United Mine Workers At Indianapolis Split Threat Looms
The United Mine Workers convene in Indianapolis to settle factional strife surrounding President Thomas J. Lewis. With over 100,000 on strike across several states, Illinois divisions and Walker backed opposition threaten a major rift as contracts near expiry.
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Texas
Oklahoma
National Organization
Thomas J. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mlinois
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Colorado
Wyoming
Washington
Ilinois
Illnois
John W. Walker
Walker
Hwhingis
Proposed Phone Grant Keeps Free Lines in Place
City officials say the Home Telephone franchise discussions will pause for weeks while the city attorney and company negotiate terms. The plan reportedly retains free service for Goshen and nearby towns under the old contract and may add a nominal toll for outside points, though officials say this is a misperception.
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Home Telephone Company
Goshen
Board of Works
Telephone Company
Common Counci
Francenise
Sikhart County
Workman Struck By Plank in Factory Accident
Peter C. Anderson, about 60, at the CG G Conn and Instrument Co factory in northeast Elkhart, was struck on the head by a sixteen foot plank from a scaffold. He regained consciousness after about half an hour and was taken home with possible shoulder injury. doctors report no fracture yet and say the full extent is uncertain.
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Peter C. Anderson
CG. G. Conn and Instrument Co
Elkhart
Afr. Anderson
Anderson
Jepeth
Plum Street
Y. W. C. A. Volunteer Institute Planned in South Bend
The national board of the Y. W. C. A. will hold an institute for volunteer workers in South Bend on November 8 and 9. Attendees will come from the South Bend Elkhart and Fort Wayne associations.
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National Board of the
South Bend
Elkhart
Fort Wayne
Casino Cafe Sold to New Proprietor at 614 South Main
Leege has bought the Casino cafe from A. J F. Jahn and taken charge of the restaurant at 614 South Main Street where he will continue the business.
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Wow. Leege
Cacino
A. J F. Jahn
South Main Street
Emperor of Austria Drawn Into Spain Vatican Imbroglio
The aging Francis Joseph of Austria is reportedly drawn into the Spain Vatican dispute. Reports say the Queen Dowager of Spain urged Vienna to influence the Holy See Madrid relations, and the Vatican’s adjusted stance is attributed to the emperor's personal appeal to the Pope.
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Emperor of
Austria
Spain
Vatican
Francis Joseph
Vienna
Holy See
Madrid
Jealous lover sought after double slaying at Wagner Hotel
Two victims of a jealous lover die after a shooting at the Wagner Hotel in Osgood Indiana. Rose Wagner dies from head wounds and her companion is wounded. Police search for Andy Wagner, Rose’s former sweetheart, aided by bloodhounds and a sheriff’s posse.
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Osgood
Ind
Wagner Hotel
Andy Wagner
Rose Wagner
Wagner
Napoleon
Rose
Andy
Died in Fire After Skirt Caught by Trash Blaze
In Lafayette Indiana, Carrie Smith 38 an invalid, was fatally burned when a wind fanned flames that enveloped her skirt as she burned trash in her yard. Passersby saw the fire, but efforts to help failed and she died after being taken to St Elizabeth hospital.
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Lafayette
Ind
Carrie Smith
Miss Smith
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Hoosier Poet James Whitcomb Riley In Critical Condition
Indianapolis August 11. James Whitcomb Riley the Hoosier poet has suffered a paralytic stroke and his condition is critical at age 57. He has not been in good health for some time.
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Indianapolis
James Whitcomb Riley
Riley
Rich Woman Targeted by Blackmailers in Park Plot
Mrs. Clarence S. Wadsworth a wealthy Connecticut matron at Middletown faced extortion from blacksmith Andrew Fitzpatrick and his son who planned to recover $2000 by placing a dummy package in a park cannon. The pair were arrested after officials concealed nearby while a dummy delivery was seized. Mrs Wadsworth fell into nervous prostration and was taken to bed.
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Clarence S. Wadsworth
Middletown
Conn
Wadsworth
Andrew Fitapatrick
Mayor Gaynor Crisis Passes After 48 Hours
Wounded New York executive Mayor Gaynor is believed on the road to recovery after the 48 hour crisis, with doctors reporting no septic poisoning. X rays show a bullet fragment lodged near the jawbone and behind the ear, while the wound heals without surgery.
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New York
Hoboken
Wim
Gaynor
Jumors
Gayior
Arlitz
Gallagher
Jead
Dr. Lederle
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Work progresses on new shop sidings
Construction of temporary material sidings at Lake Shore's new shop site progresses as two cars of steel arrive and ties are refilled. The switch connecting the material track to Sidway sidings is being prepared and may be ready by tomorrow. Laborers repair nearby tracks while surveyors set grades for excavation and oiling.
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Lake Shore
Trail Department
Sidway
Temporry
Goshen Girl Returns Home With Mother
Florence Miller of Goshen, who was found by police after running away, reunites with her mother and returns home. She said she left for a visit with friends in Plymouth and went on to Elkhart. The mother traced her daughter's steps and described the act as carelessness rather than disobedience.
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Florence Miller
Goshen
Plymouth
Elkhart
Indianapolis Knights Win First Prize in Drill Competition
The Raper Commandery No. 1 of Indianapolis won first place in class 1 at the national drill contest held at Cubs Park, Chicago. Seven teams competed. results list Hansonmann, Asian, Ivanhoe, Kenosha, Beauseant, and Mount Olive Commanderies with scores ranging from 87.3 to 78.5. Prizes include a libation fountain, a silver loving cup, and a silver centerpiece with candelabrum.
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Chicago
Raper Commandery
Indianapolis
Roper Commandery
Hanselmann Commandery
Cincinnati
Bicycle accident causes compound arm fracture in city
Carl Fisher, Lake Shore back shops employee, was thrown from his bicycle at Main and Marion streets when the front wheel caught in a street car switch. He sustained a compound fracture of the arm and multiple bruises, walking to a physician for treatment.
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Carl Fisher
Lake Shore
Main
Marion Streets
Fisher
Main Street
Marion Street
Visher
Elkhart Water to Commission New 40 Foot Diameter Well
The Elkhart Water Company nears completion on its first of two new wells in the New Factory District. The 40 foot diameter well brick work is finished and roof trusses for the pumping station boiler house are in place. A 500 foot extension of six inch mains adds city water service to the Conn factory and Angldile Computing Scale building under rapid construction.
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Elkhart Water Company
Conn
Angldile Computing Scale Company
Chickens Help Find Missing $500 in Logansport Yard
Ray Morts of ten miles north of Logansport arrived in the city to deposit 500 dollars from his wheat sale. He reported the sum missing, but his wife recovered it after spotting two chickens pecking at a green object in the yard, revealing the recovered roll.
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Logansport
Ind
Ray Morts
Famed Woman Lawyer J. Ellen Foster Dies in Washington
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster prominent woman lawyer and reformer dies after an operation in Washington. Born in Massachusetts about seventy years ago, she was a well known figure in movements for women's uplift.
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Washington
J. Ellen Foster
Massachusetts
Intruders Reported in Goshen District Burglary Wave
Burglars visited rural Goshen area last night and ransacked Amos J. Hoover home while residents slept. They looted cash, a gold watch, twelve hens, and a check, but no other homes were robbed despite entry attempts and suspicious approaches.
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Goshen
Amos J. Hoover
Hoover
Benjamin Swinehart
W. J. Bensecker
Samuel Heller
August Teutherd
Progress Evident at Angldise Factory Site
Early occupancy appears likely as workers rapidly raise walls at the Angldise Scale company plant near the Conn factory on Elkhart avenue. Concrete walls rise, foundations are complete, and side walls stand about six feet high, with completion date tied to upcoming weather conditions.
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Conn
Elkhart Avenue
Angldile Scale Company
Deserted husband kills three and then himself in Chicago
Geo Meyer, driven by a year of separation from his wife, forced his way into her Cot tage Grove avenue apartment and shot her father a six year old daughter Marion and Mrs Meyer before taking his own life at the scene.
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Chicago
Geo. Meyer
Cottage Grove Avenue
Marion
Woman's Body Found In Ohio River Bound With Rope
Unidentified woman found in the Ohio River near Catlettsburg bound with twenty feet of rope. Shoes showed a Huntington West Virginia store label. Police suspect foul play as they investigate the crime.
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Catlettsburg
Ohio River
Huntington
W.va
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City
Knights
Ors
Cubs’ Park
Kukal HI
A. J. Hoover
Truders
Angldise
Chi
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