Hugh Clark Wins State Live Third Championship Shoot
Hugh Clark of Fort Wayne defeated Max Witzigreuter of Wabash in a two event championship held at the Trautman range northeast of the city. Referee J L Head of Peru reported two of Witzigreuter’s birds died out of bounds and Clark secured the title with a later challenge to meet the next winner in Fort Wayne on October 19.
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Hugh “. Clark
Wabash
Max Witz
Greater
Witz
Trautman Range
Fort Wayne
J. L. Head
Peru
Mrr
Clark
Myr
Ex-Representative Babcock comments on Ellison bank failures
Topeka leader J. N. Babcock, visiting La Grange and Topeka, contests Ellison bank collapses. He praises Ellison's honesty, blames possible failed ventures, and notes local political tensions in La Grange and Steuben counties influencing campaigns.
Legends of Lost Mines and the Enchanted Mountain
A narrative argues that the Mexican use of superstition hid vast mineral wealth. The author links myth to truth, identifying the supposed lost mine as Montana Espantosa, mislocated in Texas near the eastern mountains.
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Montana Espantola
Mexico
Caer
Montana Enpantosa
Texas
Border Republic
Mex
Drunken Monkey Illustrates Whisky Dangers
A National Advocate piece retells a New Jersey incident where intoxication turned a monkey into a mirror of human drinking folly. It urges readers to see whisky’s ruinous path and to resist the first drink to prevent copying the animal’s descent into drunkenness.
Women Inebriates Reformable If Given Fair Chance
The English report on women inebriate asylums, led by Dr Branthwaite, argues against the view that women are hopeless and reform is impossible. He cites twenty years of close study of 2000 to 3000 cases, insisting women who receive equal treatment have at least an equal, or greater, chance of reform compared with men. He notes many reformed women return home under suspicion, and stresses that evidence is not solely numerical.
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Branthwaite
Marding
Col. Herrick
Eandidate
Ohio
Senator Foraker
Joseph B. Foraker
Mr. Herrick
Temperance Notes: Reform Movements And Local Change
A National Advocate excerpt notes a new push to repeal the canteen law. In Yeovil England a Burton innkeeper cites insolvency from abstaining crowds. In Athens Ohio Mr. Davis closes a saloon to open a meat market. A Vienna reform era has six abstaining societies. A Minnesota lumberman with alcoholism is transferred to Minneapolis for clinical study and shows skin discoloration.
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Associated Press
Washington
Yeovil
England
Burton
Athens
Davis
Vienna
Gratz
John Schact
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Schach
Helen Gould Opens Irvington Clubhouse For Boys
Miss Helen M. Gould plans a $30,000 clubhouse for young men in Irvington on the Hudson to keep them from saloons. She has arranged a large free entertainment to inaugurate the exclusive facility and attract local youths.
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Helen M. Gould
Irvington-on-the Hudson
Mats Poys
Republicans rally in Ohio parade and Park Yeatman gathering
A large Ohio Republican demonstration in Chillicothe featured a parade and a Yectangee park meeting led by Governor Nash with Senators Foraker and Hanna, Myron Herrick and Warren G. Harding among speakers. The event showcased diverse clubs, a Blaine unit, and a Columbus glee choir as party leaders praised unity and warned against socialism.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Yoctangee Park
Nash
Foraker
Hanna
Myron T. Herrick
Warren G. Harding
Scott Bonham
Ohio League of Republican
Ohio League
Blaine Club
Cincinnati
Ross County
Rough Riders
Tippecanoes
Cleveland
Toledo
Buckeyes
Columbus
Glee Club
Dick, Herrick
Harling
George B. Cox
Park Yeetangee
Albert Douglas
Haring
Mason Runs From Fraternal Initiation In Kokomo
Night initiation at the Eagles lodge ends with Mason fleeing in terror after spotting a rope with a noose and hearing a thud like a body falling. He fled downstairs in undershirt and overalls, crying he cannot fly, as search parties and police look for him.
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Kokomo
Ind
Billy” Mason
Kokomo Glass Works
Order of Eagles
Mason
Peoria Fire Destroys Machinery Warehouse
Peoria Ills Sept 19 a large warehouse of H V Finklestein was wrecked by fire and explosion. Loss estimated at 100000 with two men injured badly and one fatally. An initial gasoline blast page J P Henter through a window fatally injuring him. F A Jettocx also severely burned as flames reach the paint shop. The building and vast stock of second hand machinery were destroyed.
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Peoria
Ills
H. V. Finklestein
J. P. Henter
F. A. Jettocx
Trouble in Cuba: reports of infighting among Cuban insurgents
Provincial officers received corroborative reports of fighting among Cuban insurgents near Santiago. Colonel Suarez, commander of the rural guards, arrived and is returning to Santiago. It is unclear whether insurgents were killed or wounded during internal fighting or while clashing with the rural guards.
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Santiago
Cuba
Suerra
Earthquake Shakes Town With No Injuries Reported
An early day quake rattled the area for about fifteen seconds causing panicked crowds to flood into streets. Bricks and plaster rained down as walls cracked though no injuries were reported.
New License Needed for Hunting From Oct to Nov
State fisheries and game commissioner Z T Sweeney warns hunters no hunting is legal between October 1 and November 10 without a license. All prior licenses are revoked. applications must be sent to the commissioner. The 40 day period protects quail before open season while water fowl and squirrels may be hunted. Inmates report a man fashioned a cross and died after expecting crucifixion, with a coroner’s verdict attributing heart issues to the excitement.
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Z. T. Sweeney
Columbus
Commissioner of Fisheries and Game
Sweeney
Federal Deputy Gamble Suicide in San Francisco Hotel
Deputy U S Marshal W P Gamble who was jailed for alleged plot to substitute old Chinese for young Chinese ordered deported died by his own action at the Buena Vista hotel in San Francisco. He had confessed involvement in a scheme to defraud the government to United States Attorney Woodworth.
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San Francisco
United States
W. P. Gamble
Buena Vista Hotel
Gamble
Unitedates
Woodworth
Work Against Mormonism Continues in September
A garbled newspaper fragment notes ongoing efforts against Mormonism with unclear dates and details. The text references September and a section headed by a local editor or committee but lacks full context or concrete events.
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Hugh Clark
VRAVS
Indianapolis Sentinel
J. N. Babcock
Topeka
Rollin Ellison
Lagrange
Babcock
Myr. Babcock
C. C. Gilliams
Congress
Steuben
Monkey
Man
Whisky
New Jersey
North River
Temperance Notes
Myron Z. Herrick
Herrick
Merrick
Roosevelt
What Is
Castoria
Cenraun Company
Mumray Street
News Vonn
Menefee Foundry Company
Oliver St
Indiana Medical and Surgical Institute
West Wayne St
America
D. W. Tucker
J. W. Younge
Christ
Aly
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