Global Briefs: Taft Panama Memorandum and Campaign Probes
A roundup notes President Taft urged Congress to declare the Panama canal bill within treaty bounds. Washington reports a push to expose a plot against Rep Hew Johnson, and John D Archbold testifies to a large 1904 campaign gift from Standard Oil tied to Roosevelt. Also cited are a Senate probe into Roosevelt campaigns, a potential US army size if war comes, and a German bounty-led split pea duty. Two House votes on a legislative, executive and judicial bill finalize the session.
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House of Representatives
Commerce Court
Ean
Juvenile defendants released on bond in Kansas City case
Domestic John C Heimberger and Jobo Farley, playmates of four year old Joseph Timmerman, were released on $2000 bonds at juvenile court arraignment. Samuel Wood, who shot James Thompson during a kidnapping attempt near Wellington Kan, plans to plead guilty to manslaughter. The Pan American exposition Japanese building will cost 1 million dollars and be a permanent gift to the U S. A derailed Missouri Pacific train near Ottawa Kan injures ten. George Thompson dies in a Lamar Colorado crash. Florence Bernstein is acquitted of shooting her husband in Chicago. A severe storm with lightning kills six and injures eight in St Louis area. widespread property damage along the Mississippi.
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John C. Heimberger
Jobo Farley
Joseph Timmerman
Kansas City
Samuel Wo Wood
James Thompson
Ethel Manahan
Helle Mlaine
Kan
Wellington
United States
Justice Dept Sues Telephone Company Case
The Justice Department brings charges against the telephone firm. A freight tram crash near Detroit kills Dr. Flow Joslin his wife and son four year old Howard and fatally injures his mother with son Burr eleven hurt. Mathilda Raderloff is acquitted in Cincinnati murder case. Willia Lounaberry robs mail clerks on a Union Pacific train near Kansas City after wounding himself. Stefanson Arctic explorer arrives Nome after four and a half years in the Arctic.
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Flow. Joslin
Big Rapids
Mich
Howard
Burr
Detroit
Willia Lounaberry
Medford
Ore
Union Pacific
Kansasity
Vuhkinar Stefanson
Victoria Land
Nome
Alaska
Bear
Arctic
Edict sparks riot as Tungchow looted and burned
Gen Chang Kuet's troops clash with rioters after a royal edict orders queue cutting. The town of Tungchow near Pekin is looted and largely destroyed by fire amid the unrest. Several districts report damage and casualties as authorities move to restore order.
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Chang Kuet
Tungchow
Pekin
Notable 1916 Events Touch Rail, War and Society
Personal Rock Island hosts 1916 convention city selection by German editors of Iowa Nebraska South Dakota Missouri. James Otto of Manus NL marks 68th wedding anniversary with 1062 descendants present. Mrs Robert Goelet sails English Channel aboard yacht Nahma despite rough seas. Veterans groups meet in St Louis and Philadelphia. Charles M Schwab robbed of 2000 dollars on trip to Loretta PA. Walter A Leonard named American consul at Stavanger Norway. Ohio Columbus centennial opens with 100 gun salute and Governor Harmon speaks. Col H O S Hetland ordered to War Dept as principal assistant to Adjt Gen Andrews.
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Rock Island
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Witness
Missouri
Women seek missing husbands in court marriage records
In Lawrenceburg Indiana on Aug 23 Mrs. Charles Cooper Mrs. Michael Schock and Mrs. John M Stockton checked marriage records to learn if their husbands had wed again. A photograph of a presumed husband spurred claims each man married and deserted his wife. A June Jeffersonville license under investigation.
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Schuck
Cincinnati
A Tattooed Soldier Enlists After Odd Exam
Sergeant Joseph R. Maney at the Muncie recruiting station examined Joseph A. Benson who bore tattooed images of religious works a world geography map and an art gallery on his chest. The Lord's prayer the globe with ships a chicken hog and wild animals were inked with Mercator projection details. Benson passed the examination and was enlisted.
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Muncie
Joseph R. Maney
Joseph A. Benson
United States
Globe
Parrot Quelled by Blacksmith as Owl Strangles Pet
Nashville reporter recounts Harry Deeling shielding his parrot Polly on a late Sunday night. After the bird cried alarm, he used a rubber hose to strike an owl that clamped Polly’s claws, killing the owl but allowing Polly to die in the struggle. Also in Tipton Oliver Brown travels forty miles for a marriage license but leaves without the bride as he fetches Miss Hesbha Ive Clouser.
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Polly
Nashville
Harry Deeling
Blacksmith
Edingbore
Eoga
Deeling
Mr. Deeling
Tipton
Oliver Brown
Kokomo
Hesbha Ive Clouser
Local Woman Dies From Blood Poisoning After Pimple Pick
Evansville is shocked as Mrs. Alonzo Tawis dies in a local hospital from blood poisoning she contracted after using an unclean needle to pick a pimple on her face.
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Evansville
Alonzo Tawis
Boarding House Keeper Arrested for Blind Tiger
Anderson Aug 21 Mrs EMe Ache keeper of a boarding house in this city was arrested Saturday night on a charge of conducting a blind tiger.
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Anderson
Mra
Eme Ache
Farmer Horace Gilbert Dies After Poison Drinking
Rensselaer August 21 Horace Gilbert a farmer took poison to avoid mortgage seizure. A constable visited his farm to levy on cows when he drank poison and died.
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Drinke Polson
Rensselaer
Horace Gilbert
Gilbert
Poisoned by Cement Bedford Aug 1
Workers at the Williams dam of the Southern Indiana Power Company report illness likely from cement exposure. Plant officials investigate dust conditions and safety practices as affected employees seek medical care and rest.
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Bedford
Wiliams Dam
Southern Indiana Power Company
Golden Wedding Anniversary in Anderson Community
Mr and Mrs John L Thomas of Spring Valley celebrate their golden wedding at the Thomas home with relatives and friends. The couple long attended the Friends church and helped organize its Sunday School in 1868. Mr Thomas born in Spring Valley 1842, taught school, farmed, and supported Republican presidents since Lincoln.
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Anderson
Ind
Melden
John L. Thomas
Thomas
Spring Valley
Pendleton
Madison County
Friends Church
Friends
Mr. Thomas
Usot
Alwive
Lincoln
Friends’ Church
Obituary Buried With Him In Indiana Grave
Samuel H. Yeaman of Noblesville died aged seventy nine. He buried with him an obituary he wrote in 1906 and sealed in a bottle to identify his grave if moved. A tombstone cutter by trade, he planned the stone himself and finished it except for the death date to be added later.
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Noblesville
Samuel Hr. Yeaman
Yeaman
Indiana News in Brief Shelbyville Chautauqua funds secured
A roundup of local incidents across Indiana reports the Shelbyville Chau tauqua Association paying all debts and holding 250 in the treasury for next year. Other items include injuries in Rushville, accidental death near Brookville, and a fire in Connersville among various regional notes.
Congress Adjourns As La Follette Probe Passes
Washington nine months into the Sixty second Congress ends with harmony. The La Follette resolution for a public campaign contributions probe passes without opposition. The General Deficiency Bill also clears the chamber and is signed by the president.
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la Follette
Washington, D. C
Bi Wan
Paxton Toilet Co Ad Promotes Antiseptic Powder
The ad highlights Paxting Antiseplice for clean mouths and fresh breath. Available at druggists for 25 cents a box or postpaid on receipt of price by The Paxton Toilet Co. Boston Mass.
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Babe Drowns in Well After Farm Fire Loss
Huff family suffers a double tragedy as Mot Huff’s infant daughter drowns in a well. Mrs Nuff retrieves the body with a garden rake. Neighbors aid the grieving mother as the Huff home, barn, and livestock were recently burned in a separate blaze.
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Montgomery
Huff
Nuff
Weyman Wins Air Race at St Malo
American aviator Charlen Weyman won the hydro-aeroplane event at the St Malo meeting. He flew a monoplane and completed 145 kilometers from St Malo to Jersey and back in 1 hour 40 minutes over the English Channel.
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St. Malo
Charlen T. Weyman
Weyman
Jersey
English Channel
Letter Carrier Kruse Stabs Self Amid Mail Theft Probe
In Toledo Ohio Charles Ek Kruse a 46 year old letter carrier confronted by three post office inspectors accused of stealing from the mails stabbed himself near the heart with a pocket knife and later died of nonfatal wounds. Police found letters containing marked columns in his possession during search.
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Toledo
Charles Ek. Kruse
Hila
Engineer 18 Stricken at Local Landing
In Ironton Ohio Captain William Bon of the steamer Greendale signaled Engineer Harmon from Plymouth West Virginia for the local landing. The engineer suffered a paralytic stroke while sitting in a chair and could not respond. He may live.
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Ironton, QO
William Bon
Greendale
Harmon
Plymouth
W. Va
Cars Thrown From Viaduct In Freight Accident
A C. and O. freight train passing Wall Street viaduct near Maysville had a broken axle from a hot box. Three loaded cars plunged 40 feet to the landing. the viaduct collapsed causing about $10,000 in damage.
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Maysville
Wall Etreet
Cincinnati Markets Grain and Livestock Prices Amid Mixed Trading
Market listing shows Wheat and Hay prices with various U.S. grades and amounts. Cattle and Hog figures reflect bids and asks from shippers and packers, including calves and sheep, with ranges for quality categories and by the head or hundredweight.
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Qessc
Timothy
Bologna
No Sunday Mail Rule Enforced Nationwide
Washington announces a new postoffice law barring Sunday mail service even for box holders. Only special delivery letters will be dispatched, while Sunday newspapers and all general public mail remain undisturbed until Monday morning. The measure was enacted with strict enforcement.
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Washington
Postoffice
Buch
Its Clues: a henpecking business for a man to enter
A quip on chicken raising remarks that the venture is not for a man to pursue with a note about it being a hen pecking kind of business.
Remarkable Financiering
A New York item claims a policeman saved $60,000 in a month on a $2,800 salary. The figures are questioned, implying they may not stand under scrutiny.
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New York
Jinks Delights with Witty Allusion in Social Evening
In a society note, Mrs Jinks enjoys a lively outing and keeps charm with sharp banter. She playfully references her late husband, calling him “my late husband,” to underscore wit and social ease.
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Jinks
Missionaries Urgently Needed Amid Pacific Famine
An officer of the French colonial army carries a letter from a southern Pacific missionary chief reporting famine ravaging the land after harvest destruction. The letter urges dispatch of more missionaries to assist the struggling life company and combat the famine among the local population.
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Pacific
la Petite Republique
Sparrow Causes Three House Fires in Lawrenceburg
An English sparrow ignited three houses in Lawrenceburg Indiana by carrying a burning cotton string from a burned rubbish pile to roofs. The nests sparked fires at Mrs Mary Webber Mrs Sophia Shafer Otto McCright and Emanuel Wheat homes. neighbors quickly put them out.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Mary Webber
Sophia Shafer
Otto McCright
Emanuel Wheat
Change of Food Brought Success and Happiness
An ambitious girl with nervousness and hysteria found relief by eating Grape-Nuts. She describes failing at school, thinness, and constant nervousness until she read testimonials, tried Grape-Nuts, slept better, grew stronger, resumed studies, and eventually led a happy home. The ad cites Postum Co. and promotes The Road to Wellville booklet.
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Postum Co
Battle Creak
Wellville
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Sadie Reehenbach
Logansport
Bert Hyman
Paotl
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Thornton
Orden
Siampafos
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