Indiana Building Dedi cated by Gov Claude Matthews
Indiana’s grand world’s fair building was dedicated by Gov Claude Matthews with 15,000 visitors in attendance. Gov Matthews honored Indiana’s women and workers, praising the state’s vast resources and future potential as Clem Studebaker and others spoke. The French gothic structure, 102 by 142 feet, features hardwood interiors and Indiana stone, with a mammoth fireplace and an elephant carving as centerpiece.
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Curcaco
Indiana
Claude Matthews
H A. Gobin
F. Havens
Clem Studebaker
Indiana Commission
Lome
Virginia C. Meredith
J. L. Campbell
Public Schools
Kendallville
Ind
Perry D. Creager
Laporte Band
Hoosier State
Supreme Court OKs Board of Children's Guardians Powers
The Supreme Court ruled that the Board of Children's Guardians may lawfully remove children from abusive homes, reversing a Marion County ruling. The decision, prepared by Judge THackney, upholds the board's authority to act to protect children even against parental removal.
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Supreme Court
Board of Children's Guardians
Board of Children’s Guardians
Gertrude Shutter
Marion County Superior Court
Taylor
Thackney
Dashed to Death at Midway World's Fair Ice Railway
A deadly Midway accident on a roller coaster style ice railway left several riders injured. Dr. Richmond of Dunlap Illinois died within an hour after hospital arrival from facial wounds and internal injuries. May Ayres of Chicago suffered multiple fractures and jaw injuries. John Jacobs, Carl Frick, D. S. Slater, and McLerrath also injured with severe trauma.
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Curiaco
Midway Plaisance
Richmond
Dunlap
May Ayres
Chicago
John Jacobs
Carl Frick
Slater
My McLerrath
Austin
Surgeons in Session at Lake Indiana City
The Lake Inrie and Western state surgeons association met in Michigan City Thursday with a large attendance from across the state. General topics affecting the fraternity were to be discussed.
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Surgeons
Laverty
Ind
Lake Inrie& Western State Surgeons’ Association
Michigan City
Contractor Tall Signs Propositions After Prolonged Strike
Tall, the contractor who held out against plasterers for 80 days, came to time on Thursday and signed the strikers propositions unconditionally, marking a complete victory for the workers.
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Pergefor Tall
Antis in Convention Opened in Y M C A Hall Indiana
State anti liquor league opened its convention at the Y M C A hall with 50 delegates and a secretive posture. Discussions focused on hiring a paid field secretary to organize leagues in Indiana towns and churches. The executive committee includes Nev R V Hunter Terre Haute and J C Rynerson Clayton among others.
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State Antiliquor League
Indiana
Nev. R. V. Hunter
Terre Hate
J. A. Rondthaler
M. Goodwin
E. Newlin
Lenore Ayres
D. M. Woods
Indianapolis
J. C. Rynerson
Clayton
League
Hunter
Anti-Liquor League
E. M. Goodwin
Banks Fortify as West Money Runs Short Across the Nation
New York banks sent out over $1 million Wednesday and planned another same amount for Thursday, tightening credit and forcing loan recalls. Chicago firms reportedly seeking extensions amid rising rates. Fairmount bank in Indiana suspended with only about $4,060 cash and large bills receivable. New York clearing house moves to issue loan certificates to stabilize interbank assets. Irving Savings Bank faces a prolonged run with $25,000 per hour withdrawn as teller arrest nears. Collies Co jewelry firm assigns assets and liabilities of $140,000. Arkansas City National Bank, one of the southwest’s oldest, fails to open, signaling broader financial distress.
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New York
West
Chicago
Wall St
Manion
Ind
Citizens’ Bank
Fairmount
Clearing House Association
Clearing House
Irving Savings Bank
Capt. Thompson
Collies & Co
Broadway
Arkansas City
Ark
First National Bank
Southwest
BOYER'S WOES A DIVORCE SUIT IN IOWA FARMER'S CASE
Mrs Gracelia Boyer seeks divorce from Charlies G Boyer a Jackson township farmer in Hancock County Iowa alleging fierce cruelty poverty and the stripping of the family. She cites 1836 marriage eleven children eight living and asks for $7000 alimony $400 attorney fees furnishings and $50 monthly support for herself and child. The piece notes prior public hostility towards the husband and describes alleged neglect and threats including taking away sewing machine parts.
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Gracelia Boyer
Charlies G. Boyer
Boyer
Jackson Township
Flancock County
Gracelis
NEW ORLEANS IN PERIL AS RIVER RISES OVER LEVEES
New Orleans faces a grave flood threat as the Mississippi climbs to 17 feet above low water and four feet above the danger line. Government levees fail to hold back the rising river, with water already sweeping the riverfront and causing damage. Temporary barriers offer little relief as the city braces for further rise.
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Bratt
New York
Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Dunn
DePauw professor defends cheating ban on seniors
Professor Henry B Longden, heir to German at DePauw University, visited the city Thursday. He helped secure a faculty ruling barring several senior class members from graduation amid a cheating scandal. Jean Nelson, Interstate Oratorical Prize winner, is named among those implicated but Longden says her unworthiness and late work prevent graduation. Frank O Uair, described as jovial, is also accused of passing papers to Nelson and will be prevented from graduating. Longden denies personal malice toward Nelson or others and declines to name the remaining students.
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Lie
Henry B. Longden
DePsuw University
Thursdey
Longden
Dass
DePaww University
Tae Sun
Mies Jean Nelson
Putnam County
Mise Nelson
Liss Nelson
Frank O’uair
Liza Nelson
Unavoidable Delay Delays Transit Northeast City
Unease spreads in the northeast as rapid transit extension stalls. A Clifford Ave citizens meeting formed a committee to press President Mason of the street railway on progress. Mason said lines in the northeast will be electrified as soon as sewer work permits, with tracks laid once streets are ready. A Sun reporter found progress blocked by sewer construction, but the company will push work when feasible.
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Cliffordave
Mason
Street Railway Company
Sun
Tommy Taggart
Deep Sea
Sullivan
Board of Public Works
Court House
Harry Springsteen
Hatchet Found Near Borden House Sparks Prosecution Clash
In New Bedford and Fall River reports on June 15, the trial of a suspect for the Borden murders features contested evidence on prussic acid purchase. A hatchet discovery near Crow's barn adjacent to the Borden residence inflames public interest as authorities withhold comment.
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New Benroxp
Mass
Henry H. Tilson
Bolan
Trusteves
Commonwealth
Fessender
Boston
Jennings
Livzis Borden
Martha Chagnon
Borden Yard
Uriah Kirby
Borden’s
Grans
Mark Chase
Fall River
Borden Residence
Faint River
Crow’s Barn
Borden House
Governor to Halt Prize Fighting in Indiana
Myron D. King says Governor Matthews will not permit prize fighting in any form in Indiana. He plans to urge local authorities to stop the next Roby exhibition set for late June and would call out the state militia if sheriff power proves insufficient. Weather notes follow with a madrigal style forecast of fair Thursday night and possible Friday showers.
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Matthews
Myron D. King
Indiana
Roby
Lake County
Dyeing and Cleaning. Smith's dye works, 52 N, Pennsylvania-st
Smith's dye works located at 52 North Street in Pennsylvania Street area offers dyeing and cleaning services. Local business directory entry notes basic address and trade.
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Smith’s Dye Works
Pennsylvania-st
Political maneuvers cloud Seguin and city races
An Otterbein era style report outlines Republican hopes for city clerk and police judge posts. Seguin eyes city clerk while Fessler refuses the police judge post. Feiblemen and Hueg are named rivals, with Taggart hedging on mayoral plans amid streetcar politics and a new electric plant rollout.
Ship McCallum Sunk in Fog Collision with Servia
James White, second mate of the American ship McCallum, recounts entering a fog bank at midnight June 7. The Servia collided in dense fog around 3 am, cutting McCallum’s timbers. White was in the water 20 minutes before rescue. crew of Servia praised for coolness. Paris reports Carnot’s illness worsening. real condition not disclosed.
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Liverpool
James White
McCallum
Auy
White
Servin
Germany's Thursday elections move socialist turnout high
Germany held elections on Thursday with socialists mobilizing a strong vote and women at polls. The De Lesseps, Fortane, Cotta and Wife were released from prison tied to the Panama scandals. The national republican league convened in Chicago to elect officers and consider New York or Chicago as permanent headquarters.
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Germany
de Lesseps
Fortane, Cotta
Wife
Panama
Ational Republican League
Chicago
New York
German Day At The Fair Parade Attracts 20000 Germans
Curacao June 15 The German day at the world’s fair produced one of the city’s grandest demonstrations. The eight division parade featured bands turners militia and floats with 20000 marchers. Carl Schurz and dignitaries spoke at the German building as Higginbotham planned an evening address.
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Curiaco
Kaiser William
Chicago
Tis City
America
Frank Wenter
Columbia
Germantown
Keronville
Germania
Selvetia
Santa Maria
Feutenburg Forest
Cologne
Lichstein
Dresdener Vozelweise
Ske
Jackson Park
Carl Schurz
New York
Crucado
Fuller
Allen and Bunn
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Fai
United States Circuit Court
Jennie Carr in Huck Supreme Court New Trial Granted
The Supreme Court reversed Jennie Carr's murder case against the state, ordering a new trial. The colored defendant, once convicted of poisoning her illegitimate child and sentenced to life, now awaits another trial after Justice Hackney's reversal.
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Supreme Court
Jennie Carr
Supreme
Hackney
Train pelted by strikers in Towanda during Polish labor protest
Towanda New York June 35 A farmer flagged the Buffalo bound morning train carrying Polish workers to lumber docks amid a strike. He said plans to wreck the train were known. The train moved slowly as striking crowd stoned it breaking many windows. Police kept order with full force.
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Towanda
N. Y
Buffalo
Ile
First Woman Licensed to Indiana Supreme Court Bar
Merta Mitchell of Salem Ta, a DePauw law school graduate, became one of the first women admitted to Indiana supreme court bar. Clerk Sweeney awarded her admission certificate, usually priced at $2, free of charge. she is about 20 years old.
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Clavie Sweeney
Rothing
M. Merta Mitchell
Salem
Supreme Court of Indiana
Supreme Bar
Deadly Lightning Kills Four Wright Brothers in Aprisa Mo
Six Wright brothers stood under a tree near their home when lightning struck Wednesday. Four died and two were fatally injured. Other items report a drunken man fined for concealed weapons and sent to the workhouse, plus cholera deaths in Mecca. New hat racks advertised in Washington Street.
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Aprisa
Wright
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