Interurban push proceeds with Big Four accord
A R Hovey reports the Shelbyville interurban line moving ahead toward Indianapolis, despite cold weather delays. He notes 27 bridges along the route, a costly obstacle, and says agreements with the Big Four allow joint crossing of tracks at Farmland and Acton. He praises the railroad for cooperation and outlines plans to haul coal and straighten right of way issues.
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A. R. Hovey
Shelbyville
Fairland
A. R. ‘Hovey
Indianapolis
London
Marion County
New Bethel
Big Four
Acton
Brandywine Creek
Soaked: Warren Flack in court and sanitarium return
Warren Flack, said to be of unbalanced mind, escaped Fletcher's sanitarium with a woman Nellie Bennett. He struck Detective Lancaster in the eye with a club. case postponed to Jan 25. Flack sent back to the sanitarium while the woman is sent to relatives near Tipton. His father is Joseph Flack, a wealthy landowner.
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Flack
Fletcher
Nellie Bennett
Lancaster
Tipton
Warren Flack
Stubbs
Joseph Flack
Eccentric Will Testimony Details Dr Smith Habits
Witness at Surrogate Abbott hearing in Brooklyn describes Dr Orson H Smith polishing shoes and false teeth with a hair brush. He kept a whisk broom for hair, filed his face and collars, and ruined linen in the process. In Wilkesbarre five hundred mine workers sent a testimonial letter to Admiral Schley who replied warmly.
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Orson H. Smith
Abbott
Brooklyn
Wilkesbarre, Pa
Wilkesbarre
Schley
Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer Promised Cure for Nervous Prostration
A testimonial claims Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer cured a case of nervous prostration after doctors gave up. The patient was fed by injections, then fully recovered after three bottles. The ad appeals to complete recovery from insomnia, epilepsy, and other nervous disorders and offers $1 per bottle through Brant Co. Albion Michigan.
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Wheeler
Mary
Linsen
Charlotte
Michi
Brant "Co. Laa
Albion
Mich
Woman probation officer handles varied Harlem cases
Miss Alda Eliot, appointed on Oct. 24 by Magistrate Pool, serves as voluntary probationary officer for Harlem court. She oversees cases from speeding millionaires to spouses facing alimony promises, reporting low default rates and strong faith in rehabilitation. Eliot, aged and gentle in manner, balances charity work with firm duty.
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New York
Alda Eliot
Harlem Court
Pool
Miss Eliot
Charity Organization Society
Associated Charities Organization
Boston
Navy officers seek yearly table money to reciprocate in foreign ports
Secretary Long asks Congress to appropriate 2500 dollars annually for each flag officer to cover entertaining in foreign ports. Presently such expenses are tax on officers’ salaries, seen as necessary for diplomacy and proper courtesy. British standards set higher allowances for senior officers.
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Washington
United States Navy
Long
Senate
House
United States
Dream Came True Workman Loses Hand in Trench Machine
Calvin Terrell, a sewer construction worker in Findlay, lost his hand at the wrist when it was severed by a pulley on a trenching machine. Foreman James McGowan had warned of dire dreams he experienced for three nights about a man losing a hand, then learned the accident would involve one of his crew.
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McGowan
President Nominates Indiana Postmasters in December List
Washington December 20 The president named a new batch of Indiana postmasters including Duncan McA Williams Fowler John G Dunbar Greencastle Arthur F Kingsley Hartto City William A Banks La_lower in a formal nominations notice. The incomplete list names several towns and officials awaiting final confirmation from the Senate.
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Washington
Indiana
Duncan
Mca
Williams
Fowler
John G. Dunbar
Greencastle
Arthur F.kingsley
Hartto
A. Banks
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