Friends in America Session of yearly meeting in Indiana
The seventy ninth session opens with ministers and elders meeting to review reports before the general meeting. Elwood C. Ellis to preside as women hold separate sessions but share final business. Indiana yearly meeting, with 26 000 members across Ohio Indiana Michigan and Kentucky, is a leading denominational body. Fred Fox, former Cuba postal worker, will lead the money order department in Santiago province upon return.
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Elwood C. Ellis
Indiana Yearly Meeting
Peru Abductor Roy Jones Faces New Assault Charge
An additional charge of criminal assault, alongside kidnapping, has been filed against Roy Jones, the man who abducted Nellie Berger. Bond set at 7000 dollars for each count. Peru horsemen plan to build a new race track.
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Roy Jones
Nellie Berger
Peru
Ind
Greencastle Man Pete Stoner Returns From Alaska
Green castle Ind Sept 26 Pete Stoner Greencastle s sole representative in Alaska during the gold excitement returned home Monday night after over two years away He spent most of the time in Alaska and had bad luck finding treasure Believes the country is a fraud designed to make fortunes for everybody
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Greencastle
Ind
Pete Stoner
Alaska
Indiana News Briefs From Knox to Adams Counties
Multiple short items report on crime, labor, and local events across Indiana. A 10-year-old boy in Evansville faces horse theft allegations at Boone county fair. Knox County grants fourteen divorces. rail and industrial notes include Lake Shore railroad rumors and idle plants in Anderson. Reunions, editor changes, jail delirium deaths, fines for tax returns, and labor disputes at Triangle and glass factories color the day’s jittery news.
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Knox County
Lake Shore Railroad
Hebos
Firing Back into the Bay Window and Sudden Bankruptcies
Terre Haute creditors traced Sachs after he fled years ago with assets and a shipping scheme. Ensuing actions target King as bankruptcy petitions surface in Chicago. In a lighter note, Ed Messick’s pond bass minnows attract four ducks, three drownings, one rescued after overeating minnows.
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Xoselow &Sachs
Terre ‘Haute
Sachs
Chicago
King
Ed Messick
Terre Haute
Wind- Pipe Severed J. L. Tanner In Desperate Break
J L Tanner of 1314 E Tenth street remains between life and death at City hospital after severing the wind pipe with a razor Monday evening. His wife obtained a restraining order against him, claiming eccentric behavior and threats against a boarder. Tanner, once in the Inman and Tanner iron works, drank heavily and had quarrels with boarder Frederick Wetzel, with whom he threatened violence after the order was served. Police found Tanner in a upper room lying in a pool of blood. doctors report he may recover given his strong constitution.
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J. L. Tanner
Tenth St
City Hospital
Blacksmiths, Inman & Tanner
W. J. Spence
Frederick Wetzel
Tanner
Wetzel
Broad Ripple Fire Destroys Gus Barthel House
A Monday night blaze in Broad Ripple wiped out Gus Barthel's Little Deutsche house with a cellar full of wines and liquors. Loss set at 12000 dollars, insurance 9000. Barthel suspects enemies. others cite crossed wires and possible coal oil odor as causes. The bright fire drew Indianapolis onlookers and cyclists, while Barthel reports tampering with his fire-fighting equipment.
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Gus Barthel
Broad Ripple
Barthel
Fourteen Humhoured Soldiers On Way To Presidio
The Twenty regiment of 1,449 men moved from Camp Monde Pennsylvania to Presidio California passing through Indianapolis Tuesday. Lieut colonel Leonard led five sections, each with a canteen supplying beer at 15 cents a bottle. Soldiers marched through the business districts during stops in what appears to be "Jivdia aptlis."
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Camp Monde
Penn
Presidio
Cal
Indianapolis
Leonard
Jivdia Aptlis
Indianapolis builder Hartman Northway dies at 53 years in old time article
Mont-st.an elderly building contractor part of Hartman Northway firm dies suddenly on Monday evening after returning from supper. He had suffered two prior strokes and had been in construction prominence in Indianapolis for 53 years. A former watchman at the state house, he and wife celebrated a golden wedding recently and was a member of Olive Branch No. 2 K of P. He fell ill after bidding his grandson farewell.
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Mont-St
Indianapolis
Hartman & Northway
Bates House
Olive Branch, No. 2. K. of P
Fire
State House
Mrs. Northway
Petition Drives Health Board Action at Brownsburg School
Five women and two men marched to the attorney-general’s office in Brownsburg to back a health board stand against an unsanitary school addition. The group delivered a long petition from local citizens urging required improvements. Merrill Moores, assistant attorney-general, explained his role as the health board pressed for enforcement as Dr Hurry was unavailable. The delegation accused Cassius Hadi of bias and urged neutral handling. Gwendy, a grandmother, spoke in defense of her grandchildren.
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Brownsburg
State Board of Health
Health Board
Merrill Moores
Hurry
Cassius Hadi
Hendricks County
Moors
Gwendy
Sanitary reform outlined by state school superintendent
Frank Jones, state school superintendent, will start Oct 1 on winter work in rural schools. He plans a study of heating, fighting, and teaching methods, expects sanitation reform to lead in coming years, and supports Hurty’s health board steps. He helped resolve a Pkin area dispute over a jointly funded school building with a split responsibility agreement between two counties.
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Frank Jones
Jones
Jie
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Ekin
Tipton
Hamilton County
Sr. Jones
Fountain Troubles Plague New Court House Yard
Water supply proves insufficient to fill the new fountain. On Monday evening the fountain ran briefly before stopping due to poor flow. Tuesday was spent cleaning dirt and sand washed from rough stone sides by the inadequate water supply.
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Court House Yard
Stanley Pearson Dead Recorded in Indiana Meeting
Sept 23 Richmond Indiana report of the death of Stanley Pearson superintendent of Southerland college near Helena Arkansas an institution under the Indiana yearly meeting of friends now in session Pearson's home was in Tonganoxie Kansas meeting to choose a successor
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Stanley Pearson
Richmond
Ind
Southerland College
Helena
Ark
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Pearson
Tonganoxie
Kas
Prospectus of the Wixdhew Glass Trust Revealed
The prospectus for the American window glass company shows incorporation under Pennsylvania law with a 17 million dollar capitalization. It lists 49,000 shares of 7 percent cumulative preferred stock and 459,600 shares of common stock. The owners intend to take about 80 percent of the purchase price in common stock. The trust is challenged in Madison County court by glass workers who fear independence would favor more work.
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Wixdhew Glass Trust
Window Glass -Trust
American Window Glass Company
Penneylvania
Madison
Scinulant Wins Seal Stakes at Newmarket Fall Meet
At Newmarket in England the first October meeting opened with the twenty first great Seal stakes race for 1,000 sovereigns. Scinulant, owned by R. A. Oswald, took the prize, with Hougeumont owned by Mr. McCalmont finishing second and Sweet Marjorie owned by Mr. J. Platt third. Seven horses ran in the event.
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Newmarket
Ens
R. A. Oswald
Mr. McCalmont
Hougeumont
Mr. J. Platt
Sweet Marjorie
Statue Base Rejected for Niehaus O P Morton Statue
Washington commission refuses the proposed base as too costly for its surroundings. The Niehaus statue of O P Morton will be accepted, with many who knew him calling the statue life like.
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Washington
Niehaus
O. P. Morton
Wich Fined After Police Court Assault Charge
Bartholomew Welch was fined $1 and costs after a police court trial on a charge of assaulting his wife. The case was continued to allow his 12 year old daughter, involved in the incident, to testify, but the child told nothing.
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Wich
Bartholomew Welch
Incorporated entities and capital stock in several firms
A list of corporations includes Maplewood classical school in Howard county Jasper county oil company Sterling electric company of Lafayette with capital stock $100,000 and Showers Brothers furniture factory in Bloomington with capital stock $50,000. The record notes capital amounts and locations for these companies.
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Maplewood Classical School
Howard County
Jasper County Oil Company
Capital
Sterling Electric Company
Lafayette
Showers Brothers
Bloomington
Local residents declared insane or demented in city notice
Oliver Woodward aged 13 of 2308 East Street is declared insane due to grip and will receive months of treatment. Widow Matilda Willetts of 616 Fayette Street is declared demented after the death of her husband of three months. Cigarmaker Edwin S. Langley, 32, is adjudged demented, prone to staring and violence when aroused.
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Oliver Woodward
East St
Matilda, Willetts
Fayette St
Edwin S. Langley
Another Slap at Farmers
In Chicago on September 26 at a Northwestern plow and implement association meeting, it was decided to raise prices by about 25 percent above the current schedule.
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Chicago
Northwestern Plow and Implement Association
Fever case isolates in Thirty‑first infantry unit
In San Francisco on September 26 a fever case from the Thirty‑first infantry has been isolated at the general hospital. Doctors report the fever is high and precautionary steps are being taken to prevent possible smallpox development.
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Thirty-first
San Francisco
Thirty-first Infantry
General Hospital
Diaz Will Not Attend Chicago Event From Mexico City
City of Mexico September 26 notes illness of Madame Diaz keeps the president from attendance in Chicago. He appoints Ignacio Manis as representative to act for him during the absence.
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Diaz
Gome
City OF
Mexico
Mme, Diaz
Chicago
Igngelon J Manis
Wants His Child John W Pool Sues For Daughter Myrtle
John W Pool sues Laura Larkins for possession of his five year old daughter Myrtle. He claims after the mother’s death the child was placed in an orphan home and removed by Mrs Larkins who refuses to return or allow visitation. The case centers on parental rights and access to the child.
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John
Pool
Laura
Larkins
Myrtle
American sports notes and crimes in brief
Bee Daganne Smith knocks out Bob Douglass in Denver while Riley Grannan plans a race gamble on the Colum bia. Ranjitsinhji and English cricketers begin U S tour in Philadelphia. Rain slows Louisville track. Phase wins 2 24 trot. Tudor Chimes 2 12 trot. Hal B. staked in 2 08 pace. Darlington wins straight heats. Lew Houck dies in Durango after a life of gambling. Spider Gable and Orville Young fight over a £200 wager. Gable rises to beat Young in sixth round amid heated seconds.
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Bob Douglass
St. Louis
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Riley Grannan
Columbia
Smith
Ranjitsinhji
Philadelphia
Louisville
Tudor Chimes
Hal B
Darlington
Lew Houck
Durango
Mex
Spider Gable
Orville Young
Young
Gable
Craven launches torpedo boat and other early week notes
National prison congress sits as Wariford Connecticut notes. Torpedo boat Craven launched at Bath Missouri on Monday. McKinley may visit Evansville Indiana on October 11 for blue and gray reunion. Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr welcomes a newborn son in New York after Newport trip. Kearsarge ships on official voyage averages 16.8 knots. John Carson of Newton Falls Ohio dies after bee attack while burning sulphur in apiary.
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National Prison Congress
Wariford
Conn
Craven
Bath
McKinley
Evansville
Ind
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
New York
Newport
Kearsarge
John Carson
Newton Falls
Dhath's Harvest Tragedies Claim Several Lives At Sea and Land
Ethel Sigsbee daughter of Captain Sigsbee dies at Rheabeth Beach Delaware. Thomas Kelly 17 of Meriden Connecticut dies from football game injuries. Herman Wadsworth Hayley 25 of Boston commits suicide by throat cut. Mrs H Steinleider of Dorchester Nebraska strangles herself with willow and neck rope.
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Ethel
Capt
Sigsbee
Rheabeth Beach
Del
Thomas Kelly
Meriden
Conn
Herman Wadsworth Hayley
Boston
Deadly boiler blasts kill several in two towns
A boiler explosion in Palmetto Georgia killed brothers D P Hearn and J P Hearn and Penn Hearn. In Pottsboro Texas another boiler blast occurred killing engineer Cordon Nunn Steele and a boy named Jones. A sister of Jones lost both feet.
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J. P. Hearn
Brothers
Penn Hearn
Palmetto
Potisboro
Tex
Esrling
Cordon
Nunn Steele
Jones
Regiments Sail for Manila and Frisco
Twenty-sixth regiment sailed Monday aboard the Grant for Manila while the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth head to Frisco. Idaho and North Dakota volunteers were mustered out Monday at Frisco.
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Manila
Frisco
Idaho
North Dakota
Ruinous flames strike two facilities in Oklahoma and Alabama
A round-house of the Birmingham railway and electric company in Muscogee Indian Territory burned on Monday, causing losses around 30 000 dollars. Spalding Institute in Muscogee also burned on Monday, with reported damages near 60 600 dollars.
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Spalding Institute
Muscogee, I. T
Birmingham
Ala
Railway and Electric Company
Finishing Touches for Lipton's Shamrock Yacht
New York report says Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock entered dry dock on Tuesday for scraping and painting in preparation for the upcoming race. The work aims to ready the yacht for the competition season.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
Dean's Kidney Pills Promised Cure for Kidney Trouble
A testimony from Mrs. A. Morgan of Indianapolis describes relief from back and hip pain after taking Dean's Kidney Pills. She reports better sleep and able to perform housework without pain, claiming previous rheumatism also improved. The ad touts the pills as a universal remedy sold by druggists for 80 cents, with Foster Milburn Co. as the maker.
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Dean
Indianapolis
A. Morgan
Calhounst
Henry J. Huder
Doan
Foster- Milburn’Co
Merit Win Top Coat and Fall Suit Value Promise
A retailer argues that if better value can be found in top coats or fall suits for the same money, customers should not be urged to buy theirs. They claim superior garments, wider variety, and lower prices due to maker savings, with stock four to five times larger and prices from 7.50 to 25 dollars, guaranteeing fit and worth.
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