Indiana 1907 criminal cases show fewer convictions overall
A Indiana report by Mary Stubbs Moore shows total convictions in 1907 dropped from 43 731 in 1906 to 24 416. Latent changes in court reporting include separation of felonies and detailed misdemeanor data, with counts for burglary 77 and grand larceny 205, and white versus colored and foreign-born arrest data.
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Mary Stubbs Moore
Wdiana Bureau of Statistics
Justice of Peace
Justice of the Peace Courts
Justice of the Peace Court
Sweet Voice of Ira Sankey Influenced Millions in Faith
An obituary sketch recalls Ira D. Sankey, famed Moody co worker, who through songs like Ninety and Nine helped millions embrace Christianity. Born 1840 in Edinburg PA, he led choirs, joined Moody in 1870, and staged Britain US revivals that electrified converts. He later lost sight in 1903 and retired in Brooklyn, ending in ill health.
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Ira D. Sankey
Dwight L. Moody
Sankey
Shankey
Edinburg
Medthodist Church
Indianapolis
Moody
Great Britain
Brooklyn
Presbyterian Church
Crow extermination plan proposed at Indianapolis club meeting
Indianapolis August 21 At the next Indianapolis Gun club meeting director Joe Michaelis will push a plan for organized crow hunts to exterminate crows in Indiana. He cites crop and egg losses and claims crows are the top enemy of hunters, calling for crow clubs to lead a statewide drive. He demonstrates a crow call and recounts hunting results with local farmers hosting meals for hunters.
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Indianapolis Ind
Indianapolis
Michaelis
Columbus
C. H. Ditto
Keithsburg
Ill
Illinois
Otto Cooper
Shelbyville
Republican speakers to visit city during Indiana campaign
James Sherman, candidate for vice president on the Republican ticket, may be among speakers in the city as the state committee emphasizes winning Indiana. Chairman Herbert A. Brown will try to bring Sherman. George Dr. Lockwood of Marion becomes national committee press adviser based in Chicago.
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James, Sherman
State Committee
National Committee
Indiana
Herbert A. Brown
Sherman
George Dr. Lockwood
Marion
Chicago
Barber Bay fined for selling tobacco to minor son
Thomas Bay a barber at Jahison shop Broadway was fined 10 dollars with 20 dollars costs for selling Harold Emmett the ten year old son of Lylie Emmett a package of smoking tobacco. He will appeal the case.
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Thomas Bay
Jahison
Broadway
Harold
Lylie Emmett
Thief Steals Bride's Truheau and Clothes in Indiana
In Elwood and Anderson Indiana a bold thief raided a laundry leaving the bride’s wedding wardrobe missing, delaying a planned Niagara Falls trip. Town Marshal Levi Lieyd faced a civil suit from Reynolds of Lapel who was once acquitted in a liquor case, as Lapel fights illegal saloons with temperance support.
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Niagara Falls
Great Lakes
Canada
Indianapolis
Reynolds
Lapel
Levi Lieyd
Lieyd
Lloyd
Marshal Lloyd
Fred Anderson
Andrson
Anderson
Bert Dill
Logansport & Marion Traction Line Wins Converse Franchise
The Converse town board granted the company a franchise on the north side of the Panhandle right of way clearing the last obstacle for a straight Logansport to Marion line. The old franchise required two street crossings, now the route runs straight between the two cities.
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Logansport & Marion
Converse
Panhandle
Panhagale
Child Injured In Clinton Township Chair Incident
Daniel Porter three year old son of Mr and Mrs Quincy Porter of Clinton township suffered an head cut when struck by a tall rocker. He was taken to Burrows for medical treatment.
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Daniel
Quincy Porter
Clinton Township
Burrows
Reads the Bible drives Warsaw man to insanity
Noah Martin of Warsaw has been declared insane and will be brought to Longet h. He is a young man and has been married for six months.
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Noah Martin
Warsaw
City Expands Fire Protection With More Water Plugs
Superintendent Charles Sellers of the water works department doubles downtown fire plugs. New plugs placed near main lines and valves installed at manholes to keep streets intact during repairs.
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Charles Sellers
City Water Works Department
Woman’s Companionship Dog Pat Fined in Chicago Case
In Chicago on August 21 a widow Mrs Margaret McCune was fined 35 and costs for keeping a vicious dog without a muzzle. The dog Pat, said to defend the widow’s two room basement home, bit no one but snarled at neighbors, with settlement worker Miss Carrie Bradley paying the fine. The court considered Pat a nuisance and ordered the dog to change its abode.
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Margaret
cCune
Calumet Avenue
Pat
Harrison Street
McCune
Dean
Dicker
George Foley
Martin Loses Hand After Civil War Veteran's Amputation
Mrs. Frank Martin and Mrs. I John son visited Lafayette relatives of Mr. Martin. The Civil War veteran, confined to the Lafayette soldiers home, had a growth that necessitated amputation of his hand and is now recovering.
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Frank Martin
I. Johnson
Lafayette
John Martin
Martin
Tot Struck by Vandalia Train Recovers
The sixteen month old child of Mr and Mrs Edgar Murray of South Bend was struck by a Vandalia train on Wednesday and thrown twenty feet. The pilot saved the child by tossing it aside. a physician found only a slight scalp wound and the child has fully recovered.
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Edgar Murray
South Bend
State Briefs Report Hurried Accidents and Crime
A wave of town notices reports a wreck attempt on the Lake Shore Limited at Laporte with spiked rails. Stabbings, robberies and accidental deaths are listed from Orleans New Castle Rushville Hammond Veedersburg and Brazil. A diver injured at Hammond. a 70 year old lab organized at Munie. Mimeie furniture store fire at 3000 loss.
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N. U. Ringo & ‘Company
Mimeie
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