Fiery quarrel at DePauw recital ends with slapping
In Greencastle Indiana on January five a dispute over recital programming led Professors Druley and Walter Howe Jones to clash. Druley slapped Jones after he ordered a performer to stay seated, then Jones escorted Druley from the room amid a crowded hall.
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Greencastle
Ind
DePauw School of Music
Esse A. Mansfield
Miss Druley
Walter Howe Jones
Prof. Druley
Prof. Jones
Miss Druiey
DePauw
Peculiar Girl Sentenced in Grand Larceny Case
Attia Naanes was found guilty of grand larceny and sentenced to one fine and two years in the reformatory after a 19 hour jury deliberation. She remained motionless as verdict was read and later accused witnesses of bias. Her attorney sought a new trial Saturday afternoon. In other notes, Rev. Jos. Jonckes previews a prison discipline discourse at the YMCA and Sacramento reports a crackdown on vagrants by a vigilance committee amid a Davisville train robbery clue.
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Attia Naanes
Reformatory
Coy
Jos
Jonckes
Y. M.C.A
Sim Coy
Sacramento
Davisville
John Lemon
MccCarty Sr
Philip Rappaport
Progress Club
St. Paul’s Church
Archdeacon Yale
Sargent
Bob Imimett
Delaware and
St. Clairsts
Loeper
Massachusetts Ave
Delaware
Alacamo Ats
Tom Ryan
Germania House
Henry Cooper
Ryan
J. 1
Ketcham
McCray
Ed Wilburn
White
Ed Bly
Watkina
Dennison Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Wm. T. Marcy
W. Washingtonat
Geo. C. Brooke
Secretary of the State Board
Bates House
Turkey Lake
Bass Lake
Geo. W. Brown
Indianapolis
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Edward Fielding
Stuyvesant
Lieut. Sherman
Salvation Army
Jubilee Singers of the Army
Birtus
James
Ella Skinner
Lillian Davie
Jennie Egger
Jattie Larue
John
Mrs. Rimer
Chas
Lelis Zimmerman
Mrs. Mayhew
Robin Gibb
M. E. Thompson
Stella May Hedges
Stephen Thoms
Isabel Wilson
Hans Auderggn
Rikke Jensen
Fragmentary Oklahoma City notes and oddities of Friday
A collection of brief, quirky items from Friday includes an old iron safe with bricks used as hitching rings on S Alabama street a joke about being called judge wry humor from D M Bradbury a railway clerk's wife who shoots rabbits with a target rifle a weighty National collection agency head dieting a partner who would tear book leaves and burn gas vaults at St Pauls church blue coats at Bishop Knickerbocker funeral admit tickets only a spontaneous welcome from a warmed woman and a vendor advertising buckwheat flour at Van Pait's.
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W. UH. Leedy
S. Alabamast
D. M. Bradbury
Hall Creek
Central Ave
John Eacock
National Collection Agency
Merrill Moores
Commissioner van Buren
van Buren
St. Paul's Church
Bishop Knickerbocker
Picking Out Bad Breaks in Street Repairs Witness Testimony
The investigating committee hears Street-commissioner Fisher dispute over stone costs and monopoly, Norwood reports numerous holes filled at no charge, and clerks discuss office correspondence. Jefferson defends assessment errors as engineer Brown cites faulty catch basins from Mortun and other sites. Next session set for Wednesday at 2.00.
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Fisher
Fie
Board of Works
John Howard
Fisner
Norwood
E. Washington St
City Psu
Glendenhall
Street Commissioners Department
Iisher
Stewart& Carter
M. L. Jefferson
W. H,uglish
Ile
Engineer Brown
Mr. Jeup
Lincoln Lane
Leohurst
Tresham-St
Mortun-st
The Hoisting of Salaries Occupies City Leaders
A city charter debate unfolds in mayoral office with a health board push for a city sanitarian and registrar of vital statistics. Proposals may raise Board of Health salaries, amend city attorney pay, and delay changes for the current administration amid Friday night session chatter. A drunken quarrel in New York foreshadows a stabbing on a ship, with Olaf Larsen held.
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Citizens’ Committee United Forces
Haya
Board of Health
Azmendment
Deany
New York
Olaf Larsen
Wm. Burke
Philadelphia
Kambria
Burke
Larsen
Gas Fixture Bids Claimed Too High At School Board Meet
Anger flared during a school board session over gas fixture bids for the manual training school. A bid of 2,092.91 by Morris McCurdy faced a lower 1,598.75 offer from Edward A. Sarran of Cassidy New York, with questions about why McCurdy was preferred. Communications claimed unpaid labor and materials totaling 3,287.08, while a lien issue and contract clauses sparked debate over payment authority and public property liens. Elmer Fletcher named custodian as Gaston block rent questions arise.
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Adam
Morris McCurdy
Theas
Edward A. Sarran
Cincinnati
Cassidy
New York
Morris& McCurdy
Scherrer
Sarran
M. Kuchler
J. C
G. C. Pierson
Townsend Bros
Cleveland Roofing Company
Hendrickson
Libotera
Supreme Court
Daanton Ebungie
Gaston
Stackledge
Elmer Fletcher
Evuu
Kingfisher posse routs horse thieves in Oklahoma
News from Kingfisher Oklahoma reports farmers had been terrorized by horse thieves. A posse chased a gang Thursday night, shot two, captured three, and hanged them to a tree with bullets fired into their bodies.
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Wicurra
Kas
Kingfisher
O. T
A Four Masted Schooner Ashore Off Massachusetts
A deeply loaded four masted schooner went ashore at Peaked Hill Bar at 8 Saturday morning. The crew remain in the rigging as the vessel takes on water and rough seas impede rescue by life savers amid a bitter northwest gale. In Los Angeles Edward Siedman and Frank Conway were arrested for robbing the Ontario bank of 5000 dollars, locking the cashier in the vault and assaulting a guard.
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Massachusetts
Los Angeles
Cal
Edward Siedman
Frank Conway
Ontario
Fred Stamm
Libby
And Many Cattle Lost in a Railroad Wreck
Haz Leron Pa Jan 5 In a railroad wreck Saturday two men were killed and several cars of cattle perished. Weather forecasts for Indiana predict warmer cloudy conditions with possible snow flurries and rain for the weekend as of Jan 5.
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Haz.Leron
Indiana
Adams on Top in Marion County Speakership Clash
Merritt of Hogrange leads a covert coalition in Denison to block Marion county as factions circle for the speakership. Adams claims a solid fifty votes and strong support from allies while asserting he can win with a 50 vote bloc. The scene shows quiet bargaining and hope in Indianapolis, with Merritt seen as the beneficiary of the maneuver.
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Merritt
Hogrange
Adams
Denison Hease
Marion County
Lagrange
Indianapolis
Justus Adams
5U Voisa
Harvard to require hygienic cooking for students
Harvard Lawrence Scientific School imposes a spring course in hygienic cooking for male students. Boston Cooking School to teach Harvard men the kettle and pan amid feminine glee.
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Boston
Lawrence Scientific School
Harvard
Boston Cooking School
Wreck in Alamont tunnel claims fireman in crash
San Francisco January 5 A collision with a work train in the Alamont tunnel nine miles from Livermore wrecked the Los Angeles express. A fireman was killed instantly and an engineer was trapped by a boiler and fatally burned. No passengers injured. dispatcher blamed. Physicians dispatched from Oakland. Bill Brown Arizona fighter visits Tus Sun office seeking a match with John Hicks at the Grand Opera house.
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San Francisco
Alamont Tunnel
Livermore
Los Angeles Express
Aglar
Oakland
John Micks
Bill Brown
Campion
Arizona
Tus Sun
Brown
John Hicks
Grand Opera House
Tin Sun
Jim
Huwnix
Lanahan
Aiso
Hicks
Strangers Assault San Francisco Priest at Rectory
Father Peter D Brady rector of St Marys college parish was brutally attacked at the rectory by a well dressed stranger. His face was mutilated by a knife and he was beaten into insensibility. He is expected to recover.
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San Francisco
Peter D. Brady
St. Mary’s College
Boiler explosion wounds four at Wilson saw mill
A boiler explosion at Wilson's saw mill Saturday badly injures four men. Two may die. Injured listed as G, Wilson, W. W. Smith, P.O. Smith, and Sillespie. The boiler dome was found about a quarter mile away. Treated in Missouri news notes follow from Trenton and San Francisco reports.
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Murrz
Wilson’s
G &, Wilson
W. W. Smith
P.O. Smith
Sillespie
They Must Have Bodies Medical College Fire Sparks Cadaver Shortage
A provincial newspaper reports a surge in demand for human cadavers by medical colleges after a fire. Graves are allegedly opened for bodies sought by students, with towns bordering the city on alert for grave robbing and possible resurrections near villages.
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Medical College
Tux Sun
Greenwood
Indiana Medical College
Tus Sun
Turk Sun
Dead infant found in cigar box at Enterprise Hotel
Coroner investigates the seizure of a well developed infant's body found in an outhouse near Massachusetts Avenue at 5 30 am. The box contained no identifying marks and officials plan a formal inquiry with hotel staff as witnesses. cremation is expected.
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Wea
Enterprise
Massachusetta S Ave
Aaron Clay
Whitsett
Sun
Mystery Letter Seeks Answers in Sudden Death Case
Coroner Castor received an anonymous note suggesting Henry S. Blue died suddenly near the Hugvans Pike three miles from the courthouse and that W.8 Ole died at Beach Grove. The writer, possibly a woman, claims the case involves suspicious circumstances and urges Ferguson to report what he knows.
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Straight Goode
Castor
Furguson
Cat alarm saves Woolfolk family in Marengo fire
Contumpus Ind Jan 5 The Woolfolk residence near Marengo burned Friday night. Mr Woolfolk and his wife escaped in their night clothes, crediting a large cat that woke them with piercing cries and clawing Mr Woolfolk’s whiskers.
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Woolfolk
Ind
Wm. Woolfolk
Marengo
Three Dead in Ohio Powder Mill Explosion
Three men died when a powder mill at Goes' station exploded Saturday morning near Yellton Springs. The victims named were Cliff Porney Adolph Krebel and Arthur Harris. Officials noted the disaster as a major industrial accident with local reverberations.
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Ohio
Yellton Springs
Goes’ Station
Cliff Porney
Adolph Krebel
Arthur Harris
Ketcham Targets Mutilation in Fee and Salary Law Scrutiny
Indiana Attorney General W. A. Ketcham accuses concealed malfeasance in the 91 fee and salary law case and seeks to identify the writer of the mutilated section No. 93 through handwriting experts. He says county officials back a strong lobby and may try to delay the suit, hoping the supreme court will block moves in court. Ketcham plans a sweeping probe into the bill’s mishandling and its dispiriting episodes during the last session.
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W. A. Ketcham
Indiana
Tax Sun
Secretary-Of-State
Mr. Ketcham
Wa8
Weill
State House
iCetcham
Supreme Court
Ketcham
State Secretary
Auditor of State’s Office
Powder explosion wrecks factory injuring many workers
In Uniontown Fenn on January 5 an explosion at W J Rainey and Co powder works fatally injures John Vincki and seriously injures others as the building is torn apart and hurled about 450 yards. Also in Paris on January 6 Dreyfus is stripped of rank and paraded before troops before imprisonment. In Haverun Ma se January 5 a thousand men march to a shoe factory and 800 workers are called out by Thos S Ruddick and Son after a labor dispute.
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Uniontown
Fenn
Moyer
W. J. Rainey & Co
John Vincki
Paris
Albert Dreyfus
Ecole Militaire
Darras
Dreyfus
France
Haverurn
Mase
Ruddick & Son
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Atyia' Nasnes
van Pait’s
Wm. L. Elder
Vancouver
Foster
Chios
Japan
London
Pearl
Glasgow
Folkestone
Harvard Stuents
Cal Bubs
Father Braily
Boilse
Luis Luush
Sam
Lalk
Trenton
McPherson
Washington
Carlisle
The
Treasury
Cleveland
Amushmun
Witch of
Endor
English’s
Hopkins
Trans- Oceanics
Jono DD. Hopkins
Howard Atheneum
Felix Morris
Morris
Hagenbeck
English
Opera House
Enerprise
Noa
Wirk
C. H. Biert
Evansville
Gioletti
Kidd & Co
Sioux City
Erwin & Eaton
Kansas City
South Carolina
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