McCarthy Leads Cook County Campaign Against Browne
John McCarthy, former Fort Wayne resident, earns praise from Chicago press for steering Cook County Democratic campaign as chairman. He challenged Lee O Neil Browne after Browne’s twice vindicated Jackpot leadership. Chicago papers laud McCarthy’s efficient, clean tactics and predict higher Illinois political influence.
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FT. Wayne
Ind
John McCarthy
Chicago Press
Cook County
McCarthy
Lee O’neil Browne
Browne
Browns
Chicago
Ilinoig
Lightning Strikes Home Causing Destruction at Thatcher Farm
Rushville Ind Nov 12 Mr and Mrs Francis Thatcher faced a dramatic strike of lightning that damaged the south side of the house. The bolt tore through the roof and chimney, cracked the stove leg, scarred the linoleum, followed the flue into the kitchen, and disrupted the telephone line before exiting and reentering the home through a wall. It smashed a window, knocked mud onto the steps, and left the property in disarray.
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Rushville
Ind
Francis Thatcher
Evans A Hawkins seeks divorce over skating wife in Kokomo
Evans A Hawkins seeks a divorce from his wife in Kokomo Indiana alleging she spends nights skating at rink halls and is too sleepy to talk by noon. He returns at noon to find the lights burning and his wife still snoozing.
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Kokomo
Ind
Evans A. Hawkins
Case in court years many witnesses die
The case of James West against the Pennsylvania railroad, brought here from Marion, is on trial in Kokomo Indiana. It has lasted nine years and many witnesses have died.
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Kokomo
Ind
James West
Pennsylvania Railroad
Marion
Farmer 85 Year-Old Husks Corn in Indiana Field
Columbus Indiana November 12 Gottlob Beese aged 85 spent Friday husking corn and plans to continue until his big crop is cribbed.
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Columbus
Ind
Gottlolb Beese
Purdue opens new buildings for practical mechanics department
Special to The Sen Lafayette Indiana November dedication formal opening of the new buildings for the practical mechanics department at Purdue University. Cost $170000 funded by the last legislature. They are described as among the finest in the west. President Stone gave the welcome. Dean Benjamin introduced Melville Mix who spoke on the need for skilled workers from the university.
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Lafayette
Ind
Practical Mechanics Department
Purdue University
West
W. E. Stone
Benjamin
Melville W. Mix
Milwaukee
Dodge Manufacturing Company
Gleak Wins Love Of Millionaire Wife In Wheeling
The tale centers on Laura Farnaworth Schenck a 37 year old domestic who married millionaire John Schenck 50 and faced social barriers. After his departure Wheeling buzzed with rumors of a lavish lifestyle and a famous $ ten thousand auto before tragedy unfolded.
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Wheeling
Schenck
Sobetck
Laura Farnaworth Schenck
Laura Farneworth Schenck
John Schenck
Schenk
Glass plant opens with 500 workers in Hartford City
Special to The Sun reports the American glass factory in Hartford City Indiana began blow ing Friday night and will employ 400 or 500 workers. Cutters are to report Saturday. The plant had been idle for months with extensive repairs during the shutdown.
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Hartford City
Ind
American Glass Factory
Tree Falls On Aged Man In Knightstown Tragedy
Louis Kelly, 62, was instantly killed when a tree fell during a group felling in Knightstown Indiana on Friday. He could not move out of the way as the tree toppled toward him. FRITZ KRUBL, VOCAL CULTURE (Ital. method). The Propylaeum, 1T East North street.
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Knightstown
Ind
Louis Kelly
Fritz Krubl
Ital
the Propylaeum
East North Street
Miss Georgia Albright’s Hair Mishap Sparks Odd Feud
Special to The Sun. In Fort Wayne on November 12 Miss Georgia Albright is the focus of a bizarre tale as Andrew Lanes strikes her with a beer bottle amid a dispute over her coiffure. Georgia survives, while the incident leaves her hair in a tangled mess and Lanes relieved not to have caused a fatality.
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Georgie
Ft. Wayne
Georgia
Andrew Lanes
Andrew
New Solons Say They Vote Wet In Indiana
Evansville reports William B. Carleton and Albert J. Vennemann along with Ezra Lyon, newly elected state senator and representatives, pledge to repeal the county local option law and replace with ward and township as a unit, aligning with the Democratic platform. Republican State Senator Edgar Durre says he will vote against repeal next winter, predicting other Republicans will oppose.
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Sun
Evansville
Ind
William B. Carleton
Albert J. Vennemann
Ezra Lyon
Carleton
Edgar Durre
Democrats push new district boundary in Bartholomew County
Bartholomew county democrats urge redistricting of the Ninth judicial circuit and senatorial district. The current circuit combines Bartholomew and Decatur counties, with advocates proposing a separate Bartholomew district including Johnson, Jackson or Brown counties.
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Columbus
Ind
Bartholomew County
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Bartholomew
Decatur
Johnson
Jackson
Brown Counties
Grand Jury Hears Of Wet Violations In Greensburg
In Greensburg Indiana on November 12 the grand jury reported more than fifty true bills for election day liquor law violations. The Civic league led by Rev W G Johnston organized the case. Motion pictures are planned following a meeting between Colonial theater lessees and Superintendent M T Hyland to finalize a plan for the showings.
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the Sun
Greensburg
Ind
Civic League
W. G. Johnston
Colonial Theater
Supt. M. T. Hyland
Oratory School Recital Promises Diverse Dramatic Works
The Oratory School of oratory and dramatic art will present its first recital at the K of P grand lodge auditorium corner Massachusetts avenue and Pennsylvanian street tenth floor Tuesday evening. The program features titles like How Miss Deely Took the Cake The Royal Princess The Cashville Hop and Old Glory among others with students such as Miss Carrie Kelerleber Miss Ruth Fleming Miss Mary Tomlin and Miss Dorothy Vernon in various scenes. A reception parlor scene at a private sanitarium for the insane appears as final.
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8. I. Cenner School of Oratory and Dramatic Art
Carrie Kelerleber
Cancen Cener
Normand Mina’ Josephine
Nell Forest
K. of P. Grand Lodge
Massachusetts Avenue
Pennsylvanian Street
Deely
Isavell
Commission form of government debated in Indianapolis
The article discusses whether a commission form of government bill, prepared for the Indiana general assembly, is good politics. Supporters see it as cleaning up municipal government while opponents view it as a move to depose Mayor Shank or change governance. If passed, many large Indiana cities could adopt the commission system, potentially impacting Indianapolis and other cities in elections starting 1912.
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Shank
Indianapolis
General Assembly
Indiana
Evansville
Terre Haute
South Bend
Ft. Wayne
News Administration
Sunday Vaudeville Ban Prompted Charity Screenings
Hyland informed theater management that city ordinance bans vaudeville on Sunday but allows moving picture showings if part of proceeds are donated to charity. The arrangement aims to comply with the law while holding charity screenings on Sundays.
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Hyland
Surprises in State Constitution Prompted by Indiana Librarian
John A. Lapp, legislative reference librarian, notes Indiana’s state constitution hides unexpected provisions such as a clause allowing counties to maintain poorhouses. His bulletin Lists on Bill Drafting guides lawmakers on essential earmarks and proper contingencies to ensure laws endure.
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John A. Lapp
Indiana
Prefers Death to Life Without Love In Indiana Tragedy
Wilbur Pitcher, 26, of Edinburg, Indiana, shot himself with a 22 caliber rifle after leaving a note stating life was not worthwhile without the girl he loved. He died thirty six hours later in Columbus.
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Columbus
iInd
Wilbur Pitcher
Edinburg
Watson and Other Republicans Meet at Denison
Former Representative Janes E. Watson of Rushville and other notable Republicans including James P. Goodrich of Winchester and Fred J. Sims met Friday at Denison. Watson declined to comment on the Indiana election result.
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Janes E. Watson
Rushville
Republican State Committee
James P. Goodrich
Winchester
Fred J. Sims
Denison
Watson
Indiana
Widow Ends Life of Grief for Husband in Indiana
Warsaw Indiana November 12 Mrs Marinda Barry widow of Thomas Barry committed death by her own hand Saturday morning using chloroform Grief over her husband s death nearly a year ago given as the cause
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Warsaw
Ind
Marinda Barry
Thomas Barry
Mother Never Returns in Indiana Mystery
Princeton Indiana reports five months since the disappearance of Mrs. Samuel Hugg wife of a farmer west of town. She left a husband and nine children. There is a belief she may have fallen to foul play.
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Princeton
Ind
Samuel Hugg
Armer
Here
Bicycleman Saves Partner From Fall at Store Shaft
Bicycleman William Schlangen saved his partner Michael Glenn from serious injury Friday night by catching him as he fell through a light shaft at a Indianapolis dry goods store located at Washington and Alabama streets. Miss Elisabeth Curran, a bookkeeper, thought a burglar was entering the building.
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Michael Glenn
G Glenn
Indiana
Washington
Alabama
Elisabeth Curran
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