Eccentric Millionaire's Common Law Wife Claim Stirs Will Battle
In Hamman Indiana the estate of the late Geo T Cline, a wealthy landowner and former bachelor, faces a contest from a woman claiming to be his common law wife. The will leaves six million to relatives, while the claimant seeks a third. Grand-nephew George T Cline and other heirs are cited. the administrator provides no details.
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Tolleston
Chicago
Cline
Lattice Render
Muo
Mmilsions
Witain
Oal Warheled
George
Ciine
Rafuses
Englewood
Blo
Mosquito Doom Sealed as Pests Face Kerosene War
Indianapolis special reports Dr. Harry claims success in eliminating millions of pests with kerosene. The State Board of Health has vowed relentless action, targeting strawboard ponds in Indiana cities and their breeding grounds.
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State Board of Health
Anderson
Noblesville
Hurty
Othe
Dr. Harry
Indianapolis
Indiana
Marion Woman Seeks Arrest Over Alleged Forgery
Mrs Anine Baldwin of Marion explains she preferred prison to marriage for her son Sumner Baldwin amid forgery charges. She had earlier not prosecuted when learning of checks totaling 48 dollars written last September. Baldwin, about 24, planned to elope with Grace Span, prompting the mother to eject Span from the home.
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Marion
Indo Special
Sam
Dee
Anine Baldwin
Sumner Baldwin
Baldwin
Span
Knox County Gas Drilling Experiment Draws State Geologist
State geologist Ingianaypsdis special Mr. Biateh assesses drilling for gas and oil in Knox county near Vin-Crotees. A well sunk fast shows no immediate measures. prospects of gas depend on deeper drilling. Preceding expert views suggest ten feet to rock bed, with cautious optimism about Southwest oil prospects.
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Ingianaypsdis
Biatehter
Knox County
Vin- Crotees
Weil
Hetoever Strick
Preston Reed
Bilatehtey
Vyrenton Roek
Inox
Wintehier
Alr
Wea
Indiana and Illinois oil shipments show limited July runs
In Marton Indiana and Trenton Hmeston Reids of Indiana the July oil runs were 21044 barrels and shipments 2281 barrels. Pipelines drew from stocks to meet demand, with a 144050 barrel stock draw. July price advances of 2 cents per barrel occurred and more are expected. Seven months total production reached 41700 barrels with shipments 1968 barrels, stock down 2554 barrels.
Burlington man plans marriage after saving Matilda Lance
Flora Indiana report notes Frank Michaels of Burlington saved Miss Matilda Lance from death in Morrison Kentucky when an out of control auto threatened to strike her. He leaped into the car, controlled it, and his bravery led to their upcoming marriage with Miss Lance choosing him as her groom.
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Flora
Ind
Frank Michaels
Burlington
Here
Morrison
Matilda Lance
Young Michaels
Miss Lance
Rochester Red Men Carnival Hair Ripper Strikes
A man dubbed a Jack the Ripper cut two long braids from Ruth Tipton a 14 year old girl amid a crowded Rochester Ind street during the Red Men carnival. He escaped after the assault on the victim J S Tipton a noted piano dealer in the city identified by police as the culprit.
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Rochester
Ind
Jack the Ripper
Red Men
Ruth Tipton
J. 5 S. Tipton
Vanishing Act Touches Elkhart as Bride-to-Be Awaits
Elkhart Indiana reports a mysterious disappearance of Alexander Frantz on the wedding day to Miss Winifred Patton. Officials doubt kidnapping claims while a cryptic postal from Frantz surfaces with cipher messages and a claim of captivity by tramps near Olivet Station. Miss Patton denies knowledge of his whereabouts.
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Elkhart
Ind
Alexander Frantz
Battle Creek Mich
Winifred Patton
Constable Baer
Frantz
Baker
Battle Creek
Miss Patton
Oliver
Indiana
Fred
Alex F
Winnie
Olivet Station
Mamma
Fred Patton
Lovel
Mich
Olivet
Labor preacher decries Marion saloons and gambling rooms
Rev. George McNutt visits Marion Indiana and calls the city one of the toughest towns in the United States. He reports closed front doors at saloons but easy access at back alleys and gambling rooms he counted more men there than in local churches. He urges a laboring men's church as existing churches shut workers out.
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Marion
Ind
George McNutt
United States
McNutt
Wheat price schedule aims at global grower union
A Warsaw report relayed by the Daily Mail states an American association with 38 090 farmers seeks Russian finance and agricultural help to prop up current sericultural and wheat prices. The group would form a grand union with agricultural bodies in the United States Russia Argentina Austria Hungary Romania Canada and British India to set annual minimum selling prices.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Warsaw
Fnance and Agriculture
United States
Russia
Argentina
Austro-Hungary
Roumania
Canada
British India
Laborer In Luck Inheritance Case At Elkhart
H M Barron a common laborer has fallen heir to sixty thousand dollars from the 1 5 million estate of his aunt Miss Phidelia Barron of New York. The case has lingered in the courts since her death three years ago.
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Elkhart
Ind
H. M. Barron
Phidelia Barron
New York
Supt Johnson Resigns From Indiana Feeble-minded School
Fort Wayne Indiana Tuesday morning Alexander Johnson announced his resignation as superintendent of the Indiana School for Feeble-minded Youths. He says his pressed brick company requires all his time and he has sought a business opening for over a year. The demanding duties of the state institution have taxed his strength.
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Johnson
Fort Wayne
Ind
Alexander Johnson
Indiana School
Washington Denies Root Endorsement of Miles Retirement
Special Secretary Root refutes claims that he urged the President to retire General Miles and that the President vetoed such advice. The denial clarifies his position on the retirement matter and the President’s stance.
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Washington
Root
Miles
Paris Metropole disaster claims over a hundred lives
Paris reports eighty four bodies recovered from the underground railway wreckage after a blaze and smoke halted trains near Les Charonnes. Officials cite engine failure and a second train crash as causes while crowds mourn and search for missing relatives.
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Paris
U Underground
Metropolitan Electric Railway
Moray
Porte Dauphine
Boise de Boulogne
Place de l'Etoile
Pere la Chaise
Les Charonnes
Root to Retire From War Post on Boundary Commission
Washington special notes Secretary Root leaves his War Department duties August 22 to join the Alaska boundary commission in London. He will return to Washington later for the final annual report and to wind up his administration.
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Washington
Root
London
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Boundary Commission
Fatally Shot by Comrade in Sullivan Court Square
August Wummell, 26, popular local man, was fatally wounded by Bert Pearson, 25, a well connected former schoolmate, on Sullivan court house square amid a crowded street fair. The shooting followed a quarrel that began in a friendly scuffe.
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Sullivan
Ind
August Wummell
Bert Pearson
Court House Square
Hamilton Cleared of Adultery but Removed as Superintendent
The Huntington Indiana school board released a statement finding no adultery by Superintendent Hamilton in the Otto King petition but cites acts of indiscretion and public agitation as reasons to replace him. The board plans to appoint a successor by Sept 1. The document is unsigned by Treasurer James Ewing and follows heated local controversy.
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Huntington
Ind
Hamilton
Otto King
Anna E. Grifith
Mary B. Cox
W. E. Chaffee
Isaac E. Fisher
James Ewing
Poison in the Air Report Stuns South Dakota Town
In Qacoma South Dakota a heavy shower preceded a lethal air poisoning that killed many kittens under six months and eight cattle near the flats. Six more cattle died on White River farm, stockman John Morris reports six dead. Locals believe heavy rains since have neutralized the poison, an unknown phenomenon to the area.
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Qacoma
S. D
John Morris
White River
South Bend Urges Action Over City Vice Crisis
South Bend State's Attorney George E. Clarke declares the city’s morals are shockingly bad with gambling dens unmolested saloons laxly policed and vice rampant. He asks Mayor Edward J. Fogarty to cooperate to curb gambling, prostitution and burglaries in the center of town. Clarke notes police laxity and urges immediate action by Democratic city officials.
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South Bend
Ind
George E. Clarke
Clarke
Edward J. Fogarty
Mr. Clarke
Thes Libertines
Anarchist Firearms Attempt on Premier Combes in Marseilles
Marseilles reports diverge as an anarchist fired two shots at Premier Combes, who escaped unharmed. Police recovered a pistol with two shots fired and arrested a suspect named Picolo, with a second man fleeing. Official account cites tomato missiles and knife revolvers, with three wounded among attackers. Combes and Minister Pellatan left for Paris after the incident.
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Marseilles
Combes
Friendly Society of Teachers
M. Pelletan
Marine
Henri Brisson
M. Combes
Sanvaire Pisolo
Picolo
Premier Combes
Avenue Capelette
Rue Saint Eloi
Picalo
Marine Pellatan
Paris
Massive Negro Migration Planned From South Northward
In Troy New York a movement led by Rev J H Duckrey of Cambridge Massachusetts aims to move 500 300 Negroes from the South to areas between this city Boston and Providence within three years. The migration is organized by the Eastern Northern and Western Immigration Society of which Duckrey is president. Subscriptions from wealthy supporters back the plan as a solution to the so called Negro problem.
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Troy
N. Y
J. H. Duckrey
Cambridge
Mass
Boston
Providence
Northeastern and Western Immigration Society
Duckrey
Morey
Widow falls from third floor saved by neighbors
Neighbors observing Mrs. Mary Griebel fall from a third floor window at Thirty-fifth and Central Avenue in Brooklyn report she survived the impact after landing with visible flattening and a series of small bounces before regaining a smile and responding as helpers arrived.
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New York
Mary Griebel
Thirty-fifth
Central Avenue
Brooklyn
Nervy Paris Burglars Target Old Master Painting
Three burglars broke into the study of artist Dagnan Bouveret in Neuilly and began to cut an Italian thirteenth century painting valued at 300 000 francs from its frame. Police halted the heist and arrested two suspects. The third, a professional wrestler, fled after four shots but was later captured.
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Paris
Dagnan Bouveret
Neuilly
Mabel McKinley Quits Vaudeville Career
Los Angeles report says vaudeville actress Mabel Me nley ends two week run at the Orpheum and will quit stage life for good due to objections from her father and husband Dr H L Baer of New York.
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Mabel McKinley
Los Angeles
Cal
Mabel Menley
Orpheum
H. L. Baer
New York
Alliance with God and David in the Valley of Elah
A Sunday school lesson on 1 Samuel 17 recounts David’s defeat of Goliath in the Valley of Elah with a sling and stone, asserting God’s alliance as the core power. It outlines five lessons on alliance with God, including identity of interests, transfer of responsibility, devaluing secular defenses, unseen divine resources, and the downfall of God’s enemies, with study questions about Saul, Goliath, and Saul’s prior dealings with David.
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Usher
Valley of
Elah
Wady-es-Sumpt
Jerusalem
Israel
Saul
David
God
John Bunyan
Goliath
Napoleon
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