Royal Center Case Prolonged Over Debt Dispute
The Kistler & Kistler versus Edward Dunn case drags into Thursday in circuit court. Allegations center on Dunn assuming debt from tenants Hall and McFarland for implements bought on oats crop proceeds. Dunn allegedly failed to pay and ordered notes surrendered. proceedings involve Walters & Long for Dunn and George A. Kistler with James Thy for Kistler & Kistler. Also Hannah Gerhard sues Isabelle Crawford for quiet title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kistler
Edward Dunn
Bevon
Eirent Court
Royal Center
Dunn
Fall
McFarland
Kistler & Kistler
Kistlers
Hall and McFarland
Walters & Long
George A. Kistler
James Thy
Lawsuit Filed Over Guardianship Changes in Circuit Court
Through their attorneys Reeder and Sullivan Charles Bauman Joseph Bauman and Lena Foley filed a suit impairment against Margaret Bauman and others. The circuit court accepted the resignation of Clinton L. Dilles as guardian of Earl E Charles minor ward of Catherine Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeder & Sullivan
Charles Bauman
Joseph €. Bauman
Lena Foley
Circuit Court
Margaret Bauman
Clinton L. Dilles
Earl E. Charles
Catherine Charles
Murder in Franklin County Poor House Killings
In Franklin Ind an 81 year old inmate Cyrus Brown was murdered by 75 year old Thomas Darrell in a county infirmary room. Samuel Kephart a paralytic witnessed the attack and cried for help as Darrell struck Brown with a heavy cuspidor. Cleveland alerted authorities and Darrell was jailed.
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Cyrus Brown
Franklin
Ind
Thomas Darrell
Darrell
Brown
Samuel Kephart
Kephart
Farrell
Cleveland
Early Spring Fries Hatchings Attract Hotel Trade
Mrs Isaac Baker wife of a prominent southeast of New Castle farmer hatched chicks in winter and sold spring fries to hotels. She reports others nearly ready for market with chicks bred during cold months, yielding profits to cover labor costs.
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Isaac Baker
New Castle
Joe Emanuel Stricken By Asthma Attack at Printing Plant
Joe Emanuel of the T. H. Wilson printing plant suffers an asthma attack. He received aid at the plant and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Emanuel
T. H. Wilson Printing Plant
Southsiders Seek Promoter Help for Street Car Route
South Side residents vow to secure street car service across the Wabash and plan to meet with Logansport Lafayette line promoters. They push routing via the Third Street bridge to gain access and capitalize on the Chicago Indianapolis and Evansville passenger station on Burlington avenue. William C. Mitchell reports progress in securing right of way from Carroll county line and urges a route change.
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South Side
Wabash
Fortt Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Burlington Avenue
Logansport-Lafayette
Third — Street
Cicott Street
Chicago, Indianapolis and
Evansville
Third Street Bridge
Lafayette
William C. Mitchell
Carroll County
Iowa bill would compel physicians to kill patients
A proposed act by Representative Gregory would let a sound minded person over 18 in great pain demand death by artificial means. The physician must call two other doctors and a county coroner to confirm the outcome, then notify a guardian who must consent for life to be ended with anesthesia. Reports would go to the state board of health.
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Iowa
Gregory
Mito
State Board of Health
Circuit Judge Election Looms in Cass County
Republican and Democratic leaders in Cass County agree a circuit court judge must be elected this fall. Current Judge Larry Expires November 4 1908, the same day as County Clerk Harry Elliott. Uncertainty remains whether the clerk's race will be decided in time for canvass by midnight election night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County
Chase
Larry
Lairy
Harry Elliott
Resignation Hint for Constable Witters Sparks Talks on Dunkirk Police
The Logan County board plans an adjourned session to consider Witters resignation and appoint Charley Hoskins, a Dunkirk saloon keeper, as constable to patrol the town. If Witters resigns the board may grant Hoskins police powers. if not, no action occurs and Dunkirk remains troubled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Charley Hoskins
Hoskins
Thirty Nine Pound Carp Captured at Winona Lake
Clem Cornell arrives from Wihona lake with a remarkable catch by fourteen year old Newton Howe. A German carp weighed at thirty nine pounds, thirty six inches long, shot from the shallows as ice melted. The fisherman and onlookers from Warsaw and Winona lauded the specimen amid local attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Howe
Winona
Logansport
Pennsylvania Railroad
Winona Lake
Cornell
Warsaw
Orphaned Boy In Limbo After Home Rejections
Sadie Chetwood relinquishes all claim to her child and Knightstown Soldiers and Sailors' orphans' home denies admission. The boy cannot stay at the orphans' home or the Home for the Friendless and may be placed with the state board of charities or the Catholic orphans' home in Lafayette. He remains at the institution for now and cannot leave for two weeks.
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Sadie Chetwood
Knightstown
State Board of Charities
Lafayette
Rest. Gus Crawford Ends Life in Railroad Tragedy
Gus Crawford a 55 year old colored farm hand from Maysville Kentucky deliberately laid across the Louisville and Nashville tracks yesterday and allowed a locomotive to sever both arms. He reportedly sought relief from work and from necessity of county support.
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Gus Crawford
Maysville
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Process of Drying Milk Patent Under McCool Plan
William A. McCool of Traverse City Michigan organizes a company to build a dried milk plant. His three year study claims a 1 cent per pound cost and a patent on a soluble milk process using a brower attached to a milk can, heated air and vacuum to remove moisture.
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William A. McCool
Traverse City
Mich
Met Ool
Despair Drives East Liverpool Railroad Man to Suicide
Edward Ralston a railroad man of East Liverpool Ohio shot himself after his girlfriend Ol lie Bowers failed to return home on time from a visit. He begged her to stay and warned he would kill himself if she did not return. Miss Bowers arrived later and learned of his death, grieving deeply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ralston
East Liverpool
Ollie Bowers
Ralston
Not So Brash on 2-Cent Fare and Excursions
The piece argues the 2-cent fare does not end cheap trips in Ohio. It notes the railroad contracted fifty coaches and three pullmans for the annual literary excursion to Cedar Point on July 26, showing continued interest in such excursions beyond Ohio’s rate.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Cedar Point
Andrew Heppe Missing After Secret Wedding in Warsaw
A Logansport soap firm member Andrew Heppe vanished after secretly marrying a former local woman in Warsaw. He left February 5 with a broad smile, is described as about 40, 5 feet 6 inches, light hair and gray eyes, swinging walk from naval command days, last seen in southern sun with his bride. a liberal reward is offered for his return to Heppe & Sons in Logansport.
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Andrew Heppe
Wm. Heppe & Sons
Warsaw
Logansport
Benedicts
Andrew
H Ts
Mr. Heppe
Heppe
Wabash Navy
Wm. Heppe & Sons’ Soap Factory
Ind
Trains Crash at Cincinnati Station
A mixup at the Fourth Street station left Cincinnati No. 18 on the second track struck by the State Line train. The engine and chair car were badly damaged, but no one was seriously injured. repairs followed and service resumed.
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Cincinnati
State Line
Lindley Wife Faces Divorce Suit in Howard Court
Jesse O. Lindley files divorce in Howard superior court against Mrs Mand Lindley. Judge Harness bars her from Lindley plumbing shop at 42 West Walnut, from collecting rents of about 100 dollars a month, and from drawing funds at Kokomo Trust. He alleges she, in a frenzy, armed with a pistol, visited evil resorts with a policeman, wrongly accusing him of improper relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mand
Lindley
Kokomo Police Department
Howard Superior Court
Jesse O. Lindley
Harness
Lindley Plumbing
West Walnut Street
Kokomo Trust Company
Valuable Missionary Books Donated to Lafayette Library
Frank Levering former Lafayette resident and Baptist missionary to Secunderbad India has donated a 204 volume collection of missionary works to the Lafayette Public Library. The set records foreign missionary labor of the last century and was stored at the First Baptist Church before being moved to the library founded by Levering in honor of his parents.
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Frank Levering
Lafayette
Secunderbad
India
Levering
First Baptist Church
John Levering
Stillwell Loses Bout Over Eight District Politics
Horace Stillwell, famed for the black satchel, suffers a setback as the state committee curbs his control. The congressional committee is directed to return powers to county groups and to revise rules. It orders a reduction of Cra mer’s $3 250 campaign donation to a nominal sum and signals possible a new district convention and court action over ballot leaflets.
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Horace Stillwell
Eighth
State Committee
Stillwell
Congressional Committee
Stillwell Committee
Cramer
Jury Reenacts Dark-Age Trial by Iron in Brooklyn Court
In a Brooklyn federal court scene likened to an ordeal, Joseph Lipsitz, seeking 20 000 damages from a railroad for a spine injury after a collision, was subjected to hot iron contact without flinching as spectators watched the dramatic testimony.
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United States
Brooklyn
Joseph Lipsitz
Minors Targeted: John Rose Charged in Liquor Sale Case
John Rose of New Waverly faced circuit court today on a grand jury warrant charged with selling liquor to minors. He was fined $20 plus costs.
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New Waverly
John Rose
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hannah Gerhard
Arthur & Ashby
Isabelle Crawford
Southsiders
Third Street
Witter
Dunkirk
Witters
the Board of County Commissioners
Clem Cornell
Busch
Boy
Howe
Wihona Lake
Chetwood Boy
Crawford
Michigan
Pennsy
Southland
State Line and
Kokomo Police Board
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