Prisoner Returns to Serve Term After Escape Faith Conversion
Allen J. Lawrence of Laporte Indiana walked into the Indiana state prison at Michigan City to resume his sentence after escaping more than a year earlier. He claimed divine conversion during his flight and said he preached across Nebraska and Kansas, converting hundreds. he asked to be returned to prison to serve out the indeterminate sentence of 2 to 14 years imposed in July 1904 for attacking a young woman. The warden ordered him to serve the sentence with time added for the escape.
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Michigan City
Ind
Indiana State
Jesus Christ
Allen J. Lawrence
Laporte
Lawrence
Nebraska
Kansas
Charles Nash
Terre Haute
Abbott
John Jinkins
Fire Destroys Barn and Burns Horse Near Indianapolis
A large barn of S. A. Fletcher south of Indianapolis on Bluff road and Pleasant Run was destroyed by fire Tuesday. Loss about 600 dollars, partially insured, with fire crews assisting. A separate midnight blaze damaged a barn and shed at 1208 Trumbull Street, L. G. Bruce, with a horse burned. Damages about 75 dollars. horse valued at 3000. Incendiary origin suspected. A lamp exploded at Mrs. M. Bryant’s home on Sir Eddy street Tuesday night causing 5 dollars in losses. No injuries reported.
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S. A. Fletcher
Indianapolis
Bluff Road
Pleasant Run
Trumbull Sr
L. G. Bruce
Sir Eddy St
M. Bryant
City Pays Taxes on City Ground Purchases
City Controller George T. Bruenig mailed Oliver P. Ensley a 140.33 check covering year taxes on newly acquired city land. Of the total, 117.61 covered land for sweeping barns, 10.50 for the city hospital, and 12.22 for ground bought to build an engine house on East Tenth Street.
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George T. Bruenig
Oliver P. Ensley
E. Tenth-st
Home Test Prescription for Kidney Trouble Urged
A well known authority warns kidney disease rising locally and urges yearly urine tests. The piece promotes a home remedy with Compound Karyon, Fluid Extract Dandelion, and Syrup Sarsaparilla to be taken after meals and at bedtime, claiming quick relief for listed symptoms and encouraging consulting a physician if urine shows sediment.
Fontanet powder mill blast claims numerous lives
A Fontanet Indiana powder mill explosion killed or later dying in Terre Haute hospitals includes George Hodge Arthur Monahan and many others with several missing. Incomplete death toll. some injured not expected to survive.
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Fontanet
Ind
Terre Haute
George Hodge
Arthur HR. Monahan
Arthur R. Monahan
Monahan
Earl Wood
John Gray
Don Dial
Wess Dial
Frank Dial
James Briggs
Fred Crese
Samuel Nevens
John Nevens
Edward Nevens
Samuel Ingalls
Frank Ingalls
Wille Hodge
George Justice
John Hobo
George Bobo
William Sherrill
Henry Harrington
Sylvester Dial
Ad Webster
T. T. Kellap
Wilmington
Del
Susan Bishop
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Henry Chandler
W. E. Cliff
L. J. Carrell
Fontanet Desolation After Large Powder Mill Blast
Fontanet suffers a devastating explosion at the powder mill destroying homes and a church. Abbott Wilfort, a 10 year old schoolboy, aided teachers in calming students as mines miners mourn lost kin. Eleven bodies lay in a temporary morgue as coroner begins inquest into the disaster.
Fontanet Powder Mill Disaster Kills dozens in Brazil Indiana
Reports from Fontanet indicate 40 to 50 people killed and about 400 injured in a powder mill explosion. Only ten complete bodies recovered, six identified. relief train with militia arrived, town buildings destroyed, food wiped out. Mayor Shattuck urges charitable contributions of food clothing and money for sufferers.
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Brazil
Ind
Fontanet
Shattuck
Car Hits Buggy Injuring Washington Street Man
J. W. Bittinger, 70, a longtime Washington street firm collector, was struck while driving a buggy at Washington and Delaware streets by an interurban car. He was taken home in a dispensary ambulance with back injuries and possible internal harm. by morning he was much improved.
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J. W. Bittinger
Washington and
Delaware-sts
New Jersey St
Mayer
Bittinger
Washington St
Rushville
Wives Sought for Panama by Roosevelt Request
Miss Gertrude Beeks a sociologist returns to the Panama Canal region at President Roosevelt's request. She notes bachelor sailors have been neglected and urges a shipload of wives to improve worker comfort while highlighting women’s better adaptation to Isthmian climate.
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Sun
New York
Gertrude Beeks
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Isthmus
Brother at Scene at Fontanet Disaster
Dayton Ohio dispatch reports B F Monahan brother of Supt A B Monahan of Fontanet Indiana powder plant left for Fontanet after learning his brother and his wife and her sister were killed in the explosion. Monahan had been general manager at Fontanet for five years.
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Dayton, O
B. F. Monahan
A. B. Monahan
Fontanet
Ind
Names Of The Injured In Fontanet Powder Mill Blast
An October Fontanet explosion list details the most seriously hurt. Albert Webster breaks a leg while Grace Brannon, Elmer Bright and others suffer multiple injuries, burns, cuts, and internal damage. Some victims are listed as fatally hurt or not recovering.
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Rachel Montgomery
W. P. McCoy
W. M. Shearrond
Charles Nash
Willard Harrell
Elmer Bright
J. R. Stoptaugh
Fontanet
George Stewart
Westeler
John Gray
Employe Powder Mill
Alex Riddle
Harvey Chandler
Alvie Edwards
Fred Cress
Edward Cress
Harvey Kelso
L. J. Harris
Carl Hamerick
Mr. Walker
William Walker
H. M. Edwards
Blias Brannon
Mary Brennan
William Dalton
S. B. Melton
Albert Hines
Samuel Walker
R. M. Hall
Big Four
Jesse Clark
Dick Edwards
Mary Dowell
Anna Hines
Harry Pelshaw
Andrew Peterson
James Thomas
Dick Edwards, Jr
Investigation Of Fontanet Explosion By State Inspector
State Factory Inspector Blakely departed at 11 oclock Wednesday for Fontanet to probe the Dupont powder mills blast. Deputy inspector David Spees notes such explosions are common and hard to trace, as evidence is often destroyed by the very catastrophe.
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Fontanet
Blakely
Dupont
David Spees
Spees
Du Pont Marriage Shocks New York Society
Alfred I. Du Pont, vice president of Dupont Powder, wed his second cousin yesterday in New York. Both had prior divorces amid sensational proceedings. News comes as Fontanet disaster is recalled, though its full tale remains untold to him.
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New York
Alfred I. Dupont
Dupont Powder Company
Fontanet
Mason School Children Shaken By Severe Shock
Special to The Lebanon County reports a severe tremor-like shock hit Mason area about 9 30 yesterday morning causing alarm among local residents and school children as the event disrupted daily routines and prompted safety precautions.
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Lebanon
Mason
Earthquake Shocks Washington Early Morning
A tremor was recorded at 8 10 this morning in Washington. Ly United Press reports an earthquake shock struck the area on the morning of October 16.
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Ly United Press
Washington
Watson backs subsidy for American merchant marine
James E. Watson urged a subsidized merchant fleet in a speech at the Commercial club after a Manufacturers and Shippers meeting and banquet. He argued three needs for the nation are sound money labor employment and a market for products with emphasis on a subsidy option to promote ships built and operated by Americans.
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Manufacturers and Shippers Association
Commercial Club
James E. Watson
Mr. Watson
United States
France
Germany
England
F. A. W. Davis
Indiana
Great Lakes
Memphis
Tenn
Henry Beach Needham
Peoples’ Lobby
Board of Trade
Jerome Gets Help Chooses Lawyer for Gillette Case
District Attorney William Travers Jerome announced his former assistant William Rand Jr will represent the state in the prosecution of Dr Walter R Gillette ex Vice president of Mutual Life Insurance. The trial is set to begin Thursday morning before Justice Victor J Dowling in the criminal branch of the supreme court.
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The
Sun
New York
William Travers Jerome
William Rand, Jr
Walter R. Gillette
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Victor J. Dowling
Supreme Court
Bottle of wine and then pardon wedding romance
Special to The Sun from Hot Springs Arkansas reports Miss Gertrude Busch and Daniel Brennan Jr eloped after a quarrel over her age. They returned home to tell his family, who then celebrated with a cork popping pardon. The couple plans a Texas and Mexico honeymoon at a leisurely pace. Brennan is a St. Louis clubman and son of a prominent realty dealer.
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Loula
Pepa
Daniel B. Brennan, Jr
Gertrude Busch
St. Louis
Daniel Brennan
Moody Hotel
J.H. Hakins
Brennan
Miss Busch
Busch House
Texas
Mexico
Mrs. Brennan
Papa
Mr. Brennan
Putts blame on Carnegie by Jerome J. Jerome
United Press reports Jerome K. Jerome, famed humorist, asserts Carnegie libraries harmed book sales. He says publishers now push plays for money and that there is little demand for books. He criticizes library system and its impact on authors.
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Carnegie
United Press
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Jerome K. Jerome
Europe
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