Thompson Poll Shows Democratic Leaders Favor Allen
Parker Chattanooga Aug 1 Frank M Thompson chairman of the State democratic executive committee completed a poll to gauge leading Democrats on presidential preference and platform. Five hundred letters sent, replies all received. Results: Allen 320 votes. Parker 13. German Reich 12. Cleveland 9. Tol 2 with several scattering. Strong opposition to the Kansas City platform.
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Chattanooga
Tet
Frank M.thompson
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Thompson
Allen. Parker
New York
Cleveland
Kansas City
German Day Celebration Nears with Wide Federation Involvement
Preparations for German Day celebrate under the German Societies of Indianapolis federation with 42 member societies expected to participate. The German club Musikverein Social turners Knights of St George and other groups including the Company A Vichlas gwirds and Captain Forbes command units plan to attend, with Tiederkranz of Louisville and Lenaville men’s chorus also set to appear. Delegations from leading singing and turn societies across the state will be represented.
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Tnalanapoux
Musikverein
Social Turners
Knights of St. George
C. Gardner
Vichlas Gwirds
J. R. Forbes
Tiederkranz
Louisville
Social Maennerehor
Lenaville
Ledding Singing
Kidney pills claim relief for backache and kidney weakness
Indianapolis resident Lemons of 81 Bradshaw Ave credits Donn's Kidney Pills with easing long standing kidney weakness and backache after taking one box. He reports passing two gravel stones and urging others to try the remedy sold at Henry J. Huger's drug store with Doan's as a familiar brand.
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Indianapolis
Mr. Lemons
Bradshaw At
Jimmy
Donn
Henry J. ‘Huger
Tronger
Dean
Foster-Milbury Co
Buffalo
Aole
United States
Doan
Payne to place mail on all trains to quell strikes
The Postmaster General Payne plans to arm railroad crews as United States mail handlers, placing mail on every railway train and commissioning conductors baggage masters and other trainmen to carry and handle mails. This move aims to shield interstate commerce from strike disruption and asserts federal authority over rail operations.
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Chicago
Tribune
Washington
Payne
United States
United States Portal Service
Remonstrance Failure Stirs Franklin Tempers Over Saloons
In Franklin Indiana residents plan to challenge a county board decision granting three saloon licenses. They accuse John Ragedale and Harvey Ephart of disfranchising supporters on a remonstrance, while Daniel Britten faced praise for voting against the license. Names were challenged as ineligible voters.
Missing Union bank cashier Joln Brown in New Holland uproar
The village of New Holland is stirred by the disappearance of Joan Brown, cashier of the Union banking company. The bank was closed Saturday night and Brown, a married mother of two, has not been seen since. She has served as cashier for 12 years and is said to be ten years of age. The bank with $5 capital and $180 in deposits has closed its doors as investigators probe the case.
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Circleville
New Holland
Joan Brown
Union Banking Company
Brown
Farmer kills son by running wagon in barn mishap
In Hartford City Indiana August 1 a wealthy farmer BI Johnson fatally ran over his young son with a wagon while backing into a barn. The lad, believed to be hanging at the rear, died instantly beneath the wheel as the father later discovered the body. The sorrowful tragedy follows an accident inquiry.
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Hartford City
Ind
BI Johnson
Opium Pipe Prompts Medical Warning Abroad
In London on August 11 the American society studying opium use in the Philippines reviews a report condemning an advertised opium pipe sold across the United States. Physicians say ads push opium on patients without medical supervision, risking addiction. they urge consulting physicians before use.
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London
Philippines
United States
Stocking room for the women opens in Kansas City bank
In Kansas City Missouri the National Bank of Commerce unveils a private women’s room called the stocking room. It features mirrors a chiffoner stand and three small feathered stools for women to access and deposit money unseen. Bank official Wham I. Winanta cites privacy and convenience. He predicts similar rooms in other banks.
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Kanbas City
National Bank of Commerce
Wham I. Winanta
Pis- Inesa
Banka
White River Pollution Case Targeted in Yorktown and Manuele
Prosecutor Vestal says sufficient evidence exists to indict straw board firms in Yorktown and Manuele for polluting the White River. He will stay with the case until it reaches court, saying he has gathered competent proof to convict if brought before the judge.
Pittsburg Child Dies From Toy Pistol Wound
A Pittsburgh man sues for damages after his son dies from a firearm toy misfire. The boy, son of John Melnnes, bought a toy pistol plate from John Lueth that was defective. The weapon discharged, causing fatal injuries days later. The father claims the seller had no right to sell the toy.
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Piptsburg
John Melnnes
John Lueht
Statekuiper
Tragic Headlines From Across the Nation
Reports of a headless trunk found in the Mississippi at St. Paul Minnesota and multiple incidents including a mother mourning her babe killed by a railroad strike, a mad dog injuring ten children in Pennsylvania, a Holy Flyer derailment near Nevada Missouri injuring ten, a factory boiler explosion killing three, a teen suicide in Condor New Mexico, railroad widower tales from Ashtabula Ohio, rural route expansions in Indiana, and a man dying after a long back injury in Holyoke Massachusetts.
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Mississippi River
Theft of inoculated rabbits at Madrid institute
Madrid reports panic after four rabbits were stolen from the Biological Institute. One rabbit, Toby, was inoculated with germs of smallpox rabies tetanus and other deadly diseases. Authorities fear the theft could trigger an outbreak and suspects may have sold the animals.
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Madrid
Bacteriolaglcal Institute
Toby
Contract marriage at Pentecostal camp meeting in Indiana
Moses Jusart of Shubura Minnesota and Lizzie Frazier of West Baden Indiana married by signing a contract after failing to obtain a license due to the bride's distant residence. Both Pentecostal workers. They plan to live in Ottumwa Iowa.
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Waute
Ind
Moses Jusart
Shubura
Minn
Lizzie Frazier
West Baden
Accere
Ottumwa
Ten Tickets for 25 Cents Proposed Transit Plan
Frankie Haas Robinson, once a Cleveland street railway magnet, plans to reenter the business after a legal settlement on a three cent franchise. He proposes three cent cash fares or ten tickets for 23 cents, with 75 seat cars and potential daily earnings of 20 dollars. He envisions 5 000 to 10 000 stockholders under a municipal ownership model, inviting working men to invest 100 to 500 dollars for large dividends, claiming 17 times the invested money in prior earnings. Four children burned to death in a Spartanburg camp fire near the city, their guardians absent at church.
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Cleveland
Frankie Haas Robinson
Hinnas
Cleveland Traction Company
Tam
Johnson
Heirs Sought in Birmingham Estate Case
Attorneys in Cincinnati search for heirs of John Edwards a Birmingham dairy property holder who died recently leaving an estate valued at several hundred thousand dollars. One son E S Edwards located in Cincinnati, but brothers David and Richard Edwards and sister Miss Jennie Huber Edwards remain unknown.
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John Edwards
Birmingham
Als
Edwards
David
Richard
Misa Jennie Huber Edwards
Ewen Cynthiana Witnesses Attack at Jett-White Case
In Ewen Ky after a speech by Attorney General Golden the attack on witness Cap B. J. Ewen was described as vicious and virulent. Ewen waited at the court house door for 39 minutes after adjournment, saying he could no longer endure the baseless stance of the attorneys. Galden sat by a rear door when alerted to Ewen’s plan to confront him.
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Cynthiana. Ky
Golden
Cap B. J. Ewen
Ewen
Court House
Galden
Higgins in buggy incident ends in pursuit
In Chicago a man named Higgins rode with a woman when his wife attacked the other woman, grabbing the whip and chasing them. The woman fled, Higgins was chased by police and citizens and captured. He was taken to the station after a dispute over an oath to make no charges.
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Chicago
Aug
Flm
Meeing
Reid
Higgins
Hhixtly
Alrawd
Prisoners Form Baseball Nines At Boston Prison
Warden Bridges at the late penitentiary organizes two base ball teams from inmates who play Saturdays. Prisoners with good conduct win the privilege to watch, and team positions are rewards of merit reflecting improved discipline and conduct.
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Boston
Bridges
Clever Woman Foils Jail Break Attempt
Washington Indiana August 1 five prisoners John Campton John Pitcher James Campbell Charley Vowell and Janes Dent were stopped from escaping the county jail by the wife of Shortt Morgan. Her suspicions rose from noises on the prison’s second tour and she alerted guards triggering a lockdown that left a rough stone slab and bricks blocking the outer wall.
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Washington
Ind
John Campton
John Pitcher
James Campbell
Charley Vowell
Janes Dent
Shortt Morgan
Fune
Prigin
Full Baby Carriage remark at campaign rally
Anderson Indiana August 11 quoted speaker William J. Hail from Columbus at a Protestant camp Monday night. He condemned the presidents remarks on race and death by self harm, arguing better to raise one well than six poorly.
Barrington Woman Held for Grand Jury in McCann Murder
Lana F. Seymour Barrington of St Louis was held Monday for the grand jury on charges connected to the murder of James P. McCann.
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M'Gann
Av. Louis
Lana’ F. Seymour Barrington
James P. McCann
Woman accused of poisoning infant with chloroform
Jeanette Childs, a servant in the Hite household, confessed to planning to poison the 1 year old child by adding chloroform to the milk while under opium influence. She spent Monday night in jail, claiming remorse and blaming a jewelry theft accusation for her anger. Police found the empty bottle in an ash barrel beside the milk prep area.
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Jeanette Childs
B. G. Hite
Capitol Ave
Hitz
Crippled Woman in Tombs Court with Protest Signs
An elderly disabled woman claiming to be Elizabeth Mary Black sat in the Tombs police courtroom wearing two hand painted signs accusing thieves and corrupt lawyers of robbing widows and orphans. She says she invested $2.6 on Wall Street three years ago and lost it due to a broker. She was arrested but the charge was dismissed at the district attorney's urging. She continues to wear the signs to protest.
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New York
Dliss
Elizabeth Mary Black
MG W
Tombs
Mney
Hind
Wallest
Purdue professor Kemmerer named Philippine financial adviser
The War Department announces Prof W. Kemmerer of Purdue University has arrived in the Philippines as financial adviser to the Philippine Commission. He will supervise the new currency introduction, redemption of Spanish-Filipino coins, and retirement of the Mexican peso.
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Washington, Aug. IL
War Department
W. Kemmerer
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Philippine Commission
Kemmerer
Oldest Vessel Afloat Vignlant Returns to Baltimore
Baltimore learns the schooner Vignlant, the world’s oldest afloat at 117 years, now trading from St. Croix in the French West Indies, was hailed in Baltimore. Miss Beveridge, granddaughter of ex Gov Beveridge, to wed Mr Harragan on Aug 3 in Paris. A lamp fire in Clinton, Iowa, kills Carrie Knapp.
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Daltimore
Col. Wm
Love
Board of Trade
Vigilant
West Indies
Oath
Baltimore
St. Croix
French West Indies
Miss Beveridge
Paris
Kahne Beveridge
Beveridge
Miinois
Hranagan
Johannesburg
Charles Coghlan
600 Pairs of Pants for Men Who Work
An Interduction sale offers 600 pairs of work pants at prices below cost. The catalog highlights Sc buys a double sewn patent button Moleskin pant valued at 7c and 31,00 and Cottonade pants touted to wear like iron with regular 91.00 price and $1.50 values. Lion Pants Mfg. Co, 8B. Pmnest.
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Fue
Lion Pants Mfg. CO
Ex-President Graver Feels Fishing Trip Away From Baby
In Boston on Monday evening ex president crave Cleveland accompanied by Joseph Jeff ert on and a nephew of Mr. Jefferson traveled by train toward likely woods in northeastern Maine. They carried a sizable amount of fishing gear and paraphernalia as they headed to the woods.
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Boston
Packing house blast hits Dupont works in Carney's Point
Reports from Wilmington indicate a packing-house explosion at the Dupont powder units in Carney's Point on Tuesday. No injuries reported. the blast described as a trifling accident. Gen Miles accepts presidency of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association in Washington. Multiple railroad fare notices advertise discounted trips to California and Colorado with Chicago connections, including through service and tourist cars.
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Del
Dupont
Carney's Point
Gen. Miles
Washington, Aug
Miles
The
Thomas Jefferson, Memorial Association
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