Joyful celebration as New Mexico and Arizona gain statehood
Citizens in Santa Fe and Phoenix mark the admission of the territories as states with bells, fireworks, and bonfires. Governor Mills raises the forty eight star flag atop the capitol, while territorial offices close and speakers discuss constitutional recalls for future vote.
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Arizona
Santa’Fe
N. M
New Mexico
Santa Fe
William J. Mills
Capitol
Old Fort Marcy
Phoenix
Ariz
Admiral Lee Chun executes son for revolution
Honolulu reports that Admiral Lee Chun, a leading Chinese navy officer, killed his son for revolutionary views and was wounded by his daughter-in-law who sought vengeance for her Irish band. He also killed the young woman and remains in charge of Canton’s naval arsenal. The tale, smuggled from Canton past censors, defies Pekin secrecy orders.
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Honolulu
Lee Chun
Canton
Pekin
China
Pharmacist’s license revoked over alleged illegal liquor sales
Frederick Roy Rigrish of 202 North Illinois Street had his registered pharmacist license revoked by the state board of pharmacy for selling liquor illegally, deemed gross immorality. About six similar cases await action at the October session. none appealed to courts yet.
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Indianapolis
Frederick Roy Rigrish
Tlinois Street
State Board of Pharmacy
Rigrish
House Passes Cotton Revision Bill with Amendments
The House approved the cotton revision bill with amendments to the steel iron and chemical schedules by 180 to 107. It was expected the president would disapprove. The vote closed the last big measure before adjournment this afternoon.
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Washington
House
Resignation Shakes Lexington County Infirmary Leadership
Lexington August 22 G Y Reynolds has resigned as superintendent of the county infirmary. Commissioner J and says reports of a detective in the institution and gross irregularities were unfounded and not substantiated by official findings.
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Lexington
G. Y. Reynolds
J.and
Trial of Alleged Lynchers in Liver-morne case begins
In Calhoun Kentucky on August 22 fifteen men accused of mob action over the Liver more opera house lynching stand trial. The mob hanged a black man after a white man was shot, and the accused face charges connected with the incident.
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Calhoun, Ky
Livermore
Weather Observations From Major Cities
At 8 p m yesterday the U S Weather Bureau reports city temperatures and conditions. New York 73 clear Boston 70 clear Denver 66 clear San Francisco 42 cloudy St Paul 66 clear Chicago 80 partly cloudy Indianapolis 80 clear St Louis 72 cloudy New Orleans 74 cloudy Washington 74 clear Philadelphia 72 clear Showers cooler with Wednesday fair and cooler.
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New York
Boston
Denver
San Francisco
St. Paul
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
New Orleans
Washington
Philadelphia
William P Hepburn Former Congressman and Wiley Counsel
William P Hepburn, noted former U S congressman, served as legal counsel for Dr H W Wiley. The associate role tied Hepburn to early policy discussions on pharmacology and public health during his long public career.
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H. W. Wiley
Taft Signs New Mexico Arizona Statehood Joint Resolution
The president signs a joint resolution admitting New Mexico and Arizona to the Union. New Mexico enters after state elections. Arizona must vote on recall of the judiciary to complete statehood or elections are void and Arizona remains a territory.
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Washington
Aiia
New Mexico
Arizona
Congress
Taft
Goveror Johnson Honors Indiana Bid for Detention Fight
Sacramento reports Governor Johnson respects Indiana's demand for detective James Hosick from Los Angeles. Hosick faces trial on kidnapping charges linked to John J. McNamara's arrest for the Los Angeles Times building dynamiting. A warrant will not be issued before Thursday to allow habeas corpus action.
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Sacramento
Cal
Johnson
Indiana
James Hosick
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
John J. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Hosick
Water shortage hits Tipton Indiana streets
Tipton Indiana reports severe drought with street sweeper retired to the barn and street sprinkler out of service. Lawn sprinkling forbidden, waterworks officials restrict household use, and fire reserve pressure remains very low.
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Tipton
Ind
Loyal Order of Moose Session Opens in Detroit
Shipping strike at Liverpool settled men return to work at once no game planned this year between naval and military academies. President seeks 250000 for Maine relief in Havana harbor. Paris Illinois fair grandstand burned incendiary fire. George Richey dies by stepping in front of a moving train. Colonel warns Roosevelt 1912 nomination must not be pursued.
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The
Loyal Order of Moose
Detroit
Liverpool
Naval
Havana Harbor
Edgar County Fair Grounds
Paris
George Richey
Pittsburg
Hammond
Ind
Roosevelt
Uncle Jim Wilson Testifies in Wiley Inquiry at Washington
Iowa secretary of agriculture Uncle Jim Wilson, lauded for cabinet tenure, appears before the House committee on expenditures in the agriculture department. He avoids cross examination and offers cautious remarks on the Wiley dispute amid Taft's looming decision.
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Uncle Jim
Wiley
Washington
Uncle Jim" Wilson
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
House Committee On
Moss
Congress
Taft
Wilson
Bureau of Chemistry
Dunlap
McCabe
Alleghany Mountains
Httle
Henry Busby
New York College of Pharmacy
Busby
Bureau
Department
Bigelow
Kebler
Rusby
Dr. Wiley
Interstate Tragedy in Jellico Involves Deputy Marshal and Slaying
Jellico Tennessee August 22 Lewis Archer mine foreman died after an interstate clash as City Marshal Bolton tried to remove him to Kentucky to answer drunkenness charges. Bolton allegedly struck Archer and was shot by James Bolton who fled. Bolton arrested on abduction charge awaiting transfer. requisition to Tennessee planned.
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Jellico
Tenn
Lewis Ar Cher
James Bolton
Tom Bolton
Kentucky
Ar Cher
Tennessee
Archer
Marshal Holton
Marshal Bolton
Boy on Trial for Murder at Iroquois Hotel
Paul Geidel, seventeen, stands trial before Judge Crain in New York general sessions for the July 27 murder of broker William H. Jackson in his Iroquois Hotel apartment. Prosecutors say Geidel, formerly a bellboy, planned the killing for robbery.
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New York
Paul Geidel
Crain
General Sessions Court
William H. Jackson
Iroquois
Geidel
Jackson
Beattie Murder Trial Opens with Jury Selection
In Chesterfield Virginia the Beattie murder trial began with Henry Clay Beattie pleading not guilty as jury selection started. Twelve provisional jurors, mostly Chesterfield farmers, were seated while the court planned a new panel after subpoenas were issued to rural areas.
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Chesterfield
Louise Owen Beattie
Henry Clay Beattie
Watson
Talesmen
May Be Last Parade At National Encampment
Rochester New York August 22 The parade of the Grand Army of the Republic tomorrow perhaps will be the last at a national encampment.
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Rochester
N. Y
Grand Army of the Republic
National League and American League baseball results archived
Scores from Brooklyn New York Boston and Philadelphia games show St. Louis Cincinnati Detroit New York Chicago and Washington results with pitchers listed. American Association reports Toledo Kansas City Indianapolis Minneapolis Columbus St Paul and other totals from the second game in St Paul.
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New York
R.H.E. Chicago
Ritchie and Archer
Marquard and Meyers
Boston
R.h.lb
Cincinnati
Gasper
McLean
Keefe
Clark
Perdue
Kling
Philadelphia
R.H.D. Pittsburg
Phil'd'Iphig
Steele
Camnitzs
Gibson
Chalvers
Moore
Hall
Madden
American League
Detroit
R.H.B. New York
Petroit
Warhop
Sweeney
Blair
Donovan and Stanage
Chicago
R.H.B. Washington
American Association
Toledo
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Columbus
St. Paul
Tame
Union of Methodist Episcopal and Protestant Churches Favored
Indiana conference adjourned without a formal vote on uniting the Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Protestant churches. Speakers Dr. T. H. Lewis and Rev. Wallace M. Martin urged consolidation and a single name Methodist Church, noting past support and current backing despite some opposition.
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Munele
Ind
Indiana Methodist Protestant Conference
United States
T. H. Lewis
National
Methodial Protestant Conference
Wallace M. Martin
North Indiana
M. E. Conference
United Church
Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lewis
A Strange Case In Rockville Indirect Attack
Claude Crooks was knocked unconscious and dragged to a cellar at the Frank Nevins home and then the house was set on fire by three attackers. Crooks survived and escaped. Nevins, visiting Mansfield, cannot explain the assault. Gold pieces and a gold watch in the debris suggest robbery was not the motive.
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Rockville
Indie
Claude Crooks
Frank Nevins
Crooks
Nevins
Mansfield
Puzzling Death in South Bend Boarding House Man found dead. police suspect homicide
James Campbell aged fifty was discovered dead in a boarding house room in South Bend with a fractured skull and a beaten face. Police consider murder likely amid a quarrel with another boarder, but no clues are available. In Huntington, John Espich survived a nose injury after a rifle shot. he scolded the shooters and did not press charges.
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South Bend
Ind
James Campbell
Campbell
Huntington
John Espich
Indiana license law prompts early employer filings
Indianapolis authorities warn that by Sept. 15 all persons firms and corporations with five or more employees must secure licenses under the 1911 act. Only a few have paid the $1 fee. In South Bend an auto trip home from Buchanan ended in a crash injuring four. Miss Fannie Hill suffered a broken collarbone and the others were seriously bruised.
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Indianapolis
South Bend
Ind
Buchanan
Fannie Hill
Oliver Hotel
Man Finds Two-Headed Copperhead in Indiana Woods
Oliver K. Dempsey of Logansport, Indiana discovered a two headed copperhead during a woods walk on August 23. He killed the snake and took it home to verify any tale of the freak.
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Logansport
Ind
Oliver K. Dempsey
Burglars Break In At John Nichols Store
Robbers smashed a rear door at the John Nichols store in Dugger Indiana and stole twenty three gold watches and other articles valued at about 806 dollars. No clues to the thieves have been found.
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Dugger
Ind
John Nichols
Adjourment guesses fill Capitol week in extra session
Washington reports a three cornered fight over adjournment dates as the extra session of Congress drags on. Democrats push tariff reductions while insurgents aid the tariff bills, and President Taft remains a central figure in the political maneuvering.
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Washington
Congress
Underwood
House
Senate
Taft
Moss
Indiana
Agricultural Department
Post Office
Interior Departments
Wiley
Patrick M'Grane Named Accomplice in New York Hotel Murder
Patrick M Grane identified as an accomplice of Geidsl in the New York hotel murder case. Police report details and motives remain under investigation as the trial proceeds.
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Geidsl
New York
Notable vitality shown by James Whitestown bootleger
Frank James of Whitestown Indiana remains alive though blind and possibly paralyzed after bottling wood alcohol that killed four. Doctors expect he may survive while suits may seek action against the Indianapolis druggist who sold the alcohol. An English wart charm anecdote follows, noting villagers seek remedy for warts with a village healer who claims success by spoken ritual.
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Whitestown
Ind
Frank James
James
Fife
Indianapolis
Windsor
London Chronicle
Thirty Years of Association Thinks on Merits of Dr King’s
Thos Ariss of Concord Michigan testifies to eighty years use of Dr King’s New Discovery as the best cough and cold remedy. He cites its reliability for lung complaints and related ailments. The note includes a price and a free trial bottle, offered by Chas D Knopfel. A landlord and tenant law pamphlet is advertised with receipt books at Tarun office.
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Thos. Ariss
Concord
Mioh
Cbas
D. Knopfel
Tarun
Pellagra theories mystify doctors in Kentucky
Doctrs in Frankfort debate pellagra as non contagious leprosy with Dr A V Williams claiming a 3400 year old origin citing Leviticus 13. Cases reported at the feeble minded Institute and in county towns as physicians seek remedies. Also included are aviation and accident briefs from Utica and Randaiia.
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Frankfort
A. V. Willams
Woodlake
Franklin
A Painful Mistake and Bees in Glasses Tale
A London woman ignores glasses until a bumblebee is mistaken for a blackberry. She storms into an optician’s shop seeking immediate, strong spectacles after a painful blunder in the country. The humorous misidentification underscores cautions about eye care.
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London
Optician
MARKET QUOTATIONS AND ATTACK LIKE TIGERS
Market quotes from Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago St Louis and East Buffalo cover Wheat Corn Oats cattle hogs sheep and lamb prices and receipts. An adjacent note extols Electric Bitters as a health tonic claiming to purify blood and boost strength amid illness.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Ubes
D. Ksoafel
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Atwood
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Harry N. Atwood
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Belle Isle
Randaiia
Jessie Ernst
East Buffalo
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