Republicans Pledged 10 Bolt Ticket In Indiana Drift
West Baden Ind Aug 2 A Floyd County Republican says a secret Contrary club movement spreads across Indiana First Second and Third districts The club fields disaffected voters who back the national ticket while staying secret until election day The plan mirrors a past “Frogs” tactic and aims to disrupt the party apparatus across districts through hidden loyalists.
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Indianapolis
Marshell
Floyd County
Indiana
New Albany
Tin Andiana
Hemenway
Beveridge
Charles Miller
Miller
George Self
Watson
Lone bid for county work rejected after bond issue
Alterations at the county treasurer’s office will be done by county carpenters. The board rejected the lone bid from John A Schumacher Co for 580 due to lack of bond and lack of competition. Earlier bids ranged from 145 to 350 without proper specifications.
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John A. Schumacher Company
Biigling
Jungclaus
John A. Schumacher
Holy Cross Parish Fete Extended One More Night
Poor weather forced Holy Cross parish to extend the annual lawn festival through Friday night. Attractions ran strong last night with three vaudeville and moving picture shows packed to capacity. New programs were planned for tonight and tomorrow, with interest centered on the oriental mystic tale Trip to Fairyland and a large queue of pilgrims awaiting admission to chance events. Outdoor rides also drew crowds despite weather delays, boosting receipts and promising total festival takings higher than any previous year.
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Holy Cross
Fairyland
Maniac Threatens Mayor in Hoboken Office
A man believed insane forced into Hoboken Mayor Stiles offices demanding a large sum of money. He drew a razor and threatened to kill the mayor unless paid. The mayor called the police after a struggle the suspect was jailed at the county facility.
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New York
Stiles
Hoboken
Mare Lady Lucan Jumps Overboard During Voyage
In New York on August 20, during preparations for J. B. Haggin’s racing horses to sail for Buenos Ayres, the mare Lady Lucan jumped overboard. She swam from pier 8 to pier 5 before a tug secured a rope and towed her back to the ship Valasquez.
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New York
J. B. Haggin
Valasquez
Buenos Ayres
Lady Lucan
Plier 8
Pier 5
Wealthy Wisconsin farmer’s daughters vanish in kidnapping case
In Kenosha Wisconsin Misses Gertrude and Dorothy Beihn ages 11 and 14 vanish after a closed carriage arrives at the Berlin gate. Police are puzzled with witnesses recalling a man ordering the girls into the vehicle. Stepmother warned of plot. family speculates kidnapping for ransom.
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Kenosha, Wis
Gertrude
Dorothy Beihn
Jacob Beihn
Wisconsin
Berlin
Anna Schenkerbere
Milwaukee
Mr. Berlin
Hains Insanity Defense in Bayside Killing Case
New York reports Capt. Peter C. Hains planned to shoot a Bayside millionaire and killed William E. Annis while accusing him of wrecking Hains' home. Mrs. Hains testifies to alleged depravity, with four confessions cited. defense expected to claim insanity.
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New York
Peter C. Hains
Bayside
William E. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Capt. Hains
Annis
Todig
McCormick and Burke Held for Grand Jury
Ernest McCormick and John Burke were sent to the grand jury from police court on Thursday after being charged with holding up Charles Apple gate on EB Washington street near Delaware street. Bonds were set at $2,000 each.
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Ernest McCormick
John Burke
Charles Applegate
Washington Street
Delaware Street
Grand Jury
Detective Manning Nets Two Suspects at Courthouse
Detective Manning works the courthouse grounds and arrested El Lloyd a self described minister of the apostolic faith and James White a Terre Haute paper hanger who offered poor self descriptions and little credibility.
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el Lloyd
James White
Terre Haute
Earthquake Shakes San Valentino. Homes Destroyed in Terni
Aug. 20 San Valentino area faces panic after violent quakes topple houses. In Pittsburg a syndicate buys 5288 acres of coal lands in Greene county for 1,463,000 dollars. Brunswick-Blake agrees to union scale for carpenters in New York. Atlanta riot report debunked as false. only a soldier brawl occurred. Illinois Oklahoma reports thirteen hurt in Iron Mountain line wreck. Albert Weir kills his wife and dies by carbolic acid.
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Terni
Italy
San Valentino
Pittsburg
Greene County
Carpenters’ Union
New York
Brunswick-Blake Collender Company
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Atlanta
Illinois
Okla
Iron Mountain Railway
Here
Men Rush for Bargains at Big Store
A large crowd of men and women arrived at L Strauss and Co. at 33-37 W. Washington to shop the half price sale at nine o clock. The sale drew a steady stream of buyers over several days with good clothing selections and a good natured atmosphere.
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L. Strauss & Co
Washington Street
Traveling men more cheerful over business prospects
Fall business indications are good in Indianapolis as scores of traveling salesmen for eastern wholesale houses arrive in the city. The Denison hotel register shows a large uptick in arrivals and managers note a generally optimistic view of trade prospects compared with spring.
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Indianapolis
Denison
Fowler
Salvation Army warning issued to public in Indianapolis
A non uniform person is taking Salvation Army money boxes from business counters. With the state camp meeting at Mounds Park, Anderson, and May Escott away assisting, unauthorized solicitors are told to stop until August 25. Official collectors require Maj. Escott’s written authorization, and industrial wagon drivers may only solicit waste materials with an Industrial Home badge.
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Salvation Army
Mounds Park
Anderson
May
Escott
Indianapolis
Maj. Escott
Fred T. Miller
Sheriff Joseph Clay Regains Health in North Michigan
Sheriff Joseph Clay of Petoskey Michigan is reported to be rapidly gaining strength after a serious illness of nervous prostration. He now exercises outdoors and shows renewed energy in the northern atmosphere.
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Joseph Clay
North
Petoskey, Mich
Clay
Two Indianapolis Girls Accused in Cincinnati
Inez Abrams aged 16 and Elizabeth Gregory aged 17 of 319 E Fifth Cincinnati were arrested at Fifth and Walnut streets by Detectives Jackson and Callahan on suspicion after $8 was stolen from the rooming house they lodged in. They claim to be visiting Indianapolis seeking work.
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Inez Abrams
Elizabeth Gregory
Fifth Street
Cincinnati
Fifth and
Walnut Streets
Jackson and
Callahan
Indianapolis
Ice Cream Parlor in Stable Fined in Police Court
Thomas Whitlock was fined ten dollars and costs in police court on a charge of selling ice cream below standard. He said he would quit and not sell ice cream again, after running a land office business in a stable behind his home at 1110 LaGrand Avenue.
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Thomas Whitlock
Whitlock
LaGrand Avenue
Gollarless Vacation On Lake Shore For Judge
Criminal Judge James A. Pritchard and his family will vacation at Lake Manitou near Rochester Indiana staying a week in the Rainey cottage. He plans hammocks a collarless period of repose and blue gill fishing and will return for a grand jury final report August 31.
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James A. Pritchard
Lake Manitou
Rochester
Ind
Rainey Cottage
Train kills girl while playing on bridge near Veedersburg
Mary Blacketer, six, was killed when a train struck her as she and friends played on a bridge near Veedersburg Indiana yesterday. The others escaped unharmed.
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Veederss&urg
Ind
Mary Blacketer
Victims of Gentlemen Highwayman to Receive Payment
Stranger seeks parole for William J Hyde the masked highwayman now in Michigan City for robbery Hyde’s victims in Indianapolis may be repaid for losses by EK Channell of Buffalo N Y who says Hyde is not his real name The man known as the gentleman highwayman is said to be from a respectable Buffalo family and his true identity may never be known
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Michigan City
EK. Channell
Buffalo
N. Y
Indianapolis
William J. Hyde
Hyde
Fiyde
Channell
Flyde
Thistle
Fife
Lafayette
Hyden
Martin
Mr. Channell
India Gebhard seeks divorce and name restoration
India Gebhard sues Fred Gebhard for divorce alleging abandonment. She asks the superior court to restore her maiden name India Cooper. The couple wed in 1897 and separated in 1906.
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India Gebhard
Fred Gebhard
India Cooper
Gebhards
Democrats In Prospect Glue Live Ones Meeting
A Prospect Democratic club meeting drew new members and praise from County Chairman W. M. Fogarty and Ward Committeeman Timothy Sexton for rapid growth in the Tenth ward. A 2 pm Sunday session plans attendance at Kern notification meetings and an August lawn fete at Villa and Prospect with music and refreshments. Captain P. J. Kelleher is slated to address the Aug 26 meeting, following recent favorable receptions.
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Tenth Ward
W. M. Fogarty
Timothy Sexton
Kern
Villa Avenue
Prospect Street
P. J. Kelleher
Kelleher
Johnson Renominated by Minn Democrats in Minnesota
Democrats of Minnesota renominated John A. Johnson for governor. Also named were Julius J. Refttsar for lieutenant governor Richard T. Lamb for secretary of state Henry P. Nelson for state treasurer M. E. Mathews for attorney general Hans P. Bjorge and Robert Kee as railway and warehouse commissioners.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Democrats of
Minnesota
John A. Johnson
Julius J. Refttsar
Richard T. Lamb
Henry P. Nelson
M. E. Mathews
Hans P. Bjorge
Robert Kee
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