Armistice bid between Italy and Turkey denied by Rome
Berlin reports say Corriere D Italia disputes any accord to indemnify Turkey for Tripoli and asserts strong opposition to such terms. Derna bombardment wounded and killed many as Italian bluejackets failed a harbor landing. German diplomacy reportedly nearing a ceasefire though not official. Turkish torpedo boats attacked near Mitylene. three sank, one escaped under a flag. Turkey seeks peace talks after losses with Tripoli under Italian control.
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Italy
Turkey
Berlin
Corriere D'Italia
Tripoli
Derna
London
Pera
Tokal
Hamid Abad
Alpagut
Antalia
Ionian Sea
Mitylene
Domestic Woman Triumphs In California Vote
California voters favored the amendment by a narrow margin of 2051 despite lingering opposition. Twenty one people were injured and many shaken in the aftermath of a collision between two trains on the Aurora Elgin and Chicago line near Austin Illinois. The rear coach burned after impact. Judge Kelitts ordered the dissolution of the electrical trust in Toledo with General Electric and forty subordinate firms under its control. William Rockefeller arrived in London aboard the Mauretania and vanished from sight with his private physician. Senator La Follette plans a midwestern tour starting next month ahead of December congressional session. Guiseppe and Carmello Nicolosi received life and seven year sentences for kidnaping Angelo Marino. Mrs. Nicolosi was also convicted. Mrs. Nicolosi’s mother was acquitted. Taft predicts Panama Canal opening will force toll negotiations with major powers. A miner in Joplin Mo was killed attempting to cross a biplane’s path built and piloted by local students. New York Justice Delaney signed divorce for Elizabeth Chester from George Chester amid misconduct allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora, Elgin and Chicago
Austin
Chicago
Nation and world briefs from a clipped era
The report lists local and national happenings including Shobonier removing itself from maps after a vote, the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway convention in Chicago with 10 000 delegates and a new slogan, and the Farmers National Congress meeting in Columbus Ohio to discuss agriculture. It notes statements by Archbishop Ireland, the McNamara brothers trial in Los Angeles, Chicago politics involving Lorimer, Roosevelt’s suit against Sweden, Taft predicting canal readiness, a lynching in Greenville South Carolina, a Michigan suicide, a Liscomb grandfather becoming father to his seventeenth child, torpedo boat crewman loses arm, Ohio ouster drops, and Stephenson ally Blaine failing to prove charges.
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The
First to receive typhoid serum vaccination in Indiana
Indianapolis leader Greathouse and Dr Burckhardt became the first recipients as the state board of health prepared to supply serum after November 1 for vaccination of traveling professionals, nurses, and physicians. Dr Simonds stated three doses are given ten days apart, and the serum is derived from typhoid germs to confer immunity. Indiana Baptists bring 500 to 600 delegates to Bluffton for the annual convention with 63,372 members and a record $23,000 for state missions to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Charles A. Greathouse
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Health
Louis Burckhardt
J. P. Simonds
Burckhardt
Mr. Greathouse
Simonds
United States Army
Texas
Indiana Baptist Convention
Bluffton
Frank S. Smith
Edward T. Poulson
F. E. Taylor
First Baptist Church of
Woman's Missionary Society
Della Dearborn
Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
W. R. Barr
Record cross country air voyage surpasses world mile mark
Sporting an extraordinary flight C P Rogers set a new world distance record by flying 1,399 miles from New York toward San Francisco, exceeding the prior record of 1,265 miles by Harry Atwood. He paused at Marshall Missouri during the long journey, sometimes traveling at 70 miles an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Rogers
Marshall
New York
San Francisco
Harry Atwood
St. Louis
Rodgers
Noted Figures Face Plight Illness and Death Across Nation
Miss Phoebe W. Couzins, famed lawyer and writer, reportedly poverty stricken and ill in a Washington lodging house. O Cornelius Bliss, millionaire merchant and ex secretary of the interior, dies in New York after a yearlong illness. born Fall River 1833. Harry W. Kerr of Bohemian Girl Opera drowned in the Delaware River at Easton while rowing. Schwab arrives in Pekin likely tied to Chinese navy development. Prominent American Indian leaders meet in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe W. Couzins
Washington
Cornelius N. Bliss
Interior
President McKinley
New York City
Fall River
Mass
Harry W. Kerr
Bohemian Girl Opera Company
Delaware River
Easton
Storms Ravage Sonora Coast Leaving Heavy Loss
A severe weather sequence tore along a 110 mile stretch from Guaymas to Medina in Sonora. Cloudburst winds and a tidal surge caused extensive property destruction and left hundreds of people missing or financially ruined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Guayrmias
Medina
Sonora
Entertainment plans for state charities conference delegates
The committee arranging the twentieth annual conference in Indianapolis has completed its plans. Chairman is Harry D. Tutewiler. On October 31 the Tomlinson hall afternoon program will feature folk dancing by the YWCA gym class directed by Miss Dunlap, plus an exhibit by the German house junior boys. A moving picture show will depict tenement life, pure milk stations, children’s hospitals, play grounds, and other child welfare themes, with views around Indianapolis including the Fourth of July parade. Delegates may visit the Fairview park summer mission and various city institutions afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Charities and Correction
Harry D. Tutewiler
Tomlinson Hall
Young Women's Christian Association
Miss Dunlap
Indianapolis
Fairview Park
New Officers Elected by Indiana State Nurses
Before the ninth annual convention the State Society of Superintendents of Training Schools met at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Ethel L. Chisholt was elected president and Jennie A. Horn secretary treasurer. Sophia F. Palmer spoke on the value of a preliminary training course. Welcome by Dr. Wishard. response by Edith Willis. Officers named: Maude McConnell president. Frances Ott and Edith Baynes vice presidents. Mae D. Currie secretary. Mrs. M. S. Elliott treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Nurses’ Association
Indianapolis
State Society of Superintendents of
Methodist Episcopal Hospital
Ethel L. Chisholt
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Jeanuie A. Horn
Sophia F. Palmer
New York
American Journal of Nurses
W.N. Wishard
Edith Willis
South Bend
Maude McConnell
Sullivan
Frances Ott
Morocco
Edith
Few Vessels to Be Taxed under State Law
C C Matson of the state tax board reports from Gary Indiana Harbor and Chicago that the vessel tonnage tax will yield little revenue. He found about 120 ore ships between Duluth and Gary leased to United States Steel by Pittsburg Steamship and registered in Duluth. Taxable only at registration.
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C. C. Matson
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Gary
Indiana
Chicago
Barnard Links Weights and Measures Reform to Latin
H E Barnard chief chemist of the state board of health suggests eliminating the complex weights and measures tables in schools. He argues replacing them with the metric system would save time and let students study Latin more effectively. His remark follows questions from applicants for sealer positions about the current weights and measures system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Barnard
State Board of Health
Mir. Barnard
State Health Board to Protect Free Lunch Counters
Indiana’s state health board plans to regulate free lunch counters in saloons. Chemist H E Barnard said deputies will enforce sanitary food and pure food laws, requiring glass cases over counters, cleansed utensils, and stricter washing methods for glasses and spoons to prevent bacteria spread. Soda fountains will also face tighter oversight to avoid prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
State Board of Health
H. KE. Barnard
Reformatory Budget Cut Abruptly Slashes October Needs
The state board of finance rejected an $8,000 advance for the Jeffersonville state reformatory. They reduced the request to $2,000, enough to cover minor running costs. The $6,000 for salaries was denied, delaying monthly payrolls and forcing the institution to send vouchers to the auditor in advance of warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Finance
State Reformatory
Jeffersonville
D. C. Peyton
Peyton
Auditor of State
Miles Seeks Trout Hatchery Site Across Southern Indiana
Miles, state commissioner, returned from a week in southern Indiana seeking sites for trout hatcheries. He checked property near Bedford and Evansville, found no suitable tract, and plans to continue the search. He requires level ground and access to clear streams or springs to form a series of ponds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Indiana
Bedford
Evansville
Ninth Indiana Cavalry Reunites in Indianapolis Meeting
The Ninth Indiana remnant of cavalry held its thirty-fourth reunion in the courthouse at Indianapolis. Judge Newton M. Taylor welcomed attendees, praising the regiment’s record. Judge Daniel W. Comstock urged good citizenship and invited a Richmond meeting next year, which was accepted. Officers were re-elected: C. Merrick president, George W. Parker vice president, J. G. Holt secretary, Rev. M. B. Walker chaplain, O. B. Hayden historian.
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Indianapolis
Ninth
Indiana
Newton M. Taylor
Daniel W. Comstock
Richmond
C. Merrick
Rushville
George W. Parker
Greenville
J. G. Holt
Spiceland
M. B. Walker
Fortville
O. B. Hayden
Tacoma
Wash
Former Evansville bookkeeper Blauth faces embezzlement charges
Accused of stealing forty three thousand dollars from Evansville Trust and Savings Blauth testified on the witness stand that he made false entries in the firm books and acted under suggestion of Joseph Brentano secretary treasurer The defense denied forged checks while witnesses sworn to the opposite testified to signatures being forgeries
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
John WW. Blauth
Evansville Trust and Savings Company
Trust Company
Joseph Brentano
Blauth
Revoke Drug Store Licenses In Indianapolis
The state board of pharmacy after a hearing revoked the licenses of Julius and Louis Haag proprietors of Haag drug stores in Indianapolis for illegal liquor sales. The board previously ruled liquor sales in the two stores constitute gross immorality. Both cases will be appealed to the circuit court.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Pharmacy
Julius
Louis Haag
Haag
Haags
Circuit Court
Accidental Gun Incident Wounds Teen in Winchester
In Winchester on October 14 Roy Bradford fifteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Perry Bradford was fatally or near fatally wounded when his four year old brother dropped a 22 caliber rifle from a corner it discharged the bullet entering the abdomen the older boy as of now is believed to be dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Roy Bradford
Perry Bradford
Notre Dame Founder Remembered in 79th Anniversary Exercises
South Bend on October 14 marked the seventy ninth anniversary of Notre Dame university with programs honoring founder Rev. Edward Sorin. Judge T. E. Howard of South Bend delivered the principal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Notre Dame University
Edward Sorin
T. E. Howard
Purdue Receives $50,300 and 1500 Acres for Purdue Agriculture
The will of late William C. Smith of Williamsport leaves Purdue University a $50,000 bequest and 1500 acres in Minnesota to fund new agricultural college buildings. Lafayette, Oct 14. The gift aims to advance the college of agriculture.
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Lafayette
Purdue University
Minnesota
William C. Smith
Williamsport
College of Agriculture
Apples in Auto for Poor in Kokomo Oct 114
An automobile brigade organizes to aid the poor of Kokomo by using auto trucks to travel to the countryside and bring back apples covering the ground. The plan invites owners to lend their vehicles to harvest and transport the fruit to the city for charitable distribution.
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Kokomo
Four Postal Banks Designated
Anderson announces a postal savings bank will open here November 4 with others at Carthage Cloverdale and Roachdale five days later as designated by the post office department in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Post Office Department
Washington, D. C
Carthage
Cloverdale
Roachdale
Mail Clerk Is Suspended in Kokomo Post Office
Kokomo on October 14 Claude P Ingels the oldest clerk in continuous service at the Kokomo post office has been suspended pending an investigation for misconduct in handling the mails.
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Kokomo
Claude P. Ingels
Telephone Exchange Burns In Richmond Substation Fire
Richmond October 14 More than 406 telephones were put out of service and damage to the extent of 2500 dollars was caused by a fire in one of the Richmond Home Telephone company substations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telephone Exchange
Richmond
Richmond Home _ Telephone company
Infant dies from paralysis in Evansville
Richard Kunkler, two-year-old son of August Kunkler, died in Evansville on Oct 14 from infantile paralysis. This marks the second death from the disease in the city within the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Richard Kunkler
August Kunkler
Dr Derby's Kidney Pills offer cure for kidney issues
An advertisement touts Dr Derby's Kidney Pills as a safe powerful cleanser for kidneys and bladder. It promises quick relief from back pain Bright's disease and other ailments and offers a free sample via druggists with paid sizes at 25 and 60 cents. Derby Medicine Co Eaton Rapids Michigan.
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Derby
Bright
Dr. Derby
Adress Derby Medicine Co
Eaton Rapids, Mich
Cure for Baby's Rash Uses Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Mrs Margaret Gunn of Roxbury Mass recalls a rash covering her baby during a 1909 trip to Ireland and England. After trying doctors and medicines, she reports complete cure after nine months with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, with no scarring and the child sleeping through the night. She notes samples and a 32 page book offered by Cuticura Dept 14 K Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
England
Ireland
Baby
Margaret Gunn
Burrell St
Roxbury
Mass
Cuticura
Motorist Quips Turn to Comedy in Two Sides of Exchange
A brief cartoon style exchange shows one motorist insisting he has not harmed anyone in two years while another snaps with sarcasm about hiring a chauffeur. The quip captures a humorous clash over driving norms and safety.
Truth About Bluing Talk No 8 Laundering Tip
A dated promotional note urges avoiding liquid bluing and water adulteration. It endorses Red Cross Ball Blue as the blue that is all blue and keeps laundresses happy on wash day. The speaker, Cyrus Hamlin, urges action over inaction and invites readers to buy at grocers.
Waiving Pain with Whamlins Wizard Oi Cure
The ad promotes Whamlins Wizard Oi as a universal remedy claimed to cure lame back and relieve aches sprains bruises cuts burns. It touts superior effectiveness with broad health claims likely from a historical ad style. The piece emphasizes a single product as a cure across many injuries.
Well Arranged Time and Wind Quote
A terse quotation notes that well arranged time is the surest mark of proper order, attributed to Pit man.
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Pitman
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Toledo
Kellits
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John PD. Rockefeller
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Wisconsin
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Congress
Guiseppe
Carmello Nicolosi
Cologera Nicolosi
Angelo Marino
Piagia Cutrona
Taft
Panama Canal
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Joplin
Joplin High School
Harold Robinson
New York Supreme Court
Delaney
Elizabeth M. Chester
George Randolph Chester
Chester
Shobonier
Centralia, Ill
Farmers’ National Congress
Columbus, O
Army of the Tennessee
Council Bluffs, Ja
McNamara Brothers
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles
Henry Terrill
Colchester
William Lorimer
Senate
John Griffin
Springfield
Lorimer
Ida von Claussen
Theodore Roosevelt
Royal Court of Sweden
Bellevue Hospital
Bellingham, Wash
Willis Jackson
S. C
Felix Barron
Jake
Aluskegon, Mich
D. K. Ewart
Liscombe
C. H. Townsend
Whipple
San Pedro
Cal
State of
Ohio
Hocking Valley Railroad
Stephenson
John J. Blaine
Milwaukee
Blaine
Greathouse
Superintendent OF Public Instruction
Indiana Baptista In Convention
Columbus
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Pekin
China
State Health Board
Ninth Cavalry
Reunion
Purdue
Jon
Puck
Bluing
Cyrus Hamlin
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