Secretary MacVeagh Acts as Acting President in Taft Absence
In Taft's absence, Franklin MacVeagh the Secretary of the Treasury leads the government as Knox stays home at Valley Forge Pa. Congress hears Georgia protest over direct senatorial elections while a legal battle over United Shoe Machinery Co. indictments unfolds before the U S Supreme Court in Washington. Foreign trade in November reaches record highs with imports of 155 million and exports of 278 million, surpassing all prior months.
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Wedding Crashes Follow Gunfire During Gay Reception
In ay: lgrville JH a wedding for Miss Blake Tates and Ora Redfern ended in chaos when John Beller fired at Rev M G Coleman amid preparations, wounding his mother in law Erma Fisher and being shot near the heart during a police confrontation. Elsewhere panama saw a kiosk blast on Central avenue injuring one. a Missouri grand jury cleared the Dreroy brothers in a hunter's death. and other varied incidents from Chicago to Leslie, Arkansas marked a day of turmoil and reports from explorers in Brazil.
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Blake Tates
Ora Redfern
John Beller
Natpenter
M. G. Coleman
Erma Fisher
Panama
Central Avenue
Taft
Torras
National Theater
St. Charles
John Hall
Charles
Oscar Dreroy
Cavern Bones Found Near Ellettsville Probe
A party of 22 explored a Bray farm cave near Ellettsville and uncovered four to five rooms with the remains of a large prehistoric man. Dr. W. W. Harris pronounced the bones human after bringing them to Ellettsville. Fingerprints dotted the walls and a carving reading John Byers 1870 appeared on a wall. The cause of death remains unknown.
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Moomington
Bray Farm
Eilettsville
Ellettsville
Ellensville
W. W. Harris
John Byers
Woman Joker Takes 123 Dollars In Kentucky Theft
Lawrenceburg reports Mrs Thelma Owens of Junction City Kentucky answered engineer Louis Eberhart’s housekeeper ad. She disappeared after leaving a note and Christmas wishes, taking 123 dollars from the family Bible. a warrant followed.
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Lawrenceburg
Louis J Eberhart
George H Bishop Law and Edge ‘Tool Manufacturing Company
Thelma C. Owens
Junction City
Eberhardt
Reads Bible In 67 Hours Contest Starts
South Bend deems Rev Frederick Rusch finished reading his Bible in sixty seven hours and six minutes. His class members begin a contest to see who can read it fastest and most intelligently.
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South Bend
Frederick Rusch
Hig Ible
Snow blankets Evansville as heavy snow ends year
The heaviest snow of the season fell in southern Indiana on Monday and Monday night. Several inches of the beautiful white covering the ground delighted residents as the season's first sleighing is enjoyed.
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Evansville
Indiana
Care of Dog Included in Goldsmith Farm Lease
Martin Shepherd, a 73 year old farmer north of Goldsmith, was in Tipton to finalize a lease. The contract included a provision making his collie a guest in the home for life with lavish table provisions and protection against mistreatment, to comfort him after the loss of his wife and child.
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Martin Shepherd
Goldsmith
Maimed Boy Injured While Hunting In Huntington
Wilbur Stander, son of former police chief RE C Stander, attempted to climb a wire fence while hunting with his father's knife. The gun exploded injuring his left arm below the elbow his right thumb and maiming other fingers.
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Huntington
Wilbur
RE. C. Stander
Farmer Shoots Wildcat After Coin Hunt
Porter Deckard a farmer living south of Nashville killed a wildcat along a road while returning from a coon hunt. His dogs led the way and refused to leave his side. He fired twice and the second shot struck the animal in the head. Indications suggest several cats are in the area.
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Nashville
Porter Deckard
Here
Former Slave Letta Charleston Dies at 108 in Virginia Origin
Letta Charlton, a colored woman who claimed to be 108, died at Henry County Infirmary after five years as an inmate. Born in Virginia, she said she had been a slave on General Robert E. Lee’s estate in her early life.
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Newcastle
Letta Charleston
Henry County Infirmary
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Local Official James H. Curry Dies by Self Inflicted Wound
Vincennes report states James H. Curry aged 55, an official of Johnson township, died from a self inflicted gunshot to the head at a boarding house run by his wife. The death is ruled a suicide. Authorities are treating the case as an isolated tragedy.
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Vincennes
James H. Curry
Johnson Township
Poultry Expert Samuel Larfe Dies Suddenly
Newcastle December 23 Samuel Larfe sixty one prominent poultry expert in the United States died suddenly at his home in Spiceland. He was widely respected for his knowledge and contributions to poultry science.
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Samuel “.B. Larfe
United States
Ly Home
Indiana News In Brief roundup reports multiple local incidents
Terre Haute reports a man killed by an interurban car near the city identified as Will West of Seelesville. Milton and Waterloo township trapper news recounts a catch of raccoons skunks opossums and a mink. Elkhart notes illness in the Jones family after meat from a suspected cholera hog. Anderson covers an assault case against Edward Harless near Perkinsville. Elwood reports Carl Chaplin fled police then was captured. Charlottesville notes Rev Rolla I Black ends revival with Miss Cleo Flannigan assisting. Wabash mentions Mrs Katharine Shively’s hip fracture after a Pullman car accident near Philadelphia. Lawrenceburg reports a large Christmas fish haul from a sunken Ohio river wharf boat. Jeffersonville recalls Kenneth Davis returned from parole violations to the reformatory for Christmas.
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Will West
Seelesville
Milton
Ben Cole
Charles Nut
Waterloo Township
Payette County
Elkhart
John Tr. Jones
Anderson
Edward Harless
Venus Goldsberry
Perkinsville
Elwood
Carl Chaplin
Charlottesville
Rolla I. Black
Cleo Flannigan
New Albany
John Phillips
Shirley
Wabash
Katharine Shively
H. H. Shively
Philadelphia
Shively
Lawrenceburg
Charles W. Wolff
Ohio River
Ranger
Hercules Carroll
Jeffersonville
Kenneth Davis
Indiana
Thomas, R. Marshall
Bridgeport
Til
Charles ‘S. Hay
Institution
Reformatory
Allen County
Fragmentary dialogue hints at campus meal and mood
A torn, ghostly scene set in a February college dining hall. Voices ask for soup and food while a silent figure drifts through a veiled, misty atmosphere, revealing social tension and hints of longing.
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Lovege Chapel
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