Life threatened Marion patrolman linked to suit
Marion Indiana December 9 Patrolman William Pettiford of the Marion police department has received three anonymous letters regarding a damage suit filed by George W Thompson in September. The letters threaten his life and his home if he does not settle outside court and accuse him of forcing Mrs Thompson from a house he owns. The last letter is unsigned and in a feminine hand.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
William Pettiford
George W. Thompson
Pettiford
Mills to be Concentrated and Plants Moved to Elwood
Authority close to American Tinplate Company management says Anderson Gas City and Middletown tin plants will be removed to Elwood Indiana early next year. The move merges the plants into the Elwood factory, the region’s largest, with the bar mill temporarily closed and new hot mills installed. The arrangement aims to obtain plates cheaply from billets and avoid maintaining the bar mill machinery.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
American Tinplate Company
Anderson, Gas City
Middletown
Atlanta
Montpelier
Window Glass Labor Unrest Sparks Production Clash
In Fairmount Indiana a dispute erupts over President Simon Burns removing the monthly earnings cap for glassworkers. Workers fear no limit will lead to year end overproduction and delayed resumption. Marion reports an expected industry agreement to buy 40 000 boxes monthly, cutting prices and reducing sizes to undercut imports from French and Belgian makers.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fairmount
Ind
Simon Burns
Jooked Awa
Marion
United States
Thompson Pleads Guilty in Bribe Case Over State Inspector
Kalamazoo Mich Dec 9 Charles H Thompson agent for Hammond Packing Co Hammond Ind pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to offering a bribe to the Michigan State Food Inspector The case ties to an enforce ment of a state law prohibiting the sale of coffee butterine and follows actions by Commissioner Snow to uphold it
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Charles H.thompson
Hammond Packing Company
Hammond
Ind
Winsor
Missioner Snow
Andrew Nicholson, Henry County’s Oldest Resident Dies
New Castle Indiana December 9 Andrew Nicholson one of Henry County oldest died suddenly at his home about a clock this evening aged ninety seven years and thirteen days He kept his daily routine and was respected by neighbors and relatives alike.
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Indianapolis Journal
New Castle
Ind
Andrew Nicholson
Henry County
Markle Company
Kate Burns
Jeddo
Darrow
Markle
Snk
Commissara
Tar
Grape Nuts Restores Health After Scarlet Fever
A Mercer Maine woman recalls severe stomach and kidney trouble after scarlet fever. She could eat only small amounts until hearing about Grape-Nuts. She began eating it and improved quickly, gaining strength and returning to household duties. She credits Grape-Nuts with her recovery.
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Mercer
Death ends long life of Henry county citizen in Fan
A devout Henry county resident died peacefully in Washington Indiana after a final day of vigor. He planned to reach a century, grew tired, retired early, and suffered a brief dizziness episode before passing away. He was a beloved figure in the community and his loss is a shock to locals. A special election will be held to fill the vacancy left by Aikman Carnahan in Daviess county after his passing at age fifty nine.
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Henry County
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Ind
Aikman Carnahan
Daviess County
Kokomo
A. B. Southard
Logansport
Chicago
Brouse
Southard
Indiana
H. A.rouse
Deaths and political fallout in Indiana notices
WASHINGTON Ind Dec firm notes Aikman aged fifty nine died after campaigning exhausted him Impaired digestion cited as cause Carnahan active Re publican honored repeatedly by party vacancy to be filled Madison Isaac N Strauss horse buyer from New York two years here fell dead apoplexy widow and one son Sullivan Ind Dec 9 Samuel H Alkire 56 member of Alkire and Martin contractors died this afternoon at Sullivan county notes
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Ind
Madison
Isaac N. Strauss
New York
Sullivan
Samuel H. Alkire
Alkire & Martin
Unusual Deed Transfers Home To Lifetime Annuity
A rare property transfer from Charles Fish and wife to Henry B. Sykes and wife involves the grantees paying an annual $1 annuity for the rest of the grantors lives. The Elkhart property yields about a yearly rental, with Fish and wife likely living twelve to fifteen more years.
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Indianapolis
Elkhart
Ind
Recorders Office
Charles Fish
Henry B. Sykes
Fish
Wis
Farmers and Merchants Bank organized at Boonville Indiana
Boonville Indiana December 9 a new state bank named the Farmers and Merchants Bank was organized with capital stock and officers including Willoughby Hart John G Shryock J J Veeck La W Hart and others The establishment marks Boonville s first bank in years
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Indianapolis Journal
Boonville
Ind
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Willoughby Hart
John G. Shryock
J J. Veeck
la W. Hart
Pth Shryock
W. L. Veeck
Zt. Houghland
Charles Haas
Dorrey Reed
Ftnira Bank
Old Salter Frozen to Death
Danville news notes Patrick Brady, naval veteran, missing from the Soldiers Home since Sunday, found frozen stiff near the home. Elkhart reports Wilmer Roberts, a farmer, seeks $11 from Township Trustee Grosh for two sheep killed by Roberts’ dog, now blamed for $100 worth of sheep losses locally.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
Patrick Brady
Elkhart
Wilmer Robert
Grosh
Roberts
Robert
Sears
Shively
Supreme Vig
Local Briefs Across Indiana Describe Trials and Accidents
Reports from multiple towns detail legal actions, injuries, and organizational news. ELWOOD sees suit against Union Traction for 3000 dollars after a feared conductor incident. KOKOMO reports a farmer crushed by a bull with rescue by a dog. RIDGEVILLE forms Blume Manufacturing Co with 10000 capital. PORTLAND hosts Jay county poultry group planning a winter show. TELL CITY notes a Kentucky man struck by a train, seriously injured.
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Elwood
Fred Fisher
Union Traction Company
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Alexandria
Orestes
Kokomo
George Wilson
Here
Barnum
Manila
Tuesay
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C. R. Osgood
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Ridgeville
Blume Manufacturing Company
Cou Nters
C. A. Blume
Arson Slink
Evansville
Geo. Lambon
Richard Jackson
Martin County
Portland
Jay County
Tell City
Louis Holmes
Holmes
Americans Seek Equal Rights for Missionaries in Turkey
A deputation from American religious and educational groups will meet President Roosevelt to press the United States to demand equal rights for Americans in the Turkish empire under the favored nation clause. They note French and Russian privileges include church and school openings, repairs, and exemptions, while American institutions are shuttered. Representing Syrian Protestant College and several missions, they urge swift government action against Turkish discrimination.
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Indianapolis Journal
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George Post
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Kennedy
Robert College
Parents Committed After Arsenic Poisoning Deaths
Philadelphia coroner's jury commits John Williams and wife to await grand jury action for alleged arsenic related deaths of two children Annie nine and Josephine three in October. Third child died last year under similar symptoms. analysts found arsenic traces in viscera.
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John Williams
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Josephine
Vfdccal
Aura
Eviction Tales at Coal Strike Hearings Stir Scranton Crowd
Testimony from Henry Coll and other Markle miners described evictions, wife deaths, and a centenarian mother in law amid the Markle Company disputes. Witnesses said rent and coal bills were deducted as families faced hardship after forced removals.
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Wilkesbarre
New York
Telegraphic Brevities From An Early 1900s Wire
A montage of brief items reports bankruptcy in Cleveland, emigration to New York via Bermuda, church and presbytery revisions, a missing Watertown South Carolina youth, tax exoneration for Louisville YMCA, a Madison mass for Ames possibly fleeing, executions in Kentucky, a runaway Baltimore and Ohio wreck, Julian Ralph's travels, American Public Health Association session, a Michigan saw mill blast, Jane Stanford plans a grand library, Irwin Bank burglary, House confrontation in Havana, a Toledo murder witness, Anti-saloon League milestones, a Missouri siege end, Red Cross and Exposition notes, Celtic barge fate, Montana jail term for county officials, a Texas coal executive’s death, and Pacific cable duty questions.
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Stewart
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Salina
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Sage
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Rosebud
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Kansas
Thur
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Commercial Cable Company
Dynamite Blast Shakes City in Kansas City
Forty sticks of dynamite being thawed by air exploded on Wyandotte street near Thirty-first. The blast shattered hundreds of windows across four blocks and knocked a woman down stairs. No one was injured, but the area was left terrified by the noise and debris.
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Wyandotte Street
Thirty-first Street
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