Birdmen Sign Up Contracts In South Bend
South Bend aero club signs contracts with Chicago to New York endurance flight contenders. J A D McCurdy Eugene Ely Willard Augustus Post Curtiss pilots join Glenn Curtiss for a 1000 mile test to be completed within 168 hours with stops allowed. Judges named and routes debated amid prize splits and Belmont Park prize link.
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Sun
Ind
South Bend Aero Club
Chicago
J. A. D. McCurdy
Eugene Ely
F. Willard
Augustus Post
Glenn H. Curtiss
New York
Curtiss
Charles Willard
James Radley
Charles K. Hamilton
Dietz
Thomas 8. Baldwin
Todd Sehriver
J.C. Mars
Walter Brookins
Springfield
Frederick Dent Grant
New York Times
Edward 8. Clark
Washington
Chicago Evening Post
Samuel Reber
Clark
Gen. Grant
Weds Immediately After Divorce In Kokomo
In Kokomo Indiana on October 6 William Gage married Lucy Washington just two hours after their divorce was granted. Washington had been widowed twice. Gage 25 and Lucy 26. Miriam Parr wed Lawrence Birch ending a DePauw romance. Leola Acker reports her husband Philip Acker courts other women in South Bend while posing as an unmarried man seeking a divorce. Judge Kirkpatrick to transfer venue for Oscar Welty case. Welty shoots J W Edwards, an old colored man. defendant claims unfair Howard county trial.
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Kokomo
Ind
William Gage
Lucy Washington
Washington
Gage
Leola Acker
Philip Acker
South Bend
Kirkpatrick
Oscar Welty
Clinton, Grant
Tipton County
Welty
J. W. Edwards
Howard County
Sapperstein Indicted on Four Counts in Grand Jury
Newcastle Indiana October reports Abe Sapperstein an Indianapolis man was indicted on four counts by the grand jury for liquor selling in a dry territory. Mrs Robert Anderson fractured spine after a stairway fall. doctors cite surgical operation as only hope. Robert McBane 223 made second suicide attempt and Harry Talbot knocked carbonic acid bottle from his lips. McBane vows future attempt more successful.
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Newcastle
Ind
Abe Sapperstein
Sapperstein
Indianapolis
Robert Anderson
Robert McBane
Harry Talbot
McBane
Divorce suit filed in Marion over pens and pigs
Marion Indiana October 6 Lucinda Horsman aged 85 has filed suit for divorce against Enos L Horsman charging he married for her pensant refused to do the drilling and feed the hogs in a case that blends domestic relief with farm life notes
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Marion
Ind
Lucinda Horsman
S85
Enos
L. Horsman
Distiller Files Bankrupt Petition in Indiana
Ebre Haute October 6. Fred, doing business as the Wildy Company, filed a petition in bankruptcy listing assets of 17 000 and liabilities of 37 000. The filing signals a troubled distillery operation facing financial failure.
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Ebre
Haute
Ind
Fred
Wildy ‘Jompany
Brighter Rushville Gets Big Budget Light Boost
Rushville Indiana county council approves 600 for courthouse square lights to mimic Indianapolis glow. City hall suffered leak during trial of Greeley Ferguson on a wet dispensary charge. Ferguson found not guilty and discharged. August Gaheimer fined five dollars plus costs for drunkenness after alleged drinking of pure alcohol and long intoxication.
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Indianapolis
Dity County
Greeley Ferguson
Ferguson
August Gaheimer
Probes Hear From City Officials In Greenfield
Deputy Attorney General George Bingham spent days with Greenfield city officials reviewing finances. He found Mayor Myers and ex mayor Hinchman directed fines to the city fund as required by statute, though questions arise over constitutional violations. The Fierson home, once a landmark, is being razed amid its grove. Morris Pierson, a state figure, aided CW and W railroad efforts and hosted a barbecue with Col. Robert Ingersoll as speaker. Pierson reportedly shouted for hell while Ingersoll urged restraint.
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Greenfield
Ind
George Bingham
Myers
Hinchman
Fierson
Tlder
Morris Pierson
Col
Robert G. Ingersoll
Col. Ingersoll
Pierson
Bob
Man
Mr. Pierson
High Officers Attend Mardi Gras Shrine Parade
In Ft Wayne Indiana Imperial Potentate Fred A. Hines said 80 imperial officers will attend the Mizpah temple Mardi Gras parade, now rescheduled to Friday night due to Wednesday rain. The city glowed with shrine colors as twenty giant floats led the procession.
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FT. Wayne
Ind
Imperial
Fred A. Hines
Los Angeles
Cal
St. Louis
Imperial Council
Mr. Hines
Woman in Black Evades Shelbyville Police
Shelbyville reports ongoing nuisance as the so called woman in black eludes officers. Local chatter claims sightings are real with alleged rustling, though police deem her imaginary. Meanwhile injuries include Alexander Shipp with a broken rib after a weeks long issue, Harry Clark injured in a school grounds crash, and George A. Powell burned when a gasoline vulcanizer exploded causing about 1500 dollars in auto goods loss.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Alexander Shipp
Harry Clark
Morristown
George A. Powell
Freshmen elect two local students at Indiana University
Indiana University freshmen elected Chauncey Dodds as president and Louis B. Gregory as vice president with James J. Rawlston as secretary and Charles P. Sherman as treasurer. The Sphinx club will wear white caps and limit membership to thirty to boost the university. Other campus notes include the Jackson club meeting with talks by Mayor Harriss and ex-congressman Robert W. Miers, the Alpha Mu chapter of Phi Chi formed by medical school men, and invitations for William Jennings Bryan and Jane Addams to speak.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Chauncey Dodds
Maydell
Louis B. Gregory
Indianapolis
James J. Rawlston
Princeton
Charles PP. Sherman
Sphinx Club
R. B. Kirklin
Merrill Davie
Guy Lemon
Robert Hamilton
Harriss
Robert W. Miers
Jackson Club
Indiana University Medical School
Alpha Mu
Phi Chi
Ivan E. Brenner
Walter B. Tinkley
John T. Day
BE. N. Mandemhall
C. BE. Savory
Benjamin Koizeiy
President Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Jane Addams
Fall Festival Rained Out Moves to Coliseum
In Richmond Indiana on October 6 the Modern Woodmen fall festival celebration was disrupted by rain. Outdoor drills could not be held and the program moved indoors to the coliseum with a musical program and drills. Contest results awarded New Lancaster first, Marion Indianapolis second, and Muncie third. Anderson chosen as next meeting site. about 400 visitors attended. A K R Talbot of Lincoln delivered the afternoon address. The pending industrial and centennial parades were to proceed as planned. Fin dlay Gov. Marshall was set to speak.
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Richmond
Ind
Coliseum
Lancaster
Marion
Indianapolis
Muncie
Modern Woodmen
Anderson
A. K R. Talbot
Lincoln
Neb
Findlay
Marshall Speaks
Chanp Clark is hitting party in Brazil Ind
Republicans seek to outdo Champ Clark Democrats as Beveridge arrives. Clark claims a Democrat who would raise taxes should be ousted. Town history records taxes rising from 1 to 1.50 dollars, the highest in Brazil’s history.
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Brazil
Ind
Clark
Judge Urges Night Rider Crackdown in Nicholas County
Carlisle Kentucky Judge L P Fryer told the Nichols circuit court to convene a grand jury after a night riders visit to Aris Wigsins and others demanding tobacco use. He urged citizens to help bring the men to justice and to fight the mobs with rifles or buckshot loaded shotguns. He asked the jury to act to spare life and inflictions.
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L. P. Fryer
Nichols
Cour
Boy fatally stabbed by falling on open knife
Special to The Sup from Columbus Ind reports Albert Gates, son of Charles Gates, ran with an open knife. He fell onto the blade, which pierced his chest to the handle. He retrieved the knife and told his mother nothing until he fainted beside her.
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Charles Gates
Blacksnake Entangles Man Shot By Own Weapon
Charles asselynan, 20, shot a blacksnake that coiled around his legs on Wednesday. Cassellman freed himself only after using the weapon. In Columbus, Ralph Sehoegie sues Hazel for divorce, Mrs. Mary Cremer, 76, dies on the fifty second anniversary of her marriage to Peter Cremer, and County Treasurer Roup warns delinquents of a levy on personal property.
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Asselynan
Cassellman
Ralph Sehoegie
Hazel
Mary Cremer
Peter Cremer
Ireland
Wheel crushes skull in Indiana mine accident
In Brazow Indiana Edward Davis was killed when a large wheel toppled from a tipple at a nearby mine. A skull fragment pierced into his brain in the Wednesday incident.
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Brazow
Ind
Edward Davis
Ritg Wednesdiar
DePauw Class Scrap to Be Held Saturday
In Greencastle Ind on October 6 the Old gold day will be celebrated at DePauw University. Purdue and DePauw freshmen will play football in the afternoon. The class scrap also will be held in the afternoon after morning freshman sophomore and junior senior football games.
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Greencastle
Ind
DePauw University
Purdue
DePauw
Claims Record for Hard Luck Ike Kimes
Rochester Indiana reports a humorous file noting Ike I Kimes who claims the title of the most broken up man in the world. Since 1864 he endured a broken arm and shoulder a buggy toss a broken nose a broken leg and two broken wrist bones from a wind mill. The latest misfortune came as Virgil Knapp on a bicyle passed by while Miss Fortune struck again and Dr Milo King treated a left leg fracture.
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Israel I
Ike
Miss Fortune
Ske
Mr. Kimes
Virgil Knapp
Milo King
Rusty Nail Fatality At Fort Wayne Construction Site
Huntington Ind Oct 6 George Ackerman foreman on a construction crew died in Fort Wayne Wednesday after stepping on a rusty nail while at work. The injury occurred a few days earlier and led to his death.
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Huntington
Ind
George Ackerman
Ft. Warne
Carbolic Acid Thrown at Woman in Huntington
Huntington police search for assailant after carbolic acid was thrown toward Mrs. W. F. Robinson in her home near an open window on Wednesday. The attack left her with serious burns and no motive is known.
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Huntington
Ind
Hantton
W. F
Robinson
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