Resumption of U S Glass Factory Work Across Indiana
Hartford City reports a nationwide restart as window glass tanks and pot works open after a summer break. About 2,000 workers return to plants including American Company Johnston Clelland and Ford Glass, with wage increases and renewed industry harmony in Columbus based federations. The Indiana Presbyterian Synod held a key session in Laporte amid broader state news. a young woman was found unconscious after alleged assault by her husband in Evansville. coal land purchases in Indiana noted.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
United States
Independent Glass Company
Federation
Independent Glass Companies
Columbus
J. R. Johnson
Cole
Presia
Lancaster
Nson
Johnston A Oe
Clelland Glass Company
Ck- Ford Glass Company
Indiana Coal Lands Gain Interest at Terre Haute
An agent of Chicago coal operators invested 16000 in southeast county lands near Terre Haute. The same field drew attention as others planned future development with Monon Evansville and Southern Indiana rail entries. Sullivan and Greene counties’ bituminous coal rose cents per ton, aligning with higher market quotes amid delivery concerns and variable annual contracts.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago
Indiana
Jasonville
Evansville
Sullivan
Greene County
Chicago Gas Company Rejects City Rate Ordinance
KOKOMO Ind Oct 14 The Chicago Gas Company rejected the council approved rate increase from 1 50 to 2 per store The company asks for meter measurement or a flat 3 per store City attorney and company attorney to meet this week to craft an acceptable ordinance
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Chicago Gas Company
Aeemeneeee Seeen
Woman assaulted by husband in Evansville hospital scene
Mabel Haley, 23, lies wounded after a blow to the head during a quarrel with her husband John Haley of Chicago. She recalls meeting him and being struck with an object, then regaining consciousness in a hospital. Haley is at large. she previously used the maiden name Mabel Clay from Henderson, Kentucky.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Mabel Haley
Henderson
Mabel Clay
John Haley
Chicago
Haley
Judge seeks to halt Monroe County whitecapping rumors
Bloomington Indiana October 4 Judge Martin told the grand jury that circulating rumors of whitecapping in Monroe County must be silenced. He urged indirection with strong witnesses and thorough inquiry to indict any man proven guilty beyond a doubt.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Martin
Monroe County
Oretto
Noes
Case Estate Suit In Marion Attracts City Interest
In Marion on October 14 Metra Marion Inc reports more than 100 residents showing interest in a law suit over a vast city estate. The case centers on ownership and control of the estate assets and related proceedings.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion, Inc
Heirs Hopeful In Case Purchase Title Dispute
The Case purchase, land on the lake front bought in 1860 by Leonard Case, has grown disputes as heirs in this city seek a clear title. A nephew administrator allegedly hid estate reports. trial set for Oct. 24 with estate valued around 5 million amid prolonged contention.
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Cleveland
Leonard Case
Lake Front
Case
Indiana Synod Meets in Goshen and Muncie Baptists Gather
The Presbyterian Synod of Indiana met in Goshen and accepted Indianapolis First Church’s invitation to hold the 1903 assembly in its new edifice. Trustees re elected included Holliday Vannings Van Dyke Spann and Little. The synod reported $1,816 in ministerial relief plus $8,455 from relief boards. A revival plan and a youth college records committee were debated. In Muncie the Indiana Baptists opened their State Convention with 60 delegates expected. welcome addresses given by C. M. Carter and Mayor Sherritt. W. C. Taylor preached the opening sermon.
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Indianapolis
Goshen
Ind
Presbyterian Synod of Indiana
First Church of
J. H. Holliday
C. D. Vannings
Franklin
David van Dyke
Lewisville
T. H. Spann
Charles Little
Wabash
Synod
Board of Relief
Committee On Education
Indiana
W. B. Jennings
Detriot
Assembly
Duri
John Pearson
D. D
American Bible Society
Presbyterian Church of
Vannuys
Ambrose Y. Moore
Hanover College
Leon P. Marshall
Syecea
John Dixon
New York City
Board of Home ‘Missions
Presbyterian Church
Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
State Convention of Indiana Baptists
First Baptist Church of
C. M. Carter
C. W
Chicago
W. T. Stott
Franklin College
H. Hall
B. Wallace
D. H. Looper
Peru
P. O. Dungan
North Vernon
F. M. Huckleberry
Logansport
S. E. Daviess
Aurora
W. W. Smith
Anderson
North Indiana Conference exams under way in Kokomo
In Kokomo Indiana on October 14 forty undergraduates of the North Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church faced examinations and advancement tests. H W Kellogg D D delivered addresses and a board of examiners led by Sherman Powell and others oversaw proceedings as the conference plans to close Thursday evening. In Muncie Indiana on October 14 Isaac H Gray of Muncie was elected to the board of trustees of the American Christian Publishing House raising local expectations for a $75000 publish plant in Muncie while Rev J F Burnett was re elected secretary of the national Christian Church association.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
North Indiana
The
Methodist Church
H. W. Kellogg
D. D
Sherman Powell
A. Bridge
C. Tinkham
W. W. Martin
C. B. Wilcox
F. G. Brown
Chauncey King
Hellopeter
J. C. White
L. M. Krider
E. F. Albertson
J. A. Patterson
T. M. Guild
EB. E. Neal
J. B. McNary
Muncie
Isaac H. Gray
Norfolk
American Christian Publishing House
Christian Church
J. F. Burnett
First Christian Church of
National Association
Reunion of Spanish American War Veterans at Richmond
The second annual reunion of the 161st Regiment of Spanish-American War Veterans will be held in Richmond on October 15. Governor W. T. Durbin will attend. About 30 visitors are expected as the W A C serves dinner at Grand Army Hall. A noon welcome by Mayor Orman, a 2 PM business meeting at the courthouse, visits to the Morton home and city hall, and a later camp fire with musical entertainment are planned.
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Richmond
Ind
W. T. Durbin
Orman
Oliver P. Morton
Centerville
Benjamin Starr Leads Indiana Regiment in Governor Urbin Era
Benjamin Starr commands the Indiana ca Army in a ceremonial or formal address to the regiment. Governor Urbin appears in context, signaling a state military or civic event during his tenure.
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Benjamin Starr
Indiana
Urbin
Indiana assault case opens in Noblesville court
In Noblesville Indiana the State vs James Higgins Jacob Stroup and Frank Gossard began in circuit court on an alleged criminal assault case dating back over a year. Higgins is on trial first with Stroup and Gossard to follow separately as attorneys spar over the charges. The matter may take several days. In other reports Rep Charles B Landis spoke in Russaville praising Republican favor and criticizing trusts and tariffs to a large crowd. In Anderson, C F Heritage resigns as secretary treasurer of the Anderson Trust Company to manage a Summitville brick plant. Chester Browne named successor. The bank reports assets at 245 422.22 and the firm dates to December 1899.
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Indianapolis Journal
Noblesville
Ind
State of
Indiana
James Higgins
Jacob Stroup
Frank Gossard
Tipton County
Rachel White
Higgins
Stroup
Gossard
Tipton
Russiaville
Charles B. Landis
Main Street
Eleventh District
George W. Steele
Landis
Howard County
Honey Creek
Monroe
Ervin
Harrison
James Cooher
Daniel Jones
Fremont
Samuel Woody
Anderson, Ind
C. F. Heritage
Anderson Trust Company
Heritage
Madison County
Summitville
Messrs. Heritage
A. E. Harlan
Alexandria
Chester Browne
Pomone
John W. Lovett
Lovett & Browne
Indiana and national news brief update of local story items
A string of short notices from Indiana towns reports deaths including Mrs Elizabeth Frazier at Logansport and Mrs Joanna Granger in Noblesville. Jesse M Helmes earns a commission at Fort Leavenworth after service in the Spanish American War. Local items cover street railway concerns in Kokomo, an arrest in Elwood for a Bristol assault, and a city project lowering the grade of a street in Greenwood.
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Ager
Main
All- Democrat
News
National Printers
Colorado Springs
Fairmount
Goshen
Ind
Elizabeth Frazier
John Frazier
Longcliff Hospital
Logansport
Noblesville
Joanna Granger
Ohio
Richmond
Thomas Mumbower
Marion
Jesse M. Helmes
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Holmes
Philippines
Flower Mission
Indiana Regiment
Winchester
Kokomo
George Marott
Indianapolis
Kokomo Street Railway and Light Company
Elwood
James Hartman
John Owens
Bristol
Tenn
Greenwood
Joseph Irwin
Columbus
Indianapolis-Franklin
Japan and Powers Agree to Arbitration over Tax on Treaty Lands
The dispute over renters of treaty protected property in Japan moves to The Hague for arbitration. The protocol, issued Sept end, seeks a ruling on whether leasehold land and buildings are exempt from all imposts beyond those in leases. Each side will present its case within eight months, then countercase within six.
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Yokohama
Victoria
B. C
Japan
Hague
Norway
Sweden
Great Britain
France
Germany
Injuries In Elwood Lamp Factory Accident
William S and S James, McCloy lamp chimney manager and noted glassworker, was fatally injured at the Elwood factory when his coat caught in a pulley shaft. He was wedged between the shaft and wall, suffering crushed and internal injuries. In New Albany Mary Sloemer and three year old Lillie McDaniel burned in gasoline stove and open hearth incidents. Mrs Sloemer's dress burned before assistance arrived.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
William S&s. James
McCloy
James
New Albany
Mary Sloemer
Whiliam Sloemer
Lillie
Ollie McDaniel
Hudson County official arrested in child kidnapping case
New York reports Alexander C. Young, Hudson County councilman, arrested on kidnapping charge over custody disputed with his ex wife Louise McAllister Young. Child previously taken to Connecticut amid ongoing divorce actions. this marks the third kidnapping incident involving the child. Young has a Democratic political background and was once a congressional candidate.
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New York
Alexander C. Young
Hudson County
New Jersey
Louise McAllister Young
Ward McAlister
Young
Bonds of Steel by Lorain County Sages Repel Robbers
In a Rochester area farmhouse three robbers attacked the Meach brothers. Loren, John, and Jarvis Meach, aged from sixty five to eighty, defended their wealth. John bound, freed, and shot two intruders dead, fatally wounding a third. Robbers fled. one wounded, later captured, no money recovered. Authorities sweep the countryside as excitement runs high.
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Cleveland
Rochester
Lorain County
Meach
Meach Brothers
Loren
John
Jarvis
Jarvis Meach
John Meach
Desperado
Carnegie library cornerstone laid in Danville under Masonic auspices
In Danville Indiana on October 14 Western Star Lodge No 26 F and A M laid the corner stone of the Carnegie library with a ceremony attended by Grand Master George Grimes Grand Secretaries Calvin W Prather and Martin H Rice and visitors from surrounding towns. The Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias were present. The Rev W F Hovis pastor of St Pauls South Bend delivered the address.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
Ind
Carnegie Library
Western Star Lodge
A. M
George Grimes
Ladoga
Calvin W. Prather
Martin H. Rice
Odd Fellows
Knights of Pythias
W. F. Hovis
St. Paul's Church
South Bend
Anderson pleads guilty to cartridge theft in Richmond court
Harry Anderson, who used a false name, admitted guilt in the Circuit Court and was sentenced to one to three years in Michigan City prison for stealing cartridges from a local wholesale house. He declined help from his mother, while his father is cited as a retired Methodist preacher.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Harry Anderson
Michigan City
Anderson
Ex-Secretary Charles Fairchild Hurt by Trolley Car
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Charles S. Fairchild was struck by a trolley car in New York on October 14 while en route to his office. He suffered severe contusions to the head and face but the injuries were not serious, and he was taken home for care.
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New York
Charles
Fairchild
Fortune found in police captain's desk after death
A fortune exceeding $100,000 was discovered in the desk of Police Captain Donahue at the station house where he died last week. Cash totaled $34,000 in an iron box, with diamond jewelry valued at $11,000, including a $1,500 solitaire ring. Other assets included $15,000 in U.S. Steel stocks, $1,000 in gold mining stocks, $15,000 in Metropolitan Railway stocks, and five life insurance policies of $2,000 each. The find exceeded expectations, as the captain was thought to own about $75,000 in other property.
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New York
Donahue
United States
Danville Soldier’s Home member commits suicide in basement
James McCune, 76, of Spring Grove Indiana and a member of the Danville Soldiers' Home, hanged himself by a rope to steam pipes in a basement cis building. He served in Company F Seventh Indiana Cavalry and Company F Ninth Indiana Infantry and leaves a daughter Mary Con rady of Spring Grove.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
Ill
James McCune
Spring Grove
Ind
Mary Conrady
Seventh
Indiana Cavalry
Ninth Indiana Infantry
Tenderloin Raid Nets 100 Prisoners In New York
Police raided five alleged gambling houses in Manhattan's tenderloin district on October 14. More than 100 detainees were brought to the station. One raid targeted a place linked to "Honest" John Kelly, yielding a full gambling outfit and fifteen tions. Officers also hit a West Thirty fourth Street location, seizing paraphernalia and prisoners.
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New York
Tenderloin
John Kelly
West Thirtyfourth Street
Worker crushed at Kokomo steel works
Otis Crussore died when entangled in a reeled wire at the Kokomo steel works. The accident broke his neck and spine, leaving a young widow. In Lafayette, 33 new Tippecanoe county mail routes will open tomorrow increasing total to 39 with daily deliveries except Sundays and holidays and average trip length about 25 miles.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Otis Crussore
Lafayette
Tippecanoe County
Viennese surgeon Lorenz licensed to practice in Illinois
Dr Adolph Lorenz professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Vienna appeared before the State Board of Health in Chicago and was granted a license to practice in Illinois. He had operated last Sunday on Lolita Armour daughter of J Ogden Armour for congenital dislocation of the hip and was summoned to appear before the board.
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Chicago
Adolph Lorenz
University of Vienna
Lolita Armour
J. Ogden Armour
State Board of Health
Lorenz
Snowstorm Brief Clouds South Bend Skies
A heavy snowstorm struck South Bend at about 6 AM, lasting five minutes and coating streets and roofs in white. The day remains cold with another storm expected tonight.
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South Bend
Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Death notice of Anderson printers and organizers
Anderson Indianapolis death notice informs that Marion Main, a member and organizer of Anderson Type, has died. The item notes the loss to the local printing community and acknowledges the deceased’s role.
Lost and Found habits spark strange sidewalk quest
New Orleans readers discuss a curious obsession sparked by the lost and found column. The piece notes a social divide between fortune seekers and more refined pedestrians who scan sidewalks for valuables. It cites a young man who says he found six silver dimes and now obsessively watches for trinkets as he walks.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Detectives name suspects in Chinn murder case
Detectives A. J. Walker of Louisville and W. E. Erwin of Nashville identified Earl Whitney and Claude O'Brien as the men who burglarized in Louisville and Nashville and possibly killed A. B. Chinn. Whitney admitted three burglaries and named O'Brien, who denied involvement. Officers say they have the right men.
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Lexington
A. J. Walker
Louisville
W. E. Erwin
Nashville
Earl Whitney
Claude O'Brien
A. B. Chinn
Kitnney
O’brien
Telephones to Be Disinfected in New York
In New York on October 14 Commissioner Homer Folks of the charities department orders weekly disinfection of all telephones and employees. Mouthpieces must be unscrewed scrubbed and then placed briefly in an antiseptic bath to prevent disease transmission.
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New York
Homer Folks
Charities Department of Greater
No Feature i cows milk for Infant feedings go important
A fragmented note touts purity and preservation methods for Eagle Brand Condensed Milk as a trusted infant feeding option with a smooth flavor, claiming global sale and antiquated production aspects.
Robber Killed by Station Agent in Wisconsin
West Superior Wis Oct 14 Station Agent W Towne Skire Atlantic Railroad killed one or two robbers near Lake Nebagam as he carried to day. One of my…
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West Superior
Wis
W. Towne
Skire & Atlantic Tailroad
Lake Nebagam
Towne's Ambush Ends Fatal Shootout
Towne opened fire fatally wounding his target, while the inside man fled, leaving no loot secured in the incident.
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Towne
Death by own action on a train in drawing room sleeper
Savannah dispatch reports E A Schroeder a New York tobacco salesman and son of Brooklyn ex mayor, shot himself in a sleeper drawing room on a Jacksonville train. A letter found on the body said he had committed a great crime and asked his father and wife be notified. He may have been unbalanced. body held in Waycross for New York instructions.
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Savannah
E. A. Schroeder
New York
Schroeder
Brooklyn
Jacksonville
Waycross
Howard P. Okie
Chesborough
Roland B. Molineux
Grafters Brace and professor haunt Seventh Street saloon
In Les lie's Monthly an Autobiography of a Thief recalls Colonel Brace and a Yale graduate professor. Both turn from good grafters to petty criminals, spending their time and money on drinks and opium while debating literature and politics, as they trick bartenders and share stolen funds.
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Leslie
Colonel Brace
Harvard
Yale
Seventh Street
Engaged Brooklyn Couple Plans Flower Themed China Gift
A newly engaged man orders twelve painted china pieces as a betrothal gift for his fiancée. Each trio plate cup saucer will feature a commemorative flower for a specific month, with back inscriptions including the bride’s name and a matching quotation. The set, paired with antique silver tea service, will be used for afternoon tea on their wedding day.
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Brooklyn Eagle
The Reeling Passion and a Striking Opera Tale
A Washington Post excerpt recounts a writer recalling a tale from an opera season in Wien. The narrative centers on a young woman in the company whose passion and struggles illuminate the ruling drive behind performance.
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Washington Post
Wien
Wee & Young Woman
Home Again. Washington Star cartoon caption
A dialogue frame shows a man returning from a vacation and boasting of a summer resort while his friend notes relief in returning to a big city. The contrast highlights a city that closes at midnight and bans horse racing and faro banks, reflecting urban life concerns.
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Washington Star
Fire destroys Kliamathon mill in Oregon blaze
Ashland Oregon reports a massive fire causing 350000 dollars in losses and wiping out the entire business portion of Kliamathon in Siskiyou County. The blaze consumed the large new salash door and box factory and over six million feet of cedar and pine lumber owned by John R. Cook, with damages estimated around 300000.
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Ashland
Ore
California
Kliamathon
Siskyou County
John R. Cook
National Local Preachers Meet Elects Stemen President
Philadelphia Oct 14 The annual meeting of the national association of local preachers of the Methodist Episcopal arch ended with a farewell and elected Dr C B Stemen of Fort Wayne Ind as president and on the board of directors several vice presidents were chosen.
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Philadelphia
National Association of Local
Methodist Episcopal Arch
C. B.stemen
Fort Ww Ind
Stemen
Grateful for Food Helps Prairie Du Lac Woman Recover
Mrs. William Leigh of Prairie Du Lac Wisconsin recounted a severe stomach illness three years ago. After failing three doctors and near starvation she began eating Grape Nuts with milk one teaspoon daily. Within weeks she regained strength and could walk short distances and perform light housekeeping.
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William Leigh
Prairie du Lac
Wis
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