Indiana vote-buying law faced in Indianapolis race
The last legislature enacted a law disfranchising vote sellers with 10 to 20 years imprisonment and a $100 county payout for conviction. Morgan Caraway led the push. Republicans mostly backed it, Democrats opposed, fearing a boomerang as breweries and utility interests could fund campaigns this fall.
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Morgan Caraway
Hancock
Marion
House
Breweries
Street Car Company
Indianapolis Gas Company
Girl hero saves brother from massive lynx attack
A Kansas City report recounts a ranch family incident in Kingman Arizona where 17 year old Murray Carrow was attacked by a lynx while playing in an orchard. His sister, using only her bare hands, fought the animal to the ground, bound wounds, and carried Murray to safety. The lynx was slain and the girl praised for bravery.
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Kansas City
George J. Manassa
Kingman
Ariz
Kansas City Journal
J. A. Carrow
Murray
Carrow
Post Office Plans Doorstep Mail Registration Initiative
The third assistant postmaster general announces a plan to register valuable mail matter by letter carriers at the doors of residents in large cities. The scheme aims to extend to rural free delivery once perfected, signaling a new era in public service and citizen accommodation.
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Washington
Shoewage Prices Likely To Jump 15 Percent
Philadelphia report says manufacturers forecast a 15 percent price rise for shoes after their convention. Boston firms have telegrammed agents to raise dealer prices by 15 percent and other manufacturers at the meeting are expected to follow. If dealers push back the plan suggests cutting stock quality by 50 percent and substituting hooks for studs in laced shoes.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Wrath of Engineers Roils Cleveland Lodges
A whirlpool of protest sweeps through Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers lodges led by objections to Cleveland grand chief P. M. Arthur. The dispute stems from Arthur’s stance in a major consolidated strike, fueling divisions beyond Cleveland.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
P. M. Arthur
Cleveland
Arthur
Automobiles Won't Eat Hay Convention Address Declares
In Detroit on August 10 at the haymen's convention President Clifton argued that automobiles and the trolley reduce hay consumption. J W Fisher of Cincinnati presented a paper on improvements in hay handling.
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Detroit
Mich
Haymen’s
Clifton
Cincinnati
Dumdum Bullet Origin and Wartime Use
A historical note on the dumdum bullet tracing its origins to the 1895 Chitral campaign. British Indian troops found Lee Metford rounds ineffective against natives, modified bullets by exposing lead, and produced the dumdum at Calcutta. The bullets mushroom on impact, causing devastating wounds, with tests conducted at Bisley.
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The
Hague
Dumdum Ammunition Works
Calcutta
India
Africa
Bisley
The Sunk Lands of Arkansas described by a resident
A former resident recounts the 1811 sinking of large swaths of eastern Craighead county Arkansas into vast lakes. The Sunk lands become a network of cypress and gum swamps with rivers renamed St Francis and Little River, offering prime fishing and wildlife, including large catfish and gar ten feet long, with no alligators present.
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Little Rock
Ark
Craighead County
Arkansas
St. Francis River
Little River
South
St. Francis
Helena
Mississippi
Gum
Sycamore
Trains Arriving and Departing Indianapolis Union Station
Central Standard Time shows arrival and departure of all trains at Indianapolis Union Station. Chicago Express and other marked cars include chair car sleeper dining parlor car and schedules noted by letters and times. Zion superintendent referenced.
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Indianapolis Union Station
Chicago Express
Daitly
Ar C
Tot From England Placed With Uncle In Wisconsin
A six year old boy Axel Wester, traveling from England, is found aboard the Cymric after arriving at New York. He carries an open letter from his parents and is bound for his uncle in Polk County, Wisconsin. Immigration officials take custody and arrange rail travel west.
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White Star
Cymric
Tot
England
Polk County
Wisconsin
Axel Wester
Axel
Two Snake Tales Reported In New Jersey
In Shamong township a large white-throated black snake died after swallowing three trapped rats in a barn. In Wertsville a five foot two inch black snake forced smoke through a stove pipe before Howell Herder killed it in a kitchen confrontation with his wife guarding the door.
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Mount Holly
WN. J
Charles Braddock Jr
Shamong Township
John Dellett
Dellett
Mr. Braddock
Flemingtorx
N. J
Howell Herder
Wertsville
Herder
Philippine Commission to Meet in Washington in December
Adjutant-general Corbin received a Manila letter outlining Philippine commission plans. Admiral Dewey and President Schurmann, senior members, will meet in Washington in October. Denby and Worcester will meet in the Philippines and confer by cable, leaving for Washington around December 1 to begin the report expected to go to Congress by February 1.
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Corbin
Manila
Philippines
Admiral Dewey
President Schurmann
Messrs
Denby
Worcester
Cable
Congress
Justice James Dies at 82 in Leesburg
Charles P. James, 82, former associate justice of the district supreme court, died in Leesburg Virginia on Wednesday. A native of Ohio he was appointed to the local bench by President Hayes in 1879.
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Washington
Charles P. James
District Supreme Court
Leesburg
James
Ohio
Hayes
A Mother's Testimony on a Life Saving Remedy
A Liberty Rhode Island mother recounts how Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved her daughter's life during a severe dysentery attack. She urges other mothers to use the medicine and notes it was readily available at druggists.
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Chamberlain
Geo. F. Burdick
Liberty, R. I
Plattdeutschen Guilds Meet in Chicago as U S Convention Sits
The annual Plattdeutschen Gilden convention is in session in Chicago. New York cloak makers win a 25 percent rise in weekly wages. Training ship Alliance sails from Plymouth to meet Admiral Dewey. A Cleveland Sabbath school boycott follows two teachers riding a street car to the German Baptist mission. A Troop H rider in Wallace Idaho shoots a bartender after a row over a woman. The Mystic Shrine holds its annual conclave in Cleveland with reports of prosperity from the United States, South America and Africa.
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Africa
Under New Management Try Out Merchants Dinner
A Plaza restaurant at 38 40 Monument Place advertises new management and a menu highlight for a dining event. Funeral carriages priced at 2 dollars are offered, with a claim of best service by Frank Bira Transter of the company.
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Plaza
Monument Place
Frank
Bira Transter. Company
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