County Local Option Dominates Indiana Session Plans
Indy reports the upcoming special session opens with Democrats and Republicans aligning on county local option. Governor Hanly's anticipated fiery address aims to energize lawmakers as caucus plans test party discipline and potential crossovers in a vote to pass the measure.
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Indianapolis
Anti-Saloon League
Democratic State Committee
Bicks
Hottel
General Assembly
State House
House
Senate
Drops Dead in Superior Court
William Irvin aged 68 an attorney and former criminal court judge of Indiana fell dead while questioning a witness in the Indianapolis Superior Court today. Death likely due to apoplexy with autopsy to confirm cause.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Irvin
Criminal Court
Ind. Heroine Miss Doney sacrifices self for child
Cambridge City, Ind., Sept. 17. Miss Mildred Doney, eighteen, saved her young niece Mildred Locke from an approaching Pennsylvania engine by hurling the child clear of the tracks. She was struck, crushed and later amputated, but remained conscious and hopeful of recovery.
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Cambridge City
Ind
Mildred Doney
Mildred Locke
Miss Daney
George A. Daney
Connersville
Miss Doney
Miss Locke
Lfe
Pennsylvania
Coney
Garfield Is A Model School In Richmond Visit
George A. Brown of Bloomington Illinois, publisher of the School and Home Educational Magazine, toured Garfield school in Richmond to study its instructional method. He noted centralization of seventh and eighth grades in one building with departmental teaching and a dedicated subject teacher, praising the system as rare in the United States.
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George A. Brown
Bloomington
Ill
George P. Brown
Richmond Public Schools
Hiram Hadley Academy
Garfield
School and Home Educational Magazine
Brown
Richmond
United States
Leeds Will Is Filed for Probate
Mineola L L Sept 17 The will of William B Leeds who died in Paris recently valued at over 20 million dollars was admitted to probate by Surrogate Jackson. The son by the first wife Rudolph Gaar Leeds receives 1 million dollars and the residue largely goes to the second wife Nannie Stewart Leeds with some new bequests.
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Mineola, L. L
William B. Leeds
Paris
Jackson
Leeds
Rudolph Gaar | Leeds
Nannie Stewart Leeds
Captured after exciting chase ends with arrest near Centerville
Earl Monroe, a fugitive board bill beater, was arrested after a chase from Fourth and Main to near Centerville. Police pursued him through Earlham campus and rural areas before a farmer on the Centerville road notified authorities. Monroe claims a ruse helped him escape. officers dispute the account as exaggerated.
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Fourth
Main Street
Centerville
Earl Monroe
Bill Beater
Monroe
Mary Lewis
South Third
A Streets
Hill
Fourth and
Cully
Earlham
National Road
Vogelsong
Litttle
Richmond Garfield school plan inspires national attention
The Richmond Garfield school has operated for thirteen years as a model for centralizing seventh and eighth grades. Cities nationwide plan similar buildings and methods. Mr Brown praises the Richmond Garfield program as highly successful and a benchmark for similar education.
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Richmond
Garfield School
Brown
Richmond School
Cholera Cases Rise Aboard U S Transport Sheridan
Manila reports a second cholera case on the U S transport Sheridan today as its departure is delayed. Four new cases and eight deaths were tallied in Manila on the same day.
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Manila
U. S
Sheridan
Weather Prophecy for Indiana and Ohio
The Weather Prophet reports fair conditions for Indiana Thursday night and Friday with light to fresh south winds. In Ohio expect fair weather Thursday night and Friday with winds ranging from fresh to light, mainly from the south and southeast.
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Indiana
Ohio
Wright Brothers Life Told by Mil to n Wright
Reverend Milton Wright of Dayton recounts how his sons Wilbur and Orville Wright began with a toy airplane and a crude airship in Richmond and Millville. He notes their early mechanical skill, patents in six countries, and the evolution toward the airplane that changed aerial navigation.
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Greensfork
Ind
Whitewater
Sugar Grove
Here
Milton Wright
Dayton
U. B. Church
Wright
Wright Brothers
Wilbur and
Orville
Bishop Wright
Wilbur
Richmond
Washington
France
Wrights
Millville
Henry County
United States
Russia
Germany
Belgium
Holland
England
Wright to contest Le Mans prize and cup
Wilbur Wright will race for the Aero club of France $1000 prize for the longest flight over an enclosed ground and for the Mitchell $4000 cup for greatest distance by a heavier than air machine in 1908. Minister of Marine Thompson arrives soon to witness Wright's flights.
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le Mans
Wilbur Wright
The
Aero Club of France
Marine Thompson
Mr. Wright
Official Wright Flight Trial Set Near Ft. Myer
Washington September seventeenth. High north wind delayed Orville Wright's official speed trial at Fort Myer. The five mile course will run to Shooters Hill near Alexandria and back. Orville expects to fly this week and vows to chase his brother's Le Mans record.
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Washington
Orville Wright
Ft. Myer
Shooters Hill
Alexandria
Orville
le Mans
Women Have Narrow Escape After Tracted Car Spooks Horse
While drinking at a trough at Twenty third and Main streets a horse driven by Mrs Harry Aring with Miss Pearl Judy as a companion became frightened by a T H I E traction car and dashed west on Main street. It collided with a wagon near East Main Street Friends church, throwing both women onto the street. Neither was injured. The rig was damaged.
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Twenty-third
Main Streets
Harry Aring
Miss Pearl Judy
Main Street
East Main Street
Friends’ Church
All Smiths in Missouri On Anxious Seat Amended Suit
James Martin, a county farmer, sues Isaac E. Smith for 1000 dollars after a Webster road collision allegedly caused his horse and rig to wreck. In circuit court, Martin amends the suit to add P. W. Smith and Erman Smith, owners of local businesses, as defendants. Isaac Smith may be dismissed. The case hinges on the vehicle involved, a Ford minibout versus a Buick touring car, and unsettled claims threaten other local Smiths with possible liability.
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James Martin
Webster Road
Martin
Smith
Mr. Martin
Isaac E. Smith
Isaac Smith
P. W. Smith
Erman Smith
James Whitcomb Riley
Taft Marching Club Organized in Taft Township
Cambridge City Indiana September 17 Republicans formed the Taft Marching Club of Jackson township at a well attended meeting. A drum corps is planned and ready to accompany Republican speakers. Claude Kitterman was elected president and Charles Kel treasurer. Club rooms secured in the Kessler block above the gas works.
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Cambridge City
Ind
Taft Marching Club
Jackson Township
Claude Kitterman
Charles Kel
Kessler
Chowning Freed On Fine After Wife's Illness News
Osro Chowning was released from county jail this morning after paying a $20 fine. His wife Mrs. Chowning, of Connersville, was reportedly dying and wished to see him. he reacted with tears upon learning of her condition. He had been jailed for associating with Josie Bond, a notorious woman.
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Osro Chowning
Tragedy: Westville Man Struck and Killed by Train
Edgar Coulter of Westville Ohio was struck by a northbound Pennsylvania train near his hometown and killed instantly while driving a horse that also died. The mutilated body was found about 4:30 AM, with the wreckage and scene description suggesting the horse bolted in front of the engine. The accident occurred opposite the Reddish farm two miles southwest of Westville, and no witness to the moment of impact was available. The engineer and fireman reportedly did not notice the collision, prompting an investigation into the fatal incident.
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Edgar Coulter
Westville
Wayne Township
Pennsylvania
Eaton
Richmond
Coulter
Sherman Pryfogle
Campbellstown
Coulters
Reddish Farm
Hawkins Place
New Paris Pike
New Club Promises Republican Literature and Weekly Meetings
The article notes furnishing of materials and supplies of republican literature. Prospects indicate success for the new club with meetings planned for every Wednesday evening.
Boys Brigade Receives Springfield Rifles
The Rev. David C. Huntington announced at St. Pauls Episcopal church that a wealthy eastern donor promised to equip the Boys Brigade with Springfield rifles and ammunition for their camp next Sunday. He did not name the donor but said the gift promotes shooting as a teachable skill and linked marksmanship to self confidence and study.
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David C. Huntington
Recse
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Boys’ Brigade
East
Huntington
Willard WCTU Plans Delegates Meeting Tomorrow
The Francis Willard Woman's Christian Temperance Union convenes tomorrow afternoon at Rhoda temple to elect delegates to the state convention. A full attendance is desired.
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Francis Willard
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Rhoda Temple
Brewers Battle in Delaware Local Option Clash
In Indiana a heated struggle unfolds as brewery allies and anti saloon groups fight in Muncie and eleven other counties for state legislative seats. Key races include succession contests for Senators Farber and McCain and representatives Faulkner Carmichael Wade. Local option fever grips voters amid Republican and Democrat contests.
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Indianapolis
Palitciana
Muncie
Brewery Alliance
Indiana
Clinton
Carrell
Farber
Laporte
John B. Faulkner
House of Representatives
Abraham Halleck
Richard ©. McCain
Kentland
Jasper
Newton
White
Starke
McCain
Samuel Benz
Benz
Crawford
Dubois
Perry
Officer Edward Quick Killed by Burglar in Michigan City
Michigan City Indiana September 17 officer Edward Quick of the Indiana state prison was killed this morning by a burglar he surprised at his home Mrs Quick woke to a noise and Quick was shot as the intruder fled toward the kitchen neighbors and police responded several suspects were arrested but night darkness hid the assailant who may have fled on a work train Quick aged forty was killed in his home by the intruder.
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Michigan City
Ind
Edward Quick
Indiana State Prison
Quick
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FR Myer
ALL Smiths
P. W. Anderman Smith
Kitterman
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