Battle over Sunday saloons lingers in Chicago and St Louis
Chicago and St Louis clash over Sunday closing laws as Missouri enforces strict dramshop rules. In St Louis Governor Folk and excise chief Mulvihill cut saloons from 2,760 to 2,100, while Chicago debates enforcement amid mayoral opposition and reform pressure.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Joseph W. Folk
Thomas
Mulvihil
Mulvihill
United States
Folk
State Corn Show at Purdue January 13 18 1908
Premium lists are distributed as corn growers show trophies at Purdue. Winners earn yearly honors and inscribe names on caps. The event ties to the Farmer’s Short Course with lectures on corn stock dairying poultry horticulture and household economics. Visitors urged to attend, samples due in room Monday, January. Local note: Owen Gray has returned home from visiting Mina Myrtle Managan in Canoy Ohio.
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Purdue University
Purdue
G. I. Christie
Lafayette
Ind
Owen Gray
Mina Myrtle Managan
Ima
Canyoy
Ohio
Farmer John W Dennis Struck by Wabash Train Near Roanoke
John W Dennis 66, a farmer from north of Roanoke, was struck by an eastbound Wabash train near a Roanoke curve. Witnesses say he did not hear whistle signals as the train, traveling fast, approached and could not be stopped in time. Dennis died en route to Fort Wayne shortly after the collision.
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Roanoke
John WW. Dennis
Fort Wayne
Dennis
King
Iits City
Ktachn & Melching Undertaking
Hoosier Club Formed at Be napida Christmas Gathering
A large crowd gathered at the Boger home near Be napida to exchange greetings and form the Me coat County Hoosier Club. Forty three attendees, mostly native Hoosiers now in Michigan, shared a holiday dinner and elected officers George Bender president Chas Deger vice president Jacob Lightfoot secretary Edward McComb treasurer. A committee set by by laws was chosen to draft measures.
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Sig Rapiis
Mich
Charles Boger
Benapida
Michigan
Mecoat County
John Swan
Berry Depew
Walter Warner
Gash Deal
Eli Coller
Austin Zollar
Florin Lightfoot
Atrs. Lightfoot
Jacob Lightfoot
Hiram Warner
Ralph Bender
Chester Rerider
Bright 21-year-old chosen as Sunday school superintendent
Frankfort Indiana December 31 One of the youngest men ever elected to lead a Sunday school the 21 year old Coapstick son of William Coapstick was chosen Sunday by the Presbyterian Sunday school of Geatingsville though young he has long served in school affairs and has taken an active role since boyhood
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Chicago
Chicago Law and Order League Jn
Busee
Law and Order
Phlef
League
Arthur Hurrage Farwell
Hiquor
Great South Side
Heap
Busea
Arthur Burrage Farwell
Temperance
Harry Rubens
Jonth. P. Hopkins
Oliver W. Stewart
National Prohibition Committee
Mr. Rubens
Tatherland
Rubens
Cherry
Manus
Stewart Hall
IlMnois
Stewart
Kanaas City
Kan
Farwell
Bright
Frankfort
Ind
Vore
Coapstick
Presbyterian Sunday School of
Geatingsville
William Goapstick
Anxiety Over Missing Yacht Coronet Near San Salvador
New York reports anxiety over the whereabouts of the Yacht Coronet bound from the Orient to San Salvador. The vessel carrying teacher Sanford of the Holy Ghost and Us society is en route from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The Barkentine Kingdon, sailing from Portland, Me to meet Sanford, has arrived at San Salvador, but Coronet has not been reported there.
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New York
Coronet
Orient
San Salvador
Sanford
The
Holy Ghost and
Us Society
Maing
Holy Land
Portland
Banford
Recipe Fragments From a Vintage Household Page
Fragmented cooking notes describe making a Greening Dressing with bread crumbs thyme parsley pepper and butter, spreading on shoulder of meat and serving with mint. Also references creamed fish with oysters, beef broth rice croquettes from leftover rice, tomato soup, and a white sauce with butter flour milk and tomato base.
Woman Cleared of Murder Mystery in Passaic Pond
Police say the dead woman found nude in the pond near Harrison shore shows signs of strangulation or drug influence. Clothing pieces found indicate removal from the body after death, while two yacht workers on Idle Hour are detained as suspects.
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Ant
Ehance Preferaby
Passaic
Peter Coogan
Marine Engine Company
Meadown
Coogan
Lin Harrison
Mornag
Pollee
Idle Hour
Albert Thompson
Elizabeth
Frederick Kirkman
Thompson
Thore
Ile
Watch stolen from depot recovered in Chicago pawn row
Jacob Wiegal spurred a city court laugh as he described obtaining a stolen watch then fleeing toward a pawn shop in Chicago where a police officer halted the plan. Det Lenz and Captain Stoll arranged a Chicago grip on the gear tied to O G Gocke, with Wiegal later taken to the Tapp farm and held on bond. Other local matters included fines for drunkenness and a trespass settlement.
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Jacob Wiegal
Chicago
Charles Lenz
Henry Stoll
Pennsylvania Polie Force
O. G. Gocke
Pennsylvania
Weigal
Port Wayne
Otto Guilahan
Gyjeban
Tapp
Effeult Court
Rivers Recede After Freshet Pauses Over Baker Avenue Area
Water levels fall gradually since Monday as the Maumee at the Columbia Street bridge recedes. The flood crest reached back lots along Wagner Street and along Baker Avenue, with only a light drop observed yet while the surrounding district remains waterlogged.
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Maumee
Columbia Street
Baker Avenue
Wagner Street
Taft Defends Roosevelt Policies at Boston Banquet
Secretary of War Taft addressed a Merchants and Manufacturers banquet in Boston praising regulatory measures and criticizing Foraker's rate bill. He warned against trusts and socialism, arguing continued corporate depredations threaten the country, and was greeted by cheers for the next president.
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Boston
Mass
Taft
Merchants and Manufacturers' Association
Roosevelt
Hoe
Foraker
Somerset Hotel
Secratary Taft
Building Permits Surpass Last Year In Port Wayne
Port Wayne reports a record year in 1907 with investments totaling 1 193 630 dollars, well above 1906’s 944 810. A total of 604 building permits were issued, averaging 2 308 dollars per project including repairs and additions. Court-house records show 784 marriage licenses issued by 3 PM and 1 197 marriage banns in the final quarter, with hunting surpassing weddings in popularity.
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Port Wayne
Court House
Inheritance Paid to Five Heirs of New Albany Man
Death in Germany of bachelor great uncle Willum Scherer yields a $5,900 legacy to five New Albany heirs. Germany reports the funds will reach in a few days and be sent to beneficiaries promptly.
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New Albany
Ind
Germany
Willum Scherer
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