Griscom Sees Roosevelt Then Taft At Conservation Talk
Beverly Mass August 22 President Taft works at Burgess Point on a speech for the conservation congress at St Paul while Lloyd Griscom New York Republican and Roosevelt ally plan to meet Taft to straighten out the Republican party tangle. Robert Taft leaves for Syracuse for ten days visiting Yale friends.
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Lloyd Griscom
Roosevelt
Taft
Beverly
Mass
Myopia Hunt Club
Burgess Point
Conservation Congress
St. Paul
Marblehead
Sylph
White House
New York Republian
His Hot Shot Program Fails to Win Congressional Backing
Washington on August 22 reports that Speaker Cannon loses favor with the Republican congressional committee for the coming campaign. A Republican leader asserts Cannon’s services will not be solicited or invited to speak. Taft officials and insurgent policy drive the party to avoid internal fights and focus on opposing Democrats. Representatives Walter Smith and William Humphreys have left Cannon’s side, signaling limited support for his bid as speaker in a future Republican majority House.
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Joe Cannon
Republican Congressional Committee
Cannon
National Republican Congressional Committee
Kansas
Taft
Congressional Committee
Iowa
Aldrich
Hale
Walter I. Smith
Town
William E. Humphreys
Washington
Smith
House
Tom Reed
Huntington Girls Not Working Girls
Huntington Ind Aug 22. Harry Jones manager for the Barker Brown shoe factory says Huntington girls are ladies of leisure. He returned from Michigan with three workers after a trip to recruit help, noting it is hard to get girl help in Huntington and in other avenues where such help is sought.
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Huntington
Ind
Harry Jones
Barker- Brown
Jones
Michigan
Shank Faces Fire Board Deadlock On South Side Safety
Mayor Shank, speaking at Monday’s council meeting, said he cannot fire Board of Works members despite a deadlock over fire protection. He urged action to protect the south side but warned he would not be to blame if a major blaze occurred there.
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Shank
Council Board of Work
Board of Works
WILLS ALL TO KIND WOMAN
Scranton report states Annie Koskey died at Hillside home leaving all she owned to a kind woman. The exact beneficiary and details remain unclear in the fragmentary dispatch.
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Scranton
Annie Koskey
Duggan
Tear American Flag to Shreds in Toronto
In Toronto on August 22, two Argonaut rowing club members swam out to the visiting American yacht West Wind from Buffalo and tore its flag to shreds before replacing it. The flag had been stolen earlier at Port Dalhousie but the visitors planned to replace it Monday. Local yachtsmen condemn the act and the Argonaut board met to address the offenders.
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Toronto
Buffalo
Argonaut Board
Mass Meeting Planned to Fight Park Board Assessments
A parish edition denounces park and boulevard assessments as unfair towing the tax for boulevard works. Attys engaged to lead battle, donors from the east end already giving, and a mass meeting of property owners is set for Wednesday September 7 at the old East Tenth and Oakland church to report progress and outline plans.
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Park Board
Butler Memorial Reformed
J. F.rauel
East End
East Tenth and
Oakland Avenue
Pigeon Pie Tempts Three Juveniles in Court
Herman Wooten Edward Aull and Arthur Skibbey climbed a six story fire escape from Home Brewing building to see pigeons and the view. Edward 18 denied any intent for theft. Judge Stubbs warned and released the trio after questioning their motives.
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Herman Wooten
Edward Aull
Arthur Skibbey
Home Brewing Company
Edward
Stubbs
Aull
Trustees Charged With Being Short
After a week of reports the state accounting board made public two examiner findings. Samuel D. Breeden trustee of Scott township Harrison county 1909 is charged with 43.12 in illegal payments and cash retained by him. Andrew Steersteder trustee of Spencer township Harrison county is declared to have paid 74.26 illegality to teachers in a mistake concerning institute salary.
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State Accounting Board
Samuel D. Breeden
Scott Township
Harrison County
Andrew Steersteder
Spencer Township
Jug set on match causes fire at River Avenue home
Joe Dowais of 1145 River avenue carried a jug home Monday night and set it on a match. The match ignited a paper on the floor, the paper burned the wall, and the fire department records $10 in damage.
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Joe Dowais
River Avenue
Picked Own Pallbearers in Final Moments
Newark dispatch reports John Welsher a six year old terminal for cancer of the liver chose his pallbearers. He named his widow and children, including a teenage daughter, and calmly prepared a list of friends to bear him.
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Newark
N.J
John Welsher
Shively Flips Sides in ToGa Honor Row and Kern Fight
Northern state Democrats grow bitter as Shively aligned forces push against Kern in a bid for the ToGa honor. Key figures Lon Bennethy J B Faulkner Proctor Grube Powers and Taggart shift loyalties, with Shea and Fleming potential swing votes in play.
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Faulkner
Proctor
Grube
Bennethy
Shea
Powers
Indiana Fire Loss Grows This Year
An Indiana report shows heavy fire losses paid by insurers and reduced losses by life and casualty firms. For the first half of 1910 taxes collected total $188,913.87, up $4,787.67 from 1909. Prudential leads with $26,552.77 in assessments, followed by Metropolitan Life at $18,995.17.
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Indiana
Life and Casulty
C. W. Neal
Ise
Prudential Company
Metropolitain Life
Pacemaker Bishop Richardson Fined for Speeding
Bishop Richardson acted as pacemaker for motorcyclists on the boulevard from Emrichsville to Thirtieth Street. He rode 18 to 35 mph ahead of the group and was fined $10 plus costs in police court Monday according to Motorcycle Officer Pressly.
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Bishop Richardson
Pressly
Richardson
Emrichsville
Thirtieth Street
Explosion Kills Three at Krupp Gun Works
Berlin reports an explosion at Krupp gun works Essen wrecked an experimental laboratory. Three bodies were removed, several others are missing, and more than twenty injured, some fatally, as workers faced a catastrophic blast.
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KRUPP
Berlin
Essen
Gardners Meet Ends With Friendly Court Dismissal
In a Holliday and Cruft streets dispute, gardeners Nathaniel Browning and William Thompson argued with an ax incident. Browning described striking ground near Thompson. both denied intent to kill. Judge Collins dismissed assault and battery charges as the men exchanged apologies and left together.
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Nathaniel Browning
William Thompson
Browning
Thompson
Holliday and Cruft
Collins
Aley May Take Presidency of Maine College
Dr Robert J Aley state superintendent of public instruction says he has not applied for the University of Maine presidency, plans to remain in his current post until November and December if he accepts, citing unfinished work and a preference for tenure over a two year role. The Maine post carries a $5000 salary and a residence versus his $3500 now.
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University of Maine
Robert J. Aley
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Maine
Maine Institution
Aley
Americans Endangered by Wrath of Mobs in Nicaragua
In western Nicaragua Madriz forces were routed and Rivas’s body was found. The Estrada-backed army may be beaten to Managua in a race against U S Marines. Marines stand at Corinto ready to escort to the capital as Madriz flees Managua aboard the gunboat Victoria.
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Madriz
Nicaragua
Madris
Rivas
Army of Estrada
U. S
Bluefields
Estrada
Managua
Jackies
Corinto
Washington
State Department
United States Conell Moffatt
Victoria
State Soldiers' Home Crowded Overcrowding Sparks $30,000 Need
Col. W. Haggard, Lafayette commandant and former lieutenant governor, visited Gov Marshall to urge a $30,000 appropriation for the State soldiers' home. With 1,430 men on rolls and 200 to 300 on furlough, no rooms are vacant and many veterans double up. About 300 applicants await admission.
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Haggard
Bea
Yyait
Col. W. 8. Haggard
State Soldiers’ Home
Lafayette
General Assembly
Marshall
Collision Injures Four In Indiana Train Crash
A rear-end collision at Kantzer's Crossing on the Indiana Union line near Pert injures Albert Miller Sherman Culp and Loretta Manley of Losee and Georgia Wise aged 12 of South Peru. Miller may die from injuries after being thrown thirty feet and sustaining a broken hip and crushed shoulder and arm.
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Sion
Kantzer
Indiana Union Traction
Here
Albert Miller
Sherman Culp
Loretta Manley
Miller
Georgia Wise
Peru
Rat seizes ring in paper nest tale at H Britain press
In Huntington Indiana on August 22 a rat raid at United Brethren publishing house leads to a dramatic chase. The big rat is cornered in a nest of papers where a valuable pearl set ring, once missed by Miss Hazel Burke after she set it beside a type case two weeks ago, is found.
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Huntington
Ind
United Brethren Publishing House
Hazel Burke
Contractor dies after long illness in Indianapolis
John A. Schumacher 65 of the John A. C. Schumacher company, a longtime contractor, died at his home 1019 Bellefontaine street at 8 a.m. Monday after years of illness from a tumor. Born in Germany in 1843 he came to the United States in 1865, settled in New York City, moved to Indianapolis in 1874 and formed Schumacher & Jungclaus. He helped build the Century building Shortridge high school old St. Vincent's hospital Meridian Street M. E. church the police station and The Sun building. He leaves wife Augusta Ida Schumacher three sons William M Max A and Alex L one sister Mrs Will am FP Jungclaus and two brothers in the city plus three brothers in New York City. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
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John A. Schumacher
John A. C. Schumacher
Bellefontaine Street
Schumacher
Germany
New York City
Indianapolis
William P. Jungelaus
Schumacher & Jungclaus
Jungclaus
Century
Shortridge High School
St. Vincent's Hospital
Meridian Street M. E
Sun
Augusta Ida Schumacher
William M
Max A
Alex L
Willam FP. Jungclaus
Henry Schumacher
Hyland Visits Cincinnati Police Stations For Ideas
Chief Hyland and Indianapolis police commissioners inspected Central Station and District HQs 3 4 5 and 9 in Cincinnati to gather pointers for building several new stations. Inspector Casey directed the tour as part of an official inspection to study facilities and operations.
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Cincinnati
Hyland
Board of Police Commissioners of
Indianapolis
Casey
Executive Board Makes No Decision On Strikes
The international executive board of the United Mine Workers of America met in its offices and, after discussing several issues including the Pennsylvania Irwin field strike, left without a conclusion. They plan a multi day session and will consider dismissing international organizers per policy adopted at the recent convention.
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The
United Mine Workers of America
Irwin Field
Pennsylvania
Browne Bribery Scandal Reaches Court Again
Chicago witnesses set to testify in the second Browne bribery trial as State's Attorney Waymen seeks to prove Rep C A White paid $1000 to back Lorimer for the U S senate. Jury protection tight at the Alexandria hotel with detectives guarding windows and exits amid intense courtroom sessions.
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Browne
Chicago
Lee O'Neill Browne
Waymen
C. A. White
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Broderick
Helstlaw
Lorimer
Link
Heckmeyer
Myers
Alexandria
White
Kersten
Sangamon
Cook County
Illinois
Wayman
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Lon Bennethy
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Joseph H. Shea
Seymour
Maine College
Blue Jackeies
Losee
Rat
Ring
John A. Schumacher Co
J. Clair St
Atlantic
Boston
Via
Big Four
New York Central
Reaeaeaby
Atlantic Coast
Washington and
Meridian Streets
W. R. Daly
Indieapolis
H. J. Rhein
Warren J. Lynch
Tlinois
Alexandria Hotel
Talesmen
George Ner
Sten
John “Broderick
Senator Helstlaw
Victo Talking Machine
Walschner-Stewart Music CO
North
Pennosylvania Street
Burgheim
N. Iminois
Rink’s
Optical Department
Registered Optician Services
Polk’s Milk
Polk
Kramer
Kingston
Circle New Indian Cafe
Gregg
Knox
French Steam Dye Works
Garment Cleaners
Walter Ehlers
Circle and
N. Mavidsen
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