George W Cook the Mountain Hero Who Won a Seat in Congress
Denver dispatch recounts George W Cook a Colorado representative elect who became famous twenty years earlier for directing a daring rescue at the Homestake mine on Tennessee Pass. He commanded trains and miners, defying orders to save 100 miners buried by a snow slide, earning fame in the mountains and election to Congress.
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Youngest cashier ends life at bank in Pleasantville
Special to The Sun from Des Moines Iowa details the death of Ralph S. Flanagan at age 22 after serving as cashier of the First National Bank of Pleasantville since age 19. The financially strained period and worries over minor troubles led to a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Ralph S. Flanagan
Sun
Des Moines
Ifa
First National Bank of
Pleasantville
United States
Allm
Meeker Seeks Oregon Trail Highway From President
In Washington President Roosevelt examined Ezra Meeker and his oxen driven prairie schooner, recalling a 3000 mile journey along the Oregon Trail from Washington. Meeker urged converting the trail into a national highway, with the president saying it should be commercial rather than sentimental. Meeker, once a Hoosier, was raised near Indianapolis and spent last winter there.
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Ezra Meeker
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Oregon Trail
Indianapolis
Arethusa at Best in Crawford’s Bold Adventure
Alfred M. Downes, NY fire department secretary and author, is noted for a career in law and journalism. Reviews praise Marion Crawford and Arethusa for masterful plot, vivid heroine, and polished narrative as McMillen's and Harpers feature works by Harben, Wister, and Goldsmith.
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New York Fire Department
Harpers
New Haven
Yale Law School
New Haven Register
New York
Life
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Nicholas J. Hayes
John H. O’brien
Francis J. Lantry
Marion Crawford
Arethusa
John Palaeologus
Andronicus
Crawford
McMillen
Book Notes on Works by Shaw Watson and Nietzsche
Dr Albert Shaw plans The Outlook for the Average Man to be published this month and discusses social issues for younger citizens. Cambridge Modern History volume V on Bourbons and Stuarts appears this fall, with volumes V VI XI and all to the English edition of Nietzsche now completed. Beyond Good and Evil translated by Helen Zimmern joins Thus Spake Zarathustra The Dawn of Day and The Case of Wagner. Watsons The Story of France is acclaimed as a highly readable historical work becoming a favorite among readers.
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Nietzsche
Helen Zimmern
Zarathustra
Wagner
Thomas E. Watson
France
Roller skating returns to favor with fashion in New York
Special to The Lana New York November 30 roller skating rises in popularity this winter among high society. Mrs John Jacob Astor leads as champion while the Duchess of Marlborough and Mrs Clarence Makay show growing interest in skating and indoor athletics. A private rink will be provided.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
Duchess of Marlborough
Clarence Mackay
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Verdict for Defendant in Harlan Tram Case at Danville
In Danville Indiana November 30 the jury returned a verdict for the defendant in Mary L Harlan versus Indianapolis Terminal and Traction for 10000 damages. Harlan claimed injuries when alighting from a car at Sixteenth and Illinois streets last June after venue moved from Marion County.
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Marion County
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Illinois Sts
Death by Electricity Kills Indiana Electric Worker
Elkhart Indiana reports William A Winans assistant engineer at the Indiana and Michigan Electric plant was killed by electricity yesterday. The accident occurred at the plant in Elkhart and authorities are investigating the cause of the fatal incident.
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Michigan Electric
Yestentaz
New York Cigar Stand Secures World High Rental Per Foot
A. Schulte will lease a glass booth 21 by 9 feet underground in Hudson Terminal concourse. The $7,560 annual rent dwarfs nearby options, with two-for-a-quarter cigars seen as main sales and a 33 percent profit. Estimated daily foot traffic exceeds half a million as transit upgrades drive high booth values.
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Indianapolis Public Works to Vacate and Improve Streets
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis announces two measures. First, it will consider improvements on West Street Liberty Street and Bates Street with cement sidewalks, grading, paving and lawn work per Improvement Resolutions Nos. 5390 5391 and 529. Public hearing set for December 9 1907. Second, it seeks to vacate parts of Vinton Wilkins Jones Streets and the first alley west of Dakota Street with a December 11 1907 hearing. Final action to follow.
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Helby Street
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Preston C. Trusler
Fred J. Mack
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Jones Street
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Morris Street
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Stale Avenue
Orange Street
Leonard Street
M’lean Place
Illioms Street
Capitol Avenue
Tacoma Avenue
ST. Clair Street
Sixteenth Street
Milburn Street
Rembrandt Street
Eighteenth Street
Rurat
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Olive Street
Arabares Street
New Jersey Street
Central
Park and College Avenues
Broadway
Bellefontaine Street
Jala
T Foundation
Boad of Public Works
Sheriff Sale in Marion County Indiana 1907
Public auction to satisfy a decree for $2198.63 plus interest and costs. The Real Estate covers the north half of the east half of lot one in T R Fletchers subdivision outlet fifty eight in Indianapolis. The sale is December 7, 1907 at the Marion County Courthouse, with rents and profits for up to seven years offered first, then fee simple if needed.
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Great Council of
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T. R. Fletcher
Indianapolis
J .F. Clay
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