Blind Women's Club Shares Voices in Braille Meeting
The Blind Women's club of the Association of the Blind at 118 East Fifty-ninth street hosts a lively gathering where forty members, all in the dark, chat by voice and hand signals. A teacher shared progress from teaching Braille to an eighty three year old woman eager to read, illustrating hopeful impact.
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New York
Blind Women's Club
Association of the Blind
East Fifty-ninth Street
Associ
Men Make Better Teachers Say Eliot in New York
Former Harvard president Charles W. Eliot writes Joseph Van Denburg that sex has no bearing on teaching quality. He argues men make better teachers for boys over twelve and criticizes plans to reduce men’s salaries, claiming women are less capable and that teaching is a temporary job for young women.
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New York
Board of Education
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Joseph van Denburg
Largest Anaconda Takes Up Residence at Bronx Zoo
The largest anaconda ever captured now occupies a new grass house at the Bronx zoological gardens. Known as Big Annie by its keepers, the Trinidad caught snake arrived recently from Trinidad. It measures 20 feet long, weighs over 300 pounds, and has a three foot waist. Big Annie was captured by R R Mole, a Trinidad newspaper editor who has supplied several other specimens to zoos.
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New York
Bronx Zoological Gardens
Big Annie
Trinidad
Big Annis
R R. Mole
Zoological Gardens
Umbrella Mender Fined for Stealing Beef Stew
Frank Arbuckle, an umbrella mender, was fined £1 and costs in police court by Judge Coline for stealing a beef stew from Mrs. Elizabeth Simmons of 714 East New York Street Indianapolis. He admitted the theft saying hunger drove him to take the dish though the odor tempted him.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Elizabeth Simmons
New York Street
Frank Arbuckle
Coline
Arbuckle
Hiva
Precious gems in Manhattan rock as subway digs uncover riches
New York shows gem bearing rock under Manhattan with garnets beryls tourmalines and fool’s gold found during subway and foundation borings. Mineralogists note belts near Central Park and Harlem may yield more gems as it becomes a noted mineral locality in northward building booms.
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New York
South Africa
Brazil
Island of Manhattan
Manhattan
Central Park
Lexington Avenue
Bronx
Harlem
Fifth Avenue
32D Street
Broadway
Maiden Lane
Prank Strikes Conyngham Residents With Itch
In Wilkesbarre area a practical joker distributed cow itch powder in two lodge rooms the post office and a horse sale causing half of Conyngham residents to scratch severely. A school board committee works to identify and punish the culprit amid public anger over the irritating stunt.
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Wilkesbarre
Conyngham
Early Birds Venders Squabble Over Boardwalk Posts
Atlantic City vendors race for prime spots by arriving at four in the morning. John Shain clashed with another trader on the boardwalk at North Carolina avenue when the rival claimed the post first. A patrolman intervened and Shain was fined five dollars for persistence.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John Shain
Recorder’s Court
North Carolina Avenue
Shain
Isolate Leper Placed in Pittsburg Hospital
Lee Tung, a local Chinaman with leprosy, was taken to the municipal hospital where he will live in isolation. Doctors expect four to five years of life. He contracted the disease in China eight years ago. A tent will shelter him during warm weather until a permanent house is built.
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Pittsburg
Wife in Eve's Class
Michael Maragh attempted to stop his wife from leaving by burning all her clothes. Patrolman Malone found him in the yard overseeing the cremation and the wife with no garments. He was taken to the Second district station and released after promising to provide clothing.
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Trenton
N. J
Michael Maragh
Malone
Second District
Earlham College Commencement Celebrates Debt Victory
The fifty-second annual exercises mark the largest class yet, with Charles W. Fairbanks delivering the address. The college debt campaign raised 58110.75 and will cover all indebtedness. Faculty changes include Miss Helen Brown Keyes’s resignation and new appointments. The class play Sakuntala, a Sanskrit drama from ancient times, opened the evening on the Chase outdoor stage with original costumes and Syrian purchases via missionaries.
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Richmond
Earlham College
Charles W.fairbanks
United States
Fairbanks
America
Christian Colleges
Robert L. Kelley
Helen Brown Keyes
Elizabeth Conrad
Bryn Mawr College
University of Missouri
Europe
University of Wisconsin
John Rae
Charles H. Haile
Northwestern University
Princeton
Chase
Earhart
Syria
State News Briefs From Vincennes and Nearby
Vincennes reports Uncle Daniel Elliott has caneed Dan Lane of Knox county board of review with 880 canes given away. Elliott, age 83, sent one cane to Governor Marshall, among other notable recipients. In Columbus, two year old Homer Percifield was found safe after climbing a 14 foot ladder to a cherry tree. Marion notes Grant county wheat crop seen becoming sheaf by July 1 after rains and mild weather. Frankfort reports the court of appeals overruled a petition for a re hearing in the murder case of eight year old Anna Kellner in Louisville from 1909.
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Vincennes
Daniel Elliott
Dan R. Lane
Knox County Board of Review
Dan
Elliott
Marshall
William J. Bryan
Columbus
Homer Percifield
George Percifield
Marion
Grant County
Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Joseph Weiding
Lfe
Anna Kellner
Louisville
Epworth League Session Elects Officers in Logansport
Logansport district Epworth Leagues wrap up annual convention with 164 delegates the largest on record Officers elected include Rev B H Dunn as president Miss Bessie Sagger first vice president Miss Carrie Tritschuh second vice president Merrill Davis third vice president Carrie Waite four vice president J E Bridges treasurer Nellie Laramore secretary Doris Graves junior superintendent Delegates chose Kokomo over Tipton and Sharpsville as next convention site by a large margin.
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Logansport
Epworth
B. H. Dunn
Wheatland Avenue Methodist Church
This City
Bessie Sagger
Sharpsville
Carrie Tritschuh
Tipton
Merrill Davis
Suit Filed In February 1908 Against Railroads
The United States circuit court in the eighth district ruled that the 1908 government suit against Southern Pacific and Union Pacific did not prove a direct restraint on interstate or international commerce. Arguments covered pre 1901 transcontinental competition and whether Harriman lines sought inside information. The case cites Standard Oil and involved many defendants including Harriman, Schiff, Kahn, Stillman, Rogers, Frick, Clark and others.
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St. Louis
United States Circuit Court of the
Eighth District
Southern Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
United States Supreme Court
Elmer B. Adams
Supreme Court
Willis van DeVanter
Wiliam C. Hook
Omaha
Kansas City
Ogden
Southern Pacific Company
New York
New Orleans
San Francisco
Portland
Southern Pacific
Harriman
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Salt Lake City
Utah
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Company
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
The
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railway
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Edward H. Harriman
Jacob H. Schiff
Otto H. Kahn
James Stillman
Henry H. Rogers
Henry C. Frick
William A. Clark
Bonaparte
Rogers
R. S. Lovett
Purdy
Sanborn, Hook, Adams
van de Vanter
St. Paul
C. A. Severance
Frank B. Kellogg
P. F. Dunne
California
John C. Spooner
N. H. Loomis
Police chief probes Gunness farm digging for more bodies
Laporte Chief of Police Meinke investigated days of dark digging on the Gunness farm where workers reportedly sought additional burials. Officers learned excavations occurred in areas believed to be burial spots, uncovered after neighbors noticed lights at odd hours near the deserted property.
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Laporte
Meinke
Gunness
Disperses Highway Robbers Near Marion
Samuel Martin of Marion was halted by two men who jumped at his horse and demanded valuables. Martin fought back with a monkey wrench, beating the robbers and sending them on their way before he continued to the city.
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Wabash
Samuel Martin
Marion
Martin
Puts Ltd on Lake Resorts
Porter county sheriff and deputies placed the Hid on at Murlington and Sheridan Beach and Edgewater summer resorts on Fiat lake near Valparaiso. The resorts lie outside city limits and Sundays draw crowds as other Porter county areas are dry. The complaint alleges promiscuous sale of intoxicants.
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Valparaiso
Clayton Wood
Murlington
Sheridan Beach
Edgewater
Fiat Lake
Porter County
New Republican committeeman to attend Taft banquet
Indianapolis reports Harry New of Indiana telegraphed U S Marshal Schmidt he will attend the July 4 banquet at the Claypool hotel in honor of President Taft. New is at his summer home in northern Michigan and many reservations have been requested.
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Indianapolis
Harry
New
Indiana
United States
Edward H. Schmidt
Marlon Club
Taft
Claypool Hotel
Michigan
Lane surrenders for illegal liquor sale at Zeim hemp farm
South Bend reports John Lane a fugitive from justice turned himself in to police and paid 50 dollars plus costs for operating a blind tiger on his county farm. He dodged officers, escaping once via an upstairs window. Neighbors complained he sold liquor to 300 black workers at Zeim's hemp farm near the Lane place.
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South Bend
John Lane
Lane
Zeim
Carolina Tar Heels Reunion in Indiana Hopeful for Next Year
Nearly 500 former North Carolina residents living in Indiana gathered for the annual Tar Heels reunion at Matterpark in Marion. Visitors came from across the state. While no decision was made, organizers expect next year’s meeting to be held in Marion. The group dates to its Warren origin in 1905, with annual crowds growing since.
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Marion
North Carolina
Indiana
Matterpark
Tar Heels
Warren
Fisherman fatally attacked during mussel fishing near Clarendon
Princeton resident Zion Lambert of Mt. Carmel Wisconsin was killed and robbed of 800 dollars by a Black assailant while asleep in his boat near Clarendon Arkansas. Bloodhounds trail the suspect as a large reward is offered for capture. Lambert leaves a widow and five children. body traveling to Mt. Carmel.
Painter Dies In 30 Foot Fall At Kokomo Store
Alva Myers thirty four years old was killed when a ladder toppled during exterior painting at the W. H. Turner dry goods store. He fell thirty feet striking a stay chain of an electric light fixture and hitting the sidewalk. the accident was witnessed by his wife and daughter.
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Kokomo
Alva Myers
W. H. Turner
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