Long-Sought Timber Wolf Shot Near Pleasantville, Iowa
A gray timber wolf weighing about 67 pounds was killed by John Driver Jr on his farm two miles southwest of Pleasantville after preying on sheep and poultry across southwest Warren County. The predator had caused at least $1,000 in losses, with dozens of geese lambs and chickens found killed in nearby farms. The carcass will be displayed at the Horace Edwards farm before possible town exhibition.
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Linton
Pleasantville
John Driver Jr
Daily Citizen
Roy Miller
D. R. Newkirk
Goosepond
Driver
Jane Wolf
Horace Edwards
Newkirk
B. F. Booker
Will Kadokus
State's last Mexican War veteran dies at 99
Samuel Leffler, Indiana's last Mexican War veteran, died at his St Paul home near Shelbyville nine days after turning ninety nine. A carpenter by trade, he served in both the Mexican and Civil Wars, enlisting at the war's start and witnessing Vicksburg's surrender on July 4, 1863.
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Indianapolis
Samuel Leffler
Indiana
St. Paul
Shelbyville
Leffler
Butler Ohio
Vicksburg
Senator Frank R. Gooding Dies in Idaho at 57
Idaho junior senator Frank R. Gooding died at his daughter's home after months of ill health. A Republican figure who rose to prominence as governor during the 1900s Haywood and Steunenberg era, he recently had surgery in Rochester Mayo Hospital.
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Gooding
Idaho
Frank R. Gooding
Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Senator Gooding
Big Bill’ Haywood
Frank Steunenberg
Wolf in Local Area Reported Kill
Reports describe a male wolf killed after months of evading capture and sightings near residents. Neighbors claimed a den of wolves existed in the locality with multiple reported sightings of young wolves.
Switz City Baptist Church Plans Building Fund Campaign
A Switz City campaign to raise funds for church improvements is to launch next week led by Rev A I Chastain. Three plans costing 2500 3500 and 5000 dollars propose a basement furnace exterior interior updates new windows roof choir loft and pew rearrangements plus a 16 by 42 foot south side addition with two Sunday school rooms a Baptistry and art window.
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Crrizen
Switz City
Baptist Church
A. I. Chastain
G. B. Daubenspeck
Dan Stantz
William Bump
Wayne Wakefield
Henry Switz
Mable Bartley
Glad and Sorry entertain at bridge party
Glad and Sorry entertained several people last night with a bridge party. Miss ern Haskett called on Mrs. Pearl Jackson Saturday evening. Seven teen children attended a birthday party for Donald Switz. Delights included refreshments.
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Ern Haskett
Pearl Jackson
Wilma Bump
Bloomfield
Flossie Meurer
Lyons
Mary Elswick
Henry Switz
Donald
Jerry Wakefield
Garrett Daubenspeck
Ray Finglish
Local Social News From Port Clinton Area
Carl Wills and family visit his father in Port Clinton Ohio. Kenneth Wills in Linton City hospital reportedly better. Mrs John Corbin in Linton hospital slightly better. Isaac Bartley returns home to Kensett Arkansas. Rev R M Taylor departs to DePauw University Greencastle for Bible school. Betty Baughman of Indianapolis visits relatives. Seylis Noel of Bedford weekends with parents Jesse and Mrs Noel. Jerry Wakefield home from Terre Haute State Normal for weekend. James Hineman family attend birthday dinner at Dan Klingers. Lois Clark returns from Got wel Indiana visiting her parents. Donald Ray born to Shannon and Switz City Rusher. Mr and Mrs Charles Hollargen-
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Carl Wills
Port Clinton
Ohio
Harvey Wills
Kenneth Wills
Linton City Hospital
John Corbin
Linton Hospital
Isaac Bartley
Kensett
Ark
R. M. Taylor
M. E. Church
Greencastle
DePauw University
Betty Baughman
Indianapolis
Seylis Noel
Bedford
Jesse Noel
Jerry Wakefield
Terre Haute State Normal
James Hineman
Dan Klinger
Lois Clark
Qotwell
Ind
Shannon Rusher
Switz City
Donald Ray
Charles Hollargen
Half Million Robbery of Leviathan Mystery Revealed
The United States liner Leviathan returned to New York with a $500,000 mail robbery unsolved. An official inquiry will be held in New York while Scotland Yard notes seals on mail bags brought to England were not intact, suggesting theft at sea or in Southampton.
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Tuner Prus8s
Southampton
United States
New York
Scotland Yard
England
Drownings Mar Evening in Mill Creek Near Romona
Edgar Galloway 12 son of Mr and Mrs Ira Galloway Romona Indiana drowned Saturday morning while swimming with two Romona youths in Mill Creek just north of Romona on State Road 67. His body found in six feet of water near the entry point. The other two boys were frightened and unable to assist.
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Spencisr
Ind
lHdgar Galloway
Ira Galloway
Rorona
Romona
Mill Creek
Galloway
Samuel Collins
Huntingburg
Frank Terrell
Logansport
Edward Tareger
Hobart
Pennsylvania
Edgar Galloway
Ramona
Here
Robert Kekeis
Hammond
Peter Efromage
Lake Michigan
Indiana Harbor
Violence toll over weekend in Indiana rises to eighteen
United Press reports in Indianapolis that over the weekend ten people died in Indiana from accidents mostly on roadways. The toll includes a family of five at a grade crossing near Muncie, two drownings in Mill Creek and Lake Michigan, and several fatalities from collisions involving trains and autos across multiple counties.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Indiana
Continued Rain Causes Heavy Damage Across Indiana
Continued heavy rainfall across Indiana caused major crop losses up to 100 percent in some areas. White River flooding devastated Daviess County and nearby regions, while Plainfield faced a cloudburst with street flooding isolating homes. Pike County bridges were so damaged the council met to authorize 31,000 for new spans.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
White River
Daviess
Plainfield
Pike County
Train wreck injures thirty near Iola Kansas
At Durand a Missouri Pacific passenger train derailed on a bridge over a creek about 15 feet down. Thirty persons were injured, three seriously, after three cars plunged into the water below.
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Iola
Kan
Kans
Missiouri Pacific
Durand
Rescue of Gen Nobile in Arctic Ends With Injuries
Lieut Lundborg reports Nobile badly hurt aboard the supply ship Citta di Milano after an Arctic rescue. Swedish aviation leaders race two planes to reach the site, weather permitting, with ice landing gear suggested for a midnight approach.
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Gen. Nobile
United Presse
Virgo Bay
Spitzbergen
Lundborg
Gen Nobile
North East Land
Tornberg
Swedish Third Flying Corps
Stockholm
Nobile
Citta di Milano
Sundborg
Viglieri
New York Governor Nomination Rumors Stir Prohibition Battle
Houston dispatch reports George R. Van Namee claiming Governor Smith nears 650 delegates as with dry pro enforcement plank shaping the convention. Reed’s Sunday statement hints at enforcing the 18th Amendment while Moody drafts a prohibition plank amid a swelling delegate influx and party maneuvering.
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United Prmass Dispatch
Houston
Tex
George R. van Namee
Smith
Sennator Reed
New York
Midwest
Algo
Reed
Missouri
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Union Traction Company
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Charles EF. Herrold
South Bend
Doris Agness
Royal Center
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Covington
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Adyston
Terre Haute
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Austin Parker
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