Indiana Governor Proclaims Tuberculosis Free Cattle Rule
Governor Hanley bases action on 1901 law to bar dairy or breeding cattle into Indiana unless tuberculin tested free of tuberculosis. The proclamation, welcomed by Dr. J. N. Hurty and H. E. Barnard, directs inspectors to enforce tests as the principal safeguard for dairy cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanley
Indiana
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
H. E. Barnard
Food and Drug Commissioner
The Candidate Cometh and Fades From the Race
A satirical portrait of a political candidate who inflates with empty promises and public displays. He deceives supporters, mingles charm with self serving acts, and ends by condemning himself after the election fades.
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement From Montpelier Woman
A Montpelier Indiana testimonial claims Dean's Kidney Pills cured her kidney disease and related pains after a year of symptoms. The ad specifies a 50 cent price and Foster-Mibourn Co as U.S. agents with distribution through Pioneer Drug Store.
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Montpelier
Bright
Dean
Benjamin Smith
Winsor Street
Ind
Foster-Mibourn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
National Supply invoicing stock as stores face closure
The Geneva Herald reports National Supply company has paid for stock at its Parker City Montpelier and Van Buren stores with Producers' Supply. Bert Rea dout manages operations and may relocate to Lima Ohio. Indiana stores may be sold within a year as oil well supply demand wanes. Meeks from Montpelier assists in invoicing. buyers include Green and Kraner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Supply Company
Sunds Company
O.ce
Bert Readout
Lima
Ohio
National
Indiana
Parker City
Montpelier
van Buren
Allen Meeks
Producers’ Supply Company
Messrs Green and Kraner
Geneva Herald
Hitchcock selects quarters for Republican national committee in New York
Frank H. Hitchcock chair of the Republican national committee chooses quarters on the tenth floor of the Metropolitan Life Tower in New York as the party headquarters building. He plans to inaugurate the active campaign on August 1 and will direct operations from here, with Taft delaying speeches until September.
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New York
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Metropolitan Life
Metropolitan Tower
Hitchcock
Washington
George R. Sheldon
Utica
Sherman
Taft
Hot Springs
Americans Triumph Early At London Olympic Games
Rain hampered the opening ceremony at Shepherds Rush stadium but the 1500 meter heats showcased top form. Melvin W. Sheppard of the Irish American Athletic Club led with LP Halstead of NYAC as they clocked 4:05 in the second heat, edging J D Lightbody of Chicago. Butterfield of England finished third in a strong field.
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London
Shepherds Rush
Royal Box
Simashed
Melvin W. Sheppard
Complaint Sustained in Interstate Commerce Action
The Commission sustained a complaint filed by Flint & Walling Manufacturing Co of Kendallville Ind against Shore and Wehican Southern for deceptive trade practices. The ruling names specific entities and threats to fair competition, detailing the agency’s corrective actions and the legal posture of the case.
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Washington
Flint & Walling Manufacturing Company
Kendallville
Ind
Inters. Poo Commerce Commission
Shore & Wehican
Yiv
Parintia
General Biaxeslee Piakeslee Dies. Civil War Hero Remembered
Esasmue Piakeslee, noted soldier, minister, author and editor of Graded Sujata and School Lessons, died at his Brookline home after a brief illness. Born 1838 in Connecticut, Yale and Andover Seminary graduate. Brevet brigadier general and Civil War veteran famed for bravery.
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Poston
Esasmue Piakeslee
Brookline
Connecticut
Yale
Andover Seminary
Mob at Russellville fails to lynch suspect
A 300 strong masked mob from various parts of the county swarmed Russellville Kentucky on July 14 to lynch the black man who killed James Cunningham. He had been secretly moved from jail, and the mob left without finding him.
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Russellville
Iynoc
James Cunningham
Louisville Man Accused in Burning of $10 000 Bundle
Louleville Louisville man BE F McDonald, a Cooperative Realty Company member, is jailed in Indianapolis on arson and attempted defrauding charges after depositing a $10 000 package for shipment. Investigators say the box held chemicals and combustibles timed to ignite in the express car. McDonald denies intent, claiming the package contained valuable papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Express
Brooke
Indianapolis
Tragic carnival death in Missouri shocks town
In Joplin Missouri on July 14 Wil Wilson a 24 year old black man killed Mrs Roy Plum by striking her with a blow to the temple after she rejected his advances. He tied a rope around her neck dragged the body 309 feet along a Frisco rail line near Carl junction then fled. He was tracked by footprints and arrested around 2 am and later taken to jail at Carthave after guards spirited him away from a mob.
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Joplin
Roy Plum
Wil Wilson
Carl Junction
Marsha Bernard
J. G. Miller
Carnival Company
Carthave
Robbery spree traced to Charles O Bannon arrest
Paris police say the arrest of Charles O Bannon, a mulatto resident, ends a rash of bicycle handbar snatchings. An officer shadowed him as he followed women, then took a bicycle from Dr. W E Davis's home. The stolen wheel was recovered and items matching theft victims were found in his apartment.
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Paris
Charles O'Bannon
O'Bannor
W. E. Davis
O'Bannon
Convict Murders Enemy in West Virginia Prison
In Moundsville West Virginia four-year prison violence escalates as Osea H Pinos attacks and fatally stabs William Banks. Both men are described as longtime enemies with the latest killing marked as a fourth prison assault. Phipps, a life prisoner from Cand counts, faces first degree irenedir charges while Paulk receives a five year term for larceny.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Lley
West Virginia
Moundsville
Osea H. Pinos
William Banks
Jongseisser
Wa Phipps
Banks Phipps
Irenedir
Paulk
McDowel
Steamer Ohio Arrives Alaska After Ice Blockade
The steamship Ohio with about five hundred passengers arrived at Alaska escorted by revenue cutters Theth: pod V McCuiloch. The voyage faced heavy ice and delays, with crew forced to break through ice and adjust course as conditions worsened.
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Alaska
Ohio
Theth
McCuiloch
Life for Friend and Two Drowned in Canal Incident
A report describes the drowning of two youths Frank Meese aged eighteen and an unnamed man at a canal bathing spot. A third person Hamipoer attempted to rescue them but all perished while clasped in each other’s arms.
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Yenee Rewkir
Hamipoer
Frank Meese
Daily Herald
Gien
Prisoners Escape From McDonough County Jail
Virginia man Fred Turne and Charles Booth of Bushnell Minnesota escaped the McDonough county jail by sawing off a bolt with knives hidden from supper. They are charged with burglary and no trace of them has been found.
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Macomb
Fred Turne
Virginia
Charles Booth
Bushnell
McDonough County
Bolt
Local Hopeful Case Ended in Doubt Over Missing Boy
Clay City Indiana residents believe a boy in Virginia may be the missing Richmond Byers after identification marks match. Dr Byers and Brazil Police Chief McMillan examined the youth and Dr Byers concluded the boy resembles Richmond but is not his son. He urged no further pursuit despite local belief the boy is the missing youth.
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Clay City
Ind
Richmond Byers
Salvation Army
Tere
Virginia
Byers
McMillan
Brazil
Richmond
Persisrs
Ayers
Mrs Belle Gunness Believed Dead In Fire Finds
Sheriff Smutzer reports Mrs Belle Gunness found alive in Portland Maine and Rockford Michigan then settled that she died in the April 28 house fire. County commissioners refuse further funding for chasing clues and accept body buried at Forest Home cemetery per coroner and doctors.
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Laporte
Ind
Smutzer
Belle Gunness
Portland
Maine
Rockford
Mich
Mack
Smith
Held on Forgery Charge in Logansport
James Keefe of Indianapolis is held on a charge of passing a forged $20 check on Robert L. McQuad of Indianapolis. The two had grown intimate and Keefe claimed the check came from his father and that he was unknown at local banks. McQuad cashed it, later suspecting forgery. An investigation led to Keefe’s arrest.
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Logansport, Ltd
Keefe
Drowning at Crumley Gravel Pit Near Petlatt
Jesse H. Wilhite twenty two drowned while swimming at Crumley gravel pit near Petlatt Accompanied by Edward Wilhite and Harry Oyter he entered the 150 by 150 foot pond twenty feet deep and after diving from a ledge developed cramps ten feet from shore and could not be rescued by his companions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Ind
Jesse H. Wilhite
Crumley
Petlatt
Edward
Harry Oyter
Wilthite
Lebanon Boy Drowns During Lake Summer Work
A 17 year old from Lebanon Indiana, Frank Woodward resident, died in an accidental drowning while working a steam launch at a Holland Michigan lake resort. He had been staying in Holland for two months as a summer worker for the resort.
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Lebanon
Ind
Ingal Holland
Mich
Frank Woodward
Selene Woodward
Holland
McCoy Petition Rejected in Reneselaer District Court
Report states Tom McCoy, labeled a bank wrecker, had his petition denied and faces possible compulsory further action. The source notes July 1 as the date of the filing in Reneselaer, with implications for appeal or continuation of proceedings.
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Reneselaer
Tom McCoy
Renesselaer
Arcin
Jurors Unable to Reach Verdict in Cassel Murder Trial
Spencer Ind July 14 After forty seven hours the jury in the Emery Cassel murder case told Judge Clark they could not agree and were discharged. The trial concerned the killing of Thomas Mills and ended without a verdict.
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Spencer
Ind
Emery Cassel
Thomas Mills
Clark
Fish Dispute Leads to Shooting in Terre Haute
Abe Conover a Terre Haute bricklayer was shot and seriously wounded by Elmer Alien after a quarrel over dividing fish caught in the Wabash river.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Abe Conover
Elmer Alien
Wabash River
Unclear Fragment Still Hints At French Event
Fragmentary text suggests a French event or occasion but lacks clear details such as date, location, or participants. Readable bits point to a cultural or social gathering potentially involving wine or pa sous. Further context is needed to specify who, where, and when.
Social visits and family rounds in Carmel area
Mrs. Noah Dearduff called on Mrs. T M Blount last Thursday. Miss Ella Twibell spent Saturday night with Miss Minnie Simonton. Mr and Mrs Abshire and children stayed with Jasper Morrical and family. Miss Ella Twibell and Miss Minnie Simonton visited Blanche Morrical. T M Blount and wife visited Mort McDorman and wife of Montpelier. Marion Minnicar spent Sunday with Jasper Morrical and family. Minnie Stafford visiting Mr and Mrs Lewis. Blanche Morrical stayed with sister Mrs Marion Minniear of Montpelier. Wilson of Keystone visited Robert Sterling and wife Sunday. Ethel Rogers called on Esther Dearduff last Tuesday. Grace Garrison spent Tuesday with sister Mrs George Gaskill. Lewis Blount attended surprise at Thames Raines Sunday. Geo Gaskill and wife welcomed a baby girl.
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Noah Dearduff
T. M. Blount
Ella Twibell
Minnie Simonton
Abshire
Jasper Morrical
Blanche Morrical
Mort McDorman
Montpelier
Marion Minnicar
Minnie Stafford
Lewis
Marion Minniear
Wilson
Keystone
Robert Sterling
Ethel Rogers
Esther Dearduff
Grace Garrison
George Gaskill
Lewis Blount
Thames Raines
Geo. Gaskill
Local Rural Notes From Last Week’s Social Visits
Rainy weekend boosts crops while neighbors share visits and small chores. Marion Havens threshed for Geo Raines. QO M Garrete and others dropped by. John Bain bought a 250 pound calf from John Fensel. several families hosted relatives.
White River Conference Meets at Richmond in August
The White River Conference of the United Brethren church will hold its annual meeting in Richmond the week of August 12. Hartford City church members will petition for Rev. J. A. Bray to be returned, citing his acclaimed ministry and the broad satisfaction of his congregation.
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White River
The
United Brethren Church
Richmond
Hartford City Church
J. A. Bray
No Court Till Oct Nineteenth In County
With summer vacation in effect the circuit court pauses until October 19 when the October sessions begin. Judge Sturgis and officers take a break, while county offices see low activity. Auditors and clerks report lighter workloads though officials remain at Platt Lake and Mt Clemens for summer duties. A humorous want ad mocks a strong good dog candidate for cattle and pest control at L. Kiger’s North of Oakland.
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Sturgis
Commissioners Court
Recorder’s Office
Reeves
Patton
Platt Lake
Mich
Mtt.Clemens
Hartford City Times-Gazette
Anyqreeavime
L. Kiger
Oakland
Date Set for Veterans Annual Reunion in Blackford County
The G R executive committee met in Hartford City to arrange the twelfth annual Blackford county veterans reunion. It will be held at the diving park in Montpelier on Wednesday August 26 with speakers Charles H Good Republican candidate for Congress and J M Adair congressman invited to speak.
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G. Shinn
Hartford City
Blackford County
Montpelier
Charles H. Good
Congress
Ltth
J. M. Adair
Lth
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Tower
Biaxeslee
Louleville
Combustibnes
Bundie
Officera
Charles O’bannon
Otis
Zenath
Father
McCoy
Gruvia
Ellis
the Daily Herald
Daly Heraid
the Weekly Herald
Daily
Home News
the Herald
Carmel
Marion Havens
Geo. Raines
M. Garrete
Simonton
Mrs. Lambert
Jon Fense
Vinel Bekerana
John Shannon
Wite
Montpetier
Goothoo
Hal Norton
Maung Rains
Reed Garrsin
John Bain
John Fensel
Jesse Carter
Mrs. Sarber
White River Conference
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