Indiana Forgery Confession Via Long Distance Call
Evansville detective John Davis secured a confession from a forger by forcing him to speak on a long distance telephone. The man, arrested in Danville Indiana, allegedly forged checks from New York to Evansville and admitted guilt after half an hour of questioning. The forger's forged checks were stolen from the Eaton Prince Office in Indianapolis and were drawn on the American National Bank of Indianapolis.
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Evansville
Ind
John Davis
New York
Danville
Houghland
Davis
Eaton & Prince
Indianapolis
American National Bank
Two Hoosier Boys Convicted in West Slaying Ranchman and Daughter
Walter and Milo Long of Wabash Indiana were found guilty of second degree murder for heading a mob that killed rancher John A Hayes and his daughter at Culbertson Montana after a land dispute. The brothers fled two years earlier to Montana and were linked to exhumed bodies. Milo Long received a three year sentence. Walter Long's sentence pending.
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Wabash, Ind
Walter
Miss Long
John W. Long
Wabash County
Culbertson
Mont
John A. Hayes
Long
Wabash
Montana
Hayes
Milo Long
Walter Long
Children’s Prayer and Heroic Rescues Lead Crime Notes
Indianapolis grand jury frees David Frankel amid doubts over murder evidence as his eight year old son and four year old daughter seek their father. In South Bend Banack is saved from a mob after alleged assault on a bride maintaining concealment in an alley. Cransville conductor William Wene dies saving his grandchild as a train crashes into a caboose.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Marion County Grand Jury
David Frankel
Frankel
David
Grand Jury
Franken
South Bend
von Reance
Frank Dpnisezyusti
Frank Banack
Urbanski
Poltice
Banack
Wom‘n Am
Cransville
William Wene
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Wene
Steam blast ejects fireman from moving locomotive
A 120 pound pressure of steam and hot water burst from the mud blower on a Lake Shore locomotive. Fireman William Towers of Stryker Ohio leaped headfirst from the moving engine at five miles an hour and rolled down an embankment at Roving Prairie five miles east of Laporte. Doctors say he will recover.
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Laporte
Ind
Wm. Towers
Stryker
Lake Shore
Roving Prairie
Gomt Citizens League prosecutes druggists in French Lick term
During the current court term the Gomt Citizens League of French Lick began 26 prosecutions for liquor and gaming law violations. Each defendant entered a guilty plea in one case, with a $50 fine imposed. the remaining cases were dismissed.
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Paoli
Gomt Citizens’ League
French Lick
Evansville Man Admits Forged Check and Prison Term
Evansville Indiana reports that F J Prince admitted forging a $50 check on the St George hole and was sentenced to the state reformatory at Danville Alabama after confessing to Chief Detective John J Davis by long distance.
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Evansville
Ind
F. J. Prince
St. George Hole
Danvile
John J. Davis
Tucker-Weds Daughter-in-Law After Quick Divorce
Albert E. Tucker married his daughter-in-law Lulu 2 Tucker in Warsaw Indiana. Tucker had obtained a divorce from his former wife one hour before the ceremony, leaving the marriage with unusual timing and family ties.
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Warsaw
Ind
Albert E. Tucker
Lulu 2
Tucker
John Tucker
Albert Tucker
Daring painter fatally crushed after fall in Lawrenceburg
Mack Hollister, a house painter, toppled from a high scaffold on a business building. He jumped to clear the sidewalk but struck cobbles, was conscious at first, yet doctors warned death could come at any moment due to fatal injuries.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Mack Hollister
Boy Lighter Sparks Fire At Grant County Fair Grounds
A boy started a bonfire to smoke bees from a bumble nest near the Grant County fair grounds in Marion Indiana. The blaze spread across several acres of grass and into woods threatening multiple buildings. About a hundred people fought the flames with boards until horses and plows were used to furrow around buildings and fences to prevent loss.
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Marion
Grant County Fairgrounds
Will Not Be Given Freedom Richmond Ind
John W. Terrell of Wells county remains confined at the Richmond Insane hospital despite being discharged as cured. He is to be held until an officer arrives as he awaits further disposition after a homicide sentence for killing his son in law Melvin Wolfe.
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Richmond
Ind
John W. Terrell
Wells County
Terrell
Richmond Insane Hospital
Melvin Wolfe
Milersburg State Bank Incorporation Reported
Articles of incorporation filed for Milersburg State Bank with L. Thomas of Milersburg as president and Henry Long as cashier. Capital stock listed at 25000 with shareholders from Milersburg and nearby towns. Richmond Presbyterian Synod opens with Dr H W Johnson chosen Moderator and Rev Thos A Wiggington delivering sermon.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Milersburg State Bank
L. Thomas
Milersburg
Henry Long
Millersburen
Capital Stock
Millersburg
Ligonier
Goshen
Benton Topeka
Elkhart
Delta
Fire destroysDurgy home as family escapes in night clothes
In Evansville Indiana a coal oil lamp explosion set the Durgy residence ablaze. Mrs Henry Durgy and her two small children barely escaped the flames in their night clothes. The house was destroyed. Firefighters battled the blaze but the structure was lost.
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Evansville
Ind
Henry Durgy
Death of L. P. McCormick in Indiana on Farm Near Fisher's Station
L. P. McCormick aged 62 and long time member of the Indiana state labor commission died after brief illness on his farm near Fisher's Station. He helped settle numerous strikes across the state.
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L. P. McCormick
Indianapolis
Ind
State Labor Commission
Fisher's Station
Evansville Cotton Mills to Resume Operations This Month
Evansville Indiana. The Evansville Cotton Mills will restart operations this month after a shutdown. The resumption will create several hundred jobs for local workers.
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Evansville
Ind
River ball on Ohio prompts Evansville crowd
A backball game was played in the Ohio river channel in front of Evansville by two local teams. Several hundred spectators witnessed the lively contest along the riverbank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Ohio River
Taft Bryan Campaign Turn Cites New Attack Tone
The Kansas City Star notes Taft answers Bryan's Roosevelt letter critique and shifts the campaign tone. It praises Taft as an honest, effective fighter and suggests Bryan's promises and a lack of standout issues will shape public confidence.
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Mr. Taft
Mr. Bryan
Roosevelt
Taft
Bryan
Taft- Bryan
Kansas City Star
Richard Olney backs Bryan in 1908 campaign
Richard Olney declares for Mr. Bryan and cites dangers of continued Republican rule. He was a regular in 1900 on imperialism and now endorses general principles. Olney aims to offset Cleveland's Taft support and joins Harmer Smith and Francis in backing Bryan.
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Richard Olney
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Olney
Cleveland
Taft
Hoe Olney
Bryan
Judge Harmer
Hoke Smith
David PF. Francis
Bryan critiques GOP farmers support in public questions
The quote claims nine-tenths of Republicans farmers align with Democrats on public questions. The aside questions whether Mr. Bryan is keeping up his political stamina as he speaks.
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Mr. Bryan
Old Friend in Campaign Attacks on Steel Trust
The piece criticizes William Jennings Bryan for claiming the United States Steel Corp finances the Taft campaign. It argues Bryan uses opinion as fact, presents no proof, and relies on earnestness to mislead listeners. It notes the public doubts his promises and sincerity.
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Mr. Bryan
United States Steel Corporation
Mr Bryan
Republican Prosperity Wordplay in Globe-Democrat Outlook
The St Louis Globe-Democrat argues prosperity placards from Kern target Democrats with blackmail claims, but asserts Bryan's election would harm the country. It warns stocks would fall and rail orders vanish, while noting Bryan and Kern cannot change the global financial and credit shock.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Kern
Bryan
Senate
Messrs
Denunciation of Extravagance in Federal Spending
The editorial critiques harsh denunciations of spending by Speaker Cannon and party leaders as exaggeration. It defends sober criticism on appropriations and urges scrutiny to curb excesses while noting past protests over perceived extravagance.
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Cannon
Senate
Sryan
Costly English Law Roles Personal Finances and Fashion
A historical note contrasts the heavy costs of English judicial attire with earlier luxury during Victoria's era. It recalls costly robes, lace bands, and gowns, plus wigs once common before George III, and recounts anecdotes of judges commenting on attire as affecting voice and dignity.
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Queen Victoria
Thesiger
King’s Bench
George III
Peruke
Kekewich
Bachelors Proclaimed Nations Bulwark by Life
The Life magazine piece extolls bachelors as a social class living in bachelor apartments and golf clubs. It notes their wary behavior, gregarious habits, and avoidance of marriage seen as conserving national resources.
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Farge
The Young Millionaire Climbs Jungfrau Monck and Eiger
A young climber describes the perilous work of alpinism in August. He compares climbers to peddlers loaded with gear and supplies. He lists items such as wood, nails, lamp, ax, rope, and a sack of provisions.
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Jungfrau
Monck and
Eiger
Hungry hobo trades snowballs for taters on cold street
A hungry hobo and a charitable woman share a winter supper moment on the icebox as he jokes that snowballs beat soggy potatoes. The exchange ends with him dodging a flatiron and moving on down the street.
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C. L
A Big Tub Bay of Fundy Tide Joke
A Bay of Fundy tide tale from Kansas City Journal recalls a summer urchin who, astonished by the receding water, cries out that someone has pulled the plug from the ocean. The line captures a folkish coastal humor about drastic tidal change.
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Bay of Fundy
Kansas City Journal
Turn Turtle Illustrated Sunday Magazine Play Scene
A short comic vignette shows a boy named Austin explaining to Mr. Wyss that he was merely playing automobile. Mr. Wyss allows continued play after the confession, reflecting a light domestic tone from the Sunday magazine feature.
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Austin
Mr. Wyss
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offers Reward and Testimonials
An old testimonial ad offers one hundred dollars for a cure of catarrh and promotes F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. It claims the remedy cures internally by affecting blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials and wholesale price.
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F. J. Cheney
Q. Toledo
O. We
Snandallp
Walding
Kinnaw
Marvin
Toledo
Wat
Kuke Hall
Expressions of a Cynic by Walter Pater
A fragmentary passage recalls Walter Pater at fifty, bald and plain, comparing women to Swift and parrots in wit. A friend asks about marriage and Pater replies that no one would approve if they weighed the matter, noting men and women pull in different directions.
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Walter Pater
Dean Swift
Pater
Allurements of the City Notice
Mia Perkins and her daughter Mandy tour the city and notice a clothing shop window. A sign advertising half off attracts Mandy while Mrs. Perkins hurries her away, warning that the place may not be proper for a girl.
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Mia Perkins
Mandy
Mrs. Perkins
Dudge’s
Truth About Grape-Nuts Food Revisited
A New York reader shares a personal trial with Grape-Nuts and cream to test reported benefits. He describes initial breakfast as oatmeal meat and bread, then notes rapid relief from stomach acidity and indigestion within one to two weeks.
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N. Y
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Harry Young
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