On the Trail of the American Missionary
A 1910 report on laymen transforming foreign missions with businesslike planning. It cites a $21 million annual outlay and outlines a drive to recruit 27,000 more missionaries over 25 years, led by prominent Boston and New York business figures and linked to cross-denominational boards.
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Philadelphia
United States
Canada
New York
American Board of Foreign Missions
Samuel B. Capen
Boston
Harry Wade Hicks
Edwardh. Haskell
W. N. Hartshorn
William Shaw
John J. Bates
H. P. Anderson
Seymour M. Ballard
S. W. Bowne
William L. Brower
Robert E. Speer
James M. Speers
F. P. Turner
Lucien C. Warner
Mornay Williams
John W. Wood
A. T. Mahan
Silas McBee
William Dulles
James G. Cannon
EB. M. Bulkley
Luther D. Wishard
Robert C. Ogden
J. Campbell White
Chester A. Holcombe
Rochester
D. W. McWilliams
Brooklyn
W. W. Keen
John Wanamaker
John #. Converse
Wim
D. c
William Carey
Robert Morrison
United Presbyterians
Presbyterians
Omaha
General Assembly
Chicago
Toronto
Washington
Christendom
England
Scotland
Great Britain
High Church
Church of England
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
High Church Missionary Organization
North American
Wall Street
Joseph B. Bowles
Women Prove More Honest Than Men in Early Studies
Statistics from American guarantee companies claim women surpass men in honesty. The report notes women are employed in business as fully as men, yet most embezzlers and defaulters are male. It cites higher female cashier presence in stores and shops.
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America
Universal
Tiger claws death in circus arena clash near Peru
A Bengal tiger and a young leopard fought for about 30 minutes in a circus rehearsal ring at its winter quarters in Peru. The leopard survived after delivering fatal wounds to the tiger, valued at $1000, as trainers failed to separate the combatants.
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Peru
Bloomington man once Bean Blossom tycoon dies at 86
E J Starke aged 86 wealthy landowner who held 22 000 acres in Bean Blossom township dies at the county poor farm. J J Van Buskirk of Gosport volunteers to pay funeral expenses saving the body from the Indiana university dissection unit. Four daughters are Mrs Saunders Indianapolis Mrs Heiny Mooresville Mrs McPherridge of the county and a daughter at Franklin with undisclosed name.
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Bloomington
E. J. Starke
Bean Blossom
J. J. van Buskirk
Gosport
Medical Department
Indiana University
Tragic Fire Claims 15-Year-Old Mary Ham Near Bloomington
In Ellettsville area along the pike two miles north of Bloomington, 15 year old Mary Ham daughter of Sherman Ham was literally cooked to death when her clothing ignited from a red hot drum stove at midnight. The accident is described as unparalleled in the county for its terrible suffering with hair burned off eyes destroyed and flesh roasted.
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Bloomington
Mary Ham
Sherman Ham
Ellettsville Pike
First Free Pike in Floyd County at Georgetown Township
Floyd county awards contract for an eight mile free Pike construction in Georgetown township at a cost of 17972 dollars. W Q O Sweeney of Jeffersonville is the successful bidder. The move follows years of delay as other townships push for free pikes while two toll roads still end in the city.
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Floyd
New Albany
Floyd County
Georgetown Township
W. QO. Sweeney
Jeffersonville
Dogs Fail to Trail Incendiary
Mrs. Ela Collup sues for divorce from her husband after moving from Omega to Atroma. Her home burned requiring difficult suppression and coal oil was found to be used by an incendiary. Bloodhounds from Noblesville failed to pick up a scent. Horse Thief Detective association members investigated.
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Elwood
Ela Collup
Omega
Atroma
Noblesville
Horse Thief Detective Association
State Trails Boy Wonder in Muncie Medical Board Probe
The Indiana State Board of Medical Registration is pursuing actions against two physicians in Muncie over a so called Boy Wonder cure scheme. The operation, aided by a licensed doctor, pretended to provide amazing cures and has since moved away from Muncie.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Medical Registration
Muncie
Evansville Boy Runaway Seeks Fare Home
Edward Ritz fourteen, tired and footsore after a fifteen mile snow trek, walked to escape study from Jasper college and was taken by Probation Officer Joe H Kraft. He said he would return to school if he could raise money for his railroad fare to Jasper.
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New Albany
Edward Ritz
Evansville
Jasper
Joe H. Kraft
Wife Is His Creditor in Wabash Bankruptcy
Ed Rosenbaum, clothing merchant, assigned to the Wabash County Loan and Trust company and closed his doors. Assets about 9000, liabilities 45000. His creditors are his wife and two brothers in law Abraham Myers and Jacob Myers of Kokomo, claims about 31000.
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Wabash
Ed Rosenbaum
Wabash County Loan and Trust Company
Abraham Myers
Jacob Myers
Kokomo
Deserted Wife Tells Tale in Hartford City
The arrest of Arthur Stinasse, a glass worker, at Mr Vernon Ohio on wife desertion charges uncovers a tale of cruelty told by his young wife who lives with her mother in Hartford City. She says she was charming and married as a French girl but is now 16 years old.
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Hartford City
Arthur Stinasse
Right to Bar Frats Questioned in Rensselaer Case
The Indiana General Assembly debate over prohibiting high school secret societies centers on Rensselaer where Beta Phi Sigma seeks court action. Attorney James A. Ross represents the fraternity as the school board bans members. Parents reportedly back the students in a conflict that has drawn local attention to the Beta Phi Sigma chapter in Indiana.
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Rensselaer
Indiana General Assembly
James A. Ross
Beta Phi Sigma Fraternity
Rensselaer High School
Rensselaer Society
Beli Phi Sigma Fraternity
Indiana
Noted Minister is Dead in Decatur
Rev. W. H. Daniel a well known Indiana Methodist minister died at his Decatur home after a four year illness. Born April 10 1848 near Richmond he was nearly 60. A Fort Wayne college graduate he served in many Northern Indiana conference cities including Peru Goshen Kokomo Logansport Richmond Decatur Auburn Columbia City Freemont Leo and Coesse Water Iro.
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Decatur
W. H. Daniel
Methodist Church
Indiana
Richmond
Fort Wayne College
Peru
Goshen
Kokomo
Logansport
Auburn
Tragedy at South Whitely: Father Kills Son Then Self
A dispute at the Cox family home near South Whitely led to Phillip Cox slashing his son Jacob and then killing himself. Jacob later died from head injuries at Longcliffe, the Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane, where he had been returned after a prior discharge.
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South Whitely
Phillip Cox
Jacob
Jacob Cox
Longcliffe
Indiana
Poultry Fanciers Organize in New Albany
The Hoosier State Poultry association is organized in New Albany with plans for the first annual exhibition in January. Officers named include James Mc Laughlin as president Henry Hanky as vice president Fred Brazil secretary W A Green corresponding secretary and Lewis A Stoy treasurer.
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New Albany
Hoosier State Poultry Association
James McLaughlin
Henry Hanky
Fred Brazil
W. A. Green
Lewis A. Stoy
Princeton Dry Vote Narrowly Settled in Court
Judge Gilchrist in Evansville Superior Court denied Samuel Brown's petition to declare a remonstrance insufficient to stop his saloon opening. The proponents of dryness won by a single signer, preserving Princeton's dry status.
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Princeton
Gilchrist
Evansville
Samuel Brown
Phone Subscribers Protest In Bloomington Meeting
Bloomington patrons of the Home Telephone company held a mass meeting at the Harris Grand theater with about 1,000 attendees to oppose the late January 1 articles of association for the Citizens' Telephone company of Bloomington. It marked the fourth major gathering in ten days amid the dispute.
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Bloomington
Home Telephone Company
Citizens' Telephone Company of
Harris Grand Theater
Vanburen Township Trustee Hiram Sims Makes Creditors Assignment
Washington report notes Hiram Sims, trustee of Vanburen township and noted farmer with over 300 acres, assigns estate for creditors. Sims asserts township funds under his care will be preserved and no loss to the trust is anticipated.
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Washington
Hiram Sims
Vanburen
Sims
Enoch Arden Incident Brings Surprise Reunion
Charles H. Hogan, thought dead twenty years, returns to discover his wife divorced and remarried. Hogan disappeared under mysterious circumstances, with his hat and coat found on the river bank, leading to speculation of self harm. Anti-Saloonists Nominate in Petersburg Pike County mass convention names candidate for joint representative and partial county ticket.
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Enoch Arden
Lawrenceburg
Charles H. Hogan
Hogan
Petersburg
Pike County
Fifty-seventh Judicial District
Compelled to Sign Deed in Indiana Suit
Mrs. Nellie Stewart Kinzley sues Chauncey D. Stewart David Cooley Blanche Worthington and Oscar Davis in the circuit court alleging that around July 6 1907 while she was Chauncey Stewarts wife and living at Ingalls Indiana she was forced to sign a bill of sale and a deed to a base hotel during a one day incident.
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Anderson
Nellie Stewart Kinzley
Chauncey D. Stewart
David Cooley
Blanche Worthington
Oscar Davis
Chauncey Stewart
Ingalls
Ind
Childs Report Card Sparks Family Conversation
The Monitor recounts a family incident where a girl delivers a report on her younger siblings behavior. Evelyn is praised with no marks while Jack receives a few offenses with two spits and one damp noted on the schoolroom board.
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Mamma
Evelyn
Satan Trembles at Bible Bargains in New York Window
A New York bookstore on Eighth Avenue displays a pile of Bibles in a sale, marked very low prices with the banner Satan trembles when he sees Bibles sold as low as these. The note reflects praise for advertising craft.
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Satan
Eighth Avenue
New York
Pure Food Claims Wheat and Barley-Based Digestible Diet
The text promotes a food made from wheat and barley treated to transform starch into sugar, marketed as ideal for brain and nerve centers. It cites Dr. Geo. W. Carey on phosphate of potassium as key to nerve health and suggests GrapeNuts users have benefited, urging broad physiological uses and natural preparation.
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Geo. W. Carey
Grape-Nuts Lifts Brain Power for Writer and Family
A lady writer, mother of four, reports improved appetite and stamina after adopting Grape-Nuts as a daily breakfast. She credits the cereal with sustaining her brain work and aiding her children’s growth, noting prior fatigue and reliance on heavy late snacks.
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E. H. Pitkin
Hanford Crawford
St. Louis
A. W. Benedict
L. H. Severance
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John Willis Baer
Los Angeles
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Fort Wayne
Charles Bird
Wilmington
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Charles A. Rowland
Athens
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Marion McHenry Hull
E. P. Peabody
Waycross
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Gardiner
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Minneapolis
E. J. B. Pease
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George R. Crowe
Winnipeg
N. W. Rowells
W. M. Birks
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A. O. Dawson
Henry H. Bridgman
Norfolk
Conn
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Hartford
Christian Endeavor
Protestant Episcopal Church
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