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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1907
Page
2
Rose Pastor Stokes works to enlist wealthy women like Mrs Sage and Mrs Gould to aid striking telegraphers. Dan Russell announces churches donate funds and expect about 30000 dollars in the treasury next week. He notes 500 women operators in New York and 6000 nationwide as potential influence over telegraph company directors.
Chicago officials report President Small of the telegraphers union vows a long battle amid a winter stand. The union renews aid to its defense fund and learns Western Union is operating at 25 percent of normal business. Small notes 10 percent over the wires and 15 percent via mail.
The Purdue building at the state fair grounds will host a remodeled exhibit by the experiment station with dairy and soil crop animal husbandry and horticultural displays. Daily lectures in the auditorium cover soils wheat and corn San Jose scale control feeders seed corn harvesting dairy herd improvement and domestic science demonstrations with stereopticon illustrations.
A roundup of social news lists visits and travel plans from Indianapolis families. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Baird will visit Mrs. Baird’s parents in Buffalo for a few days. Other couples plan trips to Mackinac Island, Georgian Bay, Atlantic City, and New York, with dates through September. Social events include engagements, weddings in Chicago and Columbus, travel to Lake Wawashe, and gatherings at homes on N New Jersey Street and Cornell Avenue.
County superintendents struggle to designate a local dealer to handle school books for the entire county as required. Dealers refuse to act as depositories citing small profits and a 60 day payment rule that risks losses if all books must be paid for whether sold or not.
Kermit joins the march reported by The Sun from Ostumwa Indiana dated August 2. The fragment notes Kermit as a participant in a local event, with unclear specifics due to damaged OCR text.
Oregon pioneer Ezra Meeker with his ox team and prairie schooner seeks to drive down Broadway to spur a national highway project. Police refused a permit. he plans to appeal to New York aldermen for approval to use the route via Broadway to Oyster Bay and Washington. Meeker previously lived in Indianapolis.
Former Richmond mayor J W Moore died suddenly this morning in Richmond Indiana. He served as mayor in earlier years and was well known in local civic affairs.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad announced on August 22 that all employees who drink liquor while on duty will be discharged. The directive applies to the entire workforce and underscores strict adherence to conduct while at work.
A petition filed by 15 creditors of the Mark Tulley Exchange Bank of Converse seeks Tulley bankruptcy. The group claims deposits totaling 10,574.18 and alleges Tulley, owner until July 6, transferred the business to Farmers' State Bank and committed bankruptcy by preferring creditors. Debts total about 19,000 with insolvency declared.
United Press reports Fort William Ontario sees a strike by telephone office workers over the appointment of Miss Ora Hudson from Decatur Illinois as chief operator. Linemen threaten sympathy strike with the office staff.
In Louisville on August 22 ex Mayor Paul C. Barth shot himself after a three year political saga. Accused over a saddle horse purchased during his term, Barth insisted he acted to protect his honor and care for his three motherless sons. He previously refused a mayoral run but later faced protracted legal challenges, leading to mounting pressure from opponents and a fading political future.
The article recounts the $750 horse purchase by former Louisville mayor Paul Barth, the ensuing political row, and Barth's subsequent suicide. It notes Barth's public works and generosity, the defense by supporters that he was honest, and criticism from opponents and press cartoons. It cites Henry Watterson calling Barth a good citizen and says the death stemmed from unrelenting ridicule rather than proven corruption.
War sa w Indiana report says Mr Charles Webster, his wife and their two year old child were burned to death in a gasol ine stove explosion at their west Warsaw home. Mrs Webster lit the fire and the tank exploded. The liquid soaked her, and when Mr Webster tried to aid her his clothes caught fire. The house burned and the family perished in the flames.
Washington Aug 22 Members of the committee on appropriations reportedly plan another junket to Panama to review war department canal expenditure estimates for the next fiscal year and to assess letting Col Goethals exceed this year’s allowance The trip would cover about 2000 miles from New York and take six to seven days The canal zone is described as attractive salubrious with temperatures between 72 and 86 degrees.
A wreck train on the Pennsylvania line crashed into a freight at the yards in Hagerstown late last night killing Roscoe E. Febern a 35 year old wreck train crew member from Richmond. Injured were Joseph Myers William Owens Engineer Frank Calkine Joseph A. Gorman Michael Bosworth all of Richmond and Laurel Showalter of Middletown. Responsibility for the wreck has not been fixed.
Police Magistrate Alfred Pendall of Carmi Illinois who had fined more than 200 drunks in the past year was fined for drunkenness after spending the night in a tavern. pendall’s case drew attention to his own enforcement of city laws.
Gov. Comer said railroads must obey the recent rate law and warned of a special legislative session if compliance fails by October 1. He outlined this after federal grand jury instructions and Judge Jones condemned interference with injunctions nullifying the cheap rate law. Comer pledged to uphold state dignity and enforce laws.
In Portland the Oregon Trust and Savings Bank suspended operations amid money stringency in New York. With $100,000 capital and about $3 million in deposits, the bank was closed by Multnomah County Circuit Court. Receiver Thomas C. Devlin named. Vice-President Lytle blamed cashier W Cooper Morris for unauthorized securities trading and moving $1.3 million in tele phone company bonds to New York to secure funds.
Treasury department information shows the failed Oregon Trust and Savings bank in Portland closed after federal authorities blocked the formation of the proposed National Bank of Commerce. Government bonds totaling 250000 were held by the comptroller of currency, and officials refused inspection, halting the Bank of Commerce project.
The Adscript club changes its planned trip to Cincinnati for a meeting of advertising clubs. Instead of Wednesday, members will travel on Tuesday. The "largest doings of the week" will be held Tuesday night, and the club will use a special car for the trip.
A package found on a mail box contained four paper collars a necktie and spectacles with no stamps suggesting it was not for mail. Post office sleuths suspect they were intended for a waste paper box but none was available so the bundle was placed atop the mail box by error. The owner can claim them at the post office.
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