American Steel plant hires warm meals for strikebreakers in Elwood
Ten hot mills operate at the American Steel and Tin Plate Company plant in Elwood with two hotel kitchens feeding 900. Strike-breakers receive free meals and clothing. Company supports 204 workers while 29 others left town on striker tickets as funds run low. In Laporte Thomas Shepherd, 60, jailed after a mob thwarted lynching of him by attacking Mrs. Peterson, farmer’s wife. he claims drunken behavior.
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American Steel
Tin Plate Company
Pittsburg
Laporte
Thomas Shepherd
Illinois
Anstixs
Albert F. Smutter
Shepherd
William Peterson
Peterson
Long Pursuit of Wife Ends in Fort Wayne Arrest
Barthol Koshetz and Mary Gaube were arrested in Fort Wayne on charges by Martin Gaube who claims to be Mary Gaube’s husband. Gaube says his wife deserted him and their four children in Austria to run off with Koshetz, and he has pursued them for months.
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Fort Wayne
Austria
Barthol Thoshetz
Mary Gaube
Martin Gaube
Gaube
Koshetz
Promise Cleaner Milk Fort Wayne Meeting Outcome
A health board and city dairymen agreed to clean milk and use small-mouthed pails after discovering 27 percent of city milk was dirty. Dairymen pledged to improve product quality and meet richness standards.
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Fort Wayre
Board of Health
General Mills Distributes 151000 to Relatives
Lebanon report notes Gen Anson Mills formerly of the city has distributed 151000 among his brothers sisters and those of his wife in Washington D C One year earlier he made a similar distribution Boone county relatives receive 50000 Mrs Jane Smiley and Mrs Mary Buckhalter of Thornton get 20000 each Allen Mills of near Thorntown 10000
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Lebanon
Anson Mills
Washington, D. C
Gen. Mills
Boone County
Jane Smiley
Mary Buckhalter
Thornton
Allen Mills
Thorntown
Convictee for Running a Blind Pig in Greencastle
Joseph Vancleave, 70, was arrested in his home in Greencastle for running a blind pig. Evidence showed two bottles of beer sold on the Fourth of July and two cases of beer found in the residence. He was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in county jail.
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Greencastle
Reeves
Joseph Vancleave
Vancleave
Judge Buskirk Marries in Louisville
Jeffersonville reports Judge Thomas B. Buskirk of Paoli wed Miss Viola J. Bines a Louisville trained nurse. The couple met while she cared for his first wife during her illness years ago.
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Judge Buskirk
Jeffersonville
Thomas B. Buskirk
Paoli
Louisville
Viola J. Bines
Blacksmith Blinded by Hot Metal Accident
Frank Stohler a blacksmith at Alliance five miles south of here was heating metal when white hot splatter blew into his eye. He was driven to a local clinic by friends. The eye was totally destroyed and the other eye remains endangered.
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Anderson
Frank Stohler
Alliance
Here
Saloon Keeper Declared Insane After County Election
Clell Herseman of Carrick county after the option election is adjudged insane. J. N. Heime, his saloon business partner, died several days ago.
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Boonville
Carrick County
Clell Herseman
J. N. Heime
Herseman
Largest bankruptcy claim filed by Quin ton Quinton in Fort Wayne case
Quin ton Quinton of Topeka Kansas filed the largest claim for services in Fort Wayne’s bankruptcy proceedings. The firm seeks 5600 for trustee services in the Rollin Ellison matter tied to 58500 in bonds. Evansville notes a 25 acre Rhinelander tract purchase for a tuberculosis colony with Red Cross aid anticipated.
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Fort Wayne
Quinton & Quinton
Topeka
Kan
Rollin Ellison
Ellison
Evansville
National Red Cross Society
Abandonment of Daviess County Orphans Home Deferred
Washington reports a proposal to abandon the Daviess County Orphans Home after secretary Amos Butler urged abolition due to high costs. About forty orphans would move to Julia E. Work home at Plymouth if approved, with plans to seek heirs consent for a city hospital in the buildings.
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Washington
Daviess County
Amos Butler
State Board of Charities
Commissioners’ Court
Butler
Julia E. Work
Plymouth
Graham
Pearl worth using slang for a river gem
Evansville dealer Lew Pearson, a Wabash mussel digger from a St Francisville riverhouse, refused 2590 for a flawless pearl the size of a five cent piece found in a mussel along the Wabash river. He sought 3000, and word spread of the “kohinoor” gem in local trade.
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Evansville
Lew Pearson
St. Francisville
Pearson
Hammond Boy Dies of Lockjaw After Firecracker Injury
Clarence Dolson, 13, son of Charles Dolson, died from tetanus and lockjaw after a blank cartridge wound in his left hand during a July Fourth celebration. Initial surface wound healed but later tetanus signs appeared. antitoxin given too late.
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Hammond
Clarence Dolson
Charles Dolson
Large Meteor Burst Seen Over Princeton
Princeton residents reported a large fireball meteor traveling from southwest to northeast across the eastern sky. It reportedly burst into fragments northeast of the city, with no recovered pieces. The two foot diameter ball lit the town and left a trailing glow.
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Princeton
Apoplexy Epidemic Strikes Huntington Aged Residents
Apoplexy became epidemic here among the aged. In two weeks six people were stricken and four died. The list includes Alex Burnison an Erie railroad engineer Fred Wayrack a businessman Peter Kline a retired farmer William Pasko a wealthy farmer I M Strouse county assessor and Mrs Martha Hamilton widow of a soldier.
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Huntington
Alex. Burnison
Erie Railroad
Fred Wayrack
Peter Kline
William Pasko
I. M. Strouse
Martha Hamilton
Girl Fatally Kicked by Horse in Greensburg
Myrtle West aged three, daughter of William West of Greensburg, was fatally kicked in the forehead by a horse when she attempted to strike it with a switch.
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Greensburg
Myrtle
William West
Oldest US postmaster Joel Newson dies at 77
Columbus report notes Joel Newson, believed to be the nation’s oldest postmaster, died at his Azalia home where he was born. He served 53 years handling United States mail at the Quaker village southeast of Columbus.
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Columbus
Joel Newson
United States
Azalia
Quaker Village
All Start with Clean Slate at Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville Indiana reform superintendent Major D C Peyton issued his first official order canceling all short-comings charged against inmates and starting them with a clean slate from the department’s view for the reform institution.
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Jeffersonville
Maj
D. C. Peyton
Indiana Reformatory
Desire for Death Granted in Carmel
Carmel report states L Haines aged 84 died at home east of town after expressing a wish to join his wife who had died weeks earlier. The couple had been married four years.
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Carmel
L. Haines
Here
Mr. Haines
Mrs. Haines
Man Killed In Hayload Fall Near Columbus Home
David C. Cox died instantly after falling from a hayload near his Columbus home. He suffered a broken neck in the accident.
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Hay
Columbus
David C. Cox
Boy Drowns While Swimming in Ox Creek Near Scottsburg
Hubert Carlisle aged 17 drowned while swimming in Ox Creek three miles west of Scottsburg as emergency crews searched the Swift Creek area. The incident occurred during a warm spell prompting local authorities to remind youths about water safety.
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Swift Creek
Scottsburg
Hubert Carlisle
Ox Creek
Evansville Rail Official Appointed Traveling Freight Agent
Edgar L. Throgmorton, contracting freight agent of the Illinois Central Railroad, is named traveling freight agent based out of Memphis. In Richmond, an ordinance is prepared to bar illegal charging by public service meters. Madison reports a Nation Horse Thief Detective association branch organized in Jefferson County at Hanover.
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Evansville
Edgar L. Throgmorton
J)nois Central Railroad
Memphis
Tenn
Richmond
Thomas J. Study
Madison
Nation- Horse Thief Detective Association
Jefferson County
Hanover
Mark Twain's Little Joke Autograph Gaffe in Boston
In Boston Mark Twain waits for a street car when a girl asks for his autograph. She claims to have seen Chief Justice Fuller and Twain writes a humorous note in her album, concluding with a quip about Fuller while Harper's Weekly notes no response from the real Fuller.
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Mark Twain
Boston
Mr. Clemens
Fuller
W. I Fuller
Clemens
Justice Fuller
Harper’s Weekly
Cure for Severe Eczema Reported After Cuticura Use
Miss Barbara Kral of Highlandtown Maryland describes relief from intense itching and disfiguring eczema after four to five applications of Cuticura Ointment followed by two sets of the Cuticura Remedies. She credits the products with complete cure after a ten month suffering period. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston.
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Barbara Kral
Highlandtown
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Strawberry shortcake devotion quoted by Jack on the spot
The passage extols strawberry shortcake as the supreme pastry, praising its flavor above sherbet pudding and pie. It whimsically wishes for affection as large as a platter with crushed berries and declares contentment despite ailment or trouble. The line is attributed to Jack-on-the-spot in the Los Angeles Express.
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Los Angeles Express
No Swimming on Theas Growns Sign Demands Quiet
Complaint to a local man about boys swimming in a pond. The owner allowed a sign reading No Loffing or Swimmig on Theas Growns Order by If Catched Law Will be Forced. Berkshire Courier notes the notice as an example of action to curb nuisance.
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Berkshire Courier
Omaha
United States
Kellogg
Holden
Iowa State College
Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake CO
Battie Creek
Mich
National groups unite in tuberculosis campaign
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis states churches schools labor unions women clubs fraternal organizations and state legislatures totaling about 8,000,000 people are allied in the fight against tuberculosis.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of
Castoria Guarantee Ad Claims Safe Use for 30 Years
Important to Mothers examines every bottle of Castoria for the four signature marks of approval. It has been in use for over 30 years and is the kind you have always bought, promising safe relief for infants and children.
Probable Theory on Truth and Well Water Contamination
A philosopher asserts truth lies at the bottom of a well. A cynical reply notes this explains why much of the well water is contaminated.
A Rare Good Thing for Aching Feet
Mrs Matilda Holtert of Providence Rhode Island praises Alleen s Foot-Bath for relief of sore tired feet. Sold by all druggists 25 cents Ask today. Archbishop of Canterbury notes each person can brighten their daily life in small ways.
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Alleen
Matilda Holtert
Providence
R. I
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