Coroner Believes Woman Meant Murder in Tragic Death
Coroner Dodly deduces Mrs. Margaret Carter aimed to kill broker John Jay White Jr, though ill health may have spared him. White, near death, cannot comment. His wife says Mrs. Carter was a family friend aiding animal cruelty work. she had provided funds and claimed no romantic ties. Police trace Carter to Georgia eight years ago.
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United Press
Dodly
Margaret Car
John Jay White
Dooly
Fatal Fall At Pittsburg Iron Works After Warning
John Stampell aged 31 a Cleveland resident employed by Van Dorn Iron Works at the county jail was killed instantly at the Pittsburg iron works today. While two men worked to place an iron ceiling Stampell attempted to cross a risky section and ignored a warning from fellow worker William Crusan. He fell breaking his skull and suffering severe injuries to his body.
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Pittsburg
John Stampell
Cleveland
van Dorn Iron Works Company
Stampell
William Crusan
Health chief orders longer sheets in sleeping cars in Harrisburg
Dr Samuel G Dixon, Pennsylvania health commissioner, issued an order requiring berths in sleeping cars to have sheets long enough to turn over at least two feet over the blanket to avoid contact with the occupant’s face. The directive also forbids porters or parlor cars from brushing passengers’ clothing in car angles.
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Harrisburg
Samuel G. Dixon
Cranberries Scarce Hit Fruit Prices
Housekeepers suffer high fruit costs as cranberry supply remains tight and the cranberry crepper fails. Those with leftover fruit fear rising prices, while bananas and oranges are unaffected by the shortage.
Farm youth commits suicide after refused courtship
In Stinesville Warren Farmer, a farmer's son, drew a revolver on the main street in view of his brother and killed himself. The act followed the rejection by a young woman who refused him. The incident occurred in Bloomington's Stinesville area on September 27.
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Bloomington
Ind
Stinesville
This County
Warren
Wheeler Confederate rank on Arlington grave monument
Acting Secretary Oliver declares there is no foundation for a report that the war department refused to allow the Confederate rank of the late General Joseph Wheeler to be carved on his Arlington National Cemetery grave monument.
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Washington, D. C
Oliver
War Department
Gen
Joseph Wheeler
Arlington National Cemetery
Pennsylvania railroad ties away from US Steel
The Pennsylvania railroad completed arrangements to manufacture all its own steel ties and is now at work on a tie, representing a real move to break away from the United States Steel corporation.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States Steel Corporation
Boy in habeas corpus case against brother dismissed
Albert Maymon a 16 year old confined in Marion county jail over embezzlement allegations faced habeas corpus proceedings Saturday. The case aimed to stop him from suing brother Leon Maymon over money collected for a Massachusetts ave credit furnishing store. Evidence showed Albert saved 324 over two years. the attorney for both sides admitted the suit’s purpose was to block a potential suit, and Judge Carter dismissed the case.
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Albert Maymon
Marion County
Maymon
Leon Maymon
Massachusetts Ave
Indianapolis
Albert
Lves
London
Carter
Officer May Quit After Loyalty Brings Trouble
Patrolman Herbert Fletcher faces probable resignation after resisting a chief’s demand to implicate partner Frank Bolen. Fletcher, suspended for refusing to answer about Bolen’s duty drinking, has a clean record and does not drink. Bolen also suspended for drinking and neglect of duty. Negro patrolmen Israel and Johnson, found drinking beer for Lieutenant Belch at Anna Boone’s home on 2159 Pearson Avenue, were suspended.
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Herbert Fletcher
Frank Bolen
Fletcher
Metzger
Bolen
Israel and
Johnson
Belch
Anna Boone
Pearson-ave
Suspects Detained After Bond Flight In Indianapolis
Detectives Askins and Duncan traced three women identified as Willie Wilson Pearl Koeln and Eliza Sterner in Indianapolis after a bondsman from St Louis Thomas Conner, deputized as an officer, arrived there. They face charges of running away while under bond. Albert Wilson is charged with loitering. The women arrived two weeks ago and their suspicious actions drew investigators.
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Askins
Duncan Long
Willie Wilson
Pearl Koeln
Eliza Sterner
Thomas Conner
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Albert Wilson
Duncan
No Japs Allowed Atlin Mob Drives Immigrant Workers Out
Seattle dispatch reports 57 Japanese arrivals to work in Atlin sparked a mob of about 300 whites. The Japanese were escorted to the river steamer Gleaner and warned to stay away, with threats of worse punishment than those seen in Vancouver. They will be taken to Skagway, Alaska.
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United Press
Seattle
Atlin
Gleaner
Vancouver
Skagway
Alaska
Stop Child Labor Violations Warned by State Inspector
State Factory Inspector William Blakely warns mercantile and manufacturing firms to stop child labor law violations or face prosecutions. Children seeking age certificates report firms hiring under 16, with many cases of false age claims to keep working instead of attending school.
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William Blakely
Two Boys Sentenced For Horse Theft and Robbery
Thomas Nurse, 18, found guilty of stealing a $349 horse and buggy in front of St. Vincent's hospital. Sentenced to the penitentiary for 1 to 14 years. Pat Lucid, 16, returned to Indiana Boys' School after parole. The pair rode to Martinsville and robbed a store on the way.
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Thomas Nurse
St. Vincent's Hospital
Pat Lucid
Indiana Boys’ School
Martinsville
Women in skirts bring mosquitoes to Baltimore
Baltimore health chief William Hill claims women in normal skirts transport thousands of mosquitoes into the city. He estimates a single lightly dressed woman entering Baltimore can introduce about 3,000,000 mosquitoes in various life stages, highlighting a startling vector risk.
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The
Sun
Baltimore
William Hill
Baltimore Health Department
Boost Gas Stock In Ashland Avenue Meeting
A meeting in the interest of the Cit izens Gas company was held Friday night in the engine house at Ashland ave and Sixteenth st. Speakers included William T. Brown Alfred F. Potts vice president Prof J D Forrest secretary and David Meyers. Eighty four shares worth 2160 were subscribed and a house to house canvass for more stock was planned.
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Citizens’' Gas Company
Ashlandave
William T. Brown
Alfred F. Potts
J. D. Forrest
David Meyers
Coroner Finds Adam Neumeister Died of Alcoholism
Coroner G A Petersdorf ruled that cobbler Adam Neumeister, found dead in his room at 1044 Hos Brookst, did not die by his own action. Evidence of acid and wood alcohol near him sparked rumors of suicide, but the coroner's finding attributes death to alcoholism.
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G. A. Petersdorf
Adam Neumeister
Hos‘brookst
Saloon License Committee Reviews 100+ Applications
The city council saloon license committee will meet next Monday night to prepare a report on more than 100 applications for licenses. Many premises were visited Friday and several applications are expected to be turned down.
Johnson Nominated for Fourth Term in Cleveland
Cleveland September 21 Mayor Tom L. Johnson was renomination by the city Democratic convention on a straight three cent fare platform. He will face Congressman Theodore Burton in the forthcoming race.
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Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Theodore Burton
Runaway boy sent to Indiana Boys' School in Plainfield
Michael Hanahan, after fleeing his aunt JuHn Hanahan at 2803 N. Illinois St, for the thirteenth time, was ordered by Judge Stubbs in juvenile court to enroll at the Indiana Boys' School in Plainfield on Saturday.
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JuHn Hanahan
N. Illinois Sr
Michael Hanahan
Indiana Boys’ School
Plainfield
Stubbs
First inmates sent to epileptic village at New Castle
Joseph Clay sheriff of Marion county ferried the first inmates to the new epileptic village at New Castle Indiana. The three men taken there Saturday were John H Farrington Alfred F Sloan and Ernest Michael.
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New Castle
Ind
Joseph Clay
Marion County
John H. Farrington
Alfred F. Sloan
Ernest Michael
Small Took a Watch From Boarding House Owner
Gus Small admitted taking a valuable gold watch from Mrs. Rosette Shellenberg who runs a boarding house at 506 Douglass street and was arrested by Bicycle Officers Simon and Woodward on Saturday.
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Gus Small
Rosette Shellenberg
Douglass St
Simon and Woodward
Rev George L Snively to Fill Pulpit in St Louis
The Rev George L Snively of St Louis will preach in the place of Dr Harry G Hill, pastor of the Third Church, on Sunday morning. Hill will preach in the evening.
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George L. Snively
St. Louis
Harry G. Hill
Ey. Hill
Roosevelt and rivals loom in party nomination talks
Washington observes Roosevelt possibly seeking a third term and shows mixed views among Republicans. Taft advantages include a winning persona and Roosevelt allegiance, while Hughes and Proctor shifts spread in the East. Hearst’s independence movement and Chanler’s surge fuel Democratic intrigue toward rival tickets.
Boys killed in mine horror near Wilkesbarre
Two boys aged 16 and 19 died after entering gas in No 4 colliery of Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania. Three others were fatally burned and the mine area wrecked as the explosion halted operations.
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Wilkesbarre
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Tommie Evans
Anthony O'Malia
Henry McGuire
James Conroy
William
Hollis
Shell destroys depot at Wilhelms Haven
Artillery shell at a depot in Wilhelms Haven Germany detonated after a shrapnel shell dropped. Five men were killed and four men and two women wounded as they passed by.
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Wilhelm's Haven
Germany
Bride Escapes Forced Marriage in Asbury Park Wreck
Miss Belle Crouse daughter of Rev W P Crouge of Stanhope N J cried Save me as Rev C M Griffin of Asbury Park attempted to force her into marriage with groom Percy C Bissell. Griffin restrained the groom and a policeman later removed him.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Belle Crouse
W. P. Crouge
First Presbyterian Church
Stanhope
Percy C. Bissell
C. M. Griffin
First Methodist
Miss Crouse
Mr. Griffin
Bissell
Motive Not Robbery in Mrs Grant Murder Case
United Press reports developments suggest police are shifting from robbery as the motive for the murder of teacher Mrs Lilian White Grant. Detectives have been dispatched to Milwaukee to pursue a trace on a black suspect. Helen Mehrmet, 20, and white, had been arrested.
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United Press
Chicago
Robbbery
Lilian White Grant
Milwaukee
Helen Mehrmet
Woman Arrested After Alleged Robbery of Railroader
Mary Jordan of 47 S Noblest was arrested early Saturday for allegedly robbing J. S. Snider, a railroad worker, of $1. Snider says they were out drinking and she took money from his pockets. She was located at her home a few hours later.
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Mary Jordan
S. Noblest
J.S. Snider
Snider
Chinese Revolt Flares Near Yo Chow on Yangtse
Fighting breaks out as imperial troops clash with about 2000 rebels who attack Yo Chow on the Yangtse Kiang. Severe combat follows with ongoing rebellion spreading in the Kai Chow district.
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United Press
Hong Kong
Yo Chow
Yangtse Kiang
Kai-Chow
Girls' Industrial School Opening Delayed to October
The opening of the Girls' Industrial School will be held in Tominson Fall on Saturday October 19. It had been customary to open the school the first Saturday in October, but other events at Tominson Hall made the October date necessary.
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Girls’ Industrial School
Tominson
Tominson Hall
Link the Pale Folks as One Link the Pale Folks as One
Vancouver bewildered by revelations that A. E. Fowler, Seattle secretary of the Japanese-Korean Exclusion league, used anti Oriental sentiment to boost US Japan relations. He engineered a riot to force a pro English American stance, aligning England and the United States against Japan and easing future exclusion laws. Fowler claims the plan strengthens national interests and pacifies tensions on the Pacific coast.
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Vancouver
Japan
England
States
Congress
Baron Ishii
Pacific
United States
Fowler
British Columbia
North American
Perry
Seattle
Man Dies of Hydrophobia After Dog Attack Warns Family
Max Podgorschek of St Louis dies after hydrophobia from a mastiff in his yard. He battled the dog to protect his children, had no obvious bite, then fell ill last Thursday. He suffered violent thirst, delirium, and died in coma.
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Prer
Walsh Clerk Forger Arrest in Chicago Bank Scandal
Thomas Moss a 24 year old confidential clerk for John R Walsh at the Chicago National Bank was arrested while trying to pass a bogus $10 check drawn on the Union Stock Yards State Bank. Moss claims loan sharks ruined him.
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The
Sun
Chicago
Thomas Moss
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Union Stockyards State Bank
Public Works Board sets assessments for Thulman Avenue project
Indianapolis Board of Public Works announces assessment roll for Thulman Avenue paving from Roosevelt to Lawrence. Remonstrance hearing set for Friday September 2, 1907. Roll lists owners and property descriptions. plans include cement sidewalks five feet wide, limestone or sandstone curbing, catch basins, and lawn grading.
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Department OF Public Works
Majestic Brés
Indianapolis
Ind
Board of Public Works
City of
Indiana
Thulman Avenue
Roosevelt Avenue
Lawrence Avenue
Ohio
Szia
Joseph T. Elliott
Preston C. Trusler
Fred J. Mack
Indianapolis Public Works approves assessments for street improvements
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis on September 13 1907 approved assessments for improvements on Twenty-Third Street from College Avenue to C and L tracks and Ewing Street from Tenth to Sixteenth, detailing paving types widths and gutter work, with interested parties notified of the fixed assessment amounts.
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Department OF Public Works
Board
Majestic
Indianapolis
Ind
Board of Public Works
Indiana
Twenty-Third Street
College Avenue
Public Works Plans City Improvements in Indianapolis
Public Works of Indianapolis proposes several street improvements in 1907 including Michigan Street from Arsenal Avenue to Riental Street with cement sidewalks, Maryland West Blackford streets with brick roadways, and wider brick surfaces on Meridian, Adams, Stillwell, and related connections. A hearing for remonstrances is set for October 7, 1907, at 10 a.m. with Board President Joseph T. Belliott and Preston Trusler.
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Department OF Public Works
Majestic
Michigan Street
Arsenal Avenue
Riental Street
Maryland Street
West Street
Blackford Street
Houston Street
Nineteenth Street
Twentieth Street
Adams Street
Twenty-Fifth Street
Thirtieth Street
Stillwell Street
Tenth Street
Pratt Street
Carbine
Meridian Street
Twenty-Second Street
Twenty-Third Street
Board of Public Works
Indianapolis
Preston. Trusler
Fred J. Mack
Thirty-First Street
Thirty-Second Street
Dye Street
Thirty-second Streets
Thire Ty-Second Street
Thirtyfirst Street
Due Street
Joseph T. Elliott
Preston C. Trusler
Sheriff Sale In Marion County Ind New York Investment Co
Sheriff Joseph F. Clay will expose rents and profits for seven years and the fee simple of specified tracts in Dr Martin additions to Indianapolis at public sale on September 7 1997 in Marion County Indiana to satisfy a decree in Case 713193 Joseph W Luni et al vs New York Investment Co et al. Attorney W S Taylor represents the plaintiff.
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Iunerior Court
Marion County
Indiana
Joseph W. Luni
New York Investment Company Et
Dr. Martin
New York
Indianapolis
Devree
Joseph F. Clay
W. S. Taylor
Plaintit
Applications for Liquor License in Ward 12 Indiana
Notice to voters in Marion county Indiana that Bert Ivey will apply at the October term for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking. Business at 312 West Maryland Street Indianapolis Center township Marion county includes a room 12 by 28 feet with two doors. Ward 12.
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Center Township
Board of County Commissioners
Marion County
Indiana
Maryland Street
Indianapolis
Bert Ivey
Sleventh
Board of Commissioners
Hudkinanots
South East Street
Augustus Giuffre
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