Monument Dedication Holiday Proclaimed by Governor
Governor Durbin issues a statewide holiday proclamation for the May 15 1942 dedication of the Indiana soldiers and sailors monument. The document urges citizens to participate in ceremonies honoring veterans while preserving the flag and nation. It also notes the day as a patriotic festival for all surviving war heroes.
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Durbin
Winfeld Durbin
Mari
Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors
Indiana
Solidéers
Ving
Jead
Young Woman Seeks Help After Robbery At St Louis
A young woman sought aid after an assault at St Louis. She reportedly gave her position to a person or group and faced no defenses in the incident.
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Peete
Ric
St. Louis
Dtelves
Local township in shock after alleged murder attempt and arrest
A confusing OCR fragment describes a violent incident near a farm miles west of Ghee cots involving a man accused of murder. A crowd confronted the accused and a dealer during a chaotic scene. A deaf woman reportedly intervened to save a wounded cleaner before fleeing the township.
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Washington
James
Ghee Cots
Nealer
Tao
Robert Cadideus
Phe Teft
Faci Om Two
Henderson v Patterson suit in Clark Circuit Court
In Clark Circuit Court Mire Mary E. Henderson of Charlestown sues Jeffersonville attorney Patterson over 8.97 dollars she says he withheld from her share of a partition sale. Patterson claims she owes him more and kept the money as partial payment. Kendallville special: Abe McDonald 18 killed by Lake Shore train after a Waterloo outing.
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Jeffersonville
Joan T. Patterson
Clark
Mary E. Henderson
Ofharlestown
Patterson
Kendallville
Abe McDonald
Lake Shore
Waterloo
McDonald
James McDonald
Wilmina Wallace to Study European Charity Work in London
Miss Wilmina Wallace, former head of Muncie charity work, will depart for London to observe European approaches to urban poverty and glean methods from London charity associations. The trip, aimed at improving local assistance, will cover several weeks in major slum districts.
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Tullie
London
Muncie
Europe
Wilmina Wallace
Associated Charities
Pigeon Flight Ends with Homebound Longest Journey
The longest flight of carrier pigeons owned in this county has ended. Birds owned by Edward Somers of Staunton were taken to Manatee Florida for the winter and released. They arrived home in good order after a 9 ½ mile flight in thirty six hours.
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Edward Somers
Staunton
Manatee
Fla
Somers
Martinsville Awards Repairs and Bridge Contract
Contracts awarded in Martinsville for courthouse repairs valued at $1 and a bridge project with the Indianapolis Bridge Company costing $575 between Gregg and Clay townships.
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Martinsville
Court House
Indianapolis Bridge Company
Gregg
Clay Townships
New Castle Citizens Eye City Form Government Move
Citizens plan a city form government vote without a petition in New Castle. Proponents expect population growth and a city charter timeline within a year. Several men seek to be named first mayor as residents generally support the movement.
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New Castle
Newcastie
Unclear OCR Wedding Tale From Tasisville
A garbled OCR wedding note from Laperts special recounts Harry Hill of Tasisville missing eight hours delaying a planned ceremony with Edith Normiun. The couple never wed and James Towner allegedly married Miss Norman’s long time sweetheart, Mary B. Davis, in a hurried sequence.
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Laperts
Harry Hill
Tasisville
English Lake
Louisville
Mary BE
Davis
Ests
Thes
Alleged self inflicted death case in Jefferson township
Reports say Mrs. James Firrer of Jefferson township allegedly killed herself by cutting her throat. Investigators interview about a dozen witnesses outside the grand jury room as stories emerge about the Ertel family and alleged acts by her husband. Oscar Pirtel reportedly accused his father with the remark you did this. Ferted denies involvement.
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James Firrer
Jefferson Township
Oscar Pirtel
Jeffersonville farmer unearths old coin while tending onions
A Jeffersonville resident found an old time worn dollar wedged under the Union tops while inspecting onion sets planted at his home. The coin bears a date but the exact year and origin remain unknown as officials note the discovery came after a Sunday to Monday weather change.
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Jeffersonville
Forge Martin
Hettie
Town faces protest after murder prompts marshal removal
Citizens in Heckey hold an indignation meeting over the murder of Mrs. Charles Shepherd and rising lawlessness. A petition calls for the town marshal’s removal and stricter enforcement. the marshal resigns and a successor is appointed. The town council vows better law compliance.
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Heckey
Charles Shepherd
Peru post office receipts rise in recent year
Indiana brief notes report Peru post office receipts for the past year at 17 23.08 dollars, up from 16 389 16 the previous year. Wabash railroad ends conductors exchange tickets, passengers keep tickets until final conductor. Fort Wayne reports farmer Christian Schwartz fatally injured by a horse kick. Fort Wayne and Southwestern Traction advances toward Layro and Andrews. Lafayette State Soldiers Home trustees hear 40 applications for admission as General Carnahan presides.
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Peru
Bearss
Wabash Railroad
Fort Wayne
Lee
Alien County
Christian Schwartz
Schwartz
Fort Wayne & Southwestern Traction Company
Layro
Andrews
Trustees of the State Soldiers’ Home
Lafayette
General Carnahan
Noted Divine Dead Dr Talmage Dies After weeks of illness
The Rev. T De Witt Talmage died Saturday night in Washington after six to seven weeks of illness. The immediate cause was brain inflammation following a recent daughter’s marriage and a long period of weakness. He had toured to Mexico for rest, returned seriously ill, and passed away quietly at 9 pm. Messages of sympathy poured in from across the United States and Europe.
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Washington
T. de Witt Talmage
Dr. Talmage
Mexico
Richmond
Clarence Wykoff
Talmage
Funeral Arrangements for Rev. Talmage in This City
Sunday arrangements were made for the funeral of Rev. T. De Witt Talmage in this city. The service will be at 4 pm Tuesday from the Church of the Covenant with simple rites and brief addresses by close associates. Interment will be at 9 am Wednesday in the family lot at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
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Washington
T. de Witt Talmage
Church of the Covenant
Brief Sketch of His Career Thomas De Witt Talmage
Thomas De Witt Talmage was born in New Jersey on January 7 18 percent and pursued three years of legal work before entering college at New Brunswick and graduating from New York University. He served his first pastorate in Belleville New Jersey for three years then preached in Syracuse earning early renown for a vivid style and forceful delivery. His move to Philadelphia expanded his following during a seven year ministry that boosted his fame as a lecturer before his acceptance by a Brooklyn church.
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Talmage
Massachusetts Avenue
Union
England
Russia
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Dupont Circle
Fourteenth Street
Main Avenue
Capitol
America
Chicago
San Francisco
Brooklyn
Iyi
Aee
Tabernacle
Talmage Ington
Europe
Hrad E
the Academy
Thomas de Witt Talmage
Found Brook
N. J
New Brunswick
New York University
Belleville
Syracuse
N. Y
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Boers Offer to Join British Empire as Partners
London reports a Boers proposal to become junior partners in a British federation with an African flag. They demand amnesty for Cape rebels, restitution of property, debt recognition, language agreement, and POW repatriation, with foreign supervision possible. Five Boer delegates reportedly hold English legal training.
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London
Evening News
Lord Roberts
Cape
South Afric
Great Britain
South Africa
Pension Granted for Mrs McKinley Widow
The House passed a pension bill at five thousand dollars a year for Mrs McKinley widow of the late president. It had cleared the Senate and goes to the President for signature. Debate touched precedents and a protest by Mr Bell of Colorado about need versus independence of her means.
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Washington
House
McKinley
Senate
Bell
Colorado
Grosvenor
Ohio
Richardson
Tennessee
Kleberg
Texas
Independent Iron and Steel Co Plans New $200 Million Incorporation
A $200 million independent iron and steel company will be incorporated in Trenton New Jersey this week with H C Frick Joshua Rhodes E Y Humphrey E N Ohl Edward J Bird and KE Gifford Ladd among promoters. The venture aims for $100 million in preferred stock and a matching amount of common stock though the company name is not yet decided.
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New York
Trenton
N. J
H. C. Frick
Joshua Rhodes
E. Y. Humphrey
Pittsburg
E. N. Ohl
Newcastle
Edward J. Bird
Ironton, C
KE. Gifford Ladd
American Bridge Company
To North Pole in an Air Ship Feat Planned
Indianapolis report notes Sergeant Julius Fredericks veteran of the Greely polar expedition signs a contract with William McDonnell to attempt reaching the North Pole by airship. Fredericks asserts the airship route is most feasible and criticizes balloon methods and current ice dangers.
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Indianapolis
Julius Fredericks
Weather Bureau
Greely
North Pole
Pole
William McDonnell
Chicago
McDonnell Odometer Company
Fredericks
McDonnell
Aortic Circle
Andree
Impure Baking Powder Seized by New York Health Dept
New York health authorities seize nearly two tons of cheap alum baking powder mixtures dumped into the offal scow for destruction. Additional powder found in a Sixth Avenue department store. Analyses label it as alum powder containing alum and pulverized rock. Experts urge buying established brands and warn against cheap imitations.
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New York
Health Department
Sixth Avenue
England
Missouri
Triag
Postoffice Dome Floats Flag Over New Chicago Building
Chicago marks the completion of the dome’s height with a flag raising. The copper globe tops the 37 foot high staff, higher than all Chicago structures except the Montgomery Ward Block. The flagpole was transported through Custom House place and raised inside the dome after a strenuous effort and wind concerns. The octagonal dome sits above white granite walls, its steel skeleton 70 feet below the flag.
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Chicago
Postoffice
Montgomery Ward
Custom House Place
All Want Rehearings in Cuban Post Funds Case
Havana cable reports that Charles F. W. Neely Estes G Rathbone and W H Reeves appeal the Audencia Court verdict finding them guilty of misappropriating Cuban postal funds. They received ten years imprisonment and fines totaling 127541 dollars. Rathbone's counsel argues for a rehearing citing inaccessible documents and missing witness Lauwshe and untranslated evidence.
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Havana
Charles F. W. Neely
Estes G. Rathbone
W. H. Reeves
Audencia Court
Neely
Reeves
Senor Lanuza
Rathbone
Rauthbone
Post Office Department
Lauwshe
Cuba
Senor Yanuza
Student in Uniform Slays Minister in St Petersburg Lobby
A student disguised as a soldier shot and killed M. Sipiaguine, minister of the Interior, in the lobby of ministerial offices. The assassin, named Balsahanstt, was arrested after firing five shots at close range as the minister prepared to receive a document from a courier. The minister died an hour later at Hospital Maximillanowsky.
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St. Petersburg
M. Sipiaguine
Committee of Ministers
Imperial Council
Sergius
M. Siplaguine
Balsahanstt
Kleff
M. Sipjaguine
Can a Man Serve His Country In Both Capacities
Jeffersonville Indiana special a congress act may restore a pension to Capt Aaron Applegate for service both as steamer Baltic pilot and marine during the civil war. He was pressed into service, paid 300 a month, sent most to his father, drafted later, and a substitute paid. After previous pension removal, Zenor aided recovery and the new pension may amount to relief.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Congress
Aaron Applegate
Applegate
Louisville
New Orleans
United States
Zenor
Captain Applegate
Child Witnessed Mother’s Morphine Suicide in Indiana Home
In Terre Haute a 12 year old girl witnessed 19 year old Ida Moore take morphine and fall asleep. Moore warned the girl she would be shot if she alarmed the family. Moore later died the next morning after the act while living with J L Horney’s family.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Clinton
Ida Moore
Eleven Sailors Die In Mars Gun Explosion
British battleship Mars at Berehaven suffers a twelve inch gun explosion during practice. Gunner Lieut H B Bourne Lieut Miller and nine bluejackets killed instantly. Seven injured. Breach blew out after two misfires. Bodies of two sighting the gun blown to atoms.
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Queenstown
H. 8. Bourne
Miller
Blue Jackets
Mars
Berehaven
Bond for E G Rathbone in Havana Bail Case
Fidelity Company offers bond of 100000 to secure the appearance of E G Rathbone former director of ports on appeal in Havana. Bail previously refused at first arrest but lawyers push for bail under law and justice. Company carries 2,000,000 in risks in Cuba mostly tied to government employees.
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Havana
Pope in Good Health Amid Rumors of Illness
Reports of the Popes serious ailment are unfounded. Aside from extreme feebleness, his Holiness remains in good health while in Rome and the situation is normal for him.
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Rome
Fire destroys Frankfort Crescent building in blaze
The Frankfort Crescent, a leading daily, was gutted by fire about 5 am in the Corner block. Jury members nearby helped alert the fire department as damage was estimated at around 1,000 to the building and up to 5,000 for the Crescent, with the Times offering space to publish. Bayard Gray, Crescent owner, was in Hot Springs, Ark., and insurance details were unavailable.
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Frankfort
Ind
Frankfort Crescent
Charles Cromwell
Oscar Sheets
Court House
Bayard Gray
The
Crescent
Hot Springs
Ark
Times
Crescent Force
Theodore C Search Seen As Likely New Cabinet Pick
Indianapolis special notes Theodore C Search may join President Roosevelt's cabinet as the new department of commerce secretary. The National Association of Manufacturers backs his elevation after six years of leadership and his recent retirement as association president. Prominent financier H B Lupton asserts a cabinet promise exists and urges manufacturers to push Congress for the department’s creation.
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Indianapolis
Department of Commerce
Theodore C. Search
National Association of Manufacturers
Search
Roosevelt
Congress
Department
Manufacturers’ Association
Association
State House
H. B. Lupton
Columbia Club
Lupton
Oliver Iron and Steel Company
Pittsburg
Roasts In The Streets In Rushville Tragedy
Mrs Samuel Shuck aged 48 died after a gas stove wrapper caught fire on her sleeve and flames enveloped her body. Neighbors attempted to beat out the blaze but she succumbed to burns several hours later.
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Rushville
Ind
Samuel Shuck
Shaw Approves Indianapolis Federal Building Contract
The contract for the Indianapolis federal building was approved Tuesday by the secretary of the treasury. John Peirce of New York is named as contractor and will sign papers within days. Peirce plans to begin work immediately to avoid delays seen on the Chicago post office project.
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Washington
Indianapolis Federal
John Peirce
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Peirce
Chicago
Indianapolis
Gala Matinee for McKinley Fund Thrives in Paris
Paris Opera Comique hosted a matinee in aid of the Canton memorial fund for the late President McKinley. The crowded house included American residents and Parisian society figures. The program mixed operatic selections, scenes, recitations, and a ballet, ending with The Star Spangled Banner and The Marseillaise amid hearty applause and multiple recalls.
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Paris
Opera Comique
McKinley
Canton
Berry Howards Trial Opens in Frankfort Court
The trial of Berry Howard of Bell county for being a principal in the murder of William Goebel began in the Franklin circuit court on Tuesday morning. Ex-Congressman David Colson is seen as counsel for the defendant.
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Frankfort
Berry Howard
Bell County
William Goebel
Franklin
David Colson Seebit
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Lace
Markle
Samuel Stretzel
Erie
Lindoga
Alvah Clark
Mre
Helele
Diebar
Movement For Law and Order
Daugter
Iren and Steel Company
Julius Frederick
New York Board of Health
Health
Neely, Rathbone and
Audencia
Child
Bond
E. G. Rathbone
Fidelity Company
Plest
Manufacturers’ Choice
Secretary OF Commerce
Shaw
M'Kinley Fund
Goebel
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