Washington Lafayette Pence Denies Wife Misconduct Charges
Washington Lafayette Pence a former Colorado congressman announced in Washington that he will contest the New York suit brought by Mrs. Catherine Soper Pence and denied his wife’s misconduct charges. He also disputed Mrs. Pence’s references to Mrs. Lillian N. Duke. The Senate later receded on an amendment to the Sundry Civil bill increasing Soldiers' Home managers to eleven and sent the bill with a $116,000,000 appropriation to the president.
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Lafayette Pence
Colorado
Washington
New York
Catherine Soper-Pence
Senate
Disastrous incidents headline 1913 lifeboat and labor losses
Reports detail the Jesse Spalding missing after a collision with the William P. Snyder Jr on Lake Superior with signals ending. Heat wave deaths total eight across the north central states. New York subway cave in toll rises as two more are rescued but critically injured. Counterfeiters pursued near Buck et Mass. Illinois county women leave twenty three children motherless. Canton Ohio health board orders weekly baths. E M Peck boiler explosion kills four, injures two in Racine. Creve Coeur line wreck injures twenty nine with two fatally. Cherokee Nation dissolves as Tahlequah cedes capitol to Oklahoma. Yukon wrecked near Unimak Pass. Tahoma rescues crew and passengers.
Interments and protests mark Derby Day suffragette protest
A large suffragette delegation and thousands attend Emily Davison's interment at St Marys churchyard after her Derby Day death attempting to topple the king's horse. London funeral becomes a major suffrage demonstration amid wider international reports.
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Emily Wilding Davison
St. Mary's Churchyard
Miss Davison
London
United States educations bureau adopts model schoolhouses
The bureau of education adopts a plan to dispatch one two and four team schoolhouses by parcel post. The structures are not for use but will serve as models for erecting buildings in small communities. A serious rail accident kills five in Stamford Connecticut and injures many. A Chicago to Hammond crash kills three and injures five. Illinois approves women suffrage 83 to 58 sending the bill to Governor Dunne for signing. Ernest Lindoft of Abingdon Illinois is arrested as a suspect in Prof Charles Lindoft's murder in Galesburg with bloodhounds tracing to a room where Ernest stayed.
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Parcel Post
United States Bureau of Education
Illinois House of Representatives
Dunne
Ernest Lindoft
Abingdon
Charles A. Lindoft
Galesburg
Notable deaths and legal cases from scattered reports
A string of incidents includes Alfred Lanowe killed when his car plunged into a ditch near Fowler Indiana while Mrs Isaac Leo Pold and George Lanowe were injured. Angus Hamilton, famed war correspondent, died by self-inflicted wound in a St Louis hotel. A Boston child, William C Dalton, fell 20 feet from a second story window and was killed. Oklahoma farmer John Hyche shot by his wife after quarrel over meal. Hammond boxer Jimmy Clabby won the middleweight title in Butte over Eddie McGoorty in a fast 12 rounds. Train engineer Charles J Dougherty is jailed on manslaughter charges after a New Haven crash that killed six. Astor estate valued at 86.97 million with William Vincent Astor receiving about 69.96 million. Former Congressman Lafayette Pence faces a separation suit filed by Catherine Super Pence. Charges of cruelty and abandonment involve Lillian Pf Duke amid divorce proceedings.
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Lafayette Pence
Colorado
Catherine Super Pence
Lillian Pf. Duke
State board names committee to aid penal farm commission
At a special meeting of the state charities board a committee was named to cooperate with the newly appointed penal farm commission to select a site for the state penal farm. Demarcus C. Brown John H. Holliday and Joseph M Cravens comprise the panel. The board reserved full participation unless issues arise. No site plans or building details were released. No purchase funds are available before 1914.
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Board of State Charities
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Penal Farm Commission
Demarcus C. Brown
John H. Holliday
Joseph M. Cravens
State Commission
Commission
Marion County Board of Review
Water Company
Electric Light and Heat Companies
Indianapolis Water Company
Indianapolis Light & Heat Company
Merchants’ Heat & Light Company
People’s Light & Heat Company
Skeleton unearthed at Indian Mound linked to Tipton Island battle
Workmen digging for a July 4 monument at Indian Mound five miles northeast of Seymour unearthed a human skeleton believed to be an Indian buried after the Tipton Island battle of 1813. The town plans a centennial celebration with a monument unveiling and a sham battle.
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Seymour
Indian Mound
Tipton Island
India Mound
John Tipton
Rangers
Ad-Sell Men Plan Frolic Outing in Laporte July 12
The Ad-Sell league of northern Indiana and southern Michigan schedules its annual outing in Laporte on July 12 with the Laporte Chamber of Commerce and South Bend Mishawaka officials handling arrangements. Expect attendance from advertisers within a 100 mile radius. An educational exhibit on labor-saving and efficiency aids opens in South Bend June 22 with 30 to 50 companies exhibiting on the Oliver hotel’s entire second floor.
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South Bend
Ad-Sell League
Indiana
Michigan
Laporte
Laporte Chamber of Commerce
Mishawaka
Oliver Hotel
Sow Attack On Infant Lands Boy In Mount Vernon
In Mount Vernon on June 17 a sow injured Delbert Uhde, eighteen months old, as he played near her pig litter. The child's head and back were lacerated and a cheek torn. his mother rushing to help pulled him to safety before he could perish.
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Mount Vernon
Delbert
Edward Uhde
I O O F to Dedicate Home in Hartford City
Indiana Odd Fellows leaders led by grand master W H Leedy will attend the dedication of the I O O F temple in Hartford City. Ceremonies start with a morning reception and end with a social session at night on July 4. Lodges Matthews Marion Dun kirk and Newcastle confer three degrees on a class of candidates.
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Hartford City
W. H. Leedy
Indiana
Odd Fellows
Matthews
Marion
Dunkirk
Newcastle
Drought Ravages Crops in Shelburn Region
Indiana farmers report a prolonged drought causing major damage to oats and corn. Meadows dry and several acres burned along the railroad right of way due to sparks from locomotives, threatening further losses.
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Indiana
Shelburn
Re-Dedication of M. E. Church in Wabash
Bishop David H. Moore of Indianapolis re dedicates the First Methodist Episcopal church in Wabash after weeks of repairs. Several visiting ministers attended the services marking the re dedication.
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M. E
Wabash
David H. Moore
Indianapolis
HAPPENINGS INDIANA CONNERSVILLE NEWS SUMMARY
Walter Scott, a prominent Connersville resident, disappeared after a rumored fishing trip. Debris and family notes show no clear destination. opinions vary on elopement or wandering. Also reported: Danville death of John Shaffer after a steel rail crash injures Maggie Shaffer, five, and others in accidents. Ned Watkins nearly perishes in a house fire. Civil War veteran John W. Hammer dies at 93 in Anderson with burial at Mechanicsburg. Nellie Teal, 19, near Rochester, fatally wounds herself but may survive. rifle muzzle angle suggests self-inflicted injury.
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Connersville
Walter Scott
Anderson
John W. Hammer
One Hundred and Forty-Seventh
J. H. McDaniel
Mechanicsburg
North Carolina
Child narrowly escapes death in wagon accident at Francisco
Charles Curtis five years old son of Will Curtis of Francisco Gibson county was run over by a wagon while standing on a wheel as it rolled downhill. He suffered a severed ear and heavy bruises but survived the incident.
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Princeton
Charles Curtis
Will Curtis
Francisco
Gibson County
Water sold for five cents a gallon in Jasonville drought
Terre Haute reports drinking water sold at five cents per gallon in Jasonville due to drought. Water is being shipped from Terre Haute as the Jasonville Water Company has no supply and only a few private wells remain in operation.
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Terre Haute
Jasonville
Thelma Rich Shot While Walking to Tomato Field
Scottsburg reports eleven year old Thelma Rich shot in the abdomen near a vacant house while walking with his six year old sister on the way to a tomato field. No suspect named as search continues. Marion notes wage raise for I U T lines workers starting June 11 increasing by one to two cents per hour.
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Scottsburg
Thelma Rich
John Rich
Marion
Two Distinct Indianapolis and Hammond Incidents Reported
In Indianapolis a middle aged woman, Mrs. Lilly Freels of 222 Geisendorf street, was attacked in a dark alley near her home. She was choked, beaten, robbed, and her rings torn away while two men held her, the assailants described as negro. In Hammond five men capsized a boat on Cedar lake as they changed positions during a row. Three drowned, Edward Omara, Chris Kalrous, and Nicholas Kalrous, all of Lowell, with two rescued by guests from Clark's hotel. bodies not recovered.
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Indianapolis
Lilly Freels
Geisendorf Street
Hammond
Cedar Lake
Edward Omara
Lowell
Chris Kalrous
Nicholas Kalrous
Clark’s
Rhine River Romance and Scenic Travel Guide
Berlin outlines a history and nature collaboration to present the Rhine from Mayence to Cologne as a scenic voyage. Highlights include castles chateaux Lorelei legends and the Seven Mountains with excursions on foot or by limited rail access to Drachenfels Petersberg and Andernach near Coblenz sights such as the Emperor William I monument Stolzenfels Castle and Arenberg Monastery reachable by electric railway from Ehrenbreitstein.
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Cologne
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North Sea
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William I
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Arenberg
Ehrenbreitstein
FISHES HIT THE LIQUOR LAW
New industry in lower Delaware uses mackerel to smuggle liquor into dry areas. New England fishermen place bottles inside fish sold in Lewes and surrounding counties. The scheme followed Governor Miller's ban on liquor shipments into Kent and Sussex, triggering alarm among local residents.
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Del
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Lewes
Delaware Breakwater
New England
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Kent
Sussex
Tobacco barred to pastors by synod resolution
Winona Lake Ind all church officers Sunday school teachers evangelists and mission workers of the Re formed Presbyterian church are forbidden to use tobacco under a synod resolution presented by Rev W W Carthers. A following measure seeks to revise church discipline in a year to require all members to abstain from tobacco Bloomington Ind was chosen for the 1914 meeting.
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Winona Lake
Ind
Reformed Presbyterian Church
W. W. Carthers
Cache Creek
Oklo
Bloomington
Sentence Game Cocks to Death in Boston Raid
Twenty five game cocks valued at 1500 dollars were sentenced to death by Judge Byram in Boston. The birds were seized during a raid on a cocking main in Plainville and will be executed by state authorities.
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Boston
Byram
Plainville
Young Lolita Armour to Manage Melody Farm
Sixteen year old Lolita Armour daughter of J Ogden Armour is placed in charge of the Melody farm west of Lake Forest valued at seven million dollars while her parents tour Europe this summer.
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Chicago
Lolita Armour
J. Ogden Armour
Melody
Lake Forest
Europe
Boiled Egg Customs Across National Lines
A humorous survey compares how nations prepare boiled eggs. The English and French favor three minute eggs with peeling and dipping. Spaniards boil briefly and drink contents. Italians require cold water then sop with bread. Germans prefer near liquid and eat like soup. Americans boil hard and make a peppered egg rag.
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Sherlock Holmes
Engishman
London and Its Lumber
London loves its lumber as relics cling to lamp post notices offering hackney carriages for hire. The writer notes years pass without vehicles appearing and muses on future eras while lamp posts endure as a tiny slice of social history.
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London
Europe
Catching Flies Becomes Profitable Venture in Shreveport
Bartsch of Shreveport Louisiana earned 24.20 in two days selling flies to the city board of health. He bought about 100 traps after premiums were offered and supplied dead or alive flies, driving the price from 50 to 20 cents a quart. He continues catching flies as long as the treasury pays.
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Shreveport
City Board of Health
Bartsch
Health Board
Treasury
Train Hits Dynamite Truck Near Dallas Ore
A passenger train collided with a dynamite truck in Dallas Oregon. The truck was carried over 100 feet on the engine pilot. The driver jumped clear and escaped with his life as the staff did not explode.
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Dallas
Ore
A Hint of Trouble in a Joy Ride
A quip notes the risk of starting a joy ride ends in trouble as one person warns another about departing to pleasure with consequences looming. The exchange frames how merriment can lead to unwanted outcomes and a cautionary reflection on misadventure.
Postum touted as coffee substitute in testimonial
A Texas schoolteacher recounts using coffee from youth until six months ago and credits Postum with curing nervousness indigestion and headaches. The notice promotes Postum products and a booklet from the Postum Company with brewing tips and a "There’s a Reason" slogan.
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Texas
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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