American Influence in Korea and Navy Officer Prospects
Washington reports American influence rising in Korea with Mr. Durham White Stevens to head diplomatic affairs in Seoul alongside Minister Horace N. Allen. The piece notes Stevens and Allen shaping US influence, plus Navy needs Western recruitment, detailing second lieutenant openings, Marine Corps growth, exams, salaries, and the push for Western officers amid a modernizing fleet.
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Durham White Stevens
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Popular Official Joe Miller Misses Congressional Nomination
Friends of ex Revenue Commissioner Joe Miller regret he was not nominated in West Virginia's Fifth District. Miller, a favored public figure from the Cleveland administrations, was known for humor and political probity. He and Cleveland shared fishing trips on the Potomac, famed for bass, with reporters seeking tales but the anglers keeping catch sizes discreet.
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Joe Miller
Congress
West Virginia
Cleveland
Washington
Miller
Potomac
Potomac Shermen
Gorman’s Health Sparks Anxiety Among Maryland Democrats
Rumors rise about Senator Arthur Pue Gorman’s health as his absence from politics this year draws comment. Friends say he is physically able to resume active political work, though the exact ailment remains undisclosed, leaving speculation in Maryland Democratic circles.
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Gorman
Civie
Arthur Pue Gorman
Maryland
New Post Office Ruling Aims at Bulk Mail Circulation
Third Assistant Postmaster General Madden proposes a new rule allowing bulk mail of circulars and six other items without per item stamps. Businesses could weigh the package and pay postage at transmission. He says one cent stamps will still sell for merchandise mail but bulk mailing will reduce stamp theft and curb stamp fences.
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Madden
Old Red Barn Remembers Boyhood Plays of L M Montgomery
A lyrical reminiscence from L M Montgomery in Orange Judd Farmer about a red barn on grandpa's farm as a magical setting for boyhood adventures. The piece evokes imagined roles of Indians pirates soldiers and explorers as day folds into twilight among hay and meadow scents.
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Grandpa
L. M. Montgomery
Orange Judd Farmer
Newsboys of Japan Rally for War Extras
The article describes Japanese newsboys during the Russo Japanese War era. They wear minimal clothing and carry bells at their hips to signal fresh war extras. Marketed in five rin to five sen per copy, crowds eagerly chase the bells as dispatches hit the streets.
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Japan
Russia
Funny Babies at San Francisco Fair
A comical collection of Chinese infants drew laughter at a San Francisco fair. The males wore shaved heads while the females featured bead fringes and paper flowers in their hair. The droll expressions on the almond-eyed cherubs lightened the crowd.
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San Francisco
Editor and Author Debate Payment in Words and Ideas
A vignette presents a witty exchange where Editor offers payment per word or a flat $5,000 per idea. The Distinguished Author prefers the per word rate, suggesting the clearer value lies in quantity. The playful back and forth mirrors satirical cataloging from the era.
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Puck
Uninteresting Life and Frank Town Chatter
A brief Town Topics note quotes Madge and Dolly remarking that locals are blunt and lack secrets. The exchange highlights candid, humorous social commentary in a small community.
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Madge
Dolly
Autobiography of a Cat and the Kind Stranger
A stray cat narrates a bleak afternoon and a hopeful rescue by a smiling woman and her son. The cat’s fear, hunger, and loneliness fade as it finds warmth, milk, and a safe home, forging a bond with the family amid a wistful reflection on belonging and memory. The piece ends with a literary note from Chicago Record-Herald and a brief city feature.
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Sleepy Hollow
Chicago Record-Herald
Jim Iquique
Peru
Gillespie Murder Case Indicts Barbour for Perjury
Rising Sun Indiana records a grand jury indictment for perjury against Myron L. Barbour in the Lizzie Gillespie murder case. Barbour faces two counts based on testimony given in last May's trial. bond set at 1500 dollars as the case advances to the next term.
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Rising Sun
Ind
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Myron L. Barbour
Lizzie Gillespie
Barbour
Downey
Rump
Cornet
Jewelry Robbery Suspect Seized in Indiana
William S McKinzy also known as William J Valentine alias William Stewart is captured in Marion Indiana after New York detective William Deevy traced him for a July 4 1904 jewelry theft worth $30000. He admits the crime and says the loot was sold in Albany New York City Chicago and St Louis. The 23 year old had prior prison terms in New York and New Jersey for diamond robbery.
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Ind
William J. Deevy
New York Police Department
Williams
McKinzy
William J. Valentine
William Stewart
New York
Marion Hospital
Brougman
McKenzy
Albany
New York City
Chicago
St. Louis
McKinty
New Jersey
Rev E O Ellis Dropped by Friends Denomination
Richmond Indiana September 17 Rev Ell wood Ellis formerly pastor of the South Eighth Street Friends church a trustee of Earlham college and clerk of the Indiana yearly meeting was dropped by the denomination charged with grossly immoral conduct He disappeared with Miss Bessie Slick then returned declared insane and sent to a sanitarium but left with the same woman and has not been seen since He was regarded as one of the ablest men in the Friends church in the middle west The church action was deemed final on the matter for the church
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Richmond
Ind
Ellwood
Ellis
South Eighth Street Friends Church
Earlham College
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Bessie Slick
Friends’ Church
Middle West
Alleged Blackmail Murmurs Across Indiana Towns
The report details a failed blackmail attempt on farmer Arib McAtee after a Hazelton sent letter demanded $200 for a boy, with bloodhounds used and no suspect appearing. Separate notes cover a Kokomo pastor’s drinking clue, triplets named after a presidential candidate, rural free delivery routes in Indiana, a mining explosion with one death, and a couple’s 60th wedding anniversary.
Fusion Populists Nominate Indiana Ticket at Convention
In Indianapolis on September 16 fusion populists met and nominated Governor Leroy Templeton Indianapolis lieutenant governor William B. Gill Ladoga secretary of state Adam P. Hanna Waveland. The platform denounces the Democrats as plutocrats and Wall Street dominated and backs initiative and referendum an eight hour day on public works and opposition to government by injunction.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Leroy Templeton
William B. Gill
Ladoga
Adam P. Hanna
Waveland
Gill
Templeton
Hanna
Democratic Party
Wall Street
A Strange Suit Enjoins Seat Use at Synagogue
Judge Funk blocked Davis Cohen a merchant from occupying a front pew during Passover starting Saturday. Cohen rented a second pew claiming first call on vacancies and refused to pay extra. seat sold to another. Trustees sought court intervention to prevent disturbance.
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South Bend
Ind
Funk
Davis Cohen
Cohen
Largest mortgage ever filed in Marion county
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Co filed for a 25 million refunding mortgage in Marion county in favor of United States Mortgage & Trust Co. The bonds are 4 percent gold due July 1, 1954.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Marion County
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Co
United States Mortgage & Trust Co
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