Ed R Murphy Murdered After Night of Gambling in South Bend
Edward R Murphy formerly of Logansport and his family left home last April. His body was found in a South Bend creek after a night in saloons where he won about 26 dollars. Police suspect foul play from a blunt injury and robbery, with the money roll missing and a head wound noted.
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Edward R. Murphy
Logansport
South Bend
Murphy
Mr. Murphy
Fast LaSalle Avenue
South Michigan Street
Bagg
Jefferson Street
Washington Street
Jones Morgue
Wanderer Returns After 31 Years Missing Professor Home
Prof. Charles H. Frye former superintendent of the Chicago Normal school returns after a 31 year absence. He presents his wife with a roll of $5000 in $100 bills and asks to be left alone about his wanderings. He is said to have prospered in the Philippines and now resumes life at home with no further questions.
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Charles H. Frye
Chicago Normal School
Philippine Islands
Civil Service Exams Short on Meat Inspectors
Civil service tests for meat inspectors show poor results with 3000 applicants and only about eight per hundred passing. The government needs 500 inspectors, indicating a large shortfall in qualified personnel.
State Tax Commission Holds Final Hearing on Appeals
The final session of the State Board of Tax Commissioners opened today to hear appeals from assessments made in earlier sessions. Noted appellants include New Long Distance and Indianapolis Telephone, several small local lines, multiple railroads, interurbans like Lebanon and Thorntown and Toledo and Chicago Traction, and freight firms such as Adams and Wells Fargo Express. Indianapolis Traction and Terminal may also appeal as its assessment nears doubling.
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State Board of Tax Commissioners
New Long Distance Telephone Company
Indianapolis Telephone Company
South Bend Home Telephone Company
Wakarusa Telephone Company
Disken and
Laketon Telephone Company
Flora Telephone Company
Greentown Telephone Company
Wabash Railroad Company
Elgin
Joliet & Eastern
Lake
Auditor Demands Insurance Firms Pay Indiana Tax Shortfall
Warren Bigler, Indiana state auditor, demands about eighty insurers prove and pay a $26,262.55 balance for 1884 taxes. He says James H. Rice diverted $11,418.50 to the auditor, not to the state treasurer, with 6 percent interest accruing $14,844.05. Immediate settlement is requested.
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Warren Bigler
State
Indiana
James H. Rice
Rice
Bigler
Fishing Good at Lake Manitou with Big Catches Reported
Rochester Sentinel notes a week of heavy fishing at Lake Manitou with sunfish bluegills and bass dominating catches. Notable totals include H N and George Van Steenberg of Logansport with 205 fish, and multiple others from Indianapolis Banker Hill Elwood and Indianapolis jeweler kko Matsumoto amassing substantial counts.
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Rochester Sentinel
Lake Manitou
H. N
George van Steenberg
Logansport
A. T. Huxley
Banker Hill
Oro Hurshman
Indianapolis
Kko Matsumoto
Charles Klee
H. S. Gossom
A. C. Calloway
E. E. Forshnell
Elwood
Cass County Horsethief Detective Picnic Date Set
The Cass County Horsethief Detective association announces the picnic will be held at Spencer park on Thursday, August 23. All prior dates are erroneous due to newspaper misprints. attendees should mark August 23 as the correct date.
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Cass County Horsethief Detective Association
Spencer Park
Eighty-fifth Family Reunion Attendance Noted
A fragment notes that three score and fifteen Scotts attended the eighth family reunion on Sunday, marking a sizable turnout for the gathering.
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Scotts
Protest on Broadway Road Work Sparks Court Action Threat
Broadway property owners denounce street improvements led by Street Commissioner Truax claiming the roadbed is left worse than before. They cite repeated rolling and grinding causing mud holes and puddles, urging city officials to halt the methods and consider legal action.
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Atention
Broadway
High Street
Smith Reunion Planned At Boyd Park
Sunday reunion at Boyd Park brings together descendants of Samuel and the late Mrs Samuel Smith. The couple had six sons four daughters fifty two grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren.
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Boyd Park
Samuel
Samuel Smith
Arrests Reported for Indiana National Guard Members in Logansport
Kokomo paper says Nola Brown first sergeant and Roscoe Kellar private of Co I and Co K were arrested in Logansport by Captain Fitch on advise from Kokomo. Alleged desertion prior to Fort Benjamin Harrison drill, with they later delivered to Indianapolis to Lieutenant White. Verification of arrest unclear.
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Nola Brown
Co. I
Indiana National Guard
Kokomo
Roscoe Kellar
Leroy Fitch
Co. K
White
Kokomo Company
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Logansport
Brown
Kellar
Fitch
Kokomo News
Ramsey Couple Return From Seashore Visit
Mr. and Mrs. George Ramsey return from a visit with relatives in Back City Virginia. During their absence they traveled to several noted seashore summer resorts.
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George Ramsey
Back City
Change of Venue Won’t Be Asked in Major Logansport Case
The injunction fight between Ahl and opponents is set to proceed in the Logansport circuit court Monday with Judge Lairy presiding. Attorneys say there will be no venue change and expect a crowded courtroom as a historic legal battle unfolds locally.
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Logansport
Circuit
George W. Funk
Lake Maxinkuckee
Ahl
Lairy
Judge Lairy
Larry
Court House
Three Drunks Arrested After Vandalia Station Ruckus
Edward Schrader and Henry Ebert were arrested for intoxication after police were notified of three drunken men at Vandalia station. Schrader and Ebert were found at the scene. the third man fled into nearby timber.
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Edward Schrader
Henry Ebert
Vandalia
Shrader
Ebert
Mrs Pomeroy Hosts Mrs Mackenfuse and Daughters
Mrs James Pomeroy of Fourth Street entertains Mrs Pete Mackenfuse and her daughters from Chicago in an afternoon visit.
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James Pomeroy
Fourth Street
Pete Mackenfuse and Daughters
Chicago
Missing Man Found After Suit to Declare Death
Martin Hammond, once of Fort Wayne, was located in Lafayette by Rev. M J Byrne after his wife Mrs Margaret Hammond filed in Allen County Court to have him legally dead for a $3000 life policy. Hammond disappeared five years ago, spoke of wanderings in the south and Mexico, and planned to return home. His son Edward traveled to Lafayette to meet him.
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Allen County
Martin Hammond
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
M. J. Byrne
St. Anne’s Church
Hammond
Father Byrne
Margaret Hammond
Father Delaney
Edward
South
Mexico
Dowie Attacks Judge Landis at Zion City Meeting
At Shiloh house in Zion City a 150 strong audience witnessed John Alexander Dowie denounce Judge Landis for his Zion affairs ruling. Dowie called the decision a falsehood and his supporters cheered while hissed and groaned followed Landis’ name.
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Shiloh House
Zion City
John Alexander Dowie
Christian Catholic Church of Zion
Landis
Zion
United States
Dowie
Fish Commissioner's Visit Ends in Dismissal of Net Case
Kewanna Herald reports Chuck Stetson and assistant F. Stinson seized a net from fisherman Harry Roach at Bruce Lake. Roach faced a charge of possessing an illegal net, but Justice Shiek dismissed the case after Stetson noted the cabin lies in Pulaski county, not Indiana.
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Kewanna Herald
Chuck’ Stetson
Rochester
F. Stinson
Harry Roach
Bruce Lake
Harry
Shiek
Indiana
Pulaski County
Stetson
Transcript Filed in Marshall County GOP Chairmen Dispute
The transcript of proceedings in the case ex rel Garn against Hendricks, renewed from Marshall county, has been filed in the Caseriment court. The suit, brought by the Republican state committee, aims to settle a dispute between two contending county chairmen in Marshall county.
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Hendricks
Marshall County
Casseirenit
Republican State Committee
Eikenberry Reed Family Reunion at Spencer Park
The Reed and Eikenberry families plan a large reunion at Spencer Park on Thursday with members from across the state and neighboring states expected to attend.
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Spencer Park
New Plat Filed Describes South Side Addition
Julius Wagner filed a plat in the county recorder's office for his addition to the city on the South Side. The plat includes several desirable lots and signals new development in the area.
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Julius Wagner
County Recorder
Miss Loftus Traps Swindler at South Bend Platform
Miss Margaret Loftus and Mrs. Jennie Gregg, both from Logansport, were duped by William B. Andrews alias C Adams of about $425. Loftus, now a Studebaker stenographer, identified Andrews at the South Bend station with Patrolman Derrant, leading to his arrest. The swindle involved promises of Riverside California jobs and steady wages, with money paid for transportation and a typewriter. Andrews faces possible Michigan City imprisonment.
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Margaret Loftus
David J. Loftus
Jennie Gregg
South Bend
Miss Loftus
Studebaker Manufacturing Company
Studebaker Bros
Andrews
Samuel Derrant
Gregg
Logansport
Chicago
Michigan City
Bertha Morgan Reforms Stir Dunkirk Ties
Bertha Morgan of Dunkirk fame told police she refuses to return home and wants to stay in the city living away from colored people. She claims her mother forced her into a marriage at fifteen in Illinois. Police fear this marks a change from her prior associations while she seeks to prevent white children in Dunkirk from similar fate.
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Bertha Morgan
Dunkirk
Chicago
Illinois
Indianapolis socialite Miss Hazel Pauley guests in Logansport
Miss Hazel Pauley of Indianapolis is the guest of Logansport friends, visiting local hosts and attending informal gatherings while in town.
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Hazel Pauley
Indianapolis
Logansport Friends
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ED R. Murphy
Creek
Wanderer
State Tax Commission
Manitou
Howdy
Big Road Roller
Truax
Vandalia Station
Seine
Eikenberry Reunion
William B. Andrews, Alias
Adams
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