Ten Homes Burglarized as Circus Attracts Thieves
Indianapolis Journal reports in Lafayette Indiana that ten houses were burglarized between noon and midnight amid circus events. Rudolph Eisenbach lost a solid gold watch two diamond rings a gold charm and a watch fob. Other homes on Owen Street Hightard Avenue and nearby were ransacked with jewelry money and silverware taken. Police chased suspects but caught none.
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Joe
Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Highland Park
Rudolph C. Eisenbach
Owen Street
Willian O. Weaver
Hightard Avenue
Revie
Tae
Jane Wagner, Jr
Kossutheres
Merchants’ National Bank
Wilbur FP
Severson
Rene Owen Street
Mr. Severson
Ughter
Joseph B. Ross
Ted
Ross
Earlham College to enlarge library this summer
Richmond Indiana June 27 improvements planned at Earlham College require expanding Lindley Hall library space due to a surge in books from generous alumni gifts. Over 1200 dollars was raised for new volumes while the dormitory Earlham Hall will receive updates including a possible elevator.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Earlham College
Lindley Hall
R. L. Kelly
Reese
Reriness
Eartham
Earlham Hall
Ron
Prof. Lindley
Harry Wright
Illinois
William
Ie Lindley
Fairmount
Grace Boulden Says She Was Kidnapped by Alva Dehoney
Grace Boulden a sixteen year old Boone county girl arrested with Alva Dehoney at the Wabash depot changes her story claiming she did not elope and was abducted by Dehoney and Henry Peterson who pressured her for money. Dehoney admitted the girl’s statement and was held on abduction charges. she is detained at Waowan's Christian Home for further investigation.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Grace Boulden
Boone County
Wabash Depot
Alva Dehoney
Pike's Crossing
Dehoney
Henry Peterson
Waowan
Dehoncey
Wee
Carnival Promoters Sued For 10000 By Fort Wayne Woman
Fort Wayne area reports say Mary Pattee filed a $10,000 lawsuit against Ferrari Bros proprietors of the carnival attraction after a roller coaster accident Friday. Pattee remains in hospital with unknown injuries as sides take action to serve defendants before they depart town. Fred Lewis of Bostock is named as operator with surety bond provided.
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Indianapolis Journal
Port Wayne
Ind
Ferrari ‘Bros
Mary Pattee
Indiana man injured when car strikes pedestrian
In Wood, Indiana, Everett Lagie, 28, was fatally struck and dragged by a car driven by Roy Griffith and Miss Leeson last night, sustaining serious injuries. Police investigated the incident and transported Lagie to a local hospital for treatment.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wood
Ind
Everett Lagie
Roy Griffith
Miss Leeson
Lagle
Auto crash rescue ends in arrest and crowd protest
A stopped machine rescue freed Lagie a former army member who had been trapped beneath the vehicle as a crowd gathered to protest occupants and the drivers fled after his extraction. Lagie had traveled from Mitchell three days earlier.
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Lagie
Regular Army
Mitchell
Several New Deaths Reported Across Indiana Towns
June 27 reports from Hartford City Tipton Portland Dublin Lapel Kokomo detail deaths from burns and pneumonia as well as cancer. Rosa Bashara died from injuries after a blaze on East Washington Street. Helen Hawkins Griffith succumbed to pneumonia at age sixty plus. George Swartz died of stomach cancer, a Civil War veteran. Bessie Jay, twenty, died of Bright's disease. funeral plans noted.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Rosa Bashara
East Washington Street
Salem Bashara
Fort Wayne
Portland
Helen Hawkins Griffith
Isaac A. Griffith
Nathan B. Hawkins
Dublin
George Swartz
New Lisbon
Charles Fisher
Hare Cemetery
Kokomo
Bessie Jay
Bright
Robert Jay
Marion
Jonesboro
Discrediting a Story in Whisky War Sparks Public Backlash
Lawrenceburg Indiana June 27 ex sheriff Henry Bulthaup and Dr Charles Van Osdel denounced amid claims they offered money to dynamite William Berners Dillsboro speak easy Henry Licking who allegedly connected them to the plot Bailey who named the men refused to aid them Berner warned and dynamite found nearby Officials investigate the case
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Indianapolis Journal
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Henry Bulthaup
Charles van Osdol
Dillsboro
James Bailey
Bulthaup
van Osdol
Henry Licking
Bailey
William Berner
van Osdel
Aurora
Berner
Dearborn
van Ol
Aceq
Uinsty
Bailey Mays
Licking
Tibbets
Prapeut
Haw
Anti saloon forces win in Portland license denial case
Portland Indiana June 27 The Circuit Court refused Edward Honifan a liquor license to operate a Bryant saloon after a remonstrance from the Commissioners Court. The decision follows an appeal and signals more license petitions may come from the town.
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Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
Edward Honifan
Bryant
Commissioners’ Court
Summer school movement grows in city yards
Good Housekeeping notes the movement began last season allowing children to play in school yards with a sand pile an instructor in nature work and a teacher in manual training. It reports success and that the activities stimulated both work and play guiding children toward a higher life in humble homes. It hopes the era of warnings like Keep off the grass will end in American schools.
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America
Lynching of Lamb Whitley Reported in Concordia Parish
News from Jonesville Louisiana on June 27 confirms the lynching of Lamb Whitley a black man at the Smithland plantation near Monterey Landing after he assaulted a white man. A mob took him to the woods and riddled his body with bullets.
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Jonesville
Lamb Whitley
Smithland Plantation
Monterey Landing
Concordia Parish
Whitley
Richmond Streets Run Under Military Protection as Saloons Close
Cars operated on Broad Main Clay Laurel and Lakeside lines today and tonight under military protection. Saloons were closed at 6 pm by mayoral order.
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Richmond
Broad
Main, Clay
Laurel Street
Lakeside
North Side
Washington Eagles organize with 13 charter members
Washington reports the formation of a local Eagles lodge with 13 charter members and a parade at 7:30 PM featuring a Brazil band and Vincennes band. Officers elected include Charles E. Hart as Past Worthy President and Alvin Padgett as Worthy President.
Mob Cheated Prey as Prisoner Kills Follows Self
In Hot Springs Arkansas on June 27 condemned murderer Jim Dougherty killed fellow prisoner Roger Williams with a razor and then took his own life by slitting his throat with improvised shoe-string blades. A mob of about five hundred gathered at the jail but was allowed to view the body as Williams’s remains were prepared for shipment to Louisville.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Jim Dougherty
Jack Donahue
Roger Williams
Daugherty
Dougherty
Williams
Louisville
Double murder inquest reopened in Howard County cases
In Kokomo Indiana coroner reopened inquests into the Sutton and Yeager murders. Four Sharpsville youths were interrogated with potential arrests expected. witnesses include Minna Eaton Goldie Garrittson Mit Girard and Claude Arbuckle. Another case from Evansville reports Beiderman stabbing Pantland during a dice game. Pantland gravely injured.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Harrison
Sutton
Myrtle Finley
Miss Eaton
Yeager
Girard
Arbuckle
Boe
Eaton
Sayin
McDaniels
Boy from Herrin Pleads Guilty in Attempted Murder
Marion Indiana June 27 Silas Jones thirteen years old of Herrin appeared before Judge Duncan on a charge of attempting to murder his mother. He pleaded guilty and received a Reform school sentence. Jones has been a defendant in several criminal cases.
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Marion
Ind
Silas Jones
Herrin
Duncan
Freeman Surrenders After Killing In Burnett Saloon
Ben Freeman, who killed Robert Daugherty in a Burnett saloon, turned himself in to Sheriff Fasig in Terre Haute. He brought the revolver used and a claimed second weapon Daugherty might have used. Witnesses dispute whether Daugherty drew first. Freeman and his brother had been boarders at Daugherty’s home.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Ben Freeman
Robert Daugherty
Burnett
Fasig
Daugherty
Freeman
Kentucky
Grace Lutheran Society to Dedicate New Elkhart Church
Elkhart Indiana June 27 Grace Lutheran Society to dedicate a $10 000 brick church tomorrow with sermons by Rev L B Keyser and Rev W S Dysinger. The church, a member of Northern Indiana Synod, traces its roots to 1856 with early growth, setbacks, and a rebuilt site completed in 1874. Current pastor Rev Charles E Rise has guided the congregation through rising membership and debt forgiveness.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elkhart
Ind
Church of
Grace Lutheran Society
L. 8. Keyser
Canal Dover
South Main Street
H. J. Delo
David Coleman
William Kriechbaum
Charles E. Rise
Mr. Rice
North
Manchester
Levi L. Rice
Lagrange High School
Springfield
Schoo, Wittenburg
Mir. Rice
Relief in Trying Times Great Business Revival at Bloomington
Bedford and Bloomington reports detail the stone quarry strike ending after two months, enabling cement firm Midland Portland to rehire high grade workers at low wages. About 200 workers were employed with weekly wages around 1500 dollars, while B&O Railroad contractors added roughly 100 quarry hands. Foundations at the cement plant near 75 percent complete as steel framing and machine shops near finish, with completion expected by early fall. The Bloomington dispatch notes the strike settlement promises strong summer and winter business, wage scales rising, and less union influence in Monroe and Bedford counties.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bedford
Ind
Midland Portland Cement Company
George W. McDaniel
McDaniel
Cement
Bloomington
Monroe
Monroe County
Hatters strike ends in wage increase at Pioneer hat works
Wabash Indiana June 27 After ten days of talks between Martin Lawler of the United Hatters of America and Nathan Meyer owner of Pioneer hat works an agreement was reached granting 200 employees a percentage raise on the past year scale. The advance exceeded Mr Meyer s expectations and the adjustment was amicable throughout.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash
Ind
Martin Lawler
United Hatters of America
Nathan Meyer
Pioneer Hat Works
Meyer
Business growth prompts Home Telephone to expand in Indiana
In Jonesboro Indiana on June 27 the Home Telephone Company boosts service with a 20 extra subscriber switchboard in the Gas City exchange and adds capacity at its plant, while local firms switch to coal. Rockville plans an $8,000 steam heating system for courthouse and jail to be completed by Sept 1 amid electric light shortages. Decatur sees major oil firm consolidation testing territory with new wells. Wabash reports county bank deposits near $2 million, a record high, with $1.4 million in Wabash city banks and other communities holding smaller sums. Crawfordsville traction firms oppose expansion of rival line. Elwood lamp chimney factories close for six weeks summer break.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fairmount
Ind
John R. Pearson
Indianapolis
Fairmount Mining Company
Jonesboro
Home Telephone Company
Gas City Exchange
Rockville
Prox & Burgit
Terre Haute
Corliss
Wabash, Ind
Wabash County
North Manchester
Laontaine
Roann
Elwood
Macbeth- Evans
McCloy
Kottle
Ice rate war erupts as grocers form new company in Terre Haute
Terre Haute in June saw the formation of a new ice company by grocers, butchers, and saloon keepers to break a high price cartel. The first reduction cuts domestic rates from 40 to 35 cents per hundred for households, with another cut expected soon.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Tarbell in MecKlure's recalls Vanderbilt Rockefeller scene
Ida M. Tarbell recounts a MecKlure's excerpt and a Lepburn Commission moment from 1870s era rail rebates. The Standard Oil and Vanderbilt ties are cited as critics claim other lines received bigger rebates. Officials say contracts bound Vanderbilt to match terms offered to others.
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Ida M. Tarbell
MecClure’s
Vanderbilt comment on fair competition and business deals
The quote portrays a discussion on fair competition and pricing for business, with Vanderbilt noting rivals respect their approach. Rumors state he sold Standard stock after South Improvement Company deals, and he praised rivals as smarter, acknowledging that contact with them leads to similar conclusions.
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Vanderbilt
South Improvement Company
Local social notes from Franklin Indiana
Franklin residents and visitors are listed with trips and gatherings. Miss Myrtle Powell and others visit Indianapolis. Miss Maud Johnson returns from Bloomington. Miss Margaret Roth of Edinburg visits. families from Marion Rushville and Albany connect with locals. Ethel Wicker hosts a Monday afternoon. several couples travel to Greenfield, Des Moines, California, and Michigan for visits and summer plans.
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Myrtle Powell
Indianapolis
Maud Johnson
Bloomington
Margaret Roth
Edinburg
Ethel Wicker
Edward Hunt
Monta Anderson
M. J. Martin
Griffith Dean
Marion
J. H. Dean
Phillis
Rushville
Ethel McCulloch
Albany
N. Y
Grace Alexander
Ethel Wickel
Ethel Ransdall Vawter
Des Moines
Henry Carney
Grace
L. E. Slack
Greenfield
Roy Alexander
Michian
Esse Overstreet
Oren Hemphill
Richmond
Lillian Weyl
Terre Haute
Minnie
L. P. Marshall
California
Lemna Voorhies
Hudson, Mich
Cyrus Alexander
Wiley W. Ivan
Munele
W. Bridges
T. Stott
Edith
Pine Lake
Chester Payne
Will J. Martin
New York
Charlotte Emerson Club
A. O. Neal
Milton Hadley
Shelbyville
George Sanders
Ruth Sloan
Inez Ryker
Arthur
Visitors and guests among local residents
Mrs. Hannah Smith and her daughter Ruth are visiting J. C. Valentine. Prof. E. G. Gardner is spending a few days at Logansport.
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Adair Overstreet
Hannah Smith
Ruth
J. C. Valentine
E. G. Gardner
Logansport
Shifts to Which Engineers Are Some Times Put on Shipboard
Benjamin Brooks reflects in Scribner s on the varied duties of shipboard engineers. He cites dramatic repairs at sea such as straightening a davit to fix a boiler pump, replacing a propeller shaft and stern components, and completing a propulsion repair while seaworthy safety measures and sharks deterred by pistols and boat hooks.
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Benjamin Brooks
Scribner's
Red Sea
Africa
Fire Seare at Sour Lake Oil Field
Firefighters battled a blaze at Sour Lake on five acres of oil waste owned by the Guffeys and Texas Addition Company. A lighted match was blamed for starting the fire which briefly raised fears of Guffey tank fires. By 3 PM the flames were under control and the area was largely extinguished.
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Sour Lake
Tex
Guffeys and
Texas Addition Company
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