Boy Dies After Auto Accident on Meridian Street
Samuel McCurdy twelve, son of Frank McCurdy, dairyman, died after an automobile driven by Freeland Mansfield struck him on Meridian Street near Thirty-fourth. Mansfield surrendered to police, charged with manslaughter, released on five thousand dollar bond. Father says accident unavoidable. boy walked from a milk wagon and stepped into the street. The car stopped three feet from the scene, and McCurdy was taken to Methodist Hospital where he died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeland Manseld
Meridian Street
Samuel McCurdy
Frank McCurdy
Thirty-fourth Street
Keystone Avenue
Methodist
Mansfield
McCurdy
Seventeenth
Eighteenth Streets
Prominent Woman Is Under Charge in Greencastle
Special to The Sun from Greencastle Indiana reports Miss Minnetta Taylor charged with selling medicine without a license. A DePauw graduate and Kappa Kappa Gamma member, she speaks over ten languages. Her parents were physicians. No arrest has been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencasste
Ind
Minnetta Taylor
DePauw
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Students Set Recital At College Of Musical Art
The first orchestral concert of the season by students from the College of Musical Art at 824 North Pennsylvania Street will be Thursday at 8:15 p m. Thirteen numbers will be rendered with participants Crystal Topp Harold Antrim Helen Hessler Theodore Klippel Bledrith Lewis Irene Scudder Eva Moldihan Allen Reedy John Rebenack and Ruth McClure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Musical Art
North
Pennsylvania Street
Crystal Topp
Harold Antrim
Helen Hessler
Theodore Klippel
Bledrith Lewis
Irene Scudder
Eva Moldihan
Allen Reedy
John Rebenack
Ruth McClure
Patent suit filed over railroad rail anti creeping device
D F Vaughn of Pittsburg Otto R Barnett of Glen Coe Til and M W Supply Co of Philadelphia sue Marion malleable iron works in federal court claiming patent valid and seeking damages and perpetual injunction against the Indiana firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. F. Vaughn
Pittsburg
Otto R. Barnett
Glencoe, Til
M. W. Supply Company
Philadelphia
Marion, Malleable Iron Works
Marion
Indiana
River Service Delayed Opening of Four New Stations
The weather bureau announced delays until 1911 for four new river stations at Attica Logansport Anderson and Bluffton plus a rainfall gauge at Farmstand The gauges arrived but cannot be placed immediately New stations will expand Indiana river service per observer W H Church of the bureau
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Weather Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Attica
Logansport
Anderson
Bluffton
Indiana
W. H. Church
Bureau
Pleads For Woman As Merely Ignorant In Court
Lieut J B Kinney argued in juvenile court that Mrs Jackson of St Clair and California streets is an ignorant mother. She and her son Morton were sent to prison last week, and Morton may be kept from joining his army company. Witnesses say the McCallister girl was enticed by the Jacksons who pressed marriage attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Kinney
Detective Department
Stubbs
Jackson
Ethel McCallister
Jacksons
St. Clair
California
Mrs. Jackson
Kinney
Ethel
Morton
College Days Musical Comedy at German House
Indianapolis lodge No 58 of the Independent Order of Bnai Brith will stage a two act musical comedy titled College Days on Monday evening at the German house. The play was written by Will Lowenburg and I Seidel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Order of B'nai B'rith
Will Lowenburg
I. Seidel
Arrest Made Two Years After Murder in Greencastle
Greencastle Indiana Dec 12 Jesse Casey Sims of Brazil a blacksmith was arrested Saturday on a grand jury indictment charging him with the death of Otis Hendren interurban agent Sept 28 1908. Hendren died from a bullet wound to the heart after a clerk heard the shot. Sims was seen in town the night of the murder carrying a weapon. He protests his alibi claiming innocence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Ind
Jesse “Casey” Sims
Brazil
Otis Hendren
Hendren
Sims
Merchants pledge strict watch over holiday shoplifters
Downtown merchants vow intensified anti theft efforts this season. Plain clothes officers and private detectives will augment patrols and every pilfering case will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, regardless of suspect. Publicity will accompany each arrest to deter theft in crowds.
Liberal Laborite Coalition Gains One Seat in London Vote
The latest election returns show the liberal-laborite coalition with a net gain of one seat. By late Monday, Conservatives hold 227, Liberals 122, Nationalists 57, and independent socialists aligned with O'Brien carry 6 seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
O’brienites
Biblical drama David Jonathan and Saul staged Monday night
Frederick H. Wilson performs a biblical drama in monologue titled David Jonathan and Saul at Castle Ball K of P on Germania Avenue under Puritan Lodge I 0 O FP auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Jonathan
Saul
Frederick H. Wilson
Castle Ball
K. of P
Germania Avenue
Puritan Lodge, I. 0. O
Clean Meat Fight Gaining Headway in Indiana
Indiana meat dealers respond to Dr. H. E. Barnard circular with steps to protect wares from dirt dust and files. J. T. Witt reports South Bend dealers adopting new meat cases and broader compliance. Early statewide reports indicate the cleaner meat campaign is succeeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
H. E. Barnard
J. T. Witt
South Bend
Barnard
Rockville Patients Sleep Outdoors at Tuberculosis Hospital
Indiana tuberculosis hospital at Rockville offers new convertible sleepers that slide from room windows to the porch, letting patients sleep outdoors while using indoor beds. The commission’s report to Gov. Marshall notes similar conditions to other state areas and outlines funding needs of 13000 to stock the tuberculosis farm and 100000 to complete the hospital. Members listed are Dr. Henry Moore J N Babcock B F Bennett William S Holman and Isaac R Strouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pital
Rockville
Tuberculosis Hospital Commission
Marshall
Commission
Indiana
Henry Moore
J. N. Babcock
B. F. Bennett
William 8. Holman
Isaac R. Strouse
Health official praises alley cleanup crusade
Dr C S Woods city health officer expresses satisfaction with the garbage can crusade. Ten wagons will start Wednesday on the south side alleys, following a week of successful cleanup in the north. He plans a repeat in three months with prosecutions for offenders.
City Hall Opening Plans Tied to Fundraising Efforts
The dedication committee for the new city hall met to arrange the program. Twenty thousand souvenir programs will feature the city seal. An orchestra was chosen but band costs of 100 dollars may strain the appropriation. Mayor Shank started a fund for a city flag design contest with prizes totaling about 50 dollars and several residents contributed five dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New City Hall
Board of Safety
Shank
Hugo Thorsch
Howard Kimball
W. H. Johnson
Supt. Kendall
Interstate Car Plant Burned In Saturday Night Blaze
A fire damaged the Interstate car plant at Brightwood and Massachusetts Avenues on Saturday night. Officials say the blaze started from the cupola of the foundry and spread rapidly, complicating water access and threatening nearby company buildings. Rebuilding is planned immediately. anticipated loss about $5,000, insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Car Company
Brightwood
Massachusetts Avenues
Suit to Cancel Deed In Colored Church Case
In circuit court Monday a suit by Sherman Davis and others seeks to cancel a deed claimed to have been executed for the land under a colored church. The defendants include Joseph Broyles, a colored deputy in County Clerk Quill's office, whose father was a preacher in the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Davis
Joseph Broyles
Quill
Broyles
Secretary at Work Delia Dugan Joins State House
Miss Delia Dugan began work at the state house Monday as secretary to Capt. Thomas Colbert, custodian, located at 3115 West Washington Street. The move marks a routine staffing change in the state offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delia Dugan
West
Washington Street
Statehouse
Thomas Colbert
Clubs Toast Democratic Victory With Entertainments
The Columbia club and the Marion club held simultaneous entertainments Saturday night to celebrate the recent Democratic victory. The Marion club staged a vaudeville show featuring the Hart children Margaret Ransom and others in a comedy sketch with Mlle. Goldie Grimes dancing. Lester Miller of the Gaiety theater led the program as sweet cider, corncob pipes, and apples were shared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columhia Club
Marion Club
Hart Children
Margaret Ransom
George Pektier
Lester Miller
Mlle
Goldie Grimes
Gaiety Theater
Blumberg Favored in City Council President Race
Mayor Shank endorses John Blumberg as the only Republican who can win the council presidency. Copeland may run, Stilz pushes for a caucus, and Blumberg could seek Democratic support, with a decision likely by January’s first meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Blumberg
Shank
Counci
John
Copeland
Owen
Charles B. Stilz
Blumberg
Stiltz
Denny
Johnson
Rubens
McCarthy
Insane man escapes from Terre Haute hospital
John B. Hoffman aged 45 of Terre Haute escaped Monday at 6 a.m. from the Central insane hospital where he was an inmate. He merely walked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Hoffman
Terre Haute
Central Insane Hospital
Ballplayer Made Statistician's Clerk in Indiana
Walter Moore of North Vernon is appointed by state statistician Thomas N. Brolley to a clerkship in the bureau of figures. A professional baseball player educated at Indiana University, Moore played for the state university team and in Eastern and Western leagues. Emmett Mitchell of Salem visited Brolley, aged 27, Clark and Washington counties representative and youngest member of the legislature, with George Billman from Shelby county as a rival this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Moore
North Vernon
Thomas N. Brolley
Bureau of Figures
Moore
Brolley
Indiana University
State University
Grand Rapids
Emmett Mitchell
Salem
Clark
Washington
Mitchell
George 9. Billman
Shelby County
Six measures to be urged by state education board
The state board of education meets Thursday at 3 p m to select six legislative measures to push. Aley’s pension bill and five other items are narrowed from his ideas, including medical inspection, county superintendent salary, a state high school inspector, extended teacher license exemptions, and pay for limited school visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
R. J. Aley
Maine
Ter
Aley Pension Bih
Man suffers broken leg loading heavy paper roll
John Hasden of 217 Wisconsin Street was injured Monday at the Levey printing plant on Senate Avenue and Ohio Street when a 500 pound roll of paper fell and broke his leg. He was taken home after the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hasden
Wisconsin Street
Levey Printing Company
Senate Avenue
Ohio Street
Grape Nuts labeled as predigested food sparks medical debate
A court case features doctors and chemists debating Grape-Nuts as predigested food and its supposed effect on appendicitis. Experts argue over digestion outside the body and the role of bacteria, with calls to stop indigestible foods to ease weakened stomachs.
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Freeland Mansfield
Will
The
Indiana Tuberculosis Hos
Gov
C. S. Woods
Colored Church
Bill Anthony
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Journal
Geon
Weekly
New York
Chicago
Mishawaka
Thos. Darlington
N. Y. Board of Health
Ralph W. Webster
Chi
Mr. C. W
Battle Creek, Mich
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