Indiana State Fair Opens Its Sixtieth Anniversary Week
The Indiana State Fair at Indianapolis marks its 60th anniversary with full exhibits and strong crowds forecast. Officials note overflowing barns for saddle horses and cattle, ginger weather hopes, and efforts to expand displays while detailing plans for apple show upgrades and rural life studies.
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Indianapolis
Marion County Agricultural Society
Military Park
Indiana
Indiana State Board of Agriculture
Marion County
Vincennes
Turmoil in Mexico Shapes Huerta and Trevino Roles
Washington reports two key Mexican issues drawing attention Nov 9 with Nelson O Shaughnessy denying Huerta ambitions and rumors that Gen Geronimo Trevino will become minister of war. A Vera Cruz forecast predicts elections may be postponed if the country remains too unsettled. El Paso notes Juarez calm after a shooting incident involving Lieut. Acosta.
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Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Mexico City
Victoriano Huerta
Geronimo Trevino
General Blanquet
Trevino
Huerta
Vera Cruz
Congress
John Lind
el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Francisco Acosta
Acosta
Ocracoke Island Safe After Terrific Storm
Reports say no loss of life on Ocracoke and Portsmouth islands in Pamlico sound during the storm. It passed by without material damage to those islands, though Atlantic near Portsmouth suffered notable damage. Pamlico sound debris includes wrecked small craft and uprooted trees and animals.
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Beaufort
N. C
Ocracoke
Portsmouth Islands
Pamlico Sound
Portsmouth
Atlantic
Portsmouth Island
George M Cohan and Daughter Injured in Auto Crash
George M. Cohan and his 14 year old daughter Georgetta were seriously injured in a Hartford accident when their auto collided with a farmer's wagon. Two fellow actors Wallace Eddinger and Francis X Hope also sustained injuries from the crash.
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Hartford
Conn
George M. Cohan
Georgetta
Wallace Eddinger
Francis X. Hope
Cohan
Japan Demands War Over Nanking Killing of Troops
In Tokyo a mass meeting of about fifteen thousand at Hibiya Park demanded military action against China after the assassination of Morilaro Abe, director of the foreign office bureau. Protestors urged dispatch of troops or resignation of Foreign Minister Makino, denouncing diplomacy over California and China.
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Tokio
Japan
Morilaro Abe
Japanese Foreign Office
Hibiya Park
China
Foreign Office
Nanking
Haron Nobuaki Makino
California
Russia
Jerome Declared Not Guilty In Gambing Charge
A New York prosecutor exonerated on a gambling charge regains freedom after a court declared him not guilty. The case details remain limited in the report.
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New York
Lawyer Delivers Address After Acquittal in Coaticook
W T Jerome was acquitted of gambling while awaiting immigration review for Harry K Thaw in Coaticook Quebec. The court apologized for the humiliating ordeal, Jerome thanked Canadians, and a heavy guard protected him as a mob protested outside the courthouse.
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Coaticook
Que
W. T. Jerome
Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
Canada
Jacob Nicol
Matteawan
Stanford White
Privy Council
England
Fashionable Chicagoan Found Dead in Lake Michigan
The body of Mrs. Walter B. Smith, daughter of Hiram R. McCullough and wife of Chicago businessman Walter B. Smith, was found in Lake Michigan near Lake Forest. A rope was knotted at her neck and a sand flowered mound marked the beach. Police call it death by own action.
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Chicago
Walter B. Smith
Hiram R. McCullough
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Byron L. Smith
Northern Trust Company
Lake Michigan
Lake Forest
Fashionable
Smith
Florence McCullough
Marvin Hughitt
Caminettis Found Guilty in Mann Act Case
F Drew Caminetti was found guilty on the first count of transporting Lola Norris from Sacramento to Reno for immoral purposes. Norcross of Western Fuel Co. was convicted and sentenced to jail. the company fined $2,000. Prosecution linked to the Puel Co. revenue case.
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San Francisco
F. Drew Caminetti
van Fleet
Caminetti
Lola Norris
Sacramento
Reno
Nev
Norcross
Western Fuel Company
Puel Company
United States
Caminetti- Diggs
Peters Wins Maine Special Election in Third District
Republican John A. Peters won the Maine Third district special election to fill the late Forrest Goodwin's seat by a plurality of 553 over Democrat William A. Pattangall with Edward M. Lawrence in third. Peters carried Kennebec and led in Hancock, Somerset, Waldo, and likely Washington counties. Pattangall benefited from Bryan's eight campaign speeches in the district.
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Portland
John A. Peters
Ellsworth
William A. Pattangail
Waterville
Edward M. Lawrence
Lubec
Forrest Goodwin
Skowhegan
Peters
Pattangall
Lawrence
William R. Pattangall
Wilson
Taft
Roosevelt
Kennebec
Hancock
Somerset
Waldo
Washington County
Bryan
Havemeyer Dies in New York at 66
William F Havemeyer one of the organizers of the American Sugar Refining Company died suddenly at his son's-in-law home. Born in New York City he was son of a former New York mayor and played a key role in the Havemeyer sugar business legacy.
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New York
William F. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Havemeyer Brothers
William R. Wilcox
New York Public Utilities Commission
Mr. Havemeyer
New York City
Wiliam F. Havemeyer
Hee
U S Warship Ordered to Aid Puerto Plata Action
United States officials ordered the cruiser Des Moines to hurry from Guantanamo to Puerta Plata Santo Domingo and to station a revenue cutter at Mona Passage as a wireless relay after Dominican gunboats shelled Puerto Plata endangering Americans. Commander Long would be warranted to intervene if gunboats or rebels hinder the customs operation under American control.
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Washington
United States
Des Moines
Guantanamo
Puerta Plata
Santo Domingo
Mona Passage
Puerto Plata
Long
Noted deaths and inquiries across cities in brief
Noblesville Indiana reports Riley Shepherd ninety three father of twenty nine children dies at home leaving twenty children 126 grandchildren and 82 great grandchildren born in North Carolina and arrived in Indiana in 1840. Mrs Russell Sage birthday observed in New York. Simla India drowning toll rises to one hundred fifty at River Bea. Lincoln Nebraska murder theory follows discovery of bullet wounds in John Rys sixteen and George Dimer nine near Havelock. Davenport Iowa counts Mann Act charge against Count Edwin Wick Bruns wick Decorah Austrian nobleman for bringing Autumn Stone breaker from Illinois to Iowa for immoral purpose bonds set at two thousand dollars.
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Noblesville
Ind
Riley Shepherd
North Carolina
Indiana
Shepherd
New York
United States
Russell Sage
Simla
India
Bea i
Hoshiarpur
Lincoln
Neb
John Rys
George Dimer
Havelock
Davenport
Illinois
Iowa
Edwin J. Brunswick
Decorompa
Unity States
Bush
Chicago
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Amos W. Butler
Board of State Charities
Indiana State Conference of Charities and Correction
Gary
W. A. Millin
Hanover College
Henry A. Barnhart
Rochester
C. A
B. E. Jones
Bloomington
Louis Cole
Peru
Walter A. Rouse
Paoli
Andrew A. Schaaf
Brookville
Glen Culbertson
Hanover
Claypool Hotel
H. R. Smith
HE. R. Smith
H. E. Barnard
G. Woodbury
Purdue University
C. D. Durham
American Homological Society
West
John I. Hoffman
Hoffman
Holiness Christian Church
Frankfort
North Indiana
John H. Julian
Rosa Barlywine
Andrews and Wabash
J. H. Cruser
Bainbridge
Three Oakes
Mich
J. J. Summerill
Bass. Lake
L. C. Force
Cambria
Jefferson
J. N. Kelly
Elwood
Adda Scott
Kokomo
Forest
Z. W. Clark
Leisure
Logansport
Ed Schoeff
Michigantown
New London
John Higginbotham
New Carlisle
Tyner
E C. Rhoades
Michigan City
Lawrenceburg
Benham
John Wallace
Carliste
Sullivan
Meron
George Huff
Flatrock
Stella Sallee
W. G. Bogue
Frankton
Lee Goins
Greenburg
Gaynorsville
Sherman
D. L. Saylors
Kennard
George Lee
Linton and Midland
A. D. Canary
Edward Bingaman
North
Shelton
Ethel McCarter
Thorntown
Lulu Bowman
Lebanon
Paul Brichetto
Hartsville
Oacar Kaufman
Island City
Home Missionary
Davidson
Joliet
Dixon, Y
O'Shaughnessy
Mexico
Ocracoke Island
George Cohan
Rob
U. S
Ita
Eiher
W. B. Smith
Caminettis
Maine
Gotham
Gari
Perul
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