Death of race car driver still a mystery at Speedway
Thomas Kincade, 23, died after a crash during a trial at the Speedway. Officials say the car did not skid and the accident remains unexplained. Kincade was alone when found beside his wrecked machine. Teammate Johnny Aitken and mechanician William Clifton were present earlier. Kincade's body shipped to Fortville, Indiana for burial.
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Thomas Kincade
Hig
Ww. GQ
Wahl
National Motor Vehicle Ee
Charles Merz
Louisville
Kincade
Aitken
Ofton
Herbert Lytle
Merz
Tommy
Lwny
Xrave Wiy
Sim Ftra
H. R. Alten
Speedway
George W
Améa Kincade
Frank Kincade
Overland Automobile Company
Renihan & Bilack
Fortville
Ind
A. C. Newby
John Aitken
Jevénta
Tragedy Ends In Double Shooting And Suicide
Chicago July 7 Mrs Emma Mullan shot and fatally wounded her dissipated husband then fatally wounded her three year old daughter Annabel who she did not want to face the world alone, and finally killed herself with carbolic acid.
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Chicago
Emma Mullan
Annabel
Ten year old boy drowns in Fall Creek near Thirtieth Street
An unidentified ten year old boy drowned in Fall creek at Thirtieth Street after a two hour drag net search. A companion who later identified himself as Harry McCreary gave police details of the drowning, saying he and others swam there that morning and that the victim sank in suddenly deep water. A prior drowning of a girl occurred at the same spot earlier this season.
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Fall Creek
Thirtieth Street
Harry McCreary
Michigan Street
McCreary
Ruth Munger
Anderson
St. Mary’s Academy
Orren Munger
Robinson, NL
Indianapolis
Savings Bank
Muncie
Star Hotel
West Washington Street
Ster
Miss Prudence Cox Sold Pillows For Charity Scam
Miss Prudence Cox of 325 Sanders street sold handmade sofa pillows to support herself. A well dressed man offered to peddle the pillows and left with items worth a dollar each as well as six dollars, never to be seen again. Police seek the suspect.
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Prudence Cox
Sanders Street
Indiana Insurgents Meet Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill
A five member Republican delegation including Senator Beveridge of Indiana and Senator Carter of Montana visited ex-President Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay to discuss insurgent support and Roosevelt’s possible bid for governor with Robert Bass Winston Churchill and James Sheffield also present. Gardner denied Roosevelt endorsement of Poindexter and noted no senatorial discussion occurred during the visit.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
A. J. Beveridge
Indiana
T. H. Carter
Montana
Robert Bass
New Hampshire
Winston Churchill
James R. Sheffield
New York City
Strong
Beveridge
Bil
Dolliver
Cummins
Iowa
Carter
Churchill
Bass
Taft
Gilson Gardner
Poindexter
Washington
Gardner
Africa
John Burroughs
William Dudley Foulke
Civil Service
Col. Roosevelt
Burroughs
Bank President's Son Arrested in Greensburg Fraud
Harry Quick, son of Indianapolis bank president George W. Quick, was arrested Thursday by Detectives Simon and DeRossette in Greensburg, Ind. He faces charges of passing two worthless checks totaling 840 dollars.
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Harry Quick
George W. Quick
Indianapolis
Simon and DeRossette
Greensburg
Ind
Inspector Stops Prisoner From Drinking Ice Short-Weight Charged
Inspector Wulfson halts Grover Siler on a July route after catching him with a 40 pound ice chunk marked for 100 pounds. Siler, driver for Ralpon Ice Co., faced charges of selling short weight as the scales showed forty pounds. The encounter began when Siler blocked at a saloon awaiting a drink.
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Inspector Wulfson
Grover Siler
West Twenty-eighth Street
Ralpon Ice Company
East Pratt Street
Siler
Mr. Wulfson
Bartender
Wulfson
John Johnson
Newman Street
Elks Convention Set As South Bend Preps Big Day
The ninth annual Illinois Indiana Elks convention opens in South Bend with about 5 000 delegates arrived and 7 500 expected. A 5000 visitor turnout is forecast for Saturday, with a grand illuminated parade and a 15000 member Reunion association listing officers. Delegates will stop over in South Bend for trains en route to Detroit.
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South Bend
Ind
of the Elks
Detroit
Mishawaka
Fire Department
Indiana
Reunion Association
Harry Lowenthal
Evansville
Edward Daniels
Tipton
Thomas G. Hedron
Indianapolis
Detroit Prepares for BPOE Reunion Arrival of Officers
Detroit Michigan mobilizes for the B P O E annual reunion with thousands of Elks and about 100000 members expected, joined by 200000 wives and sisters. Committees have organized hospital corps and automobile groups to ensure comfort as the grand exalted ruler and reception committee arrive Friday evening.
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Automobile Corps
Sayre Declines Elks Exalted Ruler Race in Detroit
Warren G. Sayre grand esteemed leading knight second in command of the Order of Elks declined to run for exalted ruler in Detroit. Wabash friends urged him to lead the antlered herd, but he refused.
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Wabash, Ind
Warren G. Sayre
Order of Elks
Detroit
Wabash
Sayre
Record Customs Receipts Hit New Highs in 1908
Washington reports final figures show customs collections for the just closed fiscal year totaling 433,030,800 dollars, beating the previous year's 300 million plus and marking the highest total on record under the new tariff law, with 332,233,362 dollars for 1907. The rise under the new law is noted as significant by tariff supporters ahead of Congress.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Strike call by 75000 ILGWU girls up in New York
The International Ladies Garment Workers union ordered a 75,000 girl strike in New York with 2 pm walkout. Employers show readiness to sign recognition and pay deals, while some refuse demands as Manhattan districts prepare seven picket sections and potential work shipments to Cleveland and Chicago spark further actions.
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New York
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Five Boroughs
Manhattan
Cleveland
Chicago
Woman Labor Organizer Sees Sentiment Keeping Wages Down
New York July 17 Miss Eva McDonald Valess general organizer of working women of the American Federation of Labor says semi philanthropic hotels and rooms for working girls with a beautiful sentiment behind them actually help employers keep down wages and harm the women they aid She notes Anne Morgan a leading factor and counters Countess of Carlisle on factory wage earners stating women work only out of necessity and pursue trades only when compelled by need
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New York
Eva McDonald Valess
American Federation of Labor
Anne Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Countess of Carlisle
America
Indiana Politician Ras McClure Stricken at Home
Ras McClure, a leading Indiana political figure, is reported ill at his home in Marion on July 7. Details on his condition and recovery are unclear, with press notes limited to brief illness mention and ongoing recovery at home.
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Marion
Ind
Ras McClure
Indiana
Avanesis Bits v
Crossland
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William Clifton
Racer
Lad
U.S
Charles E. Hughes
Charles E.hinghes
Melville Weston Fuller
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Gov. Hughes
Liord M. Bowers
United States
Henry M. Hoyt
State Department
Foe
Aean
ELKS
Carroll K. McCullough
David H. Carlton
Nobiesville
Esquire
Alvin Pidgett
W. B. Foresman
Lafayette
Robert A. Scott
Linton
Frank E. Bougher
Fort Wayne
Mich
The
National Elks
Garment Union
Philanthrope
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