Senate considers popular vote for US senators amendment
In Taft era Washington the vice president led a push to send the measure to the states for ratification. The House also passed the Clayton anti injunction bill by 244 to 31, while testimony critiqued meat inspection standards. Interior announces Belle Fourche project land to open May 25 with 16777 acres and about 100 government farms ready for homestead entries.
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Sherman
United States
State Department
House
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Belle Fourche
South Dakota
Wave top Mississippi hits nine point nine at La Crosse
The Mississippi river at La Crosse Wisconsin rose to nine point nine feet the highest level in eight years according to government gauges Meanwhile the Southern Baptist convention in Oklahoma City expects about six thousand delegates Other items note a freight train wreck near Archbold Ohio causing two deaths and seven injuries a union organizers plan four officials in Harrisburg Pa and cadets from University of Minnesota and St Thomas College prepare for a miniature war near Fort Snelling on May twenty A house near Secaucus New Jersey is robbed and a woman murdered and a Seattle judge orders cancellation of Leonard Oleson citizenship papers for fraud A Philadelphia rector denounces Col John J Astor’s will in a sermon
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University of Minnesota
St. Thomas College
Fort Snelling
General Duncan of Texas Dies in San Antonio
Personal Gen Joseph W Duncan US Army in command of Texas department dies in San Antonio Texas from heart failure. He had been slated to lead troops to the border amid tensions with Mexico. His death sparks plans for border defense and command transition in the department.
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Joseph W. Duncan
Department of Texas
San Antonio
Tex
Mexico
Various 1900s News Items From Across U S Cities
A digest of disparate incidents including Emma Goldman expelled from San Diego amid tar and feathering threats, Rochester Sunshine Society convention, judges in Trenton denying government injunctions over government papers, thirteen miners killed in an Ironwood cave-in, St Louis convention of wholesale grocers, aviator Ray Wheeler dead after a crash, Daughters of the Revolution meeting in Boston, advertising club delegates leaving San Francisco for Dallas, Methodist conference backing the Kenyon Shepard bill banning liquor shipments to dry territories, and fraud arrest of J Bliss Dudley in Los Angeles with Chicago stock fraud claims.
Denmark Proclaims Foreign Christian X King in Copenhagen
A massive crowd gathered in front of the royal palace as Foreign Christian X was proclaimed king from the Copenhagen balcony. Frederick VIII died suddenly in the street and was not identified until hours later, a circumstance shocking to all observers. Japan plans to adopt Denver Judge Ben Lindsey’s juvenile court system, per Shinguma Motori, Japan’s justice councillor. Octave Garnier, leader of Paris’s motorcar bandits after Bonnot, was killed by melinite in Paris after a long police standoff with Vallet, ending a months‑long terror in the capital.
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Christian X
Denmark
Copenhagen
Royal
Frederick VIII
Japan
Ben 8
Lindsey
Denver
Shinguma- Motori
Justice of
Octave Garnier
Bonnot
Paris
Montha
Vallet
Bay
Indian Princess Kil-so-quah Said to Be 162 Years Old
The News of Indiana reports near Roanoke that Kil-so-quah, a famed Indian princess living with her son, may be 162 in May 1810. Her birth details are uncertain, but tradition places it at the forks of the Wabash west of Huntington. She is granddaughter of Miami chief Little Turtle and on her mother’s side of Miami chiefs.
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Miami
Little Turtle
Roanoke
the News
Wabash
Kil-so-quah
Wabash River
Huntington
Bhe-mock-r-nish
Bad luck follows Mrs Bradbury at Mitchall home visit
Terre Haute May 16. Mrs Charlotte Bradbury of Chicago visiting Lt H D Mitchell US Army in Montana two years ago burglars stole jewelry valued at 2000 dollars. Now in Terre Haute burglars stole jewelry valued at 1000 dollars while she and the Mitchells played whist in the next room. A window was left open and the theft occurred during card play.
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Terre Haute
Charlotte Bradbury
Chicago
H. D. Mitchall
Montana
Mitchell
Fat Man Bars Turkey Trot
Timothy M. Englehart, captain of police in Chicago’s stockyards district, defeats Gary Mayor Knotts in a race for social precedence and is elected to lead the grand march at the Gary society function, the annual ball of the policemen. Englehart, 225 pounds, declines the turkey trot and bunny hug and mentions possible highland fling or Spanish dance.
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Hammond
Timothy M. Englehart
Stockyards
Chicago
Knotts
Gary
Gary Society
Englehart
Condemned Rate Advance In Modern Woodmen Meeting
National officers of the Modern Woodmen of America were denounced for raising insurance rates in resolutions adopted by the Indiana branch of the National Laymen's association. About 200 delegates from camps across Indiana attended the session in Indianapolis on May 15.
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Indianapolis
Modern Woodmen of America
Indiana
National
Laymen's Association of the Order
Well Known Railroad Man Dead
Wilbur Davis, longtime Pennsylvania Railroad official and confidential agent under General Manager Schroyer, died in Fort Wayne at about sixty. He is survived by a widow and one son, Lieutenant Frank Davis of the United States Navy.
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Fort Wayne
Wilbur &. Davis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Schroyer
The
Pennsylvania
Davis
Frank Davis
United States Navy
Lightning Wrecks House at Jeffersonville
During a heavy electrical storm a two story frame house north of the city owned by John Giltner and occupied by Giltner his wife and three children was struck by lightning. The chimney tore down much of the roof and one wall was practically gone. No one was hurt. There was a heavy rain storm.
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Jeffersonville
John
Former Richmond Pastor Killed in Auto Crash
Richmond May 13 Rev Morton Hobson formerly pastor of the United Brethren church here died in an automobile accident near Springfield Ohio He left Richmond over a year ago to take charge of a church near Cincinnati The details describe a fatal crash that claimed his life while en route to his new assignment.
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Richmond
Morton Hobson
Springfield
United Brethren Church
Cincinnat
Pioneer Dead Rounds Out Shelbyville's Eldest Resident
May 15 in Shelbyville reports the death of John Saley age ninety three, named oldest man in Shelby county. He leaves a widow eight children and more than fifty grandchildren amid a large surviving family.
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Shelbyville
John Saley
Shelby County
Death Due To Apoplexy In County Father Of Large Family
Mr John Caple, aged 2, died of apoplexy. He was the father of one of the county's largest families. Local records note the sudden death in the county. Funeral arrangements to be announced by family.
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John. Caple
Tax recovery in Attica Reed estate hits twelve thousand
In Fountain county May 13 county officials recovered twelve thousand dollars in back taxes from the estate of Sampson Reed as a compromise to avert 23 lawsuits. Reed, once the heaviest taxpayer, left a will showing substantial unlisted property, prompting the tax action.
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Attica
Sampson Reed
Fountain County
Policeman Arrested After Laundry Dispute
Lafayette May 13 John McCauley Kansas City police officer whose parents live in Lafayette caused a disturbance in a Chinese laundry when the proprietor refused to return laundry after a lost check. He drew a revolver and fired into the wall, then fled. His father posted a $50 bond and McCauley disappeared.
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Lafayette
John McCauley
Kansas City
Dr Obediah Brown Dead Pioneer Died in Indiana
Dr Obediah Brown a pioneer physician died at his home near Fortville Indiana on May 13 at age ninety He lived most of his life in Indiana apart from a medical college period in Cincinnati His birth was in Fayette county and he leaves a large family of Rev John Browns children from the Christian church who were among his kin.
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Brown
Fortviile
Obediah
Indiana
Cincinnati
Fayette County
John Brown
Christian Church
Storm Leaves Petersburg in Turmoil After Cyclone
A May 13 cyclone tore through southern Petersburg County unroofing houses and barns, felling trees and fences and causing several thousand dollars in damage. A second storm hit the melon district on three sides but vines reportedly escaped harm. Heavy rain then swept smaller streams into flood.
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Petersburg
Hall
Tater
Indiana News In Brief Highlights Many Local Incidents
Greensburg lunacy ruling on journalist John H. Babbitt. Portland reports first Jay County smallpox case quarantined at Redkey. Four cattle killed by lightning near Bedford during storm. Evansville poetmaster Sihler receives plea to find husband for Ky widow Mattie Johnson. Paoli rains lift water over Lick Creek floor of iron bridge. Lithia bottling house washed away. Muncie mastoid abscess surgery on 88 year old Mrs Friddle and relatives. Wabash saloon notices aim to curb drunkenness. Columbus trembles over Blessing’s death by carbolic acid. Boonville rails derail Southern canneboy train near Evanston. funeral party travels overland. Seymour body of Ralph Boswell arrives for burial. Bow...
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Greensburg
John H. Babbitt
Portland
Jay County
Redkey
Reuben Jenkins
Bedford
Here
Zeba Chambers
William Mosier
Evansville
Charles Sihler
Mattie Johnson
Ciifton
Paoli
Lick Creek
Iron Bridge
Lithia
Muncle
Montrose
Cole
Albert N. Blessing
Blessing
Boonville
Canneboy
Evanston
Seymour
Ralph
EB. Boswell
Texas & Pacific
Wedding Jealousy Sparks Vicious Plan At North Side
In a fragmented dialogue a character laments losing a love to Wombat and a rival schemes revenge at the North side wedding. The tense exchange hints at a confrontation and a possible physical display using an old shoe as a weapon.
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Wombat
Ghi
Bafer Plan Disinfection Sparks Housing Dilemma
A man considers renting his disinfected furnished house after measles illness. He seeks reassurance from someone named Bafer Plan, weighing risk and safety. The exchange hints at cautious lending to a friend, reflecting concern over health and precaution.
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Firat
Inhuman Fellow
A woman seeks divorce citing non support and cruelty. The lawyer asks for grounds, she replies both, alleging he refused support for her desire for a diamond necklace and questions whether that counts as cruelty. The exchange appears in the Catholic Standard and Times.
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Fimes
Milky Way Shifts May Drive Glacial Cycles
Dr. Rudolf Spitaler suggests glacial periods could result from Earth's changing position relative to the Milky Way. He argues shifts in stellar distribution alter solar heating, noting many nearby stars are hot and concentrated in the galactic region.
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Rudolf Spitaler
They Saved His Life Carnegie Medal Hopefuls
Two young motorists in a touring car nearly struck an old man at a crossing. After stopping, they checked on him and, finding him winded but alive, gave him a ride around the parks. The man credited them as lifesavers and spoke highly of them to his wife. They plan to apply for Carnegie medals.
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Sce
Doctor Fooled by Own Coffee Case In Fix
A physician recounts how he used coffee daily despite noticing heart palpitations. He admits he trusted coffee over his own symptoms until a severe attack forced him to quit. He notes caffeine from coffee and Postum have similar risks to the heart.
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Thad
Tex
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Boston
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