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Local papers report a flood of Indiana notes and incidents
A tricky compilation from LaPorte to Perrysville lists lawsuits, accidents, arrests, deaths, and oddities. Topics include church strife in Dayton, a brick assault in Hvansville, a missing photographer in Michigan City, new high schools at Bluffton, gas contract disputes in Vincennes, and football games between DePauw and Wabash. Also noted are suicides, drownings, hunting accidents, farm protests, and a surge of civic projects and legal actions across many towns with numerous named individuals and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte Journal
la Grippe
Middlebury
New Steel
Brazil
Anderson
Peru
Bluffton
Dayton
Clay County
Adam Ripple
Staunton
Geo
Harris
Knightstown
DePauw
Wabash
Crawfordsville
Brown
Laporte
James Kaatnay
Browneville
Wasa
Munhall
Shelbyville
Jimmies Byrd
C. E. Dunham
Michigan City
Strawhoard Paper Factory
Knichtstown
Patton
Board of Trade
Ernst Austarmehler
Hadison
Ahish Bridge
Markleville Church of God
United Brethren
B. M. Davie
Muncie
Tipton
Buck Prise
Hvansville
Jim Boner
John Parkinson
Thurman
Harteville
Olney Creek
Tomlinson
Nortonville
Citizens Gas Light Company
Vincennes
Leonard Crosabrink
Huntington
August Arnot
Romney
Columbus Woods
Straets of
Andersen
Patersburg Grand Jury
Hiram Grabb
Clarence Hartley
Mancle Herald
Anderson Iz
Jack the Choker
Tim Leagan
Lafayette
Will Pevar
Wm. Meneden
Danville
Marshall Markemson
Warsaw
Transury Department
Dr. Koch
Jeffersonville
Cisco Sage
Poon
Railroad Company
Columbus
Ford, Bache
Cincinnati
Moszlin Drawing Company
Conneraville
Lafeyette
Faclares
Newark
Mre
Anthony Thiela
Anthony
Mt. Vernon
Indiana Steal Company
Abi
A. B. Anderson
Oscar Webster
Greencastle
Wm. Riae
Thomas Lawson
Madison
Austin Maloy
Lewis Summers
Xenia
Absan York
Saldists Homa
Marion
Hansy Prsha
Indianapolis
Incresse
George Morris
Connersville
Thomas Epert
Syracuse
Charles A. Gregg
Terre Haute
Charles He
Maria
James Bovard
Alpha
Margaret F
Jos
W. Swift
Seymour
Deborah
Thomas
Benton
Perrysville