Contests at New York Store Picnic Draw Big Prizes
Field contests for fat prizes drew a lively crowd at the New York Store picnic. Despite drizzle, attendees enjoyed rides, races, and a parade of prizes including shoes, a ping pong board, a couch cover, and various trinkets. Winners included Lora Cooney and Nora Myer in the first race, with numerous other victors across events.
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Walter Bechéler
Lora Cooney
Nora Myer
William Mompke
Sydney Maholoway
Archiar Skelton
Reward notices lure sleuths for Indiana crimes
A 1900s broadcast style plea promises rewards totaling 311,000 for catching three fugitives in Indiana. It highlights the Bedford murder of Sarah Schafer and the Elizabeth Tresch choking in Peru, with Gov J Frank Hanly taking interest in the O A Baker tobacco trust case. A Pinkerton team and local authorities pursue leads after Baker fled Indianapolis.
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Sarah Spliater
Bedford
Ind
Ellzabetho Treach
Peru
Q. A. Baker
The
Tobacco Trust
Indiana
Sarah Schafer
Mise Schafer
Pinkerton
Elizabeth Tresch
Indianapolis
Baker
lAnanias Baker
QO. A. Baker
Henly
Reward Offered for Baker in Bribery Case
A reward of $3,000 was offered for the capture of Baker. It is suspected that the tobacco trust may be aiding his concealment in a foreign country.
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Cently
Baker
Tobacco Trust
Field Day Prizes Include Perfume Shirts and More
A mistimed page from a rural fair lists winners and prizes from races and games. Taylor and Patterson earned shirts, Schaller and Rails back won a deach, while Mias Carroll surprised with a 1.1 feet throw for a traveling bag. Other victors received a hat, necktie, walking skirt, shears, and various household items.
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Taylor
Patterson
Schaller
Railsjback
Mias
Vt Carroll
Rl Banks
Arthur Skelton
Description of O. A. Baker
A fragmented 19th century portrait describes O. A. Baker as of medium height and weight about ten pounds when a baby? He wore a brown wig, was bald at times, and carried a dignified urban bearing. He spoke didactically and was a clever public speaker, with changing facial features indicating possible dissipation.
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Baker
Alwys
Fire Damages Parry Manufacturing Office and Telephone Exchange
A fire Saturday morning heavily damaged the office of the D. M. Parry Manufacturing Company and the telephone exchange. The exchange burned completely, railing around the office scorched, flames then spread to the ceiling before being brought under control. The incident caused substantial property damage and disrupted operations.
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D. M. Parry Manufacturings Company
Town Ordered to Move Specter to The Sun
Wilkesbarre Pa July 4 Orders believed to mean destruction of much of the Dusinesa district of Centralia near here have been issued by Lehigh Valley Coal and Iron company directing residents to remove their buildings from the land to be mined for coal beneath the surface. The surface may cave in. The action follows a ruling absolving coal firms from damages in such events. The affected properties value between 4000 and 70000 dollars center of town feared. Some owners unaware they only owned surface rights consider legal action.
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Specter
Wilkebbarre
Dusinesa
Centralia
Lehigh Valley Coal and Iron Company
Betwen
Nhy
Pink Shoes and Heat Spark Lousiville Tent Justice
Special to the Sun from Louisville reports Mamie Keller, very dark, peroxide hair, wearing pink shoes, calmly walking through a tent area with two policemen escorting her. She claims the heat prevented wearing a dress. authorities note insufficient clothing. A separate note mentions a man arrested for walking naked with a plug hat, claiming intoxication.
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Louisville
Mamie/ Keller
Tentterloin
Central Police Station
Ghief
Patrick Ridge
Pirat St
Nentenes
Portrait Hanged at Last in Maine Capitol Gallery
The portrait of Thomas B. Reel is finally hung in Augusta's statehouse rotunda under clerk Agher C. Hinds. Mrs. Reed requested the effort, and Lot M. Morrill’s portrait was moved to a darker corner to make room. The Reed portrait by Vinton, Boston, depicts two years’ work. Blaine’s portrait remains absent from the gallery.
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Augusta
Thomas BH
Statehouse
Agher C. Hinds
National Newse of Representatives
Reed
Lot M. Morrill
Maine
Vinton
Boston
Blaine
States Banks Show Growth in Indiana Figures
State Bureau of Statistics reports more banks and higher activity. Indiana had 175 state banks on April 1, 1905, rising to 195 the same date in 1906, with capital stock dropping from 6 991 450 to 5 234 750. Taxes paid 158 105.58, expenses 452 915, depositors 158 771, employees noted.
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State Bureau of Statistics
Indiana
Death in his cell ends murder convict’s case
In Chicago, Ralph Lelste, jailed after yesterday’s murder verdict in Abe Goldberg’s killing, was found dead in his county jail cell this morning. Guards believe Lelste committed suicide following the conviction. In Manila, Bourke Cockran and Serippe-Meltae Press Association report Annie Ide, daughter of Governor General Ste Ani, engaged. wedding set for fall in Washington.
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Seuppe-McHine
Reay Association
Chicago
Ralph Lelste
Abe Goldberg
Bourke Cockran
Serippe-Meltae Press
Asociatom
Manila
Annie Ide
Ste
Ani Bourke Cockran
Washington
Tragic Automobile Death Of Chicago Boy Moody
In Chicago on a July Friday a 5-year-old boy, Charles A. Moody, son of Charles H. Moody, was killed when he was crushed between a car and a garage wall while playing with his father’s automobile. The incident occurred in a garage area, prompting investigations by local authorities.
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Scrippa-McRae Prean Association
Chicago
Charles A. Moody
Charles H. Moody
Despondent harness maker John Knodle found dead at home
John Knodle aged 58, a harness maker at Schmidt Brewery, was found dead in a doorway Saturday morning after his despondency and a prior wrist slash. His wife left briefly to summon help, then returned to find him dead by suicide via hanging from a transom.
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Stevengst
John Knodle
Clara Knodle
Morgan
Ramsden
Mr. Knodle
Anme
Schmidt Brewery
Killed by Pirates Off Canton Saloon Attacked by Pirates
The British ship Salaam was attacked near Canton by pirates. Dr. McDonald was killed. Captain Jossing and four Sikhs were injured. The incident is reported by Scripps-MacTune Press Association. In a separate note from AT JOSEPH Michigan, July 14, Iva Livingston killed himself after shooting a horse and buggy given by his wife on their wedding day. Livingston, an air soldier, was seventy and married to a wife ten years younger.
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Scripps-McTune Press Aamnciation
Canton
China
Salaam
Here
Dr. McDonald
Jossing
Joseph
Mion
Iva Livingston
Isemer
Wen
Livingston
Democratic delegation to meet Bryan on special train
Chicago July 44 Charles Boeschen stein chairman of the Democratic committee announces arrangements to carry a delegation of 190 men from New York on a special train to meet William Jennings Bryan on his return from Europe.
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Mere Ffema
Chicago
Charles Boeschenstein
Democratic Grate Fenteal c Committee
Democratic
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Europe
Bedford ballgame casualty risks death after hat blow
Bedford Indiana July 14 Ralley Mobrey suffered a head injury at a local ball game when struck by a ball hat wielded by a West Raden player. He remains seriously ill as infection set in and doctors fear possible fatal outcome.
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Bos
Bedford
Ind
Ralley Mobrey
Ers
Sipelas
Pioneer May Die At Home Of Son In Brightwood
Mrs. Sarah White amid $7 distress is near death at her son Marcellus White home at Gale and Twenty First streets Brightwood. She fractured a hip in a January fall and was brought to Indianapolis from Lawrence May 3. Mrs. White was a pioneer figure in Marion county.
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Sarah White
Marcellus White
Gale
Brightwood
White
Indianapolis
Lawrence
Marion Raunty
Ice Cream Social for Church Debt at Dearborn and Eleventh
The Ladies Aid of Second United Brethren church hosts an ice cream social on church grounds at the corner of Dearborn and Eleventh streets on Tuesday night. Members and friends are invited. proceeds fund church debt reduction.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Second United Brethren Church
Dearborn
Conductor Be Clark Named To I C C Membership
Conductor Be Clark of Cedar Rapids was appointed to a seat on the Interstate Commerce Commission. President Roosevelt praised his fairness and noted his broad experience from brakeman to grand chief of the Order of American Railway Conductors, which has grown to 38,000 members. Born February 18 1836 in Lima New York, Clark moved west in 1861 and rose to top leadership after guiding the union through the anthracite strike in 1902.
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Sun
Sioux City
BE. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Aber
Order of American Railway Conductors
Clark
Iowan
Mr. Clark
Lima
N. Y
Wesleyan Seminary
Denver
Col
Orier
American Railway
Harcester
N.Y
Editor W D Busbey Dead in Chicago Pneumonia Claim
Editor William H Bushey longtime leader at the Inter Ocean and other papers died this morning in Chicago of pneumonia He was born in Vienna in 1844 and served as city editor at the Columbus Journal later as private secretary to Gov Cox under Hayes He moved to Toledo before joining Chicago papers and leaves a widow and two daughters.
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J.D. Cox
R. B. Hayes
Jomrpal
Buahy
Toledo
Th. R. Locke
Nashy
Toledo Blade
Chicago
Pearl Sailing’s Bold Marriage To Indian Fiance
Pearl Sailing, a University of Wisconsin graduate, wed Joe Bartholmeau, an Indian cornetist in the United States Indian Band, after a three year courtship at Lawrence University and a flight from her father in Winfield. The couple married in Chicago and settled in Milwaukee where Bartholmeau is stationed. The bride’s father opposed the match. Bartholmeau is said to be son of Chief Assinaboine.
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Scrippa-McRup Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Lawrence University
Kansas
Winfield
Pearl Sailing
Joe Bartholmeau
Chicago
Assinaboine
Winfeld
Cathedral grant to Episcopal church for Breal cathedral
In Saint Francisco on July 14 Bishop M. F. Nichols announced the Episcopal church will receive the former Mock mansion summit on Nob Hill, once Crocker’s house, for the erection of a Breal cathedral.
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Seccoppe-Menne Freseassociarium
San Israncisco
M. F. Nichols
Episcopal Church
Nob Hill
Charles Crocker
Breal
Courtney Quits Cornell After 30 Years of Service
Special to The Sum Ithaca July 14 Charles E Courtney resigns as coach of Cornell rowing after 30 years. His contract has three years left but he requests release citing continual annoyances from Cornell athletic management. The move ends a long association with the university and the Cornell navy of athletics.
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Es Courtney
Cornell
Ithaca
Charles E. Courtney
Courtney
Cornell Navy
Challenge accepted in Hartford City pugilism match
Special to the Sam reports Ben Tom of Hartford City accepting a challenge from Freq Wehr of Cincinnati. The bout with Red Bridget is set at 2 pounds, with seed expectations noted.
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Hartford City
Ben ‘Tom
Freq Wehr
Cincinnati
Will
Red Bridget
Public ownership in Britain faces no corruption finds US study
The American Civic Federation Commission reports British municipal enterprises in gas electric light and railways cost less than private rivals and show no broad corruption. The panel notes English officials serve without pay, praising civic spirit and cautioning against overstating private faults. Final report due in October.
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London
Great Britain
American Civic Federation Commission
America
England
Great Briain
Ex Judge Reinhard Dead in Bloomington
Special to The Ruin reports ex judge George L. Reinhard prominent jurist and vice president of Indiana University died at his Bloomington home after months of illness. Born in Bavaria July 1845 he immigrated to the United States and rose from attorney to appellate judge before becoming law dean and university vice president.
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Bloomington
Ind
George L. Reinhard
Indiana University
Reinhard
Bavaria
Germany
United States
Cincinnati
Rockport
Indianapolis
Law School
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Maude Hutton
Lille McGown
Gryer Scholler
Earl Banks
Earl Thomas
Henry Lederer
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L. W. Ruck
L. Kestle
George Ware
I. N. Düsselkohn
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Charles MecGuire
C. G. Tyner
W. H. Gade
J. N. Dooley
Mabel Turpin
Miss Tursin
Drr. Smith
Walter Schaller
Neal Gerner
O. A. Baker
Officera
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Stre Mand Creffield
Esther Mitchell
George Mitchell
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Joe Dil
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South Bend
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Anton
Win Bryan
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
B Clark
W. d. Busbey
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Planta
Scrippe-McRae Presa Association
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