Elks Host Tipton Delegation At Local Banquet
The Tipton Elks visited the local lodge for a royal reception with a social session and performances by the St Clair Musical Comedy company at the Crystal theatre. Michael J. Fansler was chosen exalted ruler while Harry Doggett and others were elected or re elected to key posts. Tipton guests enjoyed a late night return home.
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Elks
Tipton Elks
Tipton Lodge
St. Clair Musical Comedy Company
Crystal Theatre
Tipton
Ellis
Joseph Stewart
Eighth and
Spencer Streets
Michael J. Fansler
Harry Doggett
A. A. Hedrick
S. G. Gifford
H. A. Brown
G. A. Raub
Chris Panton
John E. McMillen
Kokomo Man Arrested on Bigamy Charge
C N McRoberts, who married three days earlier after arriving from Lexington Kentucky, is arrested for bigamy. He admits two prior marriages but says he was legally divorced from his first wife twenty two years ago. He cites Fleming county Kentucky court records as proof and blames Laura Ingraham for the trouble.
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Kokomo
Ind
C. N. McRoberts
Lexington
McRoberts
Fleming County
Laura Ingraham
Colts Defeated by Dunn's Pts In Elks Alley Bowling
Dunn's Pts defeated Bauer's Colts 71 pins in a local bowling match last evening. Both sides posted good scores in the second game of the Colts versus Pats series. The Colts travel to Delphi tonight. Kokomo plays here with Leaders, and a Kokomo second team visits.
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Dunn
Bauer
Colts
Elks
Pats
Delphi
Penu
Kokomo
Narrow Escape In Yard Accident At Rosedale
Howard Cox of Vandalia brakeman had a narrow escape when caught between two cars at Rosedale. He hung on a car during switching and was struck when cars on the side track did not clear. He fell to the ground, was carried to the caboose, and later sent to the city by freight with non serious injuries.
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Howard Cox
Vandalia
Rosedale
Courts Set Two Divorce Judgments and Multiple Trials
Judge John S. Larry set jury cases for next week including Gaar Scott & Co vs Andrew Krouse which were restored to the docket and Samuel Smith vs Lee Wah Sing. Two divorces were granted after yesterday’s findings for Essie M. Osborn against Daniel Osborn and Harriet E. Chapman against Charles S. Chapman. Thomas faces collection suit in Galveston real estate deal. Prather represented by Herron & Byers.
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John S. Larry
Gaar Scott &Co
Andrew Krouse
Samuel Smith
Lee Wah Sing
Lee
Smith
Cireuit
Gaar Scott & Co
Emma C. Waits
S. W. Trick
Max Shinbee
Everly B. Wheeldon
Essie M. Osborn
Daniel Osborn
Harriet E. Chapman
Charles 8. Chapman
Charles E. Prather
Charles F. Thomas
Galveston
Court of Justice
William T. Peters
Jackson Township
John H. Wendling
Walton
Herron & Byers
Kokomo
Prather
McIntosh and Voorhees
Thomas
Odd Fellows Home selects officers for coming year
The directors met Wednesday evening and elected John E. Barnes as president Cassius Ide as vice president W C Routh as treasurer and Frank V Guthrie as secretary for the ensuing year.
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The
Odd Fellows’ Home Association
John E. Barnes
Cassius Ide
W. C. Routh
Frank V. Guthrie
Local suitor offers prize for marrying his Mexican daughter
It is said local young men are corresponding with D Elwyn of Duram New Mexico who offers fifteen thousand dollars to any American who will marry his Mexican daughter.
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D. Elwyn
Duram, N. M
Gas Main Bursts Under Wabash River At Pottawattomie Point
Discovery by Elmore Uhl reveals a burst gas main just east of Chicago across the Wabash river at Pottawattomie Point. Large bubbles indicate escaping gas from the line laid about twenty years ago, with inspectors expected to assess damage soon.
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Muncie
Chicago
Wabash River
Pottawattomie Point
Elmore Uhl
Debates over Arliss authorship of Lassie musical
The Daily Reporter reports on whether George Arliss who starred with Mrs. Irke in Leah Kleschna and later in Septimus wrote They Loved a Lassie. It asserts Arliss did dramatize There and Back into a musical comedy and notes his England successes in stories and vaudeville acts.
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George Arliss
Striking Philadelphia Street Car Controversy Echoes in Logansport
The Logansport community follows Philadelphia street car strike actions tied to a Widener Hikinser syndicate that once controlled Logansport, provoking local sympathy for the strikers and warnings of costly legal fallout. Meanwhile census examiner results remain pending with appointments set for mid next month as logistics for enumerator work roll out across the city and county.
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Loganport
Philadelphia
Widener-Hikins
Logansport
Marlin E. Pew
The
Daily Reporter
Girl boards wrong train at city station
An athletic young girl ran after a Chicago local on the Panhandle, first boarding what she thought was the State Line train. The brakeman halted the State Line at a bridge to let her off, and she then re boarded the State Line train which departs at 4 15.
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Chicago
Panhandle
State Line
Ouçar Camps Open Amid Free-Flowing SAPs in Warm Days
The report notes Ouçar Camps opening as sap streams run freely during the warm spell. Local observers describe steady sap flow and camp activities amid rising temperatures.
Three Camps Openled for Sap as Weather Warms
Old time weather prophets claim winter ends as three sugar camps open north of the city. Col. John Foster, auctioneer long active in the county, reports sap flowing freely after the warm spell. In a few days more camps are expected to open, prompting farmers to leave camps.
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John Foster
Inmate Joseph Eby Found Dead at Longcliff
Inmate Joseph Eby aged fifty seven was found dead in bed at Longcliff by attendants this morning. Coroner Dr George D Miller ruled death due to apoplexy. Eby had been at Longcliff for three years and was committed from Elkhart county. Remains to be shipped to his home tomorrow for burial.
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Joseph Eby
Longcliff
George D. Miller
Eby
Elkhart County
Harrison Trades for Timber Land in Mississippi
George Harrison, famed carriage maker of 621 Broadway, trades his local property and business for 1 400 acres of timberland near Canton Mississippi. He will vacate March 14 and plans to cut timber for sale then later plant cotton on cleared land. The California building from the 1893 Columbian Exposition will be repurposed, with possible remodeling of the second floor into flats.
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George Harrison
Broadway
Canton
Miss
Harrison
Harrison Ee
Misissippi
California
Chicago
Four drunks processed by police with mixed outcomes
Homer Hay worth of Delphi was fined one dollar with costs and had the sentence suspended. Martin Lysaght of Springfield received one dollar and costs and was released. Herbert Gerard of Peru was released. Jerry Wilson, a repeat offender, was fined five dollars with costs and sentenced to fifteen days in jail.
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Homer Hayworth
Delphi
Martin Lysaght
Springfield
Herbert Gerard
Peru
Jerry Wilson
Café to open on Fifteenth Street property
Jacob Tussing, a Fifteenth street sareonist, plans a west side building project for a lunch room and cafe to be completed by month’s end.
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Jacob Tussing
Stork and Grim Reaper Tale of City Health Board
The city health board report for February shows 26 births: 13 white male, 12 white female, 1 colored female. There were 24 deaths by causes including circulatory 9 and respiratory 5, with 4 in infancy. Contagious diseases counted: measles 1, chickenpox 2, typhoid 4, tuberculosis 1, pneumonia 5. Three houses placarded, seven fumigated, fourteen schools inspected. ten cleanliness notices, eight vault/cesspool cleanings, five garbage removals. Milk samples inspected: 30. cream: 2.
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City’ Health Board
Health Board
Basketball at Walton Two Games Tonight
Two basketball games are scheduled at Walton High School tonight. The first game features Middletown against the home team, while the second showcases the gram school.
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Walton
Middletown
Gram
Corriden Highlighted as Browns Promising Rookie
Sporting editors and cartoonists in St. Louis spotlight Johnny Corriden of the city as the Browns promising youngster. He is pictured in cartoons with his red hair in the limelight.
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St. Louis
Johnny Corriden
Browns
Passengers Protest Crowded Trains at State Line Station
Morning and noon trains bring Monticello and nearby towns into the city. In afternoons the outbound train remains crowded, forcing many passengers to stand. Patrons urge the railroad to add extra coaches so the elderly and others are not treated like cattle.
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State Line
Lexington
Pittsburg
Monticello
Pepp
Panhandle
Florence Doctor Takes Her Own Life at Fourteen
In Fort Wayne on March 4 Florence Doctor, fourteen, a former Clay Street School pupil and daughter of Mr and Mrs William A Doctor, died by carbolic acid. Found in bed last night, she left a note to her parents claiming she was the black sheep and wishing to ease their burden. The parents are unable to explain the deed.
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Ft. Wayne
Florence Doctor
Clay Street
William A. Doctor
Charlotte Avenue
Mammia
Chantecler Hat Captivates Broadway Patrons
In New York on March 4 Broadway welcomed the Chantecler bonnet from Paris. A young woman wearing the hat drew gasps and a scene at a major hotel as a Broadway milliner entered at 1 pm yesterday. The style is likely to become Broadway’s favorite within weeks.
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New York
Broadway
Paris
Trash Removed From Second Street During Hotel Remodel
City Attorney Judge Nelson notified police that Second Street was littered with trash from the Barnett hotel remodel. Police ordered cleanup and Harry Case, in charge of the remodel, arranged to clear the street and alley.
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Nelson
Second Street
Barnett Hotel
Harry Case
Republican convention date set for Eleventh district
County chairmen will fix the date and place at Huntington next Tuesday. Marion and the city are both candidates for after the convention, but it is thought the gathering will be held there.
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Commercial College
Harry Bendel
Huntington
W. A. Shorts
Bendel
Marion
Panhandle Train Delayed By Hot Box
Panhandle train No. 19 from Louisville arrived fifteen minutes late this afternoon due to a hot box, causing a brief delay in schedules at the station.
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Panhandle
Louisville
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Georgie
Widener-Elkins
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