Notable Deaths and Appointments Across Nation
David Bennett Hill former New York governor and senator dies at 67 from billious attack at Wolferts Roost. Marvin Hughitt retires as Chicago and Northwestern president. William A. Gardner succeeds him. Morgan suffers mild grip. Wellman returns from Europe voyage aboard America. Doliver and Lafayatte tied to Iowa and Wisconsin health news. Crippen on trial in London for Belle Elmore murder. Philadelphias beat Chicago Nationals 12 to 5 in World Series. Coastal hurricane damage and many political and legal notes span the nation.
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David Bennett Hill
United States
New York
Wolferts Roost
Marvin Hughitt
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
William A. Gardner
Hughitt
J. P. Morgan
Cincinnati
Walter Wellman
Atlantic City
X. J
Europe
America
New York City
Royal Mail
Trent
Stephen B. Elkins
Halliehurst
Doctor Golden
Earl E. Siegley
Michael J. Heney
Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Dolliver
Iowa
Robert M. LaFoyette
Wisconsin
Rochester
Minn
Claude H. Buell
Western High School
Detroit
Mich
Julia Ward Howe
Oak Glen
Middletown
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Oakdale
Fort Dodge
Charles M. Stuart
Chicago
Carroll
Cummins
William Fraser McDowe
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Deputies
Chacinnall
Supreme Court of the United States
Luigi Luccheni
Elizabeth of
Austria
Geneva
Cardinal Vancutelli
Rome
Philadelphias
Chicago Nationals
Quaker City
Florida
St. Augustine
Tampa
Key West
H. H. Crippen
Belle Elmore Crippen
Crippen
Loring B. Loomis
Eliza Dodge
Cortland
N. Y
Cortland Hospital
Robert Shields
Jersey City
Chicago & Alton Railroad
East St. Louis
William Rittenhouse
Muncie
Ind
Robert Moylan
Elizabeth
Switzerland
New York Legislative Bribery Investigation Committee
Rober Elder
Kings County
Frank J. Gardner
State Senate
Foelker
Colorado
Railroad Commission
New Mexico
American Railway Bridge and Building Association
Denver
Col
Ireland
Great Britain
O'Donovan Russas
New Brighton
Hrawley H. Crippen
London
Cora Belle Crippen
Belle Elmore
Crippon
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
Bermuda
Luigi G Luccheni
Luccheni
Industrial Workers of the World
Fresno
Cal
National Railroaders’ Union
Premierland
John D Rockefeller
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
Rockefeller
Durand
Census Bureau
Alse
Taft
Pittsburg
Holy Name Society
Red Men elect officers in Indianapolis race for junior sagamore
At the annual Great Council session in Indianapolis the Improved Order of Red Men elected officers after a two hour vote. Roy W. Emig of Columbus won the tight contest for great junior sagamore on the third ballot with 480 votes. Several other posts also saw competitive races as about 700 members attended the session and a plan to purchase stamps for Red Cross relief was approved.
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Indianapolis
Great Council of Indiana
In. C. M. Stoute
Middletown
Oliver C. Norris
Rushville
George W. Karper
Madison
Sagamore
Roy W. Emig
Columbus
Otto Wolf
Frank G. Castor
Wampum
Frank M. Graham
Bloomington
John S. Coffman
Muncie
Geo. I. Eisner
Terre Haute
Alfred E. Ellison
Anderson
Great Council of
United States
Junior Sagapore
Poy W. Emig
Emig
Improved Order of Red Men
Great Council
Great Trustee
Capitol Avenue
Market Street
W C T U Meetings in Fort Wayne Features Speakers and Contests
Fort Wayne hosts two W C T U mass meetings tied to the state convention. J W Burns spoke to city children at First Presbyterian, and Rev Clinton N Howard addressed a Majestic theater mass meeting on lawless saloons. Virginia Smith won the diamond medal for the best temperance address in Marion County. Pensions were granted to Indiana residents, with multiple recipients listed and amounts from $8 to $24.
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Fort Wayne
First Presbyterian Church
J. W. Burns
Culla J. Wayhinger
Majestic Theater
Clinton N. Howard
Rochester
N. Y
Virginia Smith
Indianapolis
Marion County
Blanche Albert
Huntington
Hazel Phares
Greentown
Carrie Horney
Hortonville
Fortney
Monroeville
Cleo Myers
Emma McDonald
Elwood
Julia Overman
Marton
Leonard Garver
Anderson
Green
Lafayette
Lyda Outland
Upland
Prevention of Blindness in Indiana Children
A state medical society committee at the state house approves two methods to curb child blindness. A public education drive with pamphlets and a Creole eye treatment using 1 percent nitrate of silver, plus a proposed law requiring birth practitioners to perform infant eye exams with penalties for noncompliance and a damages clause for parents.
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Indiana State Medical Society
State House
State Association of Nurses
Beveridge Lauded by White Ribboners at Ft Wayne
The W C T U concluded its five day state convention in Ft Wayne with about 600 delegates. Morning sessions praised Senator Albert J. Beveridge for his anti child labor stance. Delegates elect national convention delegates and report the gathering as among the most successful and enjoyable in Indiana.
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Ft. Wayne
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
State Librarians Meet Reports Carnegie Gifts to Libraries
Indiana librarians at the annual Indian Library Association convention credit Andrew Carnegie with about 260000 dollars in gifts to build libraries. Purdue official William M. Trepburn cites last year’s additions and current totals: 132 libraries open or under construction, 137 trained librarians, and 223 traveling libraries of 8100 volumes. Indianapolis led with 120000 dollars for six branch libraries. Gary followed with 50000 dollars.
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Andrew Carnegie
Indiana
William M. Trepburn
Purdue University
The
Indian Library Association
Hepburn
Indianapolis
Gary
Master Bakers Win Against State to Amend Pure Food Law
Indianapolis report details a clash with the state board of health as master bakers win a reprieve from mandatory bread wrapping. An agreement on handling bakery products clears most requirements with sanitation rules for wagons, loading, cleaning, and delivery practices to be enforced January 1. The board adopts these provisions as if enacted by law, plus recommendations to amend the 1907 pure food act and egg sale provisions, and to bolster lab staff funding.
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Indianapolis
Association of Master Bakers
State Board of Health
J. N. Hurty
Indiana
Harry
Supreme Court
H. KE. Barnard
State Food and Drug Commissioner
Testimonial Ad for Deans Kidney Pills Claims Cure of Brights Disease
Mrs. Robert Schwabe of Allegan Michigan credits Deans Kidney Pills with curing her Brights disease after severe symptoms including kidney secretions like blood and night voiding. She urges readers to remember the brand Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY markets pills at 50 cents a box. The piece closes with a farmer proverb about taking chances outside salaried work.
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Robert Schwabe
Allegan, Mich
Bright
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Examine Carefully Every Bottle of Castoria
A cautionary message urges careful inspection of Castoria bottles as a safe remedy for infants and children. The text then shifts to a philosophical note on sinfulness, suggesting the common view of universal sickness follows from personal ill feeling.
Unnamed exchange over orders and threats
A tense dialogue features a colonel planning suicide if refused by Miss Gladys, who rebukes him and cites her father's explicit instruction against lingering. The fragment hints at hierarchical pressure and personal crisis within a military‑style scene.
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Gladys
History of Red Cross Seal and Tuberculosis Stamps
The piece traces early charity stamps from 1862 Boston to the Red Cross Christmas seal. It cites 1907 Delaware Anti Tuberculosis Society revenue, 1908 first national TB stamp campaign, and 1909 gains. It notes a 1910 slogan A Million for Tuberculosis From Red Cross Seals in 1910.
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Red Cross
Boston
Delaware Anti
Coffee Was It Postum Cure Story From Health Ad
A testimonial recounts quitting coffee after a physician advised stopping to regain health. The author describes improved nerves, sleep, and strength after switching to Postum, noting a full recovery and urging readers to try the beverage and read The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Wellville
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Mr. Brown
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Korea
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Home Mission Comittee
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Mr. Hale
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Matheis Griesinger
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Zachariah Smith
John W. Sylvester
James M. Younians
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Allegan
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Thlinois
Jacob R. Finkelstein
Greensburg Iron Company
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Ilinois
Laporte
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Badsing
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