Taft Delivers Speech At Gettysburg Monument Unveiling
President Taft unveils a granite monument for the regular army at Gettysburg and urges maintaining a substantial standing army. He notes population growth since the republic’s start and arrives with daughter Helen H. Taft. Taft and party tour the battlefield amid a large crowd.
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Gettsburg
Taft
Congress
Confederacy
Pittsburg
Helen H. Taft
John P. Nicholson
Charles A. Richardson
L. L. Lomax
Gettysburg National Park Commission
Wealthy Indianapolis retiree Jesse Fletcher Ends Life
In Alpena Michigan on June 1 Jesse Fletcher a rich retired businessman from Indianapolis aged about fifty shot himself in his Turtle Lake club room in Montmorency county dying instantly. Ill health and possible mental imbalance were cited with his family planning to move the body to Indianapolis for burial after arrival.
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Alpena
Mich
Jesse Fletcher
Indianapolis
Ind
Turtle Lake
Montmorency County
Fletcher
California
Georgia N. Pierce
Buffalo
Harry &. New
Prominent Indianapolis Banker J Fletcher Dies by Own Hand
Indianapolis on June 1 reports the death of Jesse Fletcher at Turtle Lake hunting club. Fletcher belonged to a leading Indiana family long influential in finance and early Midwest business. His exact fortune remains unclear but is not believed to have driven the suicide. He was middle aged and married.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jesse Fletcher
Turtlelake
Fletcher
Indiana
Fletchers
Middle ‘West
Jeane
Fletch
Harriman to spend three months abroad with wife
E H Harriman and Mrs Harriman sailed today on the Kaiser Wilhelm II for Bremen. He plans a three months abroad vacation, visiting Paris and Vienna, with details of the trip undisclosed. He spoke to about twenty five newspaper men, offering views on the 1907 panic and prospects for prosperity, urging careful use of idle money on real undertakings.
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New York
E. H. Harriman
Harrimah
Supreme Court Delays Lynching Case Sentences
Six Chattanooga men including former Sheriff Joseph F. Shipp and jailer Jeremiah Gibson faced arraignment as contempt in the 1905 Ed Johnson lynching case is postponed for a rehearing. The court delayed sentencing, allowing petitions for a new hearing while Johnson awaited execution.
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Washington
Supreme Court of
United States
Joseph F. Shipp
Hamilton County
Tenn
Jeremiah, Gibson
Luther Williams
Nick Nolan
Henry Padgett
Wm. Mayse
Chattanooga
Ed. Johnson
Supreme Court
Johnson
Big Committee on Reception Addresses at Majestic Theater
Tomorrow the first address by Mr. Zuueblin will be delivered at the Majestic Theater in the afternoon. The event is hosted by a large reception committee to welcome attendees and highlight upcoming activities.
Fort Wayne memorial urged for Anthony Wayne site
The Anthony Wayne memorial committee of Fort Wayne asks Congress to appropriate 200000 to build a memorial hall or armory on the historic 1794 fort site. Proposals include a branch government bureau and a 15000 allocation at the last session, reflecting the city’s National Guard needs.
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Washington
Anthony Wayne
Fort Wayne
Cliné
Congress
Hilstoric
National Guard
Civic Revival Topics Schedule Preview
Wednesday afternoon The New Civic Spirit and Harrisburg a Typical Small City. Thursday afternoon The Training of the Citizens and Parks and Playgrounds. Friday afternoon The Making of the City and The Life of the the Citizen. Saturday The Healthy City and Improvement of National Capital. Sunday afternoon Art and Life and The Fellowship of the Common Life.
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Harrisburg
Art and Life
Fellowship of the Common Life
Civic revival opens with Zueblin address at Majestic
A reception committee and executive committee plan events for the civic revival program. Prof. Charles Zueblin of Chicago will speak at the Majestic theater Wednesday at 2 30 PM, with the City Packard band providing the first evening concert on the theme Harrisburg the Typical Small City. The gathering, led by Mrs O N Gulblin, is supported by city women’s organizations and will precede an escorted city tour.
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Civic Revival Movement
Charles Zueblin
Chicago
Majestic Theater
Anthony Hotel
Packard Band
Majestic
Harrisburg
Zueblin
O. N. Gulblin
Governor Wing in First Skirmish in Courts
Judge Charles Remaster of the circuit court ruled the governor has power to appoint the state house engineer. Michael H. Cain, a Democrat appointed by Gov Marshall, is entitled to the office, while Samuel D. Shutt, a Republican, remains in the post under a prior appointment by John C.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Remaster
Circuit Court
State House
Michael H. Cain
Marshall
Samuel D. ‘Shutt
John c
Young Fire Team Recovers From Falls and Collision
A brace of accidents at the No 4 fire station left driver William Eppley badly bruised and with a sprained ankle as the hose wagon and a C T Pidegon automobile suffered damage. Fireman W B Strebig escaped injury. The mishap started when the improvised alarm triggered a hasty exit and the wagon struck a doorway.
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No. 4
William Eppley
C. T. Pidegon
W. B. Strebig
No. 6
Eppley
Oak and
Chute
G. A. Barry
Milk wagon wreck injures local dairyman on Covington road
John Durnell dairyman living five miles west of the city suffered a painful but non serious injury when a west bound street car struck his milk wagon at West Jefferson and Union streets at about 9 am Tuesday. He had turned onto Jefferson street from Union and was struck just as he was across the track. The wagon was mashed, milk spilled, and Durnell was hurled several feet though likely not seriously hurt. Motorman Cramer and Conductor Anderson operated the street car.
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John Durnell
Covington Road
City
Jefferson
Union
Durnell
Cramér
Anderson
Darnell
City observes Decoration Day with pageantry and tribute
Fort Wayne marked Decoration Day with a funeral of flags and flowers at graves, patriotic addresses, and music as living veterans joined younger generations in a day of memory. Weather fluctuated but plans held, offices closed, mail limited, and veterans visited cemeteries placing bouquets on soldiers’ graves.
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Fort Wayne
Lindenwood
Germany protests over tariff discussions and wage data
Berlin notes Washington charges that Germany sought to influence US tariff Legislation by providing wage data. Officials say wages cited by American senators are tighter than German manufacturers’ pay. Germany defends its information as accurate, arguing it helps the United States set fair tax schedules.
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Berlin
Washington
United States
House
Ministery of the Interior
Foreign Office
America
Ambassador Hill
State Department
Yankees
Germany
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Arlington
Richard Kelly
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Grace Smith
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