Chicago Wins 1908 Republican Convention For June 16
Chicago captured the 1908 Republican National Convention site after a committee vote of 32 to 17 for Chicago over Kansas City and 4 for Denver. The date was set for June 16, with Chicago likely to host at the Coliseum and a $14,000 seating capacity implied. Denver pledged $100,000 to expenses and strong support.
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Washington
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Shoreham
Kansas City
Denver
Shoreham Hotel
Plains City
Lowden
Illinois Center
Far West
New
Murphy
Cortelyou
Babcock
Wisconsin
Henry C. Payne
District of Columbia
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Colorado
Mills
Harper
Illinois
Lowdon
T. J. Aikin
Missouri
Warner
Aikin
J. H. Neff
Lake City
Messrs
Raymond and
Upham
Coliseum
Drunken man arrested after coat theft at local hospital
Patrolman Bob Dickson arrested Frank Summers on West Main street after he tried to dispose of a safety razor and had entered Dr. W F Myers veterinary hospital on Webster street taking four overcoats. With Chief Ankenbruck Summers recovered one coat at Dygert's pawn shop. others likely still hidden. The theft occurred Sunday night and the Great Dane guarded the property. Summers has prior drunkenness records but no serious charges.
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Frank Summers
Bob Dickson
West Main Steel
W. F. Myers
Hostital
Webster Street
Ankenbruck
Dygert
Dr. Myers
Barbee Lake
Summers
Irwin Appointed General Manager for Southern Brazil
Frank W. Irwin longtime Singer Sewing Machine executive from Indianapolis has been named general manager of the manufacturing department for southern Brazil with headquarters in Sao Panto. He departed Indianapolis for New York and Bridgeport and sails from New York to Santos aboard the Tennyson before rail travel to Sao Panto. The 7,000 mile journey ends near year end. Mrs. Irwin will remain in Indianapolis for now.
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Frank W. Irwin
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Indianapolis
Brazil
South America
Sao Panto
Irwin
New York
Bridgeport
Singer Company
Car Repairer Killed in Henry County Incident
A Henry County man aged 22 died in a fatal repair shop incident. Police report indicates a work accident at a local service center. Investigators are examining equipment and scene details for a clear cause.
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Henry
Hoffmans Hurdle: Democrats Urge Run for Congress
A Fort Wayne lawyer Edward G Hoffman faces pressure from a broad Twelfth district Democratic committee to reconsider his prior decision not to seek the party nomination for Congress next year. The committee, representing every county, urged Hoffman to lead in the race, while he maintains his personal view that candidacy is not best at this time.
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Edward G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Fort Wayne
Baxter
DeKalb County
Sentinel
Frt
Wayne
Wayne Hotel
Ever County
Twelfth
Congress
Stockyards Center News in Claypool Indiana
Stockyards in the town center prompts a petition seeking removal outside the corporation to curb unhealthful conditions and protect nearby private property tied to a potential Nickel Plate railroad sale. The issue contrasts with a social dance success in the Opera house and a planned Mentone class project. A theft arrest on Nickel Plate freight and a local fall outcome are reported.
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Sentinel
Claypool
Ind
Nickel Plate Railroad
Opera House
John Eaton
Mentone
Harry Arnold
Elkhart
Knox
Fort Wayne
Boundary Extension Sparks Taxation Debate at Silver Lake
Silver Lake residents report protests as county surveyor L. Blue and deputy extend the town boundary by several directions. The move, aimed at expanding tax base, requires approval by county commissioners after two days of fieldwork. Citizens closely watch the outcome for farm property interests.
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Silver Lake
L. Blue
Old Pioneer Near Death in South Pleasant
Silver Lake Dec 9 A dying Samuel Rager of South Pleasant is visited by his son Homer Rager of Rivwwood Kansas who raced to his bedside after a telegram saying to come at once. The elderly man suffers heart trouble and remains critical.
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Silver Lake
Homer Rager
Rivwwood
Kas
Samuel Rager
South Pleasant
Rager
St John’s Lutheran Church Dedicates 25th Anniversary
The ACD church celebrates twenty five years of growth and spiritual work by its St John’s Lutheran congregation at West, marking a quarter century of dedication and progress in the community.
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ACD
St. John’s Lutheran Congregation
St. John’s Lutheran Church
West
Washington
van Buren
H. P. Dannecker
St. John’s
N. Abicht
Detroit
Paul Schmidt
Sheldon
Wm. Stelhorn
Marion
Ohio
Messrs. F. Roth
Peter Hohnhaus
Ernest Spiegel
Carl Kierspe
George Reithmiller
N. Jahn
John Reithmiller
F. F. Stelhorn
Jackson Hit With Twenty Day Jail Term For Saloon View Obstruction
A. B. Jackson was found guilty by a circuit court jury of maintaining screens and curtains that blocked a view into his Calhoun street saloon on May 12. He was fined 45 dollars and sentenced to 20 days in county jail, with defense planning a new trial citing license evidence errors.
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Pickle
A. B. Jackson
Circuit Court
Calhoun Street
Jackson
Wilmer Leonard
John W. Eggeman
John A. Blum
George W. Lindemuth
New York’s Blue Sunday closes city amusements
New York on December 9 marked a rare Blue Sunday as 350000 city residents faced a quiet day with every theater concert hall and dance venue shut. Four hundred arcade venues also closed cutting entertainment revenue by about 226000 and prompting Aldermen to consider action to ease the issue.
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New York
Cashier Frook Trook Arraigned on Embezzlement Charge
Oren Trook former cashier of Tully's Bank of Converse, Indiana, was arraigned before Magistrate Haag on embezzlement charges. He waived examination and posted a $6,000 bond to appear at the January circuit court term.
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Peru
Ind
Oren Trook
Tully’s Bank
Converse
Haag
Senator Tillman Proposes Finance Committee Probe
Washington December 9 Senator Tillman introduced two series of resolutions directing the finance committee to investigate treasury department actions amid the financial crisis and the use of clearing house certificates. The inquiries cover certificates of indebtedness, Panama canal loan bonds, unlawful money risks, and the legality and tax treatment of bank issued clearings certificates used as money.
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Washington
Tillman
Committee On Finance
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Senate
Finance Committee
Brewers Ready to Join Forces of Reform
Leading US brewers at a New York meeting pledged to join conservative reformers to end low saloons. A $5,000,000 fund was proposed to wage temperance war, with 5 to 10 cents added to each beer keg sold to saloonkeepers. Adolphus Busch urged regulation and vowed action to root out disorderly resorts.
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Philadelphia
United States
New York
Great Ingenuity Shown By Gotham Burglars
New York reports Abraham Bobier’s jewelry store on West 116th street was robbed of about 5000 dollars in gems while he tended customers. Burglars accessed the cellar through a two foot square hole, used a box as a vantage, and forced jewelry from the display hidden under black cloth. Two well dressed women briefly kept the owner occupied before the theft. The janitress recalled strange men leaving by the stairway minutes earlier. Miss Rachel Emley, 59, is dead at Huntington.
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New York
Abraham Bobier
West 116Th Street
Bobier
Notice to non residents in Indiana county court action
Non residents named in a quiet title suit in Ste te not Indiana, Aien county are ordered to appear by January 30, 1908. The plaintiff seeks to quiet title to real estate and warns failure to answer will result in the case being heard in their absence. Attorneys Andy & Hilgemann represent the plaintiff.
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Indiana
Aien County
Lucien P. Ferry
Jansen Conenolly
Onnolly
James Connelly
Lysander Illiams
Williams
Lysander
Williame
Williamr
Galysander Williams
John Hough, Jr
Hough
John He
Sarah D. Hough
Sai Hough, Jr
Samuel Hough
Jessie W. Wickersham
David Leavitt Hough
Nancy Bowser
Wiliam Temps
Madison M. Bowser
Lucy eTall
Bird
Emma McIntosh
Haba
Joseph N. Mason
Appointment of Administrator for Marquis B. Singleton Estate
A probate notice reports that an unnamed petitioner has been appointed singleton administrator of the estate of Marquis B. Singleton of Allen County Indiana who is deceased. The notice is dated 11-21.
Appointment of Executor Notice
Notice is given that the undersigned appears in probate proceedings for the last will and testament of James Rawhey, late of Indiana County. The executor's appointment seeks lawful confirmation of the will and related estate actions.
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Jarmne Rawhey
Ee County
Indiana
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Colerick
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Huntington
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