Padronage graft grips Garys Italian workers
Special to The Sun reports a Gary Indiana padronage system among Italian, Dalmatian, and Croatian workers at Indiana Steel Company. Foremen and Chicago bosses allegedly skim about $100000 yearly, with initiations and monthly contributions. Arrests of ringleaders have failed. officials hold affidavits but fear work stoppages if drastic action is taken.
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Gary
Ind
America
Indiana Steel’ Company
Chicago
Carpenters’ Department
Indiana Steel Company
Padrone
New York City
Meet Company
Oscar Schmidt
Richard Winkler
E. E. Knotts
Martin
Man Lew Fitz Angrily Breaks Window After Ejection
In Kokomo Indiana on August 8 Lew Fitz, ejected for drunkenness from a Union Traction Company car, spilled his whisky and then crashed a brick through a window of another car. An unknown passenger was struck. Police detained Fitz.
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Kokomo
Ind
Union Traction Company
Lew Fitz
Fitz
No Enthusiasm in Labor Festivities Delayed Parade
Richmond Indiana on August 8 reports plans for a Labor day parade and demonstration abandoned due to lack of interest. Except for the usual Labor day silence there will be no formal recognition of the day.
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Richmond
Ind
Drowns in Canoe Tow at Sylvan Lake
Special to The Sun reports a canoe in a rear-tow on Sylvan Lake near Rome City overturning Saturday evening. One boy Reid and a girl were aboard. both were thrown into the water as the boat capsized. The body of the boy was recovered.
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Wayne
Ind
Sylvan
Lake
Rome City
Reid
Botizs
Cannibal Chickens Reported in Danville
Danville Indiana reports indicate confinement chickens are eating each other. Experts say free ranging fowls obtain sufficient worms and insects to supplement their diet, reducing cannibalistic tendencies.
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Danville
Ind
Fandece
Kangaroo Mouse Dies in Captivity at Indiana College
Leonard Marrs, a Central Normal College student in Danville, captured a rare kangaroo mouse specimen for exhibition. The two inch body and four inch tail animal, brown and coarse fur, died after being kept in alcohol. It moved by short kangaroo-like jumps and was about two thirds grown.
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Danville
Ind
Leonard Marrs
Central Normal Colege
Indiana
South Bend To Lead Indiana Knights Parade Delegation
South Bend plans a large Knights Templar delegation to Chicago for the triennial conclave this week likely the biggest from Indiana outside Indianapolis. Over 100 Knights from South Bend and fifty from Mishawaka traveled by special train Monday for the parade of white plumes.
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South Bend
Ind
Knights Templar
Chicago
Indiana
Indianapolis
Mishawaka
Falls asleep in boxcar in Marion loaded with oats
Albert Shuecraft slept in a Big Four boxcar in Marion Saturday night and awoke Sunday to find the car partially loaded with oats and sealed. He knocked for help, was found by Officer Mills, and released sweaty and frightened. He had ridden the car into town late, deciding it was not worth the trip home.
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Winchester
Ind
Albert Shuecraft
Marion
Mills
Shucraft
Rusty Nail Wound Ends Boy's Life at Hudson
Henry Stomm aged 4 died from lockjaw after a rusty nail wound near Hudson Indiana. The boy and family had returned from Auburn after attending a circus when the injury worsened and led to his death following a few days of healing concerns.
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Boy
Hudson
Ind
Henry Stomm
Moses Storm
Auburn
Arrested Again on Blind Tiger Charges in Columbus
Columbus Indiana man Ary Pergs allegedly observed on an interurban car led to police pickup days after the trip. Peges appeared after getting off the car and posted a $100 cash bond. He faces four counts under the blind tiger laws.
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Columbus
Ind
Ary Pergs
Peges
Fire nearly starts at Waller Front drug store
In Danville Indiana on August 8 a boy spilled gasoline at the Waller Front drug store and, while trying to locate a key with a lit match, ignited the fuel. The blaze was quickly contained and the boy suffered only light burns from the rescue.
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Danville
Ind
Waller Front
Picture show too exciting for girl in Columbus
Miss Rosa Graham aged 21 swooned at a moving picture show in Columbus on Saturday and was unconscious for about six hours. She attributed the episode to excitement at the cinema.
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Columbus
Ind
Rosa Graham
Would Oust Threshers From Wabash Engines
Suit to set aside a city council ordinance banning thrashing engines by use of greets is expected to be filed Monday. Engine owners call the measure prejudicial and deny it harms those paying for the machines.
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Wabash, Ind
Aug. S
Wilbur Takes Charge of Bremen Hotel Dietrich
H A Wilbur a South Bend native and 20 year commercial traveler assumes management of the Hotel Dietrich in Bremen Ind. He arrives to take charge amid plans for improvements and service upgrades as the establishment enters a new era.
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Bremen
Ind
H. A. Wilbur
South Bend
Sherge
Dietrich
Auburn chase ends as fugitive promises burial
In Auburn Indiana, Earl Lang trapped Moses Joe Joe after weeks of pursuit. Joe Joe, an Assyrian from East Gilead Michigan, agreed to buy furs for $100 but disappeared. Lang joked about burial. Sheriff Thomas warned. A countryman, George Isaac, paid Lang back the $100 and expenses, freeing Joe Joe.
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Auburn
Ind
Moses
Earl Lang
Moses Joe Joe
Lang
Joe Joe
East Gilead
Mich
George Isaac
Moves to Prove His Claim to Big Estate
B H Baker in Oakland City Indiana after delving into records established his right to a share of a $75,000 Natchez Mississippi estate left by his father. He began court steps to assert his claim after a mysterious stranger linked to the Baker family sparked his inquiry about a year ago.
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the Sun
Oakland City
Ind
B. H. Baker
Natchez
Miss
Baker
Haunted House Sends Couple Flee In Elwood
In Elwood Indiana Mr and Mrs A Monahan left the home they shared claiming it is haunted. The house was once occupied by Mrs Anna McCleod a known spiritualist who died recently. Friday night a rattling window awakened them and Mr Monahan distinctly saw the figure of a dead woman. his wife corroborated and they fled half dressed.
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Elwood
Ind
A. Monahan
Anna McCleod
Monahans
Monahan
No Solution Yet Reached For Murder
Cleveland police continue to hunt for leads in the Friday night murder of wealthy lawyer William L. Rice found shot and wounded with a near severed hand near his home. Authorities suspect highwaymen but friends and partners insist revenge was not the motive.
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Cleveland
William L. Rice
Catholic Abstinence Society in Session in Boston
In Boston on August 8, the Catholic Total Abstinence Society hosts a national session with delegates from across the country. A Wilkes-Barre unit of uniformed young men attends, with John Mitchell of the American Federation of Labor among notable attendees.
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Boston
Catholic Total Abstinence Society
Wilkes-Barre
National
Catholi Total Abstinence Union
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Richmond Art Exhibit Set for October Opening
Richmond Indiana announces its annual art exhibit by the Richmond Art Association run from August 8 to October 31. The show will be staged in the new high school art gallery as part of the fall festival.
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Richmond
Ind
Richmond Art Association
New High School
Noblesville Bank Names Beals President
Elwood Beals was elected president of the First National Bank of Noblesville at a Saturday board meeting. George Bowen retires as president to devote time to Hamilton Trust Company. Beals, long involved in Hamilton county banking, has served as county commissioner and brings two decades of banking ties. the bank holds a capital and surplus of 168000 dollars with E M Hinshaw as a principal investor.
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Noblesville
Ind
First National Bank of Noblesville
Elwood Beals
Hamilton County
George Bowen
Hamilton Trust Company
Beals
E. M. Hinshaw
Straw in Gills Ends Fish Life
In Indiana a statewide inquiry into mass fish deaths in the Mississinewa River investigates strawboard and paper mill waste. Health officials cite minute straw particles clogging fish gills as the oxygen source is cut off, while mills defend water purity and claim farm animals prefer the colored streams.
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Miles
State Board of Health
J. N. Hurty
Strawboard
Michaelis Mystery Cleared By Killing In Chicago
In Chicago on a Friday night dentist Dr. W F Michaelis was slain. Early Monday Anton Helding was killed by a robber pursued by druggist W H Schroeder who fired four shots. Police suspect the same robber killed Michaelis and seek a young woman who called on the dentist before his death.
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Chicago
W. F. Michaelis
Anton Helding
W. H. Schroeder
Dr. Michaelis
Helding
Move to New Headquarters in Anderson Hotel Building
The supreme lodge officers begin moving into the old Anderson hotel building, bought at public auction from E. H. Mann of Memphis, Tennessee. Mann exchanged 1500 acres of Missouri land for the building, sold for 9307 dollars. The three story building originally cost 30000 dollars.
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Anderson, Ind
Supreme Lodge
Anderson Hotel
E. H. Mann
Memphs, Tenn
Drunk on Lemon: Marion Man Fined After Claim
Marion Indiana Saturday A J Crafton was fined $1 and costs for drunkenness after arguing he had only lemon extract, though he admitted he had never been drunker in his life.
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Marion, Ind
A. J. Crafton
Eleven Horses Cremated in Fire at Goshen Fairgrounds
At Goshen Indiana on Saturday a barn at the fairgrounds burned and eleven horses were cremated. The fire started when a spark from an engine set the structure alight.
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Goshen
Ind
Fair Grounds
Grape-Nuts Diet Claims Cooler Body Temperature
Grape-Nuts promotes a breakfast plan to reduce body heat by avoiding meat, favoring fruit, Grape-Nuts with cream, toast with little butter, and Postum. The regimen allegedly preserves energy, aids digestion, and makes the body feel cooler by partially pre-digesting the food.
Chasees Man From Under His Bonnet At Van Buren
Marshall Roberts seeks a tall man whose head fits a large brim hat after the suspect fled from under the bonnet while avoiding arrest. Nate Lugar, between 8 and 9 Saturday at the race track, drank enough to impair his manner and spoke oddly about nothing. Roberts spotted the man but did not capture him.
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van Buren
Ind
Marshall Roberts
Nate Lugar
Brother in law of Tony Caruso leaves Greencastle
In Greencastle Indiana on August 8 Tony Caruso laments his brother in law has taken thirty dollars and left town. He says he trusts his wife remains good while the accused relative shows deception. The report centers on a family dispute and alleged theft.
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Tony Caruso
Greencastle
Ind
Nuncio Cancilto
Tony
Monroe Democrats Nominate Ticket in Indiana
In Bloomington Indiana on a Saturday the Monroe county Democrats named a full slate for county offices. The ticket includes Clerk J Claude Moore Treasurer Millard L Easton Recorder Frank W Lampkins Sheriff Walter Jones Assessor James L Dowden Coroner Dr J W Kentling Commissioners Frank Kinser Joseph D Hensley County Council John W OHarrow L S Field Charles Wiseley Isaac Chigwood Joseph H Markis and W B Walden.
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Bloomington
Ind
Monroue County
J. Claude Moore
Millard L. Easton
Frank W. Lampkins
Walter Jones
James L. Dowden
J. W. Kentling
Frank Kinser
Joseph D. Hensley
John W. O'Harrow
L. S. Field
Charles Wiseley
Isaac Chigwood
Joseph H. Markis
W. B. Walden
Speakers at Battle Ground camp in Lafayette
Two bishops spoke at the Battle Ground camp meeting in Lafayette Indiana on Sunday. Bishop A Quayle of Oklahoma and Bishop D H Moore of Ohio delivered sermons. Dr H A Gobin and Rev Monger of Indianapolis also addressed the gathering.
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Lafayette
Ind
Aug. S
A. Quayle
Oklahoma
D. H. Moore
Ohio
H. A. Gobin
Monger
Indianapolis
Waters Elephant Gets Sigk and Dies in Circus Relapse
Elmer Shepard, 13, had just left typhoid illness and worked to enter the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus. He relapsed after a day of labor and died in Crawfordsville Indiana on August 8.
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Waters Elephant
Sigk
Crawfordsville
Ind
Elmer Shepard
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Kennedy Dies From Runaway Wagon Pinned to Tree
Harvey Kennedy, a wealthy Indiana stockman, died in Kingman after a wagon tongue struck him in the stomach and pinned him to a tree during a runaway Thursday. He suffered injuries Saturday and passed away in his Kingman home on August 8.
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Kingman
Ind
Harvey Kennedy
Jilted man kills himself after marriage proposal
Shelbyville Indiana August 8 A 24 year old Robert Scott shot himself after being rejected by Miss Annis Hill He visited her home about 6 am after spending the previous evening with her and died from two gunshots to the chest the tragedy followed a failed marriage proposal at her residence
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Shelbyville
Ind
Gas drilling bids sought at National Military Home
Marion Ind Aug 8 National Military Home Governor George W Steele received bids to drill several wells on Soldiers home grounds for gas It is believed gas will be found in good quantities The town of Marion hopes a successful find will trigger a local business boom
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Marion
Ind
National Military Home
George W. Steele
Three Harris firm lawyers fall ill with typhoid fever
In Gary Indiana on August 8 three members of the law firm Harris Bretsch Davis Starr were taken sick with typhoid fever in four weeks. Glenn Harris is the only one of the four attorneys who has escaped illness.
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Gary, Ind
Harris, Bretsch, Davis & Starr
Glenn Harris
Wealthy mother hires lawyer over alleged abuse in prison
Mrs. F. Rheil of Hamilton County hires Julian Sharpneck to investigate her son’s treatment at Jeffersonville prison. After release he was jailed for insanity. She alleges an unlawful surgical operation and cruelty caused his mental breakdown.
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Columbus
Ind
F. Rheil
Hamilton, CO
Julian Sharpneck
Jeffersonville
Thrashing Ring Sets Oats Record Challenge at Farm
Logansport Indiana August 8 The Concord thrashing ring issued a challenge to match the farmyard record set by W H Davidson and son who thrashed 2384 bushels of oats in ten hours with four loaders and ten teams driving to the machine on Homer Morris farm.
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Logansport
Ind
Concord
Homer Morris
W. H. Davidson and Son
Woman dies after gasoline stove blast in field incident
In Hammond Indiana on August 8 Mrs Thomas Johannson aged 40 was caught in a gasoline stove explosion and ran toward her husband who was working in a distant field. She collapsed before reaching him and died Sunday night.
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Hammond
Ind
Thomas Johannson
Cascarets Endorsements and Market King Tide
A vivid advertising pitch claims Cascarets sell rapidly in America with millions using the product daily and over five million dollars spent to promote its merits. It warns of imitators and counterfeiters seeking to steal Cascarets goodwill and profits.
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Cascarets
Cascarets marketed as safe health boosters for digestion
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a time tested, purely vegetable remedy for the digestive canal. It warns against dishonest purposes and slick salesmen and notes the product is manufactured only by the Sterling Remedy Company in Chicago, with a ten cent West Packet box and a promotional trinket offer.
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Sterling Remedy Company
Sterling Rone Remedy Company
Chicago
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