Roosevelt Urges Four Battleships to Secure Peace
President Roosevelt urges Congress to authorize four new battleships, arguing a modern fleet is essential for peace and national defense. He warns that building only two per year cedes naval rank to rivals and risks two-ocean vulnerability. The plan emphasizes deterrence, not expansion, and ties naval strength to global stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
Hague
United States
Great Britain
Indiana Superintendent Promotes New Teacher Law Benefits
Indiana State Superintendent Fassett A. Cotton urges school officials to highlight the 1907 law widening teaching paths. Graduates may teach after two years normal study without exam, with licenses via state normal schools, and salaries in country schools projected at 50 to 70 dollars per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Fassett A. Cotton
Cotton
State Normal School
Osborn Confesses Again in Logansport Case
Worley Osborn, now jailed in Kokomo on the Fairy McClain murder, has made a second confession. Police say he has detailed the case, prompted by wounded love jealousy and whisky, following advice from his father and Sheriff Lindley.
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Kokomo
Ind
Worley Osborn
Fairy McClain
Panhandle
Logansport
Osborn
Lindley
Indiana Night Riders Threatens State Action
Governor Hanly has ordered an investigation into night rider depredations in southern Indiana. Sheriff Ebenezer Gray of Jefferson County leads the inquiry under gubernatorial direction and is to report back soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hanly
Indiana
Ebenezer Gray
Jefferson County
Boat Capsize Drowns Two Fishermen at Muries Lake
Jasonville Indiana April 20 John Garfield and Thomas Ford drowned when their boat capsized on Muries Lake while fishing. Neither could swim and bodies were recovered.
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Jasonville
Ind
John Garfield
Thomas Ford
Muries Lake
Here
Petition Favors Indiana Stone For Tippecanoe Monument
Lafayette Indiana April 17 a petition to the secretary of war signed by over one hundred state legislators and business and religious leaders asks that the Tippecanoe battlefield monument be built of Indiana stone quarried at Bedford rather than white granite The argument cites local pride economic reasons and the soldiers origins in Indiana with Alva O Reser driving the effort urging construction of Indiana stone.
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Lafayette
Ind
Tippecanoe Battlefield Monument
Indiana
Bedford
Tippecanoe
Northwest Territory
Mississippi River
Alva O. Reser
Indictment in Atlas Bribery Probe Names Rackley Broucher
Indianapolis April 14 The grand jury returned a partial April report charging Thomas R. Rackley former Atlas Engine works general manager and James M. Broucher Atlas sales agent with conspiracy to bribe three county commissioners in April 1907 They allegedly offered 3800 to influence a power plant contract The case mirrors the prior indictment of Arthur W Willcats the Atlas city salesman Rackley is abroad Broucher to be arrested.
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Indianapolis
Thomas R. Rackley
Atlas Engine Works
James M. Broucher
John McGregor
John McGaughey
John M. Mendenhall
Kackley
Broucher
Atlas Concern
County Heat, Light and Power Plant
Arthur W. Willcats
Atlas Company
Serious Traction Wreck Near Indianapolis Inbound Car Wrecks
An inbound Shelbyville car jumped the junction in Prospect street about a mile east of the city limits, crossed the road, damaged a fence and turned on its side in an adjacent lot. Sid Conger of Shelbyville state supervisor of oil inspection was the most seriously injured among about twenty five passengers with a severe forehead gash and a badly bruised arm. Several others sustained injuries needing attention.
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Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Prospect Street
Sid Conger
Local Notes From Coon Hollow And Surrounding Area
No. 8 school closes April 30 with a spelling match at night. Mr and Mrs Wagner and daughter Marie visit Mrs Florence Miller this week. Nellie Anderson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas Anderson, is ill with pneumonia. Sunday School organized at Zen Sunday with Chas Conrad as Superintendent and Lillie Rogge as leader. Clem Crone, formerly of New Albany, moved to Lewis Quebbeman property. Miss Lilie Rogge celebrated 12th birthday with a surprise party attended by about fifty neighbors.
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Chas. Conrad
Supt
Lillie Rogge
Lecy
Clem Crone
New Albany
Lewis Quebbeman
Lilie Rogge
Magnet No 5541 Draft Horse for Sale and Breeding
Magnet No 5541 begins service in 1908 from April 1 at Lanesville with mares at 12.00 to insure a living foal. The jet black 16.4 hands, 1300 pound stallion foaled 1901 was bred by M Flora Crawfordsville Ind, sired by Copeland Amateur Frisente Picador Fiora Bell Democles Grevin La Grange. Hosts call to view before breeding elsewhere. owners LANESVILLE DRAFT HORSE Co. and keeper mris-HW.
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Magnet
M. Flora
Crawfordsville
Ind
Copeland
Amateur
Frisente
Picador
Fiora Bell
Democles
Grevin
la Grange
Lanesville Draft Horse Co
Herman Miller
Mris-Hw
Theodocia
Central
Theodocius
L. Miller
Eureka
William Z. Wright
Rehoboth
Laconia
Jim Beauty
Jim Darling
Confdent
Pride of Sarthe
Favora
Monarch
Tierine
Valentine
Confident
Brillians
Brilhant
Coco II
Vieux Chastine
Coco
Mignon
Jean le Blanc
Dam Beauty
Victor
Cupid
Philibert
Superior
Favori
Viexx Chaslin
Laconia Percheron Horse CO
Jam
F. Russel
William Weigh
Scarcliffe Stamper
Fullards Blossom
England
Goodwin
Stauth Brothers
V. Stauth
Soon &S
Little Wonder
Gen. Bartholomew
Onward
Zilight
Zillandi Golddust
Golddust
Vermont Morgan
Harrison County
Corydon Fair
Reed
Mrilow Struth Bros
Will Nake
New Middletown
Brandywine
Alroyal Wo
Egotist
Electioneer
Hambletonian
Lizzie Wilkes
George Wilkes
Reserve Fund
Lou
Emperor Wilkes
Hylas
Hamlet
Minnie
Kentucky Wilkes
John Seitz
Fair Grounds
Reveille
Black Whaler
Harrigan
Crawford
A. Taylor
Pastor Sappenfield leaves Iowa charge for North Liberty
Rev. A. M. Sappenfield, pastor of Lutheran congregations at Mt. Solomon Scott township and Oakwood Spencer township for about two years, closed his work last Sunday and departed for a new assignment at North Liberty Iowa. Parishioners praise his earnest work and regret his departure.
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A. M Sappenfield
Mt. Solomon
Scott Township
Oakwood
Spencer Township
North Liberty
Iowa
Sappenfield
Millinery Firm Denies Stock Sale at Corydon Junction
Mrs L OC Adams declares she has not sold out her stock of millinery goods and remains at Corydon Junction Indiana, inviting old customers and the public to visit for up to the moment millinery at attractive prices.
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Corydon Junction
Ind
L OC. Adams
Amateur Supplies and Beelaxative Cough Syrup ads
An amateur supplies offer promotes films plates and chemicals at regular prices with developing and finishing services. Bee Laxative Cough Syrup marketed as a child friendly remedy for coughs colds croup hoarseness and bronchial issues. Also an employment ad seeks a reliable Harrison county representative for substantial earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Famepley
L. A. Bialy & Son
M-3
Despondent Louisvillian Shoots Self in North Vernon
Frank Miller of Louisville, Kentucky, shot himself in the forehead with a revolver in North Vernon Indiana. He sat on a sidewalk in a side street, wiping blood from a handkerchief as doctors tended his wound. He begged the physicians to let him die, calling himself a common hobo.
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North Vernon
Ind
Frank Miller
Louisville
President Roosevelt backs Indian land sale rights in Tulsa visit
President Roosevelt urged Tulsa Commercial Club members to champion fair treatment for Aboriginal Americans. He praised Lo as the oldest American and pledged to help ensure Native rights, asking for their aid in removing restrictions on selling Indian lands in the new state.
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Roosevelt
Tulsa
Okla
White House
Frail Craft Capsizes. Two Boys Drowned Near Lawrenceburg
In Lawrenceburg Indiana on April 18 Grover aged twelve and John aged ten, sons of John W Spurgeon, drowned in Newtown pond while en route to school. They used a large store box as a boat which capsized in ten feet of water. They clung to each other as they sank. Bystanders heard their cries and recovered the bodies within twenty minutes. Five physicians failed to revive them after two hours of effort.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Grover
John
John W. Spurgeon
Newtown Pond
Stabbed in a Quarrel at Hudson Lake
John Burtin, a former Chicago policeman, was stabbed three times by Harry Smith of Chicago at Hudson Lake in Laporte County after Burtin knocked Smith through a window during a quarrel. Smith fled the scene, and Burtin was severely wounded.
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Laporte
Ind
John Burtin
Chicago
Hudson Lake
Harry Smith
Burtin
Smith
Promoting Fraud Conviction in Federal Court
Mrs. Jennie Call, operating as E L Glinn in Chicago, was found guilty by a federal jury of using the mails to promote a fraud. The army expects higher pay as conferees reach agreement on the army appropriation. A final note mentions J L Rowe at a local address near the courthouse crowds.
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Jennie Call
E. L. Glinn
Chicago
United States
Senate
House
Boy's Body Cut In Two After Train Accident
In North Vernon Indiana on April 17 a sixteen year old colored boy named Hes tie Bosrd was killed while stealing a ride on a B and O freight train. He and a companion were riding from Louisville to Cincinnati when he fell from the bumper and was killed.
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North Vernon
Ind
Hestie Bosrd
Louisville
Cincinnati
Deadly Boiler Explosion Hits Pawastee Tire Yard
A boiler blast at a Pawasteee tire yard in Mendota Illinois killed workers and caused extensive damage. Rescue crews and investigators tagged the scene as a fatal industrial accident with authorities probing the plant's safety practices and nearby hazards.
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Mendota, Hl
Pawasteee
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