Hoosier Life Views across towns and events
A collage of local notices reports fires, deaths, marriages, crop news, and public cautions from Clinton Rochester Shellyville Dallas, Bloomington, Terre Haute and many other Indiana towns. Notables include Mary Casey 77 dead, F F Moore prize at Rochester fair, Caverns of public works, and naval recruiting opening in Terre Haute.
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Clinton
Mary Casey
Rochester
F. F. Moore
Shelbyville
Elijah Ensminger
Maplewood
They Have to Go Diptheria Ravages Town
An epidemic of diphtheria causes several deaths in the village. Health officials suspect cats spread the disease and order all cats and dogs killed. A broad extermination campaign is under way.
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Stroh
Bloodhounds Trail Suspects After Hanna Raid
Valparaiso Indiana Sept 10 Hanna near Valparaiso was raided Tuesday morning by burglars. Local bloodhounds have been set on the trail and residents are scouring the countryside for clues.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Hanna
Here
Richland News Briefs Highlight Local Happenings
Cornstalks 12 feet high on Clyde Levering farm. Dean R. L. Kelley elected acting president of Earlham College due to President Mills illness. Williamsburg Masons prepare to dedicate a new hall. Martin Bowmaster of Cambridge City keeps a gold fish bought 15 years ago. State Normal School Plate, Wis., sent to Richmond for manual training models.
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Richmond
Ind
Clyde Levering
Dean R. L. Kelley
Earlham College
Mills
Williamsburg
Protestants Hold Union Meetings in Elwood
In Elwood Indiana starting October 1 Protestant churches will stage union meetings with a gospel wagon on the streets each afternoon. Pastors from several churches will preach and Evangelist Fisher of Baltimore will lead the large choir. The aim is to bring the church to the people rather than bring people to the church.
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Elwood
Ind
Evangelist Fisher
Baltimore
New Paris locals attack Assyrian peddlers near Goshen
Farmers near New Paris south of Goshen engaged a band of Assyrian peddlers. Three wagons were thrown into Turkey creek causing the peddlers a loss of several hundred dollars. The Assyrians are linked to a group headquartered at Bryan, Ohio. Wreckage remains in the creek.
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Goshen
Ind
New Paris
Here
Turkey Creek
Bryan
Missing Muncie youth sparks searches and plans
In Muncie Indiana Clifford Adams aged 17 is mysteriously missing from home prompting local authorities to investigate. Palmer University management reports requests for 2000 seats for the September 16 opening with 1200 seats allocated for chapel services. Separately Chicago capitalists move to reorganize and construct an electric line from Muncie to New Castle.
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Muncie
Ind
Clifford Adams
Palmer University Management
Chicago
New Castle
Greensburg council approves remodeling court house exterior
Greensburg Indiana council votes to spend seven thousand dollars to外 remodel the courthouse exterior with cement over brick to mimic a stone building. A large sum is also approved to construct an ornate hitchrack in the public square.
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Greensburg
Ind
Court House
Hobbs Fire Sparks Lead to 23 Damage Suits Against Railroad
In Hobbs Indiana twenty three damage suits are filed against the L. E. and W. railroad after a April fire nearly destroyed the town. Plaintiffs claim sparks from a passing engine caused the blaze.
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Elwood
Ind
Hobbs
Here
Northwest Indiana M. E. Conference Opens Fifty-First Session
The Northwest Indiana M. E. conference began its fifty-first session in Trinity church Rensselaer Ind with Judge S P Thompson delivering the welcome address. The meeting continues through Sunday.
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Rensselaer
Ind
Northwest
Indiana
M. E
Trinity Church
S. P. Thompson
Longtime Knox County resident Beloved by many dies at 105
Blin a David Reel of Pond Creek dies at age 105 in Vincennes Indiana. He is Knox counties oldest man and had been married six times.
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Vincennes
Ind
Frost prep and local notices across towns
Frost preparations in Rosebud, sowing underway in Strawns, new conservatory planned in Maion for Monday. Obituaries note John Hough age 9 dead, Preston Wallace 74 dead, Mrs Evans 85 oldest resident, Mrs Hannah Grant at home. Timber accident injures R Finerty. Levi Eshleman house fire from threshing spark. Lula Newcomb Friday married. County commissioners levy three cents on 3100.
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John Hough
Adist
Ount
Fellows
Ville
Eva Tish
Ton—Preston Wallace
Wabash
Lisbon
Tland—County
Sboro
Evans
Selaer
Hannah Grant
H Judson
Kannakee Valley Association
Levi Eshleman
Lula Newcombriday
Fragmented Local Notices From Indiana Rail Towns
The report lists incidents across Greencastle Connersville Elkhart South Bend and Huntington including injuries from nails gas explosions and horse bites. It notes railway franchising moves and local crime such as a boy stealing from a cash drawer and a bicycle seizure.
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Greencastle
Lawrence ‘Bruner
Connersville
William Hunt
Murphy's
J. C. Tureenkoph
Gerald Wooster
Elkhart, South Bend & Chicago Railroad Co
Little Son
Starr
Robert Ketcham
South Bend
Clarence Mills
Huntington
Cook
Clearcreek
Charles Neuer
President Megrew finds board and patches Tenth Street Bridge
Harold C. Megrew, head of the Board of Public Works, reportedly repaired the cracked Tenth Street canal bridge after borrowing a hammer and nails from T. B. Laycock Manufacturing. He procured a board from a lumber pile then sought work with the street department for formal assignment.
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Harold C. Megrew
Megrew
Board of Public Works
Board of Works
Tenth-st. Canal
T. B. Laycock Manufacturing Company
Laycock
Works Board
Street Department
Public school teacher wins pass through railroad kindness
Miss Zoana Koons of Dayton Ohio travels without a ticket from Kansas City to Chicago aided by railroad staff. A letter from Dayton to Union Pacific agents initiates help across lines from Denver to California. Each agent grants passage as the journey continues, with Worcester?
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Denver
Col
Zoana Koons
Dayton
Union Pacific
A. B. Schmidt
Miss Koons
West
Kansas City
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Salt Lake
Oxford
George Ady
George W. Vallery
Burlington
Vallery
Omaha
Chicago
Vincennes Gas Co. Notes $25,000 Likely Cemetery Aid
The Vincennes Natural Gas and Oil Co. in Vincennes is cited with a $25,000 context linked to the Organ Cemetery Association in Wabash. Details indicate a formal financial or legal instrument involving the two entities.
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Organ Cemetery Association
Wabash
Vincennes Natural Gas and Oil Co
Vincennes
Y M C A in Indianapolis Plans Young Member Drives
W N Northcott leads the Y M C A educational department urging Indianapolis church youth groups to nominate boys for a one year $10 membership. The Bible class for boys on chemical analysis moves to Sundays at 3 34 PM next year. A K Jones new gym director arrives Thursday. Secretary Neighbor and bride return from their wedding trip to Indianapolis to find a cut glass water service from Y M C A members.
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Association
A. K. Jones
Indianapolis
Aunt Salome Sellers to celebrate milestone on Deer Isle
Bangor Me September 10 Aunt Salome Sellers of Deer Isle will mark her 101st birthday next month. A summer favorite on the island she excels with the needle and remains healthy. She recalls Paul Jones engagement off Small's Cove and the 1840 Deer Isle rum riots with vivid detail.
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Bangor
Salome Sellers
Deer Isle
Paul Jones
Small’s Cove
Brave Rooster Defies Trolley Car In Jersey City Chase
A southbound trolley on Jackson Ave Jersey City struck a gamecock pecking a tomato. The rooster ran ahead then vanished under a fender only to reappear unharmed as the tram rolled on. In Greentown Indiana a wolflike creature terrorizing the area was killed by Charles Smeltzer. the carcass measured three and a half feet with a bushy tail.
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Noblesville
Bedford
Andrew Nickles
Boxtown
Laporte
Albert Dahlike
Augusta
Greentown
Indiana
Valparaiso
Charley Link
Mitchel
Charles Moore
Emma Braden
Bloomington
Ralph Wood
Terre Haute--Naval
Whitestown
Townsend, Reed & Co
Indianapolis-Frankfort Electric Railway
Cragon Heirs
Jackson Ave
Jersey City
Ind
Charles Smeltzer
Local ad lines promise profits with guaranteed results
The Sun's seventh page liner promotes guaranteed results and profits. It lists phones 880 and an office at 121 123 E Ohio Street for inquiries.
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SUN
Ohioc St
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Heather
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Joe Richardson
Robinson Carnival Co
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C. C. Peelle
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Ed Duncan
Duke Butt
County Horse Thief Detective Association
Sullivan—Diem Kirkham
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Jerome McNeill
Palmer University
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New Albany
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Evansville
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Cattlettsville
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Pas
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Columbia City
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Fred Both
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New Conservatory of Music
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U Cwer and Implement Co
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Dean
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N. Y
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National Furniture CO
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Anderson
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Enon City
Boston Limited
D.S
Boston
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Louis Southwestern Lim
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P. D
Terre Haute & Mattoon
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Exposition Flier
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Chivazo
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Hile
N.Y
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Ss. Ae
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Ncw
Toledo
Detroit Express
Dayton Express
Cincinnati Limited
MONON
Fast Mail
Chicago Express
Ington Street
Vandalia Line
St. Louis Limited
Weatt
Western Express
Efingham
Tatoo Terre Haute Express
T. Louis
All Points Weat
Psunoday
Indiana, Decatur & Western
Decatur & St. Louis
Decatur & St.Louis
Lake Erie & Western R. R
Detroit
Union Traction Company
Marginal St
Flwood
Indianaporls Station
Alexandris
Martinsville Rapid Transit Co
Brooklyn
Mooresville
Kentucky Ave
Union Station
Delaware Street
W. H. Betts
Medical and Surgical Institute
Delaware St
Indianapolis, Ind
Davos Medicine Co
Cal
Sloan Drug .Co
Weat
Inde
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