Diamonds Found at Kew Diamond Fields in Africa
Special to the Reporter New York October 28 Diamonds have been found east of Lu deritz bay in German Southwest Africa sparking a mining fever. Prospectors traverse sands searching for diamonds with no systematic mining yet. thousands of gems have been collected amid a geology linking to the Brazilian formation.
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New York
Yellow Desert
Luderitz Bay
German
Africa
Keetmanshoop
Atlantic
Colmanshoop
Bay
Kimberley
Brazil
Kolonial Gesellschaft
Elizabeth Bay
Nautilus Hill
Crime in Ireland 1907 registrar general report
Dublin reports 1907 indictable offenses at 9 418, slight drop from 9 465 in 1906. Drunkenness down 402. Malicious injury 588. arson 185. firing crops 38. killing or maiming cattle 70. Violent property offenses 769, down 14 from 1906. Burglary and house breaking 650. property offenses without violence 6 940, chiefly larceny.
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Dublin
Ireland
Await Memorial Tablet For Local Elks Lodge
The Elks lodge awaits a large marble memorial tablet listing all deceased members. Once installed, the home will be complete and dedication services will be held.
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Elks’ Lodge
Marle
London corset model endures torture and slavery
A London corset model describes an enslaving regime by her mistress. She details progress from twenty to fifteen inch waists through strict lacing, nightly tightening, and forced sleep in corsets, with hopes to reach thirteen inches within a year.
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London
State News Flashes Roundup of Local Tragedies and Events
Seward Lightner former Lake County treasurer dies at his Hammond home. Laporte juror William Blakeman arrested for bribery. Shelbyville man Harry Gein injured after being struck by an interurban car. Henryville farmer James Alpha died by self inflicted gunshot in presence of his son. New Castle woman Lucinda McDowell fatally burned saving her daughter from flames. Shelbyville pair Frank Chadwick and Nell Nail lose a recently wed license after attempting secrecy. Beeler Cotton Glove Co to open in Alexandria next week with 150 workers. Indianapolis pound dogs euthanized. Morocco farmer John Windler with one arm harvests eighty five bushels of corn in a day. Madison Fire Association reorganized with capital of 10000 dollars. Five Jeffersonville reformatory escapees now in other state prisons.
Fly Wheel Breaks at Light Plant Darkens Vandalia
Vandalia residents report a broken fly wheel at the city light plant last night caused a blackout. Several employees were injured as the blast extinguished all lights in the city and disrupted services.
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Vandalia
Frankfort
American Women Seek Romance Says Prince Troubetzkoy
Prince Troubetzkoy argues in New York talk that American women crave romance and leisure, and that foreign men appeal through cultured manners. He notes New York society’s shift toward refined taste and predicts a future calmer, public spirited elite replacing flashy moneyed roisters.
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New York
Prince Perre Troubetzkoy
England
Election Board Shifts Place New Supervisors Across Precincts
County commissioners revised the election board removing all members tied to candidates. The new roster lists appointees by ward and precinct, including S A Cragan in Washington East and W D Condon in Washington West, with numerous others across Second and Fourth wards and surrounding townships. The notice ends before completing all named positions.
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Day
Élection Board
Washington
S. A. Cragan
West
William D. Condon
Cousin Henry Arrives as City Eyes for Jobs and Spoils
Mrs Wicklebridge schemes to place Cousin Henry in a city post as the mayoral race stirs talk of patronage and the spoils system. The exchange lampoons office seekers and a imagined “soft target” for patronage while a list of precinct names hints at civic process.
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Henry
Cicero
Wicklebridge
Mrs. Wicklebridge
Red and Black Out Promises Strong Reading
The first issue of the Red and Black from the press last evening arrives for students. The book maintains its old standard with strong features from Edmund Brumbaugh and Helen Kuppenheimer. Editorials on the high school athletic association are also noted as good.
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Edmund Brumbaugh
Helen Kuppenheimer
High School Athletic Association
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Crime IN
Seward Lightner
Lake County
Hammond
William Blakeman
Laporte County
Thge
Harry Gein
Shelbyville
James W. Alpha
Henryville
Lucinda McDowell
New Castle
Frank Chadwick
Miss Nell Nail
Beeler Cotton Glove Manufacturing Company
Alexandria
Indianapolis
John Windler
Morocco
Jefferson County Fire Association of
Madison
Jeffersonville Reformatory
F. R. Leet
Horatius
Prince
Prince Troubetzkoy
Amelie Rives
Fifth Avenue
Europe
Willy Foleysidney
W. H. Porter
the County Commissioners
Yester
Adams
Ed. Kime
A. B. Irvine
Bethlehem
Ira Maudlin
Boone
L. A. Day
Berth Vaughn
Clay
H. M. Funk
Clinton
John Sailors
Willard Briggs
Deer Creek
James McCree
Harrison
John Winn
Joseph Logan
Jackson
Charles Beck
Rh. C. Hyatt
Jefferson
George
F. W. Schaefer
W. Calloway
South Precinct
Emmett Liston
R. C. Hyatt
Miami
Adam Rockafield
Clinton Boyer
Noble
S. A. Mose
Philip Bussard
Tipton
Oscar Furgeson
Edgar Phillips
Max Mertz
Wicklebridges
White House
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