National W C T U holds thirtieth annual convention in Cincinnati
The thirtieth annual convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union begins a six day session in Cincinnati with 500 delegates and many visitors. Mrs R J Trego leads opening devotions as President Stevens opens the meeting. reports, addresses, and memberships are highlighted including growth in states and Willard memorial funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
R. J. Trego
Helen L. Bullock
E. Hunt
Illinois
Francis W. Graham
New York
T. L. Stevens
Pennsylvania
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Stevens
Wm. J. McSurely
Oxford
Clara C. Hoffman
Missouri
Lillian Stevens
Portland
Maine
WLC. T. U
Vermont
New Hampshire
Liquor Bureau
United States
Minneapolis
War Department
Philippines
Lillian M. N. Stevens
The
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Hanna Calls RNC Committee Meeting for December Dates
Senator M A Hanna chairman of the Republican National Committee mails a call to members to meet at the Arlington hotel Washington D C on Friday December 11 to appoint subcommittees and hear city bids for the 1904 convention with dinner scheduled for Saturday night December 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
M. A. Hanna
Republican National Committee
Arlington Hotel
Perry
Heath
Hanna
Arlington
D. C
Indifference Carried Edward Hoover to Indiana Gallows
Edward Hoover walked to the gallows at Michigan City prison at 12 05 am and 40 seconds later the trap sprung for the murder of his father in law Frank Sutton in Indianapolis last May. He showed calm indifference until the chaplain aroused some seriousness and he expressed regret before his execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
Edward Hoover
Indianapolis
Frank Sutton
Henderson
Hoover
Governor Durbin Denies Political Motive for Washington Trip
Indianapolis November 198- Governor Durbin announces his Washington trip is not political. He says he travels to press the war department on a state claim tied to recent army maneuvers at West Point and rejects rumors of a Republican vice presidential bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sentinel
Indianapolis
Ind
Durbin
Washington
National
War Department
West Point
Lassus Retires From Lake Shore Hotel
John B Lassus longtime proprietor of the Lake Eshore hotel opposite the Lake Shore depot retires from active management. Louis Julliard and A D Vandever will succeed him as partners. The hotel building has been leased for years and the furniture disposed of amid health concerns for Lassus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Lassus
Lake Eshore
Lake Shore Depot
Louis Julliard
A. D. Vandever
Lessus
Panama Welcomes Envoy as US Recognizes New Republic
President Roosevelt formally receives Philipe Banua-Varilla, Panama’s envoy, in a White House ceremony marking Panama's birth as a republic and the start of renewed U S relations. Banua-Varilla delivers credentials. Roosevelt promises stable ties and a future canal pathway. He and Hay discuss mutual hopes for the isthmus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Philippe Barau-Varilla
New Republic
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Philipe Baraa-Varilla
Panama
United States
Republic of
Loeb
Hay
M. Banua-Varilla
Republic of Panama
Banua-Varilla
New World
Isthmus
Panama Canal
Andes
Europe
Asia
America
Banua-Varila
Landau
State Department
Bailey Accepts Post As Indiana Y P S C E President
Rev J Webster Bailey pastor Plymouth Congregational Fort Wayne will be Indiana Y P S C E president replacing Rev C Medbury of Angola who resigns to move to Des Moines. Appointment lasts until the society's June convention. Bailey is described as popular energetic and earnest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Webster Bailey
Plymouth Congregational Church
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
Bailey
Board of State Managers
Angola
Medbury
Des Moines
Taggart Named President of Indianapolis Sentinel
Thomas Taggart, former Indianapolis mayor and longtime Indiana Democratic leader, elected president and general manager of the Indianapolis Sentinel to succeed the late Samuel F. Morss. B. McCarthy remains secretary and treasurer. other stockholders unnamed. Possible editorial head would be J. Oscar Henderson, with Taggart aiming to keep Sentinel in the afternoon field and to serve as a strong party organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Indianapolis Sentinel Company
Samuel F. Morss
B. McCarthy
Lafayette
Hugh Dougherty
Bluffton
J. Oscar Henderson
Sentinel
Taggart
Hunting trip ends in disaster as guard shot
Fireman H R Tourgee son of Engineer William Tourgee of the Pennsylvania was accidentally shot nine miles from Plymouth while a rifle with his companions Ed Wefel and George Auer was being loaded. The bullet entered the left leg below the knee, tore flesh, severed veins and nerves, and exited four inches below the entry. He was treated at Plymouth and then at St Joseph hospital. Doctors expect healing but weeks before work resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Tourgee
William Tourgee
Pennsylvania
Plymouth
Ed Wefel
George Auer
Mr. Tourgee
Little Lakes
Messrs. Auer
Wefel
St. Joseph Hospital
Macbeth
House Stands On Atlantic Rights Cuban Treaty Debate
Washington reports: the house ways and means committee favors a report on the Cuban reciprocity treaty bill. It asserts congressional prerogative over tariff changes, notes presidents and senate lack power to alter revenue rates, and plans a Thursday vote after a short rule debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Ways and Means
House
Senate
Cuba
Congress
Cuban bill set for Monday House action in Ways and Means
The House convened for 17 minutes and adjourned at 12 17 pm. Mr Payne announced the Cuban bill will be considered Monday after a minority report time extension. A dispute over privileges arose as Mr Livernash questioned presidential actions in Panama Colombia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Payne
Committee On
Ways and Means
Ways Any Means
Livernash
Cal
Panama-Colombia
Congress
Deaths and business moves in northern Indiana
Mrs Ed Q Drummond of Huntington dies at 33. H Jensen Glove Co plans to move its factory from Chicago to Bremen Marshall county. Otto Blume, half owner of a Decatur cigar factory, has been missing for 10 days. Willie Decker, three, near Bluffton, run over by a corn wagon but expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Q.drummond
Huntington
H. Jensen Glove Company
Chicago
Bremen
Marshall County
Otto Blume
Decatur
Willie
Wilson Decker
Bluffton
Gas Explosion Destroys Home In Marion Indiana
A natural gas explosion at the Benjamin Hight residence on South Nebraska street severely burns five occupants. A second blast injures a firefighter. Most victims are expected to recover except Clyde White of Grand Valley Pennsylvania who is critically burned. The blast also lifts the house from its foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Benjamin Hight
Nebraska Street
Clyde White
Grand Valley
White
Hight
Noted Man Is Slain in New York at Park Avenue
Andrew H. Green, 88, dubbed the Father of Greater New York, was shot five times at his home on Thirty-ninth Street and Park Avenue by Cornelius M Williams, who claimed Green kept a woman from marrying him. Williams was arrested at the scene and described his motive as jealousy over a Negro girl employed in Green’s household. Green died almost instantly. Mayor Low ordered city hall lights half mast. Green’s long public service included consolidation plans, leadership of the New York public library project, and roles in education, parks, and state commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andrew H. Green
Greater New York
Thirty-ninth Street
Park Avenue
Cornelius M. Williams
Mr. Green
Williams
Green
Bessie Davis
Low
Greater
Massachusetts
Board of Education
New York City
Park Board
8. J. Tilden
New York State
Niagara Falls
Astor
Lenox
Tilden
New York Public Library
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The
American Geographical Society
American Museum of Natural History
the Sons of the American Revolution
Letter by General Grant Found After Loss
In Hartford on November 12 a scavenger recovered General Grant the famous letter to General Joseph Hawley seeking the presidential nomination. The tulky envelope held the epistle ending with let us have peace dated May 29 1863. The letter disappeared after Hawley became a senator and was believed lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
General Grant
Joseph R. Hawley
National Union Republican Convention
Courant
What Constitutes an Efficient School Board
Allen Hamilton urges removing politics from school board work at the Indiana meeting. He warns that hiring by political pull leads to inferior teachers, weak supervision, and ineffective administration. Mira Nathan Tibbitts of Elkhart adds input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
State Association of School Board
Allen Hamilton
Fort Wayne
Bya
Multiple Local Incidents Highlight Northern Indiana News
A townwide stretch of incidents reports injuries from a falling tree in Rich Valley Wabash county and wind damage near South Bend. Obituaries note deaths of George Louis Wells county probation officer 55 and Nicholas B Newman Noble county former commissioner. The Muncie Hartford Fort Wayne line reaches Bluffton at 3 13 PM as interurbans near regular service. Other items include farm sale by John Hatfield Ossian, Dora Kemps six Peru girl injured by a torpedo blast, Mennonite settlement plans in Arizona, 104 year old John Reed ill in Adams county, Women’s Relief Corps district 12 convention at Elkhart with Fort Wayne delegates, and Munde Company factory work shift history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Louis
Bhifftton
Wells County
Muncie
Hartford
Fort Wayne
Bluffton
Nicholas B. Newman
Kendallville
Noble County
Noble County Bank
John Hatfield
Ossian
Marion
Hatfield
Dora Kemps
Peru
Mennonite Church
Berne
Adams County
Arizona
Indiana
John Reed
Cleveland
Decatur
Women's Relief Corps of District No. 12
Elkhart
Getheh
Tra’ Eikhart
Isabel
Goshen
Mary Uline
Luther Troxel
McCauskey
Gosh
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. C
Lillian M. Stevens
Willard Memorial Fund
Helen M. Barkery
Republican Organization
J. B. Lassus
J. W. Bailey
Indiana Christian En
Deavorers
Morss
Harry Tourgee Leverley
Jacob
van ‘Meter, Naar Hock
Cresk
ATL
Metcalf
California
Robertson
Louisiana
Cooper
Texas
Mira
Nathan Tibbitts
Elkhart, Acy Pa
John Leach
Rich Valley
Wabash County
Jured
South Bend
Munde
Sneptnegl
Fenti
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!