Convict Labor for Roadways and Brickmaking Proposed
State Geologist Blatchley argues for using western Indiana shale and fire clay to produce paving brick and sewer pipe with convict labor. A plant costing about 55 000 to 70 000 could produce 40 000 to 80 000 bricks daily, paving miles of road at low cost while supplying materials for public buildings.
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W. 8. Blatchley
Michigan City
Jeffersonville
Indiana
General Assembly
New York land case reveals collusion in Adirondack deal
Albany Aug 22 At a hearing before commissioners Clark and Austin probing the Adirondack forest land purchase it was disclosed that Albany land seller George N Os iander endorsed notes for James Whipple the forest and game commissioner and had business ties with Whipple, suggesting collusion in the state land deal.
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Albany
Roger P. Clark
H. Leroy Austin
Adirondack
State Forest Purchasing Board
George’ N
Omaha Mayor Dahlman Named Governor Nominee in Fraud Contests
Aug 22 Omaha reports indicate Mayor Dahlman of Omaha leads Gov. Shallenberger by about 150 votes in the Democratic primaries for governor. Shallenberger will contest the result on charges of fraud.
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Dahlman
Shallenberger
Omaha
Neb
Thirtieth Street Favored Route For Cross Town Street Car Line
Countsman Denny urged the board of works to route the proposed cross town street car from Brightwood to Riverside park along Thirtieth street. Mayor Shank supported Thirtieth street. He alleged outside influences opposed the line and argued property owners must not block a public necessity.
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Thirtieth Street
Brightwood
Central Avenue Bridge
Phdianapolis
Board of Works
Countsman Denny
Fall Creek
Denny
Shank
Dog focus cited in juvenile court over abuse claim
Mrs. Jennie Oliver testified that a woman with a dog at home cares more for the animal than the children. She described a razorstrop and a knife attack on two children by the stepmother, one injuring a child for not opening an oven. The Ashbys on Warman Avenue face affidavits against the father and stepmother.
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Jennie Oliver
Warman Avenue
Count Zeppelin’s Airship Makes First Passenger Flight
Baden, August 22 Count Zeppelin's airship conducted its first passenger flight Monday and the trip was pronounced a success. The event marks a milestone for the craft and its operators as crowds watched the new air vehicle soar with passengers aboard.
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Count
Baden Baden
Count Zeppelin
Kitten Hoodoo for Moissant in His Flight
Chicago aviator John B. Moissant faces fresh disaster en route Paris to London as a storm forces a descent near Seven Oaks Kent after ten miles. His Bleriot monoplane suffers a broken propeller damaged rudder and clumsy wheels while a mascot kitten travels aboard. Moissant vows to continue once repairs are made despite low fuel and high winds.
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John B. Moissant
Chicago
Paris
Moissant
Moissant Parfowly
Seven Oaks
Kent
Wrotham
Rainham
Albert Fileux
Hainham
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J. Armstrong Drexel
Sailors to Attend Ship Ahoy Show at Fairview Park
The entire on duty crew from the Indianapolis navy recruiting station will be guests of the Shriners for the opening performance of the comedy Ship Ahoy at Fairview Park Monday night. They will attend in full dress uniform.
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Indianapolis
Shriners
Fairview Park
Solitary Rose Advertises for a Husband
Special to The Sun from Winchester Indiana on August twenty second a poem announces Solitary Rose seeks a husband. She notes her age about 29 summers claims a 60 acre farm and 100 dollars banked an uncle left her. She says any man between six feet and five feet six inches tall will do and accepts ages from two to forty with preferences varying by complexion and hair color.
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Winchester
Ind
Death in wake of auto crash in New York
The second victim of the automobile crash involving millionaire Edward Rosenheimer was reported dying. Rosenheimer, out on bail of 25000 dollars, may be re-arrested. Miss Anna McCabe, who rode with Grace Hough when she died, has little chance of recovery as physicians report.
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New York
Edward Rosenheimer
Rosenheimer
Anna McCabe
Grace Hough
Government by Commission Favored in Indianapolis Plan
The Commercial club supports the Des Moines and Galveston commission forms as a solution for Indianapolis. A ten member allied city interests commission will study options and report a bill for the next legislature. Public meetings at Tomlinson hall will educate residents on the plan’s benefits.
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Indiana
Commission
Committee On
Commercial Club
L. A. Coleman
Allied City Interests Commmission
Des Moines
Galveston
Commercial Cin’ Committee
Hiram Brown
Hilson A. Brown
Ernest Bross
Brandt Downey
T. B. Laycock
J. Holliday
Merle N. A. Walker
Winfield Miller
Rudolph G. Leeds
United States
Coleman
Tomlinson Hall
J. R. Berryhill
Commission of Des Moines
Estrada Becomes Ruler as Insurgents Reach Managua
The insurgent army advances on Managua to shield Americans from mobs as Premier Madriz flees. Jose Dolores Estrada briefly held the presidency before transferring it to his brother, amid fears of looting and chaos. U S Marines stand ready to move from Corinto to Managua if order fails.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Madriz
Jose Dolores Estrada
Estrada
Yorktown
Vicksburg
Washington
Corinto
Granada
Mena
Chamorro
Estradas
Zelaya
Juan Estrada
Estrada Army
United States
Olivares
Insurgents Capture Capital in Nicaragua
A Managua cable dispatch reports insurgent forces entered the Nicaraguan capital without resistance and Estrada proclaimed president. Madriz returned to the city, signaling a dramatic shift in power. Sunday confirmation from New Orleans dated August 22.
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Managua
Estrada
Madriz
Rivas Fatally Wounded Amid Bluefields Evacuation
Dispatches from Washington confirm Gen. Rivas was fatally hurt in an incident during revolutions led by Gen. Mena. Reports mention 700 men in western Nicaragua and the evacuation of Bluefields bluff amid the crisis.
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Washington
Rivas
Bluefields
Cold Wave Expected To Reach Indiana Thursday
The U S weather bureau forecasts a cool wave arriving midweek with a high Pacific coast high pressure system sweeping eastward. Indianapolis observers say the Indiana Ohio valley will feel the chill by Thursday, with no rain expected and warmer temps afterward.
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Washington
Indianapolis
Bureau
Majestic Building
Pacific Coast
W. H. Church
Ohio Valley
Indiana
Farmer Arrested for Forging Relative’s Name in Check
Crawfordsville Ind Aug 22 Roy Carth a young farmer was arrested at Waveland Sunday on a charge of forging his step father Johnson Clore's name on a twenty dollar check.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Roy Carth
Waveland
Johnson Clore
Indiana Forecast Weather Note
The weather brief notes showers tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures on Tuesday. Hourly temperatures are listed but not expanded in the available text. The forecast focuses on Indiana as the regional area.
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Indiana
West Fire Toll Soars As Prayers For Rain Rise
Fires sweep through Idaho Oregon and nearby towns causing a heavy death toll with two hundred missing and hospitals bursting with injured and dying. Troops may be recalled to aid firefighting as governors Norris and Gay supervise operations and Forester Buck reports fires worsening hourly despite efforts.
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Ore
Forest Fire Toll Expands Across States and Canada
A vast forest fire disaster stretches across Idaho Washington Montana and British Columbia with Wallace Idaho and Newport Washington among hardest hit. Losses run into millions for timber and three million for other property while 200 forest rangers are listed as missing and 5000 to 8000 homeless. Six thousand responders including US troops and state governors direct relief efforts as taft faces federal aid requests.
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Idaho
Newport
Wash
St. Joe Country
United States
Montana
Taft
Destructive Montana Idaho Forest Fires Ravage West
August 22 dispatches report five thousand square miles of timber land in western Montana and eastern Idaho ablaze, with a $20 million property loss, over 300 expected deaths, and more than 200 missing. Thousands flee Wallace Idaho as towns burn, while rangers, troops, and volunteers battle walls of flame amid widespread destruction.
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Montana
Idaho
United States
Wallace
Forest Rangers
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Morris
Fires traced to arson as fires rage across the West
Washington officials in Aug report arson suspected in the vast forest blaze spreading through Idaho, Montana and Oregon. Acting Chief Forester Potter confirms telegram from Cecil in Oregon. Buck at Medford gets urgent orders to capture suspected arsonists. General Leonard Wood orders five more regular companies to aid rangers with transport and a field hospital.
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Oregon
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Uve
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Rater Lake
Forest Rangers Surrounded as Water Runs Short
Spokane August 22 reports say two hundred forest rangers are trapped by fire in the St Croix district near the Idaho Montana line with water supplies cut or wasted hindering suppression efforts. Firefighters face discouragement as they attempt to contain blazes around Mullan Elk City and Couer d Alene Chigs Idaho amid a severe manpower shortage threatening nearby towns and settlers.
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