A Missing Letter Sinks the Camp at San Francisco
A tumult at the Fifth Separate Brigade camp follows a theft of a vital letter from the general's tent. Lieutenant Canker tightens security as Morton faces a court-martial accusation of pilfering. Billy Gray plots a jailbreak to aid a Delta Sigma brother in need amid camp intrigue and romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Canker
Squeers
Billy
Ned Craven
Gordon
Amy Lawrence
Miss Lawrence
Mr Prime
San Francisco
Tampa
California
Golden Gate
Billy Gray
Mr. Prime
Miss Amy
Gilly
Col. Armstrong
Lilly
Morton
Brooke
Burton’s
Bushemian Club
Aecity
Gravy
Dilly
Urooke
Ward
Col. Canker
Quarteringsiier
Aidsce-Camp
Garrison
Faith-cure Fable as Told by Miles and Giles
A brief humorous exchange from the Chicago Daily News features Miles asking about faith healing. Giles claims a cure, then reveals the cure was faith itself, not the ailment. The witticism exposes skepticism toward faith-healing practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Giles
Chicago Daily News
Paris expo admired by some critics amid partial completion
A traveler argues the Paris exposition is not a failure though far from finished with mid June as a target for full readiness. A British observer in a Paris hotel rotunda notes Chicago's fair edge, praising Mareorama the Mediter ranean voyage illusion, and highlights the restaurant row including a Chinese venue run by a French team.
Paris exposition praised over Chicago fair by observer
A visitor compares Paris to Chicago noting Paris is an exposition with higher class exhibits. He commends the grand three-arch entrance and vast capacity, describes Midway features and Chinese pagoda, and highlights numerous East Asian and side shows as largely instructive. Bernhard Bristol remarks on the overall quality and intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chicago
South Africa
Paris eYort
Chicaro
Rue de Varis
Bernhard Bristol
Boer Tactics Reflect Frontier Warfare in Boer Campaign
A confederate veteran in the New Orleans Times-Democrat argues Boer success stems from frontier hunting and trapper warfare rather than modern science. He credits Boers and native planners for strategy, while foreign experts merely handle artillery in their campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Washington
Science to the Rescue
A witty exchange from the New York Weekly suggests a drastic method to remove carpet pests. The great scientist claims beating carpets after hanging them will kill the insects, offering a blunt but humorous answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y
A Natural Reaction in Cold Theatre Night
A Philadelphia Press note reports the audience at a show grew cold then heated as they remembered paying good money to be entertained. The piece highlights a shift from comedy to frustration and the audience's reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love Comerdy
Phiadsiphia Press
Murder case in Indiana ends with coroner ruling in Nora Kifer death
The Evansville case against Joseph D. Keith for Nora Kifer's murder moves through arraignment and witness searches as authorities drag Pigeon Creek seeking clothes. Coroner Walker later rules Keith caused Kifer’s death and disposed of the body in the creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Joseph PD
Keith
Nora Kifer
Pigeon Creek
Winfrey
Nora Wifer
Jos. Keith
Beith
Elberfeld
Walker
Albert Waters
Nora
Waters
John PP. Walker
Nifer
Joseph DD. Wkelth
Stevens Bride
Oil Companies to Settle Waste Case in Court
About 23 oil company cases over alleged nerve gas waste will be heard as Anderson Ohio court nears disposition. One case ruled unconstitutional by Ohio court and appealed to the U S Supreme Court, which recently upheld against the company with a 500 dollar judgment. Penalties include 200 dollars per violation and 200 dollars per ten days of continued waste, with total penalties near 100000 if collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oone
Vince
George Morton
Sexman
Neely Printing Co plant seized resumes operations
The Neely Printing Co plant, seized by a U S marshal for the government, is resumed by court order. The judge directs presses to keep running and workers kept on until appraisal is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manele
Neely Printing Co
United States Marshal
Charles Flw. Neely
United States Court
Senator DL. Borrell Granted Divorce in Growns Town
Seymour Indiana June 2 ex state senator DL il Borrell of Growns Town was granted a divorce. His wife was awarded 2000 alimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Ind
DL. Il. Borrell
Grownstown
Itis
Death in a Cloudburst Drowns 14-Year-Old Rosa Ehrhart
A cloud burst on Blue Creek in Brookville Indiana drowned Rosa Ehrhart aged 14 while she was driving cows across the stream. This is the third cloudburst in the area in nine years to cause fatalities.
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Brookville
Ind
Blue Creek
Rosa Ehrhart
Marshall county delegation to nominate Drummond for attorney general
The Marshall county delegation will present Charles P. Drummond of Plymouth for the attorney general nomination at the convention next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Ind
Marshall County
Charles P. Drummond
Toledo man buys Dunkirk gas plant in Union City deal
Kerin Gros of Toledo Ohio bought the Dunkirk Indiana natural gas plant in Union City for 17009 dollars cash from H and J Northmane of Union City and R Nirshbaum of Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union City
Ind
Kerin Gros
Toledo
Messrs H. & J. C. Northmane
R. Nirshbaum
Indianapolis
Dunkirk Ind
Residence Destroyed by Fire in Bedford
A two story residence of Mrs. Jane Parks in Bedford Indiana was destroyed by fire on June 1. The property was insured in the German Insurance Co for 1700 dollars. The total loss on the property is 2500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Ind
Jane Parks
German Insurance Co
Child with two heads survives after removal operation
Elkhart Indiana June 2 surgeons report a child born to Mrs Henry Marshall with two heads the extra head removed from the neck near the left shoulder the child survived beyond the initial hours and shows rapid physical development though doctors fear mental faculties may lag if life continues.
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Elkhart
Ind
Henry Marshall
Peculiar Accident Injures Marion Child Eye
In Marion Indiana on June 2 the six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Mowrer was sitting in a hammock writing with a lead pencil when the pencil drove into her eye two inches above the brow. The child was stunned and only after pulling the pencil out did a hemorrhage occur. The pencil end had a rubber eraser and the brain was not punctured. The eye is not expected to be injured or disfigured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Awell
Mr. Graf
Marton
Canker
Morton
Delta Sig
Marion
Ind
Walter Mowrer
Victory for Sunday Ball in Fort Wayne Case
Judge O Rourke rules a baseball player cannot be fined twice for the same offense in a Fort Wayne dispute arising from Sunday games. Constables fined players umpires and ticket sellers one cent each plus costs, totaling about three cents per case, a practice upheld by the court as valid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Wayne
Ind
O'Rourke
Circuit Court
Bullerman
Ceed
Miss Alice Jordan Dies In Sleep After Chlorofesm Fumes
Indianapolis June 2 Miss Alice Jordan known as Lattehing Alice a domestic worker aged 22 was found dead in her bed after using chlorofesm for a toothache. The cork loosened and she inhaled fumes while asleep curling to death at home in Bares nord this state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Tjad
Alice Jordan
Alice
Bares Nord
Loving Cup Honors Olver For City Service
South Bend Indiana June 1. Last night the 47th anniversary of the marriage of James Oliver millionaire plow manufacturer. He received a $3,608 gold loving cup from the city in recognition of his public spirit in building a 3600,000 hotel for South Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend, Inn
James Oliver
Oliver
South Lend
Toy torpedo accident at Panhandle depot injures worker
May 31 report from Indianapolis says W. W. Robertson, a Panhandle freight depot worker, dropped a box of toy torpedoes causing a sharp explosion. He sustained severe injuries to the face hands and arms and authorities fear permanent blindness in both eyes.
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Indianapolis
Imb
W. W. Robertson
Panhandle
Robertson
Farmer Takes Own Life Near Laurel
John Bowne, a carpeting farmer living with his father in law Robert McNutt four miles southwest of Laurel, shot himself in the head with a revolver. Despondency is given as the cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel
Inch
John Bowne
Robert McNutt
Here
Senator Nominee Named by Clinton and Carroll Republicans
Frankfort June 2 Dr Oliver Gard of this city was nominated by the republicans of Clinton and Carroll counties for joint senator. Resolutions commended Gov Mount for his refusal to surrender Mr Finn ley to the Kentucky conspirators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Ind
Oliver Gard
Clinton and
Carroll Counties
Gov. Mount
Finnley
Kentucky
Hen Injures Man's Eyes In Lebanon Incident
J M Knox treasurer of the Indiana Jersey Cattle club was injured when a setting hen pecked him in the eyes causing dangerous eye injuries in Lebanon Indiana on June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ind
J. M. Knox
Indiana Jersey Cattle Club
Suit Filed Over Alleged Alienation of Wife
Noblesville Indiana May 31 Joseph A tuut files suit against Richard F Cox seeking 25000 dollars in damages for alienating his wife. The defendant is over sixty and one of the county’s wealthiest farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Ind
Joseph A.tuut
Aginst
Richard F. Cox
Flywheel Burst Kills Flour Mill Proprietor in Indiana
A June tele phone message from Elberfeld reports a flywheel burst at a flour mill in Ney Bend killing one of the proprietors instantly. The accident occurred in Evansville area, with details limited to the blast and fatality.
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Evansville
Ind
Gana
Elberfeld
Ney Bend, Jr
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