Lawton Monument Unveiled and Roosevelt Address in Indianapolis
President Roosevelt delivered the principal address at the unveiling of the Henry W. Lawton monument in Indianapolis. He discussed railway problems and praised Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton. A noon arrival from Canton with Vice President Fairbanks was followed by a parade and a luncheon before a two mile parade route. Canton residents consider preserving the McKinley home as a memorial with possible city purchase or a gift from relatives.
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Roosevelt
Henry W. Lawton
Indianapolis
Ind
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
Canton
Ohio
Fairbanks
Court House Square
United States
Indiana National Guard
Veterans of the
McKinley
Mount Vernon
Mecca
Triplets born to Marion couple raise family count
Mrs. Robert Woods of Marion Indiana gave birth to three girls weighing about four pounds seven ounces each. The Woods now have a larger family with seven children and ages of parents 35 and 41. The husband works as a cab driver.
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Robert Woods
Marion
Ind
Woods
eMerekisen Te
Sunset Express wreck kills engineer and stowaway near Bradley
Southern Pacific passenger train No. 10 known as the Sunset Express was ditched near Bradley Kan. Engineer James Bybee of San Francisco died instantly along with a man stealing a ride. The fireman was badly scalded. An investigation into the wreck’s cause is underway.
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Southern Pacific
Bradley
Kan
James Bybee
San Francisco
Jealousy Believed Motive In Alpena Mason Slaying
Charles Mallette of Alpena Michigan killed his wife in a jealous act. Friends of the deceased say the jealousy claim has no factual basis. Mallette lies in jail and will not speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mallette
Alpena, Mich
Mallette
Chicago Chronicle Halts Publication After May Issue
The Chicago Chronicle announces it will cease publication with the May 30 issue due to long running unprofitability.
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Chicago Chronicle
Tragic house fire kills woman and three children
Mrs. Lee Chapman of Piscah or Pis cagh Indiana mistook gasoline for kerosene and set her home ablaze burning herself and all three children to death.
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Lee Chapman
Piscagh, In
War Correspondent Joseph L. Stickney Dies at Home
War correspondent Joseph L. Stickney, famed for reporting from Manila Bay with Admiral Dewey, has died at his Michigan home. His career spanned major battles and he was a noted chronicler of wartime events.
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Joseph L. Stickney
Olympia
Dewey
Manila
Michigan
Minnesota Tribute Monument Dedication in Vicksburg
A $25,000 monument honoring Minnesota soldiers who fought at Vicksburg was dedicated in Vicksburg Mississippi. Governors Johnson of Minnesota and Vardaman of Mississippi and their staffs spoke as bad weather shortened the program.
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Minnesota
Vicksburg
Miss
Johnson
Vardaman
Mississippi
May Be King of Hungary claimed for Prince Eitel Friedrich
Berlin correspondent of the London Daily Mail reports a theory that Prince Eitel Friedrich may be destined to become King of Hungary, as part of the Kaiser's succession plans.
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Hungary
Berlin
London Daily Mail
Eitel Friedrich
Mrs. McKinley Dies in Canton After Illness
Mrs. McKinley widow of the martyred president died at Canton Ohio Sunday afternoon after a long illness marked by a recent paralysis stroke. She rests in West Lawn vault until the national mausoleum completion on Monument Hill when both caskets will be moved. Born June 8 1847 in Canton Ida Saxton McKinley lived a devoted life with William McKinley, joining him on campaigns and tours as she supported him through years of public service.
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Canton
McKinley
Ohio
MecKinley
Lim
James A. Saxton
Ianker
Ida Saxton
Delhi
N.Y
Cleveland Academy
Mr. McKinley
United States
Unprecedented Cold Hurts Crops Nationwide
The nation endures a two week cold spell with widespread crop damage from rotting seeds and stunted growth. Weather experts cite Siberian air masses and high northward flow, while reports from Peoria to Omaha show oats, wheat, corn, and berries severely affected with forecasts of possible substantial losses.
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Bogy Mountains
Washington Weather Urean
Weather Bureau
Siberia
British Columbia
Mae Northwest
Middle West
Great Lakes
New York
New Enehkind
Kansas
H. O. Frankenfeld
Uut
Peoria
Ukl
Central Llibo
la Crosse
Wis
Minnesota
St. Paul Railway
Tent Sbemetets AM
Minneapolis
Minn
Cleveland
Ohio
Wabash
Ind
Keokuk
Lowa
Omaha
Neho
Nebraska
Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Wolverine
Thigh Park
Pals Ht
Schuylkit Valley
St. Joseph
Louisville
Kentucky
Indiana
Fire Losses and Costs Run Into Billions in Uproar
Opinion piece argues fires drain the nation through property losses and insurance costs. It cites San Francisco as a case study with estimates of hundreds of millions in direct damage and long cleanup, contrasting with a modest insurance payout to rebuild after delays.
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San Francisco
Notable 19th Century Dignitaries and Explorers in Brief
Gen Funston collected botanical specimens for the Department of Agriculture in Leopold. The Duke of Orleans plans a northeast Greenland expedition this spring. The Sultan of Turkey favors water as his main drink, with sealed palace supplies. The Prince of Monaco sails to Spitzbergen to study upper air currents. Col O G Munson, Wisconsin state senator, is Gov Davidson's private secretary and has not drawn pay. Rev James Woodrow, recently deceased, was ousted from a southern seminary for evolution heresy twenty years ago.
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Funston
Department of Agriculture
Leopold
Europe
Russia
Duke of Orleans
Greenland
Turkey
Prince of
Monaco
Spitzbergen
O. G. Munson
Wisconsin
Gov. Davidson
James Woodrow
Southern Theological Seminary
Maine faker lured farmer with second sight to Indian gold
The article recounts Sanmet Gordon of Maine who sheltered a con man known as Flo the faker. The faker claimed Indian gold lay in nearby woods and led Gordon to mortgage his farm to buy land. Gordon dug unsuccessfully for treasure, later losing health and family as the hoax failed.
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Maine
Huins
Ifa Faker
Sanmet Gordon
Ear Maewaher
Gordon
Geo
Flo
Hoephen
Gordon Joss
Vast Growth Since 1800 In U S Conditions
A Department of Commerce and Labor abstract surveys U S growth from 1800 to the present in area population production and wealth. It notes population density rising from 6.5 to about 28 per square mile and per capita wealth increasing from 807 to 1319. Bank deposits shipping imports and exports numbers are listed with various years and shifts. The report also references cotton products, corn production and rising manufacturing value. It mentions an inquiry into the timber trust and antitrust probes with special agents in the field.
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United States
Tso
Department of Commerce and Labor
Soo
PSO
TOG
Tsing
Challenge to Brain Localization of Speech Theory
Beata Ivinney and Speech contest the idea that a specific brain region controls speech and that injury there disrupts language. Terre Mariea cites aphasia experiments and argues that word deafness reflects reduced intelligence, not pure language loss, suggesting the traditional localization theory is untenable.
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Beata Ivinney
Spaech
Terre Maries
Literary Digest
Georgia Forest Protection Upheld Against Smelters
The Supreme Court ruled Georgia may shield its forests from smoke and fumes. It enjoins Tennessee Copper and Ducktown Sulphur and Iron to stop operations that harm Georgia vegetation, giving Georgia time to file a decree form by the October term. The case, tied to Standard Oil–affiliated owners, focuses on forest preservation and cross-state environmental impact.
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Supreme Court
Georgia
Tennessee Copper Company
Ducktown Sulphur and Iron Company
Tennessee
Standard Oil
Indiana Vets Meet Wa. A Ketcham Chosen Commander Crowds View Parade
Fort Wayne dispatch reports the Indiana G A R state encampment ad journed to meet in Kokomo next year. William A. Ketcham of Indianapolis elected department commander over Diones M. Barlow of Plainfield by 26 to 214. Mrs Mirabah Walker Clinton heads the W R C and Mrs Jennie Irvin New Albany leads the Ladies of the GALR. The event featured lengthy marches, a parade with Indiana National Guard and Tibernian Rifles, and addresses by Col Henry L Turner and Commander Grown.
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Fort Wayne
Department of Indiana
Kokomo
William A. Ketcham
Indianapolis
Diones M. Barlow
Plainfield
Mirabah Walker
Clinton
W. RR. CL
Jennie Irvin
New Albany
GALR
Benjamin W. Skelton
Terre Taute
N. J. Walker
Fortville
S. M. Hamilton
Connersville
John F. Alexander
Bedford
T. C. Rouse
Terre Traute
J. FE. Loughrey
Monticello
W. W. Wood
Wabash
D.C. Elder
Greensbury
EL R. Brown
Deta Ment
J. R. Fesler
Assant
Grown
Fininees
Col Fesler
SSOC
Fedger
Princess Theater
First Baptist Church
William 2. Breen
Sueerhruth Wall
Perry al Randall
Col
Dln
Foster
Brown
Afinirn
Daversall
Laura Lo Purr Sane
Columbia
Oceans
Dh Ford Urbahns
Kfenry L. Turner
Chicago
Roosevelt
Poer
Ware
Indiana National Guard
Barger
McGinnis
Todianapolis
Wayne
Efe
Borr Wayne
al Peanie
Amos RR. Walter
Iudiana National Guard
Tibernian Rifles
Prinece Steps
Gen. McGinnis
Gov. Pachin
John C. Chaney
Th. O B. Brown
Zanesville
Ohio
BE. R. Brown
Leighty
Adair
Gilliams
Miller
Admiral Brown
William T. Armstrong
Waugh
Women's Relief Corps
Browning
GAL R
Etta Lee Toby
Eliza Browning
Attica
G. A. Re
Elmira A. Cassell
Carrie T. Porter
Emma Dalton
Winfield
Kan
Order
Indiana
Elvira (¢‘Assell
Westpoint
Hannah Goelpin
Marion
Rt. BE. Louis
Washington
Mary Stirk
Amanda Edsall
Jackson
Hammond
Belle W. Epplin
Tangier
D. R. Lucas
Sarah A. White
Rockville
Fragmented Chronology of World Events and Figures
A garbled list of historical notes touches on emperors, explorers, explorers, and rulers. It references Henry V, Sir Nicholas Bacon, Champlain, Magna alliances, legal milestones, translations, and various 18th to 19th century events across Europe, America, and beyond in a battered OCR style.
Hoosier Happenings of Drowning and Daily Tragedies
A roundup of Indiana incidents reports Edward Meyers drowning in the Wabash. William Kemp killed by Lake Shore locomotive at Kendallville. Leo Huff dies after being crushed by a coal car. A three year old dies after drinking whiskey in Newburg. Smallpox quarantine on Tipton County Deputy Treasurer John Marker. Various accidents, thefts, injuries, and local incidents across Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Muncie, and Shelbyville.
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Wiliam Kemp
Delta
Ohio
Lake Shore
Kendallville
John Marker
Tipton County
Lake Erie
Elwood
Ins
Pierce Must Face Trial In Federal Court Extradition Ordered
In St Louis a federal judge denied writ of habeas corpus for Hilas Pierce, Waters-Pierce Oil Company leader. Pierce faces extradition to Texas on a perjury indictment. He was ordered held with $26,000 bond as his attorney signaled appeals to the Circuit Court and Supreme Court.
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St. Louis
Jade Adams
Hilas Pierce
Waters-Pierce Il Company
Chiatt
Wis Theta Party
Crades
Jludse Adis
Merce
Priest
Circuit Court F of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Pierce
Problem of Flying Solved Says Prof Bell in London
Prof Wexander Graham Bell declares aerial navigation solved with America leading in flying machines. He credits Chamate and Wright brothers progress, notes Lansley’s failed Potomac test to be attempted again by Manley, and mentions a Cape Breton summer program with a 15 horsepower engine for a manned kite.
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Wexander Graham Bell
Vna London
America
Thanoair
Bell
Octave Chamate
de Wrieht Brothers
Prof
Lansley
Smithsonian
Manley
Potomac River
England
Oxford
Cape Breton Island
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Jeader
Galveston, Ind
Sam E. Thurston
Vy Eee
Lawton
Ohio Penitentiary
Charles E. Fowler
Cuyahoga County
Dellsion
Cleveland & Southwestern
Wellington
Sixth Street
Middle Avenue
Elyria
Mrs. M'Kinley
Whang the Miller
Rie Stiek
Lamber Frost
Bureau of Corporations
Seth
Tas Suerte
Tmber Trust
Fede Company
Oller
Ats
Elie Neter
Beetr Auieder Wiirt
Huewe
Aigres Miler Acho
Indiana “Vets
Henry V
Verecht
Nicholas Bacon
James
Samuel de Champlain
Catnada
Alliancee
Vienna
Richard Cromwell
St. Petersburg
Peter the Goreat
Marutibes
Ywsi
Seige
Ategasta
Mungo Park
Africa
Duroe
Reichenbach
Toliva
Edward Livingston
Louisiana
Levi Woodbury
New Hampshire
Navy
Sir John Franklin
Sheerness
Arctic
A. Conan Doyle
Port Royal
Virginia
Queen Victoria
Canada
Earl of Dufferin
Cumida
ITI
Don Carlos
France
Victoria
Duke of Albany
Royal Society of Canada
Ottawa
Brooklyn Bridge
Iss Shah of Persia
St Petersbuts
Leslie Carter
George Francis
World
Sen
Carlisle
Free Cornace
Sound
TX -Bresei
Ning Poambere
Ttaty
Oqregan
Rechambeau
Washington, D.C
Somaliland
Sea of Dhepan
Kennion Oof Presbyterian Church
Cnorthe
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Dies Moines
Hoosier
Edward Meyers
New Harmony
Wabash River
Leo H. Huff
Scales Electrical Coal Company
Boonville
Willis
Newburg
Portlan
A. A. Adair
Frank McCully
Hiammond
Mary Ryan
Cincinnati
Robert Miley
Brandywine
Shelbyville
Red
Blue River
Morristown
Whiting
Josep Dwyer
Terre Haute
Isabel Dwyer
Dwyer
Henry Canary
EL. A. Feight
Muncie
Lois
Fern Lee
Feight
Frankfort
Aaron Elliott
Dearborn County
Lawrenceburg
Lawrencebury
Aurora
Mentucky
Travis Dailey
Flatrock River
St. Paul
William Ballard
Theresa Ellis
Edward Eis
Milan
Raymond Hildebrandt
F. M. Pittman
Logansport
Toby
August Malik
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