Roosevelt Endorses Congress. Warns on House Change
President Roosevelt writes Congress urging no leadership shift now, praising Cannon era gains, tariff stance, and anti trust measures. He backs protective duties, canal support, and eight hour and wage protections while promising further farm and worker aid, with caution on partisan politics.
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Roosevelt
Congress
America
Cannon
House
Panama Canal
Santo Domingo
Panama ‘Canal
Man Dies From Injuries Suffered In Police Station
Indianapolis August 20 James O Miller of Danville Ind held for manslaughter over the death of 65 year old Robert Munson who died from skull fracture after being pushed into a cell by Miller The incident occurred as inmates jeered and wet Munson with water during a drunkenness arrest.
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Indianapolis
Robert Munson
James O. Miller
Danville
Ind
Miller
Munson
Suit in Ouster Against Three Express Firms
Merrill Moores on behalf of Charles Benedict and the Indiana railroad commission filed suits to oust three express firms from Indianapolis for violating state law by delivering freight to city residents without charging an added fee. The Adams Express United States Express and American Express are named in the action.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Inianapolis
Merrill Moores
Charles P. Benedict
Railroad Commission of
Adams Express Company
United States Express Company
American Express Company
Lutheran Pastor Surprised on 25th Ordination Anniversary
Rev. Mr. Diederich, pastor near Hoagland for nine years, was surprised at a large celebration Sunday marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination. The event drew members of southern county Lutheran churches and Fort Wayne visitors, with Rev. C. B. Preuss delivering the sermon and a supper to conclude the program.
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Diederich
Hoagland
C. B. Preuss
Friedhelm
Fort Wayne
Schick
J. F. W. Meyer
Moll
Wambsganss
Stoeppelworth
Bremen
Germany
ManZan Offered in Collapsible Tubes for Direct Use
Rhoads Drug Store sells ManZan in collapsible tubes to apply medicine directly at the source of trouble. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Telephone 1538.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhoads Drug Store
Tipton Catholic Benevolent League Members Visit Fort Wayne
Eighty Tipton Indiana Catholic Benevolent League members will visit Fort Wayne next Sunday. They will attend mass at the Cathedral, tour Robison Park, and receive two farewell receptions at Hibernian's hall. Sponsor ads note King’s Dyspepsia Tablets sold at Rhoades Drug Store.
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Catholic Benevolent League
Tipton
Catholic Benevolent League of Indiana
Fort Wayne
Robison Park
Hibernian
Rhoades Drug Store
State Factory Iospecter Williamson Beat
A fragment mentions a State Factory and Iospecter with Williamson, noting a beat or location reference. Details are unclear due to incomplete OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Factory
Iospecter. Williamson
Morrissey Elected Provincial of Holy Cross at Notre Dame
The Very Rev. Dr. Andrew Morrissey C S C was elected provincial of the Holy Cross order by the general chapter at Notre Dame. He succeeds Very Rev. J A Zahm who led the province for eight years. Morrissey had presided over Notre Dame for fifteen years and has been abroad for health reasons. Rev James French was elected first superior general of the Holy Cross order.
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Notre Dame
Ind
Andrew Morrissey
James French
Holy Cross Order
Morrissey
Bryan Declines Endorsed Delegates for Democratic Convention
William J. Bryan reportedly rejects instruction by Winds delegates unless Roger C. Sullivan is repudiated by the state convention. Judge Owen P. Thompson relayed Bryan’s message on arrival in Peoria, saying Bryan will not accept instructions if Sullivan is backed by the national body.
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Peoria
William J. Bryan
Owen P. Thompson
Jacksonville
Roger C. Sullivan
Thompson
Bryan
Sullivan
Tragedy After Man Leaps From Train Car Window
Victor Holer of Rhinelander Wisconsin died after leaping from a Pennsylvania train near Adams Saturday night. He suffered a fractured skull and head injuries and never regained consciousness at St. Joseph's hospital. A card in his pocket named him and noted prior discharge from a Tomahawk Wisconsin hospital.
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Victor Holer
Rhinelander
Wis
Pennsylvania
Adams
Holer
St. Joseph's Hospital
van Wert
Fort Wayne
M. F. Porter
Tomahawk
Mrs Henderson's Temperance Stand Draws Praise Across Papers
The piece lauds Mrs John Henderson wife of a former senator for aiding temperance by destroying liquor in Washington with the Rechabites. It cites Wu Ting Fang's conversion to water and vegetables and notes praise from the Providence Journal New York Sun and Evening Post for progressive anti drink efforts.
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Dunfermline
John
Henderson
Wu Ting-Fang
China
Rechabites
Washington
New York Sun
New York Evening Post
Post
John D. Rockefeller
Treasury
Gki
Philadelphia
Providence Journal
The
New York
Indiana Methodist Protestant assigns ministers in state conference
Closing session of the Indiana conference lists ministerial assignments across districts including Indianapolis Greenfield Muncie Fort Wayne and Fort Wayne in charge roles with names such as J L Barclay W G Reeder T J Halstead and J C Rickets among others. Several “to be supplied” posts noted and conference missionary S H Blood listed.
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Greenfield
Ind
Indiana Conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church
Indianapolis
J. L. Barclay
W. G. Reeder
Duck Creek
W. W. Lineberry
Groveland
Hoyt Avenue
J. D. McCain
Villa Avenue
W. C. Reeder
Liberty
J. C. Ricketts
Milledgeville
T. J. Halstead
Mooresville
John Heim
Morristown
G. W. Carnes
Mount Zion
J. C. Rickets
New Salem
E. W. Hetterick
Pleasant Hill
E. T. Howe
Prairie
J. G. Smith
Sedwick Chapel
Shelbyville
S. Stainbrook
Smithville
H. W. Adams
Sugar Creek
H. V. Sharp
Tanner's Creek
John
Frankfort
J. R. Moody
Gaston
J. A. Rhoads
Hanfield
A. A. Irelan
Jonesboro
A. E. Scotten
Marlon
L. Coomer
Munele
J. Hawkins
Pipe Creek
Lineberry
Rogers
Fort Wayne
A. W. Albright
P. W. DeMundran
St. Joe
Alamania
S. Stanton
Tippecanoe
Rees
Superannuated
S. M. Hussey
Congress appropriated nearly a billion for 1907
Washington reports that the fifty-ninth congress approved a total of 879,588,185.16 dollars for fiscal year 1907, a rise of 59,404,550.20 from 1906. The largest item is post office funding at 191,696,998.75, with pensions at 146,245,500. The rise mainly funds the isthmian canal and several agency programs including meat inspection, harbor work, diplomacy, and rural free delivery.
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Washington
Thomas P. Cleaves
James C. Courts
Senate
House
Congress
Post Office Department
Army
Naval Establishment
Isthmian Canal
Jerome Willing to Make the Race for New York Governor
Independent district attorney William Travers Jerome announced he would run for governor if the Democratic convention nominated him and he pledged to obey his oath. Support from newspapers praised his stance and independence from party bosses, highlighting his 1900s reform record and opposition to Murphy Odell Hearst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Travers Jerome
New York County
Jerome
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
William R. Hearst
Independence League
Troy Press
Rochester Herald
Hearst
Pacific Liner Manchuria Strikes Reef Near Rabbit Island
The Pacific Mail Steamship Manchuria ran aground on a reef off Rabbit Island near Oahu during a heavy rainstorm at about 430 this morning. Tug Fearless and Inter-island steamer A Cummings rushed to the scene. No loss of life is reported, but significant damage is feared to the twin screw steel steamer of 13 639 gross tons and 8 750 net tonnage.
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Honolulu
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Rabbit Island
Manchuria
Oahu
Fearless
A. Cummings
Manchurias
Troops Pass In Review At Fort Benjamin Harrison
Brigadier General Carter led the camp force as seven U S regiments plus Indiana units and four artillery batteries plus cavalry and support corps prepared for a review before Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks. Major B B Ray accompanied the VP who received a nineteen gun salute. A cavalry troop escorted the vice president from the car line to the tents.
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Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Carter
Charles W. Fairbanks
Fairbanks
B. B. Ray
United States Army
Indiana Infantry
Illinois Infantry
Indiana National Guard
Lightning strikes Reunion in Marion injuring twenty
A bolt hit the Johnson family home in Marion on Sunday during a reunion of the Johnson Mahoney Horner clans. About twenty people were seriously shocked but none killed. The lightning ran along the porch post where the group sat, with Frank Horner among the gravest injuries.
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Marion
Ind
I. M. Johnson
Johnson-Mahoney-Horner
Frank Horner
Fairbanks to Visit Fort Wayne on Way to Three Rivers
Vice President Fairbanks will stop in Fort Wayne for a few hours en route to Three Rivers Michigan where he will speak at a homecoming celebration on Thursday. He will depart Indianapolis on Wednesday and is welcomed with cordial reception along the route.
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Fairbanks
Fort Wayne
Indianapolia
Ind
Three Rivers
Mich
Fairbanks Exposition
Fort Wayne Tracks Extend to Interurban Link
The Wabash Valley company will extend city line tracks to meet the Decatur interurban road. A new single track will be laid on South Calhoun street from Piqua avenue to Richardville avenue to join the interurban rails. Track-laying moves rapidly with the steel gang within two miles of Fort Wayne limits.
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Wabash Valley Company
Decatur
Calhoun Street
Piqua Avenue
Richardville Avenue
Street Railway Company
Pontiac Street
Fledderjohann
Decatur Road
Grand Juries Adjourn Without Indictments in Oil Cases
Chicago August 20 Two federal grand juries examining Standard Oil cases met for about ten minutes and adjourned until Thursday without returning any indictments. The action leaves the cases in uncertainty as prosecutors continue to build their evidence and await further proceedings.
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Chicago
Standard Oil
Mate Don Ont Employed by the Baiti
Article fragment notes an employment arrangement involving an individual referred to as Don Ont and an entity named Baiti. Details are sparse, providing minimal context about roles, dates, or outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Ont
Baitiaie
Telegraph Pole Fire Near Brown Trucking Barn
Firemen were called to the rear of the Brown Trucking Company's barn on Holman Street around 6:80 this Monday morning to extinguish a blaze on a telegraph pole fed by an electric light wire.
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Brown. Trucking Company
Holman
Favorite Drug of Saloons and Hydrate of Chloral
A historical note discusses hydrate of chloral as a common drug in saloons used to render drinkers unconscious. It mentions other preparations but leaves the context incomplete.
Revolutionists Take Heavy Toll in Russia
Reports from St. Petersburg describe widespread upheaval with 58 officials murdered and 43 wounded in Russia proper last week. Thousands banished or exiled, 2,300 sent from St. Petersburg alone, and police prepared with rapid fire weapons as authorities seek to quell unrest. Governor Von Launitz vows to clear vagabonds while security forces face scrutiny over a Moscow train escape involving Belenzoff.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
von Launitz
Solovieff
Belenzoff
Moscow
Despondent Russian conservative criticizes emperor's grasp
Alexander J. Guchkoff, a leading conservative liberal figure in Russia, speaks in a despondent tone about the future. He says the emperor intends well but is blocked by influences and misinformed by false premises, leaving him in the dark about the true state of affairs.
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Moscow
Alexander J. Guchkoff
Russia
Another Chicago Bank Victim Dies
Chicago August 20. Edward Kollereh a 45 year old depositor who lost 250 dollars in the Milwaukee Avenue State bank wrecking hanged himself from a pile of lumber in sight of boatmen on the lake. Friends say the loss unbalanced him for days. Receiver Dawes closed the Milwaukee Avenue Co operative store and Stensland enterprise. Judge Bethea authorized counsel for the receiver to secure assets.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Edward Kollereh
Kollereb
Charles G. Dawes
Milwaukee Avenue Co-operative
Stensland Enterprise
Bethea
Dawes
Insurrection sparks in Havana province led by Quintin Bandera
Havana reports an uprising starting last night in the province with General Quintin Bandera at its head. A force of over twenty men is joined today by a larger band armed with guns and ammunition from Havana. Government confirms Bandera has taken up arms as rural guards deploy from Havana and Santa Clara toward Pinar Del Rio. Senate and House members convene informally after noon to assess the situation.
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Havana
Quintin Bandera
Arroyo Arenas
Bandera
Santa Clara
Pinar del Rio
Senate
House of Representatives
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Watson
Work of Congress
James E. Watson
Rushville
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Philippines
Jawa
Holy Cross
Notre
Eral
Rev. Zahm
Methodist Protestant Conference
News of Indiana
MR. Bryan
Illinois
Roger Sullivan
ST. Joseph’s Hospital
Hawaiian Islands
Bolt
Ol Grand Jury
Rus
Sia
Stenslands Institution
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