Odds and Wagers Show Slender Funds Taint Indiana Election
Indianapolis bettors chase odds as campaigns draw bets of hundreds to thousands. Taft led with two to one, Marshall favored on state race, with hundreds on Taft or Bryan across Indiana and New York. Bittersweet money shifts mark brisk wagering in pool rooms and bookmakers.
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Taft
Marshal
Hoowever
Indianapolis
Ind
Harry Walker
Walker
Marshall
Dennison
Samme
Denison
Watson
Marehall
Bryan
Indiana
New York
Parker
Marshall,Chanler, Johnson
Harmon
Stevenson
Illinois
Hughes
Jane Eyre at Nelson Promises Dramatic Power Without Claptrap
Gleanings of the theatrical world note Rowland and Clifford present Jane Eyre at the Nelson with strong dramatic writing, especially the Rochester departure scene. Sam Barrington appears with a crying smoking dummy, Lipman and Lewis offer a comedy sketch, Miss Chestnut delivers an illustrated song with frequent encores.
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Jane Eyre
Rowland & Clifford
Nelson
Jane
Rochester
Lipman and
Lewis
Miss Chestnut
Theatre
Nelsow
Central States Theatre
Colessees
Electro & Company
SAM Barrington Lipman & Lewis
Miss Maud Chestnut
Depew Burdette Stock Company at the Nelson
The Depew Burdette Stock Company, a leading troupe, arrives in Nelson for one week starting Monday October 26. Led by Thomas E. Depew and his wife Fannie Sampson Depew, the group offers a varied program with a southern life comedy opening Monday night and free admission for ladies.
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Ezra Kendall
All Stock Co's
Broadway Theatre Tests New Steam Heating Plant
Workmen tested the Broadway theatre heating plant all day yesterday. The modern system promises comfort for patrons regardless of outside weather during this week’s show featuring a strong opening number, closing program and moving pictures.
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Broadway
the Broadway
Fortunes for Others from a Secret Invention
An old machine shop on Greenwich Street is the scene of a remarkable invention tale. Uncle Hiram, a trusted local figure, refined a device that sold for 500 dollars and quickly generated 329000 dollars in royalties, while its inventor remained comparatively poor.
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New York
Greenwich Street
Ninth Avenue
Canal
Models Made in Metal or Wood Expert Mechanic Also Advises Secrecy
A note highlights a skilled mechanic who crafts models in metal or wood and stresses keeping designs secret until patent protection is secured.
Elder of the Models Studio Says He Aids Inventors
An elderly man named Hiram Elder, claiming decades of invention work, tells a World reporter he helps idea owners develop products for little cost. He recalls past fortunes from lace shoe hooks and patent beer stops, notes royalties and mentions a spring bicycle auto plan, inviting the visitor to return.
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Hiram Elder
Klinger
Aurora Springs
Boston
Garfield
Sister as witness tests disorderly rooming house case
Chicago October 22. Detective L R Garren used his teenage stepsister Reta Williams to visit a rooming house operated by E L Klue at 3119 Indiana Avenue to prove disorder. Williams fainted on the stand when asked about her misty encounter.
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Chicago
Lil
E. L. Klue
Indiana Avenue
L. R. Garren
Douglas Improvement Club
Reta Williams
Klute
State News Flashes Highlight Local Deaths and Disasters
Albert Campbell near Hillsboro died by his own hand using carbolic acid. George Morris and Thomas Botts of Shelbyville were crushed to death by falling slate. Alta Baldwin of Fairmount died from burns after an oil can exploded. John H. Jaschka of Indianapolis fatally injured after being struck by an automobile. A factory strike caused fourteen workers to quit in Madison after one was discharged. Over 100 turkeys and two men missing near Petersburg with a reward offered. A Vandalia engine collided with a Northwestern interurban at Fort Wayne but no serious injuries. Goshen enjoined from spending 40000 on a light plant improvements. Miss Rosa Vargo seriously wounded by Joseph Lepotz of South Bend after she refused to board him. Fred Wilson Sr of Jeffersonville on trial for murder of William A. Bower. Earlham freshmen defeated sophomores in annual class scrap. City of Goshen faces halt on local improvements.
Theft Allegedly Stolen To Save Family In Havana
La Lucha reports Miguel de La Torre accused of robbing the treasury of $195,000 to aid his daughter. He allegedly hid the funds where the government cannot recover them and faces incurable stomach cancer with little time left. The claim says he preferred theft over letting his family suffer poverty.
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Ficial
Havana
la Lucha
Miguel de la Torre
Magoon
de la Torre
Real Estate Transfers and Mortgages Noted in Registry
William Strahm administrator transfers 40 acres to Join P Gearhart for 1 025 dollars. Dora B Ridenour and husband deed parts of lots 6 and 7 in D D Dykeman s 4th addition on Miami Avenue for 2 256 dollars. Major A Cline and wife convey to Dora D Ridenour and husband land described as 28 chains of northeast corner section 4 Washington to thence and northeast 71 acres for 2 750 dollars. Three real estate mortgages filed totaling 2 100 dollars.
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Dora B. Ridenorr
A. Cline
D. D. Dykeman
Miami Avenue
Barron
Brown Streets
Dora D_ Ridenour
Washington
Strange sect found in house in Indianapolis
Police uncover the Church of Alpha a mixed white and minority sect led by Nora Davis known as Omega. They find nine adults and four babies in a four room house at 1403 East Sixteenth Street amid reports of brutal beatings and alleged infant deaths.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Church of Alpha
East Sixteenth Street
Columbus
Springfield
Metzger
Nora Davis
Omega
Sixteenth Street
Hyland
Shine and
Merrill
Columbia Club
Mail ethics debate on line breaks in addresses
Washington reports a discussion over envelope addressing formatting. Post office officials favor separate lines for city and state on address cards to ease sorting, while typewriter users prefer one line. New cards will place post office and state on separate lines for clarity.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Carriage Hit by Street Car at Market and Second
A carriage carrying John Baker Joseph McCune and two young ladies was struck by a street car operated by Motorman Reeves and Conductor Crawford at Second and Market streets. A wheel was taken off but no one was injured and the buggy was returned to the barn.
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John Baker
Joseph McCune
Reeves
Crawford
Second
Market Streets
Young teacher leads students to safety during forest fire
Miss Grace Barber, a 19 year old Krakow Caliente teacher, organized a double line of pupils as Presque Isle county fire swept the area. She guided the children to a plowed field, keeping embers off clothing and supervising arrival of smaller groups home at dawn. Wildlife wandered near the field but posed no threat.
Muck Burns Week Leaves Bethlehem Farmland Charred
William Powell of Bethlehem township reports muck land on fire burning for a week. Over thirty acres destroyed to a depth of fifteen feet. Mart Matthews near Fulton also suffers, with water beneath his land and gasoline pumps fighting the blaze in an effort to save valuable acreage.
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William Powell
Bethlehem Township
Mart Matthews
Fulton
English Editor Announces Newspaper Size Reduction
Alf Harmsworth, editor, declares newspapers will shrink due to rising white paper costs. He praises relief from weekend critics and signals a shift in print size amid cost pressures.
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Clares
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Sister
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Hillsboro
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Alta Baldwin
Fairmount
John H. Jaschka
Goshen
George Morris
Thomas Botts
Shelbyville
Earlham College
Joseph Lepotz
South Bend
Rosa Vargo
Fred Wilson, Sr
Jeffersonville
William A. Bower
Petersburg
Girl
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S. M. Velsey
William Strahm
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Ohio
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Chief Metzger
Alpena, Mich
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Harrison Monument
Indiana Union Traction
G. M. Webster
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J. W. Smith
Routh Bros
Porter's Cigar Store
Market Street
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