Town officers need more pay, say examiners
Field examiners report widespread irregularities in small towns due to insufficient pay and time for bookkeeping. Modoc township records were chaotic before 1906 with no treasurer records aside from a bank book, while trustees and clerks in several counties face improper fees and unaccounted funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Accounting Board
Modoc
Randolph County
Booe
D. E. Harker
Fortville
Hancock County
Harrison Township
Blackford
W. H. Thornburg
James P. Haefiing
Adams County
David Gerber
R. T. Smith
Richland Township
Whitley County
Maupassant Books Censored by Indianapolis Library
The Indianapolis Public Library has placed Maupassant stories and other mature works in a restricted section for readers over 21. Elinor Glynn, Gabriel D Annuncio, Decameron Bocaccio, and similar titles are barred except by special request. Other authors like David Graham Phillips and Robert W Chambers remain available, while Shakespeare and the unedited King James Bible are accessible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy de Mauppassant
Indianapolis Public Library
Elinor Glynn
Gabriel D‘annuncio
Decameron
Bocaccio
David Graham Phillips
Robert W. Chambers
Counterfeit Half Million Taken In United States Report
Washington, Aug. 6. The annual report of Chief Yo n E B Wilkie shows more than half a million dollars in counterfeit notes and coins seized in the last fiscal year ended June. Arrests totaled 208, the lowest since 1900 except 1907. Notable cases include Ignasio Lupo and Guiseppe Morello of an Italian band and the Roberts Mexican conspiracy thwarted in Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Yonn E B. Wilkie
Ignasio Lupo
Guiseppe Morello
Roberts
Kentucky
Will Marry Actor in Spite of Father
Miss Katherine Corre Harris announces engagement to Jack Barrymore despite her father Sidney Harris a wealthy lawyer opposing the match. She says they plan marriage soon with her mother Kitty Brady approving. Barrymore and Harris have known each other for years and spent time at Newport. Harris is daughter of Judge Brady.
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New York
Jack Barrymore
Katherine Corre Harris
Sidney Harris
Mr. Barrymore
Miss Harris
Newport
Harris
Kitty Brady
Judge Brady
New York Supreme Court
Honor Coburn on Soldiers' Day at State Fair
The state fair will honor Gen John Coburn on Old Soldiers Day Sept 13 with veterans admitted free. Coburn born 1825 in Indianapolis helped found the fair in 1852. A Civil War hero, he led the Thirty third Indiana Regiment and served as brigadier general before postwar political roles.
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John Coburn
Coburn
Gen. Coburn
Indianapolis
Wabash College
Common Pleas Court
Thirtythird
Indiana
Wildcat
Zollicoffer
Cumberland Gap
Rosecrans
Thompson’s Station
Libby
Atlanta
Montana Territory
Veteran Advertisers Open Chicago Office
A western office of N. W. Ayer & Son will be opened in Chicago soon. The firm began advertising forty one years ago and has grown into a leading agency. It emphasizes the influential role of advertising in prompting purchases and profits for clients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Ayer & Son
Chicago
Arer & Son
Ayer
Passengers Take Exciting Ride on Burning Train
Two hundred passengers on an all coach train on the Chicago and Oak Park elevated road rode two and a half miles after a motor car caught fire near Oak Park. Firemen quickly controlled the blaze as the train continued to its destination without serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago & Oak Park
Oak Park
Bortu
Sheriff Holds Babe and Lets Prisoner Fly
East St. Louis report details Mrs. Lizzie Clinger sought contempt charges while tricking Frank Wible and Detective Purdy into caring for her infant. She persuaded them to dress her gown back buttons. a plan that ended with her slipping away, leaving the baby with the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Louis
Lizzie Clinger
Sullivan
Ind
Frank Wible
Sullivan County
Purdy
Sheriff Wible
Mrs. Fleming
Mrs. Clinger
Friday Night Misfortune Ends In Robbery And Falls
Three men suffer in a Friday incident. Jacob Krebbs, 1322 West Bay, loses $11 pension to a stranger at a rooming house run by Elizabeth Davis, 107 College avenue. Lewis Whetstone, 50, falls from a second story window, breaking his leg and head cuts. Harry Lewis, 65, slips on stairs at 213 East Washington and is hospitalized with a deep head wound. Police Captain Coffin, and bicycle officers Rucker and Drinker, investigate.
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Jacob Krebbs
West Bay Street
Coffin
Krebbs
Elizabeth Davis
College Avenue
City Hospital
Simon
Glenn
Harry Lewis
East Washington Street
Citys Hospital
Lewis
Railroads Form Information Bureau to Study Questions
Washington Aug 6 active work will begin next week on a new bureau of railroad information. Logan G McPherson will head the unit with support from W C Brown E P Ripley W W Finley Darius Miller and B L Winchell as sponsors. The bureau will collect and disseminate railroad data for railroads and any other interested parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Railroad Information
Big Trunk Lnes
Logan G. McPherson
W. C. Brown
New York Central
E. P. Ripley
The
Santa Fe
W. W. Finley
Southern
Darius Miller
B. L. Winchell
Rock Island
Miners Resume Work at Peoria Scale Battle
Aug 6 reported in BHERRIN ILL that the Virginia mine of the Big Muddy Fuel Company resumed operations with 200 miners after signing the Peoria miners’ state convention scale. Unions in the subdistrict largely opposed National President Lewis and supported State President Walker and the Peoria scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bherrin
Ill
New Virginia
Big Muddy Fuel Company
Peoria
Lewis
Walker
Bowel Health Emphasized with Cascarets Promise
An early health ad urges care for the bowels the body’s largest organ and promotes Cascarets as a remedy to keep bowels clean and prevent years of misery. It frames neglect as harmful and claims Cascarets aid natural cleansing and digestion.
Amends Articles of Board of Trade in Indianapolis
An amendment to the articles of association of the Indianapolis board of trade was filed with the secretary of state by Aquilla Q. Jones and William H. Howard. It shifts the governing committee to pursue surplus revenues through tight spending and a surplus fund from the association assets. It preserves reissuing forfeited members rights but caps ownership at 100 shares. The amendment mirrors what the governing committee approved and passed at the last meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Articles of Association
Indianapolis Board of Trade
Secretary of State
Aquilla Q. Jones
William H. Howard
Anance Committee
Roosevelt proposes expert commission to spend money
Ex President Theodore Roosevelt urges a national waterways commission to spend funds on rivers and harbors under centralized supervision. He criticizes self serving congress members and suggests tariff and pension commissions run similarly would free lawmakers to focus on duties.
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New York
Uncle Sam
Theodore Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Washington
Pension
Twenty Cadillacs Take Lengthy Trip
Twenty Cadillac automobiles left Detroit Friday morning for a long run over country roads. The party split at Toledo with routes chosen individually. E. W. Steinhardt, president of the Cadillac Automobile Company of Indianapolis, rode from Detroit to Indianapolis in one car and continued to Troy on the National Road.
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Cadillac
Detroit
Toledo
E. W. Steinhardt
Cadillac Automobile Company of
Indianapolis
Steinhardt
Troy
Artist Hugo Bruel Found Dead in Studio
Providence reports Hugo Bruel an artist born in Germany and Munich Royal Academy graduate, found dead in his studio with four gas jets pouring out. Authorities suspect financial worries prompted death by own action.
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Providence
Rf. I
Hugo Bruel
Bruel
Germany
Royal Academy of Munich
Illinois Speaker Accused of Demanding 15000 for Bill
Springfield reports Edward D. Shurtleff, speaker of the Illinois House, named as saying it would cost 15000 to pass a bill allowing children on stage. Testimony from Henry Askin and corroboration by Lincoln J. Carter and Percy Hammond supported the graft claim. The grand jury, noting Cook County jurisdiction, sent the evidence to the state attorney. Shurtleff denied the charges.
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Springfield
Edward D. Shurtleff
Illnois House of Representatives
Forty-sixth General Assembly
Short- Jeff
Sugamon County Grand Jury
Henry Askin
Grand Opera House of Chicago
Askin
Shurtleff
Chicago
Lincoln J. Carter
Criterion Theater
Percy Hammond
Elkhart Official Finds Counterfeit Story Misleading
Captain Tom Halls of the United States secret service says the circulated counterfeit £50 and $35 bills reported in Indianapolis and Elkhart were mischaracterized. He investigated after a $50 bill found in Elkhart, confirmed the notes were genuine rather than counterfeit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Elkhart
Tom Halls
United States Secret Service
Graft in Eagles Aerie To Be Aired in St Louis
Sensational graft disclosures in the Grand Aerie of Eagles loom as the order's August 22 convention in St Louis approaches. About $5,000 is alleged embezzled by a past grand worthy officer, with a forced resignation and possible restitution or bondsman action.
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ST. Louis
Grand Aerie of Eagles
Order
Grand Board of Trustees
Kansas City
B. F. Cummins Company of
Chicago
Grand Aerle
Eagles
Francis E. Hering
South Bend
Ind
Cummins Company
Woman Struck by Glass in Suit Against Trolley Company
Mary Sullivan sues the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company for 10000 damages claiming a car rear collided with another on Virginia Avenue on April 19 1910, shattering glass and injuring her with flying fragments. The case centers on the trolley company’s responsibility for the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sullivan
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
The
Traction Company
Virginia Avenue
Club to Give Dinner at Hoffman's Grove
The Indianapolis outing club expects a large crowd at its chicken dinner in Hoffman's grove near Broad Ripple Sunday afternoon. The dinner will be served under the trees about 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
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Indianapolis
Hoffman's Grove
Broad Ripple
Twentieth Century Limited Train Crash Near Elkhart
In Chicago on August six, the Twentieth Century Limited, due at 8:38, suffered a locomotive cylinder-head blowout east of Elkhart Ind. The crash halted the train injuring several in dining and observation cars. Trainmen warn derailment was possible without the second engine.
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Chicago
Twentieth Century Limited
Elkhart
Ind
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