Contending Gubernatorial Aspiration Sets Stir in Counties
County leaders seek a simple delegate selection plan to determine the leading favorite for Congress. Huntington, Wabash, Miami and Grant county hopefuls debate who will win support, with plan to back the candidate gaining a majority of chosen delegates.
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Huntington
Watkins
Dr. Good
Huntington County
Joseph Murphy
Wabash County
Schaefer
Miami
Kling
Col. Lockwood
Grant County
Gus
The
Marion Chronicle
Bryan On The Spot Faces Voters Across The Nation
Chicago News notes William J. Bryan meets voters in all sections more than any other public figure. He speaks 600 lectures without change and averages 150 lectures yearly at chautauquas and benefit events. His spontaneity in extemporaneous political talk strengthens his bid for the Democratic nomination.
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William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Lyceum
Bryan
Chautauques
United States
Chicago News
Shops Cut to Two-Day Week in Elkhart
Elkhart Indiana January 29 the Lake Shore railway shops reduced from a four day week to a two day week affecting about one thousand workers and allied shops in the area.
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Elkhart
Ind
Lake Shore Railway
Mrs Eddy Appears Feeble Yet Drives With New Coachman
Mary Baker Eddy, now at Newton, Mass, keeps her daily drive routine with Byron S. Burt as coachman joining Calvin Frye. Workmen at the Lawrence estate and guards nearby. official denial of posted guards. Eddy hopes to visit Boston’s Mother Church when weather allows.
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Benston
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Concord
N. H
Newton
Mass
Byron S. Burt
Calvin Frye
August Mann
Pleasant View
Burt
Vermont
Lawrence Estate
Bemis
Chicago
Chestnut Hill
To Be a Roosevelt Flat Planned in Brockton
John Hill Bartlett a wealthy Brockton lawyer plans a large apartment house with facilities for large families after President Roosevelt endorsed the plans. Drawings were sent to the White House and now approval is received to proceed with construction of the child friendly building.
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Brockton
Mass
Roosevelt
John Hill Bartlett
White House
Bartlett
Isaac Hayes Thomas Dead at 73 Noted Indiana Printer
Bedford Indiana January 29 Isaac Hayes Thomas long time newspaper man and printer aged seventy three died suddenly of paralysis. In the sixties he published the Bedford Independent and he recently traveled for a Cincinnati firm. He was related to former President Hayes.
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Bedford
Ind
Isaac Hayes Thomas
Indiana
Bedford Independent
Cincinnati
Hayes
Scalding Incident Amid Hotel Hallway Confrontation
In Evansville Indiana on January 29 a white hotel waitress Minnie Bearman scalded a Black porter Peter Jones in a dark hallway after an offense. Jones suffered serious burns to the head area as a result of the attack and was treated locally.
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Evansville
Ind
Minnie “Bearman
Peter Jones
Porter
Skaters Take Over Ice on Eel River Below Third Street Bridge
The river ice between the Third Street bridge and the Sixth Street bridge was thick enough yester day for many skaters. Afternoon featured Shinnie skating while in the evening a group of young girls with escorts performed figure eights on the glassy surface as the ice slowly froze over.
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Eel River
Third Street Bridge
Muncie Merchants Move to End Boycott T: Muncie WISHES BOYCOTT ENDED Strike Account
In Muncie Indiana merchants plan united action to lift the boycott on Union Traction amid streetcar riots and labor disputes. They warn continued stoppage hurts business and vow to press unions to end the boycott for the sake of the local economy.
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Union Traction Company
Muncie
Traction Company
Judges Deny Higher Bond for Standard Oil Indiana
In Chicago the United States Circuit Court of Appeals declined to raise the superseders bond for the Standard Oil Company of Indiana from six million to twenty nine million two hundred forty thousand dollars. The court said government attorneys failed to prove tangible company property exceeded six million.
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Chicago
Grosscup, Baker and Seaman
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Burns Palmer bout postponed to Feb tenth
The Burns Palmer fight in London originally set for February first is rescheduled for February tenth. New Newcastle challenger Jack Palmer remains.
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Associated Press
London
Tommy Burns
Jack Palmer
Newcastle
Thaw Closing Address Highlights Sanity and Responsibility
The excerpt captures closing remarks by defense attorney Mr. Littleton urging jurors to demand proof of sanity for Harry Thaw, and to acquit if doubt remains about his responsibility for the June 25, 1906 act. The judge and audience reactions are noted, with adjournment set for the next day.
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Jeromé
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit
Harry Thaw
Harvard Fifty Years Ago speech contrasts sport and military spirit
President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard argues modern violent sports are not needed to build martial spirit. He cites that fifty years ago Harvard produced over 1,200 graduates and students in distinguished military service and forecasts growth if the trend continues.
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Boston
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Harvard
Osler Gives Chloroform Bottles at Falls Brothers Birthday
In Detroit on January 29 Dr. Osler presented two bottles of chloroform to Delos Fall of Albion and De Witt Fall of Jackson for their 60th birthdays. Both men remain active in education and business with Delos a former state superintendent and Albion College professor.
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Detroit
Delos Fall
Albion
Dewitt Fall
Jackson
Osler
Déloss Fall
Albion College
Osler Long
Woman's fall traps her in roofless farmhouse
In Waterbury Connecticut on January 29 Mrs Ellen Peterson 48 fell while shingling a gray stone farmhouse and became wedged between the house and an elf. She was pulled out by the legs after a struggle during which she fractured a finger and lost a garter and stocking. A hammer she threw struck a cow owned by Benjamin Wedge causing the animal to bolt and break a leg. The cow was to be killed.
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Waterbury
Conn
Ellen Peterson
Benjamin Wedge
SZECHENYIS SNOWBALLING DURING HONEYMOON
New York reports Count and Countess Szechenyi spotted on a snowy country road in Wheatley Hills Long Island during their first honeymoon afternoon. Newport villagers and Adirondack woods folk searched for them amid rumors of a trip to Vanderbilt lodges or a yacht voyage as commanders of ships reviewed binoculars.
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New York
Wheatley Hills
Long Island
Szechen
Newport
Adirondacks
Vanderbilt
Wife's mother a scold in Baltimore dispute
Patrolman William L. Casey arrested his mother in law Ella McCann for quarrelling with neighbors. In police court she admitted being a common scold and was sent to the house of correction for two months. She vowed revenge on her son in law upon release.
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Ella McCann
House of Correction
Doctor Treats Lockjaw Case At Home
Dr J C Nelson returned from Winamac where he treated Mrs Frank Rauch suffering from lockjaw. The woman had the disease two weeks and could not move her jaw since Sunday. Nelson relieved her in about fifteen minutes and she is recovering.
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J. C. Nelson
Winamac
Frank Rauch
Nelson
Jury funds medal for man who killed intruder
In St Louis on January 29 jurors in the Gus Kind inquest voted the killing justifiable and started a subscription to present a gold medal to Joseph T. Volkman the Webster Grove resident who shot the intruder. The jury said Volkman had performed a community service.
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St. Louis
Gus Kind
Joseph T. Volkman
Webster Grove
Volkman
St Louis War on Spitting
The St Louis Anti-Tuberculosis Society reports 460 arrests since June for spitting in public places. Fines amount to 1854 dollars as noted by Secretary Robert J Newton.
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St. Louis
Robert J. Newton
The
Democratic state committee refines organization for spring convention
Boston, January 29. At a harmonious meeting the Democratic state committee perfected its organization for the year and appointed an executive committee to run preparations for the spring convention.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Democratic State Committee
Memorial Library Planned for Dr William R Harper
Dr Henry Pratt Judson announces to the Chicago Alumni association that a memorial library to honor the late University of Chicago president Dr William R Harper is assured in New York on January 29.
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Associated Press
New York
University of Chicago
William R. Harper
Chicago
Henry Pratt Judson
Evangelist’s gossip meetings planned in Little Falls
In Utica on January 29 Rev Henry Mellvray, conducting a religious campaign, announced that for the next month every Wednesday from 3 to 4 pm a gossip meeting would be held for neighbors to speak freely without harm. He offered his bachelor apartments for the circle.
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Little Falls
Coulon Wins Ten Round Decision Over Murphy in Peoria
Johnny Coulon of Chicago won the decision in a ten round bout against Kid Murphy of New York before the Peoria Athletic Club in Peoria Illinois.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Ill
Johnny Coulon
Chicago
Kid Murphy
New York
Peoria Athletic Club
Kentucky Beans Divorce Custody Granted in St Louis
Mrs. Lottie Bryant was granted a divorce from George St. Bryant and awarded custody of their two year old Eunice. The court heard he sent her to Kentucky hoping beans bacon and hominy would fatten her and admitted the plan. Bryant, 30, will have three hours of visitations every other Sunday.
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Bryant
Kentucky
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