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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1910
Page
3
The Indiana Sunday School Association endorsed Fort Wayne as the site for its next convention, with about seven hundred delegates present and an estimated 109 attendees from a recent expansion. Revisions praised temperance efforts and the Laymen's Missionary Movement as a major religious advance in Indiana.
Iscar Bunker convicted of stealing a valuable horse from Mrs. Liais Cole and denied a new trial. He faces 2 to 14 years in prison and nine years disfranchisement. Authorities say he led a horse-thief ring across Miam, Grant, Wabash, Huntington, and Placford counties.
Indianapolis seven year old George Fischer was killed by Big Four passenger train No 27 at Newman street crossing after standing on the tracks waiting for a freight. Coroner John J. Blackwell opened an investigation to determine why engineer J R Bailey could not stop and the train speed beyond legal limits. The boy, son of Hermon A Fischer, was returning home from a relative's house when struck while crossing the double tracks.
South Bend hosts the national Y M C A workers conference with participants from across the country. Notables include Richard Silorse a fifty year veteran, T S Shipp of Seattle John J Maan of New York Lieut WwW TOR entrees at Wea eton Wy CC George Ceoxhord of St Louis and Wood White of Atlanta. The conference runs throughout the week.
An elderly Danville resident ended his life by tying a rope around his neck and suspending from a tree two miles north of Danville. The man’s family and state of mind were described as disturbed in the fragmentary report.
The fifty second annual session of the state conference of Congregational ministers and women’s auxiliaries was held with promises of strong turnout. Speakers Miss Frances Patterson and Lydia Finger of Chicago addressed the gathering, with Patterson speaking about China.
Frank Morris, fruit grower east of Bloomington, reports minimal damage. Small fruits remain sound and peaches, apples, and pears are in good condition, saved by snow covering the branches.
The Michigan division of the Big Four railroad from Wabash to Benton Harbor may be tied up indefinitely due to a strike by section men. The walkout started after the company's refusal to meet a wage increase demand.
A special train carried Larry Zahra, a young railroad man, racing 57 miles from Michigan City to Chicago in 55 minutes while Zahra lay dying in a Chicago hospital. The trip was billed as the Race With Death and finished in a swift victory.
A grand jury in the superior court began inquiry into the elk hart blind tiger situation. Detective Jacob P. Brardt and two Chicago assistants, working two weeks under the Law and Order League, were the chief witnesses.
Carmack Nye a 15 year old boy died after attempting to jump from a moving freight train in Lake Shore yards Elkhart. He lost his grip and fell under the wheels losing both feet and later died in a hospital.
Rockville Henry Halton a 45 year old miner was struck by lightning while working timber in an open field near Coxville. He sought shelter in a barn but died. He leaves a wife and four children.
Bloomington stone quarry operators end a long strike by granting stonecutters a daily raise from 4.00 to 4.50 dollars. Bedford sees ongoing general strike with no change. Authorities expect another split among mills with at least one likely to grant the 0.50 raise.
Theodore Roosevelt spoke in the University of Berlin hall to a packed aula on The World Movement. He traced modern civilization from printing to global connections, urged balanced growth of virtues, intellect, and leadership, and warned against losing the fighting edge while pursuing progress.
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