Injury at Harrison township engine house described
Oran Barber a tool dresser lived at 5317 West Elm street was injured at work when a clamp on a belt broke and struck him on the head at the engine house. He wandered home delirious and recovered but with memory difficulty, while colleagues and doctors questioned how he reached home in such a state.
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Oran Barber
West Elm Street
Harrison Township
Barber
Wallace
Conestous
Startford City News
Harrison Township Statistics Report
Deputy Assessor RM Rinard forwards to the State Bureau of Statistics a detailed Harrison Township agricultural and livestock census. It lists wheat and corn acreages, oats, potatoes, timothy and clover meadows, bushel clover seed, livestock counts and sales, hogs and sheep figures, wool, dairy and beef cattle, fruit trees bearing, and yields for 1906 including 260 apple trees and 375 pear trees bearing.
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RM. Rinard
Sete Bureau of Statistics
Gas line blowout floods creek with crude oil
A gas line at Elwood Heat and Light Co burst near Duck Creek and North and Thirty Fourth streets. Crude oil flooded Duck Creek as an alarming fire threat developed until sand was used to quell the flames. Four wells fed the line and officials investigate which well caused the spill while preparations are made to purge the line with wool alcohol.
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Elwood
Elwood Heat and Light Company
Territor
Duck Creek
Tintyfourth
Maereest
Community Gratitude For Lapuit Baptist Building Fund
The solicitor expresses gratitude for public goodwill as subscriptions grow and citizens visited express heartiness in favor of aiding the Baptist church in erecting a fine building. Cooperation from locals is sought to advance the project.
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Aolicitora
Lapuit
He Fired the Stick
John Garrett of North Mills North Carolina credits Luckien's Africa Salve with curing a stubborn sore after forty years of treatments. The advertisement promises guaranteed relief for piles and burns through Bonge & Maddox druggists.
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Luckien
Africa
Erites
John Garrett
North Mills
N.C
Burns
Bonge & Maddox
Jury Secured Soon in Haywood Steunenberg Case
Boise June 3 The Haywood murder trial moves toward a jury as Judge Wood presses to seat jurors today. The state plans to open tomorrow with James Hawley leading, outlining Idaho's case tying William Haywood and co defendants to Frank Steunenberg's death.
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Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Steunenberg
Fremont Wood
James H. Hawley
Ment
Haywood
Moyer
Pettibone
Simpkins
Orchard
Frank Steanenberg
Dee
Harry Orchard
Western Federation of Miners
Denver
Becker Mayors Upstage Beckon in The Man of the Hours
Chicago June 3 reports Milwaukee Mayor Sherburn M. Becker considering leaving office to star in a New York led stage production titled The Man of the Hours. Negotiations center on a $1500 weekly offer and a role closely mirroring his political career. If he accepts, Becker would resign before his April term end.
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Chicaco
Sherburn M. Becker
Milwaukee
New York
Becker
Meeker
Various International and National Events Reported
Multiple brief items note drownings in Michigan and Texas, royal weddings in Sweden, derbies in England and Austria, languages for The Hague conference, West Point cadets at Jamestown, educational and medical meetings in Los Angeles Atlantic City and Chicago, a fatal balloon accident near Rome, Emperor Francis Joseph anniversary, party strategies for Chicago conventions, London horse show under King Edward, war prevention talks in Atlantic City, a bank official drowning, a fire death in St Paul, cotton production totals, Hague peace conference plans, Croker Irish parliament ambitions, a fatal train wreck near Lesier Texas, and a Birmingham union sympathy strike call.
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Oscar
Sophia
Sweden
West Point
National Educational Association
Los Angeles
International Independent Telephone Association
Chicago
Francis Joseph
Olympia
London
King Eadward
International Medical Association For the Prevention of
Durie
Saenmuttel Coplovich
St. Paul
Geological Survey
United States
Hague
Holds the Record for Fifty Years of Service by Rev. L. L. Carpenter
Rev. Dr. L. L. Carpenter marks fifty years in the Christian church with an all day jubilee rally in Peroni Indiana. He preached about 2000 sermons and baptized 14 000 people in a career begun at age 25. He has dedicated hundreds of churches, raised funds, and continues active service as church president.
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Wehbash
Ind
L. L. Carpenter
Carpenter
Dr. Carpenter
Hethany Assembly
Probing an Alleged Trust in Indianapolis Investigated
Read jury probes a suspected plumbers trust in Indianapolis. Joseph Miller of Toledo leads the inquiry into bid rigging where three bidders share bonuses and divide contract features after a job is awarded. The investigation mirrors a Toledo case with indictments anticipated.
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Indianapolis
Tune O
Phinsbers’ Trust
iSo
Eraud
Joseph Miller
Toledo
Ray
Miller
Fatal Electrocution at Substation Near Vine
Charles Harmon, a section hand for the Indianapolis & Northwestern Railroad, was killed instantly at a substation south of Frankfort Undine 3 when a high voltage line arced into his body. He and coworkers had sought shelter from rain near the powerhouse and he stood about two feet from metal when the 20 000 volt current jumped from the wire.
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Frankfort
Undine
Charles Harmon
Indianapolis & Northwestern Trac
Vine
Mysterious Attack Shocks Kokomo Youth
James, 20, returning home at his residence was ambushed by assailants in an apparent robbery attempt. He sustained injuries but expects to recover. no description of attackers available. In a separate note, Thomas Williams of Patton OK was beaten by two men for seventy five dollars and a gold watch, left unconscious but later crawled to a farmer for help and survived.
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Kokomo
James
Leon
Paul Zaring
Hite
Ison County
Princeton
Tod
Iaoias County
Thomas Williams
Patton
Atte
Willins
Wiliams
Will
Indiana Pharmaceutical Association Meet in Evansville
Evansville hosts the 26th annual Indiana Pharmaceutical association convention on June 16 18 and 20 with sessions in this city.
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Indiana Druggiers
Evansville
Ind
Indiana Pharmaceutical Association
Paris Protests Empress Eugenie Trial Over Looted Relics
French public anger grows after a court sided with ex Empress Eugenie in a suit over numerous Napoleon era artifacts housed in national museums. The Matin sparked the uproar by labeling the Empress a thief while experts valued the loot near a million dollars. The government has appealed the ruling amid nationwide ire.
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Paris
Eugenie
Napoleon
Furnace Victim Identified as Polish Miner Joachine Portank
Cincinnati report confirms the body found in the Ryan soap factory furnace on Friday is Joachine Portank a Polish miner from Roanoke Virginia. Father Rupert Baranuski relayed that Portank had visited St Stanislaus church the day before consuming holy water and acting deranged before disappearing.
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Cincinnati
James
Ryan Soap
Joachine Portank
Roanoke
Rupert Baranuski
Portank
St. Stanislaus Church
New York Weather Confounds Summer with Snow
June in New York brings scattered wintry weather with Snean falling yesterday. Catskills reports of heavy snow pull and calls for summer quarters. The International convention of the Women’s Wear Label League in Logansport seeks to remove all headwear labels from hats and bonnets.
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New York
Snean
Catskills
Logansport
Chinese Revolution Growing Near Swatow and Anes
Report from Shanshai on June 6 states revolutionaries in districts around Swatow and Anes massacre officials, burn official buildings, and occupy towns and villages. The piece notes Swatow losses and mentions broader political litigation and a state constitutional convention.
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Shanshai
Swatow
Anes
Lynch Mob Storms Jail in Echo Parish
A mob of about 140 men seized Henry Johnson from the Echo jail after his arrest on a charge of attempted assault against his employer’s wife. The incident occurred on June 3 as authorities reportedly failed to prevent the jailbreak.
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Alexandria
Tal
Henry Johnson
Echo
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