Carnegie Pledges Pension Fund Expansion for State Universities
Andrew Carnegie announced that the Carnegie Foundation would add funds to include pension benefits for professors at state universities if their legislature and governor approve. A five percent bond issue would raise annual income to support these additional beneficiaries, potentially expanding the fund to fifteen million dollars if all state universities apply.
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New York
Andrew Carneste
Carneste Foundation
Carnegie
Whch
National Association of State Universities
Al.sodw
Mr. Carte
Jin. Henry S. Pritchett
Presi
Pritchett
Publc
Fuund
Andrew Carnegie
Father Finds Engaged Couple Through Poetic Suitor
A New York father suspects his daughter loves a poet and tests her by noting imaginary signs of their time together. He points to a station, a building rising from a hole, and other changes, while the daughter remains oblivious. The mother offers a reading theory, and the next day the engagement is announced.
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New York Press
Pennsylvania Station
Joliet Fire Destroys Barrett Block In Night Blaze
A weekend blaze swept the Barrett block in Joliet causing losses over 100000 dollars. Two people were burned escaping the building which housed the Barrett Hardware Company Joliet National Bank and several third floor offices.
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Joliet (ii
Joliet. Hi
Barrett Hardware Company
Joliet National Bank
Judge Cantrill of Kentucky Dies After Long Illness
Judge James E. Cantrill of Georgetown Kentucky died Sunday after a long illness. He served as presiding judge in the first two trials of Caleb Powers for the murder of William Goebel.
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Cantrill
Kentucky
Frankfort
James E. Cantrill
Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Wiliam Goebel
Real estate man found dead from gas leak in Fort Wayne
Louis H. Curryer a leading Fort Wayne real estate man was found dead in his bathroom Sunday afternoon from asphyxiation caused by a gas leak from a water heater.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Louis H. Curryer
Reward for Kindness Won by Hotel Clerk in Lancaster
George B. Koffroth, a former Honey Brook hotel clerk, receives 70000 from Otto Kuenzler a Swiss migrant who died in the United States after bequeathing his estate. Kuenzler's fortune, traced to a wealthy uncle in St Gallen Switzerland, was won after long legal contest.
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George B. Koforth
Honeybrook
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Otto F. Kuenzler
Kofroth
St. Gallen
Switzerland
Lancaster
Kuenzler
America
New Holland
Honeybook
Elversen
Hothsville
First Lessons in Sculpture for Children
Instructions describe making a clay like pulp from newspaper and flour paste as a safe child friendly sculpting material. The method involves tearing newsprint soaking in boiling water soaking several hours and mixing with flour and water to form moldable shapes that dry and can be painted with watercolors.
Not That Kind A Philadelphia Wife Seeks Butter on Toast
A newly married young woman in Philadelphia visits a butter dealer claiming to market delicacies after her honeymoon. She asks for butter to eat on toast and rejects rolls, saying her husband does not care for them. The anecdote appears in Harper's Weekly.
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Philadelphia
Harper'a Weekly
A Born Politician in Local Campaign
A Louisville reader describes a confident candidate who refuses handouts yet seeks election. The brief portrait frames the figure as a modest yet receptive candidate in a local political contest from the Louisville Courier Journal.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Notable Quip Sparks Theatrical Debate About Mr Follansbes
The remark hints at a charged reputation with a sharp dig about Mr Follansbes. The dialogue suggests a tense social moment and a tease about moral character within a local context.
Call to fortify Pearl Harbor as supreme Pacific defense
A House Naval Affairs committee urges immediate impregnable fortification of Pearl Harbor to secure a strong naval base and coal station. It argues Hawaii's islands form the Pacific outer line and warn that neglect threatens the entire coast, with Philippines and Pago Pago to follow for a triad of strategic points.
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Committee On Naval Affairs of
House of Representatives
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
United States
Islands
Congress
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Coast
Philippines
Pago Pago
Pacific
Oil Tariff Debate Seen As partisan and automatic
The New York Evening Post argues the oil tariff is not purely partisan. It notes Democrats drafted the retaliatory clause while Republicans copied it in 1897 from 1894 law. The piece asserts the tariff is automatic under countervailing duty principles tied to Russia, and would persist if Russia removed its tariff.
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New York Evening Post
Repubiicans
Russia
United States
Properly Developed Foreign Trade
The editorial argues for balanced tariff policy that does not oppose foreign trade. It supports directing growth through direct steamship links with South America while maintaining protective home interests and not forcing tariff dismantling.
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United States
What They Need to Be
The text argues that the American people crave relief from anxiety after a distressing crisis. It urges recuperation, energy restoration, and consolidation of interests, proposing thataction is needed to provide that chance for renewal.
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Tarig Assitation
Would Leave Tariff Alone Say New Haven Leader
The New Haven Leader argues against tariff legislation this session calling for calm, noting the Dingley act has proven effective. It questions necessity for revision, cites widespread manufacturer division, and warns that a tariff commission could disrupt vital protections and economic stability.
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Tariff
New Haven
Washinggton
Ways and Means
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
The Fleet of Peace Around the World
Admiral Evans commands a peaceful world voyage as his steel-clad ships circle the globe. France, England, and other nations acknowledge the Yankee fleet, study its battleship construction, and see the voyage as a mission of peace strengthening US ties with Australia and other lands. Critics are silenced by the voyage’s results.
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Admiral Evans
Magdalena Bay
France
England
London
Europe
United States
Pacific
Australia
Where Would He Get the 50 Cents
A Rutland Vermont Herald dispatch recalls a Democratic anti-protective tariff orator debating an Irish American. The exchange questions free trade versus protection, citing prices and work availability. The piece frames tariff revision as a worry for American labor demand.
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Pat
Rutland (VI) Herald
Tariff Revision Debate Cited by Macon News
The Macon News rails at a Republican tariff plan calling for higher maximum rates to set minimums and mocks trusts for likely compliance. It notes that Georgia readers, familiar with tariff politics, would recognize the proposed maximum duty as unpayable and would block imports from countries refusing to grant their minimum rates.
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Macon News
Georgia
Fourth Flood Hits Evansville Area As Ohio Rises
The fourth flood of the year sweeps the Lower Ohio river threatening farmers in lowlands. The river nears the danger line of 385 feet as Weather Observer Branch predicts rising waters for days. Side streams climb and residents along the lower Wabash may evacuate to New Harmony and other river towns. Lumbermen on Green River also face losses.
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Evansville
Ind
Ohio
Wabash
New Harmony
Jnd
Green River
Preacher Arrested in Columbus With Two Women
Rev. Joseph Carter 45 and unmarried was arrested with Mrs. Jennie Jackson and Mrs. Lizzie Guess in Columbus Ind on charges of intoxication. The three pleaded guilty and Carter paid the fines. Carter has spent 20 years in evangelistic work for the United Brethren church organizing Sunday schools and churches across Southern Indiana.
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Columbus
Ind
Joseph Carter
Jennie Jackson
Lizzie Guess
Carter
United Brethren Church
Indiana
Wife Marries Another in Evansville After Long Absence
John Lawrence, a soldier recently back from the Philippines after seven years away, discovers his wife has remarried a man named Hall. Believing him dead, she wed Hall. The second husband is visiting Posey County, Indiana. The woman will not be arrested.
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Evansville
Ind
John Lawrence
Philippines
Hall
Posey County
Indiana
Fireman Dies After Shooting Self on Interurban Car
Louis Reiter a Ft. Wayne hose man killed himself on an Ft. Wayne and Decatur Interurban train seven miles east of the city. He died instantly after firing two bullets into his heart while visiting his parents near Decatur. His death is ruled self inflicted and the cause remains a mystery. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Louis Reiter
Lid On Tight Keeps South Bend Safe On Sunday
South Bend in a strict Sunday closure with Hid tightly fitted over the city. Interurban travelers from Elkhart Goshen LaPorte and Sites found no regular sports running. All saloons gambling houses and resorts were under police control and no life appeared at those places.
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South Bend
Ind
Elkmart Goshen
LaPorte
Saloon Fight Hit Valparaiso Wards
Anti Saloon forces filed remonstrances in the First Second and Fourth wards of Valparaiso Indiana. If the remonstrances stand 14 saloons will be put out of business by next November. Chris Bernholt a Second ward saloon keeper signed the remonstrance.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Chris Bernholt
Flood Emergency Deepens in Jeffersonville Indiana
Above Danger Line. Jeffersonville Ind. The flood situation has reached a critical stage with the river expected to reach a 1 foot stage well above the danger line. Smaller streams nationwide are out of their banks and substantial damage has occurred.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Funeral in Goats
In Jeffersonville Indiana the funeral cortege for two year old Bessie Haskell daughter of James Haskell was carried over a mile in skiffs due to high water covering the road near Altica in the county to reach the cemetery.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Altica
Bessie Haskell
James Haskell
Linton Miners Rebel Over Wage Scale Signing
Several thousand miners in the Linton district gathered at a mass meeting in Terre Haute Indiana and refused to work until the wage scale is signed at the state convention. They voted to continue work if no agreement is reached.
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Linton
Terre Haute
Ind
Rabbit hunter struck by train in Anderson death
John I. Price, 42, of Trondale Indiana, pursued a rabbit to a railway track and was killed when a Big Four train struck him after he caught the animal. Authorities report the incident as an accidental death on the tracks near his home.
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Anderson
Ind
John I. Price
Trondale
One Case Settled in Ve Way Damage Suit
In Madison Indiana the first Ve Way damage suit stemming from the killing of Jesse Harper by James Joyce was decided by the jury. Mrs Grace Joyce is awarded 2000 dollars against Caroll Brown a saloonist for damages.
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Madison
Ind
Jesse Harper
James Joyce
Grace Joyce
Caroll Brown
Firemen Quarantined in Richmond Fire Incident
Emergency workers in Richmond Indiana faced quarantine after battling a blaze at the home of Alfred Underhill. Details are unclear due to fragmentary OCR but report confirms fire response and ensuing quarantine actions.
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Richmond
Ind
Alfred Underhill
Dynamite blast sparks labor war in Spyra cuse town
In Waersaw Indiana the Kosciusko county town of Spyra cuse faces a labor feud after 40 foreign workers were hired at the Sandusky Portland Cement Co. A blast damaged a company house housing 35 Roumanians Hungarians and Italians injuring several. The plant resumed operations with six men including aliens, amid threats of unrest.
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Waersaw
Ind
Spyracuse
Kosciusko County
Sandusky Portland Cement Co
Northern Indiana Teachers Meet in Indianapolis
Over 4400 schoolteachers gather for the Northern Indiana Teachers Association annual meeting in Indianapolis. President Charles W. Exot of Harvard and Dean Andres E. West of Princeton address attendees. Dean West argues for a tutorial system in secondary education using small group pupil evaluations to tailor development.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Northern Indians Teachers’ Association
Charles W. Exot
Harvard
Andres E. West
Princeton
Dean West
Grandview Renews Remonstrance Against Saloons
Evansville Indiana reports Grandview in Hammond township filed a remonstrance with the county commissioners opposing licensed traffic in intoxicants. The 120 signatures surpass the earlier majority, and the petition two years ago closed every saloon in Grandview, with this remonstrance aiming to keep them closed.
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Grandview
Evansville
Ind
Hammond Township
Despondent man drinks poison then changes mind
George Johnson, 45, of Evansville Indiana, drank two ounces of carbolic acid after distress over his wife. He sat on Pigeon Creek bridge, waited for death, but the poison failed to act. After an hour he returned home and said he no longer wished to die, and he is expected to recover.
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Evansville
Ind
George Johnson
Pigeon Creek Bridge
Johnson
Father’s accidental gun discharge kills two year old in Terre Haute
Agnes Dicker two, daughter of George Dicker merchant of Seeleyville, died in Terre Haute hospital from a gun shot wound to the head. The fatal wound occurred when the father was examining a revolver. the child lay in its mother’s arms at the moment of the accident.
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Babe
Terre Haute
Ind
Agnes
George Dickerson
Seeleyville
Phone Interests Fail To Harmonize In Danville
Representatives of Farmers Mutual Telephone Co and the Danville Independent Consolidated Telephone lines failed to harmonize at a meeting. Town trustees will hold a meeting and grant a franchise allowing Farmers to operate there.
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Danville
Ind
Farmers’ Mutual Telephone Co
Danville Independent Consolidated Telephone Lines
Wanted in Indiana fugitive arrested in Cleveland
William Fleming was arrested in Cleveland on a fugitive from justice charge requested by South Bend police Indiana. Fleming refused to return without requisition papers and it is said such papers will probably be applied for at once.
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Cleveland
South Bend
Ind
Wm. Fleming
Tita
Fleming
Indiana
Fr Wayne Refuses Cow Herd Culling Order
William Miller a coairman refuses to comply with a local health board order to kill 14 of 19 cows in his milk herd. The cows were condemned by Dr. H O Bruegzeman, secretary of the city board of health.
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Wayne
William Miller
Local Board of Health
H. O. Bruegzeman
City Board of Health
Night Riders Burn Grain Separator Factory in Indiana
Night riders operate near Henryville Indiana. A grain separator factory owned by Zachariah Taylor was burned with a loss of 5000 dollars. A note left warned Taylor that thirty dollars a month would be enough for him to live on.
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Indiana
Jeffersonville
Ind
Henryville
Zachariah Taylor
Taylor
Indicted for Murder in Anderson Indiana
Grover Blake, 22, was indicted on two counts of first degree murder after confessing to killing his mother Mrs. Wm. M. Blake in Anderson Indiana. The grand jury returned the indictment.
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Anderson
Ind
Grover Blake
Wm. M. Blake
Real Estate Man Dies By Gas In Bathtub
Louis H. Curryer 32 a leading Ft Wayne real estate figure was found dead in his bachelor apartment in the Majestic building asphyxiated by leaking gas. Police said the death appears accidental.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Louis H. Curryer
Majestic
All Saloons To a Brazil nd-A conti the names of five
A garbled fragment lists saloons or bars and references Brazil and a partially captured list of five names. May indicate an entry in a directory or notice. No clear event, date, or organization discernible from readable text.
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Brazil
Remo
Conti
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