Levy Unchanged for City Schools in Special Meeting
In a special meeting the school board voted to keep the city levy for school purposes at last year’s levels. Local tuition remains 1c per $100 valuation, kindergarten 1e, compulsory education 1e, and the special school fund 18c plus 60c per $100 valuation. Construction and library costs stay at prior rates. President Bush says no expenditure increases to ease future burdens. Miss Hauck resigns. Nan nis McLaughlin granted 36 days off for health. Superintendent Study notes many teachers ill, slowing school openings.
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Bor Public Library
Bush
Miss Hauck
Nannis McLaughlin
Rich Tin Ore Find Reported Near Cape York District
A hundred foot ledge of tin ore is reported near Lost River in the Cape York district north of Cape Nome. About a hundred pounds of ore sample has been taken for shipment to Pittsburgh. Further details of the discovery are pending.
Hutchinson Links Idaho Ex-Lt Governor to Tin Plate Interests
The material cites Jo seph Hutchinson, former lieutenant governor of Idaho, claiming he may prove the greatest known asset. Hutchinson represents eastern capitalists tied to the American Tin Plate company.
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Joseph Hutchinson
Idaho
Hutchinson
American Tin Plate Company
Typefounders Go On Strike For Closed Shop
Chicago September 29 typefounders at the American Type Founders Co and Barnhart Brothers and Spindler walk out in a national move for the closed shop. The American plant is shut down as a long running dispute with employers escalates. The strikers align with the International Typographical union which will be asked for aid.
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Chicago
American Typefounders Company
Barnhart Brothers and Spindler
International Typographical Union
Local thefts and parade mishap reported in city
H J Ash reported three boys took his rig from 615 Montgomery street and returned it after driving around the city. Prof William Miles said burglars entered 506 West Jefferson street Sunday night and packed silverware, then fled. A parade incident damaged Dr W W Barnett’s rig injuring his child. damages were paid and releases secured.
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H. J. Ash
Montgomery Street
William Miles
West Jefferson Retreet
W. W. Barnett
King of the Desert” Company
Fort Wayne and Southwestern executives visit city
President McKinley of the Fort Wayne and Southwestern traction company stayed briefly in the city on a eastward trip. Herbert Johnson, named superintendent of Wayne Pressed Brick’s new plant, left for Willoughby Ohio to inspect machinery. Alexander Johnson, company president, says several brick sale contracts hinge on delivery timing and aims to have the plant operating within sixty days.
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W. B. McKinley
Fort Wayne and Southwestern Traction Company
Herbert Johnson
Wayne Pressed Brick Company
Willoughby
Ohio
Fort Wayne Company
Alexander Johnson
Soldiers Will Leave Today for West Point Maneuvers
Battery B and Company D of the Fort Wayne Indiana National Guard depart this morning for regimental army maneuvers at West Point Kentucky. Captain Cleary and Captain Birley lead the units with a special train via Lake Erie and Western railroad, arriving in Kentucky midweek for a twelve day demonstration.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana National Guard
West Point
Cleary
Birley
Lake Erla and
Indianapolis
Indiana
Arrack Described as Favorite Drink of East Indians
The piece notes arrack as a popular, highly praised beverage among travelers and East Indians, suggesting strong demand would have made it a market fad if priced reasonably. It mentions frequent exaltation as the drink of kings and princes, though the passage trails off.
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New York
Seeing Electricity and the Electron in Vacuums
The article explains Crookes experiments suggesting a fourth state of matter, the electron, named by Stoney, as the electric parts of atoms. It notes electrons travel with lightlike speed when detached, and contrasts electrostatics, electromagnetism, and light by motion states.
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Crookes
Stoney
Fort Wayne Traction Wins Franchises Through Midwestern Counties
Attorney W O Rourke announces all external franchises for the Fort Wayne and Northeastern Traction line from Fort Wayne to Bryan Ohio have been secured. Final Bryan franchise approved by council. Construction to start in early spring with bids soon advertised.
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O'Rourke
Fort Wayne
Fort
Old proverb is verified in Indian agency health reports
The Tulalip and Umatilla Indian agency superintendents report contrasting birth and death rates. Charles Buchanan notes birth rates half of death rates, while Charles Wilkins cites remarkable longevity among his 1150 Indians with many aged seventy and above. The year closed with troubling health notes.
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Tulalip
Hoth
Buchanan
Washington Times
Charles M. Buchanan
Tulalip Indian Agency
Washington
Charles Wilkins
Uwmatils
Pendleton
Ore
Jones
The Elderly Falsifier Recounts His Prideful Cooper Union Moment
A narrator recalls the Elderly Falsifier boasting of guiding past giants and lists imagined encounters with Lincoln, Seward, Chase, Grant, and Seymour. He finally clutches at the memory of speaking at Cooper Union with Grant to his right and Seymour to his left, dismissing the idea of a speech as trivial.
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Pnt
M. Leammo
Lincoln
Seward
Mexico
Chase
Cooper Union
General Grant
Horatio Seymour
Marriage of Mary Baker and Lawrence Zehendner at Academic Catholic Church
Miss Mary Baker of Monterey Indiana married Lawrence Zehendner in a ceremony at the Academic Catholic church. Miss Sylva Zehendner served as bridesmaid and Thomas Dodd officiated. A reception and dinner followed at 327 West Williams Street in the groom’s relatives home before the couple departed for the Pacific coast.
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Mary Baker
Monterey
Ind
Lawrence. Zehendner
James Zehendner
Allen County
Sylva Zehendner
Thomas Dodd
Jacob Erlenbaugh
West Williams Street
Ira Zehondner
Pacific Coast
New Social Club Formed With Officers Named
A crowd of young people have organized a social club for the coming winter. Officers named are President George Sosenheimer and Secretary Treasurer Thomas Woulfe. A reception and dance will be held on Tuesday October 13 in Mulqueen's hall with a musical program by Young.
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George Sosenheimer
Thomas Woulfe
Mulqueen’s
Will Young
Fictitious Capitalization Across U.S. Industrial Holdings
A stock market snapshot notes that more than five billion dollars is represented in the largely fictitious capitalization of industrial combinations in the United States within six sections. It highlights inflated values and pervasive overstatement of assets in corporate groupings.
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United States
Indian Baskets and social notices in California art items
Collectors of Indian baskets concede beauty to California products. Mos E G Pierce hosts the Ladies Progression Aid Society at 929 East Lewis Street on Wednesday afternoon. Ernest and Herman Buhr of Thurman honor sister Amelia on her marriage to George Tillock of St Louis. Nearly a hundred guests enjoyed dancing and a luncheon after. The couple depart next Saturday for St Louis then California to reside with Mr Tillock’s parents.
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Mos. E
Mr. Tillock
California
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