King George Dissolves Parliament For General Election
King George signed the dissolution proclamation after reading an address before Parliament. The next parliament is slated to convene January 31, 1911 as campaigning begins for nationwide elections amid a deadlock over vetoes and upper chamber reforms.
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London
King George
House of Commons
House of Peers
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Winston Churchill
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Commons
Edward
England
Great Britain
United States
Loveburo
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Newark Mourning for Fire Victims
Newark New Jersey officials report twenty four dead from the box factory blaze with three women among the dead and seven missing. Two bodies were found by workers in the ruins as city flags fly at half staff and black is draped over city hall. Clergy condemn lax safety measures and blame a girl worker for placing a lamp near a gas jet, cited as the direct cause of the catastrophe.
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Mexican veteran dies of apoplexy in Greenfield
J. H. Carr aged 86 died suddenly Monday at his Greenfield home from a stroke of apoplexy. A veteran of both the Mexican and Civil wars, he was the first Mason initiated into Hancock county lodge No. 201.
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J. H. Carr
Hancock County
Amusements Week at Local Theatres and Vaudeville
The week features Murbat ev idie Foy and Emma Carus in Up and Down Broadway for the first three nights, with The Murphy at KEITHS and The Awakening of Mr Pipp. Other venues present The Rosary, The Blue Mouse, The Telephone Girl, The Easiest Way, and burlesque offerings. Cabaret dogs appear at Colonial, while Lady Beatty dies in San Francisco leaving Consul the Great as sole rival. The Blue Mouse Broadway run by Arvine Benton at Majestic and The Phone Girl one act at Colonial headline a packed schedule with multiple dance, dancing chorus, and a Salome impersonation subplot threading through the week.
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Emma Carus
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Mr. Pipp
Park
Blue Mouse
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North Ilinois Street
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Cabaret
Lady Beatty
Arvine- Benton
Majestic Theater
New York
Germany
France
Denmark
Austria
Sweden
Mr. Fitch
Youthful Stage Manager Leads Shubert Casino Revue
James J. Daley, 24, serves as stage manager for Shubert's New York Casino revue Up and Down Broadway directing over 100 performers. He rose from chorus roles in The Mimic World and The Social Whirl to chief entrance duty and chorus handling, proving the era of youth on Broadway. Orgs and titles anchor his rapid ascent through Motor Girl King of Cadonia Paradise of Mahomet Wishing Ring and other productions.
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Broadway
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Cadonia
Mahomet
Shuberts
Martin Brown
Vaudeville at Keith’s Grand Opera House This Week
The Jareut of this week’s bill at B F Keith's Grand Opera House promises a full vaudeville program headlined by Charley Grapwin in The Awakening of Mr Pipp. Lavinia Shannon performs Blocking His Game with strong local appeal. The bill also features Bernard and Weston, Great Jarrow, Kaufmann cyclists, Suzanne Rocamora, Mack Marcus Bert Lottie Walton.
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Seadline
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Mr. Grapwin
Lavinia Shannon
Miss Shannon
Old Hand
Opera House
Miss Bernard
Willie Weston
Great Jarrow
Kaufmann
Suzanne Rocamora
Mack and
Marcus
Bert
Lottie Walton
The Rosary at Empire theater blends faith and hope on stage
A review lauds The Rosary by Edward Rose for Rowland and Clifford. It centers on a prosperous atheist husband and his wife, troubled by doubt until Father Brian Keitr helps restore love, faith, and harmony amid crisis. Joe Opp stars as a leading comedian with the Kentucky Belles touring this week.
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Rowland and
Clifford
Father Kelly
Mr. Blosser Jennings
Brian Keitr
Joe Opp
Kentucky Belles
Empire
Mr. Opp
Tim Murphy Stars in New Comedies at Murat Theatre
Tim Murphy appears at the Murat theatre Saturday for matinee and night showings featuring two new comedies Judge Barmelee and Mr Opp. The first play debuts Monday in Terre Haute and then comes here for Saturday matinee. The piece honors American manhood through humorous depictions across diverse settings from Texas to Washington and the Adirondacks.
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Murat Theater
Judge Barmelee
Mr. Opp
Terre Haute
Joseph Jefferson
Sol Smith Russell
John T. Raymond
Nat Goodwin
Murphy
Plains
Texas
New York
Adirondacks
Washington
West
Indiana Increases As Whisky Center in 1910
Indiana under the local option law becomes a major whisky state as figures from the internal revenue commissioner show large gains. The Sixth district centered on Indianapolis produced 4 750 808 gallons in the year to June 30 1910, up 940 028 gallons. The Seventh district at Terre Haute yielded 16 082 912 gallons, up 3 017 208 since 1909, for a state total increase of 3 957 224 gallons. The Seventh district ranks second in collections to Peoria district, overtaking Louisville. Cabell notes illicit distilling rising where prohibition is statewide.
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Cabell
Assassination Plot Confessions Linked to Others
In Bedford Indiana on November 28, Paoscolo Costante and Toni Bettura, both Italians, confessed in the office of Croscentor Underwood to plotting to assassinate John Meno, a Reeds Station merchant. They said they were paid a set sum to waylay and kill him and implicated others in the plan after being captured in Hammond.
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Reeds
Croscentor Underwood
Hammond
Chicago women start milk fund for starving babies
Chicago on November 28 faced reports of 5000 babies starving amid a garment workers strike. Mrs. James T. Bowen donated 1000 dollars to a Hull House milk fund as women organize relief efforts and condemn the infant distress.
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Chicago
James T. Bowen
Hull House
Red Cross Fund Growing Daily in Indianapolis
The Red Cross endowment fund in Indianapolis gains momentum as executives plan outreach across banks offices and factories. Chairman William Fortune met the executive committee to organize appeals to ministers and congregations ahead of a potential Sunday collections. Subscriptions can be sent to The Sun or to John H. Holliday treasurer Union Trust Company.
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Hugh J. McGowan
Louis Hollweg
Hugh Daugherty
Indianapolis
William Fortune
Suo
John H. Holliday
Union Trust Company
Indianapolis Teachers Lose Salaries to Vacations
M. F. Cox of the Indianapolis school fund reports teachers frequently do not collect their salaries monthly. Many cash out at year end during vacations. September saw most teachers paid. October left 121 checks worth about 240 dollars unclaimed, with many others outstanding.
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M. F. Cox
Kimball
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Groom Doffs Clothes and Hikes in Barrel in Denver
John St Lawhead was stripped by friends and paraded in the street with a barrel as his only concealment. Police arrested him while his fiancée Ella Berg cried, and the wedding was called off before being revived after the explanation and reconciliation.
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John St. Lawhead
Lawhead
Ella Berg
Rebels Pinned Near Fresno After Final Stand
Gen. Navarro with 600 federal troops pursues the last of Gen. Francisco Madero's rebels twelve miles from Fresno Chihuahua after a Sunday fight. Two horses were shot under Navarro as sharpshooters targeted him. Government aims to capture Madero and interrogates captives for his location.
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Boys Steal Liquor And Become Rowdy
A group of four youths aged 17 to 21 from Sheffield and Traub avenues used a rifle to force a man to dance on a river bank houseboat after stealing liquor. Police say the liquor came from William Coulton’s saloon on Traub Street. the raid followed a license dispute. Judge Collins bound them over to the grand jury on hearty bonds. investigators Shine and Haley described the act as a deliberate larceny with vicious intent.
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Sheffield Street
Serber
Robert Chamless
Traub Avenue
Enoch Ballard
Edward Snell
Collins
Postal ruling allows mailing of infectious matter for labs
A recent order from the postal department permits mailing infectious matter in proper casing to any laboratory approved for medical examination of germs. The rule sets the pathway for sending germ samples to authorized labs for testing and analysis.
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Poat Office
Department
Richmond Man Is Panned By Kok State Dept Pick
William 2 Dennis of Richmond Indiana former assistant solicitor for the state department returns from The Hague after aiding in settling the Orinoco steamship company claim against Venezuela. He is named agent for the United States in settling the border dispute with Mexico over the Chemical tract near El Paso on the Rio Grande. The land about 600 acres in El Paso’s outskirts grows tensions over sovereignty and river course changes. Dennis and his wife plan a holiday visit with Prof Dennis at Earlham College. Inspectors Crull and Flay named for animal industry work in Chicago. Civil service exams set for Dec 17 for postmasters at Deerfield Ridgeville and Clinton Summit Grove.
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Orinoco Steamship Company
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Earlham College
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