Famed Medich Twins Rivaled by Jones Exhibit
Indianapolis reports note the Jones twins of Tipton County born in 1889 were physically joined at the abdomen with separate heads and organs. Doctors say they might have lived longer if brain development had been normal, contrasting with the Medich twins from South Bend.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Madiih
South Bend
Indiana
Jones
Tipton County
John Cooper
Cooper
Izaak Waltons Route To Camp Coleman Fish Fry
The Linton branch of the Isaak Walton League sponsors a big fish fry at Camp Coleman on White River tomorrow at 9 o'clock. To help members reach the camp, directions: Switz City via state road four, then state road twelve to the Big Four tracks, east to the old Fairplay school, north half a mile to the first east road, to the second gate, turn in and follow to Camp Coleman.
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Linton
Isaak Walton League
Big Dain’s
Coleman Camp
White River
gieRts
Switz City
Fairplay
Camp Cole
Violence fears loom after Hartford City revival clash
In Hartford City Indiana authorities fear renewed violence after clashes sparked by Toledo evangelist L J King. King was beaten by a mob during open air services and may be released from hospital. Sheriff George Goodrich said state militia could be asked to intervene if outbreaks continue as meetings move to a pasture four miles from town led by R Garner of Muncie.
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United Press Dispatch
Hartford City
Ind
L. J. King
Toledo
Ohio
Jackson
George Goodrich
Blackford County
King
R. ©. Garner
Muncie
Four year old burned after tub accident in Indianapolis
Four year old Laura Mobley fell into a tub of boiling water at her parents home in Indianapolis. Doctors held little hope for her condition as she suffered extensive burns. The incident occurred today and authorities planned to monitor her progress.
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Indianapolis
Laura Mobley
Industrial Board to Hear Compensation Cases at Sullivan
Sullivan Indiana June 11 The Industrial Board with Thomas as hearing member will hear compensation cases in Sullivan at 1 o clock Monday afternoon The cases include Bedwell versus Templeton Coal Company Carter versus Templeton Coal Company Ellison versus Templeton Coal Company Rogers versus City Coal Company Tuesday morning the list includes Banfield versus Ebbw Vale Coal Brannon versus Ebbw Coal Whinnie versus Hamilton Coal Smallwood versus Hamilton Coal Moore versus Sterling Colliers Coal Company Figg vs Vigo Mining Company.
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Sullivan
Aid of
Indiana
Thomas
Harry Bedwell
Templeton Coal Company
James Carter
Grover Ellison
Loren’ ‘Rogers
City Coal Company
Arthur Banfield
Ebbw Vale Coal Company
Roscoe Brannon
Ebbw
Pepper Campaign Fund Surpasses One Million Dollars
Joseph Grundy Republican leader from Pennsylvania testified to the Senate committee that he personally contributed 408 000 dollars and stood sure for the amount for Pepper's primary campaign. The total raised to date reaches 1 150 000 dollars.
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United Pross Dispatch
Washington
Joseph Grundy
Pennsylvania
Senate
George Wharton Pepper
Grindy
Brookhart's Speech Riles Hawkeye G C Supporters
Mason City report says Brookhart attacked Republican orthodoxy with co operative economics and investment limits at a state federation of labor meeting. Businessmen and bankers protest, urging Republican leaders to repudiate Brookhart and his platform before the Des Moines central committee. Some say Iowa should back Claude Porter for Senate.
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Cedar
Rapids
Smith
Brookhart
Iowa
Mason City
England
Denmark
Russia
Federation of Labor
State Central
Des Moines
United States Senate
Cummins
Claude R. Porter
Senate
Great Lakes Water Levels Fall to Record Lows
Washington June 11 The Great Lakes are at their lowest level in history sparking navigation concerns as hearings open on the rivers and harbors bill General Harry Taylor chief engineer US Army tells Senate commerce committee the lack of rainfall mainly causes the fall with Chicago diversions blamed for a five inch drop Lake Michigan has fallen four feet since 1917 and other lakes are at record lows
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Great Lakes
Harry Taylor
United States Army
Senate Commerce Committee
Taylor
Chicago
Lake
Michigan
Quiet Restored After Ostrowiec Clash Ends in Deaths
In Ostrowiec a clash between police and metal workers left five civilians dead and nine injured after protesters demanded the dismissal of an engineer. Police fired on the crowd as two labor leaders were arrested and workers marched to free their colleagues.
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United Press Dispatch
Warsaw
Ostrowiec
Ostrowice
Taft Illness Touches National News
In Washington Chief Justice William Howard Taft was taken ill. Charles Evans Hughes was named to take evidence in the dispute between Wisconsin and Illinois over rights to Lake Michigan. President Von Hindenburg faced a crisis over the confiscation of royal property. Senator Reed Smoot told Congress that federal taxes cannot now be lowered.
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William Howard Taft
Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
Wisconsin
Illinois
Lake Michigan
von Hindenburg
Germany
Reed Smoot
Congress
Dickie Loeb Turns 21 Behind Prison Bars
Dickie Loeb, 21, marking a grim birthday in state prison, reflects a life changed since the 1924 Bobby Franks murder. Once a handsome youth, his health and mind have weakened under confinement, with his mother ill from the shock and Sears, Roebuck executive father dead shortly after his imprisonment.
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United ‘Press “Dispatch
Joilet
Dickie Loeb
Bobby Franks
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Digkie
John RE ‘Caverly
Dickie
Nathan
Caverly
Leopold
State Penitentiary
Chicago
Robert Franks
Clarence Darrow
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Campaign spending may challenge Vare seat in Senate
Washington June 11. Democrats may use evidence from the Pennsylvania primary to try to unseat William Vare in the U S Senate. A Senate committee member noted that admissions show more than half a million dollars spent by the three senatorial candidates and said the Senate may act after all evidence is heard. He cited precedent from the Newberry case and argued the spending warrants Senate scrutiny.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Pennsylvania
William
Senate
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Vare
Eagles Elect Today at State Convention
Officers for the coming year were to be elected at the Fraternal Order of Eagles state convention in Marion. James Crim of Newcastle was slated to advance from vice president to president. The convention renewed its push for an old age pension at the next state legislative session.
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United Press Dispatch
Marion
Ind
Order of Eagles
James Crim
Newcastle
Panic at Italian school sparked by Black Hand cry
Mass hysteria broke out at a Brooklyn Italian neighborhood school when a boy shouted Black Hand. Police protected doors as hundreds of children, many injured and trampled, flooded streets. Mothers cried for their kids while emergency squads arrived to restore order.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Fee
Ebbw Vale Mine to be Uncapped in a Few Days
Government experts from the Vincennes bureau investigate the Ebbw-Vale Mine shut since May 11 to extinguish a shaft fire. If tests show the blaze out, the shaft will be uncapped under government supervision and cleanup will begin after inspections. Temperature and gas readings raise hopes the fire is fully extinguished, though exact timing remains undetermined.
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Ebbw-Vale
Sullivan
Vincennes
United States Bureau of Mines
Ebbw-Vale Coal Company
Rains Break Long Drought Across Midwest States
Heavy rains yesterday and today end a long drought in the grain states of the middle west. Illinois saw the heaviest precipitation with rain in Chicago, while Iowa reported general showers and Nebraska light rain.
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West End
Chicago
Middle-West
Ilnois
Iowa
Beeson
Nebraska
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