Mighty display of big warships at Jamestown
Norfolk Va April 26 The deep throated guns of five nations saluted the American flag and President Roosevelt as a pageant of 38 US ships and 12 foreign vessels gathered for the Jamestown tercentenary. The Mayflower led the review with Roosevelt aboard. salutes echoed along Hampton Roads past Good Hope Roon Bremen Sankt Georg and Sarmiento.
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Norfolk
United States
Hampton
Monitor
Roosevelt
Mayflower
Russia
Japan
America
Loeb
Roxburgh
Hampshire
Good Hope
Neville
Sankt Georg
Aspern
Sarmiento
Brooklyn
Texas
Indiana
Georgia
Ves
Commercial club to erect arch for encampment in Fort Wayne
The Commercial club will build an arch on Calhoun street at Wayne as part of Fort Wayne's street decorations for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in May. General Orders issued by Department Commander Brown outline attendees and duties for the encampment, with Commander-in-Chief Brown to speak. The credentials committee includes J. R. Fesler and several department officers. meeting at Wayne hotel May 22 to prepare for the May 23 parade at 2 p m.
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Bremen
von Rebeur Paschwitz
Emperor William
Roosevelt
Kalala von Hoff
Washington
Amercan
Commercial Club
Grand Army of the Republic
Fort Wayne
Calhoun Street
Wayne
Brown
Indiana
National Organization
J. R. Fesler
George W. Coward
John D. Alexander
J. M. Storey
J. E. Loughey
Charles H. Myerhoff
Charles W. Scott
Fesler
Wayne Hotel
Onearh Payent
W. H. Wortman
John Jones
Amos R. Walter
Col John R East Dies In Bloomington At 63
Col John R East a notable soldier and Democratic politician of Monroe County Bloomington Indiana died after a long illness at age sixty three He was a lawyer turned political leader who once opposed temperance on a state canvass and founded The Blade newspaper He served in the state legislature County Clerk two terms and the Civil War veteran authored a book that drew attention
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Bloomington
Ind
John R. East
East
Monroe County
The
Blade
Monroe
Brown
Boy saves horse team in Berry street runaway
Harry Ryan, a messenger for Red Line, leaped from his bicycle as a farmer's frightened horses raced down West Berry street. He grasped a bridle and halted one of the beasts near Randall Motor Car Co, preventing a likely accident amid heavy foot traffic at Calhoun street.
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Harry Ryan
Red Line
West Berry Street
Randall Motor Car Company
Berry Street
Ryan
Calhoun Street
Death of Dr H J VanDuersen in Butler at age 32
Dr H J VanDuersen physician died at his Butler home on Wednesday at the age of 32. He was survived by his parents and two brothers, one of whom is Campbell of Fort Wayne.
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H. J. ‘VanDuersen
McGowan Named Second Vice President of Fort Wayne Traction
Hugh J. McGowan of Indianapolis was added to the board of directors and chosen second vice president of the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co. at its annual meeting. The roster also includes J Levering Jones and J Murdock among others. Schoepf steps down due to other traction interests.
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Hugh J. McGowan
Indianapolis
Ft. Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
W. Kesley Schoepf
Cincinnati
J. Levering Jones
Philadelphia
Charles Murdock
Lafayette
S. B. Fleming
Fort Wayne
H. C. Paul
James Murdock
Randall Morgan
H. H. Kingston
Bayard Henry
Schoepf
Fort Wayne Company
Ireland to have council of own rule home
London April 26 a partly elective and nominative Irish council shall administer domestic affairs of Ireland without army navy or legislative power and will be introduced in the house of commons May 7. Negotiations between government and John Redmond have been stormy yet progress allows bill presentation.
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London
Ireland
House of Commons
John Redmond
Birrill
Redmond
House ‘of Commons
Indianapolis Man Dies in Churchyard Suicide
P H Brown of Byron Ohio was found dying from carbolic acid poisoning in St Marys church yard on East Maryland Street Indianapolis. He died en route to City Hospital after a note to relatives asked forgiveness and said he had no reason to live. A passing laborer alerted police and bicycle officers found him, ambulance rushed him to the hospital where he died.
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Indianapolis
Ind
P. H. Brown
Byron
Ohio
St. Mary’s Church Yard
East Maryland Street
City
City Dispensary
Brown
Man Guilty Of Buying Votes In Crawfordsville Trial
Crawfordsville Ind April 25 George Kepler found guilty of vote buying by a mixed jury and fined $1 with ten years disfranchisement. Kepler and deputy auditor Frank Maxwell arrested amid an anti buy vote pact between Democrats and Republicans. Witnesses say two $65 bills dropped near county jail were grabbed by Sawyer and Leips but Ezra secured the money. Prosecution by Democrat Harry Fine and new trial requested by Kepler. Maxwell case postponed to May amid political tension in Crawfordsville.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
George Kepler
Kepler
Frank Maxwell
Fred Leips
Andrew Sawyer
Leips
Sawyer
Bert Ezra
Keyper
Ezra
Maxwell
Terre Haute
Ringsters
West
Car Hits a Schoolboy in Front of Street Car
Charles Rauner nine, son of Isidor Rauner of 2423 Lafayette street, was struck as he darted into Calhoun and DeWald streets shortly after eight. The street car fender saved him from being crushed, dragging him along pavement before stopping. He suffered bruises and skin rubbed from his left leg and hand but insisted on continuing to St. Patrick's school.
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Charles Rauner
Isidor Rauner
Lafayette Street
Calhoun
DeWald Streets
St. Patrick's School
Food and Drug Inspection Board Created by Executive Order
Washington April 25 Secretary Wilson formed the national board of food and drug inspection to enforce the pure food law. The panel includes Dr. Harvey W. Wiley as chairman, Dr. Frederick L. Dunlap as associate chemist, and George R. McCabe as solicitor of agriculture. Alva Rockhill of Mentone appointed superintendent of Kosciusko county infirmary near Warsaw after Sherman Mickey was removed for refusal to resign.
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Washington
Wilson
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Frederick L. Dunlap
George R.” McCabe
Department of Agriculture
Alva Rockhill
Mentone
Kosciusko County, Infirmary
Warsaw
Sherman Mickey
Fort Wayne Landed New Wallace Lindsmith Hoist Plant
Wallace Lindsmith Hoist of Los Angeles to open Fort Wayne branch in the old Clark Show case plant. Commercial club and Improvement Co executives finalized terms after S T Wallace visited two weeks. Initial hires will be modest but growth expected. machinery already bought and arriving next week. plant to start within weeks.
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Fort Wayne
Wallace- Lindsmith Hoist Company
Los Angeles
Cal
Clark Showcase and Fixture Company
Commercial Club
Commercial Improvement Company
S. T. Wallace
Hanna
Wallace-Lindsmith Hoist Company
San Francisco
Wallace
Man Slashes at Man in Street Row Over Looming Suspect
Ed Mommer, described as erratic after a Thursday jag, attacked John Affelder with a blade near Stapleford's barn on East Columbia Street. Affelder defended with an iron bar, warding off the blows. Mommer discarded the weapon en route to police HQ, but it was recovered. Termed mentally unsettled, Mommer’s case was continued to May 3 for mental evaluation.
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Ed Mommer
John Affolder
Affelder
Stapleford
East
Columbia Street
Mommer
Paul
Madam Wing
Chicago Street
Jack Case
Pacific Express Company
Edwin J. Germann
Farmer in Bloomington Nearly Slays Daughter with Axe
Dallas Gillman, a Bloomington farmer, was clearing wood when his three year-old daughter fell into his falling axe. He lightened the blow to avert tragedy, leaving the child badly injured with doubtful recovery. Gillman is a well known local farmer.
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Bloomington
Ind
Dallas Gillman
Gillman
Kansasville fair offers corn prizes for youths
Kendallville fair managers announce corn growing prizes for boys and girls under 20 in Noble Lagrange DeKalb and Allen counties. Uncle Billy Burdy of Decatur dies at 71 after a week with paralysis. Whitley County farmers oppose the Wi nona Fort Wayne electric subsidy and hold meetings with anti subsidy circulars. Lima Lagrange County seeks public hall as nine citizens donate 5000 and invite negotiations for a big purpose.
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Kendallville
Noble
Lagrange
DeKalb
Allen
Billy” Burdy
Decatur
Whitley County
Winona-Fort Wayne
Bowser Wants Farm Faces Money Lose Plan and Fear
Mr Bowser outlines a plan to swap their home for a country farm to grow Persian Double Prolific strawberries claiming high profits. Mrs Bowser counters with detailed costs and logistics from planting to market, sparking a bitter debate that ends with Bowser leaving to reconsider. The tale blends frugal woe with a sharp domestic clash over risk, backed by a sales pamphlet on new strawberry varieties.
Veterans to hold G A R day reunion in Rome City
Veterans in Rome City plan to hold the G A R day reunion as usual despite plans to abandon Island Park assembly this year. The article notes a first shovelful of earth on the proposed extension of the C B Q railroad from Bluffton northward toward Huntington was turned on a Wednesday.
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Rome City
Island Park Assembly
Bluffton
Huntington
After the Honeymoon Aged Letter Weighs on Bride
A Chicago News comic exchange shows a newlywed daughter crying over fewer kisses from George. The mother reassures, noting he used to send a bushel of affection, now a peck weighs less, provoking humor about marital affection.
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George
Chicago News
His Reform Measure
A Baltimore American mock exchange shows a deacon warning that money is evil while a wayward son declares he is tearing up evil by the roots, reflecting comic tension over reform and temptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Sergeant Major Questioned Over Litter in Officers Quarters
In Cassell's Journal a stiff exchange unfolds as a private claims a colonel ordered littering before officers quarters. The sergeant major demands the private reveal who insulted the colonel, labeling the remark blithering.
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Feller
Cassell
Auburn hack driver John Conley Dies At 23
John Conley aged 23, a known hack driver in Auburn, is dead. Old settlers of DeKalb county plan a large reunion at Waterloo on June 20. On Syracuse lake, Sandusky Portland Cement Co launches a dredge to remove mail for cement manufacture. machine cost $25,000.
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John Conley
Auburn
DeKalb County
Waterloo
Syracuse
Sandusky Portland Cement Company
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James
C. D. Simons
J. M. Barrett
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