Troops Endure War Game Drills At Fort Harrison Camp
Troops at the Fort Harrison maneuver camp completed three weeks of drills and war game maneuvers as spectators watched the Fifth Illinois and Second Michigan militia in regiment attack and defense tasks. A church service and festivities accompanied the final days while autumn inspections schedule a September 26 physical for all men, with hikers to depart by rail to Geneceo and Des Moines after a route through several towns. The camp hosted Gov Warner and generals Guerrin and Wagner for a farewell visit, with Col Maus supervising medical exams to filter unfit soldiers for the hike phase.
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Harrison
Ol. M. M. Macomb
National Guard
Illinois
Michigan
Reds
Army of the Blue
Edward Fawcett
Fifth Mets
Tegiment
P. Dunnigan
Nickson
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Michigan Regiment
Fawcett
Quincy
Aken
Dunnigan
la Pierre
Mich
F. M. Warner
W. T. Guerrin
C. E.wagner
L. M. Maus
Medical Corps
Signal Corps
Engineers
W. H. Crum
Sixth Cavalry
RE .P. O'Connor
M. C. Brergner
Tenth Infantry
L. J. Owen
H. R. Beery
W. R. Davis
C. RB. ‘Connor
Breckinridge
Ifantry
Geneceo
Ill
Green River
Ck “Island
Durant
West Lid
Oxford
Marengo
Victor
Grinpell
Mitchellville
Des Moines
A. Rodgers
Forgotten man Morakkady linked to gun incident
Police say Thomas Morakkady fired a revolver at Herbert Kabash during a quarrel. A warrant was issued months ago but unclear in current records. Further details pending official release.
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Thomas Morakkady
Herbert Kabash
Insurgency to Endure in West
Washington insurance commissioner J H Shively spoke at the Denison hotel claiming the West’s insurgent movement is deliberate and unemotional. He said the old regime was replaced by a planned shift toward Miles Poindexter and Roosevelt's ideas. Shively, touring from Olympia to Indianapolis, heads to Birmingham for an insurance convention.
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Pacific States
J. H. Shively
State of Washington
Denison Hotel
Pll
Miles Poindexter
Senate
Teddy
Shively
Governor Marshall Urges Husbands Kiss Wives to Curb Divorces
Gov Marshall spoke at Memorial Presbyterian Sunday school to about 577 listeners. He urged husbands to kiss their wives as a sign of good faith, said many men become indifferent after marriage, and argued Bible knowledge and personal salvation trump laws in shaping society. He recalled his Protestant upbringing and warned against relying on statutes to govern morality.
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Gov. Marshall
Memorial Presbyterian Church
America
Indiana
Early resident James M Kennedy buried in Cloverdale
Funeral for James M Kennedy, who died Saturday at his daughter’s home on East Market Street, was held Sunday at Cloverdale after the body shipped at 7 am. Born July 11, 1835 in Connersville, he moved with family to Indiana City early, later to Putnam County where he resided.
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James M. Kennedy
E. M. Rife
East Market Street
Cloverdale
Indiana
Connersville
Putnam County
Murderer sought after mutilated body found in abandoned house
Goderich Ontario police hunt a killer after Elizabeth Anderson, 16, is found murdered in a deserted house on the town’s edge. Investigators describe a mutilated throat and say a search is underway for the assailant, with officials urging witnesses to come forward.
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Goderich
Ont
Elizabeth Anderson
Beveridge to Speak on Interests in Tomlinson Hall
A large crowd is expected as Senator Beveridge delivers the keynote at Tomlinson hall Tuesday night. The speech, though not officially announced, is anticipated to address tariffs and anti corruption themes within Indiana’s campaign, with Democratic leaders and veteran clubs planning joint support and a parade from the Pythian building.
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Beveridge
Tomlinson Hall
Indiana
Marion Club
Old Soldiers’ Republican Club
Pythian Building
Senator Beveridge
Meridian Street
Martinsville
John W. Kern
Evansville
Fairmount
Marion
Peru
North Manchester
Lagrange
Decatur
Greensburg
Loogootee
Bedford
Senator Shively
Laporte
Winamac
Lafayette
Opera House
Newcastle
Tipton
Logansport
Brazil
Jasper
Corydon
New Albany
Samuel N. Ralston
Nashville
Cambridge City
Knightstown
L. Ert Slack
Summitville
Elwood
Middletown
Hagerstown
Warren
Indianapolis brakeman loses arm in yard accident
A. E. Zanders of Indianapolis, a Big Four brakeman, suffered serious injuries Sunday at Columbus when he fell under a car while coupling cars in the yard. His left leg was fractured and his left arm was severed. He is confined at the Protestant hospital.
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A. E. Zanders
Indianapolis
Columbus
Protestant Hospital
Spiritualist Speaker From Grand Rapids At Local Church
Mrs. D. A. Morrill of Grand Rapids Michigan will lecture on spiritualism at the First Spiritualist church of this city. She is described as a forceful speaker and has aroused considerable interest among cult members.
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D. A. Morrill
Grand Rapids, Mich
Sheriff Takes Part in Siege Near West Newton
Five Nugent construction company officials from Louisville and Wichita were besieged by a mob of Italian laborers near Friendswood after pay disputes. Detectives and Sheriff Woessner, aided by an armed posse, secured their escape to Indianapolis as workers received written pay orders and promises for September.
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West Newton
Indianapolis
William F. Nugent
Robert, Nugent
Richard Nugent
Robert Higgins
W. M. Jamison
Nugent Construction Company
Vandalia Railroad
City
Louisville
Jamison
Wichita
Kas
Friendswood
James Hussey
L. W. Corey
P. J. Sullivan
Construction Company
Woessner
Clever Taxicab Stolen Ride Ends With Missing $56
Willis D. Williams, proprietor of the Claypool garage, reports a discharged soldier stole a taxicab ride Sunday night and forced the driver to stop at a restaurant. After a brief exit, the man fled in fear, with the cab driver left astonished as a $56 bill disappeared.
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Willis D. Williams
Claypool
Ilinois Street
Three Thefts Reported In Local Homes
Thief enters Alma Standford residence on North Tilinois Street Sunday night and takes a purse with $17 while a neighbor saw a man leaving. Ella Samuels on Monument Place reports theft of $50 to $73 from a money drawer Saturday night. Jewelry including four rings and cuff buttons stolen from Misses Mary and Lucy Weber at East Ohio Street Saturday night.
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Alma Standford
North
Tilinois Street
Ella Samuels
Monument Place
Mary and
Lucy Weber
East
Ohio Street
Financial Kings Travel In Four Special Trains
Four hundred fifty eastern bankers left New York for the American bankers association thirty sixth annual convention in Los Angeles October 8. The month long trip costs about 1 million dollars and uses four special trains with 42 cars, including four ladies club cars each with a piano player.
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New York
American Bankers’ Association
Los Angeles
Cal
New York Central Hnes
Kings of Finance
Pacific
New York Central Mnes
Lewis E. Pierson
American Bankers' Association
Lee McClung
United States
Lawrence O. Murray
George W. Higgins
New York Central Railroad
British Army Maneuvers Labeled Gigantic Muddle
London papers of various opinions call the British army maneuvers a frightful fiasco. The Express describes a gigantic muddle with hopeless confusion as battalions fired on allies. Foreign attaches decry British generalship while planes failed to take flight.
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London
Express
Park Taxation Protest Heads to Legislature
Irvington residents oppose current park taxation plans and plan a mass meeting on Wednesday. They aim to circulate a petition in the east park district and present it to the coming legislature. Backers of the opposition seek to amend the laws and a lawsuit testing legality is expected to be filed this week.
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Irvington
East Park
Whisky Train Wreck at Washburn Injures Crew
Three Chicago and Alton freight workers were seriously hurt when a switch opened and the engine overturned near Washburn. Ten whisky cars derailed, the train burned, and nearby buildings caught fire threatening Washburn's business district before aid arrived from Peoria.
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Peoria
Chicago & Alton
Washburn
South Side Theater Opens Monday Night Funhouse Club
The South Side rally supported five cent moving pictures prompting Timothy Sexton and others to establish the Virginia theater at 733 735 Virginia avenue near McCarty street. It will offer a vaudeville program with five acts alongside canned drama and includes a women’s rest room and a men's smoking room to function as a local club. Opening Monday promises a new local amusement venue with a club feel.
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South Side
Timothy Sexton
Virginia Theater
Virginia
Virginia Avenue
McCarty Street
Man Jumped From Streetcar Injuring Leg in Illinois Street Incident
James Newton, a Black man, leaped from a street car between Michigan and North Streets on Illinois street Sunday night. He ran into the path of an automobile driven by Conner Tucker of 113 West Thirteenth Street, striking him and breaking his right leg. The car belonged to Thomas B. Winn of the Merchants Heat and Light Company.
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James Newton
Michigan
North Streets
Illinois Street
Thomas B. Winn
Merchants Heat and Lght Company
Conner Tucker
West Thirteenth Street
George H. Chapman Woman's Relief Corps Largest in Indiana
The George H. Chapman Woman's Relief Corps No. 10 in this city reports 218 members in good standing, claiming the largest corps membership in Indiana.
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George H. Chapman Woman’s Relief Corps No. 10
Indiana
Chapman Corps
Gambling and Tip Probe Set for City Council Meet
The 1911 budget and the tip probe take center stage as a special city council meeting is planned for Wednesday or Thursday. The finance committee will arrange subpoenas via City Clerk Ramsay or chairman Charles F. Copeland. They will seek to prove whether Mayor Shank or others know sarcons violate laws and will probe gambling at two local hotels with police inaction and possible admin involvement. No witness names have been filed yet.
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Finance Committee
Witneses
Ramsey
Charles F. Copeland
Shank
Ramsay
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Puarrel
Washington
Will
Farmer
William Henry Harrison
McKinley
Democratic Party
Fletcher American National Bank Capital
Financial Kings
Gately
South
Pennsylvania St
Vonnegut. Hardware CO
Rod Washington Street
South Side Theater
Negro
ME Ag' Pettis Dry Goods CO
Peter Thompson
Copenhagen
Jamestown Suitings
the Leading Trust Company
the Union Trust Company
Office Company’s
E. Market Street
Victo Talking Machine
Victors
Walschner-Stewart Music CO
Pennsylvania Street
Shubert Murat
Mats
Sam S
Ee Shubert (Inc
Clyde Fitch
Lyric Theatre
Huder
Blanche
Matinee Daily
B. F. Keith
Grand Opera House
Edwin Arden & CO
Captain Velvet
Finney Sisters
the Mermaids
Geo. Austin Moore
Wizards of Joy, Raymond & Caverly
Toma Hanlon
Rio
Steeley & Edwards
Kinodrome
Old
Kentucky
Jeanne Towler
Arvine-Benton
Geo. M. Cohan
Broadway
Colonial
Audeville
Empire
the Wise
Weex Edmond
Hayes
Monulet
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