South Bend Youth Alleges Conspiracy to Commit Him to Asylum
Horace Birdsell, son of late Ben Birdsell, sues Olive Tarbell Birdsell, John A. Birdsell, and B. A. Birdsell for 150000 alleging they conspired after his father’s death on Oct 2 1906 to have him declared insane and confined in a Flint Michigan asylum by producing false evidence before Judge Funk. The suit stirs local elite society in South Bend.
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South Bend
Horace Birdsell
Ben Birdsell
Milionaire
Olive Tarbell Birdsell
John A. Birdsell
B. A. Birdsell
Andes
Funk
Young Birdsell
Flint
Mich
Indiana Clerk Confesses to Forging Warrants in County Fraud
Emmett S. Huegins former clerk in Indianapolis confessed on the witness stand to a series of robberies of county funds by means of fictitious warrants. John McGregor county commissioner is on trial for accepting a bribe from Atlas Engine Works, with Huegins as go-between. Huegins admitted making false warrants and stealing about five thousand dollars to build a home for himself and his wife.
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Indiana
Emmett S. Huegins
Indianapolis
John McGregor
Atlas Engine Works Company
Huggins
Tueeins
Work For Willing Men Improve Lively In Terre Haute
Capt Stahl of the Licht Wouse Mission in Terre Haute reports fewer charity calls this summer than in the past two years. Destitute men months ago now find work easily as factories hire more on day rolls and farms offer high wages. The building boom boosts trades and Business Agent Davis of the Carpenters Union says conditions are better than in ten years. The city council ordered extensive street and sidewalk paving to furnish employment for many common laborers.
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Stahl
Terre Haute
Davis
Carpenters’ Union
City Dais
Brakeman Bravely Rescues Drunken Man From Tracks
In Muncie Indiana a drunken man named Hartley crawled onto Lakerie and Western tracks. Brakeman Grant Tranley, riding the switch engine, reached down but could not stop in time. Stanley (Stanley?) pulled Hartley free but the engine passed over his hand and finger, severing a finger and thumb. Hartley severely injured but recovering.
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William Hartley
Lakerie
Muncie
Grant Tranley
Hartley
Stanley
Pfartley
Needle Pierces Girl's Heart in Mysterious Warsaw Case
Miss Violetta Marie Bowen aged 16 dies after awakening her mother to report a strange sensation described as a heart leak. Doctors believe a minute sharp instrument, possibly a needle point, pierced the heart after originating in her finger. She had suffered piercing pains in finger hand arm shoulder and chest for months.
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Violetta Marie Bowen
Warsaw
Miss Bowen
Patoka River Pearls At Oakland City Jewelers
Patoka river pearls from mussel beds are sold at Oakland City jewelers with the best lot valued at 300 dollars. Earlier finds yielded two pearls at ten dollars each. The industry shows promise of profitability as more pearls are discovered. The pearls are known as the Patoka.
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Oakland City
Drowning Deaths In White River Near Bethany Park
John Shopman aged 19 and Frank Shopman aged 23 farm hands drowned while bathing in White river near Bethany Park Indianapolis. Frank fainted and John tried to assist but a whirlpool pulled them under and they were carried away.
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John
Frank Shopman
White River
Bethany Park
Indianapolis
Frank
Multiple drownings and accidental deaths in Indiana
James Temple a glass blower drowned while bathing in a pond at Terre Haute. Edwin Jochen aged 19 drowned in the Ohio river near Evansville and body recovered. Vernon Finnan aged 17 drowned in Shockabee lake near Kendallville. he could not swim. Joseph Gostowski of South Bend drowned in Sider's lake. John Hogan a Chicago tramp died in Elkhart from injuries after a fall from a train. Charles Douglass aged 22 drowned while bathing in a gravel pit at Carrs grove near Wood. Lethea May Barnett aged 7 choked to death trying to swallow a crab apple at Boonville. Oscar Meyer aged 22 died after being struck in the temple by a pitched ball during a game at Inglefield.
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James Temple
Terre Haute
John Hogan
Chicago
Elkhart
Ohio River
Evansville
Edwin Jochen
Shockabee Lake
Kendallville
Vernon Finnan
Vernon
Oscar Meyer
Inglefield
Charles Douglass
Carr's Grove
Wood
Lethea May Barnett
Thomas Barnett
Boonville
Roosevelt
Bisley
James R. Keene
England
New York
Latonia
Will Fizer
Pinkola
Allison Jack
New Orleans
Highest City Hall to Rise 34 Stories in New York
The New York board of estimates and Mayor McClellan approve plans for a 34 story city hall at Park Row Center and Duane streets. The building will cost about $7,000,000 and rise 559 feet 8 inches, becoming the world’s tallest municipal hall.
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New York
New York Board of Estimates
McClellan
Park Row
Center
Duane Streets
New York Plans Multistory Municipal Skyscraper Mall
The proposed New York municipal hall would rise 549 feet to the main roof with a 210 foot tower head. It would be twice as high as the Flatiron and just under the Singer building, housing most city departments with 23 floors of rentable offices. Exterior French renaissance style uses steel and stone, with outside light rooms and no interior light court. The tower features a 25 foot clock face. Estimated rental income from offices is 500000 dollars annually.
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Singer
New York Hall
New York
Chicago Braces After Destructive Grain Fire
A major fire in Chicago destroyed two grain elevators at the CB&Q freighthouse on 16th Street, with hundreds of thousands of bushels of grain, a freight depot, fifty cars, and several buildings burned. The loss neared 1.56 million dollars as flames threatened widespread citywide damage amid strong winds and heat. Fire teams battled the blaze, preventing further spread as the river crossing intensified the danger.
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Chicago
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
16Th Street
Jioran
Board of Trade
Chicago Heat Record Tops 96.4 Degrees
Chicago endured a brutal heat wave with a peak 96.4 degrees tying the station’s highest mark since July 21, 1901. A Kansas City reading of 98 degrees offered a warmer comparison as lingering winds and humidity shaped the day.
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Chicago
United States
Kansas City
Missouri City
Five Die In Auto Crash Near Burlingame
A large touring car carrying five women and two children plunged down an embankment near Crystal Lake in Burlingame after the brakes failed. Miss Ethel McCormick, driving, tried to slow with the foot brake and then the emergency brake, which snapped, sending the vehicle over the grade and killing five occupants and injuring two others.
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San Francisco
Burlingame
Crystal Lake
Ethel McCormick
How to Restore a Drowning Man
A practical guide describes tilting the victim’s head, rolling on a barrel, and performing artificial respiration. It advises lifting the arms, pressing the ribs, and breathing rate around eighteen times a minute, then using stimulants and seeking a physician promptly.
Labor groups form unions and joint efforts across cities
A survey of labor activity shows French leather workers touring U S factories, Boston painters reforming their union, San Francisco building trades organizing, Mexico City carpenters joining a labor federation, and Chicago signaling rising union pride. New Orleans longshoremen sign a five year pact, a seceded railroad faction rebrands, and St Paul plans a label exhibit amid fair displays. The New York health board shift to labor department oversight is approved, with a Cedar Rapids 1910 Bookbinders convention planned. In Cleveland ironstone, a 12 oclock Saturday work rule is debated, while a Chicago fire sinks the Illinois fireboat after a major blaze.
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Mexico
A. IF
Chicago
New Orleans
Brotherhood of Railroad Employes
Brotherhood of Railroad Station
New York State
Labor Department
Automatic Train Stop Trial On Burlington Line
Secretary Borland of the Signal and Train Control Board offers a reward of 1,000,000 dollars for a reliable automatic train stop system. After reviewing many plans the Interstate Commerce Commission will trial the Rowell Potter system on the Burlington road for several months.
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Borland
Signal and Train Control Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burlington Road
New Revenue Rules Enjoined By Federal Judge
Judge Thomson of the Federal Circuit Court in Cincinnati issues a temporary injunction delaying enforcement of new internal revenue rules against local distillers. He decides the existing branding system remains lawful and that marking products as spirits or alcohol remains permissible under the old practice despite the pure food law.
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Thomson
Federal Circuit
Cincinnati
Internal Revenue
Prominent San Francisco Families In Fatal Car Crash
The narrative describes a car accident in which Mrs. McCormick, wife of Thomas McCormick of McCormick Iron Works, and Mrs. O'Brien, wife of the Keystone Manufacturing Works proprietor, died. Also noted is the death of Mrs. Frederick Marrett, wife of a SF publisher, and James D. Gilbert in a similar crash. In Hutchinson, Judge George A. Vanderveer, GOP candidate for Ninth Judicial District, was killed when a Rock Island train struck his automobile.
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Ninth Judicial District
Rock Island
Three Mile Open Bicycle Record Falls in Salt Lake City
EF A McFarland sets a new three mile open professional bicycle record in Salt Lake City with a time of 5 33. Roosevelt sends congratulations to the American rifle team for its Bisley Olympic win.
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Salt Lake City
EF. A. McFarland
Ram's Horn Blasts Convert Blinds Many to the Truth
A religious tract urges repentance and faith as reason resting on revelation. It argues clergy must be learners, defenders of divine forgiveness, and that God’s providences are unmarked and remarkable. The piece warns against atheism, alcohol, and superficial piety while extolling Holy Spirit guided Christianity.
Passing of African game signals new protective laws
The Indianapolis News notes a shift as two centuries of unrestrained hunting give way to enforced game laws in southern Africa. Lions remain abundant, elephants grow scarce south of the Zambezi, rhinos are rare outside Portuguese areas, and hippos survive mainly along Orange River and Zululand. King Khama fosters reform in Serowe, banning liquor and witchcraft while promoting education. The Mashonaland plateau draws European farmers, hinting at broader civilization across the region.
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Rhodesia
Zambesi
Orange River
Zululand
Khama
Serowe
Mashonaland
Indianapolis News
New York as a Seaside Metropolis and Its Rival
The London Spectator compares New York to Venice and Tyre, praising its seaside setting and towering skyscrapers. It notes New York’s audacious, plain architecture suited to harbor life and contrasts ancient fears of piracy with modern urban daring.
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New York
Venice
Tyre
London Spectator
Brevity Debate Quoted in Philadelphia Press
A brief exchange features Kwater praising conciseness and an observer noting brevity is commendable though not universal, cited by the Philadelphia Press.
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Kwater
Philadelphia Press
Worry Regarded as a Disease by Physicians
Physicians begin to recognize worry as a disease and may treat it like other illnesses, urging prescription and medical attention to address the condition.
Death of U. S. Senator W. B. Allison in Iowa
William Boyd Allison of Dubuque dies of heart failure on Tuesday before a re election bid. A longtime Republican leader born in Perry Ohio in 1829 he shaped national finance policy from Congress through the Senate and played a key role in 1892 Brussels monetary talks.
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United States
Wiliam B Allison
Dubuque
Iowa
Lews
William Boyd Allison
Perry
Ohio
Western Reserve College
Allison
Isso
Ashland
Anna Carter
Wooster
Mere
Hawkeye
Chicago
Tie
Congress
Washington
Senate
Garfield
Warrison
McKinley
Brussels
Cannon
Lawmaker Proposes Ban on False Appearance in Marriage
Representative Glenn seeks state protection after receiving many threatening letters from women nationwide. He argues a bill to invalidate marriages based on artificial beauty aids such as pads, stays, crimps, or paints, claiming the charges may reflect real issues.
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Glenn
Georgia
Culebra Cut Now Half Done
The Washington Panama Canal Commission reports the Culebra Cut about half completed with nearly 47 million cubic yards excavated. American workers contributed 18,445,426 cubic yards. Chairman Goethals reorganizes work into three geographic sections with a single chief over all tasks in each.
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Washington
Panama Canal Commission
Culebra
Goethals
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