County Board Approves Right of Way Dispute Injunction
The Board of County Commissioners faced a company request to grant four miles of highway right of way as it moved to distribute land transfers. A restraining order remained in effect until July. Murdock and Mur withheld the sale price to Boyd for the strip. L and N contemplated line construction. deputies inspected the site but found only workers awaiting a possible order. The injunction petition was heard in chambers by Judge George A Gamble after his appointment by Governor Dur Din.
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Murdock
Boyd
Mur
George A. Gamble
Dur Din
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City grants trolley franchise to Warsaw line
WARSAW Ind July 4 The City Council granted a franchise to the Winona Warsaw Elkhart South Bend Traction Company to build an electric railway linking Warsaw Elkhart and South Bend and complete the city transit connection.
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Warsaw
Ind
Winona, Warsaw, Elkhart & South Bend Traction Company
Tin Plate Workers Resist Wage Reduction at Elwood Plant
Elwood Indiana reports a tense mood as national officers of the Amalgamated Association press a wage cut to help American Tin Plate Company win new contracts. Workers largely oppose a 2 and half percent cut, defend the plant’s efficiency, and question solidarity with eastern mills. Shaffer and Williams departed hurriedly amid unrest as the plant resumes operations. Local sentiment favors keeping wages while sustaining production at a major modern facility.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
National Oicers
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Tin and Steel Workers
American Tin Plate Company
Shaffer
Williams
Monroe County Man Accidentally Wounded in Rifle Incident
Jacob Waece, a well known farmer near Kirksville, was accidentally shot this morning by Grover Kirk, a fourteen year old with a Winchester rifle, in Monroe County Indiana. The injury was described as serious though not life threatening.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Jacob Waece
Kirksville
Grover Kirk
Brandson
Showers and Not So Warm To Day Pair on Saturday
Weather forecast for Friday and Saturday covers Indiana and Illinois with showers and cooler air. Ohio faces scattered showers and thunderstorms with fresh winds. Friday conditions vary by region with a mix of sun and clouds and cooler temperatures overall.
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Washington
Indiana
Ilinois
Ohio
Movements of steamers and arrivals in New York
Movements of steamers show July arrivals and sailings. Teu from New York Commonwealth and others arrived. July 44 sailed La 8a for Havre Fuerst Bismarck for Ham Lizard July 24 passed La Touraine from Havre. Penn arrived Philadelphia July 4 Moltke from New York seen July 4 Celtic sailed.
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Calf wound from loaded gun scar that left Tague in serious condition
In Rushville Indiana Samuel Fred colored of East Seventh street was riding with George Gray when a frightened horse bolted. Fred fell, was dragged a half mile, and died from injuries including a broken left leg and a deep neck wound. Gray was with him.
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Mr. Tague
Indianapolis Journal
Rushville
Ind
Samuel Fred
East Seventh Street
George Gray
Glenwood
Mr. Gray
Fred
Training School Extension in Indiana and Nearby Notes
Reports from Bloomington, Terre Haute, Windfall, Kokomo and Muncie detail promotions, plans, and local incidents. Oliver E. Glenn named Indiana University mathematics instructor for next year. A Glendale training school proposal links Normal and Vigo county efforts. An aged Colonel Pepper connection is noted. A child’s plea halts a divorce suit. A gas company lawsuit leads to a juror dispute and a local punch.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Oliver E. Glenn
Indiana University
Glenn
Elwood High School
Terre Haute
Indiana Normal
Vigo County
Glendale
Normal
Masonic lodge to lay corner stone of Carnegie library
Shelbyville ind july the masonic lodge was invited by the school board to lay the corner stone of the new carnegie library building. the lodge accepted and set wednesday aug 27 as the ceremony day with invitations to prominent masons across the state to attend.
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Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
Masonic Lodge
Carnegie Library
Rain and hail hit Whites Town area and crop damage
Heavy rain thunder and hail swept Whitestown area last night with a cloudburst north of town. Cornfields flooded water standing to corn ears. wheat threshing delayed for several days. Also notes: treasure discovery of $40 in gold by John Rees near Redkey. Oil well near Converse yields 150 barrels daily. Sullivan Union announces W Nesbit as editor and postmaster designate succeeding A Holmes.
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Indianapolis Journal
Whitestown
Ind
Marion
Rogers Farm
Converse
Sullivan
Bedford Woman Vanishes After Stay With Doctor’s Family
Bedford Indiana July 4 a young woman named Gilmore staying with Dr A T Withers family has mysteriously disappeared since Tuesday. A sister fears she may have taken her own life but offers no reason. Also in Indiana Richmond city council approves municipal electric light plant built by Varney Construction Company and to be handed to the commission soon. Muncie reports Neille Linville aged thirty two died by suicide at Walnut Hotel taking strychnine just before midnight. motive unknown.
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Indianapolis Journal
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Ind
Gilmore
Richmond
Municipal Electric
Varney Construction Company
Indianapolis
Commission
Muncie
Neille Linville
Walnut Hotel
Enty
Venus
Ohio
James Darrough
Shannondale
Ezra
Lydia Sutton
Lafayette
Priscilla Edwards
Obituary notes Samuel Roberts and Elias Wright death records
Richmond Indiana tolls a pioneer Samuel Roberta aged seventy three dies at home near Webster from typhoid fever leaving wife and daughter Mrs Daniel Williams. Friend church elder and Dover Monthly Meeting member. Elias H Wright dies at Belleview Kentucky aged seventy four after years in Ohio and Michigan business ventures survived by wife and daughter. Thorton town Indiana July 4 Marthe Simiano dies from complications of diseases aged unknown location and age.
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Webster
Daniel Williams
Roberts
Friends’ Church
Dover Monthly Meeting
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Milton
Bellevue
Ohio
Michigan
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Indiana Localand Regional Obituary and News Briefs
Obituaries from multiple Indiana towns note deaths of Mrs Venus near Shannondale Mrs James Darrough Pris cilla Edwards Pendleton area residents and others. A prisoner postoffice robbery case in Auburn foiled by arrests, plus civic notices from Whitestown and Shel byville. A traction survey in Jasper French Lick West Baden area and a Fifty first Regiment reunion slated Aug 1 at Shelbyville fairgrounds. Blackberries fail crops south of Covington and local civic plans for a new I O O F block in Whitestown.
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West Baden & Northeastern Traction Company
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W. L. Watt
L. E. Clark
John Blaney
Auburn
United States
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Altoona
Ind
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Indianapolis
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Whitestown Lodge
Town Hall
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Covington
Nuns to be expelled decline to obey decree in Paris
Paris dispatch notes only four unauthorized congregationist schools remain as the government readies expulsion decrees. Sisters urge demonstrations to protest, with a planned protest at Place de la Concorde. Clericals mobilize supporters. crowds attend railway stations to back the nuns. authorities brace for potential violence and orderly public discomfort across cities like La Force Toulouse Lille Dunkirk Brittany villages.
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Premier Combes
Place de la Concorde
la Force
Department of Cologne
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Lille
Dunkirk
Brittany
Tragic Train Wreck Near Cliff Becomes Rescue Scene
Eleven passengers escaped the wrecked coach while others were freed from the debris. Miss Gertrude Sherwood died inside the coach. Rathbun, dying at rescue, died hours later at Kennebec Hotel. Private homes and hotels served as temporary hospitals as doctors aided the injured. Coroner Holden investigates the coach trucks and trestle conditions.
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Rathbun
Columbus
Kennebec
Zanesville
Holden
Train wreck near Omaha kills fireman and injures crew
Passenger train No. 5 on the Chicago Rock Island Pacific derailed three miles west of South Omaha at 2 PM. Fireman Victor Erickson of Fairbury Neb. was killed. Engineer Charles Porter and two express messengers Henry Pisher and Charles Caldwell were badly hurt. The engine and three cars were wrecked. passengers escaped with only shock. The crash, blamed on spreading rails, led to a wrecking train being dispatched and passengers transferring to a following train.
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Omaha
Neb
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Road
South Omaha
Victor Erickson
Fairbury
Charles Porter
Henry Pisher
Charles Caldwell
Train Derailed By Washout Near Spring Glen
A train on the Ellenville branch of the Ontario & Western Railroad left the track near Spring Glen due to a washout while rounding a curve. The engine, a passenger coach and a combination car derailed. Six passengers in the combination car were injured but none seriously.
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Middletown
N. Y
Ellenville
Ontario & Western Railroad
Spring Glen
Umpire Aided Chicago Close Ball Games in July
Chicago won a high scoring doubleheader affair with Cincinnati as pitchers dominated most innings. Boston edged Philadelphia by two runs aided by errors. New York shut out Brooklyn as Mathewson pitched well. St Louis rallied to beat Pittsburgh in a tense ninth inning showcase. Attendance figures noted across games.
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Strong amateur ball team gears up for Aug 3 opener
Richmond Indiana reports a top local lineup led by Shorty Jessup aiming to boost the season start on Aug 3. Plans include securing Indianapolis Reserves for the opener and a schedule with Indiana and Ohio amateurs. Rain halted Baltimore Chicago in the first inning. EvansvilleThree I League adds Rock Island NL outfielder Charles Hopkins and Providence Alex Smith along with Yeager. Catcher Sweeney from Norristown will trial. Oyler released.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Baltimore
Journal
Evansville
Charles Hopkins
Rock Island
Alex Smith
Providence
Yeager
New York
Sweeney
Norristown
Robinson
Oyler
Will Fight Tonight Jeffries and Fitzsimmons in Prime Condition
In San Francisco on July 4 both heavyweights Jeffries and Fitzsimmons vow prime form and confidence. They deny flaws, predict victory, and confirm strict referee rules for the title bout. Odds stay at 10 to 4 with low large bets so far. Graney emphasizes adherence to Marquis of Queensberry rules. Joe Gans stops Rafe Turner in Oakland ringside.
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Jeffries
Fitzsimmons
Delaney
Eadie Graney
Marquis of Queensberry
Dawson
Graney
Oakland
Cale
Joe Gans
Rafe Turner
Stockton
READY FOR BATTLE THE EMPIRE THEATER FIGHT PROMO
Billy Rotchford arrives from Chicago with trainer and manager to fight Clarence Forbes in a ten round bout at the Empire Theater tonight. Rotchford reports he is in peak condition and weighs in at 118 pounds with weigh ins to occur this afternoon. He notes his recent bout with George Munroe at Grand Rapids left little time to train further before tonight's main event.
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Clarence Forbes
Empire Theater
Chicago
Spencer House
Rotchford
Forbes
George Munroe
Grand Rapids
Greenline wins 2:17 pace record at Grand Circuit meet
Greenline, owned by J. H. Lesh of Goshen Indiana, easily outpaced field in 2:17 pace. Cascada driven by Dick Wilson of Rushville posted 2:04 mile, signaling upsetting form by a leading Indiana driver.
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Greenline
J. H. Lesh
Goshen
Ind
Dick Wilson
Rushville
Indiana
Marion Driving Meet Ends In Record Crowd and Tragedy
At Marion Indiana third day crowds set a city record amid harness racing. Driver Slater in heat of 2:40 trot was thrown when sulkies collided, suffering a skull fracture and losing consciousness before revival. Other notes include race times and entries across 2:26 and 2:16 formats, and a separate Creek Erie races update in Titusville with two heats and top times. Nixon race horse sold for 2500 dollars to Lawrence Jones of Louisville for exhibition in Madison Square Garden next fall.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Marion Driving Association
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Neste
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Merry Go
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Fred
Wilkes
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Lawrence Jones
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Jones
New York
Burkett's Ninth-Inning Homer Sparks Close Win
St Louis led for seven innings before Burkett hit a solo homer in the ninth to tighten the score in a July 4 game in Boston. Attendance 4,777. Pitching: Powell and Kahoe faced Young. walks and strikeouts noted.
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Boston
Washington and Cleveland Battle as Carrick, Bernhard Shine
In Washington today Carrick and Bernhard kept hits scattered while Ryan hooked a two base hit and Doyle followed with a homer to lift Washington. Game details show Carrick and Clarke on the mound with Bernhard and Wood behind him, and errors deciding the Rockford Bloomington tilt in ten innings noted elsewhere.
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Carrick
Bernhard
Ryan
Doyle
Cleveland
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Bernard
Rotchford and Forbes Set for Straight-Rule Title Bout
Rotchford declares he will master Forbes in the ring after a prior draw. Both fighters train under straight rules and expect a fast bout starting at 1 o clock with two quick preliminaries. A WIRE from San Francisco will relay gossip and results to the theater crowd before the main event.
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Rotchford
Fitzsimmons-Jeffries
San Francisco
National League Adjourns at Put-in-Bay O
The last day’s session of the National League of Building and Loan Associations met from early morning to 3 PM. All business was concluded in one session. A resolution upheld the principles of captive savings as essential to the growth of savings institutions and the nation.
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Put-In Bay
National League of Puilding and Loan Associations
Baldwin Grand Prix Paris H Baldwin & Co
Baldwin Grand Prix in Paris lists H Baldwin and Co as entrants with details of distances and standings. Event appears to involve racing or motor competition with listed sponsors and participants.
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Paris
Pase H. Baldwin & CO
Hatasco Upsets in Brighton Oaks at Brighton Beach
A Featherstone's Hatasco carried 124 pounds to win the Brighton Oaks for three year old fillies at Brighton Beach, beating Sunshower by one and a half lengths. Sunshower was the outsider in second with Ascension third as Lady Holyrood set pace briefly. Homestead and Flirtineer also scored in other races amid dramatic odds flips.
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Ed Adack Wins Olympian Selling Stake at Harlem
Chicago July 4 Ed Adack regarded as a cheap selling plater won the Olympian selling stake at Harlem today Artena was second and Colonel Ballantyne third Ed Adack was hardly conceded a chance at odds of 19 to 1 but he showed speed set the pace and won by nearly three lengths The stake was worth 1 000 to the winner Only four of eight starters finished in the steeplechase Falella won by a short head from Helen Paxton Death in the fifth and Dodie S in the seventh were the only favorites to win with others going to second choices and outsides in betting Winners and odds: Pericles 9 to 1 Silver Fizz 10 to 1 Fatella 5 to 1 Ed Adack 19 to 1 Death 1b to 5 Urchin 4 to 1 Dodle 8 5 to 2
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Harlem
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Jim Clark With Ted Walsh Wins Six Furlong Feature
In St Louis on July 4 Jim Clark rode by Ted Walsh to capture the six furlongs sprint at Jo Bay’s Delmar card carrying top weight. Okta led early then Clark surged to win by three lengths over Father Weather. Fitz Brillar and Clonsilla were the only winning favorites. The table lists winners and odds with Countess Clara 6 to 1 Little Lots 3 to 1 Fitz Brillar 2 to 1 Jim Clark 6 to 1 Blue Mint 9 to 2 Clonsilla Litu &
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Terre Haute Poolroom Bet Tied to Fixed West Baden Win
In Terre Haute Indiana a poolroom paid $80 after a running race won by West Baden in St Louis on Wednesday. A traveling salesman from Evansville claimed a message said the race was fixed for West Baden to win, prompting him to warn two men who bet heavily, shaping a suspicious payout and tip.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
West Baden
St. Louis
Evanaville
Hartman Wins Lancashire Breeders Produce Stakes at Liverpool
At Liverpool July meeting jockey J H Martin rode Hartman to victory in the Lancashire Breeders Produce Stakes for two year olds. The five furlong event carried 2 40s overs eigns, drawing clear in the stretch to take the prize.
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Hartman
J. H. Martin
Ten Inches of Rain Falls in Texas Town
Ten inches of rain have drenched Red Springs area over several days. Streets flooded and Texas and Pacific train service suspended. No lives lost but many Barns and outbuildings damaged.
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Tex
Red Springs
Texas & Pacific
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