Indiana Synod Calls Sunday Ball Games Outlawed
The Indiana Presbyterian Synod adopted resolutions urging President Roosevelt to bar Sunday ball games in the army and navy and to stop Sunday banking and money orders in post offices. It also proposes a 24 hour rest for workers on Sundays and criticizes churchmen for neglecting parish labor. The meeting closed with plans for a South Bend gathering and a talk by E S Shumaker of the Indiana Anti Saloon League.
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Richmond
Ind
Indiana Presbyterian Synod
Roosevelt
Army
Senate
House of Representatives
Synod of Indiana
Navy
Supreme Courts
South Bend
E. 8. Shumaker
Indiana A Anti-Saloon League
Ida Candreth
Nashville
Enn
Winter lecture course opens November 5 with Victor’s band
The winter course program, printed this morning, lists Victor's Venetian band as the opening act. The book includes Y M C A orchestra and M M C A drawing class cuts and describes all events. All entertainments will be staged at the Broadway theatre this season.
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Victor
Local gridiron opener Lafayette Owls vs L A C at Spencer Park
The season starts with Lafayette Owls meeting the local L A C team at Spencer Park tomorrow. Since L A C reorganization with several ex college players, they are favored to win. a large crowd of rooters is expected for the first game on the local gridiron.
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Spencer Park
Lafayette Owls
Lafayette
Ballots Printed Under County Election Contract
The Wrongweill Cummings company received the contract to print 21 250 county ballots. Ballots will be guarded by Commissioners George Walters and D D Fickle and counted and distributed in the county clerk s office. Sample ballots will be printed for each precinct.
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Wrongweill-Cummings Company
George Walters
D. D. Fickle
Pay Cars Deliver Wages to Vandalia and Panhandle Crews
The Vandalia pay car arrived in the city this morning and paid all of the employees today. The Panhandle pay car reached here at noon and the office and some roadmen received their pay.
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Vandalia
Panhandle
Fire truck scene causes crowd chaos at Wheatland Ave event
A Sixth Street fire truck clearing a fire on Wheatland Avenue spooked a large Interurban Station crowd and halted a band. A fox terrier belonging to J. C. Bridge was struck at Fourth and Broadway, breaking its back. Dr. Neff then euthanized the animal with chloroform.
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Sixth Street
Wheatland Avenue
Gomper
J. C. Bridge
Fourth and Broadway
Neff
Walton
Eight Passed Rural Carrier Examination
The post office lists those who passed the rural carriers examination. Eligible for the first three vacancies are H. S. Cunningham, Henry Welker, and L. E. Harbin, to be held as substitutes. Others passing include Charles C. Sheets, Harry M. Kirtland, George E. Rice, William F. Hubenthal, and William H. Slagle with given scores.
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H. S. Cunningham
Henry Welker
L. E. Harbin
Charles C. Sheets
Harry M. Kirtland
George E. Rice
William F. Hubenthal
William H. Slagle
Huntington High Football Game Postponed Over Injuries
The Huntington high school football management misread a letter from manager Allman. The local paper reports the team would not play today due to two injured players. It also notes a local boy was killed in practice last year.
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Huntington High
Manage Allman
Hurstington Pape
Wabash Mayor Hints Evidence in Wright Murder Case
Mayor Joseph Murphey says he has evidence to convince the court Mrs. Mary Wright, former city resident now on trial for murder in North Dakota, poisoned her former partner George Welch of this city.
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Joseph Murphey
Wabash
Mary Wright
Beulah Cox
North Dakota
Brother Arrives for Rosso Funeral Details
Palmer Rosso of Fairmount, a brother of Antonio Rosso who was killed at Dunkirk yesterday morning, arrived this afternoon to take charge of the remains. The funeral will be held in this city. Rosso was a respected resident of the Kenneth Italian village and had considerable money.
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Palmer Rosso
Fairmount
Antonio Rosso
Dunkirk
Rosso
Quartette Made Hit at Marshall Club Meeting
A colored quartet known as the Class quartette debuted last evening at the Marshall club meeting. Frank Gallatin, a noted speaker, delivered an excellent address. The quartet consists of Joseph Malone Albert Akers Leonard Harris and William Jackson. They made a great hit.
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Marshall Club
Frank Gallatin
Joseph Malone
Albert Akers
Leonard Harris
William Jackson
Italian Death Under Probe After Dunkirk Incident
Panhandle officials will investigate the death of Antonio Ross the Italian who was killed yesterday at Dunkirk. Engine crew report he had been injured and lay on the tracks before being struck.
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Panhandle
Antonio Ross
Dunkirk
Delegates Reported on Knieg and Ladies of Honor Meeting
The regular meeting at Indianapolis heard reports from delegates who attended. A social hour followed the session.
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Knieg
Isevening
Indianapolis
Gompers Defends Labor Stand At Logansport Rally
Samuel Gompers addresses a large crowd at the courthouse in Logansport Indiana replying to questions about his party shift from Republican to Democrat. He states labor has no party backing and urges loyalty to liberty and fair play while contrasting laborers with wealthy interests abroad.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Ourt House
Cal Clugston
Arthur Halstead
Gompers
Ft. Wayne
Peru
A. West
Charles W. Kleckner
al. H. Smith
J. H. Applegate
O. P. Smith
Thos. Hutchinson
T He Elks
Trades Assembly
A. J. West
Edgar E. Periis
Indiana Federation of Labor
Perkins
Fred L. Feick
Feick
Charles W. Kieckner
George Rentschler
Cass
Fulton
Indianapolis
Taft
Sherman
Watson
Congress
Faor
Puller
Marshall
Indiana
Republican State Committee
Women's Union
Laber League
Smith
Europe
Cowd
Pat’’ Keegan
International Machinists’ Union
Buglers Defy Removal From Drum Corps Campaign
The Democratic Drum Corps faces a secession by buglers who refuse to appear in uniform or give up their bugles. The group will not travel or perform out of town and keeps uniforms and instruments, while drummers perform without them. Additional buglers may be pressed into service for the campaign.
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Gompers
Buglers
Engagement of Graham Taber to Pearl Griffin Revealed
Kansas City and Seattle papers announce the engagement of Graham Saul Taber formerly of this city to Miss Pearl Byrant Griffin of Garnett Kansas. The ceremony will be at the bride’s home in Garnett October 28 with the couple to reside in Seattle after January 1. Griffin is the daughter of Mr and Mrs I N W Griffin of Garnett. Taber is known in this city for his former newspaper work before moving to Seattle.
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Kansas City
Seattle
Graham Saul Taber
This City
Pearl Byrant Griffin
Garnett
Kansas
Miss Griffin
I. N. W. Griffin
Mr. Taber
Local Woman Denies Liberation Plot at Del ry Jail
Mrs. J. Cook of this city denies freeing her brothers Clem Ay and George Boose from the Del ry jail. Reports claimed she traveled to Chicago and obtained a jail key to open the door, but she refutes the tale while admitting she was in Chicago. The brothers were held for larceny.
Professor Accuses Colleague of Severe Punishment
A charge is brought to the school Board by Norman Gutts of 226 Montgomery Street against Professor Ludders of the South Side school. Gutts says Ludders punished his son so severely that the boy’s legs were lacerated and he was absent from school.
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Norman Gutts
Montgomery Street
Professor Ludders
South Side School
Grand Prairie College Football Team En Route to Culver
The Grand Prairie college football team of Onarga Illinois stopped at the Murdock hotel last evening while traveling to Culver for a game with the military academy today.
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Grand Prairie College
Onarga, Ill
Murdock Hotel
Culver
Military Academy
Kilgore Arrested for House of Ill Fame
Mary Kilgore was arrested last night charged with keeping a house of ill fame. Sardina Shortridge and Westley Lowman were found in the place. All were fined five dollars.
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Mary Kilgore
Sardina Shortridge
Westley Lowman
Drunks Attempt to Hold Up G G Schaeffer Fails
Two men allegedly attempted to rob G. G. Schaeffer were found to be two intoxicated individuals seeking a drink, not a robbery.
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G. G. Schaeffer
Dancing School Ends Friday Session with Assembly
Prof and Mrs Galloway held a regular Friday night dancing school last evening followed by an assembly. Members are progressing rapidly and many have ventured on the floor. Music was by Mohart and Denbo. Miss Edith Sands of Chicago, guest of Miss Gertrude Townsley, attended as an out of town guest.
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Robert Galloway
Mohart and
Denbo
Edith Sands
Chicago
Gertrude Townsley
Mr and Mrs Hand Travel to Remington for Sunday Visit
Mr and Mrs Oliver Hand were in the city yesterday en route to Remington to spend Sunday. They left the jetty this morning at 15 o'clock.
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Mrs. Oliver Hand
Remingtton
Worth Frank Home for Sunday Visit
Worth Frank of this city who is attending Wabash College is home to spend Sunday with family and friends before returning to campus.
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Worth Frank
Atending
Wabash College
Wilkinson Sues Adams Express Over Valued Abstracts
Frank B. Wilkinson files suit in circuit court seeking 250 damages from Adams Express. He claims real estate abstracts valued at 179 were mistakenly valued at 10 by a messenger and lost en route to the North Western Land Company at Ligonier after delivery to the Adams Express office on October 13, 1808.
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Frank B. Wilkinson
Adams Express Company
Wilkinson
Adams Express Office
Northwestern Land Company
Ligonier
Two Small West Side Fires Do Little Damage
This morning two fires on the West Side caused only minor damage. The first started by Sparks from an engine igniting a freight car near Vandalia yards at box 74 and was quickly extinguished after displacement at the crossing. A second grass fire on Wheatland avenue West End was put out by eleven o'clock, the blaze having spread from an engine.
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Vandalia Yards
Wheatland Avenue
Man Fights Train at Street Crossing Near College Hill
Mathews, a local motorcycle agent, nearly collided with a Vandalia switch engine at the Sycamore street crossing. Traveling north on Sycamore, he gained speed toward College hill. the flagman warned him to stop, but he could not. He darted across as the train passed inches away, escaping by racing along the street.
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Mathews
Vandalia
Sycamore Street
College Hill
Republican meetings draw large turnout across county
Three Republican gatherings were held last evening in the county. Speakers included Charles Butler James Delaplane and O B Conant at the Young America school house. George Funk addressed the Calloway school house in Jefferson township and a rousing crowd met at the Shady Nook school house in Clay township.
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Charles Butler
James Delaplane
O. B. Conant
Young America
George Funk
Calloway
Jefferson Township
Shady Nook
Clay Township
Prohibitionists Meet for Pole Raising Plan
The Prohibitionists club gathered last evening at 2400 High Street hosted by Max G. Hoffman. Prof. A. W. Gamble and Rev. G. D. Eastes spoke, a musical program was given, and a pole-raising is slated for October 30 at O. N. Smith’s Miami residence.
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Prohibitionists Club
Max G. Hoffman
High Street
A. W. Gamble
G. D. Eastes
O. N. Smith
Miami Township
Railroad Leader Burns To Address Local Workers
Republican County Chairman Herbert A Brown announces that Hon. W. H. Burns a former railroad and labor man and member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen will speak to local railroad people Monday evening in the court house.
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Republican County
Herbert A. Brown
Central Committee
W. H. Burns
Court House
Burns
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Fire Endangers Bethlehem Residence In Patch Blaze
George Horney of Bethlehem township started a fire in his potato patch yesterday morning. The flames spread beyond control and neighbors summoned help by telephone to save the residence of Rev. Bolton that was in danger.
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George Horney
Bethlehem Township
Bolton
Parry Tonight to Speak on Labor Interests
John S. Parry, who spoke here weeks ago for organized labor, will address Ellis' hall this evening. He is described as an interesting speaker and a crowded turnout is expected to hear him.
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John S. Parry
Organized Labor
Ellis’ Hall
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Hilee
Hild
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Hans
Democratic Party
Logansport Trades and Labor Assembly
Cal. Clugston
Electrical Workers’ Union
Logansport Tailors’ Union
Clugston
Pat” Keegan
Logansport
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Halstead
Degede
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Schaeffer
Adams Express
Parry
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