Roosevelt to maintain private life with bi weekly office chats
Oyster Bay July 20. Colonel Roosevelt demands absolute privacy, will hold bi weekly chats at the Outlook office in New York only, refuses to discuss Africa or daily activities. He plans private summers at Sagamore Hill with few visitors, while Lodge and Meyer call on him. Secretary Knox stays in cabinet per Taft wish, not seeking Pennsylvania governorship.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Outlook
Senator Lodge
Sagamore Hill
Meyer
Dolphin
Long Island Sound
New York
Outlook Office
Boutell Faces Hard Fight for Ninth Illinois Seat
Veteran Republican congressman Henry Sherman Boutell faces a tough primary in Illinois Ninth District Chicago as former congressman Jim Hamilton Lewis races as the Democratic opponent. Lewis, a Seattle lawyer and Chicago corporation counsel, campaigns against party leaders and reformers in a high stake battle.
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Congress
Haineis
Chicago
Henry Sherman Boutell
Cannon
Fght
James Hamilton Lewis
Lewis
Washington
Seattle
Corporation Counsel
Adlai E. Stevenson
Jim Gam
Illinois Press Association
Roosevelt
Bryan
Outlook
Daredevil Race In Niagara Rapids For Big Prizes
Joshua Hudson of Haverhill Massachusetts enters a perilous speed contest on Niagara River from Maid of the Mist to Lewiston and back. He competes for a $1000 prize, a $500 gold cup, and prestige, with the race set for September 17.
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Joshua Hudson
Haverhill
Mass
All America
Niagara Falls
Maid of the Mist
Lewiston
Five Year Old Delivers Memorial Oration at Newman
Chester Rummins aged five was the principal orator at Newman memorial exercises. His address titled The Duty of the Children Toward Their Country lasted fifteen minutes and focused on civic duty and patriotism.
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Newman, O
Chester Rummins
White Rose of the War Elicits Pennsylvania DAR Monuments
Scranton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution dedicates a monument to Frances Slocum and her father Ebenezer Slocum near Peru Indiana. Slocum, kidnapped by Delaware Indians in 1775, lived with the tribe as the White Rose of the Miami, and died eleven years after being found in 1837.
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Peru
Ind
Scranton
Daughters of the American Revolution
Frances Slocum
Ebenezer Slocum
Lackawanna Valley
Pennsylvania
She-pe-can-ah
Ewing
Harrisburg
Slocum Brothers
Frances
Brookins Sets New World Height Record In Wright Biplane
Indianapolis witnesses a new altitude record of 4 803 feet by Walter S Brookins a Wright aircraft pupil. The flight began at 6 30 p m and lasted about an hour with observers noting the engine failure and a dramatic descent before a safe landing in a nearby field without injury.
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Indianapolis
Walter S. Brookins
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Wright
Brookins
Second Attempt Successful in Brewersville Post Office Intrusion
North Vernon Indiana June 17 a person named Yeges cracked the Brewersville post office safe and fled with 400 dollars in cash and checks. The safe was ruined and a hole torn in the roof of the post office building. Authorities note the safe previously resisted a prior attempt months earlier.
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North Vernon
Ind
Yeges
Brewersville
Postoffice
Tragic double death in Seymour couple’s confrontation
In Seymour Indiana on June 18 Theodore Withgyk shot and killed Mary Kisko with whom he lived and then threw her body from a second story balcony before turning the pistol on himself.
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Seymour
Ind
Theodore Withgyk
Mary Kisko
County superintendents seek higher pay in state session
Indianapolis June 17 county superintendents at their state meeting decided they ought to be better paid and they appointed a legislative committee to approach the legislature next winter.
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Indianapolis
Fire destroys Webble Gordon Furniture factory in Greenfield
A blaze razed the Webble Gordon Furniture Manufacturing factory in Greenfield Indiana causing an estimated loss of fifteen thousand dollars. The June 18 fire leveled the plant and damaged nearby structures as investigators began work.
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Greenfield
Ind
Webble-Gordon Furniture Manufacturing Company
Moran Baseball Catcher Dies From Bat Injury
Laporte Indiana reports the death of 25 year old Charles WB Moran a baseball catcher who died from injuries suffered during a game when he was struck by a bat while catching. The incident occurred in Laporte with Moran succumbing to his injuries.
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Laporte
Ind
Charles WB. Moran
Moran
Resignation of James F. Statesman as American minister to Bolivia
Washington June 17 James F Statesman of Peru Indiana resigns his post as American minister to Bolivia A sequence of appointments including F W Carpenter to Morocco displaced H Percival Dodge prompting Statesmans retirement He joined the diplomatic service June 5 1908 and is currently on leave of absence having come here to marry
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Washington
James F. Statesman
Peru
Ind
Bolivia
F. W. Carpenter
Minnesota
Morocco
Carpenter
H. Percival Dodge
Massachusetts
Dodge
Statesman
Indiana
Building bill allocates 554 500 to Indiana items
The final omnibus building bill fixes thirteen Indiana appropriations totaling 554 500. An appropriation for a site at Washington Indiana was added after last changes by the revision committee. An effort seeks funding for a building at Elwood.
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Washington
Committee On Public Buildings and
House
Bartholdt
Indiana
Washington, Ind
Elwood
Despondent Bruner Ends Long Spree in Railway Suicide
Terre Haute Indiana June 20 Despondent Henry Bruner a carpenter ended a long spree by placing a paper lined hole between Southern Indiana tracks south of the city. He stood by the rails as a train approached and threw himself under it severing his head which fell into the paper lined hole.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Henry Bruner
Indiana
Teenager Killed in Auto Crash Near Warren Indiana
Marion Indiana June 20 Miss Cleo Shaffer fourteen year old daughter of George Shaffer a well known Huntington county farmer was instantly killed and seven others were injured when an automobile they rode in turned over Sunday evening on a country road six miles north of Warren.
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Marion
Ind
Cleo Shaffer
George Shaffer
Huntington County
Warren
Indiana gas plant merger completes in North Indiana
A mer ger of gas plants in northern Indiana cities has been completed. Plants in South Bend Mishawaka Plymouth Hammond Whiting Fast Chicago Indiana Harbor Chesterton Porter and Michigan City are included in the deal. The amount involved is placed at $2,000,000.
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South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Mishawaka
Plymouth
Hammond
Whiting
Fast Chicago
Indiana Harbor
Chesterton
Porter
Michigan City
Taft urged to speak in Indiana cities this summer
definite announcement that Mr. Taft will deliver an address at Winona Lake late August prompts Republican leaders to press for three additional speeches in Indiana. plans call for stops in Indianapolis Fort Wayne and Evansville during western trip.
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Indianapolis
Taft
Winona Lake
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Franklin College Names New President Dr Elijah Hanley
Franklin Ind June 17 Dr Elijah Hanley has accepted the presidency of Franklin college and will begin work after obtaining pastoral release from the First Baptist church in Providence R I He will succeed E B Bryan who recently accepted a New York call
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Franklin, Ind
Elijah Hanley
Franklin College
First Baptist Church
Providence
R. I
Hanley
E. B. Bryan
New York
Bridge Carpenter Falls From Monon Trestle. Likely Fatal
Bedford Indiana June 20 William Spaulding of Bedford a bridge carpenter working on a Monon trestle lost his footing and fell twenty eight feet He was picked up unconscious with multiple broken bones and a concussion of the brain and will probably die.
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Bedford
Ind
William Spaulding
Two Terre Haute Men Run Over in Laporte Yard Tragedy
Frank Cannon died after being struck by a freight train in the Lake Shore yards at Laporte. Albert Walker is in serious condition and may die. The incident occurred while both men slept in the yard during sewer work. Separately, the Indiana Democratic Editorial association schedules its summer meeting at French Lick from Thursday to Saturday this week.
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Laporte
Ind
Terre Haute
Frank Cannon
Albert Walker
Lake Shore
Cannon
Walker
Indiana’ Democratic Editorial Association
French Lick
Congress nears adjournment as major measures move ahead
Washington reports that Congress is likely to adjourn before Saturday after moving key bills. The railroad and statehood measures are settled, the postal savings bank bill advances, and a $20 million reclamation bond is attached to the conservation bill. Taft backs campaign contributions publicity and aides foresee Senate action.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Postal Savings Bank
Taft
Preacher Stabs Saloon Keeper in Godfrey WV
Bluefield West Virginia June 20 Reverend D R Alexander likely fatally stabbed J W Thomas a saloon keeper at Godfrey West Virginia Thomas was slashed four times Authorities say the preacher accused Thomas of improper relations with a church member Alexander was jailed after the incident
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Bluefield
W. Va
D. R. Alexander
J. W. Thomas
Godfrey
Thomas
Alexander
Indiana and national political events surface at conferences
Senator Beveridge and President Taft are set to speak at the Winona Bible conference at Winona Lake on August 29 and 30. Beveridge and Governor Marshall will address the Indiana State Federation of Labor in Lafayette September 27 to 29. The Arizona and New Mexico statehood bill awaits the president's signature. The report also notes deadly accidents in Cuba and New York and the death of two boys struck by a train near Mamaroneck, New York.
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Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
French Lick
Beveridge
Taft
Winona
Winona Lake
San Pedro
Tobacco District
Honduras
Marshall
Indiana State Federation of Labor
Lafayette
Arizona
New Mexico
Congress
Indiana
Superintendent of Public Instruction
William and
Alfred Greenwood
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Rockport Indiana Will Practice in All Courts
An office is located over the Post Office opposite the court house in Rockport Indiana. The note indicates practice in all courts.
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Rockport
Indiana
Court House
Postoffice
Main Street
Main St
B. F. Huffman
Sargent’s Drug Store
Main and
Third Streets
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