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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1910
Page
11
Washington reports Speaker Joseph G Cannon denounces muckraking literature as corrupting the Congressional Library. He criticizes publishers and urges professors to engage with people to gain a truer view of the nation’s ethics and decline.
Jersey officials enforce a Fish and Game order to put to death any cat found killing birds. Police search for culprits as wardens carry out the rule, sparking mixed local responses and concern among cat owners. The move aims to boost bird populations and reduce nocturnal predation by felines statewide.
Butler College marks a week of activities with the baccalaureate service in the YMCA auditorium Sunday. Rev. Alonzo W Fortune of Walnut Hills Christian church Cincinnati delivered the address on Obedience to Life Ideals. The week includes the president's reception Tuesday, commencement Wednesday, and alumni reunion at the Denison hotel Wednesday evening.
Washington dispatches report unsatisfactory conditions in Liberia. The Des Moines left Cape Palmas on June 5 as 300 Liberian troops move to subdue remaining hostile chiefs despite some surrenders weeks earlier.
Hartford reports describe 1816 as the year without a summer with frosts in most months. January and February were mild, while March to December saw persistent cold, ice and snows across New York Massachusetts and Maine. Corn and fruit suffered severely and prices for corn rose for the next planting season.
President Taft names Col Thomas D. Murphy Augusta Georgia postmaster and Panama trip poker companion. The Augusta newspaper man and crew member carried two $100 bills sewn by his wife and lost and won money during the voyage while choosing to decline winnings from naval officers. Murphy remained modest about gambling and was later to become a leader as a Democrat.
William A. Jamieson, a Denver janitor, has been declared alive by the U.S. pension department after decades of presumed death. A gravestone at Andersonville marked his death in 1864, but he escaped Union soldiers near Plymouth, North Carolina, and returned to northern lines. He later learned to sign his name and kept correspondence with fellow soldiers one of whom may have caused the mistaken grave marker.
A prisoner in cell No. 13 at Dannemora state prison blew open his cell door with dynamite. Three guards stopped his rush from the cell after a struggle. The inmate was armed with a revolver, which misfired during the attempt.
Associate Justice William H Moody, out since last fall, will resume his seat on the United States Supreme Court bench this fall. He will leave Brookline private hospital where he has been treated for the past six months next week.
Readers are urged to find today’s missing word in the home edition. The best answer sent by noon Tuesday will receive a $1 prize from the sponsor.
Greene county jury found Richard Ewart not guilty of assault and battery against his 19 year old daughter Bess. The verdict upheld the use of corporal punishment by a parent as a lawful corrective act. Bess testified she was spanked for going to a skating rink and has since lived with an uncle.
Des Moines June 13 Congressman A. T. Hull who lost the Republican nomination to Judge S. F. Prouty can oppose him in the fall election. Hull had been nominated for congress on the Prohibition ticket.
Real estate and loans listing from J Briggs Company Indianapolis with farms and city property in Lemcke Building suite 4344 and agents Soash Land Company Texas offering 300000 acres Big Spring ranch. Also rental ad and loan offers with confidential terms and low rates from Union Fainless Dentists nearby.
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