Princess in Innocence and a Patent Medicine Plot
The report describes Weyenberg pressuring a woman identified as the “Princess” at 428 North Alabama Street. She claims innocence, alleges an engagement broken by Weyenberg, and vows to defend herself promising legal action to compel marriage. The man, claiming Cleveland ties, is depicted as a former railroad construction superintendent seeking credibility.
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Mt Weyen
Weyenberg
Princss
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Haley
Lettlers
Cleveland
Fair and Warmer Across Regions With Weekend Outlook
Washington forecast shows Saturday fair with Sunday fair and warmer conditions in central and northern Indiaana area amid variable winds. Kentucky and Dakota expect fair weather Saturday and Sunday with some snow in Michigan’s western portion and cooler air in extreme southern regions. Northern areas see partly cloudy to clear skies, with brisk to northerly winds and temperature ranges noted. The report lists mean temperatures and precipitation totals for November 4, attributed to the Section Director.
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Sundday
Por
Kentucky
Michigan
Snow Lake Superior
Dakota
Nebraska
Paid With Bogus Draft in Denver Bank Scam
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Denver Indiana reports banker W C Piper was duped by a stranger named Carter who offered a ten day option on a twenty acre tract and presented a draft for 200 to pay the difference of 150 after the Valley Manufacturing Company could not be found in Rapids. The fraudulent action involved a washout parlor bank draft and a fake company.
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Indianapolis Journal
Denver
Ind
W. C. Piper
Carter
Val Manufacturing Company
Grand Mich
W. O. Piper
Valley Manufacturing Company
oeCay Bank
Grand Hayids
Valley Vuring Company
Rapids
Lawrenceburg
Joseph H. Burkam
West 94 Street
Cincinnati
Commercial Club
Laporte
Laporte Water Supply Company
Indiana State Supreme Court
Northern Trust Company
Chicago
Supreme Court
Insanity in the Family Testimony in Terrell Murder Case
Terrell murder trial yields little new evidence as defense rebuts State witnesses. Witnesses include Terrell’s family physician Dr. Dickason who treated him for brain trouble and Dr. Saunders for back pain. A neighbor, Lemuel Bouse, testifies about Wolfe taunts to Terrell’s wife and Terrell’s quiescent remark. Other criminal actions are cited from Greensburg, Portland, Winchester, and Bedford courts, with indictments and sentences across unrelated cases.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bluffton
Ind
Terrell
Randolph County
F. M. Dickason
Dickason
Wolfe
Pr. Saunders
Lemuel Bouse
Melvin Wolfe
Lucy
Arrest of Deer Slayers in Indiana Case Heads to Prosecution
Deputy Game Wardens Wallace B. Smith and Le Roy Fitch filed charges in Peru against eight men linked to the killing of a large buck deer near Santa Fe in Miami county. The deer was shot after a long chase on foot in an open field, with two men named Charles Watkins and William Mumaugh among those alleged to have fired. Authorities collected evidence and will prosecute all implicated, with fines from 50 to 200 dollars and possible 30 days in jail.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
Wallace B. Smith
Leroy Fitch
Peru
Santa Fe
Miami County
Jacob Cunningham
Charles Watkins
William Mumaugh
Lee
Indiana game law violators in tense Kentucky chase
Thomas Liddle Lloyd Bryant Philip Stein and George Schneider hunted quail and rabbits in Boone county Kentucky. Wardens Moore and Nixon pursued the group after an armed standoff, with two fugitives slipping into Indiana and two crossing the river to safety. Edward Darling reportedly captured. In Laporte a 100 hunter party bagged a fat female wolf, the second killed in a week, Harry Travis credited. Another wolf chased two hours but escaped. another hunt planned in two weeks.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Thomas Liddle
Lloyd Bryant
Philip Stein
George Schneider
Boone County
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Robert Moore
Enos Nixon
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Bryant
Eecenteaa
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Stein
Edward Darling
Laporte
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Harry Travis
First Traction Car From Indianapolis Enters Kokomo
Kokomo received an unheralded visitor as the first car from the Indianapolis Northern Traction Company reached the city. It proclaimed a new trolley link between Indianapolis and Kokomo with lines north to Logansport and Peru underway. Cars planned to run Kokomo to Indianapolis on schedule starting next Monday. Madison, Indiana reports Southern Traction Company bought the Madison street railway plant to power a Madison Hanover Lamb line, separate from a Columbus project, hoped to be built without fall. Hanover greets the anticipated road.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Indianapolis Northern Traction Company
Indianapolis
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Wildcat
Logansport
Peru
Madison
William B. Hubbard
Southern Traction Company
Madison Street Railway
Officers in a Quandary Over Smallpox Quarantine
In Delphi Indiana on December 4 reports say smallpox infected members of the Sedan family near Burlington and M P Burns family in Burlington. Quarantine was lifted at the Sedans as relatives recovered while Burns's son Orel and other family members showed symptoms. A boy named Ray and a Miss Ella Michaels were linked to possible exposure and were ordered to remain isolated. Health officers pressed for enforcement of quarantine rules amid growing concern.
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Burlington
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Ee Ray
Someth Carter
Remein
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James
Cutler
Ray
Pont
Deaths From Alcoholism In Kokomo and LaPorte
In Kokomo Indiana Omer Gennebeck son of ex county treasurer and member of Gennebeck and Son Canning Co was found dead in a saloon after heavy drinking and heart trouble. In LaPorte Indiana John G Golfer aged about died after Thanksgiving admission of intoxication. he moved to county jail and was deemed insane. Investigations point to prolonged intoxication with papers identifying him as a member of the Chicago Package Freight Handlers Union.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Omer Gennebeck
John Gennebeck
Gennebeck & Son Canning Company
Martin McHale
Gennebeck
Ake Laporte
John G. Golfer
Laporte
Golfer
Chicago Package Freight Handlers’ Union
Goethe Street
Chicago
Farmer Kills Himself in Fort Wayne Saloon
William Van Horn, a Marion township farmer, shot himself in a Fort Wayne saloon after paying for a whisky. The bullet damaged glass, then entered his brain, and he died minutes later. He left a widow and several children. Sheriff Stout had kept him in jail to sober him up. In Lafayette, William F. Kennedy, formerly a prominent citizen, died by his own action due to ill health. relatives travel to Chicago for the body.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
William van Horn
Marion Township
William Hatch
Calhoun Street
van Horn
Sheriff Stout
Peerens
Lafayette
Chicago
William F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Remarries First Wife After Three Marriages
Robert Meyers of Vandalia shops remarried his first wife in Terre Haute after two prior marriages since their divorce. His second wife died, and his third wife, found through a matrimony agency, came to be married but left him ten days later, and he immediately remarried his first wife.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Robert Meyers
Meyers
Martinsville
Harvey Satterwhite
Bedford
Johnson County
Indiana
First National Bank
Rne
Indianapolis National Bank
Lebanon
Satterwhite
Beatrice Rudy
Shelbyville
George W. Tindall
Shelby County
John A. Tindall
Louisa Miller
Windfall
Robert H. Pike
Tipton County
Sharpsville
Rush County
Howard County
Promoter Eyes New Window Glass Plant Combines in Indiana
Leopold Mambourg, former secretary of Federation Window Glass Co with Columbus HQ, is said to promote a new big combination of independent and cooperative window glass plants in Indiana to protect and control output. A conference is planned in Muncie next Monday night to discuss expected organization. Mambourg has long worked in the window glass business and aims to enlist independents to compete the Company.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Leopold Mambourg
Federation Window Glass Company
Columbus
Indiana
Mambourg
Notable Muncie Resident Thaddeus A Neely Dies at 60
Thaddeus A Neely a prominent Muncie figure dies at 11 am from cerebral hemorrhage. A lifelong resident except two years in Hamilton Ohio he founded an adjustable roller skate business and organized Muncie’s first cooperative gas company. Funeral from his home Sunday with Beech Grove Cemetery burial.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
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Hamilton, O
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Thomas Neely
Delaware County
Harriet Houston
Paris
Ill
Presbyterian Church
Beech Grove Cemetery
Coal scheme eyed to spark Lafayette factory boom
A Lafayette Merchants' Association meeting discussed a Carbondale Coal Company proposal to extend a railroad into Warren and Fountain counties to access coal lands. A short line to Lafayette could lower fuel costs and spur mining, with a committee authorized to negotiate and assist if needed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
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Carbondale Coal Company
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Fountain Counties
Wabash Railroad
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Attica
Meyer
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Thompson Club to Elect Officers Next Month
TERRE HAUTE Ind Dec 4 The Thompson Club Republican social group formed under Mr Moreland's leadership will elect officers next month with nominations made last night Mr Moreland declined re election due to business engagements and 8 C Budd a Main street merchant was nominated The club has doubled its membership paid off a debt and now has money in the treasury.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Thompson Club
Moreland
Woman evangelist ends Morristown dancing clubs in revival
In Morristown Indiana a woman evangelist at the Methodist Church denounced dancing during sermons. Reportedly the revival led to disbanding of dancing clubs and former club members losing interest in dancing.
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Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
Morristown
Eee
Swamp-Root touted as cure for bladder troubles
An advertisement claims Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root cures kidney bladder and urinary problems without regard to prior doctors or expenditure. It promises relief from back pain frequent urination and nighttime urgency and notes hospital and doctor endorsements. Bottled at 50 cents and one dollar with Binghamton New York address.
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Hiram Richardson
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Mich
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Indianapolis “Daily Journal
Fire destroys three Ridgeville shops in Crawfordsville loss
Fire in Ridgeville Ind on December 5 consumed Connor's blacksmith shop and carriage store destroying that building and dwelling above it. Armstrong butcher shop Brubaker's candy store also burned. Brubaker family living above shop lost nearly all. Total losses around ten thousand dollars split between buildings and contents.
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Indianapolis Journal
Ridgeville
Ind
Connor
Landrick
Flour mill at Crawfordsville burns in rebuild fire
In Crawfordsville Indiana the B Gratz and Son flour mill, rebuilt with new machinery two months prior, burned tonight. Owners estimate a 12000 loss with insurance of 9000 shared by National Millers and Indianapolis Millers. Fireman James Layman was treated for smoke, others suffered frozen feet from water. Losses also reported in Portland Fulton Hardware Company with 4000 to 5000 damage covered by twenty two insurers.
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Indianapolis Journal
Crawfordsville
Ind
B. Gratz & Son
National Millers
Indianapolis Millers
James Layman
Portland
Fulton Hardware Company
Rumors of Wabash Train Wreck Unfounded in Fort Wayne
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Train No. 9 of the Wabash Railroad was detained five hours at St. Joe due to an engine and two cars leaving the rails. No injuries occurred beyond the delay. Rumors of a serious wreck were circulating but proved unfounded.
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Indianapoliis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wabash Railroad
St. Joe
Fined on Two Charges in Hop Cream Whisky Case
In Lafayette Indiana Owen Bailey and Calvin Yundt of Lauramle township faced Justice Shaw for selling whiskey labeled hop cream. Two bottles on the desk and witness samples led the court to find hop cream was whisky, Bailey fined costs while Yundt’s case was held under advisement. Later Bailey paid a $35 fine.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Owen Bailey
Calvin Yundt
Lauramle
Bailey
Pelee Ae Lewis Eves
Joe Energon
Denny resigns as manager at Cole window glass plant
Lancaster Ohio December 4 John L Denny former president of the American Window Glass Workers Association resigns as manager of the C P Cole window glass Plant in Lancaster The move follows a dispute over workers agreeing to teach Cole recruits in blowing gathering flattening and cutting glass Cole declines to comment
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John L. Denny
American Window Glass Workers’ Association
C. P. Cole
Denny
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