Morgan Hill Auto Show Promises Factory Fresh Models
Auto and motorcycle show promoters met at George Bliss's office to finalize plans for April 1–3. Factory fresh cars from twenty five firms will be exhibited including heavy hauling tracks and the Apperson Jack Rabbit that will climb Morgan Hill at sixty mph. Cars will be shown in two horsepower classes and hill tests moved from College Hill to Morgan Hill.
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George P. Bliss
Bliss
Association
Morgan Hill
College Hill
Hal B. Smith
Broadway
Walter B. Lewis
George Ross, Jr
Jack Rabbit
Voters to Get Handouts From Women’s Temperance Union
City voters on election day will be offered luncheon from 11 00 a m to 2 00 p m by Women’s Temperance Union members at multiple precincts across the city The schedule lists the feeding sites and assigned volunteers including Ida Zin Anna Morris T D Hughes Studebaker Wall Grace Pence and Keiser with ward chairmen arranging assistants on the South Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Temperance Union
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth Ward
Market Street M. E
Universalists
Baptist Church
English Lutheran and
Broadway Presbyterian
Bunkard Church
Wheatland Avenue
M. E. Cumberland Presbyterian
The
Christian Church
Young
Ida Zin
Fink
Anna Morris
Temperance Mass Meeting At Market Street Church
Tonight a temperance mass meeting will be held at the Market Street M B Church. S J Findley of the YMCA addressed a meeting there last night by a number of young people. Thursday night a prayer service will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
M. B
S. J. Findley
Digging For Gold At Lake House Stirs Family Search
Relatives of the late David Lake, after $16,000 was found in a grip at his death, are digging around the premises hoping for hidden money and valuables. The activity centers on the house where Lake died as family members pursue possible further riches.
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David Lake
Pete Moore III in Battle Creek Sanatorium
Pete Moore III and Mrs. Moore are reported seriously ill at Battle Creek Sanatorium, Michigan, after a Western trip.
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Pete Moore III
Thought Town Invaded In New Soldier Suits Play
Royal Centre Ind March 24 Residents mistook a home talent show for an invasion as locals paraded in toy weapons and troops during preparations for the play From Sumpter to Appomattox. The performance at Assembly Hall Friday evening features trained local actors.
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Royal Centre
Ind
Sumpter
Appomattox
Assembly Hall
Local social notes and upcoming events in town
Henry Brown of Burrows visited Tuesday. The girls basketball team arranged a game with Star City for Saturday in Athletic Hall. Lawrence Jones and his brother plan a trip to North Dakota soon. W G Sweet E C Ridenour John Sanders and Kistler and Kistler bought new awnings arriving Tuesday. Dr McCully of Logansport was out today. Jim Beckley has gone to Logansport to work at the asylum. A tall fence is going up around the chicken park amid prior trouble. Mrs Katherine Kistler and daughter Elizabeth Ann of Lucerne visit her parents for a few days. Sunday union services were postponed but will be held Sunday evening April 4.
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Star City
Athletic Hall
Lawrence Jones
North Dakota
W. G. Sweet
E. C. Ridenour
John Sanders
Kistler
Dr. McCully
Logansport
Jim” Beckley
Asylum
Katherine Kistler
Elizabeth Ann
Lucerne
Ten Nights in a Bar Room Cancelled by Local Fight
The Cook Stock Company at the Nelson theatre drops Ten Nights in a Bar Room due to bitter county option tensions. Audiences would have seen a sensational village tavern tale with murders and gore, leading management to replace the bill despite the show’s fame.
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Cook Stock Company
Nelson Theatre
Ther
Edgar Allan Poe
Elam Neal to Head Revenue Service in Indianapolis
Elam Neal, deputy revenue collector of Indiana's Sixth District in Indianapolis, will soon assume charge of federal revenue collection nationwide. His $15,000 annual salary is reported in connection with Senator Beveridge's role in the appointment.
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Elam Neal
Indiana
Indianapolis
United States
Beveridge
Woman Granted Divorce After Separation and Cruel Treatment
In a case filed in this city, a wife secured a divorce from Heber E. Lesley and Abraham B. Lesley on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment and failure to provide. The couple separated in September 1908 after a 1886 marriage. The wife claims two years of inadequate support preceding the separation.
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Heber E. Lesley
Abraham B. Lesley
John Ray
D. B. McConnell
Robert Roller
V. C. Hanawalt
Milford Rupe
Rupe
Roller
Roler
Charles L. Woll
Adolph Winquist
Fender
Taft Reform List Hits Back At Roosevelt Policies
Washington March 24. In eighteen days since inauguration Taft disapproves Roosevelt era methods. Changes include ending simplified spelling, abandoning bureaus evidence in criminal prosecutions, recalling commissions funding, closing Pensacola and New Orleans yards, diversifying appointments, and instructing office holders to stay at their posts. The tennis cabinet fades and lunch rules tighten.
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Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
Bureau of Corporations
Eere Congress
Roosevelt
Pensacola
New Orlens
South
Congress
Washington
GGA Store Burglarized in Market Street Break-In
A night thief entered the cigar shop of O. H. Porter at 326 Market Street through a transom between 2 and 3 am, stepping on a peanut case that broke. Only $2 in change and a few cigars were taken, with valuables left behind. Night watchman Charles Wecht alerted Porter. a second robbery occurred nearby earlier in the week.
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Market Street
Charles Wecht
Weeht
Porter
Pioneer Panhandle engineer Daniel Close dies at 72
Daniel O. Close a longtime Panhandle railroader dies at his 1132 High Street home after illness. Born June 20 1837 in Deerfield Michigan he is survived by two daughters Carrie Cohee and Gertrude Close. The funeral is Saturday at 2 pm at his residence with Rev. B. B. Bigler officiating. Interment Mt. Hope. Also Lydia Roberts dies at 98 at 313 Miami Avenue a former slave who lived in the city after emancipation.
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Daniel O. Close
High Street
Panhandle
Deerfield
Mich
Carrie Cohee
Gertrude Close
New York
B. B. Bigler
Mt. Hope
Lydia Roberts
Miami Avenue
Golden Wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Philip Smith
Golden wedding celebration held Monday at 41 Lockwood Street as Mr and Mrs Philip Smith marked fifty years of marriage. Relatives from near and far attended a large family dinner. the couple have lived here most of their lives and are now great grandparents with children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren present.
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Philip Smith
No. 41
Lockwood Street
Mrs. Smith
Paris Strike Off After Large Return To Work
In Paris a mass meeting of 6000 government telegraph and post office employees voted to resume work. About 200 favored continuing the strike. The strike committee broadcast the decision to adherents in the provinces. After a parade, strikers returned to posts as military withdrew, with services unlikely to be fully normal for a week due to wide disorganization.
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Paris
WANTED TO PLAY WILD WEST DRAMA
A Colonial club split into two factions over a proposed play. Western drama supporters left, taking pennants swords and decorations from the club rooms. Both sides vow to stage their preferred production and work to secure new space for rehearsals.
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Wild West Advocates
Cass County Farmers Institute Schedule Set for Next Year
The Cass county farmers institute dates for next year are announced with one day meetings in all towns except Logansport. The schedule outlines a statewide agricultural program with local sessions.
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Cass County Farmers’ Institute
Logansport
WIDOWS DIVIDE REMAINS OF POWDER MILL VICTIMS
Spokane report says the Wallace Idaho blast victims' remains were divided between two caskets. Each widow receives one. Mrs Pineo sent her portion to Seattle for burial and Mrs Skalberg sent hers to Los Angeles.
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Spokane
Wash
Wallace
Idaho
Pineo
Seattle
Skalberg
Los Angeles
Davis family attends funeral of Peter H. Meriz
Fred Davis and his sons returned from Burnettsville after attending the funeral of Freds father in law Peter H Meriz.
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Fred Davis
Would Bar Patriotic Tights In Public Performances
St Paul March 24 The house committee on crimes and punishments reported a bill to ban wearing red white and blue tights or any unbecoming apparel displaying national colors by females at public performances The measure had been attached to by T J Brady of St Paul and Frank Nimocks of Minneapolis who then denied authorship C L Sawyer of Minneapolis supported the bill calling it good for passage The proposed penalty is ninety days in jail or a 100 fine
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St.Paul
House Committee On
House
T. J. Brady
St. Paul
Frank Nimocks
Minneapolis
C. L. Sawyer
Thunder Storm Welcomes Spring Arrival
A spring thunder storm struck at 1 15 this morning with vivid lightning streaks and rain tapping on windows signaling the season's arrival.
Ex-convict Thomas McCarthy to speak at Salvation Army
Thomas McCarthy, a pardoned former convict, will address the public at the Salvation Army hall Friday night. He will recount his career as a fare dealer and his imprisonment. admission is free and all are invited.
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Thomas McCarthy
Salvation Army
McCarthy
Marshall
Taxpayers complain as Logansport bears highest local tax
An analysis shows Logansport's total property tax rate at 2.68 per 100, higher than Kokomo Richmond Muncie and Lafayette. Citizens lament deteriorating streets and lack of civic improvements while noting the city faces bonded debt limits and possible future tax increases.
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Logansport
West Side
Kekemo
Lafayette
Richmond
Muncie
Kokemo
Kokomo
Reading Iron workers reject wage cuts in protest
A committee of about 3000 Reading Iron Co employees told superintendents they will not accept a 7 to 15 percent wage reduction. No reply was given. The 10 percent cut at Carpenter Steel Works, affecting 760 men, takes effect next Monday. the plant contributed many projectiles in the Spanish American War.
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Reading
Reading Iron Company
Carpenter Steel Works
Sunday School Convention to be Held at Shiloh
The Noble township Sunday school convention takes place at Shiloh through April 4 with a full program. Activities include songs by all schools, officer reports, minutes, superintendent sessions, a temperance talk by A. O. Brandt, a talk on Sunday school purpose by Mrs. Cora Butler, an offering, and closing prayers.
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Noble Township
Shiloh Durch
Noble Township School
A. O. Brandt
Cora Butler
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PW. Moore
Battle Creek, Mich
Mrs. Moore
Sanitarum
Bill” Splivins
Berg
Henry Brown of
Burrows
Nelson
Billy Whitla
Hollenden Hotel
Cleveland
Husband
Mar
Ray
Merch
Laws
GGA
O. L. Porter
Cigar
O. H. Porter
Death Glam
Colonial Club
Farmers’ Institute
Minnesota
Reading Company
Warren Higgins
Shiloh Sunday School
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