Little Tot Run Down by Street Car in Front of Home
Four year old Hugh Davis son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Davis of 1311 East Pontiac street was fatally struck by a Lakeside Pontiac street car as he played on the sidewalk in front of his home about 9:30 AM. Motorman Frank Dillinger said he could not stop in time after the child darted into the street. The car No 187, under Conductor Charles Wolf, left the scene with the boy's body later taken to Schone and Ankenbruck. The family, the youngest of six, mourns the loss as neighbors and police investigated the incident.
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Hugh Davis
Ellsworth Davis
Pontiac Street
Frank Dillinger
Charles Wolf
West Lewis Street
Wolf
John McArdle
Crawley
Greer
Stevens
Frank Bender
Hell Candy Company
Pennsylvania
Smith Street
Davis
Theodore Schwier
Henry Schwier
Arid
East
Schone & Ankenbruck
Fort Wayne and Northern Idiana Traction Company
Man Dies of Heart Disease After Family Quarantine
In South Bend Indiana on April 3 George Wymer aged 58 died at a neighbor's home from heart disease believed caused by grief after his daughter and grandchildren were quarantined for scarlet fever and his wife had become blind from erysipelas.
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South Bend
Ind
George Wymer
Leap of Panic Kills Hotel Manager in Third Story Fall
South Bend Indiana April 5 Paul Bickford part owner and manager of a leading hotel died from injuries after he accidentally set his bed on fire and jumped from a third story window in panic He aged 32 son of Mrs Adele Bickford His mother is ill and has not been told of his death.
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South Bend
Ind
Paul Bickford
Bickford
Adele Bick
Bank swindle arrest in Salem by forged telegram
Salem Indiana April 5 Fred Quackenbush arrested on charges of swindling Citizens National Bank of Bedford out of 600 dollars by a forged telegram. He allegedly signed the name J Coleman of Bedford to the telegram and the bank sent the cash by express.
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Salem
Ind
Citizens’ National Bank of Bedford
Fred Quackenbush
J. Coleman
Bedford
Councilman fined for alley ashes dumping in Hammond
Allen Salisbury, a Crown Point councilman, helped push an ordinance banning rubbish dumping in alleys. He was fined ten dollars and costs by City Judge Harold Wheeler after throwing ashes in the alley behind his house.
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Hammond
Ind
Allen Salisbury
Crown Point
Harold Wheeler
Old Time Ferry Boat Proves Worth on St Joseph River
In Newville, Auburn Indiana, after the Sunday bridge washout, a sixteen by seven by one foot ferry began operation Thursday afternoon across the St Josephs river. Ten men crossed to test its merit while county commissioners observed measurements to plan a new bridge.
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Auburn
Ind
Newville
St. Joseph's River
Rodgers Killed In Airship Fall
In Long Beach an airship accident claimed the life of Rodgers. Emergency crews reported the tragedy as the craft plunged and the victim died at the scene. The incident prompted an investigation into the airship’s handling and safety protocols.
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Rodgers
Brick paving chosen for South Whitley streets
South Whitley Indiana residents faced a decision on paving with Metropolitan Brick Co Canton brick. The town board approved its use despite a Knobstone alternative costing 3 cents more per square yard, a $800 difference. W W Hatch & Sons Goshen will supply material and equipment by mid May to June 1.
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South Whitley
Ind
Metropolitan Brick Co
Canton
Martinsville
Metropolitan
W. W. Hatch & Sons
Goshen
Aviator Rodgers Delayed by Storms During Cross Country Flight
Aviation pioneer C. P. Rodgers halted near Adams county south of Decatur and Huntington for weather repairs after storms. He visited Fort Wayne by auto with friends and gave an interview at the Anthony hotel. Rodgers began the Los Angeles flight from New York on Sept 17 1911 and reached the coast Dec 10 after 49 days elapsed though actual air time was 3 days 10 hours 4 minutes at about 51 mph.
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C. P. Rodgers
Fort Wayne
Adams County
Decatur
Huntington
Anthony Hotel
Sentinel Trenacentative
Rodgers
New York City
Los Angeles
Compton
Cal
Pacific Coast
Ro al
Death of aviator Calbraith P. Rodgers after ocean flight
Long Beach California April 4 Calbraith P Rodgers first man to cross America by air fell from 200 feet over the ocean after engine trouble. He was rescued but died within minutes. Crowd of 7000 on the beach collected wreckage as souvenirs while lifeguards rushed to aid him. Rodgers neck jaw and back broken, he died en route to hospital. He had drawn crowds during daily flights and recently won $11000 in July Chicago endurance races. His widow in Pasadena and mother in London were notified.
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Long Beach
Cal
Calbraith P. Rodgers
Arch Hoxie
Rodgers
Beach
Ernest Scott
James Goodwin
Bathhouse Hospital
Pasadena
London
Chicago
Street Battle as Passaic Strikers Clash With Authorities
In Passaic New Jersey on April 5 a violent clash erupted between hundreds of silk mill strikers and about forty deputies and police outside the Forstmann Huffman mill in Garfield. Bricks and stones flew while deputies used clubs and revolvers firing over the crowd. Six arrests were made. The fight began after organizer Charles Rothfisher of the Industrial Workers of the World spoke to the crowd urging rights to assemble. One deputy sheriff Henry Fagan was struck and knocked down by a brick. several women were wounded and a striker lay unconscious with a head injury. Sheriff Conklin vowed to enforce the order barring meetings in Passaic County.
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Passaic
N. J
Forstmann & Huffman
Garfield
Arfield
Henry Fagan
Conklin
Passaic County
Wrecked Meet Ends In Accident At Sea
Charles Schaffer, a friend of Rodgers, witnessed the crash after arriving on a special train. Cheavies Wiluins of Dayton and others on the pier described Rodgers as reckless in the air as wind and waves swept debris away.
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Charles Schaffer
Rodgers
Cheavies Wiluins
Daytona
Schuffer
Calbraith Rodger Dies After Westward Flight
News from New York reports Aero Club of America members mourning Calbraith P R Rodgers death after his cross continent flight. He started at Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn and landed Long Beach December 10 1911, with 8000 miles logged. His mother from Havre De Grace Md mourns.
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New York
Aero Club of America
Calbraith PL
Rodger
Acero Club
Rodgers
Sheepshead Bay
Brooklyn
Long Beach
Pacific Coast
Havre de Grace
Non
Middletown
N. Y
Decatur Licenses Raise City Treasury by 2500
The Decatur treasury increased by 2500 as five saloonkeepers paid 500 each for annual licenses to sell intoxicating liquor. The payments were made on Thursday, boosting available city funds for the coming year and highlighting the local licensing push.
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Decatur
Ind
Indiana Weather Bureau study reports ten year frost and temp patterns
Verne I. Church, of the U S Weather Bureau, contributes a chapter to a state forestry report detailing Indiana climate over ten years. It covers average statewide temperatures from 48 to 50 degrees, last killing frost dates from April 7 to May 5, and first autumn frost dates from September 29 to October 27 with statewide norms around late October.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Verne I. Church
United States Weather Bureau
State Board of Forestage
Indiana
Mount Vernon
Evansville
Boonville
Steuben County
Posey
Gibson
Vanuderburg
Pike
Daviess
Martin, du Bois
Spencer
Warrick
St. Joseph
DeKalb
Allen
Vanderburg
Saloon Licenses Granted by Wabash County Officials
Wabash county commissioners approved licenses to operate saloons for the sale of intoxicating liquors for Charles Klunk John T Fell Homer Bishop Tremont Hotel company Albert Mader Frederick Heilman Warren M Allison and Fred Mertz. No opposition appeared as none have liquor violation convictions. John Pitts renewal faced a remonstrance by J P Naftzger but the license was renewed by a two to one vote.
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Wabash
Ind
Charles Klunk
John T. Fell
Homer Bishop
Tremont Hotel Company
Albert Mader
Frederick Heilman
Warren M.allison
Fred Mertz
John Pitts
Market Street
J. P. Naftzger
Pitta
Rovnes
Wisconsin alumni say most graduates marry
Madison Wis April 5 That its feminine graduates seldom become old maids is a statement issued by the University of Wisconsin to day in the new alumni directory. Just 663 of the 1 037 women who graduated from Wisconsin between 1867 and 1911 fully 64 per cent have married. Most of the unmarried are recent graduates who will mate later. The figures show that 43 per cent of the women graduates have married alumni of the university.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wife rails at husband over diamonds and taxes
New York and Washington dispatches tell of Mrs. Charles H. Anthony denouncing her husband for claiming her diamonds can be bought cheap. She vows to attend Easter parade in Indiana gown with diamonds, while Gov. Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana discusses presidential prospects and a possible convention deadlock.
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New York
Charles H. Anthony
Muncie
Mr. Anthony
Pit
Indiana
Mrs. Anthony
Worthless slippers spark tax talk for Mrs. Anthony
Muncie Ind April 4. The diamond heeled slippers attributed to Mrs Charles Ti Antioni of Muncie are said to be worth about four to five dollars including rhinestones not diamonds. Township assessor Clem Powell discussed the case with her husband and noted no diamonds in the slippers while Mrs Anthony remains in the East.
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Muncie
Ind
Charles Ti Antioni
Washington
New York
Anthony
Clem V. Powell
Mr. Powell
Whitley County Teachers Report Exam Results
Superintendent A. R. Fleck graded the first eighth grade examination manuscripts. Of 199 examinees, 123 earned the required passing grade. Most county district schools will close for the present school year Friday, except Columbia township.
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Columbia City
Law
Spr
A. R. Fleck
Columbia Township
August Smith Defeats August Smith in Viroqua Mayoral Race
La Crosse Wis April 5 August Smith defeated August Smith for mayor of Viroqua by 161 votes in the official count completed today. Both candidates are leading townspeople. one as merchant, the other as high school principal.
Roosevelt Heads to Chicago After West Virginia Stop
Colonel Roosevelt closed his West Virginia campaign with a speech in Martinsburg urging fair conduct at the county mass convention. His train was delayed two hours by a railroad accident near Clarksburg as loose rails and a displaced wheel left the track, with spikes sheared from the rails.
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Roosevelt
Wilson
Martinsburg
W. Va
Theodore Roosevelt
Kentucky
West Virginia
Chicago
Illinois
Col. Roosevelt
Col
Roe Ovelt
Clarksburg
Cummins Wins Delegation on Sixty Second Ballot at Third District
Waterloo Iowa April 5 Senator A B Cummins secured the delegation to the national convention in Chicago at the Third district convention on the sixty second ballot. At opening both Taft and Cummins forces held 72 votes.
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Waterloo
Towa
A. B. Cummins
Chicago
Taft
Cummins
Rump convention splits Wayne county at Republican meeting
Detroit April 5 two delegations totaling 192 members will represent Wayne county at the Bay City state Republican convention April 11. Taft supporters advance a solid delegation from the regular convention while Roosevelt followers form a separate convention and elect a delegation.
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Detroit
Mich
Taft
Col
Roosevelt
Wayne County
Bay City
Fiddlin Bob Resting in Tomb in Tennessee Funeral
The people of Tennessee buried Robert Love Taylor in Old Coreay cemetery. His body arrived from Nashville and 11 o clock funeral services drew thousands in Knoxville. Rev. Dr. W. S. Neighbors delivered the oration praising Taylor, with business suspended citywide. The congressional delegation returned to Washington this afternoon.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Fiddlin
Bob
Robert Love
Taylor
Old Coreay
Statesman
Nashville
Former Indiana supreme court judge James W. Jordan gravely ill
Martinsville Indiana April 5 James W Jordan longtime Indiana supreme court judge is seriously ill specialists say he has only a short time to live.
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Martinsville, Ind
James W. Jordan
Indiana Supreme Court
Fire destroys Green Center Schoolhouse in Green township
Kendallville Indiana April 5 a disastrous conflagration yesterday leveled the Green Center schoolhouse in Green township causing an estimated loss of 1600 dollars with insured coverage of 600 dollars.
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Kendallville
Ind
Green Township
Green Center
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