Automobile affair and political commentary in Indianapolis news
The piece condemns police failure to detain two men who enticed two schoolgirls into a car, notes injuries to one girl, and denounces ensuing lax enforcement. It then shifts to Indiana politics with praise for Beveridge, criticism of apathy, and reflections on wealth, poverty, and social programs including Glasgow’s municipal lodging system.
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Hoosierdam
Bablor
Thomas Taggart
Messrs
Hanly
Cannon
Watson
Landis
Indiana
Beveridge
Maine Woods
Poseyville
Fort Wayne
New Oreleans Times-Democrat
Divorce Decree Refused Over Domestic Discord In Marion County
Court notes point to escalating divorce suits in Marion County with Judge Carter’s ruling denying a decree where fault was not clearly proven. The piece questions easy divorces, urges judges to mediate family troubles, and comments on social trends including a Menominee Michigan stock up for promotion and local booster culture.
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Marion County
Carter
Bill
Press notes mix of quotes on war and politics
Collections of brief quotations from multiple papers critique war policy and political figures. Highlights include remarks on Russia’s widows, Democratic devices, and calls for tougher measures for workers, with satirical takes on hotel security and secret tunnels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davit
Grant Raalis Press
Buffalo News
Russia
Albany Preas-Knickerbocker
Spraker Cannon
Thuffalo Times
New Yorks Sun
Fragments of Cartoonish Headlines From Dated News
A collage of quips and brief notes from various papers includes political boosterism, humorous exchanges, and social banter. It cites reporters and columns from Houston and Detroit papers, with jokes about prohibition and clubs, a tale of a rustic man losing life, Chicago civil service height rules, Niagara Falls fashion, and port Arthur siege chatter, ending with a Russian cruiser Lenag misnaming.
Political Comment From Democratic and Republican Echoes
A collage of editorial snips from papers like the Boston Herald and Seattle Post-Intelligencer questions figures and tactics in the 19th century political scene. It mocks Wall Street influence, Bryan era attacks, and the cost of campaigns, noting fear of race issues and the public’s fickle mood alongside reactions to Davis, Taggart, Yates, and Schurz in a broad press chorus.
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August Belment
Wall Street
Boston Herald
Col
Bryan
Kansas City Journal of Democratic
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Carl Schurz
Ilinois
Tom Taggart
Yates
Washington Post
Davis
New York
Buffalo Express
Clark Howell
Henry Watterson
Democrata
Chicago Evening Post
Thase
the Waldorf
Mr. Bryan
Detroit Journal
Foreign Life News and Oddities From Around the World
Across the river Necker a German bridge is noted as a concrete monolith. Burglars steal silver and the owner’s burglary policy from a London suburb. German soldiers devise a method to mimic ulcers by a chemical irritant. An English sergeant returns from South Africa and commits suicide after disfiguring wounds. A Wales Mitch service is suspended after an incident with rails and a toy head. An auctioneers congress is held in Cardiff as municipal spending worries hit the real estate market. A Paris merchant’s tandem elopement ends with the woman returning home after a crash. Japanese hunters shift from sparrowhawks to dogs for game, importing spaniels from England. A Melbourne short circuit triggers a citywide alarm and a 1500-call spike at the head office. A Hamilton Ontario boy asks for Russian stamps and receives a czar’s album worth thousands.
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Necker
Neckerhauken
Germany
London
South Africa
Wales
Cardiff
M. Isaac Lindermann
Paris
Mile
Maguerite Parnet
England
Melbourne
Australia
Hamilton
Ont
Exir
Fireworks Factory Explodes In Paris Fireworks Plant
Paris dispatch reports the Ruggiri fireworks factory at St Denis, supplier of pyrotechnics for France, destroyed by a Tuesday explosion. No further details available on casualties or cause.
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Scrippa-McRae Prexe Association
Paris
Ruggiri
St. Denis
France
Seedless grapes progress and village harvests reported
Jonathan Marion of Taylor township Indiana reports one bushel per two acres of wheat from two acres. Jesse Gwartney of eth township threshed cd bushels per acre from 49 acres, and Jacob Snyder in Webster township averaged the same on 43 acres. George H. Snively of Shady Grove Washington county grows seedless grapes, with vines now bearing seedless clusters increasing each year. The Baltimore Sun notes superior flavor despite smaller size. Also: galliniger mosquitoes attack end-of-day roosting chickens, cows attacked, farmers struggle to keep pests out of barns, per Lauleville Herald. Washington Post quotes Henry Tt. Ellis on baths in Europe and continental bathing habits.
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Jonathan Marion
Taylor Township
Harrison County
Indiana
Jesse Gwartney
Eth Township
Jacob Snyder
Webster Township
Shively
Baltimore Sun
Bridget Owens
Fultoast
Naples
England
Europe
Washington Post
Champion Hop Picker Sets Ukiah Record
In Ukiah California on September day Emil Wesel sky broke the hop picking record with 1148 pounds. The previous best day’s work stood at 2M pounds. Wesel sky earned 11 dollars for the day.
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Ukiah
Cal
Emil Weselsky
Weselsky
City Council Approves 200 Foot Oil Plant Buffer Zone
The city council passed an ordinance limiting oil storage plants to be at least 200 feet from residences by a vote of 11 to 3. The measure targets Standard Oil and faced a minority report by Councilman Fishback which President Hillingeley did not read before concurring with the majority. Additional actions included licensing restaurants and hotels, funding for health and safety, patrol wagons and officers, and safety gate studies at grade crossings.
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Messare
Standard Oil Company
Fishback
Hillingeley
Health Department
City Hospital
Flower Mission
Safety Committee
Works Board
Schoal and
Thirtlethsta
Bluffing Wife Tests Husband Fidelity in Albany Tale
In Albany a wife known for faith in her husband’s business trips finds a mysterious pair of white gloves in his overcoat pocket, prompting a joke about trust. The husband calmly explains the gloves were hung in a stateroom nook, leaving the wife to grant him the doubt as a friend laughs at the scene.
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Albany
Charley
Albany Journal
Horse Resists Movement Triggers Laundry Wagon Chase
A Salisbury laundry wagon driver reports a stubborn horse at the St. Charles hotel refusing to move. After hurried calls, he describes attempts to coax and spur the horse, then notes the animal finally obeyed briefly, while laundry packages lay scattered along the alley and help is needed to recover them.
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St. Charles
Salisbury
Day View
Milwaukee
Japanese Woman Killed by Street Car at World’s Fair Grounds
Shige Nagano, 37, a Japanese woman and musical instructor with the Gelaha troupe in Fair Japan on the Pike, was run down and killed instantly by a street car Monday night at the World’s Fair grounds in St. Louis.
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Berippa-McRae Press Association
ST. Louis
Shige Nagano
Gelaha
Farmer Kills His Wife and Himself in Trenton
Trent on scene reports William R. Gunderson, a farmer, shot and killed his wife Monday night at his son in law’s home. He then fired at his daughter Mrs. Chas Turner without success, before returning home and fatally shooting himself.
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Burr
Trenton
Wm. R. Gundersohn
Chas
Turner
Gundersohn
Alley Entrances Proposed to Redirect Theater Access
In Indianapolis, Councilman Frank Fishback introduced an amendment to the building ordinance to require all theater entrances to front upon public streets rather than alleys. The measure seeks suitable access from each floor, balcony, and gallery, claiming patrons are insulted by alley filth.
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Indianapolis
Frank
Fish
Fish+ back
A Frog's Appetite and Curious Frog Behavior
An anecdote observed by a acquaintance recounts a large frog collection brought for a New York educational institution. After three days all frogs vanished except two moss-backs, left eyeing each other as possible last survivors. The tale notes frogs and fish prey and a trout found in a small frog's stomach.
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New York
Kipling as a Preacher Aboard Empress on a Liner
Rudyard Kipling once preached a lay sermon on an Empress liner after a quartermaster died. A crowd gathered for a 9 p.m. service and Kipling spoke about fifteen minutes. The benevolent sermon raised more than 350 dollars for the widow and her family, a notable display of informal eloquence.
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