Congress to Investigate Beef Prices and Trusts
A week of events sees Congress and the Justice Department poised to probe another trust amid rising meat prices. Pujo's committee asks Fidelity Trust of Buffalo to answer inquiries while the steel bill clears the Senate after minor changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Department of Justice
Chicago
Washington
Pujo
House
Money Trust
Robert L. Fryer
Fidelity Trust Company of
Buffalo
N. Y
Wright aviator Parmalee killed in Yakima gust
Philip C. Parmalee a famed aviation figure with the Wright brothers team died at North Yakima Washington when a wind gust toppled his biplane from 400 feet. Other items note the American Medical Association meeting opening in Atlanta with President Murphy, a Darrow jury bribery trial development, and political tallies from Ohio and New Jersey primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip C. Parmalee
Wright Brothers
North Yakima, Wash
The
American Medical Association
Atlantc City
John B. Murphy
Foreign Turmoil Prompts Evacuation Orders In Mexico
President Taft warns General Orozco to refrain from hindering American evacuees as United States Consul Freeman orders all Americans in Villardena to flee toward Durango. U S troops gather at Guantanamo while Cuba fears a longer, bloodier campaign amid rising tensions and rebel action. Yuan Shih Kai reveals plans for a German‑sized army built on conscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orozco
Taft
Mexico
United States
Charles M. Freeman
Villardena
Durango
Guantanamo
Cuba
Dr Harvey Wiley Consideration for Chief Health Officer Role
Personal Through Representative Wiliam Francis Murray invites Dr Harvey W Wiley noted pure food expert to be chief health officer. The doctor will consider the offer. Rev Mrs C Babcock of Fort William Canada accepts call to First Christian Erie. Dr Edwin B Craighan Tulane president named President of University of Montana. Burnham body cremated in Heidelberg, ashes to be brought to America by Mrs Burnham. Gen William Booth near blind after eye surgery with both eyes inflamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Francis Murray
Bosteen
Harvey W. Wiley
C. Babcock
Fort William
Canada
First Christian Church of
Erie, Wl
Daniel Hudson Burnham
Chicago
Academy Botanital
Heidelberg
Germany
America
Burnham
William Booth
The
Salvation Arms
Speed Record in Second International 500-Mile Sweepstakes
Ralph De Palma led the start to lap nine before engine trouble in his Mercedes. Joe Dawson won in a record 6 hours 21 minutes 6 seconds aboard the National, with Teddy Tetzlaff second in a Fiat. Protests over third place involved Hughie Hughes and Charles Merz in a Mercer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ralph de Palma
Mercedes
Joe Dawson
National
Teddy Tetzlaff
Fiat
Stuiz Company
Hughie Huges
Mercer
Charles Merz
Daweon
Tetzlam
Fmnto
Hughos
Merz. Oo
State
B—Enticott
Schacht
Zenvel
Jenking
White Oo
R—Horan
Wilcox
Nathonal
Valford
Knox
Bob Burman
Amercan
Lexington
Harry Knight
David Hrace-Brown
Dawson
Ray Harroun
Harroun
Supreme court backs drys use of all legal means to block saloon licenses
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that the dry movement may employ any lawful method to prevent saloon licenses from being granted and that adopting one strategy does not bar others. The decision, from an Orange county case, will shutter six French Lick township saloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Supreme Court
Board of
Orange Circuit Court
French Lick Township
Proctor
Board of County Commissioners
Circuit Court
Elopers in Jail in Auburn May 27
Hoyd Fitzsimmons and Mrs. Pearl Myers, described as elopers, are jailed in Auburn awaiting trial on desertion charges. They were arrested near Danville, Indiana. Campaign Didn't Cost a Cent in Indianapolis May 27. James F. Cleary, defeated Republican nominee for state representative, filed an affidavit claiming no expenses or promises were spent or made in the county primary campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elopers
Auburn
Hoyd Fitzsimmons
Pearl Myers
Danville
Indianapolis
James F. Cleary
Cleary
Hatchet Kills Wife then Self in Branchville Area
Stephen J. Bociner, 37, a farmer near Branchville, killed his wife Aida with a hatchet yesterday and then shot himself with an old army musket, dying instantly. The couple had violent quarrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aida
Evansville
Stephen J. Bociner
Branchville
Cheese Toxin Sickens Union Residents, Ptomaine Poisoning
In Truffton on May 18 several Uniondale and Union township residents fell seriously ill after consuming a small quantity of cheese suspected to be tainted with ptomaine. Authorities investigate the incident as a food poisoning case affecting multiple people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truffton
Uniondale
Union Township
Park Death Suspected Self-Inflicted Tragedy
In Richmond on May 22 the body of Peter G. G. a machinist was found on a Glen Miller park bench. A bottle in his pocket had contained carbolic acid suggesting a self inflicted death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Peter G. G
Glen Miller Park
Young Couple Elopes in Terre Haute Ceremony
Miss Ethyl Fieming and Lester Brown eloped after a Knights of Pythias dance in Terre Haute and were married by Rev. Don Tullis of Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ethyl Fieming
Lester Brown
Knights of Pythies
Don Tullis
Washington Avenue
Federals Defeated as Rojas Attacks City in Chihuahua
Gen Antonio Rojas reports reaching Santa Rosalie 46 miles north of Jiminez and attacking the federal vanguard for six hours before driving them out. Rebels face money and ammunition shortages as locals say every man and Spaniard has suffered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua
Mexico
Bellano
Santa Rosalie
Jiminez
Inuertu
Antonio Rojas
Orozco
Tellezz
Janinez
Riot of Strikers at Clinton Mill With Seven Wounded
In Clinton Massachusetts seven people were wounded as police clashed with striking Lancaster mill workers. Officers fired revolvers while strikers threw bricks and stones. a Greek striker allegedly interfered with a worker, drawing assistance and rough handling of a patrolman by the crowd. A large police force was sent to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Leonard Smith
Gashion Smith
Greensburg
Clinton
Mass
Lancaster
Ois
Wife shot by husband in Ottawa Park incident
Mrs Walter Wronski 29 staggered from woods into a road in Ottawa Park in Toledo with three bullet wounds in the head and cried for help from three passing men. She said her husband shot her. two hours later Walter Wronski was arrested in the park and admitted the shooting amid reports they had been separated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Walter Wronski
Ottawa Park
Professor Burgens Resigns at Columbia After 36 Years
Professor John W. Burgers, dean of political science and fine arts at Columbia University, resigns after 36 years of service. Trustees name him professor emeritus of political science and constitutional law. successor named as Prof. Frederick J. F. Woodbridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgens
New York
John W. Burgers
Columbia
Frederick J. F. Woodbridge
Indiana News in Brief: varied incidents across towns
Reports from St Paul Fish dynamiters on Flat Rock river. In Indianapolis Alexander Jiker fined one dollar and ten days jail for overdriving a hired horse. Purdue Acacia Fraternity plans a 25000 dollar chapter house. Winchester Dr Ed S Dimes bitten by insect with possible serious danger. South Bend Morris Kellner convicted after defense rests. sentenced two to fourteen years. Indianapolis Merle Row, 21, embezzlement case and romance with farmer’s daughter ends with two years at Fort Leavenworth. Lafayette Indiana holds its first automobile funeral from Henry Holiday home to Springvale cemetery. Tipton women form suffrage society after state meeting. Danville man David Woods injured by a copper wire cracking a neck wound during a team drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Flat Rock
Indianapolis
Alexander Jiker
Lafayette
Acacia Fraternity
Purdue University
Mae Sonic
Winchester
Ed S. Dimes
South Bend
Morris Kellner
Merle Row
Harrisville
Randolph County
Fort Leavenworth
Anderson
Indiana
Henry Holiday
Springvale
Holiday
Auto Funeral
Tipton
Tipton County
Danville
David Woods
Clayton
National Congress of Mothers names Boston as 1913 meeting site
In Boston Next the executive committee of the National Congress of Mothers announced the next national congress will be held in Boston on May 5, 1913. The international congress is slated for Washington, beginning April 22, 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Philadelphia
National Congress of Mothers
Washington
Cincinnati Markets Report Prices For Wheat to Lambs
Market notes show wheat oats hay and hogs steady to higher on Monday with mixed grain prices across grades. Cattle and calves strong for select lots, while sheep and spring lambs remain active though some grades softer.
President Taft Grants Unconditional Pardon in Jones Case
President Taft issues an unconditional pardon for Willard N. Jones of Portland Ore who had been convicted of land frauds connected to cases involving former Senator Mitchell and ex commissioner Hinger Hermann. The pardon cites improper jury selection methods in the Jones trial. Jones was sentenced September 18, 1906 to eight months in jail and a $2000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Jones
Washington
Willard N. Jones
Portland
Ore
Mitchell
Oregon
Hinger Hermann
General Land Office
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senate
Democrat Steel
Robert W. Archbald
Court of Commerce
Scranton
Europe
John T. Lanihan
Wilkesbarre
Stephen Meade
Gary
Ind
Christopher Columbus
Knights of Columbus
Philppines
Jane Quinn
John Mr. Quinn
Claude Swanson Allen
Thornton L. Massie
Hillsville
Los Angeles
Nesr
United States Army
Buford
San Francisco
Paint Creek
Muckiow
Haldwin
Fred
Dupp
Michigan Supreme Court
George A. Fritch
Detroit
Mabel Millman
Fritch
Jackson
Samuel N. Hyde
8. D
South Carolina
Job Harriman
Cal
Clarence 8. Darrow
Bert H. Franklin
Darrow
Mien Lilian Graham
Ethel Conrad
W. EF. D. Stokes
Har
Stokes
Belmont
D. F. Dumas
Cans Lake
Minn
Poposky
Beltramt County
Minnesota Supreme Court
Earl Cranston
John Hamilton
Charles W. Smith
Joseph C. Hartzell
Francis E. McGovern
Wisconsin
William Barnes, Jr
Elihu Hoot
Ohio
Harmon
Wilson
New Jersey
William J. Bryan
Champ Clark
Roosevelt
Yuan Shih Kai
Ward
Butte. Mont
New Orleans
Edwin B. Craighan
Tulane University
University of Montana
Bluffton
John Ht. Painter
Lake Erie
Painter
Warsaw
Koschuisko County
Kintzel
Huntington
Wabash
Attuck
Cecil Vivien
London
England
Vivien
Asoep
Logansport
Roy Kimner
Wallace Thompson
Camden
Rojas
Indiana News
Cincinnati
Bylge
Our
Rupert Hughes
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!