Missouri Republicans End Roosevelt Victory At All Night Convention
Governor Hadley and Roosevelt forces win a hard fought Missouri GOP convention after an all night session breaking a 24 hour deadlock. Eight Roosevelt instructed delegates at large elected, Taft leaders resign, and Thomas Niedringhaus named national committeeman. Taft rump delegation formed at a hotel.
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St. Louis
Herbert S. Hadley
Missouri
Col. Roosevelt
Taft
Roosevelt
Republican Organization
Frederick H. Kreismann
Charles D. Morris
St. Joseph
Hadley
Kreismann
Morris
Roosevelt Deleg
Herberts. Tadley
Jesse Tolerton
Bronson
Walter S. Dickey
Kansas City
Fred Essen
John J. McNeiley
Hugh McIndee
Joplin
John W. Tippin
Springfield
Alfred WH. Spear
Chamois
Chicago
Joseph E. Black
Richmond
John A. Duncan
Berryman Henwood
Hannibal
Harry D. Train
Henry L. Eads
Eads
Otto F. Stifel
Two Local Suicides Near Decatur Indicate Crisis
Special to The Sentinel reports two Adams county residents death by self harm in Decatur area. Mrs. Andrew Mertz 46 years old hanged herself at 6:00 AM from a playhouse rafters. Andrew Jackson 452 years old a St Marys township farmer, died at 6:49 AM after a pistol shot to the head. Both families present. Mrs Mertz leaves husband and five children. Jackson survived briefly after breakfast before passing away.
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Sentinel
Decatur
Ind
Adams County
Andrew Mertz
Andrew Jackson
St. Mary's Township
Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Heath
Mertz
Couple wed at Uniondale residence in Ossian area
Donaldson Wilson of Uniondale and Mrs. Sarah F. E. McBride of Ossian were married Wednesday evening at the bride’s home with Rev. J. W. Lower officiating.
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Ossian
Ind
Donaldson Wilson
Uniondale
Sarah FE. McBride
J. W. Lower
Last Honors for Gen Frederick Grant in New York
Military and public figures gathered in New York to honor Major General Frederick Dent Grant who died April 13. The funeral proceeded along a five mile route to a West Point interment after a private chapel service on Governor’s Island.
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New York
Frederick Dent Grant
Cantacuzene
Russia
Cornelius the Centurion
Governor's Island
Battery
West Shore Ferry
42Nd Street
West Point
Taft
Sherman
Leonard Wood
Grant
A. 8. Grant
Nellie Sartoris
Grant'srother
Judge Honore
Chicago
Potter Palmer
Senator Root
Andrew Carnegie
Henry W. Taft
Tasker H. Bliss
Horace Porter
Cais
New York City
Bliss
Department of the East
C. F. Roe
New York National Guard
United States Grant
Grand Army of the Republic
29Th Infantry
Veterans of Artillery
Pet
Churubusco High School Sets May Commencement
Churubusco Indiana announces commencement for May 2 and 3 with twenty graduates. Class members include Dan Barnhart Samuel Egolf Maude George Harry Gaff Bertha Hire Fanny Arthur Katie Arthur Russel Downey Oscar Isay Frank Johnston Edgar Johnston Earl Jones Mary Madden Mentor McDuffee Lynn McBride Robert Ort James Falk Levi Sefton Lida Sheadel Jessie Slagle Helen Slagle Guy Thompson Ted Voorhees Velma Whan Lucy Wade Ray Zinn Wilda Zumbrum Lawrence Ott Blanche Johnston. Dr R R Teeter to deliver the class address and diplomas will be presented May 3 after musical numbers and orations by graduates.
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Churubusco
Ind
Dan Barnhart
Samuel Egolf
Maude George
Harry Gaff
Bertha Hire
Fanny Arthur
Katie Arthur
Russel Downey
Oscar Isay
Frank Johnston
Edgar Johnston
Earl Jones
Mary Madden
Mentor McDuffee
Lynn McBride
Robert Ort
James Falk
Levi Sefton
Evangelical preacher to speak in Kendallville Friday
Rev. H. Baumgardner presiding elder of the Fort Wayne district will preach in Kendallville on Friday at 7 30 P M He formerly served as pastor here nineteen years and was presiding elder of the district ten years ago The notices indicate the services will begin as planned
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Kendallville
Ind
H. Baumgardner
Fort Wayne
Evangelical Church
Honor Comes to Fred G. Conrady
Fred G. Conrady of Fort Wayne elected grand post regent at the Royal Arcanum grand council in Indianapolis. Other officers named include Fred Falk grand regent, William Stier grand vice regent, E E Schroer grand secretary, and Charles Zeigler grand treasurer. Sixty four lodges represented. Howard council from Fort Wayne represented by William J. Haas.
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Grand Council of the Royal Arcanum
Indianapolis
Fred G. Conrady
Fort Wayne
Grand Council
Fred Falk
William Stier
Aurora
E. E. Schroer
Charles Zeigler
South Bend
Charles Hughes
Peru
William Pack
Evansville
Charles Hall
James Camper
F. G. Conrady
Howard Council
Big Egg Shipment From Columbia City Sets Local Record
Three car loads totaling 27 000 dozen eggs were shipped Thursday from Columbia City to New York, likely a county record for a single day. Yontz Hallauer sent 500 cases, Beyer Bros and Schlosser Bros 200 each, securing low rates and insurance. Purchasers paid eighteen cents per dozen, totaling 4860 dollars for the city shipment.
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Columbia City
Ind
New York City
Yontz & Hallauer
Beyer Bros
Schlosser Bros
Man builds six year project plays twelve instruments at once
Convoy Ohio April 26 William Baldwin a farmer eight miles northeast of Convoy has completed an apparatus enabling him to play twelve instruments simultaneously. The setup includes a first violin three second violins viola cello bells drums triangle tambourine cymbals and a piano. Baldwin has studied the device for six years.
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Convoy
Wm. Baldwin
Baldwin J
Ministers Seek Governor Help to Block Prize Fight
Terre Haute Indiana pastors appealed to Governor Marshall to stop a prize boxing event set for next Tuesday night at the armory. The governor advised police and Vigo County sheriff to attend and arrest any violators if the fight occurs, urging citizens to testify. Rev Curnick urged intervention to uphold public welfare and decency.
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Terre Haute
Vigo County
Curnick
Marshall
Young Saylor
Chuck Larson
Paddy Gorman
Young Scotty
Armory
Indianapolis
Governor threatens discharge over Terre Haute prize fight plan
Governor Marsall ordered Adjutant General to remove Captain Benjamin Wymer if he allows a prize fight in Terre Haute next Tuesday night at the Indiana National Guard armory. He says boxing is legal but will not tolerate unlawful exhibition and urged local authorities to intervene if laws are breached. ministers and Epworth League members urged enforcement and prayer for lawfulness.
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Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Indiana National Guard
Benjamin Wymer
Marsall
McCoy
Vigo County
Epworth League of
Indiana
One Child in School as Teacher Works in Davenport District
In Davenport Washington April 25 the Orange Blossom school district No 55 five miles east of Creston has dropped from eighty students a few years ago to eighteen in 1911 and now has only Lloyd Gulliken as the pupil with teacher Miss Lois Hough devoting full effort to the sole attendee.
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Neat Davenport
Wash
Davenport
Orange Blosoom School
Creston
Lloyd Gulliken
Lois,Hough
Titanic survivor adopts two babies in lifeboat tale
Miss Margaret Hayes, a Titanic survivor, kept two babies warm in a lifeboat and later adopted them in New York. The boys, aged about two and three and a half, spoke French and are now under Hayes care. The article notes a mystery about the fathers and a possible Hoffman link.
Wiley Hints at Package Weight Standards in Food Markets
Washington April 24 Dr Harvey W Wiley urged a bill to stamp net weight on food packages and argued foods should be bought by weight or measure not by package He cited a ham that lost three pounds after storage and said the loss saved him 90 cents He attacked federal regulation as poorly effective and pressed for tighter oversight. New York April 26 the bodies of Col John Jacob Astor and Isador Straus from the Titanic have been recovered and embalmed aboard Mackay Bennett with 91 additional identifications conveyed to shore.
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Washington
Harvey W. Wiley
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
Dr. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
New York
Gol
John Jacob Astor
Isador Straus
Mackay-Bennett
White Star Line Company
Col
Caalderia
Cape Race Station
Ismay
Care
White Star Line
William Ale
Dutton
J. Stone
Philip J. Stokes
Edwin H. Petty
Wm. Dashwood
W. Hanton
Thomas Anderson
A. Laurence
J. Adams
A. Boothby Ragozzy
Abel J. Butterworth
A. Robins
Charles Louch
Orson F. Penny
Charles Chapman
Albert Wirz
Achille Wailens
Carl Ashlande
J. F. Johnson
H. Allen
W. Y. Anderson
H. P. Hodges
G. Talbot
J. M. Robinson
H. J. Allison
George Graham
Jacob Biernbaum
Austin
E. F. White
Tyrell W. Cavendish
Hendrick D. Willner
William Dobbyns
Col. Astor
Titanic Loss Toll Grow And The Grand Trunk Chief
Halifax reports the body of C. M. Hays president of the Grand Trunk railway identified among Titanic victims. The confirmation came via wireless message to A. C. Jones and Company Halifax agents for White Star line from the cableship Minia.
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Halifax
N. S
C. M. Hays
Grand Trunk Railway
A. C. Jones and Company
White Star Line
Minia
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Pau. Thomesery
W. J. Bryan
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Fred Grant
Churubusco High School
Royal Arcanum Grand Lodge
Royal Arcanum
Pastor
Terre Haute Stirred
Thomas R. Marshall
Margaret Hayes
Miss Hayes
Carpathia
Louis
Hoffman
Island
America
Astor and Straus
Wiley
Hays
Grand Trunk Railroad
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