New Chicago Church Club Welcomes Strangers
Chicago on March 11 reports a new Sunday Evening club led by Clifford W. Barnes aims to replace stiff receptions with a warm welcome for strangers. Notables from Marshall Field, Carson Pirie Scott, Harris Bank, and MacVeagh back revival services at Thomas Orchestra hall with a 100-voice chorus and a large pipe organ.
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Chicago
Clifford W. Barnes
Legislative Voters League
John G. Shedd
Marshall, Field & Company
John T. Pirie
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company
Norman W. Harris
Henry P. Crowell
Franklin MacVeagh
Sil
Thomas Orchestra Hall
Barnes
Harry Orchard Pleads Guilty to Governor Steunenberg Murder
Caldwell Idaho March 11 Harry Orchard today before Judge Fremont Wood withdrew his not guilty plea entered at arraignment and pleaded guilty to murdering former Governor Steunenberg by a dynamite bomb at his residence gate on December 30 1905 He will be sentenced March 18.
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Caldwell
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Fremont Wood
Steunenberg
Seven Rochester trip boys return to school after compromise
Seven high school boys who left to play basketball in Rochester were suspended. Their parents appeared before the faculty yesterday, and a compromise was effected allowing the boys to return to school.
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Rochester
Schol
Potential Panhandle Station Office Closures Rumor
Rumor circulates that multiple offices at the Panhandle station may close due to the nine hour telegraphers law. Officials have not confirmed the report.
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Panhandle
Bitters Promise Spring Cleanse for Impurities
Purported winter buildup prompts advice to take a short course of bitters as a seasonal aid. The note claims significant cleansing benefits during the upcoming spring period.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Purify Blood and Aid Sleep
Claim presents Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a purifier of blood and aid for sleep. Advertises relief for dyspepsia indigestion malaria fever and chills with a guarantee of genuine purity.
Indiana town Briefs: meetings, fires and crimes
Marshall County medical society to hold its thirteenth annual meeting in Plymouth tomorrow. Worthington cooperage factory rebuilds after a past fire. Muncie mayor Guthrie receives plans for a new 120000 city building. Wayne county farmers plan a corn school at Richmond next fall. Rev C A McDaniels accepts Portland church pastorship. Eastern Indiana Dairy association to meet in Portland on March 24. Orville Glen and Fred Hart of New Castle sent to reform school for robbing Panhandle freight cars. Mrs Frank Hancock of Columbus dies at a Pythian Sisters meeting. William J Bryan to lecture at Indiana University on March 20. George Linting of Centerville acquitted of receiving stolen goods. Arratt Fletcher of Farmland found in road after attempting suicide. Mrs F Daviss of Shelbyville dies in fire she started. Thirty-five Plymouth Rock hens stolen from George Rapp of Hartford City.
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Orville Glen
Fred Hart
New Castle
The
Reform School
Local Township and Ward Officials Listed in Sweep
The article catalogs township and ward leaders with chairmen secretaries delegates and alternates for multiple townships including Harrison Jefferson Jackson Miami Noble Tipton Washington and wards one through five. Names such as William Barr Taylor Wilson George Barnes and Frank Justice are noted among others.
NARION READY FOR CONVENTION
Huntington's Dr. Charles H. Good a longtime congress candidate faces a split in support with rival George Lockwood. Friends are blamed for district shifts that favored Democrats, deepening the contest between Good and Lockwood. Colosseum tickets total 4109 distributed by district chairs, with demand far exceeding capacity.
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Charles H. Good
Huntington
Dr. Good
Congress
Fred Landis
Wabash
Landis
Lockwood
George Lockwood
Colosseum
Harry Bendel
Swarthmore Rejects Gift Over Football Ban
Swarthmore College trustees voted to reject Miss Anna T. Jeanes's gift which required abolishing intercollegiate games including football. The inquiry found lands valued between 100000 and 470000 dollars. Students and alumni celebrate the decision.
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Swarthmore College
Anna T. Jeanes
Madam Butterfly Cancelled by Nelson Engagement
Word reaches here that the Madam Butterfly company slated for the Nelson on April 1 will not come. The company has cancelled multiple Indiana cities and will return to New York for a run.
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Nelson
Indiana
New York
Man and Wife Dembled in Indianapolis Visit
Cc D Billman and wife spent Monday in Indianapolis on a brief trip.
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Cc. D. Billman
Indianapolis
Inventor March Develops Gasoline Car Loader
A. D. March, once a street car conductor, has invented and patented a gasoline engine car loader. The device is described as very simple. March now resides in Washington township.
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A. D. March
March
Washington Township
Little Dixie Blair dies not to grow up rumor
In San Francisco on March 11 a 13 year old girl known as Dixie Blair, a former circus performer and Salvation Army ward, wrote a plea to her caretaker admitting she was nearly twenty and facing a planned marriage in April. She attempted gas asphyxiation but was saved and remains in hospital while arrangements for her presumed fiancé from Arizona proceed.
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San Francisco
Cal
Peter Pan
Dne Blair
Dixie
Eva
Tucson
Ariz
R. H. Paterson
Salvation Army
Arizona
Girls Basketball Season Ends With No Gym Access
Local high school girls suspend winter play as the rink remains closed. The YMCA offered gym use but the team declined and will reorganize next winter when the rink reopens. Some discussion of outdoor basketball possible this summer.
Walter Foskett Returns from Seattle
Walter Foskett who went to Seattle Washington last fall to locate will return home this evening. He writes that business is dull in that part of the country.
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Walter Foskett
Seattle
Wash
Better Than Spanking Homes Care for Bedwetting
Mrs M Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment for bedwetting with full instructions. She promises to send it to any mother who writes and includes a request for money. She asserts the condition is not the child’s fault and cites a constitutional cause for the trouble.
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M. Summers
Box
Notre Dame
Ind
Lodge and club meetings announced for tonight
The Plumbers and Steamfitters union will meet tonight in Trades' Assembly hall. Lew Wallace court No. 305 of T. W. H. meets tonight in K. C. hall with a social session after. Hand-in-Hand circle of King's Daughters meets tomorrow afternoon at Mrs. Mary Jackson's home 1731 Smead Street. All members urged to attend.
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Plumbers and Steamfitters Union
Trades’ Assembly Hall
Lew Wallace
K. C. Hall
King's Daughters
Mary Jackson
Smead Street
Tipton Lodge No 33 Called Meeting Notice
Tipton lodge No 33 F A M announces a called meeting this Wednesday at 7:30 PM for E A work. All Masons invited. By order of William P Felver WM and A S Boyer secretary.
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Tipton Lodge No
E. A
William P. Felver
W. M
A. S. Boyer
NO GOING BACK SAYS HUGHES AT NEW ENGLAND DRY GOODS
Boston March 11 Governor Hughes of New York told the New England Dry Goods association that progress requires defining evil and fighting dishonest practices while protecting honest enterprise. He warned against unjust discrimination rates rebates governmental favoritism and unfair competition. There will be no going back as the American people pursue proper public office and public rights.
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Boston
New England Dry Goods Association
Hughes
New York
Public Privilege Reform Seeks Thrift and Honest Gain
The piece calls for ending abuses of public privilege, encouraging thrift, rewarding industry, and ensuring security in what individuals have honestly earned. It emphasizes incentives for honorable effort and broader accountability in public life.
City Imports More Baboons Than Any Other
The Philadelphia Inquirer jokes that Quaker City leads in baboon imports with light satire. The piece ends with a punchline about a long pole and persimmon, delivered with coarse laughter.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Quaker City
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