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Washington officials weigh labor dynamiter pardon while Kerr travels from Washington to Chicago amid ongoing discussions. Federal reserve banks organize eight districts with Chicago as district seven. Sweeney nominated assistant secretary of the interior. Roosevelt returns to New York ill but prominent. Various international and domestic notices include university leadership changes, a leper escape, a U.S. consul general's death, a suicide attempt, golf results, trolley sale testimony, stock exchange shifts, and a train robbery near Chicago.
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Mediators outline plan for Mexican pacification at Niagara Falls
The mediators propose a provisional governing body including all factions, an election under its auspices, and a cessation of hostilities. They plan to withdraw some naval forces and ensure Huerta Carranza and Zapata are removed from power. President Wilson says settlement must precede U.S. troop withdrawal from Vera Cruz. Mexican forces near Vera Cruz worry residents as refugees report approaching cavalry.
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National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Concludes in Syracuse
The annual congress in Syracuse ends with a banquet for 250 attendees. President-General R C Ballard Thruston is reelected supreme commander. Reports cover fatalities in Ashville Ohio and Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana, plus a union dynamite case and a statewide miners strike call in Ohio with 45000 potential beneficiaries.
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Witness in Wolfe arson case admits burning insured horses
Washington May 22 Miss Annie B Rutter housekeeper for Dr D W Wolfe on trial with Perry Drake A M Perkins and Van Allen testified she burned animals at Wolfe s direction The state says the group bought insured live stock named them and burned them She described fires at the witness and Dr Wolfe s home and said Wolfe forced her to burn a house as well
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Husband fires at boarder in fast Comerville incident
Hamilton shot gunfire at Browning a divorced boarder at his home after returning from a fishing trip. Browning sustained a non fatal wound and is under arrest on an assault charge. Browning, aged forty, faces prior suspension for assault and battery.
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Ring Found Believed Lincoln Relic Offered for Museum
A fisherman near Lincoln City discovered an ebony ring engraved T. A. Lincoln while digging. Locals think it once belonged to Lincoln's father and favor placing it in a museum with other Lincoln relics.
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Parole Department Aims To Reclaim Philippine Fugitive
In Indiana the parole office plans to fetch a violator from the Philippines. Paroled early this year, he disappeared after Terre Haute, enlisted in St. Louis, and was sent to Manila. The war department checked enlistment records and fingerprints, confirming the fugitive’s location. He will be detained on return to the reformatory.
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Same Old Turtle Found After Twenty Eight Years
Lou Polk and Horace Polk found a marked turtle on the Oaktown farm. The shell bears names and the date July 6, 1886 carved by Polk and George Pierce. The turtle, similar in size, was found within twenty eight years of its marking and returned to its farm home.
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Miss Monticello Duck Sets Purdue Egg Record
Miss Monticello a duck named after her home town at Purdue has set an egg laying mark, aiming to match Miss Purdue the hen's record. In 267 days she laid 164 eggs after hatching May 24 last year and starting to lay November 23. Owned by Lizzie Stephan aunt of Purdue agriculture student William Stephan.
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Farmers complain about cement feed harming crops and pigs
Local farmers and gardeners report that feeding cement is damaging crops and harming young pigs in Connersville. The situation has prompted complaints and calls for investigation as authorities note unsafe practices and unreliable supply.
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Indiana News In Brief Consolidates Local Updates
Madison resignations at Christ Episcopal Church. Warsaw reports end of smallpox outbreak with quarantines lifted. Columbus Scouts offer Decoration Day help to G A R post. Crawfordsville man found guilty of assault with intent to kill. Muncie officer Farr seeks public hearing on dismissal. Anderson youths missing presumed near Newcastle. Evansville cremation of Ernest Owen. burial in New Harmony. Columbus committee for Municipal League meeting set for July 7-9. New Albany probate case of Joseph Reed estate valued at 200000. Connersville couple marks fiftieth anniversary with a road trip.
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James Henry
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Lecture on Kindness Turns to Watchful Guess
A speaker derides audience for not grasping his moral about kindness to animals. A bystander woman with two dogs, one black and one white, draws a question. A child finally answers he would bet tuppence on the black dog if they fought.
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Cabbage Theft as Real Estate Dispute in Court
A Pittsburgh Press note jokes about a neighbor's cabbage being deemed real estate after a man pinch grabs a head. The ruling treats garden produce as property in a civil title action rather than criminal larceny, prompting wry commentary on legal hairsplitting.
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Why Not: Sydney Buxton’s Book of Fishing Stories
Amusing excerpts from Sydney Buxton’s Book of Fishing Stories highlight a persistent question about a lone salmon, the cleverness of the fish, and a humorous tale of a fisherman’s four hour battle. The aunt’s quip adds local color about cutting the line and ending the struggle.
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Buxton
Tom
Glow of Health Postum Speaker Promotes Beverage
Fragmentary ad text claims Postum improves wellbeing without scientific training. An anecdotal account mentions a woman with indigestion insomnia and tiredness noting her switch to Postum helped though full context is unclear.
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