Rainy weekend forecast spans Indiana to North Dakota
The forecast for Friday and Saturday shows scattered showers and cooler conditions in Indiana and Ohio, with fair and warmer weather ensuing Saturday. Michigan and Minnesota expect mixed rain and sun, while North and South Dakota lean to clearing and warmer skies. Kentucky and surrounding regions forecast showers Friday with warmer conditions Saturday as winds shift from northeast to east.
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Washington
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Minnesota
Superior
Tree
North Dakota
South Dakota
Kentucky
Cavalry Obsolete in Modern Warfare Case Made
A former military expert argues cavalry is obsolete due to rifles machine guns and rapid artillery. He urges disbanding five cavalry regiments and repurposing funds to train a motor and bicycle powered corps for nationwide utility and future warfare preparation.
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Sudi
Cnts
Congress
Movements of Steamers and Passenger Arrivals
New York lists arrivals and sailings of ships including Car from Liverpool Phoenicia Basied Augusta Victoria La Bretagne Luise and Cherbourg routes. Aug 27 Bergen sailed from Liverpool to Philadelphia Sarmatian Boston Cartha n Philadelphia Via St Johns KINSALE from New York to Liverpool Havre reports La Savole from on or.
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New York
Liverpool
Phoenicia
Basied
Augusta Victoria
Burg
Plymouth
la Bretagne
Zenigin Luise
Bremen
Uth
Cherbourg
APOOL
Hover
Philadelphia
Majestic
York
Ay Over
Boston
Matown
Parisian
Montreal
Enstown
Bergen
Carthan
Bt. Johns
Sarmatian
Kinsale
Feverish rush as claims swarm in wealthiest Ejutia mine
In Oaxaca City excitement runs high over the Ejutia discovery described as the richest and most extensive yet found in the country. Many mining men, lawyers, and business figures have entered a frenzied scramble to stake claims, anticipating a major section boom.
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Oaxaca City
Aus
Kokomo Council Rejects Gas Rate Ordinance
Kokomo council plans to oppose and reject a proposal by Chicago Gas Co to supply Kokomo patrons at a low rate with monthly minimums and per block charges. The move aims to strike out restrictions and keep a 2 cent rate without punitive penalties.
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Kokomo
Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Committee On Gas
Chicago Gas Company
Chicago
Indiana Gas
Marion Industrial School for Boys Incorporation Planned
Father Riley leads the Boys' Brigade in Marion toward incorporation as the Marion Industrial School for Boys. A six member board, including G A H Shideler and John L McCulloch, will govern the institution to provide employment and industrial moral and religious training for boys under thirteen, with intent for pecuniary profit.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Father Riley
Marion Industrial School For Boys
G. A. H. Shideler
John L. McCulloch
Oliver H. Keller
Samuel
Harvey Ratliff
Kosciusko Oil and Gas Company Drilling Near Warsaw
Drillers seek gas or oil on the Goddard farm near Warsaw as the Kosciusko Oil and Gas Company of Indiana pushes prospecting. The firm has options on up to 4 000 acres around Warsaw and plans multiple wells, the first at 48 feet. Twenty stockholders include officers and executives from the western Pennsylvania Railroad division.
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Indianapolis Journal
Warsaw
Ind
Goddard
Kosciusko Oil and Gas Company of
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Ente Ae
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lafayette Plans to Send Its Aid to the Movement
An enthusiastic Commercial Club and Merchants' Association meeting in Lafayette outlines plans to dredge the Wabash river to Lafayette. A five member committee will seek railroad rates for a September 15 boom train to Terre Haute to promote river improvements by the government. About 300 delegates from Lafayette will travel. Elwood and Attica communities also support the effort.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Commercial Club and Merchants’ Association
Council Chamber
Wabash
M. H. Kennedy
W. W. Alder
Fred Meyer
Henry Rosenthal
August Stoker
Wabash Railroad
Terre Haute
Attica
Bedford voters to decide on two school houses bonds
Bedford City Council orders an election for September fifteenth to gauge public support for two school houses. Bonds earlier issued faced dealer objections over a legislative act, and backers seek voter backing to peacefully place funds on market.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bedford
Ind
Indiana notices of deaths and local actions across towns
The clipping lists multiple obituaries and local notices: Charles Davis’s body sent to Poneta after an oil accident near Marion. John Kemp in critical condition but conscious after gas exposure. Hartford City to blast its Van Camp Window Glass plant on Sept. 4 with Denny scale. Bedford officials seek farm-improvement assessment reductions from the State Board. LaPorte editor Bowser vows to name every Porter County white worker employing negroes. Tipton death notices for Mrs. William Kibler and Luther Welshons. Sullivan reports Mrs. Ollie Eaton’s death and burial plans in Robinson. Kokomo notes Thomas Wadman’s death at 86. Evansville reports Frank Haas’s death. Valparaiso records the death of Charles erate a business man.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Charles Davis
Poneta
John Kemp
Hartford City
Hartford City Window Glass
van Camp Window Glass Company
Matthews
Denny
Laporte
Bowser
Indiana
Porter County
Tipton
William Kibler
Luther Welshons
North Street
Welshons
Sullivan
Ollie Eaton
W. G. Eaton
Robinson
Eaton
Crawford County
Robert H. Calum
Terre Haute
Kokomo
Thomas H. Wadman
Howard County
Russiaville
Evansville
Frank Haas
Valparaiso
Charles Erate
Three Men Shot In Seymour Street Fray Wounding Ex Mayor
Seymour Indiana August 27 ex Mayor A W Mills and two policemen Baughman and Reddinger were wounded in a midnight encounter on Seymour street. Reddinger sustained a left jaw wound Baughman two shots in the left side Mills abdomen critically hurt and in very serious condition.
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Mills
Indianapolis Journal
Seymour
Ind
Baughman
Reddinger
A. W. Mills
Five-Time Marries Woman Weds Fifth Husband in Indiana
In Jeffersonville Indiana Mary L Muir Thompson Galvin Neal Conway, aged under forty, wed George Smith her fifth husband. Her past unions began with William C Thompson in 1878, then John Colvin, John Neal, and Albert E Conway. Each marriage ended in divorce, with years of widowhood and court relief preceding this latest ceremony. She has run a grocery business in Ohio Falls and Smith, a local resident, will assist.
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Indianapolis Journal
Jeffersonville
Ind
Mary L. Muir- Thompson-Galvin-Neal-Conway
George Smith
Mary L. Muir
William C. Thompson
Albert E. Conway
Mary L. Muir-Thompson- Colvin-Neal-Conway
Ohio Falls
Smith
Storm Damage Across Indiana and Nebraska Provinces
Hartford City reports a severe storm with lightning striking the courthouse tower injuring Prosecutor John Burns and damaging a residence. Oil derricks along the Beers oil field were demolished, and floodwaters from Little Creek swelled low lands. Beaver City records a tornado-like windstorm damaging a church and multiple homes, with stock losses and two and a half inches of rainfall. Wabash suffered a thunderstorm damaging a Fort Wayne and South Western substation, halting service to Huntington for hours.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
John Burns
H. M. Robbins
West Main Street
Little Creek
Beaver City
Neb
Poe R, Hetherington
A. Shallenger
Dr. Gardner
Peter Boyce
C. Ness
C. D. Frease
Baas
Wabash
Fort Wayne & Southwestern
Layro
Huntington
Failure Due to Boycott Elkhart Grocer Assigns Liabilities Over 8000
David H. Rohrer, Elkhart grocer, assigned to M A Demarest with liabilities estimated between 5000 and 9400, assets about 1500 in stock and 600 in book accounts. Wash Brown & Co of Chicago is his heaviest creditor, T J Woodard of Elkhart a major claimant. Rohrer cites boycott by non union workers and patrons leaving for a new store as causing his trouble, with possible settlement at 15 cents on the dollar.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elkhart
Ind
David H. Rohrer
M. A. Demarest
Wash, Brown & Co
Chicago
T. J. Woodard
Rohrer
Lightning Burns Marion Barn, Two Horses Lost
In an electrical storm at midnight, a barn owned by C. H. Stephens seven miles west of Marion burned to the ground. Two fine horses, farm implements, and hay were destroyed in the blaze. Losses were not fully disclosed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
C. H. Stephens
Barn Fire Destroys Tone Murphy Farm in Tipton
In Tipton Indiana the Tone Murphy farm barn west of the city burned last night destroying fifty tons of hay new farming machinery and one horse. The loss is estimated at 1500 with partial insurance coverage. The blaze was attributed to a lightning strike.
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Indianapolis Journal
Tipton
Ind
Tone Murphy
Marion mayor to form local arbitration board on labor troubles
Marion Indiana mayor John Kiley invites twenty prominent manufacturers merchants and professionals to join tomorrow evening as an arbitrating board to settle current and future labor disputes. The central trades council prefers Marion residents to compose the board to represent city interests and aims for an early settlement.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
John Kiley
Central Trades’ Council
Trades’ Council
Arbitration Board
Miners Strike Over Wage Increase Near Terre Haute
Sixty Richards mine workers west of Terre Haute went on strike for higher day labor wages, arguing for $2 a day, but the union officials deemed the stoppage unjust and the miners returned to work. Day laborers, not United Mine Workers members, earned about $1.90, while regular union members received more.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Richards
United Mine Workers
Murdered American Vice Consul in Beirut
The American vice consul William C Magelssen was murdered in Beirut. He was a Minnesota native and brother of Consul Ravndal. The State Department will urge punishment for local authorities if negligent and seeks motive and perpetrators. ST. PAUL reports Magelssen was a young, married-in-law figure with ties to Ravndal. The broader context notes similar assassinations in Turkey and official concern over Turkish affairs.
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Brooklyn
San Francisco
Machias
William C. Magelessen
Beirut
Gabriel Bie Ravndal
Turkey
Magelessen
Nelson
Minnesota
Barsburg
Filmore County
Magelssen
Lutheran College
Decorah
Sioux Falls
S. D
Echo
Leishman
Ravadat
State Department
ST. Paul
Revndal
Ravndal
Fmm North Dakota
Kavartal
Universal Peace Union Condemns War and Calls for Peace
In Beirut a peace union expresses sorrow for the assassinated consul and urges law and brotherhood over war, condemning vengeance as Russia demanded retaliation against Turkey. Marion Indiana reports Ensign George W. Steele Jr., son of Maj. G. W. Steele, assigned to the cruiser San Francisco in Turkish waters.
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Beirut
Syria
Universal Peace Union
Leunens
Russia
Turkey
Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
George W. Steele, Jr
G. W. Steele
San Francisco
Admiral Cotton
Railway Wreck Inquest Rules Blame Air Brakes
Durand Michigan August 27 coroner's inquest into Wallace Brothers circus train wreck on August 7 kills twenty two. Engineer Charles M Propst testified he did all to prevent crash though did not check air gauge. Witnesses said no hand brakes and brake crew could not aid. Jury finds rear end collision caused by air brake failure and improper car equipment, noting propst could have avoided wreck.
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Durand
Mich
Wallace Brothers
Grand Trunk Railroad
Charles M. Propst
Battle Creek
Jail riot case moves with eleven jurors in Danville
In Danville Illinois the riot trial proceeds with eleven jurors after C H Clayton was excused due to his wife’s illness. The main case against twenty four rioters for attempted jail entry remains to be decided next week with long peremptory challenges.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
Ill
C. H. Clayton
Adam Murray
Thomas Bell
Pontiac Reformatory
Clay Biddle
Parke County
Indiana
Slade
Walton
Andy Brown
Keeslar
Lon van Camp
Grape Creek
Brown
Andy
Floods Cause Drownings and Flooded Rails Across West
Torrential rains north and west of Kansas City push the Kaw and Missouri rivers to unusual heights threatening bridges and yards. In Council Bluffs two men die attempting rescues as the Missouri Valley floods a broad area. Rail lines are washed out, and crews race to cope with widespread damage from Omaha to Burlington Illinois.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Kaw
West Bottoms
Council Bluffs
Missouri River Valley
Missouri Valley
Pacific Junction
Illinois Central
H. H. Larue
Corning
A. R. Fash
Clinton, Jr
Burlington
Ita
Big Class Graduated From District Schools In Indiana
General Indiana news rounds up items across Hoosierdom. Reported graduations, public wedding in Brazil, public officials fined in Tell City, and several regional notes from Richmond to Cannelton. Details include a Corydon man passing a raised bill, peach crop conditions in Michigan, and local civic events.
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Tell City Publicans
Brazil
Franklin militia drills for national encampment at West Point
Franklin's militia organization, Macy, is one of my favored companies to equip with new Krag Jorgensen rifles. Captain Middleton drills the company in preparation to attend the national encampment at West Point, Kentucky, in October. A prior injury last spring is noted as possibly causing derangement and wandering.
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Franklin
Jessie Phillips Murder Case Continued in Police Court
Jessie Phillips, inmate at a resort on 325 West Washington Street, faces murder charges for the death of Ray Carr at City Hospital after a fall. Judge Whalton continued the case until Saturday to allow detectives to finish their investigation and make further arrests.
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Jessie Phillips
West
Washington Street
Ray Carr
Whalton
Tives
Robbery by four negro highwaymen nets $35
Aged Henry Rose was robbed near the canal between North and Walnut streets by four armed black men who fled into the night after taking about $35. Police under Ser geant Rockafellow and officers Games Spears Gillispie and Christ searched without success through the early hours.
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Henry Rose
Canal
North
Walnut
Twe
Rose
Rockafellow
Games
Spears
Gillispie
Christ
Fire at barn on Bright Street destroys property
Fire crews responded yesterday afternoon to a blaze at a barn on 4 Bright street owned by Jip Polster. The damage is estimated at about $30.
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Bright Street
Jip Polster
Fire at John Stuckey Residence Causes Ten Dollar Loss
A fire damaged the residence of John Stuckey at 130 Union Street resulting in an estimated loss of about ten dollars. The blaze was caused by a defective Hue.
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John Stuckey
Union Street
Laster
Obituary for Thomas Cunningham of James Smith Woolen Co.
Philadelphia report notes the death of Thomas Cunningham, president of James Smith Woolen Machinery Co and of Smith & Co, in Spencer. He was a longtime resident, with connections to New England and Ralph Earle mentioned as a settler.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Cupningham
James Smith Woolen Machinery Company
Sates Smith & Co., Incorporated
Cunningham
Spencer
Ralph Earle
Tnt
New England
Uns City
ST. Paul
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