Hugh Miller Out of Race as Wife Objects to Governor Bid
Indiana politics see the 1908 Republican governor race shaped by health concerns and a wife's firm stand. Lieutenant Governor Hugh T Miller withdraws, Mrs Miller insisting she will not permit him to run, leaving other Indiana figures like Durbin, Taylor, Goodwin and Gowdy as eventual contenders under a reshaped field.
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Hugh Th. Miller
Indiana
Durbin
Fairbanks
James Hemenway
Col. Durbin
Congress
Eighth
W. L. Taylor
Fremont Goodwines
Jack Gow@y
Local Jottings From Indianapolis City Scene
Curated notes reflect city life with University Park gatherings and Sunday rail tourism. N. New Jersey street hosts a midnight serenade while water works for Indianapolis Water Company rise by six thousand dollars and plant upgrades occur.
County Board Fixes Assessment
County board adjusts local tax assessment figures with revisions to multiple properties and companies. Notable entities listed include National Bridge Co Nat Concrete Co Muhl Drug Co and Eli Lilly Co among others in the updated schedule. The document shows revised valuations and totals for 1906 and related years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bridge Co
Nat. Concrete Co
Dry Kiln Co
Muhl Drug Co
Facing
Taggart Baking Co
Peacock Coal
Sakenegeree Johnson
Paloriplas Ky
Kaolin Co
Jg Indg‘ple Gas Co
Bea
Pridhank Frye
Suppl Karstadt Patis Dy
Wm. PF. Jungelaus
Kipp Bros. Co
Kipp Link Phonogra
Knight & Jillson Co
Kramer Manufacturing % Land Investment Co
Wm. Laurie Co
Leedy
C. W. Lester Hat Co
H. Lieber & Co
Eli Lilly Co
Lily Varnish Co
Lilly & Stalnaker
McCoy Howe Co
McNamara Ko
Irvinton Anti Saloon Drive Faces Ward Remonstrance
The Indiana Anti-Saloon League pushes a blanket remonstrance to ban saloons in the Ninth ward while Irvington residents sign rapidly. Despite Irvington’s saloon-free stance, the suburb’s mood is wary of nearby wards with taverns as temperance workers race to gather signatures before county officials.
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Irvington
Indianapolis
Priest
Washington
Com- Teestoners
Anti
NO RHODIUS REPORT PROMISED ON MARRIAGE PROBE
A grand jury did not report on the George Rhodius Elma Dare marriage Monday morning as expected. Prosecutor Elliott R. Hooton said old indictments kept the panel from finishing a report, with talk the jury could not agree on indictments. A report was anticipated Tuesday morning.
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George Rhodius
Elma Dare
Criminal Court
Elliott R. Hooton
Court House
Rhodius
T. J. Byrne
Baldwin
Pittsburg
Bitulithic pavement bid sparks Board action in Indianapolis
At a Board of Public Works meeting in Indianapolis, residents on E Washington Street urged resurfacing with Bitulithic instead of asphalt. The board changed the resolution to Bitulithic for that street, while Senate Avenue residents opposed asphalt resurfacing and the board affirmed asphalt there, prompting potential court protests.
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Indianapolis
Board of Public Works
E. Washington-st
State
Senate-ave
Indiana-ave
Sixteenth-st
Hanna's Third Wife Word of Dan Hanna Marriage
Dan Hanna son of the late Senator Hanna wed Marie Stewart in Cleveland at the bride’s mother's home. Stewart, formerly married to Frank Skelly, a Cleveland and New York hotel clerk, was previously divorced from Hanna’s second wife just days earlier.
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Scrippe-McRae Press Association
Cleveland
Dan R. Hanna
Senator Hannan
Marie Stewart
Frank Skelly
New York
Justice of the Peace
William Brown
Dan Hanna
Fatal gun struggle ends in teen death in South Bend
Scripps-McRae reports Leo Lewonisk, 16, was shot while fighting for a rifle with Casimir Neszgodski, 14, and Wadislaus Neszgodski, 17, who are jailed. A separate quarrel left John Dudas fatally stabbed, police say, by John Bognar.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
South Bend
Ind
Leo Lewonisk
Casimir
Wadislaus Neszgodski
Lewonisk
John Dudas
John Bognar
Strike at Louisville Ties Local Labor Action
Two thousand Building Trades' Alliance workers in Louisville strike after an order to enforce the working card across unions. The strike partly expresses solidarity with carpenters who began their walkout on June 1.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Louisville, Ky
Building Trades’ Alliance
Johnson Electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison
John Johnson, who killed his wife in Younkers two years ago, was electrocuted at Sing Sing prison this morning in Ossining New York.
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aecrippe-MecHae Prensa Association
Ossining
N. Y
John Johnson
Younkers
Sing Sing
The Gem Laundry and Denison Barber Shop Ad
The Gem Laundry offers family washings rough dry six cents per pound with ironing for all flat pieces. Denison Barber Shop promotes its services as the best. Phone 1671.
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GEM Laundry
Denison
Four Rooms Furnished Complete at The People’s Outfitting
A four rooms furnished complete set is offered for 165 dollars, reduced from 225 dollars, by The People’s Outfitting. The ad highlights a significant discount and ready-to-use rooms for immediate contact.
Wright Expired on Golf Links at Homewood Country Club
Parry L. Wright of 193 Thirtieth Street Chicago died Saturday afternoon during a golf match at Homewood Country Club. A former Indianapolis resident, he had been in Chicago for 20 years as vice president and GM of American Luxfer Prism Co and president of St. Paul’s Universalist Church Men's Club.
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Parry L. Wright
Homewood Country Club
Wright
Indianapolis
Chicago
Ugh White
Lkewise
American Luxfer Prism Company
St. Paul's Universalist Church
Socks Reveal Suspect In Insane Hospital Loitering Case
Patrolman George Coffin arrested Samuel Thompson after recognizing socks linked to the Insane hospital. Thompson faced loitering charges. He claimed his daughter bought the socks with sheets and bedclothes, a claim the hospital superintendent denies. Thompson had been drinking from a bottle of alcohol.
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George Coffin
Samuel Thompson
Thompson
Insane Hospital
Central Hospital For
Coffin
Edenharter
Nolan Dodges Prosecution After Saloon Crackdown
Two cases against John Nolan for resisting an officer and drunkenness were dismissed on Deputy Prosecutor Oren Hack's recommendation. Nolan had been arrested during a police sweep of William McLaughlin's saloon on West and Merrill streets, as seven loiterers were taken into custody.
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John Nolan
Oren Hack
Nolan
Smith and Merrill
William McLaughlin
West and
McLaughlin Saloon
Decker
Hack
Small Indianapolis Lumber Firms Seek Fair Assessments
The county board of review, after inspecting local lumber firms, raised Burnett & Lewis from 9600 to 30000 and cut Dalton from 20000 to 16000. Dynes, Isgrigg, and Maas Neimeyer were left unchanged amid complaints over unequal treatment of small versus large companies.
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Indianapolis
Frank Shellhouse
Albert Womack
Burnett & Lewis Lumber Company
Dalton Lumber Company
Dynes Lumber Company
Isgrigg Lumber Company
Maas- Neimeyer Lumber Company
Have You Seen My Cabinets 2 Per Dozen
Harrods Studio offers new pianos priced from 165 dollars with multiple listings. Wulschner's FISSING TACKLE advertises a Split Bamboo Rod for one dollar. Gus Habich at 121 West Washing tonia Street promotes furniture and accessories.
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Harrod
Virginia-ave
Gus Habich
West
Washingtonia Street
Avondale murder case confesses to stepdaughter death
Irwin Lewis, jailed on a charge of murdering his five year old stepdaughter Mary Newlin, gave a partial confession to district attorney saying he placed a burlap bag over the head and tied a cord about her neck before burying the body in a hole near the barn. He maintains death was accidental and says he buried her without help. prosecutors note his statements in the dining room and during inquest.
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Avondale
Irwin Lewis
Mary Newlin
Macefee
Lewis
Defense asserts Orchard lied in Haywood murder trial
Boise dispatch reports Clarence Darrow defending William D. Haywood in the murder case of Gov. Steunenberg. Darrow attacked Orchard’s testimony as unbelievable, denying a broader conspiracy by the Western Federation of Miners and asserting the union seeks only to aid workers and their families.
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Boise
Idaho
Steunenberg
William D. Haywood
Mine Owners’ Association
Haywood
Orchard
Clarence Darrow
Ada
Haywood Mardh
Darrow
Western Federation of Miners
Weather forecast shows showers tonight into Tuesday
The United States forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday with slightly warmer conditions tonight and cooler on Tuesday. Sunrise is 4 17 and sunset 7 18 with a noon high around 70.
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United States
Meeka
Dsssa
Aieedene
Insurance man may join private factory safety role
May be retiree Daniel H. McAbee will leave the state factory inspector post and be succeeded by William H. Blakely of Shelbyville who was appointed to take office July 1. McAbee may join a tailoring insurer in a similar duties role inspecting factories for compliance to state laws to protect employer policies. The private inspector position pays $1,200 annually.
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Daniel H. McAbee
William H. Blakely
Shelbyville
Woman Killed by Rushville Car in Tragic Collision
Emma Elva Baldwin, deaf mute and one armed, was struck by Rushville traction car No. 310 on Churchman avenue. Witness John Asher said the car traveled about 50 mph and did not stop. Baldwin died before help arrived. Funeral set for Tuesday at the Baldwin home. Residents plan to press authorities to force the traction company to curb speed.
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Emma Elva Baldwin
Rushville
Churchman Ave
Miss Baldwin
James Baldwin
Capitol Lumber Company
Baldwin
John Asher
Stewart
Coroners Office
Traction Company
Board of Safety
Board of Works
State petitions seek sanitary inspections of schoolhouses
Patrons of state schools filed 107 petitions with the State Board of Health after schools closed demanding sanitary inspections of school houses. They allege unsanitary conditions harm children's health and progress.
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State Board of Health
Time extended for tariffs by two Indiana railroads
The Indiana Railroad Commission grants until June 3 for filing tariffs on freight and passenger rates by the French Lick and West Baden Railroad and the P., C., C. and St. L. railroad.
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Indiana Railroad Commission
French Lick & West Baden
Blanks Sent to Building and Loan Firms for Reports
Charles Kelley of the building and loan inspectorate in the auditor of state’s office is distributing blanks to all state building and loan companies for their annual reports.
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Charles Kelley
Office
the Auditor of State
Three rooms furnished for sale at a discount
A used furniture ad from The Peoples Outlet Co offers three rooms furnished valued at 175 dollars for 125 dollars. The listing highlights a complete set and a reduced price aimed at buyers seeking affordable home furnishings.
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The
Peoples Outhitting Co
Why Roosevelt Supports Taft
Roosevelt explains why he backs Taft citing moral and physical courage and integrity. He praises Taft’s decisions in the Philippines, Panama, Cuba, and his judge role, while noting confronting corrupt wealth and party influences. The piece previews Roosevelt passing leadership to Taft to continue reform.
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Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
McKinley
Roosevelt
Philippines
Panama
Cuba
War Department
Congress
Biss
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