Parker May Visit Fort Wayne in Indiana Campaign
Indianapolis dispatch reports plans to send Judge Parker to Indiana in the final week of the campaign with stops in Indianapolis Fort Wayne Terre Haute and Evansville. A decision may take weeks and he may be joined by Cleveland or Bryan. Indiana Democrats name Henry A. Collinger to win German votes as Republicans plan a veteran turnout train led by General Dan Sickles.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James P. Hornaday
Indianapolis News
New York
Judge Parker
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Terre Haute
Hvansville
Cleveland
Bryan
Henry A. Collinger
Republican National Committee
Dan Sicklas
Smallpox Fear Grips Terre Haute as Vaccination R age
Terres Haute Ind September 24 large employers notify workers they must be vaccinated or lose work. About seventy cages of smallpox exist in the city after the disease arrived two weeks ago. Four schools are under quarantine within three days.
Diana Maris Grand Guardian Installed in Allentown
Grand Sire-elect Robert L. Wright of the sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows, unable to attend the San Francisco meeting due to illness, was installed at his Allentown home. He announced appointments including Grand marshal John B. Cockrum, Indiana. grand guardian Edmund L. Pilebury, Massachusetts. grand messenger C. H. Lyman, Ohio. and finance convictee F. A. Stier, District of Columbia. W. H. Cox, Kentucky.
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Allentown
Robert £. Wright
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
San Francisco
Mr. Wright
John B. Cockrum
Indiana
Grand Guardian
Edmuni L. Pulebury
Massachusetts
C. H. Lyman
Ohio
F. A. Stier
District of Columbia
W. H. Cox
Kentucky
Colby Council Issues Meal Tickets to Curb Tramps
In Colby Kansas a novel remedy for the tramp nuisance prints 1000 meal tickets distributed to women. A tramp asking for a handout is offered a ticket valid for a meal when signed by the city marshal. The marshal enforces two hours of work as payment. Tramps are now reported scarce.
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Colby
Blackmail case verdicts in Marion court
In Marion two defendants faced circuit court verdicts. John Herbert of London Ky was found guilty, fined 50 dollars and jailed sixty days for accusing Mrs. M I Osborn of blackmail. Mrs Osborn paid 40 dollars and received ninety days in jail amid ongoing suit by Mrs Merbert for 6000 dollars.
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Marion
Ind
M. I. Osborn
Cincinnati
John Herbert
London
Herbert
Osborn
Merbert
WANTS HIM PUNISHED FOR CONTEMPT IN COURT
In Frankfort Indiana Zane Gregg asks the court to punish George Gregg for contempt after a divorce decree ordered George to pay twelve thousand six hundred forty dollars monthly for child support until the child reaches twenty two years of age. Mrs Gregg claims no alimony has been paid and the child’s support has not been provided. A separate note mentions Foley’s Honey and Tar as a throat remedy and a business reference for Trenkley in Minneapolis.
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Frankfort
Ind
Zane Gregg
George Gregg
Greg m
Gregg
Groge
Greggiia
Eines
Mary
Running Battle With Car Robbers in Laporte
Laporte Indiana September 24 detective Moon of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern rail road shot an unknown man twice in a running battle with car robbers. One captured man gave name John Spellman Cleveland 11 East Standard street admitted gang leader operating in Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan known as One Eyed Barney. John James of Cleveland also captured. Spellman wounded through his hat.
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Laporte
Ind
Moon
Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railroad
John Spellman
East Standard Street
Cleveland
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Barney
John James
Spellman
Novel remedy for marital woes proposed by Meredith
London sept 24 george meredith novelist suggests marriages for five or ten years as a remedy to failures under the present system. he foresees upheaval but notes past shocks and changes in marriage. meredith says the state may fund and educate children during a fixed period and that discussion will help society face the issue.
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London
George Meredith
Meredith
Daily Mail
America
Warsaw Man Killed in Barstow Railroad Yard
A man believed to be Anthony R. Stookey of Warsaw Indiana was killed in Barstow California railroad yards. His mangled body lay along the tracks at daylight, about twenty years old, with a pocket note stating he had been admitted to practice law in Kosciusko county Indiana on January 24, 1900. He was buried in Barstow with no other identification.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Anthony R. Stookey
Warsaw
Ind
Barstow
Kosctusien County
Rural Carrier Named for Woodburn Area
Dispatches from Washington report the appointment of Jacob McMillam as regular rural mail carrier for Woodburn area and John W. Saylor as substitute.
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Indianapolis
Washington
Jacob McMillam
Woodburn
John W. Saylor
Seventy Five Killed in Railroad Disaster Near Knoxville
Knoxville dispatch reports two Southern railway passenger trains collided near Newmarket, thirty miles east of Knoxville. No. 15 from Knoxville to Bristol and No. 12 from Bristol to Knoxville wrecked on a curve. Between fifty and seventy five coach passengers killed and one hundred to one hundred fifty injured.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
Newmarket
Salisbury
N. C
Bristol
Knonxville
William K. Kane
Richard Parrott
Knonxvile
James King
James Mills
Roscoe King
Ernest
Johnston City
A. N. Smith
Express
idEsenger
Tohn T. Ersary
Morristown
V. A. Jones
Hodges Station
Loyall
Chattanooga
Delong Rice
Nashville, Tenn
W. R. King
James Hing
W. BR. King
No. 15
W. B. Caldwall
W. H W. Kane
Thomas Murray
M. Parrott
Hale and Century of Wedded Life in Fort Wayne
Mr and Mrs Conrad Aumann celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary at 2206 Gay Street Fort Wayne surrounded by children and friends He is 73 she is 75 natives of Germany they married September 25 1854 in Fort Wayne after emigrating together Their six children and thirteen grandchildren reside in Fort Wayne The couple spent their entire married life in the city and Mr Aumann worked forty years at the Pennsylvania Railroad shops
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Gay Street
Conrad Aumann
Aumann
Fort Wayne
Hach
Germany
America
Foellinger
Old Lutheran Church
Barr Street
Christine Gerding
Christian Krah
Pennsylvania Railroad
John Gerding
Louise Aumann
William
Henry, Aumann
Gording & Aumann Bros
Minnis Aumann
Louis Aumann
Golden wedding day celebration at Aumann home
Misses Louise and Minnie Aumann reside with aged parents. Mr. and Mrs. Aumann, devoted Zion Lutheran members, will host a Sunday gathering at their home to honor their golden wedding anniversary with relatives, friends, an elaborate dinner, and heartfelt greetings for many more happy years.
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F. J. Gruber
Louise
Minnie Aumann
Myr
Mrs. Aumann
Zion’s Lutheran Church
Fatal Elevator Accident at Cohen's Printing
In Cincinnati on Sept 24 Henry Geeman the engineer was killed and Louis Heintzelman and Charles Schneider seriously injured when an elevator plunged from the seventh floor to the basement. Geeman shouted a warning and sacrificed himself to save others as cables failed. The car rebounded to the first floor.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Cohen’s
Henry Geeman
Louis Heintzelman
Charles Schneider
Geeman
Parker Confident in New York For Parker-Davis Ticket
Walter Wellman relays Democratic managers or confidence that New York will vote for the Parker Davis ticket. They claim trustworthy information and polls from upstate counties show strong gains. The report warns Republicans must win New York to avoid grave political danger.
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Chicago
New York
Record-Herald
Walter Wellman
Parkey- Davis
Tuege Parker
Democratic unity boosts New York vote forecasts for Parker
The passage argues Democrats in New York City and across counties are unified behind Parker, with leaders estimating urban strength and rural support could push Roosevelt’s statewide plurality to as high as 100,000. Murphy of Tammany Hall and McCarven relay figures of 80,000 to 40,000 from Kings and other counties.
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Murphy
Tammany Hall
New York County
Parker
McCarven
Kings
Roosevelt
Bronx
New York City
Lone Robber Steals 4400 In Central Grain Office Heist
A masked man forced two clerks at the central grain and stock exchange office at 20 Liedesdorft Street in San Francisco to surrender a suitcase containing 4400 in gold silver and papers. He guided them to a rear passage and toilet room then fled after tying their hands with cord. The clerks freed themselves later.
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San Francisco
Central Grain and Stock Exchange
Liedesdorft Street
F. de. Flynn
T. Pearny
Union Trust Company
Market
Montgomery Streets
Arep
Strike continues in Naples rail service amid driver protest
In Naples and sea routes, 2,388 engine drivers and stokers maintain a strike led by their chief engineer. Initial calm gave way to broader concern as the stoppage threatens serious disruption. Some rail lines have halted operations due to the engine driver walkout.
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Naples
Italy
Judge Vaughn Presides Over Blackford Law Moot Court
Judge Fudge Vaughn of Bingston presided over the Blackford Law Club moot court in the superior court room last evening. It was the opening session of the season, with Vaughn guiding the proceedings.
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Fudge Vaughn
Bingston
Blackford Law Club
Superior Court
Indiana Captain Knight to Not Return to College
Bloomington report states IU coach Horne announced captain Knight will not return to college. Medical note mentions King's Dyspepsia Tablets curing digestion issues, aiding stomach strength, with sales by Meyer Bros, Go, and A. C. Goo.
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Bloomington
Ind
Horne
Indiana University
Knight
King's
Meyer Bros, Go
A. C. Goo
Suicide at Akron Man’s Porch
The body of Joseph Blake, 30, was found on the front doorstep of O N Beldenhera’s home in Akron on Sept 24. He died by self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Also mentions Foley's Kidney Cure advertised by Wreler & Bro.
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Akron
Joseph Blake
O. N. Beldenhera
Blake
Long Objection Files Trial of Ellison Bankruptcy Case
Protest against discharge of Rollin Ellison filed in U S court by Summer Dowell of Yopeka alleging false books and concealed assets. Ten counts claim insolvent condition and acts to conceal finances including transfers to a Fort Wayne brother and stock receipts. Attorney Watts, Smith and Baldwin of Adrian represent Dowell. Ira Tubbs files for bankruptcy in Navada Mills with liabilities $972.15 and assets $446.
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Rollin
Mlso
Ellison
T. F B. Ellison
Mondinnin Meadows Dairy Company
Fort Wayne
T. BR. Ellison
Mondantin Meadows Dairy Company
Watts, Smith & Baldwin
Adrian, Mich
MaDowell
Ira Tubbs
Navada Mills
Steuben County
Cyrus Cline
Angola
Eloped in men's clothes from Lansing to Portland
Della Earl, 20, of Howell Michigan, eloped with Frank Alle 22, after meeting at a Lansing dance. They traveled by wagon to Boone Indiana and to Portland Oregon where she wore men's clothes and lived in a Willamette river hut subsisting by fishing. Detectives arrested them. Allen resisted.
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Portland
Ore
Lansing
Mich
Chicago
Elgin
Boone, In
Willamette River
Della Earl
Howell
Frank Alle
Allen
California
Town Marshal Shot in North Baltimore Ohio
Marshal A E Freeman was shot in the calf while attempting arrest of J W Tinder a saloon keeper in North Baltimore Ohio on September 24. Tinder fled to a side entrance fired four shots from a .38 caliber revolver wounding the marshal. Tinder was later overpowered and jailed.
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Baltimore
Ohio
A. E. Freeman
J. W W. Tinder
Linder
Bride's Name Found in Box Sparks Romance Wedding
In Eureka West Virginia on September 24 Simon M Woltzen of Bangon and Miss Coral Moore of Dublin Indiana were married after Moore slipped her name and address into a canning factory shipment. Woltzen found it and wrote. correspondence led to engagement and marriage.
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Eureka, W
Simon M. Woltzen
Bangon
Coral Moore
Dublin
Ind
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Grand Sire Wright
The
Odd Fellows
Allentown, Pa
Kansas
Foley
Drefer & Bro
Sd Trenkley
Minneapolis, Minn
Lake Shore
Ae Ay
Harbor
Arthur
Knoxville, Tenn
Henry
Gibson
Rious
Atlanta, Ga
Hale & Century OF
York
Judge Vaughn
Wrelor & Bro
Siarshal
Bride
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