Campaign To Curb Cigarette Sales To Boys
Virgil H. Lockwood of the Children's Aid Society cites a 1000 percent rise in boy cigarette use in Indianapolis after repeal of a cigarette sales law. Mothers clubs plan to unite with the Mother's club of public schools to pressure stores, boycott sellers if needed, and pursue prosecutions to stop cigarette sites before school opens in fall.
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Virgil H. Lockwood
The
Children’s Aid Society
Lockwood
Christamore
Mr. Lockwood
Prison and Works Boards to Meet in Indianapolis
Indiana State Prison Board of Control and Michigan City Board of Public Works will meet in Indianapolis this week to discuss a Willard avenue sewer project and its benefits to the state. President R C Houston of the prison board arranged the conference with Michigan City officials.
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Prison and Works Boards
the Board of Public Works of Michigan
Indianapolis
Mall of A
R. C. Houston
Prison Board
Michigan City
Salvation Army Denies Eva Booth Engagement Rumor
London reports Eva Booth of the Salvation Army family being engaged to a prominent Englishman. Salvation Army authorities in London deny the claim as entirely unfounded.
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London
Eva Booth
Salvation Army
Georgia George Despondent Girl Tries Wood Alcohol Suicide
Georgia George 17 a maid in Frank E Brown’s home 2722 N Pennsylvania St attempted suicide by drinking wood alcohol after a quarrel with a Brown family member. City dispensary doctors treated her for about an hour and saved her.
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Georgia George
Frank E. Brown
Pennsylvania Street
Brown
Monument mixup at Urbana grave sites shocks Ohio
A Cleveland report reveals a Kenton memorial in Oakdale cemetery Urbana sits over an unrelated grave. The unmarked 1886 burial of famed Indian fighter Simon Kenton was later found to be in Logan county on Thomas Wickersham’s farm, where a different grave now lies beneath the marker for John Owens.
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Cleveland, CO
Simon Kenton
Oakfale
Urbana
Wes
Thomas Wickersham
Logan County
Kenton
John Owens
Prying queries bother maiden and census taker dialogue
A playful exchange during a fall census interview in Meridian Street apartment house. The single woman asserts she is not married while the enumerator notes unmarried persons living alone and asks age birthplace and language abilities. The dialogue touches on suffrage and records.
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Sue
Indiana
Union
Confederate Army
Navy
Gilhams Boomed for Governorship in Indiana
An Indiana newspaper reports that northeast Indiana backs A. Gilhams of Lagrange for governor. The Lagrange Standard cites adversity as qualification and notes the 1910 Republican ticket lacking north of Kokomo candidates besides Judge Harry B. Luthill. It suggests a new 1912 trial with Gilhams as contender.
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A. Gilhams
Lagrange
Indiana
Lagrange Standard
Standard
Clarence €. Gilhams
Twelfth
Mr. Gilhams
Fraternal Insurance Bodies Face Disruption Warned
John A. Hartigan of Minnesota, president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, warned at the Chicago meeting that many fraternal insurance societies operating nationwide could fail due to inadequate assessment rates. The first session opened with Beau E. Folk of Tennessee presiding as insurance commissioner.
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Chicago
John A. Hartigan
Minnesota
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Beau E. Folk
Tennessee
Chaney Joins Race for Indiana Second District Nomination
John Chaney of Sullivan a former congressman is expected to seek the Republican nomination before the Bloomington convention on May 17. State Senator Oscar Bland of Linton is also a candidate. Delegates are to be chosen May 7 with a county by county process, though critics note a deviation from a two day prior delegate selection.
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Perted
Bloomington
Oscar E. Bland
Linton
State Committee
David Warfield to Join the Shuberts
New York report says David Warfield long tied to David Belasco plans to leave Belasco’s company in autumn and sign with the Shuberts. The dispute over future plays and a rumored hundred thousand dollar bonus from the Shuberts are cited as motives for the move.
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New York
David Warfield
David Belasco
Trump Ecard
Mr. Belasco
Shuberts
Warfield
Rhuberts
Astor Sues for 40000 Over City Improvements
New York story of Wildim Walstorf Astor, once a royal expatriate, seeking 40000 from the city government claiming depreciation in New York property due to improvements. He cites the fourteenth amendment as backing his claim.
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New York
Wildim Walstorf Astor
King Edsward
United States
New York City
Astor
Maple sugar arrives as Senators snack in Washington
Hundreds of pounds of maple sugar arrive in Washington as Senators, led by Vermont’s Carrol S. Page, vote him the most thoughtful man. Each senator receives a dozen cakes with a card and a quotation from Vermont poet John Godfrey about men and sugar.
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Washington
S. Page
Vermont
Senator Page
John Godfrey
Health and Beauty Remedies From Mes Mae Martyn Advice Column
Readers receive home treatment tips for hair care, foot care, and skin issues. Suggestions include canthrax shampoo for scalp cleansing, phrosol for sweaty feet, delatone for facial hair removal, kardene tonic for pimples, spurmax complexion aid, spurmax glycerine mix for shine, and crystos eye tonic for tired eyes.
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Alice
Ron
L. M
Love's Shaft Went Home Elopement Story
Routh Bend Indiana April 19. Vernon Steverrone a reporter and Alice Kerr both of Mishawawa eloped to St Joseph Michigan last week and were married after a romantic year long courtship. The bride who admits the elopement is 48 years old.
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the Sun
ROUTH
Bend
Ind
Vernon Steverrone
Alice Kerr
Mishawaka
St. Joseph
Mich
Brida
French Aeronaut Falls Into Sea at Nice
M. Rougier, French aeronaut, fell into the sea during an aeroplane flight at Nice on April 18. He was rescued but seriously injured. the aircraft was lost.
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Nice
France
M. Rougier
Rhinoceros in Boxes Arrives With Immigrants at New York
In a New York harbor tale a Hamburg American liner reports delivering two thousand immigrants and various live animals including elephants rhinoceroses monkeys and lizards. The captain explains a new German rule requires all stock other than humans to be labeled as packages or crates.
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William Waldow
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