Jackson Indorsed for Big House Job in Congress
The Indiana delegation in caucus backed Stokes Jackson of Greenfield for sergeant at arms of the house. Census figures show Mishawaka population growth from 5,560 in 1900 to 11,886 in 1910, along with other city data. Ethel M. Malone of Anderson becomes a teacher at Sac and Fox Indian agency Oklahoma.
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Sun
Washington
Hibbs
Indiana
Stokes Jackson
Greenfield
House
Ethel M. Malone
Anderson Hag
Sac and Fox Indian Agency
Oklahoma
Coast Gale Exacto Toll Of Ten Lives
Boston December 17. Search continued by revenue cutters and tugs for three missing coal barges after the gale off the New England coast exacted ten lives. The Margaret towed Scranton and Binghamton from New York, parts of their crews totaling three and four men respectively, as efforts resume. Scattered reports say many vessels crippled, six schooners wrecked or sunk near Boston. The Gresham began a search from Provincetown to locate distressed ships and the drifting Stephen G Loud, a danger to others.
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Boston
New England
Margaret
Vaux
Scranton
Binghamton
New York
North Atlantic
Gresham
Provincetown
Stephen G. Loud
Streight Will Goes To Court In Shelby County
Change of venue granted in Lovina Streight will case by Judge Remater. Plaintiff Sophia R. Hughes and others challenge the will as illegal. The dispute heads to Shelby county with William N. Thompson and others as defendants. Mrs Streight left 250000 to the Thompsons.
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Circuit
Remater
Lovina Streight
Sophia R. Hughes
Streight
Shelby County
William N. Thompson
Examinations Set for Normal Training School
Examinations for entrance into the Normal training school will be held at the Benjamin Harrison school Monday Tuesday and Wednesday June 23 to 25. About fifty applicants are expected to take the tests which will cover arithmetic oral reading English grammar English literature English composition general history botany vocal music and drawing.
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Benjamin Harrison
Vaults Crumbling Money Under Guard In Wall Street
In New York on December 17 a guard squad from the U S Army stood watch at the United States assay office vaults in Wall Street containing 37 million dollars in gold. The building, condemned four years ago, rests on sagging walls shored with timbers awaiting a 270 thousand dollar appropriation for remodeling and safety measures urged by Secretary MacVeagh. The hazard prompted the strictest precautions to protect the gold and bullion from collapse.
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United States Assay
Wall Street
New York
United States Army
United States Assay Office
MacVeagh
Hinshaw Parole Plea Gains Momentum In Murder Case
Relatives and supporters urge Hinshaw's parole after new testimony questions the 1919 Belleville murder verdict. Attorney Caldwell argues state failed to solve the mystery and Hinshaw's second offense warrants release. Ellsworth Hinshaw and others push for disclosure as Mrs. Phillips claims a former occupant caused the door bullet.
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Asch
Caldwell
Winshaw
Hinshaw
Duncan
Frank Wright
Linn
Randolph County
Ellsworth
Belleville
Phillips
Bond Forfeiture Highlights Courtroom Snarl
In a criminal court session Judge Brown forfeited Samuel Farb’s bond, leaving him $75 out of pocket. Prosecutor Hooton criticized defense attorney W W Hyde over repeated delays in an appeal case involving Della Stokes for operating a bad tiger. Hyde promised a doctor’s certificate but did not appear. the case was postponed again. Stokes was fined $50 with no workhouse sentence, an omission noted by the prosecutor as the fine would normally carry such a sentence.
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Brown
Samuel Farb
Hooton
Della Stokes
W. W. Hyde
Hyde
Mr. Hooton
Colling
Drunk Farm Lad Triggers Shootout at Social
William George, 21, a farmer's son near Eminence Indiana, fired two shotgun rounds through a window during a box social, wounding Abe Bryant and two others. After the incident he fled but was captured by a sheriff's posse as he tried to escape from his home.
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Martinsville
Ind
William George
Farmer
Eminence
Abe Bryant
Raymond Chenoweth
Ed Elliott
George
Indianapolis
Young George
Judges Take Extended Christmas Vacations in State Courts
Supreme and appellate court judges will enjoy long Christmas breaks with no duties at the state house until December 30. Appellate judges plan to return then, and supreme judges are likely to come back the same day. Two days after their return retiring judges will surrender their seats to successors.
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Supreme and
Appellate Courts
Statehouse
Incorporations flourish in South Bend filings
South Bend corporations update their charters with increased capital stock and new directors. Farmers Trust Company of Evansville enlarges its capital, while local entities report changes to structure and governance including H. Jay Holtland and William Keechley among directors. Clarence Williams also noted.
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South Bend
H. Jay Holtland
William Keechley
Clarence 5
Willams
Farmers’ Trust Company
Evansville
Victorian vaudeville week with Harned in The Woman He Married
Next week at local theaters features B F Keith Grand Vaudeville with Four Fords and Herzog's Equine Wonders, plus Virginia Harned in The Woman He Married at the Mural for Christmas week. Critics praise the play and Harned's return to dramatic form after Iris and Trilby. The Woman He Married opens with a Christmas matinee and runs through the holiday period.
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B. F. Keith
Fords
Herzog
Virginia Harned
Herbert Bushford
New York
Miss Harned
HE. H. Sothern
Iris
Charles Frohman
London
Trilby
Metropolis
Alice
Old Vincennes
Ursula
Anthony Hope
Lady Ursula
Ophelia
Mr. Sothern
Ham- Iedt
Two Headliners Top Bill At B F Keith's Grand Opera House
The Keiths Grand Opera House launches a Christmas week program with two headline acts. The Fords, famed dancing marvels back from Europe, and Herzog's equine wanders share top billing alongside Swat Milligan the baseball farce. Other acts include Granville and Rogers, Miss Josie Heather, Work and Over gymnasts, Van brothers, De Lisle the Lightning Juggler, and daylight photoplane motion pictures.
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B. F. Keith
Grand Opera House
Fords
Herzog
Europe
Swat Milgan
Bozeman Bulger
Vienna Bolton
Johnnie Gorman
Frank Lee
Swat Milligan
Tittle
Swat
Granville
Rogers
Josie Heather
Heather
van Brothers
de Lisle
The Millionaire Kid comes to the Park for a week
Lem B. Parker presents a musical drama about a rich Chicago alderman’s son who travels to New York to study life. He meets a gypsy pair hiding an English background and a missing husband. Love grows, parental conflict erupts as fortune fades.
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Lem B. Parker
The
Park
Matinee Daily
Chicago
New York
Metropolis
The Millionaire Kid staged in Indianapolis scenes
Raymond Paine stars as a fortune losing man who wins back a million through a switch in the plot. Sue Marshall plays the girl he chooses. The production features scenes of Coney Island Harlem and Wall Street with Paine known for The Candy Kid and Marshall for The Cowboy Girl. He plans to give away money on arrival in town and on downtown streets Monday morning.
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Coney Island
N. Y
Harlem
Wall Street
Raymond Paine
Sue Marshall
Paine
Miss Marshall
Rip Van Winkle revival at Majestic headlines week
The Arvine-Benton players bring Rip Van Winkle to the Majestic theater with Charles Lindholm in the title role in a lavish production. A Christmas week shift features Brown of Harvard and new leading man Irving Cummings. Vaudeville adds Anne Eva Fay and a full bill with Georgia Gardner, ventriloquist Charles Colby, Summers and Page, Kieln and Clifton, Flo Harriett, and Coloniscope holiday views.
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Millionaire Kid
Arvine-Benton
Rip van Winkle
Anna Eiva Fay
Catskill Mountains
Joseph Jefferson
Majestic Theater
Charles Lindholm
Lindholm
Falling Water
Rip
Johnny Jones
Brown
Harvard
Irving Cummings
Indianapolis
Colonial
Anne Eva Fay
Miss Fay
The
Georgia Gardner
Page
Kieln
Clifton
Flo Harriett
Chinese Performer at Empire Next Week Feature
Chinatown theater columns announce Tom Miner's Bohemian Burlesquers performing at the Empire next week with Andy Gardner, famed as Patsy, billed as a star turn in the revue.
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Tom Miner
Andy Gardner
Patsy
Bolivar to Host Chinese Burlesque Star at Empire Theater
Bolivar presents Ah Ling Foo the celebrated Chinese performer in burlesque next week at the Empire theater. The show features two new musical burlettas and a strong chorus. Featured vaudeville acts include Ida Nicolas the Valmore sisters Hugh Bernhard Jack Dunham Lawrence and Thompson and the Bohemian quartet. Ah Sing Foo performs a grand magic act rivaling Ching Ling Foo, who startled New York years ago.
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Ching Ling Foo
New York
Mrs Frances Blodgett Dies During Visit in Indianapolis
Mrs Frances Blodgett died suddenly during a visit to Indianapolis at 3 pm Friday. She passed from illness after arriving at her son William H Blodgett’s home at 2918 North Capitol avenue. Funeral services are planned at the Blodgett residence then at Anderson for interment. she formerly lived in Anderson and leaves a daughter Mrs Lillian Mitchell of Lina, Ohio.
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Frances Blodgett
William H. Blodgett
North Capitol Avenue
Blodgett
Anderson
P. m
Irish rally in Washington for home rule set
Washington hosts a mass meeting to back home rule this Sunday. Representative Champ Clarke will preside with speakers including Graham of Illinois, Samuel Gompers of the AFL, and Edward O Meagher Condon of Massachusetts.
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Washington
Champ Clarke
Graham
Illinois
Samuel Gompers
The
American Federation of Jabor
Edward O’meagher Condon
Massachusetts
Ex-Convict Ted Mack Killed in Toledo gunfight
In Toledo on a Saturday morning, ex-convict and highwayman Ted Mack and two accomplices were spotted in railroad yards looting boxcars. Police confronted them, shots were exchanged, and Mack fell to gunfire from officers.
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Mack
Negro porter awarded damages for humiliation in theft case
New York appellate division upholds $1,000 judgment for George W. Griffin a Pullman porter who was wrongly accused of stealing Daniel M. Bradley's pocketbook. Court rules a black man is entitled to damages for humiliation equal to a white man in such wrongful accusation cases.
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New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
George W. Griffin
Daniel M. Bradley
Weighers Sentenced In Sugar Underweighing Frauds
New York informants report former government weighers Charles G. Drew and Charles H. Wardwell, convicted last September of taking bribes in sugar underweighing schemes, were sentenced to ten months in the penitentiary on Blackwell's Island. A sixty day stay was granted by Judge Martin to allow appeals.
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New York
Charles G. Drew
Charles H. Wardwell
Blackwell's Island
Martin
Rebels gain decisive victory in La Junta battle in Mexico
In La Junta near Minas the rebels defeat federal troops under Generals Navarro and Fernandez. Official cables report about 800 federal soldiers killed and more than 800 wounded, with rebels taking three machine guns and arms. About 200 federals escaped as the fight ends in under four hours.
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Galveston
Tex
la Junta
Northwestern & Orient Railroad
Minas
Navarro
Fernandez
Chihuahua
Mexico
Cere Prieto
Guerrero
Gens
Haciendita
Rio Grande
Marfa
Eleven Travelers Witness Vivid Desert Mirage Over Indiana Sky
John Stanley and ten others traveling in a Ben-Hur car near Ladoga Indiana described a rare sky mirage. The illusion showed a lake twenty miles long and several miles wide set in a valley with snow capped mountains, trees, vegetation, and islands, stunning the witnesses with its realism.
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Ladoga
Ind
John Stanley
Ira Foster
Ira Clouser
Mark Shackelford
Hattie Lindskoog
Will Rapp
J. N. Taylor
W. T. Whittington
W. T. Gott
Suit Filed Over Infant's Injury by Ice Company
Irving C. Stevenson sues Polar Ice and Fuel Co for $600 on behalf of his infant son Arthur claiming a horse and wagon passed over the boy’s legs while sitting on the curb outside 2120 North Senate avenue. The incident occurred in August 1912 and alleges company negligence.
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Polar Ice and Fuel Company
Irving C. Stevenson
Arthur
North
Senate Avenue
Striverless
Jury Disagrees in Browne Bribery Trial
Chicago December 17 The jury in the Charles Be Erhstein bribery case against Lee ONeill Browne discharged after failing to reach a verdict. Jurors had wrangled all night and reportedly stood seven to five for acquittal in the trial linked to Lorimer senate seating.
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Chicago
Charles BE. Erhstein
Lee O'Neil Browne
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Cascar ets promote bowel and liver relief for health
An advertisement claims constipation and liver trouble harm the body and touts Cascarets as a lifesaving remedy. It emphasizes easy natural action and cites millions of users benefiting from the product.
Free $3.50 Kidney Remedy Promise Ad
A Dr A E Robinson advertises a free recipe claimed to cure weak kidneys and urinary issues within a week. Readers are urged to send a letter to KK-3284 Luck Building Detroit Michigan to receive the prescription by return mail. The pitch stresses harmless ingredients and quick relief.
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A. E. Robinson
Luck Building
Detroit
Mich
Wechsler
Delaware and Ohio Sts
Funds Sought to Reach 12000 Goal for Aid Association
Officials of the Children's Aid Association announced on Saturday that 11500 has been raised and the entire 12000 goal will be met by January 1. Superintendent Frank D. Loomis reports the year's work cost only 2000 more than last year while doubling output. Milk stations grew from 138 in 1900 to 824 opened in summer 1910. Thomas Taggart sent a 50 check to the milk commission calling the work the best ever.
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Children’s ‘Aid Association
Frank D. Loomis
Thomas Taggart
Milk Commission
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Jackson Indorsed
Census Department
Mishawaka
Cullop
Committee On Invalid Pensions
Kendallville
Noble County
St. Joe
Rising Sun
Ohio County
Shelby
Royal Grape
Inshaw
Folk
Bouron
Taymond Paine
Millionaire
Johnstone
Leew Valore
Virginia
B. F. Keith's
the Millionaire Kid
Jefferson
Anna Eva Fay
Empire
Toledo, O
Ted Mack
Negro
Ayer
Sues Ice Firm
Children’s Aid Association
Roosevelt Bear
Jae
Hous
Snookuma
L. E
Union Station
Washington St
Dental College
Col
Delaware and
Ohio Streets
Bryant Studio
Geo. A. Thompson
East Washington St
Parker
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