Statesman 12 Given Good Jog in Diplomatic Service Appointment
James F. Statesman of Peru Indiana and later Indianapolis is named to become United States minister in the foreign service with a $16 000 annual salary. He may be posted to Nicaragua or Honduras with residences at Managua or Tegucigalpa. The report notes regional demographics climates and health conditions, including American residents and gold salaries. Landis and Overstreet aided his securing the ministerial post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Statesman
Peru
Ind
Indianapolis
United States
Roosevelt
Foreign Service
Statesman
Nicaruagua
Honduras
Managaua
Teguciagalpa
Manague
Tegucigalpa
State Department
Nicaragua
Miami County
Indiana
Landis
Overstreet
Wiped Out the Family in Lordsburg Standoff
In Lordsburg New Mexico Oliver Garrison killed his wife, George Allen, and then shot himself. The wife was daughter of Albert Preston of Petersburg Indiana. Previously married to Washington Carlisle and a man named McAllister, she had lived with Garrison in the copper town where Allen boarded. An attempt to seize a letter led to a fatal confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ind
Lordsburg
N. M
Oliver Garrison
George Allen
Albert Preston
Washington Carlisle
McAllister
Oklahoma
Garrison
Allen
Reading police order bans beards for uniformity
Reading Pennsylvania May 7 police chief issues mandate requiring all facial hair except mustaches be shaved for uniform appearance. A few Civil War veterans with long goatees may keep them if kept in reasonable bounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Enyart Buys Alcapar Cigar Store From Wagner and Birkenruth
Frank Enyart purchases the Alcapar cigar store from Wagner and Birkenruth, with Walter Brown as manager. Enyart plans to operate the shop and add a cab service available day and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Enyart
Alcazar Cigar
Wagner & Birkenruth
Walter Brown
Enyart
Disinterment Plan for Burnes Catholic Lot Faces Clerical Error
Henry Voss, sexton of Mt. Hope and Mt. St. Vincent cemeteries, reported that a 1865 recording error swapped Burnes for Barnes in a Catholic lot deed. Two bodies now buried under Barnes in the Protestant section may be moved to the Burnes Catholic plot after records are corrected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Voss
Sexton
Mt. Hope
Mt. St. Vincent
Michael J. Burnes
Michael J. Barnes
Barnes
Burnes
Unveiled Large U.S. Maps for White House Conference
Two enormous maps of the United States will decorate the east room of the White House for the national resources conference. Each 12 by 16 feet, produced by photography, were assembled from sixteen bromide enlargements and required six days of work by fifteen forest service draftsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
White House
Forest Service
April reports show strong city utilities earnings
City data show Charles Sellers report for water works with April collections 3 942 12 against disbursements 1 567 33 yielding a profit of 2 265 79 The electric light department posted expenditures 4 630 76 and receipts 19 892 54 marking its best gain in months and forecasting further revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Electric Light
Bound to tame husband ends in shoe store riot
Mrs. J. Cohan of New London declares she will break her husband of playing cards. She smashed every window in Max Smith's Derby shoe store after spying him inside. A fight with a man ended with her being ejected as she continued wrecking the storefront.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby
Conn
City to Form Permanent Musical Organization
It is probable a permanent musical organization will be formed in the city with yearly concerts in town and nearby areas. All members who took part in Tuesday evening’s musical at Broadway M E church are uninterested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
M. E
Music supervisor loss stirs questions on board rule
Miss Caroline McNitt, nine years as city schools music supervisor, was informed the board would name Mrs. E B McConnell supervisor next year. The board gave no reason beyond saying her father could care for her, reviving debate on a former rule barring married teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline McNitt
E. B. McConnell
Miss McNitt
E. Bs. McConnell
Pittsburg visitor lands twenty trout with chick bait
Miss Nettie Parsons of Pittsburg visiting relatives near Parker's Glen, Pike county, Pennsylvania, dropped a yellow and white chick into a still brook and caught twenty trout weighing over half a pound each. Using the cotton chick as bait, every bite yielded a catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Jervis
N. Y
Nettie Parsons
Pittsburg
Parker's Glen
Pike County
Pennsylvania
Miss Persons
Miss Parsons
Minisee council adopts large class of candidates
At a regular meeting of Minisee council No 66 a large class of candidates was ballot ed on and adopted. Members will be initiated soon. All council members are urged to attend services at the Universalist church next Sunday at 11 o'clock conducted by Pastor George Crom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minisee Council No. 66
Degre
Pocahontas
Universalist Church
George Crom
Police drill at Kreuzberger hall charms Third Street onlookers
Crowds gathered at Third and Market as Captain George Graham and Sergeant Morris led a police drill at Kreuzberger hall. A two hour exercise had officers marching in double quick, then in a funeral march, while Elks band members practiced on the second floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third
Market
Kreuzberger’s
George Graham
Kreuzberger Hall
Sergeant Morris
Graham
Elks
One Man Hung Jury In Brewster Alcohol Case
Petersburg Ind May 7 Judge Ely dismissed juror Pipes from the petit jury for insisting on hung the jury in the Samuel Brewster case selling intoxicants. Eleven jurors favored conviction and the juror wanted acquittal prompting the judge to discharge him and continue the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ind
Ely
Pipes
Petit Jury
Clovm
Samuel Brewster
Joint Commencement Favored by County Townships
Superintendent Haas said nearly all townships favor a joint commencement this year. A meeting of all trustees will be held in Trustee Cushman’s office Saturday afternoon to decide the question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haas
Cushman
Belle Gunness Case Sparks Controversy Over Sanity and Medal
Mrs Belle Gunness, operator of a human slaughterhouse near Laporte, sought to have Ray Lamphere committed to Longcliff. A commission found him sane, and he was later arrested for killing Gunness who murdered nine people unearthed in her yard. Some say he deserves a Carnegie medal if he killed her and burned the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Gunness
Laporte
Ray Lamphere
Longcliff
Lamphere
Lonecliff
Red Cross
Hades
Democrats Nominate Rauch and Rentschler in Elks Hall
George W. Rauch, current congressman for the Eleventh district, and George Rentschler of Fulton county were renominated at the Democratic congressional and joint representative conventions held in the Elks' hall. Marshall arrived with optimism, pledging support and urging hard work for victory while praising Rauch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Rauch
Eleventh
Elks’ Hall
Rauch
Washington
George Retschler
Fulton County
Cass
Fulton Counties
Rentschier
Harry M. Gardner
Logansport
Rentschler
Henry A. Barnhart
Rochester Sentinel
Thomas R. Marshall
Marshall
Murdock
Frank Butler
Peru
John W. McGreevy
Joint Representative Convention
Prayed at a Shrine Restores Worcester Woman’s Sight
Worcester Massachusetts May 7 Mrs Matilda Mossette ninety three living in Leicester regained her sight after nineteen years of total blindness. The revival occurred during a prayer event at the shrine of St Anthony in her parish church where she had prayed and made novenas to her patron saint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Matilda Mossette
Leicester
Barnyard Banter on Health Rise in Farm Animals
Mr. Horse and Mrs. Cow chat at the barn yard fence about a government report claiming farm animals in the United States are healthier this spring than in ten years. They cite higher health indices for horses cows sheep and swine and a lower death rate, noting scientists cannot explain the trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Miss Louise Richardson Hosts Elizabeth Sternberg Visit
Miss Louise Richardson of Thirteenth Street will entertain friends at her home this evening to honor Miss Elizabeth Sternberg of Jackson Ohio visiting Miss Elizabeth Wilson. Bridge will be played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Richardson
Thirteenth Street
Elizabeth Sternberg
Jackson, O
Elizabeth Wilson
Gaby Moves Home From Bates Street to Washington Street
A. Gaby relocated residence from 90 Bates Street to 200 Washington Street in a straightforward move. No additional details on date or reasons provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Gaby
Bates Street
Washington Street
Burke Pays Board Bill in Star City Case
Frank Burke telegraph operator at Star City was brought to court by Constable Harvey Smith to settle a board bill charged by John Cox in Squire Reid type court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Burke
Star City
Harvey Smith
John Cox
Squire l Reid
Dying, gloating over gold amid Dunkirk burglary
Albert Vanhaege, an aged miser from Capelle brouck near Dunkirk, was shot by burglars who fled as neighbors arrived. He died while clutching $1,600 in gold coins hidden in his cellar, gloating over his treasure at the moment of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Albert Vanhaege
Capellebrouck
Dunkirk
Barnhart Declines Bid for Congress at Democratic Rally
Henry Barnhart editor of the Rochester Sentinel and delegate to the Democratic joint representative convention announces he will not seek the congress seat being vacated by the late Congressman Brick. A Barnhart boom had formed but he says he is not pursuing the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Barnhart
Rochester Sentinel
Congress
Congressman Brick
Barnhart
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Alcazar
England
A. Maurice Low
Appleton’s
House of Commons
U. S
Marie
Foor
Jer
Marie Dressier
Water and Electric Departments
Charles Sellers
The
City Water Works Department
Caroline Matt
Pulige
March
Kreuzberger's Hall
Sergeant Morrs
Coppers
Laporte Shedevil
Marotall
George Rentschier
MR. Horse
Mrs. Cow
Miser
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