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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1911
Page
6
Washington reports a dynamite device found within thirty feet of President Taft’s Civic Parade route in Hutchinson, cited as part of a larger assassination plot. Local detectives recovered the device as authorities investigate potential conspirators tied to the incident.
Sporting star Jack Johnson declares retirement from the prize ring at the close of his present engagement in English music halls. The decision comes after Johnson and Bombardier Wells appeared in Bow Street police court and posted bail, confirming the bout would not proceed as planned.
Personal obituaries report former United States Senator Charles Manderson of Omaha died aboard the Cedric en route from Liverpool to New York after a health voyage. General Manderson had traveled abroad earlier that summer for health. Also noted is the death of Russell J. Waters, former California congressman and prominent banker, in Los Angeles after months of illness.
Indiana Presbytery resumed work at Worthington with Rev. Albert D. Light of Evansville as moderator. Reports covered synod delegates, bills and overtures, judiciary, finance, and home missions. New pastor Rev. Albert H. Brand of Vincennes admitted, two ministers transferred, licenses granted, and eldership topics discussed.
The twentieth annual state charities and corrections conference in Indianapolis will feature exhibits from Indiana institutions inside the state house October 28 to 31. George S. Wilson heads the exhibits committee with JF Loomis directing private displays. Institutions listed include Michigan City prison Jeffersonville reformatory and others. private groups like Charity Organization Society Lafayette and Christamore settlement Indianapolis will also display. Cardboard 30 by 40 inch mounts and permanent exhibits are planned with varied formats to show inmate work, charts, and institutional practices.
Crawford county remitted 97.27 to the state treasury the smallest amount yet received from counties. Dearborn county had previously sent 218.85. The total receipts by noon stood at 75,925.62 with 13 counties yet to remit, and prison board earnings added about 16,669 plus potential 8,000 more. Also, Indiana judge rules 1911 constitutional act unconstitutional and void. case awaits appeal to the Supreme Court.
Charles A. Greathouse prepared to turn into the general fund at year end $2,002.65 net earnings from the manuscript department, the largest single year amount. Department receipts for the year totaled $11,864.30, including prior year balance.
Fort Wayne librarian Nannie W. Jayne and Elwood counterpart Mary N. Baker report on extending library books to rural districts near Fort Wayne and Elwood. Teachers resisted at first due to time and book knowledge concerns but joined in after librarians trained students to handle distributions and teachers learned aims. Township trustees initially opposed the effort citing teacher time demands.
Governor Marshall declines invitations to Democratic gathering in Lexington Kentucky and Knights of Columbus event in Logansport October 12 and similar in Terre Haute for Sturgis dam opening. He accepts Knife and Fork club dinner in South Bend October 17. He asks governors of Illinois Kentucky Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan and Ohio to attend Tippecanoe battle centennial observance in Lafayette November 6-7.
The Indiana League of Bartenders, meeting in Evansville, unanimously approves holding annual sessions in cities where the State Federation of Labor meets, provided those cities are wet. Officers elected include President John Howe of Evansville and five vice presidents: Charles Muir Indianapolis, William Kruger South Bend, Henry Schroeder Richmond, Louis Kostinsky Evansville, and Samuel Scott Lafayette.
The state board of pardons opened hearings on applications for clemency. Fred Rettinger, given life in prison for the murder of William Bates at Bourbon, faced opposition from Charles Kellison and B C Martindale who argued release would endanger Frank Bates, son of the slain man. Rettinger was sentenced in Marshall county on October 16, 1906.
Four West Hammond officers guarded the village hall to shield accused trustees at a special meeting as 300 angry taxpayers swarmed the chamber. Captain Barney Johnson departed the city to keep aldermen safe while crowds threatened violence over disputed minutes and evidence in Cook County mandate cases.
Five hundred bushels of Michigan potatoes bought by Mayor Shank arrived in Indianapolis to be sold at cost at the city market. They will go for 75 cents a bushel with a five bushel limit per customer, or 60 cents for smaller quantities. Crowds cheered as the mayor’s wagon train delivered the produce amid praise for taking on the commission row.
Crawfordsville Sept 30 Joseph Grimes sixty five years old committed death by own action by hanging himself in the hay loft of the barn of Mrs Alonzo Brown of Alamo near this city Grimes had removed all his clothing and after fastening a rope to a rafter and around his neck bent his knees and he choked to death He lived with his brother Clinton Grimes and when he did not appear for breakfast a search was begun and his body was found by Eliot Stonebraker Ill health is believed to have caused the act.
South Bend report says the state will vigorously prosecute parents of means who place children in shops and stores while children from needy families found in factories will be placed in school. prosecutions not to occur in those cases.
Reunion of the One Hundred and First and Seventy-fifth Indiana regiments will be held in Kokomo on October 5 and 6. Major George W. Steele of Marion and Captain Williams of Wabash will be among officers present. Invitations have gone out nationwide from Maine to California to surviving members.
Mrs. Ed Fippen of Anderson receives a letter from her brother Albert Fisher after 26 years. Albert vanished 26 years ago while repairing a fence at the Fisher farm in Tipton county and has not been seen since.
Terre Haute hosts a fish fry attended by former Speaker Cannon United States Marshal Hitch of Illinois and Indiana leaders known for their resistance to extradition. Jake Finkelstein, tied to Springfield bribery indictments of road supervisors, organized the event.
Evansville Sept 30 Jurors were deliberating on Webb Slifer thirty three charged with attempting to burn his house when he escaped Gibson county jail at Princeton with Joe Hammond charged with burglary whose guilt or innocence was to be decided by Judge Clements.
Brown blames a misbehaving child while asking about the parents. Jones notes the father is a scientific management expert. Puck.
The most expensive hat in the world is claimed to belong to Princess Mihheson Bukharest, a wealthy Roumanian socialite. Valued around $1,000, the black tagal straw creation is oversized, lined with silver lace, and studded with several pure white ospreys.
Miss Etta Narber of Spring Lake Michigan describes persistent eczema on her hands lasting four years. After trials with several doctors and various salves she used a full Cuticura set and reports complete healing in three days. She notes easy access to Cuticura Soap and Ointment and offers a free sample request.
A Success Magazine piece recalls a former Ohio house member displaying a large roll of bills in the Neil house lobby. Another legislator, after a pause, quips with a drawl that he may be one of them.
Al Ryan, a hospitable Lockport glass worker and former Socialist organizer, is praised by factory staff after receiving a $100 Christmas check from his uncle in Tiffanys. In the letter’s postscript the uncle adds a request to send back $4 for a pair of shoes.
The passage from Heitere Welt features a playful exchange where a child asks if giraffes catch cold when they wet their feet and the father replies in a humorous way that the cold season arrives next month.
A Boston woman credits Grape-Nuts with easing chronic headaches and constipation after years of illness. She says regular use at breakfast and other meals improved sleep and health. she values the product and endorses its benefits, noting the claim sits with Postum Co. and a published booklet.
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