Week in Brief Personal News From Around the Nation
A digest of notable events includes Gen Samuel Crocker Lawrence resigning as grand commander in Detroit, Senator Elkins ill in West Virginia, Taft entering Harvard Law, Vanderbilt selling a new high speed monoplane, and Mrs Roosevelt sparking debate over antebellum Kansas. Also reported are Lochs of politics in Argentina, a court-macking in Italy, local hunting accident in Glens Falls, and Taft attacking pork barrel legislation in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Crocker Lawrence
Medford
Mass
Supreme Council of Sovereign
United States
Detroit
Stephen B. Elkins
Elkins
W. Va
Robert Alphonso Taft
Worcester
Toll of interurban disaster leaves 40 dead in Indiana
Kingsland Indiana area reports 40 deaths with nine seriously injured at Fort Wayne hospitals. Margaret Tribolet and F A Parkhurst of Bluffton remain in critical condition though most victims expected to recover. Other stories include G A R elected John E Gilman of Boston as commander in chief and legal moves on sugar underweighing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsland
Ind
Frederick C. Jones
Warren
Fort Wayne
Margaret Tribolet
F. A. Parkhurst
Bluffton
Grand Army of the Republic
John E. Gilman
Boston
John McElroy
Chicago
Interstate Commerce
Franklin K. Lane
Benjamin Franklin
Burlington
Pound
Billings
Mont
Franklin
Charles R. Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Trust
Martin
United States
New York
Blackwell's Island
Charges in Wayne township report exceed authorized salaries
The state board of accounts found ex trustees Pot ter and prior official Conley drew higher salaries than law allowed for Wayne township, Wayne County. Examiners say Potter should have been charged 3895.80 while Conley overdrew by 707.50. The report discusses township classification, fuel costs for the poor, and calls for strict adherence to the law with some support for paying teachers for certain associations and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Charles E. Weybright
Harvey T. Barrett
State Board of Accounts
Charles E. Potter
Wayne Township
Wayne County
Wayne Township Advisory Board
Board of County Commissioners
Potter
State Board
W. A. A. Conley
Mr. Potter
Conley
Robert J. Aley
Aley
W. A. Deharity
Honor Mother of Regiment at 49th Indiana Reunion
Veterans of the Fifty first Indiana witnessed the decoration of the vacant chair of Mrs Lovina Streight mother of the regiment who died in 1910 The ceremony took place on Streight homestead grounds Indianapolis with the Gen A D Streight circle Ladies of the G A R and veterans present Flowers included red carnations and flags Ada Kirk led a singing of America A bugle call opened the event Captain Welton led prayer The reunion marked the fortyninth annual gathering and plans were discussed for next year’s golden wedding celebration The One Hundred and Twenty fourth Indiana concluded its activities with officer elections and a move to hold the next reunion in Winchester rather than Indianapolis The date was not fixed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Fifty-first Indiana Regiment
Lovina Streight
Streight
A. D. Streight
A. M. Dooley
Danville
Ada Kirk
America
Captain Welton
James Schous
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
State election board saves $300 by not codifying laws this fall
The state board of election commissioners rules no new codification of state election laws will be issued for fall distribution, saving 300. They will insert a new act requiring ballots be preserved rather than destroyed. The board, with E W McGinnis and A E Butler, faces delays as clerks shift roles and county clerks must certify precinct counts and votes promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Election Commissioners
E. W. McGinnis
A. E. Butler
Battle Flags Returned at Eighty second Infantry Reunion
At Columbus a reunion of the Eighty second Volunteer Infantry saw Maj. David I. McCormick of Indianapolis unveil three flags: the Fourteenth Indiana banner, the Seventh Indiana battle flag, and the Third Indiana flag from the Mexican War. Michael Emig, formerly of the Seventieth Indiana, learned the last flag is too aged for the journey as he is blind. The Eighty second’s own flag, already present, had been missing for 23 years before its recent recovery from a store in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
David I. McCormick
Indianapolis
Indiana Battle Flag Commission
Indiana
Major McCormick
Michael Emig
Seventieth Indiana
Eighty-second
Indiana State Fair closes record week with 130000 plus paid admissions
The fifty seventh Indiana state fair ended as the most successful five days in Hoosier exposition history with 130 716 paid admissions. The weekly attendance surpassed last year by over 27 000 and exceeded 1908 figures by about 18 000, with estimated total attendance around 170 000 including free passes, special tickets and 12 000 children and veterans admitted free.
Death by Own Action Tied to County Funds Shortage
Field examiners report an alleged $684.46 shortage in Walter F. Pierce's books. Pierce, former justice of the peace in Center township Delaware county, died by drinking acid on February 14, 1909. He faced financial troubles linked to school fund loans while a former county auditor oversaw funds. Pierce was bonded for $2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Accounts
Walter F. Pierce
Center Township
Delaware County
Pierce
Bed accident in Princeton leaves Mrs Williams injured
A heavy folding bed collapsed trapping Mrs W C Williams in Princeton. She was pinned with a mashed thigh and head injuries but is expected to recover. Neighbors responded to the noise and freed her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
W. C. Willams
W. W. Zimmerman
Meet in Congress at Rome International Tuberculosis Congress
Official announcement by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis outlines the Seventh International Congress on Tuberculosis to be held in Rome from September 24 to 30, 1911 under royal patronage. An American committee of 100 will represent the United States with the N A S P T acting as headquarters in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Study and Prevention
Rome
Washington
Italy
United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
New York
Congress
Vittorio Ascol
Plerp's Appetite and a Math Leader's Fork
The piece reflects on J. P. Morgan Sr famous as a trencherman in youth and now, with a hearty appetite for corned beef and cabbage and other foods. It notes his brilliance as a mathematics student in Germany and contrasts his path with a hypothetical Heidelberg tenure versus his U.S. career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plerp
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
Teutons
Heidelberg
New York Press
Insurance gambling by nonowners angers Parliament
The New York Press notes that betting on risks from a king’s death to a horse race loss, including marine insurance by uninvolved parties, led to abuses prompting Parliament to pass a drastic act to curb such gambling on marine accidents and losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Distinction. Milly and Tilly discuss a father’s photo
A brief cartoon dialogue presents Milly asking if the man is her father and Tilly replying that the man is the father in his younger picture, with a playful exchange typical of Puck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milly
Tilly
Puck
Grape Nuts credited with aiding digestion in children
A Brooklyn mother reports her weakly digesting son improved after eating Grape Nuts at breakfast and supper. She notes her husband also grew healthier, and a friend saw two rickets afflicted children recover after using Grape Nuts. The testimonial ends with a call to read The Road to Wellville in the package and the slogan There’s a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Bob
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Pretoria
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Federal Assembly
Porter Chariton
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Lake Como
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New York City
Tarrytown
Radical Party
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Alcorta
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Southwest
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Nashville
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Bellamy Storer
France
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Theron Plumb
St. Lawrence County
Judd
Middle States Textile Manufacturers’ Association
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Anita Chicago Comfort
San Francisco
Manchuria
Shanghai
China
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G. Cole
van Wert
O. William Jennings Bryan
James ¢. Dahlman
Nebraska
Joseph Christopher
Sarah Stewart
Greenwich
Conn
Elms Hotel
William F. Downes
Baltimore
General News
Santiago
Chile
Clarence D. Hiller
Rock Island Railroad
Hiller
Archer Brown
Richmond
James F Keene
Lexington
Joseph C. Sibley
Prenkin
Estis Wallingford
Thirty-third Indiana
Camp Hendricks
Statehouse
J. M. Rogers
North Meridian Street
Wil Huegford
Simon B. Shore
Lebanon
William A. Dilley
Martinsville
A. J. Buchanan
William H. Miller
Morristown
John A. Smith
Soldiers’ Home
Marion
Association
Thirteenth Cavalry
S. Carson
Shelbyville
Honor
Delays Election Board
State News
Gentryville
Alvah Jones
Robert Bros
Evansville
F. N. Hardy
First Baptist Church
Anderson
Arthur Sheeta
Sheets
Perec
Munyon’s
Homeopathic Homemedy Co
53Rd and
Jefferson, Sis
Phila
Ree
Colony Homestead Company Board of Trade
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