Banks decried as new currency bill advances in closing hours
Washington June 1 Gilson Gardner reports the currency bill framed by house and senate leaders in the final hours of congress contains features favoring Wall Street and bankers. It allows banks to issue money against general assets and bonds while valuing state and municipal debt at reduced rates. Democrats in the senate offered little opposition, seen as Wall Street dominated.
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Gilson Gardner
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Congress
Senao
Wall Stiei
Wen
Senatw
LaPollette
Aldrich
Secretary of the Treasury
Wall Street
Indiana Trap Shooters’ League
Muncie
Linton
Reynolds
Peter Lenert
Evansville
James Rees
Meltzerville
Ralph Leonard
Franklin
American Women Roasted Over Fashion Critics in London
London June 1 American women in the capital are enraged by Mrs Hwfa Williams remarks claiming Americans spend vast sums on clothes but know less about how to wear them. She dismissed their taste, prompting widespread offense among the American colony and reactions from prominent social circles.
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London
Hwfa Williams
Grace
Williams
Perry Belmont
America
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
St. Augustine
Mrs. Roosevelt
Strue
Torhen
Government tests seek new papers from cornstalks to bamboo
Washington June 1 The agriculture department funds fiber plant trials to replace wood pulp with rice stalks corn husks cotton waste and swamp bamboo for newsprint. Dr Galloway notes rice and corn stalks yield good paper while bamboo grows widely near Washington with potential value of sixty dollars per acre. Further results await exhaustive experiments.
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Washington, D. C
Dr. Wiley
Poison Squad
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Congress
Galloway
Louisiana
Texas
Washington
David G. Fairchild
Department
Barn Fire After Shelter Refusal Hits South Side Butcher
John Van a meat cutter for Ernest Shanky on the South Side says two hoboes on his back porch asked for shelter Saturday night. He offered fifty cents for a room, they retaliated and the barn burned with about two hundred chickens and hay lost. Fire crews arrived too late to save the barn. insurance partly covered the loss. Three hundred fifty nearby chickens were saved.
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John van
Ernest Shanky
South Side
Van
Bitters Credited With Health Gains Across Readers
Health advocates urge sticking to Bitters after showing hundreds of voluntary letters praising recovery. The tone promotes proven use over experiments and emphasizes consistent regimen for wellness.
Hostetters Stomach Bitters advertised for diverse ailments
An old advertisement claims Hostetters Stomach Bitters cure a range of complaints including poor appetite sour stomach indigestion constipation liver troubles malaria fever and ague. The listing emphasizes quick relief and universal effectiveness.
Boiler explosion kills two on Jeffersonville pump boat
A boiler on a pump boat at Jeffersonville exploded fatally scalding both the fireman and engineer. Other items note Purdue cadets honoring veterans and a list of local accidents and incidents across Indiana.
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Jefersonville
Purdue University
Rollie Mitchell
Linton
Mothers of Veterans Still Living in Captain DeHart’s Company
Captain William DeHart of this city reports two mothers of veterans still living. Mrs Matilda Stevens of Big Rock Ark and Mrs Richardson of this city are identified as the mothers of veterans in his G A R quartette, including W S Richardson.
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William DeHart
Matilda Stevens
Big Rock Ark
Richardson
W. S. Richardson
Mystery of Cicott Lake Far Surprises Indiana Engineer
Marion Chronicle reports city civil engineer Fowler returns from Cicott Lake near Logansport stating water levels rise and fall in a puzzling pattern. The lake has flooded a public road four feet deep, cutting travel as locals recall Indigenous lore of a seven year flood cycle with no modern explanation. Wildlife, church access required makeshift planks to reach the church on higher ground.
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Marion
Will Fowler
Cicott Lake
Logansport
Fowler
Decoration Day Attendance Hits Thousands
Many people were hauled by the local street car lines for Decoration Day. The usual crowd on Saturdays is four to five thousand, while Sunday attendance was poor due to cold weather. Both the baseball game and the band concert drew small crowds.
Veteran Shepherd threatens violence in Royal Center disturbance
An intoxicated veteran named Shepherd fired up his family at Royal Center and drove them out with a revolver on Friday, then threatened to kill himself.
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Shepherd
Royal Center
Advertised Letters at Logan Port Post Office
Post office reports letters for men and women listed by name and address as held for one week ending June 1 1908. If not claimed within ten days they will be sent to the dead letter office in Washington D C.
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Logans Port
Department
Washington, D. C
Harry L. Blake
Oak
John W. Cobb
M. L. Harrison
John Hunt
Edd Hutchinson
Harry James
Joseph Kennedy
W. E. Oliver
Albert
Hill Improves at St. Josephs Hospital
George Hill the condemned murderer is recovering from pneumonia at St. Josephs hospital and remains under county official supervision.
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George Hill
St. Joseph's Hospital
Explorer Odes Aqaring Deed Cred Tablet
The fragment hints at a colonial scene with a figure deceiving Indigenous people and claiming mineral or land dealings. No clear names or places are readable to anchor specifics. weiter details are unavailable in the provided text.
Danish explorer Brings Nestorian tablet to New York
Count Fritz von Holm arrives on the British steamer Kennebec with the nine ton Nestorian tablet once lost in Tibet. He plans to offer the original stone to the Metropolitan Museum though he may seek a higher price elsewhere. The tablet dates to AD 781 and marks early Christianity in China.
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Kennebec
Fritz von Holm
China
Metropolitan Museum
Tibet
Hankow
Sir Robert Hart
Shanghai
Young von Holm
West Baden Springs mineral water offer for home use
The Colonial Country Club Hotel advertises the West Baden Springs springs water and baths claiming cures for kidney liver stomach ailments and nervousness. It invites readers to send symptoms with $2 to receive five gallons of mineral water with physician guidance for home treatment.
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Colonial Country Club
West Baden Spring
Indiana
Danish Prince Guides Europe in China Travel Quest
A Danish prince, direct descendant of King Christian IV, is noted as a young man with a growing European scientific reputation. His latest expedition aims to place him among the leading Chinese travelers, as suggested by a brief Want Ad in the Reporter.
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Denmark
Christian IV
Europe
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