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Durbin scheme fuels push to block October dedication
A letter from B M Hutchins of Columbus argues postponing the dedication and claims no group should dictate the date. The author notes the G A R favored early dedication, questions Hutchins claims, and warns Gov Durbin’s allies may obstruct the October ceremony unless veterans speak up.
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Indiana
Garrigus
Hutchins
Col. I. N. Walker
Durbin
Time Will Eradicate The Injustice In Cuba Campaign
In a wartime mood the piece argues the 161st regiment will gain positions as time passes. It claims state officials should resign to favor Col. Durbin and his 161st supporters in Cuba under Col. Winfield Taylor Durbin, urging loyalty and replacements.
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State Capitol
161St
Col. Durbin
State House
Carter
State Printing Board
Corporal Jones
Col. I. N. Walker
Board of
Monument Regents
Independent City Ticket in Indianapolis Mayor Race
Opinion notes surface indications an independent candidate may enter the Indianapolis mayoralty contest. It predicts Democrats may renominate Taggart and Republicans Bookwalter, both backed by party machines, offering no real change. Urges voters to break party ties and elect a city advocate free of franchise grafts and beer boosters. Calls for immediate civic reform effort.
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Taggart
Bookwalter
Indianapolis
Indiana up to date in all matters of patronage
The civil service reform league has criticized congress patronage abuses and may turn to the recent Indiana senate noted for its many doorkeepers. Indianapolis offered hints in patronage during the Taggart era, including corn-stalk grubbing in Riverside park as a relic of bonds over loans.
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Civil Service Reform League
Congress
Indiana Senate
Taggart
Indianapolis
Riverside Park
Indiana
Sorrowful pastor recalls coal oil tragedy at St Marys
Very Rev A Scheideler preached to his congregation of St Marys Catholic Church about the coal oil explosion that severely burned Miss Waggie Reichwein, a parish member. He spoke with tears of the suffering and urged families to heed the danger of inflammable oil, urging prayer for the injured woman.
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A. Scneideler
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Waggie E. Reichwein
Father Scheideler
Miss Reichwein
St. Mary’s Church
City franschise debate extended past election season
The council escalates its battle over the interurban franchise with remarks suggesting settlement after the city election or nominations. Criticism targets the council as cowardly and hints blame shifting to the opposition if it were a national campaign year.
Criticism of Funeral Sermon Attacks in Indiana
The piece condemns attacks on the dead during funeral sermons and notes several incidents in Indiana over the past year. The latest involved a Bluffton minister condemning ex congressman A N Martin. The author calls such ghoulish conduct harmful to Christianity and urges proper timing and respect for relatives.
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Indiana
A. N. Martin
Bluffton
State tax board pressures railroad attorneys to concede profits
The State tax board easily handles railroad lawyers this year, forcing admissions of prosperity and coaxing them toward a reduction while preventing an increase. The process resembles poker, with multiple talks aimed at reducing without raising taxes. Also notes a natural remedy, Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry, as a summer cure.
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State Tax Board
Fowler
Ward 4 Urged to Elect Eppert in City Council Race
The article discusses Ward 4 as a growing, taxed district needing strong representation. It notes Republican bias and calls for reform, arguing Fred W. Eppert is the superior candidate over Chas. Davis in the nomination battle and should be nominated and elected.
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Jim Munro
Fred W. Eppert
Chas, Davis
Eppert
Critics Attack Civil Service Reformers Over Patronage
The piece questions reformers who defend high paid sinecures, arguing many seek easy rewards. It notes police action against illegal saloon operation and hints at mayoral license revocation plans. The writer ends by pondering judgment day and public repentance.
Tomato Worms and Parasites in Tomato Vines
Entomologist W B Blatchley notes great green worms on tomato plants called five spotted sphinx quinque maculata with four to five inch bodies. They strip leaves and may nibble tomatoes while progression from egg to larva pupa and moth is explained. Parasite cocoons on worm backs indicate internal parasites that kill the worm, aiding control.
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W. 8. Blatchley
Blatchley
Personal News Items From Various Cities
Zenometer returns from a pleasant Tampa visit. Mr George Hamilton Stapp arrives from Louisville. Miss Belle Knuckles of Evanston visits Turstee W H Philley. Strong Smith heads home to Beloit after a short stay with Don Plank. Miss Daisy Trout from Hanover visits Mrs J K Jeffery. A Pushman and daughter Freda travel with Lake Michigan to Chicago and Milwaukee for visits.
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Kokomo News
George Hamilton Stapp
Louisville
Madison News
Belle Knuckles
Evanston
Turstee W. H. Philley
Valparaiso
Strong Smith
Beloit
Wis
Don Plank
Rochester
Daisy Trout
Hanover
Geneva
J. K. Jeffery
Franklin Star
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Freda
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Milwaukee
Goshen News
Mrs. W. H. Morrison Dead at 82 in Indianapolis
Mrs. W. H. Morrison, 82, died Tuesday at her home at Vermont and Pennsylvania streets after a year under a doctor's care. A daughter of the late James Smith, she was born south of Indianapolis and taught in local public schools before her 1869 marriage. Survived by her husband and a son, William Jr., 21.
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W. H. Morrison
Vermont
James Smith
Indianapolis
William, Jr
Telegraphic Tips: Mixed Crime and Local News Briefs
Snapshot of scattered items from early 20th century telegraphic tips. Subjects include high oil prices in Duval County Texas, a 13 year old killer, mayoral resignation in Zanesville Ohio, a drought ruin in Michigan, murders in Alabama, arrestees in Chicago and Cincinnati, a theatrical financier’s bust, Navy hazing rumors about an Annapolis cadet, a Decatur Illinois wire accident causing a fatality and injuries, with several other brief mentions of crook, trust, and arrest cases.
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Duval County
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Kiddie Dickson
Arthur Tucker
Atlanta
Zanesville
Shaw
Berrien County
Michigan
Alex. Mullen
Huntington
Ala
John Gebhard
What s the Matter With Indianapolis
A reader argues that Indianapolis residents undervalue local events and sports. The man claims the city overlooks strong bicycle racing, ball teams, and fireworks, preferring cheaper or free attractions while passing up superior Eastern performances. He cites July 4 streetcar fares to Broad Ripple and a free attraction near Newby oval as examples.
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Newby Oval
Broad Ripple
The Johnsons Brothers Inventors From Louisville Street Cars
Albert and Tom Johnson rose from humble origins in Louisville to become influential street car drivers and inventors. Tom pioneered an improvement for local street cars that spread widely, marking the brothers’ first step toward wealth and prominence. The family long resided in Kentucky.
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Albert Johnson
Tom
Louis
Louisville
Tom Johnson
Kentucky
Free Press
Ohio Has Hanna In The Exchange Heard
In the papers a remark says Hanna is associated with Ohio and the impression has long prevailed in the area that Hanna belonged to Ohio. Mayor Harrison arrives to bid for Sons of personal comfort votes, appearing in a fancy shirt waist without a coat. A stark wartime stance is noted with a blunt Shermanesque view on finishing a conflict in South Africa.
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Denver Post
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Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Railroads Expand Service and Depots Across Midwest
Swift & Co. of Chicago lands a $35 000 contract to build a Big Four depot at Muncie while L E B W absorbs Harry Crawford's Chicago and South Western. Sunday Cincinnati excursions over C H C shift to 6 am. Wabash adds 55 modern cars. A Pennsylvania train from Pittsburgh to Chicago set a ten hour 50 minute record. Big Four plans tracks into Indiana state spiritualists grounds near Chesterfield to compete with Union Traction.
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Death of C. E. Lemon Co E insurance agent dies
C E Lemon after twelve years as state agent for Lan cashire insurance company died Tuesday afternoon at his home on North Alabama street from typhoid fever. Born 1860 in Centerville Indiana he married Anna Wing and worked in commissions, later in Richmond in insurance. He was president of the State association of insurance men. Funeral at his residence Thursday at 10:30 attended by Rev J Cumming Smith. interment in Richmond.
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Richmond
Life, Accident and
Indiana
Supreme Court
John W. Rinkard
Wabash County
Joseph Keith
Princeton
Start
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Chicago
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Kentucky
Thirty-Nine Years With One Concern at Daggett & Co.
Tilram Burkit marks 39 years of continuous service at Daggett & Co. candy makers on West Georgia Street. Born in Indianapolis on September 23, 1848, he recalls early city life from a nearby blind asylum to Pogue's Run. He married Annie F. Hynes in 1866 and has two children, Nellie and Harry, with Harry also long employed by the Daggett company. The family resides at University State? Eleventh Street.
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Campbellite —Christian
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Annie F
Lincoln’s Mother Monument Erected in Spencer County
A monument honoring Sarah Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln, has been recently erected in Spencer County Indiana. The local ceremony drew residents and officials from nearby towns to dedicate the statue and commemorate the early life of the future president.
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Abraham Lincoln
Spencer County
Ind
Boy hunts turkey. mother killed by accidental shot
Charles Dobb, 17, of Dexter Missouri, fired at a turkey Wednesday while hunting and struck his mother who had stepped from bushes to his astonishment. She collapsed and died in his arms as he tended her after the shot.
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Dexter
Charles Dobb
Dobb
Corn price tactic sparks hoax of market edge
A compilation of editorials from Indiana papers lampoons corn corner schemes and political ironies. It notes proposed price manipulation aiming for ten cents a bushel and mocks mayoral expectations in Indianapolis. The clippings also comment on Bryan’s Commoner, a weather forecaster, and donations to colleges, reflecting era political and social satire.
Georgia appoints Mrs Legaree Ell Bowles major general
Gov Candler of Georgia named Mrs Legaree Ell Bowles a major general in the state militia noting thanks for courtesies shown during a visit to the Third Georgia infantry camp at Washington Georgia. The governor praised her beauty and grace and her role as sponsor for the regiment.
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Atlanta
Candler
Legaree Ell Bowles
Third Georgia Infantry
Washington
Colored veterans feel slighted by G A R committee
In Cleveland on July 17 leading colored men protest the general committee of the G A R appointing a colored committee to assist black veterans for the upcoming encampment. They argue all veterans should be treated equally and seek equal regard.
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General Committee
Se Vale
Dresden
Speciais
Gasoline blast harms woman in city home
Mrs ONeil of 817 Meikelst is burned Tuesday when gasoline kept in a wash tub ignites from a kitchen fire. Other reports note Mell McPherson from the Forty-fourth regiment treated for stomach trouble, and James Butler a colorist street sweeper recovering after smoke exposure. Insurance totals cite 667 policies in force in Indiana with substantial coverage.
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Meikelst
Mell McPherson
Forty-fourth Regiment
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