Accused Trustee Faces $5,124 Discrepancy Charges
Rochester township trustee R. W. Wylie is charged by examiners Ulysses Jordan and Lloyd R. Christmas with discrepancies totaling $5,124.61. Allegations include forged vouchers, unproven deliveries, and personal use of township funds for coal, hay, and rent. Also named are invalid school and road-related payments and overdrawn salary. Charles Jackson, trustee 1900-1904, faces separate overpayment claims.
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R. W. Wylie
Rochester Township
Fulton County
Ulysses Jordan
Lloyd R. Christmas
Wylie
B. Noftiger
C. J. Sparks
Frank Dillon
A. J. Barrett
Barret
K. P. Richardson
Richardson
Noftiger
Noftsger
Wnoftsger
McKinley
Indiana Pike Line Company
Charles Jackson
Trustees’ Association
No score in first half of big Yale Harvard game
New Haven article notes neither Harvard nor Yale scored in the first half of the afternoon football clash. Yale supporters praised their team’s solid play, arguing Yale matched or outperformed Harvard. The report suggests Harvard will need a strong surge to defeat Yale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Harvard
Yale
Crimson
Labor Temple Proposed for AFL Central in St Louis
A proposal to erect a permanent labor temple to host all future conventions is being considered by a committee in President Samuel Gompers report. The plan designates Washington DC as the logical site. Delegates of the American Federation of Labor will review the recommendation.
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Labor Temple
ST. Louis
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Washington, D. C
Gompers
Doctors Form Pure Food Law Organization
Indiana physicians and veterinarians form a new Pure Drug Law group led by Dr. Edmund D. Clark to secure legislative appropriations and enforce purity standards. The drive targets better state laboratory work, federal help, and widespread physician enrollment to curb weak drugs and improve drug market reliability.
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The
Indiana Physicians’ Pure Drug Assocation
Medical and
Edmund D. Clark
City Board of Health
Charles EE. Cottingham
F. 8. Heath
Frank Morrison
Thomas (. Kennedy
I. H. Roberts
State Board of Health
State Food and Drug Laboratory
Attica
Indiana Physicians’ Pure Drug Association
Food and Drug Commissioner
Friends of the Law
Washington
Indiana
Marshall Attends Governors Congress in Frankfort
Gov. Marshall will attend the congress of governors at Frankfort Kentucky on November 29 30 and December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Congress of Governors
Frankfort
Indiana Springs Into Fame as State of Flat-Footed Men
A humorous anecdote features Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson noting Indiana’s many flat-footed men as a statistics based joke. An Army recruiting sergeant in Indianapolis confirms Hoosier pride while conceding the mystery behind the footed trait remains unsolved.
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Indiana
Cyrstal Palace
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Wat
Gan
Watson
United States War Department
Union
Dr. Watson
Holmes
Indianapolis
Sergt
Geoce Harrinson
Sergi. Harrington
Hoosier
Ohio
Kentucky
Kenses
Wreck Scene Near Richmond Claims Engineer and Ends in Delays
At Glen Miller park near Richmond Indiana crowds visited the scene of Thursday's crash. J E Bales of Richmond died and four others were scalded or bruised when a Pennsylvania passenger train collided with freight cars. Fireman J B Smith was badly bruised and hospitalized. initial fears blamed a missed warning signal. Traffic in and out of Richmond was halted for hours as wrecking crews cleared debris.
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Richmond
Inud
Glen Miller Park
Ind
J. E. Bales
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
J. B. Smith
Richmond Hospital
Cholera Devastates Turkish Army Amid Persian Frontiers
Unofficial dispatches from Constantinople report 300 soldiers die daily from cholera as the Turkish army collapses morale. Reinforcements refuse to stay at garrisons, fleeing toward the Persian frontier and provoking Kurdish clashes along the border.
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London
Constantinople
Trimmed stones for Indiana Statehouse mark a long career
Thomas Brolley, 85, of North Vernon, will become the Democratic head of the state statistician bureau. A former Indiana legislator born in Newport KY in 1854, he helped lay the foundation stone for the statehouse in 1878 and is credited with a long career in politics and public service. He aims to keep staff as he learns statistics.
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Thomas Brolley
North Vernon
Office of State Statistician
Brolley
Newport
Brosley
Catholic Church
Knights of Columbiaa
Young Men's Institute
Order of Eagles
Indiana
Faithful 006 Not to Die in City Pound
William Boethel a cigar clerk at the Pythian building saved a stray dog named Sticker from a planned death at the pound. The dog barked at water in White river and drew a man to investigate a possible drowning. Boethel vowed to find Sticker a home or buy a license and release him.
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William Boethel
Pythian
Nat
White River
Oliver Avenue
Wille Carey
Willie
Mr. Boethel
Navy Accepts Man But Slashes Name
A Navy recruiter accepts a man eager to enlist after a job loss but cannot record his full name. Edward Frank Willabert Harry Thomason and others recite multiple names, and the officer finalizes the entry as Edward Frank Wood, second class fireman, incognito, from 56 North Elder Avenue, Indianapolis.
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Navy
Edward Frank Willabert
Harry Thomason
Lewis Albert Frits Wood
F. Wood
Wood
Edward Frank Wood
North Elder Avenue
Indianapolis
Dole to Speak on What the Modern Church Will Do
Charles F. Dole of Boston will give a lecture on What the Modern Church Will Do at the Odeon Tuesday night. Dole, author of several books, heads the Twentieth Century club.
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C. F. Dole
Odeon
Charles F. Dole
Boston
Mr. Dole
Twentieth Century Club
Deny over Wise candidacy fuels speakership intrigue
Governor Marshall reportedly has not endorsed Adam Wise for speaker though Wise appears as a compromise candidate amid factional fights. Rumors say Taggart supporters push Wise as a ruse to drop Spencer, with Marion county Democrats split between Spencer and Seidensticker in a Denison hotel gathering. Wise backs include Fleming of Fort Wayne and Fairbanks of Terre Haute.
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Adam Wise
Plymouth
Marshill
Wige
Wise
Gov. Marshall
Marshall
Mane
Taggart
Tom Taggart
William W. Spencer
Tagegartites
Adolph Seidensticker
Indianapolis
Joe Cravens
Madison
Marion County
Denison
Spencer
Sledensticker
Senator Shively to Return Home from Chicago Hospital
Senator B F Shively is expected home from Michael Reese private hospital in Chicago on Monday per wife. Word from Chicago says he left for home Saturday, returning to South Bend, Indiana, with his health status described as the basis for the homeward move.
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the Sun
South Bend
Ind
B. F. Shively
Michael Reese
Chicago
Greek Calendar Frees Man From Charge of Running Blind Tiger
On Oct 26 equal to Nov 8 Vassell Pinch was arrested for running a blind tiger at 62544 West Washington street. In court he claimed innocence, an interpreter aided communication, and the judge postponed the case then discharged Pinch. The proceedings noted calendar confusion and Pinch celebrated his birthday during the case.
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Vassell Pinch
West
Washington Street
Vaseell
Collins
Vaenall
Vassell
Vasseli
Demetri
Pinch
Qn Gaint
Merritt
West Chester County
Ed Brower
Chappaqua
N. Y
Brower
Butler College Dorm Rules Tighten After Silent Encounter
President Howe warns against loitering and bans corridor conversations between boys and girls after a midnight sighting in Butler Hall. Dorm rules now restrict morning calls, forbid dormitory phone use without permission, and limit afternoon visits to sixty minutes with special consent required. Officials await further guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Edgington
Butler College
Bribery Bid by Grateful Traveller in Local Break-in
W. V. Graves of Columbus shivered at Sixteenth and Alabama streets then tried doors of People's Light and Heat. Police say he offered bribes to officers after being found with a revolver. In police court the judge dismissed concealed weapons charge and deemed the bribe offer a fright reaction.
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Sixteenth
Alabama
People’s Light and Heat Company
Wells
Helm
Aguer
Graves
Columbus
Arkansas
Sixteenth Street
Heat and Light Company
Collins
Two Men Die in Roadhouse Fight Over Girl
In Armonk New York a gang of Italians stormed Daniel Merritt’s roadhouse to seize a girl staying there. John McCann and Fred Jensinco were killed, the building riddled with pellets, and the missing girl left no trace as deputies detained ten suspects.
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White Plains
N. Y
Armonk
Here
Daniel Merritt
John McCann
Beund Hin, Conn
Fred Jensinco
Corner Cop Demands Signals From Drivers
A tense street scene unfolds as a corner policeman gestures wildly and orders drivers to signal their intended direction. He laments that drivers never acknowledge him and insists the public must know about the signaling problem, while a sergeant approaches.
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Blake Street
Bridge funding stake grows for West Washington span
Homer Blount, chief deputy in the county surveyor's office, will ask Saturday for an additional $10,000 for the West Washington street bridge over Eagle creek. The old county council previously appropriated $20,000 for the project.
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Homer Blount
County Surveyor’s Office
West Washington Street
Eagle Creek
Old County Council
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State Board of Accounts
E. D. Clark
Ment
Army
Them
Indiana Statehouse
Neasenaress BB
Os Saeaves Auanees
Willie Carey
Deny
U. K
Senator Shively
Butler Hall
Shivers
Door
W. V. Graves
Columbus, Ind
Shiv
Sherif Sherf
Indianapolis Sun
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