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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1911
Page
2
Italy deploys fleet to Turkish waters while anarchist enlistment surges and Rome calls for executions. Taft surveys American fleet from Mayflower cruiser as incidents unfold nationwide. Court cases, resignations, political maneuvers, and notable crimes pepper a rapid, era-spanning bulletin.
A Pekin dispatch reports Shan-Si troops mutinied after being sent to assist imperialists, killing their brigadier general and bombarding Manchu city, with 1,009 Manchus slain including the governor and family. The Shintsu wreck near Hainan Island claims 50 lives. Lady Colin Campbell, noted writer and critic, dies in London after a long illness. England's municipal elections favor laborites in Bradford Liverpool Leeds South Shields and Manchester. The Chinese throne grants a constitutional government with an immediate constitution and cabinet excluding nobles.
Gary Indiana November 4 Charles Greenwald announced that H M Daly of Valparaiso is retained as special prosecutor in bribery cases brought by Thomas B Dean against Gary officials to be tried Monday before Judge Van Fleet at Valparaiso. Daly will work with Samuel Parker and S W Hodges with Elmer Sellers advising.
William J. Burns, renowned detective, met with United States District Attorney Miller in Indianapolis to offer the Burns detective agency’s aid. He stated the purpose was to supply information or evidence of possible federal statute violations by the McNemaras and Orie McMunigie in alleged dynamiting activities. He denied any aim to seize iron workers books and records for a Los Angeles trial.
Dell Seabold, famed for enduring five hours atop a Hong Kong steeple during the Boxer uprising, faced a lethal fall when a rope fray left him 60 feet from a chimney rim. He shifted to a lower ledge and swung hand over hand to safety, narrowly avoiding death.
Kekomo November 4. Mayor Puckett frees Jack McCarty and Thomas Vinson, hoboes charged with highway robbery after finding the accused entitled to a fair trial. Prosecutor witness Otis Shaffer, who helped arrest with a shotgun, is denounced as seeking notoriety and producing questionable literature.
Hiram Laboyteaux a 68 year old contractor died on a country road three miles east of Newcastle while hurrying on a bicycle to the side of his dying daughter at Messick. Log haulers found the body and bicycle in a heap by the road. He leaves a widow and two children.
Hog cholera is decimating numerous herds in Howard and adjoining counties. In Windfall area about 300 hogs perished in the last week, with hundreds more reported ill across the region. The outbreak spans Kokomo and northern Tipton as well as Madison County.
Laporte November 4 fire damaged the J. Street Milling company plant with losses around 7000 dollars. The blaze started from an unknown source and spread quickly. The mill held 40 bushels of wheat 2000 bushels of corn and 500 bushels of rye in its storerooms.
Six families, one school and one church in Mount Pleasant township near Muncie were ordered quarantined by County Health Officer H A Cowing due to an epidemic of scarlet fever in the area.
Michigan City church Zion Swed ish Lutheran extends a call to Rev. J. E. Nystrom of Porter to succeed Rev. C. A. Tolin who moved to Manistee Michigan.
Police charge Mrs Vermilya with murder after experts find arsenic in Policeman Bissonette's viscera. Coroner to exhume two bodies, possibly more, linked to her. Richard T Smith, Illinois Central conductor, may be one victim. nine graves could be disturbed. Authorities guard Vermilya at 415 East Twenty-ninth Street awaiting court action.
Duluth Minn Nov 4 One of the most important probate court cases in St Louis county will end soon as Dr Frederick Owsley argues to break his wife’s will and gain one third of her estate valued at over 3 million dollars in the county. He rejects 35000 cash and 10060 yearly income. He claims mining lands proven by him for his wife extend beyond Minnesota.
Denver citizens plan a fund to attract both major party national conventions. A I Mahler of Omaha, head of the Harriman system, pledges 2500 dollars, with others ready to contribute to send delegations to Republican and Democratic national committees.
Washington reports that the parapet spot where Lincoln faced Confederate fire during Earlys 1864 attack will be marked by a large memorial boulder. The dedication ceremony is set for November 7, the forty seventh anniversary of Lincoln's re election.user
A report by Adjutant General Arthur N. Fridge to the Mississippi legislature shows troop maintenance at McComb City and Water Valley since October 4 linked to the Illinois Central shopmen strike cost about 44000. Legislation will propose an appropriation of the sum.
In Aspen Colorado on November 4, Frank Sras son aged 86 died after biting a percussion cap under his head and detonating it with his teeth. Authorities believe domestic troubles, including a recent divorce from his wife, sparked the self inflicted death.
In Hammond Mrs Curley receives two telegrams one joyful claim of her husband’s return from a northern camp and one shock announcing his drowning. Clinton Letsinger 30 fell to death at a Miami coal mine. Attica and Brazil figures tied to a railroad wreck verdict. Peru reports smallpox cases provoking doctor disputes. Kokomo mayor pushes hardline drug arrests. Hammond crash victim Anabel Shelton and Samuel Shelton hospitalized after car pinning. Indianapolis garage owner John Brant badly burned by an explosion. South Bend burglaries solved by police with drug epidemic noted. Marion suit between Horace Miller and wife over abandonment. Miss Horst injured after horse collision. Martinsville Stivers shoots near Paragon. eye destroyed. Boonville William Lee petitions to use insurance cash for defense in triple murder case.
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentle effective laxative to relieve headaches colds indigestions pains and constipation. It urges purchase of genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product with the company name on the front of each package.
A humorous verse riff on marital dynamics. A husband laments being ruled by his wife who spends, guides him to church, attends society events, and outfits him with hats and bundles as her shopping continues. The piece ends with a playful twist on the biblical line.
In a London Chronicle excerpt, Ruskin laments Americans once yearning for castles now gaining one with a brick shipment and a full chapel moved to an Italian villa near Boston. The monks were dispersed by law, and the chapel faced demolition as the villa’s owner, Mrs. Gardner, transported the entire interior as artifacts.
A politician with a telephone frank pockets a $20 talk, only to discover it expired. He mutters that silence is golden as a judge noted. The brief quips hinge on talk being cheap and memory of a punchline.
Railroad town wife writes of her husband a heavy tea drinker who turned to Postum. Tea worsened his nerves and sleep, but Postum restored rest and steadiness without medicine. His brother also recovered after giving up coffee for Postum. Letter attributed to Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan, with testimonial note.
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