Nationwide bill to curb child labor aims at interstate trade
Washington January 23 Senator Beveridge Indiana urged a national law to bar from interstate commerce all products of child labor in factories mines and sweatshops. He cited affidavits and testimony from reformers about young workers from ages under 3 to 14, highlighting conditions in glass factories cotton mills and coal breakers and arguing states cannot stop the evil alone. He urged federal action as necessary and constitutional.
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Washington
Beveridge
Indiana
Senate
House
Senator Beveridge
Peveriage
John Spargo
Atlanta
Paterson
N. J
Marie
Oxford
Maryland
Gasstorp
Sarge
Florence Kelley
Jimmy
John Thomas
Joe Bartovsky
Peter Swambury
Mr. Lovejoy
Okache
Fey
Jane Addams
All America
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
South Africa
Inspector General
Robert Peel
Earl of Shaftesbury
America
Great Britain
London
New York
Republic
Bewater Beveridge
Felix Adler
South
Spargo
Rochester
N. Y
Congress
Supreme Court
Agricultural Department
U. S. S. Assay
Would Divorce Husband No 8 In Indiana State
Boonville Ind Jan 22 Mrs Pooly Weed Baker 65 filed for divorce from William Baker an electrician her eighth husband She holds the record as the most married woman in Indiana Of eight marriages five ended in divorce one man died and another killed himself She is valued at about 25000 hoping to end her marriages and wealth dispute amid accusations of cruelty and motive tied to wealth
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Indiana
Boonville
Ind
Pooly Weed Baker
William Baker
CAREER OF ONE OF COUNTRYS HEROES
Washington mourns Russell A. Alger Michigan senator dies at 8 45 AM after an acute lung edema attack. He had remained active amid illness, attended war dept business, and faced criticism during the Spanish American War. Funeral set for Detroit, with military and senatorial rites.
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Washington
United States
Russell A. Alger
Michigan
Senator Alger
War Department
Brownsville
Daniel Ransdell
Senate
Warner
Missouri
Detroit
Alger
Russell Alexander Alger
Medina County
Richfield Academy
Summit County
Ohio
Wolcott & Upson
Akron
Supreme Court
Hillsdale College
Grand Rapids
Second
Michigan Cavalry
Fifth
Volun
Redrup Pays Barkeeper to Lick Delinquent Customer
Charles Redrup, saloon owner on South Calhoun street, paid 15 to Har mon Barnes to assault a delinquent customer, after a quarrel over a debt. Barnes knocked him down and struck him on the floor while Redrup claimed ill health prevented him from handling Link. Barnes is a key witness in the Kennedy's saloon case. John Snyder, intoxicated, fell from attempting to buy junk liquor, cut himself, and was released by Judge Skelton due to a decrepit father and blind mother.
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Charles Redrup
Calhoun Street
Harmon Barnes
Charles Link
Redrup
Link
Barnes
Sam Augsburger
Kennedy
John Snyder
Harkenrider
Skelton
Bond Payment Made By Fort Wayne School Board
Treasurer E. W. Cook of the Fort Wayne school board redeemed 15000 of the 125000 bond issue for new Hanna and Jefferson schools. The Steuben county farmers institute will be held at Angola on Thursday and Friday.
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E. W. Cook
Fort Wayne
Hanna and Jefferson
Steuben County
Angola
Stevens to lead combined Isthmian Canal Office in Panama
Washington reports that the Isthmian Canal Commission will merge the chairman and chief engineer roles. Stevens, the current chief engineer, will be appointed and likely reside on the isthmus. Shonts will resign as chairman and Panama Railroad president on the same date, with Taft planning to fill four vacancies by promoting bureau chiefs. The Panama Railroad directors will consider Shonts resignation at their April New York meeting.
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Teers
Trevillion Station
Grand Army of the Republic
Alger
Michigan
Chicago
McKinley
United States
McMillan
William Alden Smith
Grand Rapids
Spain
War Department
Nelson A. Miles
Charles Egan
Charles Egan, Chief of the Subsistence Department of the Army
Miles
Army of Liberation
Cuba
Egan
Miles Chargea
Elihu Root
Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Stevens
Shonts
Panama Railroad Company
Taft
Shonis
New York
Shonts speaks in Kansas City on canal role
Theodore Shonts arrives for Knife and Fork club dinner and confirms his resignation from the chairmanship of the Isthmian Canal Commission, noting it also ends his presidency of the Panama Railroad and Steamship Line. Reports say Dan W. Krisher, former Bank of North Manchester president, has become a physical wreck from the bank collapse troubles.
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Kansas City
Theodore Shonts
Knife and Fork Club
Associated Press
Panama Railroad and Steamship Nne
Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal Commission
Railroad and Steamship Line
Dan W. Krisher
Bank of North Manchester
British government cites Swettenham on Kingston withdrawal
London reports the government has received word from Governor Swettenham of Jamaica about the incident of American warships withdrawing from Kingston. The colonial office maintains absolute secrecy on the matter.
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London
British Functionaries in Jamaica Gasped at Americans
A Kingston dispatch reports the arrival of the battleships Missouri and Indiana and swift relief efforts by American sailors. They offered to police streets, bury the dead, aid the wounded, provide rations for six thousand, tent shelter for five thousand, and other aid as long as needed. British officials hesitated, while American crews ferried supplies, cleaned streets, fed refugees, and brought comfort to the devastated area.
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Jamaica
New York
Kingston
Herald
Missouri
Indiana
Whipple
Bourne
Jealousy Fueled Shooting Ends In Double Tragedy
Fresno report details John J. Jackson shooting Susie Pearson in a locomotive round table amid jealousy, then fatally wounding himself as Pearson’s father and theater companion, L. M. Packard, watch. Miss Pearson saves Packard from harm before tragedy. Jackson’s dog guards the scene until coroner arrives. In Miami County, Bishop Vincent to preach at Paw Paw church for its 70th anniversary, oldest Miami county church outside Peru.
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Fresno
Cal
John J. Jackson
Susie Pearson
Grant W. Pearson
Southern Pacific
Jackson
L. M. Packard
Locomotive Round Table
Pearson
Packard
Miss Pearson
John H. Vincent
Methodist Church
Paw Paw Church
Miami County
Paw Paw
Roann
Peru
Vincent
CANCER Positively Cured By Mild Method
Announce a Dr. Chas. Zimmerman cancer treatment promising painless cures in sixty minutes with no surgery, X rays, or caustics. Claims 25 years of success curing cancer and other diseases, including catarrh, dropsy, kidney issues, and skin conditions, plus permanent facial blemish removal without scarring. Free consultations offered.
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Zimmer
Chas. Zimmerman
President Ik Urges Ship Subsidy in Message to Congress
President Ike urges immediate enactment of a ship subsidy to boost American shipping and trade. The plan aims to support building and operating swift steam lines to South America and the Orient, matching successful precedents like the Cunard contract. He cites Secretary Root’s South American tour to highlight the need for the United States to share in ocean carrying trade.
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Washington
Congress
South America
Root
Cunard
Hawaii
Three Cremates in Blazing Home in Indianapolis
A fire at 27 Caroline Avenue East Twentythird Street in Indianapolis killed Mattie Merritt age 27 Verge Taylor age 5 and Ethel King age 4, relatives of Squash Merritt. Merritt had left for dairy work and lit a lamp beside a stove. the lamp exploded starting the blaze. Mrs Merritt suffered severe burns as she tried to save the children.
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Indianapolis
Mattie Merritt
Verge Taylor
Ethel King
Squash Merritt
Caroline Avenue
East Twenty-seventh Street
Merritt
Mattie
Tragic deaths and crime spree disrupt Steuben and Peru
Ford Crampton of Steuben township collapsed and died at Goodwins sawmill yard near Pleasant Lake after long heart trouble. Hagenback circus workers, unpaid since Peru shows, were rounded up, jailed in Logansport, then sent back to Peru. Clayton D Brown, Erie brake man at Huntington, died after shooting himself at Reichenbach & Wickenhiser hardware store following written notes and portraits while despondent over poor health.
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Ford Crampton
Steuben Township
Steuben County
Goodwin
Pleasant Lake
Uge
Hagenback Circus
Peru
Logansport
Clayton D. Brown
Erie
Huntington
Reichenbach & Wickenhiser
Brown
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Plage
MR. Shonts
Britain
Swettenham
Harrison St
Fort Wayne, Tad
Tor
DR. Tucker
West Wayne Street
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