Detroit Tragedy: Swayse Kills Miss Alvord Then Falls
In Detroit on June 24 Charles A. Swayse a former Detroit house of correction official fatally shot Miss Efe Alvord in a private office on the eleventh floor of the chamber of commerce building and then jumped to his death. Alvord wounded in neck and wrist survived. The couple had been intimate and trouble over a relationship with Alvord and another man. A letter from Swayse and a letter from Alvord surfaced, detailing their affair and threats to others. The building is at Griswold and State, Swayse aged 53 leaves a widow and two children.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles A. Swayse
Life Insurance Company
Detroit House of Correction
Efe Alvord
Chamber of Commerce
State Street
Alvord
Insurance Company
Swayse
Manager McCall
Miss Alvord
Houses of Correction
Baginaw
Chamber of Comime
House of Correction
Annie E. Sweeney
Bagmnaw
Bewayse
J. B. Terry
Erskina Street
Erry
Terry
McDonnell
Griswold and
State Atracts
Woodward Avenue
Indiana Supreme Court clears all appeals on 1903 county officer terms
Special to The Ben tinal Indianapolis June 24 The Indiana supreme court again held unconstitutional the 1903 act extending terms of county officers in Hendricks County The decision follows a previously handed down ruling on a first case This disposes of all appeals challenging the act Foley's Kidney Cure advertised by Dreier & Bro cautions readers about summer kidney issues and excess drinking
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Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Hendricks County
Foley
Dreier & Bro
Wayne Telegraph and Railroad School Advertisement
A Fort Wayne Indiana notice advertises the Wayne Telegraph and Railroad School on Main and Calhoun Streets offering training to become Telegraph Operator Clerk and Agent in five to seven months.
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Wayne Telegraph and Railroad School
Main
Calhoun Sts
Fort Wayne
Ind
Money to Loan and Deposit Offer Ad
Real estate or personal security loans offered by C. and Pfeiffer located in Bass Block rooms 6-7. Citizens' Trust Co. invites deposits with a stated security of $400,000 for depositors.
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C. &. Pfeiffer
Citizens’ Trust Co
Postoffice
Moody Succeeds Knox in Cabinet
President Roosevelt announced cabinet changes with William Moody of Massachusetts to be attorney general Paul Morton of Illinois to be secretary of the navy Victor Metcalf of California to be secretary of commerce and labor. Cor telyou and Knox resignations accepted to take effect July 1 with further changes likely during the winter and Payne to retire after the campaign to be replaced by Cortelyou. Moody stays until March when he resumes law practice in Boston.
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Washington
Roosevelt Todey
William &. Moody
Massachusetts
Paul Morton
Ilinois
Navy
Victor H. Metcalr
California
Commerce and Labor
Cortelyou
Knox
Payne
Moody
Boston
Roosevelt
Len
Democrats Back Free Trade And Tariff Debate
The speaker praises Tarife and warns Democrats would shift to revenue only tariffs, arguing protected industry protects prosperity. He notes rising revenues and calls for free trade as a path Democrats might favor, while Republicans push legislation to curb industrial combinations under Roosevelt era policies.
The Trust Buster and Roosevelts Record of Progress
A political speech extols Republican achievements under Roosevelt. It praises law enforcement, equal justice, and national wealth, argues against trusts, cites government data on production, notes the end of imperial anxieties, and highlights tariff, Cuba, Panama, and coal arbitration. It ends with an ad for Dade's liver pills sold by local merchants.
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Republican Party
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Earth
Meyveland
Cleveland
McKinley
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
McKinsey
Amar
Mawali
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Phillippines
Philippines
Panama Canal
Start Boom for Fairbanks 1908 Nomination Sparks Telegram Buzz
Congratulatory messages pour in from across the nation as Fairbanks moves toward the 1908 presidential bid. He answers each via wire or telephone, while planning to travel to Indianapolis tomorrow in a special Senate car.
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Chicago
Fairbanks
Auditorium Annex
Httle
Lincoln Club
National Committee
Cornelius N. Biss
Cortalyou
Indianapolis
Daniel M. Hansdell
United States Senate
Quiet Wedding for Miss Bertha Swartzel and Ralph Harris
Miss Bertha L Swartzel and Ralph D Harris wed at eight in the evening at the bride’s John Street home with Rev J N Field of First Baptist officiating. About twenty relatives and friends attended the ceremony.
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Bertha L. Swartzel
Ralph D. Harris
John Street
J. N. Field
First Baptist Church
Zeal Rules the Co E Convention Opens Day Two
The second day of Indiana state Christian Endeavor convention opens at 8:15 am with about 500 delegates and local workers amid strong enthusiasm. Committees named for general business awards, time and place of next meeting. Rev J Webster Bailey delivers address on giftedness obedience to God. Local union talks, Vogt presented emblem of increase with blue ribbon. Afternoon workers institute discusses local societies. pastors luncheon hosts 125 attendees. Church of Christ leads in membership tallies.
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State Christian Endeavor Convention
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Bilhorm
J. Webster Bailey
John Allen
Muneio
J. D. Brosy
Auburn
Carrie I
Phillips
Indianapolis
Edna Herron
Crawfordeville
D. W. McClary
Dale
W. W. Linburg
Plymouth
Johnson
Biles Sadie Sanderson
Richmond
Moses Young
Anderson
J. Elmer Rhea
Young Clifford
Miss Robertson
Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Horace G. Murphy
Muncie
Murphy
Christian Endeavor
J. Sharp
Hammond
Valparango
Anna Minich
M. L. Hageman
Indiana Christian Endeavor
van Ogden Vogt
Boston
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Vogt
Increase
Boyd
Inora A. Drake
Alice Laininger
M. Lt. Hage~ Man
Anna Louise Minich
Charles Medbury
Des Moines
Iowa
Medbury
Plymouth Congregational Church
Woon
Foster Shirt Waist
Wayne Knitting Mills
Mra
Carrie Lehman
Crawfordaville
Ralph Willson
AF@TERNVON
Workers’ Institute
P. P. Bilhorn
Evansville
Churches Christ
West Jefferson Street
M. EF. Rickoff
West Creighton Avenue
Bertha Clausen
Japan
Churce
Christ
Christian Endeavor Union
Church of Christ
Presbyterian Church
Friends
Anne Naemery
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Barnvaud
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Tarife
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Democrats
Democratic Party
Dhelyery
Congress
Coelrain
New York
House
Gorman
Williams
Eapi~ Tal
Grover Cleveland
Englaver
Trac
Dr. Dade
Cheape
Dade
Meyer Bros, Co
A. ©. Gocke
Washington, D. C
William Jeffries
Nilwaukee
Wis
Thomas Chilton
East
Central West
W. F. Whitlock
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Monnett
Zeal
Co. E
J. Wilbur Chapman
America
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