Celebration of Indiana University Founding in Bloomington
Bloomington marked the 93rd anniversary of Indiana University with a public holiday and parade despite heavy rain. President C. R. Van Vilise of the University of Wisconsin spoke on “A University in the Service of the State,” outlining education’s growth from exclusive access to broad public benefit.
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van Hise
Wisconsin
Bloomington
Indiana University
C. R. Vanilise
University of Wisconsin
Vanilise
Syrian husband vows to follow wife to homeland after immigration row
Laporte reports George Ameen, husband of Mary Ameen, a Syrian woman, was refused entry by the immigration bureau after she was smuggled into the United States from the Canadian shore near Detroit and placed in custody. Ameen says he paid a man to marry her under Moslem law to evade authorities, enabling her to join him in Michigan City before being captured again. Authorities say his departure would satisfy legal ends, though they could prosecute the Syrian man.
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Michigan City
Mayor and Police Clash Spark New Chicago Turmoil
Gary officers needed two drayloads of blue coats to restore order in New Chicago after a quarrel at Mayor Lawrence Storcher's home. Chief John Hellman was struck in the eye by the mayor, who then threw him into the street. Storcher sought help from Gary Chief J D Martin. Two Gary patrols soon arrived by auto and restored calm.
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Gary
New Chicago
Here
Lawrence Storcher
Highwayman Fails Robbery as Connelly and Mercer Escape
Lawrenceburg report says Joss Connelly and Fred Mercer, a Big Four conductor and brakeman, were confronted by a gunman near the fair grounds. The pair fled as the assailant ordered hands up. Key escaped, the highwayman did not fire, and police traced the suspect to the river bottoms before losing him.
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Lawrencelurg
Joss Connelly
Fred Mercer
Big Four
Fair Grounds
Key
Young man Jailed for Forgery in Muncie
Claire Black twenty, son of the late Norman E Black, was sentenced to the state prison for forgery. He had recently returned from the west where he allegedly cashed several bad checks. On returning home he began issuing worthless checks, and his mother who had previously helped him out failed to intervene.
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Muncie
Claire Black
Norman E. Black
Black
West
Goc
Fire Rips Jeffersonville Livery Killing Seven Horses
A blaze at George Orr's livery and sales stables in Jeffersonville killed seven horses and destroyed the building. About 21 horses were inside when discovered, with one dying after escape. Estimated damage reaches $5,000. authorities suspect possible arson.
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Jeffersonville
George Orr
Anderson Reunites Brothers After Twenty Six Years
Simon Jarensky and his brother Louis Jarensky were reunited in Anderson at the Philadelphia home after a 26 year separation. The case reveals a family torn apart when the father vanished in 1840s and the mother placed children with others.
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Anderson
Simon Jarensky
Louis Jarensky
Philadelphia
Jarensky
Simon
Mrs. Nancy Clark Dies After Illness in Martin County
Mrs. Nancy Clark aged 81 residing near Tadian Springs died Thursday January 16 after bulbar paralysis befell her while visiting her daughter Mrs. E E Gray west of town. The funeral service was led by Rev Hult at Ward's Chapel and burial followed at the local cemetery.
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Nancy Clark
Martin County
E E. Gray
Tyre
Revo Hult
Gude
Fearful Arson Suspect Held as Bail Looms
South Bend officials held Benjamin Fink in custody amid fears he would post bail of 10 990 and skip the country after being charged with setting fire to the Work ingmen's Friend store and other buildings. Chicago authorities reported an all day probe into the alleged arson trust’s activities.
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South Bend
Benjjamin Fink
Hoxyre
Chicago
Alteged “Arson Trust
Death Claims Four Elder Residents in Partholomew County
In Partholomew County four aged residents are listed as deceased Mrs Catherine Deitz 98 and Frederick Ulrich 90 both of Columbus William Crosier 69 of Walesboro and William Tull 84 of Grammer. Deitz noted as the county's oldest woman Ulrich was founder and chief supporter of the Columbus German Methodist church Crosier died suddenly while chatting with a neighbor.
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Columbus
Partholomew County
Catherine Deitz
Frederick Urich
William Crosier
Walesboro
Wiliam Tull
Grammer
Deitz
Ulrich
Primitive animals return era in Kansas reports
Kansas newspapers recall rare white weasel found at Oak Mills and the legend of a white tailed weasel from the Lewis and Clark journal. The piece notes wildlife reappearing in Kansas as wild creatures thought extinct return, citing a paragot killed on the Remsburg farm near Potter as part of the trend.
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Kansas
Oak Mills
Lewis and Clark
Missouri
Kansas City Journal
Remsburg
Potter
Prairie Dogs Find Coal Vein on Weld County Farm
Prairie dogs burrowing on the Vernon McKelvy farm in Lone Tree uncovered an eight foot coal vein during winter prep. The owner plans a shaft to open a deposit proving valuable coal fields underlie northern Weld County, according to a Denver Republican Greeley correspondence.
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Argonaut
Vernon McKelvy
Lone Tree
McKelvy
Weld County
Greeley
Denver
Republican
An Absorbing Romance of a Southern Family in New York
A noted novel by the author of The Clansman and The Leopard's Spots becomes the hour in the book world. It depicts vitally interesting phases of everyday life in business political and society circles and will be serialized in this paper.
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New York
Missing farmer James Allen feared to have taken his life
James Allen, a farmer eighteen miles south of Oden, has been missing since last Thursday. Relatives fear he wandered or may have harmed himself after writing from Plainville and claiming to stand by a river with thirty cents for as long as money lasts. Allen is about 56, six feet three, 170 pounds, with a dair beard and mustache, last seen in a dark gray overcoat.
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Knightstown
Breshas Porter
Cincinnati
Wabash
Frank Merrick
Here
Merrick
Aerrick
James Allen
Oden
Frand Fedick
Plainville
Alex Allen
Alen
Flood Devastation After Heavy Rains Along Ohio and Wabash
Severe floods along the Ohio and Wabash rivers caused widespread destruction in lowlands and bottoms. The downriver areas suffered thousands of dollars in property losses while residents displaced by the rising water began to return as levels receded.
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Aineress
Ohio
Wabash
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