Women to address Indiana Municipal League meeting
Lafayette hosts the Indiana Municipal League gathering June 22 23 24 with prominent Indiana women. Virginia Sharpe Patterson Kokomo state president of the Women’s National Rivers and Harbors Congress will speak on Civic Improvement From a Woman’s Standpoint. Mrs Patterson’s speech opens the public meeting followed by a discussion led by Mrs Robert L Sackett Lafayette.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
Indiana Municipal League
Virginia Sharpe Patterson
Kokomo
Women’s Nation Rivers and Harbors Congress
Clark's Hill to light streets with gas lamps
Clark's Hill Indiana voters approved street lighting and the town board voted to issue bonds of 2000 dollars to buy stock in the Clark's Hill Gas Company. Private stockholders will supply the remaining capital. Acetylene gas will light streets and private uses. J W Scanlon is president A D Shirley secretary E V Loveless treasurer.
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Clark’s Hill
Ind
Clark's’ Hill Gas Company
J. W. Scanlon
A D. Shirley
E. V. Loveless
Watch Tariff Attack by Beveridge Shocks Senate
Senator Beveridge announced he would issue a full statement after objecting to watch and watch movement duties without a hearing. He claimed lenders stall passage to serve the watch trust and harm 10,000 dealers. Paynter urged cutting typewriter duty from 30 to 10 percent. Lafollette asked the ICC provide a list of common carriers under the act on railway workers hours.
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Washington
D. C
Beveridge
Senate
Paynter
Baker in Hard Lines Petition Filed in Washington Street
Gotthold Reiber a baker at PHS FL Washington street has filed a bankruptcy petition liabilities $979.38 assets $442.95.
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Gotthold Reiber
PHS FL
Washington Street
Mack Buys Ganley From Washington Club
Connie Mack manager of the Philadelphia Athletics purchases Ganley an outfielder from the Washington club. The deal was announced in Cleveland Ohio on May 2.
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Mack
Ganley
Cleveland
Connie’ Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Washington
Col Hacker and Charles J Kiefer Visit Louisville Friend
Col P M Hacker composer and writer from Louisville and his friend Charles J Kiefer visit at 1414 Lexington Avenue.
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Col. Hacker
Col
P. M. Hacker
Louisville
Charles J. Kiefer
Lexington Avenue
England Terrified by Mysterious German Spy Airship
London May 20 England is in terror over a mysterious airship believed to be German operated. Reports describe sightings over the eastern counties and North Sea then a cigar shaped craft grounded near Cardiff on Caerphilly Mountain. A watcher’s tale claims crew fled as they saw him.
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London
England
Cardiff
Cae
Stabbed Near Heart Woman Lives After Attack
Mrs. Jay Robinson, a 27 Arch street resident, was found Monday night with stab wounds near the heart. She says her husband injured her during a fight on Wrest street near Indiana avenue last Thursday. Police heard of the affray from Sergt DeRossette. her condition is serious and the husband fled.
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Jay Robinson
Arca Street
Sergi. DeRossette
Wrest Street
Indiana Avenue
Sergt. DeRossette
Arch Street
Robinson
Harvard appoints Abbott Lawrence Lowell president
Cambridge Mass May 20 Abbott Lawrence Lowell assumes the presidency of Harvard university as successor to Charles W Eliot promising continuities in policy and direction for the historic institution.
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Cambridge
Mass
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Charles W. Eliot
Money King Emerges After Fathers Death Rogers Jr In Finance
New York May 20 By the death of H H Rogers Jr the 29 year old inherits influence in finance. Columbia graduate 1901 he married Mary Benjamin and has an office at 26 Broadway. He served in the National Guard since joining the Twelfth regiment years ago. His fortune is estimated between 40 and 60 million dollars, with earlier reports placing as high as 100 million. He suffered heavy losses during the panic of 1907. Massachusetts remains his legal home and thus avoids inheritance tax there.
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New York
H. H. Rogers, Jr
Young Rogers
Columbia College
Mary Benjamin
Broadway
Rogers
National Guard
Twelfth Regiment
Massachusetts
Hogs killed by cholera hit Madison township tax base
Tipton Indiana May 2. E Juday assessor Madison township says cholera wiped out about $18,000 in taxable property. He notes farmers had few hogs to offer for taxation this year, reducing revenue.
Furniture Bargain Friday at People's Outfitting
Friday features deep discounts at People's Outfitting in Indianapolis. Advertised items include a $5 Vacuum Carpet Sweeper, leather cobbler seat rockers at $8 each, an $18.50 Tizer Rug now $10.50, a ten cent one quart sauce pan, and a free $9.50 rocket with $35+ purchases. Special carpet and rug reductions apply.
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Indianapolis
People’s Outfitting Company
Crying Need to Babies in Hoosierdom
Superintendent John F. Haines warns Indiana Hamilton County schools face shrinking enrollments with a 417 drop from last year. He urges state pension and baby-raising incentives as institutes fear the collapse of school buildings and the era of large families fading.
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Moles
Bats
John F. Haines
Hamilton County Schools
Show Windows Display Styles Across Local Shops
Eva Grimes surveys downtown storefronts highlighting how displays reflect season trends and target customers. Windows from L. S. Ayres to Kingsley reveal bridal gifts, graduates, bargain racks, Oriental rugs, porch scenes, children’s vacation themes, and footwear displays with hundreds of shoes.
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Eva Grimes
L. S. Ayres & Co
Mary
George J. Marott
Draper &S
Capt Beem Appointed to Antietam Commission
Capt David E. Beem, attorney of Spencer, was appointed a member of the Antietam monument commission to succeed Dr Nathaniel D Cox who resigned. Membership requires actual engagement in the battle of Antietam. Dr Cox was confined in the city hospital.
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David E. Beem
Spencer
Antietam Monument Commission
Nathaniel D. Cox
Battle of
Antietam
Cox
Indiana officer resigns. Antietam monument planned
Capt. Beem of the Fourteenth Indiana resigns to return to law work after hospital duty on battle day. He helped form a commission to erect a monument at Antietam to Indiana soldiers killed, with a projected cost of 15000 dollars.
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Marshall
Beem
Fourteenth
Indiana
Antietam
Indianapolis Engineer Injured In St Louis Collision
Terminal switch engine No 59 without crew struck a freight train then collided with the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Express No 19 on Eads bridge near Washington Avenue. Three trainmen were injured Crosby of Indianapolis with a bruised knee and shock Clark of Terre Haute with forehead lacerations Volker of Columbus with bruises.
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ST. Louis
Terre Haute & Indianapolis Express
Washington Avenue
Eads Bridge
W. F. Crosby
Iiianapolis
W. T. Clark
Terre Hauts
C. L. Volker
Columbus
Local Society Notes Celebrate Guests and Weddings Across Town
Mrs W D Allison hosts callers for Mrs May Hanson's pending move to Minneapolis. Bridges and visits mark the week as Miss Hatfield of Peoria and Miss Hempstead of Meadville visit Green sburg guests. Delia C Feeney and Julius Fleury wed at Holy Cross. couple to live on E Ohio St. Numerous trips and engagements unfold with plans for weddings and extended travel to Chicago Louisville New York and Europe.
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Delia C., Feeney
P. J. Feeney
Julius O. Fleury
Holy Cross Church
James Wade
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