Charles F Leet Killed In Scaffold Fall At Block Building
Charles F Leet, a stone cleaner from Indianapolis, was killed when a hemp rope broke on a scaffold at the William H Block building on Market and Illinois streets. Deputy Coroner Chappell and Coroner Durham indicated possible rope cutting or acid damage, with Leet’s co worker Bruce Helm surviving the fall. The accident site the basement, and witnesses testified about the rope’s condition and potential premeditated act.
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Charles F. Leet
Hoyt Avenue
Indianapolis
Lebanon
William H. Block
Hlllnois
Market Streets
Iappell
Leet
Lng
Dant
Akron
Bruce Helm
North East Street
Market Street
Helm
Sixth River
Chappell
Guild
Durham
Cdy
City
Aken
John
Washington Street
Indianapolia
Knights Ofthias
Leet Funeral Held For Indianapolis Railroad Man
Charles F. Leet aged 26 years 7 months formerly with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and railroad divisions in Indianapolis, died after a career in building construction. Born Boone county November 24 1884 he was married October 14 1906 in Indianapolis to Anna West. Body brought from Indianapolis on the Big Four train and funeral conducted by Rev M H Appleby with burial in Bethel cemetery. Family resided at 432 West Main Street.
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Leet
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Charles F. Leet
Boone County
Jasper
M. H. Appleby
Bethel Cemetery
Insanity Plea Upheld for Lauten Lanpher in Sister Shooting
A special plea of insanity was entered for Lauten Lanpher after he shot his sister Edith Smith at Mechanicsburg. Witnesses including Mrs Smith and two sisters described long standing head injuries and hallucinations. The family urged treatment rather than punishment. Lanpher was sentenced to Indiana Colony for Michigan City Prison transfer this week.
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Lauten Lanpher
Mechanicsburg
Edith Smith
Indiana
Michigan City
Cities With Advanced Standing Named By Indiana Municipal League
The treasurer reports that Aurora Hammond Fort Wayne Columbus Huntington Jeffersonville Lafayette Laporte Madison Richmond Vincennes Rochester Princeton Logansport Bedford South Bend Wabash Noblesville Kokomo Batesville Whiting Mt Vernon Brahel Elwood Marion Crawfordsville Shelbyville Lebanon Lawrenceburg Plymouth Washington and Indianapolis Hartford City have league membership but no advanced standing due to delegates lacking authority to pay dues.
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Indiana Municipal League
Aurora
Hammond
Fort Wayne
Columbus
Huntington
Jeffersonville
Lafayette
Laporte
Madison
Richmond
Vincennes
Rechester
Princeton
Logansport
Bedford
South Bend
Wabash
Noblesville
Kokome
Batesville
Whiting
Mt Vernon
Bralei
Elwood
Marion
Crawfordsville
Shelbyville
Lebanon
Lawrenceburg
Plymouth
Washington
Tary
Indianapolis
Hartford City
Baptists Convention Opens in Philadelphia Amid Rush
A Philadelphia Baptist Temple gathering drew thousands with Booker T. Washington headlining the event. Delegates from Russia spoke on persecution and fund raising, and $70,000 was raised for a Christian college in St Petersburg. Indiana attendees numbered about forty with city tours, university receptions, and a Delaware River excursion shaping a bustling week.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Baptist Temple
Booker T. Washington
Russia
Christian College
St. Petersburg
Indiana
United States
Court House
Baptist
John Wanamaker
University of Pennsylvania
Delaware River
Chester
Crozer — Theological Seminary
Northern Baptist Convention
Des Moines
Iowa
Detroit
Boston
Foreign Mission Society
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Baptist World Alliance
Berlin
Germany
Dooley
Ross
Temple
All of the same flesh in a restless newsroom
A reflective column notes readers crave sensational events to parade humanity’s flaws. The piece critiques the morbid urge to broadcast errors and misdeeds in newspapers, citing a few observers who see such diet as entertainment rather than reportage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
State board forms new rules for normal schools and hygiene
A state board of education committee chosen with presidents Parsons Bryan and Kelly will enact nine new rules for normal schools. Fall term starts the new courses, with hygiene and medical inspection plans for schools. Trustees Shively Hamilton Bateman named to Indiana University board. September teachers’ exam ordered.
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Tec Normal Schools
State Board’ of Education
Parsons
The
State Normal School
Bryan
State University
Kelly
Harsham
Kendall
Indianapolis
George Ho Tapy
Crawfordville
Stone
Purdue
Kendal
Greathouse
Cing the
Accredit
Wilson Harmon wedding at parsonage on West Chicago
Guy Wilson and Miss Anna Harmon wed Saturday afternoon at the parsonage on West Chicago Street with Rev Greenleaf officiating. The groom resides in Brownsburg and the bride is daughter of Scott Harmon of Royalton. A host of friends extended congratulations and best wishes.
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Guy Wilson
Anna Harmon
Greenleaf
Chicago Street
Brownsburg
Scott Harmon
Royalton
Indictment Against Eastern Box Board Club Returned
A federal grand jury returned an indictment today under Sherman act provisions against the Eastern Box Board Club, alleged successor to the dissolved Fibre and Manily Association, in New York. The action marks a formal charging in a suspected cartel like arrangement.
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New York
Federal
Eastern Box Board Club
Fibre and Manily Association
William Dean Howells Realist of American Letters
William Dean Howells, dean of American letters by age and work, is in his seventy fifth year and has authored for half a century. His first prose book was a life of Abraham Lincoln for the 1861 campaign, and earlier he and John J. Piatt published Poems by Two Friends. Howells remains a highly respectable realist with serene portrayals of ordinary life and subtle romance.
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Howells
Abraham Lincoln
John J. Piatt
Mr. Howells
Ohio
University of Travel
Wiliam Dean Howells
Private tutor Bennie Tomlinson quits Princeton
Bennie Tomlinson, son of Mr and Mrs Law Tomlinson, resigns from Princeton University after a year as Instructor in English history and jurisprudence to become a private tutor to a wealthy Washington DC man overseeing the Congressional Library. They will spend the summer in northern Quebec near Kiskisink, Canada, with winter plans to California or South America. The tutor’s contract runs a year at 2500 dollars plus expenses. His wife, Georgia Titus, leads in the Brooks-Hawk Stock Co, which has had a successful season and plays in Washington, Indiana this week.
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Bennie Tomlinson
Law Tomlinson
Princeton University
Washington, D. C
Congressional
Tomlinson
Quebec
Canada
Kiskisink
California
South America
Tom Hansen
Brooks-Hawk Stock Co
Georgia Titus
Indianapolis
Washington
Ind
Orpheum Stock Company
Weil
Vote Expected On Root Amendment To Canadian Reciprocity
Washington June 26An expected vote in the senate today on the Root amendment to the wood pulp and print paper schedules of the Canadian reciprocity bill looms large amid a day of congressional activity. The amendment would grant free entry only if the United States proves domestic pulp and paper are dumped into Canada and all provinces grant duty-free access. Taft Underwood and other leaders warn the provision could ruin the reciprocity agreement. Senate leaders have anticipated days of defense for the amendment.
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Times
Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Finance Committee
Canada
United States
Taft
Underwood
Raymond Well Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Raymond Well widely known actor and husband of Miss Georgia Titus of this city was hospitalized after appendicitis. He was taken to Oakland City Indiana last Wednesday, moved to Indianapolis hospital Saturday night, and underwent surgery there. His condition is reported critical at the bedside today. His stage name is Brooks, Fle.
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Raymond Well
Georgia Titus
Oakland City
Ind
Indianapolis
Indiansapolis
Balloon rescue ends with empty ballast in North Sea
Four balloons ascended at Paris Saturday. one drifted into the North Sea near Jutet Island. Two aboard that balloon. Rescue boat sent at dawn to aid distress party but returned with an empty ballast bag marked R. G. B-70. Other balloons landed on the East Frisian coast.
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Bremen
Germany
Paris
North Sea
Jutet
Cunningham claim on Alaskan coal lands denied
Washington June 26 The Cunningham Alaskan coal land claims were disallowed by the interior department. Secretary Walter Fisher announced the decision, closing the case for the Cunningham claimants. Their attorneys threaten appeal but only on legal points, not the findings. The case spurred Bal linger Pinchot investigations and led to removals in the land office. Fisher called for new coal land laws to foster Alaska development.
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Washington
Cunningham
United States Supreme Report
Department
Baliinger-Pinchot
Congress
Public Service
Porrester Gifford Pinchot
Louis K. Glavis
Land Office
Mesars
GEO K TRASK DEAD INDIANAPOLIS
George K. Trask, the oldest newspaper man in Indianapolis, died this morning at his home on North Meridian Street after ten weeks of heart disease and dropsy. He was seventy nine, a long time writer in Indianapolis papers including a railroad editor role with the Indianapolis Journal and most recently with the Indianapolis Star.
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Indianapolis
Ind
George K. Trask
North
Meridian Street
Trask
Ong
Indianapolis Journal Ax Railroad
The
Lodianapolis Star
Nesbitt seeks divorce and child custody
Karl Nesbitt sues Marie Nesbitt for divorce alleging separation since 1001 with adulterous relations cited. He claims denial of meals and cooking, refuted cohabitation, and taunts over relationships. They married Aug 25, 107 and have one child aged three. Plaintiff seeks custody of the child.
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Karl Nesbitt
Marie Nesbitt
bin Aerie
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Broke
Lauten Lanpher Gage
State Prison
Ing
Municipal League
Wilson—Harmon
Tiny Wilson
Chay
William Dean Howells
Mr. Wall
Brooks, Fle
Cunningham Coal
Geo. K. Trask
Man
Farl Nesbitt
Marie Newbitt
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