Local notices from Huntingburg area and surrounding towns
A series of brief items report visits and travels of residents including Edward Muelly and Peter Mueller, church and social events, family news from Schnellville and Louisville, a slate roof contract awarded to Joseph Wagner, a birth in Evansville, a drowning in the Ohio River near Louisville, and local votes on a subsidy in Grandview and Newtonville with results and implications for neighboring townships.
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Joseph Wagner
Our Town
Grandview
Hammond Township
Newtonville
Clay
Harrison
Notice of Liquor License Application in Ferdinand Indiana
O Christ Morgen applies to the Dubois County Indiana Board of Commissioners at the August 1906 term for leave to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in quantities under a quart. The premises are a 20 by 24 foot room on the ground floor of a two story frame building at the southwest corner of lot 122, fronts Ohio and Indiana Streets. The license includes sale of luncheon and confection under applicable act.
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Ferdinand
Board of Commissioners
Dubois County
Indiana
Towit
Ohio
Ferdinand Township
State of
Catastrophic Turret Explosion Aboard the Georgia
The battleship Georgia suffered eight deaths and thirteen injuries when two bags of powder ignited during target practice off Barnstable Cape Cod bay. Lieut Casper Goodrich and Midshipman Faulkner Goldwaite are among the dead. the crew suffered burns and injuries, with two thirds of bodies burned in the after turret under Goodrich’s command.
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Boston
Georgia
Boston Harbor
Pratrie Grounds
Cape Cod Bay
Charlestown Navy Yard
New England
Barnstable
Casper Goodrich
New York
William J. Thatcher
Wilmington
Del
Faulkner Goldwaite
Kentucky
W. J. Burke
Quincy
Mass
G. G. Hamilton
South Framingham
W. H. Thomas
Newport
R. I
George E. Miller
Brooklyn
N. Y
William F. Pair
John T. Cruse
Nebraska
Frank Schalpp
North Adams
Charles Hassel
O. Tagland
Rushford
Minn
J. G. Thomas
L Rosenberger
Philadelphia
Edward J. Walsh
Lynn
John O
Lieut
Br. Adm. Goodrich
New York Navy Yard
Attempt on French President Fallieres in Paris
Paris July 15 a naval reservist Leon Maulle of Havre fired two shots at President Fallieres on the Champs Elysees as he returned to the palace from La Grande Champs. The president and escort escaped unharmed and Maulle was arrested. Authorities heightened security amid anti militarist demonstrations and possible labor agitation.
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Paris
President Fallieres
Leon Maulle
Havre
Maile
France
Avenue Des Champs Elysees
Laongchamps
Clemenceau
M. Lanes
Landau
Boise de Boulogne
Champs Elysees
M. Fallieres
Mallile
Maille
Villantes
Malile
General Federation of Labor
Walls of a Landmark Fall in London Ontario
A building collapse on Dundas Street in London Ontario killed nine people, with two missing and five seriously injured. Crystal hall and adjacent Brewster's Five and Ten Cent Store were wrecked as girders and supports gave way during remodeling. Rescuers freed several victims. A photographer, W T Hamilton, and John Loney with a fractured skull were among the dead or critically injured.
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London
Ont
Dundas Street
W. T. Hamilton
Frank Smith
Brewster’s
Archie McCallum
Clara Mullins
William Tam- Win
Edward Howett
Joseph Long
John Robinson
Mr. Lane
Hamilton, Long & Co
W. J. Reed & Co
Crystal Hall
Brewster
George Fistallen
John Loney
Train crash injures forty on Third Avenue line at 104th Street
A southbound Third Avenue elevated train crashes into a standing train at the 104th Street station. Forty people are injured, two may die. Front car telescopes rear car, windows shatter, and both train frames are badly wrecked. Clarence Louis, 22, is trapped with near-severed legs. Witnesses say view was blocked by a crowd, delaying brakes.
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New York
Third Avenue Elevated
104Th Street
Clarence Louis
Waterspout causes heavy damage near Leavenworth
A waterspout east of Leavenworth Kansas caused about 500000 dollars in damage within a 15 mile radius. Six inches of rain fell. In Tatan Missouri hundreds of cattle drowned and hundreds of acres of wheat were washed into the Missouri River. Railroads reported out and traffic demoralized as the Missouri rises and residents move stock to the hills.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Tatan
Missori River
Missouri
Six Die as Train Collides Near Johnson City
Six killed and twenty injured when eastbound vestibule No 42 of the Southern railway crashed with a switch engine near Johnson City Tennessee. The switch engine crew escaped as the passenger train derailed multiple cars and overturned. The runaway passenger train was stopped by a switch and derailed at Carnegie.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Southern Railway
Carnegie
Drowning Fatality at Clifton Mills Claims Young Buffalo Youth
Wade Kooker of Buffalo D C aged 15 the son of Rev R B Hooker drowned while swimming in the Clifton Mills pond. A similar tragedy befell another son of Mr Hooker at the same location seven years earlier.
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John Bender
Ohio
Louisville
Mr. Bender
Siberia
Union
8. C
Wade Kooker
Buffalo
D. C
R. B. Hooker
Clifton Mills
Mr. Hooker
Bomb Explodes Near American Embassy in Constantinople
A bomb exploded in Yeln Kei n, a suburb of Constantinople, damaging the American embassy summer quarters. All embassy windows were broken and four girls were injured, none of the injured tied to the embassy. No motive is given.
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Constantinople
Yeln-Kein
Flood Threat Prompts Des Moines Relocations
Wade Hooker reports 50 families from Des Moines bottom district moved to higher ground as Des Moines River stays high. Officials warn this level is the greatest since 1903 when many families were displaced.
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Union
D. C
Wade Hooker
Des Moines
Earthquake Shakes Parla at Midnight
A perceptible tremor struck Parla Texas at midnight rattling dishes in homes and waking residents. No injuries reported. Officials say the quake measured minor on local scales and swift aftershocks were not observed.
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Parla
Tex
Cheap Postage a Failure in Paris Budget Talks
Paris reports a deficit of 4,457,280 dollars from letter postage cut from two to three cents. Operating costs rose by 871,720 dollars as business growth lagged under ten percent. The low rate may be discontinued.
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Paris
Bookkeeper Charles Farnan Dies by Suicide in Pittsburgh
Charles Farnan aged 28, formerly a bookkeeper for the Smith-Premier Typewriter Co. in Cincinnati in 1904, shot himself at his home in Allegheny, Pittsburgh, on July 15. The death is ruled a suicide.
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Pittsburg
Charles Farnan
Smith-Premier Typewriter Co
Cincinnati
Allen Sheney
Caught and Lynched and Other July Incidents
Oklahoma City reports a mob lynching a Black man for assaulting a railroad worker in a small town northeast of the city. Omaha notes the death of legendary Wyoming cowboy Arthur Wilton after an outlaw horse attack. San Francisco recounts a post office burglary in South San Francisco with $1,800 taken. Philadelphia reports a bomb explosion at Lucio Grenaldi’s home with threats from Black Hand letters. no injuries. Houston notes Dr William Bromby commenting on state health matters.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Frank Bailey
Here
Frisco
San Francisco
South San Francisco
Philadelphia
Lucio Grenaldi
Grenaldi
Black Hand
Mysterious shooting claims LaCrosse merchant near picnic
Thomas Dighton, a leading LaCrosse merchant six miles from Americus Georgia, was shot to death near a negro picnic. Authorities report no witnesses and suspect a reveler from the gathering caused the killing.
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Americus
Thos. Dixon
LaCrosse
Highest Concrete Chimney Sets World Height Record
A Tacoma smelter’s recently completed concrete chimney rises 307 feet, claimed to be the tallest of its kind globally. The note blends with a disparate collection of humorous clippings and jokes from various sources.
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Tacoma
Peace loan options and wartime chatter swirl in city notes
Various tidbits reflect public chatter from 1904 era: M de Witte versus war loans, a three candidate race for city clerk in New Albany, a western woman finding a diamond in beef, and trust schemes to win favor. Reports mention Port Arthur ship digging, Sage predicting 100 years, and Arkansas lawmakers accused of selling votes. Automobiles figure in Chicago strike coverage as Wellman hints at a larger Congress call.
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Trust
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Huntingbur
Johnsburg
Edward Muelly
Romana
Jasper
N. A. James
Peter Mueller
Rockport
Mary Baron
Schnellville
Huntingburg
Gertrude Mueller
St Henry
Ee John Baron
Ben Niehaus
Chas. Horney
Marie Zeller
Frank Horny
Clem Kollker
Evansville
John G. Beckmann
Francis Olinger
Edna Smith
Bertha Rickelman
Virginia Hendren
Jacob Buxer
Frank Niehaus
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NEW York World
U. S
Fallieres
Naval Reserve
Texas
Chillicothe
G. KR. Jones & Co
J. N. Fain
Ben F. Griffin
J. L. Watson
A. L. Howard & Co
J. F. Bryan
Chillicothe Lumber Co
del Rio
Fred Wilson
Early Smart
Smart
Bessemer
Ala
James Hardy
University of Alabama
Omaha
Neb
Arthur WI 60N
Wyoming
Houston
William M.bromby
J. A. Sondermann
Ferdinand Electric Light Co
Illnois
J. C. Beam, Jr
AG. P. A
Charles
Denmark
Duening
Coundug Uus
New York Sun
Houston Post
Jack
Harold Melbourne
Lippincott's
Puck
el Paso
Dallas
Dowie
Zion
M. de Witte
New Albany
Ind
Port Arthur
Russell Sage
Pennsylvania
M. Witte
Baron Komura
Arkansas
Japan
Preas
Chicago
Walter Wellman
Peralt
Th Roosevelt
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