Murder at Bridgeport: S M Convoy Shot Dead Near Farm
Bridgeport Indiana is rocked by a murder at the Sam Eshelman pumping station. S M Convoy, about 55, was fatally shot through the heart and found at the station. Coroner Abel and Sheriff Westfield led the inquiry. S M Convoy’s assailant, long suspected former pump man Phillips, was bound over to the Grand Jury after an inquest.
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Herald
Bridgeport
Thorughout
S. A. Philips
Poneto
Wells County
Len Phillips
Warren
S. M. Convoy
Sam Eshelman
Abel
St. Francisville
Westfield
Vincennes
Phillips
Lawrenceville
Leach & Spencer
Mr. Rose
Crayz
Hose
Cincinnati
Farmers Prosperity Shown in Indiana Mortgage Data 1907
Indiana Bureau of Statistics reports show mortgage payments totaling 70.7 million dollars in 1907, up slightly from 1906. Farm loans paid off rose to 35,626 transactions totaling 54.5 million, while city loans fell from 37.2 million to 16.3 million. The data suggest farmers were more prosperous, with urban areas less so, though transfers may affect final interpretation.
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Indiana
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Bureau of Statistics
Birthday Gathering Honors Mrs Kilander At Montpelier Home
A large surprise party at the Kilander country home near Montpelier honors Mrs. Kilander on her birthday. More than 100 neighbors and friends attended, sharing a grand farm dinner and social visits. Attendees from nearby towns include Gee, Cram, J N Porman, F M Reynolds, Cleill Gilbert, Lois Gilbert, Lott Sharpe of Ft Wayne, and W H Eichorn of Bluffton. The hosts, Mr. and Mrs. R A Kilander, are noted for hospitality and their residence is described as elegant.
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R.A. Kilander
Montpelier
Lott Sharpe
Ft. Wayne
W. H. Eichorn
Bluffton
Kilander
Infringement ruling hits Sears cream separator
United States court in the southern district of New York finds Sears cream separator an infringement of a patent owned by Empire Cream Separator of Bloomfield New Jersey and Vermont Farm Machine of Bellows Falls Vermont. An injunction restrains Sears Roebuck from making using or selling the device.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co
Chicago
United States Court of the Southern District of New York
Empire Cream Separator Company
Bloomfield
N.J
Vermont Farm Machine Company
Bellows Falls
Sears, Hoebuck & Co
Survey completes extension route for Salamonte river dredge
County Surveyor Badders and C Q O Clayton with Drainage Commissioner Graves and Viewers Bergman Schneider have finished surveying the new extension from Harper bridge at Pennville to beyond Mata moras bridge near Montpelier. The project cuts 10 to 15 miles off the river’s course and speeds fall, but rock removal will drive high costs with over 75,000 acres affected. The profile and cost estimates follow, after which viewers will assess benefitted properties.
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Badders
C. Q O. Clayton
James F. Graves
Philip Bergman
Jay County
Efred Schneider
Montpelier
Salamonte River
Harper Bridge
Pennville
Matamoras Bridge
Portland Review
Ballot Tampering Charges Spark Scene in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia on April 12 Robert Farley and Charles Gilligan guarded Republican primary ballot boxes at the order of Clerk Moffat and several candidates seeking recounts. They locked in the room. officials later entered by a window and saw a man fleeing. Both men were arrested on warrants.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Robert Farley
Charles Gilligan
Moffat
Otto
Farley
Gilligan
Desertion cases and a noted suicide in Illinois towns
An incomplete Montpelier tale describes Otto Jamison and wife Kate Cox missing after a month away with a warranted charge of desertion against James Jamison, a Montpelier saloon keeper. Separate notes report John Walls, 58, of Newman, Ill., killing himself after despondency over debts and a daughter’s marriage, plus an assault on a saloon keeper in Carmi after temperance gains.
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Cus Ais
Otto
Jamison
Montpelier
Kate Cox
Blue Front
Toether
Kate
Ft. Wayne
Asso
Newman
Ill
John Walls
Walls
Modern Woodmen of America
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van Buren
Miner Rudio
Memphis Fire Department
Viola Walter
Ruddy
Ayer
Marvels I
Black County
Paris
Berlin
New York
Salamonie
Blackford County
Cess
W.A. Jamison
Parta
Carmi, Sr
Fairfield
Here
Lewis D. Th
Ft the
Wayne County
Yiald
Lareswell
Olney & McDaid
Clinton
Iowa
Atlantic
Pacific
Rabbi Liniment
Glney & Sacdaid
Fifth Avenue
Owa
Anan
Emshwiller Drug Company
Clomirait
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