Smallpox quarantine clashes with police in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville Indiana Thomas Kane and his son Gilbert resist quarantine for smallpox after moving from Illinois. When Kane attempts to leave the pesthouse armed police restrain him. Other brief Indiana items note a child bitten by a dog in Kokomo, a man killed by a runaway horse in Frankfort, clothes chewed by horses in Greenfield, and various local misfortunes including a divorce case and a railroad accident in Marion.
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Two Boys Arrested in Indiana for Murder of 8 Year Old
In Corydon Indiana Ollie Smith and Charley Burtz two youths were arrested for murdering their playmate Adolph Smith eight. The boys allegedly used a rope around his legs and pulled him to the ground causing a fatal head injury at a school. Also reported are incidents of a tramp captured via rural telephone near New Lisbon and a freight car crashing into an office in Greenfield.
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Corydon
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Ollie Smith
Charley Burtz
Adolph Smith
New Castle
New Lisbon
Greenfield
Nov
Fries’ Touring Mill
Indiana News Roundup From 19th Century State Events
A broad Indiana snapshot reports Munele with 69 cents of typhoid fear, over 1,000 doctors statewide, and Carnegie philanthropy totaling more than 800000 dollars to libraries. Future plans include Vincenties opera house, Sullivan plant, and Anderson tinplate mill reopening. Public health actions close Lafayette library, limit Richmond saloons after 9:30 pm, and a city budget funds diphtheria medicine in Logansport.оже
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Bachelor shocks friends and wins prize in club pledge
Seymour Indiana November 11 a bachelor’s club drew for marriage duty. W F Kerstian falsified the outcome slipping away then announced his engagement to Miss Wortha Bein of Hudson New Jersey. The club awards $2200 at wedding and $2 per child to a savings fund. Kerstian already has a $200 check.
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German Exposition Glass by Pittsburg Glass Co
The Pittsburg Pinte Glass Company of Elwood will manufacture all glass for the German exhibit at the St Louis exposition. James Strange of Grant County is constructing a large hotel nine miles from Marion to provide accommodations for oil workers.
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Elwood
James Strange
Grant County
Marion
Boy Shot Down as Hunting Season Opens
Nov. WF lining incidents report accidents during the hunting season's opening Tuesday. Four minor incidents and one fatality, 17 year old Earl Trick killed by unknown parties. Suspicion points to enemies of his father. Inquest expected to reveal new details.
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Earl Trick
Washington Short-Cuts In Congress Report
The article lists Indiana lawmakers and actions in Congress. John Perry becomes postmaster at Kramer Indiana rural routes expand in Campbell and Wayne counties. Watson Holliday Crumpacker Overstreet Beveridge Adams Crowds of motions, nominations and budget figures fill the scene including a Tippecanoe monument proposal and a Halifax consul appointment.
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Wayne County
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Lebanon
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Covington
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Howsland
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Tippecanos Battleground
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Chicago Tribune
Politicians Seek Appropriations and ailing Attorney’s Farewell
In Springfield Indiana Representative Hemenway introduced a 8200 statue appropriation for Robert Dale Owen to highlight Indiana in the Smithsonian grounds. Senator Fairbanks proposed a 5 million building for the state department and labor. Holty attorney J B Mecklenberg, gravely ill, received a day of rest with family and friends nearby as his life nears conclusion, while Mayor Bowlus praised his resilience during farewell visits.
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Indiana
Robert Dale Gwen
Smithsonian Institution
Fairbanks
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Holty
J.B. Mecklenberg
Mecklenberg
Mecklenbere
Charles J. Bowlus
Thieves use license tags to swap bicycles
Police headquarters uncovered a system by which bike thieves steal licenses from bicycles and transfer the tags to other wheels. An officer notified license owners, and a man later claimed a wheel was not his yet admitted the number matched his own license after seeing the plate on a different bicycle.
Engineer Struck Car Killing Two In Akermanville Crash
ENGINE STRUCK CAR EASTON PA NOV 11 JAMIES THOMAS AND MARY DOREA KILLED IN GRADE CROSSING TROLLEY ACCIDENT AT AKERMANVILLE TUESDAY NIGHT SEVERAL OTHERS ARE INJURED A LOCOMOTIVE STRUCK THE STREET CAR.
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Easton
Jamies Thomas
Mary Dorea
Akermanville
Woman Runs to Catch Street Car on Massachusetts Ave
A prospective passenger leaps from the curb near New York Street as a street car nears. A second runner, a woman, sprints along the avenue in a football style dash to reach the car and board the top step, flashing a smile as she takes a catlike grasp on the handrail.
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