News of a Week Condensed From World Happenings
A broad roundup reports on a bill to outlaw restraints of trade as felonies, statehood steps for Arizona and New Mexico with constitutional amendments, a chase to reinvestigate the Lorimer case, and inquiries into Standard Oil prosecutions. It notes battleship Wyoming launch, Taft pardons, tax bills, a tubercular leprosy case, a fatal fire in Kansas, a grandfather clause ruling, a missing railway clerk, and other national events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
New Mexico
National House of Representatives
Martin
Virginia
United States
Senate
Lorimer
Privileges and Elections Committee
Illinois
State Senate
Mitchell
Net Increase in Indiana Tax Assessments Reported
The State Tax Board reported a net rise of 1 267 926.07 in assessments for telephone interurban sleeping car and transportation companies at its first 1911 session in Indianapolis. Major increases included Central Union Telephone 725 370.78 and Indianapolis Street Railway about 166 920. The board will hear July appeals from dissatisfied corporations and plans sessions in Evansville and Hammond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Board of Tax Commissioners
State Tax Board
Evansville
Hammond
Vanderburg
Lake County
Central Union Telephone Company
Pullman Company
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
Telephone Companies of
Indiana
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Central Union
Chicago Telephone Company
Citizens’ Independence
American
National Express
Vincennes Traction Company
United Travelers of Indiana Elect Officers
The United Travelers of Indiana announced its new officers led by Grand councilor Alex Rumpler of Indianapolis and executive committee member Orear of Lafayette. Other posts include Ed Leever Terre Haute conductor J D Bevans Evaneville secretary H A Pritchett Terre Haute treasurer W V Bo zette Indianapolis page E C Carter Fort Wayne sentinel Henry G Martch Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumpeter
United Travelers of Indiana
Alex Rumpler
Indianapolis
Ed Leever
Terre Haute
J. D. Bevans
Evaneville
H. A. Pritchett
W. V. Bozette
Page
E. C. Carter
Fort Wayne
Henry G. Martch
Madison
Orear
Lafayette
Neher
Logansport
Eagles Bring State Convention to Logansport
The annual state convention of Eagles will be held in Logansport June 6 7 and 8 with elaborate plans to entertain visitors and a large crowd expected. A street parade opens the event and a loving cup valued at 25 dollars will go to the member with the largest parade percentage. five dollars to the smallest Eagle and ten dollars to the tallest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles
Logansport
Aenue
Aerte
Man Tries to Kill Wife in Wilkinson Divorce Case
John Holliday, 29, of Wilkinson, fired two shots at his wife Cora Holliday, 24, in the law office of Cook & Cook in Greenfield. One bullet hit her neck, another hit her arm as she prepared to file divorce papers. Holliday fired after asking if she would sue for divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Holliday
Attorney’s Office
Greenfield
Wilkinson
Cora Holliday
Cook & Cook
Holliday
Cook
Train saves life by rapid run to Indianapolis
A Vandalia Vincennes division train rushed 60 miles an hour from Martinsville to Indianapolis to aid Charles Stilwell a 30 year old brakeman of 262 North Keystone avenue after his right leg was crushed by a train in Martinsville yards. Surgeons amputated the mangled limb and repaired a left leg fracture. He had a fair chance for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Vincennes
Martinsville
Charles Stilwell
North
Keystone Avenue
Stilwell
Union Station
St. Vincent's Hospital
Roof Collapses Injuring Four at Farm Barn Near Mooresville
A barn roof on C. F. White's farm near Mooresville collapsed injuring four men. Vernon Harvey, 25, sustained internal injuries with doubtful recovery. Ray Harper, 21, hurt about head and body. Thomas Gentry, 40, suffered a broken leg and arm plus other injuries. Mooresville One possibly fatally affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooresville
C. F. White
Vernon Harvey
Ray Harper
Thomas Gentry
Captain Benjamin Anderson Dies After Stroke Aboard Clairmont
In New Albany Captain Benjamin Anderson, pilot of the steamer Clairmont, collapsed from apoplexy at the landing. After landing, Captain Creen signaled to start but got no response. Anderson was found unconscious in the pilot house and died an hour later at Lt. Eawards hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Benjamin Anderson
Clairmont
Ea@ward
Hugh Creen
Captain Anderson
Tries to Swallow Poison In Columbus Iron Works
James Sanders forty an emplore of Caldwell Drake Iron works attempted to drink carpolic acid saying good bye to his sister Mrs Dally Brazzell and family His sister knocked the bottle away saving his life He swallowed some poison and was badly burned but will recover
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
James Sanders
Caldwell & Drake Iron Works
Dally Brazzell
Tragic Work Accident Claims Henry Free Near Mooresville
Henry Free a 20 year old employee of the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company was killed when he stumbled and fell beneath a construction car four miles north of Mooresville while he and other workers laid crossties on the Martinsville division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Henry Free
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
Mooresville
Free
Martinsville
Mayor Finds Wife Dead In Bed
Anderson.-Mrs. Tadema Murphy Foster, wife of Mayor Frank Po Foster, died suddenly of heart disease. Mayor Foster found her asleep, then at last aroused her two hours later to discover she was dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Tadema Murphy Foster
Frank Po. Foster
Mayor Foster
Missing Allen Township Woman Feared Suicide
Neighbors drag Mud Lake near Peru after Mary Mills of Allen township disappears. Reports say her recent odd actions prompt belief she took her own life. searchers seek her body in the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Mud Lake
Here
Mary Mills
Allen Township
Girl Rouses Then Dies After Apparent Death
Edith Inman aged sixteen was laid out as dead when she rose to a sitting position and asked for water. Hours later she died, according to the report from Linton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Edith Inman
Heart Pierced by Bullet Fatality at Home
Franklin-Will A. Green found his wife dead on their doorstep after returning from work. A bullet pierced her heart and the pistol lay on the floor beside the body. Mrs. Green had suffered poor health for several months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Will A. Green
Mrs. Green
Milk and Meat Poison Four In Cicero
Four people poisoned after eating ice cream and sandwiches in Cicero are recovering. Health officials attribute illness to tainted meat and milk in the foods served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Eleven Years of Health Dean's Kidney Pills Claim
Mrs. Everett Griffith of Evansville Indiana says kidney disease left her with thick secretions and severe pain. After taking Dean's Kidney Pills for six weeks in 1899 she recovered and has remained healthy. The ad promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as available at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Griffith
Indiana Ave
Evansville
Ind
Dean
Officer Requested Aboard Coach In New Castle
A drummer asks for a corkscrew from a sheriff in the coach from New Castle. The sheriff, roused from sleep, confirms there is an officer aboard. The brief exchange centers on obtaining the corkscrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Mothers urged to inspect Castoria bottles for signature
Consumers are advised to carefully examine every bottle of Castoria to ensure it bears the official signature. The notice highlights Castoria as a safe remedy used for over 30 years and reminds that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
China Education Puzzle Highlights Ladder to Learning
National Review in Shanghai argues China started at the top by building universities without preparing students. The lower rungs of the educational ladder are so poorly constructed that students cannot ascend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
National Review
Shanghai
Who She Was
A humorous exchange from Harpers Weekly recalls a distant relative by divorce who snubbed a speaker. Squiggles notes the lady was distant in greeting, Jabbers reveals the divorce ended their marriage at Sioux Falls in 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jabbers
Sioux Falls
Harpers Weekly
Natural Evidence Says George Stole A Kiss
Adelaide accuses Cornelia of a kiss with George. Cornelia admits he snatched a dozen knees before she could scream and refuses to tidy her hair, noting no girl would believe she was kissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
Cornelia
George
Grape-Nuts Ad Letter Promises Health and Wealth
A testimonial claims a diet shift from heavy meats to Grape-Nuts cured stomach and kidney complaints and boosted nerves and brain function. The letter, signed Pos tum Co Battle Creek Mich, urges readers to try the product and read The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington
House of Representatives
Smith
Standard Oil Company
Supreme Court
United States Senate
Pomerene
United States Senate Committee On Judiciary
Nelson
Minnesota
Senate Finance Committee
Taft
Wyoming
Cramp Shipyards
Philadelphia
Dorothy Knight
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Charles ‘V. Morse
New York
Pittsburg
Yee Tung
Tung
Gottrell
Homer M. Messenger
National Order of Railway Mail Clerks
Rocky River
Cleveland
Messenger
Orville Owen
Detroit
Wye
England
Bacon
Lowell
Mass
Lake Mohonk
Mohonk Lake
N. Y
Nicholas Murray Butler
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
David F. Barry
Sumner County
Tenn
Barry Cook
James Sweat
Barry
Sweat
Gallatin
Southern Railway
Congress
Maine
Havana Harbor
Brambach
Saxony
American Foundrymen's Association
Exposition Building
Black Hand
Belisario
Orazio Mariana
Brothers
Lorigan Avenue
Boy Scouts
Dave Platek
Fargo
N. C
Stockwood
Minn
Lake City
Fla
Redlands
Cal
Gerald Purvis
Porter Adams
Charles A. Adams
Wells-Fargo Express
Pacific Express Company
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Iron Mountain and Southern
Texas and Pacific
Wabash
Jack” Cudahy
Michael Cudahy
Los Angeles
Woman's General Missionary Society of the
United Presbyterian Church
Greeley
Colo
Diaz
Corral
Mexican Chamber of Deputies
el Imparcial
Mexico
Ramon Corral
Republic
Cunardine
Ivernia
Thomas Potter
Boston
Queenstown
Liverpool
Daunt Rock
Irish
Charles Wertheimer
London
Vandalia Coal Company
United States Bureau of Mines
Secretary of State
Ed le Auto Company
Tipton
Capital
J. W
D. F
B. F. Mott
Ideal Concrete Machinery Company
South Bend
Glen Ayr Mining Company
David Ingle
W. J. and
C. J. Freeman
Board of Trustees
Will R. Wood
Senator Wood
Indiana Intercollegiate Press Association
Crawfordsville
Richmond
H. Furnas
Earlham
T. W. Blair
Hanover
H. Reed
Lawrence Sloan
DePauw
W. N. Watson
Purdue
Moores Hill College
Butler
Joe J. Daniels
Wabash College
Masonic Temple
Wabash College Press Club
Indiana College Athletic League
Ingalls Field
Indiana Bulletin
Board of State Charities
Mersch
Michigan City
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Indiana Boys’ School
Plainfield
Reformatory
Indiana Railroad Commission
Tariff Department
Interstate Commercce Commission
Eagles Plan Convention
Train
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!