Plymouth Convention Forges Campaign for Thirteenth District
Political spectacle centers on Plymouth as Miller and Moorman contest Republican nomination for long and short term seats. Processions clash, caucuses form, and delegates from Elkhart Kosciusko Starke St. Joseph marshal competing as bills unfold amid river search and public ceremony.
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Elkhart
Mr. Miller
Goshen
South Bend
Miller
Plymouth
Rochester’ Band
St. Joseph
J. W. Park
Burglars Blown Up Store In Kansas City Probe
The Kansas City Times notes a burglary incident where thieves blew up a store. Police labeled suspects as possible shoplifters, with locals discussing the case and the meaning of the blast.
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Kansas City Times
Diplomatic Exchange Cited in Historical Herald Fragments
A fragment from a historical Herald piece hints at a diplomatic exchange with the line asking about eating and cooking, suggesting a dialogue on manners or etiquette. The readable text shows social or press commentary rather than a full report.
Human Frailties In Bar of Justice For Different Derelictions
Fred Schrump and wife Della appeared before Judge Dodge in a juvenile court hearing on charges of encouraging child delinquency. They demanded a jury trial. case set for Thursday in Goshen circuit court. About twenty five witnesses attended. bonds were set at 100 dollars each. The dispute centers on Marie Schrump, fourteen, their stepdaughter, once deemed incorrigible and referred to a probation officer. The case hinges onChapter 169 actions regarding venues and influencing a child’s misconduct.
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Thayer
A. G. Graham
South Bend
Kosciusko
Jesse Eschbach
Warsaw
Elkhart County
Fulton
J. H. Bidler
Ed Murphy
Charles S Parks
Pesse Eshbach
H. W. Kline
J. A. Sloane
Marshall
J. B
Goshen
D. D. Bates
Fulton County
Moion
Committee On
L. W. Rouse
J. S. Dodge
Elkhart
Aaron Jones
W. A. Foster
Starke
George Clarke
C. Kelly
Knox
Essig
Rochester
St. Joseph
John Diner
Notre Dame
Moorman
Miller
Samuel Perley
Diner
Fred Schrump
Della
Dodge
Schrumps
Bodkin Locates Kidnapped Child in Chicago
In South Bend the state case against William Scanlon Breheny ended with dismissal as Mrs Bodkin refused to prosecute, revealing she had been won over by Breheny and his wife. Thomas Bodkin announced he located his wife and their kidnapped child at her parents home in Chicago and would seek court action to regain custody.
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Bodkin
William Scanlon Breheny
South Bend
Thomas Bodkin
Breheny
Chicago
Recognized Long Missing Fugitive Nabbed in Chase
Lake Shore Detective Young spotted a man alighting from a freight at 5 30 p m in the west yards and identified William Webb wanted for complicity in a Terre Coupee freight robbery two years earlier. Webb fled after recognizing Young and was fired upon. he with three accomplices was later arrested and taken to South Bend. The other three were convicted and sentenced.
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Lake Shore
Young
West Yards
William Webb
Terre Coupee
Webb
South Bend
Goshen Youth Confesses to Auto Theft and Ride Alongs
Goshen police learned that Raymond McKinnis, six teen aged son of Henry McKinnis, borrowed John Wallace’s rig from a hitching rack Saturday night and returned it Sunday night. He confessed he gave his three friends a long ride and later took three more to Gabriel Markel’s resort north of Goshen where they bought whiskey. Raymond and a woman named Dot Speilman are in jail awaiting developments that may also implicate Markel.
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Goshen
Raymond
Henry McKinnis
John Wallace
McKinnis
Gabriel Markel
Dot” Speilman
Markel
Elkhart Youth in Court
Elkhart boy Wilson Swartz charged with petit larceny was arraigned Monday afternoon. He appeared with his mother and sister, all crying. He is sixteen years old. His mother agreed to take closer custody after the hearing.
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Elkhart
Wilson Swartz
Promis
Details of Plymouth congressional convention and Lake Shore plans
Today’s news recounts the Plymouth congressional convention details and the proposed Lake Shore shops likely to begin soon. Also noted are a train passenger leaping to death on Lake Shore No 28 and various state reports from Indiana including a stock food law test, public works projects, and local incidents.
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Plymouth
Lake Shore
Elkhart County
Board of Public Works
George Streely
Elkhart Loy
Thomas Bodkin
Weather Forecast For Tonight And Wednesday
Government forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with a slight cool down. Local conditions remain fair with no precipitation expected.
Tramp Leaps From Express After Water Collision
On Lake Shore train No 28 at sixty mph near Lydick a colored man leaped from the moving train after water sprayed the crew. His partner, riding blind baggage, vanished and was later found dead with extensive injuries near the water stop. The surviving man reached Toledo to report.
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Lake Shore
Lydick
Frank Swart
A. L. Free
Chicago
Legacy share eyed as Skelley estate valued high
Miss Jenine Skelley of Mishawaka says in a phone inquiry that her uncle William Skelley of California has left an estate worth between 50000 and 75000 dollars and that she is to be a legatee. Final share undetermined.
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Jenine Skelley
Mishawaka
William Skelley
Calfornia
Louisiana Contests Spark Taft Fire Eater Stand
At Chicago June 9 the Republican National Committee struggled over Louisiana seating with eighteen contested seats. A tentative plan would seat both delegations with half votes, ignore both, and reelect Pearl Wight as national committeeman, while reorganizing Louisiana party lines. Former Governor Warmoth denounced the plan, shouting he would not accept it, claiming it would mean party anarchy. Speaker Cannon appeared and indicated he remains in the presidential race.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Taft
Holt
Louisiana
New
Pearl Wight
Yarmouth
Aft
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Frank Hitchcock
Warmouth
Speaker Cannon
Union League Club
Project to Move Gen William Henry Harrison Remains
Maumee Valley Historical Association starts a movement to move Gen William Henry Harrison's body from North Bend near Cincinnati after 67 years to Fort Meigs on the Maumee River. Fort Meigs is noted as the site of many of Old Tippecanoe's military deeds.
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Toledo
President's indifference to convention news noted
Worthington June 9 report says the White House will skip elaborate preparations for convention coverage. The president shows indifference with no long distance telephone lines and no telegraph staff to relay news as in past conventions.
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Worthington
White House
Waterville mail-order proprietor pays 10000 fine
George F. Terry of Waterville pays the maximum $10,000 fine in U S district court for conspiracy to defraud the government of postage on second class mail matter. Judge Hale imposed the sentence as the government’s first victory in mail order cases. Attorney General Bonaparte asked District Attorney White to assist in a pending St Louis case.
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Portland
United States District Court
George F. Terry
Waterville
Hale
Postige
Post Ofice Department
Robert T. Whitehouse
Bonaparte
St. Louis
Engagement of Bermuda Chief Justice to Mary Toutse
The engagement is announced of Ben. Henry Cowper Gollan, Bermuda chief justice, to Mary Toutse, only daughter of James Nelson Morris of St. Louis. The wedding is expected in London or Paris, likely in August.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Ben
Henry Cowper Gollan
Mary Toutse
James Nelson Morris
St. Louis
London
Paris
Delegations Arrive for O W W Supreme Council Session
Delegations from Maine to California and Florida to Washington have arrived to attend the supreme council of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, which opened for a ten day session in Des Moines Iowa.
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Des Moines
Maine
California
Florida
Washington
Supreme Council of the Atferent Order of United Workmen
Nazzaro Sets World Auto Record At Brooklands Track
London June 9 Felice Nazzaro the Italian driver set a world automobile record at Brooklands for two and three quarter miles traveling at 120 miles an hour.
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London
Brooklands
Felice Nazzaro
College Town Votes Dry in Tight Cameron Election
Cameron Missouri residents in a 740 vote election chose prohibition by 56 votes, ending local saloon access after a dramatic campaign in the college town of 4,000.
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College Town
Cameron, Mo
Knights of the Modern Maccabees Convenes in Toledo
The twenty first biennial convention opens in Toledo Ohio marking its first time outside Michigan. Over a hundred automobiles signify a pan European turnout as the parade marks the start of a 1803 mile race stage from Berlin. The mining resume in Ohio’s Youngstown area. The Kentucky coal strike ends in Hopkins Webster Union Crittenden counties. The Spanish warship Nautilus arrives in Havana for a historic visit. The United Confederate Veterans reunion begins in Birmingham Alabama.
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Knights of the Modern Maccabees
Toledo
Michigan
Berlin
Trocking Valley
Ohio
Hopkins
Webster
Union
Crittenden Counties
Havana
United Confederate Veterans
Birmingham
Ala
Wholesale Theft at Muncie Leaves Home Furnishings Missing
Gus Schultz of Muncie, employed in Findlay, Ohio, received a telegram from private detective Charles Wagoner saying his home furniture had been stolen. Schultz ordered the arrest of the culprit and demanded the return of his goods. Police investigated but could not locate the suspected thief after the dray loaded the furniture and sold it through pawnshops and secondhand stores.
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Muncie
Ind
Gus Schultz
Findlay
Charles Wagoner
Schultz
Senator Dick Joins Foraker Nomination Fight In Chicago
Senator Dick of Ohio arrived in Chicago to back Senator Foraker in the nomination battle. He says Foraker is a serious contender and a factor at the convention. Dick calls recent southern state contest actions revolutionary and says the party is not accustomed to such tactics.
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Chicago
Ohio
Foraker
Dupkards Raise Record Free Will Offering at German Baptist Brethren Meet
At the annual conference in Des Moines Iowa on June 9 the German Baptist Brethren church raised over 70000 dollars in a free will offering for mission work. The event drew unusually devotional scenes as donors contributed generously to support church missions.
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Dupkards
Des Moines
The
Gould Announces Family Consent to Anna Gould’s Marriage
George Gould said the marriage of his sister Mme Anna Gould to Prince De Sagan has full family consent. He planned to travel to Europe to attend, expecting to be away about two weeks.
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New York
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince de Sagan
George Gould
Europe
Train Wreck Near Stevensville Injures Passengers
Wabash passenger train No. 4 on the Buffalo and St. Louis Express derailed near Stevensville Ontario. Fifteen to twenty passengers were injured and one person was killed as the engine and four coaches left the track and tumbled down an embankment.
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Buffalo
Buffalo & St. Louis Express
Stevensville
Ontario
Governor Ruling Police Board Actions In New Albany
Governor Hanly accepted the resignations of Police Commissioners Louis Bir and Samuel Trusty and directed the police department to operate under executive direction until a new board is appointed. Chief McCulloch was ordered to close Sunday sales, close every night at 11, and enforce laws to maintain city order.
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New Albany
Ind
Hanly
Louis Bir
Samuel Trusty
McCulloch
Drownings in Michigan Jump to 300 Last Year
Lansing reports the state board of health records show 300 drownings statewide in the past year. The board is issuing 5 000 placards outlining safety steps for drowning accidents.
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Michigan
Lansing
State Board of Health
Pilgrims' Trains Wrecked at Rocca Pietra Station
Fourteen pilgrims were killed and sixty injured when the train carrying pilgrims wrecked at Rocca Pietra station. Authorities say the incident occurred today as the procession train collided with a freight or obstacle near the platform. Rescue teams rushed to the scene.
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Rome
Rocca Pietra
Deed of an Enraged Elephant in New Albany Circus
An enraged elephant seized a horse with its trunk as a circus left New Albany Indiana and dashed the animal to the ground killing it. The incident occurred while showmen were loading animals onto a train after a horse kicked the elephant. A separate note from Mount Vernon Indiana reports a praise service marking the burning of a mortgage seven years old, lifting the last debt.
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New Albany
Ind
Mount Vernon
Christian Church
Cavalry Troop to Join Indiana National Guard at Wabash
A troop of cavalry is planned to be organized as part of the Indiana National Guard at Wabash. The move signals expansion of state military forces and local mobilization capacity.
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Indiana National Guard
Wabash
From Behind the Counter in The Daily Review
A humorous note on the most tiresome customer in a dry goods store and the stubborn shopper who demands Lippincott's style. The Daily Review prints a wry jab about knowing exactly what she wants and not settling for alternatives.
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Lippincott's
Brewers in Council Engage Over Local Option Laws
Milwaukee hosts the forty-eighth annual United States Brewers association meeting with about 1,000 delegates. President Julius Liebmann warns local option laws will push brewers into politics and keep saloon issues alive. National Secretary Fox notes cleaning up disreputable saloons as a major task. An open public meeting is planned to present both sides. Supply dealers consider forming a national organization for brewery supplies.
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Milwaukee
Julius Liebmann
New York
Liebmann
United States Brewers’ Association
Mugh F. Fox
Association
United States Olympic Track Team Chosen for London
New York June 9 The Olympic team committee selects seventy six athletes to represent the United States in London. The group includes Dearborn McGrath Rose Sheridan and Coe for heavyweight and discus events with Sheppard Hillman and Ewry among others as safe event-winners. A supplementary list of younger prospects may be used to complete event entries.
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New York
United States
London
Dearborn
McGrath
Rose
Sheridan
Coe
Sheppard
Hillman
Ewry
North Topeka Deserted Amid Flood Alarm
North Topeka Kansas is nearly deserted as boat patrols evacuate residents. Homes have been cleared of belongings and warnings issued. water depth in the streets surpasses levels seen since the 1903 flood.
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North Topeka
Topeka
Kan
Pow An Wreck Off Lantao Island Claims Eighty Natives
The British steamer Pow An struck a rock off Lantao island while en route between Hong Kong Canton and Macao. It is a total wreck. Eighty natives are reported missing, while all European passengers and officers were rescued.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Macao
Lantao Island
Forgetmenot and a Bind of a Ring in Town Lore
A dialog explains forgetmenot as a string tied by a wife around a man's finger when he goes into town. Subbubs mentions a curious phrase and mispronounceserran Philadelphia Preas, suggesting regional slang or comic mispronunciation.
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Flora
Philadelphia
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