Global Happenings Briefs Trump Panama Canal Action
A digest of world items notes President Taft signed the Panama canal bill and proposed a resolution stating it did not violate treaty provisions. Other notes include a plot to kill Rep Ben Johnson, campaign fund testimony about Standard Oil, and a Roosevelts era campaign probe. Census figures reveal potential U S wartime army size, while a German bounty prompts a countervailing duty on wheat flour and peas. Local crimes and accidents round out the summary with court dispositions, a Japan pavilion cost, a derailment near Ottawa Kansas, a fatal aviation accident in Colorado, a Chicago murder acquittal, and a severe weather strike in St. Louis.
Firing and Loot Destroys Tungchow After Queue Edict
Rioting erupted among Gen Chang Kuen's troops as an edict to cut queues sparked violence in Tungchow near Pekin. German-American teachers return to the U S from Bremerhaven aboard the Grosser Kurfurst. The U S plans to land 340 marines at Corinto, Nicaragua, raising total to 2,600 with naval personnel, with possible army reinforcement if needed.
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Chang Kuen
Tungchow
Pekin
Fie
War Department
California
San Diego
Panama
Corinto
Nicaragua
United States
1913 convention city chosen by midwest editors
Personal Rock Island 11 was chosen as the 1913 convention site by the German editors of Iowa Nebraska South Dakota Illinois and Missouri. Mr and Mrs James Otto of Manlius Indiana celebrated their sixty eighth wedding anniversary with 102 descendants present. Mrs Robert Goelet sailed the Nahma across the English Channel, and detectives suspect a wallet theft from Charles M Schwab en route to his summer home.
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Rock Island
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Ilinois
Missouri
James Otto
Manlius, Ir
Robert Goelet
English Channel
Havre
France
New York
Lorntta, Pa
Charles M. Schwab
Bathichem Steel Company
Justice Dept Moves Against Telephone Trust Amid Public Pressure
The Justice Department seeks dissolution of the telephone trust after building its case for court action. In Detroit area a freight tram crash killed dentist Dr F W Joslin his wife and son. another child wounded and his mother fatally injured. A Cincinnati jury acquitted Mrs Mathilda Radiero of murdering her husband. Willa Lounsberry a Medford Oregon fruit rancher boarded a Kansas City Union Pacific train and rifled mail clerks after wounding herself. Eskimos explorer Vilhkmar Stefanson reached Nome after four and a half years in the Arctic aboard the revenue cutter Hear.
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F. W. Joslin
Howard
Burr
Detroit
Mathilda Raderiof
Cincinnati
Bramwell
That City
Willa Lounsberry
Medford
Ore
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Vilhkmar Stefanson
Victoria Land
Nome
Alaska
Hear
Arctic
Married husbands and license rumors spark in Indiana court
In Lawrenceburg a Cincinnati trio visited the circuit court clerk to check if their husbands secured licenses to marry others. They identified a matching photo, heard groundless claims, and learned a runaway couple tied to Jeffersonville. Other notes include a mastodon skeleton find near Morgantown and a booming well in Wabash county.
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Lawrenceburg
Charlies Cooper
Michael Schuck
John M. Stockton
Cincinnati
Court House
Tattooed Soldier Enlists After Odd Readings Found
Sergeant Finney at the Muncie recruiting station examined Joseph A. Benson who bore tattooed scripture and maps on his body. The Lord's Prayer and a globe with 16 battleships, a chicken and hog appeared on his chest along with animals and continent outlines matching Mercator projections. Benson passed the exam and was enlisted.
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Muncie
Joseph R. Finney
Joseph A. Benson
United States
Mercator
Polly and owl meet a deadly backyard miscue
In Nashville on August 21 Harry Deeling, a blacksmith, killed an owl swooping near his parrot Polly after the bird warned him with cries. In Tipton Oliver Brown sought a marriage license for Misa Restha Lee Clouser but had to fetch her from her home and return to the clerk.
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Polly
Nashville
Harry Deeling
Edingburg
Peoga
Mr. Deeling
Deeling
Tipton
Oliver Brown
Kokomo
Misa Restha Lee Clouser
Evansville Woman Dies of Blood Poisoning
Mrs. Alonzo Lewis of Evansville dies at a local hospital from blood poisoning after picking a facial pimple with an unclean needle. Local authorities report the fatal infection originated from the self inflicted wound and led to her death yesterday.
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Evansville
Alonzo Lewis
Boarding house keeper arrested for blind tiger
Mrs. Efie Ashe, keeper of a boarding house in this city, was arrested Saturday night in Anderson on a charge of conducting a blind tiger.
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Anderson
Efie Ashe
Farmer Dies by Poison in Mortgage Woes at Rensselaer
Horace Gilbert, a farmer in Rensselaer, killed himself after learning a mortgage on his corn would be enforced. A constable came to levy on his cows and Gilbert drank poison, dying soon after.
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Rensselaer
Horace Gilbert
Gilbert
Poisoned at Williams dam plant by cament poisoning
Aug 31 report from Redford says workers at the Williams dam of the Southern Indiana Power Company are suffering from a malady described as cament poisoning. Authorities investigate source of contamination as crews seek remedies.
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Redford
Williams Dam
Southern Indiana Power Company
Cnet
Obituary Buried With Him In Indiana Tomb
Samuel H. Yeaman of Noblesville aged seventy nine chose to bury his self written obituary with him. The note, written in indelible pencil, was sealed in a bottle to identify his grave should identification fail. A tombstone he carved will be placed over the grave. he began work in 1906 and finished recently except for the death date.
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Noblesville
Samuel H. Yeaman
Afr. Yeaman
Yeaman
Indiana News in Brief Highlights Across Counties
Shelbyville funds Chautauqua work with 250 in treasury. Rushville man Ralph Mohler seriously injured after bicycle crash with a car. Brookville hunter Henry Laker dies after being accidentally shot by his son. South Bend couple Edward Twomey and Anna Cable injured in streetcar collision. Goshen Mennonite Brethren hold ten day camp meeting near Shoup's grove drawing large crowds. Portland arrests for burglary at Wehrly & Hoke jewelry store. Connersville home damaged by fire during a downstairs gathering. Connersville Fortyseventh Indiana volunteer infantry holds two day reunion. Crawfordsville teen Paul Vance drowns at Martin's dam. Lawrenceburg short will of Lewis Rechenbach probate noted. Logansport mule accident after Panhandle engine collision. two mules killed. Paoli man Pokon suicide by carbolic acid. Ellwood James Knotts severely injured after railroad bridge fall. Evansville Benedictine Fathers close deal for site of old Thornton Home for Aged Ministers nearby.
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Shelbyville
Shelbyville Chautauqua Association
Rushville
Ralph Mohler
Gwynnville
Nathan Farlow
Arlington
Brookville
Henry Laker
St. Marya
Anthony Laker
South Bend
Edward T. Twomey
Anna Cable
Robert W. Francis
Cincinnati
Portland
Wehrly & Hoke
Comneraville
William B. Ansted
Indiana
Crawfordsville
Paul Vance
Age Eixteen
Nathaniel Vance
Martin's Dam
Sugar Creek
Lawrenceburg
George Fahlbush
Lewis J. Rechenbach
Sadie Rechenbach
Bert Hyman
Pauli
Pokon
Ellwood
James Knotts
Evansville
Thornton
Congress adjourns as La Follette probe passes
After nine months the second session of the Sixty second Congress ends with harmony. The La Follette resolution for public campaign-contribution probe passed without opposition. The general deficiency bill was also enacted and swiftly signed by the president.
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la Follette
Washington, D. C
Tio
Babe Drowns in Well at Montgomery Farm
In Montgomery Missouri a 18 month old daughter of farmer C L Huff fell into a well and drowned. Mrs Huff recovered the body with a garden rake and neighbors assisted after the accident. The family recently suffered a fire destroying their home barn livestock and farm products.
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Montgomery
C. LD. Huff
Huff
Weyman Wins Air Race Across Channel
St Malo winner Charles T. Weyman, American aviator, secured the principal hydro aeroplane event. He flew a monoplane and completed 145 kilometers in 1 hour 40 minutes from St Malo to Jersey and back, over the English Channel.
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St. Malo
Charles T. Weyman
Weyman
Jersey
English Channel
Letter Carrier Kruse Stabbed Self After Confrontation
Charles E. Kruse a 36 year old Toledo letter carrier stabbed himself near the heart with a pocket knife after three post office inspectors confronted him accusing theft from mall mail. He survived his wound and inspectors found test letters with marked coins in his possession during search.
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Toledo
Charles E. Kruse
Engineer Stricken On Board Ship Near Ironton
In Ironton Ohio Captain William son of the steamer Greendale signaled Engineer Harmon of Plymouth West Virginia to land but received no reply. The engineer suffered a stroke of paralysis while seated and could not move. He may live.
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Ironton, O
Williamson
Greendale
Harmon
Plymouth
W. Va
Cars Thrown From Trestle In Mayaville Train Incident
A C. and O. freight train moving over Wall street viaduct near Mayaville Kentucky had a broken axle from a hot box. Three loaded cars toppled 30 feet to the landing below destroying the viaduct and causing about $10 000 in losses.
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Mayaville
Wall Street
Cincinnati Market Prices for Wheat Corn Oats Hay Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Market report listing grain prices for Wheat Corn Oats and Hay with various grades and bids. Cattle sections include shippers, butcher steers, helfers and cows with price ranges. Hogs and sheep and lambs show bids for heavy, packer, cull and stock categories with per head or per hundredweight values.
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Timothy
Bologna
No Sunday Mail Enforced Nationwide Policy
Washington announces no mail on Sundays with no general delivery of newspapers or public matter. Only special delivery letters will be handled, with all other mail remaining in post offices until Monday morning under the new post office appropriation bill and its mild enforcement.
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Washington
Postoffice
Guach
Fishy Eyes Echo in Angler Banter
In a playful exchange one speaker compliments an angler’s physique and jokes that he notices a fishy gaze and a catching voice. The light banter centers on the hunter’s keen optics and vocal tone during fishing chatter.
Paxtine Antiseptic Ad Promises Clean Mouth Breath
The Paxton Toilet Co promotes Paxtine Antiseptic as the joy of a clean wholesome mouth and sweet breath. Available at druggists for 25c a box or postpaid by sending the price to The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston, Mass.
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Clues on Life and Hen Pecking Business
fragmentary quotes discuss life, a man entering chicken-raising work, and a punchline about hen pecking. The dialogue hints at social expectations and workplace sentiments. It reads as a humorous aside in a column or column-like piece.
Remarkable Finandering From New York Policeman
A New York item claims a police officer saved $60,000 in a month from a $2,800 salary. The figures are presented as striking and questioned, suggesting the numbers may be implausible.
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New York
Widow's quip draws audience at social gathering
In a lighthearted moment, Mrs. Jinks is praised for her lively presence. A witty remark notes how she crafts the aura of being a widow by casually referring to her late husband as a recurring allusion during events.
Missionaries Urgently Needed Amid Pacific Famine
An officer reports a letter from the chief of Southern Pacific missionaries describing famine ravaging the country and their inability to resist fanaticism. The harvest is ruined and sending more missionaries is declared urgent by La Petite Republiqua.
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Pacific
la Petite Republiqua
Sparrow Sets Four Homes Ablaze in Indiana Town
An English sparrow started fires at four Lawrenceburg residences by dragging burning string from a rubbish pile. The birds ignited under eaves at Mrs. Mary Webber, Mrs. Sophia Shafer, Otto McCright, and Emanuel Wuest homes. Neighbors quickly extinguished each blaze, preventing major damage.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Mary Webber
Sophia Shafer
Otto McCright
Emanuel Wuest
The Way Out Change of Food Brought Success and Happiness
A young woman abandoned school due to nervousness and hysteria. She credits Grape-Nuts with restoring health, sleep, and strength, enabling her to resume studies, later teach, and maintain a happy home four years after starting the cereal.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Wellville
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