Deaths by Carbolic Acid Across Indiana
Reports from Bluffton Muncie Sullivan and Wabash detail multiple suicides and accidental deaths. Mrs Edward near Bluffton drank two ounces of carbolic acid after quarrel. Mrs George Campbell of Muncie took an ounce following her husband’s request to visit kin and died within an hour. Jesse Plunkett Jr and Everett Leggett were involved in a fatal fight in Merom area. Robert Moyer, son of H J, drowned in the Mississippi. John Batey, a gate driver in Dugger mines, crushed by falling slate.
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Bluffton
Ind
Edward
Mount
Muncie
George W.campbell
Sullivan
Wabash Bottoms
Merom
Jesse Plunkett, Jr
Everett Leggett
Wabash
Quincy
John Batey
Dugger
East Beta City
Winona Assembly Opens With Hobson Lecture
Winona Lake Indiana July 7 The eighth winter season of the Winona Assembly and School opened today Captain Hobson lectured on The American white Traditions and Victories A summer school rally followed by a reception for students at the Hotel The Winona Assembly Review editor H M King of Wabash College and business manager Heeter of Converse were present Registration of students proceeded apace List of arriving guests at various hotels and inns included many names from Chicago Indianapolis and other cities The Boys Club organized with Captain Reddick in charge Prof F C Spalding and Miss Mary A Iglehart offering courses and lectures
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Winona Lake
Ind
Winona Assembly
Pearson Hobson
Sol C. Dickey
Winona Assembly Review
H. M. King
Wabash College
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F. C. Spalding
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Mabel Campbell
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Mollie Bedford
John C. Dickson
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Glassmaking Industry in U S Shows Growth and Labor Costs
Washington July 7 a census bulletin details the U S glassmaking sector for the census year noting 358 establishments employing a substantial workforce with rising output and expanding use of tank furnaces and mechanized processes. Total production value exceeds 65 million with salaries and wages running into millions, while fuel and freight costs rise as domestic firms face foreign competition. Hartford City Indiana another note: twenty two glass workers departed this evening led by Lawrence Mor.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
North
Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
This City
Lawrence Mor
West Coast Glass Factory Planned for Stockton
A group of glass workers will move to Stockton California to join a Pacific Coast Glass plant promoted by C J Hurrie of Indianapolis. The 24 blower continuous tank operation will use oil, prepaid transport for workers and families, and will be the first window glass factory west of the Rockies under Hurrie's management. Another party of about thirty will depart for Independence Kansas to join J R Johnston and associates building the first window glass plant in the Kan t gas fields where a cooperative company is forming.
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Stockton
Cal
Pacific Coast Glass
C. J. Hurrie
Indianapolis
Golden Gate
Rocky Mountains
Hurrie
Independence
Kan
J. R. Johnston
Kante Gas Fields
Indiana University fund drive to raise 16000 dollars
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Bloomington committee canvasses citizens and IU alumni for sixteen thousand dollars by January 1. William T. Hicks and W H Smith lead the drive. Rockefeller to donate thirty thousand with twenty dollars subscribed elsewhere. Mrs Swain has raised 1406 of the latter. Funds to build an annex for social and religious use. Local briefs from Montpelier Tipton Marion.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
William T. Hicks
W. H. Smith
John D. Rockefeller
House at Muncie Destroyed by Lightning
A house in Muncie owned by M. C. Claypool and occupied by George Cameron was struck by lightning during a rainstorm this evening and destroyed. Mrs. Cameron and her four children were inside but uninjured. The loss on the house and contents is about 1000 dollars, partly insured.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
M. C. Claypool
George Cameron
Strike of Half a Day by Telephone Linemen at Marion
Fifty linemen for United Telephone Company quit at noon in Marion Indiana over alleged union busting and nonunion replacements. A settlement set the men to resume work tomorrow. In Wabash a group of laborers sued contractor Ed Bridges for back wages after wage demands. Bridges confessed judgment and agreed payment next Saturday.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
United Telephone Company
Wabash
Ed Bridges
Bridges
Panic on Interurban Car Near Summitville
Panicked passengers aboard the 3 10 car of Union Traction Company between Alexandria and Summitville reported a trolley pole broke loose at high speed. The car crashed its top and windows shattered as frightened riders surged to the rear. The conductor's quick actions prevented injuries.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fairmount
Ind
Union Traction Company
Alexandria
Summitville
Anderson-Marion
Richmond Coliseum Planned by Athletic Association
Richmond Indiana July 7 Plans completed for a new coliseum to be erected by the Richmond Athletic Association which holds a franchise in the Western Polo League The building will serve public gatherings and with standing room 303 persons can be admitted It will be 90 by 150 feet with a floor space of 90 by 150 feet and ranks among the state’s largest auditoriums apart from Tomlinson Hall Indianapolis
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Richmond Athletic Association
Tomlinson Hall
Indianapolis
Kokomo Rescue: Boy Gas Overcome in Well
In Kokomo Indiana John Crubbs sixteen was lowered into a well to measure depth. Gas overcame him and he fell into the water. He struggled for about an hour before rescue by Fire Department personnel. Fireman Ed Floyde nearly suffocated and fell in but both were saved after ropes. Crubbs in serious condition. In Muncie Indiana the city council rejected a new franchise for two utilities at its meeting.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
John Crubbs
Ed Floyde
Clubbs
Floyde
Gas Franchise Sealed To Stop Rate Hikes In Local City
The city council tabled an ordinance granting the nebhise to the former company by a 6 to 4 vote. The franchise sets gas sold by meter at 12 cents per thousand cubic feet, then at TN cents per thousand. The move is expected to halt any immediate rate increase. In related dispatches, Ed Lyons, a jail escapee, was recaptured in Princeton and returned to Daviess County Jail to face new charges. A separate report from LaPorte, Ind. says Harry Ball was shot and killed in Waite's restaurant shooting incident in New Mexico. Marion, Ind. coverage notes James Rowan will accuse several policemen of assaulting park-goers, with a shot fired narrowly missing a bystander.
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Daviess County
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Bill Edson
William Kelly
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Evansville releases come for O Connell Heisman Torrence
Evansville Three I League base trio O Connell and pitchers Heisman and Torrence were released today. Several other players are expected to depart as the team reshapes its roster.
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Evansville
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O'Connell
Heisman
Torrence
Wheat salve lore from a village herb craft
A bent old woman on a Philadelphia Ramble shares a home made salve recipe said to cure sprains and aches. She gathers green wheat heads and bark mixtures of elder and bitter sweet roots with thick cream to form an oil that keeps indefinitely and many locals swear by its healing powers.
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Philadelphia
Man Jumped From Brooklyn Bridge in July Tragedy
NEW YORK July 7 A man committed suicide by leaping from the Brooklyn bridge this afternoon. A tug hove a rope to him but he refused it and disappeared beneath the water. the body was not recovered.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Rising Sun Hosts 16th Indiana Sons of Veterans Encampment
Rising Sun Indiana welcomes delegates and visitors for the sixteenth annual Indiana division Sons of Veterans encampment. About 2 000 residents provide hospitality with women in order colors greeting attendees. Sessions begin with credentials reports and speeches by Mayor Spencer and Judge Davis as candidates contest offices amid large crowds and planned entertainments including a big camp fire, barbecues, and river excursions.
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Mr Morgans Right as to Poker in Harper's Weekly
On a sea voyage a dozen passengers, including prominent Americans and two English baronets, discuss poker and bridge whist. Sir Edward Colebrooke questions patriotism of Americans dislodging their national game, as Mr. Morgan denounces draw poker as un-American and calls for abolishing it. He says the game promotes deceit and swiftness to shoot the proponent who labels it national.
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Edward Colebrooke
Mr. Morgan
Fifty years shift from whisky to beer in U S production
Springfield Republican notes that beer manufacturing surged since 1850 while distilled spirits grew slowly. Census data show malt liquor value hard to compare due to tax changes, with material costs and capital having risen substantially by 1900 though wages per worker declined, indicating data limitations and incomplete comparisons.
Paris beer industry growth exceeds rivals as tax growth cited
Paris on the malt liquor industry shows a drastic lead over peers with capital rising from 4 072.29 in 154 to 415 254 468 in 19 and product value leaping from 5 728 568 to 7 20 713. Wage earners number is about twenty times higher than fifty years ago. Internal revenue statistics indicate per capita beer consumption surged while distilled spirits declined. extending back to 18M would reveal an even larger shift toward beer and ale.
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Paris
Death of Marian Murphy inquest opens in Buffalo
The Buffalo inquest into Marian Murphy's death began with Police Judge Murphy presiding. Witnesses testified to finding the body in Forest Lawn Cemetery pond while Medical Examiner Danser reported the autopsy showing the child was strangled and outraged before being thrown into the water. A warrant was issued for Charlie Wee charging first degree murder.
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Forest Lawn Cemetery
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Charlie Wee
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Penney
Wee
Storms cripple Nebraska railways and claim lives
Beatrice Nebraska reports a cloud burst that floods the Union Pacific line near town and halts trains. Burlington line washouts delay travel. In Minnesota Adam Bishman Jr and a sister die milking in a barn basement as it is torn apart by wind. Wisconsin barn collapse kills two children, while grain crops and forests bear the impact of the storm.
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Storms in New York State report flood near Belfast
Rainfall described as a deluge akin to the Johnstown flood struck Belfast near Portageville on the Rochester branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Erie lines reported minor track damage and single-track operations between Dale and War-saw and Swains and Canasera, with other main lines open. A Rochester division disruption persisted Hinsdale to Rochester. a search from Arcade sought Clifford Parker and Miss Smith after they fled Delevan. their horse and buggy were recovered with the horse drowned.
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Telephone Linemen Killed at Work in Georgia
A thunderstorm in Offerman Georgia killed five workers employed by the Southern Bell company. Three white men M C Hawkins F B Studer A H Rymer from Alexander North Carolina and two unnamed black workers died while stretching wires in two sections about five miles apart. One bolt caused all deaths and two injuries.
Stoking Furnaces Cuts Smoke Says Sheffield Expert
The chief smoke inspector of Sheffield England endorses light and frequent firing on an alternate side method. He argues soft coal smoke is best reduced by firing lightly on each side so fuel is fully consumed and little smoke escapes while a stoker bears extra effort. The expert believes modern furnaces fired this way produce almost no smoke.
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Advertising shifts as beef boycott boosts newspapers
The beef boycott pushes cereal makers to rush ads in newspapers, skipping magazines for speed and local reach. They targeted housewives in ready markets, avoiding duplication and broadening territory quickly while changing type and presentation within twenty four hours, yielding immediate returns.
Gray hair turning dilemma says fashion tale
Philadelphia Record quotes a stylish hair dresser noting few women welcome gray hair yet many would prefer full gray than remain in the unknown. The remark reflects attitudes toward aging and beauty in the era.
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Philadelphia
President avoids handshakes at public receptions
The author notes a Springfield Illinois notice that the President will not hold a public handshake at the State Board of Agriculture event in October. It recalls past ceremonies at Yale and New Haven where the President and Hadley bowed, arguing hands should not be required in large crowds.
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Yale
Roosevelt stands firm as sugar trust blocks fade
The Kansas City Star argues President Roosevelt remains steadfast despite Congress failing to pass his proposed legislation. It praises his courage in opposing obstructing forces and denounces the sugar trust for attempting to end his career, asserting the public sees his open and honest conduct. It warns those aligned with the trust that their effort will fail.
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Austria’s Image and the U.S. Vienna Embassy Elevation
The Philadelphia Record notes that Austria is largely familiar in culture terms to Americans and hopes the elevation of Vienna’s legation to an embassy will foster better mutual understanding. It states Austrians recognize the United States through industrial competition and urges American tourists to explore Austria’s land and people.
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Austria
Vienna
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Blue Danube
Dewey’s ire over Aguinaldo’s forces in quarte rs
The passage laments George Dewey’s irritation at Filipino forces near his quarters. It questions what stake Filipinos have in a republic they dream of building for years, their altar and fires, and the freedom of their children. It notes Aguinaldo’s exasperation and contrasts with Spaniards’ compliance.
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George Dewey
Aguinaldo
Republic
United States
Commodore Dewey
An Incubator Brood
The New York Press notes crowds admire a brood of hundreds hatched under a neolographic “Mrs Incubator” and contrasts animal beauty across species. It recalls Paracelsus’s early glass-hatching experiments nearly four years ago.
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New York Press
Paracelsus
Courtroom Tale From Arizona Cements Senate Cloakroom Gossip
Washington Post recounts lawmakers in the cloakroom sharing court anecdotes. Delegate Smith cites an Arizona incident where a border town case unfolds and a new Eastern lawyer asks to charge the jury. The judge quips that he never charges juries, saying they do not know much and can take all they can get.
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Bryan raids won’t rally Democrats to revenge campaign
The New York World suggests William J. Bryan should not expect many Democrats to join him in a revenge raid against those who did not ardently back him in the 1896 and 1900 campaigns. The paper argues Bryan would be mistaken if he assumes broad party support for such action.
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William J. Bryan
Perseverance Means Finding a Hole in a Wire Screen
A Philadelphia Press quip frames perseverance through a talking mosquito and a wise old insect, explaining that perseverance is about finding a hole in a wire screen to get through. The brief cartoonish exchange centers on the pun and light moral about persistence.
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Philadelphia Press
Job Before Him in Baltimore American
James Whitcomb Riley has earned a degree and will demonstrate dialectic possibilities of the college well. The note signals anticipation of his forthcoming public display and the college stage set for his contribution.
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Baltimore
Man Seeks Chicago Trip On Monon Train Incident
Jack Carlett of Chicago attempted to ride a Monon train to that city this morning. A brakeman at Union Station struck him with a lantern, causing him to fall from the train and injuring his ankle. He was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
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