Public dispute over school readers cost and accountability
The Indianapolis Sun announces it will publish Superintendent Kendall’s word count on Howe and Bobbs-Merrill readers and his reasons for not reporting the result to the State Board. It calls for State Board members to explain missing local endorsements and objections to imported New York editions, urging transparency and local preference.
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Pleasure boat disaster at Mandeville claims many lives
At Lake Pontchartrain the steamboat Margaret crashed into the wharf killing or crushing at least 20 people, including four girls and a boy, with many more missing or injured as spectators piled onto the risky landing. The incident sparked a frantic search and rescue amid wreckage and rising death tolls.
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Margaret
Marie Gorten
Katherine Gorten
Laura Ray
Lizzie Loetz
Mandeville
Wild Chauffeur Fined by Criminal Court
Co. R. Russell was fined 11 dollars in criminal court Monday for speeding. He struck Otto Mueller a nine year old boy in the southern city area, causing injuries and ten days of bed rest. The assault and battery charge against Russell was dismissed. He had appealed from police court.
Woman's Anger Costs Her a Fine in Court
Margaret Sullivan saved herself from a police court fine by weeping and apologizing to Acting Police Judge Wilkison after accusing Bicycle Policemen Wilson and Delano of lying. The incident followed a family quarrel at 545 S West St where her brothers Mike and Neal Sullivan were arrested. she faced disorderly conduct charges after voicing her anger in the prosecutor's office.
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Boys under 21 barred from poolrooms order issued
Chief of Police Metzger issues an order prohibiting boys under twenty one from loitering in poolrooms. The directive, implemented some time ago, aims to curb neglect among Pattelson youths and improve conduct.
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Aiding the Red Cross Dich Cent by Lover Allsirl
Gouverneur New York June 7 Sixteen year old Leilah Hamilton the prettiest girl in De Grasse Cranberry Lake lies dead in her home the victim of a poison plot police say will become a sensational murder case. Within 24 hours a youthful sweetheart will be arrested for killing the young woman by arsenic pills. Coroner Drury ordered autopsy and doctors reported a large quantity of arsenic in her system.
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Riverside park car wreck kills man in curve crash
A crowded Riverside park car overturned at the Twenty seventh street curve at 11 pm injuring thirteen passengers and killing Frank Zimmerman. Motorman George Rader was jailed then released as investigators cited a defective brake chain.
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Fortune Hunter and Begging Wife Arrested at Carny Show
Detectives arrested James Wright for loitering after he lured Hazel Wright, an 18 year old daughter of a Greenville farmer, into a one legged husband show with claims of a glamorous life. The girl, avoiding identifying her parent, is being helped to return home as police seek relatives.
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Indianapolis
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Mrs Vanderbilt and Mrs Wharton Aid French Red Cross in Paris
Mrs William K Vanderbilt leads social efforts in Paris to support the French Red Cross Society, with Mrs Edith Wharton following closely. They have organized numerous brilliant social gatherings to raise funds and awareness for the cause.
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Edith Wharton
French Red Cross Society
Paris
County Board of Review Organizes to Hear 1100 Corporations
The county board of review met at the courthouse on Monday and will examine about 1,100 corporations during the session. Members include County Auditor Albert Sahm, County Treasurer EB. J. Robinson, Assessor Al Womack, and new appointees William A. Reveal and John F. McCain. Stenographer Mrs. Mary L. Spencer was chosen.
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John F. McCain
Mary L. Spencer
Starewalt Estate Administrator Named In Missouri Notice
Willam Huhn appointed administrator of the estate of Polycarp Starewalt who died June 1 on his farm near New Augusta. Estate valued at $16,000. Heirs appeared before Probate Judge Ross on Monday requesting the appointment.
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Harriman Arrives in Plymouth by Kaiser Wilhelm III
E H Harriman reached Plymouth on the liner Kaiser Wilhelm III this morning. He said his health had improved.
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E. H. Harriman
Man Arrested Over Black Hand Letter Demanding $2000
Jesse J. Fechlin, 19, was arrested in St Louis on a Black Hand scheme charge after writing a demand letter to Mrs. Virginia B. Wright. Post office decoy letters led to his capture when he appeared at the general delivery window to obtain them. Fechlin, a shoe factory employee, faced a death threat alongside the demand.
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Jesse J. Fechlin
Virginia B. Wright
Secret agents ferret out smuggling plot in New York
New York June 7 It has developed through the arrest of Martin Lake importer of art goods held today under 1,000 bond by United States Commissioner Shields that the treasury department is moving to uncover an organized plan of smuggling frauds More arrests are expected.
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Martin Lake
United States
Shields
Treasury Department
Eddy Denounces Brooklyn Woman as Not Puppet
Boston June 7 The Rev Mary Baker G Eddy head of the First Church of Christ Scientists refutes Mrs Della M Gilbert of Brooklyn who claimed she is dead or a mindless puppet. Eddy dictated a public statement after hours of preparation and was driven from her Chestnut Hills home with Secretary Calvin A Frye nearby.
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Mary Baker G. Eddy
First Church of Christ Scientists
Della M. Gilbert
Brooklyn
German American Alliance elects officers in Buffalo meeting
In Buffalo on June 7, Dr. Theodore Sutro of New York and all committee recommended officers were elected at the German American hall during the New York State German American Alliance convention business session.
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Theodore Sutro
New York
New York State
State Public Accounting Board Holds Inaugural Meeting
The first meeting of the State Public Accounting board was held in the governor's office. The board read the enabling law, received legal advice, and decided no book examinations would occur for now. A uniform accounting system will be planned and adopted starting a new fiscal year beginning Oct 1 for state offices and Jan 1 for county, city, and township offices.
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Liquor Licenses Filed as County Board Reviews Applications
The Board of County Commissioners heard 117 saloon license applications on Monday. They will delay action until investigations are completed.
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