Nelson Serves Notice on Tariff Debate Move
Washington May 17 Senator Nelson a Republican critic informs Senator Aldrich there will be no unanimous consent to vote on the tariff bill and amendments June 1 He did not indicate a voting time but warned against rushing the woolen and cotton schedules which he deems most important The Minnesota senator and supporters aim to secure duty reductions on these schedules possibly delaying the vote by a week or more.
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Washington
Nelson
Aldrich
Minnesota
Pennsylvania road to finish double track in Indiana
Richmond Indiana May 17 The Pennsylvania lines will complete double tracking between Richmond and Indianapolis this summer The initial section to Dublin will be laid first The company has opened gravel pits at East Germantown in anticipation of the project Columbia City Indiana May 11 Frank J Myers will install an electricity powered bread baking machine at his confectionery and bakery to supply local and surrounding towns
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Richmond
Ind
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Lines
Dublin
East Germantown
Columbia City
Frank J. Myers
City Confectionery and Bakery
Praise for Bishop Quayle by Rev Clippinger at Epworth event
Rev H C Clippinger praised Bishop Quayle now president of the Epworth League during a Sunday sermon at Edwin Ray M church. The service commemorated the Epworth Leagues founding and lauded Quayle for four-year leadership and strong influence on youth.
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H. C. Clippinger
Edwin Ray M. #. church
Bishop Quayle
Indianapolis
Epworth League
Epworth Leagues
Clippinger
Board of Bishops
Quayle
Father in prison girl ends life near Terre Haute
Evaline Stoner, 14, daughter of a penitentiary inmate and ward with an absent mother, killed herself with carbolic acid at the home of Morton Pollett, a truck gardener, five miles south of Terre Haute on the Prairieton road. Coroner R. H. Leavitt cites despondency as likely motive.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Evaline Stoner
Morton Pollett
Terre Hautes
Prairieton Road
R. H. Leavitt
McGrath Exceeds Weight Record At Celtic Park
Matt McGrath of the New York Athletic Club shattered his world best in the 16 pound hammer with a 177 foot 4 inch throw at Celtic Park in Brooklyn during a Brooklyn Post Office Clerks athletic meet. The mark surpassed his Montreal record from September 21, 1907 by three feet nine inches but the AAU will not recognize it due to not throwing from a seven foot circle and lack of steel tape measurement.
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New York
Matt McGrath
New York A. C
Brooklyn Post Office Clerks’ Association
Celtic Park
McGrath
Montreal
Canada
Women beautify Waveland town and curb chickens
The Waveland Women's Civic League, newly organized, improves the town under its beautification and sanitation committee. Seeds are given to schoolchildren. church lawns and private grounds are cleaned. a chicken-at-large ban is adopted. Union Easter services are planned and a junior league with 69 members forms. Charity divisions help Culver Hospital. Membership aims for 100 with canvassing. Officers elected: Alberta Hanna president, Dora Clore vice president, T. E. Huston secretary, Mrs. Robert Glover correspondence secretary, Albertus Upton treasurer.
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Waveland
Ind
Women’s Civic League
Associated Charities
Culver Hospital
Crawfordsville
Alberta Hanna
Dora Clore
T. E. Huston
Robert Glover
Albertus Upton
Cane for judge comes from Japan in a Tokyo ovation
In Lafayette Indiana on May 17 judge Richard P. DeHart of Tippecanoe county circuit court received a carved black bamboo cane from Japan. Presented by M W Phillips and sent by Lafayette boys who joined the world cruise, the serpent carved cane honors the fleet’s Tokyo ovation.
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Lafayette
Ind
Richard P. DeHart
Tippecanoe County
Japan
M. W. Phillips
Tokio
Farmers Building Finer Residences in Boonville
In Boonville Indiana on May 17 contractors rush with work as Main Street Baptist church nears completion and a modern high school building contract is set to be let. Brick yards planing mills and farmers with high prices push concrete work while Senator Hemenway and Mayor Heinzle beautify homes. Hemenway’s summer retreat Ash Iron Springs is remodeled for his daughter and son in law A Bennet Gates to reside there this summer.
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Boonville
Ind
Main Street Baptist
Heinzle
Senator Hemenway
Ash Iron Springs
A. Bennet Gates
School wagons fall out of favor in Bluffton district
Bluffton Indiana May 17 The wagon system for transporting pupils in Union township is unpopular leading to a schoolhouse being rebuilt in district No 10. The abandoned building will reopen as the wagon rounds force early rising and late returns, depriving families with farm chores of help.
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Bluffton
Ind
Union Township
Bluffton Man Beats Wife and Daughter Allegedly
May 1 - John Hankin, a laborer, is jailed after a severe beating alleged to be aimed at his wife and a young daughter. The daughter testified at the jail, describing her father’s threats as officers checked the scene at the family home.
Poetic pardon frees Indiana killer from Kansas jail
In Marion Indiana May 17 Carl Arnold a Hanfield born man who killed the mayor of Kingsley Kansas during a botched hold up is released after the governor commuted his life sentence to 16 years. Arnold wrote a poem that impressed Gov Hoch and critics deem him a genius prompting liberty for him and his companion Harvey. Parents now in Jay County anxiously await their son.
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Kansas State Penitentiary
Kingsley
Kay
Carl Arnold
William Harvey
Hanfield
Landersville
Merion Normal College
E. W. Hoch
Arnold
Jay County
Harvey
Fewer Children in Rural Parts in Kosciusko County
Warsaw Indiana May 17 The county official Edson B Larber asks if farmers oppose raising children and reports show a net loss of 151 school age children in rural areas while towns offset one another Warsaw has 23 fewer children, other towns 2 more, leaving the decline to rural farmers and suggesting a widening urban rural gap in family growth.
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Warsaw
Ind
Edson B. Larber
Kosciusko County
Hens Sell Eggs Worth 99.62 From 175 Birds
From 175 Brown Leghorn hens Jewett Ashley sold 99.62 dollars worth of eggs in the two months from March 12 to May 12 at Jamestown Indiana.
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Jamestown
Ind
Jewett Ashley
Stork Delivers Twin Girls to Indiana Pastor
In Piercetown Indiana on May 17 Rev W R Jones pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church welcomed twin girls born to his family. The babies weigh 31 pounds and 6 ounces combined and the town celebrates with a party and guard to ward off congratulators. The pastor, a Civil War veteran, marked his sixty fifth birthday as news spreads through the congregation. The corner grocery club plans to award a medal to the father.
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Piercetown
Ind
W. R. Jones
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wones
Mr. Jones
The
Corner Grocery Club
Veterans Plan Big G A R Encampment in Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville, Ind May 17 Thousands of visitors are expected as the state G A R encampment unfolds with decorations, an official headquarters opening Tuesday afternoon when department commander John D. Alexander arrives from Bedford, and a big parade set for Thursday. The Knights Town Boys Band arrives Tuesday to perform at the Elke Home, with other officers coming from Indianapolis.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Ters
John D. Alexander
Bedford
Indianapolis
Boys’ Band of
Knightstown
Elke
Rosedale 600 Fellows Award Temple Contract
Rosedale Indiana May 11 H Clay Wimmer won the bid over nine contestants to build the new I O O F temple. The $6221.75 contract proceeds immediately on a site scarred by fire, promising a modern structure that will boost Rosedale business. Local leaders, undeterred by recent blazes, plan further new buildings in the district.
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I. O. O. F. Temple
Rosedale
Mystery over body find near Barnard in Danville
Danville Indiana May 17 reports state a body found near Barnard with several bullets was not Sagiafras George Blanton. Identification errors leave the man unnamed and the cause of death uncertain. Authorities suspect murder or suicide as possibilities while awaiting identification.
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Danville
Ind
Sagiafras
George Blanton
Barnard
Blanton
Hoosiers Glad to Return From Western States
Owensville Indiana May 17 The western fever struck this town three months ago and many sold goods and left for the land of Promise. Two members of the party arrived last night and after finding conditions not as rosy as in the circulars the Indiana people decided to return to the best state in the union.
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Western States
Owensville
Ind
Insiana
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