School Tax Levy Stands Unchanged at Special Meeting
The school board decided not to raise the city levy for school purposes, maintaining 115c per 100 valuation for local tuition, 25c for other items, and additional small levies for kindergarten, compulsory education, and a manual training high school. President Bush cited restraint to avoid increasing expenditures for the new building. The board accepted Miss Hauck’s resignation, granted 36 days vacation to Miss Nannie McLaughlin, and Superintendent Study noted many teachers were ill, hindering start-up.
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Publc Library
Bush
Hutchinson Links Eastern Capitalists to Tin Plate Firm
Jo seph Hutchinson former Idaho lieutenant governor claims to present evidence linking eastern capitalists with the American Tin Plate company. He represents investors tied to the tin plate enterprise and asserts the stakes involve significant financial interests.
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Joseph Hutchinson
Idaho
Hutchinson
American Tin Plate Company
Typefounders Strike Over Closed Shop Faces Standstill
Chicago September 29 workers at the American Type Founders Company and Barnhart Brothers and Spindler walked out in a national closed shop drive. The American plant closed as the dispute with the employers persists. 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
Burglary Reports and Parade Injury In Local Notices
H J Ash reports three boys took his rig from 615 Montgomery street and returned it after driving around town. Prof William Miles says burglars entered 506 West Jefferson street Sunday night and packed silverware before fleeing empty handed. A parade of the King of the Desert company caused a wreck injuring Dr W W Barnett’s child. damages were paid and releases obtained.
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H. J. Ash
Montgomery Street
William Miles
West
Jefferson Street
W. W. Barnett
King of the Desert” Company
Fort Wayne executives visit city on travel eastward
President W B McKinley of the Fort Wayne and Southwestern traction company passed through the city today on his way east. Herbert Johnson, named superintendent of Wayne Pressed Brick company's new plant, departed early for Willoughby Ohio to inspect machinery already in use.
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W. B. McKinley
Fort Wayne and Southwestern Traction Company
Herbert Johnson
Wayne Pressed Brick Company
Willoughby
Ohio
Soldiers to depart for West Point maneuvers from Indiana guard units
Battery B and Company D of Fort Wayne Indiana national guard will leave this morning for regular army maneuvers at West Point Kentucky. A special train will carry the men, with Capt Cleary and Capt Birley commanding, the train to leave at 5 30 and pick up Bluffton and Lafayette companies en route. They expect to arrive in Kentucky Wednesday evening for a twelve day drill period.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana National Guard
West Point
Cleary
Birley
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Bluffton
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Kentucky
Indiana
Captain Cleary
Aerack Famed Yet Cheap Drink Touted Among East Indians
A garbled OCR snippet suggests a claim about a drink called argack as a favored, inexpensive beverage among East Indians with unclear context or completion. The fragment mentions a half measure or portion but lacks coherent details for a fuller event or attribution.
Seeing electricity and the electron idea in vacuum tubes
The article describes discharge phenomena in vacuum tubes as a near sight of electricity. It traces Crookes’s 1870 idea of a fourth state of matter to corpuscles later named electrons by Stoney, noting electrons as the electric components of atoms and possibly matter itself.
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Crookes
Stoney
Fort Wayne traction firm secures franchises to Bryan Reach
Attorney W S O Rourke announced 21 franchises secured outside Fort Wayne for the Fort Wayne and Northeastern Traction electric line linking Fort Wayne with Bryan Ohio. The Bryan city council approved a franchise with acceptable conditions. Franchises now cover Allen and DeKalb Defiance Williams counties Hicksville and Bryan. Construction to be advertised and awarded soon with work starting in early spring.
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W. S. O’rourke
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne and Northeastern Traction Company
Bryan
Ohio
City of
Allen County
DeKalb County
Defiance County
Williams County
Hicksville
O’rourke
Indian Agency Reports Compare Birth and Death Rates
Charles M. Buchanan of Tulalip and Charles Wilkins of Umatilla present differing statistics on native birth and death rates. Buchanan notes births are half the death rate, implying a shrinking population, while Wilkins begins his report with contrasting figures.
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Charles M. Buchanan
Tulalip Indian Agency
Washington
Charles Wilkins
Umatilla Indian Agency
Pendleton
Ore
Jones
Notable Native Elder Passes at 114 Amid Land and Liquor Disputes
A venerable patriarch dies at age 114 as Tulalip Indians rapidly receive allotments while facing land claims by white settlers. Reports lament agents unable to curb hard drinking and liquor sales to Indians, with bias hindering prosecutions. Washington Times notes twelve agency liquor trials last year, only one conviction with light punishment.
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India
East Indies
Batavia
Java
Ceylon
United States
Nate
Tulalip
Hoth
Buchanan
Washington Times
The Elderly Falsifier Recounts A Storied Past
An aged fabulist narrates his imagined role with presidents and officials, recalling a supposed peak moment in his life as he lists encounters with Lincoln Seward and Chase. The tone mirrors a satirical reminiscence of a grand but dubious career.
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Lincoln
Seward
Mexico
Chase
Married at Academic Catholic Church in Monterey
At 8 Tuesday morning the marriage of Miss Mary Baker of Monterey Indiana and Lawrence Zehendner occurred at the Academic Catholic church. Miss Sylva Zehendner was bridesmaid and Thomas Dodd officiated as groomsman. The couple later attended a reception at 327 West Williams Street in Fort Wayne before departing for the Pacific coast for a month.
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Mary Baker
Monterey
Ind
Lawrence. Zehendner
James Zehendner
Allen County
Sylva Zehendner
Thomas Dodd
Jacob Erlenbaugh
West Williams Street
Mrs. Zehendner
Pacific Coast
Young Social Club Formed For Winter Events
A new club formed by local youths lists officers President George Sosenheimer and Secretary Treasurer Thomas Woulfe. A reception and dance are planned for Tuesday October 13 at Mulqueen's Hall with musician Will Young.
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George Sosenheimer
Thomas Woulfe
Mulqueen’s
Will Young
Vast Capitalization Figures Reported in U S Industry
A historic note discusses the largely fictitious capitalization of industrial combinations in the United States, revealing representations exceeding five billion dollars across multiple sectors. The passage surveys the magnitude and implications of inflated capitalization within six major industries.
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United States
Indian Baskets Show California Craft Beauty
Collectors of Indian baskets concede the greatest beauty in form and design to products from certain parts of California, highlighting regional excellence in craftsmanship.
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California
Mrs Pierce Hosts Ladies Aid at East Lewis Home
Mrs E G Pierce will entertain the Ladies Progressive Aid society at her home 929 East Lewis street on Wednesday afternoon. The event features music and dancing as part of the social afternoon with local attendees expected.
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E. G. Pierce
Ladies’Progressive Aid Society
East Lewis Street
Ernest
Herman Buhr
Amelia
George Tillock
St. Louie
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Fort Wayne-Bryan Line
New York Times
Academie
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