incident.
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James T. Tabler
Tabler
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Helpful To Indianapolis Man
Indianapolis man Dr John Parkinson of 814 Maple Street reports severe back pains and kidney weakness relieved by Doan's Kidney Pills from Henry J Huder's drug store. He praises the remedy as giving lasting relief and recommends it to others. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Buy now 50 cents.
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Caldwell
Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello
John Parkinson
Maple Street
Dean
Henry J Huder
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
United States
Gas ordinance settled in Kokomo voters approve monthly stove charge
Kokomo council passes the natural gas ordinance 7 to 3 over Mayor Brouse veto. The city will pay $2.50 per month for each stove used as the gas question is settled.
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Kokomo, Ind
Kokomo
Brouse
Local butchers fall for forged Columbian checks
In Logansport Indiana on November 4 three local butchers reported accepting forged checks they believed were from the Columbian Brewing Company as wages. The checks were deposited in the bank and deemed forgeries.
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Logansport
Ind
Columbian Brewing Company
Union Block Strike Shuts Work In Anderson Indiana
Trouble between the Ironworkers' and the Laborers' unions led to a strike Monday. Work on the new $250,000 Union block is suspended. A meeting of the trades' union has been called to resolve the dispute.
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Anderson
Ind
Trades’ Union
Rushville congressman's daughter dies after illness
Rushville Ind November 4 florine the little daughter of Representative Watson died Monday evening after an illness of two weeks She suffered whooping cough five months ago and its effects lingered in her system.
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Rushville
Ind
Florine
Representative Watson
Elkhart Woman Shot Shows Slow Improvement
Misa Lulu Barney, wounded by Harry Gulmyer Friday evening in Elkhart, Ind, is slowly improving. She holds no resentment toward her assailant and says she is sorry for him and his family.
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Elkhart
Ind
Misa Lulu Barney
Harry Gulmyer
Multiple Local Accidents and Changes Reported in Indiana
Reports from Indiana on November 4 describe several incidents including Harry Krautz 17 being accidentally shot in the foot by his father with a hammerless pistol, Henry Busly dying instantly after a self inflicted gunshot while over a fence, and Archie Diess's revolver wound to Henry Smith near the heart. Other items note a broken leg from a bale fall, Clyde Giltner fishing all week in Sugar creek, a gas surge at Will Rhorer’s farm with a 900 foot deep well, a new firm refurbishing the City hotel in Fountain City, and Italians filing naturalization papers in Logansport to vote.
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Terre Haute, Ind
Harry Krautz
Goblesville
W. I. Steele
Waveland
Clyde Giltner
Sugar Creek
Hartsville
Will Rhorer
Fountain City
Logansport
Ito
Vast Indiana town notices rich harvest and mishaps
In a long dispatch, towns from Rich Harvest to Richmond report accidents, fires, marriages, and business moves. Highlights include Mrs. Sarah Maran duke’s fall in Washington, a $20 000 wool sale in Covington, a Baptist church site in Michigan City, and a $30 000 Kemp Memorial Church plan in Tipton.
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Washington
Sarah Maranduke
Mitchell—M. E. Church Ladies’ Aid Society
Greensburg
Joseph Herbert
Johanna Wilmer
Hagerstown
Jesse Matthews
Nellie Best
Chicago
Jeffersonville
American Car and Foundry Company
Covington
Morris Herzceg
Cambridge
Worthington
Fred Gray
Fannie Foley
Bloomfield
Tipton
Kemp Memorial Methodist
Bedford
Frank K. Birdwell
Oolitic Mills
Bloomington
J. D
W. N. Showers
J. M. Smith
Indiana Meeting Highlights and Obituary Notes
Obituary notes Mrs Rebecca J Nye widow of Zadock A Nye who died after a short illness at age 96. The piece lists upcoming meetings in the region for the Indiana yearly meeting of Friends and other groups including the state music teachers association and the state medical association. It mentions various religious and educational gatherings and a Hicksite meeting.
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Richmond
Rebecca
J. Nye
Zadock A. Nye
Indiana
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Indiana State Music Teachers’ Association
Indiana State Medical Association
Hicksite Meeting
A. M. E. Conference
Friends’ Bible Institute
Befriended Tramp Leaves Paducah Man a Fortune
Henry Douglas, an ice wagon driver, befriended a sick homeless boy in 1900. The boy, known as Greasy Jim, later named Douglas as beneficiary of a life insurance policy, with a $5,000 payout pending in Manila. The insured, James Holman, died in a Philippine hospital and left Douglas as beneficiary.
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Paducah
Henry Douglas
Jim
Douglas
James Holman
Philippines
Manila
Thia
Holman
Death by Starvation Linked to Practical Joke
A coroner's jury ruled the death of Peter Brown of Astoria a starvation death after a U S marshal scare. The elderly veteran, fearing arrest for bootlegging, hid in an unused stable and starved himself to death. No one was charged.
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G. W. Brown
Brown
Business College of
Bloomington
Peter Brown
Astoria
U.S
Tripp
United States
Cat loving author seeks Lakeview burial for pet angora
Mrs. S. Louise Patteson of Cleveland requests permission to bury her large angora cat at Lakeview cemetery arguing the animal’s grand life deserves a shaded grassy plot. Local authorities have not agreed, and the cat will likely remain at home.
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Cleveland
S. Louise Patteson
Kitty Mecow
Lakeview Cemetery
White House
Roosevelt
Mrs. Patteson
Tons of Mail Flood Indianapolis Post Office Campaign
The Indianapolis post office reports unusually heavy campaign literature business with about $3,000 received to cover the effort. The office worked all day and night for four days, with substitutes called in, and by Monday the backlog was nearly cleared.
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Indianapolis
McGinnis
Marion County
Indiana Insurance Reinsured by Girard Fire Insurance Co
Indianapolis business of the Indiana Insurance Company has been reinsured and all liabilities assumed by the Girard Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia on and after Oct. 23, 1902. The Girard company reports assets over two million and fifty years in business. Hall & Hill of Girard will handle endorsements transfers and insurance changes. Also notes on local ads for dyeing cleaning barber supplies and a dental college listing remains on the Sun’s Real Estate and For Sale sections.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Insurance Company
Girard Fire Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Indiana
Hall & Hill
Girard Insurance Company
Girard Fine Insurance Co
Thorpe Block
E. Marketst
Charles Schurmann
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Efokomo
Parry Carriage Company
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Henry Busly
Sullivan, Ind
Archie Diess
Henry Smith
Smith
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Shanghai
China
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Connersville
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New Castle
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Lon Hawkins
Brandywine Township
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Seymour
Rownstown Telephone Company
GAS City
East Liverpool
Mishawaka
Michael Geyer
Evansville
William Pettberg
Harvey Weatherhold
Peter Varney
Crawfordsville
William Hibbs
McCullough
Hibbs
South Bend
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Wabash
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T. J. Sullivan
Erie
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Clyde Suthertin
Rod Miller
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