Coal oil can blast kills Crawfordsville woman in kitchen
Mrs. Mark Hershberger, 40, died after a coal oil can exploded while she cooked. Her daughters Mabel 17 and Glenn 14 were seriously burned trying to help. Husband Mark Hershberger, a shale pit foreman, moved from Veedersburg a month ago to their new home.
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Mark Hershberer
Crawfordsville
Hershberger
Mabel
Glenn
Mark Iwershberger
Poston Brick Company
Veedersburg
Myrtle Chesterton
Vecdersburg
Vengeance Fears Rise Over Italian Merchant in Bedford
Philip Rock, an Italian merchant and banker in Bedford, fears for his life amid extortion threats attributed to the Black Hand. His store has burned, a carload of goods destroyed, and a fellow countryman murdered in the unrest. Terre Haute Orphans Home Burns Despite Panic, No Injuries. The St. Anne's Orphans' Home on North Thirteenth Street in Terre Haute was completely destroyed by fire with 100 orphans inside, yet all escaped unharmed. The Toss is about $30,004.
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Black Hand
Philip Rock
Bedford
Terre Haute
St. Anne's
North Thirteenth Street
Signal Corps of the War Departent
Fort Myer
South Bend Sees Alarming Rise in Suicides
City Health Officer D. W. McNamara reports in a monthly health bulletin a troubling uptick in suicides in South Bend. He laments the absence of an effective preventive remedy and urges action amid rising personal crisis cases.
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D. W. McNamara
South Bend
Tle
Eloped Husband Forgiven and Plans Chicago Remarriage
Etloper Back Is Forgiven, Joseph Chambers of Union Mills who a year ago eloped with Mrs. Charles Quigg has returned and been forgiven by his wife. Quigg secured a divorce from his wife after she disappeared, but it is announced they will be remarried in Chicago within a short time.
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Etloper
Joseph Chambers
Union Mills
Charles Quigg
Quigg
Chicago
Attorney Convicted in Embezzlement Case at War Saw
Jack Graves charged with embezzling 1200 dollars and a certificate of purchase for forty acres from Arbuckle-Ryan Harvester Co of Toledo. Found guilty in War saw court, sentenced to thirty days in jail and fined 100 dollars.
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Arbuckle-Ryan Harvester Company
Toledo
Jack Graves
Warsaw
Prominent Farmer Hangs Self in Waldron Barn
Ben Trader, a well known farmer, died by hanging in a Waldron barn after a recent arrest on charges of attempting to assault an 11 year old girl. The incident ends a case that drew local attention.
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Ben Trader
Waldron
Penitentiary for White Cappers Found Guilty
David Fox and Jacob Kirk were found guilty of whitecapping William N. Vanest of South Bethany last June. They face a term at Michigan City from two to fourteen years.
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David Fox
Jacob Kirk
William N. Vanest
South Bethany
Michigan City
Ade Seeks Delegate Nod from Indiana’s Tenth District
Indiana humorist George Ade announced in Indianapolis his candidacy as a Republican delegate from the Tenth district to the national convention. He said he will back Fairbanks and urged supporters to join his bid.
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Ade
George Ade
Indianapolis
Indiana
Fairbanks
First Annual Fruit Show at Purdue January 13 18
Indiana items report a variety of scattered events. A stone land option near Bloomington may be shipped to Gary. A 76 year old Shelbyville resident rode the Edinburg and Knightstown railway’s first run. A Richmond negro patents a thirty eight point corn harvester. The Lafayette dairy train covers 500 miles on the Monon with 4,000 hearers. A freak corn stalk from Owensville. Libby Prison escape leader Capt Evan Sharp dies at Kokomo aged 70.
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Purdue University
Bloomington
Gary
Nancy J. Morris
Shelbyville
Edinburg
Knightstown
Richmond
Lafayette
Owensville
William J. Bryan Defines the Issues in 1896 Platform
William J. Bryan outlines the 1896 Democratic platform and reiterates core issues. He praises Theodore Roosevelt for sticking to reform principles as he campaigns.
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William J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Bryan Leads Democrats Push for Platform Renewal
The Nebraska delegation and William J. Bryan defend the 1896 Democratic platform, arguing its principles are stronger now. He cites tariff reform arbitration and anti injunction positions while praising Roosevelt and attacking trusts amid party unity.
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William J. Bryan
Chicago
Roosevelt
Bryan
Costs and Workforce of the Panama Canal Project
The Isthmian Canal Commission reports appropriations of 7 608 568 and expenditures of 48 285 110 for canal construction through July 1. Excluded are 40 million paid to the French company and 10 million for Panama land. By end of fiscal year 1907, 20 884 workers were brought in, with skilled staff rising from 2 500 in 1906 to 4 404 in 1907, and total labor on June 30 last reaching 20 446.
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Panama Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
French Canal Company
Panama
United States
Europe
West Indies
Panama Railroad
Cleveland's Big Hippodrome Opens as Nation's Largest Playhouse
The new Hippodrome in Cleveland is the largest playhouse outside New York, seating 4,500 and costing 2 million dollars. Its hydraulic stage floors lift and a 405,000 gallon tank enables aquatic exhibitions beneath a 44 foot proscenium megaphone arch. The stage measures 100 by 104 feet and local capitalists built the house to be run as an independent venue.
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United States
New York
New Hippodrome
Cleveland
Four new cardinals named by Pope Pius
Pope Pius elevated four new cardinals in a consistory. The Dutch cabinet of nine ministers resigned amid political turbulence. M. Gude was appointed Norway minister to the United States. A Vienna diplomatic scandal led to an ambassador's recall. The steamer Austral carrying scientists was wrecked off Uruguay but all aboard were saved.
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Pope Pius
M. Gude
United States
Norway
Vienna
Uruguay
Second Thaw Trial Opens In New York Court
The second trial of Harry Kendall Thaw for the Stanford White murder proceeds in New York. Evelyn Thaw will testify again while the defense seeks insanity and rejects unwritten law. Prosecutors aim to show the crime and confront defense evidence as Thaw appears with Evelyn daily.
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Tiarry
Kendall Thaw
Pittsburg
Stanford White
New York
Thaw
Delmas
Martin W. Littleton
Littleton
Evelyn Thaw
Jerome
Evelyn
Tigenteas Sehoeliv
Novel Christmas shopping therapy at St Louis asylum
Dr Henry S Atkins superintendent of the St Louis Asylum for the Insane conducts an experimental treatment for mild insanity by sending about twenty women patients on a supervised Christmas shopping expedition. Each patient is given money and nurses accompany them as one concealed outing unfolds without arousing suspicion. The group eats lunch and returns to the asylum, reportedly content with the experience.
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Henry S. Atkins
St. Louis Asylum
Boston scientists plan five year South American expedition
A party of thirty five led by George Melville Boynton sails on an ambitious South America expedition. A Gloucester fishing vessel named the Discovery will carry botanists mineralogists ethnologists taxidermists and photographers as they explore regions south of the Amazon and follow it to its source then cross the Andes to Punta Paramne Peru.
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Boston
George Melville Boynton
South America
Gloucester
Amazon River
Amazon
Andes
Punta Parmne
Peru
Paris inventor exhibts wireless telephotography claim
Pascal Berjonneau demonstrated a new telephotography device before the Postmaster General in Paris. The system can be adapted to wireless or conventional telegraph wires and reportedly transmits pictures without wires across the hall, claiming distance does not affect effectiveness and promising New York as a potential link.
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Pascal Berjonneau
Paris
New York
Economic signs hint at steady recovery across industries
Dun's Review notes production curtailment easing with banks near specie payments and wider discounts. Resumption reduces idled workers, with iron steel and wire bookings and steady furniture and vehicle orders. Prices likely stable, costs may drop. January retail clears, wholesale buyers visit, but mercantile collections vary with some defaults in Chicago district.
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Chicago
Dun
Review of Trade
Financial prospects in New York reflect improved sentiment
Bradstreet's Review notes clearer money conditions and easier credit but real gains in trade and industry remain sentiment driven. Railway earnings and bank clearings lag the prior year while unemployment rises in large centers. North and West weather hampers demand. retailers push sales through savings. US failures total 434 for the week, up from 45 last week, with Canada at 63.
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Nes
United States
ZSG
Canada
Bradstreet
Market price rundown for cattle hogs and grains across major cities
Chicago to Toledo markets show varied bids for cattle hogs and sheep. Wheat and corn futures range from No 2 grades at roughly 98e to $1.12, with oats and rye also quoted and dairy items like butter and eggs listed in cents per unit.
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Chicago
Timothy
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Business Is Business in a Bantering Grocery Row
A grocer and a butcher trade quips about pricing as the grocer accuses the butcher of charging meat prices for bones while the butcher retorts that holes in cheese are weighed and priced alike. The exchange satirizes pricing tricks in everyday commerce.
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Libby
William Haseltine
Kokomo
Joseph Robson
Flobert
New Castle
Freddie Scott
William Wallace
Scott
Robson
James B. Elmore
Evansville
Emery Shaffer
Andrew Lindsay
Lindsay
Harmony
Hagerstown Electric Light
Commercial Bank
Peo‘ple
Democratic Party
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Rhodes Opera House
Boyerton
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Opera House
Boyertown
Reading
Pottstown
New York City
Francis E. Leupp
Indian Affairs
Ttes
Carlisle
Coast Artillery
Benth Company
Arizona
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Congress
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Knights of Labor
Government Bureau of Immigration
Italy
War Department
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Big Hippodrome
Harry K. Thaw
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