State to Help on Good Roads Financing
The article predicts Indiana counties will form a joint push to fund road improvements. Commissioners invited to join a state Indian association for better roads. goal is a bill to authorize fifty percent state cost, twenty-five percent state aid, and twenty-five percent county share. By the legislature convening, most counties likely active, forming a united front across ninety-two counties.
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Laporte County
Indians Association
Fires from locomotives threaten Northwestern lands and Kankakee marshes
Dry grass and leaves ignite along the Michigan Central Lake Erie and Monoa lines from locomotive sparks. A large marsh fire rages in the Kankakee marshes east of the Lake Erie crossing. A blaze started near the Calumet bridge by the Michigan Central destroyed a dwelling Monday, scorching acres of pasture and fields along the right of way.
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Michigan Central
Lake Erie
Monoa
Kankakee
Calumet Bridge
Foley’s Honey and Tar Promoted as Thyroat Remedy
A Timely Topic notes Foley's Honey and Tar as the greatest throat and lung remedy this season. It cures quickly and prevents serious results from a cold. Sold by E. T. Scott.
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Foley
E. T. Scott
Chicago and South Siscre Railway Car Schedule
Local rail service announces hourly cars from Michigan City on even hours. Travel time to Pine Lake is about 30 minutes with a vaudmlls show from Michigan City. Cars connect with all Monon trains for Laporte.
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Chicago & South Siscre Railway Co
Michigan City
Pine Lake
Vaudmlls
Monon
Laporte
Two Convicts Escape From Michigan City Prison
William Lyons and Everett Van Auken, convicts, escaped from Michigan City prison Friday night between 7:30 and 8:00. They climbed the north wall with a five foot pipe and a rope, after guards found them missing half an hour later. Lyons, previously jailed in 1882 and 1900, and Van Auken, on his first sentence, faced two to fourteen years. His wife accompanied him to the institution.
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William Lyons
Everett van Auken
Michigan City
Lyon
van Auken
Lyons
Reform School
Plainfield
Cheater
Shelby County
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Madison County
The Saloon In Side Out lecture at M E church
Rev E S Shumaker delivered an atere optical lecture titled The Saloon In Side Out at the M E church Tuesday night. The filled auditorium heard that only total extermination of the saloon can solve the problem and that reform must be led by the church with united effort from all sects and parties. The audience showed strong approval and would welcome a return visit.
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E S. Shumaker
Atere
M. E
Shumaker
Reading offers from The Indicator list
The advertisement promotes winter reading bundles from The Indicator including combined subscriptions with Weekly Inter Ocean, Youth's Companion, Chicago Daily Drovers Journal, American Boy, Farm and Fireside, and a free calendar with the Companion. It invites customers to mix two or more periods at a low price and to consult for savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter Ocean
Indicator
Chicago Daily Drovers Journal
Plan Garnishee Bill sparks clash between merchants and unions
Indianapolis reports a garnishee bill likely to be introduced in the next general assembly. The proposal would allow up to 25 percent of a man’s wages to be garnisheed to pay debts for life’s essentials, mainly grocery bills. Merchants push the measure while union labor fights it, as in prior sessions.
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Indianapolis
General Assembly
Incoming Indiana General Assembly Set To Convene
The 1853 Indiana General Assembly begins Thursday January 5 with house and senate organization and a speaker election. Governor Hanly and Lt. Gov Miller to be inaugurated January 9. joint session January 17 to elect U.S. senators Beveridge and Fairbanks successors. The governor may call a special session by proclamation.
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House
Senate
General Assembly
J. Frank Hanly
Hugh T. Miller
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promises Quick Relief
A vivid note urges preparedness for accidents and endorses Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as effective for burns cuts and sores. It promotes its availability at E. T. Scott's Drug Store for 25 cents.
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E. T. Scott’s
Hon Daniel McDonald Wins Narrow Victory in Marshall County
Hon Daniel McDonald of Plymouth secured a slim 63 vote majority to represent Marshall County, the county usually favorable to Democrats. A longtime Democratic editor and prominent Mason, he credits personal popularity and Republican friends for his unlikely win. He notes his thirteenth presidential vote and his aim to serve benefit to the people.
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Daniel McDonald
Plymouth
Marshall County
House
Senate
Bequeaths Estate of 15000 in Indiana Probate
The last will of Nancy J. Spahr widow of Dr Spahr from Hanna township was probated in La Porte circuit court. Died September 18 the testatrix left about 15000 in farm property. The entire estate goes to her husband and on his death to their son Ira Fr Spahr, with legacies to Leila Richardson 2900 Marel Mueselman 900 and Iradore Davis 1800.
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Nancy J. Spahr
Spahr
Hanna Township
la Porte
Testatrix
Ira Fr. Spahr
Leila Richardson
Marel Muese
Hoosier Hustle Seals Quick Denver Couple Marriage
A Laporte Indiana couple met courted and wed within an hour, a brisk Hoosier style romance highlighted as a notable quick wedding contrasted with western bravado in the Denver Post.
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Laporte
The
Denver Post
Methodist Church Services Next Sunday
The pastor will preach in the morning on It is Best That all Have Not the Same Gift and in the evening on The Word of God is Not Bound. Services include class meeting at 9 a m Sunday school at 10 a m Epworth League at 6 a m Junior League Saturdays at 2 30 p m and Prayer meeting Wednesdays at 7 p m.
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Epworth
Dr King’s New Life Pills Ad
An old fashioned drug store advert promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills for dyspepsia dizziness headaches and liver and bowel troubles. Priced at 25 cents and sold by E T Scott’s Drug Store.
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Dr. King
E.T. Scott
Salvation Army Supplied Coal to 20000 Chicago Families
Chicago winter relief record shows the Salvation Army provided coal to about twenty thousand low income families all last winter. The program supported households across the city aiding vulnerable residents amid the cold season.
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Chicago
Salvation Army
Plan Big Revival in Laporte Churches
Laporte Protestant churches plan a monster revival starting early January and continuing for an indefinite period. Dr. L. W. Munhall, a noted eastern evangelist, will lead the services.
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Laporte
L. W. Munhall
Reform School Chooses Foley's Honey and Tar
J G Gluck superintendent of Prunty town West Virginia writes that after trying all other advertised cough medicines the reform school will use Foley's Honey and Tar exclusively. He calls it most effective and harmless and notes it is sold by E T Scott.
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J. G. Gluck
Pruntytown
W. Va
Foley
West Virginia Reform School
E. T. Scott
Bitter fight warned against ignoring Dr King’s New Discovery
Beall Mississippi resident T. R. Beall recounts his wife’s struggle with consumption last fall. After failing with other remedies she used Dr King’s New Discovery and was cured after four bottles. Availability guaranteed by E. T. Scott, druggist, at 50 cents and one dollar with trial bottles offered.
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Dr. King
T. R. Beall
Beall
E. T. Scott
Supposed Dead Man Reappears in Merrillville
A Hobart report states Le ander Zurers, long believed dead for twenty years, suddenly appeared in Merrillville this week. He had left Merriville twenty five years ago for the West, causing surprise among relatives.
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Hobart
Leander Zurers
Merrillville
Merriville
West
Whittaker Plan Seeks Reform at Jeffersonville Reformatory
Organized labor in Indiana backs Supt. W H Whittaker to replace contract labor at Jeffersonville with a schoolbooks production and a technical trades program after contracts end in June 1906. A prison reform board hearing December 6 will consider the plan and a new 200 cell house at Michigan City.
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W. H. Whittaker
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Reformatory
Prison Labor Committee
State Federation of Labor
Whittaker
Prison Reform Board
Supt. Whittaker
Michigan City
Indiana
Jeffersonville
Wilder Murder Suspects Have Noted Criminal Past
The article details suspects Davis and his third wife in a high profile murder case. Davis is an ex convict with a history of blackmail and an injured husband racket in Montecello. His wife Mary Maud Lewis Davis was kidnapped as a child and later faced tumultuous life before appearing in Michigan City society.
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Wilder
Davis
Montecello
Michigan City
Benton Harbor
Mich
Mary Maud Lewis
Michigan
William Rhodes
Rushville
Ind
Chicago
Wm. Davis
Jacob
Harmon Effortz
Round Trip Winter Tickets to Colorado on Fast Trains
Chicago to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo round trip fare 47.20 via Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line. Good on fast through trains with high class equipment. Maps booklets and Colorado hotel rates available from agent A H Waggener Tra Agt 22 Fifth Ave Chicago IL.
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Chicago
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Union Pacific & North-Western
Colorado
A. H. Waggener
Fifth Ave
Ill
Michigan City player Roy Cordill nose broken in game
Roy Cordill of Michigan City suffered a broken nose in a football game last Saturday. The injury occurred during the contest, with no further details available on the opposing team or the incident.
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Roy Cordill
Michigan
Buffalo to Chicago Interurban Plans Favor Connecting Lines
Francis McMillin of Cleveland and BE Bryson of South Bend state that the Chicago, South Shore and South Bend interurban will connect Buffalo and Chicago via Cleveland and Toledo. They seek franchise extensions to guarantee the South Bend to Indiana Harbor branch will be built next year, reaching Laporte, Westville, Valparaiso, and Hobart.
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Francis ©. McMillin
Cleveland
BE. M. Bryson
South Bend
Chicago
South Shore
Indiana Harbor
Buffalo
Toledo
McMillian and Bryson
Laporte
Westville
Valparaigsa
Hobart
Abolish Jails Proposed By State Charity Official
Atos W. Butler, secretary of the state board of charities, urges replacing county jail sentences for state offenses with confinement in state institutions. He argues the current system is illogical, favors reform over punishment, and envisions several state facilities to handle cases while avoiding tying crime to fixed sentence lengths.
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Atos W. Butler
State Board of Charities
Mr. Butler
Butler
Detectives Cite Quinn Butler Links in Bank Robbery Case
Detectives Och and Baumeister testified in the Hughes bigamy case and reported arresting Edward Quinn and his accomplice Butler for a bank robbery near Quincy Illinois. They say Quinn and Butler may be tied to the Michigan City post office raid and the Westville bank attempt, with Wesley Reynolds’s death cited as a key factor. Pinkerton theory also linked Quinn and Butler to the Westville tragedy though no arrests followed.
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Charles H. Och
William Baumeister
Hughes
Edward Quinn
Vail
Butler
Quincy
Ill
Joliet
Michigan City
Westville
Wesley Reynolds
Quinn
Ozh
Baumeister
Jackson
Mich
Michigan Penitentiary
Reynold
Bank of
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Julia Carrow
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Alton C. Gleason
Louise Staedelman
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