Machines Displace The Glass Blowers In Hartford City
Special to The Sun reports workers in the gas belt, especially glass blowers, facing displacement by new machines able to churn out 72 inch cylinders. The shift weakens unions, prompts some to enlist in the army or seek other lines, while others may join military service as industrial conditions worsen.
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Navy
Uncle Sam
Woman heroically captures murderer in Fortemouth camp
Mrs Wong Sun Yue, wife of a Fortemouth square refuge camp resident and sister of Mrs Howard Gould of New York, seized a pistol from August Rodriguez after he killed Manuel Madrid. She held the assailant until police arrived for delivery to authorities.
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Rockefeller Given 94 Year Life Prediction By Doctor
Cleveland Aug 7 Special to The Swan Dr H F Biggar says John D Rockefeller will live beyond 94 and credits his second life to training like an athlete. Rockefeller began in 1898 recovering from health and loss, following a doctor’s plan to abandon business cares and play and exercise outdoors. The cost of illness recovery, Rockefeller quips, was five million dollars in foregone business and vitality.
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Cleveland, O
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Railroads face guilty plea and rebating probe
The text notes a railroad defendant pleading guilty and an enactment barring immunity for the corporation in the Standard case. It mentions possible involvement of Chicago & Eastern Illinois Burlington and the Lake Shore, with indictments looming for oil rebating from Jamestown refineries to Vermont and Maine. Evidence from railroads is expected to be harder to obtain than in Chicago.
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Lake Shore
Jamestown
N. Y
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Maine
Chicago
Meeting of Corporations In New York On Defense Plan
Officials from several corporations with western state business gather in New York to plan defense against a Missouri backed campaign. Attorney general Hadley of Missouri announced a conference with Mississippi valley state attorneys general to coordinate action against trusts and railroads. A committee may choose a meeting site for a nationwide gathering of state attorneys general, with two day discussions possibly moving to Chicago or St. Louis.
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Benton County Tax Hike Provokes Farmer Chafe
Aug. 7 Fowler Indiana. Benton county faces a 7 percent rise in the state tax levy provoking farmer anger. Tax commissioners ignore County Auditor Shipman’s appeal and the board plans to ease the burden by cutting the levy. Neighboring counties show Benton as a model of virtue, prompting resentment over the extra levy for “good looks.”
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Dead Rabbi Judah Wechsler Remembered by Diverse Ministers
The funeral for Rabbi Judah Wechsler, 75, who died Tuesday at Sterne sanitarium, will be held Thursday at 2 PM at the Jewish temple corner Tenth street and Delaware. He was blind for years yet active in many pulpits and honored by Protestant and Hebrew churches. Survived by a widow and four children, his life bridged Bavaria to Indianapolis with service in multiple cities. He lived in Indianapolis since 1897 fading after a long illness.
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Chicago
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New Orleans
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St. Louis
Alliance of Railroads and Gas Powers Rise in Antitrust Fight
Chicago August 7. Judge Landis decision against Standard Oil spurred renewed government antitrust action while evidence shows railroads and large firms aligning for mutual aid. Extended talks between Standard Oil and Chicago & Alton officials follow, with self preservation cited as motive for cooperation. Judge Landis signaled potential grand jury action against Chicago & Alton.
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Landis
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Chicago & Alton
Alton
Standard
Temperance people win in Benton County dry vote
Special to The Sun reports a remonstrance against liquor license applicant Joseph Broullette carried by 18 votes in Union township. The result makes Benton county dry except for one township with four saloons.
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Union Township
Benton County
Social notes and engagements in Indianapolis area
Society items from Indianapolis include Mrs. William Withem and children returning from Terre Haute visit, Prof. Albert Berg and daughter Lucile Berg guests of Mrs. Adolph Schwarm in Lafayette, and Mr. Delametier from Mexico City visiting S. P. Axtell. Birthday party at Briarhurst near Meridian Heights marks Ruth Newby’s seventeenth. Numerous visits and entertainments follow, including Miss Myrtle Eller marrying Homer Sigman in Hamilton county, and Elizabeth Barnhill and Benjamin Helkema wedding at the Barnhill home with a northern wedding trip afterward.
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Lafayette
Briarhurst
Meridian Heights
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Homer Sigman
Hamilton County
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Morton C. Pearson
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F. M. Barnhill
Benjamin Helkema
Bertha Walden
S. L. Welker
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Woman Fights Thief and Saves $1000 in Butler
Mrs Thomas Cooper wife of Jefferson township farmer defended her home from a robber who forced entry. She used a baseball bat to drive him out and secured a shotgun to protect the money hidden on the second floor, ending the intrusion.
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Thomas Cooper
Jefferson Township
Griggs Endorses Bryan Interest in 1908 Nomination
Special to The Sun James M Griggs chairman of the Democratic congressional committee says the south and west will back William Jennings Bryan for the nomination. He notes rural free delivery gains for Georgia and mentions possible rivals Culberson Daniel and Williams while dismissing a challenge from a prohibitionist candidate.
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Darrow Dismissed by Western Federation of Miners
Clarence Darrow, lead counsel for William D Haywood in the Boise trial, has been dismissed from the Western Federation of Miners. E F Richardson to replace him. Darrow will not defend Pettibone at the October 1 trial or Moyer if he faces trial. Disbarment confirmed but reasons undisclosed. tensions with Richardson cited over a closing argument deemed a socialistic harangue.
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Probes Bribery Charge In Loan Bill Vote
Boston August 7. District Attorney Moran to summon before the grand jury all Republican and anti administration Democrats who voted for the 1,600,000 loan bill amid bribery rumors. The move aims to uncover any improper influence connected with the loan approval.
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Mass
Moran
Grand Temple to be Erected Near Newburyport
Three miles from Newburyport Massachusetts a grand central temple of the Universal Brotherhood of the Theosophical Society will be established soon. Mrs Catherine A Tingley is named high priestess.
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United Press
Newburyport
Mass
Great Central Temple
the Universal Brotherhood of the Theosophical Society
Catherine A Tingley
Prieatesa
Right to Fix the Fares Upholds Two-Cent Law
In a federal demurrer the Indiana AG James Bingham and J W Ewing argue the two-cent fare law is constitutional. The Louisville New Albany and Corydon Railway company contends it usurps judicial powers, but the brief cites decisions affirming legislative power to regulate public rates. The road notes growing business and rising net profits under the rate.
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J. W. Ewing
Third Judicial District of
Indiana
Louisville, New Albany and Corydon Railway Company
La Follette backs confiscation of trust property
Senator La Follette in Omaha urges confiscation of trust property for offenses by major companies like Standard Oil. He says the penalty is too light and proposes fines totaling one half the company's property for the first offense and the remainder for the second to deter lawbreaking.
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United Press
Omaha
Neb
la Follette
Standard Oil Company
Pony Kills Boy in Lebanon Indiana
Special to The n Lebanon Indiana Aug Frank son of Peter F Wilson living Lebanon was killed yesterday by a pony. The animal tramped him to death. THREE ROOMS FURNISHED COMPLETE worth 17800 for 13500 at the Peoples Outfitting Co
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Ind
Frank
Peter F. Wilson
Tragic Shooting Ends in East St Louis Home
In East St Louis, 11 year old Wilbert Jones accidentally shot by his best friend and schoolmate Charles Viner 32. The rifle fired while they were home alone as the boy’s mother sat on the porch. The attack, described as an accidental discharge, leaves the boy dead in his mother’s arms.
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East St. Louis
Police Heartrending Case Ends With Bud's Tragic Death
Wilbert, at the police station, expressed overwhelming grief over the shooting of Bud. He lamented, I wish it was me, yet was later exonerated by the coroner. The incident left a young life lost and a community shaken.
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Bud
Ambassador Francis Calls on President at Oyster Bay
Charles F. Francis ambassador to Austria, who had just returned from abroad, called on the president at Oyster Bay. He stated there was no significance to the visit and planned to return to his post.
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N. Y
Charles
Francis
Austria
Ambassador Francis
German House Concert by Musikverein Chorus
The maje chorus and soloists of the Musikverein are set to perform in the garden at the German House on Friday night August.
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