New Confederate Leaders Face Reunion in Birmingham
The United Confederate Veterans will meet in Birmingham on June 10 to elect a new commander in chief after Gen Stephen D Lee's death. Georgias Gen Clement A Evans is among leading candidates, with Gen W L Cabell of Dallas as runner up. Miss Sarah Lee Evans, Evans daughter, was named sponsor by Lee before his death and is a Wesleyan College student in Macon.
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Birmingham
Ala
United Confederate Veterans
Gray Line
Lee
Jackson
Richmond
Stephen D. Lee
Southland
Clement A. Evans
Georgia
W. L. Cabell
Dallas
Tex
Evans
Sarah Lee Evans
Gen. Evans
Gen. Lee
South
Miss Evans
Wesleyan
State News Briefs Touch on Accidents and Changes
John Burton of Brazil killed on the Big Four railroad at Nokomis. Rev. A. T. Numa to lead Lutheran church in Ann Arbor. Y M C A in South Bend gains 1,222 members in under a month. Poultry house fire destroys Mrs. Gus Lief’s Attica complex. Charles H. Newcome knocked unconscious and robbed at Benton Harbor. Clarence Hardman loses hand after diamond saw accident. Stone and Hattabaugh capture a 33 pound mudcat. Mrs. Frank White fatally burned from stove spark. Rev. R. H. Moore preaches farewell in Martinsville and retires. Acton to become dry after next Saturday night.
Quinlan Nearly Well After Inter Urban Milltap Wreck
Motorman Walter Quinlan, badly hurt in the Milltap inter urban accident on May 8, left the hospital for a first time since the crash. His memory is blank except for the car and the workmen. Doctors will not allow release home until next Sunday. Lineman Apple of Tipton, released earlier, remains unable to walk.
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Walter Quinlan
Milltap
Lineman Apple
Tipton
County poor farm requisition for three months
Superintendent Fred Homburg requests supplies for the county poor farm covering coffee tea sugar and groceries. He asks for two dozen pairs of socks three dozen hats two dozen pants one dozen singles gas two dozen jumpers and underwear.
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Fred Homburg
Bitters Urged Over Experimentation for Recovery
Public health note urges sticking to Bitters to restore health, citing hundreds of voluntary letters as evidence that experiments should stop and basic remedies work.
Hostetters Stomach Bitters touted for wide cures
Advertisement claims Hostetters Stomach Bitters cures digestive and liver issues and related ailments after other remedies fail. It promises relief for poor appetite sour risings indigestion dyspepsia costiveness malaria fever and ague with a four bottle trial.
Real Estate Transfers in Tipton and City Areas
Transfers list multiple property deals including 40 acres in Jackson two for 3900 dollars to Thomas C. Saylor and others. Purchases note city blocks and streets such as Tenth Street and Sherman Street with prices from 232 to 4500 dollars. Names include George W. Conwell Edward M. Dolan Mary Shaw Adatine Tilton Isaac S. Michael Farrell Catherine Farrell Henry Tousley Rosa Elpers and Frank Packard.
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George W. Conwell
Thomas C. Saylor
S. E
Jackson
Adatine Tilton
John W. Hall
Edward Frushour
Lucerne
Martha A. Morehead
Isaac S
Lees
Wm. H. Stanley
Sherman St
Lincoln
G. W. Cann
Frankem
Jefferson
Michael Farrell
Mary Grogan
S. M. Tipton’s
Add
Mkt
Catherine Farrell
Henry S. Tousley
Albert G. Jenkines
John Tipton
Admr
S. Ad
Rosa Elpers
Frank P. Packard
S. W
Tipton
Oregon elects Chamberlain as U S senator in first primary trial
Governor George E. Chamberlain, a Democrat, is nominated to the U S Senate to succeed Senator Fulton after the first trial of Oregon's new primary law. The Republican legislature will elect the senator, with Cake defeating Fulton for the Republican nomination.
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Portland
Ore
George E. Chamberlain
United States
Fulton
Chamberlain
N. M. Cake
Senator Fulton
Cake
Vanderbilt Cuts Costs Renting London Flat at 10000
Vanderbilt has rented a palatial London flat for ten thousand dollars, sparking talk in New York and London about the extravagance of such a lease and the high living cost in the capital.
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London
Vanderbilt rents Piccadilly penthouse to curb expenses
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, after divorce and custody, moves to the sixth floor overlooking Piccadilly in London. He pays 10 000 pounds a year with rates extra for the lavish flat that features ten bedrooms and many rooms, comparing his past $60 000 Plaza suites to a mere bagatelle. The choice sits amid Mayfair and the Rothschilds, near Wellington’s town house.
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London
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Piccadilly
Vanderbilt
Astoria
New’ Plaza
Feast of Weeks Shavuoth Observances Across Jewish Traditions
The forthcoming Feast of Weeks begins at sundown June 4 with Orthodox celebrating two days and Reform observing the first day. The article traces Sivan calendar dates, Ethiopian Jews, and the Harvest festival rooted in Torah birthdays, Ruth readings, and charity obligations.
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Sivan
Abyssinia
Alliance Israelit Universelle
France
M. Nahoum
Palestine
Solomon
Sheba
Jerusalem
Ethopia
Moses
Mount Sinai
Israel
Ruth
David
Mount Sanai
Country Club Opens With Two Ball Foresome and Dance
A large afternoon crowd attended the formal opening of the Country Club yesterday, featuring a two ball foresome match followed by a dinner for sixty two and a dance in the evening. Winners included C O Wise and Mrs Carl Wise with 66 and 74 scores, with several 69s and 81 posted among other pairings.
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C. O. Wise
Carl Wise
Robert Weir
Florence Shultz
Neighbor Quips About Crying Baby as Complaint
A joking exchange reframes a baby's cry as a complaint from a suffering father, highlighting a humorous domestic moment.
County to Consider Leasing Voting Machines
County commissioners returned from Marion county where officials discussed buying voting machines for the coming election. They were pleased with them but J F Grable said they would not buy them this fall. As an experiment two or three machines might be leased for the election if the company agrees.
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Marion County
J. F. Grable
Local League Could Include Logansport Team
Manager Jessup of the Richmond team envisions a league including Muncie Anderson Marion Logansport Huntington and Van Wert. The proposal suggests a regional balance and competitive schedule among six cities.
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Logansport
Jessup
Richmond
Muncie
Anderson Marion
Huntington
van Wert
Rino Killed in Pimlico One Mile World Record Attempt
Italian racer Rino died after his sixty horse power car crashed on the Pimlico circular track while attempting a new one mile world record. He had just completed the circuit in 51% seconds as the crowd cheered before the machine skidded and somersaulted. A broken axle caused the wreck and Cedring was killed on impact.
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Rino
Pimlico
Paraker admits she is a presidential impossibility
The phrase appears as a provocative headline claiming Paraker concedes she cannot be president. The wording suggests a satirical or speculative angle rather than a confirmed political event.
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Paraker
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