Cincinnati Man Praises Indianapolis Lights Plan
Councilman Robert O'Brien after visiting Indianapolis and St Louis reports to Cincinnati officials on downtown illumination. He favors Indianapolis tungsten lamps and boulevard poles, opposes the volunteer payment method, and urges city tests to locate optimal light placements while noting extensive completion along Massachusetts and Pennsylvania streets.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Robert O’brien
City Council of
Cincinnati
Missouri City
O’brien
Massachusetts Avenue
Liberty Street
Pennsylvania Street
Washington Street
Ohblo Street
Bare-Legged Saving Among Republicans
Edwin M. Lee chairman of the Republican state committee declares a strict, businesslike handling of campaign funds this year. Corporate gifts are refused, matching the party policy under James P. Goodrich. The plan emphasizes personal voter interest and broad, continuous contributions over large donations, with state apportionment and a systematic canvass.
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Edwin M. Lee
Republican State Committee
Finance Committee
James P. Goodrich
Burned by Explosion of Gas in Kitchen
Jesse Kennedy of 2249 Broadway suffered severe burns to hands and face when a kitchen gas leak ignited after he opened a lighted match. The blast blew wallpaper loose, firefighters from Hook and Ladder Co. No. 8 responded and Kennedy was treated by a physician and taken to a neighbor's home.
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Jesse Kennedy
Broadway
Kennedy
Hook and Ladder Company No. 8
Post Office Restores 4 PM Mail Delivery
Assistant Post master John E. Shideler says the 4 o’clock mail delivery, halted July 1, will be restored soon after numerous complaints from business men. The move follows an economy policy of the Post Office Department and seeks a funds plan without extra money if possible.
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John E. Shideler
Post Office Department
Brunaush Back From Prison On Board Parole
Harry P Brunaugh returns to Indianapolis after more than two years in state prison for presenting fraudulent claims to the Board of Public Works He received parole from the prison board and was released Monday He had been sentenced by Judge Vinson Carter and his conviction was sustained on appeal Brunaugh previously testified in the Henry W Marshall case and was employed by Western Construction for asphalt street repairs in Indianapolis during his imprisonment
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Board of Public Works
Harry P. Brunaugh
Indianapolis
Brunaugh
Reid
Vinson Carter
Supreme Court
Henry W. Marshall
Western Construction Company
Board of Works
Wall of Fire Threatens Cornucopia Village
Ashland Wisconsin July 6 100 men are rushed by boat to fight forest fires that encircle Cornucopia between Ashland and Lake Superior. The Barker steamer evacuated women and children to Bayfield as fires burn logging camps and Madeline Island homes. Fog horns sound over a pall of smoke with fires spreading in all directions.
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Ashland
Wis
Cornucopia
Lake Superior
Barker
Bayfield
Redcliffe
Bayfield Hill Company
Madeline Island
New Auto Brings Him Death Quickly
John L. Pratt a 60 year old real estate and tax agent for the Chicago Great Western railway died in St Luke s hospital after a collision between his car and another vehicle Pratt who lived in St Paul was alone in a machine he had bought only hours before and died in Chicago within 24 hours three deaths occurred from auto accidents in the city within a day
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Chicago
John L. Pratt
Chicago Great Western Railway
St. Luke’s Hospital
Pratt
St. Paul
Dynamiters Sought After Preacher’s Home Bombing
Neoga Illinois July 6 police strive to uncover person or persons who dynamited the home of Rev. R. B. Fisher pastor of the Neoga Presbyterian church. The blast wrecked the house and injured Mrs Fisher. Fragments of the bomb were found nearby as investigators seek the attacker who targeted the crusade against bootleggers.
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Neoga, Ijl
R. B. Fisher
Neoga Presbyterian Church
Attorneys Clash in City Police Court Feud Ends
Judge Collins ordered Robert D. Lamberton to repay $50 to Attorney Henry C. Cox under penalty of barring Cox from police court practice. Lamberton, who fled Indianapolis after injuring William Connelly, had paid $400 in a damage settlement and faced two charges.
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Collins
Henry C. Cox
Cass Connaway
Cox
Robert D. Lamberton
Robinson, Ill
Lamberton
William Connelly
Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis
Connoway
Connelley
Connaway
Burned marriage license exchange ends in court scene
John G. Douglas and Mabel Bass, both colored, faced a troubled union as Douglas handed a marriage license package to Clerk Berner and urged, Burn it. Berner opened the bundle to reveal the license papers, while Douglas lamented the breakup and left the courthouse in disappointment.
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John G. Douglas
Mabel Bass
John
Court House
Berner
Prominent society girl weds Greek minister in quiet Norwich ceremony
Miss Anna Cockrell daughter of former Senator Cockrell Missouri and Lam bros A Cormelis Greek minister at Washington wed quietly Wednesday afternoon at the bride's sister home. Ceremony by a Greek priest with Greek church service. Cormelis 56, long regarded bachelor, met bride at a Washington function over a year ago.
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Norwich, Conn
Anna Cockrell
United States
Cockrell
Missouri
Lambros A. Cormelis
Washington
Body of Woman Found At Niagara In Take
A woman’s body was recovered from the Niagara River near the power house above the falls. She wore an automobile veil and a signet ring with initials O. B. The coroner, noting the body had been in water about two months, opened an investigation into a brutal murder likely staged as an auto ride.
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Niagara IN
Take
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara Falls Power Company
Scott
South Is Last Hope For Aldrich's Bank
Washington July 6 On the success of a southern speechmaking tour by Senator Aldrich and President Taft the decision to introduce a currency reform bill in the next congress depends. The southern reception could prompt a central bank push next January before Aldrich retires March 4.
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South
Aldrich
Congress
Taft
Name Goes Astray After Fight Result
MT VERNON NY July 6 Unless some white fighter arises in the near future and mauls Jack Johnson into submission the infant son of Charles C Gorman of this city may yet wear some name like Algernon instead of James J Jeffries the name that was picked for him by a proud and loving father who fell into the snare of believing Jeffries was the hope of the white man's race It's all off he said when he heard the result of the fifteenth round.
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MT. Vernon
N. Y
Jack Johnson
Charles C. Gorman
Algernon
James J. Jeffries
Jeffries
Gorman
Officers Take Cats From Mile. Jenney Vessel
In Hoboken customs detain 15 cats belonging to Miss Jenny Hull known as Mile. Jenney. The felines, all vaudeville artists, were listed as household effects in the customs declaration after crossing the Atlantic, raising a question for the treasury department to decide.
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New York
Koeniger Suise
Hoboken
Jenny Hull
Mile
Jenney
Treasury Department
Atlantic
Persian diplomat kills own daughter in accident
Morristown New Jersey July 6 0 Overcome with grief Herman Tabibyian secretary of Persian consul at New York pleaded for his six year old daughter Mabel to be returned grief stricken after he accidentally killed her while hunting crows a twig trapped the trigger and the shot struck the child in the body
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Morristown
N. J
Herman Tabibyian
Mabel
Tabibylan
New York
Miner Survives Break in Neck Without Apparatus
In Nelsonville Ohio, Jack Bowers was treated at a local hospital by Dr C M Shepard after a fall down a coal bank. His dislocated neck between the first and second cervical vertebrae with a broken odontoid process was reset without any apparatus as one of only a few such cases in medical history.
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Columbuts. CO
Jack Bowers
Nelsonville
C. M. Shepard
Bowers
Man Dies After Drinking Seventeen Whiskies to Win Bet
In Newark New Jersey Hector Smith 27 drank seventeen glasses of whisky to win a one dollar bet with a friend in a South Street saloon. An argument over drinking ability preceded the wager and death.
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Newark
N. J
Hector Smith
Smith
South Street
All Depends on Habits. Tiffany Will Case in NY
Justice Green baum ruled against Burnett Tiffany in his bid to alter his father Charles Tiffany's will. The will originally granted Burnett $3,000 yearly unless his life changed radically, with executors later increasing the allowance to $18,000 in 1904 after a court denial.
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New York
Justice Greenbaum
Burnett Tiffany
Charles Tiffany
Great Diamond and Silverware House
Increases Reported on County Corporations Tax Value
The county board of review ended its session listing 1 165 corporations for taxation with the total valuation on corporations rising to 40 774 020 dollars. Valuations over 1909 grew by 34 665 880 dollars, including 187 new corporations, a larger increase than the preceding years. Members listed include Albert Sahm Frank S. Fishback A A Womack William O Reveal and Theodore H Dammeyer.
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County Board of Review
Samuel L. Montgomery
Poisoned alumni dinner death at Williams College
In Williamstown Massachusetts the alumni dinner last week sickened 75 people. Arthur B Powell of Montclair New Jersey, a Williams College graduate, died Friday from the poisoning incident.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Arthur B. Powell
Montclair
N. J
Lawyers of Indiana Open Annual Session
The State Bar Association of Indiana convenes in Indianapolis for its annual session at the Country club. Frederic J. Stimson of Boston will speak on the legality of combinations in capital and labor. John T. Dye presides as president.
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State Bar Association of Indiana
Indianapolis
Country Club
Frederic J. Stimson
Boston
Denison
John T. Dye
George H. Gifford
Tipton
Charles W. Smith
Three berries fill box in Colebrook box delivery
Mrs. Cummings of Colebrook New Hampshire received a regulation size box of strawberries from a Snohomish Washington friend. The box reportedly holds three berries filling the entire box, a curious novelty noted by local residents.
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Colebrook, N. H
Snohomish, Wash
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