Sensational dispatch links Pearl Miller case to St Louis
A St Louis dispatch claims Pearl Miller of Washington Indiana was lured by Thomas Schreiber and four other men for an assault in a room at 1724 Olive Street. Police, court records, and local checks cast doubt on the Missouri address and identity, suggesting a mistaken Pearl Miller in St Louis and no Schreiber known to police.
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Pearl Miller
St. Louis Dispatch
Indianapolis Star
Dispatch
Thomas Schreiber
Thomas Schrieber
Olive Street
Clark Avenue
Washington
Ind
Jack Howard
Howard
Tracy Gae
Patrick Whalen
St. Louis
Miller
Lena Miller
William Miller
West Walnut Street
Mrs. Pearling
Madison, Ill
Lena
Lena Obliller
Madison
Baby Pleads For Papa In Courtroom Scene
In Cleveland on June 30 a three year old named Charles Starman appealed to Judge Vickery to free his father from jail. The judge promised to help and later sentenced Starkman to three years in the penitentiary but parole was granted.
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Cleveland, O
Charles Starman
Enormous Pearl Found in Wabash River
Lew Pearson of Vincennes, a fisherman, found a huge pearl in a mussel shell from the Wabash river near Evansville. Reportedly the largest in years, the gem is perfect with no blemish, and Pearson asked 3000 dollars while jewellers offered 2500.
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Evansville
Lew Pearson
Vincennes
Wahao Ae
Wabash River
Jaguar Fights Boa Constrictor in Deadly Tree Fight
A World Wide Magazine account describes a jaguar entangled by a boa constrictor in a dense jungle setting. The boa coils around the jaguar’s neck and body, delivers fatal pressure, then raises the carcass as the jaguar dies after a bone cracking scream.
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World Wide Magazine
The Ship as a Floating Community Under the Captain
A ship creates a temporary nation with the captain as czar during voyage. The captain holds final authority over all aboard from crew to passengers, from cargo to boiler room, until shore is reached and customary recourse resumes. Officers support the captain in daily governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bea Ho
Sandy Hook
Bremen
Bargain talk in old city tale of cigars and wit
An elderly man, detained at a house, gave his wife a quarter and asked for three cigars. She later returned with a pack and boasted of finding eight for a porter, claiming women can beat men in buying power. The tale ends with a rueful exchange about medicine.
Stoats Hunt in Packs Observed by Several Witnesses
Observers report stoats varying in numbers by year and sometimes hunting in small packs. They compile sightings of stoats scenting, moving as a pack, and pursuing prey with one leading and others following closely, similar to hounds in full cry. Fur-related notes accompany the account.
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Weaels
The Resemblance Missing in Kitchen Raid Scene
In a fragmentary scene a woman speaks of a resemblance to a Mary. A child or relative asks who Mary is while a male figure notes a beard shaved off changing appearances. The dialogue hints at mistaken identity and prior likeness.
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Mary
Iplease
Mintrees
Professional Relics Debate in Medical Museum Scene
A doctor and a lawyer discuss relics in a medical museum setting. The lawyer claims to possess a unique collection, joking about family skeletons in his office, while the doctor doubts the profession yields relics. The exchange highlights humorous tension over professional artifacts.
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Medical Museum
Puck
New Trinity Hotel Opens at Trinity Springs
The Martin County Tribune reports the Trinity Springs hotel opening around July 19. George Ballard and wife will run the three story brick hotel with fifty rooms, water works, electric light, bakery, dining rooms, private baths, bathhouse, and camp facilities. Access via the Southern Indiana railroad is improving, with a new track nearing completion to Trinity, boosting visitors from surrounding counties.
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Martin County
Trinity
George Ballard
Trinity Springs
John R. Walsa
Southern Indiana Railroad
Trinity Hotel
Ballard
Trinity Houses Add Photo Gallery at Springs Park
Trinity represented by these houses. An addition to the springs park is the erection of a photograph gallery for the use of W. C. Landis who has this privilege for the Reason. Mr. Landis is a adept at the work. A number of camp meetings and sosiety picnics have already been arranged for the summer and some thing of an entertaining nature is promised for all the time. Fred Steel has the usual summer privilege for the restaurant and confectionery stand. He is building a dining room on the grounds and will also serve regular meals. He will also manage the dancing and bowling alley privileges. The first campers on the ground came last week. They were a party of sixteen Sullivan men.
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George Sargent
Sargent
Fang Ose
Martin
Daviess
Knox
Sullivan Counties
Trinity
W. C. Landis
Landis
Fred Steel
City Council Minutes Reveal Bills and Orders
The city council met Monday with all members present except Councilman Hopkins. Bills approved include Gazette & Herald legal ads and various services. A request to tap the Van Trees street sewer was granted, remonstrances on Thirteenth Street heard next meeting, and multiple sidewalk and bridge projects ordered or referred to committees.
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Hopkins
Gazette & Herald
William B. Burford
J. A. Kelle
Otis Roberts
Will Shanks
Joe Ailen, Jr
Daviess County Democrat
Washington Monumental Works
BH. & I. Railroad
Louis McNutt
Charles Boston
Ellis
Herb Buzan
Ed Bales
Wise
M. J. Carnahan Company
van Trees
East Ninth Street
Fred Meyer
Mary FitzGibbon
Thirteenth Street
Sullivan Cement Stone Company
Carnegie Library
Noan Bogard
Airdome
Boguard
William Beck
Sullivan Company
Arnold J. Padgett
J. Alvin Padgett
Bacon & Aikman
Ed Waller
Jackson Drug Store
East Second Street
Dr. Smiley
William Street
Woman in White Haunts South Side in Mysterious Night Visit
A strange figure described as a woman in white or a man under a sheet frightened several girls and women in the south side. Police investigated for over an hour but found no clear culprit after sightings near Second street and Spink mill and Dr Henry Herr’s home. Local ads tout Fo ley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for coughs and lung issues.
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Washington
South Side
Wanderer
Nigent
Kermode
Second Street
Spink Mill
Henry Herr
Wife seeks divorce to win custody and alimony
Minnie Martin of Linton files for divorce from Liberty v. Martin, proprietor of the New Litton hotel, in Greene circuit court. She cites a quarrelsome husband who once struck her, seeks custody of two children Harry and Teddy, 2000 alimony, and an injunction to prevent withdrawal of about 5900 as cash in Linton banks.
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Harry
Teddy
Minnie Martin
Liberty v. Martin
New Litton
Linton
Greene Circuit Court
Martin
Thils City
Mtz Martin
Hyatt
Plaiont
Foley's Kidney Remedy Ad
Delay in taking Foley's Kidney Remedy risks backache and kidney or bladder trouble. Start now and you may recover sooner. For sale by Smith and Winton.
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Foley
Smith and Winton
Daviess county board of equalization actions
The Daviess county board of equalization Tuesday reviewed corporate assessments. Gazette & Herald remains at 23000 with last year figures, Boyd & Backes at 2500, Washington Canning at 1000 up 500, and Elnora Packing at 2000 down 2500. Gas company manager asked for relief noting plant depreciation and stock reductions justified the shift.
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Daviess County
Ward
The
City Gas Company
As. Company
Elnora Packing Company
Old Couple in Court
George and Lucy Jobes appear in court as a short public case unfolds with scant readable details. The fragment hints at a civil matter involving an elderly pair and a legal proceeding in a local court.
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George
Lucy Jobes
Divorce Case Heads To Dayton Court After Forty-One Years
In Dayton Ohio yesterday the eighty and last seventy Avenu met in divorce court for the first time in forty-one years. Rev George Jones a retired minister seeks legal separation alleging his former wife drank beer after his conversion two score years ago. He has lived at the soldiers home and brought the action despite age. Mrs Jones traveled from Chicago to contest. On the witness stand she glared at Jones and denied all accusations. Referee Daniel Iddings took the case under advisement.
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Dayton
George Jones
Soldiers' Home
Sunday School Convention Elects Daviess Officers
The second annual Daviess County Sunday School association meeting ended with benediction by Rev. A. M. McGuire amid heat and strong attendance. Rev. George B. Weeks presided. out of town speakers Rev. B. E. Halpenay and Mrs. M. J. Baldwin were praised. Officers elected include Weeks president, A. H. Greenwood vice president, Julius Feagans secretary treasurer, and department superintendents Amy Barr, Mrs. P. A. Hastings, M. S. Hastings, Mary Lillie, A. J. Bilddinger, and Mrs. D. L. Weimer. About 40 Sunday schools with 2,500 students in Daviess County. Musical features earned applause, with H. Greenwood lauded.
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A. M. McGuire
Daviess County
George B. Weeks
Alfordsville
A. H. Greenwood
Washington
Julius Feagans
Amy Barr
P. A. Hastings
M. S. Hastings
Mary Lillie
A. J. Bilddinger
Dd. L
Weimer
Montgomery
H. Greenwood
Foley's Honey and Tar Stops Coughs and Aids Lungs
Patent medicine claim asserts Foley's Honey and Tar stops chronic coughs that weaken the constitution and develop into consumption. It is said to heal and strengthen the lungs and provide relief in chronic bronchitis asthma hay fever and lung trouble. Sold by Smith and Winton.
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Joles
L. M. Ruggless
Reasno
Towa
Foley
Smith & Winton
Smith and Winton
Mrs Sallie C Haig Makes Voluntary Assignment
Mrs Sallie C Haig of Odon makes a voluntary assignment with Asa Haig named as the assignee in a brief notice.
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Sallie C. Haig
Odon
Asa Haig
Foley's Orino Laxative Promoted for Digestive Health
Advertises Foley's Orino Laxative as beneficial for stomach and liver troubles, habitual constipation, and breath freshness. Claims gentle liver stimulation and bowel regulation, presented as superior to pills and ordinary laxatives, with local sellers Smith and Winton.
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Smith and Winton
Railroad man appointed traffic head for Illinois traction
Harry H Roseman of Eransville, a well known railroad man, has been appointed traffic manager of the Illinois traction system. His headquarters will be at Springfield, Illinois.
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Harry H.roseman
Eransville
Trnois Traction System
Springfield
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Indian Springs ‘Station
Trinity Springs Hotel Company
Akles
Pines
Lundy
Henson
Athany
Horrall Bros
Board OF Review Doings
L. W. Bonham
Undertaker
J. Biddinge
Temple Court
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