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Arson, drownings and riots fill a tumultuous Indiana day
A long, jumble of small-town incidents across Indiana reports a man harming himself with suspenders, a horse kicking a man in Albion, deaths from poison and morphine, burglaries, ongoing pensions, arson trials, train incidents, and various local misfortunes. The item lists numerous places including Muncie, Marion, Greenfield, and Kokomo with scattered events such as poisonings, hangings, wrecks, and a flood of pension changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Fvar
Mary Gerken
Albion
Laporte
Tipton
Laporte County
Alexandria
Marion
Jolietville
Muncie
Falls Citiesworth League Union
Jeffersonville
Bartholomew County
Wartham College
Greensburg
Shelbyville
Potomac
Twenty-seventh Regiment
Indiana Volunteers
Greenfield
Uriah Lowe
Huntington
Wiibena Edwards
Nivison & Weiskopff
Elwood
Ambrose Johnson
Ladoga
T. L. Warner
Lake Shore
Bronson
Gua Williams
Indiana Iron Works
Elkhart
Starke County
Innox
John W. Paris
Greentown
Frankfort
John Daugherty
Kokomo
M. Cain
Tom Hawkins
A. m
Dr. Owsley
Darlington Scho
Grant County
Larion
Blonday
Myre
Cordelia Coleman
Thorntown
Lebanon
Chas
Reed
Eugene Leller
St. Paul
Levier