Weather Summary for Indianapolis and Surrounding Areas
Wednesday local observations note rain or snow across states from Indiana to North Dakota with fair to cold conditions by Friday. Indiana shows warmer winds Thursday, colder Friday, while Michigan and Superior see snow and brisk winds. The report includes barometric readings, precipitation totals, and long-term monthly statistics for Indianapolis and vicinity.
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Washington
Indiana
Illinois
Ucky
Michigan
Superior
North Dakota
Thurstar
Bakota
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Inauguration of President Hughes Draws Large Crowd
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Greencastle Ind Dec 2 preparations are underway to entertain a very large crowd for the inauguration of President Hughes of DePauw University and locals invite visitors to open their homes. Featured events include Banda Rossa concert at Meharry Hall and an oratorical primary on Monday night.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greencastle
Ind
Huyes
de Pauw University
Banda Rossa
Meharry Hall
English
School of Music
Pretos Schelischmidt
Elizaars
Sawyers
Mesars
Whitcomb & Bireley
Shelbyville
Address by Mr Harris at Purdue convocation
Addison C Harris of Indianapolis spoke to Purdue University students at Eliza Fowler Hall urging individuals to train in a field and work faithfully to benefit mankind. He cited Grant Lincoln Morse Fulton and Wyeth as examples and praised the mechanical world’s steadfast purpose. He closed by saying advancing mankind is the noblest life. Electric lights were installed tonight in Corby Hall at Notre Dame University, the largest dormitory on campus.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Addison C. Harris
Indianapolis
Purdue University
Eliza Fowler
Harris
Grant
Lincoln
Mr. Harris
Morse
Fulton
Pybitney
Notre Dame
Corby Hall
Notre Dame University
First Witnesses Heard In Terrell Murder Case
Bluffton Indiana December 2 The jury for the Terrell murder case was completed with twelve farmers among the panel after ninety seven men were examined. Terrell pleaded not guilty as Prosecutor Burns outlined a premeditated murder by Terrell on July 12 involving Melvin Wolfe. Witnesses described the shooting near Petroleum and Terrell's subsequent actions. In Greensburg three men were bound over on assault with intent to kill after a preliminary hearing. one man released.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bluffton
Ind
Terrell
Floyd Redding
John Dean
John Heckley
Frederick Hizer
J. M. Jacobs
Horace El-ingham
George Noble
John
John Burns
Melvin Wolfe
Wolfe
Orville Burgess
Petroleum
Greensburg
Samuel Lawson
Harry Wright
Henry Jones
Lawson
Wright
Jones
Ira Porter
Hooper in Marion jail after capture in Ohio escape
Harry Hooper, accused of killing Marshal James Payne, was moved to Grant county jail Marion with secrecy to avoid a mob. He refused to speak to reporters and described his escape route, while indictments and possible early trial loom. In Fairmount Charles Tharp faces contempt charges as evidence sought for the grand jury.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Harry Hooper
James Payne
Fairmount
Tiffin
Grant County
Mills
Williams
Hooper
Alexandria
Muncie
Charles Tharp
Marshal Payne
Grant Circuit Court
Grand Jury
Sandusky, C
Ohio County
Indiana stock wins prizes at livestock show
Chicago December 2 250 Pittsburg Live Stock Exchange delegates toured the livestock show with a brass hand as 920 students from 27 agricultural colleges attended the Students Federation meeting. Speakers included J A Dewey J A Gentry A F Magdanz Oliver Dines C S Guthrie D C Clay and A C Newsome. Hereford championships awarded Prime Lad claimed senior title Prairie Donald won junior honors. Van Natta & Son also owned the show champion senior Hereford cow Lorna Doone Rosalie won junior honors.
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Chicago
W. B. Hays
Pittsburg
James G. Wyman
Allegheny
Pittsburg Live
University of Illinois
J. A. Gentry
University of Indiana
A. F. Magdanz
University of Nebraska
Oliver Dines
North Dakota University
C. 8. Guthrie
Iowa Agricultural College
D. C. Clay
University of Missouri
A. C. Newsome
University of Colorado
Prime Lad
van Natta & Son
Fowler, Ind
Prairie Donald
Stanton Oe Farm
Madison
Neb
Lorna Doone
Rosalie
Excess Subsidy Tax Divided Among Districts
In Wayne township Richmond and Spring Grove corporations share the excess from the subsidy tax for the Cincinnati Richmond and Muncie Railroad. Judge Rupe ruled pro rata, allocating $21,570.66 to Richmond and noting similar division applies in Boston township. In Fort Wayne, a Columbia City jury awarded Professor Teeples $10,000 in a Lake Shore wreck case involving a cattle shipment.
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Richmond
Ind
John L. Rupe
Wayne Circuit
Cincinnati, Richmond& Muncie
Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville
Wayne Township
Spring Grove
Rupe
Boston
Fort Wayne
Columbia City
Teeples
Lake Shore Road
State College of Idaho
Foreclosure suit filed over new Pere Marquette line
In Laporte Indiana the Tefft Ross Engineering Company of Chicago filed foreclosure against the Pere Marquette Railway and forty co defendants in Laporte Circuit Court. The firm supplied materials and labor for the New Buffalo to Chicago extension and seeks sale of the line to recover an $8000 claim.
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Laporte
Ind
Pere Marquette Railway Company
New Buffalo
Chicago
Laporte County
Tefft-Ross Engineering Company
Railroad Company
MacArthur Brothers
Western Stone Company
Eastern Trust Company
Boston
Tefft-Ross Company
Young Soldier Arrested After Theft From Lieutenant Wood
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Fort Wayne police returning from Huntington with Herman O Turflinger wanted for stealing an overcoat a revolver and other items from Léonard F Wood a first lieutenant and former Spanish American war comrade Turflinger feigned misfortune to gain Wood s hospitality while he was away on a Pennsylvania engine the stolen goods were recovered at pawn shops, and Turflinger was arrested.
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Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Ind
Gorsline
Huntington
Herman O. Turflinger
Léonard F. Wood
Turflinger
Com
Wood
Inger
Accused of Theft in Judy Trial at Lafayette
In Lafayette Indiana Judge De Hart presides over the high profile grand larceny trial of newspaper publisher John F Judy. The case centers on an alleged horse theft from West Lafayette man Adrew Hanger on May 5 101. Judy contends he lent money secured by the horse and will call witnesses to prove his innocence while his associate Samuel P Hunter previously convicted remains free on bond.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Moses Fowler Chase
John F. Judy
de Hart
Judy
Muel P. Hunter
Michigan City
Hunter
Adrew Hanger
West Lafayette
Hanger
Ware Judy
Amily Unter
Coal car derailment near Bedford averts collision
In Bedford Indiana yesterday a loaded coal car escaped from the yards and rolled about four miles east down a grade before being noticed. The brake chain was broken and the way the car left the switch remains a mystery. The car was found just in time to flag a northbound passenger train and prevent a collision.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bedford
Ind
Indiana
Second District Favors Gorman for President
In Vincennes Indiana the Second district Democratic choice for the presidential candidate is Arthur Pue Gorman. The decision was announced at a meeting of district leaders Parks M. Martin Gilbert H. Hendren Senator W. B. Matthews and Dr. S. H. Quillen.
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Indianapolis Journal
Vincennes
Ind
Arthur Pue Gorman
Parks M. Martin
State
Gilbert H. Hendren
W. B. Matthews
Bedford
S. H. Quillen
Liston
Widow Leaves Williamsburg House to Friends' Church
By the will of Ann F. Knight probated here, her home in Williamsburg is left to the Friends' Church. If the church ceases to exist, the property goes to the Margaret Smith Home for Aged Women in Richmond.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Ann F. Knight
Williamsburg
Friends’ Church
Margaret Smith
Mise Child Victim of Fair Accident in Vincennes
In Vincennes Indiana Lloyd Mise young son of Mr and Mrs Isaac Mise was injured in a fairyard incident today. Details describe a mishap leading to medical care and family sorrow as investigators review the events surrounding the accident.
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Vincennes, Ind
Lloyd Mise
Isaac Mise
Indiana Notes Shelbyville and surrounding items
Shelbyville hosts the Shelby County Farmers Institute December 16 and 17 with speakers J M Gwaltney and H P Miller plus local voices. The Morristown estate burglary nets about 20 dollars, two overcoats, cigars and tobacco. Rev Alexander W Seabrease resigns from Trinity Church in Fort Wayne effective February 1. Miss Agnes Fretz, 25, survives a suicide attempt by gas and chloroform after recent move from Chicago. Richmond sees possible saloon wars as ward-by-ward votes prompt license decisions. Greensburg announces new county officers and deputies. Muncie hosts a Knights of Pythias D O K K jubilee December 8 with speakers Union B Gun and Dan Storms. Portland reports 75 workers join a rail line project to Bluffton and Pennville. first train expected December 15. Elwood forms a new oil company capital 15000 dollars. Anderson Country Club approves officers and directors. Crawfordsville awards Jennie Harding 275 dollars for injuries from a washed-out alley crossing.
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Shelbyville
Shelby County Farmers’ Institute
J. M. Gwaltney
Poseyville
Ind
H.P. Miller
Sunbury
Otto L. Coyle
Ation
Morristown
Shelby County
James Huffman
Fort Wayne
Alexander W. Seabrease
Trinity Eeeke Church
W. W. Bhryock
Allen County Farmers’ Institute
J. J. Billingsley
Alexander Johnson
Goshen
Agnes Fretz
Terloo
Chicago
Kokomo
Richmond
Ministerial Association
Greensburg
Frank Ryan
Linton W. Sands
Newpoint
M. C. Jenkins
Pennville
Bluffton
Elwood
Indiana
Charles Kitchen
D. §. Gessner
J. R. Bottorff
W. R. McCloy
John F. Rodefer
J. H. Mitkan
Judge Ely Vindicated by Grand Jury in Pike County
Evansville Ind Dec 2 Judge Eugene A Ely of the Pike County Circuit Court was vindicated by the grand jury from corruption charges. He had earlier urged an investigation after three citizens accused his court. The jury heard lawyers and the three accusers and found the charges unfounded. Ely, a Democrat.
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Evansville
Ind
Eugene A. Ely
Pike County
Ely
Grand Jury
Judge Ely
Gas Wells Fail in Rushville as Private Operators Quit
In Rushville Indiana during the last days of winter weather three or four private gas wells quit business. The Wingester well weakened and cannot be used. The Pearce well, once strong, has failed. The Chris Fox well supplying several families is rapidly failing. Local gas companies report no trouble.
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Rushville
Ind
Wingester
Pearce
Chris Fox
Woman dies after swallowing carbolic acid in Batesville
Mrs. George Dettmer, wife of the former marshal, died yesterday after swallowing carbolic acid. Her husband, a night watchman at Greemann Brothers' factory, woke to her groans and found her unconscious. It was unclear if the act was accidental or a personal crisis.
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Batesville
Ind
George Dettmer
Marshal Dettmer
Greemann Brothers
Bedford Fireman Shot While Working in Engine
Fireman Os borne of Southern Indiana was shot in the knee while shoveling coal in the engine gangway near Odon. The incident is believed caused by a hunter. He is painfully but not dangerously hurt.
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Bedford
Ind
Osborne
Indiana
Odon
Fatally Burned by Explosion at Sunnyside Coal Mine
Evansville Indiana December 2 William Ray aged fifteen was fatally burned today in the Sunnyside coal mine at town edge by an explosion of a can of powder. The mine was badly in- comb, etc.
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Evansville
Ind
William Ray
Sunnyside
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Claims Cure
An Indianapolis Daily Journal promotional piece extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a universal kidney remedy. It urges readers with weak kidneys to try the product, cites testimonials, lists symptoms, and offers a free sample and booklet from Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Indianapolis Daily Journal
Interurban Car Reaches Lafayette Square in Electric Era
Lafayette marks a commercial milestone as the first Indianapolis Northwestern interurban car arrives at the public square just after noon. Officials and guests tour the new Jewett coach, with a planned regular service to Indianapolis by Monday. A minor pocket incident at Perrin avenue delayed progress briefly, but no franchise action from the Northwestern Company has emerged.
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Lafayette
Ind
Townsend-Reed Company
Indianapolis & Northwestern System
Hotel Lahr
Main Street
Indianapolis
Lebanon
Jewett Car Company
Newark
Priston
Charles Eldridge
Messrs. Townsend
Nathan Anthony
Tucker-Anthony Syndicate
Robert P. Wood
C. C. Reynolds
Thomas Pettigrew
C. K. Jeffries
James Wilks
Reynolds
Charles Murdock
Perrin Avenue
Northwestern Company
Prohibition Lecturer Detained for Drunken Disturbance in Hammond
Hammond, Ind. reports Rev. M. Matlock a temperance agitator from La Crosse Wisconsin was arrested after a Hammond policeman found him intoxicated. He was jailed on a charge of drunk and disorderly behavior following his arrival a few days earlier to lecture.
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Hammond
Ind
M. Matlock
la Crosse
Wis
Farmer William Hedges maimed by local corn shredder
In Paris Illinois a farmer named William Hedges, located northeast of Paris, becomes the second injury victim after his hand was caught in a corn shredder. The incident highlights threats from farm machinery in the area. Public notices warn readers about equipment safety and nearby work sites.
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Indianapolis Journal
Paris
Ill
William Hedges
Congressman's caution on Wabash survey bill after engineers' report
Terre Haute Indiana December 2 Congressman Holliday announced engineers have prepared an aid report for the Wabash railway project. He hesitates to introduce a bill calling for a formal survey until the report is reviewed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Holliday
Minn. Bride Travels 500 Miles To Wed Indian Chief Leader
Goshen Indiana report details Miss Cora Hans on of New Market Minnesota arriving after a 500 mile solo journey to marry Frank Wortinger, leader of the Fish Lake Band. Their courtship began years ago when Wortinger toured Minnesota with the Barlow minstrels. They wed shortly after her arrival.
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Goshen
Ind
Cora Hanson
New Market Minn
Frank Wortinger
Fish Lake
Minnesota
Barlow Minstrels
Local Pastor Killed in Sunman Train Crash
Batesville Ind Dec 2 The Rev Mr Althoff pastor of the German Lutheran Church at Hubble's Corner was struck by east bound train No 16 at Sunman nine miles east of Batesville last ate and instantly killed He was riding alone in a buggy on his way home when the accident occurred.
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Indianapolis Journal
Batesville
Ind
Althoff
Hubble's Corner
Sunman
Indiana Crude Oil Prices Rise in Mountpeliar Field
Indiana oil producers anticipate a record winter price as local crude pushes toward 2 dollars per barrel. Market reports show White House and Ragland unchanged while prices in the Trenton rock field climb with optimism for 1.50 to 2.00 targets, spurring new drilling and investments despite higher production costs.
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Montpelier
Ind
Trenton Rock
Ohio
Indiana
Tiona
White House
Ragland
Kentucky
W. A. Porterfield
Chicago
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England
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T Ue Chase
Ohana DY
Somerset
Portland
Indiana Territory
Oil Company Organized in Indiana for Southwest
A gas and oil company to operate in the southwestern United States was organized in Vincennes Indiana. William B Matthews of Bedford a state senator will likely be president. Gilbert H Hendren of Bloomfield is principal promoter. The firm will be capitalized at 2 500 000 and incorporated under Arizona law.
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Vincennes
Ind
United States
William B. Matthews
Bedford
Gilbert H. Hendren
Bloomfield
Arizona
Car Hits Quail Flock Shatters Motorman Cab Glass
In Whitestown Indiana on Tuesday evening a car on the Indianapolis & Northwestern Traction line between Zionsville and Whitestown struck a flock of quail. The flying birds shattered the motorman’s front glass and splattered his face with glass, yet he sustained no serious injuries.
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Whitestown
Ind
Indianapolis & Northwestern Traction
Zionsville
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