Trains Collide Near Milford Injures Several
A Winona Interurban collision near Milford Indiana today left one man dead and several injured. Albert Larkin motorman died in the crash while W W A Winebrenner conductor and others suffered injuries. The wreck halted traffic as passengers were panicked and treated for cuts and bruises.
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Piqua, O
Western Ohio Traction
New Bremen
Albert Larkin
W.W.A. Winebrenner
William Hale
Samuel Gilliam
Baltimore & Ohio
Breeze Rider Breaks Record in Aeroplane on Hempstead Plains
Glenn M. Curtiss, aviator, set new records during a Hempstead Plains trial on Long Island. He circled the fair grounds track 28 times, covering nearly 31 miles and staying aloft 52 minutes.
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New York
Glenn MW. Curtiss
Hempstead Plains
L. I
Fair Grounds
No Free Trade but Cut Rates
Western Republicans push for protective duties on coal iron ore and hides arguing free trade would cut wages in those industries. Conferees may compromise by shading duties placed on iron ore coal and hides by the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Heat Struck Youth Rescued After Fast Bicycle Ride
Edward Miller, 17, hid from home to the Indiana Trust building during a heat wave. A ride and a drink left him faint, then he fought feverishly in the corridor until ambulances and Drs Kinne and Domb, with driver Marshall, subdued him and took him to safety.
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Edward Miller
Terrace Avenue
Drs. Kinne and
Domb
Marshall
Miller
Indiana Trust Building
Trust Bulding
Boys' Club Sends 70 Members to Camp Old Glory
Seventy members of the Boys' club depart Monday morning for Camp Old Glory for a ten day outing. Committee in charge includes H. R. Shire as chairman C. B Coffin Rev. C. D. Odell Edgar H. Evans Harry Glossbrunner Miss Alice B. Graydon Mrs. W. H. Leedy Miss Isabel Sommerville Miss Nellie A Kiler and John Weipolder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Old Glory
H. R. Shire
C. B E. Coffin
C. D. Odell
Edgar H. Evans
Harry Glossbrenner
Alice B. Graydon
W. H. Leedy
Isabel Sommerville
Nellie A.kiler
John Weipolder
Star Report Indicates Surplus In Star League Receivership
The June Star league receivership report by George C. Hitt shows a surplus of 5166.43. Net earnings total 9158.27 with Indianapolis Star at 13029.18, Muncie Star 2520.02, and Terre Haute Star 609.07.
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STAR
Star League
George C. Hitt
Indianapolis Star
Muncie Star
Terre Haute Star
Whitney to stay in London through October
Harry Payne Whitney will remain in London until the end of October and will not play in the American Polo Championship.
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London
Harry Payne Whitney
Downtown Lady Wayfarers Arrests Spark Police Action
Police arrested three stylishly dressed young women after observing them on Ohio and Delaware streets. They were fined 16 dollars each and jailed without bail. Officers say the crackdown will continue until street prowlers of nightlife are stopped.
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Sergi Weaver
Humane
John Shine
Sergt. Weaver
Inspector Shine
Carries Jones
Ohio
Delaware
Weathry
Ruth Hector
Ohio Street
Hattie Cramer
Lafayette
Ind
Latham Plans England Flight In Own Aeroplane
Calais July 17 Hubert Latham, deciding not to abandon his cross channel flight, announced he would start either tonight or tomorrow morning weather remains favorable for the attempt.
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Calais
English Channel
Hubert Latham
Tidewater Wheat Prices Open New Crop Year
On the basis of actual purchases in the country 5000 bushels of club wheat and 3600 bushels of Russian the first known trading in new crop wheat this year shows tidewater prices for foreign shipment opening at Blue stem 1.02 club 0.98 Russian 0.95 valley 0.98. Such high opening prices have not been seen in years.
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Portland
Ore
Miss Lizzie Green Sues for 10000 Over Breach of Promise
Miss Lizzie Green files in circuit court seeking 10000 damages from Charles E. Thorne for breach of promise to marry. She says they met in August 1908, he proposed marriage, and they planned a June ceremony that never occurred. Thorne owns a Graceland Avenue house. Green bought a wedding outfit and endured humiliation. She once earned 60 dollars monthly as a dressmaker.
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Lizzie Green
Circuit Court
Charles E. Thorne
Mr. Thorne
Miss Green
Thorne
Graceland Avenue
Patten Flees Wheat Turmoil For Health Abroad
Boston July 17 George W Patten brother of Jim Patten the Chicago wheat king sails from Boston on the Leyland liner Winifredian to escape the Chicago wheat pit He has made millions in the wheat corner and seeks health with his wife daughter Agnes Potter and son Jack aboard The exclamation Wheat for God's sake man sparked his retreat
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Boston
George W. Patten
Jim Patten
Chicago Wheat King
James A. Patten and Company
Winifredian
Chicago
Mr. Patten
Agnes Potter
Jack
Girls Gapsize Boat and Drown in Lake
Lake DesScahanes near Aylmer Ontario is being dragged for the bodies of Miss Jennie Green 32 and Miss Dorothy M Green 23 daughters of James Green of Richmond who were drowned when their boat capsized while changing places. Companions Ulrich Cuertin and Leon Loyer were rescued exhausted.
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Ogdenburg
N. Y
Lake DesScahanes
Aylmer
Ont
Jennie Green
Dorothy M. Green
James Green
Richmond
Ulrich Cuertin
Leon Loyer
Baron Oskar Rothschild Chooses Death Over Family Ban
Chicago telegrams reveal Baron Oskar Rothschild, youngest son of Baron Albert Rothschild of Vienna, killed himself after his father refused consent to marry Olga Menn of Chicago. The couple had become engaged in San Francisco but parental disapproval halted the union, leading to Oskar's suicide in Hamburg after news of the broken betrothal.
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Chicago
Oskar Rothschild
Albert Rothschild
Vienna
Olga Menn
Rudolph Menn
Lincoln Avenue
Baron Rothschild
San Francisco
Miss Menn
Cupid
Baron Albert
Baron Oskar
Dr. Menn
Austria
America
Hamburg
Steam Kills Two Firemen Aboard Nassovia
Two firemen died and another was badly scalded after a steam pipe exploded on the German steamer Nassovia in Falmouth England as the ship arrived en route to Hamburg from Buenos Aires.
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Falmouth
Eng
Hamburg
Buenos Ayres
Duel With Guns Over a Dog Fight Ends Draw
Two men William Prosser a saloon man and C Sindlinger a meat cutter on Indiana avenue fought a squirrel dog dispute with shotguns loaded with squirrel shot on Big Raccoon creek 35 miles southwest of Indianapolis. Eight shots were fired at 75 yards before friends intervened. Both men were treated for injuries and later dismissed.
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William Prosser
Indiana Avenue
C. Sindlinger
Big Raccoon Creek
Indianapolis
Dianapolis
Prosser
Sindlinger
Boc
Indhinapolis
Sriares
Kent's Friends Aid Police In Missing Singer Case
Prof Norman Kent a 40 year old vocal instructor and choir director at St John s church vanished from his home on 4900 BE Tenth Street. Professor James Dungan recruited help from the Talbot building piano studio and bicycle officers searched the home noting it was in order and Kent had not taught since last Sunday.
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Norman Kent
St. John’s Church
Tenth Street
James Dungan
Talbot
Prof
Kent
Stewart and
Reidy
Prof. Kent
Teheran Peace Under New Regency Regime
A Teheran telegram notes peace under Crown Prince Sultan Ahmed Mirza and Azad U Mulk as regents. Siphadar the new war minister orders troop returns, Gen Liakhoff stays in command if he follows orders. The former shah with family and loyalists are at Zerzende Russian legation. British troops guard the shah’s palace.
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London
Teheran
Sultan Ahmed Mirza
Azad U Mulk
Siphadar
Liakhoff
Shah
Zerzende
Pastor's Son Found After Three Days Runaway
Harry Sickafoose, 15, son of Rev. C A Sickafoose of Galveston Indiana, left home over card playing and social events. He was located Friday night at Marion hotel by Sergt De Rossette after a three days search and returned to his father.
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Harry Sickafoose
C.A. Sickafoose
United Brethren Church
Galveston
Ind
Marion Hotel
Sergt. de Rossette
Indianapolis traction receivers seek quick reorganization plan
Charles L. Henry reports for the period ending June 30, 1909, that a settlement with Westinghouse Electrical and a path to reorganization are in place. Trustees Durbin Appel Rose Bell and Cambern ask continued receivership as 34 bondholders seek full payment of certificates, with an extension of the line 38 miles to Hamilton, Ohio to connect to Cincinnati.
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Charles L. Henry
Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company
Superior Court No
Vinson Carter
Mr. Henry
Westinghouse Electrical Company
Winfield T. Durbin
John J. Appel
Theodore F. Rose
G. A. Bell
Claude Cambern
Bonis
Connersville
Ind
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Henry
Abandoned Car After Pursuit in Buffalo Street Crash
A 14 year old boy was struck by a touring car on Main Street. The vehicle fled the scene and was abandoned at Main and Court streets as authorities pursue the two riders. A vigorous search is under way.
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Buffalo
WN. Y
Main Street
Main
Court Streets
Youngsters Must Work With Hands in Grand Larceny Case
Edward Doremus, 18, and Maynard Cox, 17, pleaded guilty to grand larceny and were sentenced by Judge Pritchard. Doremus drew 1 to 14 years in the Indiana reformatory. Cox received one year in the Marion county workhouse. They posed as paperhangers and robbed homes on the city’s south side. William Kurrasch, who pleaded guilty to grand larceny, was ordered returned to the Reform school for stealing clothing and money.
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Edward Doremus
Maynard Cox
Pritchard
Doremus
Indiana Reformatory
Cox
Marion County
William Kurrasch
Reform School
Simpson Seeks 10000 Damages After Elevator Fall
Edward J. Simpson sues National Paper Stock company in superior court for 10000 damages claiming permanent injury from an elevator fall at the plant on July 5. In Lewiston Maine Mrs Margaret McCarty dies at 111, oldest Maine woman.
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Edward J. Simpson
National Paper Stock Company
Lewiston
Margaret McCarty
Maine
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Winona Interurban
Terers
Will
England
Tidewater
Trosseau
Patten
Neeass
Aene Sa
Evelyn Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
White Plains
Harry K. Thaw
Baron Gies
Rothschild
AL Gonad
Wonderland
Rok
Singer
Azad
Kid Mirza
Simpson
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