State Life solvency report criticizes agency methods
Colorado deputy superintendent of insurance releases findings on the State Life Insurance Company. He credits officers for energy and ability but criticizes agency practices and connections with the State Agency Company of Indiana. The report calls for governance reforms and warns withdrawal if harmful methods persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bate Life Inautinca Company
Stat of Colorado
Indiana Company
B. Rittenhouse
S. H. Wells
Insurance Department of
State of
Colorado
Wate Life Insurance Company
Whate Agency Company
State Agency
Alan
O. L. van Wallnghar
Stain Agency Company
Indiana
Life Underwriters Agency Company
Denver
Rittenhouse
State Life Insurance Company
I Melvent
Proner
Samuel Quinn
Ife
Memorial for Mo W Ray at Edwin Ray M E Church
A large Sunday night service at Edwin Ray M E Church honored Col John Ray who donated the church lot. Pastor Rev H C Cuppinger delivered the memorial address. Prof Reddall, now popular, leads the choir with growing esteem. The church is named for Edwin Ray, the father of Col Ray who was a preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Ray M. E
Reddall
H.C. Cuppinger
John Ray
Edwin Ray
Half Holidays Plan Shuts Some Maeaa Stores in August
A fragmented note lists shoe dealers agreeing to close each Wednesday in August. Names partially legible include B. icimen and others, reflecting a local business holiday schedule during the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maeaaeiaaatte
Thase
B. Icimen
City News Mixed Police Raid and Local Incidents
Police raid at 14 B Tillnola et al nets women men and boys for alleged vice. Dr A B Jaeger Miss Ruby Keitrer and Dr Jaeger's son cited. Runaway team collapse injures bystander. A baker refutes bread debt and is struck. Burglars enter 17 and 19 Tuxero St. small loot. Riverside park monkey cruelty case. labor committee on political action formed led by Harry Sion and Frank J Seifert. Beatrice Kimball of Evansville under arrest for theft of 12 dollars. Yang Woman claims she needed funds for food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Sion
Frank J. Seifert
Beatrice Kimball
Evansville
Ind
Bert Hughbanks
Yang
Belcher Surrenders After Year as Fugitive at Paterson Jail
Former mayor William Belcher, who fled a year ago with funds from the Manchester Building and Loan and Mechanics’ Bank, turned himself in at Paterson county jail early morning. He says he endured a year of hell, did not leave the country except for a brief Canada trip, and traveled as far as California while evading detectives. He seeks to face punishment and restore his health and finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McBine Press Association
Paterson
Willam Belcher
Manschester Building and Loan Association
Mechanics’ Bullting and Loan Association
Belcher
Belener
Sheri Herger
Patereon
Canada
Weat
California
Towite
Demand More Pay Kerippe Mefine Pream Association
July 30 report from the Isthmus of Panama notes locomotive engineers on the U S canal zone work train demand higher wages. They seek 2.5x base pay for overtime over eight hours, double time on Sundays and holidays, and transportation home on vacation. They claim current pay ~180 dollars monthly and say contracts bar extra pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerippe-Mefine Pream Association
Colon
Iethmus
Panama
United States
Canal Zone
Bhonts
Canal Commission
Wan
Fim
Shants
Publisher H. H. Weakley Dies After 17 Years At Evening Herald
Dayton mourns as H. H. Weakley 63 publisher of the Evening Herald dies at home on West Second Street after years with leading business interests. He published the Herald for the past seventeen years and devoted most of his time to the paper. Widely known across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
H. H. Weakley
Evening Herald
W. Second St
Weakley
Herald
Oku Succeeds Kodama as General Staff Chief
Tokyo July Bar on Oku today appointed chief of the general staff to succeed the late Viscount Kodama who died recently. Gen Oku, 63, led division commands in the war with Russia and earned fame for his army. He began service in 27 and first distinguished himself in the civil war. He helped secure the Liao Tung campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Baron Oku
Viscount Kodama
Oku
Russia
Loce Ha
China
Wan
Private Capital Eyes Indianapolis Coliseum Project
A newly formed group of investors vows to finance a large ground floor coliseum on Washington and Priests streets if the city abandons its municipal plan at the Market House. John W. Kesling, attorney for the backers, says the option on the vacant Hay Market site remains active and ready to proceed if city hall opts not to compete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
John W. Kesling
Build & Coliseum
Indianaapolis
Market Place
Alto
Insianapolis
Aeadnet
Br. Kealing
Bookwaller
Tration Ias
Washington
Priests
United States
Market House
Alte
Nm Mont
Kealing
Plana
Hig
Denver Seeks National Convention for 1998
Washington reports Denver boosters aim to host a national political convention in 1998. Democratic leader T. H. Proske says a new 15,000 seat auditorium, costing about 200000 dollars, will be a major draw and Denver has never hosted a national party convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrippa-MeRas Prean Association
Washington
Denver
Woing
Democratic Nationa
T. H. Proske
Bis
Funeral of William H. H. Graham Rites in Urivington
William H. H. Graham died Saturday at his home on 482 University Ave in Urvington after a long illness. The former Winniper councilman and longtime real estate dealer was born near Crawfordsville Indiana in 189. He served in the Sixth Indiana Cavalry in the Civil War and later studied law in Indianapolis. He was consul to Winnipeg from 1908 to 1904. He left a widow and three children, with two brothers in New York. Burial was at Crown Hill cemetery.
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William HH
Graham
University Ave
Urvington
Crown Hill Cemetery
Winniper
Ben Kinly
Mr. Graham
Crawfordeville
Ind
Butler University
Indiana Cavalry
Indianapolis Law School
Winnipeg
Vand
New York
Tacks
Norway Sweden rift fuels Baltic tensions and anger
Special to The Sem reports ongoing Swedish anger over Norway's separation, with Denmark blamed for the loss. Sweden faces halved trade and refused loading of Norwegian ships, as longshoremen boycott, alarming Britain and Germany about a broader Scandinavian economic conflict. King Oscar resists mediation while the German emperor’s visit stirs speculation of links to the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Norway
Moseuropeana
Denmark
Sweden
Great Britain
Germany
Oscar
Europe
D Nmack
Anit
Usten
Haakon
Trondhjem
Knser
Tragic wagon accident in Borden County kills infant
John Sanders and his wife traveling by wagon in Borden County Texas yesterday suffered a terrible wreck. Their month old baby fell from the wagon and a wheel crushed its head. A passerby later found the dead child by the roadside and alerted the parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cee
Aneves
Fort Worth
Tex
John Sanders
Heaith
Borden County
Rmod
Wabash Train Derails Near Fairmount
Wabank fat Mall derailed last midnight near Fairmount Indiana as the Wabash express and mail cars overturned. Engineer Callahan and Fireman Wilkin jumped free and escaped with injuries not reported for passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Scrippa-Mafine Press Association
Pert
Ind
Wabank
Fairmount
Callahan
Wilkin
Transportation Taxes Rise for Indiana Carriers
The Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners reports a broad increase in corporate property assessments, boosting taxes on transportation firms. Notable changes include Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge Co from 12,000 to 70,000 per mile, Adams Express 338% to 1.00 per mile, Pullman Car Co 70 to 110 per mile, and Baltimore & Ohio divisions up to 3,001 per mile, with Western Union and postal telegraph lines up 169 per mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners
Louieville and
Jeffersonvie
Adams Express Company
Pullman Car Company
Baltimore & Ohio System
Bedford Belt Road
Bedford Stone Railroad
Chicago & Calumet Terminal
Terre Haute
Chitengo & Eastern Witners
Evansville
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Pittsburg
Horses Burned To Death In Barn Fire
At 812 Wynmingst a large frame barn behind Charles Webb’s residence caught fire shortly after midnight Sunday. The blaze consumed the barn before firefighters arrived and 24 horses were inside. three horses died. Ambrose Scott, a Black man, was seriously injured after being kicked by a frightened horse. A large quantity of The Rose Bill reach 61,00 was stored in the barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Webb
Ambrose Scott
Pactfig Express Wreck Leaves Several Hurt In River Landing
A Pacific Express collision near Poughkeepsie after a landslide killed two and injured fifteen, with many in serious condition. Engineer Edward Wells died later. Casualties included Mrs Heath and Mrs Reynolds, among others from Schenectady and Poughkeepsie. The wreck blocked the tracks and sent cars into the river but did not endanger all passengers. Injured were taken to Highland Hospital and Fishkill Landing hotels treated minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrippes MeRan Drene Association
Poughkeepsie
New York Central Railroad
Tower
Edward Wells
Barry Taylor
John Heath
Sehenectady
Warren Reynolds
Peekskill
Chfford
New York
Pullmans
Highland Hospital
Matteawan
Fishkiy! Landing
Anxious for Rope in Valdosta Murder Case
In Valdosta Georgia on July 30 J G Rawlings and his two sons condemned for the Carter children murder oppose delaying their execution. They insist on being hanged rather than life imprisonment and threaten the lawyer they blame, expressing a grim readiness for the death sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roeippe-McRae
Valdosta
J. G. Rawlings
Carter
Rawlind
Milton
Jeese
Penitens
Revenge Speech Precedes Knoxville Dynamite Tragedy
In Maryville area near Knoxville on a July night Tom Laney warned Mia Rex Lima that he would kill her. A dynamite blast leveled their hut killing Rex Lima and injuring Mia. Laney fled but was chased by Robert Oliver who forced surrender at gunpoint and brought Laney to Maryville jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retippe-MeTian Frees Association
Knoxville
Tenn
Tom Laney
Mia
Rex Lima
Maryville
Bin
Rex Sima
Bims
Laney
Miraing
Dagfight
Robert Oliver
Oliver
Dim
Lifetime as editor ends after seven years illness
Martin Cullaton aged 73 died at 7 30 Sunday in City hospital after an illness of seven years. He was a printer, publisher and editor prominent in Wisconsin and Illinois journalism. He edited Beaver Dam Citizen in Wisconsin and Rockford Gazette in Illinois. He later ran a printing business in Chicago and helped found several newspapers including the Richmond Palladium before turning to job printing. He was a Mason and Kythe Templar. Funeral plans not complete. Maron orders and burial in Richmond, Indiana.
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Martin Cullaton
Br. Cullaton
Maron Cullaten
Cullaten
Rene
Phyai¢inne
Mr. Cullaten
Mr. Cullaton
New York State
Boston Journal
Typographical Union
Boston
Weaver Dam
Wis
Beaver Dam
Wisconsin
Inane Jenkinson
Fort Wayne Gasetts
Richmond
Ind
Cullaton
Manon
Jean
Tri
Frisco Flyer Ditching Ends in Fatal Wreck
PARIE Texas July 8 A northbound Frisco flyer was ditched in a Sunday wreck fifty miles north of Parie Fireman William Skelton of Fort Smith was crushed under his engine and killed instantly Engineer Harting was thrown from the cab and severely injured No robbery attempt was found in the wreckage
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Parie
Tex
Parle
William Skelton
Fort Smith
Gineer Harting
Sagamore Hill Baseball Showdown Draws Roosevelt Crowd
At Sagamore Hill this afternoon a lively baseball game pits the engineer's force and the Sylphs against sailors and coal partners. Last Saturday the engineers mauled the sailors, leaving the other side scoreless, and tensions rise as Roosevelt and likely Mrs. Roosevelt watch from the dark yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arippe McRae
Oyster. Ray
Roosevelt
Verhard
Sagamore Hills
Tans Co
Jacates
Theodore Roosavelt
Andike
Feast of the Portiuncula Observed Across Catholic Churches
The Franciscan order marks the Portiuncula feast Thursday with services worldwide. Locally Sacred Heart Church at Union and Patmerats hosts observances from 2 p.m. Wednesday through Thursday. Catholics from the city assemble for devotions and guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart Church
Union
Pat~ Merats
Fritra Afinor
Sacred Heart ‘Church
King Edward ships horses to Ottawa exposition
The Minnetonka arrived from London with ten horses from King Edward and Lord Rosebery’s stables en route to Ottawa for the exposition. One passenger, J. B. McLaughlin of Columbus, Ohio, owned horses aboard the liner. McLaughlin, while in Paris, was detained by the French president’s cronies of the Legion of Honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
King Edward
Lord Rosemore
Ottawa
J. B. McLaughlin
Columbus
McLaughlin
Paris
Legion of Honor
France
Letters From Trunk Secured In Hartje Divorce Case
Pittsburg July report details Detective Staub swearing he retrieved Madine family letters from Thomas Madine's trunk. He stated most letters were obtained June 1 when Bra dine reported the trunk’s loss, with other letters located May 13 in Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McRar Preas Association
Pittsburg
Madine
Ince Hartje
John M. Staub
Thomas Madine
Bradine
Oakland Police
Stanb Uold
Claimed 122 Year Old Woman in Indiana Believed Diet Aided Longevity
LAPORTE Ind July 36 Mrs Ferd nond Reese aged 112 years, according to documents. She lived in Volgravits Polen before moving to America in 1814. She settled in Buffaly No then Laporte where Ferdinand Reese died two years ago. She credits long life to two daily meals of black coffee and corn bread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seripua-McRee Pres Association
Laporte
Ind
Ferdnond Reese
Volgravits
Polen
Poland
America
Buffaly
Ferdinand Reese
Railroad Time Cards and City Ticket Information
A fragmented rail schedule lists trains, routes, and times for Cirinnate Hamilton and Dayton, Indianapolis, Chicago, New York Central, Big Four, Louisville, and Danville lines. Details include departure and arrival times, cities served, and telephones for inquiries, with partial notes on services to Indianapolis and Chicago areas.
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Circinnate
Hamilton
Dayton
Otter
Indianapolis
Indianapoli
Indiana
Tedianapolis
York Central
Taft. MY
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Colorado Experté Mares
Stare Lire Ane BurAnee
Enmpny
Tt de Watt
oMfccra
Atec Haldy
Bolvent and Safe
MO. W, Ray
Dead Man
City News
Tillnolaet
Dr. A. B& Jaeger
Ruby Keitrer
Dr. Jaeger
Oweey
Herman Unger
Mr. Unger
James Snyder
Ralph Itwood
Jacob Shecaman
Walker Fortwood
Riverside Park
Panama Canal
Oxfo
Kodama
Fevianes McRee Prone Association
W BE. H. Graham Wen
State Board
Pactfig Express
NEW York Central
O.sur
Hudson River
Man
Appolsing, Joottaome Ed Delicions
Brana Posene
Pkse Arn and
Bammer Beking Boda
Renee
Jackson’s
Grocery CO. Widelesals Department
Delaware
Indiasnrave
Washinevonea
IMD
Rhelby-st
Monanachysetio
Meridian
ISHN
Benate-ore -West
Ciaran
L. A. Jackson
Sagamore Hill
Jackson
Engineers
Sylph
Edward
Toledo, Chi
Mich
Detroit & Co
City
Mun
Vyayerte BP
Chicago
Southern B. Co
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