Boy 18 Admits Striking Mother With Broom and Robbery
Charles Fred 18 confessed to Capt. Edward Bray and Detectives Singer and Lancaster that he hit his mother Mrs. Saran Fred over the head with a broomstick, took $89 left by a roomer, and later led officers to the money hid in a tin can. He said he acted because he did not want to work and expressed remorse.
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Charles Fred
Edward Bray
Ssinger and Lancaster
Saran Fred
Fred
Adams St
Traction Company Prepares Strikebreakers in Marion
Indiana Union Traction company in Marion prepares to use strikebreakers as workers threaten a shutdown tonight. Provisions and rats are hidden in a building near car barns and a guard is on duty. About 100 conductors and motormen are employed locally.
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Marion
Ind
Indiana Union Traction Company
Singers Engaged for Hotel English Cafe Program
Jay G. Wilbraham the hotel proprietor engages baritone Mr. W H Clarke and soprano Miss Mildred Connaway both of New York for the cafe show. They are well known in musical circles and will perform each evening at the cafe as part of the regular program.
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English
Jay G. Wilbraham
Vv. H. Clarke
Mildred Connaway
New York
Clarke
Miss Connaway
Lamp Explosion Fatality in Noblesville
Mrs. W. B. Hopkins died last night after suffering severe burns when a lamp exploded in Noblesville Indiana on December 31 confirming the deadly blast and resulting injury.
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Noblesville
Ind
W. B. Hopkins
Beveridge Urges End to Child Labor in Indy Hall Speech
Senator Beveridge told a mass meeting at Jemlinson Hall organized by the Central Labor Union that organized labor and American women are the main forces driving the fight against child labor. He urged public opinion to act, describing brutal factory conditions and pleading for national legislation. A resolution asking Indiana's delegation to back the Beveridge bill was adopted.
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Central Labor Union
Indiana
Albert J. Beveridge
Jemlinson Hall
Indianapolis
Edgar Perkins
Beveridge
Henry Friedman
Frankosey
Beverage
Congress
Theodore Perry
Pittsburg Public Safety Director Dies of Typhoid
Frank Ridgeway director of the department of public safety died at West Penn hospital in Pittsburg early this morning from typhoid pneumonia. In the early eighties he worked with the government in the Indian troubles as a signal corps member. He was unmarried.
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Pittsburg
Frank Ridgeway
Department of Public Safety
West Penn Hospital
Ridgeway
New Mexico
Arizona
Signal Corps
Taft Defends Roosevelt Policy at Boston Banquet
Special to The Indianapolis Sun. William Howard Taft, secretary of war, in Boston defended Roosevelt's administration and its fight against illicit trusts. He warned that unchecked monopoly could lead to socialism, praised regulatory gains, and urged continued moral action to curb abuses while maintaining private property. The talk, to 500 attendees at the Hotel Somerset, framed a path between reform and preservation of capitalist systems.
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Indianapolis Sun
Boston
Mass
William
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Boston Merchants
Somerset
The
United States
Mr. Taft
Mie
Gov Hoggatt to Wed a Gil in New York
Utica New York Dec 31 Gov Wilfred B Hoggatt of Alaska will marry Miss Clarissa Millard of this city in the spring The governor is at the Millard home He is a native of Indiana
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Gov. Hoggatt
Gil
New York
Utica
N. Y
Wilfred B. Hoggatt
Alaska
Clarissa Millard
Millard
Indiana
Richard H. Brown
W. S. Drinkhut
Margaret Drinkhut
Brown
New Jersey
Motorman Dies After Electric Shock Incident
Rushville Ind Dec 31 Charles Ross motorman died last night after receiving 3200 volts of electricity the previous week at Connersville.
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Rushville
Ind
Charles Ross
Connersville
Explosion Injures Ten in New York Home
Ten injured when a suspected gunpowder explosion wrecked Joseph Ree’s home at 308 East 149th Street in New York. Six of the injured are children. Police seek a Ree relative amid claims of jealous love as 500 residents flee in terror.
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Indianapolis Sun
New York
Joseph Ree
149Th St
Ree
Giovanni Sinnabaldi
Love
Sinnabaldi
Sinnibaldi
Brothers in Battle Over an Ohio Girl
Akron reports three Swigart brothers Frank 14 Vintry 15 and Willie 17 jailed after a violent home melee that used rifles shotguns revolvers and clubs. One boy was scalped. The brawl stemmed from rivalrous affection for a neighbor's laughter and occurred yesterday near Akron Ohio.
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Ohio
Akron
Frank, Vintry
Willie Swigart
Woman Finds $6,000 Hidden In House Hoard
Relatives of the late Elizabeth Means in Shelbyville Indiana, during removal of household effects, discovered six thousand dollars concealed in three cans in an unused area of the house. The sum had been hoarded for years and was previously unknown to relatives.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Elizabeth Means
Ministers Seek Backing for New Liquor Law
Indianapolis Methodist ministers urge Senators Beveridge and Hemenway and Congressman Overstreet to back Congressman Littlefield’s bill. It would bind interstate liquor shipments to the receiving state’s laws as soon as they reach their destination, unifying legal control.
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Indianapolis
Beveridge
Hemenway
Overstreet
Congress
Littlefield
Seven Insurance Firms Quit Wisconsin Under New Law
Seven life insurance companies with policies totaling 5 million dollars in Wisconsin decided to leave the state at midnight as the new insurance law took effect. The firms named were Pacific Mutual, Columbia National, Federal, Des Moines Life, Security Life and Annuity, Union Mutual, and Security Mutual.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Pacific Mutual
Columbia National
Federal
Des Moines Life
Security Life and Annuity
Union Mutual and
Security Mutual
Fire destroys Bedford two business blocks in blaze
Bedford Ind December 31 Fire destroyed the business houses of Philip Rock and Joan Mero causing about 10000 dollars loss. Thirteen Italian boarders sleeping upstairs barely escaped with their lives with several seriously burned. A chain of 60 men formed to a creek to pass water and save much property.
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Philip Rock
Joan Mero
Sparks Calls Special Session For January 1908
Gov Sparks convenes an extra legislative session starting January 14 1908 after a flood of dispatches urging action to settle labor troubles. The move aims to address mounting labor disputes and prevent further disruption.
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Carson
Sparks
Vassar Club Elects Officers For Next Year
The Vassar club named President Mrs Harry Fitton and several officers for the coming year including vice presidents Miss Ruth McCulloch and Miss Mary Armour Pratt, secretary Miss Cerene Ohr, treasurer Miss Margaret Shipp, and directors Mrs George Ball Mrs Meridith Nichol son Miss Mona Taggart Elizabeth Baker and Carolina Frenzel. Numerous social events and visits by members and guests from Indianapolis Muncie Dayton and Chicago were noted along with plans for gatherings at the Grand and private homes.
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Vassar Club
Harry Fitton
Ruth McCulloch
Mary Armour Pratt
Cerene Ohr
Margaret Shipp
George Ball
Muncie
Meridith Nicholson
Mona Taggart
Elizabeth Baker
Carolina Frenzel
Omaha blue laws upheld by district court ruling
The Douglas county district court in Omaha Nebraska ruled that the citys blue laws are constitutional and Sunday closing law will be enforced strictly in the future.
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Omaha
Neb
Douglas County District Court
City Record For A Day Listings And Permits
City records show births and deaths including Glen Marsh at Grace land avenue and several families with ages and ailments such as dilatation of heart tuberculosis angina and pneumonia. Building permits include a Prest-O-Lite freight elevator project at 211 East South Street and Marion Trust repairs at 22 and 20 East Street totaling 1,500 dollars.
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Daniel Orme
S. West-st
Emma Cole
Caldwell-st
John Rambo
Station St
Samuel S. Kemp
Columbia Ave
Elias Shook
W. Thirty-fourth-st
Clarence Edward Cavell
State Hospital
William L. Stough
Deaconess Hospital
Meril Wood
City Hospital
Caroline Cryder Prough
E. Eleventh St
Lagrippe
Nancy Reynolds
Hope St
Prest-O-Lite Company
E. South St
Marion Trust Company
East St
Jury Selects Men for Grand and Petit Courts
In the presence of Pro R Hooton and County C Quill the jury commission drew Tuesday morning for a grand and petit jury to convene in six months. Names listed include Sol Seiger A Fox from Pike township and B Iorn Washington townships Edn Franklin township James E Nineteenth-st Edw ard Perry township etc.
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Pro R. Hooton
County C. Quill
Sol Seiger
A. Fox
Pike Township
Blorn
Washington
S. East St
Franklin Township
James E
Enos H Township
William Tarlton
William H. Chrrry
Theodore F. Smil Park
Ford L. Mayer
Christian Deetz
Warren Townsh P. Ryker
Douglass
John Quire
Davidson
Michigan
Blackburns Castor Oil Pills Promised Gentle Response
An old advertisement touts Blackburn's Castor-Oil Pills as a mild, gentle medical remedy. It claims to cleanse the stomach, ease sourness, constipation, and headaches without harsh effects, with affordable pricing of 10 cents and 50 cents.
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Blackburn
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