Shortages Alleged in County Treasury After Massena Case
Warsaw Indiana July 22 Following the arrest of Roy Massena of Indianapolis on embezzlement charges in 1906 county funds while deputy treasurer, investigations reveal further shortages charged to former treasurers. Officials may seek additional individuals to cover thousands in deficiences unseen in the books.
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Warsaw
Ind
Roy Massena
Indianapolis
Jiescinska County
James J. Babcock
Girl Confesses Guilty to Forgery in Indiana Case
Miss Frances Meyer of Gas City pleads guilty to forgery linked to Eugene P. Lurton for forging endorsements on two checks in Elwood Indiana. Judge McClure sentences Meyer to Indianapolis women’s prison, may suspend after consulting authorities. Lurton sent to Indiana Reformatory at Jeffersonville, with possible suspension after review of reputation. Inquiry will be made at Jacksonville.
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Young Luton
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Irton
Jacksonville
Funeral of Captain Henry McCrea in Arlington
Walter McCrea travels East to attend the funeral of his brother Captain Henry McCrea who died at the Brooklyn navy yard hospital. Burial is in Arlington cemetery Washington. Captain McCrea grew up near Logansport and rose from farm boy to naval captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain McCrea
Logansport
Ind
Walter McCrea
Henry McCrea
Brooklyn Navy Yard
John H. Barnhart
Arlington Cemetery
Washington, D. C
McCrea
San Francisco
Washington
Navy
Warrum Wins $35,506 in Rail Mail Bag Injury Suit
John Warrum of Greenfield Indiana won a damage judgment of 35 506 after being struck by a mail bag thrown from a postal car at the railway station. The Pennsylvania system paid the verdict after appellate affirmations and a supreme court denial to hear the case. The defense claimed Warrum trespassed on private railway property when injured.
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Greenfield
Ind
John Warrum
Pennsylvania
Warrum
Sait
Supreme Court
State Encampment of United Spanish War Veterans
The Indiana state encampment will meet in Indianapolis next Monday with over seventy five delegates expected. Officers for the coming year will be elected and delegates at large chosen for the national encampment in Boston September 1 to 3. An army supper and smoker will close the day for delegates and visiting comrades. There are twenty five camps in good standing. James L. Anderson is commander and C B Carr is department adjutant.
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Indianapolis
United Spanish War Veterans
Boston
James L. Anderson
Indiana Department
C. B. Carria Department
Democratic Newspapers Appeal for Campaign Trade Donations
Mr. Bryan urges the country’s Democratic newspapers to start collecting trade for the campaign under an agreement reached by party leaders. The statement signals mobilization across press outlets to support fundraising and political messaging efforts.
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Bryan
Taft notification day plans loom over Cincinnati
Cincinnati officials and committees prepare for Taft notification day with large delegations expected from Indiana Kentucky Illinois and nearby states. The event includes river parade fireworks and a 24 gun salute for Taft amid tight crowd control and ticketed access to Eden Park and the Taft residence.
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Cincinnati
Indiana
Kentucky
Ilinois
West Virginia
Robert R. Reynolds
F. W. Carpenter
F. W. Carpenter, Secretary To Mr. Taft
Marcus R. Sulzer
Madison
Ind
Taft
Eden Park
Queen
Niagara Falls
Reynolds
Charles P. Taft
Pike Street
Architef
Gustave W. Drach
William HH. Taf
Mir
Tate
Mistresses of the White House Names in Question
The article discusses a 1900s political debate on who will be the next first lady, Mary Baird Bryan or Helen Taft, noting voters in diverse regions may split between Mrs Bryan and Mrs Taft and their husbands. It recounts Mary Bryan’s early life, marriage to William Jennings Bryan, and her legal ambitions, highlighting the couple’s mutual support and early years in Jacksonville and Omaha.
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Robertus Love
White House
Vita
Mary Or
Telon
Mary Baird Bergan
Pelen Herren Tari
Cotomalo
Wycoming
Utah
Oddity
Mrs. Bryan
Taft
Mr. Bevan
Mr.Taft
Fryen Hi
Jacksonville
Trye
Ducus
Bryans
Joan
Bryan
Ruth
Jawener
Drysso
Tafti
Bern
Athens
Fundies
Brean
Garfield
Etrvan
Jed Baird
Mary Elizabeth Itsird
Berne
Nbddie
Perry
United States
Mary Elizabeth
Old Monticello Seminary
Godfrey, II
Presbyterian Academy
Dec Ou
Atc. Bryan
Stenograft
Bryan Cerers
Sand
Snormyd Tather
Neces
Pitman
Araved
Wrest
Tlere
Wiles
Wan
Comen
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Herron Domicile
Tafts
Europe
Berlin
England
Victor Flugn
George Eliet
Mra Bryan
Mrs. Taft
Wonsa
Navy enlistment surge at Indianapolis office
Navy recruiting in Indianapolis reports a sharp rise in enlistments last week, surpassing the previous weekly record of forty-one. The new total reached fifty, making the former high seem small by comparison for the week ending in late July.
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Indianapolis
Naval Recruiting Office
Federal Building
Women as First Lady Candidates Highlight 1908 Race
The article weighs the prospects of Mrs Taft and Mrs Bryan as potential First Lady, noting education, experience, and domestic roles. It contrasts candidates’ attributes, praises both as fit for unofficial duties, and cites Mrs Bryan’s long service as secretary and stenographer to her husband.
Mrs Taft as intellectual comrade to President Taft
The passage describes Mrs Taft as her husband's intellectual equal, noting she studies statecraft with him and travels widely, absorbing information from many countries to stay informed and aligned with his interests.
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Mrs. Bryan
Mrs. Taft
Taft and Bryan Wives Compared in Early Campaign Portraits
The piece contrasts Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Bryan, detailing their Cincinnati origins, education, languages, arts involvement, and public duties. It notes Mrs. Taft’s music leadership and travel, and Mrs. Bryan’s typing, correspondence, and dress, highlighting their democratic tastes and influence as potential first ladies.
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Taft
Philippines
Cincinnati
Bryan
Columbus
Akron
Ryan
Bhat
Cmde
Mrs. Bryan
False report on Russian admiral's death in Germany
A German telegram stated Vice Admiral Rojestvensky died in Bad Nauheim from heart trouble. The name Rosestvest sky appears as the deceased, but he was not the admiral. The actual admiral was not dead at Bad Nauheim.
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Berlin
Bad Nauheim
Germany
Rojestvensky
Sea of Japan
Rosestvestsky
Decision Promised Today On Standard Oil Appeal
In Chicago on July 22 the United States Court of Appeals judges Crosscup, Baker, and Zaman will hand down a decision on the Standard Oil Company of Indiana appeal. The case challenges a $29,240,000 fine imposed by Judge K M Landis nearly a year ago.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
K. M. Landis
Crosscup, Baker and
Zaman
United States Court of Appeals
Mrs. Lila Zane Cook Trial Near Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia on July 21 the trial of Mrs Lila Zane Cook for the murder of Charles Bennett of New Kensington Pennsylvania continues near here. Her husband has recently been convicted and sentenced to life, and Joseph Weithe faces trial in connection with the crime. Bennett is alleged to have been lured to a remote part of the Wheeling fair grounds where Cook and Weithe robbed and killed him and disposed of the body in the Ohio river.
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Cook
Wheeling
W. Va
Lila Zane Cook
Charles Bennett
New Kensington
Here
Zane
Joseph Weithe
Bennett
Wheeling Fair Grounds
Mra Cook
Weithe
Ohio River
Vast Coal Reserves Endure: Pennsylvania Could Last 490 Years
Washington reports that remaining anthracite and bituminous coal in Pennsylvania total about 127,000,000,000 short tons. U S Geological Survey official M R Campbell estimates current production rates would exhaust these supplies in roughly 490 years.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
M. R. Campbell
United States Geological Survey
Enthusiastic Cuban Partisans Parade for Zayista Candidate
Alfredo Zayas nominated by the Zayistas arrived from Christo with fifty carriages and a thousand horsemen. General Demetrio Castillo and Juan Gomez led the parade while Santiago youths organized processions through main streets displaying strong support.
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Santinen
Cuba
Alfredo Zayas
Christo
Demetrio Castillo
Juan Gomez
Santiago
Zagista
Weather study by schoolboys at Beckleford Council
John Reid headmaster of Beckleford Council School at Yeovil England devises a method for boys to observe atmosphere. Each day learners visit the gas works to copy barometer and rainfall records while others record wind direction and temperature from thermometers mounted outside. Weekly they compile results and write Friday general remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reid
Beckleford Council
Yeovilly
England
Corporation Gas Works
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the County Treasury
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Mise Baird
Acheo
Wien Tossick
William J. Peyen
Lightning Typewriter
William FH. Taft
William J. Bryan
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