Charity case in Kokomo woman seeks help for three children
Mrs. Blenche Meyer formerly Blhanche Price asks aid after claiming funds run out while visiting. Trustee Joyce refers case to Miss Stern of the charities organization to determine property in Springfield and chances to reach Oregon to join her parents, as law requires thorough investigation. She has three children and does not know her husband’s whereabouts.
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Blhanche Price
The
Commonwealth
West
Springfield
Meyer
Miss Stern
Charities
Oregon
Elkhart Bans Streamers on Poles Despite Railway Privilege
Police enforce a city ordinance in Elkhart Indiana restricting signs on telegraph, telephone and trolley poles. Officials had not granted authority for postings, despite claims the street railway company may act with privilege. Streamers for South Bend manufacturers' expo were removed from Main Street poles.
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Elkhart
Ind
South Bend
Marmola Tablets Claim Fast Weight Loss Without Exercise
An advertisement promotes Marmola Prescription Tablets as a simple way to lose a pound or more daily without changing meals or increasing activity. It credits the Marmola Co. Detroit and lists ingredients including Marmola, fluid extract cascara aromatic, and syrup simplex, urging readers to buy for 75 cents.
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Marmola Co
Detroit
Mich
Interstate Commerce Adopts Rate Rule Against Transcontinental
Special correspondence from San Diego reports the Interstate Commerce Commission's order forcing railroads to publish export rates and prohibiting changes on short notice. Railroads respond by refusing to ship export goods beyond U S Pacific ports after November 1, risking Pacific trade being taken by Japanese lines and harming American workers and merchants dependent on ocean traffic. The piece notes eight American flag steamers remain. seven of fifteen last year have passed to Japanese control, reducing U S presence in the Pacific trade.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
America
Pacific
San Diego
Cal
Orient
Trans-Continental Rail
Asia
Interstate Commission
Commission
Police enforce ordinance removing street advertisements
Officers say they enforce the city ordinance on pole posters with no interest beyond removal. A prior campaign had prompted the police chief to order all street advertisements removed months earlier.
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Smilar
Logan to Head Parade For Labor Day Celebration
Local unions attending the nonster Labor day event at La Ayette will lead the parade with the Siks' band first in line. Delegations march from Logansport Kokomo Wabash Peru Huntington Attica and Lafayette, each city providing a band then forming a 50 piece monster band at Sixth and Jerry streets before leading through downtown. Afterward they proceed to the Musicians' union hall for entertainment.
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Laayette
Siks
Logansport
Kokomo Wabash
Peru
Huntington
Attica
Lafayette
Sixth
Musicians’ Union Hall
State News Flashes Report Daring Burglary and Local Tragedies
A series of terse items records a burglary at J. D. McKeen’s saloon in Brazil with $50 stolen, drownings of Milton Deitrich in the Ohio River and Joseph Burnham in the White River, an eye injury to John Ditch from a flying stick, and other incidents including a dairy milk price rise, a touring car wreck, a jail sentence for Charles Wyson, a death from lockjaw, more drownings, a suicide in Gary, a large catfish, new school placements, and a West Baden post office robbery.
Subsidy Vote Blocks Delphi-Frankfort Traction Plan
Citizens of Frankfort and Clinton townships reject a $50,000 subsidy for the Delphi-Frankfort Traction company. The decision halts a southern expansion by Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction, while residents would gain access to Frankfort via the Indianapolis Logansport & South Bend line if constructed.
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Frankfort
Clinton Township
Delphi-Frankfort Traction Cmpany
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company
Delphi
Trankfort
Indianapolis
Loganscott
South Bend
Wermess Undergoes Operation After Injury at Jail
Patrolman Frank Wermess was operated on at St. Josephs Hospital to remove a growth on his arm. The injury occurred when a prior cut from a butcher knife while killing a chicken was worsened by a rebellious prisoner who wrenched his arm. Dr. Joseph Rubsam performed the operation.
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Frank Wermess
St. Joseph's Hospital
Wermess
Joseph Rubsam
If the Wicklebridges Were in the White House
The Wicklebridges spar over imagined presidency and First Family life. Mrs. Wicklebridge demands a new parasol for their daughter and hints at public scrutiny while Mr. Wicklebridge objects to any dream of political power. They banter about etiquette and money.
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Ginger
White House
Wicklebridge
Eurydice
Chesterfield
Penury
Lafayette Square
Cicero
Guinevere
Broken by Calumny and Public Scandal In House
A man named Wicklebridge is compelled to pay for a red parasol amid a sequence of rumors and accusations. A wife is confronted by post office inspectors about handwriting, highlighting a charged domestic dispute and public scrutiny.
Seventeen Freight Cars Burn at Panhandle Siding
Seventeen freight cars at the Panhandle railroad siding near the Trimmer gravel pit were destroyed by fire Tuesday evening. The fire, likely sparked by an engine, was extinguished by farmers and railroad workers before further damage. The wreck crew toiled all day clearing the tracks.
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Panhandle
Trimmer
Hogs to Fair Carload From Clymers Heads to Iowa Show
Amil Spring and Charles Welling ton of Clymers depart Monday with prize hogs heading for the Iowa state fair. The stock will likely win prizes and also be exhibited at Indiana Illinois and Ohio fairs. Try a Want Ad in the reporter.
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Amil Spring
Charles Wellington
Clymers
Iowa
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Baseball stars fetch big pay in cross league sales
Seven Hoosier players plus others change hands for large sums as teams in Detroit Boston New York Pittsburg and Kansas City trade top talent. Notable prices include $46 000 for seven men and $6 000 for Meyer the Indian catcher as clubs pursue the season’s best players.
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Wagner
Hans
Meyer
St. Paul
New York Nationals
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Blenche Meyer
U.S
Ising
Logan
J. D. McKeen
Brazil
Milton Deitrich
New Albany
Ohio River
N. Thomas
John Ditch
Hagerstown
Joseph Burnham
Bedford
White River
Ft. Wayne
Hammond
Charles Wyson
Muncie
Jen Smith
Terre Haute
Clinton
Charlies Jacobs
Alfred Borrmann
Valparaiso
Emma Frappier
Laurel, Mississippi
Harry A. Nelson
Gary
Elmer Post of Liberty
John T. Hawkins
Warsaw
Albion
West Baden
the Daily Reporter
Wicklebridges
Mrs
Washington
F. W. Schaefer
Tionals
Long Hoosier
American Association
New York
Association
Livingston
Hoosiers
Boston Americans
Chick” Branton
Kansas City Twirling
Pitts
Owen Bush
Joe Wood
Kansas City
Taylor
Weed
Wood
Barbeau
Toledo
Pittsburg
Smoky City
Jap Barbeau
Rube Marquardt
Catcher Livingston
Chick Brandon
Catcher Meyer
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