Uniform Law Movement Discusses Industrial Accident Costs
At a statehouse meeting led by Governor Marshall, Indianapolis figures like James W. Noel and John A. Lapp joined John Mitchell in pushing uniform state laws on industrial accidents and workers compensation. They argue for local control with employer funded insurance and warn current lack of laws fuels injuries and fatalities.
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John Mitchell
Statehouse Meeting
Fower
Doamen
Ierest
Arshail
New Albany
Fort Age
Apy
Moores
Anthony Me
Kimbrough
Adi
Mitchell
Amerca
America
James W. Noel
Arrest of Fr Wayne H Wilken for blind tiger running
State brief reports Fr Wayne H Wilken was arrested on charges of operating a blind tiger saloon. Police intensify efforts to keep Sunday saloons closed while town officials push law enforcement.
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Wayne—H. Wilken
Evertsville
National Sanitary Pottery
Cominy
Years
Blue River Township
Liberty
Liberty High School
Gerbers
Dunkards Exclude Politics At National Conference
Silver Lake reports the Juinkards old German Baptists hold their national conference with delegates from over half the states. Twelve member committees are chosen to manage temporal affairs without polling or campaigning. The meeting in Indiana lasts to Wednesday night as conferences may move next to Ohio or Pennsylvania.
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Silver Lake
Camp Fields
Juinkards
Old Order of German Baptists
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Young farmer battles giant snake during plowing
Nashville-Charles Cummings, a young farmer, encountered a five foot four inch black snake while plowing. He grabbed the tail to imitate his father but the snake coiled around his neck and strangled him until his father arrived and killed the serpent.
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Nashville
Charles Cummings
Prowler Surprised by Sergeant on Marydyke Street
Sergeant Tomason confronted a veiled peeping incident at midnight as a Vandelia engineer, Clarrsy Ciarmis, was surprised by a man peering through a window. A scuffle ensued, the suspect resisted, and he was restrained while asserting the window was his own.
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Tomason
Clarrsy Ciarmis
Marydyke Street
Roosevelt Trophy Birds of Lone Island Acquire by Indiana University
A collection of 62 mounted Rioomin Nirds from Lone Island, shot by Theodore Roosevelt, recently transferred to Indiana University after a college graduation. The specimens, stuffed by Roosevelt, were part of an expedition titled for exploration and science, and were previously sold to an eastern college before Indiana's purchase.
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Roosevelt
Apano
Lone Island
Theodore Roosevelt
Indiana University
Tseum
Owen Hall
Selemen
Eastern College
Indiana Universite
Groundhog Joins Puppies Near Azalia Farm
Children of Thomas Brand, a farmer near Azalia, captured a small groundhog and left it with a litter of pups in the barn. The dam dog adopted the creature, and the groundhog now coexists happily with the canine family.
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Columbus
Thomas Brand
Azalia
Farmer Whit tington Driven Mad by Labor Shortages
Columbus reports Benjamin F Whit tington a wealthy farmer near town became crazed from anxiety over lack of labor for spring farm work. An application was made to commit him to the Central Hospital for the Insane in Indianapolis. Twice his wife saved him from suicide.
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Columbus
Benjamin F. Whittington
Central Hospital For the Insane
Indianapolis
Desertion Motive Clipped Navy Man Arrested in Jeffersonville
Clarence Wallace, who claimed he joined the navy to escape his wife and deserted for the same reason, was arrested in Jeffersonville and is held in jail awaiting naval instructions. He enlisted in Louisville and served at Norfolk on a training ship.
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Jeffersonville
Clarence Wallace
Navy
Wallace
Louisville
Norfolk
Sliver of steel may cause death in eye injury
John Bittner a city carpenter is dying after a chisel sliver struck his eye. Surgeons removed the particle but blood poisoning developed and spread to his brain. Physicians say he cannot live.
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Anderson
John Bittner
Bittner
Bold Housebreaker Alarmed Washington Women
Miss Helen Palmer and Miss Zenobia Allen spotted a crouching man in the hallway as they entered their Washington home. The intruder claimed he entered to warm himself, fled through an unlocked door when confronted, while the women, returning by night train, remained unharmed.
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Washington
Helen Palmer
Zenobia Allen
Explosion at Cuban Barracks Kills 100 Wounds 100
Officials investigate an ayuamite explosion at Pinar del Rio barracks killing 100 and wounding 100 as 3,009 pounds of dynamite exploded. Rurales secured scene while medical supplies rush in. officials deem accident likely though plot rumors persist.
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Havana
Cuba
Monteagudo
Pinar del Rio
Estenez
Rurales
Public Works Department
Isidro de Oro Solero
Alfred Ravens
Gaspard Belancourt
Emilio Dihigo
Ben Montagudo
Daisy Luncheon Reunion Hosts Pretty daisies and ribbons theme
A college girls reunion plans a Daisy Luncheon with watercolor daisies on invites, hair wreaths, a daisy chain centerpiece, and a frosted daisy decorated menu. Guests receive birthday reminders from a shared book while satin ribbons reveal bride and matron dolls.
Secret Engagement Celebrated With Rose Themed Luncheon
A young woman kept her engagement private due to her partner's distant country. She invited her would be matron of honor and five bridesmaids to a luncheon to announce the news and select her bridal party. The dining room featured pink and white rose decorations at each place.
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Miatron
Old Settlers Reunion Recreates Pioneer Evenings
A dozen or so aged settlers gather yearly to reminisce as a hostess simulates pioneer life. Younger descendants wear period clothes, kerosene lamps glow, tin cups and bacon crackle by the fireplace, while invitations come by telephone.
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Madame Meri
Fancies of Ly and Feasimort in Seasonal Modes
Fashion notes describe fuller evening skirts and elaborate hosiery patterns. Empire design pendants and breeches, lace and chiffon sleeved coats, and near black Jeep blue dominate gowns and hats. Sleeves gather at the elbow with colored Irish lace returns and soft tinted hues like Cypress green pewter gray and fawn.
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Jeep
Two Useful Costumes Trimmed with Wide Military Braid
Description of two costumes with tailored coats and skirts featuring center front panels, braid trim on fronts cuffs and sleeves, and matching hat details. Materials list includes cloth widths, braid, cord, buttons and silk for lining.
Denver to vote on local option question
Denver colorado the election commission will submit the question Shall this city become anti saloon territory to the entire city. The decision follows a favorable supreme court ruling on a previous local option and confirms the drys have won initial advantage.
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Denver
Colorado
Election Commission
Supreme Court
Harriman Bride-To-Be Wed In Arden Church
Miss Mary Harriman daughter of the late K. H. Harriman will marry Charles C. Rumsey of Buffalo next Thursday in the Episcopal church at Arden near the Harriman estate.
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Miss Harriman
New York City
Mary Harriman
Kk. H. Harriman
Charles C. Rumsey
Buffalo
Episcopal Church
Arden
Harriman
Biplane Flies From Hill In Fort Smith Flight Debut
J. C. Mar made three short flights in a Curtiss biplane starting from a hill in Fort Smith Arkansas, claimed as the first hill start in aviation history.
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Fort Smith
Arkansas
J. C. Mar
Farmers and Was h Lady Life from the Soil
A fragmented item notes farmers and washladies earning from the land. It cites Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething infants and wind colic relief, but the text is incomplete and garbled. A proverb about planting a ladder suggests unpredictable growth.
Stood Where She Was Put Wife Obeyed Orders to the Letter
A Dutch wife stands as a statue blocking a post hole site while workmen try to dig. Her husband forbids, insists she stay on the stone, and when the hole is completed she reveals the misinterpretation leading to astonishment.
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Dutehman
Fursze
Gretchen
Casablanca
A Quick Cat Story From New Hampshire Garret Memory
A southern New Hampshire novelist recalls a boyhood tale of a cat that chased a frightened mouse onto a garret window ledge. The cat leapt after it and, midair, whirled back to the same window. The piece highlights practice, perception, and the idea that knowledge comes from active effort.
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New Hampshire
There is a reason Why Grape-Nuts does correct A weak body
An old advertisement claims Grape-Nuts improves weak physical or sluggish mental conditions by being nutritious and partially pre-digested It allegedly aids stomach digestion and supplies vital phosphates for brain and nerve centers The copy references The Road to Wellville and mentions Battle Creek Michigan.
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Wellville
Battle Creek
Mic
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