Invention May Reform Straw Board Industry In Sweden Report
Swede Is Truthful Health Needs Now Hinder Pollution of Streams With Refuse Would Be Stopped and Profits Would Spread Indiana straw board growth could surge if a Swedish discovery proves true. The idea turns mill refuse and sulphite waste into profitable by products, possibly enabling alcohol production from refuse and reducing pollution fears.
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Sweden
Indiana
Iso
E. D. Winslow
Stockholm
United States
Mero
Fights for Men Set Out for Economy in Postoffice
The Indianapolis postoffice clerks union plans an executive board meeting Thursday to push reinstatement efforts. They seek national officer cooperation, may appeal to Postmaster General Hitchcock, and could approach Indiana congressmen if negotiations stall. Eight affected clerks include three current members.
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Indianapolis
Oterms
Frank T. Rogers
Frank H. Hitchcork
Hin
Clerks’ Association
Indiana
A. Korbly
Bryson
State Normal Asks Money and Buildings
William H. Marsons, president of the Terre Haute Indiana state normal school faculty, urges Gov. Marshall to provide income at least one third higher, fund a new fireproof building for industrial ports, manual training and sciences, and build a dormitory for 100 women. A visiting committee underscores the dormitory need for student safety and comfort. W. H. Armstrong says tax proceeds are insufficient. CLAYPOOL HOTEL CAFES plans a Thanksgiving high class meal in Indianapolis with eastern delicacies and an invitation to sample before serving.
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Marshall
William H. Marsons
Indiana State Normal School
Terre Haute
John W. Cook
Northwestern
Il Huois State Normal School
Lee F. Driver
Randolph County
Charles K. Clark
Boonville
W. H. Armstrong
Board of Trustees
Claypool Hotel
Indianapolis
Swedish Painter Paints Portrait of Mrs Taft in Washington
Bror Kronstand of Sweden has completed a portrait titled The First Lady of the Law of Mrs William H Taft wife of the president. Kronstand, famed in England, says he painted character not beauty and was welcomed by Mrs Taft after presenting his idea.
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Taft
Washington
William 11. Taft
Bror Kronstand
Sweden
lWkeness
Kronstand
England
Mrs. Taft
Questioning of Hotel Waiters Club Manager Gainer
In criminal court Judge Pritchard hears an appeal by John Ratcliffe on a blind tiger charge. Ratcliffe, claiming to be manager and secretary of the Hotel Waiters Club, explains raids found two members on site. He says he pays monthly takings to the treasurer who passes to directors. The state contends Ratcliffe profits from the club. the defense argues he is merely an organizational representative. The court has eleven similar appeals pending.
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James A. Pritchard
John Ratcliffe
Ratelifffe
Nashville
Tenn
Incorporated Club
Bowman Street
Ratcliffe
Typhoid Outbreak Strikes Indiana School at Plainfield
Official report to Gov. Marshall by Supt Eugene E York details the Plainfield incident. Ninety one pupil cases and five employee cases of typhoid fever, three deaths, traced to sewage pollution of a spring. Water will be tested quarterly going forward.
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Indiana Boys’ School
Plainfield
Eugene E. York
Marshall
Cudahy Under Knife for Appendicitis
Chicago November 24 Michael Cudahy millionaire packer underwent an appendicitis operation at Mercy hospital early Wednesday. Officials said he was doing as well as could be expected after the procedure.
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Cudahy
Chicago
Michael Cudahy
Wmillionaire
Thanksgiving Raise For Brooklyn Rapid Transit Workers
In New York on November 23 a 5 percent wage increase is granted to all Brooklyn H Rapid Transit trainmen. The raise covers more than 10,000 employees across surface and elevated lines as a Thanksgiving day gift.
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New York
Brooklyn H Rapid
DROWNED IN WELL IN MADISON DURING NIGHT ACCIDENT
Special to The Sunn reports Madison Indiana on November 23 that John Eckert senior fell into a well Tuesday night while working near the dwelling. Rescue attempts followed but he perished. Local authorities are investigating the accident.
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Sunn
Madison
Ind
John Eckert, Sr
Amusements in Town The Naked Truth and Polly of the Circus
The program lists Murat Cyril Scott in The Lottery Man and Polly oof the Circus at Park with The Virginian at Park. D'Emery's The Two Orphans returns in grand style at Majestic with Parisian settings. Thanksgiving matinee features and The Blue Mouse follow The Two Orphans. Henry Dixey stars in The Naked Truth at Shubert Murat, praised for his unique comedy craft.
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Cyril Scott
Keith
Henry FE. Dixey
Shubert Murat
George Paston
W. B. Maxwell
London
Charles Hawtrey
Bonnie Darrell
Windham
Prince of Wales
Mer. Dixey
Adonis
Evangeline
Devil
Mary Jane
Buncie’ Darrell
Dixey
D'Emery
Asa
Paris
Messrs
Arvine
Benton
Shubert Murat Theatre
Wiictt
Sam
Lee Shubert (Inc
New York
George Felix Faces Opening Night Jitters at Grand Opera House
George Felix and the Barry girls headline this week’s vaudeville bill at B F P Keith's Grand Opera House. Felix fears the opening performance due to unfamiliar orchestra cues, stagehands, and lighting, plus a strange stage and audience layout. He recalls a Pittsburgh engagement with a pitchy stage and the need to keep his shoes dry to prevent mishaps.
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George Felix
Barry Girls
Keith
Grand Opera House
Felix
Pittsburg
Feliv Saya
Amateur acts to headline Coloniale Thursday night show
A special amateur performance will be staged at the Coloniale Thursday night alongside the regular vaudeville bill. About forty acts seek spots on the amateur bill, from which a selection will be made to craft a varied program. Moody and Goodwin bring six trunks of wardrobe for their act.
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Coloniale
Moody and Goodwin
Lathe Mayer
Sensational diver dazzles Riverside bathing beach memory
The young performer famed for aquatic routines last summer at Riverside bathing beach returns in touring vaudeville shows. She gains attention in Southern theater circuits with striking costumes and bold aquatic acts.
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Iag
Riverside Bathing Beach
Franks Sisters Stage Novel Blackface Act at Empire
The Franks sisters, two clever southern girls, contribute a striking blackface act to the Empire season. They recently returned from a European music hall tour where they were a big hit, and their real life exposure to southern Negro culture informs their performance.
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Empire
Franks
South
Clowry Steps Down. Theodore Vail Succeeds at Western Union
New York Nov 23 Robert C Clowry resigns as president of Western Union telegraph company. Theodore N Vail of American Telephone and Telegraph becomes president as the controlling concern of Western Union. Clowry cites long service and retirement urge while Vail’s telegraph roots trace to Alfred Vail and Morse era.
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Robert C. Clowrs
Western Union Telegraph Company
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Union Company
Clowry
Vail
Vail Familly
Alfred Vail
Prof. Morse
America
Newcombarlton
Westinghouse Company
Western Union
Conductor Dismissed After Self Defense Death
J A Kizer the Ft Wayne conductor who killed a troublesome passenger in self defense Monday was discharged Wednesday and manslaughter charges dismissed.
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FT. Wayne
Ind
J. A. Kizer
Oceanic Collides With Tug Towing Barges
The Oceanic of the White Star line collided off Robbing Reef while entering the bay from Quarantine with a tug towing two barges. One barge sank, no lives believed lost, Oceanic only slightly damaged and no passenger panic reported.
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New York
Oceanic
White Star Line
Southampton
Robbing Reef
Lves
Masons Attend Funeral in Bloomington for Buskirk
Thirty second degree Masons from Indianapolis will come to Bloomington Friday to conduct the funeral of Lawrence V. Buskirk a thirty third degree Mason of this city. Buskirk was formerly mayor and post master of Bloomington and at his death was treasurer of Indiana University.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indianapolis
Lawrence V. Buskirk
Buskirk
Indiana University
Camp Holds Meeting of Sons of Veterans Unit
Ben Harrison camp No 356 Sons of Veterans met in Room 12 at the statehouse Tuesday night. The gathering featured addresses by Col Eli F Ritter Judge James A Collins Newton Z McGuire and past commander Frank A Martin.
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Ben Harrison Camp
Sons of Veterans
Statehouse
Eli F. Ritter
James A. Collins
Newton Z. McGuire
Frank A. Martin
Beech Grove Traction Line Track Laying Starts Monday
Laying of the track for the Beech Grove traction line begins Monday under a Welch and McGregor contract. The promoters expect the line to be in operation by March 1.
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Beech Grove
Welch & McGregor
Engine Strikes Car in Chicago Street Crash
A Chicago accident injured a score of people when a R. and O. locomotive hit a street car at Ninety second street and Erie avenue on Wednesday.
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Chicago
Ninety-second Street
Erie Avenue
Four Die As Store Collapse Buries Homes
In Cleveland Ohio on Tuesday night the rebuilt Koch and Henk furniture store collapsed, killing four people and injuring ten. Names of deceased include Mrs J B Jackmey and Rosalind Fruitkin with several Fruitkin relatives among the injured. Eight rescued, others unaccounted as the wreckage burned earlier.
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Koch & Henk Furniture
Simon Fritkin
William Stein
J. B. Jackmey
Simon Fruitkin
Rosalind Fruitkin
Thelma Fruitkin
Leonard Fruitkin
Helen Ylonen
Edward Jackmey
Elizabeth Fowler
Niece Worth
Samuel Wolfenstein
Isaac Basekail
Carrol
Fred May
Koch &Henk
Lad
Indiana issues record hunters licenses in November
Breaking all records for hunting in Indiana the number of licenses issued by the State Fish and Game Commissioner George W. Miles during November, since the opening of the hunting season was found to be 2200 Wednesday. The day before Thanksgiving was a record breaker and officers prophesy woods and fields will be black with hunting parties Thursday.
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Indiana
Stnate Fish and Game
George W. Miles
Audson
Fire destroys Toledo and Ohio Central station in Columbus
Fire of unknown origin broke out early Wednesday in a cupola above the engineer's room on the second floor tearing through the brick station on Weg Broad street. The Toledo and Ohio Central railroad depot suffered about 50 690 in losses including many valuable records.
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Columbus
Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad
Wegs Broad Street
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