Barnhart Fined Five Dollars for Riot at New Waverly
Walter Barnhart a Adams township school teacher pleaded guilty in ciprob court to rioting linked to a January 27 New Waverly disturbance. He and about a dozen youths drove from Hoover and Twelve Mile to the town’s saloons and fired shots before the night ended. Authorities still seek other participants and local impact hints at an exodus of young farmers.
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Cipro
Barnhart
New Waverly
Hooves
Mile
Wabash
Hoovers
Twelve Mile
Farmers urged to feed quail amid snow cover
The article urges farmers to scatter feed for quail as snow lasts a week cutting natural food. Game commissioners and farmers are urged to help birds survive what officials say may suffer more from cold and famine than hunting.
Burlington Considers Subsidy for Indiana Interurban Road
Promoters survey a proposed interurban line from Indianapolis to Logansport passing Burlington. They seek a $30 000 subsidy from Burlington, Carrollton, and Washington townships, with Carrollton and Washington ready to provide $10 000 each. Burlington deciding vote likely, else private subscription. Four Burlington citizens pledge $800.
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Burlington
Indianapolis
Logansport
Carrellton
Washington
Burlington Township
Brave
Salvation Army Opens Barracks on Sixth Street
The Salvation Army opens a city barracks on Sixth Street under Captain Frank Woodward who aims to save souls and maintain the new post for at least two years. Woodward is accompanied by his wife four children and Cadet Steele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Sixth Street
Frank Woodward
Woodward
Steele
Sounding Out Mosquito Gold Rush in Louisiana
Nelson Lambert, a piano tuner visiting from Logansport, heads toward Donaldson, Louisiana, to hunt Stegomyia mosquitoes. The state offers two dollars per female dead or alive, plus five cents per head for all captured mosquitoes, with Lambert claiming immunity to bites and promising a lucrative plan to fund his return home and boast of his find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donaldson
Louisiana
Mr. Lambert
Baptist Church Meetings Call for Week of Attendance
Robert Ingersoll once quipped he would become Christian when Missouri turned Republican. Missouri has turned Republican, but Ingersoll did not live to see it. The notice urges a full week of attendance at the Baptist church at Broadway and Seventh starting Sunday March 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ingersoll
Missouri
Ingersoll
Baptist Church
Broadway
Seventh Street
Annual Convention of The King's Daughters and Sons
Forty eight delegates have registered for the Indiana branch annual meeting to be held March 28 to 30 in Logansport. Mrs Frank Wall heads local arrangements. officers include Mrs Margaret Bottome president and Mrs Kate Bond vice president. Delegates are urged to bring pads and pencils and to leave circle reports with the recording secretary at close. Only accredited delegates are entitled to vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wall
Margaret Bottome
Kate Bond
Mary Lowe Dickinson
Chief Scotty Leads Outlaw Band in Death Valley Plot Tale
Boston mining expert Daniel E. Owen alleges a party including Walter Scott and his brothers, Bill and Warner, traveled toward Death Valley to inspect a mine. He claims Scotty planned to extort $100,000 from eastern capitalists and that warrants were issued for Scotty and several companions. Shorty Smith was arrested in San Bernardino. Walter Scott disputes Owen's ambush tale while performing in Portland.
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Wall Street
Death Valley
Cal
Walter Scott
Scotty
Santa Fe
California
Daniel E. Owen
Boston
Owen
East
Secott
Bill
Warner
A. W. St. Clair
William
Keys
Shorty
Smith
A. M. Johnson
Bailerat
Walter
Warner Scott
San Barnardino
St. Clair
Portland
Oregon
Scott
Libraries Guarded as Carnegie raids spark statewide alarm
Reports say multiple Carnegie libraries including Fort Wayne Elwood Huntington Wabash Peru Kokomo Anderson Crown Point and Hammond were entered last night with valuable books damaged or stolen. Jailer in Elwood nabbed a intruder but no arrests have been made. Officials suspect a prank or grievance against free libraries rather than straightforward theft.
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Fort Wayne
Elwood
Huntington
Wabash
Peru
Kokomo
Anderson
Crown Point
Hammond
Julian Seeks New Trial in Police Union Row
Jesse Julian former policeman presses for a new trial in circuit court via attorney Frank V. Guthrie. He vows to appeal to the highest court to reclaim his police star and hints at exposing alleged officer misdeeds to Governor Hanly. He cites police board actions after his petition for a temporary writ of mandate as a key reason.
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Jesse Julian
Metropolitan Police Force
Frank V. Guthrie
Julian
Captain Foley
Billy
Hanly
Logansport
Dunn Leaves Custer & Dunn to Form Matthews Partnership
William C Dunn of the firm Custer and Dunn has formed a new partnership with Edward W Trook in Matthews Indiana and will relocate there. The dissolution of Custer and Dunn had not yet occurred.
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William C. Dunn
Custer & Dunn
Matthews
Ind
Edward W. Trook
Dunn
Sickness Ravages Loganport Teachers Spark Epidemic
An Erie grip like illness sweeps Loganport schools affecting both regulars and substitutes. Many teachers out, substitutes engaged, and county help sought as Bertha Kauffman breaks her arm skating. Pupils remain healthy and no school closures reported.
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Logansport
Bertha Kauffman
Miss Garritson Guest of Kokomo Family on Broadway
Miss Garritson of Kokomo is the guest of her brother H. R. Garritson and family on Twenty fourth street Band Broadway for a visit.
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Miss Garritson
Kokomo
H. R. Garritson
Twenty-fourth Street Band
Broadway
Ivanhoe Traction Car Visits Logansport Station
TVANHOE the Ivanhoe traction car stopped briefly at Logansport on Broadway during its fast run between Fort Wayne and Indianapolis. The machine is hailed as one of the finest to visit the city and is noted as near the best in its class.
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Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Broadway
Logansport
Guthrie Issues Committee Call for County Convention
Frank V. Guthrie, chair of the Democratic central committee, calls a meeting of committeemen in the north court room on April 7 at 10 am to fix the county convention date and determine the number of delegates to county, senatorial, congressional, joint representative and state conventions. The group will decide if delegates are elected by primaries or by other means amid debate over costs and access for poorer candidates.
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Frank V. Guthrie
Democratic Central Committee
North Court Room
Nader
Central
Judgment on Interrogatories in Traction Case
Attorneys for Traction Company press motion to quash an $8,000 verdict in favor of Peter Mellette in a suit arising from a fall on a bridge project. The case asks judgment on interrogatories aligning with the verdict, while a separate sale of Old Wright Farm north of the city is authorized to satisfy judgments totaling $10,816.85 for Baldwin and others.
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Traction Company
Peter Melilette
Old Wright Farm
City
D. P. Baldwin
Peter Mellette
Indiana Union Traction Company
Mellette
Melletie
Winfield
George A. Gambtle
Meillette
McConnell, Jenkines, Jerkines & Stuart
Myers & Yarlott
John Wright
A. T. Bowen
Judge Rules $15.25 Judgment in Day and Son Case
Judge McGregor grants Mueller & Richardson a $15.25 judgment against John Day and Son. Willis Berry, artist, seeks amicable settlement after Pluck Publishing attached chats over an $80 drawing claim. The Galveston bank sues Thomas F. Sprinkle in circuit court for $70 on a note.
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McGregor
John Day and Son
Mueller & Rich
Willis Berry
Pluck Publishing Company
Galveston Bank
Thomas F. Sprinkle
Flesh Stripping of Embalmed Body Reported Near New Albany
A grisly incident near New Albany Indiana details a man stripping flesh from a dead young woman’s body believed to be embalmed. Alfreds Greenway alerted authorities as the operator confessed the act was to preserve a skeleton for a Louisville medical student.
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Lousville
Gaio
Kentucky and Ladiana Bridge
New Albany
Ind
Alfreds Greenway
Louisville
Butler Sent to Poor Farm After Barn Incident
Mike Butler found in a barn on Smead Street with a broken leg and drinking to excess. He was employed by the Panhandle company but the firm refused to provide care, leaving him a county charge after being removed to the county farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Butler
Smead Street
Butler
Panhandle
Oney Carroll Granted Liberty After Forty Days in Jail
Oney Carroll was released this morning after serving a forty day sentence in the county jail. As he exited the courthouse, bystanders began betting on how long he would remain free with the longest wager predicting until tomorrow night.
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Carroll
Oney
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