Stokes Jackson seeks tax board post amid Indiana party intrigue
The Indiana Democratic figure Stokes Jackson presses for the state tax board vacancy to capitalize on his two years as party chairman. Gov Marshall holds the final appointment power, with Jackson's rivals accusing him of inaction and favoring a quiet bid to win the $3,000 yearly post during a Democratic era.
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Stokes Jackson
Stokes
Jackson
State
John McaArdle
Gov
Marshall
Indiana
Jacksons
Boston Broker Lost to World
Boston story reports Robert E. Davie a young broker vanished after an investigation uncovered alleged irregularities totaling about 800000. A warrant was issued for the minister's wife accusing misappropriation of 10000. Davie was nicknamed the “boy broker” at age two.
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Boston
Robert E. Davie
Davie
Ill wind boosts farmers' buying power says Olmstead
Washington December report from Victor H. Olmstead chief of the bureau of statistics shows the farmer’s purchasing power rising over 50 percent in recent years while city residents see little gain. He notes farmers have climbed from ruinously low prices of the 1890s to a favorable earnings level with fair compensation for labor.
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Washington
Victor H. Olmstead
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Prisoner Chauncey Williams Charged With Store Theft
Chauncey Williams aged 19 of 1611 Bellefontaine street was arrested by Detectives Tawson and Duncan for stealing an $18 Meerschaum pipe from the Deschler store at Pennsylvania and Market streets. He faced a grand jury after pleading for probation.
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Chauncey Williams
Bellefontaine Street
Tawson and
Duncan
Deschler
Pennsylvania
Market Streets
Williams
Driver Hurt When Car Strikes Wagon In City Crash
Osear Ime, driver for Maas-Niemeyer Lumber, was driving on 3122 Ralston Street when he moved in front of an east bound East Tenth Street car at East and Massachusetts Avenue. He was thrown to the pavement and suffered a broken rib and internal injuries.
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Maas-Niemeyer Lumber Company
East Tenth Street
East
Massachusetts Avenue
Indiana Weather Forecast Tuesday and Wednesday Warmer
Weather forecast shows fair Tuesday night in Indiana, with unsettled and warmer conditions Wednesday. Sun sets noted. hourly temperature estimates and times appear, though the text is garbled.
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Fir and Warner
Indiana
Tariff Revision Debate Opens In Senate Clash Looms
Senator Cummins of Iowa leads a push for a rules change to allow amendment by schedule, aiming to curb broad tariff revisions and keep protections intact. Progressive Republicans and some Democrats back the measure, while Aldrich and Bailey leaders resist, fearing partisan shifts and timing.
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Senate
Aldrich
Bailey
Cummins
Committee On
Hale
Maine
House
House of Representatives
Democratic Party
Wallace admitted to take city controller post in 1911
Harry R. Wallace announced Tuesday noon he would accept the city controller position on January 1 1911 ending months of suspense. No decision yet on Howard Kimball as controller or deputy details remain unsettled though Wallace indicated his deputy Fred Akin might accompany him. The mayor and Wallace cited political shifts and ties to the Cincinnati agreement as the motive behind the change.
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Harry R. Wallace
Wallace
Howard Kimball
Kimball
Cincinnati
Joseph B. Kealing
Linton A. Cox
William E. Davis
Board of Safety
Conger
Controller’s
Fred Akin
Hope
Cook
Alfred E. Cook
City Hospital
Shank
Harry Klausmoon
Davis
Board of Works
Interurban Safety Laws Under Governor Review
Gov. Marshall met with interurban operators to discuss potential safety legislation. The session followed disputes over Kingsland and Tipton wrecks as the railroad commission urged penalties for those responsible, demand for operator standards, and strict block signals to curb accidents.
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Gov. Marshall
Kingsland
Tipton
Railroad Commission
Spencer Increase in Indiana Census Figures
The census office released official figures showing Spencer in Owen county rising from 20026 in 1900 to 2150 in 1916 and Washington township in Owen county growing from 1500 in 1910 to 3398, with 1916 data recorded for Spencer and local areas.
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Washington, der
Spencer
Owen County
Washington Township
Vincent Chosen to Lead Minnesota Regents Name Dean Vincent
Minneapolis December 15. Dean Vincent of the University of Chicago was selected by the Minnesota regents to succeed President Northrop, who has retired. The appointment names Vincent to lead the university starting after Northrop's retirement. The decision marks a major transition for Minnesota's academic leadership.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Vincent
University of Chicago
Regents
The
University of Minnesota
Northrop
Nation Unprepared for War Coastlines Invaded
Washington reports the United States is almost wholly unprepared for war with coasts vulnerable to invasion. The War Department prepared the assessment in response to a California congressman's request, but Rep Tawney blocked its delivery fearing economic disruption. A plan for a permanent National Defense Council is being advanced by Rep Hobson with House action expected soon.
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Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
War Department
House
James McLachlan
California
Secretary of War
United States
Tawney
Representative Tawney
Minnesota
House Appropriations Committee
Dickinson
Congress
Army
Council of National Defense
Hobson
Alabama
No-use-to-send-me-down Parnell in police court
James Parnell, colored, of Missouri and Fourteenth streets, refused to go to the police station on a charge of loitering. He argued Judge Collins would release him, but was remanded to sleep on an iron cot in court. Evidence showed no steady work and reliance on pool handling. his mother said he earned a dollar a week ago. He faces fines of one dollar plus costs and eleven days at the workhouse for stone pile reduction.
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Tschaikowsky
Saul
Stokes
Jackson
Vevay
Gary
Samuel Ralston
Jarkson
William O’brien
Andrew Adams
Ed Hoffman
A. Stokes
Washington
Hancock County
John Wern
United States
Arade Iis
E. C. Batson
Greencastle
James Parnell
Missouri
Fourteenth Streets
Crabtree
Collins
Parnell
Judge grants suspended sentence for young thief
Special Judge Brown addressed John Surber, 26, sobbing as he was told he could go this time on suspended sentence after being charged with taking brandy and glassware from William E. Cannon's store on North Bismarck avenue. The other three youths faced similar charges with varied outcomes.
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Brown
John Surber
Lurher
William E. Cannon
Bismarck Avenue
Surber
Loony Tic paper born in Matteawan asylum inmates
A first issue of Loony Tic, a weekly paper printed by Matteawan State Asylum inmates at Fishkill Landing New York, features sharp jests on alienists and imbeciles. John Dettler, who killed his brother over a fortune, is linked to the publication and Harry Thaw is named as a contributor.
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Harry Thaw
Matteawan Atate Asylum
John Detter
Albany
Dettler
Deller
R. B. Lamb
Matteawan Asylum
Whitewash Given to Lorimer Case in Senate Probe
Washington December 13 a senate subcommittee reviewing bribery accusations against Senator William Lorimer of Illinois ruled unanimously that the testimony fails to prove any of the charges.
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Lorimer
Washington
Senate
William Lorimer
Tuinois
Waring Family Escapes Fire At 1915 Howard Street
Charles Lockwood florist home at 1915 Howard Street saw his rear blaze from an overheated furnace. Mrs Lockwood woke the family who fled in nightclothes as flames engulfed the stair area. Losses exceed 500 dollars. A separate blaze at American Homing Company plant at Eighteenth and Gent streets caused 13 dollars in damage from a hot box in machinery.
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Charles Lockwood
Howard Street
Lockwood
American Homing Company
Eighteenth
Gent
Defends Huck and Tom for Children in book list
Indiana public library commissioner supports including Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer in a Christmas reading list. He argues children read matters more than adult judgments and praises Robinson Crusoe’s plausibility while critiquing Mayne Reid, Swiss Family Robinson, and Oliver Optic for their literary risks.
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Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
Jacob C. Dunne
Indiana Public Library Commission
Carrie EB. Scott
Carl Milam
Iuck
Tom
Mayne Reid
Robinson
Oliver Optic
Henry and
Alger
Robert Louis Stevenson
Elkins Said To Be Starving To Death
Washington December 13 amid luxury and abundance Senator Elkins is reported slowly starving to death. Officials deny the illness but the public is told his malady defies clear explanation and may involve an inability to digest food. Rumors mention cancer as a possible cause.
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Washington
Senator Elkins
Republicans to Stay Crafty as Minor Front on Registration
Republican caucus at Claypool hotel outlined a cautious strategy for the next legislature. Leaders said a decent registration law could earn GOP support, while opposition would mount against a flawed bill seen as disenfranchising voters and complicating the path to voting.
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Claypool Hotel
Edwin Lee
Elmer E. Oldacre
East Germantown
Vernon Finley
Kendallville
Jesse FE. Hashbuagbh
Warsaw
E. E. Moore
Connersville
Bader
Hunt
Winchester
Ed Durre
Evansville
Senator Durre
Will R. Wood
Lafayette
Benton
Tippecanoe
James R. Guild
Marysville
George P. Rose
Walkerton
John A. Hibberd
South Bend
Hibberd
Republians
Russel K. Bedgood
Senate
Horace Hanna
Plainfield
Ralph Kane
Noblesville
Hd Durre
Miles Furhas
Ed Greiger
Hanna
Willam E. Wider
Elkhart
Gilroy
Miles Furnas
Randolph County
House
Edwin Tee
Claypool
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Waring
Huck
Jacob P. Dunn
Twain
Elkins
Adam Wise
Wise
Marshall County
Oliver P. Higgins
Lebanon
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Abraham Halleck
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