Indiana Legislature Debates Broad Reform and Eight Hour Bills
The Indiana Senate and House exchange plans on electrocution for hanging, public utilities oversight, and eight hour day for women with new bills on tuberculosis hospitals, hospital for insane criminals, and a state highway commission. Committees list chairs as Lt. Gov. O’Neill announces leaders and proposed reforms.
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Taggart
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Womer
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Shively
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House
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van Nuys
Bailivan
Wood
Netterville
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Curtis
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Jenkins
Hibberd
Pleming
Yarling
Gelig
Ge Wood
Ratts
Krug
White
Public Martels Kran
Parks
Troutmin
Baker
Cleveland
Celts
State Agriculture Board Names Executive and Fair Directors
Clem Graves announces an executive committee including Oscar Hadley and Charles Anthony with other members listed. Department superintendents for the state fair cover sheep horses cattle swine agriculture horticulture poultry grandstand speed art and more with multiple Indiana locales named. Universities prepare to contest proposed funding cuts to Purdue and Indiana, as lawmakers and friends vow to block the reduction, with Representative Franklin of Lafayette set to push back against Purdue’s lowered appropriation.
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Purdue School of Agriculture
Indiana
Purdue
Sam
Risi WU
School of Agriculture
Clem Graves
State Board of Agriculture
Oscar Hadley Plainfield
Charles H. Anthony
Muncie
van C. Reed
Attica
Boyd
Indianapolis
John L. Thompon
Gas City
Warren T. McCray
Kentland
Dan C. Reed
Cornelius O'Brien
Lawrenctburg
Mason J Niblack
Vincennes
John C. Haines
Rockport
John Ysenburger
North Manchester
Charles W. Hickman
Lafayette
Speed
James
McDonald
Ligonier
Franklin
Send Off for Monroe County Whitecaps Convicts Draws Crowd
About 300 Monroe County residents gathered at Bloomington’s train depot to bid farewell to Tobe Snoddy and Silas Adams, whitecaps bound for Michigan City prison. Sheriff Walter Jones escorted the convicts amid visible sympathy, as townspeople urged them to reconsider.
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Ind
Monroe County
Goodby
Tobe Snoddy
Silas Adams
Harvey McFarland
Michigan City
Walter Jones
Monroe
Epirit
Degentien
Old Monroe
Snoddy
Joe Shields
Gadds
Drives Into the River at Big One River Chase
Adam M. Ellis, 26, floated a mile down the Big One river after falling asleep on the way home. His horse and bungy wedged on a sand bar, saving his life as Ellis waded to the bank. Neighbors summoned aid and spent hours reviving him at the Rhodes farm after he became unconscious.
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Adam M. Ellis
Big One
Ellis
Charles Rhodes
Lee Fox
Rhodes
Burglars Loot Wells Bison Theater in Evansville Heist
Cracksmen escaped with $1,200 from the Wells Bison theater office safe after forcing both outer and inner doors with an electric tool. Suspects possibly hid in the theater after Sunday performances. No timber-entry signs found. Other Indiana notes report a railroad death in South Bend, a parcel service talk, and various legal actions across towns.
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Jan
Wells-Bison Theater
Grain Steamer Burtts on Ohio River Disaster
Vernon January report recounts the steamer TN Flesher from Mt. Vernon catching fire in its dog house and burning to the water and sinking between Cottonwood Paint and Uniontown. Captain TON Blesher, owner, was saved by the crew’s prompt action as the vessel drifted and burned with losses estimated at 35,000 to 46,000 dollars.
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Vernon
Jan M
TN. Flesher
Mt. Vernon
Uniontown
Dog House
Ton, Blesher
David Fisher Dead at 102 in Prankfort
David Fisher 102, a Pennsylvanian who crossed between Indiana and Pennsylvania twice on horseback, died in Prankfort after an injury from a fall days earlier. He passed through Indianapolis when it was a small village.
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David Fisher
Prankfort
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Indianapolis
Four Boys Drowned in Mine Pond Incident
Four boys living near Glendora died after the ice on a mine pond broke while they skated. The victims were Frost Mettinuis age nine Hernan Haroowe age seven James Karlowe age nine and Luther Warner age nine.
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Glendora
Frost Mettinuis
Hernan Haroowe
James Karlowe
Luther Warner
Whirled to Death at Reliance Foundry
Antonio Mino an Italian worker was killed when his clothing caught on a rapidly revolving shaft at the Reliance foundry in Fuehmond January 15. His body was crushed and mangled in the accident.
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Fuehmond
Antonio Mino
Reliance Foundry
MiUltino
Where Is Baby Hummel South Wend
A search is under way in South Wend for a nine year old boy who entered a home in the city several years ago under the nameube diseuinel.
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Jan
Tas Arntane
Ube
Compromise as Lesson in Work and Property
A character named Mr. Levi is portrayed as kind and moral yet frugal. He keeps a hired man who complains about always working. Levi owns a talking horse that barks and questions the man’s assignment as Levi presses for readiness to start.
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Maeterlinck
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Levi
Army forbids officers as sports umpires
Army orders forbid officers from acting as umpires in ball games to preserve discipline. It notes players abuse umpires and insults by privates erode command authority and respect, undermining army order and efficiency.
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Castoria Reminder for Mothers Over Three Decades Use
Important notice urges mothers to inspect bottles of Castoria for infants and children ensuring the signature and usage claim. It notes Castoria has been in use for over 30 years and children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Wombat Denies Rumor of Being Gen Tua
False Alam reports a claim that Wombat is a gen tua, which he rejects as a canard. He also notes a past loan to Wombat that was repaid.
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Short on Breath and a Knickerbocker Poodle
A humorous dialogue notes Patience questioning a knickerbocker poodle and Patrice confirming the breed. An advertisement claims Dr Pieres's Pellets aid digestion, plus a beauty-adv and a pancake flour product from Mrs Austin's Bag Pancake Flour. The final line jokes about memory when a girl proposes.
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