Two Men Killed in Fierce Fight at St Croix
New Albany Ind Sept 21 Body of Robert Knight found by friends. Sam Conklin a deaf mute died of wounds. Two or three others believed to be dying. A fierce faction clash at St Croix left multiple dead and wounded with no clear survivor tally.
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New Albany
Ind
St. Croix
Robert Knight
Sam Conklin
John H. Brown
Waltham
Mass
Maine
Iowa
Edmond Hoffman
Greencastle
Putnam County
Kentucky
Evansville
Inspector Leach Says Gas Supply Is Sufficient
MARION Ind Sept 21 State gas inspector Leach says no reason for poor service next winter noting ample supply to reach consumers and urges test of service pipes before cold weather Leach also says Loogootee field will have ample fuel for the season.
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Leach
Marion
Ind
Spector Leach
Loogootee
Anderson
Fort Wayne Gas Company
Dancers Escorted From Fairgrounds After Nude Display
A group of Indianapolis dancers were caught dancing nude at the Brazil fairgrounds during the race meet and were driven from the grounds by directors and from the city by police.
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Brazil
Ind
Indianapolis
Fair Grounds
Pattersons sue Panhandle railroad for damages
Samuel L. Patterson and his wife sue the Panhandle railroad for twelve thousand five hundred dollars for injuries sustained by Mrs. Patterson in an incident near Richmond Indiana dated September twenty first.
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Richmond
Ind
Samuel L. Patterson
The
Panhandle Railroad
Indiana News Roundup From Various Towns
A compendium of Indiana incidents from Logansport to Richmond notes deaths and crimes, including a fatal runaway in Logansport, a Brook bank robbery, and multiple drownings and shootings. It lists civic efforts like vaccination for Frankfort public schools and funds for Laporte gymnasium, plus local incidents of accidents, court actions, and industrial disputes.
Bursting Crop Bonds and a Burlington County Scheme
Cass county gravel road bonds worth 195000 were recently bought amid turmoil over a previously illegal sale due to insufficient advertising. A proposed new county named Burlington would assemble parts of Carroll Howard Clinton and Cass with Burlington as county seat. Reports mention rail spike incident near Yettervortville injuring train crew, a child Heroic, and a widespread market listing with groceries and vegetables prices.
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Cass County
Carroll, Howard
Clinton
Cass
Burlington
Sixty Printers Dismissed Over Work Shortage
Washington dispatch reports sixty printers fired from the government printing office on grounds of slack work. The dismissed workers allege political motives, saying demoralized hires from doubtful states replaced them with Republicans, and claim civil service rules were broken. Also noted is Harry Overman hosting a clam bake at a camp above Broad Ripple with guests ferried by a special car and his steamer Sunshine.
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Washington
Government Printing Office
Harry Overman
Maryland Casualty Company
Broad Ripple
Sunshine
Overman
Tragic double murder shocks Foxboro crowd
Foxboro, September 21. D L Shepard and his wife were found in bed with throats cut from ear to ear. An insane son is missing and believed to have committed the crime.
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Foxboro
Mass
D. L. Shepard
Maher Wins Newbarnes Plate in England First Ride
In Manchester on Friday Danny Maher won the Newbarnes plate aboard Painte, with Pearly Reid second ridden by L Reiff. It’s Maher’s first England race after coming to ride for Pierre Lorillard. Separately, D H Sebastian was struck by a streetcar while bicycling in Illinois and Maryland. minor injuries, ambulance took him home where a rabbit’s foot dropped from his pocket.
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Manchester
Eng
Danny” Maher
Pearly Reid
L. Reiff
Maher
England
Pierre Lorillard
D. H. Sebastian
Illinois
Maryland Srs
S. Arsenalave
Kitz Bowling Alleys Refitted in City Upgrade
The Kitz Bowling Alleys have been handsomely refitted on the first in the city with improvements on the second floor. E. Kitz & Co., proprietors, 127 Court Street.
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Kitz
Firest
E. Kitz & Co
City Markets Provisions and Prices in Indianapolis Sept 2
Indianapolis market report lists smoked meats such as sugar cure hams bone less Reliable styles and bacon cuts with prices like 12 to 14 cents. dried beef hams 1 1 4 percent. sausage wiener wurst 5 cents. pickled meats and lard priced by tierce or barrel. fresh pork joints and tenderloins noted. vegetables include new positions at 1.8 per barrel.
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California
Indiana
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Logansport
Frankfort Public Schools
Muncie
Laporte
Iron and Steel
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Etna Snodgrass
Reed Station
Anderson Fair
Rob Ireland
Willard Kenneth
Robert Zerbes
Howard County
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Harrison St
West Broadway
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Clarence Matthews
Limestone
Matthews
Morgan Butler
Peru
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Decatur
Canton Boone
Lebanon
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Roy Coe
Lafayette
Elks
Green Bottle Blowers’ Association
Turner Cox, Jr
Hiram ‘Applegate
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Applegate
William Geake
Fort Wayne
Supreme Council of the Thirty
Masonic Scottish Rite
John Lawrence
Marshall
Kosciusko
William Funston
Edward Funston
Kansas
Col. Funston
Wheeling
Delaware County
Squire Bloodgood
W. Oliver Norris
Rushvile
C. H. Gilbert
Gilbert
Kyle
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EXAN
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Phoenix A
Empire
Ideal
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Ariosa
Lion
Jersey
Singapore
Young Hyson
Johnson
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Best
New York
Timothy
Fancy
Canada
G. S. Beef
G. S. Belf
Harnes
New York State
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Michigan
Ohio
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City Markets
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Wrades
Hich Hich
Ll Go Tomor
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Yountsville
Shetland
Aeseven
Spring Heer
Vici Kid Jace Shoes
Sas
Chas. Maguire
Phil. Joseph, ‘the Granger
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Young Soul
Pittsburg
Kanawha
Winifrede
Raymond City
Jackson
Island City
Slack
Blossburg
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