Obituary notices from Indiana counties Aug 7 1910
Obituaries note the death of Edward ny veteran of the efgi war from Leota aged sixty. Mrs. BL, Kicks wife of a former superintendent of Johnie county schools died at Franklin. John hes of White county aged seventy, father of nine children all living. Joan H. Gaede of Fort Wayne died after long illness. Marshal Iten of Greensburg aged eighty nine. School lecture notes from Lafayette discuss itinerants’ examinations with candidate listings and board members.
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Kaga Ink
Edward Ny
Leota
Loutevilla
Franklin
Ind
Kicks
Johnie County
Hin College
Thy Kokomo
Cello
John Hes
Place
Thia
Ila
Itt
Fort Wayne
Joan H. Gaede
Iere
First National Bank of City
Greensburg
Powwow Ends as Wabash Valley Group Splits
The seventh annual Ted Men of the Wabash Valley Powwow Association closed in Logansport Indiana with a re creation of the Battle of Tippecanoe. Attendance remained strong though not as high as opening day. The association dissolved and planned to divide the territory into four to six districts each to hold its own powwow. A five member committee led by N Stratton J N Gipe and others was appointed to organize districts and report to the Grand Council in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Logansport
Ind
Ted
Wabash Valley
Tippecaroer
Wabash Valley Powwow Association
Bach
Weather forecast for Ohio Indiana and Illinois Aug 7 Washington
Forecast for Thursday and Friday calls for fair weather in Ohio with cooler conditions on Thursday in the western part and fresh westerly winds. Indiana and Illinois expect fair and cooler on Thursday then Friday fair with fresh northeast winds. North region shows clear skies, 0.08 inches of precipitation, maximum and minimum temperatures noted, and a comparative mean temperature and precipitation report. Richard H. Sullivan observer temporarily in charge.
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Washington
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
R.H
Pre
ILM
Pius
Richard H. Sullivan
Movements of Steamers From Major Ports
Shipping news lists arrivals and departures in August with vessels tied to Antwerp Bremen Liverpool Philadelphia New York Queenstown Southampton and Liverpool. Ships include Kensing Kalreria Marie Majestic State of Nebraska and British steamer Saxonia plus Lahn Switzer Measaba and Noordland.
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New York
Kensing
Antwerp
Kalreria Mariesa
Bremen
Majestic
Ferpool
Salle
State of Nebraska
Lagow
St. Paul
Southampton
Vand
Liverpool
Queenstown
Rhyn
Philadelphia
Aus
Noordland
Lahn
Wer
Switzer
Measaba
Ork
Grand Lodge Officers Elected by Indiana Colored Odd Fellows
In Lafayette Indiana August 7 the Grand Lodge of colored Odd Fellows District 2 elected officers for the coming year. James A. Johnson of Indianapolis was named grand master with P. E. Eagleson of Spencer as deputy grand master. W. L Tyler of Bloomington became grand secretary and Dr W F Thomas of Marion grand treasurer. R A Kelly of Plainfield was chosen grand director. The next annual meeting will be held in Terre Haute in August.
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Lafayette
Ind
Grand Lodge of Colored Odd Fellows
James A. Johnson
Indianapolis
P. E. Eagleson
Spencer
W. L Tyler
Bloomington
W.F. Thomas
Marion
R. A. Kelly
Plainfield
Terre Haute
Iwe
Old Settlers Meeting at Willow Lake Draws Large Crowd
Hagerstown Indiana August 7 Special report notes a record turnout at the Old Settlers meeting near Bernamy at Willow Lake. Rev. Charles Osborn led a paper recounting Henry Clay’s Richmond visit, with three listeners who heard him speak. Osborn re-elected chairman and John Macy secretary. Elizabeth Blont, aged ninety six, was the oldest attendee, and about twenty five attendees were over eighty.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hagerstow
S. Ind
Old Settlers
Willow Lake
Bernamy
Charles Osborn
Manumission Society
America
Henry Clay
Richmond
Mr. Clay
Richard Cheeseman
Thomas Marshal
Jacob Hinshaw
Association
John Macy
Elizabeth Blont
Prosecutor Sues Ex Clerk Over Reported Fees in Lebanon
The prosecuting attorney J. C. Perkins files suit against ex County Clerk P. Worley to recover 12560 dollars penalties for alleged failure to make and report quarterly fee reports to the county auditor and to pay the full collected fees to the county treasurer.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lebanon
Ind
J. C. Perkins
P. Worley
Beaten by His Son Stephen Flick Fatally Hurt in Indiana
Stephen Flick was knocked down near French Lick by his son Isom with brass knuckles and stomped, leaving fatal injuries. Dr. Stone, the attending physician, said recovery was impossible. In Lebanon, seven poor children and three elderly ladies arrived from Indianapolis for a two week outing hosted by Epworth League with support from Christian Endeavor societies.
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Indianapolis Journal
Paola
Ind
Stephen Flick
Isom
French Lick
Br. Stone
Lebanon
Indianapolis
Epworth League
Indianapolis League
Christian Endeavor Societies
Inianapolis
Portland man Landis arrested on Ohio crimes list
Frank Landis, wanted across Ohio for horse stealing and other offenses, was captured early today hiding in a box car in Portland Indiana. Sheriff Schunck of Celina, Ohio, will pursue requisition papers as Landis faces charges including murder, horse stealing, safe blowing and criminal assault. He was a star witness in the Upper Sandusky Johnson murder case and disappeared after the trial. He is also wanted in Findlay Ohio.
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Spheral
Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
Frank Landis
Ohio Line
Landis
Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Schunck
Celina
Associated Press
Ottawa
Johnson
Upper Sandusky
Findlay
Postponed wedding at county jail in Kokomo ends in knot tying
In Kokomo Indiana Omar H Miller and his former wife Lizzie Lawson married at the county jail after a failed remarriage attempt. A minister was not available and Squire De Haven officiated. The arrest stemmed from a prior poisoning dispute as Lawson relented earlier. Miller will be released after the marriage negates the police charge.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Omar H. Miller
Lizzie Lawson
Miller
Squire de Haven
Kendallville Man Struck by Train Dies Instantly
James Huff, a saw mill man, was struck by a south-bound passenger train Tuesday evening near Kendallville and killed instantly. His body was taken to his Merriam home. In Columbus, EB T Crump elected president of First National Bank succeeding the late Capt W J Lucas with Hezekiah Griffith as vice president. In Dublin, Wayne County Agricultural and Horticultural Society to meet at Isaac Dougan’s farm near Greensfork. In Wabash, Bossler Waller table slide factory fire causes about 3000 damage with 4000 insurance. operations to resume in about two weeks. In Brazil, miner George Edwards injured in a fall of slate that may be fatal.
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Kendallville
James Huff
Merriam
Columbus
First National Bank
EB. T. Crump
W. J. Lucas
Hezekiah Griffith
Dublin
Wayne County Agricultural and Horticultural Society
Isaac Dougan
Greensfork
Wabash
Brazil
George Edwards
Cloverland
Strikes Loom as Officials Plot Silence and Delays
Reports say Pittsburgh strike leaders and company emissaries bargain in secrecy as mills face slow starts. President Shaffer plans speeches in Lawrenceville and McKeesport while Gompers may join the Amalgamated picnic crowd. Eight inch Lindsay and McCutcheon mill at Allegheny falters as workers stay away.
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Shaffer
Pittsburg
New Castle
Lawrenceville
Amalgamated
McKeesport
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Lindsay & McCutcheon
United States Steel Corporation
Allegheny
Coal strike spreads to Greensburg coke plant shutdown
From Greensburg to Wellsville and beyond the steel strike deepens. Amalgamated locals rally, strike breakers arrive in Wellsville, two dozen workers return to the union, and Cokeville's American Sheet Steel plant in Greensburg is ordered shut with miners and ovens idled, signaling a near deserted town.
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Steubenville
Mingo Junction
Apollo
Vandergrift
Leechburg
Hyde Park
Ae Park
Greensburg
United States Steel Corporation
American Sheet Steel Company
Cokeville
J. M. Gallagher
Conemarsh
Gompers Sets Journey Amid Steel Strike Talks
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor left for Washington then Pittsburg. Vice President Hayes said no public stance on the steel strike exists. The federation may levy a 40 cent per member, ten week cap, to aid affiliated unions in protracted strikes, with total membership around 190000 and past collections totaling $75,460 for machinists’ nine hour day strike.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Pittsburg
Hayes
Federation
Hays
Amalgamated Union Reaches Agreement in Milwaukee Meet
In Milwaukee on August 7, the district board of the Amalgamated Association and Illinois Steel Company superintendent George Rels signed the year’s scale after a meeting. A secret lodge session discussed the strike order in detail with several leaders showing willingness to obey the directive, while others reportedly remained unsure.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
George Rels
Illinois Steel Company
Amalgamated Association
Someries
Not Sick Yet Unable to Work Ailment Ad Claims Cure
An advertisement describes a vague nervous breakdown with back pain blurred vision and insomnia. It warns the condition worsens without treatment and touts Dr Tomson claiming a new electro medical method cures nervous debility insanity and death risk. It promises no payment until cured.
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Tomson
Tomsons
Plant Closure Threat Looms Over Bayview Steel Plant
Fifteen hundred workers are employed at the Bayview plant of the Illinois Steel Company, including 200 members of the Amalgamated Association. It is reported the plant would shut down if a strike occurs, signaling potential broad labor unrest.
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Bayview
Illinois Steel Company
Amalgamated Association
American Steel Hoop Company Ready to Sign Scale with Amalgamated
Milton Coombs, superintendent, announced the American Steel Hoop Company is ready to sign the scale with the Amal gamated Association on terms agreed well before Republic Steel and Iron. The company has no further moves planned and will not issue new instructions. if the Amalgamated men sign the scale, the plants will be lit without delay.
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Youngstown, O
American Steel Hoop Company
Milton Coombs
Amalgamated Association
Republic Steel and Iron Company
Cure Offered For Varicose Veins And Nervous Debility
An advertisement promotes a guaranteed cure for varicose veins and nervous debility using a special treatment. It claims painless, permanent results with blood flow improvement and physical and mental strengthening. The pitch invites letters or in-person consultations and notes rail travel deductions for out-of-town patients.
Hungary to Grant Subsidies for Textile and Other Industries
The government of Hungary plans subsidies for textile goods, agricultural machinery, silk, and manufacture of lead and zinc products, along with irrigation spending to revive industrial prosperity. This follows reports of substantial state spending aimed at revitalizing Hungary's industry.
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Government of
Hungary
Suspect Arrested in Selby Smelter Gold Heist
San Francisco August 7 police in custody a man suspected of involvement in the Selby smelter works robbery in which 289000 dollars worth of gold bullion was stolen. The suspect’s identity is not known and police offered no further details.
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San Francisco
Selby Smelter
Obituary notices of Major General James Negley and Walter G Wilson
Major General James S Negley died suddenly at Plainfield New Jersey He was born in Pittsburg in 1826 served in the Mexican and civil wars and rose to major general of volunteers for gallantry at Stone River He later practiced law in New York City Walter G Wilson of Walter G Wilson Co died in Riverton New Jersey aged about sixty Once a baker of crackers and cakes he moved to tobacco after a cracker industry merger
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New York
James S. Negley
Plainfield
N. J
James
Negley
Pittsburg
Stone River
Congress
Pittsboro
New York City
Philadelphia
Walter G. Wilson
Walter G. Wilson & Co
Riverton
Revision of the Tariff in The Ledger Editorial
The Ledger argues for tariff reform while upholding protection as essential to prosperity. It urges a tariff commission of business leaders, notes potential political misuse, and predicts debates in Congress and campaigns over revising schedules to fit changing conditions and island possessions.
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Noblesville
Ind
Ledger
Friends of Protection
Congress
Representative Babcock
House
Repubiicans
Navy officer Cresap dies of blood poisoning in Norfolk
Lieut. Commander James C. Cresap of the Norfolk navy yard inspection board died at the Naval Hospital from blood poisoning caused by stocking dye entering a foot abrasion. In Marshall Missouri Col Cardwell Breathitt aged eighty two died suddenly at his Nelson home. he was son of Governor John Breathitt of Kentucky and father of former railroad commissioner John B. Breathitt.
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Norfolk
James C. Cresap
United States Navy
Norfolk Navy Yard
Naval Hospital
Marshall, Mo
Cardwell Breathitt
Nelson
John Breathitt
Kentucky
John B. Breathitt
Trade and industry notes in brief across rail, finance, and law
Provident Life and Trust Company leases 397 cars and 35 Baldwin locomotives to Southern Railway for seven years starting July 1. Incorporations filed in Pierre for Finance Development, Kiss Metal Extracting, and North American Paving with capitals of 10.4 million, 2.1 million, and 3 million. Hawgood orders a $275,000 steel steamer of 6,000 tons to enter ore and grain trades next year. Texas Legislature to audit First National Bank of Austin deposits and investigate reasons for bank deposits. Chambers, a representative of American capitalists, negotiates to acquire Charleroi glass works after a three-hour conference. Lake Shore Electric Railway Co. incorporated to build an electric line from Cleveland to Toledo. incorporators listed. Supreme Court in New York to appoint a receiver for Cobre Grande Copper Company in Sonora, Mexico. Photographers Association reports cash balance of 3,106. discussions over a possible dry goods trust and anti trust sentiment. Hungary, Servia, and Roumania offer inducements to industrialize, per State Department dispatch via Consul toe at Rotterdam.
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Edward T. Stotesbury
Provident Life and Trust Company
Philadelphia
Southern Railway
Baldwin
Pierre
Finance Development Company
Capital
Kiss Metal Extracting Company
North American Paving Company
W. A. Hawgood
Columbus
American Shipbuilding Company
Texas
First National Bank of
Austin
Chambers
Charleroi
Belgium
Lake Shore Electric Railway Company of
Cleveland
Toledo
Cuysbogs
Lorain
Huron
Erie
Sandusky
Ottawa
Wood
Lucas
B. Mahler
F. W. Coen
D. G. Jaeger
A. M. Snyder
E. M. Gronemyer
L. M. Hildreth
O'Gorman
Supreme Court
New York
Atwater & Cruikshank
Axel W. Hallenberg
Cobre Grande Copper Company
Sonora
Mexico
Hallenberg
The
Photographers’ Association of America
Detroit
Barrows
General Arista Company
Coma & Resolution
Hungary
Ike Servia
Roumania
Tories
Indussteral Enterprises
State Department
Toe
Rotterdam
Chilean minister Vicuna in critical condition in Buffalo
The illness of Senor Vicuna the Chilean minister to the United States has again turned critical in Buffalo. He arrived for Chile's building opening ceremonies at the exposition and developed pneumonia. A week earlier doctors said he was improving but a relapse occurred yesterday leaving him very ill.
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Buffalo
Senor Vicuna
United States
Chile
Macabees Parade Dazzles Pan-American Exposition
Loyal Macabees, despite lowering clouds, earned a grand parade at the Pan-American exposition in Buffalo. Two regiments of twenty companies under Brig. Gen. Daniel J. Conkey executed intricate evolutions with skill, drawing loud applause as sun broke through for the dress parade and afternoon drill.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Daniel J. Conke i
Body in trunk found near Seattle
Workmen grading near South Seattle unearthed a small trunk containing the remains of a young girl. The coroner says she was murdered by a bullet wound to the skull, the body cut to pieces and placed in the trunk. Burial likely occurred at least four years ago.
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Seattle
Wash
Cooper Defends Neutral History in Perry Elliott Controversy
The article reviews James Fenimore Cooper as a measured historian who avoided taking sides in the Perry Elliott Lake Erie dispute. It notes his impartial account of the 1813 battle, the libel suit against William A. Duer, and a five-day refereed trial that upheld Cooper's narrative as faithful and just.
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Maclay
James Fennimore Cooper
Lake Erie
Elliott
Commodore Perry
Spence
Perry
Cooper
The
United States
New York
Washington
Albany
Edgar
Macky
Brooklyn Arrives in Manila After Australia Visit
United States cruiser Brooklyn under Rear Admiral Remey arrives in Manila from Australia where it participated in federation celebrations. Officers and crew express high satisfaction with the reception and treatment during the federation ceremonies.
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Manila
United States
H Brooklyn
Remey
Australia
Brooklyn
Remarkably rich ore strike in Wilkes county near Washington
Samples of ore accompanied by affidavits show a remarkable strike of gold in Wilkes county near Washington. Affidavits claim 17 percent pennyweight gold from amalgamation of ore and walls, with a lump of gold accompanying the affidavit.
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Atlanta
Arlatta
Wilkes County
Washington
Dawson City Ice Drops to Two Cents a Pound
Washington reports ice at Dawson City Alaska has fallen to 2 cents a pound and rents may drop as Dawson recovers rapidly. Consul McCook sent the State Department the assessment noting a likely decline in gold output.
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Washington
McCook
State Department
Dawson City
Alaska
Dawson
Admiral Cervera Quips on Battle Dress After Santiago
The report notes that after the battle of Santiago the admiral appeared on board the ship with no shirt and bare feet, implying a roughing of uniform expectations. The anecdote reflects naval traditions and the gritty reality of combat conditions.
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New York Times
Santiago
Cervera
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C. A. Steckbarger
H. L. Davis
M. Tippy
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South Bend
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Iowa
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Carbon
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Bainbridge
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Water-Works Company
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White County
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Stehl Works
John Chappell
National Steel Company
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Unity Lodge
Chappell
Wellsville
Pitt
George Cartrigat
Richard Kay
Jabeth Rushton
George Evans
Lisbon
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American Federation
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Mars
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Senor Vicunna
Condition Criticat
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Admirals
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Dr. Tomson
Stevenson
Stevenson Building
Werple
Knight & Jillson Co
Indianapolis, Ind
C. Aneshaensel & CO
East
Ohio Street
Herrington
East Market St
Admiral Schley
Toledo, O
Tiedke Bros
Mia
Shopshire
Hatton, Shetty Co
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