Separate Trial Set for Laporte Mayor and South Bend Attorney
Indiana appellate court denies re hearing for Talbot, upholding venue and jurisdiction defenses. Talbot and Laporte Mayor Lemuel Darrow remain co defendants in the disbarment case. Re trial to be held in lower court with both defendants again facing accusations of conspiracy and subornation of perjury.
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Laporte
South Bend
Ind
Indiana Appellate Court
Prosecuting Committee
Lemuel Darrow
John W. Talbot
Talbot
St. Joseph
St. Joseph County
Elkhart County
Laporte County
Darrow
Evangelist Hazed in Greencastle Hazing Incident
Indianapolis December 15 Rev C Fenwick Reed evangelist lies in Methodist hospital with throat trouble from hazing by De Pauw students in Greencastle. He says attackers pulled him from his door into the yard. The assault caused bruises and jaw swelling and threatens his engagements. he remains under treatment.
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Reed
Indianapolis
C. Fenwick Reed
Methodist Hospital
Greencastle
Payment settles American Tribune New Colony cases in Indiana
Philander H. Fitzgerald deposited 40000 dollars into Marion County Superior Court to settle suits tied to the American Tribune New Colony company and 60000 acres of Texas land. Funds go to stock purchasers and litigation expenses. The venture, begun three years ago, aimed to buy lands in Texas and the South to form a colony with stock sold at 25 dollars per share. Claims include disputed titles.
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American Tribune
Indianapolis
Ind
Philander H. Fitzgerald
American Tribune New Colony Company
Texas
Marion County
Tribune Colony Company
Fitzgerald
Non-Partisan Tariff Convention to Draw 2000 Visitors
Indianapolis hosts a large tariff discussion with expected speakers including Taft Bryan Carnegie Hill Mitchell Gompers Cummins Beveridge Neill and Governors Gillett Kibbey. National Association of Manufacturers, J W Van Cleave, anticipates many prominent manufacturers and labor representatives attending.
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Indianapolis
Eisenberg
Taft
Mr. Bryan
Andrew Carnegie
James J. Hill
John Mitchell
Samuel Gompers
Cummins
Iowa
Beveridge
Charles P. Neill
Marshall
Gillett
California
Kibbey
Arkansas
J. W. van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers
The Devil's Tower in Wyoming A Vivid Landmark
The Devil's Tower rises 500 feet above Belle Fourche River with a 600 foot rise, visible forty miles away in northeastern Wyoming. A husband jokes that his wife used a broom to remind him to come home sooner, describing a sweeping argument.
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Devil's Tower
Belle Fourche Fiver
Wyoming
Insect Proof Sleep Advised for Roosevelt in Africa
Indiana man J O Thompson of Richmond introduced to President Roosevelt urges sleeping in an insect guarded place to avoid dangers from poisonous insects in Africa. Separate dispatch notes Roosevelt applying for a Belgian hunting permit in Africa through the American legation.
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Indiana
Roosevelt
Washington
J. O. Thompson
Richmond
Ind
Africa
Bede
Minnesota
Brussels
American Legation
Lone robber holds up two detectives in Springfield
In Springfield Illinois on December 15 detectives Schoettker and Jones faced a lone highwayman. Jones attempted aid and was wounded in the arm. both detectives reported a robbery victim to the highwayman’s actions. Sheriff Werner and Deputy Long arrested a suspect named Earl Ladigar in nearby bushes. Ladigar claimed Chicago as his home.
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Springfield
Ill
Harry C. Schoettker
State House
Evan Jones
Jones
St. John’s Hospital
Werner
Long
Earl Ladigar
Chicago
Coal Miners To Strike Over Wage Cuts In West Virginia
In Kanawha county Paint Creek territory the Standard Coal company Paint Creek Colliery and smaller operators announced wage reductions to be posted today affecting 1600 plus miners across seventeen mines. Miners threaten a general strike. In Philadelphia the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company refused to recognize the Amalgamated Association officials amid wage demand talks.
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West Virginna
Charleston
W. Va
Standard Coal Company
Paint Creek Colliery Company
Paint Creek
Kanawha County
Carmen
Philadelphia
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Farmers Hear Call for Better Teachers and Paved Road Debate
In Champaign Illinois on December 15 the commission on country life appointed by President Roosevelt held a session at the University of Illinois. A farmer urged more consolidated country schools with better teachers, noting half of rural teachers have only a common school education. The hard road issue dominated discussion with at least two thirds of farmers opposing paved roads.
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Champaign
Ill
Commission On Country Life
Roosevelt
University of Illinois
Reward Raised for Train Robbers in Washington Hold-up
Spokane Wash Dec 15 The total reward offered by the Great Northern railway officials and the government for arrest and conviction of the bandits who held up and robbed train No 4 near Hillyard Washington has been raised to 18000 dollars. It is believed the same bandits who robbed a Great Northern train of about 40000 dollars near Herron Siding Montana over a year ago were involved in the Hillyard hold-up.
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Great Northern
Washington
Spokane
Wash
Great Northern Railway
Hillyard
Herron Siding
Mont
Millionaire Petroff Burns His Fortune to Save Relatives
In St Petersburg on December 15 a dying Moscow millionaire named Petroff had his funds withdrawn and bank notes burned in the sick room. He gathered his relatives, showed the ashes, and said they had escaped the evil of wealth.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Petroff
Taft Cheered in Theater by Astor Audience
New York December 15. President elect Taft was cheered by a large audience at the Astor theater. After the first act the crowd rose for a full half minute as the orchestra played the Star Spangled Banner. Hopkinsville tobacco planters form Farmers Mutual Tobacco Association to operate a loose sales system repud di Planters Protective Assn.
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New York
W. H. Taft
Astor Theater
New Tobacco Association
Hopkinsville
Planters’ Protective Association
Christian County
Farmers’ Mutual Tobacco Association
Parts of Lads Littleton's wedding outfit from two centuries ago
A fragment from the curious list shows Lads Littleton's 200 year old wedding attire including a black paddysway gown and coat, a pink unwatered satin suit, a gold satin suit, and a white work with sweat cloth ensemble.
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Littleton
Picquet Card Game Invented for Charles VI of France
Picquet, a card game, was created by Joquemin to amuse Charles VI of France in early times. The item notes the game's origin as a pastime attributed to its inventor for the king’s entertainment.
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Picquet
Joquemin
Charles VI
France
Pangwangling and Honing The Color Of Language
A reader highlights the humorous optimistic scent of pangwangling and the intimate warmth of honing. The Atlantic notes these words are not slang or low colloquialisms but lively color words enriching language with cheeriness amid minor troubles and affectionate longing.
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Pangwangling
Pangwangle
Atlantic
An Outside Vegetarian Quote Prompts Identity Question
The line “If you are not an outside vegetarian you are not really, a vegetarian at all” is attributed to a speaker identified as a member of a group or movement concerned with vegetarian ideals.
Possum Tea Tale Sparks Laughs in Post Column
A humorous New York Post item describes a possum climbing a tree and a jokey warning about Ola maid ladies who grow fat from tea, becoming chipper, risking admiration from men unless they start drinking the tea too late.
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New York Post
Respectability versus Practical Good Sense in Public Life
The speaker argues that respectability has limits and may be inferior to practical needs. Even a position as venerable as the Church of England should be discarded if it is unkind, uncomfortable, unnecessary, and superfluous for the common good. Removing such a burden benefits individuals and society.
Philadelphia vegetarian badge on city street scene
On a Philadelphia uptown sidewalk a gray suited figure preaches vegetarianism while a brown skinned vendor explains odd tobacco twists and red oak bark remedies to a passing woman. The scene blends quirky urban humor with a wartime era social vignette.
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Chile
New Indian Tea Claims Quick Kidney and Back Relief
An advertisement touts Father William's Indian Tea as a pure Rocky Mountain cure for back ache kidney congestion rheumatism gout jaundice Bright's disease and sick kidneys. Sold as tea or tablets at 20 and 36 cents per package by E. D. Miler and FH Bentz & Co at 801 South Main.
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William
Rocky Mountains
Bright
E. D
Insurance business transfer notice to Charles H Field
Fire insurance customers are informed that the fire insurance books are placed in the care of Charles H Field at 113 Lexington Avenue. He will attend to the business until the owner can return to the office. Signed Charles Frank.
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Charles H. Fieldhouse
Lexington Avenue
Sdtf
Charles, Frank
For Sale Nice Suburban Home Cheap Near the City
Suburban seven room home near the city offered by D M Best 117 Lexington Ave Home Phone 2on 55. Features include splendid prairie soil six rooms bank barn 36 by 44 poultry house 20 by 70 and an orchard of about 60 trees. Investigate this country home opportunity. Ad
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D. M. Best
Lexington Ave
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