Full Train Crew Law Passes in Senate and House
The senate approved the full train crew bill by a wide margin, banning deceptive practices like assigning a flagman’s badge to a porter. The measure sets crew sizes for passenger trains, requiring five or six crew members depending on car count, and mandates one year experience for flagmen. Indiana’s statute stands unique. the bill survived strong opposition and lobbies trumpeted victory.
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Cincinnati Flood Halts Ohio River Transit and Trade
Floodwaters advance inch by inch along the Ohio River in Cincinnati delaying rail service at Grand Central Station as Weather Forecaster Bassler predicts a multi day rise. Officials warn the stage could reach sixty feet or more before recession, prompting business preparations and disrupted schedules.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Bassler
Grand Central Station
Tenth Time He Sued for Divorce Wife Wins
John Peters, florist and gardener, had ten suits for divorce against his wife. Judge Bartholomew granted separation on her cross-complaint. Alimony of 800 and attorney's fees of 100 were taxed against the husband.
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Bartholomew
Leever Signs to Pitch for Pittsburgh Next Season
Pitcher Sam Leever has signed to pitch for Pittsburgh next season but declines to join Tommy Leach's pitching squad, which will start for West Baden March 8 ahead of the rest of the team.
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Pittsburg
Sam Leever
Tommy Leach
West Baden
Simple Home Remedy for Indigestion Says Experts
Experts warn that imperfectly chewed food triggers chronic dyspepsia and advise slow eating, avoiding rich foods, and using a neutralizing elixir. A home mix of sodium phosphate essence of peppermint baking soda and water is suggested, taken before meals to stop fermentation and provide quick relief.
Local Society Notes Highlight Weddings and Visits
Elocution student Miss Francis Rockwood performs at Grace M E Church on Feb 2. Mrs. Gus Roth of Chicago visits her mother Mrs. Rockwood. Roths plan to move to Walla Walla. Miss Rose Glick and Walter Wormser wed at home, with family attending. couple to reside in Flatbush Brooklyn. A tea at Mrs. Mills Jackson’s hosts flowers and music by Miss Diling and Miss Caroline Dilling. Several other social events include theater parties at Majestic and Grand, bridge and luncheon gatherings, and visits by Indianapolis and Greensburg residents to Petersburg and La Belle areas. Harry B Marsh and family now in Havana through March.
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Adolph Glick
New York Street
Walter M. Wormser
Nathan Wormser
Mayer Messing
J. Hartman
Sarah Glick
Jessie Wormser
Ruby Glick
Samuel Mills Jackson
Albert Wharnes Oakland
W. Eleventh Street
Miss Diling
Caroline Dilling
James Keys Conner
Samuel D. Pierson
J. F. Fansler
Fletcher Medearis
Henry Dollman
Charles Sedgwick
T. C. Morris
Montague
Benjamin Emmanuel of
Aneerson
Hazel May Sawders
Charles F. Holmes
Marion Francis Beggs
Hoyt’ Avenue
J. W Bloom
Trinity Congregational Church
Ana White
Bert Hoffman
Senator Cox Falters at Indiana Republican Editors Banquet
Senator Linton A. Cox, a Republican leader in the state senate, collapsed at the Claypool hotel during a banquet for Indiana Republican editors. Found fainting on a corridor couch about 9:30 pm, he was treated by the house physician for two hours before returning home. The cause cited is nervous exhaustion from demanding work.
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State Senate
Claypool
House
Repeal Forges Advance In Senate Amid Amendments
The Proctor-Tomlinson county option repeal bill moves in the Senate after a public morals committee action. Amendments create a city township local option unit with vote thresholds and license controls. Democrats Patterson and Farrish sign a minority report backing changes to gain Republican support. Senator Proctor remains confident the bill will pass both chambers.
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Benzoate of Soda Fight Ends. Wiley Loses
Washington February reports that a Remsen referees board of experts ruled benzoate of soda in foods is not deleterious. Dr Harvey Wiley had long opposed its use. The board headed by Prof Remsen of Yale conducted nearly a year of human experiments and supported the ruling adopted by the Pure Food law officials Cortelyou Straus and Wilson.
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Harvey W. Wiley
Chemistry Department
Remsen
Wiley
Stomach of the Child Promoted for Health and Appetite
A pediatric health advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets for children to aid digestion, improve nourishment, and soothe nerves. It claims better school work and play, increased appetite, and protection of the stomach when given after meals and at bedtime. Sold by druggists or mail order for 50 cents.
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Stuart
Girl's Coats Sale Notices 25 Left Behind
Brief item notes limited coats remaining for sale with about 25 pieces available. Public notice emphasizes discounts and remaining inventory likely in a shop window or local advertisement.
Spring Top Coats and Women's Apparel at Main Floor
Readable catalog snippet shows young men's spring top coats in gray wool blends with satin sleeve linings sizes 34 to 44 priced at 15 dollars. Also listed are women's jersey ribbed union suits, high neck, long sleeve, ankle length, on Main Floor at mid-weight, plus color pleated shirts with white piping in blue tan slate green helio at 75 cents. Hosiery details note black cotton hose with undyed soles, full regular made, on Main Floor.
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Purity of Politics and the Call for Party Reform
A speech defending pure politics by denouncing factions and machine power. It pledges open doors for former supporters, favors tariff revision and a modern tariff system, proposes a board of price study experts, reform of the Sherman act, civil service expansion, and nonpartisan appointment to offices. It criticizes corrupt senatorial selection and machine influence.
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Taft
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Federal
Senate
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Primary Law Debate in Indiana State Committee
The state committee and state chair discuss primaries. A half hearted law is a fraud that lets an unnamed two party committee direct a primary. They urge a thorough, guarded law or to remove primaries from statutes.
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