Pardee Attacks Ballinger at National Irrigation Meet
Spokane August 12. Dr. George C. Pardee former California governor charged Secretary Ballinger with intruding into public land reclamation policy during the National Irrigation congress. Pardee aligned with Roosevelt praising first principles, while Ballinger supporters cheered as he spoke on reclamation and water power site ownership in land entries.
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Californina
Roosevelt
Spokane
Ballinger- Pinchot
National Irrigation Congress
George C. Pardee
California
Richard A. Wallinger
Interior
Ballinger
Pardee
Roosvelt
Garfield
Roevelt
Baliiness
Young man kills his father in heated Duluth family dispute
In Duluth Australia on 12 January G Ostby a leading local grocer was shot and killed by his eighteen year old son after a family argument over loyalties to his mother.
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Duluth
Aus
J. G. Ostby
L S M S Time Table for Going East
Train schedule lists multiple Nos for eastbound service with varying departure times. It notes Sundays service exclusions for Nos 2 154 and 5 and indicates No 43 stops for Chicago passengers only along with several departures and non running advisories.
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Eveae
Chicago
Tragic Inheritance Leads to Fatal Family Quarrel
A heated dispute over a funeral bill ended in a son fatally shooting his father. Ostby and his wife argued when the son drew a revolver and fired, the bullet striking the father in the brain and causing instant death. The son and family are central to the incident as reported.
Labor Men Aim to Defeat Governor Draper in Massachusetts
A Massachusetts AFL group at a special convention in Boston urged unity to defeat Eben S. Draper and all political enemies of the labor movement. The call followed Draper's vote on the eight hour labor bill approved by the last legislature.
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Draper
Massachusetts
Boston
Eben S. Draper
American Federation of Labor
Spanish Veterans at Odds in Pittsburg Convention
The Army of the Philippines and the Veterans of Foreign Service failed to affiliate as expected. Delegates arrived Tuesday but members resisted identity obliteration, so affiliation was not voted on.
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Pittsburg
Army of the Philippines
Veterans of Foreign Service
Crook in Army Uniform Sought for Forgery Swindle
Police hunt a man posing as Lt Donald C Thompson of the US Army. He ordered goods from two large stores and paid with bogus checks, using a coast artillery uniform with an engineering corps cap.
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St. Louis
Donald C. Thompson
United States Army
Coast Artillery
Engineering Corps
Honor to cardinal gibbons attends st marys cathedral dedication
Cardinal Gibbons arrives in Salt Lake City for the dedication of St. Mary's Cathedral on Sunday. Governor William Spry Mayor John Bransford Bishop Lawrence Scanlan and local leaders host a reception and dignitaries including former Senator Thomas Fearns welcome him.
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St. Mary's Cathedral
Salt Lake City
Utah
Yellowstone Pork
Cardinal Gibbons
William Spry
John S. Bransford
Lawrence Scanlan
Diocese of Utah
Salt Lake
Thomas Fearns
Pleasant Ridge Notices and Social Roundup
Pleasant Ridge items report visits from Mary Stuiz Ada Haines and Libbie Karn plus family entertainments and church events. The Ray Raefsnyder funeral drew a large crowd at Pleasant Ridge church while the Hoffmans plan travel to a cavern meeting. Baseball notes mention Adlers of South Bend vs Greys at Island Park next Sunday. A local asking for a helping hand with housekeeping on Third Street closes the list.
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Island Park Grounds
Adlers
South Bend
The
Greys
Garrett
Second Charge Brought in Persch Stock Scheme
New York reports a second charge against Donald L. Persch a young note broker jailed for larceny of F. Augustus Heinze copper stocks. Grand jury will hear evidence of a systematic scheme spreading to Philadelphia and Boston with bank stock vaults being emptied for profit. J M Everett of Boston and Carlos Warfield are cited as losses. Persch cashes twelve checks after selling the Heinze stock netting 95 000 dollars.
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New York
Donald L. Persch
F. Augustus Heinze
Philadelphia
Boston
Heinze
Wall Streets
District Attorney
J. M. Everett
Youngersch
Persch
Everett
Carlos Warfield
Heinze Copper
Old Settlers Day Highlights and Local Notices
Wells county opposes spending 12000 on voting machines. Marion hosts big picnic for horseshoers and families. Guriner family reunion planned in Wabash on Aug 25. Columbia City Old Settlers Day features an old fashioned spelling match. Vacuum Bait Co incorporated in North Manchester with 5000 capital. Dr H O Stewart named pension examining surgeon at Huntington. Susan Shroyer of Decatur dies at 97. Rain needed in Wells county. crops suffer. Auburn library building may open Jan 1 1911. Warsaw water carnival features Heinz float, 58th variety. Jack Higgins, 9, enjoys long horseback ride at Wabash. Angola canvass shows opposition to Carnegie library site. Rev Ravenfight resigns from Auburn Church of Christ. Judge Fox in serious condition after heat. Montpelier seeks to rid itself of undesirable residents. Noble County Horticultural Society meets Aug 19. Mrs Fannie Southworth dies in Washington at 85. Growcock child recovers after swallowing morphine tablets. Perry Alexander sues Bluffton cab driver for injuries. Mrs S Haisley locked in closet, nearly dies. Warsaw high school grads can enter Case School with certificates. John Ellis predicts death and becomes ill. dies soon after. Sheriff Meyer arrested in Decatur, case dismissed. Conflict over arrest of Warren Wilkenson.
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Wells County
Horseshoers
Marion
Guriner
Wabash
Columbia City
North Manchester
H. O. ‘Stewart
Huntington
L. B. Johnson
Susan Shroyer
Decatur
Auburn
Warsaw
Heinz
Nickle
Jack Higgins
Angola
City
Carnegie Public Library
Co. F. Eavenfight
Auburn Church of Christ
Henry C. Fox
Wayne Circuit Court
Richmond
Montpelier
Fannie Southworth
Green Township
Noble County
Washington
Oscar Growcock
Churubusco
Perry Alexander
Redkey
Richard Humphrey
Bluffton
Humphrey
S. &. Haisley
Fairmount
H. S. Kauffman
Case School
Cleveland
John Ellis
Muncie
Meyer
Adams County
Warren Wilkenson
Census Supervisors Named by Taft Expected Soon
Washington August 12. More than 200 supervisors for the thirteenth census to be appointed by President Taft will be announced next Saturday or Monday. Most states will have one supervisor per congressional district, while large cities will have a single supervisor regardless of district count.
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Washington
Taft
Search for man sought in death of 17 year old Miss Schumacher
County and city officials with farmers and laborers scoured marshes near Holy Sepulcher cemetery on Lake Ontario for a suspect in the killing of Anna Schumacher a seventeen year old girl killed at the cemetery last Saturday. The hunt involved up to 150 men with a 50 strong posse of farmers and officers and the suspect was said to have boarded a Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh train west of the cemetery before fleeing the area.
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Rochester
Holy Sepulcher Cemetery
Lake Ontario
Anna Schumacher
Buffalo
Pittsburg
B and O Seals Major Steel Order To Illinois Steel Co
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces a large equipment upgrade. It reports contracts totaling six to seven million dollars and orders 3,000 tons of steel rails from the Illinois Steel Company of Gary Tad as part of the year’s program.
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Illinois Steel Company
Gary
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Illinois ‘Steel Company
Tad
Michigan Boy Dies in Mine Cage Crush
A Detroit youth, Neil Se aged twenty two, son of a prominent local family, was killed when a cage collapsed in a mine. The incident occurred in Lafayette as authorities investigate the crash and safety failures.
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Michigan
Detroit
Neil Se
Lafayette
Sunday Socials and Tragedy at Fish Lake
Olin Elliott spent Sunday with Perry Fisher and Miss Twinkle Prough of Elkhart is visiting home for a week. John McKibben and family visited Harv ey Miller. Madge Coffin and Cle lia Coffin spent Sunday with Myron and Susie Prough. Charles Farley, recently in Flint Michigan, returned home for the weekend. An ice cream social is planned by the ladies aid at Fish Lake church next Saturday. Samuel Thomas and wife visited their ill grandson near Goshen. Wm Palmer of Eaton Ohio and Albert Prough of Burr Oak called on illness in the family. A large crowd attended the Sunday school picnic at Mitlersburg, their first in years. Sammie Thomas, 8, fell from a smoke-house roof Sunday morning. he was unconscious and a physician was called.
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John L. Berkey
W. J. Hoffman
George Everhock
Warsaw
Ira Leer
Jesse Berkey
Bristol
Mary Stuiz
Goshen
Frank Caton
Wm. Baird
Libbie Karn
Elkhart
Ada Haines
South Bend
Mabel Troyer
Howard County
John Helm
B. F. Leer
Lagrange County
J. L. Berkey
Ralph Kitson
Floyd Rearsnyder
Benton Harbor
William Bickle
J.M. Katz
Olin Elliott
Perry Fisher
Twinkle Prough
John McKibben
Harvey Miller
Madge
Clélia Coffin
Myron
Susie Prough
Charles Farley
Flint
Mich
Ladies’ Aid Society
Fish Lake
Samuel Thomas
Wm. Palmer
Eaton, O
Albert
Prough
Burr Oak
Mitlersburg
Sammie
John Thomas
Deer Hunt Amid California Wildfire Leaves Many Dead
A forest fire on Duncan Peak near Duncan Springs California drives hundreds of deer fawns rabbits and other game into the fields where locals shoot in a spontaneous hunt. Fourteen bucks and a brown bear slain many animals escape in dense smoke and long-range fusillades.
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Ukiah
Cali
Duncan Peak
Duncan
Hopland
Rural Real Estate Listings in Elkhart County
Advertises multiple farms and properties for sale or exchange in Elkhart County including 300 acre farm with timber and stock, 28 acre fruit farm near Goshen, 65 acre fruit farm, and 7 mile from Goshen options. Notes additional city properties and hardware business prospect. Specializes in Michigan lands.
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Goshen
Elkhart
Elkhart County
Michigan Lands
Panama Canal Work Slows In July
Washington reports a small drop in Panama Canal excavation in July from June and from July 1908. Engineers cite no public reason for the decrease while noting total excavation reached 2,848,260 cubic yards compared with 2,895,793 in June and 3,156,350 in July last year.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Umpire Gifford Umpires Game Amid Guarded Protest
Augusta on Aug 12 sees Umpire Gifford preside over a South Atlantic league game under heavy security after President Jones overruled the Augusta club. Twenty-five policemen protect him as Macon challenges the ruling. Weather forecast follows with showers and warmer conditions in multiple states.
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Augusta
Augusta Club
Jones
Gifford
Macon
Chicago grain and livestock markets report
Winter wheat and corn prices shown by grade with small changes. Livestock in Chicago and East Buffalo feature hog and cattle quotations, with receipts around 18 000 cattle and 23 000 hogs, and additional figures for sheep and lambs. East Buffalo reports slow cattle and hog markets with mixed price ranges and specific calf and lamb values.
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Chicago
Perth
East Buffalo
Dunning& Stevens
Buffalo
Elgin
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Interior Department
L. S
M. S
Goshen & Michigan Branch
C. O. Charlton
Chichester’s
Vane Dragist
Chichesters
Pruglists
the Health CO
Nassau St
Drus Store
Indianapolis
Army of Philippines
Crook
Pleasant Ridge
Third ‘Street
Posses
BIG Steel
TEE
Salinger. Bros
Chief of Engineers
J. W. Balyeat
N. Main St
Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kranich & Back
Ivers & Pond
J. & C. Fischer
Crown
Hobart M. Cable
Pease, Sterling
Kingsbury
Regent
Concord
Rogers & Wilson
O. O. Miller
Blough Bros. & Mehl
Phone 390
Gos
Tein Gas
Newell Bros
Foulard
Batistes
Dimitres Toile du Nord
Gloria
Russia
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