Pardon For Milwaukee Mrs Romadka Cited In Wide Review
Mrs Evelyn Romadka, formerly married to Milwaukee trunk maker Charles P Romadka, was pardoned by Illinois authorities after an indeterminate Joliet prison sentence for theft following a Chicago guilty plea. The item surveys related international and national notes from politics to labor and accidents.
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Evelyn Romadka
Charles P. Romadka
Milwaukee
Chicago
New York
Paul Sorrente
Florence
N. J
Fannie Blumstein
Coney Island
Oscar T. Tamm
St. Louis
Tamms
Ill
Arctic Circle
Patea
Sweden
Maud Glavis
Louis R. Glavis
Seattle
Wash
Gravis
Robert E. Scott
London
New Zealand
Monon railroad president Ira G. Rawn killed at Winnetka home
A Chicago suburb shooting murder mystery surrounds Ira G. Rawn president of the Monon railroad. Family reports burglary but detectives suspect suicide. Other items include Gov. B F Carroll charged with criminal libel and a Chicago trial for Lee O Neil Browne with a possible change of counsel.
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Ira G. Rawn
Monon Railroad
Winnetka
Chicago
Rawn
B. F. Carroll
Polk County
John Downie
State Board of Control
Girls’ Reform School
Mitchellville
Kersten
Lee O'Neil Browne
German-American Press
Helen Philbrick
Rockies
Miles City
Mont
Factory Fire Destroys Standard Oil Plant in Whiting
A massive blaze at the Standard Oil factory in Whiting, Lake County, destroyed the Brease plant with an estimated loss of 210000. Firefighters from Whiting and Standard Oil fought flames for hours aided by Hammond, Gary, and South Chicago units as wind spread smoke and heat across the area. Insurance covers the loss as many workers lose their jobs.
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Whiting
Lake County
Standard Oil Company
Brease
Hammond
Gary
Chicago
Lake Michigan
St. Louis
Frankfort Forms Aero Club To Build Planes
The La Marr Aero club incorporated in Frankfort with 5,000 capital to construct and operate aeroplanes. W. S. Adams is president, Perry Gable secretary, Fay Cross treasurer. Charles La Marr, a balloon pioneer, leads the project. a 35 foot aeroplane with 25 horsepower is nearing trial flight within ten days.
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Frankfort
la Marr Aero Club
W. 3. Adams
Perry Gable
Fay Cross
Charles la Marr
la Marr
Eight Fires From Crossed Wires In Greenfield
In Greenfield eight dwellings caught fire at once when a 2200 volt line touched a 104 volt line and nearby telephone wires. Gas pipes burned as escaping gas ignited, street lights were out, and crews could not fight the flames until power was cut. Losses were substantial. Leigh S. J. Hunt Visits Aged Mother in Columbia City. Hunt visits recall his notoriety and a tale in an Indianapolis newspaper.
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Greenfield
Leigh S. J. Hunt
Columbia City
Whitley County
Fort Wayne
Etna
Mr. Hunt
Indianapolis
W Hunt
Ruth D's Owner Sues Railroad For Damages
Charles C. Deharity of Elwood sues Pennsylvania Railroad for 5400 damages to Ruth D a racing mare valued at 10000 after a freight car transferred and struck a switch engine at Fort Wayne on October 3 1908 throwing the mare and causing injuries including a broken tail and gashes.
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Ruth D
Columbia City
Charles C. Deharity
Elwood
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Fort Wayne
Flood Dooms Many Roads as Indiana Flood Strikes
Heavy rains caused extensive damage across Indiana with railroad washouts and submerged bottom lands. Wheat shocked and oat crops harmed while clover rotted awaiting harvest. The Monon, Indianapolis Southern and Indiana Southern rail lines suffered worst, with detours needed. Counties Greene Monroe Vigo Parke Hendricks Vermillion Sullivan Knox Gibson Pike flooded creeks and bridges carried away. Indianapolis streets flooded but no major damage locally.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Monon
Indianapolis Southern
Indiana Southern
Greene County
Monroe
Woman Bitten by Mad Dog in South Bend
Miss Tina Zeiger nineteen was bitten by a dog found rabid and sent to an Indianapolis hospital for Pasteur treatment. County health officer Dr W G Wegner ordered her removal after state lab word confirmed hydrophobia symptoms. The dog’s head was examined in Indianapolis and the animal killed. the bite occurred near the city with the victim living southeast of town.
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South Bend
Tina Zeiger
Indianapolis
W. G. Wegner
Werner
Zelger
Fire Damages Berry Richey Grocery Stock
A fire at the Berry Richey grocery in Newcastle damages meat market stock worth about 2500 dollars. Flames are believed to have started in the meat department with pepper fumes knocking out several firemen including Chief Harvey, who was carried from the building. Insurance covers the loss.
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Newcastle
Berry-Richey
Harvey
New Fort Wayne Station Plans Announced
Fort Wayne General Superintendent S. E. Cotter of the Wabash railroad said new plans provide for a union station to be used by the Wabash and the Pennsylvania Company. The Pennsylvania Company owns the site and is preparing plans for the structure. Initially it was believed the Pennsylvania Company would use the station exclusively.
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Fort Wayne
S. E. Cotter
Wabash Railroad
City
Wabash
Pennsylvania Company
Veteran Baptist minister Gideon F Brayton dies at 88
La Porte reports the death of Reverend Gideon F Brayton aged eighty eight at his daughter Mrs David Millers home in Carthage Missouri He served fifty years as a leading northern Indiana Baptist minister and worked in the American Baptist Home Mission Society mission fields He was chaplain of the Ninth Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War and his body is to be returned to La Porte for burial.
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Laporte
Gideon F. Brayton
Indiana
David Miller
Carthage
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Ninth Ilnois Cavalry
Still Uses Straw Beehives in Morocco Farm
Michael Schultz of Jasper County farms with straw bee hives he makes himself. He values their neat appearance and durability, and keeps a score or more on his grounds. Schultz learned to make straw hives in Germany and finds them superior to ordinary hives in many respects.
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Morocco
Michael Schultz
Jasper County
Schultz
Germany
Evansville Man Struck by Train In Illinois Accident
James Weir aged forty was walking on railroad tracks in Grayville Illinois when struck by a train. He suffered a broken neck and was taken to Evansville hospital where doctors say he remains unconscious but has a chance to recover.
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Evansville
James Weir
Grayville
Weir
Veteran farmer Joseph Chase marks eighty eighth birthday
Joseph Chase of Plymouth, aged eighty eight, celebrated at home and shocked wheat in the harvest field to demonstrate his endurance. He lives six miles from town and credits his good health to steady work, which he prefers.
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Plymouth
Joseph Chase
Lightning kills farmer near Shelburn at noon
Terre Haute brief reports farmer Sam Hornbeck of Shelburn was instantly killed by a lightning strike while working in his meadow at midday.
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Terre Haute
Sam Hornbeck
Shelburn
Eleven Men Killed in Explosive War Practice Accident
A wartime training mishap left eleven servicemen dead during a practice exercise. Investigators are examining the blast site as relief efforts continue and families await official confirmations.
Horrible Death Witnessed by Families at Fort Monroe Artillery Disaster
Eleven artillerymen died and several were seriously injured when a breech block blew out of a 12 inch shore gun at De Russy battery during coast artillery target practice near Washington. The accident at Fort Monroe witnessed by prominent army and navy officers. families of victims present.
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Fort Monroe
de Russy
Coast Artillery
Washington
Harry Hess
United States Artillery
Harry Ghess
Phoebus
Chas. O. Adkins
Albert Bradford
Dorothy
W. Va
A. J. Sullivan
Perkins, Ky
Roy Duffey
Kenoya
C. W. King
Dayton
Ohio
John W. Chadwick
Tazewell
Tenn
Alfred W. Fred Smith
New
Army
Navy
Automobile Plunges Into Ditch In Indiana
In Wabash Indiana a car carrying Dr. and Mrs. G. F. Brodbeck and their daughter Ada plunged from a bridge into a creek and turned over but remained uncrushed at the ravine bottom. Ada Brodbeck fractured a leg and Mrs. Brodbeck was bruised while Dr. Brodbeck escaped injury. Mrs. Brodbeck, driving, edged too close to the edge trying to dodge a loose timber.
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Nto
Wabash
Ind
G. 4. Brodbeck
Ada
Miss Brodbeck
Grand Master Henry W. Rugg Dies in Providence
Providence RI reports the death of Henry W. Rugg grand master of the Grand Encampment Knights Templar and Rhode Island masons at his home. Born September 3 1833 in Framingham Mass he dies leaving Colonel William J. Melish of Cincinnati deputy grand master to assume leadership.
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Rugg
Providence, R. L
Knights Templar
United States
Masons
Rhode Island
Framingham
Mass
William J. Melish
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kind Act Wins Fortune in Dawson City Tale
In Macon Georgia W W Miller a motorman helped miner J F Curley before the Klondike boom. Curley later died in Dawson City leaving Miller an estimated 500000 dollars. The two men never met again after the act of kindness.
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Macon
Klondike
W. W. Miller
J. F. Curley
Birmingham
Curley
Dawson City
Fatal switch engine crash at Forty third street Chicago
One man was killed and a fireman injured when a switch engine collided with a passenger train at Forty third street. Several passengers suffered bruises but no others were seriously hurt. The engineer of the switch engine died. the fireman was injured. Open switch caused the wreck.
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Chicago
Forty-third Street
Deputy Sid Cauley Involved In Fatal County Incident
Five Black individuals were fatally harmed and two others mortally wounded when Deputy Sid Cauley, attempting an arrest in Hilcott County, faced an advancing group armed with pitchforks and other improvised weapons.
Miners Killed in Slate Mine Collapse Near California
Two foreign miners were killed and a third injured when tons of slate collapsed at the Vesta mine near California Pennsylvania as they left the lower shafts at the end of a night shift.
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California
Vesta Mine
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