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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1911
Page
3
Congress Debates Tariff and Lorimer Probe Fallout
A sprawling Washington scene features Oscar W Underwood clashing with William Jennings Bryan over tariff revisions while the Lorimer investigation continues in the Senate. Other items cover a park tribute to Vicksburg officers, a mine rescue near Joplin, anti trust actions under the Wilson act, pension proposals, Harlem bank robbery, and disasters from St. Lawrence to Abilene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
House of Representatives
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Coffee Trust
Steamship Trust
United States
Haiti Revolt Pushes President Antoine Simon Abroad
President Antoine Simon flees Port au Prince aboard the Haitian cruiser Seventeenth of December with his wife and children and followers. Martial law grips Mexico City with 5,000 mounted police and 10,000 troops in barracks ready for field service as Maderists threaten to fire on the city unless Emilio Vasquez Gomez is restored to the interior ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiti
Antoine Simon
Mexico
Emilio Vasquez
Gomes
Indianapolis Market Probe Eyes Farmer Sellers and Middlemen
A city commission led by Frank P. Duffy plans a wide investigation into conditions at the Indianapolis market house to determine the balance between producers and middlemen and why many farmers avoid direct sale to consumers. Hadley will gather names of Marion county producers who do not sell directly, and officials discuss how licensing fees deter direct farmer sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Shank
Frank P. Duffy
Felix T. McWhirter
Conmmieston
Hadley
Marion County
Tndianapolis
McWhirter
Mr. McWhirter
Saloon Presence Said To_SAVE School Enrollment Gaps
Indianapolis official cites Anti-Saloon League data claiming 1910 school roll in dry counties reached 345 916 of 460 024 and 76.8 percent while wet counties enrolled 184 644 of 204 257 or 60.6 percent claiming 49 289 fewer students attended due to saloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Shumaker
Anti-Saloon League
Purdue Wheat Special Planned on Big Four Lines
Purdue University's agricultural extension will run a wheat improvement train over the Big Four rails in Indiana from August 21 to 28. The railroad furnishes equipment and operation free. Purdue provides lecturers and the soils and crops staff will lead instruction and field questions about wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Purdue University
Big Four Railroad
Big Four
Indiana
Purdue
University
Soils and Crops Department
Purdue Experiment Station
Woman Survives Folding Bed Accident in Lawrenceburg
Mrs. Emma Barrett Enyart forty widow of Edward J. Enyart narrowly escaped death when a large heavy folding bed collapsed on her while she slept. Her screams brought her sixteen year old son to fetch neighbors for help. She was unconscious on rescue and is badly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Emma Barrett Enyart
Edward J. Enyart
Teachers Restricted in Morgan County Contracts
Township trustees adopt resolutions restricting teachers from marrying during school terms and forbidding visits to gambling venues saloons card rooms or places serving intoxicants. Violations promise forfeiture of contract and license. clauses to be added to future contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Morgan County
Girl Shot by Neighbor in Goshen Tragedy
Freda Luedders, aged 157, was fatally shot at the home of John Misley north of Goshen when Trese McCarthy accidentally discharged a revolver taking it from a bureau. A bullet went through a window and struck Luedders in the brain as she played on the porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Freda Luedders
John Misley
Here
Trese McCarthy
Luedders
Couple Wed After Ten Years of Letter Courtship
Jefferson Walker of Salem and Miss Lena Lackey of Birmingham were married by Rev. J. H. Doddridge in Jeffersonville. The couple courted by letter for nearly a decade after finding each other through a matrimonial advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Jefferson Walker
Salem
Washington County
Lena Lackey
Birmingham
Ala
J. H. Doddridge
Corydon Plans Centennial Celebration in Historic Statehouse
Corydon residents held a mass meeting in the old statehouse to organize a centennial event marking Corydon as the Indiana territory capital. Citizens formed committees to establish a permanent group to plan the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corydon
Indiana Territory
Old Statehouse
School Board Buys Parcel for Future Playground
Kendallville board purchases land near the north ward school for 1200 dollars with plans to convert the plot into a playground next year. no immediate grounds improvements. Shelbyville John W Sullivan dies at his Hope home of typhoid fever. wife and two children died of the same disease. another child ill and in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
North Ward
Shelbyville
John . W. Sullivan
Hope
Indiana towns report violence death price rises and crime trends
In Rockport Mrs Retta Coombs dies after an attack and shooting by white caps as warrants are issued for alleged assailants. Muncie grocers charge $2 a bushel for potatoes, high despite last year’s yields. Cambridge City forestry official Barrows surveys 2500 walnut trees for display. Fowler merchants push to form an anti dead beat alliance amid past losses totaling 73000. Elwood police report July crime spike with 15 intoxication and 10 assault arrests, two illegal tigers, a license-less saloon closed, and a liquor house shuttered. Crawfordsville moves to curb noise with an anti noise ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockport
Retta Coombs
Here
Ewood
Fowler
Swanington
Reed Long
West Lafayette
Elwood
Crawfordsville
Noted Stage Dinner Order Sparks Comedic Exchange
The Comedian explains that the supe arrives after dessert, contrasting with usual dinner service as the Soubrette questions the method in a backstage dialogue.
A Hard Worked Man President Taft Stays Busy
The article argues the U S president is ever on duty with constant demands and brief, scattered vacations. It contrasts Taft with corporate heads like E H Gary, noting governors can detach briefly while the president must remain available year round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Republic
E. H. Gary
Europe
William H. Taft
Quotations on Hatred and Mediocrity
A brief quotation reflects on an enduring cart of hatred born from superiority over mediocrity. The author Pau Bouget contrasts lofty disdain with the persistence of contempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pau
Bouget
Postum Helps Family After Coffee Swap
A Brookline woman reports a Postum mix up with groceries led to a coffee substitute becoming a daily staple for her family. She notes improved stomach health, urges her sister to try Postum, and credits the beverage with overall well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
Mags
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles A. White
Illinois
Finois
Senate
William Lorimer
Supreme Court of the United States
Owen
Oklahoma
Lorimer Investigation Committee
Chicago
Vicksburg Park
Joseph Clary
White Oak
Joplin
Clary
H. C. Folger
Standard O] Company
Congress
Berger
Wisconsin
First National Bank
Harlem
Mont
Connecticut
Robert Cole
Catakill, N. Y. Oople
New York City
Health Department
Southern Pacific Railroad
Andrew Toth
Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Toth
Harriet Quimby
California
Aero Club of America
Hempstead Plains
N. Y
St. Lawrence River
Sirus
Massena
John Kenton
Johnson
Croker
New York
James H. Gore
National Sugar
Yonkers
Abilene
Texas
Miss Stokes
W. E. D. Stokes
Detroit
Justice Brooke
Main Leaf
George Rambeand
Pasteur Institute
Vassar Hospital
Poughkeepsie
Mme
Gerville Reache
Manhattan Opera Company
Col
John Jacob Astor
Madeline Force
Clara Morris
Yonkera
Richmond
National Association
the Knights of Columbus
Porto Rico
The
Philppines
Cuba
Canada
England
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Boston
F. P
Indiana News
Lugky
Grocer
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