Saloon Licenses Targeted in Russiaville Vote Fallout
In Honey Creek township anti saloon forces won the remonstrance against saloon renewals by blocking votes for secretary of state. Russiaville faces license nonrenewals as remonstrance thresholds drop, threatening local saloons. In a separate incident Morrison, a Kentuckian, says Badders drew a weapon and he shot in self defense. Morrison jailed for shooting with intent to kill.
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Tary
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Badders
Dispute Over Beer Price Ends Near Tragedy at Sullivan Saloon
In Sullivan Indiana Hosea Badders, a saloon keeper, quarreled with James Morrison over the price of six glasses of beer. The dispute escalated and Badders was wounded, with his life hanging in the balance as doctors fight to save him.
Reed Breaks Pledge After Liquor Arrest in LaPorte
John C Reed of LaPorte signed a pledge to abstain from liquor under a promise of two years in prison for perjury if violated He was arrested on intoxication charges An affidavit and information will be filed in superior court and Reed says he will plead guilty and accept the sentence to fulfill the pledge news report notes the unusual promise and pending legal action
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Breece
Reed
Court Rules for Plaintiff in Union Trust Will Case
Frankfort Indiana November 11 Special Correspondent the court decides in favor of the plaintiff in the well known will case of the Union Trust Company Indianapolis and Mrs Lihian Thieme Lafayette against Edward Thieme et al the decision opens the estate to an outsider now a stranger outside the Thieme family may claim a share or interest in the estate
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Union Trust Company
Indianapolis
Lihian Thieme
Lafayette
Edward Thieme
Thieme
Suit Over Brewing Company Stock in The Thieme Case
Elizabeth Thieme's will left one fifth of her Hieme Wagens brewing stock to John N. Thieme as trustee for Edward and John Thieme. After John Thieme died without issue, his widow sued John H. Thieme Edward Thieme and the company to claim her husband’s stock. Defendants contend stock passed to survivors on the grandson's death.
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hieme-Wagnes Brewing Company
Elizabeth “Thieme
Brewing Company
John N. Thieme
Edward
John Thieme
John H
Edward Thieme
Traveling Rep Davis Repeatedly Confined at Asylum
Almon E. Davis, a Goshen firm representative, was taken to the asylum for the sixth time after becoming violent in South Bend. He was bound with ropes during transfer as he talked incessantly about Carrie Nua tion.
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South Bend
Ind
Almon E. Davis
Goshen
Carrie Nuation
Secret agent helps seize bogus bills in one day
A government secret agent neutralized over $80 in counterfeit money in a single day. The notes most often circulating were genuine $1 silver certificates altered to appear as $5 or $10 bills.
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Madison
Ind
Indiana Pioneer John Foland Dies At Point Of Death
Elwood Indiana November 11 John Foland 70 longtime pioneer and Civil War veteran lies at the point of death from paralysis following an attack. He served with gallantry in the Civil War.
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Elwood
Ind
John Foland
Indiana
Multiple Local Notices From Indiana Briefs
A string of short item notes reports on plans for a bathhouse in Rochester, a Pendleton banker, mine cave danger near Scofield, a man losing an eye from rye straw, embezzlement new trial for Barsley, Bloomington reward for assault case, a beer wagon fall, Miss Welmer assault investigation, a high death from train in Lafayette, Johannesburg work for Will Booth, deputy prosecutor appointment for J Fenimore Cooper, J N White found dead in California, a Bloomington marriage, wedding anniversary favors, Highland veteran Augustus Nations’ death, Frank Gallager injury, 20 chartered clerks union members, Sundays closed saloons in New Albany, Herbert case retried life sentence, Charles German joking marriage proposal suit, Carnival deficit and divorce suit, and various locals including Laporte McMillan.
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Joseph Barsley
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Bloomington
Ilda Welmer
Jasper
John Kress
Corn Fry
C. E. Society
Worthington
Augustus Nations
Highland Township
Connersville
P. J. Rowan
Ogansport
Frank Gallager
New Albany-Sundey
Louiisville
Washington
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Cunningham
Elwoood
Charles E. German
Mary Richards
Colum bus Residents Celebrate Turn of Century Age
A list of brief notices from multiple towns reports William A Abbott of Columbus turning one hundred, farmers allowing hunting with no dogs, Ed Thomas of Monroe fined for assault, Samuel Ludlow ill in New Albany, Mrs Hannah Farrel burned in gasoline stove explosion, and a St Marys church makeover in Michigan City plus a chaperone incident at the Rugenstein home.
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Porte County
Columbus
William A. Abbott
New Albany
Samuel Ludlow
Harrison County
John F. Anderson
Hannah’ Farrel
Michigan City
St. Mary's Church
Fred Rugenstein
Rugenstein
New Trans-Pacific Record by Pacific Mail Korea
San Francisco observers hail the Korea a Pacific mail steamship from Yokohama arriving Oct 28 and making a ten day voyage to San Francisco. At 550 feet long it tops prior ships in size and freight capacity signaling a shift in passenger and freight traffic toward faster routes.
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Mammoth
Korea
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
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Pacific Coast
New York City
Pacific Ocean
America
Newport. News
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Japan
China
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Orient
Resignations Shake Sagasta Cabinet in Spain
Madrid November 11 The Spanish cabinet led by Senor Sagasta resigns after harsh attacks on the government. King Alfonso is surprised by the move and liberals hope the resignations will not be accepted.
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Madrid
Senor Sagasta
Alfonso
Alone and penniless great inventor of twist barrel rifle
Buffalo Nov 11. Sylvester Babcock inventor of the first twist barrel rifle for the U S government lives in poverty in a rear Metcalfe street shanty. He says speculators cheated him after a $5 000 advance and a failed company left him without funds or comfort in old age. He once worked at New York Central car shops before his eyesight failed.
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Buffalo
Sylvester Babcock
United States
Babcock
Ordnance Department
Washington
New York Central
Drunkenness Easily Cured by Odorless Remedy Claimed
Mrs. Marguerite Armstrong of New York recounts saving her father from ruin via Golden Specific secretly added to food. She says the remedy cured delirium tremens and made him hate liquor, with free trial samples mailed by Dr Haines of Cincinnati. The ad promises an odorless tasteless cure and discreet delivery in plain packaging.
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New York
Nquor
Father
Haines
J. W. Haines
Glenn Building
Cincinnati
Ohio
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