Farmers Aim to Battle Jack Frost with Fire
Chicago dispatch reports heavy frosts threaten the northern corn belt over ten days with potential losses of 200 million dollars and drastic effects on national prosperity. Government forecasts show 1.269 billion bushels in yield with 560 million at risk from prolonged cold, frost, and snow. Railroads fear reduced earnings if the corn crop suffers alongside earlier wheat losses.
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Chicago
Uthels
Indiana
Ohio
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Wyoming
South Dakota
Cheyenne
Grees
Leander
Wyo
Denver
Lake
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
Chadron
Neb
Elkhart firm Crane & Co. assigns assets in hard coal stove sale
Elkhart firm Crane and Co. hardware dealers have made an assignment. Last winter a large shipment of hard coal stoves could not be sold due to anthracite coal shortages from the strike. A supply of soft coal stoves bought then could not be disposed of because they were not union made.
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Elkhart, Int
Crane & Co
Youthful cowboy shoots Virginia photographer in wild wear
Roanoke dispatch reports Wm. A. Murray of Hensley West Virginia dying from a pistol wound after Francis Long aged 14 posed as a cowboy for photos. Long had two pistols aimed at the camera when one discharged fatally wounding Murray who leaves a wife and four children.
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Virginia
Roanoke
A. Murray
Hensley
W. Va
Murray
Francis Long
Robbed by Masked Man Near Valparaiso
On September 15 in Valparaiso Indiana, Alyea of Hebron was robbed of 1.25 dollars by a masked man while traveling with his wife to pay for a newly bought farm. The assailant was armed with a revolver and police pursue the highwayman through thick brush.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Othle Alyea
Hebron
Rough Riders of Salvation Army invade Breathitt
Cincinnati dispatch reports Salvation Army Rough Riders, led by Captain R. E. Holtz of Cleveland, marching 201 miles on horseback through Breathitt county Kentucky to Jackson and back to Cincinnati from Sept 15 to Oct 1, visiting towns including Salyersville Prestonburg Pikesville Hindman Hazard Whitesburg Wise, Va. and meeting at Breathitt County Courthouse amid tensions after J. B. Marcum murder.
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Cincinnati
Salvation Army
Distrieta
Kentucky
Breathitt
Salvation Army Rough Riders
Cpt
R. E. Holtz
Cleveland
Maj
Hunter
Boyd
White
Envoy West
Pittsburg
Eacott
Olthott
Bassett and
Gallihar
Jackson
Holtz
Hargis
Foud
No More Extra Tax for the Bachelors
Reading Pa Sept 15 The county commissioners have abolished the tax on single men. Previously single men paid 5 cents more than married men, likely to promote matrimony. Starting next year the single men tax will be based on occupation like the married men tax, with no premium for being unmarried.
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Reading
Farwell Falls And Breaks Arm In Residence Accident
Ex-Senator Charles B Farwell suffered a broken arm Monday while being assisted from his reclining chair at home in Chicago. He had been in critical condition for months and was just showing signs of slight improvement when the accident occurred, raising fears for further decline.
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Chicago
Chas. ‘B. Farwell
Woman confesses to chloroforming rival in Wabash
Mrs. Tiuman Fountaine admitted to the prosecutor that she chloroformed Mira Lola Harnish in Wabash county late Wednesday night and planned to plead guilty. She said she took a 15 cent supply of chloroform at Peru and wore a skirt and shoes to mislead investigators, leaving a watch and pocketbook at the scene.
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Wabash
Ind
Tiuman Fountaine
Mira Lola Harnish
This County
C. J. Turner
Miss Harnish
Mra. Fountaine
Peru
Incubator baby dies at City hospital after weekes in care
The incubator baby nicknamed Inky died at 12:30 a m Tuesday in City hospital after two weeks there. Carrie Brown, the mother, could not care for the infant which weighed 3 ounces at birth and suffered malnutrition though cared for by Dr. Shank. The case drew hundreds of visitors during its time in the incubator and highlighted early efforts to maintain a constant 98 degree temperature.
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Carrie Brown
Railroad Excursions From Indianapolis This Fall
Tickets for Cincinnati, Chicago, Madison, Baltimore, and more excursions go on sale Sept. 7. Return deadlines vary to Sept. 21 or Sept. 28, with round trip rates from $1.25 to $16.00. Special through trains depart from Indianapolis or LaSalle Street, via Lake Erie and Western, Lake Shore, and Pennsylvania lines. sleeper reservations and agency contacts listed for travel plans.
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Chattanooga
Vila G
Queen & Crescent
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
United
Chicago
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Sovereign Grand Lodge
O. F
Stetary
Alma
Wife Played Pedro Sparks Domestic War in Fort Wayne Ind
Sept 15. William Smith, jailed for two days, says his wife insisted on playing Pedro and dancing after their marriage. He objected to her card playing and refused to vacation at a religious camp meeting. She refused, triggering domestic strife and his arrest for alleged wife desertion.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Bear shot near Duluth by Dr Kraft at 38 pounds
In Duluth Minnesota on September 16 Dr Peter Kraft and his son tracked a large black bear said to be in the timber near the state normal school. The bear weighed about 38 pounds. This is the first bear of the year reported in the city limits after a dozen were killed last fall.
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Duluth
Minn
Peter Kraft
State Dormal School
Rittes
Druin
Krutt
Sam Jones in fist fight near Cartersville
Rev Sam Jones, famed Georgia evangelist, denounced the local postmaster for serving homemade wine to boys during a sermon in Cartersville. Postmaster Walter Akerman confronted Jones on the street. a lively scuffle followed before friends separated them. Cartersville, Jones home and prohibition town, also hosts Akerman's vineyard sales.
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Cartersville
Sare Jones
Georgia
Neil
Walter Akerman
Janet
Sam Jones
Akerman
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Elkhart
Nba
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C. Koehring & Bro
Cw, Kriel
Monument-place
English Block
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Comer Meridian
Washington
Pennsylvania Lines
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Madison & P.m
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Portugal
Edward VII
England
Wilhelmina
Josephine
Siam
Napoleon
France
Fura
India
Choice
Association
L. S. AYRES @ CO. Indiane
Pedro
THY Bun Free Minera
SUN Ofice
EL Christ
Earle
Washington St
Court House
Pfister Billiard Parlor
W. Pearlst
Ed Reeves
Claypool
Indiana Dental College
Delaware and
Ohio Streets
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Arena
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