Ten Pound Boy Born to Senator Beveridge Family
A son weighing ten pounds was born today to Senator Albert J. Beveridge and Mrs Beveridge of Indiana at Manchester Mass. Both mother and child are doing well. The Beveridges have summered at a cottage in Smith's Point since early July. Imperial olive oil pure and made from selected olives, 60c a pint at Batterton's. Now is the time to subscribe.
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Manchester
Mass
Albert J. Peveridge
Indiana
Beveridge
Smith’s Point
Imperial
Batterton’s
Quieting Springfield Riot Aftermath in Illinois
Springfield faces a gradual quieting after last week’s race riot. About 100 people arrested, a special grand jury convened, and eight to ten saloon keepers jailed for defying closing orders. Mayor Reece warns licenses will be revoked for future violations as nearby towns absorb many mostly black residents fleeing Springfield. Decatur and Champaign receive the migrants.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Reece
Decatur
Champaign
Illinois
St. Paul Merchant Targeted by Bogus Check
Roy C. Kanouse, a St. Paul merchant, was bilked for 25 dollars by a man using the name Dr. H. C. Meek of Indianapolis who sought cashing a check on an Indianapolis bank. The check proved fictitious. Meek had no account there. Investigation linked the impostor to his father J. S. Meek of 3009 Capital Ave, Indianapolis, and noted the man had escaped from an asylum and served time at Jeffersonville Reformatory.
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Roy C. Kanouse
St. Paul
H. C. Meek
Indianapolis
Kanouse
Dr. Meek
J. S. Meek
Capital Avenue
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Letters Held Up Over Irish postal Rate Change
The article notes a rate cut to two cents to England effective October 1 causing letters without proper stamps to be held for extra postage in England. The current rate is five cents for a half ounce, and the transition will delay mail until the extra charge is collected.
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England
Admission Seekers to Indiana Methodist Conference
The Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference plans a September 15 meeting in this city for one week. About 325 to 350 ministers and numerous applicants seek admission, including Lester A. Jones and Harry E. Heas of Indianapolis and others from Greencastle, Crothersville, Moores Hill, Patriot, Campbellsburg, Shelbyville, Spraytown, Jasonville, Boston, Fairland, Sandborn, Elnora, and Dugger. Shelby Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Methodist Episcopal Conference
Lester A. Jones
Harry E. Heas
Indianapolis
John French
Canaan
George E. Emericch
William E. McHetters
Greencastle
Owen A. Wilson
Crothersville
James A. Gardner
Physicians Meet Here On Typhoid Fever Prophylaxis
Friday evening at the Carnegie Library a meeting of physicians discussed typhoid fever causes and prevention. The doctors noted it is contagious and spread by germ transfer and water contamination and urged knowledge on care to curb fever. attendees included Drs Bentle Bird Bland Kerchaval Sanders Thomas White and Woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library
P. C. Bentle
Charles R Bird
Curtis Bland
C. F. Kerchaval
I. M. Sanders
R. M. Thomas
B. S. White
J. M. Woods
Woodard Named Delegate to National Convention in Denver
C A Woodard of I and C Traction Co an engineer and member of the National Association of Stationary Engineers No 25 Indianapolis is elected delegate for the National Convention to be held in Denver Colorado Sept 8 to 12 He sails from Indianapolis Sept 5 on a Big Four train His son in law of Mr and Mrs Thomas Eubanks Shelbyville Democrat congratulates him on the honor.
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C. A. Woodard
I. & C. Traction Co
National Association of Stationary Engineers
Indianapolis
Denver
Colo
Shelbyville
Woodard
Thomas Eubanks
Indiana Birth Rate Falls In June Says Dr Hurty
Dr J N Hurty secretary of the State Board of Health laments low June births in Indiana. He notes a rate of 1186 per thousand not meeting the required twenty births per thousand. June births total 4173, down from 4446 in May.
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J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Indiana
Hurty
Twenty Seventh Annual 37th Indiana Regimental Reunion
Invitation from T A Shirk president and Mrs Eliza J Crisler secretary for Greensburg event on September 8 1908. Survivors urged to attend and report deaths or other important information to the secretary.
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T. A. Shirk
Eliza J. Crisler
37Th Indiana Regimental Association
Greensburg
Dr Clempson Kennedy Dies Suddenly at 71 in Kansas
Dr Clempson B Kennedy of Parsons Kansas died suddenly of heart trouble at Erie Kansas last Saturday. He was 71 and former physician at St Paul and Waldron. He leaves a wife a son and a daughter. He was cousin to the Kennedys of this city and his wife sister of Attorney Claude Cambern of Rushville. News item from Shelbyville.
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Clempson B. Kennedy
Parsons
Kansas
Erie
Kas
In the West H B Sherman Tells About Events
H B Sherman shares insights from western territories detailing conditions, travel, and notable occurrences. The column emphasizes frontier life, weather, and local economics with observations from mid-century travel.
Crops and Politics in Kansas and Oklahoma
Traveling correspondent reports general conditions in Kansas and Oklahoma in August 1908. Wheat is light, corn prospects poor in the Southwest, alfalfa thrives and fuels new mills. Political notes lean toward Taft and Roosevelt, with Democratic tensions in Oklahoma and Kansas and tainted campaigns involving Haskell and Long. The writer plans a North Dakota trip and anticipates further observations.
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Wichista
Kan
Epstorr Standard
Kansas
Oklahoma
Taft
Bryan
Haskell
Democratic Campaign Committee
Standard Oil Co
Bond
Murray
Senator Long
Ben Bristow
Roosevelt
Long
Teddy
North Dakota
Death of John Larigan at St Paul after long illness
John Larigan of near St Paul died Friday morning after a long illness of consumption. He was forty four, unmarried, and had lived in California for twenty one years before returning home due to the climate. Funeral services were held at St Paul on Monday at nine o'clock.
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John Larigan
St. Paul
Largest Indiana Electric Locomotive Built for Union Traction
The central shops of the Indians union traction company at Anderson produced the largest electric locomotive in Indiana for internal use. Valued at 85,000 dollars, the machine measures thirty feet long, seven feet six inches wide, twelve feet high, with a twenty four foot wheel base. It weighs 80,000 pounds and delivers 800 electric horsepower to the drivers.
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Indiana
Indians Union Traction Company
Anderson
Balloon Fire At Frankfort Fairgrounds Ends Safely
A hot air balloon at the Frankfort Indiana fairgrounds caught fire during ascent to 600 feet. Balloonist McClellan Wolfe leaped to safety using a functioning parachute and landed unharmed. Wolfe, formerly a telegrapher, is noted as an airman and expert in his trade.
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Frankfort
Ind
McClellan Wolfe
Newpoint
Terra Firma
Wolfe
Watermelon Feast At Ogden Grant Auto Lot
About 100 car owners attended a watermelon feast given by Ogden and Grant auto dealers of Columbus. The event occurred near Elizabethtown on Sunday with around seventy five melons eaten and social time afterward. Attendees from the county included Barton McLaughlin, Charles Ryan and wife, Lon Brooks, George Alexander, Estevan Allen and wife, George Lanham and wife of the city, and Will Minor of Burney.
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Ogden & Grant
Columbus
Elizabethtowo
Barton McLaughlin
Charles Ryan
Lon Brooks
George Alexander
Estevan Allen
George Lanham
Will Minor
Burney
Secret Leaks Out John McElroy and Miss Fio Hollis wed
John McElroy and Miss Fio Hollis were married on Sunday August 9 by Rev Harry Moon of Seymour. They planned a secret until next month but publicized the event. They will reside with the groom’s parents on North East street and begin housekeeping next month. The Standard offers congratulations.
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John McElroy
Fio Hollis
Harry Moon
Seymour
Walter McElroy
North East
New Stalls at Engine House
Work began Monday morning tearing away the engine house floor. A new cement floor will be put in perfectly sanitary. Horse stalls will have cement floors with traps under each to be flushed daily and refuse drained into the sewer. The hook and ladder wagon is stabled at the Anderson barn on West Main Street during the work.
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Anderson Barn
West Main Street
Isaac Dixon Dies on Meek Farm in San Dusky
Isaac Dixon a tenant and employee on the Jethro Meek farm near San dusky died Sunday at 9 of paralysis. He was fifty, leaves a wife and six children. Funeral services were held at the home on Tuesday at 10.
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Isaac Dixon
Jethro Meek
Sandusky
Mr. Meek
Home Pilfered Intruder Visits Davidson House on East Main
An unnamed intruder visited Thomas Davidson's East Main Street home while the family was away in Canada. The thief ransacked every drawer and closet though nothing was stolen, and while valuables remained untouched on the side-board, the strange visit raises questions about motive and identity.
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Thomas €. Davidson
East Main Street
Canada
Burial in Civil War Coat for Captain Sears
Captain John Sears of Lancaster Ohio who witnessed President Lincoln's assassination and helped carry the wounded president from Ford's Theatre was buried Wednesday morning wearing his old civil war blue coat. The sleeve and left side of the uniform showed blood where he had rested Lincoln's head. He was laid to rest in the coat per his wish.
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John Sears
Lancaster
Ohio
President Lincoln
Lient
Sears
Mr. Lincoln
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Minear Dry Goods Company
Hart Schaffner Marz
Howe
Carter & Co
First National Bank Building
Greensburg, Ind
Ten Pound Boy
Physicians Meeting
37Th Regiment
Reunion
H. B. Sherman
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