Primaries Spillmirk and Convention Planned in Cass County
Republicans in Logansport Cass county elected delegates to a county convention to be held in the Elks hall next Saturday. George W. Funk named permanent convention chairman as nominating work proceeds ahead of James K. Watson's governorship campaign speech.
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Logansport
Througout
Cass County
Elks’ Hall
Deligates
George W. Funk
James K. Watson
Court House
Will Burkhart Paint His Weathered House This Year
In 1896 George W. Burkhart vowed not to paint his house until Bryan became president. The weatherbeaten home has not been repainted and may decay unless Bryan is elected. Neighbors debate whether the vow will be kept this year.
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George W. Burkhart
Bryan
United States
Gurkhart
Burkhart
Washington Township
Burkart
Boys Away with Old Horse Drove Family Stolen
Two Barland boys aged six and eleven left their Walton area home in the night with the family horse and a rickety buggy. Police across Walton and nearby towns were asked to locate them as the father W. P. Barland expressed anxious concern. The motive remains unknown and no trace has been found yet.
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W. P. Barland
Walton
Tramp Told To Move On After City Stroll Ends in Threat
A hobo stretches near a box car by the Wabash depot when Patrolman Monigan stops him. The tramp jokes about a plan to enter a house for bread. The officer escorts him to the city line warning Pittsburg or jail if he returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Henry Monigar
Pittsburg
Monigan
Panhandle
Dam Owners Now Face Warnings Over Inadequate Fish Ladders
Deputy State Game and Fish Warden Hiatt of Fairmount arrived to file affidavits against dam owners for missing or inadequate fish ladders. He warned Dennis Unt and Anderson Mills at Pipe Creek Falls, stressed the Tenth Street dam, and threatened criminal proceedings if ladders are not installed within a specified time. The Taber dam ladder is also under inspection for adequacy.
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Peter Spillman
Circleville
Benny” Flanagan
New Philadelphia
Spillman
Bertha Zimmerman
Orreleville
Flanagan
George Spangler
Patsy Fitzgibbons
Twelfth and
Erie Avenue
Fitzgibbons
Kasch
Burlington Avenue
Jerry McKeough
Hiatt
Fairmount
Dennis Unt
Anderson Mills
Pipe Creek Falls
Board of Works
Tenth Street
Taber
Hazeltine Divorce Granted in Richmond Custody Granted
Mrs Eva Hazeltine of Richmond was granted a divorce from Harry Hazeltine this morning in Richmond. The case had been filed earlier and trial occurred today. Mrs Hazeltine was awarded custody of their six year old daughter Helen.
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Eva Hazeltine
Richmond
Harry Hazeltine
Helen
Leeds Plans to Stay in Richmond Amid Wealth Rise
Rudolph C. Leeds, now Richmond’s wealthiest citizen after benefiting from his late father William B. Leeds will, is expected to remain in Richmond and continue work at the Richmond Palladium which he bought three years ago. Despite reports of a move to New York for expanding business interests, he prefers to stay in Richmond.
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Richmond
Ind
Rudolph C. Leeds
Indiana
William B. Leeds
Richmond Palladium
Leeds
New York
Grocer Accused of Assault Over Bill Payment
Carl Kloepfer of the Golden Rule dry goods store filed an affidavit against John Young a grocer for assault and battery. Kloepfer says Young struck him in the neck with two loaves of bread while attempting to collect a bill at the grocery yesterday.
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Carl Kloepfer
Golden Rule Dry Goods
John Young
Kloepfer
Young
Pensioners Exempt From Postage on Return Papers
After August 1 pensioners will not pay postage on their return papers. The act was passed by the recent congress.
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Congress
Mesmerist’s attempt ends with turtle bite in Lewes
In Lewes Delaware on July 23 Charles Hargis a colored man tried to mesmerize a large snapping turtle to prove he is a conjure man. The turtle snapped biting the tip of his tongue causing deep lacerations and painful injury. The incident ends with the crowd losing faith in his claimed powers.
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Lewes
Del
Charles Hargis
Hargis
Ball Tonight Honors New Superintendent Dr. Terflinger
The employees of Lowerliff host a grand ball this evening to honor D. Fred W. Teflinger recently named superintendent of the institution.
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DR. Terflinger
Lowerliff
D. Fred W. Teflinger
Abnett Dairy Burned in Narrow Fire Escape
Fire destroyed the engine room and dairy house at Cott Barnett’s Sycamore stock farm two miles north of the city. Neighbors and North Street chemical wagon battled the blaze, saving the stock barn and corn crib. Milk bottles and machinery were lost. none of the milk was burned. Barnett planned a modern new plant and continued daily delivery.
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Barnett
Spanked Girl Returns After Disappearance
Eva Martin, missing from 1301 Toledo street since Sunday night, has returned home. Her parents asked police to help locate her. she was last seen with a girl friend.
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Eva Martin
Toledo Street
Died Suddenly This Morning Man Dies at Home at 75
William H. Wilkinson aged 75 died at 6 o clock this morning at his home 113 Eleventh street after returning from work feeling unwell. Coroner G D Miller ruled heart failure caused by indigestion. Survived by his wife and noted that their son Spencer Wilkinson was killed in the Panhandle yards last year. Funeral plans to be announced.
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William H. Wilkinson
Eleventh Street
G. D. Miller
Wilkinson
Dowling
Miller
Spencer Wilkinson
Panhandle
Schnitz Improves After Crush Incident at Station
Vincent Schnitz, injured when crushed between a standpipe and a moving train at Hartsdale yesterday morning, shows slight improvement at St. Joseph hospital. Doctors express cautious optimism for recovery.
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Vincent Schnitz
Hartsdale
St. Joseph Hospital
Birth Announcement: Daughter Born to Smiths at Broadway
Born to Mr and Mrs J E Smith at 11 Broadway a daughter was welcomed into the family.
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J. E. Smith
Broadway
Local boys strike rich gold vein in Idaho
Paul Delzell and Austin Hale, both formerly of Logansport, have found a gold ore vein about six miles from Forney Idaho. Assayed at $600 per ton, the vein is 15 inches thick in blanket form. They refuse big offers and plan to work the mine themselves possibly building a mill and smelter.
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Paul Delzell
Austin Hale
Logansport
Forney
Idaho
Hale and
Delzell
Harry Bender
Carl Closson
Roosevelt
Closson
Bender
Olaf Hagberg
Lemhi County
Butte
Montana
Stewart Williamson
Purdue student at cliff and wandering states of mind
Clyde Wise of Rochester, a Purdue pharmacy graduate, was taken to Long Cliff after losing reason due to brain infection. He escaped a sanitarium, roamed in the woods in a night shirt, and is under care. his sister, a schoolteacher, remains the only immediate family.
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Clyde Wise
Rochester
Purdue University
Longcliff
Wise
Purdue
Wells Run Dry All Over City In Shifting Ground
Three artesian wells appear to draw from the same vein. The well at the electric light plant stopped flowing, Riverside park well reduced since drilling in McKinley park, Burgman’s grocery well on Fifteenth and Smead streets also went dry. Once the strongest, the Burgman’s well no longer flows.
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Riverside Park
McKinley Park
Burgman’s Grocery
Fifteenth
Smead Streets
Roosevelt Visit Sought by Indiana Republicans
Republican County Chairman Herbert A. Brown and State Secretary Carl Riddick met in Indianapolis to urge President Roosevelt to speak here this fall. Democratic chairman Frank Guthrie says Bryan will not appear, and the number of public speakers will be limited.
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Hebert A. Brown
Indianapolis
Carl Riddick
Roosevelt
Frank Guthrie
Bryan
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W. W. Banta
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O. M. Zinn
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J. R. Ekins
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James Humes
C. F. Hammontree
Andrew Young
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R. B. McCain
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First Precinet
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Henry Voss
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John E. Barnes
George Harrison
T. S. Kerns
Sylvester Seybold
J. N. Neff
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Frank Rice
Harry Shultz
J. F. Grabie
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Charles Clendening
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W. H. Snider
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John G. Meek
Thomas Wilson Jr
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Frank Dykeman
John Irwin
S. T. McConnell
A. Halstead
James Bolt
Seceriry
First Precinct
George Case
Ed Burns
C. O. Heffiley
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GC. UW. McCulley
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John Gard
Charles Brown
Joe Caruso
Tony Palumbo
W. W. Hackett
Hetherington
George Game
Dan Kelley
Peter Jelivy
James Neal
Joseph Murphy
A. F. Sullivar
Jamess. Bolt
Charles Shaff
Dr. Caley
Allen Lewis
Samuel Watkins
B. F
Chester Horn
Walters
Ed Fisher
C. L. Warner
Vertie Watts
Ed Morehead
al Reeder
Frank Swigart
B. F. Shorts
John Poster
Elmer Wagoner
John D. Anderson
Frank Hoover
Frank Dickerson
Jacob Abshire
William Gallion
Jesse Oldham
George W. Nickels
eEnjamin Barnes
Charles Maurice
William Mayhill
Charles Goddard
Charles Chase
F. Ty. Wilkinson
John Maurice
Harry B. Elliott
S. B. Boyer
A. P. Jenks
Hal B. Smith
James
Mr. Taft
Hobo
Rudolph G. Leeds
Abnett's
North Street Chemical
Schnitz
Cliff
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