Pinchot Urges Indiana Water Power Protection
Gifford Pinchot urged Indiana to keep water power sites under public control, noting states limit private holdings and stressing that rights should favor the people. He highlighted forestry legislation and praised Beveridge’s candidacy, while discussing national conservation efforts and regional gains in Oregon Wisconsin and New York.
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Indiana
Gifford Pinchot
United States
Forester
Logansport
Beveridge
Oregon
Wisconsin
New York
Congress A
Pinchot
House of Representatives
Senate
White Mountains
Appalachians
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
California
Henry” Slace
Des Moines
Ponal Conservation Congress
Purdue
Poyhood
Pittsburgh
Nele Henry
Indiana Eyes 10 Be Treated Better
The Indiana optometry board conducts its annual examination in the statehouse noting the fourth year of the board and the stiffest test yet. A three month optical college attendance is now required with no recognition for correspondence courses, aiming to curb fakers selling spectacles and misleading cures. Several named applicants from cities including Indianapolis Salem Alexandria Fort Wayne and Muncie join the examination, alongside officers John H. Bilis and A. N. Baker.
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Indiana
M. T. Jay
Portland
Ind
Statehouse
Treasurer of Argos Burns His Records
Alfred Tipton ex treasurer of Argos Indiana destroyed by fire all the books of his administration around early 1910 as told to examiners. Examiners find unaccounted sums from license receipts and records from helper Jacob Martin do not match. Tipton said five years in office caused neglect. A A Yarick contractor for water plant and schoolhouse work noted in report. Franklin Overmeyer payments recorded in semi annual installments of 756.25 each.
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Alfred Tipton
Argos
Ind
Sine Board of Accounts
Jacob Martin
Tipton
A. A. Yarick
Light and Water Works
Culver City
Franklin Overmeyer
Overdue Vessel Steams Into Port After Hurricane
New Orleans, Oct 24. A Havana dispatch says the Vaccaro line steamer Bluefields, eight days overdue, arrived safely Monday after being driven from course to San Antonio and drifting four days in the hurricane before regaining her course and entering port.
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New Orleans
Havana
Bluefields
Vaccaro Line
San Antonio
Postmaster General Seeks Mail Wagon Bids
Postmaster general has sent out an advertisement for proposals to carry the United States mail. Washington report notes the bid request aims to select contractors for mail wagon service with details expected to follow. The move signals a formal procurement process for future mail transportation contracts.
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Washington
Postmaster General
Fox Squirrel and Sparrow Aerial Battle on Wire
An English sparrow encounters a fox squirrel on a high North Street telephone wire near the Indianapolis home for the blind. The fox squirrel swiftly overtakes the dazed bird, a brief scuffle ends with the rodent winning. The squirrel travels three blocks before settling in a tree at 316 East North Street.
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North Street
Indianapolis
East North Street
Last Rites for David B. Hill in Albany Church
Thousands filed past the late ex governor David B. Hill’s peaceful features at St Peter s church after the body was moved from Wolfert s Roost. Democrats from across New York attended with notable pallbearers and officials. The funeral car proceeded to Elmira and interment is planned in Montour Falls.
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Albany
St. Peter’s Church
David B. Hill
St. Peter's Church
Irving G. Vann
Frederick Collin
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Alden Chester
United States
Edward Murphy Jr
Troy
Allen B. Parker
Norman E. Mack
John A. Dix
Thomas M. Osborne
D. Cady Herrick
William F. Sheehan
John B. Stan
Embarrassed Clerk Flooded by Classified Ads
Unloving friends of Charles Wright a shipping clerk at the American motor car works mocked him after marriage to Miss Elizabeth Lichel as local papers carried ads. Wright’s home at 3815 Graceland avenue saw callers seeking a coachman, buyers for a second-hand stove, or sellers of a wagon advertised as wanted.
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Charles Wright
American Motor Car Works
Elizabeth Lichel
Wright
Graceland Avenue
Jewels Worth 10000 Stolen From Chicago Hotel Lobby
Traveling jewelry salesman J C Foster Jr of Columbus Ohio reported a theft in Chicago on October 24. He left a suitcase containing $10000 in a hotel lobby while checking in and returned to find the bag missing. Detectives are investigating the case.
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Chicago
J C. Foster, Jr
Columpus, C
Great Northern
Foster
Garment Workers Clash. Six Arrested in Chicago Fight
In Chicago on Monday police clashed with striking garment workers in front of the Kuhn Nathan and Fisher factory. Six union members were arrested and one score was reported injured in the melee. The incident underscores mounting tensions in the labor dispute surrounding the strike.
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Score
Chicago
Garment Makers’ Union
Elkinds out of danger after incident
A brief report notes a person named Elkinds is out of danger following an October 24 incident. Details are sparse with readable OCR fragments.
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Elkins
Lelkins
W. Vai
Standpatter to Defend Position at Circle Meeting
Indianapolis prohibition club meeting features Charles M Lemon on Why I Am an Insurgent and Rev Charles M Fillmore candidate for state senator on Why I Am a Standpatter. Hillside Christian church male sextet to sing at Morrison's on the Circle.
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Indianapolis
Prohibition Club
Charles M. Lemon
Charles M Fillmore
Hillside Christian Church
Morrison's
Husband deserts wife over snoring and chewing tobacco
Winchester Ind Oct 24 Special to The Sun On charge of desertion Robert Wilkerson obtained a divorce Saturday from his wife Ada She left him she said because he snored and chewed tobacco.
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Winchester
Ind
Robert Wilkerson
Ada
Bride Collapses After Prank On Prominent Bridegroom
Evansville report says A Heber Help, a leading businessman, was married Sunday then kidnapped by four friends who chained him in a car and forced him to a downtown hotel. The bride collapsed from nervous prostration Monday morning. her condition is serious.
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Evansville
A. Heber Help
Help
Mayor Finds He Is Not Citizen of U.S.
A. J. Scott, longtime Hancock leader and former town supervisor, has learned he is not a U.S. citizen and has applied for naturalization. He served in the 52nd Wisconsin during the Civil War, which he believed naturalized him.
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U.S
Hancock, Mich
A. J. Scott
Hancock
Hancock Township
Lfe
United States
Fifty-Second Wisconsin Regiment
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