Spangled Women Demand Rights Over Hats At Peru Show
Wallace faces a labor standstill as 146 female performers threaten to strike over oversized Merry Widow hats. After an indignation meeting the women win two hats each with a size cap, prompting Col Wallace to add coaches and potentially split the circus into four travel sections to open the 1908 tour.
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Wallace
Logansport
Peru
Sweeney
Lally
Madamoiselle Thaleros
Missouri
RB. E. Wallace
Consolidated Shows
Col. Wallace
Charles E. Cory
Logansport Visitors Entertain Aboard the Battleship Georgia
A Logansport party including Mrs. Barnhart Mrs. Moore and several Mr and Mrs Hank visited the battleship Georgia in San Pedro. Captain McCrea greeted guests toured the ship served luncheon and allowed the group to view the turret and gun workings while recalling boyhood days and old friendships. The visit concluded with a return trip ashore aboard the captain s launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob” Evans
San Pedro Harbor
Los Angeles
McCrea
Loransport
West
John W. Barnhart
Harry Moore
Ida
May
Fanny Taylor
Dunkle
Ferrar
Bessie Deverill
D. A. Hank
Bessie
Georgia
Logansport
Repairing Tracks On Third Street Bridge Curve
City street car repair crew installs a guard rail on the curve at the south end of the Third Street bridge over Eel River after a near collision at a saloon site once run by James McGaughey. Workers haul new ties to the park line and replace old rails and ties from Twenty Seventh Street to the park to prevent further accidents.
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Third Street
Eel River
James McGaughey
Park
Twenty- Seventh Street
Watching Stomach At Work via New Invention
Munich reports a medical journal announces a device allowing live observation of the stomach. A double tube passes from the esophagus to the stomach with an inner electric bulb to illuminate and a water-filled outer channel for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Man to be sent to Longcliff for mental care
Charles Banks of Liberty Mills will be admitted to Longcliff by Sheriff Freeman this week after losing his reason while at school in Indianapolis. He is 23 and his mental condition has worsened since February, with no alternative but transfer.
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Wabash
Ind
Charles Banks
W. T. Banks
Liberty Mills
Longcliff
Freeman
Indianapolis
Special street cars for hospital corner stone event
Superintendent Ryder announced special cars will run to the hospital site on Sunday May 24 for the corner stone laying. The High street line from Twenty-Fourth street to the site will be opened and passengers will be hauled to within a few feet of the hospital grounds.
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Ryder
High Street
Twenty-Fourth Street
Pastor Resigns to Enter Poultry Business in Battle Creek
Rev. E. E. Gregory, five years pastor of the A. M. E. church, resigns and will preach farewell services tomorrow night then retire from ministry to enter poultry farming in Battle Creek Michigan. He has served well and the church will miss him. a new pastor has not been chosen yet. Meanwhile Arthur Hiller faces further legal trouble after ten days in county jail for a hotel board bill and pending embezzlement charges in Indianapolis. Two civil actions filed in Squire Reid's court seek judgments totaling $184.43 from him. He may be arrested upon release if money is found.
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E. E. Gregory
Roral A. M. E
Battle Creek
Mich
Gregory
Arthur Hiller
Murdock
Peru
Squire Reid
Johnn W. Newer & Co
Ira
Hilel
Indianapolis
Hiller
Logansport
Red Men To Kokomo Tonight In Initiation Exercises
About sixty local Red Men will travel to Kokomo this evening at seven o'clock to take part in the lodge initiative exercises. A class of fifty candidates will be admitted followed by a banquet. Local members headed to Kokomo are asked to meet at the interurban station at 6 30.
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Kokom
Sumption Shultz Judge Pulaski County High School Contest
Miss Josephine Sumption and Mrs J B Shultz of this city returned last evening from Star City where they acted as judges for a musical contest held between Pulaski county high school pupils. Miss Huff of Richmond acted as third judge.
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Josephine Sumption
J. B. Shultz
This City
Star City
Pulaski County
Miss Huff
Richmond
Troutman Injured in Buggy Accident
Dr. Rodney F. Troutman was thrown from his buggy on Canal Street when boys with long poles frightened the horse. The buggy dragged him a short distance but the injuries to his head and shoulders are reported as not serious.
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Rodney F. Troutman
Bouh
Canal Street
Troutman
Rife versus Home Accident and Insurance case to be tried
In Otto Rife v Home Accident and Insurance Company of Southend a demurrer to a plea in abatement was sustained in the circuit court. The case will be tried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Rife
Home Accident & Insurance Company
Southend
Vandalia Railway to Install Electric Lighting at Culver
The Vandalia Railway company will install an electric lighting plant at Culver serving the station Lakeview hotel and the agent's residence with electric lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandalia Railway Company
Culver
Lakeview Hotel
Local baseball team to stay. Muncie gains new squad
Manager Dick Baird announced the local L O league club will remain in town while another team will be placed in Muncie. Muncie will support strong baseball as a new club joins the league. The local team meets the Indianapolis Gold Medal squad tomorrow afternoon. High school boys visited Royal Center to play its team.
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Dick Baird
Muncie
Indianapolis
Royal Center
Logan Shamrocks Set for Twin Baseball Games Tomorrow
The Logan Shamrocks schedule two games for tomorrow with the East End Stars in the morning and the West Side Champions in the afternoon. Line-up lists Purseh as catcher, Cook as pitcher, Ruth at second, Smail at short, Luplow at second, Nixon at third, Murphy in center, Cashdollar in right, and Blake in left.
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Logan Shamrocks
East End Stars
West Side
Purseh
Cook
Ruth
Smail
Luplow
Nixon
Murphy
Cashdollar
Blake
Appeals Case to LIAGUIT Court Will Pile Higher
George W. Cann secures a restraining order to stop George McNamee from cutting timber on mortgaged land securing a $650 loan from congressional school funds. The Wright versus Hertshhel case heads to circuit court after a three day trial in Hanawalt court with a verdict for the defense and projected costs around $160.
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George W. Cann
Etta D. Wright
Jesse C
Matilda Hertshhel
Hanawalt
Tas County
George McManee
Congressional School
Cann
McNamee
I O baseball team travels to Sheldon for afternoon game
Manager Baird and the local I O baseball team left Sheldon today in a rush after a late notice. They return in the morning to rest before tomorrow's game with the Gold Medal team of Indianapolis at Spencer Park.
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Baird
I.O
Sheldon, Hl
Indianapolis
Spencer Park
Mysterious Barn Fire At Harry Knouff Farm
Fire destroyed a barn north of the city owned by Harry Knouff. No family members were home at the time and investigators found no flammable material on the premises. Authorities seek clues to determine the cause of the blaze.
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Harry Knouff
Thane
Douglass to Talk to Junior Y M C A on Birds
Superintendent A H Douglass will lecture to Junior Yi M C A members tomorrow afternoon in their hall. His subject is birds and all the boys should attend.
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A. H. Douglass
Yi M. C. A
Printers Home Cares For Disabled Colleagues In Colorado
Local printer George Henke, recently discharged from the Union Printers Home in Colorado Springs, returns home after treatment for pulmonary trouble. The home, funded by the International Typographical Union, housed 1 710 patients last year, offers full care with strict rules, tents for tuberculosis patients, and railway expenses paid after cure. Wesley Wall was the first local printer to be sent there and Henke the second.
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George Henke
Union
Colorado Springs
Colo
Henke
International Typographical Union of North America
Colorado
North America
Wesley Wall
Bargains Highlight Monday Advertising in The Reporter and Bee Hive
The Reporter lists store news and price quotes from C W Castle Charles E Etnire Foley Co McCaffrey and F W Klein with Chas Brandenstein offering 25 percent off horse furnishings and related items on opening day. The Boston store millinery, Elias Winter Son shoes, and Wiser and Wises promotions are noted plus coupons required for bargain pricing at Bee Hive purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Castle
Charles E. Etnire
Foley Co
McCaffrey
F. W. Klein
Chas. Brandenstein
Boston
Elias Winter & Son
Wiser & Wises
Bee Hive
Medical Association Drafts Home Health Rules
The medical association meeting in this city this week approved publishing home health rules. A committee will frame and distribute the guidelines to benefit households. The text notes doctors often work against profit by aiming to prevent illness.
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Medical Association
Fair Lillian Favours Betting at the Track
Lillian Rus sell opposes a New York move to end betting at race tracks. She says stopping betting would demolish the turf, devalue famous horses, and that betting should be allowed for those who wish to wager. She notes racing thrived in Indiana when bets were allowed and doubts betting will be banned in New York.
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New York
Nelson
Fair Lillian
Indiana
Necklace recovered after four years in Berlin streets
A $2,500 necklace once given to Mrs. Fritz Kraus, wife of the imperial court tenor, was found with a poor widow who needed food. The jeweler alerted police, the widow’s child had played with it, and Mrs. Kraus later identified the piece. The coal man who found it faces prosecution for failing to report the find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Imperial Court
Fritz Kraus
United States
World's Largest Balloon In Springfield Ready For Flight
Springfield Illinois May 2 Following the completion of a monster balloon in this city G L Baumbaugh an aeronaut of St Louis will make the initial flight in it from the state fair grounds. Baumbaugh has permission to use the big dome building on the grounds for testing the balloon by inflating it with cold air. It will require four weeks to finish it and the first flight will then be made. The balloon will be the largest in the United States having a capacity of 119 00 cubic feet and will carry 4300 pounds. It has a capacity of more than 25600 cubic feet in excess
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Springfield
G. L. Baumbaugh
St. Louis
State Fair Grounds
Bumbaugh
Big Dome
United States
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Lillian Russell
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