Bald Headed Governor Debate Shideler and Taylor Agree
In a Columbus Club luncheon, G A H Shideler and W A Taylor, rivals for the Republican Indiana gubernatorial nomination, announce they will share the governorship, with Shideler taking two years and Taylor the next two. Shideler jokes about baldness to imply the plan. Taylor retreats after the quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Watts
Indianapolis Journal
Durbin
Indiana
Columba Club
G. A. H. Shideler
Marion
W. A. Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Mr. Shideler
Shideler
Taylor
Boy Hurt by Protruding Nail in Barn
Joseph Dailey eleven year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Dailey was injured while playing hide and seek in a barn. His hand caught on rusted nails in a stairway causing deep gashes requiring six stitches. Effie Redding spent Sunday in Warren with friends.
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Joseph
Frank Dailey
Joose
The K and L Express Robbery of 1903 Riverfront Heist
Captain Spink recalls the peculiar K and L Express robbery on a New York wharf where a two story storage and office shed hid a two ton safe. A gilded wood fragment, a diver, a foggy night, and a Rotterdam tug reveal a staged riverfront caper ending with the safe aboard the Bremen and New York liner.
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Spink
L. Express
Steamboat Squad
New York Harbor
L. Express Company
Long Wharf
Jones Street
Navigation Company
Watchoii
Orst
Illuminat
Eve Rything
Ship News Office
Rotterdam
Bremen
New York
Narrows
Charles B. Goodwin
Express Company
Hokey
Not Honor Men and the Mad Jock Captain Percival
A historical vignette recalls Captain Percival known as Mad Jock and his sharp wit in naval days. A friend's son becomes a midshipman aboard Percival's ship, prompting a fatherly blessing then a stark reply from Percival about graves and honors. The anecdote extends to Percival serving on a board where another friend's son faced examination for midshipman warrants.
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Navy
Percival
Jock
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Ind
Reunited Lovers Find Old Flame in New Marriage
Anthony Olcott, now Howe after a fortune and name change, returns from the West and confronts a living love. He discovers Marguerite Searle, the woman he once loved, is Mrs. Harding. They discuss enduring romance versus mature affection and agree to pursue a living partnership grounded in shared pasts and present commitment.
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Anthony Olcott
Marguerite Searle
Marguerite
United States
Seattle
Olcott
Howe
Bue Olcott
AEC
Iarding
Europe
Lowe
Tess Violet
Girdlrood
Chow
Mrs. Harding
Tracy Handyside's Double Turns Up at College Door
Tracy Handyside faces family pressure to cut spending and leads a four in hand romp with friends. His father, misled by a stranger resembling Tracy, confronts him only to learn the son is safe and the real culprit behind recent incidents is traced to Kenwood. Father admits eyesight fading as the mystery unravels.
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Tracy Handyside
Hls
Tracy
Cty
Rascal
Ford
Handyside
Willard Stokes
Tantyside
Flo
Pop
Kenwood
Stokes
Mr. Stokes
Farmer's Cow Claim Sparks Water War with Railroad
A farmer Aaron Bhock billed the R. C. G. and D. Railroad Co for a cow killed by a locomotive. Delays, disputed payments, and a water-diversion feud over a creek and springs lead to legal posturing and a final settlement push by the railroad's attorney and president.
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R. CG
D. Railroad Company
Aaron Bhock
D.’s
Farmer Shock
Slarmer Shock
Aaron
Ormer Shock
Law Bool
Shock
Louse
Lint
Farmer
Saul
Farner Shock
Hho
High Dudgeon
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Ayer
L. Hawa
Newington, Ont
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell
Mass
Joseph Dailey
Effie Redding
Warren
Komen
Chicago
FT. Wayne
Fostoria
Findlay
Gleveland
Buffalo
Boston
Nickel Plate Road
Pullman
Alsoon la Carte
Lekets
W. Bert Foster
T. C. McClure
IX. and L. Company
Parner Shogk
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