Diana State News reports Hammond near disaster saved by citizen
A fire in the South Shore Gas and Electric storage house threatened Hammond for over three hours until William Kleihege, a plumbing contractor, descended a manhole and cut gas to stop the blaze. Losses include Tapper building 550,000 and South Store Gas and Electric 815,000. The item also lists various officials and historical notes including Herbert N. D. Peirce as diplomat nominee and other biographical snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
South Shore Gas and Electric Company
South Chicago
William Kleihege
A. H. Tapper
South Store Gas and Electric Company
Tlamanond Lodge
P.O. E
Tarrington & Hunt
Francis Hendricks
Insurance Investigating Committee
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Syracuse
State Senate
Ife
Kingston
Noy
Rochester
Rojestvensky Claims Togo Outmaneuvered at Sea of Japan
From his account in Novoe Vremya, Admiral Rojestvensky says he knew Togo’s exact whereabouts two days before the battle and maneuvered to win. He notes Britain’s fleet may have concentrated forces at Wei-hai-wei awaiting orders to annihilate the Russians.
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Rojestvensky
John Bull
Togo
Sea of Japan
St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Tie
Minister of Marine
Great Britain
Wei-hai-wei
Crawfordsville man arrested after grave digging incident
Harry Craig of Crawfordsville was arrested in Darlington while assisting in the grave digging for James Ford who died from a head blow. The dispute began when Craig sought the Ford woman as a boarder, was expelled by Ford, and allegedly struck him with a club during the altercation. After Ford’s condition worsened Craig aided the family and prepared a grave before learning of the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ford
Harry Craig
Crawfordsville
Darlington
Ford
Craig
Secretary Storms Faces Attempted Removal in Indiana
Gov Fr Frank Pauly swore to a complaint in Marion County Circuit Court seeking to remove Daniel Storms from the Indiana Secretary of State office. Allegations include miscond in office embezzlement and conversion of funds. The case cites the September settlement and a transfer of state assets to trustee John Appel to secure loans.
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Daniel BE
Secretary of State
Tnediana
Circuit Court
Marion County
Frank Pauly
Johu Appel
Cemain
Christlike grocer Norton arrested for bad check lie
Alfred B F Norton of a gold mine grocery is jailed in Marion on a charge of uttering a worthless check. John Pierce president of the Crystal Tea Company cashing the check to a farmer caused the dispute leading to Norton's arrest after he refused payment.
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Christ
Alfred BF. Norton
Christ World
Marion
Wee
John Pierce
The
Crystal Tea Company
Whaliotd Sald Norton
Los
Pierce
Norton
Chloroformed Robbery Leaves Marion Woman Seriously Hurt
Mrs. Margaret Wenderson, a wealthy Marion resident, was assaulted in broad daylight by robbers while returning from a shopping trip. She was beaten, chloroformed and bound. neighbors found her unconscious and in serious condition. The robbers fled with an unstated sum of money.
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Marion
Margaret Wenderson
Tragic Local Figures Include Suicides and Drownings
Miss Aloise Kinball aged 22 took carbolic acid and died in Evansville. John Gordon son of G S Gordon died in Sullivan from injuries sustained in a football game. The steamboat W Thomas was wrecked at Tell City with high waves. A six year old and an eight year old drowned while skating on a pond near West Terre.
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Aloise Kinball
Evansville
John Gordon
G. S. Gordon
Sullivan
Spe W. Thomas
Tell City
eFall
Clarence
West ‘Terre
Their Aim Is a Republic Poles in America Push Independence
The article describes the Polish League's secret Central Committee as a government within a government guiding 45,000 American and Polish members. It notes support for a republican Poland modeled on the United States, with funds directed by wealthy, vetted delegates. The Buffalo conference funded Kosciusko statues and a Polish school in Pennsylvania, plus aid for deserters fleeing Russia.
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Russia
Polish League
National League
New York
America
London
Paris
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Warsaw
Central Committee
League
Buffalo
Kosciusko
Washington
Pennsylvania
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
John M. Wilson
Thomas Jefferson
Notable Profiles and Quirks of Public Figures
A collection of brief curios about prominent figures. John Jacob Astor’s income quot ed at 30000 daily, Andrew Carnegie golf loving and trout fond, Lieut Gen Chaffee weighing Berkeley or Piedmont living, Cal White Bushey praised for attire, Judge Bond as Governor candidate in Tennessee, Frank Fratz to become Oklahoma governor at 32, Senator Pettus’s wife knit shirts and socks, Congressman Graham known for intermittent whiskers and a quip about punctuation.
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John Jacob Astor
Andrew Carnegie
Gen
Chaffee
Berkeley
Piedmont
Cal. L. White Bushey
Cannon
National Capital
Danville
Frank Fratz
Oklahoma
Senator Pettus
Alabama
Selma
Ala
Graham
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Sanitary limits of cold storage and political notes
Dr. H W Wiley probes how long meat and poultry stay fit in cold storage with Washington experiments and a pure food bulletin to follow. The piece also recalls presidential weddings in the White House and legislative figures and costs surrounding Roosevelt's 1905 inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Loubet Declines Third Term Amid French Election Fervor
The article notes President Loubet will not seek a third term as France faces a presidential race. Versailles prepares for a new successor while critics accuse the current government of graft and persecution. Senate president Fallieres is shaping as a leading candidate.
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France
National Assembly
Versailles
Loubet
Leubet
Republic
M. Fallieries
Senate
Lafollette Sworn In as Wisconsin Senator
Robert M. Lafollette was sworn in as U.S. Senator from Wisconsin on Thursday. Ten minutes before the session, Senator Spooner and Lafollette entered the chamber, causing a mild sensation amid known bitter tensions within the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Lafollette
United States
Wisconsin
Spooner
Chronicle of notable events from history and notable deaths
A dense list of historical milestones and biographical notes spanning centuries. It cites church dedications, assassinations, political upheavals, explorations, wars, royal births and deaths, foundational events in science and religion, and notable figures such as Edward the Confessor, Thomas a Becket, Catherine von Born, Gladstone, and Smalley, among others.
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Thomas a'Becket
Canterbury
England
Wickliff
Society of Jesuits
Tenatius Loyola
Catherine von Born
Martin Luther
Innocent Iix
Jesuits
Darts
Steam Heat Reaches Sod House Near Bone Steel
Frank Gillispie, a prosperous farmer near Bone Steel, South Dakota, enjoys a seven room sod dwelling now heated by a modern steam plant installed by an eastern manufacturer, signaling civilization’s westward advance.
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Frank Gillispie
Bonesteel
S. D
Gillispie
Morales Troops Lose Battle Near Porto Plata
Sharp fighting on the northern coast of Santo Domingo ends in defeat for Morales forces outside Porto Plata. General Demetrio Rodriguez is killed. Caceres troops under General Cespedes disperse Morales forces after heavy casualties. Benjamin Parkhurst dies in Houston hospital after a beating. James T. McCorkle marries a woman who refused an offer from Lulu May Nesbit.
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Porto Plata
Santo Domingo
Demetrio Rodriguez
Morales
Caceres
Cespedes
Monte Chrisi
Monte Christi
Flaving
Lulu May Nesbit
Oakdale
James T. McCorkle
Pueblo
Colo
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Diana State News
William Hkleshege
Herbert N. D. Peirce
Norway
State Department
Portsmouth
H. H
Ma. Peirce
Plein
William R. Taylor
Madison
Connecticut
We Ik Taylor
Cottage Grove
Dane County
Dr. Nansen
AL. Trostand J
James E. Garfield
Department of Commerce and Labor
Iuis
United States Civil Service Commission
Jamesa. Garfield
James &. Garfield
Tham
Ohio
Columbia Law School
Garfield, Garfield & Ilowel
Cleveland
Adolph Fritzen
Strassburg
W. L. Michael
Calcutta
James N. EL
James J. Hill
Northern Pacific
Bojestvensky
Apter Secretary
Storms
Baby
Supp
John S. Berry
Indianapolis
Will HcAllister
Terre Haute
Sim
McAllister
RE. I. South
Big Four
Terre Plante
George Cost
Drermit
Mangred
Buzz Law
Thomas Gear
Cher
Ffairs
Judge Bond
Trownsville
Tenn
White House
Maria Monroe
President Monroe
Samuel L. Gouverneur
Elizabeth Tyler
William Waller
Virginia
Nellie Grant
Abernon Sar
Frederick Landis
Iouse
Seven Mile
Logansport
University of Michigan
Indiana
Charles J. Landis
Wenesaw MM. Landis
United States District Court
Chicago
Wilson
Italy
Europe
Bke Department of Agriculture
Rea
Brownlow
Tennessee
House
Mr. Lalollette
la Yollette
Theouse
Landis
Mik
Ldrownlow
President Loubet
LA Follette
Senator LA Follette
Ithe Weekly Historian
St. Peter's Church
Westminster
Edward the Confessor
Winsale
Ireland
Fearl of Argyle
Mary
Elizabeth of
George Whitefield
Scarborough
James Francis Edward
James II
Philadelphia
Bucharest
William FE. Gladstone
Constitution
Java
Tire
Mississippi
Alexander
Liberia
Rowland Stephenson
Tampa Bay
Imperial Palace
Texas
New Zealand
Thomas W. Dorr
Dorr
Canton
China
Lord Macauley
Marshal Prim
Madrid
Milwaukee
Nebraska
Alphonso Xiie
Spain
Ashtabula
Austria
James G. Fair
Delayan
Albany
Ois Tes
Brazil
EE. V. Smalley
Rodrigues
Benjamin Parkhurst
Huston
Parkhurst
Government Postal Department
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