Weather forecast fair and warmer across states
Dec 2 forecast shows Wednesday fair in Indiana Illinois Ohio Kentucky and Michigan with warmer Thursday. Nebraska Wisconsin Minnesota Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas North Dakota South Dakota Iowa mostly fair then warmer Thursday with some snow in north or northwest portions and southeast winds. temperatures vary with regional notes and a concluding briefing by W T Blythe, Section Director.
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Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Michigan
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Kansas
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Thurstand
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Iowa
East
Trackless Train Successfully Tested in Paris
Paris witnessed today the successful operation of a trackless train. After the test the train halted at the Elysee Palace where President Loubet offered felicitations. The motor carriage moved five attached cars, each tracking exactly with the motor due to transmitted motive power.
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Paris
Elysee Palace
Loubet
Cody and Bailey form Cody and Bailey Wild West Show
W F Cody buys Nate Saulsbury interest in the Wild West show from the Saulsbury estate and forms a partnership with J A Bailey owner of Barnum Bailey circus. The firm Cody Bailey pays equal shares while Bailey holds interests in separate shows, with no association among the three Bailey owned tented ventures.
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New York
W. F. Cody
Nate Saulsbury
Saulsbury
J. A. Bailey
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Cody & Bailey
Bailey
Cody
Mr. Bailey
Sargent Elected President of Eastern Commercial Travelers
St Louis December 2 Charles W Sargent 4 St Louis elected president at the association annual meeting Wettmore Muncie Ind and H Bunting Fort Worth Tex named vice presidents The annual financial statement shows a cash balance of 122 08 and a reserve fund of 0 783
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ST. Louis
Charles W. Sargent
Eastern Commercial Travelers’ Association
Fto-Day
Wettmore
Muncie
Ind
Bunting
Fort Worth
Tex
Brooklyn merchant shoots self in closet after visit
In Davenport on December 2, Les Filkins a Brooklyn Ta merchant aged years returned from a visit with his minister and locked himself in a closet firing a bullet into his heart. He is believed to have been deranged.
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Davenport
Les Filkins
Brooklyn, Ta
Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine Cure Claim Ad
An old advertisement promises to cure a cold in one day using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, with a money back guarantee if it fails. Grove's signature appears on each box and the price is three cents.
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Grove
Russia and Japan Prepare for War War Like Ordnances
Reports from Moscow and Tokyo describe preparations for potential conflict between Russia and Japan. Russia selects twelve batteries of field artillery around Moscow for the Far East, with new guns claimed superior to French pieces. Tokyo and Yokohama record emergency ordinances granting unlimited war funds, railway control, war council creation, and war footing measures enabling treasury bond issues if needed.
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Moscow
Far East
Alexieff
Tokio
Seoul-Fusian
Yokohama
England
Americans Losing Manchurian Trade Declares U S Consul
James W. Davidson, United States consul at F mos a Japan, says Russia is making serious inroads on American trade in Manchuria. He spent four months there and finds the outlook discouraging, noting Manchuria could soon raise enough wheat to meet its own needs.
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Minneapolis
Minn
James W. Davidson
United States
Formosa
Japan
Russia
Manchuria
Mr. Davidson
America
Asia
Red River Valley
Miss Lulu Frey Reports War Fears From Seoul Mission
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Bellefontaine Ohio Dec 2 Miss Lulu Frey a Methodist Episcopal missionary stationed at Seoul Korea writes her mother that war between Russia and rapes seems inevitable. She notes missionaries there have been storing supplies to last an entire year in case of war.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bellefontaine
Lulu Frey
Methodist Episcopal Church
Seoul
Korea
Russia
United States Open Door Policy Linked to Far East Tensions
The Tribuna notes U S active military preparations and connects them to the Far East. It argues Washington aims to keep Manchuria open and that Japan has depended on such a stance.
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Rome
the Tribuna
United States
Far East
Manchuria
Japan
Reward Offered for Pineapple Lynchers
A coroner's jury in Pineapple, Alabama, sealed its verdict after investigating the December lynching of a Black man and arson that wrecked half the town. Governor Jelks posted an $800 reward for arrests and conviction, while Pineapple citizens offered $500. A special court term may be ordered to probe the crimes.
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Birmingham
Ala
Pineapple
Jelks
Estate of H. B. Plant valued at $11 973 905
New York December 2 Henry B Plant founder of the Plant system of steamships railways and hotels died in 188. A surrogate court appraiser assesses his estate for inheritance tax showing a gross personal estate of 12 723 000 with stock in the Henry E B Plant Company valued at 12 167 000 net personal 11 973 905. After legacies Margaret Plant widow will receive 3 447 000 and Morton F Plant stepson son will receive 7 595 000.
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New York
Henry B. Plant
Henry EB. Plant Company
Dying man pleads for release of assailant
In St. Joseph Mo on December 2 H G Edmunson a real estate man fatally wounded pleaded with Police Chief Frans for the release of G W Grote who fired the shot. Edmunson and Mrs Grote were together when the shooting occurred. Grote was released in deference to the dying man’s wishes and Edmunson offered only that it was all a piece of foolishness.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
H. G. Edmunson
Frans
G. W. Grote
Edmunsen
Blizzard Rages Halting Train Service Across Michigan
Detroit reports a blizzard raging across southwestern Michigan with ten inches of snow in Quincy and thirty inches in South Haven. Reports say trains on the Four Railroad run double header only. many passenger trains abandoned due to deep snow and plummeting temperatures.
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Mich
Tribune
Michigan
Quincy
South Maven
Heaton Harbor
Nssenger
Armed Cruisers On Great Inland Lakes
Ottawa reports scrutiny of a Canadian armed cruiser for the great lakes amid treaty doubts. State Department confirms no binding U S Canada agreement on vessel numbers or armament, only a six month notice cease rule. Michigan congressman Smith pushes to repeal Bush treaty provisions hindering lake naval use and U S training stations.
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Ont
Great Lakes
Pope
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Washington
State Department
Lakes
Great Lake
Congress
William A. Smith
Michigan
Taylor Board
Smith
Security and Trust Co Repeats Schwab Claims in Answer
The New York Security and Trust Company and Charles M Schwab, as co-complainants, filed their answer replying to the cross bill in the foreclosure suit against United States Shipbuilding Co and Receiver James Smith Jr The filing reiterates Schwab’s amended complaint and states the bonds issued to Schwab are legally valid and lien the defendants property while denying unlawful conspiracy allegations.
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New York
New York Security and Trust Company
Charles M. Schwab
United States Shipbuilding Company
James Smith, Jr
Bethlehem Steel Company
Security and Trust Company
Schwab
Pneumonia Epidemic Sweeps Gotham New York
New York reports a raging pneumonia epidemic with 272 fatal cases in the past week, the highest death toll in the city’s history. A health department investigation has been launched by a corps of physicians to determine the epidemic’s causes, with weather shifts blamed for the surge.
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New York
Corps of Physicians
Department of Health
Health Department
Dowie May Enjoy His Trip to Australia
In Chicago on December 29 a Marshall Field an attorney asked to add the firm as a party to the demurrer in John Alexander Dowie bankruptcy case and sought Dowie be brought in for examination Judge Kohlsaar refused the request until Dowie returns from Australia travels.
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Chicago
United States District Court
Marshall Field & Co
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
Kohlsaar
Australia
Fighting Bob Evans Sails with His Fleet
Rear Admiral Evans commands the Asiatic squadron as it sails from Honolulu for Manila via Guam. The fleet includes the battleships Kentucky Wisconsin and Oregon, the cruisers Keigh Co and Albany and the collier Pompe, leaving port after several days.
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Honolulu
Asiatic Squadron
Evans
Manila
Guam
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Oregon
Keigh, Co
Albany
No cases of leprosy in a Russian colony
Lincoln authorities deny a circulating report of leprosy in the Russian colony of the city. Health Officer Rhodes and the city physician investigated and found the tale unfounded. A Russian child suffered a severe burn, and secrecy by its parents fueled the rumor as an idle story.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
Rhodes
Judge Denies Delays in Car Bandits Trial
In Chicago on December 9 Judge Kersten overruled motions to postpone the bandit trial and denied requests for separate trials. The cases of all defendants will be heard together one week from tomorrow.
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Chicago
Kersten
Execution by electric chair shocks New York farmer killer
Frank White, a 25 year old Black man, was executed at the State prison in Auburn New York for the 1901 murder of George Clare a Scriba Oswego county farmer. Six contacts of 1740 volts were used and witnesses described dramatic gurgling and continued heart activity until death.
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Auburn
N. Y
Frank White
George Clare
Scriba
Oswego County
White
A. B. Stein
Buffalo
State Electrician
Davis
Clare
Damages Sought For Sinking Of Kiowa Steamer
New York declares libel in federal court seeking 405000 in damages for the Kiowa sinking in Boston harbor after a December collision with the Admiral Dewey. Proctors for Clyde Steamship Company claim 800000 for the loss of the Kiowa, 100000 for cargo, and 40000 for officers and crew effects, accusing the Admiral Dewey officers of failure to maintain proper lookout and signals in thick weather.
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New York
Boston
Proctors
Clyde Steamship Company
United States District Court
American Steamship Company
Admiral Dewey
Death of Col A H Ryan on a railway train
Col Abraham H. Ryan, a noted East Orange resident, died suddenly aboard a Lackawanna train en route from New York to his home. Born in 1837 in New York City, he moved to Illinois as a youth and helped organize Company A, Seventeenth Illinois, serving as adjutant. He later led the Third Brigade at Shiloh and became colonel of the Third Arkansas Cavalry from 1864 until the war’s end.
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East Orange
N. J
Abraham H. Ryan
Oranges
Lackawanna
New York
Ryan
New York City
Illinois
Seventeenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Shiloh
Arkansas Cavalry
Storer Hosts First Diplomatic Dinner at Vienna Embassy
Bellamy Storer United States ambassador gave his first diplomatic dinner at the Vienna embassy. Guests included Austrian foreign minister Count Goluchowski and the Countess Goluchowski. Also present were French ambassador to Austria Marquis De Reverseaux de Rouvray and the Marquise, German ambassador Count De Wedel and the Countess, the Marquis and Marquise De Chambrun, and ministers from the Dutch Bavarian Roumanian and Mexican missions.
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Vienna
Bellamy Storer
United States
Count Goluchowski
Goluchowski
Marquis de Reverseaux de Rouvray
Austria
Marquise de Reverseaux de Rouvray
Count de Wedel
Wedel
Marquise de Chambrun
Pever Situation at Butler Improving
Butler Pennsylvania December 29 one death and five new fever cases reported today. Relief committee has received about 45000. an additional 35000 will be needed before affected families can shift for themselves. Superintendent John A Gibson says schools will resume next Monday. Eight teachers remain ill with fever. extra teachers will be hired until recovery.
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Butler
John A. Gibson
Cashier Lindstrom Arrested After Lost 12000 Bet Funds
Chicago December 23 Frederick Lindstrom a cashier for Friend Moss Nobris telephoned his firm claiming he had $12,000 from them and was about to city officials. Mr. Friend persuaded him to come to the office where Lindstrom was arrested. The case centers on betting the money on horse races.
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Chicago
Frederick Lindstrom
Friend, Moss & Nobris
Friend
Trom
Lindstrom
Removal of Richmond Office to Peru Sparks Rail Reorganization
The Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville railroad ordered from Richmond, Ind, that the offices of superintendent of motive power and superintendent and train dispatcher move to Peru effective January. G A Clark is named car accountant with headquarters at Peru.
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Ind
Chicago
Cincinnati
Louisville
Peru
G. A. Clark
Eru
Negroes Taken to State Penitentiary After Lynch Fear
Neely Zimmerman and George Burk, accused of robbing and attempting to assault Mrs. Sparks and her daughter on Christmas night, were moved to Ft Madison for safekeeping after authorities feared a lynching. Sheriff Cousins secured militia and police to prevent chaos as the case proceeded.
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Council Bluffs
Neely Zimmerman
George Burk
Ft. Madison
Wheeler
Cousins
Zimmerman
Burke
Mary Sparks
Sanders
Collier Vienna Believed Lost With 51 on Board
Paris, Dec 29. The French navy collier Vienna, bound from Rochefort to Toulon with fifty-one officers and men, is feared lost after five days at sea. Warships are sent to search, and wreckage washed ashore on the Spanish coast supports the anxious belief.
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Vienna
Rochefort
Toulon
Minister of Marine
Spain
Attachment Against Frank Jones Estate Seeks $350000
Portsmouth N H Dec 2 An attachment for 350000 was filed today against the estate of the late Frank Jones, the millionaire brewer and capitalist, in a suit against the estate of Mrs Delana Curtis of Manchester. Mrs Curtis claims large sums are due her for board and entertainment of Mr Jones and his friends over thirty years.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Frank Jones
Delana Curtis
Manchester
Indiana Notes and Local Items In Brief
In Richmond Prof. George Curre, German chair at Northwestern University and son of Rev. A. A. Curme, has been granted a leave of absence to visit Germany. Gas supply remains ample. Dayton & Western Traction will issue transferable mileage books on Jan 1, worth 500 miles for 7.50, valid six months from issue. In Peru Paw Paw Methodists complete church remodeling and will rededicate on Sunday Jan 10 with Rev. Dr. Hardin of Chicago officiating.
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George
Curre
Northwestern University
A. A. Curme
Germany
Dayton & Western Traction Company
Dayton
Peru
Paw Paw
Hardin
Chicago
Wayne county property values for 13 totaled in 1908 tax roll
Richmond Ind December 29 The 1908 Wayne county taxable property totals show lands and improvements 94543100 lots and improvements 8368000 personal property 8057400 telegraph telephone pipeline express and sleeping car property 57 railroad property 2910315 total taxables 30234622 minus mortgage deduction 744220 equals 29490312 Polls number 602 The total tax collected in 1908 was 468235
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Wayne County
Railway company bonds to aid bridge project over Main Street
Richmond Street and Interurban Railway Company filed an indemnity bond with city authorities to protect the city in planned proceedings for raising the Chicago Cincinnati Louisville bridge across Main Street. The bond will be considered by the City Council next Monday night. outlook is favorable to remedy the difficulty.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Richmond Street & Interurban Railway Company
Cincinnati
Revered Wistar Williams Leaves Eaton for Pendleton Ore
The Rev. Wistar Williams of Richmond has resigned as pastor of the Christian Church at Eaton Ohio and accepted a call to Pendleton Oregon. He left for the new post tonight after studying at Earlham College where he assisted in pastoral work and gained a reputation as a pulpit orator.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Wistar Williams
Christian Church
Eaton, O
Pendheton Ore
Williams
Earlham College
Traction promoter in Richmond on bridge hurdle
Richmond Ind Dec 2 C N Wilson promoter of the Columbus Greensburg Hammond traction line was in town on business connected with that road He is deeply interested in raising the Chicago Cincinnati Louisville bridge across Main street which now blocks through travel as the cars his company will use cannot pass under it
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
C. N. Wilson
Chicago
Cincinnati & Louisville
Main Street
Wallace's Circus Prepares For Next Season In Peru
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Wallace's circus, wintering in Peru, is preparing for the next season. The headquarters show progress includes a new circus wagon and updated payroll details as the company readies its touring plan.
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Indianapols Journal
Peru
Ind
Wallace's Circus
Shaw Hears Complaints of Boston Merchants
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw visited Boston to hear merchants' arguments regarding the revocation of the long time privilege to obtain imported goods shortly after arrival. Hamlin led the Chamber protest condemning the order as discriminatory while officials argued for a uniform system. Shaw defended the change and noted timely delivery despite potential delays.
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Mass
Shaw
Treasury Department
Washington
Custom House
Charles M. Hamlin
the Treasury
Cleveland
de A Agripae
Chamber of Commerce
Hamlin
New York
Dropped Dead While Trying to Make Arrest in New Albany
John Albert a fifty eight year old private policeman died after attempting to arrest a drunken man. Albert collapsed when he tried to raise the suspect and rushed to Neefel's drug store where he expired within minutes. A Pawnee tribe member and Mason, he had served twelve years as a private policeman.
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Indianapolis Journal
New Albany
Ind
John Albert
Albert
Neefel
Robbed Town Watchman at West Point Post Office
Three armed men bound and gagged J. L. Garrett, the West Point town watchman, held him during a post office robbery. They blew open the safe, took money and bonds totaling 2100 dollars, then escaped after forcing Garrett to watch.
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Richmond
J. L. Garrett
West Point
Garrett
Rumor Links Gould to Missouri Pacific Vacancy
News from Peru reports a rumor that E A Gould former eastern division Wabash superintendent may resign early next year from Missouri Pacific in Kansas City. Local relatives cannot verify it, but speculation ties his departure to a possible return to Peru to fill Superintendent Cotter’s vacancy after a transfer to the middle division.
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Indianapolis Journal
Peru
Ind
E. A. Gould
Wabash Railroad
Missouri Pracific
Kansas City
Peru Young Woman to Wed Dr Brownback in Indianapolis
Miss Kate Merl of Peru will marry Dr C E Brownback in Indianapolis on Wednesday. The groom, formerly a Peru resident, now runs two pharmacies in Ashland Illinois. The couple will reside in Ashland.
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Miss Merl
Dr. Brownback
Indianapolis Journal
Peru
Ind
Kate Merl
Indianapolis
C. E. Brownback
Ashland
Rural routes restored in Miami county Peru
Congressman Frederick Landis secured reopening of rural route arrangements for Miami county and the additional Peru to spring routes, delayed by postal department confusion but located and recommended by an agent. Bre coUney, ow sek, saeneet enh
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Indianapolis Journal
Peru
Ind
Frederick Landis
Miami County
Enwill Bre coUney
Saeneet
Price of Oil Reduced by Standard Company
Indiana markets see oil prices cut across regions with Indiana down to 1.31 as Western oils fall two cents and Eastern crude drops five. Ragland Kentucky remains 66 cents, White House down five, Somerset down three. overall barrels in transit rise but trades reflect cautious sentiment amid bad roads and winter.
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Indianapolis Journal
Montpelier
Ind
Indiana
Hoosier
Ragland
White House
Somerset
Enet
Pennsylvania
New Castle
Corning
North Ma
Lima
Rotana Ragland
Toledo
Acetate
Ohio
Ields
Albany Oil Boom Brings Big Wells to Indiana Town
Albany Indiana reports its big oil well began pumping yesterday then surged to a production rate of about 400 barrels daily within days. Contracts for drilling additional wells on the lease and neighboring lands were let as optimism grows about the field and local real estate activity. The Albany Oil Company officers and directors are named, with $1 par value stock largely sold to local citizens, alongside word of a moving puddle factory and new plow handle plant joining the town.
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Indianapolis Journal
Albany
Ind
Albany Oil Company
Trosta
Albany Ol Company
At & Cents
W. P. Parsons
Ora Me
Charles Austin
E. H. Hodgson
Ismond Vandn
Parsons
A. Poised
Ora Mann
E. H. Hogsdon
Walter Me. Cormick
J. P. Constantine
Charles Stewart
Eee V. Griffith & Sontington
Oil Boom Hits Redkey With New Cure Lease Well
Redkey Indiana voices oil excitement as the Redkey Oil Company finishes a well on the Oscar Cure rent lease just outside town yielding about one hundred barrels per day. Strangers flood the town offering good prices for land while plans call for additional wells as weather allows.
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Indianapolis Journal
Redkey
Ind
Redkey Oil Company
Indianapolis Men Drill Wildcat Well
Portland Ind Dec 3 Some Indianapolis capitalists with oil broker J Will Kelley plan to drill a wildcat well in Section 8 Wabash township three miles from any product though the lay of the land offers a chance to strike rich potential.
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Indianapolia
Portland
Ind
Indianapolis
J. Will Kelley
Section
Wabash Township
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