Armed Truce on the Sewer War Zone Ends with Stalemate
Hildebrandt refuses to confirm or deny claims he caused the Herrmann trench workers to drink. Dr Stevens notes a peculiar sewer that expands with payments and contracts without them. A sentinel with a pick axes guards the trench while tunneling begins under Market to Canal streets amid a tense ceasefire.
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Fourth Street
Market
Canal Streets
John J. Hildebrandt
Hildebrandt
Herrmann Trench
B. C. Stevens
M. A. Jordan
Big John
Dr. Stevens
Herrmann
Man and Horse Killed by Freight Train Near Lafayette
A Wabash freight train Nos 91 and 883 in charge of Conductor J E Carpenter and Engineer Ashburn struck a man named Willan Teubert and a horse near Wild at Creek east of Lafayette Monday at 8:20 p.m. The buggy was demolished and both victims died instantly. Darkness prevented the crew from seeing the rig in time to stop. The deceased were brought to Lafayette by a switch engine.
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Wabash
J. E. Carpenter
Ashburn
Ridgeview
Carpenter
Wild At Creek
Lafayette
Willan Teubert
Progress Report On Municipal Lighting Inquiry
The sub committee assessing the municipal lighting issue met and reported progress. The Tippecanoe project investigation group returned from Monticello and will not issue a definite report yet. The full committee will likely report to citizens in about a month or six weeks.
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Tippecanoe
Monticello
Narrow Escape As Runaway Horse Tries to Drag Man
Phiny Oram of nine miles north narrowly escaped death yesterday when a runaway horse broke from its rig and dragged him several yards while he rode with his son. The incident occurred nearby with no further injuries reported.
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Phiny Oram
Oram
Logansport Youth Gains $50 000 and Vast Montana Land
Frank W. Lingquist, son of Logansport cement contractor Peter Lingquist, secures $50 000 cash and perpetual rights to operate 4000 to 5000 acres of meadow land near Helena, Montana. His land includes Cave Beach, Keyes, Adams, Geary, Keley, Forcier, Sandfer and Evans ranches. The deal follows a dam project by Helena Power Transmission that threatened overflow.
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Frank W. Lingquist
Peter Lingquist
Logansport
West Market
Heth Streets
Helena
Montana
Frank Lingquist
Prickly Pear Valley
Hapser Lake
Helena Power Transmission Company
Lingquist
Cave Beach
Keyes
Adams
Geary
Keley
Forcier
Sandfer
Evans
Woman Jumped From a Window to Escape Brutal Husband
Mrs. Martha Koerner filed for divorce and $1000 alimony in circuit court against George Koerner. The couple, married in 1895 and separated in 1906, alleges years of abuse and a severe beating that forced her to jump from an upstairs window to flee. A restraining order bars sale of his property while the case proceeds. he is jailed for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Koerner
Walters & Long
George Koerner
Florence
Elmer
William
Kreener
Wreck train repairs freight cars near Ripley
The Panhandle wreck train was called to Ripley today to replace a couple of freight cars that had jumped the track.
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Panhandle
Ripley
New interurban line pledged to Logansport Indianapolis
P M Dunn of Indianapolis announces bonds sold and grading to start within ninety days. The proposed line runs from Logansport to Terre Haute via Deer Creek Carroll Sharon Darwin Burlington Michigantown Franxfort Thorntown Crawfordsville and into Terredante with a single track now and future double tracking. Freight and passenger use separate tracks and the route is described as an excellent state line project.
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Logansport
Indianapolis
Indiana Rapid Transit Company
P. M. Dunn
Dunn
Terre Haute
Hoosier Capital
Deer Creek
Carroll
Sharon
Darwin
Burlington
Michigantown
Franxfort
Thorntown
Crawfordsville
Rockville
Terredante
Rumor links Miss Izor to Arley Youngker marriage talk
The tale claims Miss Hazel Izor and Arley Youngker, foreman at the Royal Slave factory, have wed in Connersville two weeks after her Crawfordsville visit. The account rests on gossip with no confirmed verification.
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Hazel Izor
Crawfordsville
Arley Youngker
Royal Slave Cigar Factory
Miss Izor
Connersville
Ivor
Ariev Youneker
Man in Goshen Fights for Two Chests of Gold Believed From Rockefeller
Joseph Schwab of Pittsburgh, committed from Goshen Indiana to Longcliff, sues over imagined gifts from John D Rockefeller and blocked by Express Co. Clerk. He chased a clerk, accused Tom Platt and Rockefeller, was overpowered and jailed. He will be moved to Logansport for confinement.
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Schwab
Charles M. Schweb
Steel Trust
Tom Platt
John D
Logansport
Longcliff
Anoka Woman Injured In Runaway Incident
Mrs. Richard Land of near Anoka was thrown from a frightened horse while starting a trip to the city. She was dragged for a distance and rolled into a ditch, then carried home. No bones were broken but she suffered severe bruises.
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Richard Land
Anoka
Sons of Skidoo Organize Here for July 23 Banquet
Deputy sheriff Frank B. Livingston forms the Sons of Skidoo a club restricted to those born on the twenty third or now twenty three years old. A birthday dinner of twenty three courses is planned for July twenty third with twenty three pennies required for entry and twenty three musicians to perform.
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Owen McGreevey
D. C. Gard
Joe Vernon
Frank Livingston
Sheriff Enyart
George W. Walter
Sam Gifford
Charley Shaff
Charley
Skidoo
Cocaine Fiend Lizzie Anges Seeks Jail Shelter
Lizzie Anges a Logansport resident and long familiar face to police seeks lodging in jail after a life ruined by cocaine morphine and drink. She arrived with a broken arm after a resort fall and faces possible placement at the county farm.
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Lizzie Anges
Anges
Logansport
Coal Bid Awarded for City Furnish Fifty Tons Anthracite
The board of public works opened bids for fifty tons of anthracite coal and awarded the contract to Edward Leonard at seven dollars and seven cents per ton. Seven bidders competed for the city contract.
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Board of Public Works
Edward Leonard
Four Robbers Hold Up Landesville Soft Drink Shop
Four well dressed men armed with revolvers robed a Landesville shopkeeper and a colored porter of about $25 from the cash register while two others seized bottles of hop ale. They fled by buggy. deputies pursued but the robbers remained at large. Landesville has seen five post office robberies in six years, but this incident drew unusual intensity.
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Landesville
Marion
Charles Bray
Mills
Richmond Police Hunt For Smooth Daylight Robber
A young well dressed man used a boarding house on Mrs. Mary Mendenhall’s premise to stage a daytime robbery, rifling trunks and valuables after claiming fatigue. He then attempted a second similar theft at another boarding house later, but found nothing of value.
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Richmond
Mary Mendenhall
Conductor Charles Gifford Killed at Marion
Conductor Charles Gifford, 2025 George Street Logansport, was killed near Marion while his freight train crossed the Mississinewa River. His body was recovered from the river and is en route back to Logansport. He was on a return trip from a Logansport to Marion run.
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Gifford
G. Gifford
George Street
Father Boeckleman’s Efforts End Debt For St Vincent’s
Revered Father Boeckleman of St Vincent’s Livhart, longtime Logansport figure, fights ill health to clear an $8,000 church debt. He pledged $2,000 if the congregation raised $6,000 within a year. the deadline passed last Sunday with $150 remaining, now covered by pledges to reach the full amount before week’s close.
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Father Boeeckleman
Logans' Port
St. Vincent’s Catholic Church
Livhart
Father Boeckleman
Toast to Absent Brothers at Elks Session
Last night at Denver Col where the B P O Elks meet a notable ceremony honors the Absent Brothers with a late hour toast as bells toll. Fred C Robinsons annual report shows July 10 membership 224808 up 27597 and indicates strong finances and extensive relief work during the year.
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Denver Col
B. P. O. Elks
Elks
Fred C. Robinson
Oldest Alumnus Rev. T A Goodwin Dies at 82
The death of Rev. T A Goodwin of Indianapolis is announced, along with Jeaves Milton J Durham of Lexington Ky, noted as DePauw University’s oldest living alumnus. Durham, a lawyer and former congressman, is eighty two and declines visiting DePauw next school year due to age and exposure concerns.
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T. A. Goodwin
Indianapolis
Milton J. Durham
Lexington
DePauw University
Durham
United States Treasury
DePauw
Bicycle Tour Ends Sleep Night Near Wabash River
Eugene Vosburgh arrived by bicycle from Waterbury Connecticut en route to Denver Colorado and spent the night on the banks of the Wabash just outside the city. He started last Decoration Day from his home with Henry Littlejohn toward Denver but Littlejohn quit at Buffalo New York and took a train home. Vosburgh plans to continue his journey.
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Waterbury
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Trugk
Stevens
Logansporter
Prank W. Lingquist
Martha Kroener
Riverside Park
Indianapoclis
Goshen
Ex Press Co
Express
Joseph Schwab
Pittsburg
Goshen Ind
Long
Mrs. Land
Sons OF Skidoo
Livingston
Immortal 23
Frank B. Livingston
Lim
Lizzie Angel
Lizzie
Dustman
Judge Smith
Robert Hendrick
Wheeling
West Va
Campbell
Charles Evans
Molder
Charles Gifford
North Bourd
Mississinewa River
Elkhart
Denver
M. J. Durham
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