The Perreau Forgery Case and London Execution
In 1775 London apothecary Robert Perreau and twin Daniel forged a bond for 37000 dollars to obtain 25000. The plot exposed by bankers Drummond brothers led to trials for Mrs. Caroline Rudd and ensuing convictions. The Perreaus were executed at Tyburn on January 17 1776 amid a shifting public view on capital punishment.
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Robert Perreau
Drummond Brothers
Charing Cross
Perreau
Napoleon
Lord Egmont
Powstreet
Daniel Perreau
Daniel
Robert
Exchange Alley
Rudd
Admiral Frankland
Perreaus
Adair
Drummonds
Caroline Rudd
London
Walpole
James Boswer
Samuel Johnson
Tyburn
George Lee
Training Today Boys and Girls Averting Truancy Debate
A group discusses a truancy incident at the lake where a boy saved a ragged child. Opinions differ on punishment or understanding, with calls to avoid violence and to build a constructive approach to guiding childish impulses.
Indiana camp reports low sickness amid overall activity
Brig. Gen. E M Lewis reports about one sick soldier per thousand among Indiana troops at Llano Grande camp. Major Foxworthy and Col Coulter note no or few serious cases in regiments, though minor ailments and heat sickness exist. Officers train on Lewis machine gun service and marveled at the Belgian rattlesnake’s rapid fire capabilities.
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Lewis
Indiana Field Artillery
Thompson
Foxworthy
Coulter
Aubrey Kuhlman
Humphries
Signal Corps
War Department
Hoosier Towns Post a Patchwork of Local News
Knightstown passes an ordinance regulating driving and parking. Warsaw buys 20 lots for a public park near the courthouse. Hartford City reports Hoover park opening with a band concert and refreshments for about four thousand attendees. Peru notes a suicide by Omer Miller near the Longcliff asylum grounds. Muncie Eagles lodge clears remaining debt on a $31,000 new lodge home. Terre Haute plans a centennial celebration October 9 to 11 with a finance committee update soon. New Albany drowning of a government dam watchman near the Ohio River. Laporte principal John W. Rittinger resigns to teach history in South Bend. Jackson township selects John Hull as county farm superintendent. Newcastle marks 50th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Consand with over 100 guests. Bluffton woman Carrie Banter dies after poisoning following family trouble. Kokomo girl shows infantile paralysis suspicion after illness. Clinton mayor resigns to join Fort Wayne congregation. Hartford City dynamite found near a dredge. possible sabotage. Columbus rural carrier Joseph E. Clouse celebrates 19 years on the job. Valparaiso Mrs. Charles Koeppen attacked by a bull. husband also injured. Bethany Park reelects W. E. M. Hackleman as president. improvements planned. Marion North Methodist Protestant conference to meet in Frankfort. J. P. Ryan donation offer declined. Fred W. Clarke elected president of the Tithing association. Franklin residents push for immediate water-system improvements after a $257,000 Morris store fire. The Scenic theater and nearby shops damaged. water pressure hindered firefighting. Fort Wayne Charles A. Lingrey and wife chosen to run isolation hospital.
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Knightstown
Warsaw
Hartford City
Hoover Park
Peru
Omer Miller
Longcliff
Asylum
Muncie
Muncie Lodge of Eagles
Terre” Haute
New Albany
Charles Polson
Government Dam
Ohio River
Laporte
John W. Rittinger
South Bend High School
Greenfield
John Hull
Jackson Township
Charles Bridges
Newcastle
C. W. Cosand
Bluffton
Carrie Banter
Roy Banter
Kokomo
Leo Vance
Clinton
B'Nai Jacob
Fort Wayne
Ross Maynard
Columbus
Joseph E. Clouse
Hope
Bartholomew County
Valparaiso
Charles Koeppen
Bethany
Park
W. E. M. Hackleman
Bethany’ Assembly
L. O. Howe
Noblesville
Indiana Christian Missionary Association
E. E. Shelton
Asa L. Orcutt
Marlon
North Methodist Protestant Conference of
Indiana
Frankfort
J. P. Ryan
Fred W. Clarke
Elkhart
Tithing Association
Franklin
Public Service
Morris
Fort
Wayne
Charles A. Lingrey
City
County Health Boards
For
Suvenile Oon
Indiana Infantry Gets Shelter Tents and Rifle Range
The Third Indiana Regiment received shelter tents after delays caused by a blunder in Indianapolis. First Lieutenant Koster leads a team of surveyors to build a rifle range 1,600 feet long, 20 feet wide at the base, and 10 feet high, with targets set along the line. Target practice should begin once weather permits completion.
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Enna
Indiana
Indianapolis
Koster
First Indiana
Indiana Infantry
Regretful musings in a Washington hotel lobby
A recollection by Ohio Congressman J Edward Russell sparks a humorous tale about a little girl named Bessie who, watching her mother iron, asks if it would have been better had she married a Chinese man. The Philadelphia Telegraph reports the quip amid lighthearted reflections.
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Washington
J. Edward Russell
Ohio
Bessie
Philadelphia Telegraph
Cheap Japanese Prints For A Song
The piece notes affordable Japanese prints priced at 10 cents each and offers tips like mounting on simple mats or displaying unframed. It highlights a rainy night scene with a woman and servant carrying a lantern, silhouettes of lighted houses, and moving rickshas, plus other designs of water gardens and playful children.
Soldier of Fortune James Messenger Wartime Service Story
James Messenger a trumpeter in the Indiana field artillery is profiled as a seasoned soldier of fortune. He served in the Boer war with General French's staff as a bugler earning the Queen's Service Medal, fought in the Somali campaign, and joined the Spanish American War with American forces. Messenger has five brothers in French service, and his father recently chided him for not joining them, to which he replied he served in the American army, later receiving his mother's congratulations.
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James Messenger
Indiana Battalion, Field Artillery
French
Spain
Indiana Artillery
Messenger
Peanut Uses Beyond Roasted Nuts
The peanut offers much more than roasting uses. It contains from 142 to 50 percent of a nearly colorless fixed oil similar to olive oil and used for various purposes.
Y M C A Building Is Popular With Soldiers
Lieutenant Colonel E F Branch of the Second reports on Camp Llano Grande life praising the Y M C A lair as a hub for letters and music. He notes good food water and showers at times but laments swarms of gnats that disrupt talks and force wild hand flaps to keep them at bay.
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E. F
Indiana
Camp
Llano Grande
Norcross a Veteran and Listener to Wellman Tale
Lieut Orson Norcross adjutant of the Second battalion First regiment has seen much service. He served in the Spanish American War and his adventurous associate Felix Wellman of Louisville Ky has fought across South America and Mexico. Wellman wrote that if you meet a man named Jose Conte in the South you should tell him you are Wellman’s friend and then bust him.
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Norcross
Orson Norcross
Felix Wellman
Louisville
South America
Mexico
Wellman
Jose Conte
Soldier's Diary Profiles Llano Leaders and Warsaw Editor
A fragmented diary note highlights Corporal Palm as a prominent figure in Llano Grande and mentions Palm as business manager of the Warsaw Times in civilian life. It also references Corporal Williams of a Michigan City machine gun squad and Ramond Hayworth of Company L, Third Regiment, who has been discharged.
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Palm
Llano
Grande
Michigan
City
Williams
Third Regiment
Warsaw Times
Eivil Life
Ramond “Hayworth
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Jones
Wale
Bob
Saffron
Brown
Ting
Blank
Fe Poa Seine
B. W. Leving
Sidney Miller
Brownsville
Sergt
Roy Underwood
First Regiment
Sergeant Underwood
Minnesota
Washington Park
Hoosier News
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