Roosevelt seeks to bar Thaw case papers from mails
The White House says President Roosevelt asked Postmaster General Cortelyou to consider blocking from the mails papers detailing the Thaw case. Cortelyou declines comment as the president refers the matter to Assistant Attorney General Goodwin for legal opinion, with a Department review expected to speed action if pursued.
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Washington
White House
Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Goodwin
Postoffice Department
Prosecution Threat Over Obscene Thaw Trial Reporting
United States District Attorney Stimson warned New York publishers that he will present to the federal grand jury evidence of violations of obscenity laws in reporting the Thaw trial. The notice targets the citys principal newspapers as potential criminal defendants under federal obscenity statutes.
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New York
United States
Stimson
United States Grand Jury
Interurban Car Man Is Let Go With Light Fine
Prosecutor Ninde dismissed the affidavit in the case of the state against Emmett Bickel on assault and battery with intent to kill John Riordan. Bickel, a motorman on the Burlington interurban line, was fined $25 after Judge Skelton ruled the force used in ejecting Riordan from the car was disproportionate. Riordan had reportedly not paid his fare, and the incident followed a dispute about payment on a trip from the city to Sheldon.
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Ninde
Emmett Bickel
John Riordan
Bickel
Binffton
Riordan
Sheldon
Skelton
Allen county farmers institute in Harlan mosque? church of christ
Farmers of Allen county plan a two day institute at the Church of Christ in Harlan on February 15 and 16. The program lists lectures on sugar beet culture fruit growing hog and poultry farming, road building, corn culture, clover handling, and officer election, with piano duets and songs by local groups. church ladies to serve dinner in the basement.
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Allen County
Church of Christ In
Harlan
Repp
Reader
William Watson
J. B. Halfley
Aaron Amstutz
Haifley
Geo. Wilson
C. F. Swift
Walter
J. W. Spindler
G. Reader
Wilma Miller
Blackburn
Leona Miller
R. Wyatt
Readerie
Charles Shull
Sara
Moore
Policy men fined in police court for selling tickets
Theodore Schuler and John Bickel were each fined 25 dollars and costs in police court last Monday for selling policy tickets. It is thought the fines will end the game as the amount imposed may break the bank, they say.
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Theodore Schuler
John Bickel
Costa
Relief for Headache Sufferers with Anti-Pain Pills
An advertisement promotes Dr Miles Anti-Pain Pills as a safe fast headache remedy. Claims include no opiates or narcotics and full refund if benefits fail. Endorsed by Waterview New York residents Bush and spouse. Sold by druggists with a guaranteed first package and 25 doses for 25 cents. Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind
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Miles
Dr. Miles
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Fort Wayne South Bend trolley project gains momentum
Fort Wayne and South Bend trolley revival moves forward with a meeting in Fort Wayne where President Walkup Gen A B Nettleton and Chicago investors will discuss contracts and the construction campaign. A new Indiana and Illinois Construction company with 1 500 000 capital and Gen A B Nettleton as president is formed. Wed nesday a Fort Wayne firm will organize to build the Fort Wayne and Bryan line via Hicksville with Cleveland capital backing the effort and Allen county supporters including Thomas Hood George Jones John Bickard and Albert Black assisting.
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Fort Wayne
South Bend
Walkup
A. B. Nettleton
Chicago
Indiana and Illinois Construction Company
Gen
Gen. Nettleton
Roosevelt
Senate
Brownsville
Ballon & Hoffman
Fort Wayne and
Bryan
Hicksville
Cleveland
Allen County
Thomas Hood
George Jones
John Bickard
Albert Black
Prominent Indiana Lawyer Smiley N Chambers Dies
Indianapolis reports the death of Smiley N Chambers born 1845 a former United States attorney for the district of Indiana under President Harrison. A veteran of the 115th Indiana Regiment he held many civic roles including trusteeships at Vincennes University Tabernacle Presbyterian Church and multiple clubs and orders. He contended for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1892 and was well known statewide.
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United States
Harrison
Indianapolis
Smiley N. Chambers
District of Indiana
Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis Bar Associa
Tion
Scottish Rite Masons
Myatic Shrine
Columbia Club
Marion Club
Grand Army of the Republic
Vincennes University
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
115Th Indiana Regiment
Chambers
Fort Wayne
Saloon men press for full license bill in Indiana
Sixty saloon operators have formed a group opposing any compromise on the $1,000 license bill. They argue a $500 compromise would worsen conditions, and insist on passage in its original form. backed by Indianapolis chief Metzger, they say higher costs will deter weak operators and encourage better conduct despite ongoing efforts to eliminate the blind tiger trade.
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Allen County
Metzger
Indianapolis
Dancing Denounced as Dangerous to Morals by Fort Wayne Pastors
German Lutheran pastors from several Fort Wayne churches gathered at St. Paul Lutheran to denounce dancing as immoral and urge stricter church observance. Speakers included Rev. August Lange, Rev. Jacob Miller, Rev. William Moll, and Rev. C H Luehr, urging Christians to shun ballroom practices. A similar meeting on February 24 will discuss theater.
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Fort Wayne
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod
Jacob Miller
St. Paul’s Church
August Lange
Concordia Church
Moll
Miller
Luehr
Ely's Dream Balm Restores Senses After Nasal Catarrh
Restore taste and smell with Ely's Dream Balm applied to air passages. Healing begins at once and effects are described as rapid. Available at all druggists or by mail from Ely Bros., 56 Warren Street, New York, for 50 cents.
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Ely
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
Copies of New Ditch Bill Circulated in Allen County
Attorney John F. Rodabaugh today received from Representative Wells a number of copies of the new ditch bill. Farmers in Allen county held meetings at the courthouse to discuss the measure. Wells reports twelve counties have favorably reported on the drainage bill and urges those needing copies to contact Rodabaugh at No. 23 Bass block office.
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John F. Rodabaugh
Wells
Allen County
Court House
Rodabaugh
Bass
Block
Negro is Executed on Gallows in Prison
Michigan City Ind Feb 8 George Williams a Negro who shot and killed Patrolman Edward Petticord of the Indianapolis police force was executed in the state prison today There were no spectators save as provided by the law Williams while standing on the death trap said to the warden I hope you will get Coe He ought to get the rope I die game I did not shoot to kill and I am sorry for it now On the night of September 30 1906 Jesse Coe and Williams were rounded up in an alley in North Indianapolis by Patrolmen Petticord and Russell The shooting followed Russell falling by a bullet from Coes revolver and Williams shooting Petticord in the back as he followed in pursuit of Coe who escaped to Kentucky
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Michigan City
Ind
George Williams
Edward Petticord
Indianapolis
Williams
Coe
Jesse Coe
Petticord
Russell
Kentucky
Wanamaker's Summer Home Destroyed by Fire near Jenkintown
Lynde hurst, the country home of John Wanamaker, near Jenkintown, burned last night destroying the art gallery and most furnishings. Paintings including Christ Before Pilate and Christ on Calvary by Munkacsy were saved, total loss estimated near $1,000,000. Fire spread quickly, water froze in lines, volunteers and police retrieved some paintings before the building collapsed. Thousands gathered as flames illuminated the area and Wanamaker family remained at their winter city home.
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Philadelphia
Lyndehurst
John Wanamaker
Jenkintown
Christ
Calvary
Munkacsy
York Road
Old York Road Fire Company
Elkins Park
Ashbourne
Glenside
Old York Road Company
Cheltenhams and Jenkintown
Wyncote
Ogontz
Abington
Oak Lane
Mr. Wanamaker
Tragic Work Accident Ends Roumanian Laborer’s Life
At nine this morning Joe Serban a 50 year old Roumanian laborer in the muck mill department of the rolling mills was crushed to death between a wheel belt and the floor. Coroner Stults notes uncertainty on exact cause but believes a shortcut between machinery led to entanglement. The belt two foot wheel stopped the machine after the body became wedged and mangled. Serban had worked at the mills about two years and leaves a widow and three children in Roumania.
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Joe Serban
Stults
Serban
Wellman Undertaking
Roumania
Bethany Church Pastor James W Campbell Dies After Illness
Rev James W Campbell pastor of Bethany Presbyterian church died at 4 PM at his home 1633 West Main Fort Wayne from pneumonia aged nearly 43 He was born March 6 1864 in Wayne County Ohio and educated at Wooster University and Princeton Seminary He served Bethany since May 1905 succeeding Rev Dubois Loux Survived by wife and infant son three brothers and one sister all present in the city at his death with one brother in the west en route to Fort Wayne.
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James W. Campbell
Bethany Presbyterian Church
West Main Street
J. C. Breckinridge
Campbell
Ohsio
Ohio
Wayne County
Wooster University
Bethany Church
Princeton Seminary
Sunnyside
Chestnut Grove Presbyterian Church
Sweetah
Fort Wayne
Dubois Loux
Aittle
John
Thomas Campbell
Wooster
Rev
H. M. Campbell
Phoenix
Arizona
Miss Campbell
Cure a Cold One Day Bromide Tablets Ad Claim
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for colds with laxative bromide quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. The ad includes K W Grove’s signature on each bottle for credibility.
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K. W. Grove
Governor Alexandrovsky Shot At Penza Theater
Unidentified youth shoots Penza governor M Alexan drovsky outside a theater in Russia, killing him and injuring several others before wounding himself and dying in hospital. The attacker used poisoned bullets. an assistant police chief and a theater manager were also killed or wounded.
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Penza
Russia
S. A. Alexandrovsky
M. Alexandrovsky
Red Cross
Japan
Indebtedness Free At Gossip Grove Bethel Church
Northern Indiana items note Gossip Grove Bethel church near Auburn is debt free. Garrett hosts Knights of Pythias unit. Elmer Dowell named railway postal clerk. Mrs. Goshorn improving after laudanum attempt. Fort Wayne traction firm seeks Andrews electric franchise. James Moorman to head White's Institute in Wabash for dependent children.
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Wabash
Aaron Adams
Pleasant Plain
Huntington County
Leesburg
John Price
Garrett
Harrison Township
Wells County
Harrison School
Carl Penzene
William Hoffman
Penzene
J. M. Modricker
Frank Hower
Craigville
Charles Growcock
Whitley County
Columbia City
England
Noble County
John Helfrick
Elkhart
Richmond
Ind
W. Foote
Flint & Walling Manufacturing Company
Kendallville
Memphis
Tenn
Foote
Hillsdale
Mich
Amos Bell
Fairmount
Emma Baker
Indianapolis
Albion
Women’s Relief Corps
David Lewallen
Elaska County
Geisendorf Claim 10 Rome City Lots Overturned
Lagrange Ind Feb 8 The Geisendorf heirs lost in Noble circuit court as Judge Dodge ruled for current landowners noting possession over twenty years and that Mrs Geisendorf did not claim the property since 1871 until 1905. The decision confirms title to four Rome City lots and a dozen Assembly grounds lots to present holders.
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Rome City
Geisendorf
Capt. Geisendorf
Lee H. Geisendorf
Henry Bullock
Indianapolis
Henry G. Dobbs
Walter Olds
Fort Wayne
T. M. Eells
Albion
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Bluffton Line
Institute
J. C. Wertz
P. S. Amstutz
Aeeenina
Wertz
Gattave Co
L. Palmer
J. Greenewalt
H. Horn
H. B. Roler
Mats Moore
South Bend Line
Indiana
Parker
Lane
Prisor
E. Pfeiffer
Bies
Brice
Alexandrovsky
Finance Ministery
St. Petersburg
Far East
Harbin
Prince Vassilitchkoff
Kuropatkin
Tiesenhauss
Massinouskin
Gurko
Neuis
Rome
Sentinel
theAabos Dentistry
Cliaa PaiNless Dentists
Calhoun Street
Fruit House
Knox Ten Gent Store
E. R. Sureet
Gandy
West
Berry St
FT. Wayne, Mnd
Klaehn & Melching
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