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Col Theodore Roosevelt stayed all night with Governor Stubbs in Lawrence Kansas. Notable items include Miss Rose Buckingham killed in Munich and Miss Agnes Roos injured. Miss Barbey of New York to wed Gilbert Compton Eliott with a Farman biplane gift.
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Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Stubbs
Lawrence
Kan
F. Augustus Heinze
Montana
Bernice Golden Henderson
Handel
Protestant Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Samuel D. Cronk
Abner
Chicago
Detroit
Alice
Rose Buckingham
San Francisco
Agnes Roos
Munich
Germany
Theophile Reuther
Ostermann Manufacturing Company
Illinois Central
Henry C. Ostermann
Ostermann Company
Reuther
Mwinois Central
Marguerite Barbey
New York
Gilbert Compton Eliott
Geneva
Switzerland
Farman
Miss Barbey
Andre de ‘Neuflise
Israel Brandt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
J. Dolores Estrada
Madriz
Luis Mena
Republic
Gaynor
St. James, L. I
Hoboken
Indiana Spiritualists elect officers after long two ballot race
Marshall Walker of Alexandria defeated Thomas ONeill of Indianapolis for president on the second ballot. Henry Hoage won vice president. Mrs Mabel Simpson Biffle captured secretaryship over Lydia Jessup. Trustees named include Kilgore, Jacobs, and Millspaugh. City records official McMahan warns of waivers and bond issues to curb city debt. Insurance tax receipts total 188,913.87 for six months, led by Prudential Life with 26,652.77.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Spiritualists Association
Chesterfield
Marshall Walker
Alexandria
Thomas O'Neill
Walker
Henry P. Hoage
Terre Haute
David Kilgore
Daleville
Mabel Simpson Biffle
Anderson
Lydia Jessup
Cyrus W. Neal
Office of the Auditor of State
Life
Insurance Department
Prudential Life Insurance Company
County Officials Debate Road Funding and Asylum Expansion
The state board’s legal opinion blocks using $30,000 from the general fund for trunk road work. County plans to push road funds via the road levy, funding bridges and gravel roads, and seeks $20,000 to expand the Marion County asylum at Julietta due to overcrowding and jail inmates.
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State Board of Accounts
Albert Sahm
County Council
Board of County Commissioners
Kervan
Marion County Asylum For
Julietta
Board of State Charities
Novelty Wins Futurity at Saratoga in 1 12 1 5
Novelty with Schilling up won the six furlong Futurity at Saratoga in 1:12 1 5 earning 23800 for the winner. Bashti and Love Not followed in second and third. Glenn H. Curtiss set a new aeroplane world record by flying 60 miles in 1 hour 9 minutes along Lake Erie. The Mount Pleasant bank in Michigan closed with missing cashier Vermillion and a locked vault amid suspected shortage. Colorado established new three year old trotting world records at Readville in a single heat 20614 and a second heat 207. Edward Hull named in alleged pre election bribery inquiry. Savannah experienced record rainfall of 8.67 inches in two days, with one death reported. Coroner’s jury began in Du Tand on Grand Trunk wreck. police threatened by a mob at Des Moines fair. American Bar association charges against Choate for unethical conduct. Three killed, two injured by overturned steam derrick at Speed’s Station cement mills. G W Merchant Jr. killed near Carlsbad by an ax attack.
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Novelty
Schilling
Saratoga
Bashti
Love
Glenn H. Curtiss
Lake Erie
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of
Colorado E
Readville
Mass
Edward Hull
Peoria
Springfield
William Lorimer
Lee O'Neil Browne
Chicago
Charles A. White
Hull
Savannah
du Tand
Mich
Grand Trunk
Tobin
McGrath
Des Moines
Joseph Nite
American Bar Association
George W. Chamlee
James R. Watts
Indiana railroad commission orders block signal progress reports
The Indiana railroad commission issued an order to 18 railroads to report progress on installing the block signal system effective July 1, with a ten day deadline. The Monon line faces specific rate cuts from 45 to 35 cents per ton for crushed stone on routes including Monon to Caliph, Battle Ground, and Lafayette.
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Indiana Railroad Commission
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Chicago & Erie
Chicago, Indianapolis & Southern
Monon
Big Four
Elgin
Joliet & Eastern
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Grand Trunk & Western
Michigan Central
New York
Chicago & St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Toledo
St. Louis & Western
Vandalia
Wabash
Commission
Caliph
Battle Ground
Lafayette
Postmen Re elect Old Officers In Indiana League
Indiana State League of Postmasters re elected officers at a two day Indianapolis session. President John L. Jackson of St Paul, Vice president M A Perry of Center Point, Secretary E A Bush of Reynolds, Treasurer Mrs Mary A Morgan of Camby. Delegates to the national meeting in Chattanooga were Jackson Bush Morgan Kritz and Eaton. Plans favored Indianapolis for 1911 convention with the state meeting held before the national opening. Assistant Postmaster John E Shidel er urged delegates on settling postmaster troubles.
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John L. Jackson
St. Paul
M. A. Perry
Centerpoint
E. A. Bush
Reynolds
Mary A. Morgan
Camby
Indianapolis
State League
National League
Chattanooga
Jackson
Bush
Morgan
F. W. Kritz
H. M. Eaton
Greathouse Named for Aley's Place in Maine Campaign
After Robert J. Aley accepted the University of Maine presidency, the Democratic state committee chose Charles A. Greathouse of Indianapolis to fill the ticket vacancy. Aley begins December 1. Gov Marshall likely names Greathouse to the unexpired term, depending on election results.
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Robert J. Aley
Marshall
Greathouse
Board Certifies Reports On County Officials
The state board of accounts certified field exam reports for Harrison county township trustees Andrew Steersteder of Spencer and Samuel D. Breeden of Scott. Steersteder overpaid teachers by 74.26 for a county teachers meeting. Breeden faced illegal payments totaling 43.12 with unrecredited credits of 9.08 leaving a 34.34 balance due Marion County. The board prepares to issue a new uniform county appropriation ordinance form with 186 items, about 75 of which apply to Marion county.
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State Board of Accounts
Andrew Steersteder
Samuel D. Breeden
Harrison County
Spencer Township
Scott Township
Steersteder
County Association of Teachers
Breeden
Marion
Indiana towns report a spree of small crimes and civic plans
Bedford-Roy Riggs is arrested for writing a disputed check after a bank teller spots alterations. At Bartholomew county fair a sudden downpour triggers a train rush as pickpockets exploit crowds. Evansville sees factory law convictions over child labor. Anderson notes a man aboard a poison and morphine self harm. Logansport records a fatal falling sign injuring Mrs. Ross. Wabash reports a Panama canal labor dispute fatal stabbing. Danville’s G A R seeks courthouse square memorial hall with public rest room and relic storage. Hope hosts a weeklong homecoming with former residents attending and addresses by state leaders.
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Bedford
Roy Riggs
Citizens’ National Bank
Columbus
Bartholomew County
Evansville
Butcher
Standard Brick Company
Anderson
Jay Griffith
Nicholson Tile Company
Griffith
Logansport
Otto Shoe and Clothing
Charles Ross
Hope
Charles F. Remy
Indianapolis
How Lightning Sprite Trees
The passage explains how lightning causes trees to explode by turning moisture inside the trunk into steam. It notes that the flame does not burn the wood or split the tree, but the steam explosion rips it open. It mentions long-standing scientific puzzles and ties to the idea of survival of the fittest.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Mrs Barclay
A Graniteville Vermont reader attests Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health after nervous symptoms during Change of Life. The letter promotes the medicine as a proven remedy for female illnesses and stresses its long history of cures and low cost.
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Chas. Barclay
Graniteville
Ee -Pinkham
Cxas
Barclay
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Iiinola
Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Joseph C. Sibley
Congress
Harry M. Daugherty
United States
Ohio
Roosevelt
Robert E. Peary
Weehawken
N. J
Kansas
Topeka
Curtis
Taft
White
Qpox Board Company
Armour & Co
Sterling
Ill
New York Cotton Exchange
James §. Sherman
Decatur
Tariff Commission
Salt Palace
Salt Lake City
Utah
Adjjt
Eliott
Huntington
W. Va
John Wayne
Charles Clyburn
Godhaven
Greenland
Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Dr. Cook
Hawley H. Crippen
Ethel Clare Leneve
Belle Elmore
Bow Street
London
Harry Morris
Putnam Avenue
Willam B. McKinley
Illinois
Republican Congressional Committee
Japan
Korea
State Department
Washington
Berlin
Spandau
William McLurely
Mabel Biffle
State Association
E. G. McMahan
Mr. McMahan
McMahan
General News
Indiana
J. T. Jackson
Indiana State League of Postmasters
Aley
Board
State News
Shakespeare
Pierce
Checkurdy Benning Power
Paxton
Boston
Mase
W. L. Douglas
L. Douglas
Brockton
Moan
Ted Engliah
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