Duel Plot and Pardons in Hawkshaw Family Tale
In this chapter a boy Richard Glyn sails on the Ajax where a duel with Philip Overton looms after entanglements with Lady Arabella Stormont. Giles Vernon and Richard form alliances, Arabella's schemes rise, and a trial ends with Giles's hanging sentence. Sir Peter seeks royal pardon as the prince hints at a timely clearance before Sunday.
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Peter Hawkshaw
Richard Glyn
Bella Stormont
Giles Vernon
Thomas Vernon
Hawkshaw
Arabella
Verton
Philip Overton
Vernon
Overton
Ajax
Mediterranean
Richard
Glyn
Daphne
Arabella Pean
Jove
Lady
Ara-be
Ichard
Giles
Jes
Sireter
Sir Peter
Prince of Wales
Peter
London
York
Arabella Stormont
Carlton House
Lady Hawkshaw
Windsor
Harry
Meeting with Overton and Arabella in the countryside
In a country walk, the narrator meets Overton in plain dress, discusses Giles Vernon and a past murder, and witnesses Overton preach to laborers. Arabella Stormont and Sir Thomas Vernon arrive, while Overton prays for Vernon’s life and rebukes Arabella’s guilt as the scene closes with tension and a continuation tease.
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London
Daphne
Overton
England
Apollo
Giles Vernon
Thomas Vernon
Arabella Stormont
Arabella
Nazareth
Sea of Galilee
Mrs. Whitall
Sir Thomas Verdon
York
Giles
Sir Thomas
Vandalia Railroad to Electrify Route in Indiana Tour Planned
Vandalia officials led by General Manager Benjamin McKeen tour the Vandalia system from South Bend to Logansport to study electrification. Experiments with motorized passenger cars at Terre Haute inform plans for electric service, with later shift to electricity replacing steam across the division amid competition from interurban lines.
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South Bend
Ind
Benj. McKeen
Vandalla
Terre Haute
Logansport
Vandalia
Businessman Kahle Ends Life After Crisis in Indianapolis
Frederick C Kahle a 25 year Indianapolis grocer known for Republican political activity cut off his left hand with a meat cleaver and later hanged himself after friends prevented an electrocution attempt. He stood in the street with a wire around his neck near his home. Survived by his widow and three children.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Frederick C. Kahie
Kahle
Beer Receipts Rise in Indianapolis District for August
Revenue data shows Indianapolis district beer receipts in August at 69,850 dollars, up 2,175 from the same month before the local option law. August 1908 receipts were 67,775 dollars, while last month’s total fell to 673,609.43 dollars against 742,244.35 the prior August, with most loss in distilled spirits.
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Indianapolis
Ind
New Trolley Company Chartered in Indiana
The Tippecanoe and Monticello Interurban Railway Co of Monticello Indiana with capital stock 100000 is chartered to connect Fow Jer Lafayette Battle Ground Asa Grove Delphi Brookston Chalmera Wheeler Reynolds Monticello Nor way Idaville Burnettsville Buffalo Sitka Headlee Pulaskiville Winamac Curveton Trimmer and Logansport Incorporators include William B Felker J A C Blackburn Charles E Turner Thomas W O Connor and Wilt R White.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Tippecanoe and
Monticello
William B. Felker
J. A. C. Blackburn
Charles E. Turner
Thomas W. O'Connor
Wilt R. White
New Evansville Plant To Produce Steel Scaffolding
Evansville Indiana reports the International Steel and Iron Construction Co will build a large new plant with 4000 square foot floor space to manufacture steel scaffolding for skyscraper construction. George Baenberger formerly of Superior Scaffolding Co in St Louis will oversee the plant. In Hartford City Indiana the Window Glass Cutters and Flatteners Union workers at American Window Glass Co plants have been ordered to strike by National Union President Shinn of Pittsburgh unless a 20 percent wage increase is granted. The action impacts about 5000 workers across six plants nationwide.
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Evansville
Ind
International Steel and Iron Construction Co
George Baenbarger
Superior Scaffolding Co
St. Louis
Hartford City
American Window Glass Co
Shinn
National Union
Pittsburg
Insurance Officials Charge State With Duplicate Taxes
Indianapolis insurers clash with the State insurance department over taxes paid to prior Auditors Henderson and Daily. Cyrus Neal says the Supreme Court decision requires payment to the state treasury, not the auditors, though companies argue they are being taxed twice. The dispute centers on thousands of dollars and could affect a company’s right to do business in Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Insurance Department
Henderson
Cyrus Neal
Insurance Department
Neal
Supreme Court
Daily
Insuranee ‘Department
Indiana Holiness association elects Speicher president
At the annual meeting in Alexandria Indiana D L Speicher of Urbana was elected president of the Indiana Holiness association. In Richmond Mrs J C Boyd wife of a Columbus traveling man was struck by a car and badly injured. her escape was narrow.
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Alexandria
Ind
Indiana Holiness Association
D. L. Speicher
Urbana
Richmond, Ind
J. C. Boyd
Columbus (Co
Boyd
Richmond
Arthur Engiebert
Isabelle Bass
Marion
Indiana Golf Association
Logansport
Walter Uhl
Clarence Stanley
Indianapolis
Wik Don‘aldaon
Indianapoll
Balloon mishap claims life during Monon homecoming event
Hundreds watched as a gas balloon escaped during a homecoming feature in Monon Indiana. Henry Moore was lifted by loose ropes and dashed into telegraph wires, sustaining fatal injuries.
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Monon
Ind
Henry Moore
Traveling man held on child attack and enticement charges
In Fort Wayne Indiana Ralph Werthein is held on $1000 bond for attacking 14 year old Myrtle Marlin of Huntington. He also has $500 bond on enticing a female under age from home.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Ralph Werthein
Myrtle Marlin
Huntington
Entomology Chair Anderson Married in Local Event
Eliza Anderson, holder of the entomology chair at Indiana University, wed Mise Marion Durbin of this city at ex Governor Durbiny’s home, the bride’s uncle, in a ceremony that linked academic circles with local society.
Opening of Cheyenne River Reservation Homestead Areas
The General Land Office designates Le Beau and Aberdeen for registration points on the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway. About 7000 quarter sections will be allotted to settlers. Any U.S. citizen or naturalized person over 21 or head of a family may claim up to 160 acres of unoccupied public land under homestead laws.
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General Land Office
Washington
le Beau
Aberdeen
Minneapolis & St. Louis
United States
Low Colonist Fares To The West And Northwest
Union Pacific announces Colonist Fares in effect Sept 15 to Oct 15 1909 to all West and Northwest points. West offers promising land value with stopover options and proximity to new farms producing rich crops. Descriptive literature available from E L Lomax G P A Union Pacific Omaha Neb.
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Union Pacific Passenger Department
E. L. Lomax
U. P. RR
Omaha
Neb
It Was His Way
A Kansas farmer recalls eavesdropping on farmers lines hearing receivers click as others listen. He notes he never lets his own line click and keeps his receiver down slowly to avoid detection.
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Kansas
Kansas City Journal
Universal Healing Ointment Endorsed by Vet for Humans and Animals
W P Schmitz a Hinsdale Massachusetts veterinarian endorses Resinol Salve as a universal healing ointment suitable for humans and many domestic animals including horses and dogs. He claims it cures various troubles and is equally effective for people and pets.
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W. P. Schmitz
Vet
Hinsdale
Mass
Witness describes husband listening during quarrel
A magistrate asks a witness about overhearing a quarrel between a defendant and his wife. The witness testifies the man appeared to be listening intently as the scene unfolds.
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Pearson’s
Language of fashion and Rip Van Winkle hotel scene
A collage of phrases mentions Castoria safe for infants and children, the signature and thirty years in use, then a dialogue about fashion plates and a Rip Van Winkle hotel exchange. The snippets juxtapose advertising, fashion references, and a humorous hotel cue about calling in twenty years.
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Rip van Winkle
Rip
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McKeen
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Tippecanos and Monticello Railway Co. Incorporated
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Hoosier State
Tristate Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
Indiana
Ilinois
Kentucky
Fairmount
S. A. Hackett
Helen Seale
John Seale
Ella Seale
John McDonald
James
Abel
Cain
Portland
George R. Houser
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Bryant
Fred Holmes
Chicago
Houser
Anderson
Tauianapolis
Rufus Centre
Madil
Cheyenne River
Indian Reservation
Eden
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