Youthful Burglar Receives Quick Justice at Shoals
Weaving through a small Indiana town, a 19 year old burglar was traced after stealing from T. V. Albright’s general store including boots shoes bracelets and jewelry. Ben Logan confessed and was sentenced by Judge Houghton to one to eight years at the Indiana reformatories. Authorities pursued further entries at Tedrow’s store and Bright’s home but the thief fled.
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Shoals
Ben Logan
Martin County
Jote
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Hastings
Indiana
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Altempta
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T. V. AJ
Paway
Indiana county option law history and party conflict
The article recounts the Indiana fight over local option and county unit preferences. It describes Goodeh Goodrich and allies pressuring Governor Hanly to allow a popular vote, the machine’s discipline, and a proposed compromise exempting cities while counties went dry.
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Goodrich and His Neutencoty
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Alt Nation
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Goodrich
Hia Neutenanta
Republic Ad
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Hanly
Famous local option night ends with brewery pressure
A fragmented report describes campaign managers and the Republican machine facing a brewery led bloc. The bill faced a compromise, but the brewery group dissolved. The GOP rallied, shaping the bill’s passage as the local option night concluded amid tense political maneuvering.
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Opi
Igood
Rich Janald
Blu
Mildred Dillard Dies in Terre Haute Brought Home for Burial
Mildred Dillard ten months old daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Dillard formerly of Terre Haute died Saturday afternoon from spinal disease The body was brought to the city this morning and taken to Mr and Mrs Joseph Gal 348 Southeast Seventh Street Burial this afternoon in St John cemetery Sleeping sickness case from Lowell Mass reported Louisianog Pitt died after being unconscious for 42 days Only nourishment milk forced through teeth
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Tve
W H. Dillard
Eit Batrow
Terre Haute
Thin City
Joseph Gal
St. John Cemetery
Lowell
Mass
Louisianog Pitt
Evansville Set To Host Fins This Week
Evansville Indiana hosts the eighth annual reunion of the Heqkv olent and Protective Order of Elis this week. The gathering runs Wednesday through Thursday with members expected from major Indiana cities.
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Evansville
Evanaville
Ind
The
Heqkvolent and Protective Order of
Washington Colts at Monroe City game mystery results
Washington Colts played at Monroe City on Sunday. After the game the team would not say who won, and observers suggested Monroe City may have taken the honors. Also note an Ireland tuberculosis appeal by the Countess of Aberdeen in New York.
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Washington Colts
Monroe City
Ball
Ireland
Countess of Aberdeen
New York
Mrs Joww Manafee Dies of Lockjaw in New Albany
Amelia Manafee, wife of John Manafee, died of lockjaw at St Edwards hospital today. The illness followed a fall from a night to jury received ten days ago. She was forty two years old.
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New Albany
Amelia Manafee
John Mamifee
St. Edwards Hospital
Factories Needed to Employ Local Youth
The city faces a shortage of jobs for young men after high school graduation. Many graduates have found work or are still seeking work, while some have secured positions elsewhere. E. E. Hastings returned from Shoals with a business lead.
Wedding Gift Display Promises Unique Fine Pieces at Low Prices
An advertisement highlights a broad selection of wedding gifts with no duplicates among groups. It stresses distinctive workmanship at popular prices and claims unmatched quality in the area. Readers are invited to inspect the collection.
Adventures and misadventures in Vincennes and beyond
Readable fragments report a Sunday drive to Vincennes in Nugent’s new car with friends, a balloon event crowd in Indianapolis, a Purdue-returned student with a crick in his neck, and a bruising tale of a loyal mule Bill Crow. The item also recalls a Cambridge confrontation, a Bloomers baseball split, swimming pool cheer, and a parish tale of mercy to an old mule.
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Thomas Nugent
Robert Ruseil
Rodarmel
Elmer E. Hastings
Vincennes
Nugent
Edgar E. Hale
Indianapolis
the Motor Speedway
Stranger In City Seeks Oak Grove Park
A tired stranger at a hotel asks a Joker for a place to relax. He is directed to Oak Grove park by a westbound car, but finds the park desolate and harshly disappointed. He trashes a weed ground in frustration and curses the city on returning to the hotel.
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Ielder
Washington
Colta
Pitcher
McQarry
Theft at White River Bridge Sees Coat Stolen
Harry Bray Jr and friends spent the day at the White River Bridge. While they viewed the waters a man and woman stopped by, the woman jumped out and took Bray's coat left on the buggy seat, then drove off toward Knox County.
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Harry Bray, Jr
White River Bridge
Harry
Bray
Knox County
Randolph to Hold Top Posts on B&O and Cincinnati Line
Reported election of George F. Randolph as first vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway to a parallel post with the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton line. He will serve as operating chief alongside Oscar D. Murray while maintaining principal headquarters in Baltimore.
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Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dhyton
Two Roads
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Oscar D Mudray
Hine
iCincinnati
Hawikton & Dayton
Baltimore
County to Pay Election Bills in Local Option Case
In Pringeton Irid June 7 the Gilson circuit court ruled the county must pay bills for the February 26 local option election. Georgy P Kidd accused the board of county commissioners of approving expenses without an appropriation. The court sustained demurrers and ordered the plaintiff to pay court costs. no appeal is likely. Joe Gilbert returns to Bridgeport after a brief visit.
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Irid
Dudge OM Wethoen
Gilson
Georgy P. Kidd
Board of County Commissioners
Mule Turns Out 10 Die Helps 10 Build Church
Kansas City Missouri June 7 report on Rev H R Cooper agent of Missouri conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church south raising 100000 endowment for aged preachers and widows. He has about 75000 and seeks funds as he travels the state. A Missouri mule named Old Bill Crow figures in the tale used to stir donations.
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Gil Crow
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H. R. Cooper
Andrain County
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Audrain County
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Bill Crow
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Dogs Attack After Midnight Fight In West End
Police answered a Saturday night disturbance in the West End where a pitiful dog fight escalated. One dog attacked another, then a man named George Words was bitten and left with a broken hind leg. Captain Wallace reported the man killed?
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Wallace
Passenger and freight railcar deals mid Atlantic shipping notes
The report notes 25 excursion cars sold to Cincinnati Sun. Pennsylvania railroad line east for 214 passenger cars. western line around Pittsburg seeks 1 000 freight cars. Passenger equipment to be steel. Baltimore and Ohio reports unusually fast peach shipment from Fierfiat in eighty hours, far quicker than normal.
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Farsa
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Vahrgeidt
Baltimore & Ohio
Mrs. Joan Kidwell Breaks Arm in Plank Accident
Mrs. Joan Kidwell of Harron street injured her arm when her foot slipped on a plank Sunday afternoon. The bones were reset that afternoon and she is resting easily today.
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Joan Kidwell
John Kidwell
Harron Street
Heltons House Burns Again In Bartown Fire
A Bartown residence owned by Arnold Helton burned to the ground Saturday night though the furniture was saved. This marks the seventh Helton home lost to fire in recent years and the loss amount is not yet known.
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Bartown
Arnold Helton
Mr. Helton
Butcher Orris Wedding Tomorrow Noted For Clerks
Mind Emmy Norris and Edward Butcher plan a Tuesday morning union at St. a Bethlehem. The couple will dine with John Mengin after the ceremony and spend a few days at a hotel before returning to city life to start housekeeping on Oak Street.
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Mind
Emmy ‘Norris
Edward Butche
Washington Team Defeats Plainville Boys In Dramatic Finish
Washington Cubs edge Plainville in a tense Sunday game at the old park. The ninth inning surge and a critical homer helped Steele Township’s Washington secure victory amid a roaring crowd.
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Dame Fortune
Washington Boys
Sitle
Vnolay Washington
Steele Township
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