Indiana oil and gas industry sees record year of activity
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Montpelier Indiana December 29. The oil and gas fields in Indiana had a highly profitable year with 2,586 wells completed and an output average higher than any prior year. Daily crude production ranged around 17,000 barrels, generating substantial revenue and employment across pipelines stations and related services. The report notes extensive investments totaling over 56 million dollars for wells alone and predicts continued growth as counties join the expanded Greater Indiana field, while gas pressures complicate oil production in several districts.
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Indianapolis Journal
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Indiana
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Marion
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Harris Pool
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Indianapolis
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Jay County
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Delaware
Randolph
Jesper County
Chicago
Wells
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Expelled by His Congregation from Calvary Baptist Church
The Rev James A Heath was deposed from the ministry and expelled from Calvary Baptist Church in Kansas City following a church council finding him guilty of three charges. The action removes him from the pulpit and fellowship. Heath formerly led Castile New York church. his wife and children reside there. Pastor Merrill of Castile aided in evidence collection.
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James A. Heath
New York
Calvary Baptist Church
Council of Eight Baptist
Heath
J. Heath
Baptist Church
Castile
N. Y
Charles A. Merrill
Trial of C F W Neely in Havana Witnesses
Postoffice inspectors Holmes of Cincinnati and Fletcher of Indianapolis depart for Havana to testify for the government in the Neely case set for January four. The evidence centers on Neelys embezzlement charges totaling 152 00 traced from Cincinnati to Muncie Indiana through a bank there.
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Holmes
Fletcher
Indianapolis
Havana
Neely
Muncie
Ind
Twenty Japanese Missing After Steveston Boarding House Collapse
Twenty Japanese are missing after a boarding house near Steveston and Point Roberts was destroyed in a Thursday morning storm. The two mile offshore structure stood on piles and was reportedly washed away. no remains could be found and access was hindered by the weather.
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B. C
Steveston
Point Roberts
Order Restored at Crawford Alabama
Reports from Crawford Alabama say troops sent last night to aid in arresting Uriah Porter and to protect him if captured have not changed the situation. The sheriff has not located Porter and unrest persists despite military presence.
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Crawford
Ala
Uriah Porter
Fincher
Porter
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Advertised as Universal Remedy
An older ad touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a fifty year tested solution for teething pain wind colic and diarrhoea with a price of 20 cents a bottle. It also promotes Hale's Honey of Horehound for throat pain and Toothache Drops claiming quick relief.
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Hale
Horehound
First Train Over C R M Reaches Peru City
Peru Indiana December 23 The Cincinnati Richmond and Muncie Railroad earned 390000 subsidy by bringing its first southbound train before year end The regular passenger service opened to the Cottage Grove end of the line Citizens Mayor Durand Charles A Cole and councilmen Wolpert spoke as two bands played The line now reaches Peru marking a rapid railroad build record In Kokomo Indiana December 2 Howard county Republicans move to name a judge successor to Brownlee The plan shifts to Grant county. In Terre Haute Indiana December 29 Socialist Comrades Debs and Strickland withdraw as national committeemen and organizer with future offices left open until next state convention
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Peru
Ind
Cincinnati, Richmond
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Howard County
Republican Central Committee
Grant County
Brownlee
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Howard
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National Committee
Sixty-Eight Years Married in Indiana
In Warsaw Indiana Mr and Mrs Francis A Kinsey, pioneer Kosciusko county residents now living in town, completed sixty eight years of marriage. Kinsey is ninety three and his wife eighty seven, both in excellent health. In Richmond Indiana Walter T Carpenter and wife mark about ninety and ninety one respectively. They live near Earlham College where they served fifteen years as superintendent and matron and remain active driving and riding to Friends meetings. Both couples were born in New York and married in Ohio, nearing seventy years of marriage.
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Francis A. Kinsey
Kosciusko County
Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Walter T. Carpenter
Friends’ Meeting
Carpenter
Earlham College
Mrs. Carpenter
New York
Ohio
They Want Stone Roads in Jeffersonville Indiana
The free gravel road plan gains support among farmers in Clark County Indiana. Voter referendums scheduled for January 14 in Silver Creek Monroe and Union townships with a likely wide majority. Jeffersonville township to vote in February, followed by Charlestown as farmers already begin building stone roads by tearing down fences to supply material.
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Indianapolis Journal
Jeffersonville
Ind
Silver Creek
Monroe
Union
Bethlehem Township
New Albany
Charlestown
Oree
Cost of a Bad Temper
In New Market Indiana a farmer angered by his daughter attending a church event with a young man attempted to eject them. He grabbed the youth, drew a revolver, but was restrained by his sister. He pleaded guilty before a justice and was fined for assault carrying concealed weapons attempt to kill and disturbing a meeting.
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Indianapolis Journal
Crawfordsville
Ind
New Market
Blacklisted brakeman accuses railroad of job ban
Edward R. Benedict of Port Wayne sues the Pennsylvania Company in Circuit Court alleging blacklisting to block work on other lines. He seeks 2000 dollars damages, claiming officials spread evil reports to cause immediate discharges from new positions. He was discharged after being accused as a drunkard. In Kokomo Indiana, December 2, William Brinkman, a totally blind, paralyzed man, who two years ago married Jennie Lamb, is noted.
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Indianapolis Journal
Port Wayne
Ind
Edward R. Benedict
Pennsylvania Company
Kokomo, Ind
William Brinkman
Kokomo
Jennie Lamb
Besdes
Remarkable selfless work by Brinkman aids disabled wife
A Jeffersonville sanitary relief profile shows Brinkman, blind, supporting his wife and home, performing chores, earning money by selling peanuts and pone balls, and even tuning pianos and repairing clocks. His two years of independent labor include maintaining a home valued at eight dollars in present worth, while shouldering all household duties and caregiving duties daily.
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Arrests after street brawl in New Albany boys involved
New Albany Indiana December 29 Benjamin Proctor arrested on charge of knocking out the eye of Arthur Wimp during a fight Harry Emery also arrested on a charge of stabbing Herbert Adams in another fight The quartet are merely boys Wimp in serious condition
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Indianapolis Journal
New Albany
Ind
Benjamin Proctor
Arthur Wimp
Harry Emery
Herbert Adams
Wimp
Pioneer Nathan Hodgin Nearing 91th Birthday
Richmond Indiana reports the nearing death of Nathan Hodgin an aged Wayne county pioneer from Fountain City now in his ninety first year. His daughters Mrs James Bunch of Blo Jacket Indiana and Mrs Mahlon Chamness of Mooreland Indiana are with him.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Wayne County
Nathan Hodgin
Fountain City
James Bunch
Blo Jacket, L. T
Mahlon Chamness
Mooreland
Greensburg man dies at Homeopathic Hospital
Thomas H. Greenfield of Greensburg Indiana an employee of the Government Printing Office died this afternoon at the Homeopathic Hospital after three weeks with Brights disease He leaves a widow who was married to him only about three months ago
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Washington, D. C
Thomas H. Greenfield
Greensburg
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Government Printing Office
Homeopathic Hospital
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Italian miner mangled by powder blast in Terre Haute
TERRE HAUTE Antonetto Delmasio an Italian miner was brought to hospital from Perth with probably fatal wounds to chest and bowels after standing too close to a powder charge. CRAWFORDSVILLE One freight train on the Vandalla collided with a caboose south of the city. the caboose and two coal cars burned and the engine damaged by fire. PERU Oliver Kissiman a Miami Indian was found dead Sunday in the Wabash Railroad yards with a crushed head, likely struck by a train.
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Terre Haute
Antonetto Delmasio
Perth
Crawfordsville
Peru
Oliver Kissiman
Wabash
France Bank Collectors and Cash Loans Drawn on Currency
In Scribner's Magazine Frank A. Vanderlip describes Bank of France operations in Paris. He notes that small merchants rarely use checks or bank accounts and that loans are paid out in cash via uniformed collectors. A 50,000 franc withdrawal illustrates the undeveloped banking system for the general public.
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Scribner's Magazine
Italy
Paris
Bank of France
America
Continental
Europe
No Friction At Manila Denials From Chaffee And Wright
Gen Chaffee and Acting Gov Wright deny published reports of civil military friction in the Philippines and call for harmony. They cite habeas corpus cases, note cordial Manila relations, and report progress toward pacification with Cebu insurrection largely quelled. Major Allen tours Leyte Mindoro. insurgent surrender at Cebu cited as pacification sign.
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Oakley Brooks
Taft
Bang
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Samar
Henry Allen
Leyte
Insular Constabulary
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Misamis
Change in Mexican dollar exchange disrupts fixed prices
Manila reports widespread dissatisfaction as the Dec 2 announcement setting the exchange at 2.10 Mexican dollars per American gold dollar unsettles what were thought to be fixed prices, stirring concern over market stability and costs for goods.
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Manila
Fire service for Manila proposed by Roosevelt press
Ex Fire Chief Hugh J Bonner is tied to a plan to reorganize Manila Philippines fire department on New York lines. War Department and President Roosevelt favor the move with Bonner potentially accepting after deliberation following a Washington review. The Philippine Commission sought a first class head to organize the department.
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Hugh J. Bonner
Roosevelt
War Department
Manila
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Checks to Ambition. Mississippi Voting and Returns Questioned
The Mississippi vote tallies were announced last week with slow counting due to removing unnecessary ballots. The secretary of state drew the largest total at 33,306. Census data show 349,177 male adults in Mississippi, yet only 3,000 white male adults voted. Critics warn fixed returns before ballots were cast discourage elector participation and preordain felons as winners.
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Navy penalty proposal over Schley siding in Baltimore talk
Baltimore readers weigh a plan to the Navy Depart ment to assign a fine of ten dollars and ten gars for the mis demeanor of siding with Schley. The unconventional suggestion reflects public frustration amid the naval leadership debate.
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American Order of Louisiana Formed in Denver
The American Order of Louisiana organized in Denver has adopted its constitution and elected William C. Ferrill president. The patriotic hereditary society aims to operate in Louisiana purchase states and territories, including Colorado, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and others yet to be confirmed. Lineal male descendants of war service members and explorers from the purchase territory are eligible for membership.
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American Order of
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Birmingham Skeleton Identified
Birmingham area report identifies a skeleton found in a church steeple as Winton White, a Black man once linked to a fatal shooting and later a fugitive. A woman calling herself Bettie Healey, previously White’s wife, asserts the remains are hers.
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Birmingham
Alton
Fot
Ast Lake
Winton White
Bettie Healey
Fight in Brith Abraham Ends in Breakup of Meeting
Five hundred members of the Order of B rith Abraham met in New York to discuss endowment funds. Two factions formed around Oscar Weiner Moses Lubolsky and Robert Strahl against Grand Master Samuel Wort. A chair was contested, furniture was broken, police intervened and the session adjourned with lights out until Sunday.
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New York
Order of B'rith Abraham
Oscar Weiner
Newark
N. J
Moses Lubolsky
Robert Strahl
Samuel Wort
Railways of the World Show Vast Growth in 1901
The United States leads global railway mileage with about 199,378 miles after 1901 additions, nearing 200,000 miles. World totals reach roughly 454,348 miles, with the U.S. holding two-fifths of global rail. Germany and Russia trail, while government ownership expands in many nations. Passenger and freight figures rise, and transport costs fall from 1.24 to 0.75 cents per ton mile between 1843 and 1900.
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Railway Age
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Treasury Bureau of Statistics
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Rostand Gifts and Global Affairs on December 29
From Sundays Journal items note Rostand presenting two bound copies of L Aigion to Mme Bernhardt and Santos-Dumont planning extended air travel along the French coast. Reports cite Danish government unease over West Indies sale, Panama Canal Company sale talks at 40 million, and King Edward opening Parliament January 11 with a grand pageant.
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Argentina Chile protocol dispute flares up again
Controversy over the Argentina Chile protocol threatens a full reopening as tensions rise. Reports note renewed friction and hardening positions amid regional diplomatic strain.
Time Card and Various Local News Items From Indiana Rail
Time table for Union Traction Co of Indiana stations lists hourly departures from Union Block 1119 West Maryland Street with limited trains to Anderson and Elwood, connections at Anderson, plus news briefs on county politics, election figures, and local civic matters from Vigo to New Albany.
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