Lady Laurier Dismisses Suffrage Appeals in Mocking Talk
In St Louis March 8 Lady Laurier wife of Canada's premier mocked suffragettes dismissing their aims. She argues titles matter little in America and urges women to be devoted wives and mothers. Her remarks drew laughter as she toured with Canadian dignitaries en route to Hot Springs Arkansas.
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America
Lady Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
Laurier
Zoe Lafontaine
Montreal
United States
Europe
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Edward Bristol
M. P
Hot Springs
Ark
Coal Prices to Rise 20 Cents by May Amid Freight Increase
Dealers warn coal costs will jump 20 to 25 percent, adding about a dollar per ton for consumers by May as freight rates rise 10 cents per ton. Operators expect a settlement with miners by April 1 and full mine operation by March to meet expected demand before winter.
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Normers
Indianapolis
Paul Benedict Wins Meharry Hall Peace Contest
Paul Benedict of Indianapolis won the Meharry hall peace oratorical contest in Greencastle Indiana with the speech World Peace and Universal Sympathy. He took the $25 prize from Terre Haute sponsor Mr. Blumenberg while Harry Hess earned second and William Neal third. Judges were Judge Rawley Robert J. M. Walker and Col. C. C. Matson.
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Ind
March
Meharry Hall
Paul Benedict
Indianapolis
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Terre Haute
Harry Hess
William Neal
Judge Rawley
Robert J. M. Walker
Col. C. C. Matson
Judicial Expert Quips Over Court’s Six Cent Damages
A humorous local exchange recalls a case where Jim Simpson sues Ab ner Hawley for alienation of his wife. The judge instructs a verdict of six cents damages, deeming that the amount reflects her value as his first wife. The wife objects by throwing a chair, is jailed, and the joke ends with the pipe native’s punchline.
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Jim Simpson
Abner Hawley
Jedge
Jim
Visitor Court Quip Cited by Chicago Tribune Phrase
A brief Chicago Tribune line notes a humorous domestic clash as a family debate boils over a court decision still pending. The exchange centers on identity and propriety with a housemaid hushed by Mrs Jimes amid unresolved legal proceedings.
Conversation Between John and Master on a Credit Visit
A creditor requests to speak with the gentleman. The master replies he is away from home. John decides to light one of the best cigars to appear more credible to the creditor.
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John
Tafts Confidential Letters Spark Public Denials
The piece recounts how President Taft’s confidential letters, including those to Foulke and Swift, were leaked to Washington papers causing diplomatic friction and prompting apologies. It notes similar shocks when Wade Ellis and Ohio GOP tensions surfaced and mocks how telegrams beat rail news in distributing sensitive correspondences.
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Washington
Ellis Talks With Taft In Washington On State Affairs
Washington March 8 The administration weighs New York and Ohio situations as key to Republican prospects. Taft hosts conferences with Senator Root and other leaders and discusses the Albany bribery probe and disavowed sponsorship in Ohio. Ohio politics and the Allds bribery case receive special attention from the White House.
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New York
Ohio
Afe
White House
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Capital
Wade Au! Mills
Ohio Republican Committee
Taft
U. S
Davis
Cleveland
Enis
Albany
Jotham P. Allds
Fire Ruins Hit Roby Ind Plant. Two Believed Dead
Rescue crews search the ruins of the American Maize Products starch plant in Roby Indiana where a blaze killed at least two workers and injured fourteen others, with many missing and a property loss estimated at 150000 dollars. The blast spread through kilns to the starch woods house as thirty men worked.
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Terday
St. Margaret's Hospital
Hammond
Roby
John. Bynhetz
Whiting
Ind
Tony Ginsky
James C Fletcher Announces Supreme Court Clerk Candidacy
Knox Indiana March 8 James C Fletcher of this city former Democratic chairman of the Thirteenth district has announced his candidacy for clerk of the Supreme Court clerk.
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Supreme Court
Knox
Ind
James C. Fletcher
Supreme Clerk
Indian near 100 seeks money in Minnesota tale
In Alker Minnesota on March 8 Old John Smith an Italian brave nearly a hundred years old from Mud Lake allotment in Upper Cass county visits Agent John Frater to discuss pine holdings. He boasts of killing six Sioux at Vortage Lake and says he wants money now before he dies.
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Alker
Minn
John Smith
Upper
Cass County
John Frater
Kinnikink
John
Vortage Lake
Dorland Parmer Dies in Personal Crisis at 65
Dorland Parmer, 65, died in Richmond Indiana from ingesting acid during a personal crisis. He was an Elks member and a Mason.
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Dorland Parmer
Richmond
Ind
Agar’s Name On Money Order Cited In Trial
In Princeton Indiana March Harvey Harmon attorney for an insurance company identified a post office money order for 100 sent to Harrington in Indianapolis from Houston by Frank Williams. Harmon matched the Williams signature to H R Agar. Harrington’s testimony of Agar falling into the Wabash river from the Lafayette steamboat was read. The defense claims the Houston money order was a trick to trap Harrington into a confession in the Henry B H Agar case.
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Ind
Harvey Harmon
Capt. Harrington
Harrington
Indianapolis
Houston
Tex
Frank Williams
Harmon
Williams
H. R. Agar
Agar
Wabash River
Lafayette
Henry BH. Agar
Girl's Voice Returns in Sandusky After Long Silence
Misa Anna Arend, a Cedar Point migrant seamstress, lost her voice last summer after a severe cold. She lived five months without uttering a syllable despite specialists. A severe coughing spell preceded the return of her vocal power in Sandusky as she recovered.
Mull on the Bench Sets Hearing Dates in Superior Court No 2
Judge George L Mull sits as special judge in superior court No 2 and schedules hearings while arranging the docket for Judge Leathers who is sick Judge Leathers was reported to be rapidly improving.
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George L. Mull
Superior Court No. 2
Leathers
Romantic Advice Sparks Family Stir in Conversation
A terse dialogue captures a mother pressuring a son over marriage while the father accuses him of stubbornness. The exchange reveals family tensions as plans unfold around a marriage, with one parent hinting at financial consequences and the other applying sharp humor.
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