Indiana Normal football debate and regional notices
A mix of campus debate on abolishing football at Indiana State Normal, with a distraction about a basketball line in a student event, followed by several brief regional notices: robberies in Portland and a jail escape, a pipe organ death in Terre Haute, obituaries in Jasper and Portland, a Pan American talk in Terre Haute, revenue collections in Richmond, a church installation in St. Paul, and plans for a Catholic church in Evansville plus a fundraising effort for Wesley Reynolds’ parents in Westville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hymera
Indiana State Normal
Terre Haute
Joseph B. Jenckes
Central American College
Honduras
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Indiana
Thisty
Richmond
H. Hart
New York
St. Paul's Bal Church
F. O. Granniss
Indianapolis
Ieee Francis
Starr
C. C. Bing
M. F. Johnston
Evansville
Chatard
Hon
Cold Wave Today Hits Indiana Illinois and Ohio
Forecast from Chicago reports a cold wave sweeping central and southern Indiana, with Monday fairs giving way to much colder conditions. Illinois stays cold Monday and Tuesday, Ohio colder with possible snow in the northeast, winds from west to northwest. Temperature to fall about two degrees by Monday morning. readings show cloudy, brisk conditions and light precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indiana
Ilinois
Monayy
Ohio
Cox
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Cold Wave Grips Wisconsin and Upper Michigan
Wisconsin and upper Michigan are struck by a cold wave tonight the coldest of the season. Many places report near freezing temperatures with a high wind and light snow across the state. Traffic moves with little delay despite the severe weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Movements of Steamers Across North Atlantic Ports
On December 7 arrivals and sailings are reported from New York Queenstown Plymouth and the Lizard. Vessels arriving include Umbria from Liverpool Deutschland from Hamburg Cassel from Bremen Rotterdam from Rotterdam Pretoria to Cherbourg and Hamburg La Gascogne from New York Etruria from New York. Sailed include Furnessia to Glasgow Kyndam to Amsterdam Lucania to New York Bleacher from Hamburg Boulogne to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Umbria
Liverpool
Deutschland
Hamburg
Cassel
Bremen
Rotterdam
Furnessia
Glasgow
Kyndam
Amsterdam
Queenstown
Lucania
Liver i
Bleacher
Boulogne
Plymouth
Pretoria
Cherbourg
Ham
Lizard
Kroonland
Antwerp
la Gascogne
Eeet
York
Pool
Etruria
Sen Row
Patos Island Dispute Tied to Venezuela Britain Talks
A 1901 Venezuelan yellow book reveals exchanges with Britain over Patos Island, a long disputed possession near Trinidad. The note outlines claims from Venezuela based on proximity and law, Britain’s counterpoints, and hints at arbitration amid wider Venezuela Britain tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Venezuela
Foreign Office
Caracas
London
Patos Island
Great Britain
Patos
Augusta
London Foreign Office
Guayara
International Law Institute
Trinidad
Spain
Ayuntamiento
Huevos
Monos
Ing
Castro
Warships Arrive Off Laguayra From Bermuda Willemstad
The English cruiser Retribution and the German Gazelle have anchored at Laguayra after sailing from Bermuda and Willemstad respectively. The Spanish warship Nautiles also arrived at Laguayra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Retribution
Bermuda
Gazelle
Willemstad
Laguayra
Nautiles
Reed's rise in congress and a memorable cross examination
A Maine lawyer Rufus Reed gains prominence after being named to the Potter committee during Hayes-Tilden post election work. His early political battles include a hot district campaign with an atheist charge tied to Col. Ingersoll, a rejected first marriage proposal, and a later, fortunate union. Reed earns respect from Col. Clapp for a powerful cross examination of Tilden, described as unmatched by famed lawyers.
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Reed
Boston
Gen. Garfield
Biddeford
President Hayes
Senate
Hamling
Blaine
Hale
Frye
Harrison
Portland
Karrison
Maine
Harr
Michigan
Mr. Reed
Massachusetts
Bunker Hill Monument
Aes
National House
Colonel Ingersoll
Eer
Miss Merrill
Congress
Hayes
Tilden
House
Potter Committee
Replie
Fifth Avenue
Clapp
Dor
Governor Tilden
Beacon Street
Rufus Choate
Emperor Francis Joseph to Return to Vienna This Week
Emperor Francis Joseph has recovered from lumbago and is expected to travel from Schoenbrunn to Vienna this week. The Etruria incident saw Colonel Lamb of the English rifle team die by suicide aboard a Cunard steamer on the Mersey after a Canadian competition trip. Nobel prizes will be distributed on Wednesday for physics chemistry literature medicine and peace. Austria Hungary endures severe winter with snowbound Danube towns and widespread scarcity and suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Joseph
Lumbago
Vienna
Schoenbrunn
Cunard
Etruria
Mersey
Lamb
Canada
Lorenz and Zeenan
Emil Fisher
Berlin
Mommsen
Major Ross
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
de Martens
Austria-Hungary
Bucharest
Danube
Ibraila
Galatz
Fires devastate tanneries across several states
Losses mount from early December fires as multiple tanneries burn. RIDGWAY Pennsylvania suffers $75,000 building and up to $300,000 leather stock damage from a gas explosion in the engine room. ATHENS Pennsylvania reports $50,000 loss to a four story tannery complex with 10,000 hides ruined. DENVER Colorado sees $20,000 damage from a vault fire at McPhee McGinnity planing mill with four firefighters injured. BUFFALO New York destroys Nathan Wolfe Sons building with a watchman believed dead and about $3,000 in losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgway
Eagle Valley
Athens
Union Tanning Company
Denver
Col
McPhee & McGinnnity
Buffalr
N. Y
Nathan Wolfe & Sons
John Krautman
Six Day Bicycle Race Opens in Madison Square Garden
New York December 8 eight thousand persons witnessed the start of the tenth annual six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden at twelve minutes after midnight. Sixteen teams compete for prizes in a 142 hour event. Riders may ride or rest, but no man on a team may be on the track more than twelve hours in any twenty four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Madison Square Garden
Sudden Missouri channel shift cuts water in Nebraska City
Nebraska City reports a sudden shift of the Missouri river main channel to the Iowa side leaving the city without water. Waterworks mains drained basins empty and the electric plant shut down, leaving streets dark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska City
Neb
Missouri River
Iowa
Wagner Kills Nephew Then Takes Own Life
In St Louis on December 7 Benjamin Wagner shot and killed his nephew Dr W Bair and then fatally shot himself. Bair had married six weeks earlier, and Wagner's ties to him had weakened since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis, Mo
Benjamin Wagner
Dr. W. Bair
Bair
Wagner
City News Notes In Indianapolis Area
Dr A L Benninger of 1802 Prospect street left his medicine case at Central Christian Church yesterday and it was not recovered. Indianapolis Manufacturers Association will hold a meeting and banquet at the Commercial Club tomorrow night with William M Taylor as president. The Christmas meeting of the Women s Foreign Missionary Society Meridian street M E Church will be held at Mrs Joshua Stansfield s home 97 North Capitol avenue tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock. The Mothers Circle of Y M C A Boys Club meets this afternoon at 2 20 in association parlors with a special programme and important meeting.
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A. L. Benninger
Prospect Street
Central Christian Church
Indianapolis Manufacturers’ Association
Commercial Club
William M. Taylor
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
Meridian Street
M. E
Joshua Stansfield
North Capitol Avenue
Y. M Cc. A. Boys’ Club
Gambling Sermon Warns of City's Gambling Sins at Games
The Rev. Hiram W. Kellogg preached on gambling at Central Avenue M E Church, arguing the habit corrupts future prospects, injures legitimate business, fuels crime, harms homes, and is prevalent in schools and football games where youths win money unseen by authorities. Public sentiment must curb this vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram W. Kellogg
Central Avenue M. E
Christ
Charles Dickins
Little Nell
Jesus
First Arrest Under New Weights and Measures Ordinance
Frank T. Hilgemeier keeper of stall 60 in East Market meat department was arrested on a warrant sworn by City Weigher Bartley after refusing a test of the scales. Bartley inspected East Market scales Saturday and found them out of balance citywide, vows to watch all markets and arrest noncompliant owners if defects persist. Hilgemeier aimed to set a test case for the ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank T. Hilgemeier
East Market
Giblin and
Milam
Bartley
Hilgemeier Brothers
F. T. Hilgemeier
Hilgemeier
Holmes
Irvington Father Arrested for Slapping Child
John Stone of Irvington was arrested by Patrolman Silvey on a charge of cruelly treating his three year old son Albert. A warrant followed a complaint by William A. Joyce after Stone left his wife and five children destitute. The child asked him to return home and was slapped repeatedly. The Board of Children's Guardians was alerted and the children were placed in the board's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stone
Irvington
Silvey
William A. Joyce
Stone
Albert
Board of Children’s Guardians
Move to relocate Indiana Deaf and Dumb Institute eyed
A legislative committee on state institutions begins a tour of Indiana sites today starting with the Deaf and Dumb Institute in this city. It will also inspect the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home at Knightstown, the Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Richmond, the Northern Hospital for the Insane at Logansport, and the Fort Wayne School for Feeble minded Youths this week. The group may consider selling the current East Washington street grounds to buy a larger, cheaper site with new buildings, while leaving room for other reforms and future funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Committee
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Knightstown
Eastern Hospital For
Richmond
Northern Hospital
Logansport
Fort Wayne
Woman's Prison and Girl's Industrial School
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
East Washington Street
Governor’s Party Scrambles Over Ducks Phrase
Governor Durbin dodges a question about the duck hunting diplomacy remark. He questions the count of ducks and provides evasive answers, suggesting uncertainty about the source of the phrase and the situation in the region.
Fletcher's English trip lecture delights German House audience
Dr. C I Fletcher presented a lecture titled A Summer's Trip through England at the German House aided by 200 stereopticon slides. He walked long routes on foot to study native character and contrasted English life with American farming while praising England Germany and the United States as great allied nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. I. Fletcher
England
Dr. Fletcher
British Islands
Engand
Alf
Fletcher
Haddon
Indiana
Mr. Major
Dorothy Vernon
Wayside
Dickens
Shakspearean
Middle States
Germany
United States
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy for relief
A reader reports five years of ovarian troubles and unpleasant discharge relieved within weeks by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She avoids surgery, credits restored health, and urges other women to write for guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. Pinkham
Trains Run From Union Depot to Shelbyville and Beyond
Rail service updates show hourly cars from Union Depot Washington and Meridian to Shelbyville and Indianapolis with final departures at 10 30 p m. Service to Mooresville and intermediate points departs Kentucky avenue and Limes Street from 6 39 a m hourly through 6 20 p m, with later trains at 11 15 and 10 o clock. Tickets at Huders drug store and E E Bailey's pharmacy.
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Anderson
Muncie
Pation
Spencete
Elwood
Kentucky Avenue
Cara
Indianapolis
Kentucky
South Capitol Avenues
Marion
Alexandria
Perrogers
Greenfield
Knightstown
Georgia
Meridian
Union Depot
Louisiana Et
Shelbyville
Washington
Meridian Sts
Huders Drug Store
Cof
Washington and Peon. Sts
E. E. Baeley
Stubbins Hotel Block
Greenwood
Pennsylvania
Washington Streets
Martinsville Rapid Transit
Mooresville
Intermediate
Pointe
Imehingtes Street
Csr
Dass
Connec Tiough
Brooklyn Roads
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Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Redkey
A. W. McKinney
George Smith
Jacob Burger
F. and M. Bank
George Bryan
Jacob Denney
Indiana Notes
Central and Southern
R.H
Weath
W. T. Blythe
Amarillo
Tex
Teesa
Calgary
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Chattanooga
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Dodge City
Fort Smith
Ar Haven
Mich
Grand Junction
Havre
Mont
Huron
Kansas City
Little Rock
Ark
Ile
Iphis
Lake Ore Paul
Minn
Misson
Éodses
Britain
General Foreign News
City
City News Notes
H. W. Kellogg
Malta
Vita
Inspector Bartley
Legislative
Union Station
Brownsville
W. L. Taylor
L. P. Newby
E. H. Tripp
Raymond P. van Camp
Taylor
Governor's Party
Duck Hanting
Governor Durbin
Lilly & Spalnaker
East
Washington Street
ION Alive & Oss
A. Muellerschoen
Atkins
Barry Saws
Chatr
BIG Four City Ticket Office
Cleveland Express
Uspe
Yanion City
Kankakee
Chicago Fast Mail
White City
Cincinnati & Xpress
Cincinnati Express
Greensburg
N. Vernon
Louisville
Peoria
Feoria
Bloomington
Gan Ham
Dayton By. Y
W. Wash
St. Cieen
Chicare
Monon
Lake Erie
West
Toledo
Detroit
Lafayte
Mr. R. Itt Oun
Martinsville
Accomodation
North Vernon
Madison
Pittsburg
Columbus
St. Louis
Wes Terre Haute
West Western Express
Effingham Ace
Saeeseree
Cil
Dally
tWacky
Union Traction CO
Magnolia Brock
Capitol
Greenfield Line
STERN
Franklin Building
Indianapolis, Shelbyville & Southeastern Traction
Franklin BR. BR. CO
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