New Occupancy Hall at State University Ready
The University moves toward completing a four story building costing about 100000 with a basement and base, combining physics and ecology work. It will host the administrative offices, student services, and provide space for multiple departments. Foundations laid, site opened January 6, with enrollment expected to surpass prior records as clerical needs rise.
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Eaceon Journal
LNG Ind
Kirkwill Mow
Maxwell Hall
Three Men Killed in Monon Train Wreck at Quincy
Three Lafayette men died when southbound Monon train derailed near Quincy. Engineer Barker aged about forty, fireman J Eaglin, and brakeman unknown, all from Lafayette. The crash, blamed on a broken switch, killed cattle and left families in mourning. Widows and mothers mourn the losses as the line was cleared for traffic after wrecking crews removed cars and repaired damage.
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Quincy
Lafayette
J. Eaglin
Ind
Hiram Perry
Joall
Eer Barker
Jon
He Iford Street
Drakeman
The
Monon
Eaglin
Danville
Ill
Street Car Dashes Down Embankment Near Lenfesty Road
A heavily loaded Union Traction street car left the tracks and plunged down an embankment near Lenfesty Road at 6 Morning. About twenty five aboard, several injured, one perhaps fatally. Miss Anna Kiger was cut on the back and may die. None of the seriously hurt.
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Indianapolis Journal Ind
Union Tracings
Lenfesty
Sli
Anna Kiger
Indiana obituary of Judge Wwil Talcott pioneer Porter County editor
Judge Wwil Talcott longtime Porter County editor and pioneer publisher of Valparaiso died at his home in Indiana He arrived in Porter County decades ago shaping its early government schools and press He studied abroad and preached before shifting to reform movements and journalism He left three children from his first wife Maria and survived by his second wife Alice S Talcott.
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Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Wwil- Talcott
Val
Porter County
Talcott
Valparaiso
Jefferson, O
Western Refuge
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Er County
Maria
Alice 5
Indiana Obituaries and Civil War Veteran Note Deaths
War veteran from Company G Indiana noted as captain after four years service. Ira Lake of Redkey dies at 86 in Oak Street home. Virginia born, moved to county in 1834, longtime Mason. Fred Schroeder 74 dies of heart failure on farm near Decatur. Susan J Brewer 50 dies near Wilkerson from complications. Wellington Spurlin 36 dies in Flatrock. K of P member, widow and two children survive. J H Droge 58, Seymour merchant and former Aurora flour mill operator, dies. James W Ridge 66 Democratic politician from Pike County dies in Evansville. Eli Woodward 80, long-time resident of Vincennes, dies in French Town.
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Indiana
Decatur
Ind
Fred Schroeder
Wilkekinson
Susan_ J. Brewer
William W. Brewer
Harlan Church
Shelbyville
Wellington Spurlin
Flatrock
K. of P
Seymour
J. H. Droge
Aurora
Evansville
James W. Ridge
Pike County
Vincennes
Eli Woodward
Frenchtown
Receiver Hands Boiler Firm to New Albany Trust
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from New Albany Indiana December reports say M Zier and Co boiler manufacturers were placed in receivership after a Chicago creditor claimed 15000 due and total debts of 6000 Judge Ute named New Albany Trust Company as receiver which qualified immediately taking charge of the business Nearly one hundred workers are employed at the boiler works which has operated for fifteen years Michael Zier sits on the police board and seeks reappointment next month
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Indianapolis Journal
New Albany
Ind
M. Zier & Co
John T. Ryerson
Chicago
Ute
New Albany Trust Company
Michael Zier
Board of Police Commissioners
Hunt named receiver of Almer's department store
Albert P. Hunt was appointed receiver by Judge Richter for Almer's department store in LaPorte Indiana. He posted a $7,000 bond and took possession. The store opened two years ago by Frank Almer of Chicago and recently William J. Brooks of Jackson Tennessee bought the stock. Almer disappeared and creditors, including Lyon Brothers of Chicago, sought the receiverhip claiming irregularities in the sale to Brooks.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Albert P. Hunt
Richter
Almer
Frank Almer
Chicago
Wiliam J. Brooks
Jackson, Tenn
Lyon Bros
Brooks
Plan for through interurban line Indianapolis to Cleveland
Portland Indiana December plan to link Union Traction Indiana with Western Ohio Traction Ohio to form a line from Portland to Celina and toward Celina. Officials say Western Ohio and Union Traction will advance the project if right of way gifts are provided. Celina Coldwater Fort Recovery will grant five miles each. Muncie and Portland Traction will handle the western segment once weather allows construction.
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Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
Union Traction Company
Indiana
Western Ohio Traction Company
Ohio
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Celina
Western Ohio
Union Traction
State Inc
Coldwater
Fort Recovery
Muncie & Portland Traction Company
Toledo to Toledo Chicago electric line planned
Toledo and several railways reach agreement for a through electric line from Chicago to Toledo. The Toledo & Western Railway has built to Fayette near the Indiana line and the route will pass Goshen and South Bend amid ongoing financing led by Luther M. Stone.
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Toledo, O
Toledo & Western
Garrett, Auburn & Northern Indiana
Chicago & Indiana Airbine Railway
Chicago
Toledo
Toledo & Western Railway
Fayette
Indiana State Line
Stone
Luther M.en
Cleveland
Goshen
South Bend
Town and City School Superintendents Set New Program
The executive committee met at the English hotel yesterday afternoon to arrange the next annual meeting programme. D. W. Thomas of Elkhart chairs the committee. The discussion was lengthy with provisional arrangements made, but work remains incomplete.
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Town and City School Superintendents’ Association
D. W. Thomas
Elkhart
Madison County Republicans honor precinct workers at Anderson banquet
John Starr, chairman of the Madison county Republican central committee, hosted a banquet at the Anderson Hotel for precinct committeemen, the executive committee, and county officers. Over a hundred were served as Edgar E. Hendee presided. Toasts honored leaders including G. W. Cromer and D. W. Scanlan.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
John Starr
Madison County Republican Central Committee
Anderson Hotel
Madison County
Starr
Edgar E. Hendee
W. T. Richards
O. A. Armfield
E. C. Toner
A. E. Harlan
J. A. van Osdel
M. M. Dunlap
C. L. Henry
W. T. Durbin
D. W. Scanlan
G. W. Cromer
W. A. Kittinger
M. A. Chipman
Inquest Opens Into Fatal Stage Shooting in Marion
Coroner J B Whitson in Marion conducts an inquest into the death of Oliver Miller shot on stage during a rehearsal of Crawford's Claim at Reese's Opera House. Witnesses say the revolver was loaded by nine year old Elmer Fogleson. William Fogleson did not check it. Verdict expected tomorrow.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Whitson
Oliver Miller
William Fogteson
Crawford
Reese's Opera House
Fogleson
Two Mothers in Muncie Clash over Child Custody
In Muncie Indiana Mrs Mary Houck and Mrs Mary Vail clashed over their children. Houck stabbed Vail in the side with scissors but the wound was not serious. Houck was placed under arrest on a charge of assault and battery with intent to commit serious harm.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Mary Houck
Mary Vail
Houck
Harrison Finch Farm Neighbor Remembered in Kokomo News
In Kokomo Indiana December local tribute honors Harrison Finch a Taxit township farmer widely known for his community involvement and long standing farm operations.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Harrison Finch
County hunter suffers severe arm injury from own gun
A county resident sustained a badly shattered right arm when his gun discharged prematurely during a hunt. The upper muscles and fleshy part of the arm were torn away.
Barcus denies retirement from politics amid report origin
TERRE HAUTE Ind Dec 3 Mr James S Barcus state senator elect arrived home from Washington and New York and explained the report he would retire from politics arose from a question about a congressional nomination He says he will not retire and will campaign in Indiana as before though his business takes him to New York often He has not considered moving there after the legislative session. Inspector Kyle pursues a fraud case involving Thomas Edward who used a money order addressed to Edward Goodman Bowling Green and altered the amount then cashed the difference in New Albany before the fraud was caught.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
James S. Barcus
Washington
New York
Congress
Indianaporls Journal
Columbus
Kyle
Postoffice Department
Thomas Edward
Edward Goodman
Bowling Green
New Albany
James H. Wallick
Democratic Board Appoints New Officials Ahead of Change
In Terre Haute Indiana the Democratic County Board of Commissioners named a superintendent and matron for the poor farm and a secretary for the County Board of Health. The board will change Thursday. appointments take effect after the retiring Democrat’s term ends, with the poor farm superintendent starting next April.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Board of
County Commissioners
The
Poor Farm
County Board of Health
Night Engineer Marts Survives Hand Injury At Plant
Hartford City ind dec A G Marts night engineer at the electric light plant mangled his right hand in machinery and telephoned for a doctor then ran the plant for nearly two hours until help arrived. He refused chloroform as several fingers were amputated and the boiler ran dry during dressing, narrowly averting an explosion.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
A. G. Marts
Electric Light Plant
Marts
Methodist Bishop Joyce to sail for South America in January
Bishop Joyce of Minneapolis, who dedicated LaPorte's new Methodist Church, will depart January 6 from New York to preside over two large Methodist conferences in South America. He announced the tomorrow night completion of the "twentieth century thank offering," a fund exceeding 321 million dollars, the largest ever raised by a single denomination.
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Laporte
Ind
Joyce
Minneapolis
New Methodist Church
New York
South America
Methodist Church
Death of epileptic inmate at Indiana State School
Clarence Austin, an epileptic inmate of the State School for Feeble minded in Fort Wayne, was found dead in bed after a seizure during a nurse's temporary absence. He had been last seen at 4 o'clock sleeping normally and was discovered dead less than an hour later. He came to the school from Jennings County.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Clarence Austin
Jennings County
Man seeks morphine end in Lafayette incident
Albert Shideler, a sick laborer, left home with the last money to buy morphine and end his life. Police found him in a dazed state in the courthouse after he had taken the drug. he survived and received medical care as steps were taken to aid his family.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Albert Shideler
Shideler
Gas blindness puzzle in Decatur family
In Decatur Indiana George Fisher and his fifteen year old daughter May woke to find they were totally blind after sleeping in a room with burning gas. Doctors are puzzled by the unusual case and say the gas fumes may have caused temporary or permanent blindness.
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Indianapolis Journal
Decatur, Ind
George Fisher
May
Saloon Wrecked by Mob at Augustaville Pike County
In Augusta Pike county a mob of about twenty men raided John Kronenmeyer’s saloon late last night, drinking the liquor and wrecking the interior. Glasses bottles and counters were destroyed and all windows shattered. Officials investigate. several arrests expected.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
John Kronenmeyer
Augusta
Pike County
Death from lockjaw after toy pistol accident
John Duggins of New Albany Indiana died from lockjaw caused by blood poisoning after a Christmas toy pistol misfire. He was fourteen years old, son of Emmett Duggins, and the wound appeared minor before illness progressed.
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Indianapolis Journal
New Albany
Ind
John Duggins
Emmett Dug
Shelby County Bar Association Holds Fourth Annual Meeting
The Shelbyville Shelby County Bar Association held its fourth annual meeting at the First Christian Church in Shelbyville. John W. Kern of Indianapolis delivered the address, with Isaac Carter acting as toastmaster during the banquet for about one hundred guests.
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Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
Shelby County Bar Association
First Christian Church
John W. Kern
Indianapolis
Isaac Carter
Reunion of Stone River survivors noted in Indiana
A delegation from the Twenty first Illinois Infantry informs W H Dryden of Martinsville that it will attend the third Stone River battle survivors reunion in Greencastle on the fortieth anniversary. Winchester Lodge No 121 I O O F marks its fiftieth anniversary with banquet and exercises. A Shelbyville suit, Henry D Phillips v Indianapolis Street Railway, alleges injury at a street car stop.
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Indianapolis Journal
Martinsville
Ind
Grant
Twenty-first Illinois Infantry
W. H. Dryden
Stone River
Greencastle
M. Il
Winchester
Winchester Lodge
Shelbyville
Henry D. Phillips
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Shelby
Marion County
Birth and marriage notes of early North Carolina resident
Tieth anni. She was born in Randolph County North Carolina in 1812 and moved with her parents to Union County twelve years later. She married Anderson Talbert in 1833 and moved to this county where she has since lived. Muncie infant death case: Mrs. Oliver Sark found her infant dead beside her after the baby smothered while the mother slept.
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Tieth Anni
Randolph County
North Carolina
Union County
Anderson Talbert
Muncie
Oliver Sark
Endowment boost for Hamline University in Minnesota
Telegraphic notices report a $5 000 endowment raised largely from Minnesota donors. James J Hill and M G and J L Norton of Winona gave substantial sums while other items cover a barboursville W V man dying, a Logan W V duel, theater attaches duel, Quint convicted of murder, U S consul general to Guatemala in transit, and various other events including a theft arrest and a Washington D C murder.
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Hamline University
Minnesota
James J. Hill
M. G
J. L. Norton
Winona
James Chambers
Barboursville
W. Va
George Thompson
Huff Creek
Logan County
Logan
Albert McLean
William Wilson
Phoenix Theater
Hobart
O. T
Wilson
McLean
Leonard Quint
Virgil Blake
Quint
J. C. McNally
United States
Guatemala
San Francisco
Central America
Pittsburg
Liege
Belgium
Utah
Western Surgical and Gynecological Association
St. Joseph
Denver
A. H. Ferguson
Chicago
C. W. Oviatt
Oshkosh
Wis
G., H. Simmons
L. T. Sims
Bethel
Sims
Earl McKibben
McKibben
George Claire
William Hannah
Joseph Wilfred Blondin
Stevens
Boston
Francis G. Beach
New Haven
Conn
Cleveland
Connecticut
Spain
Indian Territory
Eufaulla
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Methodist Episcopal Church North
Louisville
Fanny Speed
Brook and
Breckinridge Streets
Washington, D. C
Lazier Gozeman
Alexander Campbell
Bethany
Lexington
Campbell
Disciples’ Church
Miller
Louisiana
Campo
Hagerman
Virginia Hagerman
Magey
Adelaide
South Australia
Adolf Lorenz
New York Board of Aldermen
Hardware Club
Walkley
Sullivan
Lorenz
A. 8. Sebree
Pago Pago
Tutuila
Samoa
Sebree
Henry Minett
Flanes
S 8
Cook
Ottawa
Ontario
Fish and Game Clubs
North American
Fish and Game_ Protective Association
Canada
Maine
Illinois
Ontario Fish and Game Commission
Willis T. Gridley
Syracuse
Edna Ranney
New York
Gridley
National Mercantile Agency of
New York City
Cornelius van Cott
van Cott
Ranney
Age标ged in Gopherland and Minneap lis Times
A Sioux City dispatch to the Minneapolis Times notes Hon. C. H. Britton, in his fifties, throwing a bull and holding it until help arrived. The Times calls this "An aged man throws bull," provoking reflection on what counts as old in this country.
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New York
Gopherland
Sioux City
Minneapolis Times
C. H. Britton
Iowa
Statesman Bryan’s Mexico trip ends in fruitless China visit
Chicago Tribune recounts William Jennings Bryan visiting Mexico and China where his mission failed as gold standard triumphs. He returns home and, at sunset, shakes his fist toward the east crying a bold exclamation about the “gold moon” conspiracy.
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Chicago Tribune
Mexico
Bryan
China
Statesman Bryan
It Was Not the Stock Market
Morgan in the Civil War planned a famous raid as he explained to followers that folks would mistake him for J. P. and offer no resistance, noting he was neither a bull nor a bear but able to cope.
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New York Tribune
Morgan
J. P
Midnight Ceremonies At Point Loma Revealed In Tingley Case
Testimony from Los Angeles and San Diego witnesses describes a grand rite at Point Loma led by Mrs. Tingley. Participants wore Grecian robes, stood with fingers on lips, and endured cold wind during cornerstone laying and initiation ceremonies for the Universal Brotherhood.
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San Diego
Cal
George F. Mohn
Los Angeles
Tingley-Times
Eumenides
Egbert
Holy Hill
Emily Penning
Point Loma
Deponent
Tingley
Matilda Kratzer
Daughters of the Rising Sun
Miss Kratzer
Social Distinctions and Wealth in America
An 18th century observer notes early social equality in the United States but rising wealth disparities. He warns against artificial noble titles and orders, arguing they foster envy and bribery, and that true merit needs no reward. The essay contrasts American and European social structures and stresses republican political safeguards.
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United States
America
Europe
Statement on constitutional limits of practice in US state law
The remark argues that the practice is barred by the federal Constitution and that no American state has attempted to adopt it yet, suggesting potential constitutional challenges and interstate caution.
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Europe
London A B C Girls and the Aerated Bread Company
Brooklyn Times reports on the Aerated Bread Company in London. It notes 42 percent annual dividends, eateries across London with quick service, and young women waiters paid ten shillings a week minus meals. The article cites uniform rules, a hint of marriage-focused staff, and a stockholder question about wage increases. The chairman quips that workers are plentiful and the chain acts as a matrimonial agency by providing wedding cakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Times
London
Aerated Bread Company
Brooklyn
Animal mischief and theft across the empire
A Belfast woman hid stolen jewelry in a cat's hay bed and was jailed. In Wednesbury a dog thrown into a coal pit led to a man’s heavy fine after the dog belonged to him. A Canadian farmer lost £29 in Bank of Ottawa notes when his coat blew to ground and a cow chewed them. Nottingham dog theft case ends with a fine. Worcester horse killed in a thunderstorm fire. Patagonian crofters face wild dog packs and a £2 bounty threatens extinction of the feral Colies.
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London
Belfast
Watkins
Wednesbury
William Jeavons
Lanark County
Ottawa
Canada
Bank of Ottawa
Nottingham On
Worcestershire
Humana
Patagonia
Pearl Necklace Mystery Invites London Court Action
London letter reports a Paris pearl necklace tale linked to Madame Tortajada the Spanish queen. A sharper ordered and delivered the fifty seven pearl necklace to her bailiwick. police say he fled to London with the jewels. Litigation looms against two persons tied to the case, including a well known Oriental jeweler.
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London
Dumas the Elder
Cardinal Rohan
Anne Antoinette
Madame Tortajada
Boulevard Music Hall
Sharper
Madame Tortajad
Pearl Necklace Scams Tied to Madame Tortajada in London
Report recounts violent pursuit in which a revolver was used to subdue a man near a stage. The Spanish queen Tortajada, in London, barely escaped a fatal fall from a high floor but saved herself with an iron bar. A sharp who cheated a jeweler sent a taunting telegram from London to Paris claiming safe arrival with the necklace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsey
London
Madame Tortajada
Knight of Industry
Tortajada the Beautiful
Paris
Intelligence of Horses Trainer Says Trust, Gentle Talk Win
James H. Wallick argues that intelligent horses read their master's intentions. He says proper handling relies on knowing a horse's disposition, avoiding fright with rewards and calm talk, and that kindness builds obedience. He cites reforming horses without harsh methods and recalls a circus example.
Why We Toss a Shoe at a Bride in Old Customs
A Bits column explains familiar rites and their odd origins. It traces why widows wear caps, crosses on beer barrels, bells at funerals, ship christening bottles, gun salutes to dignitaries, and finally the custom of throwing a shoe at a bride as a sign the husband may keep her in line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Remarkable Heart Surgery After Double Gunshot Wound
A 26 year old man underwent an extraordinary heart operation in Paris to repair two gunshot wounds. The surgeon Launay created an osteoplastic flap, exposed the beating heart, sutured a left ventricular entrance wound and an exit wound near the auriculoventricular groove, and drained the pleural cavity. Recovery was rapid with initial fever then normalization and complete healing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Medical Journal
Launay
Paris
Gazette Medicale de Paris
French Newspaper Scheme and Paris Publisher Plan
A Parisian buyer proposes 100000 free subscriptions to Petit Bleu with one franc yearly to cover wrappers and postage. Henri Deutsch, known for a $20000 Eiffel Tower navigator prize, will classify subscribers by trades and cap each class. The aim is to build circulation as a basis for patronage.
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Philadelphia
Petit, Bleu
Henri Deutsch
Eiffel Tower
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Dudee
W. C. Talcott
Walfen
Indiana News
Barker
Lafay
Geoge Wiliam
Barcus Will
Indiana Notes
Rosy Hill
James Bryce
A. B. C. Girls
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