Roosevelt to Consult Party Leaders on Appointments and Cockrell's Senate Exit
President Roosevelt plans to consult party leaders on all federal appointments while expressing regret over Senator Francis Cockrell of Missouri retiring from the Senate. The piece notes Cockrell's long service, vigilance as a lawmaker, and affection for frugal living, along with brief items on Spooner and naval whitewash trivia.
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Cockrel
White House
Roosevelt
McKinley
P Cockrell
Missouri
Francis Marion Cockrell
Pon Meneures
Coc'rell
Army
Cockrell
Treasury
Senator Cockrell
Uncle Sam
Papa's Way of Spelling in St Nicholas
A young girl tells of two months in school and how her father insists on his own spellings for darling and sweetheart. The tale contrasts the teacher's method with a father's playful yet firm insistence, in Ida L. McIntosh's poem from St Nicholas.
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Darling
Ida L. McIntosh
St. Nicholas
Bright Russian girl makes remarkable college debut
Tyna Helman, 14, daughter of a Russian Hebrew immigrant, entered Mount Holyoke College after swiftly mastering English and all studies in four years. Arriving from Russia in 1900, she advanced from Wells grammar to Girls Latin in Boston, graduating top of her class, and now aims for higher education. Her father runs a small grocery at 198 Marion Street, East Boston. she is the eldest of six children and known for keen intellect and tall graceful bearing.
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Tyna Helman
Boston
Mount Holyoke College
Russia
Miss Helman
Girls’ Latin
New York Sun
Helman
Wells Grammar School
West End
Boston University
Marion Street
East
Use for old tennis balls to aid sick children
The item urges repurposing worn tennis balls into bright decorative balls for charity. Crafters can reuse leftover wool through crewel, crochet or knitting to create attractive coverings, turning a simple ball into a dressable, joyous aid for those in need.
Simple Wire Work Ideas for Home Crafting
Easy wire work offers a popular pastime with little effort. A few tools and wire enable makers to create a toasted fork, a spring perch for cage birds, hanging baskets, and decorative items like a silk bookmark with ornamental wire ends. Blue eyed people are rarely color blind.
Husband Fatally Slays Wife Then Tries Morphine
In Pierceville Indiana on Thanksgiving Day Essie Darling, 20, cried Cliff Darling has killed me and collapsed. Three shots were fired. only one hit, piercing her heart. Darling attempted suicide with morphine, fled toward Milan but was arrested. Doctors expect Darling to survive. In Versailles the sheriff moved him after a warned attempt to kill him. He speaks incoherently and recalls nothing of the shooting.
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Pierceville
Ind
Cliff Darling
Essie Darling
Clifford Darling
Scott Knox
Darling
Milan
Versailles
Duff
A Hunter's Discovery in Nethery Woods
A well dressed man found hanged from a makeshift gallows in Nethery woods near Hammond Indiana. The body was hanging near the ground with suspenders around the neck and no identification, suggesting possible murder or suicide after two months, discovered by hunter Robert Goff.
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Hammond
Ind
Robert Goff
Crown Point
A. H. Farley
Chicago
Chicago arrest in cattle fraud and assault case
In Chicago a telephone overheard conversation led to the arrest of Charles Kingsbury of Hartford City Indiana and Mrs Pearl Schrude of Roll Indiana. Kingsbury is charged with attempting to defraud and assault with intent to kill after a $900 cattle deal failed and he allegedly shot the man. The pair planned to travel to Chicago. Kingsbury agreed to return to Hartford City and Mrs Schrude to her Roll home.
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Chicago
Charles Kingsbury
Hartford City
Ind
Pearl Schrude
Rell
Kingsbury
George Mussetter
Massetter
Kings‘bury
Notary Appointed for Jeffersonville and Other Indiana Notices
Notary Della G McKinley of Borden appointed by Gov Durbin and qualified in Jeffersonville with $1000 bond. Heroic 14 month old Hattie Yates dies in Indianapolis fire. five-year-old sister saves two others. Senator Beveridge declining candidacy for Fairbanks successor in Indianapolis talks. Indiana health official notes Indianapolis high death rate from consumption. Forest fire rages west of Henryville, Jeffersonville area causing damage. Cumberland Telephone seeks 45 year franchise in Evansville with underground lines proposal and $2225 annual payment.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Della G. McKinley
Borden
W. T. Durbin
Berger
Enoch Miller
Emma M. McKinley
Indianapolis
Hattie Yates
David Yates
Purdue Defeats Notre Dame in State Intercollegiate Title
Purdue defeated Notre Dame 36 to 0 on Stuart Field to claim the state intercollegiate football championship. Purdue scored three touchdowns and a conversion in each half, dominating play despite Notre Dame threats in the second half before darkness halted action with eight minutes remaining.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue
Notre Dame
Stuart Field
Notre Dam
Haley Gipe Trial Opens Amid Crowd at Newcastle Courthouse
In Newcastle Indiana on November 25 three special police with drawn maces stood in the courthouse corridor for four hours to keep spectators from the Haley Gipe murder trial of Mollie and Beulah Starbuck. The prosecution presented testimony suggesting a robbery plot against Mollie Starbuck and showed injuries on her body caused by fingers. The killer of the mother and child remains unidentified while Gipe behaved casually in court.
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Newcastle
Ind
Haley Gipe
Mollie
Beulah Starbuck
Mollie Starbuck
Gipe
Engagement announced of Hanly and Garman in Indiana
Laporte Indiana November 24 The engagement of Miss Ethel Hanly daughter of Governor elect J Frank Hanly and Prof Harry O Garman of Lafayette Purdue university was announced at a dinner party Miss Hanly will debut in Indianapolis society with her father s inauguration no marriage date has been set
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Laporte
Ind
Ethel Hanly
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Harry O. Garman
Purdue University
Lafayette
Hanly
Indianapolis
Turned Firemen Funeral Ends In Bucket Brigade
Evansville mourners attending Harrison Whiting’s funeral in Gibson county halted the procession when flames were seen at William Valkmann’s residence. The crowd formed a bucket brigade and put out the fire before continuing to the cemetery. Will Be Returned For Trial. Laporte Illinois officials secure the return of William and Mary Davis from Woodstock for alleged complicity in a murder. Voting Machines Purchased. Vanderburgh County buys 40 voting machines for 30000, to be used in the last election.
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Evansville
Ind
Gibson County
Harrison Whiting
William Valkmann
Laporte
Gov. Yates
Illinois
Durbin
William and Mary Davis
Woodstock
Ill
Jacob Harmon Effertz
Wilders
Vanderberg County
Attempted Assault in Bloomington Affects Local Family
Fern Hinkle, daughter of Mrs. Marion Hinkle, was attacked by a Black man Friday afternoon near Bloomington. After escaping she ran home a mile away. a suspect was arrested but she could not identify him.
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Bloomington
Ind
Little Fern Hinkle
Marion Hinkle
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