Serpents to Institute Lair at Richmond Convention
A local lair of the Military Order of Serpents will be instituted during the United Spanish War Veterans state convention in Richmond Indiana. Indiana Ohio and Kentucky soldier members will attend the ceremony featuring savage murals of the Philippine archipelago and period costumes. About 50 to 60 candidates will be initiated as memories of the Gilmore rescue and the Aguinaldo era are revived.
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Richmond
Ind
United Spanish War Veterans
Military Order of Serpents
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Uncle Sam
Lieut
Gilmore
United
Summer White House Now Ready for Taft
Beverly Mass June 25 There was much activity at the summer white house as Washington advised Congress might adjourn Letters from the president said he expected to be at Durgess Point by Tuesday or Wednesday Arrangements for the president s arrival are complete Secret service officers have opened quarters in the Board of Trade building and telegraph offices are set in the executive office building Mayor Trent signed an order to fly the flag from city hall masthead daily during the president s stay
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Beverly
Mass
White House
Washington
Congress
Durgess Point
Secret Service
Board of Trade
Trent
City Hall
Negro publisher loses letter with $100000 in securities
Chicago secret service agents probe disappearance of a letter containing negotiable securities worth 100000 from the post office. S B Turner a negro publisher was arrested after $50000 of the papers were found in his possession but released on $1000 bail.
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Chicago
Secret Service
S. B. Turner
Turner
Ship may be lost with 119 persons
Bombay dispatch reports the Australian Lloyd Steamer Trieste three days overdue with 58 crew and 34 passengers, believed to have met a terrific typhoon and possibly foundered. Meanwhile the Pacific fleet division heads to Chile Aug 14 for the Chilean centennial, led by California under Rear Admiral G. B. Harber.
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Bombay
India
Trieste
Army Orders Highlight Promotions and Assignments
Army orders list Capt Fred W. Alstaetter and First Lieut. Douglas MacArthur ordered to New York for examination for promotion. Leave of absence granted for Capt. Samuel B. Arnold. First Sergt. Charles Bauersachs to be retired on selection. Capt. Joseph F. Gohh detailed for service in the quartermaster's department. Maj. Jacob G. Galbraith relieved from duty at the Army War College. First Lieut. James W. Lyon relieved from the One Hundred Twenty-Fourth Company to report to the Boston artillery district. Albert Todd granted disability certificate. Capt. Benjamin H. Watkins to oversee construction at Ft. Thomas. William Blavet to Ft. Howard and district of Baltimore for staff duty during joint exercises. Publication dates and stations noted.
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Fred W. Alstaetter
Douglas MacArthur
Corps of Engineers
New York
Samuel B. Arnold
First Cave
Charles Bauersachs
Quartermaster’s Department
Jacob G. Galbraith
Fourth Cavalry
Army War College
James W. Lyon
Coast Artillery Corps
Artillery District of
Boston
Surf
Albert Todd
Benjamin H. Watkins
Second Infantry
Ft. Thomas
Kentucky
Edward A. Shuttleworth
William ¥. Blavelt
Ft. Howard
Maryland
Diesonnati
Artillery Trict
Baltimore
Roosevelt urged to address tariff in public interest
Washington June 25 Ida M Tarbell the writer and exposer of predatory wealth is in Washington Co editor and contributor she is looking into political matters and urges Col Roosevelt to take up the tariff question as a matter of ethics humanity and morality The tariff bill is seen as a failure favoring centralized wealth and harming the people She suggests Roosevelt should act as a citizen beyond party ties and give the tariff issue a humane significance
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Washington
Ida M. Tarbell
Standard Oil
Abraham Lincoln
Miss Tarbell
Miss Y Tarbell
National Capital
White House
Weil
Col. Roosevelt
Miss Tarbeil
Rosevelt
Big Boy
Congress
Octogenarian dies from gunshot in Huntington shop
William Ulrich an 80 year old butcher was found dead in the back room of his shop in Huntington Indiana. He lay in a pot of his own blood with a bullet hole in his brain. Coroner not yet determining whether the death was self inflicted or accidental.
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Huntington
Ind
William Ulrich
American firms barred from Canadian naval bids
United States firms were told they cannot bid on Canada’s new navy ships and that competition will be limited to Canadian and British firms. The British admiralty style will keep ship designs secret, while about 150 Canadians have applied to enter Canada’s proposed naval college.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Naval College
Churches Abolish Mixed Choirs In Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia local churches have dropped mixed choirs in favor of male quartets. Pastors cite harmony issues from women's dress described as gaudy and distracting. The move comes after several churches stitched to more austere attire and orderly conduct.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Make-Up Of Forger Reveals Able Actor
Huntington Indiana June 25 a clever stranger posed as a molder and forged a payment for an oil store using a worthless check. He wore greasy overalls a slouch hat a corncob pipe and served as an able actor with a perfect make-up. He left with a neat balance after passing the bogus check before discovery.
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Huntington
Ind
George Fanning
Oid
Bryan to Speak at Rush County Chautauqua Event
Rushville Ind June 25 In Rush County Chautauqua the week's program runs August 7 to 14 with prominent speakers. William Jennings Bryan is slated for the August 12 afternoon appearance drawing an enormous crowd expected at the event.
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Rushville
Ind
William Jennings Bryan
Gatti Casazza Announces Garden Chicago Philadelphia Dates
Paris dispatch says Mary Garden will perform in Chicago and Philadelphia next season for 25 appearances. She will be paid 1400 dollars per engagement, with dates spread across the two cities.
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Paris
Gatti-Casazza
Mary Garden
Chicago
Philadelphia
Falls Into Barrel With Swarm of Bees
Bluffton Indiana June 23 presence of mind saved L A Williamson president of the Wells County bank from a fearful swarm of bees. He stood still as bees settled back onto a branch after his fall into a sunken barrel and then climbed out to relocate the insects to a hive.
Aged man's fancy turns to love in third marriage
Special to The Sun Bedford Indiana June 23 An elderly couple John Wood 67 of Mitchell and Mary McLaughlin 75 of Mitchell sought a marriage license on Friday. Both have married twice before and are entering wedlock for the third time as the hot sun sizzles.
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Bedford
Ind
John Wood
Mitchell
Mary McLaughlin
Wheat to be in shock by July Fourth in Indiana
Special to The Sun from Wabash Indiana reports that the recent hot spell has ripened wheat with surprising speed and it is predicted that all wheat will be in the shock by July 4. Corn and oats are sound but require rain.
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Wabash
Ind
Careful use of Carecars? (Cascarets) promise relief
Up set sick feeling that follows taking a dose of castor oil salts or calomel is described as the worst to endure. The text promotes CASCARETS as a remedy to move the bowels and tone the liver and claims they work without these bad feelings. It urges trying them as a weekly box, noting they are the biggest seller with a million boxes a month.
Divorce Awarded After Husband Paid Alimony in Coin
Margaret Paden won a divorce and alimony of 50 dollars in Marion Indiana on a Friday. Her ex husband was jailed for intoxication aid and 85 dollars in his clothing when locked up nearly covered court costs and alimony. Paden stated it paid and got rid of it.
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Marion
Ind
Margaret Paden
Paden
Five Hour Schedule Planned for Indianapolis Goshen Route
Indiana interurban line to adopt five hour passenger schedule between Indianapolis and Goshen via Warsaw Perus and Kokomo within a few days. Service improvement emphasized as the change goes into effect.
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Warsaw
Ind
Winona
Miners Lose Jobs After Brazil Tipple Mine Fire
Special to The San. Brazil Indiana June 25 The tipple mine building of the French Nicoson Coal Company was destroyed by fire early Friday The loss is 2500 dollars and a large number of miners are thrown out of work as a result.
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San. Brazil
Ind
Tipple
French-Nicoson Coal Company
Savings push promotes Strong Company bank
A promotional note urges workers and professionals to open a Savings account with the Strong Company. It claims the institution is the largest and strongest in the state and welcomes accounts of any size, urging today as the time to start saving.
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