Personal and Society notes from local visitors and travels
Miss Nan Crampton returns home from Mackinaw while Mrs. W. F. Golt arrives from Rome City. Mrs. Brinkmeyer plans a Portland trip. Miss Roxie Reese visits Dunkirk friend Miss Marie Ward. Families announce Boston and Atlantic City trips, and other journeys to Denver, New York, Buffalo, Terre Haute, Winona, and Indianapolis. Social events include summering at Ville Pronde and a missionary society meeting, with several residents traveling or relocating.
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Nan Crampton
Mackinaw
W. F
Harry W. Griffith
Lexington
Frank Bird
Frederick J. Sadler
Chicago
Sadler
W. ©. Anderson
Topeka
Kan
A. J. Clark
New Jersey Street
Annie and
Gertrude Mills Jett Yesterniny
Lake Wawnse
George Carter
Buffalo
St. Lawrence
Charles M. Cooper
Ville Pronde
Miionary Society
Central Christias
Edwin Plate
Atre
Nettie Ransford
Marie Cather
Miss Graham
Banduakys. O
Allan Appleuate
Mies Atchineon
Society notes on visits and porch parties for visiting ladies
Thursday evening brake ride for Mrs John McKenna by Mr Cation and Miss McKenna's friends met visitor Miss May Irwin of Fairfield Ohio. Mrs Winfield Miller hosted luncheon for Miss Eudora Sanders and guests Mixa Graham of Sandusky Miss Applegate and Miss Atchinson of Louisville. Virginia Keep to host porch party for Miss Anne Caulder of Utica New York guest of Mrs Benjamin D Walcott and Miss Elms of Chicago guest of Miss Lucy Taggert. Mae Egan held porch party with Miss Chambers of New York and Miss Brittingham of Ohio. thirty guests attended. Multiple entertainments planned during visit.
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N. Y
Benjamin D. Walcott
Laughing Ann Sinks Into Melodrama at the Park Theater
Review of An Innocent Sinner at the Park Theater notes Laughing Ann as a minor, poorly developed character doubled by Florence Harrington. The critic discusses stage conventions, audience reactions, and the play's melodramatic flaws, while praising Harrington's performance and the show’s musical interludes. Cites Dr. Jacobs as the diabolic figure and previews Caught in the Web replacing the current drama.
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Park Theater
Laughing Ann
Ann
Dr. Jacobs
Mr. Pickens
Harry Harrison
Mabelle Moore
Miss St. Clair
Macs
Hit by pitched ball injures Huntsville player at Pendleton
A Huntsville baseball player suffered a probable facial injury after being struck by a pitched ball at Pendleton. Meanwhile Indiana Farmers report heavy fire losses across multiple communities and Dupont village endures extensive scorching.
Deaths Storm Huntsville Baseball Blow Hits Reed
A Huntsville shortstop Oliver Reed was struck on the left ear by a pitched ball during a game with Anderson carriage makers. He lay unresponsive for hours, now semi conscious, with prognosis uncertain and possible impact on Sunday baseball rules. Reed is 22, son of Mr and Mrs George Reed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Pendleton
Ind
Huntsville
Anderson
Oliver Reed
Reed
George Reed
Interurban collision fatally injures Adamson and wrecks wagon
In Brazil Indiana on August 12 a work car on the Interurban line struck William Adamson's wagon as he crossed the tracks. The collision killed Mr Adamson and wrecked the wagon while both horses were badly injured.
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Indianapolis Journal
Brazil
Ind
William Adamson
Adamson
Drowning of 14 year old in local river near New Waverly
Loganport Indiana August 12 Truman Graves fourteen year old son of Dr A E Graves of New Waverly drowned this afternoon while bathing in a river. The body was recovered soon after.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Stad
Truman Graves
A. E. Graves
New Waverly
Deplorable Situation Around Runsville Farm Beans Drought
Deplorable drought-stricken area in Russiville Indiana reports no rain since July 17. Potatoes cabbage beets and tomatoes fail. corn fodder poor. black ground corn yields half before moisture. Hay oats wheat fair helping some farmers but cattle and sheep sales rise as stock is dumped. Berry crops on fifteen small farms drop to about one quarter of last year’s yield due to heat and winds. Local farmers sell livestock to cope with losses.
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Indianapolis Journal
Russiaville
Ind
Indiana
Alarm spreads as corn crop nears ruin in Indiana
In Hagerstown Indiana Aug 12 farmers report a critical ten day period for corn. Despite green fields seen from trains many stalks lack shoots and show blight and withering. Even imminent rain may not save the crop as condition appears alarmingly deteriorated in many fields while others look healthy.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hagerstown
Ind
First American grand opera Priscilla to debut in Washington
Arrangements were completed for the initial performance of Priscilla, the Maid of Plymouth, in Washington on November 4. The score by Francisco Fanciulli, former Marine Band conductor, and the book by Isaac F. Eaton, Plymouth native, adapt Longfellow’s poem about Miles Standish. The premiere will feature Rose Ceglia Shay at Cinetonati with Fanciulli conducting.
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New York
Washington
Priscilla
Plymouth
Francisco Fanciulli
Seventy-first Regiment
Marine Band
Isaac F. Eaton
England
Longfellow
Miles Standish
Rose Ceglia Shay
Cinetonati
Faneiilli
Steamer Halifax Beached After Fog Ledge Collision
The Plant line steamer Halifax struck a ledge near Minot's Ledge while entering Boston in thick fog. She freed herself and beached at George's Island in a sinking condition with 20 passengers aboard. Tugs conveyed passengers later. names include seafarers McGuire Whitehead and Wray. The vessel, 250 feet long with 48 hundred tons, was built in Glasgow in 1884 under British registry. A second report from HALIPAN NS notes the barkentine Priscilla struck a ledge off Barington causing a missing boat with fourteen men.
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Boston
Mass
Plant
Halifax
Pye
Charlottetown
Port Hawkesbury
Minot
Seailers McGuire
Whitehead and Wray
Philadelphia
Glasgow
Halipan
N.S
Cape Sabie
Barington
England
New York
Dimmick Held for Trial in San Francisco Mint Embezzlement
Walter N. Dimmick, former chief clerk at the U S Mint, was arrested on four charges of embezzling about 2000 dollars and other minor delinquencies. He was held for trial and confined to county jail in custody of the U S marshal.
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San Francisco
Walter N. Dimimick
United States Mint
Aren
Drmmick
United States
Cigar Stub Fire Burns Farm North of Elkhart
A man discarding a cigar caused a grass fire six miles north of Elkhart. The blaze damaged two barns and hay and corn structures valued at about 2.5 dollars, with 1,100 dollars insured by Farmers Mutual Association. The farm is tenanted by Adam Whitmyer as Filward Thompson’s property.
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Indianapulis Journal
Slehart
Ind
Thompson
Elkhart
Farmers’ Mutual Association
Thompson Hyves
Ekhart
Adam Whitmyer
Dupont Fire Destroys Stores and Livery Stable in August Blaze
MADISON Ind August 12 The village of Dupont in Jefferson county was struck by a morning fire that destroyed T S Williams store which housed the Adams express office and damaged several adjacent buildings. L F Rayborn's store Men s Hall blacksmith shop undertaking establishment and livery stable were also consumed with only some books saved. Origin unknown but suspected spontaneous combustion. Insurance coverage listed for some properties and no animals remained in the horse barn which had been moved to pasture. Hartford City Indiana August 12 John Garrett farmer lost 200 bushels of oats from a spark from a threshing engine operated by Ralph and George Greenlee. The machine narrowly escaped destruction as it stood between burning straw. The Greenlees compensated Garrett for the loss.
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Indianapolis Journal
Madison
Ind
Dupont
Jefferson County
T. S. Williams
Adams Express
L. F. Rayborn
George Cash
C. R. Bear
Williams
Hed
Rayborn
Hartford City
John Garrett
Washington Township
Ralph
George Greenlee
Greenlees
Garrett
Ex-county official Coch loses 490 tons hay to fire
Lafayette Ind Aug 12 Ex county commissioner H B Coch reported loss of 490 tons of hay by fire at his premises Jacob May also lost 30 tons having just hauled it to the stack The blaze worsened by feed scarcity and hit two farmers hard with substantial losses
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
H. B. Cochran
Jacob May
Western Universalist Convention Opens in Portland
The fifty fourth annual Western Universalists convention will meet in Portland, Indiana from August 19 to September 2 following Island Park Assembly. The program features educational and musical exercises, art lectures, parades, and speeches by Gen. John B. Gordon and Rev. Ulysses A. Foster.
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Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
Island Park Assembly
Rome City
Western Universalists
Universalists
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Tates
Mullikin
H. V. Richards
John B. Gordon
Ulysses A. Foster
General Gordon
Winona summer school closes as lectures and concerts end
Winona Lake Ind August 12 crowds turn to lectures games music after the summer school closes Mrs Ormiston Chant of England lectured at the Auditorium and spoke to the Woman's Club at the hotel Tonight L J Beauchamp presented a talk on Take the Sunny Side A farmers day planning committee from each precinct forms for next year Indianapolis waifs return home anew batch of girls arrives at the camp Noted hotel arrivals include J A Holmes Pittsburg Andrew A Fox Chicago W N Wishard A W Wishard A B Melville and wife Indianapolis H C Weber Nashville Tenn
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Indianapolis Journal
Winona Lake
Ind
Winona
Ormiston Chant
England
Woman's Club
L. J. Beauchamp
Indianapolis
J. A. Holmes
Pittsburg
Andrew A. Fox
Chicago
W. N. Wishard
A. W. Wishard
A. B. Melville
H. C. Weber
Nashville
Tenn
Deaths and crimes reported across Indiana towns
Richmond reports the death of Thomas Birdsall father of Swarthmore College president Dr. W. W. Birdsall who will be buried locally. Jeffersonville notes the death of Kannah Zulauf at 41 after tumor removal. she helped found the Orphans Home and Deaconess Hospital and aided public library. Hagerstown records Oliver Stout’s death at eighty, a renowned farmer with a fine residence. Muncie notes the typhoid deaths of Hannah Barnhart, 23, visiting relatives, and nineteen year old Mommie Rebbing, a noted violinist. Fortville mourns 63 year old William Beaver overheated weeks ago. Gaston reports Abraham Pence’s death and burial. Michigan City recounts a post office burglary. $800 in stamps stolen, safe drilled and dynamited. Kokomo describes nine of twenty boy thieves bound over to court. the “Knickerbocker Brigade” aged eight to twelve operated three months undetected.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Newtown
Thomas Birdsall
W. W. Birdsall
Swarthmore College
Jeffersonville
Kannah Zulauf
John C. Zulauf
Citizens’ National Bank
Miss Zulauf
Orphans’ Home
Hagerstown
Oliver Stout
Stout
Muncie
Hannah Barnhart
Chicago
Mommie Rebbing
Fortvilae
William Beaver
Fourildren
Gaston
Abraham Pence
Isaac Lanning
Mall Grove
Kokomo
Armstrong
Knickerbocker Brigade
Wedding Ceremony Corrected by Local Note
Special report from Kokomo Indiana dated August 12 notes Dr J Puckett a city council member and Fremont Street pastor officiated the marriage of Victor A Burgen to Miss Bessie Roughman The city papers had misidentified the bride as a daughter of Mr and Mrs Roughman The groom widower for years then encountered further developments in the ceremony.
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Indianapolis
Kokomo
Ind
J. Puckett
Fremont Street
Victor A. Burgen
Bessie Roughman
Roughman
Puckett
Clergyman Welds Quick Wedding Over Mishap
A cleric resolved a mistaken missing bride by inviting Rosa Smith to act as Mrs. Boughman. The couple wed on the spot, with the groom declaring the error corrected and thanking the minister for arranging the union. The scene unfolded as the minister immobilized by a clerical duty turned matchmaker.
Objects to Kisses as Taswell Girls Kiss Teacher
In Taswell Crawford county Indiana Albert Foss a local music teacher says he has never been kissed Six leading girls reportedly gathered Sunday and kissed him on a street corner Foss filed affidavits against the six and they were released on bond The incident caused great excitement in Taswell and drew local attention
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Albert F. Foss
Taswell
Crawford County
Foss
Prize fights halted by Muncie police ruling
Muncie Indiana police superintendent announced the end of prize fights at the Muncie Interurban Athletic Club clubhouse. The Sprague Bezenah 20 round match slated for tomorrow night is canceled under orders. Officers will attend the event if held. Police action follows attorney general guidance that stopping prize fighting is their duty.
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Muncie
Ind
Cashmore
Greensburg deal with Rushville Furniture stalls over deed terms
Greensburg Improvement Association raised 2100 dollars and a site to attract the Rushville Furniture Company to move its factory to Greensburg. The firm demanded a permanent deed without time limits, which the association refused. The negotiations now appear at a standstill, threatening the transfer.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greensburg
Ind
Greensburg Improvement Association
Rushville Furniture Company
Improvement Association
Moral wave hits Mancie saloons as preachers seek closures
In Mancie Ind a moral wave sees preachers check if saloons are closed. They report some are open and ask a policeman to intervene, who directs them to the superintendent. Gamblers blame the night force and accuse the department head of withholding responsibility after previous efforts.
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Indianapolis
Mancte
Ind
Mancie
Dam age suits in Vincennes target brewery and defamation
In Vincennes Indiana August Koehn sues Hack and Simon of Eagle Brewery for 1000 claiming permanent crippling after an ice hook was thrust into his hand at work. Nora Butts sues Mrs George Huffman for 1000 alleging defamation. Huffman linked to a wealthy prominent family.
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Indianapolis Journal
Vincennes
Ind
August Koehn
Hack & Simon
Eagle Brewery
Nora Butts
George Huffman
County Superintendent endorses shirtwaists for institute
Monticello Indiana reports County Superintendent Thornburg endorses shirtwaist dress reform for a teachers institute. The event runs August 26 to 30 with instructors A J Kinnaman from Clark University, Sarah KE Griswold, and L E Wheeler.
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Indianapolis Journal
Monticello
Ind
Thornburg
A. J. Kinnaman
Clark's University
Sarah KE. Griswold
L. E. Wheeler
Rush County Teachers Institute Set for August Sessions
Rushville Indiana reports the Rush County Teachers Institute to run August 19 to 23 with inspectors H W Mountz Chicago for music Jessie L Newlin Chicago University for reading and Sanford Bell State University pedagogy. Thursday evening J P N John will lecture on The Three Ls of the New Era or the Hope of the Under Man.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rushville
Ind
Rush County Teachers’ Institute
W. Mountz
Chicago
Jessie L. Newlin
Chicago University
Reading
Sanford Bell
State University
J. P. N. John
Mixed Indiana briefs from counties reveal politics and growth
In Kokomo a 2 year old girl Lucy Washington injured but recovering after a fall, reflecting persistent child resilience. Centerville reports eight saloon license defeats for James Hanley amid temperance protests. Wayne County plans an old settlers picnic. Muncie hosts a three day Knights of Fidelity meeting with John Meehan presiding. Green- wood notes Salvation Army camp meetings drawing crowds. Lafayette aims to form a Farmers Institute ladies auxiliary led by W C Latta. New Albany finds Ollie Edwards as sole heir to a $20,000 Canada estate. Greensburg opens a street fair and carnival. Wabash reports a 4,060,000 feet natural gas strike on the Palmer farm. Ingalls notes burglaries in saloons. Gaston sees Rowlett Bros plan a two story block, and Rushville City Band undertaking tasks in Green- dwood.
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Kokomo
Lucy Washington
Chile
Centerville
James Hanley
Wayne County
Lafayette
Farmers” Institute of Indiana
W. C. Latta
Purdue
Virginia Meredith
New Albany
Ollie Edwards
Thomas Edwards
Goderich
Canada
Greensburg
Liberty Township
Wabash County
Palmer Farm
Ingalls
Dan Cooley
Calvin Crowfull
Gaston
Rowlett
Bros
Hville
Rushville
Oun
Decatur County Fair Week Ends Amid Incident
Portland report says Maggie Warner sixteen was seriously hurt in a runaway near Collett Monday afternoon. The article notes she was on the way to the Decatur county fair and will be absent the week.
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Portland
Maggie Warner
Collett
Our Isthmian Duty
An editorial argues the United States must act to defend the Monroe doctrine amid the Colombia Venezuelan conflict. It warns of European intervention and urges Washington to deploy naval power to Caribbean waters to favor Colombia and deter foreign interference.
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New York Herald
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Wis
Venezuela
Fumaco
Barracoas
Washington
Germany
England
American
America
Colombia
Loomis
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Alban
Panama
Central America
Washington Administration
Caribbean Sea
Central American
Ice in July Banger Maine Tale of Ice Forming on Mower
In July a Vinalhaven cliven and a man recount a strange incident on the morning of 15 July. While mowing at about 4 o clock he found a thin coating of ice on the snath end, breaking away as he wiped it, then ice again appeared a third time. He cannot explain the phenomenon.
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Banger
Bond
Unexplained Water Eruption Near Menohscet Bay Field
A resident reports a sudden misty plume over his field near Menohscet Bay. He suggests a rapt motion of a scythe and possible cold salt air or chemical action as causes. He seeks scientific explanation for the unusual phenomenon observed in July.
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Menohscet Bay
Vanderlip foresees U S world leadership in trade
Saturday Evening Poet notes Frank A. Vanderlip’s European trip to study finance and commerce. Walking with German statesman he argued U S ingenuity and capital will grant supremacy, citing examples like Russian leather and Rhine wine exports, while a marching regiment and Sousa tunes underscored the moment.
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Frank A. Vanderlip
Vanderlip
United Stat
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France
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Germany
Sousa
Mr. Vanderlip
Kipling Verse Draws Harsh World War Army Critique
Kansas City Star reviews Rudyard Kipling new poem The Lesson in which the poet mocks Britain’s empire and insular arrogance. The piece notes Kipling’s lines about building an army on a small island and argues his verse may have a larger impact on public opinion than expert articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Rudyard Kipling
Wille
Kipling
A Pature Financier Story From Chicago Record-Herald
A garbled account features a financier in Chicago discussing a boy with apparent business instinct. The Roberts boy buys a new jackknife for a nickel, prompting debate over its value and the remedy of returning it. The dialogue hints at trust and practical lessons in value.
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Chicago Record-Herall
Roberts
They Should He Calm Berion Journal Note
The text reflects a fragmented 19th century imperial debate mentioning anti-imperialists, Machias, and a treaty duty under President Cleveland. The piece critiques cautious actions regarding the isthmus and suggests appeasement over aggressive moves, tied to the era’s anti-imperial stance.
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Berion Journal
Machias
Colon
Song
Cleveland
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