Fall From Scaffold Injures Three Carpenters at Marion Soldiers' Home
Marion scene reports three carpenters Cravens Cleman and Climer badly hurt when a scaffold failed at the Soldiers' Home construction. Cravens suspended head downward before rescue. Cleman suffers internal injuries with hemorrhages. They were taken to the crime hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Soldiers' Home
Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
William Cravens
Daniel Cleman
James Climer
Soldiers’ Home
Cravens
Cme
Cleman
Rice smothered in corn hopper at Danville elevator
George C. Rice, Republican county central committee member, died after being smothered in a corn hopper at the Oak elevator in Danville Illinois this afternoon. Authorities investigated the accident and determined it occurred during work at the facility.
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Danville
George C. Rice
Republican County Central Committee
Oak
Parmer Hangs Himself After Methinks of Wife
Marion Indiana August 29 Andrew Jackson Hays a young farmer in Washington township hanged himself in the barn after drawing a butcher knife and menacing his wife with a grim look He dropped the knife then killed himself with a cotton rope his neck broken he was found ten minutes later Also reports of Henry Russell shot William Braniff in Anderson and Charles Batley injured in Portland Breva notes of Burns in Martinsville who hanged himself at the poor farm
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Andrew Jackson Hays
Washington Township
Hays
Jack
Anderson
Henry Russell
William Braniff
Russell
Braniff
Eighbors
Martinsville
Byron Burns
Whitecaps Routed by a Plucky Baptist Preacher at Burney
In Greensburg Indiana on a Wednesday night Reverend E J C Dickens pastor of Burney Baptist Church and editor of the Baptist Voice faced threats and a beating from five men over his anti Sunday selling crusade. A note with switches warned him to leave. he prepared to defend his home and denounced the practice of selling goods in village on Sundays amid village conflict between reformers and local business interests.
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Indinapolis
Greensburg
Ind
E. J. C. Dickens
Baptist Church
Burney
The
Baptist Voice
Amalgamated Journal Says Tin Plate Proposal Rejected
Pittsburg Aug 2 The Amalgamated Journal official organ of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers reports the state proposition to the tin lodge the American Tin Plate Company has been voted down. Rejection preserves current sourcing by Standard Oil Armour Meat Packers and others for about 1 500 000 boxes monthly hindering extra work for tin workers nationwide.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Journal
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of
Ameria
Tin
American Tin Plate Company
Standard Oil Company
Armour Meat Packers
Wales
Althe — Ee Corporation
Tin plate plant to resume work next Tuesday
Anderson Ind Aug 2 Notices posted in the hot mill of the National Tin Plate Company plant say work will resume next Tuesday. Runners notified workers amid general rejoicing. The tinning department has been busy and will take a few weeks to reopen fully.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
National Tin Plate Company
Pleasant Durham’s Bank Heist Letter Shocks Washington County
A letter from Pleasant Durham, the absconding Elnora banker, arrives via a train into Chicago. He urges victims to form a bank and subscribe stock equal to their deposits, claims his wife knew nothing, and notes he paid Kingstead $2000 for bank fixtures from deposits. Durham’s exact whereabouts remain unknown.
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Indianapolis
Washington
Ind
Pleasant Durham
Elnora
Sears
Chicago
Durham
Democratic Claim of GOP Discord Disproved in Kosciusko Fight
August dispatch in the Kosciusko scene stirs Democratic anger and Republican harmony. Local editor Bartholomew backs Dr. Webber as a ruse. the R party leaders deny any rift and predict Brick will widen his majority in the Thirteenth district.
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Indianapolis Journal
Warsaw
Ind
Kosciusko County
A. L. Brick
I. B. Webber
Brick
County Board of Anion Examiners
Dr. Webber
H. 3. K. Bartholomew
National Union
L. R. Stookey
County Central Committee
W. Dr. Frazer
L. R. Rouse
Lawrence county GOP HQ established as campaign gains pace
Bedford Ind Aug 2 Chairman I H Crim of the Lawrence county central committee reports Republican headquarters set up and vigorous campaigning under way. He says Republicans are not asleep and expect a larger majority than last election as preparations proceed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bedford
Ind
I. H. Crim
Lawrence County Central Committee
Lawrence County
Northeastern Indiana Fraternal Congress Formed By Tribe of Ben-Hur
Three hundred delegates from forty eight courts met in Fort Wayne to organize the Northeastern Indiana District Fraternal Congress of the Tribe of Ben-Hur representing about 4,000 members across twenty four counties. Supreme Scribe F L Snyder outlined the group’s goal of closer ties as officers were elected including Past Chief John W Baker and Chief A S Coverdale. A secret work act was demonstrated and a reception followed hosted by local tribes with Gen Lew Wallace noted as a principal mover of the Ben-Hur story origin.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Indiana
F. L. Snyder
Crawfordsville
John W. Baker
Columbia City
A. S. Coverdale
Milton Shedell
Logansport
Alena Williams
Wabash
Will Arnett
Kokomo
C. H. Woolsey
Kendallville
Phil Diels
Marion
U. S. Cress
Decatur
Ben-Hur
Lew Wallace
Aerie of Eagles organized in Kokomo with 100 charter members
In Kokomo Indiana on August 29 a Fraternal Order of Eagles aerie was formed with 100 charter members. Elwood aerie assisted by Anderson conducted the charter ceremony. Delegations arrived from Muncie Hartford City Peru Logansport Frankfort and Marion, totaling about 200 people with two bands.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Order of Eagles
Elwood Aerie
Anderson
Muncie
Hartford City
Peru
Losansport
Frankfort
Marion
Grand Royal Arch and Knights Templars Convocation Chooses St Louis 1904
The twenty fifth annual convocation of the Grand Royal Arch Chapters and the Grand Conclave of Knights Templars colored of Indiana and Kentucky has closed in Muncie Ind selecting St Louis as the site for the 1904 gathering.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Grand Royal Arch
Knights Templars
Indiana
Kentucky
St. Louis
Reduction of debt at the Progressive Brethren church
REDUCTION OF DET. WARSAW Ind Aug The General Conference of the Progressive Brethren Church heard a report showing a satisfactory reduction in the debt of the church publishing department. A resolution increased the board from five to eight members with power to elect officers. A Ways and Means committee was named with members from Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Nebr and others. Elder Bowman preached tonight. Richmond Indiana Aug The Wayne County Epworth League convention at Economy elected officers including Silas Cates as president and Elizabeth Henderson as fourth vice president. Next convention will be at Cambridge City.
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Warsaw
Ind
General Conference
Progressive Brethren Church
Moderator Beach
Ways and Means
J. H. Knopper
Myersdale
J. L. Kimmel
Dayton
Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Wayne County
Silas Cates
Williamsburg
Jennie Williams
Thad Frazier
Cambridge City
Alice Towle
Elizabeth Henderson
Curtis Lantz
Hagerstown
Elizabeth McMahon
Camee City
Miscary
Eastern Indiana Christian Conference Opens at Salamania
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports the fifth session of the Eastern Indiana Christian Conference opening at Salamania Christian Church near Portland Indiana with Rev J F Burnett leading the evening service and more sessions to follow.
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Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
Eastern Indiana Christian Conference
Salamania Christian Church
J. F. Burnett
Clergy and editors lead Indiana church sessions in Muncie
In Muncie presiding officer and Portland editor Rev Homer B Bosworth of the Eastern Indiana Christian serve as secretary. A sizable group of ministers and attendees arrived to participate as sessions continue through Sunday.
Indiana Obituary Notices From Various Cities
Multiple Indiana towns report deaths including Ma Linda Gwin Hoover of Lafayette born 1815 in Virginia who died in Lafayette age 83, funeral Monday. G C Griffin of Marion died suddenly at Hotel Doxey. Mrs Carey of Tipecanoe visits. Susan nah Tindall near Waldron aged 74. James Cummins 86 near Morgan county. Mrs Pratt Moulden 79 of Mouldentown. Christian Branaman 82 of Seymour. Pierce Norton of Marion found dead. David Sherry 62 Civil War veteran buried in Galveston.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Susannah Tindall
Job D. Tindall
Waldron
Ohio
Methodist Church
Mary Goodrich
Shelby County
Martinsville
James Cummins
Thomas Minton
Cummins
Tippecanoe Battleground
Morgan County
Tipton
Pratt Moulden
Mouldentown
Seymour
Christian Branaman
W. T. Branaman
Clear Spring
Marion
Pierce Norton
Indianapolis
Yellow Springs
Muncie
David Sherry
Twenty-seventh
Galveston
Howard County
Marion files suit to block transit cars and seeks injunction
City of Marion through its attorney sues the Marion Transit and Union Traction companies for damages of zero and seeks an injunction against operation of cars on transit lines. Judge Paulus to hear the case, alleging breach of faith and illegal transactions after franchise grants in 1915 and 2000, with lines built then abandoned without consent.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
G. A. Henry
Henry & Elliott
City of
Marion Transit
Union Traction Companies
Paulus
Marion Transit Company
Atlanta swindler arrested in Muncie with reeduced history offer
William A. Crawford of Atlanta posing as an Interstate Press Publishing agent was arrested in Muncie Ind after police traced him from Atlanta and Columbus Ga. He used the alias H H Layton to solicit ministers doctors and other professionals for eighty volumes of history and literature at a reduced price. He would then collect 5 26 for transportation and vanish. A Wishart Publishing Co telegraph warned authorities Crawford was a noted swindler operating across the South. He sent a telegram to his mother and telegraphed his wife in Indianapolis as investigators prepared to detain him.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
William A. Crawford
Atlanta
Interstate Press Publishing Company
Columbus
Crawford
H. H. Layton
Cashmore
Wishart Publishing Company
Kokomo
Indianapolis
South
Courtland Avenue
Tie Wife
Delaware Street
Munele
Indiana swindler J C Layton arrested in Muncie
J C Layton with many aliases, wanted for selling undelivered goods, was arrested in Muncie tonight. He swindled many in Indiana towns including Kokomo, allegedly offering eighty volumes for a percentage paid in advance, victimizing doctors lawyers and ministers. Sergeant Ashly has gone to Manch to bring the prisoner.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
J. C. Layton
Muncie
Indiana
Ashly
Fire destroys hub maker’s wareroom in Scottsburg
SCOTTSBURG Ind Aug 3 At about 12 o clock today fire was discovered in the wareroom of L Prosser Son makers of hubs handles and telephone supplies and in a few minutes the flames were beyond control The room contained hubs amounting to 4406 all of which were burned The loss is estimated at 6000 with 3000 insurance.
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Indianapolis Journal
Scottsburg
Ind
L. Prosser & Son
Fire destroys Batesville saw and planing mill
Special to the Indians arts Journal Batesville Ind Aug 22 The saw and planing mill of the Greemann Brothers Manufacturing Company at this place burned to the ground at 3 o'clock this day. Fire crews battled the blaze but could not save the building causing significant losses to the company and local workers.
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Arts Journal
Batesville
Ind
Greemann Brothers’ Manufacturing Company
Glass industry talks and social care reform mix in August meetings
Reports from Columbus, Fort Wayne, and Goshen detail multiple 1920s era updates. Representatives of three glass firms discuss reopening Oct 1 and possible price agreements while aiming to consolidate independents into larger entities. Separately, Harper lodge opens for feeble minded women, with bids planned for farm work facilities. Dr. Powell and Dr. Hattle engage in legal actions over property rights amid wartime economic concerns.
Newlin & Co to Open Bank at Bloomingdale
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Bloomingdale Indiana Aug 22 1900 C O Newlin and Co dry goods merchants plan a banking outfit linked to their store With no local bank the venture is expected to aid local business The Weaver brothers will run banking affairs As a branch of Harrison Bank at Marshall it may grow into a full bank in coming years
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Harper Lodge
Indiana
J. B. Harper
Colonia
Indianapalis
Bloomingdale
C. O. Newlin & Co
Weaver Brothers
Harrison Bank
Marshall
Sugar company in Terre Haute changes name to Southern Sugar
The National Sugar Company of Terre Haute will rename to Southern Sugar Company due to opposition from the sugar trust which alleges the name resembles that of the trust. The Terre Haute firm, incorporated in New Jersey, is largely local and seeks to exploit land in Mexico for potential profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
National Sugar Company of
Southern Sugar Company
Sugar Trust
Trust Corporation
New Jersey
Mexico
Indianapolis lawyer offered associate professorship at Indiana University
F M Springer of Indianapolis has been offered the post of associate professor of law at Indiana University to replace Prof W E Clapham. He visited Bloomington today but has not decided. A Ann Arbor law school graduate, he has practiced law in Indianapolis and may not leave his established practice.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
F. M. Springer
Indianapolis
W. E. Clapham
Springer
Ann Arbor
Indian Journal special: thief arrested in Coldwater
Special to the Indians Journal Fort Wayne Indiana August 29 Superintendent Gorsline returned from Coldwater Michigan with Arthur O Keefe alias Arthur Mitchell, who robbed Dr Kesler last Sunday. O Keefe left a photograph of a woman and child in Coldwater and was arrested there on police description.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Gorsline
Coldwater
Mich
Arthur O'Keefe
Arthur Mitchell
Dr. Kesler
O'Keefe
School consolidation cuts staff as miles ride daily
In Converse Waltz township trustee J D Miley orders wagons to carry thirty pupils to and from Somerset school for the coming year. He says consolidation reduces instructors by three and will save money. The longest route is five miles. In Covington farmers in the Wabash river bottoms will build levees under the ditch statute so all will share costs after heavy flood losses this year. In Muncie the council agreed on a 25 cent gas rate and locals expect company acceptance.
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Indianapolis Journal
Converse
Ind
J. D. Miley
Waltz Township
Wabash County
Somerset School
Covington
Wabash River
Muncie
Fairmount Educational Day Ends With Plans for Annual Picnic
Three hundred people attended the Fairmount Academy day exercises at Wesleyan camp grounds. Speakers included Capt W E Myers from Anderson Rev E Ellis of Richmond Prof Ryland Ratliff of Danville W W Davis of Marion and Prof L L Tyler of the academy. It was a sermon and picnic and organizers decided to make it an annual affair.
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Fairmount
Fairmount Academy
Wesleyan
W. E. Myers
Anderson
E. ©. Ellis
Richmond
Ryland Ratliff
Danville
W. W. Davis
Marion
L. L. Tyler
Academy
Wabash
Miami County
Boyd Park
Peru Phystelane
McCaskey
Fort Wayne
Fred Albright
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
Denver
Cal
Frank Hogash
Dover School
Dover
Absalom Knight
Bloomington
D. C. Jay
Emma Haisley
Abner C. Harvey
Portland
Indiana county notes outline Labor Day and school plans
Weeklong session of the Jay County Teachers Association set with lectures by F L Crowe at First Christian Church East Main Winchester. W H Gottinger designs a new Romanesque city building in Union City with bids to be let Sept 17. Labor Day celebration plans advance in Bedford with union parades. Bloomfield votes 47 subsidy for Indianapolis Southern Railroad with 60 opposing. Everett E Neal buys Westfield News. Jefferson teachers institute closes after five days with 200 teachers attending. Converse hosts Miami County WCTU convention Sept 1 with grand gold medal oratorical contest at night.
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Jay County Teachers’ Association
F. L. Crowe
First Christian Church
East Main Street
Winchester
W. H. Gottinger
Nion City
Bedford
Stone Cutters’ Union
Lawyers and Quarrymen’s Union
Bloomfield
Richland Township
Bloomfeld
Indianapolis Southern Railroad
Westfield
Everett E. Neal
Hamilton County
Westfield News
Neal
Noblesville
Madison
Jefferson Teachers’ Institute
E F. Brown
Mitts
Brandt
McDaniel
Taylor and Neal
Converse
Miami County
Christian Church
Campanile Salvage Details From Venice Debris Recovery
Venice reports reveal ongoing recovery of 18,000 tons of Campanile rubble from dawn to dusk. Soldiers and a few civilians sort materials, with unusable chunks sent to pebbled boats for disposal and valuable bricks moved to Doge's palace for study and display. Commendatore Boni oversees salvage while noting ancient inscriptions and possible monolithic mementos for gardens, as funds arrive slowly for rebuilding.
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Venice
Edinburgh
Riva Dei Schiavoni
Adriatic Gulf
San Giorgio Maggiore
Delle Grazie
Eracca
Signor Arbib
Pondo
Bibliotecca
Bibliotecca Marciana
St. Mark's Library
Bolanog
Basil Maxiana
Aloysius Zandomeneghi
Bonar Artium Acad Magister
Opus Finxit
Barth Ferrari
Bosa Socil
Joan Cassadoro
Signor Franciscus Carissimi
Faber Ferr
Gaspare Biondetti
Caesare Fustinelli
Archit
Sansovino
Apollo
Campanile
St. Mark's
St. Mark’s
Young Men's Christian Association shines in scope and impact
Leslie's Weekly highlights the Y M C A as unmatched in welfare work for young men. It praises practical aims and broad programs shaping physical, mental, and moral health while funding expands with large endowments and new buildings across the United States and abroad.
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Leslie's Weekly
Young Men's Christian Association
United States
Newark
N. J
New Haven
New England Tobacco Harvest Promising Despite Unusual Acreage
Eleven thousand acres in New England are ripe for harvest with yields up about 15 percent over 1901, and a larger surplus expected. Sumatra shade-grown tobacco expands acreage to over one thousand acres with an investment near $800,000, offering leaf prices from 1.50 to 3 per pound. Innovations include hot-bed seed beds, cloth shading, forced sweating, and new harvesting methods, with Connecticut wrapper tobacco leading domestic wrappers and exported to Germany and other ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
New York
New England
Sumatra
Connecticut
American Tobacco Company
Germany
Wisconsin
Let Us Look to Our Forests
The New York Press laments urban neglect of trees, recounts Thomas advice on preserving oaks, and argues forests must be protected yet need faster cultivation. It cites New York’s forest preserve, calls for education in tree culture, and envisions paper from non-tree sources while praising forestry’s role alongside fish and game conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
George H. Thomas
Department of the Tennessee
Louisville
Georgia
Thomas
Sahara
Newport
New York
State
Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Great Lakes
Look Up Sermon Sparks Lively Ceiling Decorator Quip
A lecturer urges the crowd to look up with fiery rhetoric claiming God helps those who look up. A back-row attendee quips that he has spent thirty years looking up as a ceiling decorator, drawing uproarious applause and ending the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sally
Ovation to Taft in Manila draws diverse crowds
The Manila welcome for Governor Taft was broad and significant, with Americans joined by businessmen of many nationalities and provincials living on church lands. The spontaneous display highlighted broad support for American governance, trade, and stability as a guaranty of the island's future.
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Minneapolis
Taft
Manila
Ponsitie
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