Indianapolis to Host 1921 Sovereign Grand Lodge Meeting
Plans for 1911 session foretell a 1921 gathering in Indianapolis as the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows selects the city. Frank McQuiddy cites $30,000 in expenses and a projected 150,000 visitors with crowds expected for an ovation to John B. Cockrum and the local delegation.
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Indianapolis
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows
Frank T. McQuiddy
W. H. Leedy
John B. Cockrum
Atlanta
Order
Lodge
W. 7. Leedy
Buffalo
Baltimore
Chicago
Los Angeles
Grand Lodge
McQuiddy
Union Depot
Boosters Plan Bowerian Den on Indiana Trade Trip
Indianapolis wholesalers and jobbers plan a five day Illinois tour with a moving den aboard a baggage car. The den will feature a player piano from D. H. Baldwin, a phonograph from Kipp Link, and seating for gatherings between stops as boosters discuss trade boosting and city business.
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Indianapolis Trade Association
Ilinois
Board of Trade
Indianapolis
D. H. Baldwin
Kipp-Link Company
Direct Primary Is Issue in New York
New York Democrats agree on the direct primary as a central platform issue aiming to outshine Republicans in the campaign. Five gubernatorial possibilities surface besides Mayor Gaynor, including ex-Comptroller Martin Glynn, Thomas M. Osborne, James S. Havens, William Sulzer, and Judge D. Cady Herrick.
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New York
New York State
Gaynor
Martin Glynn
Albany
Thomas M. Osborne
Auburn
James S. Havens
Rochester
William Sulzer
East calls on West for real farmer
Special to The Sun. Franklin Indiana Sept 28 Leonard B Clore known as the corn king manages the New England corn exposition in Worcester Mass to be held Nov 7 to 12 He left Franklin for the east Clore is a director in the National corn association and directed fifty judges in the Omaha expo He is active in prize winning corn and is likely to be reelected to the next legislature He was one of eleven Democrats to vote against repealing the county option law in the last session.
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Franklin
Ind
Leonard B. Clore
Worcester
Mass
East
Clare
National Corn Association
Omaha
Traction men in session seek blame in wreck report
In a continued report from page one the interurban company, praised for its telephones every quarter mile, faces rules violations by extra trains without dispatcher orders and five minute clear times. Bluffton Elks lost several members, including L. C. Justus and Seymour Robinson, with lodges draped in mourning. Phi Delta Kappa also mourns three members. Miss T Pearl Sayler died in the wreck, related to Lauker J. GB. Sayler of Watseka. Coroner and Army surgeons’ refusals for assisting the wounded will be probed.
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State Commission
Bluffton Order of Elks
L. C. Justus
Seymour Robinson
William Beer
H. D. Cook
William Burgan
O. P. Zimmer
Lloyd Brown
F. G. Jones
Warren
Ind
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
Ernest Crouse
Harold Nelson
Ralph Walser
T Pearl Sayler
Clara Sayler
Bluffton
Lauker J. GB. Sayler
Watseka
W. R. Miller
Warren Holds Funeral for Seven Killed In Wreck
Warren Indiana begins burying seven dead after a Kingsland traction wreck. Two joint funerals for Fred Jones and Silas Thompson and for Mr. and Mrs. Frank King planned. Fred Tamm to be buried Friday with more services set for Saturday and Sunday for George Smethhurst.
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Warren
Ind
Kingsland
Fred Jones
Silas Thompson
Frank King
Fred Tamm
George Smethhurst
Baltimore Falls Below Cleveland in 1910 Census
The 1910 census shows Baltimore population at 3,485 with a 9.7 percent gain since 1900. Cleveland leads the nation at 560,663, a 46.9 percent rise. Baltimore ranks seventh among large U.S. cities, while Savannah grows to 65,004, up 19.9 percent. San Francisco’s pending figure could alter rankings.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Baltimore
Cleveland
United States
Savannah
San Francisco
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Pittsburg
Detroit
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Newark
New Orleans
Writing on the wall in Evansville Methodist report
Rev. J W Duncan, Evansville district superintendent, attacked city and county officials for lax law enforcement influencing disorder. He cited three of six counties as wet and warned that such administration cannot endure. Bishop Andersen spoke on The Books that God Writes. Dr Sargent and Dr Albert Hurlstone attended.
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Sun
Evansville
Ind
J. W. Duncan
Indiana Methodist Conference
Andersen
Preachers’ Aid Society
Sargent
Albert Hurlstone
Mayor apologizes to man arrested in Toledo speech
Mayor Brand Whitlock admitted he apologized for an incident where a socialist was arrested during a street corner speech. He criticized the policing approach and the martyrdom mindset fueling both officer and speaker, urging restraint in maintaining law and order.
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Toledo
Brand Whitlock
Arrests for Unsanitary Homes in Newcastle
Special to Tie Sun. Newcastle Indiana September 24 W M Pence a bank director druggist and reputed wealthiest man in Weary county is under arrest for depositing filth on his Church street property making it unsanitary. Other prominent residents face similar action.
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Newcastle
Ind
W. MM. Pence
Weary County
Church Street
Indigo Dye Price List from S J Singer & Sons
Warranted fast extra indigo dye color blue serge made to order priced at 13.75 and regular 25. S J Singer and Sons advertise from 43 West Washington Street with specialty in dye goods.
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S. J. Singer & Sons
Washington St
Le Neve Remanded in Crippen Murder Case
London September 25 Ethel Le Neve a noted young woman linked as Crippen’s accomplice is remanded to jail without bail on the charge of being an accessory before the fact in the murder of Crippen’s wife.
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London
Ethel le Neve
Nnglind
Boy Shoots Best Friend by Accident in Juvenile Case
Judge Stubbs released Herbert Wilson, 16, pending investigation after an accidental shooting during revolver handling. Wilson and his friend discarded guns in Water at Engle Creek. the friend John McLaughlin retrieved Wilsons gun by mistake, the cartridge exploded while Wilson tried the trigger. Wilson has an excellent reputation.
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Stubbs
Herbert Wilson
West
Washington Street
Wilson
Collins
Chavee
Judse Stubbs
Engle Creel
John McLuaughilin
Tie
Wilson Beiurs
Big Four wreck probe taken up in Indiana
The Indiana railroad commission opened its exhaustive hearing on the Brightwood wrecks that killed two men on September 12. Witnesses summoned include H F Hostin C C and St L general superintendent E N Costin conductor Rhodes telegraph operator Coates and the yardmaster involved. Testimony may extend beyond today with no immediate decision expected. Alexander Shane inspector returned from Bluffton with a preliminary report.
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Indiana Railroad Commission
Brightwood
H. F. Hostin
St. L
E. N. Costin
Rhodes
Coates
Alexander Shane
Bluffton
Blind Tiger Trainer Sought as Police Close In
Huntington Ind Sept 23 Mrs Nancy Whitmer described as a blind animal trainer is reported by police to have dragged cases of beer to the cellar and struck bottles over the heads for a dime.
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Nancy Whitmer
Indianapolis Man Killed After Fall From Ladder
Edward Lux, 25, died after falling from a ladder at the Frank Daniels farm in Pert, Indiana. He lived on North Germania Street in Indianapolis and the incident occurred Thursday.
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Indianapolis
Pert
Ind
Edward Lux
Frank Daniels
North Germania Street
Pittsburgh Hatpin Ordinance To Police Women In Public
City Comptroller Justice Morrow will submit a hatpin ordinance to the council prohibiting hatpins longer than nine inches in public. The measure is expected to pass, allowing arrest and fines for violators.
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Pittsburg
Morrow
Importers Bribe Weighing Clerks in NYC Graft Case
The federal grand jury voted a batch of indictments against leading importers accused of bribing weighers to give short weights on cargoes. The case stems from graft revelations at the appraiser's office trial involving former Chief Clerk Bedell and assistant weighers. Witnesses testified they paid a fixed bribe scale, underweighing packages by one third and sharing the duty shortfall with the weigher. The grand jury planned to report to the court early next week.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Bedell
Grand Jury
Mediterranean
Engineer killed as his clothing entangles in pulley
Evansville Indiana on Friday E Bills an engineer at Southern stove works was killed when his clothing caught in a pulley wheel set screw and he was whirled at about 500 revolutions a minute.
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Evansville
Inil
E. Bills
Southern Stove Works
Fairbanks Asked to Address Knights in South Bend
South Bend Indiana on September 28 report that Charles W. Fairbanks has been invited to speak on October 2 at a Knights of Columbus celebration. It is believed the former vice president will accept the invitation.
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South Bend
Ind
Charles W. Fairbanks
Knights of Columbus
Brayton the Blind Boss Dies at 70 in Providence
Gen. Brayton, known as the blind boss of Rhode Island, died Friday morning at June Brown hospital. A longtime power broker, he controlled Rhode Island's legislature for decades, aided U S Senator Nelson Aldrich, and built influence from his Providence postmastership despite a malfeasance charge. His death ends a 30 year political press ship and a Civil War veteran's career.
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Providence
R. IL
Brayton
Blind Boas
Rhode Island
Brown
United States
Nelson Aldrich
Platt
New York
Quay
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt backs the boy scout movement in US
New York September 23 Col Roosevelt welcomed Gen Baden Powell founder of the boy scout movement and Dan Beard and Ernest Thompson Seton who are promoting it in the United States. Powell said Roosevelt is highly appreciative of the movement and will lend support. He noted its foothold in this country and predicted rapid growth to rival its popularity in England.
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New York
England
Prominent banker James E Evans dies at 61 in Crawfordsville
James E Evans aged 61, a leading figure in local affairs and treasurer of the Indiana bankers association, died Thursday in Crawfordsville Indiana. The prominent banker's death will be noted by regional financial circles.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
James E. Evans
Indiana Bankers’ Association
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