Menotti Garibaldi Dies in Rome at 60
Eldest son of Garibaldi, Menotti Garibaldi, died in Rome at 60 after a liver ailment complicated by dysentery. Once a general and Deputy, he sought Italy’s economic renewal centering on the Campagna Romana, living frugally and planning reforms for his estate. His death prompted mourning among Garibaldian veterans and authorities consider pension arrangements for his family. Gemma, his daughter, narrowly escaped self harm upon hearing the news.
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Death of Memphis Scimitar Editor H P Ricketts
H P Ricketts, associate editor of the Memphis Scimitar, was found dead in his bed at the Kaiserhoff Hotel Memphis today after several days of illness. The death is attributed to heart disease. He was born in Louisiana, educated in the South, and had a long newspaper career before founding the Seimetar fourteen years ago. He leaves a widow and two children.
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Jane Anna Long land dancer dies at 94 in New York
Jane Anna Long land once danced with the Duke of Wellington and witnessed Queen Victoria’s coronation. She lived in New York where she died at age ninety four. Her father served as an interpreter in the royal navy and the children of Don Carlos once lived with her as they grew up.
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Jane Anna Longland
Duke of Wellington
Queen Victoria
Don Carlos
Royal Navy
Peas
Porch Talk Reminders From Atchison Globe
At night on your front porch consider what you say for those you talk to may recall it in broad daylight the next day. The note from the Atchison Globe urges caution and mindful speech in community life.
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Fatal knife thrust ends life of Irwin Slaughter
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Brazil Indiana August 22 Irwin Slaughter twenty encounters three men while riding a bicycle near Harmony three miles east of here. Ed Coombs stabbed Slaughter in the stomach causing a four inch gash. Slaughter fled a half mile to Brooks saloon and collapsed. He is believed to die. Officers and a posse seek Coombs amid threats of lynching.
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Indianapolis Journal
Brazil
Ind
Irwin Slaughter
Harmony
Here
Slaughter
Ed Coombs
Brooks
Street fair tragedy at Alexandria ends in shooting
At an Alexandria street fair Knights of Pythias event ends with Richard Hollis firing twice. Aimed at a rival showman, one bullet struck thirteen year old John Little in the stomach. The orphan boy likely cannot recover. Hollis is bound over to the grand jury. the other man vanished.
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Indianapolis Journal
Alexandria
Ind
Knights of Pythias
John Little
Richard Hollis
Hollis
Holis
Close Friends Quarrel Leads to Fatal Knife Fight
In New Castle Indiana Frank Keesling and Vint Pring argued near Cadiz Friday night over two girls. Pring drew a knife but Keesling knocked him down. Pring slashed Keesling's father William, injuring him seriously. Pring was arrested.
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Indianapolis Journal
New Castle
Ind
Cadiz
Frank Keesling
Vint Pring
Keesling
Pring
William Keesling
Three Girls In Fight At Elwood Fair Grounds
Edith Adamson Jessie Callon and Ella Jacobs fought over a young man at a merry go round. Howard Wilson protected his companion as hair pulling escalated with blows to all three. They left on an electric car before affidavits could be filed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
Edith Adamson
Jessie Callon
Ella Jacobs
Fair
Howard Wilson
Gaston
Adamson
Miss Callon
Wilson
Miss Jacobs
Miss Adamson
Porter County Woman Assailant Held for Trial
John Wilson the accused attacker of Mrs A B Biggs was quietly taken from jail and given a preliminary hearing. He pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the next term of court on a six thousand dollar bond. Authorities kept the hearing secret amid lingering local tensions.
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Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
John Wilson
Biggs
Wilson
Body of Ransom Woodruff at Washington burial today
Evansville reports the son of a Daviess county farmer arrived for burial in Washington after traveling to Kansas for harvest work. He was killed near Augusta when tramps demanded money and shot him. Hartford City notes local brothers hire J A Hindman to seek information on Branson Sloan murder and aid in prosecuting James Lewis Myers, jailed for a crime 27 years past.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Ransom Woodruff
Washington
Daviess County
Kansas
Augusta
Kan
Hartford City
Change in Telephone Management in SLEVELAND
SLEVELAND O Aug 2 H H Kob Ingen general manager of the United States Telephone Company announced a restructuring plan affecting regional operations. The move aims to streamline management, improve service delivery, and cut overhead while maintaining current staffing levels where feasible.
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Resignations shake two telephone outfits in Illinois
States Telephone Company, the long distance arm of the Federal Telephone Company, has resigned effective September 1. Mr. Robinson steps down to become general manager of the Illinois Telephone and Telegraph Company in Chicago. He will be replaced by Mr. B. Overly, currently general superintendent of the United States Telephone Company.
Earlham Fall Term Opens Sept 15 With Larger Attendance
Earlham College in Richmond Indiana announced the fall term will begin September 15 with higher expected enrollment. New president R L Kelly will start his first full year after serving part time last year and has been active in field work and canvassing for the college. Delegations from Wayne county and multiple counties including Henry Grant Morgan Hendricks Marion Park Vermillion and Vermillion Illinois are anticipated along with a notable influx from Chicago and western Ohio. In Greencastle DePauw University closes summer school and prepares for regular fall sessions with projected attendance above 650. liberal arts and music faculty changes are expected to be popular.
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Oh Dear A Footman Ties A Shoestring On The Step
A girl with a pretty foot complains her shoestring is untied as her escort kneels on the step to tie it. She blushes and admits she changed from laced to button boots, while she gazes into the distance and lifts her skirt slightly.
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New York Times
Georgia trip yields racially tinged anecdote from Gen Congdon
Gen Joseph W Congdon president of the American Sk Association recounts a Georgia town conversation between two colored youths. The exchange centers on a trunk and a joke about carrying "do's" as they plan to go somewhere. The dialogue reflects humor and dialect of the era.
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American Sk Association
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Disturbance Between British Soldiers and German Sailors
In Queenstown Ireland on August 22 a clash occurred on the beach involving British troops and German sailors from the corvette Stock. During the melee one soldier and a Queenstown resident were stabbed.
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Ireland
Admiral Sands Leads Joint Navy Army Maneuvers on Maine Coast
Rear Admiral James H. Sands of the United States Navy will command the attacking squadron in an upcoming joint maneuvers with the army along the Maine coast. The exercise aims to test coastal defense, amphibious operations, and coordinated fleet air support amid regional drills.
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Army
Maine
Syn der Receiver Named by Court at Auburn for Angola Mill Co
The second chapter in the Angola Bank failure story centers on Ft Wayne Trust Co as a pivotal party. The court appointed a receiver for Angola Mill Company at Auburn, marking a continuing phase in the financial collapse and its aftermath involving major local institutions.
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Kinney Bank Receivership Ties Angola Mill to Bond Holders
In Fort Wayne on August 22 Judge Rose appointed Fred Snyder of Angola receiver for the National Mill Water and Light Company of Angola. Fort Wayne Trust Company holds $8,000 in bonds secured by a mortgage. Kinney Bank loans to the mill exceed 181000 and prompted the action. The revised Kinney Bank schedule shows liabilities of $143,883.51 and assets of $291,467.22 with notes totaling $23,236 discounted by White National Bank. The bank and Kinney estate may have $50,000 in property available for debts.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Fred Snyder
Angola
Indiana Senate
Rose
Auburn
National Mill, Water and Light Company
Sol C. Wood
Gilbert, Berghoff & Wood
Vesey & Vesey
Fort Wayne Trust Company
John J. Kinney
C. A. Pilliod
W. G. Croxton
Pilliod
Kinney
Kinney Bank of Angola
Logan
White National Bank
Mr. Kinney
Peter Russell
Receivers Named for Wabash Bridge and Stock Farms
After three days of creditor and stockholder talks Judge Shively appointed receivers for the Wabash Bridge and Iron Company and for the Wabash Stock Farm and White River Jersey Stock Farm. Charles St Haas will run the bridge concern and John M Curtner oversees the farms. Studebaker filed for receiverships stating farm real estate and stock totaling 25 000 with debts of 40 000. farm worth 10 000 with 15 000 debt. Creditor estimates put total liabilities around 279 000. banks named include Capital National and Columbia National with others in Indianapolis. Cleveland Trust notes amount to about 35 000.
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Wabash, Ind
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Charles St. Haas
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White River Jersey Cattle and Stock Farm Company
John M. Curtner
Lawrence National Bank of North Manchester
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Capital National Bank
Columbia National
Indianapolis
Cleveland Trust Company
Groesbeck National Bank Closed After Beaumont Collapse
The Groesbeck National Bank in Groesbeck Texas was closed by the cashier on the 2th inst by order of the president following the failure of Beaumont Citizens Bank. National Bank Examiner J W Hartford named receiver. The failure stems from excessive loans to R Oliver who led both banks and his other ventures. Assets and liabilities totaled 233 902 with loans 173 321, bonds 12 800, real estate 6 300, cash 4 678, deposits 84 376, notes payable 62 245, and other items 3 351.
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Groesbeck National Bank
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Tex
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United States
Stanford and UC Students Sail as Sea-Worthy Waiters
Sixteen college students from Stanford and the University of California returned from a summer voyage on the Logan bound for Uncle Sam possessions in the Far East. They joined as dining room waiters, learned sea life, and earned praise from officers and passengers for their efforts. Captain Stinson recalls mishaps and mishap-proof progress as the crew adjusted to ocean motion and warm latitudes.
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Logan
Manila
Stanford
University of California
Sam
Far East
Honolulu
Captain Stinson
Meigges’s
Berkeley
Walter
Lee Lucas
Santa Barbara County
One-Tenth For The Lord Convention At Winona Lake
War sa w Ind Aug 22 A convention of tithers called by Thomas Kane of Chicago met at Winona Lake to promote giving one tenth of income to the Lord. Speakers included Rev E B Stewart Rev T C Ballard Alexander Harbison Rev Asa Blackburn and H R Ellicott. United Presbyterians bought four lots for a large home with at least 100 rooms and Lutherans bought four lots for a similar facility. The Welsh chorus of Venedocia Oh performed for a large audience. Rufus W Miller founder of the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip spoke in the forenoon with a history of the group.
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Warsaw
Ind
Winona Lake
Thomas Kane
Chicago
E. B. Stewart
T. C. Ballard
Alexander Harbison
Indianapolis
Asa Blackburn
H. R. Ellicott
New York City
Winona
Bethel Baptist Association Meets at Borden in Session
The sixty seventh annual Bethel Baptist Association gathering met in Borden with about fifty delegates and many visitors. Rev. J. H. Winans was chosen moderator, J. A. Kemp clerk, and J. W. Biggert clerk. Addresses and sermons were delivered by noted pastors and a committee was appointed to adjust a dispute involving Mill Creek church to avert a sensational clash.
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Indianapolis Journal
Borden
Ind
Bethel Baptist Association
J. H. Winans
New Albany
J. A. Kemp
Salem
J.W. Biggert
Jeffersonville
S. C. Fulmer
Indianapolis
Tippecanoe Baptist Associa tion meets at West Side church in Lafayette
Attendance rises at the seventy-first annual Tippecanoe Baptist Association session in Lafayette Indiana with Rev O R McKay as moderator and R G Sharpe as clerk for a year, meetings led by Rev Bair and the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, sessions to continue tomorrow before adjournment. In Danville Illinois a Chautauqua program draws fair attendance with Edward Adams Cantrell lecturing on The Evolution of the Mind and Miss Anna Quinby speaking on temperance. William Curtis to appear one last time before leaving America.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Tippecanoe Baptist Association
West Side Baptist Church
Mr. Bair
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
O. R. McKay
First Baptist Church
R. G. Sharpe
H. H. Brent
Battle Ground
Danville
Edward Adams Cantrell
People’s Church
Englewood
Temperance Day
Anna Quinby
Iowa
William Curtis
America
Churches Use New Tent in Peru Revival Gift
In Peru an impressive revival begins under a commodious new tent donated by Mrs. Thomas Lovatt costing 500 dollars. The Y M C A. oversees the tent for the city churches. Lovatt also contributed a 600 dollar automatic piano to the association this spring.
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Indianapolis Journal
Peru
Ind
Thomas Lovatt
London Letter Shows Copyright On Language Not News
A freelance journalist sued the Evening Standard after the paper reprinted his Mall item for a small payment. The court ruled no copyright on news but language may be protected, and found the Standard won with costs.
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Woolen Mills Idle Across New England
A major portion of the American Woolen Company's thirty five mills in New England shut for one or two weeks. Several were idle this week and many began vacation schedules today. Next week it is estimated over 30,000 workers will be idle.
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American Woolen Company
New England
Fighting Rages as Adrianople Front Turbulent and Bloodied
Front lines around Adrianople report heavy skirmishes with insurgents claiming more Turkish casualties. Roumanian troop movements toward the Bulgarian frontier are described as maneuvers. Boris Sarafoff reportedly seized a Greek priest. pursuit and bombardment followed, with Sarafoff escaping.
Adrianople Flames Signal Balkan Uprising Spreads
Aug 21 dispatch reports an uprising in the Adrianople area spreading toward Imiada with insurgents burning several villages. Reinforcements requested, Russian squadron anchored nearby, and talks of Austrian Russian observers at Monastir dropped. British French warships stand ready if Salonica action is needed. A Krupp guns contract worth 79000 Turkish pounds is not yet linked to the revolt. Hungary Aug 22 Bulgar ia orders 5 million cartridges from a local factory.
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Turks link insurrection to squadron off Injada
The Turks regard the revolt in the Sanjak of Kirk-Kilisseh as connected to the squadron seen off Injada. Insurgents reportedly burned ten to twenty villages and cut the telegraph line between Adrianople and Kirk-Kilisseh.
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Horrible Turkish Atrocities Reported in Rome
Private Balkans news describes massacres by Turkish troops during insurrection suppression. Villages burned and looted, men tortured and killed, women and children brutalized by bashi bazouks and others. Pashas promise to restore order within two weeks.
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Bulgarians Annihilated Near Florina In Balkans Campaign
Report from Salonica dated August 21 describes Bulgarian losses as villages Boufi Rakovo and Armesko demolished by bombardment and insurgent garrisons wiped out. Boufi tallies 59 killed while Ostrovot and Okrida engagements claim hundreds more casualties. Reinforcements for Florina mobilize as twelve battalions depart Monastir. In St Petersburg, Novoe Vremya denies policy shift despite a wartime squadron movement in Turkish waters.
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Balkans
French Mediterranean fleet to sail if Turkey crisis worsens
A Patrie dispatch from Marseilles reports that due to grave conditions in Turkey the French Mediterranean fleet of ten ships has orders to prepare to sail early next week. The flagship is the battleship Brenoues.
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Man Named Frank Smith Captured on Murder Warrant
Mount Polaski reports Constable Cassaway has captured Frank Smith near Bloomington. He is wanted in Lexington, Kentucky for the alleged murder of a United States revenue officer.
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Wabash Secures Entry to Cincinnati Under Airline Line
Cincinnati August 2 The Gould interest has secured a path for the Wabash into Cincinnati via a new airline line formed from the Chicago Richmond Muncie and Cincinnati Indiana Western routes. The Chicago line would connect with Louisville via negotiations for traffic on the Louisville and Nashville into Louisville. The terminal development includes underwritten bonds by Louisville and Nashville and sizable Cincinnati real estate purchases by L&N. The plan follows earlier attempts to reach Cincinnati via the Cincinnati Lebanon and Northern Railway, defeated when that line was acquired by the Pennsylvania Company.
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Richmond Denies Gould System Link to Short Line
Richmond August 2. The Cincinnati news that the Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad part of the Gould system and to be used by the Wabash into Cincinnati is denied by William A Bradford Jr president of the company. He could not state a definite plan at this time.
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Ind
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Rumored Pennsylvania Buy Affects Evansville Rail Line
Reports from Evansville Indiana say the Pennsylvania Railroad may acquire the Evansville Newburg and Rockport Railroad to secure a foothold into Evansville. The nine mile "dummy" line from Evansville to Newburg would become a branch and terminus with radiating south and southwest lines. Paducah dispatches note Pennsylvania support for a Vincennes to Evansville link, while current access stops at Vincennes via the Indianapolis and Vincennes line.
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Electric line plans stretch from Martinsville to Bloomington
Aug 2 Bloomington Incl August reports authorize Charles Finley Smith says an electric line from Martinsville to Indianapolis will reach Bloomington within a year and extend to Linton or further. Work could start by Oct 1 with a franchise sought and a central house promised. no subsidy sought. Also Sullivan report notes old L I & I railroad between Wabash river and Swiss City sold for 25714.04 to Hingis Central. line from Effingham to Swiss City becomes part of Illinois Central system.
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Steam road enjoined crossing interurban right of way
Bluffton Ind August 2 The Muneia Hartford and Fort Wayne Interurban Railway Company filed an injunction to stop the Cincinnati Buffalo and Chicago Steam Railway from crossing the interurban right of way at the Junction mile south of Bluffton A temporary restraining order was issued Judge Vaughn of the Well County Circuit Court is in Michigan Interurban built its track across the junction several weeks ago by selling workmen at night
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Bluffton
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Fire Kills Father and Young Son Near Newberry
NEWBERRY Mich Aug 2 Fire destroyed a home five miles south of town with F Case sidy and his four year old son Vernon trapped inside The father died in a bid to rescue the boy from an upper room by the time neighbors reached the blaze after the flames had enveloped the structure the tragedy ended one life and left a family in mourning
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