Indiana county votes on local option test in Greensburg
Decatur County Council appropriated 900 dollars to call an election under the local option law after members of the Voters league in the Prohibition party presented petitions with over two thousand signatures. In South Bend a suit seeks 2900 dollars in damages from two druggists over allegedly tainted salt peter given with Epsom salts allegedly harming Antonia Cira.
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Greensburg
Voters’ League
Prohibition Party
Decatur County
South Bend
Antonia Cira
John Papszynski
John Waworzan
Postmaster General Dismisses Sandborn Loss Claim
Postmaster General Meyer denied John Anderson of Sandborn a reimbursement for stamps and funds totaling 444.60 after burglars broke into the Sandborn office and forced open the safe. Anderson had been held responsible for the loss and sought repayment.
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Washington
Meyer
John Anderson
Sandborn
Anderson
Gearhart brothers clash leaves saloon keeper in hospital
Edward Gearhart said his brother Charles R Gearhart, who runs a Fort Wayne saloon, is hospitalized at St Josephs with a brain concussion and two long cuts on head and face after an incident at police headquarters reports indicate.
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Fort Wayne
Edward Gearhart
Charles R. Gearhart
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Steel Plant Inspection Follows Blast Furnace Opening
Gary December 24. Following the opening of blast furnace No 12 at the steel works here an official tour of inspection found the plant running in full order. They predicted improvements will be made generally within a year.
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Gary
Saved from Death by Fire in Warsaw
Mrs. John Redman aged 60 escaped flames at her home near Warsaw on December 24 but was severely burned after rushing outside and collapsing at the door. a family member saved her from cremation by pulling her away from the blaze.
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Warsaw
John Redman
Purdue Debating Societies Consolidate into The Forum
Lafayette December 24 Purdue university groups Webster and Franklin Debating societies merge and adopt the name Forum with C O Reed of West Lafayette named temporary president and G T Hollett of Valparaiso as secretary.
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Lafayette
Webster and Franklin Debating Societies
Purdue University
The
Forum
Reed
West Lafayette
G. T. Hollett
Valparaiso
Woman Starts Fire Alarm After Lamp in Bed
In Bourbon on December 24 Mrs. Mary Gunder placed a lamp in her bed and covered it with bed clothes. She cried murder and alarmed the neighborhood before running to town in night clothes. She has been found insane.
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Bourbon
Mary Gunder
Knights of Pythias Set District Meeting in South Bend
Final arrangements were completed by Crusade lodge No. 14 for the annual district meeting in South Bend on January 19. The event will attract 600 to 900 Pythians from all lodges in the Thirteen district.
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South Bend
Crusade Lodge No. 14
Knights of Pythias
Swartz Walter in Jail Over Kidnap Attempt Charge
Edward Swartz walter is jailed in Lagrange on charges of attempting to kidnap Gertrude Young and kill a rescuer. He is described as an admirer, possibly related as a cousin, though Miss Young refused marriage.
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Lagrange
Edward Swartzwalter
Gertrude Young
Swartzwalter
Miss Young
Shotfirer Antone Bornheim Killed in Princeton Explosion
Antone Bornheim age 38, a shotfirer for the Princeton nine, sighted a shot then fled, became excited, returned to the blast, and was killed instantly when the charge exploded.
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Princeton
Antone Bornheim
Simmons murder verdict returns for second degree ruling
Princeton December 24 jury convicts Simmons of second degree murder after five hours deliberation fixing life imprisonment. Attorneys promptly file motion for a new trial.
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Princeton
Simmons
Flagman Falls to Death in Hobart Indiana
Fort Wayne report states C. E. Rowe a freight flagman for the Pennsylvania railroad died an hour after being struck by train cars at Hobart Indiana. The accident occurred December 24 and he sustained fatal injuries.
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Flagman
Fort Wayne
C. E. Rowe
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hobart
Ind
South Bend Merchants Plan Electric Fairyland Display
South Bend merchants, riding a surge of interurban rail traffic, plan to transform the city into an electric fairyland to attract shoppers during the holiday season.
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South Bend
Change in Michigan City Bank Presidency
Charles E. Arnt cashier of Citizens' bank was elected president to succeed the late W. B. Hutchinson. Will Hutchinson named director to succeed his father in Michigan City.
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Michigan City
Charles E. Arnt
Citizens’ Bank
W. B. Hutchinson
Will Hutchinson
Threat letters from unknown caller target Osgood residents
Several residents of Osgood have received letters from unknown persons threatening to kill burn or dynamite if certain demands are not met, prompting fear and police scrutiny in the small community.
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Osgood
The Least of These My Brethren Sermon Text
A quoted biblical passage from Matthew speaks of feeding the hungry sheltering strangers clothing the naked visiting the sick and visiting prisoners. It emphasizes that acts of charity to the least of these are acts done to Christ.
Chances for Married Happiness Says Census Bureau
The census bureau reports marital happiness odds at one in twelve with divorce rising over forty years. From 1867 to 1906 total divorces ran 328,716 in the prior twenty years and 45,625 in 1887–1906, while marriage rates show the United States leading among reliable stats. The piece notes wife gains in divorces, grounds such as desertion and cruelty, and state rates with Colorado highest at 138 percent per 100,000 population in twenty years.
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Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
United States
Hungary
Oly
Colorado
Montana
Utah
Wyoming
Oregon
California
Washington
New York
Christmas Day Length and Local Q&A Reveal Oddities
A playful exchange touches on Christmas customs in Nordic locations with remarks about Tornea Finland and cultural quirks. The dialogue then shifts to everyday family interactions and a joke about a subway scandal phrased as a pun in a metropolitan setting.
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Tornea
Finland
Hall's Catarrh Cure offer sworn in Toledo 1886
Frank J. Cheney declares his firm F J Cheney Co will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason attests on December 6 1886 in Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and notes a Toledo mayor quote about the golden rule.
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W. H. Porter
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
Pamela Endorses Gold Medal Flour Use
The note directs using Gold Medal Flour for best results, emphasizing its quality. It references Pamela’s recommendation and highlights the product name as the preferred flour.
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Pamela
Doan's Kidney Pills Tame Loganport Back Pain
Mrs. William A White of 729 Seventeenth Street Loganport Indiana testifies that kidney misfunction caused backache and fatigue for years and that Doan's Kidney Pills cured her husband quickly with no relapse in over ten years. Sold by all dealers price 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents US Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
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England
Mrs. Mason
Lillian Churchill
Sara Wilson
Duchess of Marlborough
Baroness Ramsey
London
Paris
New York
Newport
Wiler & Wise, Inc
Logansport
Ind
Dean
William A. White
Seventeenth Street
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
United
New York Skyline Details and Treasury Figures Revealed
The report notes a building seventy five by eighty five and 700 feet high with fifty floors, 8100 tons of steel and weights 38 022 tons. Distilled spirits production excluding fruit brandies totaled 126 989 740 taxable gallons, down 41 584 173 from last year, with tax receipts of 140 158 507 dollars.
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New York
Trains Schedule From Interurban Lines
In effect December 6 1908 trains leave interurban stations for Peru Wabash Huntington Fort Wayne and intermediate points at 6 05 a m 7 35 a m 10 05 a m 4 05 p m and 8 55 p m
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Wabash
Huntington
Fort Wayne
Boyd Park
Logansport
Lafayette
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