Fires in Jeffersonville Flour Mill and Tipton Depot Blaze
Jeffersonville and Tipton reports detail costly fires tied to an elevator shaft blaze at R O Gathright & Co flour mill in Jeffersonville causing about 3900 loss with three quarters insured and the Lake Erie depot at Tipton destroyed by an overturned lantern fire with building loss around 2000 and baggage and freight losses around 13000 while Goshen Bulford business blocks owners plan rebuilding after an early Friday morning fire of suspected incendiary origin.
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Lake Erie
Tipton
Jeffersonville
Ind
R. O. Gathright & Co
Middle Falls
Ohio
Tipton Lake Erie
Indianapolis Journal
Goshen
Bulford
Trust Plants Close In Hartford City Ind May 24
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Hartford City Ind May 24 The American Window Glass Company shut down all its factories about thirty three in number for the summer vacation throwing 6000 to 8000 men out of work The trust had recently raised wages and promised more to skilled workers The Independent Glass Company's plants will run until June 30 while two trust plants No 3 and No 32 close The larger Western plant employs about 30 men and $0 000 monthly payroll The workers aim to honor an eight month run agreement Meanwhile independent shops at Royal Fowlerton Sims Matthews Diamond Wilkinson and others would continue operating Brazil Ind May 4 Merchants may join a protective league after unfair list actions against Terre Haute Electric Company unions plan a cooperative store and continued opposition to the Terre Haute line
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
American Window Glass Company
L. A. 30
Independent Glass Company
Denny
Trust
Johnston and Clelland Glass
the Royal
Fowlerton
Sims
Matthews
Diamond
Gas City
Wilkinson
Brazil
Central Labor Union
Terre Haute Electric Company
Merchants’ Association
Terre Haute
Indiana Republicans Nominate Ticket in LaGrange
About 1,500 Republicans at the LaGrange county convention nominated Valentine D. Weaver for auditor William Walters for treasurer Isaac Sutton for sheriff Joseph J. Cookingham for coroner and commissioners Charles Stroud and Charles A. Blackman. Dems have not held county office since 1860, GOP majority makes ticket electioneering.
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Brecial
Indianapolis Journal
Lagrange
Ind
Valentine D. Weaver
William Walters
Isaac Sutton
Joseph J. Cookingham
Charles Stroud
Charles A. Blackman
Gate convention nominates slate with Feltus as chairman
At today’s gate convention H. J. Feltus chaired the meeting and presented a ticket headed by Clerk Edward F. Hall and Sheriff George Whisnand. Also named were Treasurer William Creager Recorder Jackson Lampkins Coroner Dr. Kentling Surveyor L. E. Ward and Commissioners Frank Eller and William Sandy.
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H. J. Feltus
Edward F. Hall
George Whisnand
William Creager
Jackson Lampkins
Dr. Kentling
L. E. Ward
Frank Eller
Willam Sandy
Last Reunion Ended for Morristown Harmony Singing Class
Morristown Indiana holds last Missouri Harmony Singing Class reunion after sixty six years of gatherings. Only five resident members remain with a small number of visitors expected. In Shelbyville Indiana a June Music Festival runs June 5 6 7 featuring J W Duncan Nora Jones Sue Wood with Rudy directing and Gauls cantata The Holy City and Visitors from Other Nations on subsequent nights.
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Indianapolis Journal
Morristown
Ind
D. 8. McGaughey
Old Asbury Chapel
W. W. Woodyard
Handy
John U
Bruce Johnson
Shelbyville
J. W. Duncan
Nora E. Jones
Sue Evelyn Wood
Raymond Lyon
Edwin Feller
R. Rudy
Indianapolis
Gaul
Holy City
Soal
Nail Entered His Skull and Horse Carriage Collision
In Fortville Indiana fifteen year old Jackson Fausset was injured when a nail in a stall post pierced his skull and he remained unconscious. In Converse Indiana a carriage carrying the Highly family was struck by a Panhandle train near the road crossing. Mrs Highly and son Clyde were seriously hurt with Clyde likely fatally injured. the daughter escaped unharmed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fortville
Ind
Jackson Fausset
Converse
Henry Highly
Laporte County
Highly
Clyde
Death Sentence Hangs For Two Prisoners In Indiana
A May 2 4 report notes Louis Russell, sentenced to hang on Aug 9 for a Princeton homicide, moved to State Prison and resisted via an attempted jump from a car window. Willis Wheeler, sentenced to die on June 6, nears collapse under death-row strain. Other items cover religious meetings, memorial services, Sunday school conventions, a dog catching fish, and local political pressure on alcohol laws.
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Indianapolis Journal
Michigan City
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Louis Russell
Princeton
State
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Belont
Gibson County
Supreme Court
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Warrick County
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Indirect venue shift in Diehl murder case and mixed Indiana news
June 16 venue change moved the Diehl murder case to Wayne Circuit Court after a Saturday hearing in New Castle. The case involves the death of Mary Farwig, a domestic worker in the Diehl home in Anderson two years ago. Other items note a $1,000 verdict for Mrs Driscoll heirs against Big Four for a fatal Grant Street crossing incident. gas mixer fights in Kokomo. a Kentucky woman’s suicide linked to a rejected romance in Evansville. elderly Horace Scott’s death in Windfall. Gottfried Finter’s death in Jeffersonville. Brackenridge funeral in Fort Wayne. Eleanor Thomas’s death near Fairmount. J Peter Reiboldt’s typhoid death in Laurel. Richmond & Northwest Traction incorporation. cyclist Luther Smith’s sentencing in Fort Wayne. dry-township ruling in Sullivan. Mardi Gras by Uniform Bank in Marion. Elks advancing a new clubhouse in Marion. and a Shelbyville church building committee update.
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Indianapolis Journal
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Ind
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Driscoll
Big Four
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North Carolina
Howard County
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Jeffersonville
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Mr. Finter
Germany
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Chicago
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Fairmount
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Here
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Grant County
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Dayton
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Grand Haven
Mich
Sullivan
Supreme Court
Hamilton
Marion
Uniform Bank
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Pee Ee Ieee Ee Eae
Church Reconstruction Bid Won by Local Contractor
Three bids were received for rebuilding the old church damaged by fire. The contract was awarded to W. H. Robertson of this city, his bid totaling 13300 dollars, the lowest of the submissions.
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W. H. Robertson
Fire at City Hospital saves lives in Cincinnati
Fire at City Hospital in Cincinnati at 4 AM triggered a major alarm but staff and emergency crews prevented loss of life. Twenty five girls slept above the blaze. four were overcome by smoke and carried out in serious condition but expected to recover. Flames originated in the middle rear room and were quickly subdued to avert greater damage.
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Annie Rusch
Helen Bowery
Rose Palee
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