Indiana Antebellum Church Record Links Lincoln Kin
An 1823 entry in the Primitive Baptist church book of Saigeon Warrick County Indiana records Thomas Lincoln and his wife joining the church. The document notes Thomas Lincoln by letter and his wife by profession, linking the future president's father to a Fort Branch congregation.
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Father
Indiana
Fort Branch
Archie Brown
Primitive Baptist
Saigeon
Warrick County
Thomas Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Hermit's Body Identified Near Gary as Farmer Joseph Schneider
A headless man found six miles from Gary is identified as Joseph Schneider, 64, who vanished from Lake Station on April 3. A bottle with chloroform was found beside the body, and coroner rules death by own action. An old book with his name was in his coat pocket. Schneider lived alone in a Lake Station cabin and had once been a farmer. His son Philip now runs the farm.
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Gary
Farmer
Joseph Schneider
Lake Station
Thomas Teterson
Schneider
Iris Son
Philip Schneider
Purdue President's Wife Flees to German Theosophical Colony
President W. E. Stone of Purdue University faces a domestic rupture as his wife Mrs. Winthrop I. Stone leaves for Germany to join a religious colony amid religious differences. She had converted to theosophy, claiming marital discord after years of marriage. Stone, caring for two sons aged 15 and 18, says his wife is mentally irresponsible and refuses to discuss the matter.
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W. E. Stone
Purdue University
Helpmeet
Winthrop I. Stone
Germany
Window break and Hammond store robbed
A brick shattered a Hammond display window at Dexter & McKay and a hand reached through to grab a tray of diamond rings valued at 2600 dollars. Suspect described as 35 years old, 5 feet 11 inches tall, gray suit. Police in South Chicago alerted. Knightstown dry goods store J. P. Charles & Co. damaged by fire. rear origin, firemen saved the building but stock ruined by water.
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Hammond
Dexter & McKay
South Chicago
Knightstown
J. P. Charles & Co
Prominent Mason and Republican Politician Falls to Death
Herbert H. Edwards high profile Mason and Republican figure died after falling from a second story window in Bedford while reportedly sitting by the window. He was found shortly after and died later.
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Herbert H. Edwards
Bedford
Finds Husband Dead in Bed In Wabash Woman Alleges Sudden Death
Mrs. Jacob Lawr of Wabash awoke to discover her husband dead beside her bed. He appeared to have been in perfect health on retiring.
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Jacob Lawr
Wabash
Edinburg Farmer Dies After Field Accident
R N Parsley a 42 year old farmer of Edinburg was injured when his team ran away while he cut stalks in a field and died the following day.
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Farmer
R. N. Parsley
Edinburg
Fire at Richmond and Gunness case dominate county news
Fire damage totals 25000 to the Simon Wagner Cook Hat property while other firms lose 5000. In Laporte, a sprawling Gunness murder case unfolds with bodies unearthed, trunks, and a suspect list including Jennie Olson Gunness and Ray Lamphere as investigators probe a possible clearing house for murders with several victims identified and many more unnamed.
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Richmond
Simon Wagner & Cook Hat Company
Willie Eckstein
Salt Lake City
Willis Brown
Anderson
Russia
Odessa
Brown
Winona Lake
New York
Fifteen Victims in Gunness Murder Plot Revealed
Police uncovered five mutilated bodies in the yard of Mrs. Bella Gunness in Laporte Indiana linking her to a series of deaths. Reports say her house burned killing her three children and herself, with fifteen victims now on a suspected list. The case is described as a premeditated, diabolical series of murders surpassing the Holmes crimes in Chicago.
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Gunness
Jennie Olson
Los Angeles
Smulzer
Gunnysack
Joseph
Laporte
Sorenson
Mads
Chicago
Bella
Myrtle
Lucy
Philip
Lindblom
Olaf
Wisconsin
Holmes Castle
Ind
Bella Gunness
Indiana’s Widow Gunness and the Laporte Farm Murders
A chronology outlines Jessica Gunness case details from 1900 to 1907. It notes Mads Sorensen’s death and life insurance, arsons, marriages, Jennie Olsen’s disappearance, Andrew Helgelein’s arrival and disappearance, a child’s grave, and Ray Lamphere’s arrest as the pivotal figures in a multi murder mystery at the Laporte farm.
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Mads
Albert Sorensen
Austin
Elizabeth Street
Grand Avenue
Chicago
Sorensens
Burns
Joe Gunness
Laporte Farm
Jennie Olsen
Gunness
Ray Lamphere
Alaska Native children gain modern public schooling in Alaska
Native Alaskan students now benefit from modern public schools run by the federal education bureau. Seventy American teachers operate across Alaska delivering segregated schooling for native children, expanding to principal villages with increased funding of 200000 dollars last year. The article praises teachers’ sacrifices and likens the effort to a historic civilizational mission.
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Alaska
United States
Arctic
Behring Straits
Yukon
Aleutian Islands
Asia
United States Bureau of Education
Washington, D. C
Congress
Mrs Gunness Seeks Suitor in La Porte County
Widow Mrs Gunness, owner of a large Indiana farm in a fine La Porte County district, seeks a well provided gentleman for a fortune joining. No letter replies unless the sender agrees to a personal visit afterward.
New Ad Ice Cream Plant Born in Panama Canal Zone
Panama area gains an American ice cream factory as authorities push road work. Venezuela's La Guayra port closes after three deaths and twelve fever cases. Grace Church in New York stages the largest Easter offer ing ever at 158000 with a 40000 memorial fund for an elder home. Hawkins Zouaves hold their annual reunion at the Hotel Astor. Washington engineers plan a macadam road system for the canal zone, with eight miles built near Panama since American occupation.
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Panama Canal Zone
Castro
Venezuela
la Guayra
New York
Grace Church
New York Volunteers
Hotel Astor
Department of Municipal Engineering
Washington
Canal Zone
Panama
Victorine Refuses to Move as Demands for Talk Echoes
When the Ransoms hire Napoleon Lazotte to break ground the horse Victorine refuses to budge after Lazotte departs. Lazotte explains Victorine craves conversation and improvises a mock lesson in language to coax the stubborn mare into moving, leaving the renter amused by the comic scene.
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Napoleon Lazotte
Lazotte
Napoleon
Lazette
Victorine
An Eye Trick Creates Phantom Double Vision
An experiment describes placing forefingers at one and two feet from the eyes. Focusing on the nearer finger yields two phantoms of the farther finger, one on each side. Focusing on the farther finger reveals two guards beside the nearer finger.
Not Yet a Sinner
A fragmentary caption presents a clergyman advising a boy against fishing on Sunday. The dialogue implies a humorous moral tension over sacred time and fishing practice in a local tale.
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T. We
Historic dates and events from the 15th to 20th centuries
A chronology lists notable occurrences including Columbus naming Jamaica as St Jago, 1662 Queen Mary II birth, 1670 Hudson's Bay Co formed, 1707 union of England and Scotland, 1776 Pine Tree flag adoption, 1788 Maryland ratifies the U.S. Constitution, 1808 Spanish revolt against Napoleon, and events through 1905 such as the Falk wreck and Laredo tornado. References span explorers, empires, revolts, railways, wars, and disasters.
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Jamaica
Columbus
St. Jago
Queen Mary II
England
Hudson’s Bay Company
Scotland
Quebec
Canada
Great and General Court of
Massachusetts
Maryland
United States
Charles IV
Spain
Bonaparte
Union Temperance Society
Saratoga County
New York
French National Guard
Brazil
Montmorency Bridge
Samuel Cunard
Cunard Steamship Line
Bayazid
Third Avenue
New York City
Canadian Pacific Railway
Charles
Parnell
Kilmainham
Col. Otter
Cut Knife Creek
Henry M. Stanley
Emin Pasha
Albert Nyanza
Venezuela
London
Manila Bay
Frank
B. C
Laredo
Texas
Falk
Lands End
Hilprecht Defends Record in Nippur Tablet Controversy
Dr. Hilprecht replies to charges over Nippur tablets at the University of Pennsylvania detailing exoneration by trustees. He argues some notes were unnecessary, defends excavations at Fara, and accuses Peters and Jastrow of bias while denying literary dishonesty and improper retention of university property.
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Hilprecht
Herman V. Hilprecht
University of Pennsylvania
Fara
Peters
Morris Jastrow
Jastrow
Harrisburg Mayor Orders Help for Drunks Over Arrests
Harrisburg Pennsylvania Mayor Ezra S Meals directs police to carry drunken men home instead of arresting them and to require saloon owners to shelter intoxicated patrons. Serious or habitual cases will be prosecuted or jailed to sober up, with the mayor personally aiding recovery and recording the incident for future reference.
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Ezra S. Meals
Harrisburg
Mayor Meals
Night Riders Target Murray as Kentucky Leader Orders Troops
Governor Wilson directs Brig. Gen. Williams to take charge of troops in Murray after a series of night rider outrages. He travels to Calloway County to confer with the judge on prosecuting cases tied to the riders.
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Wilson
Kentucky
Williams
Murray
Calloway County
Flames Sweep Ohio Town in Fire Destroys Records
A blaze engulfed a town in Ohio destroying town records and papers stored in an office. Firefighters fought the flames as authorities investigated the scene and worked to recover damaged municipal documents.
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Ohio
Anne
Marr
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Indiana State News
OLD Lincoln
Hermit
Robert Parker
Remington
Michigan City
A. N. Canine
Lebanon
Thorntown
Insane ‘Hospital
A. K. Helgelein
Brother
House
Joe Maxson
Lamphere
Mack
Helgelein
Lein
Mansfield
S. D
Andrew
Jennie
Andrew Heldgren
Mrs. Belle Gunness
Pjohn
Heldgren
Rosern Maxson
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