Entertaining Week Ends in Tragedy and News
Lee Wilson of near Des Moines shoots five times at Claude Masters then kills himself. Masters gravely wounded and dying in hospital. Jealousy blamed. Colorado Chief Justice Robert W. Steele dies from stroke. Taft praised for civil service move for assistant postmasters. Am amateur aviator Lewis Johnson flies a self built monoplane in Terre Haute. claims first American built monoplane to navigate coast to coast. Bill Barlow of Sage Brush Philosophy obituary in Douglas Wyoming. David B. Hillies near deathbed in Elmira New York due to kidney trouble and pneumonia. Michael P. Heney dies in San Francisco after shipwreck aid in 1909 Alaska. Brig Gen Arthur Murray urges more coast artillery troops in annual report.
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Lee Wilson
Des Moines
Claude Masters
Masters
Robert W. Steele
Colorado Supreme Court
Denver
Taft
F. M. Filson
Southwestern Postal Association
Kansas City
Lewis Johnson
Terre Haute
Ind
Brothers
Bill” Barlow
Sage Brush Philosophy
Laramie
Bill” Nye
Douglas
Wyo
David B. Hillies
Wolferts Roost
Elmira
N. Y
United States
Michael P. Heney
Seattle
San Francisco
Ohio
Alaska
Arthur Murray
Coast Artillery
French government faces general strike with firm stance
Five top strike leaders are jailed as the French government keeps a firm line over railroad workers demands for a $1 a day minimum. Taft assists Columbus Day ceremonies in Boston and watches a 52,000-strong parade before tiring. Yellow fever reported in Puerto Cabello.
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Taft
Boston
Draner
Puerto Cabello
State Department
Washington
H. Brooks
Redeemable Investment Company
Panama Canal
Canal
Placer County
California
Hiram W. Johnson
Johnson
New York
American Federation of Labor
Theodore Roosevelt
Knights of Columbus
Peoria
Ill
Notorious Duveen brothers held on fraud charges
Benjamin J. Duveen a manager of Duveen Brothers New York is arrested on a bench warrant with other firm members for allegedly swindling the United States government out of large customs sums. The report also notes a train wreck injuring Secretary Ballinger and various global incidents including a Panama Canal rock slide and other national events.
Move to empower women on Indiana school boards
The Women's School League of Indiana launches a campaign to elect legislators who will back school board reform, sending 30 000 letters to women across cities towns and rural areas. Respondents largely favor the reform while criticizing current schools for sanitation and lack of industrial education.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Woman's School League of
D A R Opens Conference In Indianapolis
The tenth annual Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution opened with Mrs. James M. Fowler presiding. Welcome addresses were given by Mrs. J. R. Morgan and J. A. Kautz with Warren R. Voorhis. State Regent Mrs. William Ball delivered the response. Mrs. E. C. Atkins of Indianapolis urged preservation of American life through church and school, critiquing public schools and urging duty for women, as Capt. Milton Garrigus sang and waved a large flag during patriotic music.
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Sesson
Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution
James M. Fowler
Lafayette
J. R. Morgan
James Cox
Kokomo
J. A. Kautz
Warren R. Voorhis
William Ball
Muncie
William C. Story
New York City
C. H. Brown
Indiana Forests and Wasteful Reforestation Call
The piece argues Indiana once rich in timber should organize a reforestation movement. It contends early farmers sacrificed timber for agriculture and progress, and later generations wasted remaining forests instead of allowing natural renewal.
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Indiana
Reunion of Eighty ninth Indiana infantry and Ninth Indiana battery at Wabash
Annual reunion of the Eighty ninth Indiana infantry and the Ninth Indiana battery held at Wabash. Capt. W. H. Morse of Company A, Twenty-ninth Indiana among Indianapolis travelers. The two units have long shared reunions and historic ties. Veterans will visit the camp where they were recruited.
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Eightyninth Indiana Infantry
Ninth Indiana Battery
Wabash
Indianapolis
W. H. Morse
Company A
Twenty-ninth Indiana
Highry-ninth Indiana
Ninth Battery
Indiana Teachers Gain Training Across State Schools
Dr. Robert J. Aley reports statistics from major Indiana teacher training schools showing 3,263 teachers in Class A, 845 in Class B, 22 in Class C, and 68 in the two year special course. Marion Normal College leads with 948 Class A and 202 Class B. Reports from Central Normal College, Valparaiso College, Indiana University, and Winona College follow with their respective Class A and B totals. Doctor Aley requests presidents to share aims and results of their teacher training programs.
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Indiana
Robert J. Aley
State Board of Education
Marion Normal College
Central Normal College
Valparaiso College
Indiana University
Winona College
Doctor Aley
Seven Lifers Paroled by Governor Marshall
Governor Marshall frees seven life term murderers on pardons and two assault with intent to kill prisoners on board of pardons. Paroled inmates include Alice Lawson Lafayette three years James Andrews Indianapolis and others with sentences ranging from two to fifteen years. Additional pardons include burglary petit larceny and other offenses with fourteen cases continued to December. Incorporations filed with secretary of state list Monger company Elkhart and & Co Kentucky fruits and produce dealers with Indiana stakes.
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Marshall
State Board of Pardons
Alice Lawson
Lafayette
James Andrews
Indianapolis
William TE. Blume
James A. Julian
Colfax
Ora Strine
Elkhart
Charles Hubbard
John Esra
Sullivan
Sterling Bollin
Richmond
John Slayton
Washington
Steve Fucynski
St. Joseph County
Carl Carson
Randolph County
Samuel Clawson
Noble County
William Osborn
Jennings County
Harry Howard
Delaware County
Wiliam E. Hinshaw
Inspector Proposes New Indiana Mining Safety Measures
Indiana state mine inspector James Epperson outlines recommendations to boost miner protection. Proposals include portable rider seats on mine cars, safer powder storage with 100 foot buffers, debris removal from key passages, and tighter inspection timing with posted gas warnings.
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Indianapolis
James Epperson
General Assembly
Indiana
Illinois
Indiana and Ohio State News in Brief
Logansport reports Motorman John Morgan will lose an arm after a switch failure toppled a car near Indianapolis with blood poisoning forcing amputation. Muncie notes a fast Industry line streetcar rammed a freight train at Madison and Main. no serious injuries. Martinsville cites Constable J W Miller linking Charles Biddle to a Franklin county murder and a well-body case, as Biddle allegedly used that name. Richmond covers a court action to vacate Dublin streets for double tracking by the Pittsburg Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway, with an injunction sought over Center Street. Washington notes a Brent life of the City Gas franchise may end via court action begun by City Council, seeking to challenge the receiver-operated company. Richmond also reports a patrolman’s family sickened by a crawfish found in milk, the dairy unable to explain the occurrence. Shelbyville mentions Frank R Hale receiving inquiries from Transvaal for a bird catalogue and shipping details.
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Logansport
John Morgan
Indiana Union Traction
Indianapolis
Morgan
Muncie
Industry
Madison and Main Street
Fort Wayne
Cincinnati
Martinsville
J. W. Miller
Charles Biddle
Franklin County
Plano
Richmond
Henry C. Fox
Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Company
Dublin
Stella Oler
Martha Butler
Wayne
Center Street
Washington
John H. Spencer
Houghton
City Gas Company
Julius Feagans
Spencer
Shelbyville
Frank R. Hale
Indiana
Russell Webb
Germiston
Transvaal
South Africa
Boy Tommy Tucker Claims Psalm One Hundred Nineteen
An elderly visitor addressing the Sunday school asks who knows the Bible’s longest chapter. The superintendent invites a response and a boy, Tommy Tucker, loudly answers Psalm one hundred nineteen.
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Tommy Tucker
Schiff Attacks Concern at Yacht Ramona Dinner
Jacob H. Schiff condemned a concern at a Ramona yacht dinner. He urged straight business methods and invoked a receiver story about a boy who chose to be a receiver, noting that since his father became a receiver the family enjoyed champagne at dinner and two cars for a lavish life.
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Jacob H. Schiff
Tommy
Editorial Exchange Over Rejections Sparks Earned Sale
A writer recalls a rejected story that later sold for 40 dollars and asks for another rejection to boost his chances. The dialogue shows costs and perceptions of editorial decisions and the perceived value of rejected work.
Dame Nature Hints When the Food Is Not Suited
An Arizona man reports years of breakfast distress from soft starchy foods and coffee. He switched to Postum and Grape-Nuts, noting no stomach distress, headaches gone, and a 12 pound weight gain. He praises Postum as easily digested. There's a reason and a booklet available.
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Arizona
Wellville
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General News
Benjamin J. Duveen
Duveen Brothers
America
Richard A. Ballinger
Interior
Ballinger
Culebra
Bas Qhispo
Canal Prism
Willard le Grue
Joseph Pendegast
Chicago
Fort Warne
Pittsburg
Albert J. Beveridge
Senate
England
Rowton Houses
London
Wilson R. Evans
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Los Angeles
Cal
Ezra P. Prentice
Republican State Committee
State Committee
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
France
Briand
Spooner
Baudette
Baron Hengelmueller von Hengervar
House of Magnates
Budapest
Palmer
Mass
Jonathan P. Dolliver
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Bradford
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
British Columbia
Sheriff Lacy
Katherine Kerr
Santa Ana
Lisbon
Gibraltar
Manuel
Paris
Continent
New York Society For the Prevention of
Central Park
Mike
Criminal Court
Kings County
Harold L. Decker
Theodore A. Decker
Sing Sing
Woman’s School League of Indiana
Seventy Eighth Indiana Baptist Convention
College Avenue
Fifteenth Street
E. T. Poulson
Bluiton
W. G. Iverson
College Avenue Baptist Church
Vickert
State of
Secretary of State
Co. L. Monger Company
Capital
C. L. Monger
A. R. Monger
F. EK. Mathias
State News
Munyqon
W. L. Douglas
W. DL. Douglas
Brockton
Parker
Lewis Chemical Co
E. Warne Ave
St. Louis
Kansus
Waylord Bratcher
Coldwater
Kas
Watson E. Coleman
Washington, D.C
K. Swasey & Co
Portland
Piso
Pleren
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