Existence of Poison Suspicions in Welch Death
Local reports question whether George Welch died of natural causes or slow poison by Mrs. Mary Wright of Logansport. Witnesses discount a Link to Mrs. Wright as a Gunness-like killer while noting Welch suffered diabetes and a stroke. A 1908 letter from Welch’s daughter hints family tensions before her removal west.
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George Welch
Mary Wright
Lakota
North Dakota
Beulah Wright
Mary Cox
Wabash
Welch
Wright
Gunness
Bradfield
Spencer Park
School opens September 14 as Cass county plans year
County Superintendent William H Haas announces opening of country and city schools on September 14. Teachers return after summer programs. Buildings refreshed with new paint and training apparatus. Calendar includes Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks with possible April vacation. Courses cover spelling writing reading grammar arithmetic history physiology agriculture and dictionary use.
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Haas
Cass County
Sturgeon Wins Big in 2:25 Race at Frankfort
Warren Sturgeon, a local race horse man, captured first money in the 2:25 event at Frankfort yesterday. He won three straight heats with Little Girl. Pensacola, Sturgeon s two year old colt, set a track record with a mile in 2 21 44.
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Warren Sturgeon
Frankfort
Little Girl
Pensacola
Sturgeon
Husband Rivalry with Sphynx Like Silence Leads to Divorce
Mary E. Koon files for divorce from Joseph H. Koon in circuit court alleging years of silence since their 1907 separation, threats of bodily harm, and false accusations of improper relations. She seeks custody of two children aged 29 and 19. Gaar Scott & Co sues Andrew and Milton Krouse for 1200 dollars. Margaret Weaver appointed administratrix of Levi Weaver’s estate after an Onward Bond auto crash killing.
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Mary E. Koon
Walters & Long
Joseph H. Koon
Sphynx
Lucy
Edmund
Gaar Scott & Co
Andrew
Milton Krouse
Margaret Weaver
Levi Weaver
Onward Bond
Miss Olive Cotrell Visits Galveston Relatives
Miss Olive Cotrell of Logansport is the guest of relatives in Galveston, staying for an unspecified period as she visits family.
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Olive Cotrell
Logansport
Galveston
Masons mourn death of missing man found in Washington
David D Heibert, a Panhandle switchman and Tipton lodge No 38 member, disappeared from Logansport eighteen months ago after family troubles. He was later located in Winnipeg and Ellensburg Washington where he died in an accident while working on a railroad. Remains may be brought back for local lodge burial.
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David D. Heibert
Ellenburg
Wash
Heibert
Panhandle
Masonic Order
Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Ellensburg
Smith Reunion Draws 500 At Lithopolis Ohio
The annual Smith reunion will be held tomorrow in Lithopolis Ohio two and a half miles west of Columbus. More than five hundred followers of John Smith attend the festivities. The town, founded in 1808 by John Smith, has many Smith inhabitants. Joseph A Smith and his son H D Smith will depart tonight to attend the centennial celebration of the town's founding.
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Lithopolis
Columbus
John
John Smith
Joseph A. Smith
Vandalia Yard
H. D. Smith
Panhandie
Smithsville
Frank Rhea Leaves Panhandle Shops for GE Post
Frank Rhea chief engineer in the maintenance of way department at Panhandle shops since 1853 will resign to become general superintendent at General Electric in Schenectady New York. He will lead the signal department of the electrical company known for rail signal service. The M W office honored him with a gold watch and chain. Patrick Clarey presented the gift. No successor has yet been named.
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Panhandle
General Electric Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Rhea
Eastern University
The
Electrical Company
Patrick Clarey
M. of W
No More Colonist Rates Cut by Interstate Ruling
Local travelers who planned to use colonists rates to the Pacific coast or Mexico this fall must abandon the trip or pay regular fares. An adverse ruling by the Interstate Commerce Commission recently stopped these one way rates, ending wide patronage for western travel this season.
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Pacific Coast
Mexico
Interstate Commerce Commission
Foreclosure Suit Filed Over Kries Bros Mortgage
Joseph Kries and Charles Kries doing business as Kries Bros filed a circuit court suit against William and Viola Lynas to foreclose a mortgage on lots 12 through 21 in D. D. Dykeman's third addition to the city and seek $4,000.
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Joseph Kries
Charles Kries
Kries Bros
William and
Viola Lynas
D. D. Dykeman
Interlocker Opens at Clymers for Three Railroads
The new interlocking system at Clymers went into operation yesterday morning. It serves the Wabash and Vandalia railroads and the Fort Wayne and Wabasha Valley interurbans. The three roads will bear the station’s expense.
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Clymers
Wabash
Vandalia
Fort Wayne
Wabasha Valley
Superintendent Sellar Visits Local Officials Before Vacation
Superintendent G A Sellar of the Pennsylvania Telegraph department spent yesterday in the city meeting local officials. He was en route to a northern resort to take a vacation.
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G. A. Sellar
Pennsylvania Telegraph Department
City awards winter coal contracts to Healey and Maroney
The city board of works awarded the last coal contracts for the coming winter. Healey & Maroney will supply Pittsburg soft coal to city fire stations at 5.39 per ton, while the Independent Coal company bid 3.50 but did not win. Hedde Coal and Beal Bros. also hold major city fuel contracts, with about 60 to 80 tons used by engine houses and 50 tons by the city building.
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Healey & Maroney
Independent Coal Company
Pittsburg
Hedde Coal Company
Hedde Company
Beal Bros
Independent Company
Pocahontas
Real Bros
Persians in City En Route to Port Huron Colony
Two Persian priests clad in oriental dress passed through the city yesterday on their way to Port Huron Michigan where a local Persian colony exists. Both spoke limited English and attracted curious attention.
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Port Huron
Mich
Belle of Clymers Named Best Looking Girl at Festival
Miss Carla Reinhart stenographer for Big John at the Clymers festival was declared the prettiest and most popular girl in Clymers and surrounding country She received a gold watch fob with a diamond setting as the prize.
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Carla Reinhart
Big John
Clymers
Lecture course at Y M C A to spark winter season
The R R Y M C A board approved a ten-number winter lecture course after last year's financial failure. The program opens November 5 with Victor's Venetian band, then features Dr I G Herbert, Edward Elliott, Shungopavi magicians, Slayton Jubilee Singers, Rufus Everson King, Hon George D Alden, Edna B Smith Musical, Chicago Ladies orchestra, and Neil Litchfield Trio, with final show April 9.
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Victor
I. G. Herbert
Edward Elliott
Slayton Jubilee Singers
Rufus Everson King
George D. Alden
Edna B. Smith
Bar n et t Hotel Brawl Involves Traveling Man And Clerk
In a Barnett hotel office clash, proprietor Carl Keller and a traveling man scuffled after a mistaken identity. Keller struck first. the man later went to the police, realizing he had fought the proprietor. No affidavits filed.
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Carl Keller
Barnett Hotel
Keller
Hades
Illegible Canoe Trip Finishes Near Home
George Hoffman returns home from a canoe trip on the Tippecanoe River while Roth Keller with the party continued to the Wabash and La Fayette and plans to return today.
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George Hoffman
Tippecanoe River
Roth Keller
Wabash
Lafayette
Faint at Wolworths Five and Ten Store Sparks Chaos
Miss Bessie Bay of the South Side fainted in a Wolworths five and ten rush for granite bargains this morning. She was carried out as a small boy was injured amid a crowd that surged toward the counters.
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Wolworth
Bessie Bay
South Side
Station Master and Family Visit to Cincinnati
Station Master Jerome Larger and his wife left for Cincinnati this noon to spend a few days. Their daughter Helen has been visiting there for some time.
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Jerome
Cincinnati
Helen
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