Republicans of Indiana Second District meet for July 10 convention
The Republican delegates of Indiana's Second Congressional District will gather in Linton at 2 p.m. on July 10, 1902 to nominate one candidate for Congress. Counties listed include Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Owen, and Sullivan with specified delegate counts.
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Second
Indiana
Linton
Daviess
Greene
Knox
Lawrence
Martin
Monroe
Owen
Sullivan
Joan C. Billheimer
Debt Paying Party in Indiana History
The Indianapolis Journal argues the Democratic party long presided over a heavy state debt and the Republican era cut it from 10,286,855 in 1860 to 3,937,000 by 1870, urging debt reduction as a lasting Republican achievement.
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Indiana
Indianapolis Journal
How to Teach a Pet to Ride a Ball
A bear performs a balancing act on a rolling ball learned from jugglers. The trainer describes progression from pedestal to flatly surfaced ball and finally to a sphere. The bear has performed for two years without slipping, as recounted in Poplar Monthly.
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Ihrank Leslie
Poplar Monthly
See the Humorous and Serious Side of an Orange Peel
A father explains comedy and tragedy to his son with a simple orange peel. The boy identifies two sides, and the father notes how others can see the serious side when the peel is stepped on, illustrating perspective in a London Tit-Bits tone.
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Johnnie
London
Wise and Foolish Men Reflections
A compact set of adages contrasts cheerful self management with aging wisdom. A National Magazine quote praises proactive living while a Chicago News line notes that growing older rarely reduces foolishness.
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Chicago News
What a mile as sight it would be if all the world
An Irishman muses on a grand vision of universal unity and shared humanity, imagining a world where everyone is found and together. The remark blends humor and hopeful sentiment about global harmony and connection.
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Saaremeyer
Sugar Trust
Industry Commission
Root assumes payment duty in Cuba Gomez case
Washington reports Secretary Root has taken full responsibility for payments to General Gomez by General Wood during the Cuban occupation. Congress will seek justification for large sums, with officials insisting payments followed wartime needs and were legal under military disbursement.
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Washington
Root
Gomez
Wood
Cuba
Congress
United States
War Department
Department
Philippines
Spain
Brooke
Gunfire at Mormon Meeting Stirs Paducah Case
In Marshall County Davis chapel area, a fusillade wounded Hardy Lamb in the leg as Mormon converts, about fifteen or sixteen, fought back amid rising tensions after the local church was burned and elders driven away less than a year ago. The Mormons vow to continue meetings under an arbor and have reported the attack to the grand jury.
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Paducah
Davis Chapel
Marshall County
Hardy Lamb
Grand Jury
Early Heroes Remembered in Tippecanoe Battle Exercises
Lafayette June 16 The Tippecanoe Battlefield association held its annual exercises at the battleground tabernacle. Special trains ferried a large crowd to the site. Graves of Tippecanoe fallen were decorated. Hon Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier-Journal spoke on Heroes in Homespun.
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Lafayette
Ind
Tippecanoe
Elkes Breaks World Bicycle Records in Brockton Run
Boston June 18 Harry Elkes broke all accredited world bicycle records from one mile to forty miles riding 41 miles 250 yards an hour against Stinson's record set at Brockton last year Elkes fastest mile was 1 23 4/4.
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Boston
Harry Elkes
Stinson
Brockton
Elkes
Two Drowned Near Chester in Oyster Sloop Disaster
Captain Hannett Robbins of Port Morris New Jersey and Mrs. Pluma Haines of Camden New Jersey were drowned when the sloop Henry S Robbins capsized in a hard wind opposite Chester Pennsylvania yesterday afternoon while carrying a cargo of oysters.
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Chester
Hannett Robbins
Port Morris
N. J
Pluma Haines
Camden
Henry S. Robbins
Surrender of Boers Proceeding with Great Will
Dispatches from South Africa report 16500 Boers having surrendered. General DeWet addressed the crowd at Winburg camp urging loyalty to the new government and Christian faith. Repatriation plans convert camps into supply depots with government support for families as burghers prepare farms for return.
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London
South Africa
DeWet
Winburg
Stein
Orange Free State
Militia to Withdraw After Pawtucket Calm
Ten prominent citizens including Mayor Fitzgerald and Police Chief Rice conclude that tranquility has returned after Governor Kimball ordered militia during the streetcar strike. A meeting with Brigadier General Tanner and fifty business leaders at the state armory led to the decision. Only three stone throwing incidents occurred. cars ran on all local lines, but Central Falls service was withdrawn last night. Remaining militia will be reassigned to cover the state.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Fitzgerald
Rice
Kimball
Tanner
State Armory
Central Falls
Fatal Train Collision Kills Five in Tennessee
A collision between Fast Mail No. 1 from Nashville and the Jasper accommodation on the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad near Hooker and Summit, Tennessee, killed five trainmen and injured about fifteen passengers, two fatally.
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Tennessee
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nashville
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Hooker
Summit
Young Queen Wilhelmina Recovers at Schaumburg Castle
Berlin reports Queen Wilhelmina of Holland convalescing at Castle Schaumburg in the Lahn valley. She drives out daily with the queen mother and smiles at passing wayfarers while recovering her color. Emperor William had planned a visit but was asked to defer due to her illness.
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Berlin
Wilhelmina of
Holland
Castle Schaumburg
Lahn
William
Escaped convicts Tracy and Merrill elude pursuit near Willamette
Chase near Portland ends with the fugitives believed to have crossed the Willamette river about 25 miles south. About 200 armed men hunted them for five days. militia companies have returned home and the sheriff's posse gave up the pursuit.
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Portland
Ore
Tracy
Merrill
Willamette River
Here
Tragedy at Columbus Barracks Ends in Double Suicide
In Columbus Queensland on June 16 Harry W. Bragg a private in Company F 26th Infantry shot and killed Mrs Lizzie Tibbitts then fatally shot himself on the grounds of the Columbus barracks jealousy named as the motive leaving the community stunned and mourning.
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Columbus, Q
Harry W. Bragg
26Th Infantry
Lizzie Tibbitts
Columbus Barracks
Three Men Murdered at Puck's Ranch Cabin
In Sturgis South Dakota on June 13 Geo Puck and Geo Ostrander were found murdered in their beds at the Puck ranch cabin about 80 miles from Sturgis. No motive is known and robbery is suspected as a possibility.
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Sturgis
S. D
Geo
Puck
Geo. Ostrander
Moundsville Man Perry Christian Hanged for Murder
Perry Christian a 26 year old white man was hanged at the state penitentiary last night at 5 13. He killed G W Dent near Boomer West Virginia in March 1901.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Perry Christian
State Penitentiary
G. W. Dent
Boomer
Two Boys Drowned in Indiana Creek
Valparaiso Indiana report states ten year old George Ludington and eight year old Leon Ludington both drowned while bathing in a creek near the city yesterday. Local authorities issued no further details.
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Valparaiso
Ind
George
Leon Ludington
Indiana Democracy Platform of 1902 Denounced
The Indiana Democracy platform for 1902 is criticized as vague negative statements and lack of frankness. It condemns Republican rule, praises few positives, and mishandles trusts interstate issues and the Philippine question, with strong attacks on Democratic leadership and Indiana state affairs.
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Indiana
Indiana Democracy
Interstate Commerce Commission
House of Representatives
Cullom
Congress
Commission
United States
Republic
Soldier's Sentiments From Hoosier Soldier In Luzon Campaign
Arthur E. Baker of Company Twenty second United States infantry from Fort Crook Nebraska writes to the Rushville Republican defending the army amid criticism of alleged cruelties in the Philippines. He praises treatment of prisoners, condemns political opponents, and predicts a political victory for supporters of the soldiers in 1904.
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Arthur E. Baker
Twenty-second
United States Infantry
Philippines
Fort Crook
Nebraska
Rushville
Balkan
Luzon
Gugus
United States
Pelkim
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A. A. Holmes
P.D. Lowe
Sullivan Times
Evening Times
C. Hunt
Richard Park
Terre Haute
National Magazine
Secretary of War
Gen. Gomez
Manship
Kentucky
FBI
Chase
Platform OF the
Representative McDermott
New Jersey
Movement For
Roosevelt
England
Trvs
Reef Trust
Cean
Meat Trust
Union Republican
House
Reed
Durbin
Governor Mount
Commonwealth
Hoosier Regular
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