Parhamites Charged In Zion City Death Torture Case
Five Parhamite sect members in Zion City have been arrested on manslaughter charges for torturing Letitia Greenhaulgh to death in a bid to cast out devils from her rheumatism plagued body. The victims and suspects include Jennie Greenhaulgh Walter Greenhaulgh and Mrs Emma Smith along with others involved in an early morning ritual that ended with death. Coroner’s jury and police investigations reveal a belief in diabolical possession and violent rites leading to the victim’s demise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Letitia Greenhauigh
Zion City
Jennie Eenhaulgh
Walter Greenhaulgh
Mitchell
Parhamites
Emma Smith
Sake County
Greenhaulgh
Tts
Roxie Corbett
Lucy Tyme
Zion
Walter
Mem
Charles F. Parham
John Alexander Dowle
Father
Hell
Corner
Jail escape linked to horse theft tale in Indiana
Robert Smith's jail break at Terre Haute may have spared police in Indianapolis from arresting Drover Curl. Curl, found in Terre Haute jail, faces horse and wagon theft charges linked to a Sept 14 heist of a wagon loaded with potatoes. The stolen gear belonged to Scott Smith of 403 North Priest. Curl and partner allegedly drove toward Brazil, with the overdriven horse dying from exhaustion. Detectives Duncan and Askin traced the pair after Smith's escape, noting they had prior sentences in Terre Haute for tarpaulin theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Smith
Terre Haute
Curl
Indianapolis
Duncan
Askin
Smith
Ney
Scott Smith
N. Priest
Brazil
Ind
Saloonkeepers and arrests linger in local police report
Neal Lanahan, a saloonkeeper at 1548 Timelsst, was discharged for lack of evidence. Patrolman Shelby found three men in Lanahan's room with no beer or proof of drinking. Janse Hauer and Ed Krause are also mentioned in brief police actions and fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal
Lanahan
Priday
Shelby
Langkah
Janse Hauer
Ed Krause
Courthouse Yard Mushrooms and Local Whims
A whimsical column notes mushrooms growing in the courthouse yard and a mix of local happenings. It mentions Thomas Quill bringing a genuine plaid necktie from Scotland for John McGregor, county commissioner, and reflects on weather desires, hog and corn prices, and various court quirks. It also cites transit fears, chicken enthusiasts, noisy dental chairs, and city improvements such as street repairs and new ovens at Taggart Baking. The Marion club plans to dedicate its new home next month amid ongoing community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Quill
Leonard Quill
England
Scotland
John McGregor
Mr. McGregor
Marion Club
Smoke consuming device tested to curb engine smoke
Indianapolis officials and Pennsylvania Railroad executives plan a test next week of a smoke consuming device on a locomotive. If successful, the device could end smoke from switch engines citywide. Inspector Walmsley credits factory and plant upgrades, including Kingan and Claypool, with reducing emissions while prosecutions proceed against noncompliant firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David C. Walmsley
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Company
Cleveland
Fireman Strikes Captain in Face at Station Fight
Captain Harry Davis of Fire Station No 6 was beaten at the Webb and Raymonds station when Fireman Dennis Travers, a former prize fighter, struck him as he slept and opposed a punching bag disturbance. Travers was suspended and faces Board of Safety trial. The captain suffered a bruised jaw and a discolored eye. Dr. Hodgin treated him. Travers, praised for efficiency, denies malicious intent and claims self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Davis
Webb and Raymond Srs
Dennis Travers
Travers
Board of Safety
Capt
Davis
E. E. Hodgin
Weather and Ads Blend From Local Trade Pages
A fragmentary item lists United States Weather Forecast notes and assorted ads. It mentions Parler Queen Base Burne with a heat claim, a People’s Outfitting Co. location in Washington street, and Red Man Tobacco priced at five cents per three ounces, plus miscellaneous text about boots or garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People's Outfitting Co
Washington St
Renticky-ave
Alice Roosevelt Longworth Leads Grand Canyon Lost Woman Search
In Grand Canyon, Alice Roosevelt Longworth joined a night hunt for Mrs. Charles F. Joy of St. Louis who vanished during a walk. Longworth later helped secure a sleeping car berth dispute with two Russian travelers as Joy was found and the party headed home to Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Canon
Charles F. Joy
St. Louis
Roosevelt Longworth
Cincinnati
Congressman Longworth
Longworths
Joy
Italian Smirks At Solemn Jury In Gentry Murder Trial
Frank J. Constantine testified in Chicago that Mrs. Arthur Gentry begged him to take her away to New York or Italy to pursue a music career. He described prior dinners and quarrels, then recounted witnessing her throat being gashed by a razor, a moment he said shocked him as he faced murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank J. Constantine
Arthur Gentry
Constantine
New York
Mrs. Gentry
Gentry
Italy
Girl 15 Abducted in Detroit by Two Men
Miss Helen French, fifteen, was abducted from her home at 3 Beacon Street Detroit by two men claiming to be police officers. They took her to police headquarters for questioning, inducing her to accompany them with implicit authority.
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Detroit
Mich
Helen French
Beacon St
Denison Hotel Theft Leads to Stolen Spear Fraud Case
George Mundon, an old offender, was arrested Thursday by Detectives Gerber and Larsh charged with stealing a 190 pound spear from the rear of the Denison hotel. The weapon, valued at 120 dollars, was allegedly sold for 51 to Joe Dawson who resold it to a junk dealer on Washington street where detectives recovered the spear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mundon
Gerber
Larsh
Denison
Mundon
Joe Dawson
W. Washington St
Small Boy Steals Horse Put In Indiana Boys' School
Roscoe Goff, age 12, was found guilty of stealing a horse by Judge Stubbs in juvenile court on Friday and sentenced to the Indiana Boys' School at Plainfield. After the theft the pair drove to Nora, Indiana, and the horse was later returned and left in a barn by an unidentified person. The boy has appeared in juvenile court previously on larceny charges while his 9-year-old brother was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Goff
Stubbs
Indiana Boys’ School
Plainfield
Nora
Ind
Sunday School Teachers Trained In Bible Work Institute
Delegates at Central Christian church heard Herbert Monringer of Cincinnati and Dr Joseph Clark of Columbus advocate graduate teachers for Sunday school classes. A correspondence course was announced with over 200 members, with Central Christian and Third Christian churches pledging 200 members. Monninger urged pedagogical training. Miss Lily Faris demonstrated teaching very young children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday School Institute of the Christian Church
Central Christian Church
Herbert Monringer
Cincinnati
Joseph Clark
Columbus
Menninger
Central Christian
Third Christian Churches
Indianapolis
L. L. Faris
B. Coleman
W. C. Pearce
M. J. Baldwin
Lily Faris
Herbert Monninger
Monnmeger
Columbus, C
Ohio Sunday School Association
Ohio Association
Clark
Timothy Standby
Doctors Teach Preservative Medicine Tour Starts Indiana Visit
Dr J N McCormick of Bowling Green Kentucky an officer of the American Medical association will begin in Indiana October 1 teaching preservative medicine to people and physicians for public benefit He will be accompanied by Dr J N Hurty and will open in Evansville on October 1 The association has a large membership all physicians and aims to teach people how to escape disease and get along without doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. McCormick
Bowling Green
American Medical Association
Indiana
J. N. Hurty
Evansville
Gov Hanly Returns to Indianapolis
Gov. and Mrs. Hanly arrived in Indianapolis from the east Friday morning. Mrs. Hanly went to Lafayette to the bedside of her daughter Mrs. Garman, reported critically ill Thursday. Mrs. Garman has shown improvement, so her father did not need to go immediately. He will go to Lafayette Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Hanly
Indianapolis
Man Killed by Train Near Harding Street
A man believed to be Frank Frusgnach of Warman Avenue was struck and killed by outbound passenger train No 37 on the St Louis division near Harding Street on Friday afternoon. He was on the track when the train came up behind him and the impact shattered nearly every bone in his body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Frusgnach
Warman-ave
St. Louis
Mig Four
Harding St
Prisoners Plead Not Guilty In Friday Arraignment
Ten prisoners were brought to criminal court on Friday morning and all pled not guilty. Among those arraigned was John Lewis, connected to a recent ear biting incident involving Peter Trainor.
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Criminal
John Lewis
Peter Trainor
Emminger Sues Rhodius Over Quiet Title in Superior Court
In a case labeled More Rhodius, Joseph Emminger sues George Rhodius to quiet title. James Berryhill guardian for Rhodius filed a general denial to all charges. Emminger claims he was given certain W. Washington Street property by Rhodius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Emminger
George Rhodius
James Berryhill
Rhodius
Superior Court
Emminger
W. Washington St
Jewelry vanishes as owners sleep in cold burglary
Police trace burglars through burned matches from the kitchen to the bedroom of James LaPorte at 2312 Prospect St. A gold watch, long neck chain with three pearls, and a chain purse were stolen while the couple slept. A revolver was moved to the floor, the washstand looted, and a vase knocked over. Bulglars fled as Mrs LaPorte woke. A grocer, Charles McGee, also thwarted thieves at 3136 W Washington St. Provisions and saloon liquor were taken from Louis Tulley’s with the front door forced open.
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Pect St
Charles McGee
Washington St
McGee
Louis Tulley
Dam Repairs Funded as Public Works Contract
The Board of Public Works awarded a contract to Modern Construction Company on Friday to fix the park dam at Riverside park. Project cost listed at 7800 dollars. The Grand Central Interurban Railway Company seeking passage through Garfield park near the Pennsylvania railroad was offered a 31 200 per acre right of way by the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Modern Construction Company
Riverside Park
Grand Central Interurban Railway Company
Garfield Park
Pennsylvania Railroad
Epileptic Commitment of Two Men by Judge Allen
Alfred F Slogan and John H Farrington were committed to the village for epileptics by Judge Henry Clay Allen. Farrington was said to have been struck by Police Chief Metzger on Washington street during a fit months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred F. Slogan
John H. Farrington
Henry Clay Allen
Circuit Court
Farrington
Chief Metzger
Police Department
Washington St
Miner and Maid Meet by Chance in Indianapolis Wedding
Adolph F. Termer of Mount Olive Illinois vice president of United Mine Workers subdistrict No 6 travels to Indianapolis with Frank J. Hayes to wed Mabel Claire La Rue daughter of a leading Indianapolis businessman. The couple met during a miners convention two years ago when they visited the editor’s office seeking a retraction after an article caused a dispute. The ceremony concludes a curious chain of events with the couple to reside in Belleville.
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ST. Louis
Adolph F. Termer
Mount Olive
United Mine Workers' of America
East St. Louis
Indianapolis
Mabel Claire la Rue
Frank J. Hayes
Termer
Miss la Rue
Hayes
Indianapolis News
le Ru
Belleville
Standard Stock to a University Kellogg Showed Trust in Open Defiance
After an order to dissolve a big combine retains control of business and grinds down rivals. The piece signals tension between university linked entities and corporate power amid ongoing market struggles. No dates or specific organizations named.
Standard Oil Monopolization and Stock Dissolution Findings
Developments show Standard Oil cutting supplies to independent refineries to gain oil export monopoly. Testimony indicates control remained in select hands amid efforts to prove transfer of Manhattan properties. Government charges reveal the trust held about forty nine percent until 1699, with dissolution of subsidiaries in 1892.
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Standard
Old
Manhattan Company
Wesley H. Tilford
University of Chicago
Kellogg
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rockefeller Holdings Dominate Standard Oil Stock List
William Rockefeller and Henry Flagler figures head a vast network of Standard Oil of New Jersey shares as Tilford testifies to stock owners and family lines tracing back to the 1882 trust. The proceedings reveal cross holdings, family control, and measures defying court orders amid the oil trust dissolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Brewster
J. A. Bostwick
D. M. Harkness
C. B. Jennings
H. A. Hutchings
Charles Lockhart
William H. Macy
William H. Macy, Jr
Josiah Macy, Jr
Kellogg
Oliver H. Payne
Tilford
Charwin H. Pratt
C. M. Pratt
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Wiliam Rockefeller
H. H
Kellogg Confident In Government Anti-Trust Case
Frank B Kellogg, counsel for the government, expressed confidence in the Standard Oil of New Jersey dissolution suit. He praised disclosures from W H Tilford, treasurer of the oil trust, and indicated railroad witnesses may not be used for days while the case proceeds. Kellogg traced the history of the company and questioned purchases involving Manhattan Oil, Union Tank Line, Ohio Oil, and Solar Refining through witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wlliam Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
The
Big Oil Trust
W. H. Tilford
Frank B. Kellogg
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Oil Trust
Kellogg
Manhattan Oil Company
A. N. Brady
Commodore Benedict
Union Tank Line
Ohio Ol! Company
Solar Refining Company
Laborers Rush to Work on Roosevelt Street Project
George Seidensticker, financial backer of the contractors delaying Roosevelt street improvements since last spring, informed the Board of Public Works on Friday that 750 men are now at work grading the street. The grading contractor earlier said he could not hire due to high demand, but when contracts were threatened, workers and teams were quickly supplied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Seidensticker
Roosevelt
Board of Public Works
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United Press
Joseph Clay
Perry Hardin
Martin Hugg
Ray
Capt. Dawson
Bray
Illinois
Columbia Club
E. Michigan St
Taggart Baking Company
the Mothers
Jewela of
Howard
Place
Besoe Will
Inspector Walmsley
Walmsley
Claypool Hotel
English Hotel
Kingan
Baseball Grounds
Kingan Company
Officer
United States
Alice
Mrs. Longworth
Ariz
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Navajo
Ustred Press
Institute
Corres
Pondence Course
GOV
Hanly Returns
Harrod
Virginia
Joseph Clare
James LaPorte
Park Dam
Miner
Wy United Press
John Dee
Busi
Ness
Independents
Standard Oil
Wulschner
Denison Barber Shop
Best
Ender
Gus Habieh
W. Jranbingten
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