Gasoline Sprinkling Mock Rockefellers Fortune Sparks Panic
A playful street incident on Sprinkles Road spills gasoline along West Market near Wilkinson, reducing John D. Rockefeller’s fortune by eighty seven cents. Hetty Green offers a loan delaying markets while Rockefeller’s driver halts the leak.
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West Market Street
Wilkinson
John D. Rockefeller
Joe Patterson
Rockefeller
John D
John
Wall Street
Hetty Green
The
Stock Exchange
Hetty
Girl Leaps Into Creek While Somnambulist Miss Verna Wheat
Miss Verna Wheat of Corydon Indiana left bed during sleep and fell into Big Indian Creek while fishing previous day. Her mother Edna Wheat screamed for help, Judge A L Reynolds rescued her but injured his leg in the effort. Wheat is noted as a musician and skilled typesetter.
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Verna Wheat
Dora M. Wheat
West Chestnut Street
Coryden
Ind
Big Indian Creek
A. L. Reynolds
Judge Reynolds
Miss Wheat
Indiana
Circus Pass Policy Sets Fee and Indemnity
The circus receives a $30 license with extra charges for water and other expenses. It must post a reasonable indemnity against property or personal damage during the parade. Officials will not accept passes. Controller Middleton refused any favors and said officials must pay their own way.
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Middleton
Max Temosky Moved From Corner of Fifteenth and High
Max Temosky has been removed from the corner at Fifteenth and High to 526 Twelfth Street, per relocation notice.
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Max Temosky
Fifteenth and High
Twelfth Street
Attorney W Farrar of Pern Dies in City
Local report notes the death of attorney W Farrar from Pern while in the city. No other details on age or cause are provided in the readable fragments.
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W. Farrar
Pern
Fort Wayne Offers Franchise To Gas Company At Cap On Gas Prices
Fort Wayne's Board of Public Works prepared a ten year franchise for the Fort Wayne Gas Company. It caps illuminating gas at one dollar per thousand feet and fuel gas at seventy cents per thousand. Meters are free. inspectors' salaries are paid by the company under city supervision. The company has not yet accepted.
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Fort Wayne
Prgansport
Fort Wayne Gas Company
Board of Public Works
Board of Works
Logansport
Malfeasance Suit Filed Over Lawrence Township Funds
Roy F Bash Edward Springer RK G Murphy William Beverland Geo W Bolander Charles Schmidt Alonzo Johnson Art B Apple Willian Schmidt Robert Johnson William F E Bash Marcus La Forge John W Apple Charles J Negley and Jonathan Conkle sue Samuel T Beaver former township trustee in Marton circuit court claiming funds misused from 1900 to 1905 for 4100. Beaver bondsmen Bolander Dunn Kitterman defendants. Charges include coal purchases with township money uns in records excessive salaries road work and family payments by Beaver and his son and wife.
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Roy F. Bash
Edward Springer
RK. G. Murphy
William Beverland
Geo. W. Bolander
Charles Schmidt
Alonzo Johnson
Art B. Apple
Willian Schmidt
Robert Johnson
William FE. Bash
Marcus la Forge
John W. Apple
Charles J. Negley
Jonathan Conkle
Lawrence Township
Marton
Samuel T. Beaver
Beaver
Samuel J. Bolander
Lee Dunn
John O. Kitterman
Mixup in Panhandle yards collision blocks tracks
A collision in Panhandle yards after 9 pm halted freight traffic. Train No 72 had right of way when a switch engine and cars ran onto the main line, causing the wreck that split the train and derailed an engine. Several hogs killed and others escaped. engineers uninjured apart from minor bruises.
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Panhandle
Thomas Bros
Grass Creek
Step Father Accused of Pocketing Heirs Property
Noel Spencer and Sarah J. Bishop filed in circuit court against Solomon Clovis claiming trust creation and deed nullification. They allege Clovis took 2000 from their late mother Anna Spencer and bought property at 1 Oval Center in his and his wife’s names, denying the rightful heirs. William Hile, served in his wife’s suit, failed to appear as the case was called. Julius Falk’s suit against Frank Hoover was dismissed this afternoon.
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Noel Spencer
Sarah J. Bishop
Solomon Clovis
Anna Spencer
Kansas
Clovis
Oval Center
William R. Hile
Julius Falk Agaist
Frank Hoover
Epworth League Plans State Convention in Logansport
Arrangements are complete for the Indiana Epworth League state convention at Market Street M E Church from June 28 to July 1. The meeting will feature many noted speakers of worldwide reputation. The Logansport district Epworth League will also hold its annual session at Broadway M E Church during the state league gathering.
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Indiana Epworth League
Whch
Market Street
M. E
Logansport
Broadway M. E
Marion man H L Wright visits city on business
H L Wright of Marion traveled to the city yesterday for business matters.
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H.L. Wright of
Marion
Poole son serves in San Francisco earthquake relief
Vernon Earle Poole, cavalryman at Vancouver Barracks, writes from Frisco to his mother Mrs. Henrietta Poole detailing aid to the homeless and injured after the quake. He describes guards, scarce sleep, and the vast charity as thousands lose homes. He recalls San Francisco’s former grandeur and asks for letters to Vancouver Barracks.
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Henrietta Poole
Longcliff Hospital
Vernon Earle Poole
Uncle Sam
Vancouver Barracks
Vancouver
Washington
San Francisco
Cal
Mother
Frisco
Philippines
Sam
Paris
E. Poole
Rochester Reform Push Sets New City Officials
Rochester's Democratic power appoinFts William Norris as marshal and Craton Anderson as eight patrolmen after election wins. New officers vow strict enforcement of liquor laws and order, with instructions to suppress all slot machines citywide.
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Rochester
Jos Stockberger
Frank Sheward
William Norris Marshal
Craton Anderson
Rural Carriers Submit April Report From Logansport Routes
April was busy for twelve rural carrier routes centered on Logansport. The report shows collected and delivered mail across routes one to eleven and a twelfth with number 34.7. Carrier George W. Lee is off duty and substitute William I. Slazle handles route one.
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Logansport
County of
Cass
Federal
Moss
George W. Lee
William i. Slazle
Police Board Reorganized in City Government
Metropolitan police commissioners met in the city building last night and reorganized the board. Stephen Beyer, appointed by Governor Hanly to succeed the late John K. Skinner, was sworn in, and T. R. Sewell was elected chairman. No immediate policy changes were announced.
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Metropolitan Police Commissioners
Stephen Beyer
Hanly
John K. Skinner
T. R. Sewell
Advance guard grafters arrive in town warned to guard homes
Captain Foley issues a precautionary order ahead of the circus parade advising residents to secure money and jewelry and keep at least one person at home. Police will round up suspicious characters and warn would be grafters that they cannot be beaten at their own game. A hob0o named John Henderson was jailed after being picked up near the Wabash depot.
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John Henderson
Wabash
Osheer Graham
Foley
State Educational Commission Created by Governor Hanly
Governor Hanly created the State Educational Commission and appointed members B F Moore Marion Ti Ert Slack Franklin FE S Moore Connersville Thomas D Slimp Washington Will S Ritchie Lebanon Edgar Webb Attica John W Lewis Wabash The commission will study teacher pay and working conditions with expenses borne by the Indiana State Teachers Association and report to the next general assembly.
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State Educational Commission
Hanly
B. F. Moore
Marion
Ti. Ert Slack
Franklin
Moore
Connersville
Thomas D. Slimp
Washington
Will S. Ritchie
Lebanon
Edgar Webb
Attica
John W. Lewis
Wabash
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
Fassett A. Cotton
Indiana
General Assembly
Northern Indiana Teachers’ Associations
Hauly
ministers control De catur baseball stock drive
In De catur Indiana the local baseball association gains traction as stock subscriptions reach about 2000 dollars with ministers owning around 700 dollars. Ministers seek Sunday baseball but no Sunday games are set as several ministers hold stock and the season plans three weekly games at Steele's park. Construction begins on a grandstand and fences ahead of a May 30 opener.
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Baseball Association
Decatur
Ind
Association
Steele’s
Agree 10 Live Together Again in Matrimonial Reversals
In circuit court this morning two divorces were dismissed as the couples agreed to renew their marriages. Mrs. Alice E Williams and her husband, and Edwin Erb and his wife, abandoned filings and resumed life together with costs to the plaintiff. The Dowling case remains active, while witnesses provide electrical metaphor as jurors and counsel prepare for proceedings.
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Alice E. Williams
Chicago
South Bend
George W.waikes
May pave North Street with new bids if contract surrendered
The Western Construction company may surrender its North Street paving contract as Warren Bros. offers to license their bitulithic patent to any bidder. Warren Bros. owns the patents and seeks competition by allowing others to use the compound, a move that could prompt the board of works to advertise for new bids on North Street paving.
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Western Construction Company
North Street
Warren Bros
Board of Works
Engagement of Walter E Hall to Genevieve Hopkins Revealed
The Xenia Gazette reports the engagement of Walter E Hall son of FE Hall depot hotel manager to Miss Genevieve Belle Hopkins a Dowagiac Michigan society woman and UM Ann Arbor matriculant. They met at the Azores while both studying at the University of Michigan and plan to marry. Hall began electrical engineering at the Naval Academy and will join the motive power department of Pennsylvania lines in Pittsburgh.
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Xenia
Walter E. Hall
Hall
Depot Hotel
Genevieve Belle Hopkins
Dowagah
Mich
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Topeka
Hopkins
Horta
Fayal
Azores
Naval Academy
Motive Power Department
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
Axle Collapse Delays O'Donnell Transfer Wagons at Panhandle
A heavy steel axle on an O'Donnell transfer wagon collapsed this afternoon at Panhandle station forcing trunk loads to be moved to another conveyance.
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O'Donnell
Panhandle
Rhodes Family Plans Hillsboro Visit
Mrs. D. Rhodes and her son of 225 Wheatlan Avenue will depart tomorrow to visit friends in Hillsboro Ohio.
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D. Rhodes
Wheatlan Avenue
Hillsboro, O
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Day
Standard Oil Company
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City of
Ft. Wayne
Coffin Nail Fiend and the Law
William Hile
Epworth Leaguers
Henrietta Pole
Longcliff
Canital
Fulton County
Police Board
Educational Commission
Hanly Names Board
Dowling
South Boston
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