WEEK'S EVENTS SUMMARY PERSONAL
Cerebral hemorrhage caused the death of former U S Senator Wilkinson Call of Florida at Washington Emergency Hospital. Ex congressman J C Sibley, jailed in Franklin Pa on conspiracy to debauch voters, seeks a full audit of his campaign expenses from recent primaries. R Phillips wins $15000 judgment against Guggenheim Mining in Seward Alaska over canyon possession after being shot. Henry C Ostermann returns to Chicago as grand jury inquiry resumes and a subpoena is issued. Theodore P Bailey of Philadelphia General Electric revived after heart stoppage following an operation. Frank H Hardison Massachusetts insurance chief reports five year improvement in the Insurance situation. Courtney B Taggart of Washington drowned near Chesapeake Beach after saving Lena and Cora Thomas on the Potomac River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Wilkinson Call
Florida
J. C. Sibley
Franklin
Congress
R. Phillips
Guggenheim Mining
Seward
Alaska
Phillips
Henry C. Ostermann
Mlimois Central Grand Jury
Chicago
Theodore P. Bailey
Philadelphia General Electric Company
Frank H. Hardison
Massachusetts
Courtney B. Taggart
Washington, D. C
Potomac River
Chesapeake Beach
Lena
Cora Thomas
Robbers sentenced. seaman hanged. Taft tariff stance noted
Charles Dunbar Bishop and Joseph Brown, confessed robbers of the Chino Japanese mail train near Goodland California last April, were each sentenced at Vallejo to forty five years. J M Cooper, twenty three year old seaman, hanged himself at Las Animas California. Taft denounces claims he aided Roosevelt and chides Sherman. Taft favors tariff revision by separate schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dunbar Bishop
Joseph ©. Brown
Goodland
Cal
Vallejo
J. M. Cooper
Las Animas
Kit Carson
Griscom
New York County Republican Organization
Taft
Deborgia
Iron Mountain
Mont
Black Foot
Woods Imen
Western Pacific Railroad
Oakland
St. Joe
Idaho
Yoseph B. Halm
Wallace
Grand ‘Trunk Railway Company
Durand
Mich
Charles Kennedy
Scotland
National Association of Suggestive Therapeutics
Nevada
National Negro Educational Congress
St. Louis
Hadley
Yohe
San Francisco
W. Care
Pride's Crossing
Georgia Democrat Hoke Smith topples incumbent Brown for governor
An article recounts Hoke Smith's Democratic nomination win in Georgia over incumbent Joseph M. Brown for a second term. It also surveys a string of national calamities and political developments from storms causing destruction to high profile legal cases and international incidents across the United States and abroad.
Water safety blamed on unsanitary vaults in Bloomington
A Indiana university area typhoid scare prompted Dr J P Simonds to inspect city conditions. He found Bloomington water clean but blamed downtown eateries and open vaults for flyborne contamination. He urged vaults to be destroyed and connected to sewers to end the epidemic. Reports show tuberculosis undercount and physicians urged to report all cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana University
Bloomington
J. P. Simonds
State Board of Health
Simonds
Dr. Simonds
State Board of Health Commissioners
Charles 8. Woods
City Board of Health
Woods
Indiana Guard to Camp Fort Benjamin Harrison for Two Weeks Drill
Adjt. Gen. George W. McCoy says the Indiana National Guard camp will mirror regular army camps in sanitation for a two week drill at Fort Benjamin Harrison next month. Maj. Homer I. Jones to supervise details, with sanitation rules set by the adjutant general. An order for garden rakes pitchforks and similar implements aims to keep the camp clean and free of straw refuse and litter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adjt
George W. McCoy
Indiana National Guard
Fort Benjamin Harrison
United States Army
Homer I. Jones
State Guard
Adjutant General
Tax Collections Show Gain for First Half 1910
The report by Cyrus W. Neal head of the insurance department within the auditor of state shows six months ending June 20 1910 tax collections totaling 288 914 47, up 4785 27 from the same period in 1909. For comparison the six months ending June 20 1908 totaled 184 129 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus W. Neal
Insurance Department
Office of the Auditor of State
Winona Bible conference opens sixteenth annual session
The Winona Bible conference began its sixteenth annual session with a ten day program featuring noted pulpit preachers. W. C. Hall of Indianapolis noted leading the largest Sunday school in the state with 2,680 attendees and received a banner for the State Sunday School association. Rev. G Campbell Morgan of London preached the opening sermon. W. C. Pearce demonstrated an organized men's Bible class with Indianapolis Central Methodist Church’s A. B. Cornelius and Judge J. W. Thompson in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Bible Conference
W. C. Hall
Indianapolis
State Sunday School Association
Winona
Winona Sunday School
Hall
State Association
William Briesell
Evansville
G. Campbell Morgan
London
England
W. C. Pearce
International Sunday School Association
Central Methodist Church of Indianapolis
A. B. Cornelius
J. W. Thompson
Howard county school trustees support student attendance at state fair
Indiana official Robert J. Aley endorses a resolution by Howard county trustees allowing pupils to miss school without penalty to visit the state fair. He says the fair supports agriculture and manual training and will benefit learning. John R. Fesler expresses hope children attend on Old Soldiers day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Aley
Atate
Howard County
Aley
State Board of Education
John R. Fesler
Indiana G. A
Board of Agriculture chides public works over oiling Thirty-eighth Street
State board members impatient as City of Indianapolis delays oiling Thirty-eighth Street from Meridian to the state fair grounds. Secretary Charles Downing and member Sid Conger cite repeated promises but no timely action. They urge city administration to act for fair week travel and dust control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Agriculture
Board of Public Works
Thirty-eighth Street
Meridian Street
State Fair Grounds
Charles Downing
Board
Sid Conger
Board of Works
Mr. Downing
Indianapolis
Raw Deal Sings Bingham At Home In Benzoate Case
Indiana officials describe the Washington hearing on benzoate of soda as a raw deal by the federal agriculture department. Attorney General Bingham and H. E. Barnard cite efforts to influence Indiana pure food law, defend state action, and win deposition rights from Dr. Wiley and his poison squad. They expect enough evidence to bar an injunction against Indiana statutes.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Washington
D. C
Bingham
H. E. Barnard
Department of Agriculture
United States
Agricultural Department
Barnard
Indiana State Board of Health
Dr. Wiley
Curtice Bros
Williams Bros
State of
Department
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
State News In Brief From Various Cities
Newcastle The Pennsylvania Railroad Company wins a suit and Adams street in Knightstown will be vacated to enable double track work. damages awarded to only one nearby owner. Indianapolis Rural free delivery carriers gain notary power to witness pension signatures, with limits on fees. Dublin An Indian skeleton found near Cambridge City likely female about five feet tall, age around seventy five, buried head down in good preservation. Evansville Deputy State Factory Inspector Butcher secures convictions against the Standard Brick Company for employing underage workers. more cases pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Knightstown
Jackson
Adams Street
Indianapolisa
Hitchcock
Dublin
Uriah Bortsch
Cambridge City
Elvansville
Butcher
On Some Ministers by Mr. Weller
Mr. Weller voices strong anti ministerial critique about young ladies and shepherds. He scorns hypocritical clergy and laments neglect of flesh colored Christians, proposing harsh punishment to punish their vanity and false piety. The quote reflects Victorian social tensions and racial prejudice embedded in humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gammon
Samuvel
Samivel
Mr. Weller
Charles Dickens
Keep Baby Skin Clear With Cuticura Routine
Parents fear minor eruptions in infancy can become chronic skin problems. Regular use of Cuticura Soap and, if needed, Cuticura Ointment helps keep skin clean and free from rashes, irritations, and chafings. Send for the Cuticura Book from Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Gave Sis Away in a Farmhouse Suitor Scene
A brief rural chat centers on a would-be groom and a curious younger brother. The boy asserts the couple will wed that night after hearing the sister announce plans to marry the suitor, who stumbles through a hesitant response.
Hard to Convince. A Dinner Table Riddle
At dinner Tommy asks why Mamma helps Ethel first. Mamma replies ladies must come first, prompting Tommy to retort that he was born before Ethel. A Tit-Bits style quip ends the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Mamma
Ethel
Mrs Brown ends summer talk with fry cook joke
In a light exchange, Mrs Brown responds to plans for summer with a joke about frying fish for the men as usual, reflecting a domestic, humorous moment.
Proverb on Procrastination and Doing Now
A concise reflection urges readers to avoid delaying tasks and to complete helpful actions today rather than postponing. The piece emphasizes urgency and practical wisdom in daily life.
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Joseph M. Brown
Elizabeth Johnson
Edna Cowin Cudahy
Jack Cudahy
Joseph C. Sibley
Sibley
Long Island Railroad
Springfield
Queens County
N. Y
International Association of
International Association of Bureaus of Labor
Hendersonville
N. C
Bedford
Quelport Aland
Korea
Admiralty
Nicholas Longworth
Duke Franz Josef
Bavaria
Newport
R. 1
Vincent Astor
Viking
George F. Baker, Jr
Cape Cod
Baker
New York
R. L Samuel Harman
Yellowstone Park
Hayre
Sheridan
Wyo
Northwest
W. T. Forrest
Lee O'Neil Browne
Lorimer
Kersten
St. Petersburg
Kiles
Galesburg
Hedgewood Bay
Delancey Nicoll
New York County
Luke Wright
Philippines
Long Island Links
Gulf of Mexico
Montreal
Midh
No. 14
Harrison Aronson
Sam Kruka
Pittsburg
Camp Perry
United States Infantry
United States Marine Corps
Pacific Northwest
League of Americas
St. Paul
Mian
Bible Conference
RAW Deal
State News
James McGune
Mercer St
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N. J
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