Freak crops to be harvested by inventive farmers
Reports from Cass and nearby townships describe bizarre plant hybrids and crossbred crops. A vise of corn beans succotash, lemon tree rye, a tree bush rye highballs, and buttered potatoes emerge as rural tall tales tempered by the editor’s caution.
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Cass
Father Burbank
California
Royal Center
Burbank
Walton
Clinton Township
Washington Township
Young America
Daily Reporter
Chief Graham Warned By Marion Trap Plan
A Royal Center Record item recounts a Marion incident where officers attempted to entrap a police officer by inviting him to a room under the pretense of liquor rules. The officer was lured inside night clothing was shown and a search warrant used by a watching gang. The Loganport chief is urged to be cautious against similar schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Center
Marion
Graham
Logansport
Beauties Coming Pass Through City on Eastern Trip
Wabash Agent Michael Burke reports a special car carrying ten beautiful maidens from Oklahoma will travel through the city next week on a two weeks eastern tour visiting all points of interest. The station is expected to be crowded with admirers hoping for a glimpse of western beauty.
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Wabash
Michael Burke
Oklanoma
George Campbell Home After Hospital Stay
George Campbell, veteran Vanderbilt passenger engineer, returned home to Indianapolis with his wife Mrs Campbell after a hospital stay at St Vincent's following surgery. He expects to resume work soon and is reported to be much improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Campbell
St. Vincent's Hospital
Indianapolis
Campbell
Six telephone girls face marriage rumors at the Home Office
Reported in playful chatter, six of the Home Office telephone girls are said to marry before September 1. The girls deny the tale and redirect curious inquires to information, noting the familiar "23" sign as a cue. Manager says he knows nothing of Cupid’s invasion.
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Cupid
Mac Surprised Ali In Tax Case Courtroom
Tax Ferret McCaslin sues Mrs. Pryor and A. PF. Hockeybeamer non residents to recover 1400 dollars in sequestered taxes. He acts as his own attorney and astonishes the county courthouse crowd with rapid law citing. fellow attorneys struggle to follow his oratory.
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McCaslin
Husband Reunification Sought After Wife Leaves With Stranger
Scott Harris of Monticello asks Penn police to locate his wife Clara and return her home after she left Monday evening with a man about 55, with their eight year old daughter, and traveled toward Peru joining relatives. He seeks to reconcile.
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Penn
Scott Harris
Monticello
Clara
Harris
Peru
Weser
Squirrels Abundant As Hunters Feast On Rabbits
Local hunters report plentiful fox and red squirrels in the woods this season. Streetcar Motorman E mer Haas brought eleven fox squirrels and one red squirrel from his visit to Onward. Despite laws, many families are feasting on fried rabbit and other game as rivers rise.
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Emer Haas
Onward
Hans
Families Enjoy Week at Bruce Lake Retreat
John Sanders Charles Pugh Mellie Rousé Rudolph Agness and families spend a week at Bruce Lake enjoying quiet days on the shore and leisure activities with friends.
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John Sanders
Charles Pugh
Mellie Rousé
Rudolph Agness
Beecher House
Bruce Lake
Western Union Manager Recovers Lost Diamond Pin
Charles Massena, manager of the Western Union Telegraph company in the city, recovered a missing diamond claw and ball stick pin his wife had given him. He advertised for it after misplacing it at the Flanegin barber shop on Sycamore street. The shop owner found and returned the pin.
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Charles Massena
Western Union Telegraph Company
Flanegin
Sycamore Street
Massena
Rig Smashed in Collision With Ice Wagon
A rig owned by the Hinkle family south of town was smashed in a collision with an ice wagon on Third Street this morning. No one was hurt.
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Hinkle
Third Street
Gold Discovery Prompts Prospecting on Bancroft Farm
In Altoona Pennsylvania on August 14 David Henry finally reveals to assistant city treasurer W Ben Bancroft that gold lies on Brush mountain farm. Henry found the gold while digging a well twenty six years ago and long sought funds to buy it. Bancroft to begin prospecting immediately.
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David Henry
Assistant City
W. Ben Bancroft
Brush
Henry
Bancroft
Shaff Strikes Blindly at City Car in Bicycle Crash
Former County Recorder Charles A Shaff attempted to knock an interurban streetcar in front of the station but collided with its front end while bicycling. He was uninjured, pulled free from under the fender, and rode away after a loud shout.
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Charles A Shaff
Shaf
Vian
Ringling Circus Auto Turn Questioned on Mme Reche
A dispute over Mme Reche’s tumbling machine on the Ringling Bros Circus car is settled by a letter from Charles Ringling stating she turns forward rather than backward. The front of the vehicle dips after the incline.
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Mme Reche
Charles Ringling
Suit Filed Over Damages to Farm by Tiling and Floods
Simon Long, residing south of town, sues University of Texas alleging 1000 dollars in damages for tile tearing in 1903 and water flooding his land from rail tracks.
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Simon Long
The
Chesser Case Set for Trial Delayed to Tomorrow
The case against George Chesser for obtaining money under false pretenses and perjury, heard in Jimige Graves' court, was continued to tomorrow with settlement expected thereafter.
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George Chesser
Jimige Graves
Lake Cicott Eyes City Series Winners In Exhibition
The Lake Cicott baseball team has been strong this season and will challenge the city series champions to a game. The basket factory team will play at Iske next Sunday.
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Lake Cicott
Basket Factory
Iske
Bicycle Stolen Wednesday Returns To Owner
Ray Malay reports his bicycle was stolen Wednesday and was brought back last night. No clue on who returned it or why they did so.
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Ray Malay
Walton Town in Turmoil as Saloons Stay Open
Oliver Hand praises Walton while criticizing its saloons and politics. Mrs. Roach’s case from Mullen-Roach brings Walton into light, with deputy Constable Charley Wilts guiding Mrs. Roach into town. the case remains unsettled and may require inter urban transport.
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Oliver Dand
Walton
Mullen-Roach
Wills
Captain James Off for State Encampment
Captain C A James of the local Salvation Army corps will depart tomorrow for Anderson to attend the state encampment at Mounds Park. Mrs James Nellie James and David Rush will run the Army hall on Third street during the absence. Nellie James has been promoted from cadet to candidate and will leave on the 26th for New York training school, staying until February.
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C. A. James
Salvation Army Corps
Anderson
Mounds Park
Army Hall
Third Street
James
Nellie James
David Rush
New York Training School
Brennon Promoted To Superintendent Of Substations
J. J. Brennon, formerly chief line man for the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction company, is promoted to superintendent of substations. He will oversee all water houses between Fort Wayne and Lafayette and supervise line work under one head.
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J. J. Brennon
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Former Local Boy 5 Poser Shown in Sapho and Jane Eyre
Edward Scribner, once of this city, is identified as the leading man in Jane Eyre touring company and as a Sapho picture poser. He left for Chicago years ago, rose from stock parts, and now tours the western coast with the Jane Eyre troupe.
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Sapho Pictures
Jane Eyre, Western Company
Damon & Pythias
the Ark Theatre
Edward Scribner
William Kendricks
Chicago
Scribner
Sapho
East End
Michigan
Farmers migrate northward to Canada selling farms
Many farmers in the northern part of the county are on the stock and moving to Canada where they have purchased land. Nearly every day there is a sale and another farmer prepares to leave. Those who have had sales for that purpose are Mark Carl, Arthur Powell, Irwin Good, John Reeder and Lee Michael.
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O Ae
Canada
Mark Carl
Arthur Powell
Irwin Good
John Reeder
Lee Michael
Lightning Kills Delphi Farmer Obadiah Haller
Obadiah Haller, a prominent farmer near Delphi, was killed by a lightning strike during a severe electrical storm on Wednesday night. He was on the floor talking with family when the house was struck and died instantly. other family members escaped unharmed.
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Obadiah Haller
Delphi
District Republican Committee to Meet in September
The next meeting of the district Republican committee will be held in September in this city. Final plans for the campaign will then be made.
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District Republican Committee
Preacher Blames Lady in sensational Maryland case
In Hurlick Maryland August 14 Reverend Stephen P Shipman pastor of Washington Methodist Episcopal church says he is innocent and blames Mrs Carew for entering his room. He says he protected himself as Thomas Carew beat him after finding the pair together in a bedroom last Tuesday night leading to a public scandal.
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Stephen P. Shipman
Washington Methodist Episcopal Church
Thomas Carew
False alarms alarm fire stations due to young pranksters
Two false fire alarms triggered by boys in the past week caused long, pointless runs for fire units. Box No 7 at Wilkinson street and Wheatland avenue was pulled, after inspectors and the chief closed the door without catching. A six year old also punched box No 20 on Park avenue and Helm street.
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Wilkinson Street
Wheatland Avenue
David Bowman
C. E. Livingston
Park Avenue
Helm Street
Hanna and
North Sixth Streets
Mr. Hope
Panhandle Conductor Ramsey Takes 15 Day East Trip
George Ramsey Panhandle freight conductor and wife depart tonight on train No. 10 for an extended eastward journey. They will visit Delaware Ohio Pittsburg New York and Washington with a stopover pass aboard all eastern roads and will see Handy Ramsey post office inspector in Washington. They plan fifteen days away visiting relatives in Staunton Virginia and attend a B of R T meeting in Pittsburg.
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Hudson River
Washington, D. C
Reunited Wife Returns After Runaway With Employee
Mrs. Fred Cravens of Tipton, who fled a month ago with William Cottingham, former L U T ticket agent, was captured at Kokomo while returning home. Cottingham allegedly took $2,500 from the company funds. Cravens claimed she left Cottingham in Detroit. her husband forgave her and she was sent home.
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Fred Cravens
Tipton
William Cottingham
L U. T
Cottingham
Tiptom
Kokomo
Detroit
East End Demands Storm Water Sewer Construction
East End residents press for a storm water sewer as city delays act. They warn of possible legal action after a Wednesday storm that capped the high water crisis.
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East End
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Central
Mac
Ali
Elephant and Fleaco
St.clair Qwedettes
Owedettes
Altoona
Shaff
U. T
Chesser
Wicked Town
Tipton Township
Oliver Hand
Day
Captain James Off
Brenon
Poser
Young Scribner
Damon and Pythias
Minister
Case
Hurlick
Maryland
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