Kern Holdin 116 Lead in Indiana Race
Marion delegation backs John W Kern with confidence, claiming strong caucus support and loyalty from Marion County. Shively forces contend gains and expect to surpass Kern, asserting votes from other candidates. Skeptics doubt Shively’s path, while Kern workers cite early caucus ballots as proof of strength.
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Kir. Kern
B. F. Shively
Mr. Shively
Mr. Kern
T Theendman
Shively
L. Ert Slack
Franklin
Kern
Marion County
Evers To Lead Helen Of Troy To The Altar
Johnny Evers plans to marry Helen Fitzgerald of Troy today in a ceremony that excites Trojans. Despite earlier hints he would leave baseball, an intimate friend reports a letter from Evers stating he has not seriously considered quitting this year and will likely play opening game on April 15 in Chicago.
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Chicago
Johnny Evers
Cub
Frank Chance
Evers
Westside
Jonny
Johnny
Troy
Keystone
Helen Fitzgerald
John
Collars
Italian and Longboat Race In Second Duel in Buffalo
Buffalo readers await a seven mile showdown at the Seventy fourth regiment armory as Dorando Pietro and Tom Longboat renew their rivalry after a dramatic Madison Square Garden clash. Spectators expect a tougher contest this night in the marathon craze sweep.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Tom Longboat
Dorando Peitri
Seventy-fourth Regiment Armory
Madison Square Garden
Dorando
Free Kindergarten Ball Ends Holiday Social Season
The local Free Kindergarten society charity ball at the German House drew hundreds for a season finale. Guests enjoyed superb music, lavish costumes, and extensive decorations while a large sum was raised for the Free Kindergarten movement. New Year’s Day hosted a Gardner party in honor of Raymond’s birthday. a Fisher Waterford wedding occurred in Ballard flats with plans to start housekeeping on E Market Street.
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Olis Free Kindergarten Society
Indianapolis
Charity Hall
The
Indiana
Joseph C. Gardner
Raymond
George W. Fisher
Kinsey F. Waterford
Ballard Flats
Delaware
Ohio Streets
Albert Garwood Detch
E. Market Street
Labor GRot condemnation debate at Tenth Ward club
The DC Supreme Court decision against Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison for violating an injunction is condemned by the Tenth Ward Democratic club. Resolutions urge contesting the case through highest courts and invite Congressman-elect Charles A. Korbly to speak on January 6.
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Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Gompera
Mitchell
Morrison
Tenth Ward
Democratic Club
John F. White
Clarence Ireland
Louis H. Seele
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation
American Federation of Labor
Unruly boys attack keeper at Elgin boys home riot
Clayton Leddick, a house father at St Charles home for boys, was saved from death by Walter Bartlett during a riot involving about 86 inmates. Leddick suffered serious head and body injuries and resigned. four possible riots have been started by a gang in two weeks.
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Elgin
Clayton Leddick
St. Charles
State Institution
Walter Bartlett
Ledick
Dieting Harmful and Why It Fails Modern Digestion
Three reasons support the view dieting harms health. Partial starvation and empty stomach signals raise hunger as unused digestive juices idle. A varied diet is needed to supply proteins iron minerals and nutrients for muscles bones brain blood and nerves. Dieting also causes constipation by insufficient fibrous matter, while a neutralizing cordial is proposed to relieve gas and restore digestion.
Whales' Fossil Carcass Found Near San Pedro California
Petrified remains of huge whales found on hilltops overlooking the ocean near San Pedro by Leo G. Haaz, a curio collector and writer from Pasadena. Several heads and bodies uncovered, some nearly complete, attributed to a prehistoric upheaval.
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Long Beach
Cal
San Pedro
Leo G. Haaz
Curio
Pasadena
Haaz
200 Children Receive Bank Accounts in Bloomington
John Geltmacher credited $1 to each of 200 poor children as an object lesson in saving during Bloomington Wisconsin January 2. The gifts stem from an annual dinner funded by his father’s will established a decade ago.
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Bloomington
John Geltmacher
New Life Insurance Company to Begin Business in Indiana
The Modern Life Insurance Company of Indiana based in South Bend will start operations next Monday with a capital of $250,000. Jasper E. Brady, former newspaper man, organized the firm and will serve as vice-president and manager. he is Cyrus Townsend Brady's brother.
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South Bend
Ind
Modern Life Insurance Company of
Indiana
Jasper E. Brady
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Perhaps You May Embrace Industrial and Community Freedom
A fragment notes advocacy against tyranny by leaders of a Labor Trust. It references ongoing discussion of abuses and the need to keep in line with broader work for freedom in industry and community settings. The source remains incomplete.
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Labor Trust
The Square Deal Magazine Opens on Open Shop Issue
The Square Deal magazine announces a monthly periodical priced at one dollar yearly or ten cents a copy. It pledges to protect the common man and promote the Open Shop with top minds contributing the best thoughts on the subject.
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Square Deal
church services across several downtown congregations
Multiple Indianapolis churches plan New Year sermons and musical programs Sunday evening through the week. Rev M L Hainer at First Presbyterian addresses “Bailing Under Two Flags a Message for the New Year” with chorus music. Tabernacle’s choral society led by Prof Schafer. St Pauls Episcopal hosts Brotherhood of St Andrew with “1908 1909?” sermon. Dr Hurlstone at Roberts Park M E speaks “How to Secure a Happy New Year” and “The Pillars of Our Faith.” First Baptist features Dr Taylor on “The Unchanging Christ” and Sunday evening “The Shattered Life” in a Life series. Central Christian’s Rev Allan B Philpott on “The Good Samaritan Up to Date” and morning “A New Year’s Meditation.” Christmas music to recur. Widespread district M E quarterly conference at King Avenue. Meridian Street M E hears New Year message by Dr Stansfield. Home Presbyterian hosts Dr Adamson preaching “The Philosophy of Hope” with communion. Sunday school 9:45, prayer 10:55, Young People 6:30, evang services 7:45. Indianap olis Presbyterian Brotherhood evangelistic meetings led by S G Leonard. weeknight courses and session Monday. Evangelistic week to follow with Atchison Day Fulton. Epworth League, 7:30 Brotherhood Monday. Edwin Ray M E invites all.
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Hurlstone
Roberts Park M. E
Allan B. Philputt
Central Christian Church
Home Presbyterian Church
Rader and
W. Thirty-first Streets
G. D. Adamson
Adamson
Young People’s Band of Hope
Evangelistic Committee of
Indianapolis Presbyterian Brotherhood
S. G. Leonard
Atchison
Day
Fulton
Edwin Ray Methodist Episcopal Church
Woodlawn
Laurel
H. C. Cuppinger
D. D
Brotherhood
E. P. Brown
Marion Trust Opens a Bond Department
The Marion Trust company announces a bond department with Win H Wade as manager. The firm will handle municipal and county securities of Indiana and other high grade bonds for buyers and sellers.
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Marion Trust Company
Win H. Wade
Indiana
Charcoal Lozenges Beat Foul Breath Say Goodbye to Odor
A historical ad touts Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a quick cure for foul breath. It claims charcoal absorbs gases from digestion and neutralizes toxins, with willow charcoal mixed in honey pressed into palatable lozenges. Two or three after meals allegedly sweeten breath instantly.
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Stuart
Great Wave Strikes Tanker American Hitting Captain Hurt
The Standard Oil tanker American reached quarantine from Antwerp after a colossal wave, about 40 feet, crashed over her starboard bow. Captain Max Schrenger and several officers were thrown against the bridge rail. the captain suffered multiple broken ribs while others were knocked unconscious but not seriously injured.
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New York
Farms to be named so travelers know where they are
Hammond Indiana January 2 a local suggestion urges every farm to bear a name and display both the farm and farmer names on signs at gates. The plan to renumber houses aims to help visitors and residents find destinations, and the idea seeks clear signs for farm locations along rural roads.
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Hammond, Ind
Hammond
Blindness Ends Early Term as County Commissioner
Winchester Ind Jan 2 Charles E Bowen of Spartanburg elected county commissioner suddenly blinded before taking office. One eye is completely gone and doctors fear for the other. Bowen, a recent election winner, has had no prior eye trouble and the cause remains a mystery as colleagues await further word.
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Winchester
Ind
Charles E. Bowen
Spartanburg
New Trolley Guard Invented by Hoosiers
Richmond Ind Jan 2 In the latest list of patents granted Indians according to a Washington dispatch is included a trolley guard and replacer The rights are granted W C Taggart and Jesse J Schultz The patent is the work of Mr Schultz and is expected to prove of considerable value to Interurbans and electric lines
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Richmond
Ind
Washington Dispatch
W. C. Taggart
Jesse J. Schultz
Schultz
Returns After Being Declared Legally Dead
Columbus Indiana January 1 Hiram Taylor arrived from the west and asked his share of a large estate willed to him fifty years ago He had run away as a boy and was declared judicially dead by the Bartholomew circuit court forty years ago the estate had been divided and settled
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Columbus
Ind
Hiram Taylor
Taylor
Bartholomew Circuit Court
Warning Track Walkers Warn of Right‑of‑Way Danger
Fort Wayne authorities unveil a new warning system for track walkers. Motormen carry red envelopes marked Warning Inside with a short alert telling pedestrians of danger and legal penalties for trespassing on the right of way.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Edinburg Plant Starts Producing Cane Flavored Corn Syrup
Edinburg Indiana January 2 The Irwin starch plant began manufacture of corn syrup this week and will soon output extensively. The Irwin Product will compete with the starch trust in the open market. The new syrup is cane flavored and bears no mark on each bottle or can.
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Edinburg
Ind
Irwin Starch
Starch Trust
Irwin
Logsdon Goes Hunting and Bag Is a Bunny
Edward Logsdon a Indianapolis businessman recalled childhood days on a farm then bought hunting outfit in Gravelly Run Indiana. He rode to Grimes station where friend C E Butler greeted him and after a short visit he bagged a single hare in a brisk hunt, accepting it as a pleasing trophy.
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Gravelly Run
Ind
Edward Logsdon
Indianapolis
Grimes Station
C. E. Butler
Sees Her Son for First Time in Ten Years
Crawfordsville Indiana January 2 Mrs W M Lovatt visits her son John Lovatt for the first time in a decade. She has lived in Hankow China for years and left the Orient last summer to visit the United States. The reunion follows summers with relatives in St Paul Minnesota before coming to visit him in this city and plans to stay until spring.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
W. M. Lovatt
John Lovatt
Grandmother dies from grief beside boy in Scottsburg
In Scottsburg Indiana on Christmas day a 15 year old boy Edward Terrell died from lockjaw after an accidental gunshot wound. His grandmother Mrs William Terrell collapsed and died from grief and nervous strain shortly after.
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Scottsburg
Ind
Edward Terrell
Ulysses ‘Terrell
William Terrell
Miss Krug Entertains Friends at Home
Miss Emily Krug entertained a number of her friends at 1133 E. Pratt Street. The rooms were decorated with bells and holly. Music dancing and cards provided entertainment. A buffet supper was served. Favors were liberty bells tied with red white and blue ribbons.
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Miss Krug
Emily Krug
Pratt Street
Winchester Residents Push Game Preserve Plan
Winchester Ind January 2 A plan to establish a large game reserve near the city gathers support. Five thousand acres are sought in one contiguous tract with landowners agreeing not to hunt for four years. The state and federal governments would stock the area with wild game for breeding purposes.
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Winchester
Ind
United States
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