McCracken Denies Bootlegging Charge In Neighbor Mystery
Elwood McCracken explains a neighborly exchange that led to a federal inquiry. He says Jasper Turley took a bottle of his homemade remedy, no sale occurred, and no arrest followed. McCracken, visiting Franklin with his wife, denies meeting any federal officers and asserts no violation occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper
Turley
McCraken
Jasper Turley
Young America
McCracken
Haner Whisky Company
Covington
America
Indianapolis
Franklin
Indiana
Williamson Son Reports Idaho Mine Start Up
Mrs. J. S. Williamson of 922 Broadway received a letter from her son Stewart saying a mine he bought in Wallace Idaho has begun shaft work and reached 200 feet depth. A large work force will be employed soon and the section previously mined is said to be as productive as the Nabob, which yields 332000 per day. Weather has been fine but is turning hot and wet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Williamson
Broadway
Stewart
Wallace
Idaho
Nabob
Baptist church entertainment invites tonight with music
About one hundred invitations are issued for an evening entertainment in the church lecture room. Special music has been arranged and refreshments will be served.
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Brotherhood of the Baptist Church
Walter Horstman Visits Huntington Friends
Walter Horstman has traveled to Huntington to visit friends and spend time there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter. Horstman
Huntington
Pure Food Law Inspector Eyes Logansport for Prosecutions
Revenue Inspector Elliott visits saloons grocers and drug stores in Logansport taking samples of olive oil and various foods. He forecasts arrests for pure food law violations including adulterated whisky. He notes olive oil color differences as evidence and expects swift developments within a week.
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Elliott
Marion
Logansport
Railroader David Hiebert Missing After Pay Car Visit
David D. Hiebert, a Panhandle brakeman from 1936 Spear Street, left home Tuesday evening after drawing his pay and has not been seen since. His wife, once suspecting foul play, now fears desertion and has moved in with her sister at 1936 Spear Street. Neighbors report no domestic trouble, and Mrs. Hiebert has not notified police.
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David D. Hiebert
Ull Spear Street
Panhandle
Hiebert
Morey
Former Pitcher Perry L. Wright Dies in Chicago
Perry L. Wright, a noted old ball player known for an early curved pitch, died of heart failure while playing golf at the Homewood Country Club in Chicago. He pitched here about twenty years ago alongside Ike Johnston and Charles Taylor. His widow survives him.
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Perry L. Wright
Ike Johnston
Charles Taylor
George Cuppy
Wright
Wood Country Cub
Chicago
Bass Lake may become state fish hatchery and close for fishing
Local reports claim the Indiana state game and fish commissioners plan to convert Bass Lake into a state fish hatchery, potentially prohibiting all fishing and ending the lake as a summer resort. Logansport residents and anglers fear loss of a top fishing spot as plans draw public opposition and a possible land protest from fishermen statewide.
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State Game and Fish Commissioners
Bass Lake
Logansport
John Hildebrandt
Indiana
Chicago
Ilinois
Izaak Walton
Three men arrested on freight car theft charges at Onward
Jim Fowers Dec Eagle and Harry Garver of Bunker Hill were arrested this morning by Panhandle Detective Strahle in Onward. They faced Judge Hanawalt, pleaded guilty to turning angle checks on freight cars and were fined.
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Jim Fowers
Dec Eagle
Harry Garver
Bunker Hill
Panhandle
Strahle
Turing Angle
Hanawalt
Waity
Street Improvements Planned For Cole Street
A petition filed with the clerk of the board of public works seeks Cole street improvements. The board authorized work including sidewalks and gutters as recent rains washed out stones and require filling in Me streets.
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Board of Public Works
Cole Street
Affidavit in Liquor Case Challenged in Court
The defense argues the affidavit is faulty for naming a defendant and not the actual buyers. Judge Smith postpones ruling until affidavits are clarified as police question identities of alleged liquor buyers and hidden patrolmen. The case involves Dewese and others with officers in plain clothes, who wore no badges. Public defense plans to challenge the affidavit's accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Dewese
Martin Bligh
Smith
Denese
Indianapolis
Snooks
M. B. Lairy
Dewese
John Doe
Larry
Ed Howard
Sycamore Stret
Sundey
Patrelmsa Monigan
Thomason
Eight masked men flog innocent man in Brown County
Early Sunday eight masked men entered the home of Thomas Venners near South Bethany on the Nashville road and carried him to a wood where they flogged him unmercifully. Venners, a peaceful citizen with no known enemies, is said to be confused about the motive, with reports suggesting a domestic dispute as the trigger.
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Vetmers
Bethany
Nashville
Brown and Harthelomew County
Doctors Refuse to Aid Proposed St Josephs Hospital
Logansport physicians refuse to contribute or assist in soliciting funds for the proposed St. Josephs hospital. A mass meeting heard Rufus Magee claim doctors would benefit least while others doubt the project. Sullivan suggested possible railroad and interurban company donations. a committee will approach them. The effort to build the hospital continues with vigor.
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Logansport
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Rufus Mageee
Court House
Magee
Dykerman
M. F. Sullivan
Railroad
Orchard Recalled to Stand in Haywood Trial
Boise Idaho June 25 Orchard was recalled to the stand this morning to allow the defense to complete its impeachment foundation. Mary Kink of Cripple Creek was the next witness called.
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Boise
Idaho
Orchard
Wood
Mary Kink
Cripple Creek
Seven Italians killed in collapsed tenement tragedy
In New York on June 25 seven Italians died when a ramshackle tenement collapsed in the Italian quarter. Rescue teams recovered victims from the wreckage as officials investigated the building’s condition and safety code violations.
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New York
Miss Grace Powell and friends visit Delphi cottage
Miss Grace Powell Edith Kinney and Louise Chase left today for a week’s visit with Miss Helen Martin of this city at the Mearfin cottage at Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Powell
Edith Kinney
Louise Chase
Helen Martin
Mearfin
Delphi
Miss Kumiler Visits Aunt Then Returns Home
Miss Mary Kumiler of Dayton Ohio leaves after visiting her aunt Mrs M K Landis at 1706 Market Street and returns home.
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Mary Kumiler
Dayton
Ohio
M. K. Landis
Market Street
Epidemic of Measles Rages Through Logansport
Measles outbreak hits Logansport with over fifty reported cases and rising daily. Dr. Holloway and the city health board enforce warnings and measles cards as the illness spreads statewide, though authorities report the city’s case load remains light compared to others. The season is described as a measles year with weather and water blamed by some, while doctors urge caution and continued precautions.
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Logansport
Holloway
City Health Board
Parents sue for quiet title to eighty acres in Deer Creek area
Jevi Campbell through his attorneys filed in circuit court a suit against Mrs Harvey Wright and Dunfield Campbell to recover eighty acres in Deer Creek township along the Carroll county line. The couple deeded 160 acres to two children in 1888 with an understanding deeds not to be recorded until their deaths. Last December the children recorded them, leaving the parents penniless and propertyless except for savings. The father, 77, acts in Cass and Carroll counties to reclaim 16 acres already learned to be misrecorded.
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Cass
Carroll
Sunday School Picnic At Taber Farm North Of City
The Sunday school class of the Baptist Church will hold a picnic tomorrow at Taber farm north of the city. They meet at the church at 10 o'clock and ride a North Side car to the end of the line. Games and races planned for all ages.
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The
Baptist Church
Taber Farm
Birth Announcement for LeRor Co'ins Family
A newborn weighing ten pounds is welcomed by Mr and Mrs A LeRor Co'ins of 1806 Spear Street in a civic birth notice.
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A. LeRor Co
Spear Street
Miami Chief Godfrey Narrates Life and Frances Slocum Link
At a Tippecanoe Battleground memorial, Miami Chief Gabriel Godfrey of near Peru recounts his life born in 1854, early schooling, land loss to whites, nineteen children, and three wives. He details Frances Slocum’s granddaughter as his second wife and the Frances Slocum story tying to Niagara Falls, with reflections on Miami dignity and white bravery.
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Frances Slocum
Niagara Falls
Tippecanoe Battleground Association
Gabriel Godfrey
Peru
Francis Godfrey
Vincennes
Lafayette
Tippecanoe
Roosevelt
Laigister
Frances Sloewm
Mississippi
Kansas
Frances
Deleware
Miami
Miatni
Frances i Sincura
White Stone River
Interurban Schedule Change Aims to End Blockade
Superintendent Ryder adjusts times on the High street and North Side routes to ease roadblock at Third and Broadway. Cars from the Interurban station now depart at ten, thirty, and fifty minutes after the hour with potential permanent changes if successful.
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High Street
North Side
Third and Broadway
Ryder
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M'Cracken
Elwood McCracken
Raal
Williamson
Son
Pure Food Law
Leff
JO P
Pei EG
Ihali
Digiples
Onward
Deweese
Howard
Brown County
Thomas Venners
Jevi Campbell
Attor
Stuart
Harvey
City
Godfrey
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