Toll of Grade Crossings Surges in Indiana Rail Lines
Indiana Railroad Commission reports October to December 1907 show 85 steam railroad deaths and 408 injuries, with interurban lines adding 14 deaths and 70 injuries. Total fatalities 99 and injuries 478, up from prior quarter. most deaths at crossings by trespassers and highway users. The report calls for wider grade separation and criticizes lack of crossing safety while noting legislative actions help North Judson. Local obituaries and notes follow, including the death of Mrs. Susan Collier at Culver and funeral details in North Judson.
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Indiana
Indiana Railroad Commission
Secod
Railroad Commission of Indiana
The Man of the Hour at McVicker's Theatre Chicago
The Man of the Hour opens a limited engagement at McVicker's Theatre Chicago with a strong cast led by Orrin Johnson and Thomas Meighan. The production features notable scenic work by Wm. A. Brady and Jos. R. Grismer and carries endorsements from President Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan. Local items note ice cream at Baker's restaurant, Rev. Strecker visiting Knox, a new baby for the Hawke family, a stolen galvanized bucket recovered, revival meetings at the M E church, and a very large Sunday crowd.
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Wm. A. Brady
Jos. R. Grismer
McVicker’s Theatre
Chicago
Broadhurst
Teachers Wages Law Sets Teacher Qualification Rules
The new teachers wage law takes effect August first. Beginning teachers receive 23 cents times the general average of their highest license. One year experience adds 3 cents per average. three years or more adds 34 cents per average. Experienced teachers add 2 percent for county institute attendance. Beginning teachers may add 2 percent for scholarship if no teaching experience. Local notices mention visits, meetings, and a joint senatorial convention results, plus a large marriage license milestone for an elderly Knox couple.
Preservation From the Destroyer Sermon by Rev. Simon
A report outlines Rev. Simon of the United Brothers church delivering a sermon next Sunday evening. The synopsis frames humanity on probation against Satan, detailing the destroyer’s effects on moral dignity, property, the body, and the soul, and urges preservation through the word of God and vigilant adherence to scripture.
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Simon
United Brothern Church
Satan
God
State charity reports show 1907 township aid total
The board of state charities received from each county a full report of aid to the poor by township trustees for 1907 from tax funds. Expenditure totaled 227 804 71 dollars. The 1907 spending is notably lower than in prior years, with 1891 figures indicating higher aid by township trustees.
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Board of State Charities
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Jacob Keller
Baker’s
Henry Seegrist
Knox
Albert Clark
Walter
Logansport
J. M. Luff
J. S. Johnson
L. A. Salisbury
J. W. Ott
H. Marble
Virginia Salisbury
Crown Point
North Judson
Bert Graeber
Kentland
Ind
Hemmenway
Ft. Wayne
Chicago Canal
Susan Collier
Culver
M. E. Church
Beal
Mishawaka
North Judson Cemetery
C. F. Jenkins
C. H. Kuester
G. N. Peterson
P. H. McCormick
W. F. Horton
Robi. Jones
H. C. Miller
Theodore
L E
Chas
Elmer
Bert Collier
S. C. Schilling
Osborne
Reuben Coffin
the Man of the Hour
McVicker’s
Orrin Johnson
Robert A. Fischer
Harold Russell
Geo. C. Staley
Thomas Meighan
Bennett Southard
Willian Deming
Samuel Forest
Samuel C. Hunt
Basil West
Frank Russell
Edward Culver
Frances Ring
Louise Everts
Kate Lester
Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
Baker’s Restaurant
O. B. Smith
E. W. Strecker of
Kewanna
Anton Riba
Mrs
Chas. Hawke
Wm. G. Kuester
English Lake
Melville Busenburg
Bert Deits
Rochester
B. B. Smith
Kankakee
G. Bybee
Methodist Church
Young Wife
L. C. Foast
L. Rennewant
W. A. Douglass
San Pierre
C. Christensen
J. F. Clemens
Jackson Township
Monticello
Abraham Halleck
Jasper County
S. I. Brown
This County
Hartzler
Knox Democrat
Peter Miller
Missouri
Mary &. Dunkelberger
T. J. Russell
Free Methodist Church
Miller
Isaac Bascom
Toto
Ev. Simon
Boston
Brooklyn
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Nigera
City
Philawaneenee
Pittsb RG
Cinn Denna
Ae Sane 'E
Ely Coe
Louis
O.ms Ici
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