Suit to Remove Board Backed by Saloon Interests
A Grant Circuit Court action in Evansville seeks the removal of the Metropolitan Police Board appointed by Governor Durbin. Relator Pat Antrim alleges unconstitutionality and cites vetoes of similar bills, with critics claiming the board undermines licensed businesses and favors saloon-backed factions tied to Mayor John Kiley. The case highlights Democratic and Republican tensions over appointing police commissioners and calls to vest mayoral appointment authority.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Grant Circuit Court
Metropolitan Police Board
Durbin
Pat Antrim
Daniel Reardon
W. W. McCleary
Robert House
Clly
John Kiley
Orphan Girl Split Color War At Evansville School
In Evansville Indiana a dispute over a color line disrupted a public school when Mabel Smith a white adopted child faced removal due to alleged negro blood. The Board of Education voted for the girl to stay but she will attend a private school after adoption into a white family.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Mabel Smith
Board of Education
Board of Health
Mother-in-Law Offers Reward for His Arrest in Forger Case
Vincennes Indiana September 13 John Selby the alleged forger whose trial was set for this afternoon before Mayor Roush failed to appear and his bond of zero dollars was forfeited. His mother in law Mary E Mayes who says she was forced to post the bond has offered a reward for his arrest. It developed today that several for and notes had come to bene in Lawrence and Crawford counties where he had operated.
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Indianapolis Journal
Vincennes
Ind
John Selby
Roush
Mary E. Mayes
Lawrence
Crawford
Fifth annual farmers institute conference at Pur due University
Lafayette Ind Sept 13 The fifth annual conference of farmers institute workers will be held at Purdue University on Tuesday and Wednesday Oct 14 15 Prominent men from Illinois Wisconsin Ohio and New York invited to join the program Tuesday sessions focus on livestock dairy agricultural and horticultural interests Wednesday covers institute chairmen matters Nature study and home reading will also be addressed A Central Passenger Association rate offers one fare for the round trip from Indiana points with certificates signed by the State superintendent of farmers institutes Visitors welcome and can obtain rate information at the college new agricultural building
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Farmers’ Institute
Purdue University
Illinois
Wisconsin
Ohio
New York
Central Passenger Association
Indiana
W. C
Daughter Dies of Hydrophobia After July Dog Bite
Evansville Ind Sept 12 Cora Young nine year old daughter of farmer John Young died today of hydrophobia after suffering severe agony for days. It is believed she was bitten by a dog in July when several people were present and the dog showed vicious behavior before her death.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Cora
John Young
Northwest Indiana M E B Conference ends Monday at Rensselaer
The fifty first Northwest Indiana M E B Conference session in Rensselaer closes Monday afternoon with appointments read. Bishop Joseph Vincent presides. Meetings are held across Trinity M B Church and other churches. Presiding Elders Schell Towne Brooke Dale Beck report district work well. retirement of several ministers noted. Total reported finances reach 330,000.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rensselaer
Ind
Northwest Indiana
M. EB
Joseph Vincent
Trinity M. BH
Presbyterian
Baptist
Schell
Crawfordsville
Towne
Greencastle
Brooke
Ite
Dale
South Bend
Beck
Havse
D. M. Wood
South Inter Siding
The
Gobin
de Pauw
Miss Deacon comes to America social debut scene
Miss Deacon an American beauty linked to German crown prince plans social debut under Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont. Duchess of Marlborough praises her at Newport amid a Newport era social swirl as local tension rises from a house fire incident caused by a gasoline mishap. In Huntington Indiana a heated Commissioners Court liquor license dispute pits Thomas Jacobs against local W C T U petitioners. testimonies challenge signatures and crowd the courtroom over days.
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Miss Deacon
America
Indianapolis Journal
Huntington
Ind
Commissioners’ Court
Huntington County
Thomas Jacobs
Jacobs
Third Ward
Ap:rin
Conference Addresses Fundraising and Future Plans
The twentieth century fund raised 200000 with confidence it would be met. Dr L G Brown and Dr J L editors from a trio of church publications spoke at the conference. Dr W R Halstead discussed hospital and deaconess work. Dr T B Neely and Dr W P Thirkield were also among prominent speakers as Terre Haute and South Bend invited the conference for next year, South Bend chosen.
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L. G. Brown
Western Christian Advocate
J. L
Epworth Herald
W. V. Keeley
Methodist Review
W. R. Halstead
Indianapolis
T. B. Neely
New York
W. P
Indiana Yearly Meeting Opens with New Discipline Changes
The Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends will meet in Richmond from Sept 30 to Oct 7. New discipline renames the meeting of ministers and elders to the meeting on ministry and oversight and the representative meeting to the permanent board. Quarterly meetings report to the yearly meeting on the state of the church based on monthly and local meetings, detailing spiritual condition, worship, family devotions, conduct, Christian work, and other congregation affairs.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Meeting
Yearly Meeting
Pastor to lead new Five Points Methodist church
In Lafayette Indiana Rev A G Detch pastor of Congress street Methodist Church is named supervisor of construction for a new Five Points church on Oakland Hill. The decision came from Bishop Vincent and the cabinet at the Northwestern Indiana Methodist Conference in Rensselaer. Detch’s appointment vindicates charges of inefficiency raised by some parishioners. A handsome new church will be the Oakland Hill neighborhood’s sole sacred edifice. his successor at Congress Street is not yet announced.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
A. G. Detch
Congress-street
Five Points
Oakland Hill
Vincent
Rensselaer
Detch
Congress Street
Eastern Indiana church conference gathers near Farmland
The annual Christian churches conference for eastern Indiana opens in Farmland with about four hundred delegates from Wells Jay Randolph Delaware Henry Wayne and Grant counties and parts of Ohio. The meeting runs Tuesday through Friday and includes leaders from over eight thousand members. Nearby Hagerstown hosts the Whitewater Primitive Baptists ninety second annual session at Salem Church with a free public dinner and notes of growing membership. closing Sunday afternoon.
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Indianapolis Journal
Farmland
Ind
The
Christian Churches of
Indiana
Christian
Wells, Jay
Randolph
Delaware
Henry
Wayne
Grant
Darke
Mercer
Ohio
Hagerstown
Whitewater Association of the Primitive Baptists
Salem Church
Mrs James Oliver Dies in South Bend at 70
Mrs James Oliver wife of a pioneer plow manufacturer of South Bend Indiana died tonight at seventy after years of poor health and a brief illness. She leaves husband Joseph D Oliver a daughter Mrs George and other family members.
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James Oliver
South Bend
Ind
Joseph D. Oliver
George
Mrs Judith Niles Dies At LaPorte At 53
LaPorte Indiana September 13 Mrs Judith King Anderson Niles wife of William Niles retired manufacturer lawyer and capitalist died here today from a complication of diseases aged fifty three She was a writer of ability and had traveled extensively stored away a life of diverse achievement in northern Indiana
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Laporte
Ind
Judith King Anderson Niles
Indiana
William Niles
Obituaries and labor actions in Indiana events
Deaths reported in Richmond and Wabash Indiana as Newton Hunt aged 69 dies of typhoid fever, Arthur Hampton 40 dies of consumption, and John Clawson 73 dies. In Wabash, United Hatters approve returning 80 hat trimmers to Pioneer works after a strike, with pay on the old scale resuming Monday.
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Richmond
Ind
Newton Hunt
Elkhorn
Arthur W. Hampton
John
Clawson
Indianapolis Journal
Wabash, Ind
Wabash
United Hatters of America
Pioneer Works
Blackford Glass Plant to Open in Hartford City Monday
Hartford City stockholders vote to start the Blackford Glass window factory Monday, claiming no union violations as it begins operations. It is a twelve-pot plant employing over one hundred men, with Eureka Cooperative Window Glass also reportedly starting Monday in nearby towns.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Blackford Glass Company
Indiana
Blackford Company
L. A
Blackford
Eureka Co-operative Window Glass Company
Upland
National Window and Bent Glass Company of
Montpelier
Independent Glass Company
Myers and Board families hold annual reunions in Indiana
In Covington Indiana the Myers and Board families held their annual reunions last week. About 500 Myers relatives gathered on land first entered by Jacob and Catharine Myers seventy three years ago. Five generations of the Myers family were represented with elder John Myers at ninety and Eli Myers at eighty eight. Jacob Myers and his wife had moved from North Carolina in 1810 and returned during Indian troubles before resettling in Indiana in 1830. The Board reunion drew 175 attendees across four generations and five states, with every branch represented.
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Indianapolis Journal
Covington
Ind
Myers and Board
Myers
Jacob
Catharine Myers
John Myers
Eli Myers
Molly Fine
Harrison Myers
Elijah Myers
Jacob Myers
Indiana
North Carolina
DoLan Sues Lake Shore & Michigan Southern in Major Injury Case
The largest personal injury damage suit in Laporte county is filed by Charles D. Dolan of Elkhart against Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad. Dolan, a former brakeman, seeks 0,000 for injuries from a wreck on July 21, 1901, in which his right leg was amputated after being pinned in the wreck for two hours.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Laporte County
Charles D. Dolan
Elkhart
Frank E. Osborne
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company
Dolan
Lake Shore
Explosion In Gasoline Fire Claims Miss Delia Wright Death
A Wabash tragedy unfolds as Miss Delia Wright, daughter of Rev. J. H. Wright, perishes from injuries after a gasoline explosion. Early reports describe a morning accident in Wabash, Indiana, with local authorities investigating the blaze and its fatal outcome.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash, Ind
Delia Wright
J. H. Wright
Marion Canton Retains Drill Championship After Upheaval
Marion Canton held the world drilling title for three straight years until disqualified from contests. A new canton formed last February with a different membership but same drillmaster Captain Dana Gunder. It plans to win honors at the Des Moines meeting.
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Marion Canton
Canton
Dana Gunder
Des Moines
Local incidents unfold in three Indiana towns
In Connersville Mrs. Ollie Kay, a grass widow, attempted suicide by poison during the night, with a physician unable to save her. another woman, Amanda Brown, also attempted poisoning but will recover. In Marion a freight wreck on the C MR line damaged four cars on a trestle but caused no injuries. in Richmond John A. Logan was acquitted of arson after a jury verdict. In Lafayette Frank Kennedy underwent amputation of his left leg after a long illness tied to an old sprain and decayed ankle bones.
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Indianapolis Journal
Connersville
Ind
Ollie Kay
Amanda Brown
Marion
Richmond
John A. Logan
Logan
Lafayette
Frank Kennedy
Montmorenci
Cochran O Neal wed in Richmond parish
Dr I B Cochran a local dentist and Miss Effa O Neal were married at St Marys Catholic Church parsonage in Richmond. Rev Julius Mattingly officiated and a supper followed at the bride's parents home.
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Cochran—O'neal
Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
I. B. Cochran
Effa O'Neal
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Julius Mattingly
Indiana notices from several towns including Earlham College and Marion
Richmond Dean R L Kelley remains a psychology instructor while taking acting president duties at Earlham College He also continues teaching Prof William C Dennis from Vincennes Admitted to the bar and taking a law post at University of Illinois Leo Adams arrested after desertion and reunion with Ida May Tull Columbus fined four dollars and jailed Elwood Elwoodee telephone exchange to start with about 20 instruments Hartsville 38th Indiana Regimental Association to meet at Marengo Sept 16 with notable veterans from the war Covington grain dealer offers twenty dollars in gold for the largest oats load Warrick won with 440 bushels Rushville grand jury indicts Rolla A Clingman for murder Morristown Sun to transfer Oct 1 to Ira Mallory Morristown Morristown Sun sale of paper Hawkins case dismissed for murder Dye case Marion school attendance rises to 2414 from 2357 Lafayette naval recruiting station closes Terre Haute Lake County Superior Court building cornerstone ceremony set Sept 18
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R. L. Kelley
Earlham College
William C. Dennis
David W. Dennis
Champaign
University of Illinois
Leo Adams
Columbus
Ind
Ida May Tull
Centerville
Elwood
Elwoodee
Delaware and Madison County Telephone Company
A. W. Martner
Hartsville
Thirty-eighth Indian Regimental Association
Marengo
Crawford County
Richards
Glover
Indianapolis
Covington
John Warrick
Rushville
Rolla A. Clingman
W. Stewart Miller
Homer
Morristown
George A. Moormann
Ira N. Mallory
Nunda
Moormann
Marion
Thomas Hawkins
Irvin Dye
Lafayette
R. K. Bedgood
Terre Haute
Naval
Hammond
Lake County Superior Court
Defective Flues Cause Fatal House Fire in City Limits
A defective flue at Charles Dwyer's home 3716 Glennview drive sparked a blaze that leveled the house, owned by Charles Comer, near Brightwood. Neighbors fought flames before the fire department arrived, leaving extensive loss and furniture destroyed.
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Charles Dwyer
Glennview Drive
Charles Comer
Brightwood
Theresa Hinds
Davidson Street
Murdered by Tramps at Beatrice Nebraska
Mrs Kate Fournell was assaulted by tramps near Steinhauer and murdered. Her body was dragged to the yard and her clothing burned. The attackers looted the home while the crime was carried out, and her mother and brother found the scene upon returning. An arrest or identification was not currently available.
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Beatrice
Neb
Kate Fournell
Steinhauer
Neely sues for $6,000 return of seized funds from arrest
War Department information confirms C F W Neely has filed in New York to recover $6,000 seized at his arrest in Cuba. Funds were with the Post Office Department, later turned to the War Department as a case exhibit. Cuban refund requests raise questions of ownership and possible forfeit.
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Washington
War Department
C. F. W. Neely
New York
Cuba
Post Office Department
Neely
United States
Cuban tariff bill boosts duties across many goods
Washington reports United States minister to Cuba Mr. Squiers telegrams that the Cuban House passed the Senate tariff bill. Increases authorized cover coal, meats, canned beef, coffee, eggs, olives, beer, soap, flour, rice, potatoes, milk, beans, onions, wine, liquors, hats, corn, footwear and leather goods with varied percentages.
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Washington
Squiers
United States
Cuba
Department of State
Senate
Bond-Adee Talk on Fisheries Ends Courteously Yet Unofficially
Washington reports Sir Robert Bond Newfoundland premier met with Acting Secretary Adee by appointment. The talks were pleasant but unofficial and no treaty negotiations were opened as Bond lacked authorization. Also noted wireless experiments by the Navy between Washington and Annapolis faced heavy interference and limited success due to trolley lines and other obstacles.
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Washington
Robert Bond
Newfoundland
Adee
Mr. Adee
Presi
Navy Department
Annapolis
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