Three Men Die at Veedersburg Grade Crossing
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports at Veedersburg Ind that County Commissioner Daniel Hutts and Albert Smith were killed when their buggy was struck by a westbound freight one and a half miles south of Cates Station. The crossing, a steep hidden grade, is deemed highly dangerous and Hutts had just started his term.
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Indianapolis Journal
Veedersburg
Ind
Daniel Hutts
Albert Smith
Cates Station
Smith
Silverwood
Hutts
Explosion at Montpelier oil station injures engineer
Montpelier Indiana October 23 one of the worst gas explosions in the town's history hits the Standard Oil pipeline pump station at 10 am. Engineer J C Klingensmith is critically injured after a furnace door blows off and strikes him on the head fracturing his skull. He is a thirty second degree Mason.
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Indianapolis Journal
Montpelier
Ind
Standard Oil Company
J. C. Klingensmith
Ness
Two Timber Workers Killed in County Accidents
In Rockport near Midway Harvey Weatherholt about forty died when a tree fell on him as he felled timber. Nearby two miles east of Lincoln City Peter Warner aged thirty eight perished in the same manner while cutting timber with his father in law. both men left widows and children.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rockport
Boy Is Wounded In Accidental Shooting At Picnic
Dwight Russell ten year old son of Perry Russell Centerville was shot by George Omala with a revolver during a school picnic in Richmond Indiana. The ball struck the hip and may cause a lasting crippling injury though not immediately life threatening.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Dwight Russell
Perry Russell
Centerville
George Omala
Train Strikes Man On Log Railway Near Hammond
Hammond, Oct 23 S McCoy 35 of Burnham Ill was struck and killed by a fast train on the log Railway at this place this morning. Details of the accident are unknown.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hammond, Inc
S. McCoy
Burnham, Ill
Will Resume on Monday at Elwood Tin Plate Plant
Twenty mills of the American Tin Plate Company's big Elwood plant will resume operations next Monday with additional Western plants restarting concurrently. Six mills will remain idle until a new engine is installed, and overall steady work is expected through winter, employing over two thousand workers. Palmer Winslow plans to start two large bottle factories at Columbus on November 1 under a three month contract to supply a major chemical company, with Matthews factories also kept fully operational.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
American Tin Plate Company
Fairmount
Palmer Winslow
Columbus
Winslow
Matthews
Prominent Kokomo Women Launch Anti Vice Crusade
In Kokomo Indiana on October 22 a church women’s organization formed to clean the town of bawdy houses resorts and saloons. Prominent residents join and plan to urge County Commissioners to strengthen law enforcement with church backing. The group will begin inspections and coordinate with local churches.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
We Church Women
Alice Wi
Michigan City Congregational delegates meet in Elkhart
The Michigan City Association of the Congregational Church held a delegate convention in Elkhart on Monday and Tuesday. Addresses by E. D. Curtis of Indianapolis state secretary of oe a Free and by Rev. J. Web y aided the program. Other speakers included A. A. Salme E oolinger and Rev. ef D. Crowall. Mr. Kiplinger was selected for a post. South Bend is referenced in connection with the event.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elkhart
Ind
Michigan City Association of the
Congregational Church
E. D. Curtis
Indianapolis
J. Weby
A. A. Salme E
Ef D. Crowall
K. Kiplinger
Indiana church convention opens with prominent speakers
Shelbyville Indiana October 2 The second day of the Church of Christ convention opened at First Christian Church with Mrs Otis Frasier leading devotions. W Wing of Franklin presided and T J Legg of Logansport spoke. County church reports were read and T J Legga addressed Saving Indiana. Night meeting featured Elder E B Scofield of Indianapolis. Winchester Indiana October 2 Dr W F Oldham and Dr Cartwright led a missionary convention for North Indiana Richmond district aiding lay understanding of missionary work.
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Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
Convention
The
Church of Christ
First Christian Church
Otis Frasier
Morristown
W. Wing
Franklin
T. J. Legg
Logansport
T. J. Clark
Bloomington
Indiana
T. J. Legeaganeners
William Chapple
Columbus
C. R. Hudson
E. F. Mahan
E. B. Scofield
Indianapolis
Winchester
W. F. Oldham
New York
Methodist Church
Cartwright
Mexico
Richmond
North Indiana
Oil for fuel reduces costs in Montpelier field
In Montpelier Indiana contractors report oil replacing coal for heat as winter approaches. Oil costs about 1 per barrel delivered and three barrels provide heat similar to a ton of soft coal, with coal priced 4 to 3.50 per ton and delivery varies.
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Indianapolis Journal
Montpelier
Ind
Gas firm seeks higher rate for Wabash supply
In Wabash Samuel Murdock of Logansport & Wabash Valley Gas Co offers to renew gas service at 25 cents per 1000 cubic feet if the current ordinance expires November 1. The City Council counters with renewal only if a guaranteed residential heat supply is provided and the rate is 19 cents per 1000 feet, calling this its ultimatum.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash, Ind
Samuel Murdock
Logansport & Wabash Valley Gas Company
Wabash
Coal Vein Found Near Fairmount Amid Oil Drilling
Workmen for Chicago Pipe Line Co drill an old cranberry marsh east of Fairmount and strike a twelve foot vein of high quality coal 300 feet underground. Leases cover gas and oil only, surrounding land is low and once lakebed, with about 1000 acres in the tract. Separately in Marion, Hol land business leaders tour Grant county oil fields to study production and pipeline shipping for potential Dutch oil development.
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Indianapolis Journal
Alexandria
Ind
Chicago Pipe Line Company
Cranberry
Fairmount
Pipe Line Company
Marion
C. L. M. Lambrechsten
N. C. Lambrechsten
A. Stoop
Holland
Grant County
Netherlands
Obituary of Evansville Demokrat editor Lorenz Rohr
Evansville Evansville Democrat editor Lorenz Rohr died suddenly at his breakfast table aged 56. Born in Germany, he worked for New York Chicago and St Louis papers and was close to Carl Schurz and the late Gen Franz Sigel.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Lorenz Rohr
Morning Demokrat
Germany
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Carl Schurz
Franz Sigel
Deaths in the State: Mrs Eliza Haines Dies in Richmond
Mrs Eliza Haines aged sixty four died yesterday afternoon at her Richmond home. A native of Germany she came to America at three weeks old. She is survived by her daughter Mrs George Doney of Cambridge City.
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Richmond
Ind
Eliza Haines
Germany
America
George Doney
Cambridge City
Park and memorial planned for Milroy homestead
Rensselaer city council and local subscribers purchased the old Milroy homestead for a public park and patriotic memorial. Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy, who organized Indiana’s first volunteer company in the Civil War, lived there, and descendants may erect a monument to the “Old Gray Eagle.” A memorial hall is possible in the future.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rensselaer
Ind
Ladies’ Literary Club
Milroy
Robert H. Milroy
Jasper County
Indiana
Seder
Ninth Indiana Infantry
Gray Eagle
Saved His Master's Life by Loyal City Dog
Beecher East, a bill poster in Kokomo Indiana, was saved from death today by his dog after months of attempting to give the animal away. The dog, an ordinary hound, leaped to protect East as he faced a potential peril in the act of pasting notices. This dramatic rescue occurred near the Lake Erie and Western line observed by bystanders.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Beecher East
East
Sir Gastswas
Lake Erie & Western
Calvert Dies After Beating. Hess Held on Assault Charge
Lucien J. Calvert Republican justice of the peace and re election candidate died after being struck on the head with a beer mallet by Edna Bessa. An inquest found a fractured skull and brain bleeding. A warrant charging Hess with intent to kill will be issued. Hess remains jailed for failure to pay a prior assault fine.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rising Sun
Ind
Lucien J. Calvert
Edna Bessa
Calvert
Hess
Missing Governor Speech Leads Grant to Oktawn Appointment
In Sellersburg Indiana lieutenant governor Newton W Gilbert missed a northern state railroad connection. A N Grant of Indianapolis attended the event as state central committee sent to fill the appointment. The meeting drew double the Jeffersonville audience and contrasted with the earlier Democratic meetings.
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Indianapolis Journal
Sellersburg
Ind
Newton W. Gilbert
State Central Committee
A. N. Grant
Indianapolis
B. F. Shiveley
Jeffersonville
Postmaster Murphy Found in Arkansas Working as Carpenter
Sullivan Ind October 28 David A Murphy the postmaster at Fairbanks who vanished in Terre Haute last March left a note claiming he drowned himself in the Wabash and a small deficit in receipts has been located in Arkansas where he is working as a carpenter, ending his disappearance.
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Indianapolis Journal
Sullivan
Ind
David A. Murphy
Fairbanks
Terre Haute
Wabash
Arkansas
Tragic choking death of infant Henry Conrad
In Evansville Indiana on October 28 Henry Conrad sixteen months old son of John Klingelhoefer swallowed a substance while playing on the floor and choked to death. His mother rushed to a physician but died before reaching care.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Henry Conrad
John Klingelhoefer
Danville Farmer Reuben Rush Hangs Self in Barn
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Danville Illinois reports forty year old farmer Reuben Rush aged seventy committed suicide by hanging in his barn. Despondency due to illness was given as the cause. His second wife, married last spring, found him first.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
Ill
Reuben Rush
Citizens hold special meeting on charter in Muncie
A special meeting of citizens in Muncie Indiana was held to discuss a special charter question. A bill will be drafted and presented to the upcoming Legislature.
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Indiana Polls Journal
Muncie
Ind
Elwood 50th anniversary celebrated with golden wedding
Mr and Mrs John Maze marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a large gold themed gathering. They wed in 1853 at Sharpsville and have resided in the area since.
The Reign of Autumn in a Frayed Ode
Fragmented verse describes autumn’s splendor and approaching winter. The speaker notes crimson splendor and fading roses as maple and oak streets glow with sunset. December chills arrive, urging readers to follow the swallow toward distant ends of the earth.
Foraker Speaks to Packed Noblesville Crowd in Ohio Senator Address
Noblesville Indiana October 28 Ohio Senator Joseph B Foraker addressed a large voter audience at the Wild Opera House. He praised Representative Landis urged his re election and contrasted Republican gains with Democratic records. He defended tariff policy praising the Dingley law and asserted expansion and consolidation as modern needs. He cited Philippines involvement and open door to Asia and predicted an American led world position once the canal is built. The Marion Club and band were expected tomorrow night.
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Indianapolis Journal
Noblesville
Ind
Wild Opera House
Ohio
Joseph B. Foraker
Foraker
George Shirts
Landis
Congress
Republican Party
Cleveland Times
Philippines
Far East
Senator Foraker
David Sherrick
Marion Club
Indianapolis
Beveridge Praises Roosevelt at Columbia City Rally
Senator Albert J. Beveridge spoke in Columbia City despite illness. He praised farmers, attacked trusts, and saluted Theodore Roosevelt for ending the coal strike, drawing loud applause from Republicans across Whitely County. He urged trust restraint and highlighted farm prices as proof of party strength.
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Indianapolis Journal
Columbia City
Ind
Albert J. Beveridge
Whitley County
White House
Beveridge
Theodore Roosevelt
Maceeng Che
Dent
Chaney Draws Large Bedford Crowd In Canvass
Republican congress candidate John C. Chaney spoke at the Bedford courthouse to a large audience after a ten day absence to mourn his father. He earlier addressed workers in the quarry district, where bosses shut the plant for thirty minutes so employees could listen. The meeting was described as very enthusiastic and convincing.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bedford
Ind
John C. Chaney
Chaney
Ars
E Employes
Rival Meetings in Washington for Chaney and Miers
In Washington Indiana on October 28 rival meetings will feature Republican congress candidate John C Chaney and Democrat Robert W Miers. Cyrus E Davis aids Miers while unveiling ante convention deal and his split stance threatens campaign unity as both sides seek a crowd in the clash over nominations and party leadership.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Ind
John C. Chaney
Robert W. Miers
Republian
Congress
Miers
Daviess County
Chaney
Cyrus E. Davis
Davis
Greene
Monroe
Brown
Davis and Miers Fight Over Congressional Race Funding
A heated dispute centers on a claimed $600 bid to cede a congressional race to Davis. Antimiers Democrats accuse Davis of yielding to party leaders, while Republicans denounce a meeting arranged by Miers that clashes with Judge Chaney’s event. A prominent Democrat says Davis’ allies pressured him to back Miers, warning a loss in Daviess County could hinge on 300 votes from 1909.
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Davis
Miers
Judge Chaney
Washington
Daviess County
West Virginia Orator Arouses Enthusiasm at Crawfordsville
A Crawfordsville crowd welcomed Col. F. C. Cooper of West Virginia at the courthouse as the campaign’s closing Republican speaker. He spoke clearly on issues, and supporters grew hopeful for next Tuesday. Other campaigns followed in Tipton Elwood Winchester with speakers Cannon Cromer Black and Dodge, drawing large audiences and aiming to boost Republican turnout.
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West Virginia
Crawfordsville
Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Col. F. C. Cooper
Morton Club
Winchester
James B. Black
Supreme Court
James 8. Dodge
Magee
Opera
Windsor
M. L. Clawson
Young Republicans Hold Enthusiastic Roots Hall Meeting
In Connersville Indiana the Young Republicans held a well attended smoker at Roots Hall. Members toasted cigars and heard several speeches on current political questions led by Francis T Roots delivering the chief address.
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Indianapolis Journal
Connersville
Ind
Roots
Francis T. Roots
Grant county Republicans hold mass meeting in tent
Marion Indiana October 27 Republicans of Grant county held a large mass meeting in a circus tent near the Soldiers Home Fred Landis Republican nominee to Congress spoke this afternoon Representative R W Taylor of Ohio was one of the principal speakers Mr Taylor is well pleased with the outlook in Indiana.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Grant County
Fred Landis
Congress
R. W. Taylor
Ohio
Taylor
Indiana
Pacific Cable Almost Laid Between Suva and Fanning Island
Victoria B C Oct 28 It is expected that the cable between Canada and Australia will be completed on Saturday The Anglia laying the 2100 miles from Fanning to Suva left Fanning Island Oct 18 earlier than expected Engineer Dearlove has tested the Vancouver Island Fanning stretch for a week with satisfactory results
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Victoria
B. C
Canada
Australia
Anglia
Fanning
Suava
Fanning Island
Dearlove
Vancouver Island
As To Humor In A Brooklyn Newspaper Column
A Broklyn Eagle humor essay muses that humor lies in observation not invention. It cites a “literary woman” who dressed as a working girl to study conditions, notes the absurd details and prices, and ponders ready made humor and trade secrets such as hats labeled made in Paris. The piece hints at more examples and playful social ironies.
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Broklyn Eagle
Ives
Paris
Scalped by a Redskin Feigned Death and Survived Attack
Charles E Blind of Loveland recounts a Sioux attack near Gilcrist South Dakota during the Indian troubles. He feigned death after a close rifle volley, was scalped by a warrior at close range, and later rode to town with head wounds. He says the experience left him scarred and wary.
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Denver
Charles E. Blind
Loveland
United States Land Office
South Dakota
Gilcrist
Black Hills
Self
Arrest of Bill Posters in Chicago Riots
Twelve striking bill posters and sympathizers were arrested for violating a restraining order issued by Judge Chytraus. Police dispersed crowds around the American Posting Service offices as teamsters blocked streets. Bonds were posted. Business Agent P. J. Murphy and Patrick Gottlieb faced charges of inciting riots and related counts.
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Chicago
Chytraus
P. J. Murphy
Patrick Gottlieb
Jews' Priceful Legacy? A Jewish health and history view
An article by Maurice Fisnb eg discusses Jewish health noting neu rasthenia and hysteria as common, and immunity to digestive and contagious diseases. It argues urban life shaped a disciplined, resilient race through centuries of persecution and sanitary laws, with a provocative claim on selection and advancement.
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Washington Times
Maurice Fisnberg
Shakapeare
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