Carnegie hero awards honor 24 rescues across nation
Pittsburg reports the Carnegie hero commission granted bronze, silver, and one gold medal to 24 Americans for bravery. Recipients include John B. Hill of Atlanta and Andrew J. Hodger of Santa Fe Kansas who saved others from drownings and cave-ins. Awards total surpass prior records with 126 beneficiaries and 1,121 refusals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Carnegie Hero Commission
Carnegie
F. H. Wilmont
Hero Fund
John B. Hill
Atlanta
William J. Breen
New York City
Christopher Powers
Hudson River
Phil C. Prognzer
Annie Gearty
Atlantic Ocean
Coney Island
Leon Harris
Pensacola
Fla
Bernard
Johnson
Pensacola Bay
Thomas F. Maher
Boston
William Fitzgerald
Dorchester Bay
Hill
Ralph F. Berlin
Santa Rosa Island
Pensacola Bar
Charles Weiss
Bath Beach
N. Y
Browzing
Gravesend Bay
Frederick H. Hawker
Ellenville
Emmons T. Gray
Beerkill Creek
Gabriel Farrell
Adam Haggert
Boston Athletic Association
Haggerty
Nelson
William J. Higgins
Thomas Lawrence
Thomas F. Taylor
Rosa P. Schaller
Ida Weissman
Brooklyn
Long Island Sound
North Beach
Joseph Grady
East One Hundred and Twenty-third Street
New York
Charles W. Haight
West Winfield
John C. Burns
Julia Pullier
Seagate
Caroline Stanyon
Mount Vernon
Salvation Army
Robert H. Canfield
East Orange
Canfield
Cayuga Lake
Nelson V. Smith
Lawrence
Mineola
David Waterman
Rochester
N. K
Waterman
Margaret Weber
Lochlin M. Winn
Anniston
Ala
Downing
Spencer’s Mill Pond
Clayton
Andrew J. Hodger
Santa Fe
Kan
Hodger
Joseph Xing
William Nunn
Pierceville
Nunn
King
Ato
Kingering Nunn
Loetschberg Tunnel Links Milan to Central Europe Rail
The Loetschberg tunnel extends the Simplon project shaping a south to north line from Milan to Berne and on to Calais or Boulogne via Delémont Delle Laon and Amiens. It shortens Milan routes by about 64.5 miles versus Faucille Mont Blanc combos and rivals Simplon. Both routes feature double tunnels.
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Loetschberg
Milan
Berne
Calais
Boulogne
Delemont
Delle
Laon
Ami
Ens
Piacenza
Brindisi
Turin
Geneva
Paris
Faucille
Mont Blanc
Simplon
Loetschlieg
Fair Librarians Debate Salaries At Indiana Library Association
The Indiana Library Association adjourned after a heated debate over publishing a committee report on librarians and assistant salaries. The report found Indiana trained librarians earning an average $710.64 yearly and argued salaries should match teachers. A compromise placed the report on file with the Public Library Commission. Officers elected were Harlow Lindley president Kate Chipman vice president Ella Corwin secretary and Demarcus Brown treasurer with a five member committee authorized to plan for the next steps.
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Indianapolis
Artena Chapin
Muncie
Indiana Library Association
Mary Ahern
Chicago
Indiana
Merica Hoagland
Eirza Browning
Miss Ahern
Miss Hoagland
Miss Browning
Board of Trustees
Chalmers Hadley
Public Library Commission
Library Commission
Association
Harlow Lindley
Earlham College
Kate Chipman
Anderson
Ella Corwin
Elkhart
Demarcus
Brown
Indiana and Ohio Timber Decline Signals Regional Shift
The article traces the rise and decline of hardwood lumber in Ohio Indiana and Illinois from early 19th century planting to 1900 peak and 1906 drop. It notes forested shares by state, ongoing replacement by farms, and calls for forestry based on nonagricultural land and tree planting to sustain future timber needs.
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Washington, D. C
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Missouri
New York
Pennsylvania
Maine
United States
Ohio River
Aes
York
Michigan
Wisconsin
California
Washington
Far West
United States Forest Service
Rhode Island
Delaware
Connecticut
New Jersey
Maryland
Massachusetts
Rite Forest
Atlantic States
North Atlantic States
Appalachians
Bitter temperance fight looms in Indiana as liquor interests mobilize
Richmond Indiana reports visiting Quaker S Edgar Nicholson ex Indiana author of the Nicholson temperance law says Indiana will face a hard fight between liquor forces and temperance groups. He notes the Moore law may improve the statute and predicts a strong anti saloon league driven push in the 1908 Indiana assembly with Republicans and Democrats aligning on closer liquor supervision. He cites Philadelphia reform as evidence of the moral movement’s strength and a forthcoming political battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
S. Edgar Nicholson
Indiana
Harrisburg
Nicholson
Indiana Assembly
Mr. Nicholson
Anti-Saloon League
Pennsylvania
Ring of Grafters
Philadelphia
Arrests in Ohio barred on suspicion ruling
Columbus, Oct. 19. No person in Ohio can be arrested on suspicion. Columbus police previously acted on suspicion, arresting Peter Treach who was convicted. Judge Dillon ruled the ordinance unconstitutional, a finding upheld by the circuit court. Also, Mrs. Mary Work of Huntington County died at 74 in Roanoke from heart failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Peter Treach
Dillon
Circuit Court
Mary Work
Huntington County
Roanoke
Balloon trip ends in West Virginia mystery
An army balloon launched from St Louis Thursday landed near Walton Roane County West Virginia at 1 30 pm Friday afternoon covering about 475 miles The Labm cup distance to beat was 402 miles Captain Chandler aboard reported by signal service officials
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Washington
Army
St. Louis
Walton
Roane County
W. Va
Signal Service
Chandler
World’s Record Broken In Balloon Race Near St Louis
The United States signal corps balloon No. 10 set a long distance record in a preliminary James Gordon Bennett cup trial. Aeronauts J C McCoy and Captain Charles DeF Chandler guided the craft as it crossed Ohio and headed toward West Virginia, covering about 490 miles since Thursday evening. The balloon reached Beech Hill West Virginia, with plans to continue overnight if conditions allowed.
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St. Louis
United States Signal Corps
West Virginia
J. C. MecCoy
Charles Def. Chandler
Liness
Indiana
Ohio
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Beech Hill
St. Lois
Mason County
Allegheny System
Second
Rutger Streets
Trolley Car Kills on a Crossing at Wabash
Miss Catharine Freshour was killed and Ozro Mason fatally injured when struck by a car on the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley traction line at a crossing in Wabash Indiana. Freshour dragged hundreds of feet with a severed leg found far from the scene. Mason was mangled and hospitalized unable to recall the incident. A second accident reports Kendallville teamster Frank Howe knocked from his wagon by a falling tree limb.
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Wabash
Ind
Catherine Freshour
Ozro Mason
Fort Wayne
Wabash Valley
Freshout
Mason
Frank Howe
Kendallville
Broaer
Wile
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Lui OF
Meould
Kansas
Gampel
Loetschen Valley
Ekandersteg
Gemm Pass
Eixom
Lobischen See
Bietschhorn
Statistics
Forest Service
Hoosier
S. E. Nicholson
Circuit Court At
Cloudland
McCoy and Chandler
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