Marion Hoboes Live Quiet Camp Life By Mississinewa River
In Marion Indiana on June 19 a group of river hoboes camp along the Mississinewa river bank. They read daily papers Outlook and Century Magazine and earn by making goods or odd jobs. A hermit among them says he left town due to rising costs and avoids saloons, living with a pet rat in a self-contained camp.
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Marion
Ind
Mississinewa
Tenth Street
Daily Papers
Outlook
Century Magazine
Camp No. 2
River and Harbor
Smith
Pittsburg
Hardy Able
Summer Temptation Threatens Honest Workmen
A fragment questions whether brief indulgence can ruin lifelong habits and warns that many good men may be spoiled this summer by tentative, temporary pleasures and distractions.
Liberal and Conservative Parties Debate at Roosevelt Era Convention
A speaker criticizes the convention platform as lacking clarity and liberal goals. He contrasts conservative Republican control with a need for a true liberal party and calls for testing the Democrats in Denver to see if they offer real reform.
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Resolutions Committee
Cooper
Labor
Republican Party
Liberal Party
Roosevelt
United States
Democratic Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Denver
Gene Tisdell’s Fiddle Snakes and Gas Fumes Warning
Gene Tisdell recounts a rattlesnake violin incident at a Lift ing Rocks concert causing him to drop his fiddle. His brother Walter warns gasoline fumes from automobiles are inflaming the air and could trigger a catastrophic explosion. Sparrow Bush residents hear the sensational tale from Port Jervis.
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Gene
Outi
Port Jervis
N. J
Sparrow Bush
Gene Tisdell
Walter
Independent Voter Reflects On Convention Influence
The voter assesses the convention’s impact and the risk of being swayed by party slogans. He notes platforms are crafted to mean everything and nothing, binding only through election day and relies on party loyalties to deliver support.
Office Men to Clash at Spencer Park
The Panhandle and Vandalia office baseball teams meet at Spencer park a week from tomorrow. The Vandalia squad was defeated by the shop men, and bets favor the Panhandle boys in what promises to be a hot contest.
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Panhandle
Vandalia
Spencer Park
Sleeveless blue tussah coat with embroidered filet trim
A blue tussah sleeveless coat features separated backs with heavy embroidered filet filling the gap. The front uses the same lace as a long waistcoat, creating a coordinated decorative motif.
Gander Takes Incubation, Dethrones Goose at Onota Farm
Pittsfield Mass June 19 The scrappy gander at H C Valentine New York farm has seized a sitting of goose eggs and acts as incubator. Superintendent Gorman removed the gander but the bird returned and drove off the goose. Gorman stops interference while the gander parentages the eggs.
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Pittsfield
Mass
H. C. Valentine
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Gorman
Korean Bandits Kill 826 in Eight Months
Statistics report Koreans killed 826 peaceful Koreans aligned with pro Japanese society and 360 houses burned in eight months. insurgents also seized crops and assaulted women while a Japanese officer led 300 districts with auxiliary Korean gendarmes and communications. The record supports the present Korean cabinet policy.
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Seoul
Korea
Indiana State News Summary of Local Tragedies and Appointments
Owen McCann of Spencer died of apoplexy while loading hay. F A Receveur near New Albany killed himself by hanging. New Congregational church cornerstone to be laid at Marshall next Monday. Egbert Gawthrop of Warsaw elected president of Kosciusko County Detective association. Arthur Long of Munice fatally injured in a pole fall. Vernon Wolf of Evansville recover s full use of arm after dog bone graft. Mr and Mrs William Terry of Lafayette burned in gas explosion. Shelbyville school board selects Samuel C Ferrill as superintendent. Notre Dame opens sixty fourth annual commencement. B D Remy resigns Franklin High principalship to Monticello Hl.
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Vernon Wolf
Evansville
William Terry
Lafayette
Shelbyville
Samuel C. Ferrill
Notre Dame
Rain Brought Needed Moisture for Crops
Rain fell this morning and was badly needed by farmers. Although brief, the heavy downpour gave the ground sufficient moisture to prevent crop damage and came from the west, soaking Monticello an hour before reaching the city.
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Monticello
Owls Split Over Competing Orders Causes Local Uncertainty
Local nest of Owls with 100 members debates whether they belong to the Order of Owls or the American Order of Owls after a convention split over presidential power. Will Rea, their Knoxville delegate, awaits return as rival groups name leaders H Preston Pratt in Chicago for the American Order and plan meetings at Reading and Spokane.
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Nest of Owls
Order of Owls
Spokane
Wash
Three New Automobiles Arrive in City
Three new cars joined local streets this week. Dr. E. M. Hatch took delivery of a Logan last Saturday and has tested it this week. George A. Linton received a Jackson on Wednesday and C. D. Billman now owns an Auburn. All buyers previously owned other makes.
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E. M. Hatch
Logan
Western Motor Works
George A. Linton
Jackson
C. D. Billman
Auburn
Ma Cu’ Res
St Joseph's Hospital Rising Toward Second Floor
Construction on the new St Joseph's hospital advances rapidly and nearing the second story. Dark red brick and stone trim will give a fine exterior. Heating contract will be let shortly.
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St. Joseph's Hospital
Arrested Couple Fined In Broadway Room Incident
Miss Maude Welch and O L Budmeyer were arrested midnight in a Broadway room by Sergeant Morris. They were taken to police headquarters and fined one dollar plus eleven dollars in costs each.
Lightning Strikes Trees Near Uhl's Mill on West Side
A noon lightning strike peeled bark from two sycamore trees near Uhl's mill on the West Side. No persons were nearby, narrowly avoiding a possible fatality.
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Uhl’s Mill
Local high school baseball team plays at Royal Center
The local high school baseball team traveled on Panhandle train No. 21 to Royal Center this afternoon to face the team there in a scheduled game.
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Royal Center
Demented man captured after nightlong search near Peru
Frank Brown from Wabash, described as a dangerous suspect, was detained four miles east of Peru after farmers reported a deranged man loitering. Sheriff Volpert and officers traced him to the Whisler farm, learning he had just been released from Logansport asylum two weeks prior. He will await pickup by authorities.
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Sheriff Volpert
Peru
Brown
Wabash
Allernegm
Y Wolpert
Dakota
Sherif Volpert
Potter
Volpert
Whisler
Wabash County
Logansport
Beer Denied City Workers
Milwaukee public works rules bar city laborers from saloons during working hours and limit beer to the noon hour. The manual requires able bodied men for full days, will dismiss many aged pensioners, and states an eight hour workday with travel on personal time. Workers must not visit saloons or consume intoxicants on the job.
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Milwaukee City
Board of Public Works
Japanese Lingual Prospects for Russian Clergy Training
The article notes Japan seeks Russian language scholars to study theology abroad. It cites the Surugadai Seminary in Tokyo hosting sixty youths under Mr. Senuma, a leading Russian scholar, with free tuition. Some graduates joined Japanese military interpreters when war began, despite not apostatizing.
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Otta
Jan al
Surugadai
Pokio
Senuma
Japan
Kiev
Prussia
Russia
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Warsaw
Kosciusko County
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Muncie
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