Passenger and Freight Trains Collide in Fog at Hartford City
Nineteen people were injured when a passenger train overtook a freight train in heavy fog. The incident halted traffic, with a relief train and Panhandle surgeons dispatched to the scene. Injuries ranged from leg fractures to severe back sprains. Barrett of Chicago faced possible leg amputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Drs. Shultz
Hetherington
Messrs. Williamson
Roach
McGowen
Gohl
Hartford City Train Collision Kills No One Injures Nineteen
A two train head on collision occurred at 2:57 AM one mile west of Hartford City when east bound passenger No 10 struck freight No 81 second section. One engine and three cars derailed. two passenger coaches telescoped. Nineteen injured but deemed not fatally. Freight conductor C R Bell and engineer Rowe managed to back the freight to reduce casualties amid fog and trailing flagman. Passenger engineer Williamson failed to stop in time. baggage car and smoker damaged. other passenger cars shaken but passengers largely unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Ed Gohl
Lovansport
L. A. Amerine
Logansport
Panhandle
P. J. Barret
Chicago
Lee
C. H. Fredrick
Ridgeville
Charles Allery
W. H. Moul
E. Snider
W. A. Rummell
E. W. Whistler
Richard Harvey
Elwood
P. J. Barrett
Great Britain
Kling
F. M. Williamson
W. S.tarks
Eny
C. R. Bell
Engineer Rowe
Rowe
Williamson
Man Pursues Missing Dog Believed Stolen From Kokomo Kennel
E. T. Hamilton a linetype operator on the Kokomo Dispatch and former local printer arrived in Logansport this morning seeking a valuable dog reported missing or stolen last week from a Kokomo kennel. He plans to visit the track this afternoon hoping to locate the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Hamilton
Kokomo Dispatch
Logansport
TROUBLES OF HIS OWN
Dr. Dwight Powell answered a call to the Linc Pilling camp west of the city last night about seven to remove a thorn about an inch long from the palm of Mr. Pilling. He became entangled with a sharp poisonous thorn while working near a thorn tree and drove one into his hand. The injury is painful but not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Powell
Linc Pilling
Mr. Pilling
Pilling
Sixteen New Detectives Initiated by Horsethief Association
At the Horsethief Detective association meeting held in the Trades Assembly hall sixteen new candidates were initiated. The group plans an annual picnic at the James Ferguson farm on the interurban near Peru in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trades Assembly Hall
James Ferguson
Peru
Minnie Davis Seeks Divorce From Charles Davis
Mrs Minnie Davis through attorney James A West sues in circuit court for divorce and return to maiden name Minnie White. She alleges a marriage on October 26 1893 and separation on July 29 this year and claims her husband choked and beat her without cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Davis
James A. West
Circuit Court
Charles Davis
Minnie White
Thy
Runaway carriage injures Snyder women in Deer Creek
Mrs. William Snyder and her daughter of Deer Creek township were badly hurt on Third Street Friday afternoon when their frightened horse ran wild. The buggy was broken loose and the pair clung to the lines as they were dragged from the vehicle amid the crowded thoroughfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Snyder
Deer Creek Township
Third Street
Tie
Snyder
G A R Veterans Tour Car To Los Angeles From North Manchester
Vandalia train No 7 will carry a tourist car for G A R veterans and families from North Manchester Indiana to Los Angeles California for the encampment. About one hundred members are expected to ride. C W Hartman will conduct the car. A second tourist car from Frankfort to Los Angeles is planned for August 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandalia
St. Louis
North Manchester
Ind
Los Angeles
Cal
Natonal G. A. R
Manchester
C. W. Hartman
Vandalia Lines
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Frankfort
Mr. Hartman
Indiana case against Swayzee editor dismissed
The State of Indiana vs. Carlos Inskeep was called in Culver at 10 this morning. Prosecutor Melkrle Nethercutt dismissed the assault and attempt to entice charge after opening statements by Charles B. Lord. The defense was represented by Lord. The case likely ends unless a new development arises.
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State of
Indiana
Carlos Inskeep
Swayzee
Melkrle Nethercutt
Culver
Charles 8. Lord
Bert Clay killed in railroad accident in Guthrie
Douglass Clay of Tipton township learned from Guthrie Kansas that his brother Bert Clay, formerly of this city, died on a Guthrie railroad. Bert was a freight conductor who, while uncoupling coal cars on an incline, fell between the cars as the coupler broke and the wheels passed over him, causing instant death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass Clay
Tipton Township
Guthrie
Kan
Bert Clay
Oklahoma
Injured Man Withdraws From Business After Wheel Accident
James Franklin was thrown from his bicycle on Fourth Street Saturday night on the South Side after his wheel struck a rock. He escaped serious injury but will withdraw from business for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Franklin
Fourth Street
Plans for Federal Buildings Progress in State
Washington reports indicate Hk wut Nb Architects are designing federal buildings in this state with rough Loganport sketch ready for fall submission. Supervising architect rushes plans for ten public buildings authorized by Congress though work likely will not start in 1904.
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Logansport
Washington
Two Runaways In City Street Car Collision
A dilapidated wagon with a broken wheel lay at Twenty-fourth and High streets after colliding with an L A N street car yesterday morning. the wagon occupant and the horse escaped injury but the home of the man could not be secured and company officials denied knowledge of the incident. Later the same night a horse pulling a buggy with three young men ran away after a street car sighting. the horse pulled into a fence corner and only the shaft was broken.
Match Ignites Fire After Child Mishap in Kitchen
While Mrs Britton was away a three year old girl found a match in the kitchen and lit it. The youngster threw the flame which sparked a fire, prompting a prompt response from local residents and firefighters.
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William Britton
Indiana Site Selections for Public Buildings Spread Across Cities
Plans advance on multiple Indiana public buildings with sites secured in Anderson Elkhart Hammond Logansport Richmond Vincennes and Muncie. Competitions and inspections dictate next steps with fall and spring construction targets and site selections in Bedford and Marion.
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Indiana
Anderson
Elkhart
Hammond
Logansport
Richmond
Vincennes
Muncie
Anderson and Elkhart
Richmond and Muncie
Bedford
Marion
Reid
Congress
Treasury
Ditch dispute ends as remonstrators drop Cass county case
County commissioners meet to discuss the four county ditch project in Cass county. The remonstrators have given up the case after losing in Cass circuit court and the property is to be advertised for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County
Pulaski, White, Fulton and
Cass
Street car box wire causes shocks at Fourth and Market
A live wire from a street car company telephone box at Fourth and Market connected with a nearby line on Saturday night. Several pedestrians received shocks before workers located the fault and corrected the problem.
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Fourth and Market
Congressman Fred Landis Speaks at Deedsville Church Picnic
Congressman Fred Landis spoke at a Baptist church picnic in Deedsville near Penn on Saturday. Many locals attended the event to hear him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Landis
Baptist Church
Deedsville
Penn
Groff and Moore Guests of City Couple
Mr and Mrs Ira V Groff of Indianapolis and Mr Lawrence Moore of Chicago are guests of Mr and Mrs C H Groff on Heth street.
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Ira V. Groff
Indianapolis
Lawrence Moore
Chicago
C. H. Groff
Heth Street
Preachers Wife Defames Target in Burlington Streets
Mrs Rev Fry publicly horsewhipped her husband’s defamer, a blacksmith and former gospel expounder, in Burlington last Saturday. The Delphi Herald reports a libel suit against church deacons was promised but not filed, and says the dispute is settled.
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Fry
Rev. Patton
THE
Burlington
Delphi Herald
Church Board
Christian Standard
Fall From Chair Kills Two Men and Libel Case Turmoil
Funeral notices for George Kinneman aged 66 killed by a switch engine and Robert W. Nickum who died from a fall at 229 Sycamore street are listed alongside a Burlington scene of a woman with a bogey whip attacking Rev. Fry after a libel dispute with the Christian Church. The report notes no libel action was filed and describes the dispute's alleged out of court settlement.
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Robert W. Nickum
Sycamore Street
Taber Cemetery
George Kinneman
St. John’s Cemetery
Dan Kinneman
Naylor
Mary Tolen
Charles Wipperman
Teachers Institute Expanded Week of August 31 Program
The annual teachers institute will meet in the high school assembly room the week of August 31. Instructors include W. T. L Hoene Evansville Robert Hall Indianapolis John A Hill Logansport W T Giffe Logansport and W W Pfrimmer Kentland The schedule covers morning sessions from 9 to 4 with openings and lectures and evening social and literary events featuring Mexico trip by Giffe and The Legend of Grape Island by Pfrimmer.
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Anual Teachers’ Institute
W. T.1lhoene
Evansville
Robert Hall
Indianapolis
John A. Hill
Logansport
W. W. Pirimmer
Kentland
W.T. Giffe
J. A. Hill
W. T. H. Howe
Aenes
Institute
Mexico
W. T. Giffe
Grape
Sland
WW. Pfrimmer
Thieves burgle Rice hardware store in overnight break in
Night policeman Wecht found the Rice hardware store burglary occurred Friday night with only six cheap revolvers a few razors and six dollars taken. Police say more valuable items remained and officers are investigating the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poiceman Wecht
Fraternal Picnic Draws Largest Lucerne Crowd in Years
The Lucerne fraternal picnic on Saturday drew a record turnout with the largest crowd seen there in years, marking a successful community event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucerne
Emil Keller Spends Sunday at Lake Maxinkuckee
Emil Keller of the Barnett hotel spent Sunday at Lake Maxinkuckee enjoying a leisure day by the water and nearby scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Keller
Barnett Hotel
Lake Maxinkuckee
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D. Roach
George Rowe
J. R. Kling
E. E. Sheets
City
Bradford
King
Here
Anoka
Kokomo
Horsethieves
Mahchureas
Minneapolis Journal
Plan Hk
Federal Building
Child
Demnation
Landis
Rev. Fry
George W. Walters
Robert Nickum
West Side
Cincinnati
Church of Christ
Christian Chhurch
Bay
Colorado
Teachers’ Institute
Ymusic
W. T
Rice
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