State fair night shows draw big crowds at Indianapolis grounds
Millions of visitors celebrate old soldiers and children day with a record Monday at the state fair. The 8:15 p m night show features Weber band vaudeville high stepping horses and concerts drawing about 3 000 people with plans for continued nightly attendance and improved grounds facilities including cement walks and better meals and drink options.
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Weber Band
Wallace Foster
Coliseum
Weber
Indianapolis
Kissing Campaign Sparks Laughter at Indiana Convention
At a Rural Letter Carriers convention in Marion Indiana Inspector Walls recounted a tale about Congressman George H Rauch and Dr Charles Good. A girl described how Dr Good kissed her prompting laughter and curiosity from the audience.
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Marion
Ind
Sept. S
Postetler
Mspertor Wall
Indiana
George H. Rauch
Charles al. Good
Rauch
Missing Mamie Durth Cited in Indianapolis
Police search for 18 year old Mamie Durth missing from Mrs. W. H. Wheeler's home on Forty third Illinois streets. She left Saturday night promising a short absence and telephoned at 10 pm to say she would return soon. Her parents with West Indianapolis address report she is not there and investigators cite an unidentified young man seen with her.
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Mamie Dubih
W. H. Wheeler
Ind Iinois
Miss Fourths
Indianapolis
Miss Durth
Mrs. Wheeler
Rev. E. C. Sickels Dies in Dixon Home
Indianap olis clergyman Rev Edwin Cook Sickels dies at his Dixon home on Tuesday. He was eight years old and often visited his brother William W. Sickels in Indianapolis.
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Edwin Cook Sickels
Indianapolis
Dixon
William W. Sickels
Pickpockets Strike In Front Of Theater
Pickpockets went through the pockets of J. M. Rider of the Shell apartment and Milton Nash of Elkhart Ind a guest Monday night in a theater crowd. A purse containing 14 dollars was taken from Rider while Nash also lost his belongings.
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J. M. Rider
Milton Nash
Elkhart
Ind
Mr. Rider
Nash
Continental to Be Name of New Bank
Promoters in Indianapolis plan a new national bank to be named Continental National Bank. They include prominent Indiana financiers and will announce the project once the name is approved by the Washington government.
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Continental
NEW Bank
Indianapolis
Washington
Continental National Bank
Indiana
Daily News Briefs: Fatalities and Civic Events Across Cities
Census data show cotton ginned to Sept 1 at 397,024 bales, down from 407,551 in 1906. W J Bryan to speak in Peoria on The State and the Nation. Reuben Goldberg at Sheepshead Bay dies by hanging. Two women jump to death in New York City, Mrs Mary Ann Reisch age 49 and Miss Lillian Reynolds age 50. Hotel Belmont fire in Denver kills five including George Burtell conductor and H M Moore of Philadelphia.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Peoria
W. J. Bryan
New York
Reuben Goldberg
Sheepshead Bay
Mary Ann Reisch
E. Seventh Street
Lillian Reynolds
E. Seventeenth Street
Denver
Col
Hotel Belmont
George Burtell
George Bode
Middleton
N. Y
George Ott
Dodgerty
Kas
H. M. Moore
Philadelphia
John D. Kane
Bethune Located by Detectives
New York lawyer Fanueil D Bethune who disappeared weeks ago has been found. His wife is seriously ill and the case has become a national sensation. Pinkerton detectives and family refuse to disclose his whereabouts or explain the circumstances of his wandering.
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Bethune
New York
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Bade brothers named executors of Mrs Bade estate
Henry and William Bade chosen executors of the estate of the late Christine L. Bade. They filed a $15 000 bond. They are sons of Mrs Bade and hold significant property in trust for a younger brother, George Bade.
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Henry
William Bade
Christine L. Bade
No Aristocracy Among Nurses in Indiana Meeting
Indiana State Nurses association opened with a division over wearing the official pin. Officers clarified that associate members are non graduate nurses, and the pin was not restricted. Miss KE Murphy urged broader organization, education, science, and to train nurses as teachers. Minnie L Prange welcomed delegates. Dr JN Hurty spoke on hygiene.
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Association
KE. Murphy
Crawfordsville
Indiana
Minnie L. Prange
St. Vincent's Hospital
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Wife kept silent for man's sake in assault trial
Joseph Baker a Slavonian saloon keeper from Haughville faced assault and battery charges in criminal court. His wife Mrs Baker, a key witness, remained silent under questioning, with the state contending she spoke English and understood questions while the defense argued she could not. Her silence left the prosecution unable to proceed.
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Joseph Baker
Haughville
Baker
Scaffolds Collapse Wounding Twenty at Opera House
A scaffold at Hamsterstein's Opera House collapsed this morning in Philadelphia injuring twenty men. Rescue teams treated the wounded on site and transported several to nearby hospitals. Officials blamed faulty rigging and urged inspection of work platforms.
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Philadelphia
Hammerstein
Man Crushed by Falling Tree In Bloomington Fire Zone
In Bloomington Indiana on September 8 a man named Same Stevens aged 60 was killed when a heavy tree fell on him while he was assisting with rebuilding his home destroyed by a prior fire three weeks earlier. The incident occurred this morning, authorities reported.
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Bloomington
Ind
Stevens
Wife Seeks Divorce From Convicted Husband
Daisy M. Miller petitions for divorce from Edward F. Miller who went to state prison in 1907 for larceny. She alleges he cursed and choked her, was a drunkard, failed to support her and their two year old child.
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Daisy M. Miller
Edward F. Miller
County Commissioners Propose 250000 Bond for Infirmary Plan
At the opening county council session the commissioners unveiled a new 250000 bond scheme funding a county infirmary for the poor hospital for the incurable insane and the work house, plus land purchases. Opposition is expected to rise and a fight to curb bonded debt is anticipated.
Thaw May Not Leave New York for Federal Bankruptcy Hearings
New York authorities refuse to remove Harry Kendall Thaw to Pittsburgh for a federal bankruptcy summons. District Attorney Jerome said Thaw, who killed Stanford White, cannot be taken out of state and would only face any federal action via writ of habeas corpus, which he rejected for a bankruptcy case.
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New York
Harry Kendall
Left from Wife Without Saying a Fond Good-by
Anna W. Smythe says Oscar T. Smythe left her in 1902 after living at 186 Union Street and moved to Madison Avenue. He gave notice to the landlord that he would not pay rent for 134 Union Street, forcing Anna and daughter Effie to work. She seeks $1,200 alimony and $3 a month for Effie.
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Anna W. Smythe
Oscar T. Smythe
Greencastle
Union Street
Madison Avenue
Smythe
Effie Smythe
Lao
Badgley and Nickels Win Bid for $70,000 Bloomington Church Plans
Badgley and Nickels of Cleveland were awarded the contract to prepare plans for a new Methodist church in Bloomington. The project budget is set at 70,000 dollars. The announcement appeared in the Bloomington Dispatch on September 8.
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Bloomington
Dnd
Badgley & Nickels
Cleveland
Beat Stone
Man Fires Upon Roosevelt as He Rides Near Sagamore Hill
An unidentified man fired on a moving vehicle along Cove Road near Sagamore Hill while President Theodore Roosevelt was riding, injuring no one and prompting a wide security search for the shooter.
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Roosevelt
Cove Road
Sagamore Hill
Crank with revolver confronts Secret Service near Sagamore Hill
John Coughlin, a dangerous crank who claimed insanity, attempted to force entry to the president’s home at Sagamore Hill after riding with another man. He drew a loaded revolver on two Secret Service agents but was captured. A mysterious Saturday shooting near the president’s grounds prompted a Washington visit by Secret Service Chief Wilkie. A shot from woods near W. Emlen Roosevelt’s property rattled the Cove road as the president rode with a companion. no one was harmed and the weapon was a revolver, not a shotgun. The incident disrupted routine security, yet the president remained calm.
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Secret Service
Wilkie
Secret Service Bureau
Washington
Sagamore Hill
Cove Road
W. Emlen Roosevelt
Cove
Camille Weidenfeld
Wall Street
Coughlin
Sloan
Adams
Boston
Wolf Hunt 1 Goes On In County Politicking
Pressure from Republican leaders tried to block a graft inquiry by cutting funds for experts. The county council aimed to approve 10250 for investigation expenses, but efforts to stop the probe failed as wiser party members resisted discrediting the ticket.
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County Council
Une
Ring
Republican Ring
Goodrich Visits Indianapolis Amid Busy Railroad Duties
James F. Goodrich, Republican state chairman, was in Indianapolis on Tuesday. He remains active as receiver of the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville railroad and shows little concern over the legislature's special session.
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James Fpf. Goodrich
Indianapolis
Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad
$02 000 Package Disappears in Portland
A package valued at over $2,000 containing jewelry and papers disappeared in Portland on the night of August 21. J R Albert of Capital National Bank Salem sent it to Joseph Meyers, care of a Portland hotel. Wells Fargo Express delivered it to Portland at 11:30 PM but nothing further is found. detectives are investigating.
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Portland
Ore
J. R. Albert
Capital National Bank of Salem
Joseph Meyers
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Doctor Accused in Inoculated Death Insurance Plot
In Omaha a doctor, Frederick Rustin, faces police questions over whether his death was by his own hand or murder. Investigators note three years of suicide attempts to trigger death by accident and keep insurance from being void, including self inoculation with typhoid and tetanus germs and faked illnesses.
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Omaha
Neb
Frederick Rustin
Austin
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