Wreck Kills Six Trainmen and Passengers Near Upper Sandusky
Four trainmen and two passengers die in a head on collision between Pennsylvania Express No. 48 and Pullman No. 15 eight miles east of Upper Sandusky Ohio. Causes listed as mis ordered signals or failure to relay orders amid high speeds. Fire, injuries, and farmers convert homes to field hospitals as rescue tows rush to the scene.
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Upper Sandusky
Tower “Vn
Here
Pennsylvania
William A.dowler
Reeve Rubber Company
Pittsburg
Calumet Avenue
Chicago
Friedstein
D. €. Beebe
Wayne
C. C. Miller
Ft. Wayne
Margaret Nott
East Main Street
Menominee
Wis
Mary Lynch
Bangor
Mich
N. G. Gibson
Soacht Water Street
A. J. Bamford
Alexander Place
IE. S. Bamford
H. BR. Spore
Slagle
Ft. Wasre
P. Ellinger
BE. H. Connolly
Grace D. M'Curdy
Wittsburg
Ed Connolly
H. R. Spore
Crest- Hine
Pen
Bucyrus
Eur
Nevada
Hving
New York
Direct Primary Bill Seeks Senator Voting by People
Senator Salem Clark of Indianapolis will introduce a direct primary bill modeled on Oregon law to nominate United States senators by popular vote. The measure ties legislators to support the majority’s chosen senator and extends to all officials from congressmen down. It details voting hours, ballot handling, fraud safeguards, and recount rules to ensure a constitutional, verifiable process.
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General Assembly
Salem Clark
Indianapolis
Oregon
United States
United States Senate
Nebraska
Senate
Clark
Train wreck injures several in Mississippi collision
A passenger train on the Illinois Central running from New Orleans to Grenada struck a wreck near Simpson Mississippi on Saturday. Fireman John P. Hamilton was killed and engineer Charles Mills along with a number of passengers sustained serious injuries.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Tenn
Illinois Central
New Orleans
Grenada
Miss
Simpson
John P. Hamilton
Charles Mills
Gresh Denounces Mayor's Plan To Cut Firemen
David A. Gresh, cousin of Mayor Shank, told the mayor he does not want or will accept any promotion and denies involvement in plans to reduce Lieut. T. D. Stringer and Capt. A. Oeelschlager of company No. 14. Mayor Shank agreed Gresh acted as a gentleman in speaking out.
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David A. Gresh
Shank
T. D. Stringer
A. Oeelschlager
Company No. 14
Suank
Gresh
Stores Closed on Holiday Monday in Indianapolis
Downtown stores in Indianapolis will be closed on Monday the day after Christmas and the day after New Year. Christmas buying ends Saturday night, clerks rest two days, stores stay open late Saturday nights to handle last minute shoppers, but no stores will be open Sunday or Monday.
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Indianapolis
Love and Passion Pass Says Mme Maeterlinck Wife of Poet
Mme Georgette Leblanc wife of Belgian poet Maeterlinck is described as an extraordinary woman with musical talent acting and literary gifts. She speaks about her husband calling him a priceless treasure and notes he has written his finest works since their marriage.
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Mme. Maeterlinck
London
Georgette Leblanc
Normandy
Paris Opera Comique
Maeterlinck
Sixteen Cents a Day Allowed Mail Clerks in 19th Century Run
Indianapolis reports reveal irregular expense pay for railway mail clerks with daily rates from 6 to 9 cents and some nothing. Clerks on the Pittsburg and St. Louis route reportedly leave half the mail unworked each run while on two weeks on and one off cycles. />
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Indianapolis
Cleveland
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Pitts and St. Lou
New York
Hinshaw Parole Refusal and Multiple Parole Grants Listed
A historical notice lists parole actions for several individuals by county and crime. Paroles granted include William Benson murder and Paul Benjamin burglary, with terms up to life. paroled cases cover multiple counties and offenses. The notice also notes Hinshaw’s parole refusal, and mentions twenty other cases.
Christmas clemency for eleven prisoners in state system
Governor Marshall Friday granted clemency to eleven prisoners, with one parole and ten paroles. Five murder inmates receive clemency, including lifers William Benson Victor Schultz Frank Cripe Henry Eubank and Claybourne Brown. William Els receives an unconditional pardon for conspiracy to commit a felony. Hinshaw parole denied amid a divided pardons board report and alternative theories presented by Thomas Daily and others.
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State Prison and Reformatory
State Board of Pardons
Marshall Friday
William E. Hinshaw
Tfe
Lfe
Wiliam Benson
Victor Schultz
Frank Cripe
Henry Eubank
Claybourne Brown
William Els
Montgomery
Hinshaw
Thomas A. Daily
Alfred DB. Thomas
H. B. Darling
Trinshaw
Mr. Dally
Hin
Eight Passengers Die In Northeastern Wreck Near Wilby Stephen
Newcastle on Tyne December 24 Eight passengers burned to death when a passenger train collided head on with two locomotives on the Northeastern railroad near Wilby Stephen. Forty seven injured many severely burned as boilers exploded and wreckage burned. Rescuers worked amid cold weather turning houses along the route into makeshift hospitals.
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Newcastle-On-Tyne
Eng
Salvation Army Christmas Gift Drive Delivers Joy to Indianapolis
Mayor Shank with Maj. William Escott distributed 500 gift baskets at the Fletcher bank building. Santa handed out 200 shoes 500 mitts 1,000 baskets of nuts candies and fruits to about 5 000 people after a Lieber & Co stereoptical show.
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Salvation Army
Shank
William Escott
Fletcher Bank
Santa
Lieber & Co
Indianapolis
Escott
White Christmas Forecast With Slim Rain Chance
The United States weather bureau forecast a white Christmas with a slight chance that upper atmosphere warmth could turn snowfall to rain. Cold western air is expected to bring a heavy snow by Christmas night across the eastern seaboard and middle west, with possible snow flurries elsewhere.
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Washington
United States Weather Bureau
Seaboard
Middle West
One Cent Increase for Street Car Conductor Wages
Hugh J. McGowan announces a one cent per hour wage increase for Terre Haute Indianapolis Eastern Traction and Indianapolis Traction and Terminal conductors and motormen. Effective January 1, interurban and city workers receive raises scaled by service years, with city staff earning 19 to 23 cents per hour depending on tenure.
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Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Company
Hugh J. McGowan
Red Cross Seal Ale Breaks All Records in Indiana Drive
The Red Cross state office reports Christmas seal sales reached 1.3 million, up 520,000 from 1909. Indianapolis contributed about 250,000, with Flower Mission women directing city sales. Other totals include Daughters of the American Revolution 18,000 and Terre Haute 110,000 leading state stations.
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Red Cross
Federal
Indianapolis
Ft. Wayne
Anderson
Muncie Zourth
Annual Christmas Drinker Arrested
Al Mather, city jail turnkey, proudly said he received his annual Christmas package from Tom Collins who is 52 and lives at 123 Geisendorf Street. Collins was picked up on the street while celebrating Christmas in this usual fashion.
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al Mather
Tom Collins
Collins
Geisendorf Street
Yolfee
Christmas pledge backfires as gift club collapses
In Princeton Indiana the Cheerful spirit Christmas club erupts in a dispute over 50 cent presents. Ed Marks resigns saying he is a quitter after fearing a cheap gift. Other members Clinton Myrick Pete Jenkins and more quit citing social pressure and poor funds. Members later rush to buy replacements.
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Princeton
Ind
Cheerful Spirit Christmas Club
Ed Marks
Santa Claus
Down
Clinton Myrick
Myrick
Peter Jenkins
Pete
Clint
Livery fire destroys stables. lone woman saved from blaze
A Friday night blaze at the Meridian stables behind 223 East Ohio Street destroys the building and damages the horse storages. Mary Hadley, found in a bare, cold room, was pulled to safety as neighbors and firefighters battled flames from the hay loft. A doctor treated her for throat irritation as she waited for possible Christmas aid.
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East Ohio Street
Meridian Stables
Mary Hadley
Mary Hedley
Cincinnai
Salvation Army
Jenne Henderson
Amy Baker
H. W. Winenings
North Alabama Street
T. M. Cartiger
Carriger
Musgrove
Winnins & Carrigier
Brightwood Car No. 463
T. W. Shigley
George Wright
Alabama Street
Shigley
Wright
Second Wright Girl in Elopement Plot Targets License
Margaret Wright claims her second daughter Viola Victoria Wright aged sixteen plans to run away with James G. Moore a thirty year old unwed man on Spruce Street to obtain a marriage license. Deputy County Clerk Hurst confirms no license will be issued citing the planned elopement.
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Margaret Wright
Spruce Street
Glandly
Hurst
Viola Victorian Belle Wright
James G. Moore
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G. E. Horton
C. C. Craig
Enginman
Nix
Marshall
William Eliza
Srontgomery County
William Benson
Clark County
Lawrence County
Victor Shultz
Grant County
Elkhart County
Ife
Claybourne
Brown
Madison County
Paul Benjamin
Clinton County
James Stewart
Hendricks County
Curtis Davis
Bartholomew County
John Freeman
Tippecanoe County
John Barger
William
Fife
Wilby Stephen
Northeastern
RED Cross Seal Ale
Spurns Hospital
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