George Sines Sentenced to State Reformatory
Sheriff Harter delivered George Sines to the State Reformatory after a guilty plea in county court. Sines, previously paroled from Plainfield Boys' Industrial School for theft, received a two to fourteen year term. He will depart Monday with a deputy to the reformatory.
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Harter
Princeton
George Sines
Jesse Neff
Beutewn
Weton
Marshall
Hart
Wood
Rinceton
Bower
Lebanon
Sines
I Boys’ Industrial School
Plainid
Plainfield Institution
Effeult Court
State Reformatory
Iff Broshar
West
Beaureau
Il Enroute
Sheriff
Unwelcome Facts On Births And Deaths In 1911 Cities
The JAMA June 24 1911 issue reports national births 18 692 deaths 14 227 for the month across a population of 9 272 854. New York City records 11 643 births and 13 353 deaths with wide regional variations across city sizes and native versus foreign born populations, noting a favorable birth surplus in cities and a smaller balance in rural areas.
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Journal of the American Medical Sociation
Newste
W York
New York City
Ber
Pontry
Rural life urged to stem urban growth in monthly figures
Population figures show 2,500,008 with 474 more Gea births and outside New Ye City about 200,006 with a 4 person net loss of over 160. The author cautions against conclusions from one month and calls for study over time linking birth rates to rural attraction for youth.
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New Ye & City
Statistical Abstract of the United States issued by commerce bureau
The thirty third annual Statistical Abstract of the United States presents 750 pages of figures on area resources population and progress from 2800 to 1919. It covers agriculture forestry fisheries manufacturing mining occupations labor prices money banking and public finance plus fractions of international commerce and foreign statistics.
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Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Statistical Abstract of
United States
Civil Service
Army
Navy
Snake Cuts Local Telephone Lines In Elwood
An Elwood report describes a black snake caching on a telephone pole and entering a box, causing a party line to go dead for three days. The current from the dynamo killed the snake but damaged dozens of lines. workers toiled three days to locate the fault, marking possibly the first case of a snake incapacitating a telephone exchange.
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Elwood
Lanpher to be arraigned Monday in insanity case
Lanpher shot his sister Edith Smith at their parents home near Mechanicsburg and faces circuit court arraignment on Monday. A likely insanity plea could lead to commitment to the Indiana Hospital for the Criminally Insane at Michigan City prison, with Judge Parr presiding and attorney H. M. Ralaton for the defense while Prosecutor Weed represents the state.
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Laiten Lanpher
Edith Smith
Mechanicsburg
Indiana Hospital
Michigan City
Parr
Lanpher
Divorce Granted and Child Custody Granted to Jessie Campbell
Jessie Campbell was granted a divorce from Ira Campbell this morning. Custody of their child was awarded to Jessie Campbell. Ira Campbell is ordered to pay $10 per month to the clerk for the plaintiff's use in child support beginning July 1 until the child reaches 21 or marries. The complaint claims Ira Campbell neglected and failed to provide for Jessie.
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Jessie Campbell
Ira Campbell
Health Board Warns Soda Fountains Over Food Hygiene
Letters to druggists and soda fountain owners warn to cover and protect crinked fruit sirups tea cream spoons and straws from dirt. Inspections found inadequate equipment and fly specks on straws in receptacles. Crushed fruits and display sauces were not properly protected. Legal steps will be taken to enforce the order and improve conditions.
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Board of Health
Hoa Gi
Begith Department
Upaat
Health Board
Morrison the pie eating congressman in Washington
A Washington dispatch claims Indiana Congressman Martin A. Morrison is the Sixty second Congress pie eating champion. Representative Lincoln Dixon says Morrison prefers cherry pie but will eat any kind, with meals often featuring three pie courses in succession. Morrison credits Ninth district cooks for his pastry appetite and praises local cooks as the best in the world.
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Washington
Indiana
Lincoln Dixon
Martin A. Morrison
Frankfort
Morrison
Capitol
Clinton County
Mr Morrison
Officers Named At Tri Kappa State Convention
At yesterday afternoon's business session the Tri Kappa State Convention elected officers for the coming year. Miss Hazel Harrison of Columbia City was named grand president.
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Rushville
Ind
Jone
Besineas Seaslam
Kappe Tate
Hazel Harrison
Columbia City
Grand Press
State sorority convention closes with dance in Anderson
In Ruabville and surrounding towns officers were elected for the Tri Kappa chapter with Mik Jean Biehép as grand vice president Bessie Baer as secretary Ruth Meek as treasurer and Juliet Ceittenberner as editor. The meeting featured plays Madam Shetty by Alpha Zeta Knights town The Follies of 1911 by Alpha Xi Connersville and A Poster Tragedy by Xi Anderson with over 400 attendees. The annual state convention will be held next year in Anderson.
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Mik Jean Biehép
Ruabville
Bessie Baer
Wabash
Mise Ruth Meek
Greensburg
Mise Juliet Ceittenberner
Anderson
Cross Kaye
Madam Shetty
Alpha Zeta Chapter
Knightstown
Alpha Xi
Connersville
Xi Chapter
Royal fleet review ends coronation week in Portsmouth
King George inspects a massive fleet including the United States battleship and 167 England ships manned by over 50 000 sailors. Royal yacht Albert and Victoria lead the line as the royal party sails past the ships amid a field of spectators and American visitors aboard the Delaware.
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Portsmouth
England
United States
King George
Fruit Shipping Gets Cheaper After Court Ruling
The inter state commission cuts icing charges on pre-cooled California citrus to 7.60 per car. Southern Pacific and Santa Fe had blocked the lower tariff, but a new court decision now enforces it. Railroad men say the ruling could push pre-cooling nationwide, lowering prices for consumers.
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California
New Commerce Court
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Interstate Commission
Disgraceful Scenes at Bloomington Saloon Opening
George T. Miller in Bloomington described the first saloon opening after two years of dry spell as disgraceful. About twelve bartenders served customers and a drunken orgy followed, filling the jail with drunks. The World commented a new local option vote could swing dry by 509.
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George T. Miller
Bloomington
The Divine Lilian Russell A Stage Legend Revealed
The article chronicles Lilian Russell formerly Helen Leonard a Iowa native turned stage star over thirty two years on stage with B B Rice in Pinafore. It notes her three marriages her daughter in theater and her plan to write daily weekday columns and a longer Sunday piece for a newspaper.
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Helen Louise Leonard
Iowa
Lilian Russell
Httle
Miss Russell
Lilian
Bernhardt
Mise Russell
Advance Man Married To Massachusetts Lady
A Malden Massachusetts wedding reports Helen Irene Nelson daughter of Capt and Mrs William Nelson marrying Franklin Forest Sparks from Advance Indiana. The ceremony at 7 Oliver Street occurred June 19 with about sixty relatives. Rev Oakes Hall officiated. The couple honeymooned in Maine then plan to live in Indiana with Sparks's parents and later Augusta Georgia where he leads Somerville Academy. Sparks earns an MA from Harvard next week.
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Malden
Manu
Eaye
Helen Irene
William Nelson
Franklin Forest Sparks
Advance
Indiana
Oliver Street
Oakes Hall
Wabash College
Maine
Augusta
Sparks
Somerville Academy
Harvard
Hall
Maiden
Dora Thorne at the Grand and Western Evening by McDowell’s
A lively Grand audience saw Dora Thorne last night. Tonight McDowell’s Players present The Last Round Up a Western comedy drama in Lahapon with a boisterous mood and fresh song repertoire. Lower floor 20 cents Balcony 19 cents.
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Dora Thorne
McDowell
Lahapon
Colonies of bees decline across decades in reports
Government data show bee farm reporting drops from 23,082 in 1900 to 19,487 in 1940, a 81.78 percent rate. Colonies on hand fall from 117,148 in 1900 to 89,938 in 1910, a 20.9 percent decline, while value slips from 278,060 in 1900 to 220,500 in 1910. Fewer farms report bees, and per-farm counts drop accordingly.
Bicycle Revolution Drives Business Demand and Design
The bicycle, once a fad, remains a business staple as manufacturers adapt wheels and frames to meet rising demand. The article notes shifts in form and makeup of bikes as they become an enduring industry fixture.
Buried at New Ross in Harehbarger Cemetery
James Hall son of Harrison Hall aged elderly was brought to burial near Whitesville after years in hospital care. He was brother in law of J W Miller. No funeral service was held. He was buried Friday afternoon at Harehbarger cemetery near Ladoga.
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James Hall
Harrison Hall
Whitesville
Hall
Indianapotty
J. W. Miller
Harehbarger Cemetery
Ladoga
Court Upholds Harriman Rail Merger Ruling Endorses Union Pacific Pact
Federal court in St. Louis upholds the 1908 Harriman rail merger of Southern Pacific and Union Pacific along with five other lines. Government suit sought to break up a westward monopoly. decision favors railroads, dismissing charges of concerted anti competitive action. Key defendants named include Harriman allies Schiff Kahn Stillman Rogers Frick Clark and others. The ruling ends a three year litigation over western railroad traffic control.
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ST. Louis
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific Railroada
United States Circuit
Court of the Eighth District
Hook
Harriman
Trafic
Kansas City
Pacific Coast
United States
Union
Union Pacific
East
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Companies
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Salt Lake Railroad Company
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Southern Padlfe
Northern Pacific Railway Companies
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Edward H. Harriman
Jacob H. Schiff
Otto A. Kahn
James Stillman
Henry H. Rogers
New York City
Henry C. Frick
Divorce Suit Filed By Alice Record Against Walter Record
Alice Record sues for divorce from Walter Record alleging marriage on April 19, 1901, separation May 10, 1909 after abandonment, with two children Clara and Leona A. Custody of the children and alimony of $20 monthly requested.
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Alice VY
Record Hay
Walter Record
Clara
Leona A
Odd Metaphor Fails to Pin Cherry Pie Virtues
A satirical critique from the Ohio State Journal mocks a piece praising cherry pie, calling the imagery of a bird in a sun beam flawed and untranslatable. The writer argues that even with a mesh beam and coaxing the bird to trill, the pie cannot be aptly described in words.
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Ohio State Journal
Unsettled Weather With Showers Tonight Hints
Sunrise at 4 17. Daybreak 7 18. Unsettled conditions with local showers tonight or Sunday. Forecast notes scattered showers may occur, with brief interruptions in afternoon hours and a mild air mass.
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Industrial Schoo
Tistics
New York
Pital
Congressman Morrison
Gress
Tri Kappes
S& Ship
Delaware
Naval Review
Lillian Russell
the Press
Massachusetts
Franklin PF. Sparks
Helen Irene Nelson
Malden, Mass
Bicycle and Business
New Ross
Tribunal
Soit
Alice V. Record
Cireuit Court
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