Weather Forecast Snapshot Across States Aug 3
Partly cloudy and rain expected across multiple states with varying showers Tuesday and Wednesday. Indiana and Wisconsin show showers with warmer south portions, winds from the south, and cooler bursts in others. Minnesota and Nebraska anticipate showers, South Dakota mixed, Kentucky and Kansas mostly fair with warm temperatures, and Michigan breeze with unsettled northern gusts. Temperatures limite around high 80s.
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Washington
Indiana
Ohis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kentucky
Iowa
Michigan
Kansas
Movements of Steamers Arrivals and Departures
Shipping news notes arrivals and departures across ports including Amaterdam Vaderland Minnetonka Bleacher Zealand. Vessels arrive from New York Antwerp and Plymouth with several steamers listed on August dates, indicating routine transatlantic traffic and schedule details.
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Rotterdam
Amaterdam
New York
Plymouth
Pennsyl Ery
Vaderland
London
Minnetonka
Hamburg
Antwerp
Bleacher
Zealand
Richmond Gun Club plans September shooting tournament
In Richmond Indiana the Richmond Gun Club announces a tournament set for September 9 and 3 inviting several neighboring clubs to join the event. The club operates on its grounds with weekly shoots near the city.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Richmond Gun Club
Immorality Charge Faces Huntington School Chief Hearing Opens
Huntington Indiana August 3 The school board opened a high profile hearing into immorality charges against Superintendent Hamilton with a 20 person audience including women and men. Co defendants include Mrs. Griffith and Miss Cox both shown to have been in or around the superintendent's office with lights turning out. Prosecution presented witnesses reporting lights out, meetings with Hamilton, and visits to the high school building prompting renewed scrutiny.
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Indianapolis Journal
Huntington
Ind
Hamilton
E. E. Griffith
Elthart
Mary E. Cox
Huntington High School
Spencer & Branyan
McNagny
Columbia City
Griffith
Judge Watkins
Cox
John Cline
Johns
Branyan
J. B. Kenner
Wooris
W. A
Butler
Lucien Schaffer
Benjamin Fusselman
Wells Shearer
Pinkerton
Miss Cox
Professor Vooris
Professor Hamilton
Vooris
Unusual Wedding in Aurora as Minister Marries Couple En Route
Charles Sheldon and Miss Lucy Kirkpatrick wed in Aurora Indiana after the Rev E D Davis, en route to a funeral, paused to perform the ceremony. Bride’s parents had opposed the match and the couple left by B and O train for the West shortly after.
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Indianapolis Journal
Aurora
Ind
Charles Sheldon
Lucy Kirkpatrick
E. Davis
First Baptist Church
Davis
West
Mules Blocked Track Then Quietly Withdrew Near Court Train
A train crew faced a tense halt as mules obstructed the line. relief followed when the animals climbed away and grazed beside the track. Judge Barnard of New Castle was aboard and offered a writ to restrain the animals from blocking the line, potentially saving court costs. The train arrived about ninety minutes late.
Actor Todd Shaffner Wins Lottery Prize in Cincinnati
An Indiana man reports that Todd Shaffner, former Lafayette resident and actor, drew 30 dollars from a Cincinnati lottery after paying two dollars. Shaffner, once with Clay Cement, is said to have money invested by his father in a Cincinnati business. Friends tout his fortune and past lottery wins.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Cincinnati
Todd Shaffner
Shaffner
Clay Cement Company
Shaffnner
Elkhart Man Jacob Compton Dies Without Church Affiliation
Jacob Davis Compton aged sixty nine dies in Elkhart Ind after being brought from Euclid Ohio as an infant. A thirty six year Mason and longtime Eagle Lodge treasurer he requests no ministerial service but a Masonic funeral. Survived by his wife and four of seven children including Charles E. Compton once a lawyer in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elkhart
Ind
Jacob Davis Compton
Euclid, O
Masonic Order
Eagle Lodge
Compton
Rich oil strike at Parker City hits record field yield
Pen Insular Oil Company, formed by Detroit capitalists, reports a major Parker City Parker County strike on the Vaught lease in Liberty township Delaware county. Early estimates place first day output near 50 barrels, touted as conservative. In Grant County, Jonesboro’s Harry Fowler lease well, drilled by Star Oil Fuel and Mining, is described as a top producer and may yield about 200 barrels.
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Eolal
Indianapolis Journal
Parker City
Ind
Pen- Insular Oil Company
Detroit
Mich
Vaught
Liberty Township
Delaware County
Jonesboro
Grant County
Harry Fowler
Star Oil, Fuel and Mining Company
Barnard Leaves State Prison for Jeffersonville Reform School
M. M. Barnard, deputy warden at Michigan City State Prison, has been elected assistant to Superintendent Whitaker at the Jeffersonville Reformatory. He will visit the new surroundings, likely accept the post with a substantial pay raise, and may leave Michigan City for good. No successor has been named yet, as his old job may be held open for a reasonable time.
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Michigan City
Ind
M. M. Barnard
Barnard
Jeffersonville
Barns and Crops Burned in Electrical Storms Across Indiana
Reports from Camden Martinsville Owensboro and Evansville detail barns and homes struck by lightning during a heavy storm. Losses run to thousands with crops hay and farm implements destroyed. One boy Roy Love aged thirteen was killed by lightning and another Willie Wells fourteen was badly shocked.
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Indianapolis Journal
Camden
Ind
Sieber
Owensboro
Green River
Davies County
Roy Love
Willie Wells
Woman's Strange Dream Sparks Missing Man Mystery
In Windfall Indiana Mrs Bertha Richcreek dreamt of her son George Richcreek crying as if murdered. After a telegram about his disappearance from a West Newton area farm and a found hat, the 33 year old husband and father is missing, with family fearing murder.
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Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Bertha Richcreek
B. F. Richcreek
George Richcreek
West Newton
Richcreek
Mr. Richcreek
Wagsee Pete
Rege
Mra. Richcreek
Mules On The Track Delays Train Near Richmond
Two mules blocked a Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville train south of Richmond Indiana by running along the tracks and tumbling into a bridge. The crew could not coax or drive them away so the locomotive returned to the nearest station for tools to remove the animals and resume travel.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville
Aged Woman Mary Bryan Cobb Dies in Indiana County
Mary Bryan Cobb, 101, oldest resident in the county, is dying at T. M. Richey’s home nine miles west of Kokomo Indiana. She is the step great grandmother of Colonel W J Bryan and was previously married to Louis Bryan, a great grandfather of a Nebraskan. She fell ill with a fatal dysentery attack two weeks ago.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Mary Bryan Cobb
T. M. Richey
Wife of prominent Columbus citizen injured in trap accident
Mrs Herbert I Bassett, wife of a Columbus Basile oy Toot Compass president, was seriously hurt when her trap overturned after the horse bolted while driving. She suffered cuts to lips and tongue and a back injury whose extent was undetermined. Her husband is recovering from a prior accident in Piqua, Ohio.
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Indianapolis Journal
Columbus
Ind
Herbert
Bassett
Columbus Basile Oy Toot Compass
Piqua
Windfall Youth Dies After Fall in Barn Accident
Windfall Indiana, Aug 3 Oral Perry seventeen year old son of ex County Auditor Elijah Perry died at his parents home one mile southwest of town at 6 pm yesterday from paralysis following a fall. He toppled from a hay maw in his father's barn in February landing on his feet and said he was unhurt though later suffered pain in his side and back, with increasing illness reported in the weeks after.
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Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Oral Perry
Elijah Perry
Notable Fall Leads to Spinal Trouble in Indiana
A man injured in a fall was treated at a specialist in Indianapolis who diagnosed spinal trouble. The condition worsened over weeks, paralyzing his right leg first, then the left leg, and finally leaving him paralyzed from the waist down after three weeks of bed confinement.
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Indianapolis
Young Elwood Boy Drowns Near Conner's Dam
George Pierce ten year old son of a local farmer near Conner's dam on White river southwest of Elwood drowned Sunday evening. He slipped away from home and was later found dead by neighbors. body recovered.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
George Pierce
Conner’s Dam
White River
Section Foreman Fatally Injured in Burnside Accident
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Hammond Ind August 2 Dan Dalton section foreman of the Chicago and Western Indiana was struck by the Indianapolis limited on the Monon at Burnside while giving orders to his men. He died from his injuries.
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Indianapolis Journal
Martinsville
Ind
Sol Bales
Here
Bales
Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Journal
Hammond
Dan Dalton
Chicago & Western Indiana
Indianapolis Limited
Monon
Burnside
Warsaw
Carl H. Eigenmann
Indiana University
Winona Lake
Carni Institution
Washington, D. C
Eigenmann
Winona
Cuba
American Microscopical Society
Kidnapping Firework Worker Snatches Child in Anderson
Hays Beaver, an Arcade fireworks employee, seized his three year old at his mother in law’s Anderson home on Columbus avenue this afternoon. He fled in a buggy pursued by neighbors but escaped. Warrants were sworn out for his arrest on kidnapping charges. Beaver had separated from his wife days before.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
Hays Beaver
Arcade Fireworks
Laura Stewart
Columbus Avenue
Beaver
Nine Negro Miners Arrested in Deputy Sheriff Slaying
Detectives from Princeton West Virginia with Danville Illinois officers arrested Ed Harris William McFadden and James Hostin three miners wanted for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Walter Ruble who was guarding Crane Creek Coal and Coke property during a strike on August first The case linked eleven other colored miners to the crime and the three suspects were seized as they emerged from a coal mine Harris allegedly tried to shoot Deputy Helmick and McFadden fled toward Terre Haute while William McFadden is identified as William’s brother.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
West Virginia
Ed Harris
William McFadden
James Hostin
Princeton
W. Va
Walter Ruble
Crane Creek Coal and Coke Company
Harris
Helmick
Ruble
Este Dob McFadden
William
Terre Aute
Summitville Electric Light Sale Blocked by Court Ruling
Judge H C Ryan denied a request to dissolve a restraining order that halted the planned sale of Summitville Electric Light and Waterworks to the Summitville town council. The ruling keeps the existing system in place while the suit continues. Citizens faced higher taxes if the sale proceeded and will continue to rely on current water and light services.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
H. C. Ryan
Summitville
Messrs
R. C. Howard
Cc. Warner
Elwood Anti saloon effort pivots after mass meetings
Elwood Indiana temnee voters held three mass meetings led by Rev. Mr. Saunderson of the Anti-crime League to rally against saloon licenses in the Second ward. Charles Payne faces remonstrance proceedings with a court appearance scheduled for Wednesday, though officials doubt a license will be revoked.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
Saunderson
Anti-crime League
Indianapolis
Board of Commissioners
Charles Payne
Haseen
Purdue librarian Elizabeth Swan funeral in university library
The funeral of Elizabeth Day Swan, Purdue Librarian, was held in the university library with hundreds attending. Rev. John P. Hale delivered the sermon, and pallbearers included professors Latta, Young, Green, Test, Arthur, and Jamison. Burial was at Greenbush Cemetery. Purdue faculty will select a successor before Sept. 9.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Elizabeth Day Swan
Purdue
New York
University Library
Purdue Conservatory
John P. Hale
Latta
Young
Green
Test
Arthur
Jamison
Greenbush Cemetery
University
Miss Swan
University Lbrarian
Exhibition by Tom Cooper and Barney Oldfield Draws Crowds
In Kokomo on Thursday Aug 2 crowds attend a bicycle meeting with a Cooper and Oldfield exhibition contest. G T Stewart, aiding Cooper Oldfield, arranged with the Elks to bring the racing stars to town. Meanwhile in Michigan City Ind a smallpox epidemic claims its first death when Albert Booth’s infant dies of a malignant case after the parents refused vaccination.
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Kokomd
Tom Cooper
Barney Oldfield
G. T. Stewart
Cooper and Oldfield
Order of Elks
Indianapolis Journal
Michigan City
Ind
Albert Booth
Booth
Western Rawhide sues Sprague for 120000 damages
In Hammond Indiana the Western Rawhide and Belting Company filed damage proceedings in Lake Superior Court against Henry Sprague of Whiting for 120000. The plant was uncertored by fire after Sprague allegedly allowed a furnace to be erected against the building. In Michigan City the firm of Wella Roth & Co of Cincinnati bought the entire 25000 issue of municipal bonds with a premium of 1350 from twelve bids led by J F Wild & Co of Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hammond
Ind
Western Rawhide and Belting Company
Henry Sprague
Whiting
Lake Superior
Sprague
Michigan City
Wella Roth & Co
Cincinnati
Humber
J. F. Wild & Co
Indianapolis
Ind Man Drowns in Waterworks Channel After Despair
LaPorte August 3 William Hacker a 46 year old cigar maker, distraught by his wife’s death and mentally unbalanced, jumped into Libby Lake waterworks channel and drowned by holding his head under water. Evansville August 3 bids opened for Boonville court house range 65 000 to 75 000 all rejected due to only 50 000 appropriation. Richmond August 3 Walter S Gayle First Bank vice president gravely ill at Monterey with suspected spinal meningitis.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
William Hacker
Libby Lake
Evansville
Imi
Boonville
Richmond
Walter 8. Gayle
First Bank
Monterey
Indiana Coal Mine Prices Rise As Weather Approaches
TERRE HAUTE Ind Aug 3 The price of Indiana coal at the mines is being advanced. The advance on block is 15 cents. It is expected there will be other advances before cold weather.
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Indianapolis Journal
Indiana
Deaths Across Greenwood and Nearby Towns Highlight Aging Profiles
Greenwood notices report George Lyons born 1815 in Cincinnati died at home age 83 a retired farmer and Democrat funeral Tuesday at Presbyterian Church burial Greenwood cemetery Also Mrs Terhune of Kentucky died at daughter’s home leaving four daughters Funeral in Presbyterian Church burial Greenwood cemetery In Jeffersonville Mrs Laura Jones wife of Dr Dad Jones died of tuberculosis at 46 leaving six children In Elkhart Mrs Elizabeth Iddleton aged 81 died after a goitre induced suffocation following a severe cold
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Greenwood
George Lyons
Cincinnati
Sarah Smock
Lyons
Presbyterian Church
Washington County
Harned
Elkhart
Ind
Elizabeth Iddleton
Pennsylvania
Local and regional notices from Indiana counties
Lawrenceburg reports Mary Ketcham committed to an insane asylum in Indianapolis. ten in the county since February. North Vernon arrest of John Hoffmeister linked to express car break in. transferred there. Elkhart teen Fred Albaugh injured when press gears crushed his hand. four fingers broken. Lafayette Charles F Burkhardt and Frances C Foster of St. Louis begin a second marriage venture. Tipton hosts eighteenth annual old settlers meeting at Magnett’s grove with M E Foley speaker. Summitville Day family reunion set for Webster’s grove near city. hundreds expected. Anderson E D Reardon called to Washington and New York for Catholic Federated Societies convention. LaPorte St Johns German Lutheran Church hires Klitzke of Cincinnati as parochial school principal.
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Lawrenceburg
Mary Ketcham
Indianapolis
John Hoffmeister
North Vernon
Elkhart
Fred Albaugh
Mennonite Printing House
Gordon Power
Lafayette
Charles F. Burkhardt
Frances C. Foster
St. Louis
Mound City
Tipton
Tipton County
Magnett’s Grove
Goldsmith
M. E. Foley
Crawfordsville
Summitville
Webster's Grove
Anderson
E. D. Reardon
Washington
New York
Reardon
Laporte
St. John’s German Lutheran Church
Klitzke
Cincinnati
Desperate Mill Fight Ends With Near Decapitation
In Anderson Indiana a deadly clash at the American Tin Plate Mills left William Rogers known as Dude bleeding and fighting for his life as H. B. Hile grappled him toward the hot rolls. Fellow workers intervened to shut off power and stop the severing of his head. Both men face warrants and impending legal action.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
American Tin Plate Mills
William Rogers
Rogers
Tin Plate Men
Indiana
H. B. Hile
Indianapolis
Hile
Hilo
McKinley warns against using his name in postoffice scandal
Abner McKinley brother of the late president voices strong opposition to references linking him to the postal department affair. He declares potential civil and criminal libel actions after warnings from Postmaster General Payne that McKinley is not involved. McKinley asserts friendship with A W Machen explains no direct involvement, while noting prior libel threats by others in the department. A案 the piece also notes other individuals facing libel and corruption claims within the post office inquiry and confirms rural delivery plans for Algiers Indiana starting Sept 1 with new carriers named.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Payne
Post Office
Abner McKinley
McKinley
Post Office Department
August W. Machen
Free Delivery
A. W. Louis
Louis
Charles Hedges
Machen
Bristow
Letter of Regret From Roosevelt at Catholic Societies Meet
At Atlantic City the Catholic Federation of Societies opened day three with a requiem mass for Leo XIII. Roosevelt sent a regretful letter noting inability to attend, praising the work for social betterment and morals. Delegates from Porto Rico and the Sioux spoke on land titles and education, urging more schools and missionaries for the Sioux.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Catholic Federation of Societies
St. Nicholas Catholic Church
Leo XIII
Messmer
Green Bay
Wis
Fox
Trenton
Roosevelt
McPaul
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Joaquin Ferran
Porto Rico
Sioux Congress
Mintis Hankshaw
P. F. Dillman
Rosebud
South Dakota
Federation
PAZO OINTMENT promised refund if it fails cure skin diseases
Druggists offer a money back guarantee for PAZO OINTMENT failing to cure ringworm tetter old ulcers sores pimples and blackheads on the face and all skin diseases. Price listed as 30 cents.
Interurban Line Projects From Anderson to Elwood
The Indiana Union Traction Company begins work tomorrow on a twenty mile interurban line from Anderson to Elwood with T N Stilwell handling grade and track construction. Completion expected in ninety days, workers to operate near the McCord farm. The company also enlarges the Anderson waiting room and contemplates an uptown station at Meridian and Eleventh.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
Elwood
Indiana Union Traction Company
T. N. Stilwell
Mwo
McCord
Mk- On
Indians Union Traction Company
Union
Union Traction Company
Meridian and
Eleventh Streets
Union Building
County approves franchise for traction line through Shelby Co
Shelbyville Indiana August 3 The Board of County Commissioners granted an attorney for the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company a franchise to use county highways in the northern Shelby county for building and operating a new line. The tracks will pass through Fountaintown Morristown and Gwynneville.
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Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
Board of County Commissioners
Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company
Shelby County
Fountaintown
Morristown
Gwynneville
Richmond Franchise Granted for Trail to Renovoon
Richmond City Council granted the Richmond and Northwestern Traction Company a franchise to build from Richmond to Renewoon. The company recently sold its New Castle to Middletown segment to the Union Traction Company. The Richmond franchise had been pending for several months.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Richmond & Northwestern Traction Com
Track Laying Expands in Tipton Indiana
TIPTON Ind Aug 3 The Indiana Union Traction Company employs a large force laying track in Tipton for a loop around the square west of the courthouse intended for the line to Indianapolis. The stone bridge south of Tipton and the viaduct near Atlanta are completed, with construction work set to begin soon.
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Indianapolis Journal
Tipton
Ind
Indiana Union Traction Company
Indianapolis
Atlanta
Death toll from rail wreck rises to eight in Tennessee
Revised list names engineers T. Duke of Salisbury North Carolina and N. Powers of Kentucky among the dead. Firemen D A Phillips of Roanoke Alabama Joan Prince of Salem Alabama Joseph Walters of Somerset Kentucky Frank Fletcher of Greenbrier Tennessee Simpson of Somerset and two unknown men. Walter Powers remains seriously injured and Engineer N. S. was reportedly hurt.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Aus
Dinecto~ Hall Southern
Tony
T. 8
Duke
Salisbury
N. c
D. A. Phillips
Roanoke
Ala
Joan Prince
Salem
Joseph Walters
Somerset
Frank Fletcher
Greenmary
Simpson
Walter Powers
N. 5
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Danbury Hat Co
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MR. Hamilton
Hentington
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General Indiana News
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Farmer
Bud Dimmett
Warrick County
J. Bryan
Lad
Elwoood
Danville, Ill
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Nora Storer
Osborne's Lake
Hagerstown
Wayne, Henry
Randolph Counties
Osborn’s Lake
Charles Osborn
Osborn
Laporte County
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Clark
Ford
W. B. Hutchinson
Indiana Notes
Abner M'Kinley
A. W. Machen
Algiers
Pike County
John M. Kirby
Ira Brim
Heltonville
Catharine Stump
Hasting
Kosciusko
Lizzie Cummings
John B. Monk
Prisip
Catholic Societies’ Meeting
Nary On
Cook
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Grants Traction Company
Anderson Waiting Room
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