Taft era tariffs and political shocks noted in Senate speech
A Washington dispatch reports Senator Kenyon of Iowa urged action to lower living costs, proposing a tariff bill to scale duties while protecting the wool industry. Other items include a postal surplus forecast, campaign finance limits, and various federal probes, indictments, and international health measures amid cholera fears.
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Kenyon
Iowa
United States Senate
Congress
Tariff Board
Widow accuses a man of abuse after marriage in Kentucky case
Richmond police allege Peter P. Apking a 33 year old forger robber and bigamist married Miss Elizabeth Young in Lexington Kentucky then drugged robbed and abandoned her in Cincinnati Her condition is critical at a Nicholasville Kentucky home Apking traveled through many states leaving a trail of letters and forged checks police expect more wives to be found He speaks several languages and used multiple identities
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Richmond
Peter P. Apking
United States
Apking
Plano
Bertha Coler
Paris
Apkins
Gorman
Police Department
Nicholasville
Elizabeth Young
Lexington
Cincinnati
Lynn
Mass
Hartford
East
Middle West
Tramp Jack Miller Sought for Carnegie Hero Reward
A Columbus movement asks the Carnegie hero fund commission to reward Jack Miller a tramp known as Jack the Bum for saving ten year old William Boyer from drowning. Miller revived the boy but said he regretted attracting attention and wished to be forgotten.
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Columbus
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Jack Miller
Jack
William Boyer
Miller
Risks Life for Cattle Near Montpelier Train
Lewis Stanley 72 a Montpelier area farmer exposed himself to danger while driving cattle to pasture as a fast interurban train approached. He was seriously hurt possibly mortally injured in the attempt. Authorities described his act as a vain effort to save the livestock.
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Montpelier
Lewis ‘Stanley
Refused License to Wed in Napanee County Clerk
Ralph A Johnson a Napanee teacher and Indiana summer student and Pauline Virginia McRae a Mayfield Kentucky coed were denied a marriage license by County Clerk Stalker. Indiana law requiring licensure in the bride’s county led them to seek papers elsewhere as the girl claimed Kentucky as her home.
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Bedford
Ralph A. Johnson
Napanee
Indiana University
Pauline Virginia McRae
Mayfield
Stalker
Kentucky
Indiana
Indians to Aid Spectacle at Mississinewa Battle Ground Event
Miami Wabash and Grant county Indians join the Mississinewa Battle Ground Association in a six night re-enactment at Coldthwait park Marion. Proceeds fund buying and dedicating the battle ground to memory of soldiers and Indians who fought there. Notable participants include eight members of Chief Gabriel Godfroy’s family and Peter Godfroy. Indians will live in tepees and display relics with a fireworks bust of Chief Godfroy.
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Peru
Miami
Wabash
Grant Counties
Marion
Battle Ground Movement
Mississinewa Battle Ground Association
Grant
George W. Steele
National Military Home
Gabriel Godfroy
Peter Godfroy
Frank Godfroy
William
Board Revokes Pharmacy Licenses in Liquor Sale Case
The Indiana state board of pharmacy revoked the licenses of Frank B. Greene of Greencastle and clerks James Stroop and Carl Johnson for illegal liquor sales. This marks the board’s first use of its power to revoke pharmacists licenses and begins a broader campaign against liquor sales in drug stores.
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Terre Haute
State Board of Pharmacy
Frank B. Greene
Greencastle
James Stroop
Carl Johnson
Alonzo Cook
Indiana News in Brief Burst of Local Color
Fort Wayne welcomes kridget O Connor who died at ninety after living there since 1854. Mishawaka’s rubber department closes for two months leaving two thousand idle. Muncie reports the Carter homestead destroyed by coal oil store explosion. Tipton drugstore owner Morris travels to New Mexico with stock to pay creditors. Peru reports Frances Rutledge located in Lima, Ohio with court actions to return her to Macy adopters. Tipton Odd Fellows boast 427 members across four lodges. Anderson hosts the Indiana Spiritualists annual camp meeting with full occupancy. Princeton notes the missing Mrs Hugg reappears near Paris Illinois with nine children. Shelbyville Odd Fellows in St Paul to dedicate a new hall August 5. Huntington reports James Brittenham visiting with his daughter.
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Mishawaka
Mishawaka Woolen Manufacturing Company
Muncie
G. Curta
Carter
Delaware County
Tipton
Thomas EB. Morris
New Mexico
Indianapolis
Peru
Frances Rutledge
Macy
Lima
Hakins
W.R. Dunham
The
Odd Fellows
Jefferson Township
Kempton
Goldsmith
Ekin
Anderson
Indiana Association of Spiritualists
Chesterfield
Princeton
Samuel Hugg
Samuel Emrick
Paris
Lve
Edgar
Ilinois
Shelbyvile
Odd Fellows Lodge
St. Paul
Waldron
Blue Ridge
Decatur
Todge
Huntington
James Brittenham
Sidney, TH
KILLED ON THE ROAD ENDEAVOR TO PASS A FARMER
Automobile racer Lewis Strang, 26, died near Blue River Wisconsin when his Case car fell from a five foot embankment during the Wisconsin automobile association reliability run from La Crosse to Lancaster. He had a previously injured arm from June racing in Kenosha and his control may have been affected. Strang, born in New York, had long been connected with Case as head of its racing team and drove since 1907.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lewis Strang
Blue River
Wisconsin Automobile Association
la Crosse
Lancaster
Strang
Kenosha
New York
Case Company
Tts
Elkwood Park
Pensacola Burial Ties Priest to Local Lodge
A Memphis sister identifying an unidentified man as Father Hugh O’Brien of the Little Rock diocese led to his funeral in Pensacola. O’Brien, native of Pensacola, was a member of the Bessemer Alabama lodge of Elks, which funded bringing his body home after death in Memphis.
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Potter's Field
Pensacola
Fla
Potters’ Field
St. Joseph Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Father Hugh O'Brien
Little Rock
Morris
Father O'Brien
Father O’brien
Bessemer
Ala
Biks
Four Women Killed, Chauffeur Hurt In Collision At Raceville
In Raceville a Delaware and Hudson passenger train struck a car on a grade crossing. Killed were Mrs. Charles Wells Jr and Mrs. George W. Yates both of Saratoga Springs, Mrs. Chas Grant of Saratoga Springs, and Mrs. F M Robinson of Boston. Chauffeur Charles Ostrander had multiple injuries and serious internal damage.
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Troy
Raceville
Charles Wells, Jr
George W. Yates
Chas. Grant
Saratoga Springs
F. M. Robinson
Boston
Mass
Charles Ostrander
Delaware and Hudson
Farm land values surge in ten years doubling in worth
Washington reports 1900 to 1910 census figures show farm land and improvements increasing from 13.05 billion to 28.38 billion in land value and total farm assets rising to 35.86 billion. The rise reflects an 118 percent jump in land values and a broad expansion of farm property across the United States.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Battle Against Leprosy Progress Report in San Francisco
Federal leprosy investigation station at Honolulu conducts Experiments and aims to produce serums and vaccines fatal to leprosy germs. Dr Mozes T. Clegg assistant director arrived here from Honolulu and states the germ itself has been isolated.
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San Francisco
Federal
Honolulu
Mozes T. Clegg
Fatal wreck near Bryant station on Pittsburg and Western line
A fast Baltimore and Ohio railroad train wreck at Bryant station in Pittsburg division killed four men, injured two, and left one unaccounted for. Authorities investigate causes as rescue teams secure the site and aid survivors.
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Pittsburg
Unace
Western
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Bryant
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