Indiana Pearl Fisher Finds Valuable Pearl Near Perkinsville
Edward Wershing a young farmer of Halford Madison County found a perfect pear shaped pearl Saturday while pearl hunting on White River near Perkinsville. An expert valued it at four dollars but he refused the offer. He has been hunting pearls for months amid river shells and other locals hunt the same shore.
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Anderson
Edward Wershing
Halford
Madison
White River
Perkinsville
Wershing
Muncie
Minaissippi
Nere
Ite
Richmond Foreman Joseph Fagan Ends Life at Home
Joseph Fagan a foreman for Robinson & Co. threshers shot himself in his Richmond home Sunday evening dying instantly. Officials cite health as a probable cause. Fagan leaves a family.
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Richmond
Joseph Fagan
Robinson & Co
Ex-State Auditor Hiendersom Returns After Global Tour
Ex-State Auditor J. O. Hiendersom arrived in the city Saturday with his family after a four year absence. The party toured Europe and Africa visiting many capitals and locales before continuing to follow upcoming plans in the region.
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J. O. Hiendersom
Absenece
Olf
Ics
Urope
Africa
Europe
North Africa
Hendersons
Cedetes
Wekcame
Fisiarapelis
Fire destroys Indiana Pulp and Paper plant except finishing dept
A fire leveled nearly the entire Indiana Pulp and Paper Company plant in this city, sparing only the finishing department. Officials put the loss at 150 dollars with insurance coverage noted. The blaze reportedly began in a shaft room in the basement of the main building, possibly from two fire stations.
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Moria
Indiana Pulp and Paper Company
Hartford City Special Accident Capsizes Sage Block
An early Hartford incident on Tuesday saw the east wall of the Sage block collapse, endangering nearby boarding areas. Officials warn of costly debris and potential loss, with authorities counting damages and pursuing safety measures and emergency responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Portland man attempts suicide with poison in beer
George Baldice tried to kill himself by taking morphine in a glass of beer on Tuesday. The plan failed, he added Paris green, growing deathly ill before his stomach was emptied and he recovered with minor lasting effects.
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Portand
George Baldice
Wheat Thrasher Raid Sparks Prohibition Tension
A Shelbyville neighbor reports a group of wheat thrashers arrived Monday evening at Tilson Wheeler s home near the city. They allegedly secured a keg of beer and began drinking, prompting Wheeler a prohibitionist to confront them with a shotgun.
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Shelbyville
Tilson Wheeler
Fire cripples wheat unloading in mishap injuring horses
Albert Leedy attempted to help a neighbor during unloading when his engine neared the fire and sparks ignited the wheat. The horses bolted and were driven into a fence where the burning load toppled, badly burning the animals which died within hours.
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Macy
Albert Leedy
Reverend Enos Harvey Fatally Injured in Car Incident
The Rev Enos Harvey of Fairmount a Friends Church minister and Indiana Yearly Meeting member was struck by a sudden jerk while boarding an electric car to attend a Bible conference at Earlham College. He was unconscious but soon recovered, though severely cut about the head.
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Richmond
Enos Harvey
Fairmount
Friends’ Church
Indiana Yearly Meeting
Earlham College
Explosion injures two children in improvised torpedo attempt
A railway torpedo found by Eveline Cane and Pay Hixon was attempted opened with a knife. The blast mangled Eveline Cane's right arm, and severely burned and cut Pay Hixon and his daughter, while observers fear for their injuries.
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Branzil
Eveline Cane
Pay Hixon, & Daughters
Thomas Cane
William Hixon
Eveline
Hixon
Engineer John C Sadie Dies in Wagon Accident
John C Sadie longtime Vandalia Line engineer and retired railroad worker was accidentally killed when he fell from his wagon while en route to his farm. He was 7 years old.
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John C. Sadie
Vandalia
Indianapolis Tragedy Claims Austin Ames On Rail Line
Austin Ames an Elwood Indiana resident 2 years oil was killed on the L E and W railroad tracks at Twenty fifth street around 10 30 PM Tuesday while riding a baggage car to the city. He and his brother were riding for adventure and neither had rail riding experience.
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Indianapolis
Austin Ames
Oil
Elwood
Ind
Twenty-fifth Street
Cicero
A. UC. Whitaker
Amos
Tinplate Mills
Charlestown Sewer Costly Wall Case in Supreme Court
The Charlestown sewer project ran at town expense after two years ago Mrs J M Sen built a stone wall across a periodical waterway causing water to stand two feet in front of her home. The town sued to remove the wall. Supreme Court upheld the judgment against the town, ruling the stream was not a natural waterway.
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Charlestown
J. M.sen
Supreme Court
Kepley to Assume Petersburg Press Editorship
Ouakiand City special reports H. B. Kepley editor and proprietor of Oakland City Enterprise has leased Petersburg Press the Hephblican organ of Mtpe county and will take charge September 1. Sylvester Thompson retiring editor of the Press has been elected superintendent of Petersburg city schools.
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H. B. Kepley
Oakland City Enterprise
Petersburg Press
Mptke County
Sylvester Thompson
Petersburg
Funeral for Philip J Heaffher noted at Yorktown home
Philip J Heaffher, 83, of a Yorktown area home, died leaving an estate that includes three fine farms and a country home. He arrived in America to accompany Jenny Lind on her tour and built wealth through music earnings and real estate investments.
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Muncie
Philip J. Heaffher
America
Jenny Lind
Yorktown
Sle
Evansville Ada M Schneider finds government bonds
Two thousand dollars in government bonds recovered from Mrs. Ada M Schneider home in Evansville and turned over to the Southern Indiana Insane Hospital. Other items include a buggy accident, a school board meeting, a fatal foot injury, a robbery recovery, a property sale, a fatal train strike, a new church, and natural gas discovery near Hogan Creek.
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Ada M. Schneider
Evansville
Southern Indiana Insane Hospital
Frank Benefield
Fowler
Wingate
Benefeld
Madison County
Board of County School Commissioners
John Haas
Cleveland Raney
Joseph Trask
Matthews
Tom Johnson
John W. Bowman
Buffalo
Brow County
Brownstown
Hogan Creek
Robert W. Miller
Dillsboro
Amalgamated Association Strike Shuts Down Mills
Thousands of Amalgamated Association members walked out as President Shaffer ordered a general strike effective Saturday. The action drew support from the mine workers and sparked a nationwide stoppage with plants moved to Monessen and nonunion mills mobilized. officials urged peaceful conduct while negotiations with the American Federation of Labor remained unsettled.
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Pittsburg
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
American Federation of Labor
Indianapolis
American Tin Plate Company
Monessen
W. M. Leeds
Associated Press
Oki Sss Piahi Aetnawoe
Williams
Amalgamated
Gompers
Cuorev
Carnegie Company
Homestead
Joseph Schwab
New York
Steel
Carnegie
Wheeling
Mills Go Nonunion as Steel Firms Defy Union Edict
Pittsburg reports the Amalgamated Association strike edict taking effect and all National Steel Company Federal Steel Company and National Tube Company mills switching to nonunion status. Republic mill on the South Side posted that it will start nonunion Monday morning. Steel Corp meanwhile rejects arbitration and abandons Amalgamated ties as it pursues independent operation.
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Pittsburg
T. J. Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
National Steel Company
Federal Steel Company
National Tube Company
Republic
Joseph Keffers
United States Steel Corporation
Africa
National
Federal Steel
Vision and Justice: Dismissal and Civic Exercise
A fragment discusses vision and civic duties, mentioning dismissal, interaction with a senator or official, and the implied exercise of citizenship and mills. The text hints at duties, rights, and public engagement in governance.
Proposed Coal Trust to Capitalize at 300 Million
A secret finance committee meeting in Chicago discussed forming a national coal trust with 300 million capitalization by January 1. Promoters face high mine values in Indiana but expect forcible entry into the national arrangement led by Morgan interests. The plan targets western Pennsylvania Illinois West Virginia Ohio and Indiana with Morgan financing.
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Chicago
Coal Trust
Indiana
Morgan
Pennsylvania
Illinois
West Virginia
Ohio
J. Pierpont Morgan
Facetious Robbers Hold Up Texas Missouri Express Train
Missouri Kansas Texas passenger train No 3 was robbed near Caney I T two miles north of Caney after three more men joined. They blew open safes with dynamite and stole valuables including jewelry while passengers were robbed. Conductor estimates losses around 200 dollars.
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Denison
Tex
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Caney
I. T
Atoka
Tedder
Caney Water Tank
Tulley
Gwar
Lanham
Caney Station
Express Company
Dolan
Parsons
Kas
Kay City
Prior Creek
Union printers meet at Birmingham seventh annual convention
Delegates from across the United States and Canada attend the seventh annual convention in Birmingham Alabama. The program includes about fifty questions on union policy and administration. Discussions focus on district organizer terms permanent abolishing annual elections and related reforms. Delegates toured the Birmingham district on Monday and the convention is expected to run ten days.
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Birmingham
Ala
Canada
Six Men Tracked by Bloodhounds Are Captured in Caney Robbery
Denison deputy marshal J B Davis says six men Brass E C Richmond Bob Alford George Brown John Gibson Tom Edwards and Jack Barr were arrested at Caney and brought to Atoka after bloodhounds traced them to their homes. A hearing set bonds at 1000 each but they could not post and remain jailed. Two others who rode away on horseback remain at large. Postal clerk Tuley notes no loss in registered mail though 1000 in stamps for Sherman was not disturbed.
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Atoka
Sherman
State Statistician Says Bala Will Be of Little Benefit
Indianapolis report quotes State Statistician Johnson on Indiana corn, saying the crop is beyond redemption. He notes rain will offer little help as stalks harden and ears fail to develop, with only small local areas like Tipton County seeing moderate yields. He projects no more than a quarter of average harvest.
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Indianapolis
Johnson
Indiana
Yacht Rhea Sinks in Gaudo Rapids Killing Four
In Ogdenburg New York a yacht named Rhea sank in Gaudo Rapids during a gale. Charles White James Whitney and Edgar Lane were drowned. The private yacht belonged to Whitney. The incident occurred Monday during deteriorating weather conditions.
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Ogdenburg
Charles White
James
Whitney
Edgar Lane
Gaudo Rapids
Rhea
Oil Boom Sparks Lawton Settlement Rally Near Fort Sill
Fraudulent oil speculation swells Lawton activity as promoters and experts flood the area north of Lawton with mineral claims. Ottumwa man touts 2000 acres staked. several firms announce capital stock up to a million dollars as another seeks nine miles northeast of Lawton.
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Fort Sill
O. T
Lawton
Beaumont
Ottumwa
Secret Committee Pressures Shaffer Over Amalgamated Pact
A Pittsburg report says a secret Amalgamated Association subcommittee contacted a United States Steel official to press terms allowing return to work without questions. President Shaffer opposes the plan, hoping for a decisive victory. conservative leaders doubt Shaffer can be swayed before next week. Estimates show 72,300 workers idle and 110,000 at work, with a 31 percent cut in U S Steel tonnage since the strike began.
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Williams
York
Schwab
Gary
Wii
United States Steel Corporation
Spex
Shaffer
Crti
Amalgamated
Amalgamated Association
J. Pierpont Me Wan
Gompers
Joseph Bishop
Frank Morrison
M. M. Garland
American Tin Plate Company
New Vs. Morgan
Pittsburg
Messrs. Morgan and Schwab
Carnegie Mills
Steel Workers
Politicians in a Row Stabbing at Gilsey House
A fight outside the Gilsey House on Broadway led to stabbing of two men, Democratic Congressman Joseph A. Conry of Boston and local aldermen Patrick Bowen and Joseph N. Norton. William F. Francis aided friends. Conry stabbed in the back, Francis in the thigh. no arrests reported.
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New York
Gilsey House
Joseph A. Conry
Boston
Patrick Bowen
Joseph N. Norton
Wall Paper Manufacturers’ Convention
Conry
Wiliam F. Francis
Francis
Norton
Bowen
Boston Board of Aldermen
Chef and Cooks at the King of Spain's Palace Go Out
Royal kitchen staff at the Spanish palace resign amid rumored restructuring. The departure follows a program of modernization and hospitality reforms affecting chefs and cooks assigned to official functions.
Chicago firms pull ships from transatlantic run over insurance rates
Northwestern Steamship Company officials say ruinous discrimination in cargo insurance prompts withdrawal of two steamers from the Liverpool route. A six week grace period will follow before suspending the route entirely unless fair rates are restored. Chicago faces surcharges up to 1.75 dollars per 160 dollars and about 3500 dollars per cargo, far above lines from New York or Montreal charging around 3 cents.
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Chicago
Northwestern Steamship Company
Ther
Liverpool
Europe
New York
Montreal
Bookkeeper Errors Boost George H Phillips Co Wealth
Chicago special George H Phillips Company uncovers two book errors after suspension that raise apparent assets by 154000. A 100000 cash deposit was recorded as 3300 and 133000 cash credited, plus 34000 warehouse receipts not credited, reducing working capital. The firm reorganized, resumes business Tuesday.
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Chicago
George H. Phillips Company
Phillips
Rear Admiral Mortimer L. Johnson Selected for Boston Yard
The Navy Department chose Rear Admiral Mortimer L. Johnson, currently at Port Royal, to succeed Admiral Sampson as commander of the Boston Navy Yard when Sampson retires. The formal appointment depends on Sampson’s retirement timing and relief wishes, and the move is not tied to the Schley inquiry.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Mortimer L. Johnson
Port Royal Naval Station
Admiral Sampson
Boston Navy Yard
Sampson
Schley Court of Inquiry
Double tragedy at Cutter Street 1512 in Cincinnati
Police found Robert Stephenson and Mrs. Lillie Kispert dead in a room at 1512 Cutter Street after a gunfire double suicide. Authorities say Stephenson likely shot Mrs. Kispert in the left temple as she slept and then killed himself with a bullet to the head. No motive is evident from the scene.
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Cincinnati
Robert Stephenson
Lillie Kispert
Cutter Street
Stephenson
Edspert
Cannibals slain by Germans on St Mathias island
Brisbane dispatch reports a German punitive expedition landing from the cruiser Cormoran near the massacre site. Eighty natives were killed and seventeen captured during the operation. The action was in retaliation for the Mencken massacre and other deaths attributed to the first German South Sea expedition.
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Island of
St. Mathias
Brisbane
Queensland
Dr. Mencken
Cormoran
Frankfort Factory Fire Causes Eight Thousand Dollar Loss
A fire at Wines and Kramer’s handle factory in Frankfort Indiana during early Saturday morning destroyed the facility and stock, with an estimated loss of about $8,000. Insurance coverage reportedly 32 60.
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Frankfort
Ind
Wines & Kramer
Death of David R. Searcy prominent Knights of Honor official
In New Orleans the Grand Secretary of the Knights of Honor and a key figure among fraternal orders died Thursday night at age 49. His death removes a longtime leader in fraternal and ceremonial activities.
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New Orleans
David R. Searcy
The
Knights of Honor
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