Florence Nightingale Dies at Ninety in London Home
Ninety years of active life ended for Florence Nightingale, famed nurse of the Crimean war. Born May 12 1820 in Florence Italy she shaped hospital reform and nursing training, led field efforts at Scutari and in the Crimea, funded Nightingale homes, and inspired public mourning across England. King George sent a personal representative to convey sorrow.
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Man Describes Ritual While Wife Slumbered in Victuals Kitchen
The imperfect fragment recalls Charles W. Miller cooking and mending clothes while his wife slept. Miller objects to managing large socks and to a claim about his spouse. The text is garbled but centers on domestic actions during slumber.
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Senator Sullivan Hosts Free Pie and Theater for Newsboys
New York August 15 The state Senator D Sullivan known as Big Tim staged a large free pie and theater festival for New York newsboys. Tickets to the City theater were free so every seat sold to the public. Sullivan heads the Order of Eagles and served as stake holder in the Jeffries Johnson fight. He has long supported newsboys with annual gratis pie and boat excursions and a playful crust-throwing ritual at the start.
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Turkish warship Mansoure sinks off Turkish coast
The Turkish warship Mansoure sank in a gale off the Turkish coast on Monday in sixty feet of water. The loss was reported via a Lloyds dispatch from Constantinople. The incident followed rough weather near Calshot where the racing yacht Germanix4 ran ashore after Cowes regatta participation.
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Tragic Chicago death of Miss Tyni Bar bailo
Miss Tyni Bar bailo, 19, was found dying with forty eight knife wounds in Chicago. She told police a man forced her to drink whisky and then gasoline before she died without naming the killer.
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Resigning Pastor Sets Course for Tyrone Pa Move
Rev. J. C. Day of Irvington Presbyterian Church announced his resignation to take a new pastorate in Tyrone Pa. He will depart August 29. Day founded a boys club and a women s league, nearly tripled the congregation, and raised 12000 for a new church site. His successor will be chosen by a committee led by M. D. Lupton. The new charge is about 825 members.
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Stork Plays Boys as Rank Favorites
Special to The Sun reports Brazil Indiana on August 15 where birth records show a male birth surge. Doctors foresee war era birth patterns as male births rise during tensions. In Rome on August 15 the Duke of Genoa and Prince Udine were pelted by a boy throwing a stone as they autoed to Stresa to visit the duke’s mother. The boy fled into a house, challenging the prince. police investigate the incident.
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Governor Marshall not ill remains on vacation trip
A letter received at the governor's office Monday states Governor Marshall was leaving Petoskey at 11 50 for Duluth to continue his vacation as planned. The message denies reports of illness and notes Michigan's climate has brought no chill.
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Fisherman Dies After Bad Luck On River
Evansville Indiana August 15 Valentine Lawrence 45 a house decorator died after a day on the river when fish failed to bite. The coroner says disappointment contributed to heart failure.
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President Taft Sees Party Workers In Beverly Mecca Shift
Beverly Massachusetts August 15 leaders from across the country converge on Burgess point eclipsing Oyster Bay as a political mecca. President Taft meets Judge W E Woodmansee and former Philippine governor Leonardo Osorion. Senator Crane plans a report on party state and west, Ballinger, Sherman, Loudenslager, and McKinley expected this week. Taft golfed with Longworth at Myopia.
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Walsh to Ask For Executive Clemency From Prison
Washington Aug. 15 John R Walsh former Chicago financier six months ago confined at Leavenworth six years for violating national banking laws will petition for executive clemency. He did not state grounds but reports say his age and physical condition will be main points.
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Run Over at Play by Miracle Rescues Child
Special to The Sun. Miller F. Barger five year old boy in Martinsville Indiana was run over by a carriage Sunday night while playing in the sand The carriage driven by Ivan Eubank and Samuel Devore rolled over the child with its rear wheel causing injuries but the boy escaped serious harm by a miracle.
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Esperanto Gains Washington Welcome for World Congress
In Washington on August 15 delegates from around the world opened the sixth international congress of the World Association of Esperantoists. The capital embraces Esperanto with signs, sermons, and even police tutored in the language, while plans promise music drama and sport unified by Esperanto.
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Township Division Case Looms Over Bethel School Costs
County commissioners weigh a Saturday verdict in the Franklin township division case amid protest from Acton residents. If approved with Commissioner Roberts, the township may be divided unless the Bethel school project budget is cut by 10000 dollars. Trustee Brown plans a new Acton school next year but funds are scarce.
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Whirling Saw Ends Short Honeymoon
Lewis Fadley a 26 year old husband died after a factory accident in Wabash Indiana. He was married just two weeks and his bride is left prostrate by the tragedy.
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Lewis Fadley
YMCA Summer Swimming Classes Seek New Boys
Children's aid association workers will visit newspaper offices and choose the most deserving boys from the newsrooms for eight lesson sessions. The second class begins in the YMCA pool Wednesday morning, offering a cool start to summer instruction.
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Roosevelt Howls at Taft Aide Visits Oyster Bay
Lloyd Griscom, chairman of the New York County Republican Committee, hurried to Oyster Bay to see Col. Roosevelt after meeting Taft at Beverly. He seeks Roosevelt’s role as temporary chairman of the Saratoga state convention and to hear messages on party direction. Roosevelt plans to endorse progressive policies and supporters, with candid talks on primary and state slate.
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Indianapolis Day At Ohio Valley Exposition
Indianapolis will host a day at the Ohio Valley Exposition in Cincinnati from August 29 to September 24. The event showcases Ohio Valley resources with each major city receiving a dedicated day. Indianapolis figures include R G McClure W H Howard W J Dobyns Will H Brown and Mayor Shank coordinating Indianapolis day efforts.
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Shank
Post Office at Winona Raided
Thieves who burglarized the Winona post office last Wednesday opened mail and are believed to be the same gang that attempted another mail loot Saturday night. Four stores were entered the same night and robbed of small sums.
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Auto overturns at bridge approach injures Hoadley family
Martinsville Indiana August 15 J W Hoadley and family were overturned at the approach to the Clear creek bridge Mrs Hoadley was trapped under the car with serious injuries Mr Headley and three children escaped with minor wounds
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Clearcreek
Five Die in Sunday Wreck Near Handley
Four men died instantly and several others were injured when a Chesapeake and Ohio equipment train ran away on a steep grade and collided with a freight train at Handley Sunday in Wheeling West Virginia. The dead include engineer John P. Dwyer track foreman Ben Allman coal miner Andrew L Peck and blacksmith Reuben Dean.
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Andrew L. Peck
Reuben Dean
Nebraska primary battle grips state politics in 1910s
Nebraskans prepare for a heated August primary with liquor policy dominating races. Key contests include Gov. Shallenberger versus drys allied with Dahlman and a tight senatorial fight between Hitchcock and Metcalfe. Burkett edges out Whedon as progressive-faction support sustains renomination, with an anticipated total primary turnout near 150 000.
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Stabbed with hatpin wounds furniture worker in Evansville
Millard Timberlake a furniture worker was stabbed in the side with a hatpin on Saturday and seriously hurt. The wound is thought to have been inflicted by a woman.
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Millard Timberlake
Boutell Runs as Independent After GOP Nomination Rejected
Springfield Aug 15 Henry S Boutell congressman from Illinois sworn to republican leaders on the north side filed a petition to run as an independent for Congress to succeed him He was excluded from the party ticket due to his Cannon and Aldrich affiliations and support network
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Martinsville Street Fight Wounds Man With Monkey Wrench
Henry York was seriously injured in a street fight Saturday in Martinsville Indiana when he was struck over the head with a monkey wrench.
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Henry York
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