Johnstown Flood Tragedies And a Banker's Family Loss
Eyewitness accounts recount the Johnstown flood's toll including banker Dibert and his family perishing as the three story Main Street home collapsed. Survivors recall the harrowing rescue on Saturday as the city reeled from the Conemaugh dam breach and the sight of burning debris lighting the river.
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John Dibert
Wm. Dibert
Dibert
Laura
Flora
Will Dibert
Gilmore
Simple at home diamond test and a witty social quip
Dr De Menil explains a quick at home diamond authenticity test using paper and a pencil to compare a dot seen through the stone. A Washington Critic column then quotes a West End girl praising bargains and a father's bemused reaction to cheap downtown offerings.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
de Menil
Washington
Indiana State News Highlights Local Scenes From Across the State
New Albany reports population 13 420 and shipments of 142 000 gallons of strawberries. Mt Vernon lays a cornerstone for a new high school. Madison raises retail license for toxicants. Grants smut affects wheat. Morgan county resident George Hines dies at 84 near Martinsville. Oil, gas and oil well tours draw crowds in Terre Haute and Terre Haute. Policy shifts at Michigan City target saloon sales to intoxicated patrons. Several legal and transport developments appear across counties with many named towns and individuals.
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Standard Oil Company
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Ed Shell
Clara Wenger
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Charles Dotts
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Hanover College
Lon Barrett
Noah Murphy
North Marion
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Squire Kiler
Bluffton Bugle
Henry Dishong
Zanesville
Fairland
Shelby
Salem
Bluffton
Anderson
John Kelly
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Indianapolis
Jerry Boland
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Chicago
Tweeday
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Peru
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Henry Jamison
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John J. Ruddick
Richmond
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Marmaduke M. Slattery
Ft. Wayne
Jesse Warrington
Otto G. Zerse
8. T. Yount
Lafayette
William St. John
West Fork
William Beatty
William J. McDermott
Thomas Casey
Julius Rothrock
John Gilligan
Recerty
Call’s Station
Mursing
Destructive Seattle Fire Destroys Entire Business District
A massive blaze engulfed downtown Seattle Washington on Thursday afternoon and evening. The fire started from turpentine in a two story front street building and spread rapidly destroying every newspaper office hotel telegraph depot wharf and wholesale area. Losses are estimated between 15 million and 40 million with total building losses around 10.6 million and personal losses near 3 million. Many residents homeless as militia police guard property and arrests rise. Seattle’s growth and lumber trade are noted despite the disaster.
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Admiralty Inlet
Indiana Finance and Pythian Fraternal Reports
The State Superintendent reports school revenue from counties at 934 987.89 and total treasury balance 1 061 061.56. Indianapolis notes the Pythian Sisters first Grand Lodge organized in the city, with 17 Indiana lodges and 800 plus members. The Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge met with 350 members, receipts 15 339.06, disbursements 7 136.12, total lodges 204, membership 14 957. Subordinate lodges year end figures show receipts 102 276.39, relief and burials 16 585.84, expenses 41 025.05, total expenditures 57 630.89, cash 44 665.50, investments 58 357.37, lodge property 94 855.94, widows and orphans fund 36 867.85, resources 23 745.76, relief paid 1 129.98. Officers elected include Grid Chancellor Jaige J C Suit and Grand Vice Chancellor A C Hawkins.
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Knights of Pythias
United States
Indianapolis
Pythian Sisterhood
Indiana
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Jaige J. C. Suit
Frank
A. C- Hawkins
Evans- Menome
Elmer E. ‘Williams
Terre
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