Sunday Evangelist Attacks Ministers in Pittsburg Speech
Rev. Bitty Sunday, former baseball player turned revivalist, told Presbyterian ministers in Pittsburg to tear down seminaries and stand professors on their heads. He derided ministers as fudge eating mol lycaddies and salary quacks, claiming many crave social rank and riches and should be carrying the hod. He contrasted seminary teaching with his surgical line to “cut out the abscess in the side of the church.”
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Pittsburg
Jane
Republican committee braces for 229 contested seats
Chairman Harry New of the Republican National Committee says 229 contests must be considered before the convention. He estimates 114 hours of hearings starting Friday at 11 am, with sessions every afternoon and evening, likely extending to the morning of the convention.
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Chicago
Harry New
Republican National Committee
New
National Committee
Committee
Probation System Reformed by Baltimore Methodist Conference
Baltimore reports rapid business at the Methodist conference with little debate on routine church governance. A key measure ends the six months probation system allowing immediate reception upon board or class leaders approval and pastor consent, while preserving a customizable probation period if deemed necessary.
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Baltimore
Pune
Wheat market rises on rains in Kansas and Europe
Heavy rains in Kansas and growth in southern Europe bolster Chicago wheat prices as traders react to uncertain supply. The rally centers on milling quality and futures activity with buyers watching weather and harvest progress.
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Kansas
Browth
Europe
Chicago
Infant Abandoned on Train Becomes Mascot for Houston Club
A nineteen month old boy named Edmund Winters was found on a Texas league train. Houston pro baseball players adopted him as team mascot and formed a fund surpassing $2000. The mother, under eighteen, left Hillsboro after a harsh upbringing and husband’s desertion. She worked at a Fort Worth packing house before giving up the child.
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Houston
Tex
W. E. Hester
Edmund Winters
Dallas
Fort Worth
Hillsboro
Weeds to Save Wages Dust Along Oregon Tracks
General Superintendent Buckley of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co proposes allowing weeds to grow along tracks to cut $40,000 in annual labor and reduce dust. Grass would cover ties at track ends to form root mass, preventing dust from being carried by fast trains.
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Buckley
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Wallawalla
Wash
Spokane Review
June 1 Employment Day Aims to Rehire Thousands
The National Prosperity association after talks with leading manufacturers and jobbers sets June 1 as Employment Day. St Louis dispatch says thousands of unemployed may be re employed with 4 000 to 5 000 workers to be put back to work. Railroads and other firms will be urged to reclaim laid off staff and restart production.
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National Prosperity Association
St Louis Dispatch
Chicago Declared Metropolis by Dr Emil G Hirsch
Dr Emil G Hirsch of Chicago argues that Chicago is the metropolis of the country in a Metropolitan club address He asserts New York is not the metropolis and that New Yorkers are insular believing America ends at the Hudson River
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Chicago
Emil G. Hirsch
Metropolitan Club
New York
America
Hudson
German orders boost Texas bulb shipments to Europe
Berlin orders Galveston Texas to ship 2,000,000 tuberoses and 500,000 Cape jasmines to Germany. Cape jasmines to Berlin, tuberoses to nearby provinces for cultivation.
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Germany
Galveston
Tex
Berlin
Texas
New Road Cycling Record
A London cyclist T A Fisher set a world road record by riding 1000 miles in 1 hour 1 minute, beating the previous mark by twelve hours.
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T. A. Fisher
London
England
Marshall to deliver keynote on voters duty at Democratic banquet
In Richmond Indiana on June 2 1908 Democratic leaders plan a 2500 seat banquet in the Colosseum to host Governor candidate Thomas R Marshall and other ticket nominees. Pettis A Reid will preside with a ten minute limit on speeches except Marshall who will speak for an hour or more outlining campaign issues and voter duties. Delegations arrive from Union Fayette Shelby Henry Hancock and Randolph counties as Mrs Marshall attends a reception at the Westcott hotel.
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Richmond
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
Wayne County
Colosseum
Pettis A. Reid
Marshall
Union
Fayette
Shelby
Henry
Hancock
Randolph
Central Camp Meeting Opens in Anderson Indiana
Members of the Church of God from across the United States and missionaries from foreign lands converge on Anderson for the annual central camp meeting June 5 to 14. A $10,000 auditorium hosts preliminary services on Gospel Trumpet grounds with 2,000 capacity and lodging at the Old Folks Home and Workers' Home.
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Anderson
Ind
Church of God
United States
Gospel Trumpet Company
Gospel Trumpet Colony of Workers
Gospel Trumpet
Li Fe
Indiana
Indianapolis
Costly Blaze Damaged Firms in Linton Indiana
Fire at Linton caused Holscher Harris shoe dealers to lose 5000 dollars, Fashion Cloak and Sut, Shaw the photographer and Home Telephone company each sustained smaller losses. Dr H B Turner reported 4000 dollars in stock damage and 3000 dollars for the building. All losses were insured. Origin of the fire is unknown.
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Linton
Ind
Holscher & Harris
Fashion Cloak and Sut Company
Shaw
Home Telephone Company
H. B. Turner
Fim
Senator James K. Jones Dies in Washington at 69
Former United States Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas died at his Washington residence at 5:30 p.m. after a brief illness. A leading Democrat, he served in the Senate from 1885 to 1903 and led Bryan campaigns as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He had since practiced law in Washington and was not active in politics. Heart failure listed as immediate cause.
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Washington
United States
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Senate
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Jones
Big Fight on Intowa Nominees in Iowa Primary
Des Moines Iowa June 2 Today the parties in Iowa nominate candidates for the November elections by a statewide primary. The main interest centers on the Republican contest between Governor A B Cummins and United States Senator William B Allison for the Republican nomination. Both sides expect victory and nominations will be made for all state officers from governor down.
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Indianapolis
The
Elks of Indiana
Lodge No. 13
Grand Hotel
Mercchants
Elks
Monde Lodge
Elka
William E. English
Rutter
Charles A. Bookwalter
Intowa
Des Moines
Towa
A. B. Cummins
United States
William B. Allison
Sister Ships Break Records In TransAtlantic Run
The Mauretania surpassed its own record from Queenstown to New York by two hours and forty-one minutes finishing Daunt's Rock to Sandy Hook in four days, twenty-one hours, and eighteen minutes. The Lusitania set an east bound record New York to Queenstown by two hours and forty-three minutes covering 2,932 knots in five days, four hours, and three minutes.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Queenstown
Daunt’s Rock
Lusitania
Cunard Line
Investigating Truelson's Confession in Gunness Case
Laporte Ind June 2 Though the confession is considered improbable and Julius Truelson repudiates it in jail Vernon Tex investigators examine every statement from the confession Prosecutor Smith and Sheriff Smutzer lead the probe Truelson allegedly assisted Mrs Gunness in burying several victims but later recanted the confession
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Truelson
Laporte
Ind
Julius Truelgson
Vernon
Tex
Smith
Smutzer
Gunness
Excitement Triggers Vaudeville Star's Fatal Collapse
Eugene Jepson 50, New York, leading man at Keith's theater, died in his dressing room from heart disease after a fire alarm sounded. No audience injuries as they left. orchestra kept playing. Fire caused about $5,000 in damages.
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Cleveland
Eugene Jepson
New York
Keith's Theater
Flames Destroy Mall Block in Scottsburg Indiana
Fire began inside the Bank hotel last night and in two and a half hours a half block burned to ashes. The two story hotel , post office building, barber shop and a fine new barn were destroyed. Loss estimated at 200,000 pounds.
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Scottsburg
Ind
Bank Hotel
Slight Mishap to Ocean Steamer Vaderland
Antwerp June 2 The Red Star line steamer Vaderland has a very slight accident a simple disarrangement of her machinery no grounding or collision suspected and no injuries reported
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Antwerp
Red Star Line
Vaderland
Markets report from Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago and New York
Grain and livestock prices include wheat at 93 to 101 cents, corn around 7 to 9 cents, oats under 1 cent to 74 cents, and hay prices from 12 to 14 dollars. Cattle and hogs show wide ranges with receipts listed. Buffalo and telegraphic wheat futures noted for July and September.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
Playing Soldier Fatal in Shelbyville Porch Incident
In Shelbyville Indiana on June 3 Floyd, a three year old son of Walter Jackson, was accidentally shot by his six year old brother while playing Soldier on the front porch. The extel boy was armed with a shotgun and Floyd lived only twenty minutes.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Floyd
Walter Jackson
Extel
F A Hearing Lawyer J P Burns Rockport IN
J P Burns announces he will practice in all courts with an office over the Post Office opposite the court house in Rockport Indiana.
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Rockport
Indiana
Court House
Attorney at Law Office on Main Street
An attorney at law announces locality at the office on Main Street one door west of the Occidental Hotel and will practice in all courses of law.
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Main Street
Occidental Hotel
Browns Attorneys At Law Advertise Practice In All Courts
Rockport Indiana firm Brown Brown Brown & Brown announces they will practice in all courts with offices on Main Street opposite the courthouse on the ground floor. W H Brown and J Brown lead the firm and state availability for legal services.
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Rockport
Indiana
Main Street
W. H. Brown
J .Brown Brown
J. Reinhard
Arch Stevenson
Reinhard & Stevenson
Postoffice
Court House
B. F. Huffman
Postoffice Building
Allen J Payton Opens Rockport Practice at Sargents Corner
Allen J Payton announces legal practice from an office over Sargent's drug store at the corner of Main and Third streets in Rockport Indiana. He will practice in all courts.
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Allen J. Payton
Sargent’s
Main
Third Streets
Rockport
Indiana
J Philip Burns Opens Court Practice
J Philip Burns announces he will practice in all courts from offices on the ground floor opposite the Court House.
Residence and office address on Fourth Street
The Krieg er residence and office are located on Fourth Street one square south of Main. Home telephone number 94 Cumberland No. 14.
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Krieger
Fourth Street
Main
Cumberland
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James J. Jones
DEXD
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Choa
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C. Mason
Swan & Mason
J. W. Burns
F. A. Hearing
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R. E. Roberts
Attorney-At-Law
M. Smith
McCullough Smith & McCullough
J. Philip Burns
Eva Buxton
Wm. E. Hartley
Hook’t Lockado
Rockport Indiana
D. C. Pattridge
Chase. Poole
East 4Th Street
Farmer’s Bank
Chichester
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