Tragic Vandalia Train Crash Claims Carroll County Family
The Crites family of Monroe township Carroll county perished when a runaway horse collided with a Vandalia passenger train near Flora. The father James Crites aged fifty mother Mary aged forty five and daughter Ruth aged three died instantly. Dorothy seven died next day from injuries. Engineer Henry Kuhns avoided blame, noting a frightened horse caused the crash. Dorothy died after rescue, leaving three children widowed parents.
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Ruth
Dorothy
Henry Kuhns
Barclay Street
Critel
Crites
Kuhns
Charg
Carrell County
Logansport
Kuhn
Crits
Labor Indorsem Arthur W Kleckner by Local Union Group
Labor indorses Charles W. Kleckner for renomination as Democrat. John McCaffrey grows strength, prompting the Trades Assembly and railroad unions to urge turnout for primary delegates favoring Kleckner. The group lauds his legislative record and the child labor bill as progressive.
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Labor Political Committee
Trades Assembly Hall
John McCaffrey
Charles W. Kleckner
Kleckner
West Side
Organized Labor
McCaffrey
Labor
Cass County
Trades Assembly and Railroad Organizations
Sun Struck Baseball Fan Rescued From Heat Illness
John Schnitz, 40 Burlington Avenue, collapsed while watching a South Side baseball game. He drank water, was helped to shade, and after an hour of unconsciousness began recovering, with doctors predicting a brief convalescence and no lasting harm. The day was exceptionally hot and many suffered heat effects.
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Diamonds
Schnitz
B. Co. Stevens
Stevens
Haunted by wife spirit drives Mendus Grace to suicide
Mendus Grace, recently returned from lumber camps, killed himself at his parents home on Knowlton street. He said his dead wife haunted him day and night and that he wished to join her. The tale links a prior marriage death and an alleged romance with Ora Kile of Martinsville. Grace had planned the act for months and reportedly warned locals he would take his life. The report notes others doubt the wife would have consented to his actions.
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Mendus Grace
Missisippi
Knowlton Street
Belle Snell
Grace
Mrs. Snell
Martinsville
Ora Kile
aLfayette
Graces
Lafayette
Texas
Mississippi
Ora
Khle
Myers
Elias Keyes
Pearl Street
Keyes
Divorce and tragedy shadow a Massachusetts residence
An elderly man reports his son Abe Snell’s confession of a planned murder suicide amid divorce turmoil. The note reveals intent to kill his wife and himself with grave remarks echoed by the mother who recalls the conversation. The tale continues on page eight.
Aged Civil War Veteran Found Dead in Clifton Avenue Home
Francis W. Smith 75 who served in Company B 128 Indiana Infantry died of heart failure while seated in a dining room chair at his home 413 Clifton avenue His wife found him unresponsive after a three minute absence from the room He had been paralytic for years survived by wife and three children one son Mel and two daughters with one son Robert missing since the San Francisco earthquake. He had lived in this city since the war. The death was not unexpected.
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Francis W. Smith
Clifton Avenue
J. Z. Powell
Mr. Smith
Dr. Powell
One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth
Indiana Infantry
Mel Smith
Panhandle
Robert
San Francisco
Coroner Finds Cotterman Justified in Brown Killing
Coroner George D. Miller rules Cotterman acted in self defense and not guilty of first degree murder in the Brown killing. He condemns the grand jury for indicting, while Prosecutor Custer warns of a possible long prison term. Mrs. Brown withholds prosecution, citing her late husband’s violent temper and threats.
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Cotterman
George D. Miller
Brown
Robert H. Cotterman
James T. Brown
Custer
John Lines
L U. T
Galveston
May Drop Case In Interurban Car Assault
Robert McDonald and Bruce Mc Donald were arrested after allegedly assaulting milkman William Siddall following an insult to a young lady. The trial is set for tomorrow but may be dropped since the incident occurred on an interurban car believed to be in Carroll county at the time.
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Robert McDonald
Bruce McDonald
Willam Siddall
Siddall
Carroll County
Anoka Bridge Over Panban Die Tracks Opens to Traffic
The Anoka bridge over the Panban die tracks has been opened to traffic after a period of road closure that greatly inconvenienced local farmers.
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Anoka
Four Hungarians arraigned after Panhandle detectives arrest them
Four Hungarians were arraigned in court today after Panhandle detectives arrested them. The detectives had been detailed to escort the men out of town.
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Flora
James C. Crites
Tee
Monroe Township
Carroll Coun
Cittes
Labor Indorses
A. W. Kleckner
Political Labor Committee
Tim Sunday
John Snitz
A. J. Zanger
Wabash Station
Eapooure
Mas. Snell
Grave
Market Street
Elsie Lowry
John Lowery
Walton
Lillie Belle Herald
Lowery
Harry Snell
Claude Weeks
Florence Martin
Weeks
Snell
Dunkirk
Martin
Ira Persinger
Persinger
Hetherington
George Miller
Miller
Wolf & Tucker
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