Terre Haute Chosen For Next State Building Trades Convention
At the Indiana Building Trades Council closing session Terre Haute was selected as the next convention city with dates left to the executive board. Officers were reelected including Hod Carries president and W. T. Ginn secretary treasurer. New vice presidents from several crafts were chosen and fees set for locals and districts. The Indiana Building Trades Journal was adopted as official publication. An afternoon address by J C Skemp discussed child labor and workmen’s compensation bills. No action taken on proposed legislation at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapols
State Building Trades Council of
Indiana
Terre Haute
J. B. Etchison
Hod Carries and Building Laborers’ Union
W. T. Ginn
Hammond
Painters’ Union
Treasur R
Fred Sherman
Indianapolis
Structural Iron Workers
E. L. Slough
South Bend
The
Plasterers
Peter Boland
Electrical Workers
James Ray
Lafayette
Plumbers
3.L. Terry
State Council
Building Trades Council
Indiana Building Trades Journal
J. C. Skemp
International Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
Regional Notes From Indiana Towns and Courts
North Anderson man returns with son after arrest of wife and a Big Four fireman for taking the child. Evansville woman arrested for shoplifting with pins and jewelry hidden on her cloak. bail set at $800. Betsy Pakaron, centenarian and elder Indian woman, dies near South Bend. related to Simon Pokagon. Bloomington federal building plans announce a $100000 project with spring construction. Affidavits charge six druggists and soft drink operators in Frankfort district with illegal liquor sales. several fined earlier.
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Anderso
Miles Riggsby
North
Anderson
Bellefontaine
Riggsby
Hila
James Langley
Ohio
Suggsby
Evansville
Mrrs
Henry C. Busse
South Bend
Indiana
Michigan
Simon Pokagon
Pottawattomies
Kokome
W. R
Burton
John
E. E. Springer
Howard County
Indinapolis
Bloomington
Crayfordsville
George D. Cook
George Schlemmer
Gordon Gould
Noah Myer
Herry ‘Pearson
James Flynn
Cook
Schlemmer
Meyer
Pan Lei Ratliff Shoots Self After Drinking Spree
Mynor Ratliff a forty five year old laborer in the southwest part of the city shoots himself in the head with a revolver. He had threatened to kill his family while drunk. His wife and young daughter survive along with a mother and three sisters.
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Mundle
Panlei
Ratliff
Rat Hi
Mynor Ratliff
Man Kills Prize Rooster in Christmas Meal Mixup
Logansport reports Henry Odum, gardener for George E. Ross, butchered a prize Rhode Island Red in a misunderstanding while seeking an old rooster for Christmas dinner. The pair had just earned recognition at a Chicago show with eggs valued at twenty dollars per dozen.
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Logansport
Henry Odum
George E. Ross
Appellate Court of
Indiana
Odum
Ross
Richard
Martha
Rhode Island
Chicago
Miners Conference Debates Shotfirers Pay Legislation
Indiana miners unions and operators held meetings in Terre Haute to discuss proposed bills on shotfirers pay and injury compensation. District 11 representatives and Districts 1 and 8 committees say agreement is unlikely but both sides intend to pursue talks before the legislature.
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Terre Haute
United Mine Workers of
Clay County
Indiana
Legislative Committee
Lafayette Remains Fourth Class Despite Population Rise
Lafayette city attorney Arthur D Gunningham said that although the population exceeds twenty thousand the city stays in the fourth class due to an 1905 amendment. Fourth class cities reaching over twenty thousand by the 1910 census remain fourth class until current officials' terms end in 1914.
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Lafayette
Arthur D. Gunningham
Legislation for Hospitals in Indianapolis Consider Admission Questions
Superintendents of the state hospitals for the insane join the state board of health in seeking a legislative change to the admission questionnaire. The current list is prescribed by law and requires action by the general assembly to alter it. The existing form is deemed incomplete for modern vital statistics collection.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Health
General Assembly
Freight Train Wrecks City Street Car at Third Street
A city street car collided with a Pennsylvania freight train crossing Third Street in Logansport. The front end was crushed and the car toppled along the right of way before hitting a telegraph pole, stopping from plunging into the Wabash River. Motorman John Rife and three passengers escaped uninjured.
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Logansport
Pennsylvania
Third Street
Wabash River
John Rife
Farmers Institute Schedule Across Hendricks County
Hendricks county farmers institute set for January 4 5 and 6 with sessions in Brownsburg Danville and Pittsboro. Future meetings planned in New Winchester Stilesville Clayton and Plainfield to reach all farmers with state national and local speakers.
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Farmers’ Institute
Danville
Hendricks County
Brownsburg
Pittsboro
New Winchester
Stilesville
Clayton
Plainfield
Murder Case Ties Blows to Evansville Laborer Death
Evansville resident John Chambers twenty six died in a police cell after an initial alcoholism cause. Coroner Laval's inquiry reformulated the death as murder. Bartender Otto Klein was arrested charged with Chambers death. Chambers had worked as a railroad laborer at the Big Four construction camp north of the city.
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Evansville
John Chambers
Fort Worth
Tex
Laval
Otto Kiein
Chambers
Big Four
The Application of Knowledge The Application of Knowledge
The advertisement extols Resinol as a universal skin remedy resolving eczema psoriasis herpes pimples and itch relief. It claims quick relief and permanent cure with few applications and promotes Resinol Medicated Shaving Stick for irritated skin. Distributed by Resinol Chemical Co. Baltimore Maryland through druggists worldwide.
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Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Comedic Pickpocket Exults In Winders Lamps and Hat
A humorous dialogue shows a character boasting of success with six winders two lamp posts and a silk hat. The scene interprets luck and resourceful plunder as a light moment in the story.
Honest John Kelly Earns Early Sobriquet
A New York letter recalls how ex umpire John Kelly earned the nickname Honest John as a boy. He says a tinware peddler hailed him honest after a day of holding a horse while the man went in a saloon. The incident ties to lower Ninth Avenue days of rough street justice.
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John” Kelly
Nate
John
Lower
Ninth Avenue
How can a map come to know him self
Not by thinking, but by doing. Goethe style quotation about experiential learning and self awareness.
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Goethe
Paying Your Own Way Turns Friendly in Transit
In a Cleveland Leader excerpt, two women argue over who pays on a pay-after-you-enter car. They settle the quarrel with a playful scheme where each pays the other’s fare, as the conductor suggests, ending on a light note.
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Gladys
Cleveland Leader
Angel with high heeled shoes sparks Bath anecdote
In Bath Maine a wooden angel on a Universalist church steeple is mocked for its fashionably high heels. The Bath Enquirer recalls a North Congregational pastor once asked a devotee Mr Raymond if he had seen an angel with high heels, to which the reply noted no, but asked if he had seen one without them.
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Bath
The
Bath Enquirer
North Congregational Church
Raymond
Mr. Raymond
His Ruling Passion Inheritance Comedy
A young man seeks marriage into a millionaire family and proposes a fortune. The millionaire offers $100,000 with a challenge to raise matching funds. The youth leaves disheartened, calculating a future burden from the wager.
Hard Hearted Judge and the Sympathetic Pal Watcher
The Sketch portrays Bill coping with illness and absence, claiming he has been laid up for three months. A sympathetic friend questions his story while the judge doubts it, framing a comic dialogue about credibility and health.
Breaking It Gently
Callahan tells Father Clancy he struck Hogan last night but did so gently to avoid harm. The priest questions the act as the two men had been friends for years and Callahan offers a contrite explanation.
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Callahan
Father Clancy
Lippincott’s
Marcus Aurelius Quote About Will and Fate
An attributed aphorism suggests aligning one’s will with fate and adapting mindset to current circumstances for resilience. The emphasis is on inner discipline guiding response to life’s pressures.
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Marcus Aurelius
Test of piety shown in daily life press.
The saying locates true devotion beyond church pews and into everyday actions, emphasizing practical faith in ordinary conduct.
Fortune in Friendship Outlasts Wealth and Measure
A quotation reflecting that a person who leaves behind many friends possesses immeasurable fortune. It underscores the value of lasting social bonds over material gain.
Opened Eyes of a Young Vermont Minister
Rev Henry R Rose recounts a bracing tale in the Newark Star about a new Vermont pastor whose sermons aim high yet spark a surprising compliment from a devout parishioner. An elderly churchgoer tells him they never knew what sin was until his arrival.
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Henry R. Rose
The
Newark Star
Vermont
Old Women in Malne
A tray of five elderly women over ninety is noted in the Kennebec Journal. Mrs. Enoch Merrill is ninety nine years and eleven months old, Mrs. Lois B. Small is ninety eight as of November 6, Mrs. Mary A. Frank is ninety six last September, and Mrs. Hannah T. Rowe and Mrs. Mary Leighton are both ninety one.
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Malne
Tray
Enoch Merrill
Lois B. Small
Mary A. Frank
Hannah T. Rowe
Mary Leighton
Kennebec Journal
Tough Luck for Both in the Twins Chorus
A playfulExchange shows a kind old gentleman asking what ails the twins while the twins in chorus cry Boohoo and claim they resemble him, highlighting a humorous moment from a scene or performance.
Suspended Sword Metaphor Echoes Courage in Odd Exchange
A fragment presents Damocles and a bold claim about fear and spectacle. The dialogue references two women and a daring moment, implying resilience in the face of danger.
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Damocles
Early Shopping Urges and Hidden Tie Mention
A note urges early shopping while a character notes his wife has already hidden a forty nine cent tie in the top bureau drawer. The fragment hints at domestic details within a larger scene.
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Beckur
Aleady
Quote by Sir James Mackintosh on contentment and growth
A concise quotation asserts that contentment with current possessions is acceptable, but self-improvement and growth must not be. It frames personal development as an ongoing obligation beyond material satisfaction.
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Sir James Mackintosh
Factory Witnesses Back Grain Coats Clean and Pure Products
New York attorney questioned 25 workers in Battle Creek as part of libel suit against a weekly. Testimony showed wheat and barley are inspected, cleanliness maintained, samples tested every 30 minutes, and no foreign ingredients used beyond labeled items. Workers with 10 to 18 years at the company affirmed open plants, public tours, and high wages. the trial excluded most depositions and the defense argued the products Grape Nuts Postum and Post Toasties are made only from top quality ingredients.
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N. Y. Atty
Battle Creek
Geo. Haines
Edward Young
H. E. Burt
Attys
F. B. Martin
New Orleans
Postum Co
Horace Brown
Luther W. Mayo
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State News
Brieg
Daniel Ratliff
Causta
Art Post Card Club
Jackson St
Taneka
Ivan
Pettit’s Eyes&s. Alve
Howard Bros
Buffalo,n.y
Cicero
Lewis
Abs
Winslow
Simran
Orice
C. W Ferguson Collar CO
Troy, N. Y
Defiance
Hase
R. W. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Womp
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battie Creek, Mich
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