Residents and visitors plan summer trips and visits
Local society notes list Mrs. N G Worth visiting Michigan for six weeks while Mr. and Mrs. Lynne take rooms at Meridian Rug. Dozens more families plan visits to Colorado mountains and Wawasee Indiana. Mayor Taggart and others rent cottages at French Lick for summer. A crowded social scene includes porch parties in honor of visitors and trips to Cincinnati Yellowstone Park and Ohio summer stays.
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N. G. Worth
Michigan
Charles A. Lynne
Meridian Rug
George Edwin Hunt
Wawasee
Ruth Ritter
KH. L. Ritter
Colorado
John Wright
R. F. Kauts
North Alabama Street
Petoskey
J. A. Everitt
Miss Everitt
Miss Lee
Ella Smith
Elwood
Quincy Myers
Logansport
Orday
E. G. Imelius
B. H. Izor
Albert
William Highams
Ton, Ind
James W. Noel
Noel
Santa Fe
Taggart
French Lick
Graham
Horace Wood
New York
Asa Mee
Mountains Park
Maryland
J. O. Sloan
Cincinnati
Whittington
T. E. Dean
Cc, Olds
East Twenty-third Street
J. K. Lilly
Yellowstone Park
William Nash
Ohio
Willam Eota
Rogers
J. H. Alexander
Mart June
Greensburg
Ind
William C. Bull
East
Twen
Mise Nellie Blits
William R. N. Vester
Pennsylvania Street
Minneapolis
Philip Rappaport
Richard Ter
Europe
Mary Browning
Anna Blake Robertson
Huntaville
Ala
Nilleraville
Issen
Madeline Fauvre
Marie Jungus
Edna Frank
Helen Ford
Belle Dean
Ith Beck
Lillian Atkins
Mary Chambers
Multiple Marriages Reported in Central Indiana and Springfield
A sequence of wedding notices records marriages across Indiana and nearby Springfield. Names include Miss Mary Elizabeth Hartley and Dr. John Keefer of Chicago, Fletcher M. Noe and Daisey K. Franklin, and Dr. Samuel Mitchell and Annie M. Waterman. Additional items note a mother daughter wedding in Crawfordsville and Mabel Hiatt weding Charles Addington in Ridgeville with local business ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wdmon
Hiemry Clay Campbell
Fletcher M. Noe
Daisey K. Frankin
Rankin
Lynch City
Col
Mitchell—Waterman
Springfield
Daly
Samuel Mitchell
University of Kentucky
Lexington
Annie M. Waterman
James Waterman
Turner
James W. Jefferson
J. B. Lynn
The
Christian Church
Chinapolis
Crawfordsville
Ind
J. L. Davidson
Levi Wilcox
John W. Bowers
Marion
Mary
Ben C. Hardesty
Alamo
Matrimonial League of Educators Opposed as Investment Endowment
Indiana state officials seek guidance on a Chicago based League of Educators claiming a $500 endowment and staged returns for members. Attorney General Taylor labels it not an insurance or investment firm, but notes it operates like a foreign corporate society and should be licensed to conduct business in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Educators
Chicago
Hart
Taylor
Ulions
Indiana
Tent Camp Meeting Continues Through Next Week
Judson Miller spoke last night and Rev. Let White of Trinity Congregational Church will preach in the tent tonight. The consecration meeting opens at 4 o'clock each morning and runs late, with the camp meeting continuing this week and next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson Miller
Let White
Trinity Congregational Church
Denver arrest over diamond fraud by alias man at YMCA
BE W Gray an alias for H Elsworth Lewis was arrested at the Denver YMCA for allegedly stealing $00 worth of diamonds from a Topeka firm. He claimed the jewelry would be shown to a prominent Topeka society lady and not returned. He hinted at a false identity and cited a notable New York lineage. He also claimed Princeton ties and a football past.
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Denver
Col
BE. W. Gray
H. Elsworth Lewis
Topeka
Kan
Gray
Lewis
New York City
New York Aid of Trade
Mrs Kruger Buried in Pretoria After Ex-President Kruger's Wife Dies
Mrs Kruger wife of former President Kruger of the South African Republic died Saturday of pneumonia after a three day illness and was buried in Pretoria. Former President Kruger is greatly saddened but remains active in work. The obituary notes her modest influence on him and describes their life of simple, devoted domestic routine at the executive mansion.
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Pretoria
Kruger
South African Republic
Amsterdam
Prince Bismarck
Bismarck
Dom Paul
South Africa
Great Britain
Duplessis
Cardinal Richelieu
Gavzent
Multiple Fatal Accidents Reported in Indiana and Nearby States
In Valparaiso Indiana an infant died after drinking fly poison amid a trio of July 22 fatal incidents. Portage and Cambridge City report deaths from runaways and machinery accidents, while Anderson sees a third story fall injure a man. Kansas City and Terre Haute note a hospital death from a train wreck and a streetcar fall respectively.
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Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
James Jones
Harry Quinnel
Frank Marshall
Kansas City
Ora J. Tallman
University Hospital
Chicago & Alton
San Francisco
Indiana limestone fight over federal building material
Law rence and Reno counties push to use oolitic Indiana limestone in the Indianapolis federal building. Representative Mier and Senator Fairbanks urge the Treasury and Rankin & Kellogg to choose Indiana stone, arguing granite or marble would raise costs and harm the building’s character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Reno
Miere
Fairbanks
Bloomington
Miers
Treasury Department
Ruckin & Kelrog
Indianapolitic
Boston
Indiana
Massachusetts
New York
Department
Rankin & Kellogg
Renkin & Kelloge
Lannon jailed for assault payment dispute in Winamac
Charles Lannon was jailed after a guilty plea to assault and battery with fines totaling 17.0 dollars. He claimed eight hours equal a day and demanded a return of nine dollars from the 17.50 paid, but Squire Watts refused and the attorney sued for the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Winamac
Ind
Charles Lannon
James Watts
Lannon
Nnen
Squire Watts
Contractor Sues Over Nonunion Labor Oasis
In Fort Wayne on July 22 a suit filed in the Supreme Court seeks an injunction to enforce a building contract clause requiring only union labor. Conrad Bayer, a cigar maker, sues William Ruchel, owner, after Ruchel hired nonunion workers contrary to the agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Supreme Court
Conrad Bayer
William Ruchel
Bayer
Ruchel
Paoli Obituary of Jesse Thompson Manufacturer Dies at 82
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports in Paoli Indiana that Jesse Thompson a former well known manufacturer died here today from complications of whooping cough contracted five years ago He was eighty two years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Paoli
Ind
Jesse Thompson
Notable Deaths Across Cities Include Col Albert Jenks
A roundup of obituaries reports Col Albert Jenks of Los Angeles died on the street after an unfinished joke. Also listed are Capt Seth J Simmonds of Kentucky volunteers, Dr A K Suddeth of Memphis, Gundemith of Portland, Major John A Donaldson of Cincinnati, J Thompson of Little Rock, geologist Henri Lacere Duthiers, and shipbuilder John Henderson of Glasgow.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Col
Albert Jenks
C. B. Bruhn
H. Langley
Memphis
Tenn
A. K. Suddeth
Suddoth
Portland
Ore
Gundemith
Ile
Atlantic City
N. J
John A. Donaldson
Cincinnati
Wright
Little Rock
Ark
J. Thompson
Paris
Jienri Lacere-Duthiers
St Glasgow
John Henderson
City News Items From The Ledger Daily
George G Tanner and his son Gordon returned from Sapphire North Carolina after a month away. Samuel Gloom, a local retail merchant, filed a petition in bankruptcy in Federal Court seeking relief with assets around two thousand two hundred and thirteen dollars and liabilities about two thousand five hundred and six dollars. Friends of Ray Pearson claim he was not on the Ble Pour track tour Hoyt avenue Sunday to play ball or shoot craps. The Journal notes he was not there for either activity.
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George G. Tanner
Gordon
Sapphire
N. C
Samuel Gloom
Mts
Ray Pearson
Hoyt Avenue
the Journal
Deaths of Local Notables Across Indiana Towns
A July report lists multiple deaths: Charles A. Cross of Corning Company in Portland, and Justice of the Peace Charles M. Brake, both in Indiana. Obituaries cover Mrs. John C. Savage of Connersville, Mrs. Oliver L. Hudson of Princeton, Samuel Poufoy of Greensburg, Mrs. Joseph Alexander of Scottsburg, John Donnersberger of Vincennes, Mrs. Hannah Strattan of Richmond, William Wharton of Marion, and Daniel Thatcher of Valparaiso, with brief funeral details and affiliations.
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Portland
Ind
Franklinville
N. Y
Charles A. Cross
Corning of Company
Connersville
John C. Savage
Frank Hyatt
W. B. Slutz
First Methodist Church
Princeton
Oliver L. Hudson
Greensburg
Samuel Poufoy
Orphans’ Home
Minneapolis
Minn
Scottsburg
Joseph Alexander
Methodist Church
Vincennes
John Donnersberger
Joseph Donnersberger
Chicago
Richmond
Hannah Strattan
The
Friends’ Arch
Pentecost Manns Addressed by Reverend at Assembly Tent
The Pentecost Manns, encamped at Pennsylvan ia and Thirty fourth streets, were addressed in the assembly tent by the Rev.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentecost Manns
Pennsylvania
Thirty-fourth Streets
Duel leaves two farmers in dangerous condition at Marietta
Two young farmers Lomgo William Morgen of Three Mile West involved in a fight over a woman. Morgen was shot in the breast and abdomen while the other man was also wounded. The incident occurred July 22. Both men were in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Lomgo Wiliam Morgen
Three Mile
Uns
Morgan
Lovett Endorsed for Federal Circuit Judgeship by Madison Bar
Indorsed by Madison County Bar Association to fill vacancy from Judge Eons death John W Lovett of Anderson was unanimously backed at a largely nonpartisan meeting Alfred Ellison ex judge presented resolutions praising his qualifications and urging support before state bars with a committee to advise him on appeals for nomination
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Anderson
Ind
John W. Lovett
United States Circuit Court
Eons
Madison County Bar Association
Lovett
D. L. Bihep
Charles Clevenger
Alfred Ellison
Mr. Lovett
Favorable Consideration Request Signed by Several Senators and Officials
The document requests favorable consideration from the head of the access meme of Justice and the President. Signatories include John T. oe William A. Kittinger M. A. Chipman Meyers Alfred Ellison J. F. McClure and Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairnks
Beveridge
Acess
Justice
John T. Oe
William A. Kittinger
M. A. Chipman
Meyers
Alfred Ellison
J. F. McClure
Ryan
Dublin Kidnapping Tale Declared a Canard
Cambridge City Indiana July 22 The sensational kidnapping story of Miss Maud Shears from the home of Rev Aaron Scheicher near Dublin proves a canard. The man involved knew nothing of the tale until a newspaper article misrepresented an attempted entry into a chicken house as a kidnapping plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Cambridge City
Ind
Maud Shears
Marcella Mich
Aaron Scheicher
Dublin
Scheidler
Revered Friends minister found alive in Honolulu
Rev Mahlon Gause once linked to a Stillwell Friends Church disappearance is located in Honolulu after a year missing. His wife died weeks earlier and she described a trance revealing heaven which investigators believe motivated his escape and presumed death. Gause was a prominent West Coast Friends minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Laporte, Inc
Mahlon Gause
Friends’ Church
Stillwell
San Francisco
Honolulu
Gause
Friends
West
Summer School Opens in Winona and Warsaw
The Winona program closes the Edison Projectoscope shows at the grounds drawing crowds. Rev Dr Robert M Russell Conwell gave the morning sermon. Miss Bertha Kuntz Baker, famed performer, presented L Aigion and was warmly welcomed. The Indiana biological station term starts with a growing student body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Warsaw
Ind
Winona
Edison
Robert M. Russell Conwell
Bertha Kuntz Baker
Indiana Biological Station
Dowie Preachers Attacked by Walton Mob
In Kokomo Indiana on July 22 Rev George Shelley and Miss Farris leaders of a Dowie movement were attacked by a crowd in Walton North of the city as they arrived to open a meeting. Stale eggs rocks and bricks were thrown prompting a retreat and the planned gathering was not held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
George Shelley
Miss Farris
Galveston
Walton
Here
Shelley
Two Robbers Break In As Woman Executes Chase
Mrs William Glant of Union City Indiana awoke to a noise and confronted two robbers entering her sleeping room. She chased them as they fled toward the back fence and escaped across the state line after forcing the gate from its hinges.
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Indianapolis Journal
Union City
Ind
William Glant
Portieres
City Forming Route for Interurban Lines in Muncie
The Muncie city council approved a street plan linking the proposed Muncie and New Castle and Muncie and Greenfield electric lines to the Avondale streetcar end, granting access to streets feeding the public square. All interurban cars will circle the courthouse.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
City Council
Heat Wave Strains Portland as Thermometer Reaches 102
Portland Indiana reports the highest July temperature of the year at 102 degrees with many animals suffering. Cartman D A J Argo collapsed from heat while driving cattle to pasture and was found unconscious, suffering vertigo-like episodes triggered by the heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
Cairyman D. A. J. Argo
Political figure dies after bowel tumor operation
A Wabash County political figure, after a weeks’ illness, traveled to Chicago for medical help. He was found to have a bowel tumor and underwent an operation last Friday. By Saturday he appeared near death, and though slightly improved on Sunday, prospects for recovery remain poor. He has been active in county politics for ten years.
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Chicago
Wabash County
Wabash Superintendent Resigns for Hol yoke Mill Move
Alexander W. Paul, three years as Wa bash paper mill superintendent, resigns to lead a large Roan Trust mill at Holyoke Massachusetts. Barn fire at J Hyman causes minor owner loss but heavy loss to Home Telephone Co due to stored supplies.
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Wabash
Alexander W. Paul
West
Roan Trust
Holyoke
Mass
J. Hyman
Home Telephone Company
Richmond
Pioneers
Colonial Cash Grocery
W. H. Pfaffini
Indianapolis
Burns
Crawfordsville
Alonzo
Kyle
Alamo
Martin
Sarah Miller
Jacob
Maria Elmore
Alice Critchlow
Ridgeville
Jay and
Randolph Counties
Lakeside Park
Randolph
Jay
Rochester
Maxinkuckee Lake
Terre Haute
Marion
L. L. Thomas
First Congregational Church
Muncif
J. H. MacNeil
First Christian Church
East Jackson Street
Muncie
Rushville
Summitville
J. P. Cummins
W. A. McNaughton
William Weismann
Summitsville
Buffalo
N. Y
Alfordsville
L. L. Carpenter
New Christian Church
Naval and political rounds cross paths in a mixed dispatch
Hartrath named to the Naval Academy from Michigan while serving near Philadelphia amid an insobriety finding. Governor Allen of Porto Rico arrives after Canton meeting the President and plans to report to State Department officials. Judge Noyes seeks leave amid Alaska district court charges. White Pigeon First National Bank creditors receive a 26.466 percent dividend.
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Hartrath
Naval Academy
Michigan
Philadelphia
Naval Department
Seaton Schroeder
Guam
Allen
Porto Rico
Canton
State Department
Noyes
District Court
Alaska
Cape N
First National Bank of
White Pigeon, Mich
Bert Glenn Not a Woman in West Virginia Case
In Parkerburg Dr W testified Bert Glenn was a man and Tsalah Tucker confirmed Glenn’s gender. Tucker initially described Johnny Glenn but matched the sliamstown Bert Glenn. Witnesses noted the defendant’s limp and arrival in the city. ruling likely not close before week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Glenn
Bert Glenn
Six Men Frozen in Goldland Near Cape Romanoff
A party en route to Nome found six prospectors' bodies near Cape Romanoff after severe winter blizzards. Each man lay with blankets and some camp gear but no food, scattered across intervals up to a quarter mile apart. All are presumed to have frozen to death.
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Nome
Seattle
Sei
Cape Romanoff
Exempt Inheritance Tax in Blackstone Estate Appeal
Heirs to Timothy B. Blackstone estate win tax relief as surrogate rules that about $5,000 deposited with United States Trust before death is exempt. Also notes private launch of torpedo-boat Adder at Crescent shipyards Elizabethport New Jersey yesterday.
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New York
Timothy B. Blackstone
Mr. B
Fitzgerald
United States
Crescent
Elizabethport
N. J
Report on Concord returns to Alaska with sick commander
Washington July 22 report by Lieutenant Commander Minnett on the gunboat Concord’s return from Alaska without orders. Commander Knox, in command when the vessel went north, fell seriously ill and had to relinquish command. no means to send him home, so the ship carried back the sick officer. Navy Department finds this explanation sufficient.
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Washington
Minnett
Concord
Alaska
Navy Department
Knox
Department
Mystery Heiress Identified as East Barre Book Agent
Irene Canning who claimed to be a Texas heiress to 200000 is identified as Kate Kanning a young book agent from East Barre Virginia. She left East Barre last winter and had sent fictitious stories to Barre papers. Her parents reside in East Barre and doubt her sanity as she broke into hysterics when asked.
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Goshen
Ind
Irene Canning
Texas
Kate Kanning
East Barre
Barre
Kate
Death by self in Redkey farmer near Powers
Enos Smith, about sixty five, a wealthy farmer near Powers, hanged himself during the night. His mind had suffered for years and he had made a prior attempt about twelve years ago. He had separated from his wife recently and lived alone. A neighbor found the body at daylight.
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Indianapolis Journal
Redkey
Ind
Enos Smith
Powers
Fireman Accused of Assault on Girl in Fort Wayne
Mrs. Jacob E. Leng reports her ten year old daughter was criminally assaulted by Guy Storm a Nickel Plate firefighter who once lived in Indianapolis Storm drew his pay Wednesday and vanished leaving his wife and two children penniless Mrs Storm has gone to Indianapolis In Kokomo Rev W M Kerstedt was acquitted of fraud over a forged $30 check and will continue as pastor after church board exoneration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Jacob E. Leng
Boonestreet
Guy Storm
Indianapolis
Storm
Kckomo
W. M. Kerstedt
United Brethren Church
Syndicate forms Lake Michigan and Central Indiana Railway
A Chicago and Knox syndicate organizes the Lake Michigan and Central Indiana Railway and Navigation Company. The plan is to construct an electric line from Michigan City to Indianapolis via Laporte Hamlet Knox Basslake Winamac Logansport and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
Lake Michigan and Central Indiana Railway and Navigation Company
Chicago and
Knox Capitalists
Michigan City
Indianapolis
Laporte
Hamlet
Knox, Basslake
Winamac
Logansport
Figen, Noted Wabash Attorney, Critically Ill in Chicago
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Wabash Indiana on July 22 reports Charles Figen a leading young attorney of this city is critically ill in Chicago after months of illness and related complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Cambridge City
Ind
Joshua Lamott
Joseph Mortarity
Indianapolis
Wabash
Charles Figen
Chicago
Post Office at Stones Crossing to Close After July 31
The Stone's Crossing rural carrier served post office in Johnson county will discontinue operation after July 31. Other brief items note taggers named for the Bureau of Animal Industry and a ten days’ Ocean City outing. Washington coverage also reports Secretary Root’s focus on the Neely case and Cuban postal fraud prosecutions, plus treasury note serial numbering ending at 100,000,000 on the $1 silver certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Stone's Crossing
Johnson County
Herbert C. Sante
Terre Haute
Lewis C. Dryer
Indianapolis
Bureau of Animal Industry
Agricultural Department
J. B. Gordon
Evansville
Tracewell
Oceany
Hington
Root
Neely
de- Beners
Department of Usfice
Day
Treasury
United States
President discharges Lt Armin Hartrath over promotion
The President approved naval board findings in the Lieutenant Armin Hartrath case, stating he is not morally qualified for promotion and recommending discharge with one year’s pay.
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Washington
Naval Board
Armin Hartrath
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