Get on the Water Wagon a Moral Battle Cry Against Whisky
A preacher in a northwest city narrates a tragedy where a father and son die after whisky fuels violence and crime. He urges men to use their ballots to end sale of alcohol, calling for defense of women and children and a fight against the liquor trade. The speech ends with a patriotic pronouncement for liberty and virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Little Jim
Blue Ridge Mountains
Hell
Papa
Mamma
Whisky
America
No County Option Elections Delayed Until January
Rev. N C Shirey of the Fort Wayne district reports to Rev E S Shumaker that county option elections in Indiana are postponed to January due to the new law not taking effect until 30 days after enactment. Gov Hanly is not expected to issue guidance before the November election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Shumaker
Indiana
Anti-Saloon League
N. C. Shirey
Fort Wayne
Hanly
Allen County
Jury verdict in Stelting manslaughter case
Indianapolis Oct 1 The jury in the Claude Stelting case found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter for the death of Charles last May The verdict carries a sentence of two to twenty one years in the penitentiary.
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Indianapolis
Claude Stelting
Charles Es
Trolley Line Tied Up By Power Trouble
Interurban service of the Toledo and Chicago line was halted Friday from Waterloo to Fort Wayne as Kendallville’s power station failed. A main turbine outage delayed repairs for hours, preventing any cars from running until late afternoon and leaving Kendallville’s Fair crowds without service. Fort Wayne riders faced missed trips and disappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
Toledo
Chicago
Waterloo
Auburn
Garrett
Fort Wayne
Patterson
Toledo and Chicago
Ralph Willson Resigns From First National Bank
Ralph Willson resigns as collection teller after six years at the First National Bank and will leave October 13 for Cleveland to join C.C. Bartlett & Co. He will start in a clerical position to learn the machinery business. Willison is a well known young man with a wide circle in Trinity.
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Ralph Willson
First National Bank
Cleveland
C.C. Bartlett & Co
Willison
Trini
Plan to wipe out liquor via county local option
Rev E S Shumaker of the Anti Saloon league outlined a statewide plan to enforce county local option laws. He said elections will be sought in multiple counties to prevent brewery and saloon groups from concentrating votes. He expects the act to take effect after about thirty days and estimates at least forty five counties will go dry in the next two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
E.S. Shumaker
Anti- Saloon League
Secretary of State
State Printing Board
Hanly
Anti-Saloon League
Shumaker
League
Wickwire Denies Culpability in Knisely Probe
Indiana senator Thomas S Wickwire of DeKalb and Steuben counties remained in Indianapolis after accusing Luther Knisely of offering a vote to support county local option. He said he will stay until charges are fully investigated and cleared, claiming equal evidence against him and the governor yet vindication to come.
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Indianapolis
Thomas S. Wickwire
DeKalb
Steuben
Hanly
Knisely
Wickwire
Luther Knisely
Sam
House
Frost Kills Tender Garden Crops Across Kanawah Valley
A heavy frost swept Kanawha valley last night killing tender garden truck and ice forming in places. The frost arrived several weeks earlier than normal, damaging crops in Charleston West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawah Valley
Kern condemns Cleveland letter forgery used by Republicans
Democratic vice presidential candidate John W. Kern denounces a forged Grover Cleveland letter used as a campaign document by Republicans. He calls it an infamous attempt to smear Cleveland’s memory and urges party leaders to correct the wrong. Kern arrived in Birmingham with local Democrats after meeting Alabama groups.
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Birmingham
Ala
Grover Cleveland
John W. Kern
Jefferson Theater
Kern
Cincinnati
Henry B. Gray
Bryan-Kern Club
Alabama Business Men’s Club
New York
Cleveland
Morey
Garfield
Col
J. H. Lewis
Chicago
Republican Party
Scaffold Collapse Hurts Two Carpenters in City Incident
Two carpenters Henry W. Martin and Simon Arantz were injured Friday morning when a scaffold at Harrison and Grand streets collapsed, sending them about twelve feet to the ground. Martin suffered a deep gash from a picket as they prepared to shingle a house, with both men in the employ of Contractor Fuhrmann.
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Harrison
Grand Streets
Henry W. Martin
Smith Street
Simon Arantz
Creighton Avenue
Fuhrmann
Martin
Doctor claims cure for locomotor ataxia through surgery
New York reports that Dr. Le Grand N. Denslow presented a theory and thirty case reviews claiming locomotor ataxia can be cured by surgically treating lesions along the urinary tract. He reported no relapses among treated patients and noted confirmations from colleagues.
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New York
le Grand N. Denslow
Academy of Medicine
Denslow
Academy
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Mallen Starr
R. H. Cunningham
New York City
Johnson withdraws from Republican re election bid in Indiana
Indianapolis October 1 D C Johnson republican representative from Vigo and Vermilion counties announces he will withdraw from re election. Renominated by the party his home is on the ticket but he will remove it citing voting against constituents on the county local option bill. He wept in the house while voting and says remaining on the ticket would guarantee defeat. He claims conscience compelled him to back the bill despite political risk.
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Indianapolis
Ind
D. C
Fifty Thousand Die in Hyderabad Flood Disaster
A reported flood in Hyderabad district of India claims about fifty thousand lives. Officials, relief workers, and local residents grapple with massive casualties and widespread destruction across the region. The disaster prompts appeals for aid and government response to the humanitarian crisis.
Region 5 Ghored With Mud and Dead
Bombay reports Hyderbad as a vast grave after floods. Streets are buried in mud and decomposed bodies, with death toll uncertain though natives guess up to 50,000. Six hundred corpses removed from mud at a single spot. funeral pyres burn continuously. damage pegged at 260,000,000 roubles.
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Bombay
Hyderbad
Madden A awaited a committee that never came
Congressman Madden traveled 150 miles to Fort Wayne for a waterways meeting but never spoke. A local committee and hotel did not coordinate arrival times, leaving Madden to return to Chicago after missing the scheduled address and misplacing telegrams.
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T. J. Logan
Court House
Martin B. Madden
Chicago
Madden
Wayne Hotel
Republican Committee
Mr. Madden
Fort Wayne
Illinois
Congressman Madden
Congress
Toledo-Chicago
Gilliams
Local Waterways Association
Pennsylvania Lines
Logan
P. A. Randall
E. J. McOscar
Randall
Fort Wayne Canal
Congressman Gilhams
Gilhams
Kendallville Fair
Italians Celebrate Verdict In Marion Murder Trial
Pasquale Trotta is found not guilty of murder in Grant County circuit court. Thirty Italian laborers erupt in applause and embrace Trotta after the verdict, as his mother faints and court security struggles to restore order. Trotta testified self defense for the fatal Aug. 28 shooting of Errigo Quarrenta near Fowlerton.
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Marion
Ind
Pasquale Trotia
Grant County
Trotta
Errigo Quarrenta
Fowlerton
Eight Years More of Teddy After Eight Years of Taft
Theodore Roosevelt for president again eight years from now was urged by Nicholas Longworth at the Tri-State Exposition in Rock Island Illinois before about 10 000 people. He named Taft as next eight year leader and then Roosevelt should return to the chair, attacked Bryan’s policies, and warned voters that Bryan would be defeated in November.
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Rock Island, Ill
Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Tri-State
Longworth
William Howard Taft
Taft
Bryan
Roosevelt
White House
Town Burned in Williams Arizona Fire
Albuquerque New Mexico reports a fire in Williams Arizona yesterday that razed a block of sand store buildings. No casualties are listed and the cause is under investigation.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Williams, Ariz
Sandinge Pe
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First Bank
State
Frost
Republican Campaign
Strauss
Jerome
Henry Martin Alighis
Mr. Johnson
Hyderabad
India
Bungle
Talians
Teddy
Arizona
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