Dunkards Plan Great Revival at North Side Church
G. S. Barrick of Benton Harbor Mich will arrive Friday to begin revival services at the Dunkard church on the North Side. A new member campaign is planned as the local church aims to triple its current membership this year while Miss Josephine Hanna provides a history of the sect and its roots in German Pietism and early 18th century reform.
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Dunkard Church
Josephine Hanna
Apostolic Church
Germany
Jacob Philip Spencer
Herman Francke
Orphans’ Home
Halle
Ernest Christian Hochman
Alexander Mack
Cassimir of Witgenstein
Schwartzenau
Hitler
Christ
Wittgenstein
Mack
Hochman
Holland
William Penn
New World
Pennsylvania
America
Germantowns
Philadelphia
Pennsyyvania
Maryland
Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Neraska
Kansas
Denmark
Sweden
France
Cuba
India
Elgin
Trainmen Permitted to Open Coats in Summer
An order from the Panhandle trainmaster allows passenger train crews to open their coats from June 15 to September 1. Previously they kept coats buttoned during the hot months.
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Panhandle
Dusty Canyon of Dust on Chie Avenue Sparks Frustration
Residents along Chie Avenue in Canyon of Dust demand action from the Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley company to sprinkle the dusty street between its tracks. They report three inch dust accumulations that rise with passing interurban cars and city trains, fouling homes and porches.
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London
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Company
Interurban
Boy Bitten Lip by Dog Near City
Eight year old John Hildebrandt, son of Wilkerson Hildebrandt, was bitten on the upper lip yesterday while playing with a dog south of the city. The wound was cauterized after a physician was summoned.
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John Hildebrandt
Wilkerson Hildebrandt
Lining Up Theatrical War In Logansport
Manager Smythe of the Nelson lines up fall and winter shows to secure top New York and Chicago attractions in Logansport. Central States backs heavy contracts to keep Broadway from invading legitimate theatre. Sipe and Tom Hardie watch for the best acts while Crystal hopes for strong bills. Smythe already booked The Merry Widow The Man from Home Honeymoon Trail and other big successes.
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Logansport
Smythe
The
Nelson
New York
Chicago
Central States Company
Broadway Theatre
Dowling
Sipe
Tom
Pheasant Strikes State Line Train Near City
An engineer on a State Line train reported striking a pheasant while flying west of the city. The bird lay on the engine pilot when the train arrived, and it had been placed on the Jefferson county game preserve.
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State Line
Jefferson and Noble
Hill In Bad Shape After Wife Murder
George Hill, jailed for the murder of his wife, remains in critical condition at the hospital. He sustains near total paralysis on one side and cannot assist himself.
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George Hill
Girl Back to Health After Fall From Window
Miss Fern Wedekind daughter of Patrolman Eugene Wedekind is recovering from injuries after a fall from the Grable home second story window at Sixth and High streets.
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Fern Wedekind
Eugene Wedekind
Grable
Sixth and
High Streets
Mystery Letters Send Money to Local Engineer
Columbus readers report a Newark New Jersey sender who mailed successive envelopes containing two dollar bills to John Gaffacksmith an engineer at Reeves Pulley company. A letter included a drawn cigar and the note Have one on me. The sender has mailed increasing amounts and Mr Ong awaits a fifth bill while seeking clues from the post office.
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Columbus
Olive Stranger
John Gaffacksmith
Reeves Pulley Company
Gaffney
Ong
Sailor son sails from Newport on world cruise
Mrs A L Young of Biddies Island reports her son John in the navy will sail from Newport on Friday June 12 aboard the Cruiser Perry bound for the Isthmus of Panama. The crew will travel by railroad to the Pacific and then sail to San Francisco for a Fourth of July celebration with a sailor parade. The cruise begins July 7 with stops including Honolulu on July 16, then Hongkong and a round the world voyage returning to New York in March 1909.
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John
Navy
Newport
Perry
Panama
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Frisco
Honolulu
Hongkong
New York
Petition for Twentieth Street Sidewalks to Jefferson
The Board of Works received a petition signed by John Myers asking cement sidewalks on Twentieth street from Jefferson to Broadway. Many sections remain impassable in bad weather. Nineteenth street sidewalks were ordered and built. Petition referred to the city attorney. A permit was issued to D. C. Mathews to remodel the rear end of his Sixth street building.
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Board of Works
Ed Truax
North Sixth
Mt. Hope
Mire
Board of Public Works
Twentieth Street
Jefferson Street
Broadway
John Myers
Nineteenth Street
City Attornney
D. C. Mathews
Sixth Street
Woman Bitten by Dog Confined at Home on Sixth Street
Mrs. Elizabeth Rinehart is confined to her North Side home after a dog bite suffered while walking along Sixth Street. The incident prompted medical observation and home isolation.
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Elizabeth Rinehart
Sixth Street
Webb Case Delays Trial to September Term
John Smith in Cass county jail faces first degree murder indictment but will not be tried this term as court is crowded. Webb seeks a new trial with debate likely soon. some expect a lighter sentence or transfer to Michigan City. Also listed are foreclosures and note suits by Steiger and Elliott against Byer and others.
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John Smith
Cass County
Circuit
Webb
Michigan City
Cow Killed by Traction Car Near Longcliff Grounds
A late Lafayette line traction car struck and killed a cow opposite the Longcliff grounds last night. The cow’s owner appeared at noon and it remains unclear whether the animal belonged to the Longcliff herd or to a neighboring farmer.
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Lafayette
Longcliff Grounds
Longcliff
Panhandle Road Men Under Annual Rules Exam
Six hundred workers report to Trainmaster S. F. Johnson for the annual examination of road rules. The testing continues throughout the month as crews are required to recite the rule book.
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Panhandle Road
S. F. Johnson
Public Works Opens Bids for 16060 Tons Coal Supply
The board of public works plans the annual coal purchase and will receive bids on 16 060 tons, with opening set for Tuesday June 16.
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Board of Public Works
Fourth of July Balloon Plan Fights For Balloon Pickup at Spencer Park
Spencer park celebration aims for big attractions with fireworks worth 400 dollars from a Chicago firm and a roller coaster by a Terre Haute builder. Officials hope to secure a balloon for a daytime display though balloonists lack balloons. Fireworks will be set after dark, horse and automobile races planned, band concerts scheduled, and other amusements to entertain the crowd.
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Spencer Park
Traction Company
Ryder
Chicago
Terre Haute
Passenger train wreck at Frankfort injures none
The Vandalia passenger train due at 9 33 p m last evening collided with a Clover Leaf freight at Frankfort. The engine and three freight cars were damaged though Engineer Albert Cook and Fireman William Kromm escaped injuries.
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Frankfort
Albert Cook
William Kromm
Corporations Ordered to Answer Tax Board Questions
The Logansport Cass county board of review demands private corporations appear in the county auditor's office on June 11 to disclose capital stock value, total indebtedness, tangible property assessed value, and last year's net earnings. Delinquent firms face a $100 daily fine after May 15. noncompliance could trigger legal action and maximum penalties.
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Board of Review
Logansport
Cass County
Knights Templar Unit Heads to Warsaw Conclave
William P. Felver leads a 35 member delegation from the local commandery to the state conclave in Warsaw tomorrow and Thursday. A prize drilling contest is scheduled for Thursday afternoon and local Knights will participate. A banquet will be held Thursday night from to 12.
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William P. Felver
Knights Templar
Warsaw
Cotterman Granted Bail in Murder Case
Judge John S. Larry fixed Cotterman bail at 10000 dollars after habeas corpus arguments. If he secures bonds, the Galveston slayer may be free until September, with the September Cass circuit court term the next step. The decision raises Cotterman s chances of avoiding the full murder penalty by fifty percent with McConnell Jenkins Jen kines & Stuart for the defense and Custer Fausler Larry Mahoney for the state.
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Robert H. Cotterman
James T. Brown
John S. Larry
Cotterman
Jackson
Tipton
Galveston
Cass
L Leiry
McConnell, Jenkines
Jenkines & Stuart
Custer &Fausler
Larry & Mahoney
Won’t Go On Retired List in Alexandria Fire Barn
Old Bob the pioneer Alexandria fire horse refuses retirement after eight years in service and a bid to pasture him. A recent two trip week covering three miles left him weak, so he was sent to a farm. He escaped, returned to the barn, and resumed duty beside the hose cart, prompting a special inquiry by the fire department.
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Alexandria
Ind
Bob
Freeze-Out at Terre Haute Brewery Plant In Elwood
Police raid Terre Haute Brewing storage plant in Elwood Indiana after reports of illegal liquor sales. Eight men surrendered after an hour forty minutes inside a cooling room where ice preserved bottled goods. The plant manager was arrested for selling liquor without a license.
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Elwood
Ind
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Name Set Him Free On Judge's Quick Warning
Prisoner Aquilan Dangerfield faced Judge Smith on a charge of intoxication. The judge dismissed the case with a blunt rebuke and ordered him to leave town after being arrested on Bid die's Island for sleeping off a jag. Last seen fleeing toward Goodland.
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Aquilan Dangerfield
Smith
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G. S. Barrick
Benton Harbor
Mich
East
North Sixth Street
Chie
Canyon OF Dust
Smyth
Oliver Ong Frying
A. L. Young
Biddie’s Island
William F. Steiger
B. C. Jenkines
Theodore
Madeline Byer
Steiger
Harry N. Elliott
Simpson W
Dolla J
Verna Day
Supt
Wil
Templars
Lairy
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