Railroads and the President in White House Conference
Representatives of major railways meet with President Taft and Attorney General Wickersham at the White House to present their side of the government’s injunction case against the Western Trunk Line. They argue for rate coordination and point to prior administrations’ support for legalized traffic agreements while noting ongoing rate filings by the Chicago and Ohio River committee and eastern trunk lines.
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Great Railways
Washington
Taft
White House
Middle West
RE. P. Ripley
Santa Fe System
Western Trunk Line Committee
Wickersham
West
Chicago and Ohio River Committee
Central West
Eastern Trunk Lines
Mr. Taft
Department of Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Thieves Make Rich Haul in Michigan City Robbery
The Reliable general store was robbed of about $6,000 in silks clothing and jewelry in Michigan City Indiana on June 6. A lone clue is an old suit swapped by one robber for a fresh suit.
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Michigan City
Ind
the Reliable
Horses Perish in Flames at Caldwell Livery
Rushville Ind June 6 nine horses burned to death as Caldwell livery barns burned. Equipment destroyed. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars.
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Rushville
Ind
Caldwell
Current scores in the three big leagues
National League played no Sunday games. American League results include Detroit 4, Philadelphia 3 and St Louis 6 to 2, Chicago 0 with New York 26 total runs listed, and other varied innings. American Association reports Toledo 4 St Paul 0, Louisville 3 Milwaukee 2, Indianapolis 4 Minneapolis 6, Columbus 7 Kansas City 2.
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The
American Association
Toledo
St. Paul
Louisville
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Columbus
Kansas City
Beecroft Sets North Pole Quest to Vindicate Cook
Chester Beecroft of Pelham Manor plans a three year Arctic voyage with Captain J. E. Bernier aboard the Arctic to Etah to seek records and Eskimo testimony to support Dr. Frederick A. Cook’s north pole claim. He aims to recover Cook's original documents and sledge gear to settle the dispute and may travel to Denmark if required. He expresses confidence in Cook's claim.
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Chester Beecroft
North Pole
Frederick A. Cook
Arctic
Pelham Manor
N. Y
Etah
J. E. Bernier
Bernier
Beecroft
Mene
Peary
Greenland
Bradley Land
Arctic Sea
Pole
Dr. Cook
Cook
Upernavik
Denmark
New York
Roosevelt Water Parade Plans Announced for Return to U S
Commodore A C Smith announces New York harbor water pageant for June 18. flotilla gathers at 8 30 am off quarantine to Robbins reef light then proceeds to quarantine and Androscoggin, pass Battery and North River, with Colonel Roosevelt welcomed by Mayor Gaynor at 11 am. About 100 boats chartered, bands present, twelve vice commodores commanding divisions.
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A. C. Smith
New York Harbor
Roosevelt Reception Committee
United States
Narrows
Robbins Reef Light
Whaiser
Auguste Victoria
Colonel Roosevelt
Androscoggin
Dalzelline
F. B. Dalzell
Battery
North River
Fiftyninth Street
Gaynor
Flight of Curtiss the Aviator Inspires Awe on May Day Flight
J Adair Strawson writes in the New York Times about Curtiss flying from Albany to New York on May 29 1910. The sight over the Hudson draws cheers from spectators and the hopeful note that air travel will soon become common, with the inventor celebrated as a conquering hero of the air.
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Curtiss
Aviator
Albany
New York
J. Adair Strawson
New York Times
Indiana Institutions Costs 53 Cents a Day for Inmates
Figures from Indiana’s board of state charities show 11,500 inmates across 15 state institutions averaged 53 cents daily for six months ending March 31 1909. Total six month cost $1,033,614.88, with enrollment and gender distributions by facility including hospitals for the insane and the soldiers' home.
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It le
Indiana
Indianapolis
Board of State Charities
Rockville
Southeastern Hospital For the Insane
Madison
School For the
Lafayette
State Reformatory
Plainfield
Clermont
Knightstown
Action Against Monon Railway Seeks 11000 Judgment
Federal court complaint filed by U S district attorney seeks 11000 against Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railway for hours violations. Telegraph operators worked over nine hours in twenty four across South Hammond Rensselaer and Monon. An engineman and fireman on Monon to Indianapolis allegedly worked more than sixteen consecutive hours.
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Indianapolis
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisvill Railway Company
C. W. Miller
United States
South Hammond
Rensselaey
Monon
Child Dies After Consuming Hidden Match Heads
In Fort Wayne Indiana on June 3 a two year old girl Dorothy Hartle died after eating the heads from more than forty matches. Her mother Mrs Samuel Hartle found her in distress and sought medical help but could not save the child.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Samuel Hartle
J. E. Stults
Dorothy
Steel Company Moves Grand Calumet River in Gary
In Gary Indiana on June 4 engineers began shifting the Grand Calumet river a quarter mile south to clear space for United States Steel coke ovens beside its blast furnaces. Dredges are digging the new riverbed.
William E. Cox drafts minority substitute bill in Indiana
Indiana Congressman William E. Cox introduces a draft substitute bill aimed at the minority. The action signals legislative maneuvering within the state delegation as Cox seeks changes to existing proposals.
Indiana Mint Director Named Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
A Pratt Andrew, Harvard economist and former director of the mint since last year, has been appointed assistant secretary of the treasury to succeed Charles D Norton. Born in Laporte Indiana in 1873, he studied at Lawrenceville School and Harvard, earned a PhD in 1900, and taught economics at Harvard 1903 to 1909. He was a national currency commission expert and published on money and banking.
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Harvard
National Currency Commission
D’academie
Paris
Russell Hall
Cambridge
Harvard College
Harvard Athletic Committee
Mother Streight Dies at Ninety-Old, Civil War Nurse
Indianapolis mourns Lovina Streight known as Mother Streight widow of Col A D Streight who died at 81. She joined her husband at war start and served four years as a nurse on the firing line earning the affection and protection of thousands of veterans.
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Indianapolis
Lovina Streight
A. D. Streight
Ambitious Building Project in Indianapolis
Indianapolis June 3 The great council of Indiana Improved Order of Red Men has bought the corner lot at Market street and Capitol avenue to raise a large building. Officers say it will match the Odd Fellows and Pythian structures in size and prominence.
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Indianapolis
The
Great Council of Indiana
Order of Red Men
Market Street
Capitol Avenue
Pythian
Decision Will Be Deferred In Poolroom Case
The last brief in the poolroom injunction case has been filed with Judge Harry C. Montgomery. With a crowded docket through the end of next week, the court does not expect to render a decision for several weeks.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Harry C. Montgomery
State Opens Yarling Murder Trial With New Threat Evidence
Tipton June 4 The state began presenting its case in the Yarling murder trial by calling witnesses who testified Yarling had threatened Smith on multiple occasions and had vowed revenge as far back as 1903 after a thrashing he received.
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Tipton, Inc
Yarling
Smith
Fate of the Railroad Bill Sparks House Battle
Washington reports a heated push in the House to send the administration railroad bill to conference. Regulars back the move to curb insurgent Democrat amendments, while Democrats await talks with party leaders. Senate objections include long and short haul clauses and rate burden shifts. If House accepts the Senate bill, a major clash in conference looms.
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Washington
House
Senate
Champ Clark
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sums House Passes Terse Appropriations Bill and Global News
The House passed a sundry civil appropriations bill totaling 110 million dollars. Mrs. Taft returns to the White House after a Cincinnati visit due to her father’s illness. Strikes at the Pennsylvania Coal Company continue. A Hyde Kentucky fire destroys over half the town at an estimated 75 thousand dollars. China and Japan send warships to the Gulf of Pechili over fishing vessel control. Illinois engineers abandon mines as a severe coal crisis looms. English miner Starkey is shot in Sonora by a Mexican assailant captured and jailed in Magdalena. A robber targets a father's grocery store cash register during last night’s attempted theft. James Dyson, 20, is shot and possibly mortally wounded in Pawtucket Rhode Island.
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Taft
White House
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Hyden
China
Japan
Gulf of Pechili
Ilinois
T. W. Starkey
Calera
Sonora
Magdalena
James Dyson
Pawtucket
Costly Blaze Destroys Businesses in Marshall Indiana
A June 4 fire in Marshall Indiana destroyed the C H D station the W H Hoagland general store Priest s variety store P F Owen photograph gallery and Charles Horn barber shop. Losses are estimated at 10000 dollars.
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Marshall, Marshall, Ind
W. H. Hoagland
Priest
P. F. Owen
Charles Horn
Rauch to Run Again for Congress Renominated
George W. Rauch was renominated by acclamation at the eleventh district Democratic convention in Hartford City Indiana. The convention was described as the largest ever held by district Democrats.
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Hartford City
Ind
George W. Rauch
Kentland Republican Politician Indicted for Bribery
Kentland Indiana June 6 Charles G Maury a Benton county Republican has been indicted by the Newton county grand jury on charges of attempted bribery related to railroad tax work grafting.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Postal Savings Bank
William E. Cox
Indiana
Committee On Post Offices and Postroads
Kentland
Ind
Charles G. Maury
Benton County
Newton County
Grand Jury
John W Burns Lawyer Rockport Indiazia Practice in All Courts
John W Burns announces legal practice in all courts with office over the Post Office opposite the courthouse in Rockport Indiazia. He offers general counsel and representation in civil and criminal matters.
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Rockport Indiazia
Court House
Rockport Attorney Advertises Services
B F Huffman attorney at law announces office over Sargents drug store at the corner of Main and Third streets in Rockport Indiana and states he will practice in all courts.
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B. F. Huffman
Sargent’s Drug Store
Main and
Third Streets
Rockport
Indiana
Legal notice location and court practice details
Office on Main street up stairs in Kramer building west of First National Bank between 3rd and ith streets. Will practice in all courts.
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Main Street
Court House
Kramer Building
First National Bank
3Rd
Ith
Address snippet for Krieg er residence on Fourth Street
An office and residence listing indicates the Krieg er residence located on Fourth Street one block south of Main, with a home telephone number 94 and Cumberland No 14 noted in the entry.
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Krieger
Fourth Street
Main Home
Cumberland
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AEOQH
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L. N. Savage
Main St
R. E. Roberts
Attorney-At-Law
Eva Buxton
Chase. Poole
Home Insurance and Loan Company
Farmer’s Bank
Wm.e. Hartley
Hoth
Rob’t Luckado
Indtana
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