Freight Crew Jumps Without Effort At Tipton Crash
Tipton Indiana September 26 coroner reports point to freight crew abandoning wrecked car to save their lives without slowing speed on dangerous curve. Six men died while a wedding couple from Kokomo faced tragedy as the bride Nellie Coxen mourned her intended husband Walter Holthausen and his brother. the groom to be was to have been best man. The accident followed the Kingsland disaster and spurred investigations by the coroner and Indiana railroad commission as soldiers and others suffered injuries.
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Tipton
Ind
Tipton Sundhy
Holt- Hausen Brothers
Brooklyn
W. F. Holthausen
Nellie Coxen
Walter Holthausen
W. G. Holthausen
Kokomo
Kingsland
Joseph Baker
L. M. Reagan
Indiana State Railroad Commission
Gamest
Charles Grace
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Inianapolis
Sixth
United States Cavalry
Indianapolis
Zara Newcomb
Death Drapes Claypool Suites After Traction Wreck
A pall hangs over the Claypool hotel as chairs in the famous suite remain unused following the Tipton traction wreck. Dr W Tolthausen and W H Hotthausen of Brooklyn died, their plans included a Monday wedding with Nellie Coxon of Kokomo. Friends bid farewell as the couple’s names are marked with a black band on the register.
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Claypool
W. Tolthausen
W. H. Hotthausen
Brooklyn
Tipton
Indianapolis Woman Heroine Aids Wreck Victims At Tipton
Mrs Joseph Hawkins of Indianapolis one of the passengers on the interurban car wrecked near Tipton assisted other women passengers in escaping without injury to herself. Louis Brook, a victim, was taken to his parents home in Kokomo as mourners gathered Sunday.
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Kokomo
Ind
Joseph Hawkins
Indianapolis
Tipton
Louis Brook
Indian Maize Raiser Showcases Original Corn Type
In Bedford Indiana on September 26 Charles C Thomas presented a variety of corn he describes as an original Indian maize. The exhibit notes the ears are sheathed in hulls and highlights unique characteristics of this historic grain.
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Bedford
Ind
Charles C. Thomas
Church Bell Near Hangs Aged Sexton In Indiana
John W. Clark a 54 year old sexton of the Methodist church at Elizabethtown in Lawrenceburg Indiana was found entangled by a rope while ringing the church bell. The rope twisted into a loop around his neck causing a fall that broke his shoulder before the coil tightened and he freed himself as the bell continued to swing.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
John W. Clark
Methodist Church
Elizabethtown
Haman
Clark
Golang
Sutton's Body Found After Quarrel in Peru
Peru Indiana September 26 Jack Sutton 45 quarreled with a stranger Saturday and Sunday morning Sutton's body was found near the Wabash river bridge by police A stranger who borrowed 30 cents at Ensminger's store claimed he had struck a man and must leave town Coroner Goodrich suspects foul play though no violence marks are visible on the body
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Peru
Ind
Jack Sutton
Sutton
Wabash River Bridge
Ensminger
Goodrich
Sister's Death Was Too Much to Stand
In Indiana Harbor Indiana, Mrs William Thompson, wife of an Inland Steel roller, killed herself by swallowing carbolic acid at the dinner table Sunday in front of her husband and three children. She had been despondent after the death of a sister a week earlier, her final words were here's to goodbye.
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Indiana Harbor
Ind
William Thompson
Inland
Indianapolis Men Hurt In Shelby Rage Races
Shelbyville Ind September 26 Harry Stuard and Edward Webber of Indianapolis had their motorcycles wrecked in metreycle races Sunday afternoon by L A Chapman of Indianapolis. Neither was seriously injured Stuard’s machine went over the track fence tearing one leg making right ankle sprain.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Harry Stuard
Edward Webber
Indianapolis
L. A. Chapman
Stuard
Two Wreck Victims Add 70 Death List
Terre Haute Indiana September 26 A Southern Indiana passenger train crash into a work train on Wednesday left engineer John Cornutt and car inspector William B. Bile dead at a hospital by Sunday Eighteen others injured are expected to recover
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Terre Haute
Ind
Southern Indiana
John Cornutt
William B. Bile
Woman fined and jailed for operating blind tiger
Ella Ferrand of Martinsville Indiana received a $50 fine plus costs and thirty days in jail for running a blind tiger at her home. Officers found beer being consumed at the residence and stored in the cellar.
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Martinsville
Ind
Ella Ferrand
Accidental shooting death of 7 year old in Kentucky
In Madison Indiana on September 26 a coroner's inquest in Trimble county Kentucky found Orvis Duncan seven years old was accidentally shot and killed by his brother Robert eighteen. The family had reported death from a fall. Rumors prompted exhumation of the body.
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Madison
Ind
Trimble County
Orvis Duncan
Robert
Alleged Deserter Snook Arrested in Logansport
Elmer Snook who enlisted in Cincinnati June 10, 1909, and deserted from the regular army at Norfolk August 10, was arrested on his return home to Logansport tonight.
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Logansport
Ind
Elmer Snook
Cincinnati
Norfolk
Buried Whisky Dug Up In Columbus Arrest
Albert Bozzell is under arrest charged with running a blind tiger. Officers recovered six gallons of whisky buried in the basement of Bozzell's Columbus residence.
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Columbus
Ind
Albert Bozzell
Bozzell
Man Drowns After Falling From Auto Boat Dubrie
Madison Ind Sept 26 Charles Dehler merchant aged 30 unmarried drowned when he fell from his auto boat Dubrie into the Onio Saturday night.
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Madison, Ind
Charles Dehler
Dubrie
Onio
Republican Vote Lost In Columbus After Move
John L. Jones misses his vote this year after moving to Columbus Indiana He had cast his first vote for Lincoln and has not missed voting the Republican ticket at any prior election This brief item notes a long voting history and a failed attempt to vote due to relocation
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Columbus
Ind
John L. Jones
Lincoln
Monroe delegates named for joint Republican convention
Special to The Sun reports Monroe and Brown counties will hold a joint Republican representation convention in Bloomington on September 26. The meeting aims to select delegates and organize party activities for upcoming contests in the district.
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Bloomington
Ind
Monroe
Brown County
In Bloom
Norton Comes Back at Wife by Public Letter
Columbus Indiana September 26 a nurse testifies in court that Mrs Norton told her she was not sick and came to meet John York of Peru she wished Norton would kill himself for insurance and cared more for York than Norton Norton publishes a letter from Mrs Norton before marriage claiming lasting love and freedom from evil guides she says she was forced into marriage and York was the only man she could love the nurse adds Norton pressed a medium to influence her and their marriage caused estrangement
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Columbus
Ind
Mary A. McBride
Mount Jackson Sanitarium
Indianapolis
Julian P. Norton
Effie Norton
John York
Peru
Norton
York
John
Shahan
W Norton
Vernon Democrats Nominate County Ticket Hear Kern Tariff
In Vernon Indiana on September 26 the county Democrats nominated a county slate and heard John W. Kern speak at length on the history of Republicans on tariff. Introduced by Congressman Dixon, Kern addressed the gathering. Ticket: Clerk Dr. Mitchell. Auditor Martin Brogan. Treasurer J N King. Sheriff Clem Bridges. Assessor James Tolen. Coroner Dr Wilson. Surveyor Joe Miller. Commissioners George Crist and Madison Morin. Joint representative nominee S B Wells of Scottsburg also chosen.
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Sun
Vernon
Ind
John W. Kern
Congressman Dixon
Mitchell
Martin Brogan
J. N. King
Clem Bridges
James Tolen
Wilson
Joe Miller
Ceorge Crist
Madison Morin
S. B. Wells
Scottsburg
One Kick Knocks Three in Evansville Horse Incident
Evansville Indiana September 26 Mack Swallow John Swallow and Guy Hauff were kicked by a horse while talking Sunday. All were knocked down by the same blow. Mack Swallow sustained possibly fatal injuries and others were hurt.
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The
Sunn
Evansville
Ind
Mack Swallow
John Swallow
Guy Hauffman
Induced fleeing prints on neck cited in Rushville divorce
Mrs. Fannie Bender reports her husband Frank left prints on her neck while attempting to choke her after throwing her against a stone wall in Rushville Indiana. She seeks a divorce and legal action.
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Rushville
Ind
Fannie Bender
Frank
Sulu Sultan Arrives in New York for World Sightseeing
Hadji Mohamed Jamalin Kiram, sultan of Sulu, arrives in New York with twenty-five retainers for a world sightseeing tour. The note recalls his historic rule marked by tribute demands and a feared harem, and a past offer to Miss Alice Roosevelt.
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New York
Alice Roosevelt
Longworth
Islands
Wife Wins Husband From His Bachelor Ways
Special to The Sup Florence Lovejoy a Kokomo telephone girl marries Charles B Williams in Springfield Ir They wed at home and he toasts his bride at a leading hotel before she departs for a visit The gag tone wedding ends his bachelor days with a party for friends
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Kokomo
Ind
Florence Lovejoy
Springfield
Charles B. Williams
Mr. Williams
Bryan and Dixon 10 Speak at Big Rally
Columbus Ind Sept 26 Democrats of Bartholomew Johnson and Shelby counties will hold a joint meeting at the Edinburg fair grounds on Oct 19 where William Jennings Bryan and Congressman Lincoln Dixon will deliver speeches.
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Columbus
Ind
Bartholomew, Johnson and
Shelby Counties
Edinburg Fair Grounds
William Jennings Bryan
Lincoln Dixon
Dearborn Ticket Named in Dearborn County Races
Dearborn County Republicans elected a full county ticket on Saturday led by Representative candidate Frank C. Dam and clerk William H. Ross. Other nominees included auditor Alva H. G. Miller, recorder Robert Fleming, treasurer John E. Huber, sheriff Henry Weasleman, assessor Charles Heyx, coroner Wilbur D. Robinson, surveyor Harry L. Nowlin, First district commissioner Thomas H. Nowlin, and Second district commissioner John Seitz Sr. Resolutions endorsing President Taft, Senator Beveridge, and a protective tariff were adopted.
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Dearborn
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Dearborn County
Frank C. Dam
William II. Ross
Alva H. G. Miller
Robert Fleming
John E. Huber
Henry Weasleman
Charles Heyx
Wilbur D. Robinson
Harry L. Nowlin
Thomas H. Nowlin
Mrs Stokes Jackson Dies In Greenfield
Mrs. Mary J. Jackson aged 66 wife of U S Jackson Democrat state chairman was buried in Greenfield after a long illness. She is survived by her husband and four children Mrs Horace Boyd Mrs Ora Meyers Omer S Jackson and Earl H Jackson. She died Friday.
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Greenfield
Ind
Mary J. Jackson
U. S. Jackson
Democratic State Committee
Horace Boyd
Ora Meyers
Omer S. Jackson
Earl H. Jackson
Jackson
Mother and Babe Hurt in Shelbyville Runaway
Mrs. Bert McKenney broke an arm and her young son sustained a severe back injury in a Saturday night runaway at Fairland. Mr McKenney escaped injury as the family was disrupted in the incident near Shelbyville Indiana on September 26.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Bert McKenney
Fairland
McKenney
Tribune Sued for Eating Big Melon
Ashford Crooks, a melon grower from Logansport Indiana, sued the Logansport Tribune for 400 dollars claiming the newspaper staff destroyed a large watermelon brought for display. Reporters Lee and Hendee allegedly gnawed the melon, blocked it with a placard, and later carved it in the composing room using a shooting stick.
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Logansport
Ind
Ashford Crooks
Logansport Tribune
E. Lee
H. C. Hendee
Tribune
Lee
Hendee
Crooks
Tiger Keepers Indicted In Lawrence County Case
Lawrence County grand jury returned thirty one indictments against blind tiger keepers in Bedford Indiana on September 26. One murder case involving Philip Beck remains unsolved with the motive and suspect not identified.
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Bedford
Ind
Lawrence County
Philip Beck
Man Found Dead in Indiana Field Near Marietta
Samuel Mohr aged 35 was found dead Saturday afternoon on his farm near Marietta Shelbyville Indiana An epilepsy suspected cause of death with coroner investigation pending he is survived by his wife and one child.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Samuel Mohr
Marietta
Urban theaters shut after interurban wreck in Tipton
Logansport Indiana September 26 All moving picture theaters closed Sunday due to the interurban wreck at Tipton. Films were sent by a messenger on the fatal car who is still missing.
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Logansport
Ind
Tipton
Woman Found in Mungie Murder Case Near Banker’s Haunt
Special to The Suan reports in Muncie Indiana that a woman connected to the Norman E. Black banker murder has been located. Police pursue the pale woman described by grocer Will Daniels, seen near the street Black often used, with two blood spots observed on the back of her white suit.
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Norman E. Black
Grocer
Will
Preaches Farewell as Pastor Heads to Franklin
Dr. H P Klyver preached his farewell sermon at the First Baptist church and will depart this week to assume the pastorate at the Baptist church in Franklin Indiana. Dr Heller of Buffalo New York will temporarily fill the local pastorate.
Rushville arrest over wet town image in soda era
Rushville Ind Sept 26 Lige Pea jailed after running a blind kitten incident. The town once thought dry has two arrests for keeping wink joints for wet purposes in the last week, suggesting a fall from the water wagon.
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Rushville
Ind
Lige Pea
Widow and two children survive after live wire incident
George Hackleman found a live wire on a sidewalk in Anderson Indiana while going to work. He picked it up to move it and the wire belonged to the municipal lighting plant. A widow and two children survive from the incident.
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Sun
Anderson
Ind
George Hackleman
Municipal Fighting Plant
Bloomington to Install Stone Post Lights
Bloomington Ind will install 144 stone post lights similar to Indianapolis Broadways. The stone posts are donated by local stone operators. Expected city savings about 7000 dollars. Lights will be installed in clusters as in Indianapolis.
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Ington
Indianapolis
Prisoner Escapes County Jail on Second Attempt
Crawfordsville Ind Sept 26 After a failed first attempt Jaybee Smith succeeded Sunday escaping from the county jail by picking the lock of a solitary cell with wire. Earlier Saturday it was found he sawed the lock. He is described as a notorious crook and was jailed twenty days for drunkenness.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Jaybee Smith
DePauw Daily Debuts With Student Editors
Greencastle Ind Sept 26 The first issue of the DePauw Daily was issued Monday. Jerome Powers is editor in chief Ralph Dunham managing editor and Lucien Tennant assistant managing editor.
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The
Sun
Greencastle
Ind
DePauw
Jerome Powers
Ralph Dunham
Lucien Tennant
WEDDED 70 YEARS
Peru Indiana couple David Hockmann 94 and his wife 86 from Bunker Hill marked their seventieth wedding anniversary on Saturday in a special observance reported from Peru Indiana.
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Peru
Ind
David Hockmann
Bunker Hill
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