Marysville encounter as widow forgives killer in surprise visit
In Marysville Ohio on Oct 22 a poignant scene unfolded as Lillian Costlow and Mrs. Tobias Ferrell visited Mrs. Charlies Lane widow of a murdered express messenger. Lane proclaimed she cannot forgive Ferrell who killed her baby's father while Ferrell's fiancé served him dinner and prayed afterward. Juror James Shirk has measles delaying court. Judge Methorn adjourned proceedings to avoid a mistrial.
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Marysville, C
Charlies Lane
Fendant
Ross Ferrell
Mrs. Lane
Miss Costlow
Sheriff Robson
Ferrell
Lane
James Shirk
Methorn
Shirk
Four Firemen Crushed to Death in Paul Wreck
In St Paul Minnesota a gas explosion wrecked the Hinman packing plant and two other warehouses. Four firemen were killed and two injured as walls collapsed burying rescuers. The McCormick harvesting company suffered a 350000 dollar loss.
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McCormick Harvesting Company
ST. Paul
Minn
W. M. Irvine
F. M. Eddy
Burt Irish
Louis Wagner
Hinman Packing Company
Northern Line Company
McCormick Company
Red Cross Appeals for Lumber and Furniture for Galveston Homes
The American Red Cross appeals to the nation to provide lumber and furniture to replace homes lost in Galveston. Eight thousand people are homeless with winter approaching, two months off. Carpenters' tools for 100 workmen and lumber for 700 four room houses are sought. Donations go to B. Adone, building committee chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross Society
Galveston
B. Adone
Bond Required as Bidwell Fights Electric Trolley Suit
Judge Baker ordered Benson Bidwell to file a $500 cost bond with his injunction against the street car company. Bidwell seeks an accounting of profits from electric trolley operation which he claims infringes his patent. The move threatens to derail the suit as similar cases spread through the region.
Toll House Burned by Masked Mob in Flora
Farmers in Flora Indiana tore down and burned the toll house at Deere after rallies over road repairs and toll collection. The incident comes after prior dynamiting of two toll houses several weeks earlier, signaling growing rural unrest over tolls and needed roadway maintenance.
Tragedy in Muncie as Rolan Brammer commits suicide
In Muncie Indiana on October 22 7 year old pioneer resident Rolan Brammer was found dead hanging from his front veranda. The former landowner once held 240 acres in Niles township and had lost it through speculative ventures in Kansas. Despondency over the loss of property was given as the motive. Sons J E Brammer and Dr Brammer of the city are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Rolan Brammer
Ida Taylor
Brammer
Niles Township
Kansas
J. E
Escapee Charles Glover Captured in Eaton and Returned
Richmond reports Charles Glover, who had recently escaped jail, was captured in Eaton Ohio and brought back to the city Monday morning. The note adds that Jonathan Whitacre of the Treasury Department in Washington died while visiting his daughter in Richmond, after returning home to vote.
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Richmond
Ind
Chas. Glover
Eaton
Jonathan Whitacre
Treasury Department
Washington City
Manifold Indiana News Flash Fills Local Notes
A broad Indiana roundup reports deaths including Dyer Cobb 93 at Greensburg and Maurice M. Maverstein publisher of the Lafayette Courier dying of apoplexy. A Lake Shore train kills Miss Mary Rupp near Dunlap and a two year old dies from burns near Windfall. Oil drills begin at Heartford City and Kankakee region plans involve a million dollars. Local fires, suicides, and accidents are noted alongside church jubilees and public meetings.
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Maurice M. Maverstein
The
Lafayette Courier
Heartford City
Indiana
Legal and Education Reforms and Local Litigation Report
The article notes reforms granting college graduates three years credit and waivers for teachers license holders entering the state normal grid and Sophomore class, with graduates of commissioned high schools also advancing. It also covers Porter Bowlin Hadley & Adam suing M F Campbell A M McMillan and William King over street-work payments and councilbench conspiracies. Local temperance leaders from W C T U are listed with officers at Frankfort Marion and Indianapolis offices.
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Terre: Haute
Sunday Saloon Fight Ends with Knife Wounding and Fractured Skull
Edward Kersting pleaded not guilty in police court to assault and battery with attempt to kill after a saloon altercation early Sunday. Jefferson Skaggs was stabbed twice by Kersting's father and later skull fractured by young Kersting with a beer mallet to stop further attack. Skaggs trepanned and remains in dangerous condition. The elder Kersting and Skaggs disputed over prices and drinks. case continued until Oct 22.
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Edward Kersting
Benjamin Kersting
Washington St
Jefferson Skaggs
River Ave
Kersting
Edward
Skaggs
Drs. Eisenbeiss & Karchner
Man Charged After Beating at Local Saloon
John Sullivan of 1131 Deloss Street faced Judge Daly on Monday charged with striking William Meyers of 1012 Harrison Street in a Harrison and Sheldon Street saloon Saturday night. Meyers required fourteen stitches for a gash over the eye. The dispute began after a game of out grabbing where Sullivan’s team was demolished. The case was continued until October 23.
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John Sullivan
Deloss St
Daly
William Meyers
Harrisonst
Harrison and Sheldon Sts
Meyers
Sullivan
Twenty Insane Patients Escape From Poughkeepsie Asylum
In Poughkeepsie New York on October 22 twenty inmates at an asylum overpowered six to eight attendants, seized keys and opened doors escaping. Some staff were badly bruised but all but seven were recaptured.
Kruger Sails for Europe to Disembark at Marseilles
Lord Roberts reports President Kruger sailed for Europe on Sunday with plans to disembark at Marseilles and then travel directly to Holland.
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London
Lord Roberts
Kruger
Europe
Roberts
Marseilles
Holland
Miner’s Minded Purchase Shakes Taxco Mine Deal
T. H. Arthur an American buys the famous old Taxco de Trinidad mine in Mexico for 55000. A century ago Jose de Borda took 4000000 from St Santo Domingo. revolution ends with leading rebels jailed. Burdock Blood Bitters touted as a natural cure for stomach and bowels.
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T. H. Arthur
Taxco de Trinidad
Mex
Jose de Borda
St. Santo Domingo
Murdered a Boy Found Dead Under a Barrel in Michigan
Mount Pleasant Michigan October 22 1920 Harrod Taylor seven son of P C Taylor Bell Telephone manager was found dead under a barrel behind his father's store shot through the heart police investigate the case as a murder at the scene and neighborhood rumors swirl about a possible motive
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Michigan
Harrod
P. C. Taylor
Bell Telephone Company
City Markets Report From Indianapolis Prices List Provisions
Indianapolis market page lists smoked meats, hams, bacon, sausage with Reliable and Rams brands, fresh pork, tierces corn and beans, vegetables, fruits, nuts, canned goods, fish and game, oysters, seeds, flour and feed, and coal prices. Includes per bushel, per crate, per barrel, and case prices across diverse io markets.
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Indianapolis
California
Indiana
Tierces
Bermuda
Michigan
Brazil
Ridgewood
Phoenix A
Empire A
Ideal
Windsor
Ridgewood Extra
Yellow
Ariosa
Lion
Jersey
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Nwhem
Marysville
Lillian Costlow
Pat Costlow
Tobias Ferrell
Bidwell
Rcher
Altole
Harry
Iver Lively
Indiana Inklings
Dyer Cobb
Greensburg
Frank Smith
Roann
Mary Rupp
Dunlap
Lake Shore
Terre Haute
M. E
John Richey
Henry Hunt
Hancock County
Eastern
Kankakee
Kamm & Scheltinger
Mishawaka
B. H. Coppess
Union City
Charles Eckhart
Portland
Edna Lytle
Presbyterian Women's Synodical Societies of Home and Foreign Missions of
T. B. Vernon
St. Mary's Academic Institute
Frank Daniels
Peru
Forrest Groemnendyke
Crumley’s Crossing
Blackford County
Philippines
W. D. Starr
Noblesville First Christian Church
Butler College
Union Hotel
Hartford City
Claud Bowers
M. M. Mayerstein
Courier
Oliver Strain
Pete Adams
Strain
Andrew Jobber
Indiana Springs
Marion Trades’ Council
Union Traction Company
Conference of Farmers’ ‘Institute
Lafayette
Fordue State Agricultural School
Frank
John W. Long
Long
Wm. Mitchell
Mitchell
Burns
L. A
Bauer
Moses Cranor
Sycamore
Howard County
Friends
Sahm
Board of Public Works
Home Heating and Lighting Company
Sahm Sai
E. Thirteenth-st
Bryan
Board of Works
Frankfort
Legal Temperance Legion
Ina Boyer
Jessa B. Shaw
North Manchester
Fred Osborn
Marion
Bessie Straw
North Vernon
Hazel Sassions Cowdry
Fort Wayne
Felix M. McWhirter
Eunice Willson
Fairmount
Nettie Hadley
Bloomingdale
Mary
Baich
Mattie Gibson
Jonesboro
Manda C. Whitcomb
Young Men’s Branch
Clara Sears
Anderson
Kate CG. A. Straws
Americas
Price
Retary
Door
Styles
Washington Street
Kentucky
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Bitters
Mount Pleasant, Mich
City Markets
Singapore
Imperial
Golong
Young Hyson
Johnson
Baltimore
Cnvice
Alsyke
Alfalfa
Choice
Timothy
Canada Field
W. S
New York State
Wisconsin
Ohio
Limburger
Pittsburg
Kanawha
Winifrede
Raymond City
Jackson
Island City
Slack
Blosaburg
Phil Joseph
Phl Joseph
Granger Store
Sidveten
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