Novel auto wedding on Riverside boulevard shocks town
Ella Williamson a schoolteacher and Ervie Rudd a mechanic wed in a daring ceremony as an auto sped along Riverside boulevard near the golf links. Witnesses James Reynolds and Harry Schopp watched Rev J A Lewis perform the vows from the car while confined by bumps and wind. The couple deny elopement rumors and say the romance has lasted five years with a plan for a Fortville honeymoon before returning home.
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Riverside Boulevard
Golf Links
Ella Williamson
W. N. Williamson
West Thirty-first Street
Ervie Rudd
Addison Street
J. A. Lewis
Hamburg Street
James Reynolds
Faca Street
Harrys Schopp
Riverside Links
Rudd
Indianapolis
Reynolds
Schopp
Rev. Lewis
Miss Williamson
Mr. Hudd
Market Street
Fortville
Sun Newsboys to See The Fourth Estate at Murat
Indianapolis Sun invites its newsboys carriers and district men to a Saturday night performance of The Fourth Estate at the Murat theater. After the show the boys will receive complimentary copies of The Advance, the paper they just watched come to life on stage.
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Murat
Indianapolis Sun
The
Indianapols Sun
Alio Snig
Canadian Parliament Opens As Governor General Delivers Throne Speech
In Ottawa on November 18 Earl Grey the governor general opened the eleventh parliament with a speech praising US friendship and noting progress in fisheries disputes and tariff talks. Parliament adjourned until Monday after formalities.
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Ottawa
Ontario
United States
Canada
Earl Grey
Grey
Johnstone Dies As Plane Falls 600 Feet In Spectator Flight
Denver reports Ralph Johnstone, holder of the aviation altitude record, died after his Wright biplane failed during a flight at Overland Park. The crowd of 10 000 to 15 000 watched as the wings collapsed and the craft plummeted 600 feet. Johnstone’s body was recovered beneath the engine and shows catastrophic injuries. Walter Brookins and Hoxsey accompanied his remains to Kansas City.
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Denver
Colo
Overland Park
Ralph Johnstone
Johnstone
Wright
Walter Brookins
Kansas City
Hoxsey
Brookins
Johnostone
Son Confesses To Killing Father In Board Dispute
Benjamin Smith aged 22 admits beating his father Benjamin Smith 69 to death with a brick during a quarrel over $2 weekly board. He hid the body in an abandoned well, initially claiming assault by two masked men. He led police to his confession at Delaware county jail and is held on first degree murder charges.
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Muncie
Thad
Benjamin Smith
Delaware County
Smith
Munecle
Lone
Crippen's Father Dies From Worry Over Son
Myron Crippen, 83, father of Dr. Harvey Crippen, died in Los Angeles after weeks of poverty and grief over his son's murder conviction in London. He begged newspapers for news, pleaded his son was innocent, and collapsed from distress as the case consumed him and left him penniless and dependent on charity.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Myron Crippen
Harvey Hawley Crippen
London
Crippen
Storekeeper Sues Over Car Crash Damages
John Pantzer, a Lincoln and South East streets druggist, sues Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company for 2500 dollars claiming a street car jumped tracks and crashed into his store two years ago, demolishing windows and doors as the case opened before a circuit court jury.
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John Pantzer
Lincoln
South East Streets
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
Pantzer
Clubs All Favor Commission Bill In Indiana Meeting
In Anderson Indiana the federated commercial clubs approved introducing a bill to allow Indiana cities to adopt the commission form of government if desired The next meeting will be held in Fort Wayne Officers elected include President H S Norton Gary and a slate of vice presidents treasurer and secretaries from several cities.
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Sun
Anderson
Ind
Indiana Federated Commercial Clubs
Ft. Wayne
H. 8. Norton
Gary
Wallace B. Campbell
F. B. Posey
Evansville
E. M. Frank
Jeffersonville
Joe Freeman
Madison
KE. Trautman
Columbus
W. H. Duncan
Terre Haute
C. W.W. Jordan
Richmond
Arthur W. Brady
George W. Duke
Kokomo
E. F. Johnston
Hammond
B. F. Russell
Crawfordsville
C. UL
Bierderwolf
C. F. Crabb
South Bend
William Fortune
Indianapolis
Night Operator Heroically Fights Robber to Save Money
Martinsville Indiana reports night operator Albert E. Lee shot in the chest during a Vandalia train robbery at Edwardsport station. Lee wrestled with the robber, knocking the weapon away, aiding arrest before dying from wounds. suspect George Boyd later held at Vincennes hospital.
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Martinsville
Ind
Albert E. Lee
Edwardsport
Bicknell
Vincennes
George Boyd
Blake Street
Indianapolis
Lee
Boyd
Posey Visits Statehouse After Defeat in First District
Col Frank B Posey of Evansville former Republican congressional candidate dropped by the statehouse on Friday to pay a pastoral visit to the old boys before they left. He said the immutable laws change and that the pendulum was due for a change. Posey spoke in Anderson to the State federation of commercial clubs before arriving.
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Frank B. Posey
Evansville
Congress
Anderson
State Federation of Commercial Clubs
Meeting on a Streetcar Forges Boone County Officials
Two Indianapolis street car workers James Gardner the Democrat conductor and Samuel Harter the Republican motorman rose from poverty to steady service. After years on the Central avenue and Terre Haute lines they married moved to Lebanon Boone county and were elected sheriff and county clerk respectively. On January 1 1911 both will quit to assume county offices.
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Central Avenue Hoe
Indianapolis
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern
Lne
Lebanon
Boone County
Nye
James Gardner
Samuel Harter
Toots and toddy fuel Seymour barnyard spree
Mrs. Adam Ferry empties a bottle of wild cherries soaked in brandy into the chicken yard. The intoxicated birds stagger through the day as stews and cheers echo in the barn, ending with everyone unable to perch and choosing the ground. A local eggnog dealer has contracted for all the barnyard eggs.
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Seymour, Ind
Adam Ferry
Gree
Postoffice shakeup reorganizes Indianapolis office
A major reorganization of the Indianapolis postoffice will take effect November 20 under Postmaster Robert H. Bryson to implement Hitchcock economy measures. The plan combines finance and money order into a finance division and merges mailing, city delivery, registry and inquiry into a mailing division, reducing officials and laying off eight clerks while saving about 10300 annually. Station moves restructure offices and counters with new placements along Ohio Street and across the lobby, with eight staff taking indefinite unpaid leaves pending further staffing needs.
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Indianapolis
Frank J. Richman
D. M. Ellott
C. W. Byfield
Oliver Kelly
R. D. Udell
Walton L. Dynes
Leslie D. Clancy
W. 8. Mitchell
Wallace Buchanan
A. M. Potts
J. E. Lacsey
A. B. Mundelle
Calvin W. Bush
Ohio Street Front
Money Order
Bad Church Air Keeps Dr Hurty Away
Ventilation concerns draw letters across the state. A Seymour Indiana woman laments church air as stagnant from fall to spring while Dr J N Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, says some churches have air like walls built once and backs away from entering due to foul air. He ties air quality to the idea that the body is a temple and stresses caring for it.
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State Board of Health
Seymour
Ind
J. N. Hurty
Suit Filed Over Wife's Death By Doctor Action
Joseph Walego filed a $10,000 suit alleging Dr. Clara E. Jeter smothered Teela Walego with drugs. He says Jeter failed to recognize the grave condition and Dr. Harry Jacobs later advised an operation before Teela died.
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Clara E. Jeter
Joseph Walego
Walego
Jeter
Harry Jacobs
Red Handed Robbery: Deitrich Brothers Loot $1250
In South Bend Indiana on Friday morning William H and Raymond Deitrich beat nightwatchman Fred Floegler, shoved him into the basement, blew open Robertson brothers dry goods safe and took 1250 dollars. Floegler identified one assailant by red hands. Police captured the brothers at the Destrich home and recovered the money.
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South Bend
Ind
Fred Floegier
William H
Raymond Deitrich
Robertson Brothers
Floegler
Destrich
Mexican Riots Directed at Diaz Spark Texas Invasion Rumors
In El Paso reports from Mexico City describe attacks on Americans and a planned revolution aimed at Diaz. The plot allegedly targets the state of Mexico with a showdown on Sunday November 20. Government seizures of thousands of modern army rifles and vast funding for arms point to a broad revolutionary movement.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Texas
Rodrigues
State of Mexico
Mexico City
Indiana Stay-at-Home Voters Vast in 1910 Election
Analysis by John A. Lapp shows Indiana’s stay-at-home voters reached 118,921 in the 1910 election, 18 percent of the potential electorate. The study compares 1908 and 1900 figures, notes voter rolls from 1907, and situates Indiana within national patterns, including calls for compulsory voting.
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Indiana
John A. Lapp
Legislative Reference
Wisconsin
Lapp
United States
New York
New England
North Atlantic States
Atlantic States
Industrial boosters pick officers for Indianapolis suburb plan
The Greater Indianapolis Industrial Association elected John N. Carey president Winfield Miller treasurer Claudius C. Jones secretary and Charles A. Bookwalter general manager. The group has options on about 1600 acres near Indianapolis and aims to create an industrial suburb with new factories. Offices are at 1120 State House building.
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John N. Carey
Winfield Miller
Greater
Indiana
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