Unclear letter from Corporal Modney McGuire in the Philippines
A letter from Corporal Modney McGuire of the Third Infantry in the Philippines criticizes anti expansionists and U S administration. He condemns abuses of Filipinos and compares American politicians to cattle traders. He mentions Aguinaldo and troops facing Mauser bullets and tropical disease.
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Logan
Pory
Ind
Modney McGuire
Philippines
Third Infantry
Mys
Lugon
Aguinaldo
Woman with a gun terrorizes town in Illinois encounter
Mrs Butterfield while intoxicated entered a saloon and dispersed looters. She fired at a man unloading a car at the depot and shot at a gang of section men. She then fired on Mrs Mosier's home before being halted by the sheriff and a citizen posse.
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Ind
Butterfield
Home Again
Peru Indiana October 4 J M Switner a soldier and postal service employee in the Philippines has returned home.
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Peru
Ind
J. M. Switner
Postal Service
Philippines
Indiana Briefs From Across The State
Logansport reports scarlet fever while Nappanee faces a short tobacco crop. Terre Haute cremation planned for dead animals and Anderson records diphtheria death. Marion hosts WCTU state meeting. Anderson raids target fifteen homes. Plymouth girds for a fatal train accident. Evansville sights thefts of thermometers and slot machines.
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Nappanee
Terre Haute
DePauw Plant Collection Noted In Midwest History
The article highlights a Declared DePauw University botanical collection gathered by M Pauw in Arizona while employed by the government. It credits DePauw's botanical department as strong as any in the midwest, noting McDougal's 1890 graduation and Thomas Bowers of Seattle negotiating a Pendleton factory.
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M Pauw University
Arizona
DePauw
Middle West
McDougal
Ward 1 Democrats Meet in Maryland and California Streets
A general ward 1 Democratic meeting at Maryland and California streets drew a large crowd. Henry Hudson spoke claiming mayoral loyalty to 1896 Chicago platform and Taggart’s city work. Taggart arrived to an ovation and is spoken of as the people’s choice for mayor amid familiar, informal atmosphere led by Allen Jennings.
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Maryland
Taggart
Tom
Allen Jennings
Denny-Powell
Little Boy Killed by Street Car in City Accident
Charles Antrobus five lived with his parents at Dr Schiller street and was killed Tuesday evening at the S Meridian and Keller streets crossing. He clung to a farmer’s wagon then jumped on the track and was struck as the car slowly moved. The motorman says he could not stop in time. the boy’s skull was fractured and his body mangled. He was alive when found but died en route to a nearby office. Motorman William Troutwine and conductor William Burk were aboard. Troutwine was questioned and later released after giving his account to Sur J Quigley.
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Charles Antrobus
Dr Schiller-st
S. Meridian
Keller-sts
William Troutwine
William Burk
Troutwine
Sur*j. Quigley
Harvard Freshmen and Sophomores Clash Over Hazing
In Cambridge on October 4 Harvard faculty urged freshmen and sophomores to oppose hazing. A campus duel broke out outside the theater as the younger men won the fiercest rush of the year with several students wounded and scattered around.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Cloud of Flying Ants Spreads Across Chesapeake Street
A cloud of flying ants swarmed Chesapeake Street between Pennsylvania and Delaware streets on Wednesday about 10 a.m. Residents say millions filled the air, blackening the street as horses were driven off to avoid the insects.
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Chesapeake-st
Pennsylvania
Delaware-st
Colored Masons Elect Officers in Three Bodies
In Springfield Ohio on October 4 the thirty third degree Scottish Rite colored Masons elected officers. Illustrious grand potentate Amhern J. George was chosen along with high priest and prophet G. H. Logan and chief bahan M. B. Braum. Assistant bahan William Wilborn and oriental guide Julius Bethel also named. First ceremonial master William Robinson and second ceremonial master Frank Greek were selected, with treasurer C. B. Washington and recorder G. H. Breum completing the slate.
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G. Springfield
Amhern J. George
G. H. Logan
Bahan
M. B. Braum
William Wilborn
Julius Bethel
William Robinson
Frank Greek
C. B. Washington
G. H. Breum
Man Sues Street Car Company for 5000 Over Humiliation
Samuel J. Wilson sues the street car company in Virginia for 5000 dollars claiming humiliation and injuries after a conductor refused his transfer and, with the motorman's help, violently ejected him from a street car.
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Samuel J. Wilson
Virginia-avay
Baxley farmer orders coffin to get used to lying in it
John Boyer, 64, a Rock Hill farmer, had a coffin made for himself in Cumberland Maryland October 4. He explains his aim is to grow accustomed to lying in the coffin.
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Cumberland
John Boyer
Rock Hill
Randall Awarded 400 in Superior Court Damages
Lillian M. Randall was awarded $400 damages in superior court after claiming a streetcar lurch threw the conductor against her, injuring her. The decision was made on a Wednesday.
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Lillian M. Randall
Superior Court
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief
Editor Fackler of Mi canopy Florida extols One Minute Cough Cure as a remedy for La Grippe and lung ailments. The claim attributes cures to his family and cites pneumonia croup and other threats, noting availability at all druggists.
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Fackler
The
Micanopy
Fla
Assassination of Frank Walker and Bride Reported
News from eastern county says Frank Walker and his bride were shot at a neighbor’s house while at supper. Both were killed by a gunman firing through a window. Authorities suspect a jealous lover may be involved.
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New Florence
Frank Walker
J. R. W. Cook
Walker
Bigelow Critiques U S Colonial Policy and Mob Rule
Poultney Bigelow told the international geograph ical congress that the United States after occupying Manila has become a rival to Europe. He warned that American politicians and press fear mob sentiment and urged just administration of colonies as essential to success and world lesson. He likened colonies to children needing early, careful instruction.
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Berlin
Poultney Bigelow
International Geographical Congress
United States
Manila
Europe
America
School Board Candidates Address North Side Meeting
Charlies A Bookwalter spoke at the North-side Republican club house to reassure voters about gas meters. John Wall discussed the police judge race while Albert A Womack presided. Other candidates D M Geeting Charles W Moores and Albert Rabb spoke briefly before the meeting ended in sociability.
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Charlies A. Bookwalter
Republican Club
John Wall
Albert A. Womack
Charles W. Moores
D. M. Geeting
Albert Rabb
Geeting
Goss
SUN
Indianapolis
Cuban dynamite work described by Austrian officer
Gen Maximilian Jautsche, a Cuban army veteran under Gen Gomez, recounts explosive schemes used against Spaniards. He notes pre Cuban studies of explosives and states trains were dynamited with heavy casualties and wreckage, including a troop train with around 30 soldiers and another with about 60 men plunging into a canyon.
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Omaha
Neb
Maximilian Jautsche
Gomez
Jautscha
Cuba
Lone Place
Veteran Geisendorff receives pension and estate share
George Geisendorff was informed an estate worth about 120000 would be divided with a relative. He had his admittance to Marion soldiers home refused. His eight dollar pension was approved and he will receive 1264 dollars in back pay. He is from the well known Geisendorff family long associated with a local woolen mill on West Washington Street near the river.
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George Geisendorff
Marion
Geisendorff
W. Washington St
Taxes Paid Reach Seven Million On First Receivable Day
New York on October 4 reported seven million dollars paid in taxes on the first day this year’s taxes were receivable. Major payments included William W. Astor 406869.98 and the New York Central & Hudson River railroad 350000, with several estates and institutions contributing substantial sums.
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New York
William W. Astor
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Central Trust Company
August Belmont
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Ogden Goe Jet
W. H. Vanderbilt
Lorillard
George Bliss
Potter
Gould
Local Council Troubles Delay May Wright Sewall Address
Mrs May Wright Sewall failed to deliver her address on the International Council of Women before the local council due to a severe cold. The vacation school committee reported 219 pupils enrolled. An announcement set the London council report at 16 each and left attendees puzzled by the English currency equivalent.
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May Wright Sewall
International Council of Women
International Council
London
Two Die in San Juan Harbor Drowning and Shooting
Gen Davis reports two deaths at San Juan Porto Rico with Ed McDonald drowned Oct 1 and Cornelius Lynch shot by a policeman Tuesday died Wednesday.
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San Juan
Washington
Davis
Porto Rico
Ed McDonald
Cornelius Lynch
Des Moines Masonic Temple and Murphy House Burn
A Tuesday fire in Des Moines destroyed the Harris-Emery company Masonic temple and the Murphy house causing about 500000 dollars in losses. Other blazes in Titusville and Oil City, Pennsylvania, destroyed lumber and facilities with tens of thousands to six million feet of wood lost.
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Titusville
Harris-Emery Company
Masonic
Tiny Baby Dies In Bellevue Hospital Incubator
New York reports the five and a half inch baby, Baby Flay, weighing 17 ounces, died in its incubator cradle at Townsend cottage in Bellevue hospital. The incident is noted as the tiniest baby in the city.
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New York
Townsend Cottage
Bellevue Hospital
Knights and Ladies of Honor Meet in Union Trust Hall
The grand lodge session drew 74 delegates and over 100 visitors in Chosen Friends hall. Officers elected include W. S. Taylor as grand protector and J. R. Sample as grand vice, with officers from Indianapolis Evansville Jeffersonville Terre Haute New Albany Brazil and North Vernon. Installations followed, with adjournment to meet next year and past grand protector George C. Nash, Evansville.
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Grand Lodge
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Chosen Friends
Union Trust
Supreme Lodge
Indianapolis
W. S. Taylor
J. R. Sample
Evansville
W. E B. Hassan
Jeffersonville
J. T. H. Miller
Terre Haute
Florence Pulliam
Lou Smith
New Albany
Grand Guardian
Maggie Helbig
Sellersburg
Grand Sentinel
David H. Catshall
Brazil
Louis Groh
G. N. Lawrence
North Vernon
George C. Nash
Fresh Elders Appraise Property for Federal Building Site
The United States filed 14 condemnation suits in federal court Tuesday evening for possession of all property bounded by Meridian New York Pennsylvania and Chiosts the site of the proposed federal building. Judge Baker will name three disinterested freeholders to appraise the property.
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Square 36
Uncle Sam
United States
Meridian
New York
Pennsylvania
Chiosts
Baker
Notable Passengers From Alaska Return by Steamer
Notable passengers who returned by steamer from Alaska include Lord Hamilton Frederick Haggard brother of H Rider Haggard A H Bromier an English mining engineer and Rev Sheldon Jackson educational agent for Alaska Col J C McGook American consul at Dawson left Sept 20 en route to the states his return revives the story of his recall.
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Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Lord Hamilton
Frederick Haggard
H. Rider Haggard
A. H. Bromier
Sheldon Jackson
J. C. McGook
Dawson
France Wins Property Recovery Suit Against Columbian Exposition
In Chicago on October 4 the circuit court of appeals set aside the verdict in the France versus Columbian Exposition case for the recovery of property lost in the manufactures building fire and ordered a new trial. The suit had awarded France 957,900 before being overturned.
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France
Chicago
Republic of France
United States’ Circuit Court of Appeals
Window glass advances amid varied 1911 press drift
Wire reports note a 10 percent rise in window glass as druggists convene in Cincinnati. British and American political chatter, Yaqui battles, Dawson telegraph line completion, and local tragedies in Little Rock, Milwaukee, Hampton, and Chicago color the era’s headlines.
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Window Slass
United States
Cincinnati
Dawson
Alaska
Wow
Little Rock
Ark
Mark Hanna
Ohio
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Bay State
Ape Race
Francis Prudiow
Milwaukee
Julia Shield
Hampton
Frank Dvoarks
Chicago
Paine's Celery Compound Endorsed by J P Applegate
Compound J P Applegate of Red Bank New Jersey reports one year of immobility from inflammatory rheumatism then recovery after using Paine's Celery Compound He says the medicine restored strength cured pain and rebuilt his nervous system while improving appetite and digestion
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J. P. Applegate
Red Bank
N. J
Paine
Many Bills To Meet State Treasury Payout This Month
State treasurer will pay out 400000 this month to state institutions and officials. Penal and benevolent institutions receive for September and October as the new fiscal year begins November 1. Institutions turn over earnings to the state treasury under the new law. The state prison and Jeffersonville reformatory contribute monthly earnings.
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Penal and Benevolent
Jeffersonville
Toe-Less Burglary Suspect Killed by Ohio Posse
In XENTA Ohio Oct 4 an unknown man suspected of burglaries was shot and killed by a citizen posse near Springs Valley. Two suspects fled after capture and a posse found one in a corn field he moved as if to shoot and was fatally shot by Lincoln Swallow. The dead man was described as missing toes on both feet and with clipped ears.
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Xenta
Springs Valley
Lincoln Swallow
Big Four Route Offers Oct Sale on Chicago Return Tickets
Five dollar Chicago and return tickets available October 2 to 10 with return validity until October 14 if deposited with joint agent by noon the day after sale. Announcement by H. M. Bronson and A. G. Plal.
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Chicago
H. M. Bronson
A. G
St. Louis
Negroes Can Get Their Rights by Education Says Washington
Booker T. Washington spoke to the Baptist social union in Chicago on education for the colored race. He argued deportation is impracticable and urged negros to secure constitutional rights by building intelligence, property, employment, and high Christian character.
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Washington
Chicago
Booker T. Washington
Baptist Social Union
United States
Pile Suffering Healed by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
Joseph Stockford of Hodgdon Maine claims seventeen years of soreness and piles healed by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. The preparation is said to cure all skin diseases and is available at all druggists.
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Joseph Stockford
Hodgdon
DeWitt
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