Murder trial opens Monday in Beulah Cox case
Mrs Mary Wright goes on trial in Ramsey county circuit court for the murder of her foster daughter Beulah Cox aged fifteen. The defense claims Beulah and a ranchman were intimate and that the girl took her own life to escape shame. Prosecution expects to refute the suicide theory as stomach tests found no poison.
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Mary Wright
Ramsey County
Beulah Cox
Mary Cox
West
Canal Street
Wabash
Elsie Clevenger
Lakota
Eerie
Woman Lived In One Room Sixty Six Years In Noble Town
Mrs Eliza Conner aged eighty six has spent sixty six years in a single room of a log cabin dating from 1842 in Noble township. Wolves surrounded the house in early days while friendly Indians were neighbors. She raised ten children in that one room and recently another room was added but she did not relocate.
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Eliza Conner
Noble Township
Dinnen's New Filly Arrives by Oratorio sire
Frank Dinnen reports a filly by Oratorio 2:13 out of Collen Fall. She is half sister to pacing mare Ecstatic 2:01% and to Gorden Prince. Gorden Prince, bred by Coleridge lineage, is touted as best bred in America and entered in the 1911 Western Horseman futurity, valued at $10,0000.
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Frank Dinnen
Oratorio
Collen
Colyer
Coleridge
Little Miss
Ecstatic
Gorden Prince
America
Owl burned by train headlight at Pottowattomie Point
A screech owl collided with a Valley traction car headlight near Pottowattomie Point last evening and became lodged inside the car. The owl was burned by the light, but the motorman rescued it before the vehicle reached this city.
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Pottowattomie Point
School Board Votes Levy Increase to Fund Higher Teacher Pay
The school board decided last evening to raise the tuition tax levy to cover higher teachers salaries. The wage boost amounts to 800 dollars in the city, and the tax increase is expected to be small.
Harvey Sues Wabash Railroad for $100 Damages
Daniel T. Harvey filed suit in circuit court against the Wabash Railroad demanding judgment of 100 dollars for damages alleged to have been caused by the railroad.
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Daniel T. Harvey
Wabash Railroad Company
Harvey
Voting Machines to Be Used in City Precincts
Precincts in the city will be joined for an election using six leased voting machines. Two machines go to the First ward and two to the Fifth ward, with Deer Creek and Bethlehem townships sharing a machine if a free Winslow machine arrives. Some precincts will continue to vote by the old method.
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NeMon Theatre
U.S. Voting Machine Company
Deer Creek
Bethlehem Township
Bethlehem
Winsdlow
Jesse Parmeter
Fight On Bridge Over Eel River Ends Before Police
John Hines a restaurant proprietor near Panhandle station and John Baker a young farmer east of the city fought on Third street bridge over Eel river last evening. Witnesses say Baker was slightly oversted. They both left before police arrived and no affidavits were filed.
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John Hines
Panhandle Station
John Baker
Third Street
Eel River
Baker
Man Refuses Food Facing Prison After Larceny Conviction
Arthur Finnegan, under a one to eight year sentence for petit larceny, has not eaten since last Monday noon. He threatens to starve rather than go to prison in Michigan City after being recaptured following a prior parole violations. Local deputies and his sister-in-law nurse him while Sheriff Beckley and Deputy Stanley fear a fatal outcome.
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Finnegan
Dunkirk
J. B. Stanley
Michigan City
Beckley
Mrs
Mother’s Search for North Dakota Girl Ends in Potomac
Attorney W H Anderson went to Potomac Illinois to return Dulah Cox believed murdered in North Dakota. Miss Cox, now Mrs John Wise, presented as wife of a Potomac man and declined to be separated from her husband as relatives await her return to Wabash.
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Ilinois
Wabash
North Dakota
Charles Gage
Potomac
Runaway Horse Scatters Wagon Near Clancy's Store
A horse owned by farmer Crowe escaped from its hitching post beside Clancy's grocery and bolted north over the Third Street bridge. The wagon was damaged and its contents spilled along the roadway before the horse was stopped on the West Side.
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Crowe
Clancy
Third Street
Arrest 164 Hobos in Chicago Yard Sweep
In Chicago a special officer and police scoured the Hliness Central railroad and arrested 164 men and boys found in empty box cars. Hobos had plagued yards for months, prompting a wholesale roundup. All prisoners faced disorderly conduct charges as they were moved to Van Buren Street in patrol wagons.
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Chicago
Hliness Central Railroad
van Buren Street
Millionaire cattle raiser John H Briggs suicide in Attica Indiana
John Henry Briggs aged 62, a Warren county cattle magnate with 2000 acres, shot himself in his Attica home. Standing before a mirror he fired a 38 caliber revolver into his mouth. the bullet killed him. Despondency from ill health cited as cause. Briggs served in the Civil War with the 135th Indiana Volunteers.
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Lafayette
Ind
John Henry Brigg
Attica
Warren County
Briggs
135Th Indiana Volunteers
Feast at local Country Club with corn roasting and lanterns
At the local Country Club a large feast was held last evening. Fires lit the grounds and corn roasted while marshmallows toasted. Japanese lanterns decorated the lawn and a wagon load of swatermellows was eaten. Miss Kenderson's Junior Y M C A orchestra provided music.
Harold McSheehy Returns to Old Town for Visit
Harold McSheehy, a student at Annapolis Naval Academy, arrives for a month long visit with his parents Mr and Mrs H J McSheehy. He looks well and is glad to be back in town for the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold McSheehy
Annapolis Naval Academy
H. J. McSheehy
Irene Keyes Seeks Divorce From Husband Thomas Keyes
Irene Keyes filed suit in the circuit court seeking a divorce from her husband Thomas Keyes. She charges failure to provide and unfaithfulness. Keyes had been arrested on a desertion charge which was later dropped.
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Irene Keyes
Thomas Keyes
Eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry Reunion Set for Marion
The One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry reunion, tied to the Spanish American War, will be held at Goldthwaite Park in Marion on September 15. Captain Bender’s illness caused last year’s cancellation. volunteers in Marion and Grant counties will organize this year with many former companies attending from nearby towns.
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Bender
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Goldthwaite Park
Marion
Logansport
Grant County
Bluffton
Wabash
Tipton
Decatur
Lafayette
Warsaw
Johnston Hotel Change Again Sees New Owner
A deed filed in the county recorder indicates the Johnston hotel property has been sold from James F. Tallman of Belmont Ohio to August Brewer of Chicago. The frequent transfers and mortgages have left ownership unclear and confusing.
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Johnston Hotel
County Recorder's
James F. Tallman
Belmont County
Ohio
August Brewer
Chicago
Balloon Ascension Promises Big Day at Spencer Park
Tomorrow at Spencer park locals expect a peak program headlined by El lis Hance's balloon ascent his first city flight in years weather permitting. The Ottos face Flora Bringhurst for Cass Carroll county championship while roller skating and an Elks band concert close the day with a varied program.
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Ellis Hance
Focal Aeronaut
Hance
Ottos
Flora- Bringhurst
Cass
Carroll
Ottes
Cass County
Murphy & Fleming
Kora-Biringhurst
State Line
Ascerson
Elks
Charles Stewart
Copper Near-Mobbed Ex-Police Chief Confronts Glass Workers
E. E. Davis, once of this city and recent resignant from the Ko lemo police force, faced a near mob scene as he tried to enforce law with local glass workers. He moved to secure obedience amid tense confrontation.
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E. E. Davis
Kolemo
Spider Bite Leaves Mrs Faulkner With Swollen Hand
Mrs. Oscar Faulkner reports a poisonous spider bite. Her hand is very painful and swollen, requiring care.
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Oscar Faulkner
Insanity Affidavit Suppresses Son in Shultztown Family
Mrs Elizabeth Miller of Shultztown files in Judge Hanawalts court charging insanity against her son William Adams twenty seven. A commission to examine him will be appointed Monday morning. The affidavit cites long illness strokes and alleged neglect of the mother and theft of whisky.
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Elizabeth Miller
Shultztown
William Adams
Hanawalt
Charles Ballard
Kern Visits Judge Dykeman and Vows Vote for Bryan
John W. Kern, Democratic vice presidential candidate, visited Judge D. D. Dykeman while in town. Dykeman proclaimed he would vote for Kern and Bryan even if he had to crawl to the polls. Kern also met with Senator Frank M. Kistler and Judge John C. Nelson as he toured city offices and previewed Democratic momentum. The trip includes a stay in Kokomo before returning to Indianapolis.
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Ging
Bryan
Kern
John W. Kern
J. B. Shultz
al G. Jenkines
D. D. Dykeman
Dykeman
Jenkines
Ryan
Judge Dykeman
John Kern
John
Frank M. Kistler
John C. Nelson
Judge Nelson
Vision Sees Death Foretold by Indiana Woman
Mrs. John D. Longfellow of Hartford City reports a dream of an angel in white and her husband’s death at Marion soldiers home. She alertly traveled to Marion, where FE. M. Stahl later confirmed Longfellow’s death at the G A R post.
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Hartford City
Ind
John D. Longfellow
Marion
Graffis to Leave Here for Electric Road Project
Will Graffis today received an offer to supervise construction of an electric and power transmission road from Eugene to Florence Oregon a distance of sixty four miles He will accept and leave about December 1 Monday he travels to Kokomo to form a surveying gang for the Kokomo to Terre Haute line A letter from Indianapolis Logansport and South Bend promoters says capitalists are interested and work will start soon.
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Will Graffis
Eugene
Florence
Oregon
Kokomo
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Logansport
South Bend
Looking After Estate Notice Near City
J J Weaver brother of Levi Weaver who died in an Onward accident looked after legal matters regarding the estate in the city today.
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J. J. Weaver
Levi Weaver
Onward
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University of North Dakota
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Minnesota
Scrumgard
Dinnen
Chines
Stanley
MR. Goodthing
Borroe
Goodthing
MR. Borroe
Seh
W. H. Anderson
Ill
Dudiah Cox
The
Wabash Times-Star
Dulah Cox
Harold M’sheehy
Boing
Ossian
Huntington
Columbia City
Anderson
Flora-Bringhurst
Spencer Park
Gram
Hall ‘Larimosa
Brooks
Wenrich
Herbert
Holmes
the Ford
Indiana
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