Diamond theft alleged in Kokomo at jewelry stash
A Chicago woman is suspected of stealing jewelry valued at seven hundred dollars in Kokomo. The stolen items include a diamond necklace and brooch plus several rings, with a missing diamond wedding ring. Telegrams went out to locate her, but she remains at large as investigators trace movements from Logansport to Chicago.
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Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Fred
Hébert
Charles Cline
Heber
Marion Men Back Tonawanda Plant Plan in Indiana News
Marion men show strong interest in a Tonawanda Paper Company project to build a 400000 dollar plant at Tonawanda New York ground broken for the plant claimed to be the world’s largest paper mill and to receive power from Niagara Falls. Also Lafayette buyers close deal to own Samuel Bain grain elevators in Tippecanoe county including Ash Grove Crane and a La Fayette warehouse with plans for a new modern elevator in Lafayette to boost grain handling.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Tonawanda Paper Company
Tonawanda
N. Y
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Lewis Marks
W. W. McCleery
L. Newman
Pierce Norton
F. 0. Seemart
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Rockne
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Niagara Falls
Lafayette
Robert Bell
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Crawfordshille
Samuel Bain Company
Tip- Beco County
Ash Grove
Crane
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Hammond Company Stock Transfer Marks Change in Leadership
J P Lyman announces that J Ogden Armour bought a substantial stake in the Hammond Packing Company. F E Vogel moves to other interests and Arthur Meeker fills the vacancy as the firm shifts operations to the Chicago Stockyards as the old plant is abandoned.
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Chicago
J. P. Lyman
G. H. Hammond Company
J. Ogden Armour
Hammond Packing
F. E. Vogel
Arthur Meeker
G. H. Hammond
Hammond
Road Law Upheld in Tipton and Howard Counties
Judge Mount of the Tipton and Howard Courts rules that the 1890s gravel road act remains in force after the 1901 repeal, allowing the Tipton Howard counties session to proceed with road construction. Farmers seeking to enjoin were denied as bonds issued for the project stand under the upheld law.
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Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Wal W. Mount
Tipton and Howard Court
Court of
Tipton and
Howard Counties
Mourt
Missing Tolton Woman Linked To Wabash Train Eyewitnesses
LaPorte Indiana reports Sheriff Small recovered evidence showing Mrs William Tolton of West is seen at Wabash station Monday to catch a five o clock train. Two Evansville Chicago tickets were used on that train. Officials believe Tolton may have forced her disappearance to hide facts about a suspected murder.
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estville-Chicago
Herek
Roe
Severe Wind and Flood Damage Hit Indiana County and Towns
A severe windstorm swept Warrick County with heavy rain. reports of a church collapse lack confirmation. Lightning destroyed John C. Cuppy’s barn near Mulberry with loss of wheat hay harness and a mule, valued at 31.5 thousand dollars with no insurance. Flooding severe at Winona Lake with hotel basements and beach eroded. public events canceled. Monon reports the heaviest rain of the season causing irreparable oat damage.
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Lafayette
John C. Cuppy
Mulberry
Melvin Yount
Winona Lake
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Monon
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Tax Dispute Arises Over Chesterfield Camp Property
In Muncie Indiana a rift grows between Chesterfield town trustees and the Spiritualists Camp Association over a proposed tax. Mediums may owe a $10 license tax to hold seances and camp property could be taxed, while church property remains exempt. Saloon interests may oppose taxing saloon property. New town officers were elected opposing the saloons.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Chesterfield
Spiritualists’ Camp Association
Will and property of late E L McDonald in Indiana sold
Hartford City report says Michigan Trust Company seeks sale of all McDonald estate property after misinterpreted bequest of four dollars to indignant women of Fairmount. Estate valued at about two hundred thousand dollars spans Blackford Grant and Howard counties and includes an eighty acre Jackson township farm. In Muncie a local man Erastus Johnson’s death rumor proved false when he returned home alive, explaining the death story was a joke.
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Decatur County Democrats Meet in Greensburg Day
Greensburg Indiana August 1 Democrat bosses in Decatur county have arranged a state and prepared to receive delegates tomorrow led to support a county ticket. Bryan adherents relegated to rear while Ewing and Zaller named. Silverites faced opposition with Biddinger favored by country Democrats but vetoed. Reform talk unlikely due to past county expenditures.
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Indiana News Roundup From Aug 1 Local Wires
Multiple Indiana items report on temperance activities in Richmond and Anderson, labor and safety actions in Muncie, sawmill imports of African mahogany to Greensburg, and Palmer University opening plans. Incidents include a police suspension in Muncie, a Liberty residence fire, a Copperhead snake bite in Greensburg, a Laf ayette lineman injury, a priestly appointment in Washington, a fatal shooting near Moscow, pension-board resignations at Covington, and Tin Plate plant wage talks at Gas City.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
American Tin Plate Company
Gas City
Dysentery Epidemic Strikes Deputy Indiana
An epidemic of dysentery plagues Deputy in Madison County Indiana largely among youths with reports of multiple funerals daily in the township. Local updates from Kokomo Bloomington Dublin Rushville Lafayette Logansport Greenwood Warren Muncie Richmond Monon and Lewisville detail deaths arrests canning factory rebuilds and community impacts.
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Joseph €. Yountz
W. A. Stultz
Clark's Hill
Clinton Hollenbeck
Stockwell
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Houte
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Andrew Reinhart
Floyd Trout
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Plummer Chapel
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Muncie
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Portland
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Centerville
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Monticello
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Kinnaman
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Dublin
Lewisville
Indiana
Social vaudeville benefit planned at 113 East Market
Miss Margaret Rosenberg and the Misses Reif will stage a social and free vaudeville at 113 East Market street on August 5 for the Fresh Air Fund. The item highlights community entertainment and charitable support in the city.
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Ashland Avenue
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Kokomo
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Central Insane Hospital
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Madison
Jefferson County
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Porto Rico
Irvington
James Miller
West
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Crown Seats At Coronations And Society News
The article recalls crown seat prices from James I to Queen Victoria with prices rising to 100 guineas at times. It notes the Van Alen Collier wedding and Newport gossip, plus remarks on Miss Alice Roosevelt and a Springfield Union feeling about a platform reform. It ends with a Brooklyn Eagle quip on coal mining and John Mitchell.
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Chicago Evening Post
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van Alen
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Robert
Owever
Newport
Alice Roosevelt
Macatawa
Brooklyn Eagle
John Mitchell
Inventory of cash and securities on hand
Cash on hand and in the hands of agents or other persons. Bonds owned by the company bearing interest at the rate of per cent secured as follows United States bonds Railroad stocks and bonds Other stocks and bonds Debts otherwise secured Debts for premiums All other securities.
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United States
Senator Hanna declines Labor Day address in Muncie
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Muncie Indiana August 1 Secretary Hathaway of the Labor day committee reports a letter from Senator M A Hanna declining the Labor Day invitation due to a prior engagement He expresses interest in the labor question and notes that labor is a great work but cannot accomplish everything at once.
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Indianapolis
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Visit of Chicago Couple Reveals Kansas Ancestry
Mr and Mrs J J Wheat of Chicago visit daughter Mrs H P Marshall. Wheat formerly lived here and aided Gen Joseph Lane and John Brown. His father served in the Kansas constitutional convention and first Legislature, was a chaplain and Methodist minister. He recalls Governor Wise signing two death warrants in 1859, that of slavery and the bravest man.
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Chicago
H. P. Marshall
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Kansas
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John Brown
COVINGTON FARMER SELLS 100 FAT CATTLE FOR 12000
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Lee Van Reed of Warren County sold one hundred head of fat cattle this week. The cattle averaged about 120 dollars per head, bringing in roughly twelve thousand dollars. The sale reflects steady demand in the region for quality beef cattle.
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Indianapolts Journal
Covington
Ind
Lee van Reed
Warren County
Petibe Kun
Coronation Seat Prices From Edward I To Elizabeth I
The article notes that coronation viewing in Henry VI and Elizabeth I eras was inexpensive and London crowds few, with early seat prices recorded under Edward I as a small coin. Prices rose steadily to Elizabeth I, when viewing from favorable seats became costly.
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Pearson's Magazine
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Elizabeth
London
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