Home Makers meeting draws large Allen county turnout
The first annual Home Makers association session in Allen county opened Saturday in the county courthouse assembly room with strong attendance. A long forenoon focus on butter making featured Purdue instructor Slater who praised Indiana butter as the best in the union. The afternoon program expanded the local section with talks on farm life, home economics, and literature in the home, followed by musical numbers and a strong call for practical education for farmers.
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Home Makers’ Association
Allen County
Court House
Naomi DeVilbiss
Farmers’ Institute
Allem
Wells
Huntington
Grant
Wabsh
Whitley
Oliver Kline
Elsie Sheridan
Nettie ‘Hubler
Ida Hartzell
Sheridan
Hubler
Sorg
Byrd
Hartzell
L. A. DeVilbiss
Kell
Hearst
Slater
Purdue University
Indiana
Union
Misses Hartzell
Ray Diether
Home-Makers’ Association
Walker
Ossian
C. N. Gulchin
Alexander Johnson
Association
Dan
Harvey Hubler
Stella Smith
Edna DeVilbiss
Charles S. Bush
Wisconsin Capitol Fire Wrecks State House and Library
Fire at Wisconsin state capitol injures Fire Chief Charles Bernard who fell from a ladder. The state library building and offices are saved. The block park site features a 14 1 2 acre ground with views toward the lakes. Milwaukee crews helped but fire wiped out most departments except the north end housing the supreme court and attorney general.
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Charles Bernard
State Historical Society
Great Library
Capitol
State Capitol
Capitol Park
Miwaukee
Supreme Court
Attorney General
Mystery clears up in Winnipeg identity swap
A Winnipeg dispatch reveals the missing St. Louis hardware merchant case is solved. Henry E. Meyers found dead near Parkdale on February 18 is identified as Henry Jasper of St. Louis after long pursuit of clues and a name mix up. The revelation ends days of uncertainty for families and investigators.
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St Paul
Mann
Man Returns With Letters After St Louis Trip
John McLaren, who claimed to travel to St Louis to call on family, returned today with letters from his wife and daughter for Jasper. He learned Jasper had died meanwhile. Jasper came here last fall and, under the name Meyers, secured a job as cook with Parkdale Lumber Co.
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John McLaren
St. Lois
McLaren
St. Lowis
Jauaper
Jasper
Meyers
Parkdale Lumber Company
Post Office Corruption Verdict Surprises Washington
Conviction of Machen and three others shocks officials who had labeled him the dominant figure in a department graft ring. Jury deliberations lasted under eight hours with five ballots, ending in a unanimous verdict of guilty as to all four defendants.
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Machen
Postoffice
Post Office
Washington
Holmes Cartrad
Goverment
Pritchard
Supreme Court
Mashen
Nalf
Promply
Jong Trim
Plans for Studebaker to build new YMCA home in South Bend
The Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing company moves to begin work on a new YMCA building. A visiting committee led by S. S. Beman will tour U S cities to study architecture and equipment of modern YMCA structures. The report will go to Studebaker directors and the YMCA committee for final plans and construction. Also, Mrs. William Haller of Andrews mourns her husband killed in a Union Pacific powder car explosion near Salt Lake City.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Brothers’ Manufacturing Company
Young Men’s Christian Association
Traderick
Fish
George M. Studebaker
S. 5
Beman
Chicago
United States
M. C.A
Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company
W. A. Davies
William Haller
Andrews
Union Pacific
Salt Lake City
Russian Fort Battery Engagement Report
The report details a naval clash with the Japanese near the outer harbor and fortress. Four enemy cruisers engaged torpedo boats at Pigeon Bay while our cruisers fired from the harbor and battery sites. One man was wounded at the battery as troops responded and the Japanese departed.
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Pigeon Bay
Ovation for Kuropatkin at Pskov station
General Kuropatkin commander in chief of Russia's far east arrived to bid farewell to his aged mother and received an ovation at the railroad station. He was greeted by the governor, nobles, Zemstvo, city officials, and troop commanders. He will depart for the front in about ten days.
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Pskov
Russia
Kuropatkin
Far East
Zemiotvo
Russian troop trains ready to push to front lines
Two thousand cars from the European system fitted for troop transport are being sent to the Stuerian line. M. Alexandrovski will lead Red Cross field work in the far east, departing for the front today. The Novaya Vremya cites Slav demonstrations as leaning toward Russian standards and hopes Pan-Slavist union will settle the near east question in Russia’s favor.
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St. Petersburg
Stuerian
M. Alexandrovski
Red Cross
Far East
Novea Vremye
Russia
Novos Vremye
Near East
Japan protests language at The Hague over arbitration findings
Mitsuhashi Noborikata, Japan's minister in The Hague, was instructed to lodge a protest with the president of the council of the permanent court of arbitration against remarks by M. Muravieff, Russia's minister of justice, after the tribunal favored the blockading powers over Venezuela. Muravieff defended the decision as the result of a minute, impartial investigation amid warlike rhetoric. The protest condemns the phrasing as hostile and contrary to light and progress in international arbitration.
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The
Hague
Mitsuhashi Noborikata
Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
M. Muravieff
Arbitration Tribunal
Venezuela
M. Muravier
JAPANESE SURVIVORS SILENT AFTER PORT ARTHUR FIGHT
Several Japanese officers and sailors who landed at Che Foo in an open boat refused to identify their origin. The consulate said they belonged to a gunboat damaged and sunk in the Port Arthur fighting. The claim they were crew of merchant steamers and blocked Port Arthur was denied. They crossed in the open boat. the consul had awaited survivors.
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Che Foo
Port Arthur
Gulf
Russia declines foreign loan offers to fund deficit
St. Petersburg reports the ministry of finance has again rejected proposals from several groups of leading foreign banks to float a Russian loan. Officials say there is no need for borrowing at present.
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St. Petersburg
Ministry of Finance
Indictments Refiled Against Trustees in City Water Case
New indictments accuse trustees Edward White Hugh Hopen and Julius Tonne and the Pennsylvania Company of pollution of the city water. The new charges mirror the prior ones with technical fixes. Bonds remain the same. warrants issued but not made public for now to prevent flight. Willis Doolittle faced two felony charges for alleged seduction of young girls and bonded out.
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Edward White
Hugh Hopen
Julius Tonne
Whemworkss
Pennsylvania Company
O'Rourke
Dawson
Willis Doolittle
T. W. Wilson
County Council Appropriations Reported For 29846.25
The county council met Saturday morning and approved appropriations totaling 29846.25 to cover claims of ex county officials and related interest. Judge Barrett signals opposition to interest payments when claims are submitted, while several names appear for per diems and prisoner handling fees. A separate item notes Johnson’s 690 for office indexes and other soldiers’ claims. Goodrich calls Republican meeting for Friday to set state convention date and HQ location. Henry Buckmaster, farmer in Adams county, was injured by a bull with three fractured ribs.
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Supreme Court
Barrett
George W. Stout
Attendaneia
Melchin Superior Court
E. F. Clayameler
Superior Court
Frenk J. Gelot
H. M. Metzger
Seedvesy
A. Johnson
G. W. Stout
E. Melching
H. F. Clausmeier
W. A. Johnson
Henry Buckmaster
Walas
Adams County
Peculiar Trachea Incident And Theft Conviction
James B. Cahill of Schone Undertaking faced a near fatal accident when a tack meant for quick access lodged in his trachea during casket work. Dr. Ladd removed the tack after lengthy effort, easing his pain. In a separate case, Rollo Reighe of Columbia City was convicted of larceny for smashing a clot machine and stealing nickels, and faces 1 to 3 years at the reformatory.
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James B. Cahill
Schone Undertaking Establishment
FE. B. Ladd
Cahill
Rollo Reighe
Columbia City
Reformatory
Cochran Elected to Congress to Fill McClellan Vacancy
New York February 27 W Bourke Cochran is chosen to represent the Twelfth District in Congress to fill the mayor McClellan vacancy. Republicans, minority in the district, decided against risking a fight over Cockran, effectively passing the nomination.
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New York
W. Bourke Cochran
Congress
McClellan
Twelfth
Cockran
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