Farm Home Association to Create Model Colonies
Gov. H. S. Hadley elected president of the National Farm Home Association seeking to colonize city dwellers on 640 model farms nationwide. The plan aims to raise 1 million dollars, with farms sold on 10 to 12 year payments. Officers include Gifford Pinchot and J. H. Curran. Markets, creameries, and farm machinery will be centralized on main farms to aid settlers.
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ST. Louis
Frederick D. Tucker
J. H. Curran
Walker Hill
Thieves Steal From Newsdealer and Homes
Thieves broke into Reuben Glue’s newsstand at 854 Massachusetts avenue Thursday night and stole almost the entire stock of cigars candy and post cards. A report to police Friday morning details the break in through a rear window. Mrs Sarah Ray lost 34 dollars when she found her doors unlocked and absent. A thief took seven dollars from Cherry Effey’s home at 1116 N Senate avenue while unattended Thursday evening.
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Reuben Glue
Massachusetts Avenue
Sarah Ray
Cherry Effey
Senate Avenue
Smoke From Public Buildings Attacked
A Thursday night meeting at the Pythian building gathered 300 engineers, superintendents and manufacturers invited by city smoke inspector Jacob P. Brown to discuss smoke from the city library, county courthouse, and state house. W. H. Johnson, council president, pledged council effort to remedy defects in city buildings as the inspector urged education over prosecution in addressing 1400 plants. He presented methods to reduce smoke.
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Statehouse
Pythian Building
Jacob P. Brown
W. H. Johnson
La Follette attacks Ballinger inquiry over Brandeis papers
Madison May 6 Senator La Follette in his weekly editorial criticizes the Ballinger-Pinchot committee for not providing papers Brandeis requested to reveal if Attorney General Wickersham’s Sept 11 1909 summary was dated after the fact. The piece questions Taft’s knowledge and hints at a conspiracy. In Crown Point a jury hung on a liquor case with Bennett, and two jurors favored acquittal.
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Madison, Wis
la Follette
Ballinger-Pinchot
Brandeis
Wickersham
Ballinger
Taft
Crown Point
Bennett
Liquor Trial Nears Verdict in Gary Case
Gary Indiana May 6 Special to The Sun. John Bennett one of 28 saloon keepers who pleaded guilty before Mayor Knotts amid a Lake County liquor case hung juries showing ten to two for acquittal as jurors weighed the violations of the liquor law.
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Gary
Ind
John Bennett
Knotts
Former inspector gets prison for conspiracy in trunk cases
New York May 5 Philip A Philipson, former United States customs inspector, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government and was sentenced to one year on Blackwell's Island. He was connected to the steamship trunk cases.
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New York
Philip A. Philipson
United States Customs
Blackwell’s Island
Nifty suit offer from J. Singer & Sons
An advertisement claims tailored suits from J. Singer and Sons at 43 West Washington Street for 15.75 dollars, promising never paying 30 dollars again for a custom fit and tall sizes.
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J. Singer & Sons
Washington St
All wood suits to order advertised for Saturday
Special for Saturday offer of all wood suits priced at 12 dollars 75 cents. Advertises J J Singer and Sons located at 4 West Washington Street.
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J. J. Singer & Sons
Washington St
Dressel’s Place
West Market Street
Judgment Heavy Against Ft Wayne In Federal Suit
Judgment for Metropolitan Engineering and Construction Company of Kansas City totaling 52881.15 against the city of Ft Wayne followed a federal court suit to recover costs for work on street construction. The city had refused payment claiming the asphalt laid was defective and cracked soon after the project was completed.
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Metropolitan Engineering and Construction Company
Kansas City
Ft. Wayne
Fire Panic at Medico-Chirurgi cal Hospital Lab
Fire swept through the chemical laboratory at the Medico-Chirurgical hospital in Philadelphia on Friday. About 140 patients were moved to safety as a precaution. No injuries were reported, but property losses reached around 50000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Medico-Chirurgical Hospital
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iGov
Hadley
Gifford Pinchot
Philan
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Newsdealer
Pennsylvania Street
Lake County
Levinson
North Penn
South Ilineis
The
Oilar Bros. Co
East Washington &T
Spalding's Athletic Store
Isetts Avenue
Indianapolis
Spalding & Bros
W.wash Sto
Rubens
King OF Clothiers
Adelphia
W. Wash. St
Beattle
Wash
Protesilans
Europe
Hamburg
Puget Sound Canneries
America
Germany
Burton
Hoosier Kitchen
Crown Dentists
Knox
Gregg
Dean’s Place
Circle Hotel
Circle
N. Meridian
French Steam
Garment Cleaners
Walter Ehlers
South Illinois
Tungstoker
Indianapolis Light & Heat CO
Kingston
Budweiser
Anheuser-Busch Brewery
St. Louis, U. S. A
Henry Kettmann
Anheuser-Busch
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