Dolliver by Old Friends Addresses of Eulogy
Memorial services for Senator Jonathan I Dolliver featured eulogies by Secretary Wilson Bishop Earl Cranston and others. Clergy lauded his untarnished name and honesty as his lasting asset in the Senate while floral tributes marked his pew.
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Washington
Jonathan I. Dolliver
Foundary Methodist Church
Dolliver
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Earl Cranston
M.E. Church
Charles W. Smith
Portland
Ore
Kenyon
Secretary Wilson
Congress
Bishop Cranston
Senate
Aged Man Fires On Neighbor In Granger County Event
Greencastle Ind Oct 24 James Coverdale 65 shot and fatally wounded Winfield Patterson 38 Sunday night Patterson with three friends visited Coverdale to discuss politics. The door opened and a buckshot blast tore away part of Patterson's neck authorities say.
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Sun
Greencastle
Ind
James Coverdale
Winfield Patterson
Patterson
Beering and Shotgun Rampage In Shelbyville Night
In Shelbyville Indiana on October 24 Scott R. Smith twenty three stood with a shotgun on a street corner threatening pedestrians hunting the man who beat him in a fight at a dry beer parlor. He surrendered the gun to his mother and was arrested. George Blackwell of Norwood near Indianapolis traced a thief who lifted a gold watch a diamond ring a revolver an overcoat a dress coat two pairs of trousers two vesta and a white counterpane to a paint near the town where the robber dropped the jewelry beside the railroad track.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Scott R. Smith
Smith
George Blackwell
Norwood
Indianapolis
Here
Glass Worker Awarded Seven Thousand Damages
Franklin Ind October 24 A jury awarded John Pruitt seven thousand dollars in a lawsuit against the Marietta Glass Manufacturing Company of Indianapolis. The case was tried there on change of venue after Pruitt sought twenty five thousand dollars for personal injuries.
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Franklin
Ind
John Pruitt
Marietta Glass Manufacturing Company
Indianapolis
Pruitt
Farmer dies as train strikes behind carriage at Mt. Vernon crossing
Jackson Brock, a Mt. Vernon farmer, was killed when a L. and N. passenger train struck his carriage at a crossing. His daughter Mildred was seriously injured. The horse was dragged fifty yards and killed. The item also notes a cold wave bringing widespread coughs, colds, and grippe with typhoid fears, praising Haag remedies and noting discounted drugstore prices.
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MT. Vernon
Ind
Jackson Brock
Mildred
Taft Visits Ellis Island and Considers Expansion
President Taft toured Ellis Island in New Jersey and was shown a plan to spend 50,000 to double the island’s facilities. He declined to back concentrating all immigration at New York, noting efforts to divert arrivals to other ports and cooperation from steamship firms. Commissioner Williams highlighted the proposed appropriation during the inspection.
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Ellis Island
N. J
Taft
Williams
Congress
New York
Joy Riding Boys Sentenced to Indiana Reformatory
William Roberts Walter Shiek and Philip Yost were sentenced by Judge Pritchard in criminal court to the Indiana reformatory for one to fourteen years each. A $1 fine and costs were added. They had stolen a car owned by John C. Ruckelshaus of 2219 Central Avenue during a show at the Murat theater.
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William Roberts
Walter Shiek
Philip Yost
Indiana
City Sprinkling Department Saves $20,000 This Year
Indianapolis street sprinkling department reports saving twenty thousand dollars in 1910 compared with 1909. Last year 60,000 was spent, this year 40,000 was appropriated yet more streets were sprinkled. Sprinkling cost per 10,000 square feet fell from 24.50 to 17.60, reflecting efficiency gains.
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Indiianapolis
Fire causes $10,000 damage in Spiceland meat market
Spiceland Indiana reports about $10,000 damage from a Sunday fire with no fire protection beyond a bucket brigade. Flames started at David Trabue's meat market and spread quickly, affecting S. E. Test, George Evans, A. J. Spencer, C. B. Harvey, and the Spice land bank. Deadwood South Dakota notes a natural ice plant in Englewood owned by Harry Shaffer, a drift mine ninety feet long producing subzero temperatures for ice and cold storage.
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Spiceland
Ind
David Trabue
S. E. Test
George Evans
A. J. Spencer
C. B. Harvey
Spiceland Bank
Deadwood
S. D
Englewood
Here
Harry Shaffer
Mr. Shaffer
Rail lines to join on Meridian through Adler Minnesota Church streets
The Indianapolis Union and Indianapolis Southern railway companies petitioned the board of works to vacate parts of Adler Minnesota and Church streets to enable a connection between the two lines. The proposed route would run from Meridian street along Union tracks through Adler Minnesota and Church streets to a point north of Minnesota street and west of Church street. The petition was received Monday but no action was taken.
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Adler
Minnesota
Church Streets
Board of Works
Indianapolis Union
Indianapolis Southern Railway Companies
Meridian Street
Indianapolis Union Railway
Minnesota Street
Church Street
Aldrich Improving News From New York Oct 34
In New York reports Aldrich shows improvement while Senator Nelson addresses the Islamic rate at the United. The brief item notes ongoing political and health related updates with limited readable context.
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Aldrich
New York
United
Nelson
Heinze Must Bank With Court Officer
Washington October 24 Arthur P Heinze brother of F A Heinze Montana topper king will serve ten days in marshal custody and pay 200 fine for inducing a witness to flee to Canada The supreme court refused to review the federal case from New York connected with charges against F A Heinze under the national banking act A subpoena had summoned Tracy S Buckingham before the grand jury Arthur P Heinze was charged with paying him a hundred dollars to leave the country
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Washington
Arthur P. Heinze
F. Augustus Heinze
Montana
United States
Canada
Supreme Court of the United States
Heinze
Federal Court of New York
Supreme Court
F. A. Heinze
Tracy S. Buckingham
Boy 13 Steals to Buy Cigarettes in Court Case
Ross Cotterman, aged 13, prompted Judge Stubbs to order his mother to sign an affidavit against him after she accused him of stealing money to fund a social life. The court ruled cigarettes were the root of the trouble and continued the trial.
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Ross Cotterman
Stubbs
Headache Powder Kills Man in Fort Wayne
Henry Woehinker’s wife bought headache powder for him in Fort Wayne Indiana and he took a dose. He rapidly lost consciousness and died within three hours according to a local report.
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FT. Wayne
Ind
Henry Woehinker
State Free Employment Bureau Adds Military Branch
State bureau officers, under J. L. Peetz, now guide army recruiting through the free employment bureau. Capt. James P. Watson directed Indianapolis station officers to operate from bureau offices. Sergt. Charles Stinebaugh appeared in full dress inside the bureau, marking a military extension to bureau work.
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United States Army
State Free Employment Bureau
Bureau
J. L. Peetz
Bureau of Statistics
James P. Watson
Coast, Artillery
Indianapolis
Charles Stinebaugh
Tsa
Merchant killed over bill dispute near Valparaiso
Rodie Stovaner of Chicago who ran a provision store in a labor camp along the Baltimore & Ohio railroad six miles north of Valparaiso was shot dead early Sunday by George Markens of Chicago. The two men, both from Chicago, had a dispute over an owed account. Markens fled and was hiding at the south end of Take Michigan.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Rodie Stovaner
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio
Here
George Markens
Markens
Stovaner
Take Michigan
Amusements in Local Theaters This Week
Listings show Murat presenting Anna Pavlova and Michael Mordkin and the Russian ballet of sixty. Lew Dockstader’s Twentieth Century Minstrels appear Friday and Saturday. Keith’s Grand features Gertrude Hoffmann’s Trevue. Park offers Beverly then As the Sun Went Down. Majestic presents Arvine Benton players in My Friend From India. Colonial offers Van’s Minstrels. English’s runs The Follies of 1910. Empire shows Star Show Girls burlesque.
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Murat
Anna Pavlova
Michael Mordkin
Lew Dockstader
B .F. Keith
Gertrude Hoffmann
Park—Mccutcheon
Beverly
Majestiic
Arvine Benton
India
Faudeville
Van
Empire
East Indian dancers to stage in Hoffmann revue week of Oct 23
The Gertrude Hoffmann Revue at B F Keith’s Grand Opera House will feature eight Cingelese dancers from Bombay to assist in The Snake Charmer. They travel with seven native servants, a chef and a snake keeper, ensuring comfort and spectacle for the performance.
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Misa Gertrude Hoffmann
Gertrude Hoffmann
B. F. Keith
Grand Opera House
Miss Hoffmann
Snake Charmer
Bombay
India
Colonial theater bill offers varied acts this week
Vall's minstrels headline a regular minstrel show with Countess Leontine making matinee stage appearances for ladies. John T. Baker of the Empire theater’s Star show girls performs as Willie Green a comic boy impersonation, supported by Miss Louie in a lively program for all tastes.
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Vall
Leontine
John T. Baker
Star Show
Empire Theater
Willie Green
Mr. Baker
Louie
Lynne and a big company of favorites in burletta
The Star offers two new musical burlettas and a bold lineup of vaudeville acts headlined by Lynne and a large troupe of show girls delivering a lively afternoon of entertainment.
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Lynne
Star ‘Show Girls
Barnard Elected to Chemical Office by Society
H. E. Barnard state food and drug commissioner becomes chairman of the food and agricultural chemistry section of the American Chemical Society. He follows Charles E. Wood who resigned as director of the state experimental station in Maine. Barnard learned of the unanimous board choice via a letter from B. E. Curry of New Hampshire College.
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Wood
Maine
American Chemical Society
Barnard
B. E. Curry
New Hampshire College
Director Testifies On Traction Finances After Kingsland Wreck
J. L. Jones, director of the Ft. Wayne and Wabash Valley traction company, was summoned before the Indiana railroad commission Monday to disclose knowledge of the road’s financial condition. The aim is to determine if the line can fund improvements the commission may require following the Kingsland wreck.
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J. L. Jones
Ft. Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company
Indiana Railroad Commission
Kingsland
Soprano Elvira Leveroni Stricken By Cholera In Naples
Boston sees Elvira Leveroni, the mezzo soprano, fall ill with cholera in Naples where she has been singing. She is improving but likely cannot return for her engagement. Her absence was noticed when she did not arrive with the troupe on schedule.
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Boston
Mass
Naples
Elvira Leveroni
Leveroni
Indianapolis Passes Over Postal Savings Bank Plan
Indianapolis post office officials expect no postal savings bank in Indiana for two years or more due to limited funding. The 100000 appropriation will cover only establishment costs and a test period through early 1811. Officials say Indianapolis has strong local banking and no urgent need, while Gary is seen as a strong candidate given many foreign workers who remit funds to home countries, trusting the government more than private banks.
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Brinceton
Indianapolis
Indiana
Tuadample
Congress
Thnt
J. B. Shideler
United States
Gary
Duel with knives ends in fatal stab near Cannelton
In Evansville Indiana on Saturday a box social near Cannelton a knife duel between Conrad Berlin and Andrew Bynum left Berlin stabbed four times and dying. Bynum surrendered.
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Ind
Cannelton
Conrad Berlin
Andrew Bynum
Berlin
Bynum
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