The Juggler Mystery Stuns San Francisco Tribune
Millard, a San Francisco Tribune reporter, pursues a juggler who killed his wife and child six years earlier. He faces locked doors a nurse's alarm and a climax with a dramatic escape through a fire escape as the presses await. The story blends crime intrigue and a race for the scoop.
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Ished
Tribune
McDuff
San Francisco
Millard
Faladin
Seymour
the Tribune
Millard's Big Scoop Offer Ends in Tragedy in Hampstead
Hampstead correspondent Millard Halley Clift seizes a sensational lead about MecDuff the knife-thrower after seeing a poster and news that MecDuff was wounded by a misthrown knife. He phones the editor for a three-column splash and rushes to file the dramatic account.
Managing editors wait for Hampstead dispatch in dawn
In a Tribune office scene the managing editor paces as two minutes to two pass with no word from Hampstead. The telegraph editor chimes in that a dispatch is near and orders holding forms. Relief follows as the correspondent is expected to deliver.
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Tribune
Hampstead
Telegraph
Overland Monthly
The Stately Carriage In Evidence Yet Unavailable
A theater troupe finishes a performance and rushes to the box office to collect earnings but finds the manager already departed with the money. Jokes about a critic’s praise fade as the actress, famed for Ophelia and Portia, maintains a dignified, "stately carriage" that proves unhelpful for travel.
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Hamlet
Mother Hubbard
New York Times
Ophelia
Portia
Stray Stories Fragment on Kinship by Marriage
A brief dialogue fragment notes kinship through marriage. A person explains a connection exists not by blood but by marriage to their fiancé. The exchange highlights how social ties can form via marital bonds rather than bloodlines.
Indiana Republican Convention Set for April 26 27
Indianapolis April 21 The republican state convention will be held April 26 and 27 with a large attendance expected. The governor’s race dominates the scene with four candidates J Frank Hanly Lafayette William L Taylor Indianapolis Warren G Sayre Wabash and Judge W L Penfield Auburn who is solicitor for the state department at Washington. Hanly remains the odds on favorite for the nomination as three rivals press a strong but unresolved challenge.
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Indianapolis
Ind
J. Frank Hanly
Lafayette
William L. Taylor
Warren G. Sayre
Wabash
W. L. Penfield
Auburn
State Department
Washington
Hanly
Dark Horse
Taylor
Sayre
Judge Penfield
Assessing Tax Valuations By Indiana Coal Operators
Terre Haute April 23 A meeting of the Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators association will discuss current tax valuation methods. Operators argue coal quantity and quality cannot be pre assessed before development. The state board of review may consider abolishing present methods. Miners appeal to the United Mine Workers for aid. VP Lewis and Sec Tre Wilson expected to meet operators and miners in Brazil Saturday.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ ‘Association
State Board of Review
National Executive Board
The
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Wilson
Brazil
Robbers Blow Open Clay City Bank Safe
The Farmers and Merchants bank in Clay City Indiana was entered at 2 am Thursday by robbers who used two wagons to depart after blowing the safe. About 5800 dollars were taken while the vault and building suffered $1000 in damage. Insurance covers the money but not all property losses. Repairs are underway and a search for suspects continues.
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Clay City
Ind
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Verdict for the Mother in Howard County Divorce
In Howard circuit court Judge Elliott granted Mrs Elmer Crume a divorce and custody of their baby daughter. Crume seized the child and fled the courthouse with the infant, escaping through the doors as the judge Sheriff Stanbro and Bailiff Trees watched powerless. The Crumes are wealthy residents of Kokomo.
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Kokomo
Ind
Howard Circuit Court
Elliott
Elmer Crume
Crume
Stanbro
Crumes
Inquest Held Over Two Men Found Dead Along Railroad
Coroner in Lawrenceburg Indiana called an inquest into the deaths of two men found on Big Four railroad tracks at Weisburg. Bodies located along the track suggest they were killed at a construction camp and placed on the rails to hide the crime.
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Weisburg
Ind
Lawrenceburg
Sale
Fattest Boy on Earth Visits Terre Haute
Willie Harris of Du Quoin Illinois, 18 years old, said to be the fattest boy on earth, is in Terre Haute. He weighs 595 pounds, stands five feet four inches, and has a 71 inch waist with 67 inch chest along with 44 inch thighs and 22 inch calves.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Willie Harris
du Quoin
Ill
Bakers and grocers clash over bread price rise
In Brazil Indiana on April 22 bakers and grocers are at odds after bakers enlarged loaf size by three ounces and hiked wholesale bread price from 3 1/4 to 4 cents. Grocers refuse to buy the bread.
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Brazil
Ind
Post Office Burglarized in Brownsville for Second Time
Brownsville Indiana post office burglarized for the second time in three months. Thieves entered by a ladder through a window and took about $2 in change while attempting to blow the safe unsuccessfully.
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Brownsville
Ind
Russell Harrison in Court Over Wallpaper Bill
The estate of ex-President Benjamin Harrison faced a court challenge as Col Russell Harrison for his children and Attorney Howard Cale for Mrs McKee of New York opposed a $150 allowance to Mrs Mary Lord Harrison for wallpapering her home. Probate Commissioner Walker overruled the objection and approved the bill noting the residence's stature justified the cost.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Benjamin Harrison
Col
Russell Harrison
Howard Cale
McKee
New York
Walker
Mary Lord Harrison
Gen. Harrison
Indianapolis Detective Arrests A C Babcock for Pythias Relief Fraud
Local investigators in Indianapolis have arrested A C Babcock on charges of defrauding Knights of Pythias relief committees. The alleged scheme spanned St Louis Cincinnati Wheeling Louisville and other major cities. Babcock's wife accompanied him to the city but says she did not know how he obtained his money until his arrest. Her parents are described as well to do in Prestonville Kentucky. She met Babcock two years ago and they married after a brief courtship.
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Tribune
Sunday Supplement
Millard
McDuff
San Francisco
Therese
Bay
Illard
The
Hampstead
MecDuff
Midway Central
Sweeney
St. Mary’s Hospital
Indianapolis
Ind
A. C. Babcock
Knights of Pythias
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Wheeling
Louisville
Babcock
Prestonville
Wabash Ex-Auditor Killed In Farm Accident
B F Clem ens ex auditor of Wabash county died instantly when his wagon team bolted on his farm in Pleasant township. His wife witnessed the accident and pulled him clear. A Spanish war veteran and former state senator, he was 63 and survived by his widow and a son.
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Wabash, Ind
B. F. Clemens
Wabash County
Pleasant Township
Bankers Sentenced in Bank Failure Case
President Broderick of the Elkhart bank got ten years in prison and cashier Collins six years after their conviction for altering bank books in a failed institution. Accompanied by Brown and his wife, they departed Indianapolis for Leavenworth to begin their terms, with custody by U S Marshal Pettit and deputies Rankin and Snave ly.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Broderick
Elkhart Bank
Collins
United States
Pettit
Purdue Professors Take Posts At Kentucky State College and Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Prof. Alexander M. Wilson of Purdue leaves Lafayette for Lexington to join Kentucky State College as assistant professor of electrical engineering. Prof. Severance Burrage from Purdue travels to St. Louis to head the hygiene and sanitary science department for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
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Lafayette
Ind
Alexander M. Wilson
Purdue University
Lexington
Kentucky State Eollege
Severance Burrage
Purdue
St. Louis
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Indiana
Grandpa
Mamma
Baby
Adlilia Pear
Davis
Denison
Brown
Profs. Wilson and Burrage
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