Infant Dies Sudden Likely Poisoning in Bethlehem Township
Coroner Neff to hold inquest into the death of four month old Paul Johnson in Bethlehem township. The mother found the child with a peculiar pallor and the infant had been bottle-fed. Death appears instantaneous with plomaine poisoning suspected from milk kept in tin vessels. The inquiry aims to determine exact cause and prevent similar tragedies.
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Bethlehem Township
Paul Johnson
Edward Johnson
Grnief
Carl
Neff
Chiaiven
Odd Fellows Picnic Draws 300 To Healey’s Grove
Morse lodge 477 I O O F held a picnic at Healey’s Grove ten miles south of the city with about 300 members wives and sweethearts attending. Rev McKor kle of Monticello and Rev Stuehm of this city spoke. A Newer explained the name Independent Order of Odd Fellows tracing origins to England and the early American lodge founders.
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Order of Odd Fellows
England
America
Odd Fellows
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
That Gault Ditch History Project Demands Public Scrutiny
Royal Center Record notes a plan to compile a history of the Gault ditch saga from bids read before the joint commissioners through current questions about the treasurer’s office and auditor’s role. The piece views the task as large, aiming to curb political maneuvering during a state auditor race.
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Royal Center Record
Gault
Suspect in Forged Check Attempt Freed After ID Drift
Patrolman Monigan brought a man to police HQ last night over a forged check attempt at Crawford's hardware. Clerk Zin ninger failed to identify him, and the suspect was released.
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Monigan
Crawford’s
Zinninger
Mysterious Woman in White Haunts Local Interurban Route
A reported ghostly woman in white appears nightly near Miller's Glen five miles from Logansport, described as fair faced and sad eyed. A motorman first claimed to strike her on the track, then the tale shifted to a farmer's sighting that the “woman” is a half black half white cow seen only when the white side faces the river, casting doubt on the supernatural claim.
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Miller's Glen
Logansport
Lewisburg
Clarke to Speak on Aaron Burr at Chautauqua
Hon George E Clarke of South Bend renowned lecturer will address the Chautauqua Saturday afternoon on Aaron Burr the American Catiline. He was not listed on the program but was secured after diligent effort by the committee. Formerly chair of elocution at Notre Dame he is among the platform’s brightest stars at Chautauqua New York.
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George E. Clarke
South Bend
Aaron Burr
Chautauqua
Clarke
Notre Dame
N. Y
Mulberry Doctor Grows Cotton in Garden
Last fall William Groves gave Dr. A M Yundt of Mulberry cotton seed. The doctor planted it in his garden and now has three three foot high plants with flowers. He tends the plants hoping for a possible cotton harvest this year if frost stays away.
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William Groves
Mulberry
A. M. Yundt
Yundt
Dunkirk May Incorporate for a Black Regime
The Dunkirk movement seeks incorporation to install black leadership including town officers, a black police force, a black judge, and a black jailer. White residents would be displaced, with violent enforcement and a new governance led by Nate Morgan.
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Majonry
Dunkirk
Logansport
Calaboose
How Streets Were Labeled and City Order Restored
Terre Haute faced labels and house numbers issues with many unmarked streets and confusing numerals. A local firm labeled streets with blue and white enamel metal plates, standardizing numbers citywide. The rule required all houses to display the new numbers, eliminating confusion and giving the city a orderly, readable appearance.
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Terre Haute
Gambling and forced labor in the Philippines as incentive
An American officer replaces feudal control with cash payments and gambling houses to spur native labor in the Philippines. Workers desert without cash. paying wages restores camps, then chiefs extract tithes. Gambling becomes the lure to work, exposing pragmatic, if harsh, life rules under military occupation.
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Uncle Sam
Philippines
Idaville Church Prepares for State Eldership Session
The Church of God congregation at Idaville plans events for the state eldership gathering at the end of September. Over a hundred from the state are expected, with visitors from other states including Dr. Brown of Findlay College and QO Ekland of Ft. Scott Institute.
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Church of God
Idaville
Dr. Brown
Findlay, O., College
QO. Ekland
Ft. Scott, Kas
E Institute
Banks Closing For Move From Macy To Kewanna
A private banking business operated at Macy for years will close soon as the owner relocates to Kewanna to resume banking. W. C. Piver also closed the Bank of Denver in Denver Miami County due to insufficient business.
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Macy
Kewanna
W. C. Piver
Bank of Denver
Denver
Miami County
Town Pump Drying Up Amid Summer Thirst and Sleuthing Stenographers
A city well at Court Street faces depletion due to heavy use by stenographers and park loungers. Authorities should drill deeper to renew the supply as hot weather and soda water savings strain the artesian source.
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Court House
Riverside Park
Court Street
Fount
Court Park
Beter
Indian Relics Seen Near Lake Cicot A Farm Find
Harrison Gray on his Harrison Gray farm near Lake Ci cott uncovered a beaver dam's house and numerous relics including stone hatchets spear and arrow heads. Sticks from the dam range from one to six inches in diameter and one to three feet long with intact surfaces and clear beaver gnaw marks.
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Harrison Gray
Lake Cicott
Gray
Fulton County to Begin Rural Free Delivery November First
Fulton County will inaugurate rural free delivery on November 1 with routes planned in Akron Kewanna Rochester Tiosa Grass Creek Delong and Fulton totaling twenty seven. Rural carrier salaries at 720 annually will cost about 19400 for Fulton County plus postmasters salaries, prompting general rejoicing.
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Fulton County
Akron
Kewanna
Rochester
Tiosa
Grass Creek
Delong
Fulton
Folton County
Norton runs pay-what-you-will restaurant at camp meeting
A. F. Norton of the Gold Mine Grocery operates a restaurant at the Wesleyan camp meeting ground near Fairmount. He serves meals on the same pay-what-you-can basis as his groceries, asking patrons to pay what they think is worth or what they can afford.
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A. F. Norton
Fairmount
Inquest Open Over Death Of John Hammontree
Coroner Neff conducts an inquest this afternoon to fix blame for the death of John Hammontree killed last night in the Panhandle yards. Witnesses are heard as authorities note a surge of violent deaths in the city since a week ago Sunday. Several Logansport men have died in other parts of the country.
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Neff
John Hammontre
Panhandle
Hammontree
Logansport
Panhandle switchman dies from yard accident
John Henry Hammontree, 30, a Panhandle railroad switchman, died after being caught between two car cuts in Logansport's south yards. He was treated at Fourth Street station and St. Joseph's hospital but succumbed at 1:30 a.m. Coroner Neff prepared the body. Hammontree lived with his sister Mrs. Morris and was a Chicago B of A member. He had returned to Logansport after resigning a Chicago yard position.
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Panhandle South Yards
Hammontree
Fourth Street
Shultz & Hetherington
St. Joseph's Hospital
Kroeger & Strain
Neff
Switchman Hammontree
Fred Hammontree
R. C. Hammontree
W. L. Morris
Sycamore Street
Chicago
Yards
Logansport
Panhandle
B. of A. T
Post Office Robbery Sparks Local Break-In Pattern
Royal Center Record reports that a boy named Little George Layman crawled through a broken window into the post office after hours last Friday. He was discovered in the front area near Wildt's jewelry store and claimed he did nothing. About 60 cents from the stamp drawer was taken as authorities assess steps forward.
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Royal Center
George Layman
Wildt
Lutes
Sixty and Thirty Unite in Unconventional Marriage
May and December join in marriage at Squire Reid's home as Thomas J. Kuhn aged 60 and Sadie Darlington, who has seen half as many summers, begin life together in a spirited, youthful union.
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Squire Reid
Thomas J. Kuhn
Sadie Darlington
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Man
Miller’s Glen
Neerves
Charles Snepp
Norton
John Hammontree
South Yards
John Henry
Boy
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