Indiana Lawn Tennis Association organized in Muncie
The Indiana Lawn Tennis Association was formed at the Muncie Country Clubhouse with Joe Van Cleave elected president and R W Lytle serving as secretary treasurer. Cities include Muncie Richmond Anderson Alexandria Montpelier Hartford City Winchester and Marion. A charter request will be sent to the National Lawn Tennis Association. a board will be appointed in each city and meet September 3.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Indiana Lawn Tennis Association
Muncie Country
Joe van Cleave
Hartford City
R. W. Lytle
Richmond
Anderson
Alexandria
Montpelier
Winchester
Marion
National Lawn Tennis Association
Redfield
Welder
Rain Stops The Tourney At Meadow Club Tennis
Rain threatens play in Southampton New York postponing most matches at Meadow Club. Only one of three English Davis Cup winners compete as Larned impresses with spirited play while Doherty loses by default to Torrence and Campbell advances. Afternoon play halted by rain.
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Southampton
N. Y
Meadow Club
Lee
Winn
Mahoney
Met
R. F. Doherty
A. Torrence
J. L. Doherty
Oliver S&s. Campbell
William A. Larned
Convention debates over union laws and machine training
At the International Typographical Union convention in Washington the law committee report urged a permanent five cent per capita defense fund, a proposal to set three months for apprentices to learn typesetting machines, and a substitute restricting learners to union members. The three month option failed 7 to 4. The six month plan was rejected. By noon 19 of 70 recommendations were concurred, with afternoon excursions to Mount Vernon and Arlington.
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Washington
Aug. H
International Typographical Union
Committee On Laws
Los Angeles
Whead
Ohio
Mount Vernon
Arlington
Woman dies after self-inflicted wound at Auditorium Hotel
Chicago Aug 11 The woman identified as Mrs Mary Gordon formerly Mary Lytle of Murfreesboro Tenn died just before midnight Tuesday after shooting herself Saturday. Extradition papers prepared for William R Lytle her tour companion in the levee district last Friday night who is sought for the negro musician Jacob Smiths tinge remains. Lytle denies aiding and says he left Chicago Sunday night for Peete sesso Tenn to be with his sister Marie Lytle. habeas corpus plea denied.
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Chicago
Aug
Auditorium Hotel
Mary Gordon
Mary Lytle
Murfreesboro
Tenn
William R. Lytle
Levee
Jacob Smith
Montgomery
Ala
Marie Gordon
Marie Lytle
Peete Sesso
Pote Aquarters
Cuiceso
Foundry and Machine Company makes voluntary assignment
In Westmoreland County Greensburg court, The Foundry and Machine Company of New Kensington Pa assigned assets valued at 72380 with liabilities 26472 A raid on Daniels Co led to six arrests in New York for grand larceny Thomas P Daniels named as power head the only one held Others discharged Cripple Creek district mines closed due to miners strike with about 210 workers on strike The Shirt Waist and Laundry Workers International union held its third annual convention in Toledo to discuss child labor and machinery safety The Spokane Review reports a deal in Chicago to form Federal Mite and Smelting Company with 31 000 stock to control lead output in the Coeur dAlene region Options placed on main property in a Canton estate court reports and receiver accounts show debts and asset values a trifle due creditors
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Foundry and Machine Company
New Kensington
Westmoreland
Greensburg
Daniels & Co
New York
Thomas FP. Daniels
Cripple Creek
Portland
To Foods Investment Company
Toledo
Spokane Review
Rockefellers
Charles Sweeney
Chicago
Mite Ani Smelting Company
d'Alene
Stanaka
American yacht Irondequoit defeats Strathcona at Toronto race
In Toronto on August 11 Irondequoit, the American yacht, beat Canadian rival Strathcona by about three-quarters of a mile on a fourteen mile reaching course with steady wind. Lead grew from a minute and a half to half a mile as Irondequoit finished ahead. A. Hannon took charge aboard Irondequoit after concerns over earlier sailing. Skipper James Barr helmed.
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Toronto
Ont
Irondequoit
Strathcona
Jarvis
New York
A. Hannon
Hannaun
James Barr
British golfers open tour by defeating American foursome
On August 11 in Hamilton Massachusetts the British cottage golfers beat an American team 3 points to 2 in a four ball contest at Mippa Hunt Club. The visitors showed strong iron play and won two matches on the fifteenth green while two others went to the last greens. Americans led in short game but could not overcome the British iron strength.
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Hamilton
Mass
Mippa Hunt Club
J. L. Low
Cambridge
T. M. Hunter
Oxford
F. J. O. Alsop
Yale
Campbell
G. E. Barnet
H. W. Beveridge
A. A. Murdock
Harvard
G. Owen Winston
D. F. Ransom
C. N. Day
W. C. Chick
J. W. Baker
Low
T. Fs Hunter
A. T. Bramston
N. F. Hunter
H. EB. Ellis
P. W. Leathart
G. BE. Barne
N. Dey
Outer
Princeton
P. H. Jenkins
Smith
Winston
W.C. Chick
Yellow Fever Appears in Victoria Mexico Detected
An official telegram from Laredo, Texas, reports yellow fever in Victoria Mexico with three cases and one death. Quarantine talk rises as Dr D J Hamilton heads to Monterey to investigate possible outbreak and a new quarantine may be imposed.
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Washington
Laredo
Tex
Marine Hospital Service
Victoria
Mexico
Matanzas crew sickened. men detained for fever watch
Six Ward Line steamer Matan zas crew members, from Tampico Mantanzas and Havana, were taken to Swinburne Island hospital for treatment and observation. Dr Doty ordered detention due to yellow fever at Mexican ports. two men had fever on departure and others had high temperatures. Telegrams then report bubonic plague found in Mollendo and Pacasmay, Lima.
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New York
Ward Line
Matanzas
Tampico
Mantanzas
Havana
Swinburne Island Hospital
Doty
Yellow fever abates in Merida while rising in Orizaba
Report from Mexico City dated August 11 states yellow fever is subsiding in Merida Yucatan and fears of an epidemic lessen. In Orizaba the disease worsens, spreading to nearby villages despite hopes for decline.
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Mexico City
Merida
Yucatan
Orizaba
If Literature Becomes Commercial in Ad Pages
George Hubbard argues in Booklovers Magazine that advertising now blends with literature. He notes ads carry history verse and humor, showing vivid language and personality. The piece views commerce and art merging, with literature shaping advertising as art reshapes business.
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George Hubbard
Booklovers
Valparaiso College to Hold Thursday Commencement Exercises
The Valparaiso College commencement will be Thursday evening in the college auditorium. Rev. Robert McIntyre of Los Angeles will speak on Buttoned up People. President Brown will confer degrees to Indiana graduates including Clive Butcher, Gladys Butcher, Harrold Cornell, Wilma Cowan, Nora Crowell, and many others from cities such as Geneva, Valparaiso, Evansville, South Bend, and Terre Haute.
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Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
Valparaiso College
Robert McIntyre
Los Angeles
Brown
Indiana
Clive Leroy Butcher
Gladys G. Butcher
Geneva
Harrold D. Cornell
Wilma Myrtle Cowan
Pleasant Mills
Nora D. Crowell
Columbia City
Theodore Furland
de Annie Griner
Fairland
Andrew Hoffman
Central Barren
Sarah Adell Hornby
Evansville
Abner P. Huntington
Fowler
Herbert G. Imel
Lawrence E. Irick
Buckeye
Blanche
Kieff
Buck Creek
Otto H. Krieg
Huntington
Fred C. Mahoney
Majonica
Warren
Alma Ball
Hosea Whiteneck
Wabash
William Leland Antes
Boonville
Raymond Marble Bondy
Commodore Brothers
Martz
James Edward Cody
Leopold
William Henry Copeland
McCutchan
William Fletcher
Knox
William H. Goodpasture
Kouts
Louis Harth
Ambia
Samuel W. Koster
Francisville
Loren E. Lewis
Hebron
Clarence Db. Manning
Greentown
Warren P. Morgan
Floyd C. McCabe
Lafayette
James H. Parker
Little York
Dayton C. Payne
Terre Haute
George BE. Snearly
Roann
Clem C. Whysong
Pleasant Lake
Edith Appiegate
Mattie C. Brown
Elsie Francisco
Cassie N. Hodges
Kathryn Lewis
Paul J. Peterson
Ella K. Jones
Helen A. Brown
Gertrude Barnes
Charlotte Coulins
Julia E. Case
Leonore Wolf
Wheeler
John T. Johnson
Hobart
Louise A. Wade
Lagrange
Nellie M. Blackburn
Decatur
Parents Day to be added in Wayne County Schools
County Superintendent Charles Jordan will designate one day as parents day in Wayne county schools. Parents will visit classrooms and teachers will report on outcomes and benefits of the visits. Preliminary township institutes are planned for the week starting August 24. Mrs Griffith may resign.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Charles Jordan
Wayne County
Librarian urged to resign amid school scandal
Elkhart Indiana Aug 11 majority Carnegie library board asks Elizabeth Griffith to resign as librarian amid Huntington school scandal though she vows to comply as friends urge her to wait for board reevaluation. Bloomington Indiana Aug 11 Monroe County Teachers Institute opens with 131 attendees. Indiana University professors Davis and Aley and DePauw’s Miss Virginia Carr lead instruction. state superintendent may speak. night lectures added. keynote hopes for best year yet.
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In Manapolis
Elkhart
Ind
Carnegie Library Board
Elizabeth Griffith
Huntington School
Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Monroe County
Teachers’ Institute
Davis and Aley
Indiana University
Virginia Carr
de Pauw
Arsenic in the system and thyroid link explored
The piece outlines early 20th century ideas on thyroid function and arsenic in tissues. It cites Brown-Sequard on internal secretions and M Gautier's discovery of arsenic in the thyroid and skin related to plumage. It notes arsenic in seaweed and a proposed link with iodine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Brown-Sequard
M. Gautier
Paris
M. Tier
Malay Pearl Divers and Ocean Dives Described
In Youth's Companion a Malay pearl fishing custom is shown with ships anchored near oyster beds. Twice daily dives occur, morning and evening, as Sulu boys row divers to a marked point while a white overseer accompanies. A diver lowers himself, breathes deeply, and sinks, his body slicing water as depth and peril rise.
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Brown Humanity
Singh Clifford
Daring divers guard pearls amid deadly sea pressure
The passage describes deep sea divers, cheery yet doomed, who dive to twenty fathoms for mother-of-pearl. They recover two oyster shells per ascent, facing blood from nose and ears and the constant risk of fatal strain. Shells belong to the white man as divers work for wages, seeking profits from pearls and plums.
Bulgaria seeks peace as Macedonian revolt spreads
Sofia reports the premier and interior minister travel to Dubnitza to survey posts on the frontier as Insurgent activity rises. Prince Ferdinand delays return to Sofia past Aug 15 to avoid blame. Rebels blow a sixty yard bridge on the Salonica Uskub line. Macedonian revolutionary figures Ghirdji koff Ikonomoff and Madjaroff lead. telegraph lines are cut. A Macedonian committee appeals for aid and public Bulgarian support is organized.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Dubnitza
Macedonia
Ferdinand
Giorgjeti
Salonica-Uskub
Macedonian Revolutionary Committee
Vilayet
Uskub
Adrianople
Adrianopie
Ghirdjikoff
Ikonomoff
Madjaroff
New consul at Monastir in Macedonian capital change
Dr Mandelstam, acting Russian consul at Uskub, to replace murdered M Rostkowski at Monastir. He faced risk traveling unattended. after securing an escort, he vanished. Sultan offers 40000 dollars indemnity to Rostkowski’s widow. Turmoil cited by Turkish authorities amid deserions and morale drop among troops in Macedonia.
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Constantinople
Mandelstam
Uskub
M. Rostkowski
Monastir
Mutessarif
Hilmi Pasha
Muravieff
Prince Labonoff
Russian Sultan Expresses Sorrow Over Monastir Murder
Saint Petersburg dispatch says the Sultan ordered his son Ahmed Effendi to visit the Russian embassy in Constantinople to convey deep distress at the murder of the Russian consul at Monastir and to notify the envoy of a second expression of the Sultan's sorrow.
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ST. Petersburg
Constantinople
Ahmed Effendi
Monastir
Italian squadron kept ready to sail for the East
Rome reports the minister of marine has ordered a squadron kept in readiness to sail for the East if Macedonian tensions require protection of Italian subjects. The instruction signals heightened naval alert amid Balkan developments and potential pursuit of remote diplomatic aims.
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Rome
Minister of Marine
Macedonia
Animal Friendships Tit Bits
The piece surveys unlikely animal bonds across zoos and private menageries. It cites a Rhesus pair with a Belgian hare at the National Zoo, a manatee in Brazil that befriended a swan, and other cross species affinities noted in Britain including a hippo with a house cat and wolves with a bear.
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National Zoo
Belgium
Rio de Janeiro
Razil
Affalo
England
Great Bri
Lenardslee
Farmer Hart by Vicious Horse-Re unions of Old Settlers
General Indiana news notes a graveyard of incidents across towns including Worthington thefts, Willams buried alive in Elliott gravel pit, a new elevator causing brief darkness, and calls for Old Settlers reunions. Reports from Richmond Nashville Portland and many more detail injuries, fires, kidnappings, and civic events. Joe Bundy named for St Louis fair pictures. pet Sparks fatally injured. cattle strikes. canal and railroad notes. and a Sullivan carnival opens with confetti rules.
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Farmer Hart
Worthington
New Castle
James L. Willams
Eliott
Mixim
Richmond
J. E. Bundy
Indiana
St. Louis
Wayne County Oldepee Association
Centerville
Nashville
John Sparks
Jacob
Pet
Portland
National Guard
J. Frank Hanly
Lafayette
Terre Haute
Wabash River
Davis
West End
John McCarty
McCarty
Decatur
Oliver D. Reynolds
Emma Loser
Reynolds
Ol D. Reynolds
Julia Loser
Emma
Winchester
Jesse Canaday
East Eanktin Street
Canaday
Debates on Homicidal Impulse and Social Protection
A discussion on detecting and preventing homicidal impulses, citing Lambroso Ferri Maudsley and Ribot. It calls for science to devise early arrest methods, notes rising homicidal mania, critiques legal policy, and urges penological studies to shield society from capricious morbid minds and violent acts. The piece laments tragic killings in Buffalo and elsewhere.
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Lambroso
Ferri
Maudsley
MacDonald
Ribot
Buffalo
A Green County Romance in Linton
Miss Ella Arnold, an orphan domestic, was chosen by The Call readers as the most popular lady to visit Niagara Falls with all expenses paid. She left with a round trip ticket and hotel money, only to reveal she wed John Kelly of Linton weeks ago in Washington Indiana. The couple start a bridal trip and plan housekeeping in a furnished home.
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Linton
Ind
Niagara Falls
Ella Arnold
John Kelly
Washington
Daviess County
Mr. Kelly
Kelly
Memories and Clay Spur Mystery Bet at New York Races
A grand stand messenger received $1,000 in two $500 bills to bet on Memories in the money in the first race. The anonymous bettor, in a sentimental mood, bet for memories of a former fiancé named Clay. Memories, owned by Woodford Clay, won 3 to 1 third, netting $3,000 on the $1,000 commission.
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Woodford Clay
Kentucky
Clay
Mr Schwab as a Warning in Brooklyn Eagle
The Brooklyn Eagle notes the retirement of Mr Schwab after troubled years of glory and a nervous breakdown. The successor’s election splits the business to prevent a Schwamb-like fiasco, arguing overwork and dissipation harm ambition. A cautionary tale about pacing work to avoid ruin.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Schwab
Schwamb
Duty of Citizens and Legal Duty in Wineroom Case
Judge Stubbs at Indianapolis sentences three young girls found in a wineroom and declares he will file an affidavit against the wineroom keeper if no one else does. The piece urges citizens to act against law violations, noting a grandfather once failed to file an affidavit despite knowing a relative violated the law. It asks readers to compare violation of law with permitting it.
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Noblesville Ledger
Stubbs
Indianapolis
Devil's food cake alarm shocks Pendleton crowd
In Knightstown Indiana reports state Lelia Howell, cook for Elijah Mowery, prepared a cake labeled devil's food. Four diners fell severely ill with symptoms suggesting arsenical poisoning. Howell maintains she used proper ingredients and preparations.
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Knightstown
Ind
Lelia Howell
Elijah Mowery
Pendleton
Mr. Burton's Debut in Mitchell Society Scene
M. A. Burton returned from a trip to North Carolina and the coast yesterday evening. This is his first journey recorded, and now that he has "busted" Into society and the four hundred we suppose we will have hard work keeping him at home.
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Mitchell
Ind
M. A. Burton
North Carolina
Obituary Highlights Dutiful Matriarch’s Humble Labors
The obituary recalls a Steuben Indiana woman who reared nine children and toiled at home, sewing and mending through countless tasks. It notes her passing and frames it as a transition to heaven, with a light, affectionate tone about her enduring work and devotion.
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Steuben
Ind
Kansas
Mysteries Of Chimes And The Burden Of The Mind
The New Orleans Times-Democrat contemplates human psychology and the puzzling line between precision and instability. It notes how communities are shocked by brutal crimes driven by mental strain and the troubling aftermath as offenders recover with little explanation.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Where the Immorality Is Pastor’s Warning on Attire
A pastor contends that moral concerns lie in public attention rather than the garment itself. He urges brethren to think twice before speaking and to consider the impact of their words on moral perception.
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Linton
Ind
Richards returns to barber trade in Rushville shop
Shelbyville Indiana reporter notes E. Z Richards once a Morristown Sun employee abandons clerical work and resumes barber duties in a Rushville shop. He leaves the ghost walk for the steady craft, reflecting a career shift in the local press.
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Shelbyville
Ind
E. Z Richards
Morristown Sun
Rushville
Fall of Business Proves Distractions at Kokomo Wedding
A Kokomo gentleman missed his own wedding due to a more important engagement or heavier duties at local business. The item reflects a bustling period in the town’s commerce with social duties briefly set aside for professional demands.
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Eros
Kokomo
Visitor of Distinction
A Union City Indiana Times brief notes a notable visitor honored by a local team, highlighting community recognition and the event’s civic tone. The short item emphasizes the distinction accorded and the venue where the recognition occurred.
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Union City
Ind
Gener Ol Manan
Aren Cette
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