Princess Is A Painter in Sioux City
A cloudburst near Sioux City injures four and destroys property worth about 1 million dollars. Floyd river and Perry creek washouts, bridge losses on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line, and railroad tracks torn up. Corpse counts include Leo Bostcher and an unknown child. two unknown drowned at Carr's hotel. Princess Parlaghy, arriving in America, plans to paint portraits of leading Americans. She declines painting John D Rockefeller. The lower image shows the Chateau de Jean in Nice France.
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Sioux City
Floyd River
Perry Creek
Chicago, Milwaukee
W. Sixth Street
Carr’s
Parlaghy
America
John D. Rockefeller
Port Cochere
Chateau Dt. Jean
Nice
France
Democrats Exit Tariff Conference In Washington
Republican members of the conference committee on the tariff bill met behind closed doors with Democrats absent after an informal meeting. They begin by agreeing on sections they will accept, aiming to resolve many differences between the Senate and House versions. Key amendments remain for a final struggle as deadlines approach with Taft pressing for House rates on certain schedules and a possible report within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
Taft
Police accuse nurse of undercover work and arrest over saloon suit
Gertrude Robinson 28, using alias Smith, was fined 15 dollars and jailed after a police court hearing related to loitering. Police testified she posed as a detective and nurse while associating with men near James Ross's saloon on S Pennsylvania Street near Washington Street.
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Gertrude Robinson
Smith
Harvey Stout, Jr
James Ross
S. Pennsylvania Street
Washington Street
Miss Robinson
Ross
Sergt. Larsh
McCarty
N. Illinois Street
Bonnifield
Sayles
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
St Clair River Vacation Trip For Sun Tourists
The St Clair river stretching nearly 40 miles links Lake St Clair and Lake Huron forming the Canada United States boundary. The July 27 to August 3 trip offers adults 20, children 5 to 12 13.60, under five 6.50 with table board.
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St. Clair
Camp Algoma
Lake St. Clair
Lake Huron
Canada
United States
Harsen
Stag
Russell
Fawn
Algonac
Port Lambton
Marine City
Sarnia
Port Huron
Fawn Island
Wife of constable's player shoots herself in hospital
Mrs. Fred H. Mohrie widow of Yellow Kid Mohrie who killed Constable Sam Young and was shot by a friend died earlier. She tried to kill herself with the same revolver and is in City Hospital with a bullet in her left breast. Doctors say she has only a fair chance for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Mohrie
Yellow Kid
Mohrie
Sam Young
Young
City Hospital
Hfe
Coroner Probes Death of Joy Thompson in Indianapolis
Coroner Blackwell opened an inquiry into Joy Thompson of Muncie who died after being accidentally shot in Indianapolis. The boy suffered a leg wound and developed lockjaw before dying Thursday. The case brings total violent deaths investigated by Coroner Glackwell to 26 in six months.
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Blackwell
Joy Thompson
Muncie
Indianapolis
Thompson
Board of Health
Glackweil
Will of Dr. Charles I Brunning Filed in Probate Court
The will values the estate at 106000 dollars with Simon B. Fox named executor. The widow receives the real estate for life with three houses going to sons George Charles and Join Brunning. The Brunning Medical Company is left to the three sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles I. Brunning
Simon B. Fox
Beveridge Reception Marks Tariff Revision Protest
Plans are made for a large reception for Senator Beveridge at Tomlinson hall hosted by the Indianapolis Taft club. The event, largely non political, gathers labor leaders, workers, merchants, and manufacturers to support Beveridge’s tariff revision vote against the high tariff bill backed by Aldrich and allied senators. President Miller of the Taft club will open the meeting at 8 p.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beveridge
Tomlinson Hall
Indianapolis
Taft Club
Taft
Aldrich
Trust
Eudienes
Miller
Bride-to-be abducted in morning assault near Rescoe
Miss Sadie Forsythe, 21, was blindfolded bound and gagged by two strangers who abducted her from her home at daybreak and left her on a country road three miles away. She remains prostrate but her wedding to William Ealy, planned for this evening at her home at Rescoe, is expected to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sadie Forsythe
William Ealy
Art Rescoe
Burglar Reported In Woman's Home and Other Break-ins
Frances Clinton 10 reports a burglar in her mother Anna Clinton's home at 2378 East Street. Police investigate while mother questions imagination. Also, Mrs Burk at 1116 Bates Street wakes to a burglar. a window is removed at Indiana Wall Paper Co. and valuables taken at East yuan's clothes cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Clinton
Anna Clinton
East Street
Humare
Gunsolus
John Burk
Bates Street
Indiana Wall Paper Company
Virginia Avenue
Eastyuan
Virginian Avenue
Horses Rear Wagon Cost City Farm Hand Money
A farm hand near Noblesville lost 25 dollars after a team of horses hitched to a hay wagon reared and plunged. The money, placed on the wagon’s running board after unloading at J. B. Gifford's feed store in Indianapolis, was dropped as the horses bolted. Hume reported the loss to the police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hume
Noblesville
Hume
Gifford
Massachusetts Avenue
Notable multiple tragedies and events across the nation
Across cities from Boston to Calais crowds report suicides trolley injuries and fatal accidents. Henry E. Dunham a Boston broker killed himself after struggling with smoking. West Barrington saw a trolley crash injuring ten and killing two. Howard Miller attempted suicide in Indiana. Missouri court actions involve Waters-Pierce and Standard Oil costs. A Des Moines incident shows laudanum and whist as a misguided remedy. A New York thief targets jewelry. Hudson Fulton steamboat replica launched in New York. Huntington plant orders 1006 steel cars. a Freeland counterfeiting cache investigated. Greenville sees a fatal rendering-tank explosion. Calais delays an English Channel flight due to weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Henry E. Dunham
Barrington
R. I
Warren & Bristol Mne
Rhode Island Suburban Railway Company
West Barrington
Terre Hauth
Ind
Jefferson City
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Supreme Court
Standard of Indiana
Republic
Waters-Pierce Companies
Des Moines
J. G. Gallagher
New York
Thomas Long
Summer Street
Robert Fulton
Huntington
W. Va
American Car and Foundry Company
C. & ©. Railway
Freeland
Hoya
Greenville
Amy & Co
Mathias Pfeffer
Albert Amy
Negro in court admits invitation to shoot gun
John Douglas, a negro, testified in criminal court that Mitchell Gunn urged him to fetch a gun and return to shoot, leading to two gunshots in a restaurant near a saloon. Douglas was found guilty of assault with intent to kill and sentenced to Indiana’s reformatory range, two to 14 years, by Judge Janse Pritchard. A waiter witness heard two shots and saw Douglas draw the pistol.
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John Douglas
Douglas
Mitchell Gunn
Indiana
Janse Pritchard
Gunn
Revolvar
Fresh Air Camp Needs Aid For Indianapolis Families
Cash donations arrived at Major Escott’s office for a Salvation Army fresh air camp to be opened at Carl Fisher’s farm near New Augusta on July 23. Early gifts include cash from ACME Mattress, Gallahue Carpet, August Kuhn Grocery, Courthouse Grocery, World’s Fair Furniture, and Hershman Mattress Co plus bedding items. Forty to fifty donors will support at least 20 sick children and their mothers for eight weeks, with needs for bed clothing provisions and a horse and wagon for logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Escott
Salvation Army Fresh Air Camp
Carl Fisher
New Augusta
Acme Mattress Company
Gallahue Carpet Company
August Kuhn Grocery
Courthouse Grocery
World's Fair Furniture, Company
Hershman Mattress Company
Escott
Indianapolis
Fisher -Arre
Oil Barge Explosion Darkens Providence River Scene
An explosion on the barge Harrison in the Providence River released 135 000 gallons of kerosene oil, destroying the barge and damaging a lumber schooner and the Texas Oil plant, injuring two men Albert Defosse and Capt Fred May. property loss estimated over 100 690. In East Liverpool Ohio a six inch main rupture at Crockery City Brewing plant released ammonia fumes, endangering five people including a 12 year old boy.
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Harrison
Providence
Texas Oil Company
East Liverpool
Crockery City Brewing Company
Leaps From Moving Car Widow and Escapes in Indiana
Robert Hildebrand, handcuffed and in custody, jumped from a car window north of Hartford City at 3 this morning and escaped. A posse searches for him as authorities recall his past as a former Indianapolis bartender and recent tenant on a W. D. Scott farm. He had been arrested while working in a Bloomington grocery and allegedly killed a cow, sold its hide and grain before disappearing. The train he leaped from was speeding when the escape occurred and the sheriff was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
City
Ind
Robert Hildebrand
Clemme
Decatur
Hildebrand
Indianapolis
W. D. Scott
Scott
Iinoly
Light and Heating Firm Plans $100,000 Washington Street Build
The Merchants' Light and Heating company secured a building permit on Saturday for a new Washington street structure near the White River. The project carries a $100,000 cost and a $110 permit fee.
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Merchants’ Light and Heating Company
Washington Street
White River
Help the Babies Salvation Army needs autos in Indianapolis
Call Major Escott at Main 2276 or visit room 79 Baldwin block to offer automobile help for the Salvation Army fresh air work aiding tired mothers and babies. The drive seeks auto owners to join this worthy Indianapolis charity effort.
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Salvation Army
Fisher Farm
Army
Major Escott
Baldwin Block
The
Salvationae
Indianapolis
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