Strange Chinese Funeral Rites At Crown Hill Cemetery
A Muncie Christian Chinaman May Yon Cheng was buried at Crown Hill with masonic and Chinese rites. Paper scraps perforated with nine holes were tossed to delay the devil's passage to the grave. Incense, tea, and offerings accompanied the ceremony before the body was interred and later disassembled for bone polishing and return to China.
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Crown Hill Cemetery
May Yon Cheng
Muncie
Crown Hill
Chin Gur Siég
Confucius
Kiel
Kregelo
China
Chin Gum Shing
Moy Fun
Gon Yock
Tung Suey
Wong Tsun
Moy Kee
Paymaster killed by bandits near Mt. Pleasant
Paymaster William Hosier of the Southwest Connellsville coke company was killed by four Italian bandits while transporting 4000 dollars to the works. Harry Burgess, accompanying him, was wounded. Burgess fired first, killing two bandits and wounding a third. A posse later killed another bandit and captured the wounded one, who is believed to die.
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MT. Pleasant
William Hosier
Connellsville
Harry Burgess
Woosler
Burgess
Rose Polytechnic School
Terre Haute
Danville Gazette
Filipino Wail Pari Publishes Manifesto to Americans
F Agoneillo European representative of the Filipinos issues a manifesto urging adherence to the US creed of government by consent. He warns peace by force in the Philippines is unsatisfactory and lasting, calling for justice and gratitude from the American people.
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North American Republic
Philippine Islands
Remarkable Vineland Baby Born in Vineland News
In Vineland New Jersey on October 31 Mr and Mrs Josiah Mungan celebrate a remarkable baby girl born weighing ten and a half pounds. The infant is currently 17 weeks old and weighs three pounds with a height of two feet six inches and a waist measurement of two feet four inches. Arm circumference is ten inches and a 15 inch lorry encircles one leg. The baby is described as healthy and thriving.
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Vineland
N. J
Josiah Mungan
Woman Dies in a Trance Baffles Louisville Doctors
In Louisville on October 31 Mrs. Geo Crofts reportedly fell asleep, then died in a trance upon returning home. Doctors are puzzled by the sudden collapse and ongoing case details remain unclear as investigators review the incident.
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Louisville
Géo. Crofts
Ferrell Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Rosslyn H. Ferrell was found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing Express messenger Lane. The jury, out nearly seven hours, delivered the verdict Tuesday night and the death penalty by electrocution. Attorneys plan to seek a new trial.
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Ferrell
Tobias Ferrell
Miss Costelow
32 Persons Under the Ruins at New York Drug House
In New York on October 21 a massive explosion at Tarrant & Co.'s building left 32 people missing and bodies crushed beyond identification. Debris scattered. one skull and several body fragments were found. Fire Chief Croker urges a law to require drug firms to store explosives 300 feet from any structure.
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New York
Tarrant
Tarrant & Co
Argute Schmidt
Robert Hartmann
Schmidt
Croker
Death of Capt. Henry Socwell at 70
Capt. Henry M. Socwell, 70, died Tuesday night at his home 542 B Market St after a yearlong illness. A Newport native, he sailed steamboats on the Ohio and later ran a New York grocery on the site of the present Stevenson building before retiring 19 years ago. Survived by three sons Samuel H William YP and M Lowell and daughter Adah all active in Indianapolis groceries. Funeral at home Friday at 1 30 p m.
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Henry M. Socwell
B. Market St
Newport
Indiana
Ohio
Indianapolis
New York
Stevenson
Samuel H
William YP
Cockle burr in baby's throat sparks fatal delay
In Muncie Indiana on October 31 the infant child of Christoffer Schifferman was left to die after parents refused a doctor's aid to remove a cockle burr lodged in the epiglottis. Meanwhile Clyde Benadum at Smith bending works suffered a severe arm injury from a circular saw. Jordan D Williams is named receiver for Citizens' enterprise company, once deemed illegal by the appellate court, holding about 80 acres east of Muncie.
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Muncie
Ind
Christoffher Schifferman
Clyde Benadum
Smith Bending Works
Jordan D. Willams
Citizens’ Enterprise Company
Body identified in Indiana as Thomas O Connor murder victim
The body found on a railroad near Noblesville has been identified as Thomas O Connor of Cicero Indiana. Police believe he was murdered on a freight train and his throat cut before being discarded on the track. A second item reports Richard Valentine an Edinburgh native declared insane in Anderson Indiana after an attempted attack on the police chief and notes his wealthy Scottish parents.
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Ind
Here
Thomas O'Connor
Cicero
Anderson
Richard Valentine
Edinburgh
Scotland
Valentine
Robbins
Indiana News Roundup of Deaths and Local Events
Obituaries list Jesse D Hiatt 83 Plainfield and Albert Tapp 59 Kokomo as dead, plus Barney Carey 76 Lagro pioneer. Reports mix in Tort Wayne illnesses, labor boycotts, church sessions, depot plans, and multiple local incidents from Frankfort to Hartford City, including robberies, fires, accidents, and political quarrels.
Julia Gortner Bound Over In Theft Case
Julia Gortner charged with stealing two horse and buggy from Brown Hinton and Son on Massachusetts Ave was bound over to the grand jury in police court under a $1500 bond. Rev A J Graham pastor of Christ Episcopal Church will leave for Rochester NY around Jan 1 to begin new duties. Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup advertised as a remedy for coughs colds and lung diseases.
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Julia Gortner
Brown, Hinton & Son
Massachusetts Ave
A. J. Graham
Christ Episcopal Church
Rochester, N. Y
Dixon divorce case reveals flower coded letters
In Boston on October 31, letters written in a flower cipher were read in the Dixon divorce case. Dr. Dixon denied authorship of the notes. The code assigns meanings like Laure for I love you and arbutus for cannot live without you, with a letter describing life on life on life and affection in ardent terms. Dr. Dixon testified to pure relations, while an ad for Burdock Blood Bitters closes the report.
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Boston
Dixon
Laure
Laurel
Dr. Dixon
Doctor moves downtown office to 43 N Illinois Street
Dr. B. F. Bye, formerly at 227 N Illinois St, has relocated his downtown office to 43 N Illinois St at the northeast corner of Vermont. His present telephone number remains 19?.
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B. F. Bye
N. Ilnoisst
Illinois St
Vermont
Hoth Telephones
Attempt to Free Carter From Leavenworth
New York reports an imminent habeas corpus bid for Oberlin M. Carter held at Leavenworth Kansas. Attorneys argue no court martial evidence proved crimes and the dismissal degradation and fine render further action illegal and void.
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Carter
New York
Oberlin M. Carter
Leavenworth, Kas
CITY MARKETS Indianapolis Provisions and Groceries Trade
City markets report lists prices for meats including hams bacon and sausage, lard, fresh pork loins and tenderloins, plus vegetables such as potatoes onions and cabbage, fruits like apples bananas and citrus, canned vegetables, fish and game, nuts and candies, seeds, flour and feed, dairy items, and retail salt and coal prices, with numerous per bushel, per barrel, and per hundredweight quotations reflecting a broad urban wholesale market snapshot. Trade names and prices shown include Reliable brand meats, Indiana lard, California produce, New York and European canned goods, and various farm and warehouse lots.
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Tierces
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