Mad Dog Scare Grips Lafayette Residents
Lafayette Ind May 31 a mad dog scare grows as Dr J B Simonds confirms a rabies case from a dog that bit several prominent locals. William Wallace a prominent manufacturer’s son kept the dog as a pet, Ralph Hitch was bitten, the dog was shot after killing chickens, and several children are undergoing Pasteur treatment while authorities order dogs shot without muzzles.
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J. B. Simonds
Simons
William Wallace
Robert E. Wallace
Ralph Hitch
T. R. Hitch
Walace
Pasteur
Man shoots wife then kills himself in Indiana
Special to The Sun. Jeffersonville Indiana May 31 William Boatman 45 a mechanic despondent shot his wife Victoria at their home injuring her with a flesh wound then shot himself in the head dying instantly He had been drinking heavily.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
William Boatman
Victoria
Boatman
Society Girl Kills In Vengeful Jilt in Pollock
Miss Carrie Pritchard of Pollock Louisiana, daughter of an old family, killed lumberman Samuel Foro after claiming he tried to jilt her. She told officers she acted because he deserved to die and she was glad she did it.
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Pollock
Carrie Pritchard
Samuel Foro
Indiana boy named Princeton professor joins Rhodes scholars
Lebanon Ind May 31 Benjamin Tomlinson 24 of Lebanon has been chosen to a chair in the history department at Frinceton university. Tomlinson is a Rhodes scholar winner and a linguist of ability.
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Lebanon
Ind
Benjamin Tomlinson
Frinceton University
Tomlinson
Ohio Congressman Ralph Cole Urged for Postmaster Role
Washington May 31 Members of the Ohio delegation in Congress urge President Taft to appoint Representative Ralph Cole of the Eighth Ohio district first assistant postmaster general. Cole will leave Congress March 4, 1911 after failing to win renomination.
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Washington
Ohio
Congress
Taft
Ralph Cole
Cole
Near-Beer Legalized by Mississippi Supreme Court
In Jackson on May 31 the Mississippi Supreme Court issued four decisions that will legalize the sale of near-beer brands across the state, marking a change in beverage enforcement.
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Jackson, Miss
the Supreme
Mississippi
Sidney Webster Claimed by Death in Newport
Sidney Webster seventy six,82, lawyer clubman financier and confidant of E. H. Harriman, died at his Newport home Monday after a brief illness. A noted authority on constitutional and international law, he began his political career as secretary to President Franklin Pierce in 1853 and served through the 1850s. He married Sarah Fish in 1860 and is survived by his widow and son Hamilton Fish Webster.
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New York
Sidney Webster
E. H. Harriman
Newport
Franklin Pierce
Sarah Fish
Hamilton Fish
Stuyvesant Fish
Hamilton Fish Webster
Women Detectives Stop Traffic in White Girls Trial
Miss Amy Jackson and Mrs Frances Foster are shown on the stand in a New York white slave case. They testified about a nationwide trade conspiracy in women. Jackson swore she saw Belle Moore paid 120 for two girls. Foster, a Radcliffe graduate, described negotiations for the Moore woman to buy the girls.
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Frances Foster
New York
United States
Miss Jackson
Belle Moore
Mrs. Foster
Radcliffe
Moore
Hughes Fights For Pet Election Reform In Albany
In Albany on May 31 conjecture grows about Gov. Agnew's message and direct primaries as the governor calls for an extra session to press his pet election reform. Supporters say he will not drop the direct primary issue. others doubt his victory in the long fight.
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Albany
N. Y
Govagnes
Thirty Hurt as Union Pacific Train Derails in Kansas
A Union Pacific passenger train derailed near Ogallah Kansas injuring thirty people. All cars left the track except two, but no one sustained serious injuries according to a dispatch received in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Union Pacific
Ogallah
Kas
Gypsies See Past Stalk Out Near Ade Farm
BROOK Indiana May 31 A posse of Purdue students visiting author George Ade at Hazeldene with the sheriff led a patrol against a nearby gypsy camp. Five women were captured for questioning. One admitted stealing 29 50. Ade’s automoptic served as a patrol wagon. The raid ended with the Romany camp subdued and calm returning to the scene.
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Brook
Ind
George Ade
Purdue
Hazeldene
Ade
Museum of Ancienta
Earthquake Recorded Across Continents With Long Tremor
Washington May 31 A distinct earthquake was recorded by the weather bureau early Tuesday. Tremors began at 12 01 to 12 26 Washington time with a second tremor at 12 06 46. The motion was moderate but lasted over an hour, suggesting an earthquake of notable intensity and a likely distinct origin.
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Washington
Record places quake focus on west coast of South America
An origin around 3,000 miles away is noted with no clear direction from Washington. Father Odenbach of St. Ignatius College in Cleveland suspects the quake’s epicenter may lie along the west coast of South America, based on his interpretation.
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Washington
Father Odenbach
St. Ignateus College
Cleveland
South America
Felt in Old Mexico earthquake rattles Mexico City
Mexico City reports slight tremors following a 90 second quake that struck Monday night. No damage noted. The article notes the lower classes in pantomime or pantie.
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Mexico City
Bank Robbers Blow Safe at Unity Bank in Marshfield
Robbers blew the safe in the State bank of Unity in Marshfield Wisconsin on Monday night, seizing 500 dollars in cash and 20000 dollars in negotiable papers. Posses pursue the men believed to be from Minnesota.
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Wisconsin
Marshfield
Wits
Stat Bank of Unity
Minnesota
Marriage is Foolish and Obsolete Too
Suffragettes and other women object to the present marriage ceremony as placing all obligation on women. Rev W B Milliard of Morgan Park Congregational calls the rite farcical and barbarous, blaming ministers for perpetuating it. He says the phrase with all my worldly goods I thee endow amounts to perjury and invites creditors to pounce on the bride.
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Chicago
Daniel
W &B. Milliard
Morgan Park Congregational Church
Milliard
Dr. Milliard
Woman Negotiates Hit With Bed Slat
In Brazil Indiana on May 31 Mrs Belle Allen claimed no fault as her pigs wandered into Mrs Lou Laughlin’s yard. Laughlin was arrested for assault and battery after a bed slat struck Mrs Allen on the head.
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Brazil
Ind
Belle Allen
Lou Laughlin
Mrs. Allen
Twelve Thousand Miners Continue Strike in Pa.
In Wilkes Barre on May 31 the 12 000 striking miners of the Pennsylvania Coal company decided not to return to work, and peace negotiations were called off. Officials said the nonunion men forced the union workers to stay out.
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Wilkesbarra
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Hair Tonic Promises Health for Dandruff Free Hair
A home made beta quinol tonic promises vitality for hair and scalp. Mix one ounce beta quinol with half a pint of alcohol and half a pint water, or dissolve in a pint of bag rum. Used weekly, it claims to prevent dandruff and improve hair growth and shine.
Work While You Sleep Health Claim Ad
An old health ad promotes CAS CARETS as a great health maker for bowel relief. It claims millions use it and offers a 10 cent box, urging readers to try CASCARETS to never use another bowel medicine.
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