Sensational Disappearance of Albert A Patterson
Dispatches from Ann Arbor report Albert A Patterson a Greencastle senior medical student vanished after studying with his fiancée at his room near midnight The next morning his blood stained hat lay on a lawn and a letter hinted at death or mystery A possible engagement to a Greencastle or Ann Arbor fiancée adds to the investigation noting his DePauw University Phi Psi ties and Spanish American War service
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Fevrest
Ann Arbor
Patterson
University of Michigan
Ind
Albert A. Patterson
Greencastle
Michigan University
Mics Hinman
Westmaster Vanderwalker
Hun‘el
Grenecastie
Albert Patterson
Laura Frarer
DePauw University
Phi Psi Fraternity
Logansport
First Army Corps
Cuba
Letter From 1903 Soldier Describes Mexican Town Ordeal
A dated personal note from Albert Patterson May 19 1903 recounts a terrifying episode in San Antonio in winter of 1897. He describes being captured tied and tricked by a group, passage through a tunnel, crossing a river, and later enlisting in the army. He mentions a fear of returns to the past and notes Maximo as a possibly ominous contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Io San Antonio
Maximo
Albert Patterson
Illinois Receiver Seeks Illinois Road Surplus
Judge Francis E. Baker heard arguments in Indianapolis in the Vandalia Railway case. The petition asks receiver Volney T. Malott to turn over to the Illinois receiver surplus earnings of the Illinois division, about 750000 dollars after fixed charges. Attorneys for both sides argued amid division over who controls the funds.
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Vandalia Railroad Company
Indiana
Volney T. Malott
Illinois Road
W. L. Taylor
Charles W. Thomas
Belleville
Lil
Begole
Malott
John C. Williams
Indianapolis
O. Pickens
Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Company
T. H. & L. Railroad
Illinois
Lollinois Company
Pennsylvania
Memorial Day Services Planned by Local G A R
Arrangements by the local post G A R for Memorial Day services Sunday at Market Street M F church with Rev E F Naftiger to speak. Ex soldiers are urged to meet at the Grand Army hall at 10 15 AM and ride by street car to the church and back, costs borne by the post. Women’s Relief Corps and Ladies of the G A R invited.
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Market Street
M. F
E. F. Naftiger
Grand Army
Grand Army Hall
The
G A. R
The Last Class Graduation Totals Announced
County Superintendent Hillis reports that 32 of the eighth year pupils passed the May 16 graduation exam at the Commercial college. Combined with two prior tests the total exceeds two hundred graduates, listing names by township such as Grace Condon and Orlen Kersey.
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Hillis
Commercial College
Adams Township
Grace Condon
Bethlehem
Orlen Kingery
Myrtle Anderson
Fiora Horn
Old Drum of Lasselle on Display in Fort Wayne
Colonel Robertson displays a relic drum in the Daughters of the Revolution room at the courthouse. The drum belonged to Charles B Lasselle of Jogansport and was found in 1815 during fort dismantling. It bears faint eagle and shield marks and reads First Regiment U S A, used in a 1794 campaign against Indians.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
R. S. Robertson
Court House
Daughters of the Revolution
Charles B. Lasselle
Jogansport
Lasseile
Decatur Council Offers Free Utilities to Attract Factory
The Decatur city council and Commercial club voted a two year program promising free electric light and water to new factories locating here. Real estate taxes on secured factories will be exempt. T. H. New and A. B. Cline of Trees Manufacturing Co Greenfield are in Decatur seeking a gas engine plant expected to hire 150 workers.
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Decatur
Lad
Commercial Club
Addiiton
T. H. New
A. B.cline
Trees Manufacturing Company
Greenfield
They Mean Business at Ninth Street Church Fund Drive
W S Shearer of the finance and building committee led a meeting with Ninth Street Christian Church members presenting blank subscription papers. About fifty duplicates will be used to avoid overlap. The drive aims to raise the full amount within thirty days.
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W. S. Shearer
Ninth Street Christian Church
Walters to Deliver Decoration and Memorial Addresses
George W. Walters the prosecuting attorney accepts invitations to speak at Decoration Day ceremonies in Star City on Saturday and to address veterans at a memorial meeting in Clymers on Sunday.
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George W. Walters
Clymers
Star City
Pullman Conductor
Gus Dorsch formerly ran a local grocery business and worked as an extra in the county treasurer’s office. He has accepted a Pullman conductor role from St Louis to St Joseph Missouri and left yesterday to begin the job.
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Gus Dorsch
St. Louis
St. Joseph
John Seivers Visits City Briefly on Wednesday
John Seivers of Kewanna was seen in the city for a short time Wednesday evening on his way to In-.
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John Seivers
Kewanna
Meeting With Great Success In Logansport Boom
The Logansport Commercial club reports strong fundraising for an incorporated Boom ing Club to boost city industry. Leader Reitemeir says capital stock could double the initial target as members push mass meeting plans next week at the rink.
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Rink
Logansport
Reitemeier
Tarantula Captured At Third Street Fruit Store
Third Street fruit dealer G. Caruso and employee William Childs captured a large tarantula yesterday while unloading bananas. The tropical spider fell from a banana bunch, stunned on the sidewalk, and was placed in a glass jar for exhibition. Caruso called it the largest tarantula he has seen.
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G. Caruso
Third Street
William Childs
Mr. Caruso
Caruso
Bonds to Be Counted by Treasury Committee
Ellis H. Roberts, United States treasurer, appoints a seven member committee to count all bonds in the treasury vault. The collection mainly comprises United States bonds held for safekeeping and public funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis H. Roberts
United States
Treasury
United
City Club canvass targets $10,000 and city growth
Mr. Reitemeier says he has not canvassed but spoke to city business men and nearly $3,000 is subscribed. A full city canvass could raise the needed amount in a week. Club members forecast Logansport gaining $1,000,000 in assets with a $10,000 spend. A mass meeting order is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reitemeier
Logansport
Immorality Cited By Dr Perry At State Physicians Meet
Dr Perry warned the state association that wealth and pretended respectability conceal deeper corruption. He claimed Americans of wealth are worse than African savages in immorality, citing widespread vice among the educated classes and urging physicians to witness the thousands of fallen women in cities.
Clerk Jacks travels to Rensselaer for ill brother
Court clerk W. H. Jacks departed for Rensselaer to be at his brother's bedside as he lies very ill with dropsy. His brother's condition remains unchanged and serious.
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W. H. Jacks
Rensselaer
Lafayette resident guest of Dr Bartholomew
Charles C Pyke of Lafayette was hosted by Dr Bartholomew as a guest in a social visit. The readable fragment notes the hosting without detailing the occasion or duration.
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Charles C. Pyke
Lafayette
Treasury Vault Count Deferred by Treasurer Roberts
States held in trust for national banks serve as security for circulation or public moneys. The big vault has not been fully counted since Mr. Roberts took office six years ago. He says no reason exists to perform the count now.
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Roberts
Constable Orr Assaulted on Sixth Street by Unknown Man
Logansport's 78 year old Constable James K. Orr was struck from behind on Sixth Street about 5 PM and toppled into a cellar opening. He suffered a head cut and back bruises but vows to prosecute the assailant, whom he suspects but will not name. Residents aided him, and Orr returned to duty as park policeman at Riverside.
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Sixth Street
Orr
Riverside
No. 203
Constable Orr
Hustlers Club Distributes Umbrella by Ticket Sale
The Hustlers baseball club conducted a ticket sale at No 17 High Street to award an umbrella to a winner. Charles McCord, a Sixth Street grocer, received the rain stick after five judges A W Stevens David Loftus William Foley Pat Bradley and James Foley Jr presided. About 350 tickets were sold raising around $35 for the club treasury to equip the team. The Hustlers lineup included Kienly Early Falvey Bligh Grady White Head Whitehead Welsh Taggart Daily and others as subs.
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No.17
High Street
Messrs
A. W. Stevens
David Loftus
William Foley
Pat Bradley
James Foley, Jr
Charles McCord
Sixth Street
Hustlers
Joseph Kienly
Charles Early
Thomas Falvey
Roger Bligh
Martin Grady
William Whitehead
John Whitehead
William Welsh
John Taggart
John Daily
New Trial Granted in C. R. M. Railroad vs Nickey Case
The appeal of the report of appraisers led to a new trial being granted. Parties will amend the submission of the case and present it again to a jury.
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C., R. & M. Railroad
Nickey
Point Pavilion Blown Down In Summer Vaudeville Mishap
A storm at 11 this morning toppled the Point pavilion erected by Wabash Pavilion Theater Co on the Point. The canvas was torn and the ropes failed causing the tent to flatten. repairs by McMillen & Harrington have it back to near original condition with minor canvas holes.
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Wabash Pavilion Theater Company
Mesers, McMillen & Harrington
Pony Runaway Injures Two Women In Market Street Incident
Iva Hance and her cousin Ruby Hance, domestic workers for milliner Mary Garrity, were thrown from a pony drawn vehicle near Market Street below Third as rain spooked the animal. Both suffered bruises but avoided serious harm. The pony stood at the curb, and the women walked home rather than continue with the frightened animal.
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Iva Hance
Mary Garrity
Ruby Hance
Muat-Imery
Miss Garrity
Market Street
Scrap iron dealers form Indiana resist steel trust price cuts
Terre Haute Indiana May 22 Scrap iron dealers organize to resist price reductions by the steel trust. Abe Orenstein of Indianapolis is president with D R Cohen of Terre Haute as secretary. A planned meeting will admit Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis dealers and aim to cover 99 percent of central west scrap iron trade.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Steel Trust
Indiana
Abe Orenstein
Indianapolis
D. R. Cohen
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Central West
Dears
Ban on Sunday can rushing in Logansport and Flora
Logansport police and Flora marshal have banned Sunday can rushing or rushing the growler. Citizens are told not to rush either the can or growler in these cities. The tale mentions a club membership and punching a ticket as part of a supposed rigamarole, though the informant is uncertain about his own membership.
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Royal Center
Logansport
Flora
J R Donaldson Takes New Post in Office
J R Donaldson, formerly baggage man at the Wabash station, has accepted a position in the office of manager at the railroad yard. He will handle clerical duties and coordinate daily operations with supervisors.
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J. R. Donaldson
Wabash Station
Bass Catch by Matt Cordell at Cicott Street Bridge
Matt Cordell of No 12 Helm Street reports landing a large black bass in the Wabash River near the Cicott Street bridge this morning. The 20 inch fish weighed four pounds and was caught on minnows.
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Matt Cordell
Helm Street
Wabash River
Cicott Street Bridge
Mr. Cordell
Royal Center Ex-County Clerk John Bliss Confined
John Bliss former county clerk is confined to his Royal Center home with a critical illness. At 3 39 this afternoon word came from his bedside that he would hardly survive the illness.
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John Bliss
Royal Center
Soldier Mix Diagnosed with Leprosy at Tybee Island Hospital
Washington May 22. The Treasury Comptroller disclosed the identity of Charles Mix first sergeant of the Fifth Company Coast Artillery Corps who has leprosy and is hospitalized at Fort Sereno Tybee Island. The War Department asked if written authority is needed to draw and disburse the pay as directed. The secretary is authorized to issue a regulation to meet the case.
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Washington
Georgia
Comptroller of the Treasury
Charles ©. Mix
Fifth Company
Coast Artillery Corps
Ft. Sereven
Tybeeisland
Mix
Comptroller
Funeral Plans for Charles M Breckenridge
The remains arrived in the city this morning at 3 42 via the Wabash after his death yesterday morning in Cairo UL and were taken to his father at 263 West Market Street. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 PM conducted by Rev E Yates Hill. Interment follows at Mt Hope Cemetery.
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Charlies M. Breckenridge
Cairo
City
Wabash
West Market Street
E. Yates Hill
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Removal of Tonsils For Bessie Weisjohn At Logansport
Bessie Weisjohn eldest daughter of Rev. Weisjohn underwent tonsil removal by Dr. M B Stewart of Logansport on Monday. After prolonged enlargement her parents and the physician decided surgery offered immediate relief and the operation was performed with her enduring the ordeal.
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Royal Center
Bessie
Weisjohn
M. B. Stewart
Logansport
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Greencaste
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Versity
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Wes
Texas
Francis E. Baker
Uni
Ted States Circuit Court
Market Street M. E. Church
Julius Wagner
Galveston
Boone
Gladys Wisely
Etta Kistler
Pearl Thompson
Essie Holmes
Clarice L. Riseley
Charles Coleman
Esta M. Dodt
Clinton
Grace Bolt
Kel
Almyra Huetleberry
Gustie Schmidt
Grace Shafer
Roland Hutton
Carl Lux
Chas. Reed
Albamarle Cady
Jackson
Audrey Murphey
Joe Ogle
Clifford Peters
Bertha Turley
Susie Bechdel
Tipton
Isaac Weaver
Florence Bishop
Washington Township
Russell Cantley
Geo. E. Bruner
Belle Roller
Mae Crockett
Emmett Small
Pearl Kay
Laselle
Ft. Wayne
Pullman
E Ou Ree
Minneapolis Journal
Constable
James K. Orr
Logans
Port
Umbrella
Chas. McCord
the “Hustlers
Point Pavillion
Wabash and
Eel Rivers
Pony
Hance
Scrap Iron Combine
Middle West
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