Week’s Happenings Highlight Roosevelts and Society
Theodore Roosevelt and Tileanor Tintler Alexander wed in New York then traveled to San Francisco for ten days of honeymoon. Stuyvesant Fish Jr plans to marry Mrs. J Mildred Dick at Garrison on the Hudson on July 14. Arthur Donner resigns as treasurer of American Sugar Refining, succeeded by Charlies H Allen of Lowell. Secretary Knox rejects use of his name for Pennsylvania GOP governor bid at Taft’s urging. Miss Mary Coes named dean of Radcliffe to replace Agnes Irwin. Richard S Aldrich ill with typhoid at Presbyterian Hospital, New York. Emperor William indisposed, cancels Kiel races. Dr Albert H Babcock dies at Brooklyn. Edith Gayner and Harry Kermit Winger elope and marry in Wilmington Del.
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Tileanor Tintler Alexander
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San Francisco
John FL Philips
United States Court For
Western District of Missouri
Stuyvesant Fish, Jr
J. Mildred Dick
Garrison
Hudson
Arthur Donner
Copany
Charlies H. Allen
Lowell
Mass
Taft
Knox
Pennsylvania
Mary Coes
Radcliffe College
Cambridge
Agnes Irwin
Richard S. Aldrich
N. W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Presbyterian Hospital
New York City
Emperor William
Kiel
Albert H. Babcock
America
Brooklyn
N.Y
Edith Gayner
Gaynor
Harry Kermit Winger
Wilmington
Del
Igo
Masked Bandits Hold Up Train In Utah Turmoil
Three masked bandits stopped Oregon Short Line train No 1 at Ogden using torpedoes on the track. They looted passengers and the express car while firing shots in the air. a woman lost diamond earrings and two railroad workers were wounded. One assailant was beaten by a stranger who later alerted authorities.
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Ogden
Utah
Oregon Short Line
Kirkwood
J. H. Ball
Roosevelt throat operation report denied
Reports that an operation on Theodore Roosevelt's throat were denied by Dr. Walter F. Chappell's secretary. Chappell was away and no engagement for his services by Roosevelt was confirmed. Oyster Bay officials said no visitors or information were available at Sagamore Hill. The rumor linked Roosevelt's Africa stay to throat huskiness from a small growth.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Walter F. Chappell
Chappel
Dictor Chappell
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
Col. Roosevelt
Africa
Iowa Jewelers Meet in Des Moines Coliseum Session
Iowa Retail Jewelers association holds its annual session in Des Moines at the Coliseum. Nielson of Harlan presides as the optometrists join the meeting. A four-cut program covers topics from raising standards to show window decoration and parcel post.
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Des Moines
Iowa Retail Jewelers’ Association
State Association of Optometrists
N. Nielson
Harlan
Spanish War Veteran Drowns in Philippine River
Relatives received word that Capt. E. Y. Miller, once of Bloomington Ohio and a notable captain of an Illinois militia during the Spanish-American War, drowned in a river on the Philippine Islands. The report cites the June 25 date.
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Bloomington
Philippine Islands
E. Y. Miller
Clay Workers Win Victory Over Company in Brazil
The Brazil Hollow Brick and Tile Company dismissed a temporary injunction against forty clay workers after a proposed settlement offer. Workers had accused stoning of executives but maintained the strike was peaceful. The court dissolved the injunction on motion by the workers’ attorney.
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Brazil
Brazil Hollow Brick and Tile Company
Cinquaves
Cley Ciesia
Jud Rowley
Prapasi
Hiw
Clay
John F. Brown
Thomas H. McCrea
Farmer Dies in Runaway Near Wabash
Vodac Leavengood a 50 year old farmer living 15 miles northwest of Wabash was killed when mules bolted dragging him half a mile under the wagon as he stood on the double tree. He leaves a widow and seven children.
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Wabash
Vodac Leavengood
Lavengood
Two Banks May Be Merged In Evansville
Announcement that Mercantile National bank stockholders may approve liquidating that bank and merging its funds with Mercantile Trust and Savings company follows reports the two banks held deposits totaling 750 060. In Danville John Eads a paroled convict pleaded guilty to involvement in horse theft and received a sentence of two to fourteen years in the Michigan City prison. In Evansville James Gibson tied a cow’s head and cut out her tongue, was arrested, and his case was placed under advisement.
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Evansville
Mercantile National Bank
Mercantile Trust and Savings Company
Horse Stauling
Danville
John Eads
Jeffersonville
John Poland
Sanford Hamblen
Clayton
Hendricks
Michigan City
James C. Gibson
Fire of incendiary origin damages Danville district
Danville reports a blaze of incendiary origin causing 2300 dollars in losses. Three frame Main Street buildings were destroyed and authorities investigated the suspect fire.
Indiana Briefs Across Cities Highlight Local Events
Evansville sees a mysterious fire destroying the livery and feed stable of Himann and Hermann after an auto party release the horses. loss about 10000 dollars. Notre Dame plans a canal linking Lakes St Joseph and Mary for a one mile water sheet to host brighter regattas this summer. Fort Wayne to raise tracks at Calhoun Street and elevate them, completion expected in eight weeks. Northwestern bankers form Indiana Bankers association No. 1, expanding group 12 to cover twelve counties. Columbus reports a secret wedding of Capt W H Afkin and Miss Christina J Murphy in Hope, with license secured but record suppressed. Newcastle notes arrest of John Butterworth aiding gambling, with game gear found on an interurban car. Laporte declares Judge Owen Heatlon as Republican candidate for Twelfth district Congress, to be nominated June 25. Laporte Sheriff reports possible Mrs Belle Gunness under surveillance in Idaho.
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Himann & Hermann
South Bend
St. Joseph and Mary’s
Notre Dame University
Notre Dame
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Calhoun Street
Pennsylvania and Wabash Railroads
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company
Local
Board of Public Works
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Indiana Bankers’ Association
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Fulton
Huntington
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Lagrange
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Whitley
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W. H. Afkin
Hope
Christina J. Murphy
Newcastle
John Butterworth
Butterworth
Kendallville
Civic
Leporte
Anstiss
Belle Gunness
Laporte
Moscow
Idaho
Ma. Gunness
Local option crackdown tightens after raids and closures
Anderson reports only one arrest for alleged local option violation as two weeks of closures follow. Police threaten more store and pool hall closings for card games and gambling. In Crawfordsville, James Miller’s death near Brookport prompts murder theory amid accidental drowning verdict. Willis Sering learns of his own death through newspaper report and railroad accident tale ending in Indianapolis hospital death.
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Pritchard
Ath Keouers
All Clear
Pealroom
Crawfordsville
James Miller
Ohio River
Brookport
Miller
Willis Sering
Sering
Lafayette
Mulberry
Inidlanapolis B
Mayor Orders Inquiry Into Gambling Allegations in Tipton
Tipton mayor Martz held a court of inquiry after local newspaper charges that gambling flourished in the city and that blind tigers operated there. He examined witnesses including the editor but found no direct evidence to substantiate the charge. The inquiry may resume, and police were told to watch Sunday liquor sales.
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Tipton
Opers
Martz
Fires, raids, and arrests disrupt Wabash county scene
Wabash sees a raid on an alleged blind tiger fail as Sheriff Freeman arrives to find a jail and barn burning. Lafontaine hotel on third floor also threatened. Evansville reports funding for courthouse repairs, plus a jail and road camp cruelty case and renewed tax valuations.
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Wabash
Lafontaine
Here
Freeman
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