Lightning damages homes near LaPorte and more fires
Lightning struck the residence of Joseph Steamer starting a fire that burned the home to the ground. The large barn of Mrs Ridgway Martins farm was struck and partially wrecked. Louis Baker, farm manager, was stunned and badly burned. The Chaney residence was also struck and damaged. Several other buildings suffered partial damage in LaPorte Indiana during a severe storm.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Joseph Steamer
Ridgway Martin
Louis Baker
Joshua A. Chaney
Runaway accident injures Fairmount business leader
FAIRMOUNT Indiana May 19 Will F Brown a prominent business man was badly hurt in a runaway when he leaped to avoid a narrow wagon bridge but became entangled in a line and dragged crashing onto the cement sidewalk. He remains in precarious condition with internal injuries. PLAINFIELD Ind May 19 Mrs Emmett Davis and her nine year old son Roger were injured when dynamite caps found by the boy exploded on a stove and floor. Roger lost two fingers and a thumb and Mrs Davis may lose an eye.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Chicago Gas Company
Chicago
Chicago Corporation
Fairmount
Will F. Brown
Back Creek
Plainfield
Emmett Davis
Roger
Michigan City
Isaac Sloan
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Sloan
Indiana
Logansport Rochester line may be built this spring
Reports from Warsaw Indiana indicate the Logansport Rochester Northern Traction Company plans immediate construction of part of its line between Logansport and Winona Lake. A conference with Union Traction influenced by C W McGuire and McCulloch is to present a favorable report to proceed. Temporary power arrangements will be used.
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Indianapolis Journal
Warsaw
Ind
Logansport, Rochester & Northern Traction Company
Winona Lake
C. W. McGuire
McCulloch
Union Traction Company
Mt McCulloch
Gas Factories on Coffee Question and Postum Result
A woman recalls misery from coffee causing gas headaches and insomnia. After switching to Postum Coffee and boiling fifteen to twenty minutes, she notes clear relief and no headaches or sleepless nights, crediting Battle Creek Michigan made Postum.
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Polmot
Postum
Battle Creek, Mich
Rival lines dispute over subsidies and electric expansion
The report notes plans to build an electric line from Muncie to Pennville and to oppose Markle or Huntington on the Chicago and Erie route. It states the Ohio & Indiana is a rival to Dayton, Union & Huntington, which on May 9 was refused a $72,000 subsidy.
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Markle
Huntington
Chicago and Erie
Muncie
Pennville
Ohio & Indiana
Dayton, Union & Huntington
Reigning Sun Residents Stricken With Paralysis At Once
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Rising Sun Indiana May 19 elderly Robert W. Jones seventy five longtime local and former county treasurer and postmaster lies unconscious after paralysis Mrs Tanner H Ward widow of Colonel William D Ward aged seventy two also stricken at her brother in laws home in precarious condition Colonel Ward died years ago in Vevay during a trial Joseph W Talbott eighty two a Rising Sun miller and prominent citizen suffers a severe heart attack and grippe at death's door.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rising Sun
Ind
Robert W. Jones
Jones
Rising
Cleveand
Tanner H. Ward
William D. Ward
Thirty
Indiana Volunteers
Notable Indiana deaths and a Purdue donation noted
In Lafayette Mrs Eliza Fowler widow of banker Moses Fowler dies suddenly. She recently gave $750 to Purdue University for a hall. At Muncie Robert Frazier a Delaware County resident dies at 76. funeral set for tomorrow. In Franklin Grace Gardiner daughter of Professor E B Gardiner is dead after long illness. In Tipton Annias Lane 50 dies at home. native of Tipton.
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Lafayette
Ind
Eliza Fowler
Moses Fowler
Muncie
Robert Frazier
Mount Pleasant Township
Delaware County
Franklin
Grace Gardiner
E. 8
Gardiner
Franklin College
Tipton
Annias Lane
Rome City Assembly Opens With Noted Guests
Rome City Indiana prepares for the 192 season with cottages and steady visitors. July 23 to August 14 feature lectures and special days for Pythians Methodists Hillsdale College Grand Army of the Republic and a McKinley memorial day. Capt Hobson will speak July 24. Sunday services are elaborately planned.
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Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
Rome City
R. P. Hobson
Methodists
Hillsdale College
Grand Army of the Republic
Central Union Telephones Cuts Rates in Muncie
The Central Union Telephone Company announced a rate cut for Muncie starting June 1. The system will gain metallic circuits and new section switch boards at the central building with $4,000 in improvements. Rates will drop about half on residence instruments due to competition.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Central Union Telephone Company
Smallpox Cases Spread in Shelburn Area
In Sullivan County five new smallpox cases arise in families of John Bullock Lon Rankin Thomas Miller and Joseph Bardsley at Shelburn. Two cases occur in Jefferson township affecting Rev. Johnson Brewer and his son. First outside Jackson and Curry townships. Conditions not encouraging.
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Indianapolis Journal
Sullivan, Ind
John Bullock
Lon Rankin
Thomas Miller
Joseph Bardsley
Shelburn
Jefferson Township
Johnson Brewer
Jackson
Curry Townships
Ed ward Schele elopes with secretary in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne reports multiple short items from May 19 including the elopement of merchant Edward Schele and Allie Thomas the private secretary to Vesey and Heaton. Religious objections had opposed the marriage and the couple’s pursuit follows.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Edward Schele
Allie Thomas
Vesey & Heaton
Trousseau
Large Indiana high school classes headline season
Windfall Laporte Muncie West Lebanon Tipton and Redkey schools stage commencement week with record or near record class sizes. Seniors hear sermons from local pastors and college presidents, followed by receptions, class day events, dramatic performances and alumni reunions as multiple Indiana towns mark graduations.
Peruvian baccalaureate speaker and Elkhart graduates
In Peru Indiana Rev Edward Avery will give the high school baccalaureate address with the commencement set for June 6 Baptist Church and alumni banquet June 10. In Elkhart county the eighth grade class of 12 schools totals 18 pupils, the largest ever, with one 13 year old graduate and the best scholar a thirteen year old boy. Commencement takes place June 7 at Island Park.
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Sherman Powell
Peru
Ind
Edward Averi
Episcopal Church
the Baptist Church
Indianapolis Journal
Goshen
Elkhart County
Island Park
Elkhart
Fifty Seventh Year At Bloomingdale Academy Ends in Victory
Bloomingdale Academy closes its fifty seventh year with strong overall success. The athletic association posts an unprecedented record, highlighted by a field day win over Terre Haute High School and Rockville High School with a 77 to 22 score. The event precedes a baccalaureate sermon by Dr. Robert L. Kelly of Earlham College, while Rev. Sellars of Terre Haute delivers the class address to twenty ten and ten twenty students. Professor A F Mitchell will head Bloomingdale Academy next year. In Bloomington, Col Denby visits Indiana University, delivering a talk under the Y M C A on China and the Far East, praising missionary work and American influence.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomingdale
Ind
Bloomingdale Academy
Athletic Association
Terre Haute High School
Rockville High School
Narre Academy
F. W. Hixson
Robert L. Kelly
Bloomington
Indiana University
Charles Denby
China
Far East
Wedding Dress Deception Leaves Mamie in Police Care
Mamie Peron of Chicago arrived with a wedding dress and no funds after trusting Robert Davidson, who lived with her in Indianapolis then deserted her to return home. Police restrained her from jumping into the canal and placed her with Matron Reisner. Davidson had promised marriage after courting through winter, but sought work in Indianapolis and allegedly fled after learning his wife had a newborn. Family warned by 425 Herndon street, Chicago, of her trouble. dress and hopes remain as she awaits a way home.
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Mamie Peron
Chicago
Robert Davidson
Reisner
Herndon Street
Davidson
Indianapolis
Callis
North West Street
Mamie
Annie
Simons
Chase
Medical boards to meet in Chicago on reciprocity pact
The State Board of Medical Registration and Examination traveled to Chicago to join Michigan Wisconsin Illinois and Indiana in a joint meeting. They aim to form a reciprocity system allowing licensed physicians examined and registered in one party state to practice in others without additional examinations. Secretaries will present rough drafts with plans to perfect the framework at the gathering.
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State Board of Medical Registration and Examination
Chicago
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Overheated stove causes kitchen fire behind wagon factory
A stove in W. E. Brannigan's kitchen at 221 West Morris street caused $3 damage and briefly threatened Bernd Brothers' wagon factory. Firefighters sent a second alarm before extinguishing the kitchen fire. A separate call from Pennsyl vania and Washington streets reported a garbage-can fire behind Bernhardt's saloon at 1 East Washington street with no damage.
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W. E. Brannigan
West
Morris Street
Bernd Brothers
Pennsylvania
Washington Streets
Bernhardt
Washington Street
Will Ask for Special Meeting on Milk Inspection
Dr. Eugene Buehler city sanitarian will seek Mayor Bookwalter’s call for a special Council meeting to consider a $750 appropriation for the Public Health Department to inspect milk. He emphasizes urgent action due to deleterious preservatives and the Health Board’s limited staff this summer.
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Eugene Buehler
City Sanitarian
Bookwalter
Buehler
Health Board
Eleventh District Republican Convention Opens in Wabash
WABASH Ind May 19 The big tent for the Eleventh district Republican convention arrives as supporters from Blackford Grant Wabash and Miami counties rush to attend. Long ballots expected with at least 10 votes likely and a push to renominate Major Steele to Congress amid strong Goode Landis and Goode backed delegations from Cass Huntington and Grant counties.
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Wabash
Ind
Committee On Credentials
Blackford
Grant
Miami
Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Grant County
Major Steele
Congress
Steele
Landis
Goode
Cowgill
Cass County
Huntington County
Logansport
Frederick Landis
Huntington
Charles H. Goode
Sullivan County Democrats elect Lang as chairman
Sullivan and Goshen reports note Democratic precinct committeemen elect James M. Lang chairman and Edgar S. Crowder secretary amid factional gains. The shift signals a broader Democratic split with Wellman supporters ousted, risking broader infighting before the fall election.
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Indianapolis Journal
Sullivan
Sullivan County
James M. Lang
Edgar S. Crowder
Co. W. Wellman
Congress
Wellman
James R. Riggs
Council selects officers for Kokomo posts
In Kokomo Indiana on May 19 the council elected appointive officers. W C Overton was named attorney. Dr Edgar Cox became health officer. W F Mann was chosen engineer. Alvin McDowell was street commissioner. Ed Shawman was appointed fire chief.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
W. C. Overton
Edgar Cox
W. F. Mann
Alvin McDowell
Ed Shawman
Kodak Consolidation Plans $25 Million Capital Merger
New Jersey incorporated Kodak combine to unify cameras and supplies firms valued at about $20 million cash with a $35 million capital stock. The merged company will own plants in Rochester and Jamestown New York Harrow and Toronto and operate worldwide. One million shares of preferred stock will yield 6 percent cumulative dividend and 250,000 shares of common stock. Rochester will host executive offices of the new firm.
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Kodak
Rochester Dispatch
The
Tribune
Consolidated Corporation
New Jersey
Rochester
Jamestown
Harrow
England
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