Preacher's Sermon Triggers Police Chief Grand Jury Demand
Indianapolis police chief Metzger brands Rev. Harry G Hill sermon as falsehood and demands the grand jury subpoena the preacher to testify on graft and police inefficiency. Hill defends free speech and says he cited nationwide crime trends while inviting evidence to back claims.
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Indianapolis
Metzger
Harry &. Hill
Police Department
Third Christian Church
Hill
Grand Jury
Bookwaltere
Harry G. Hill
Dr. Hill
Shooting at Zointon Ends in Death of George Purcell
George Purcell died in a Terre Haute hospital after being shot by Taylor Suttles near Zointon. Purcell, a county native, had relatives locally. Suttles claims self defense and witnesses corroborate his account. motive remains unclear.
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George Purcell
Terre Haute
Taylor Suttles
Zointon
Purcell
Michigan City
Frank Purcell
Pike County
Guttle
Parcell
Sutdle
Reformatory Chief Seeks Ban on Five-Cent Novels
Vanderburgh county officials were asked by Major D C Peyton general superintendent of the Indiana reformatory at Jeffersonville to aid him in suppressing the sale of five cent novels through malls He cites a Roosevelt amended law that classifies indecent material as inciting arson murder and assassination Peyton links the reading to a bank robbery attempt in New Albany and a convicted youth He says local stores would face shipping restrictions if authorities succeed and post offices have been informed.
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Evansville
Vanderburg ‘County
D. C. Peyton
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Peyton
Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson Heal
New Albany
Hasmer
Vanderburg County
Indiana
Farmer Albert Marclay Charged With Murderous Assault
Albert Marclay a farmer was arrested in Aurora after allegedly beating his mother Elizbeth Marclay with an iron bar at their home northwest of town. The motive cited was property disputes over a $12,000 estate. lynching threats followed, and the widow remains in danger as she lies in critical condition.
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Aurora
Ill
Albert Marclay
Elizabeth Marclay
Albert
George Marclay
Sugar Grove
Marclay
Telegraphers of Illinois Central press wage rise demand
Telegraphers on the Illinois Central system totaling about fourteen hundred oper a tors voted to stand by wage and working condition demands. The company has granted a uniform pay basis for telephone operators but refuses a general raise. J A Newman of the union is directing talks with railroad officials, with a conference planned for next Monday.
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Chicago
I Wnois Central Railroad Company
Illnois Central
J. A. Newman
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Greenville man kills mother deputy then dies by own hand
Clyde Weaver of Darke county near Gettysburg killed his mother and a deputy sheriff, wounded another man and his wife, then shot himself. A terror in the neighborhood, Weaver, about 34, had been a junker and was once jailed in Dayton workhouse for eccentric and cruel acts toward animals.
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Greenville
Clyde Weaver
Gettysburg
Darke County
Weaver
Isaac Weaver
Dayton
Young Weaver
BOB HUNT DEAD LONGTIME RAILROAD AGENT AT SHOALS
Robert E. Hunt longtime agent for the old O M and B and O Southwestern railroads at Shoals died at home in the city from paralysis. A native of Erie Pennsylvania he came to Shoals as a youth and after retirement from railroad service was nominated by Republicans of Martin County for county recorder. He was widely known and a Mason by trade the funeral was managed by the Masons.
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Bob” Hunt
Robert E. Hunt
B. & O. Southwestern
Shoals
Martin County
Basketball Dropped at High School This Winter
It is announced that no basketball team will be organized this winter for both boys and girls due to inability to secure a suitable hall and lack of a coach. Will FitsGibbon is home from Terre Haute.
Man recalls events near Black Creek mine before death
In a nearby statement Purcell described staying at the Black Creek mine area as he remained conscious until shortly before death. He said he did not know Suttle was mad and claimed he had no idea a shooting would occur, calling the act cowardly.
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Suttle
Atlas
Purcell
Dave Beveridge
Linton
George
Jeptha Moss
Terre Haute
Twin Mines
Taylor Suttle
George Purcell
Joseph Osna
Back Creek
Rdluhrdlurdul T
Joseph Osha
Red Mens Lodge
Osha
Suttles
Callins & Wells
Henderson
Greene Circuit Court
Grand Jury
Buttle
Emery
John Boyle
John
Black Creek
Family in Need as Salvation Army Aids Typhoid Family
The Salvation Army seeks immediate help for Harley Jones and his four children after typhoid fever struck the family. The parents have cared for relatives and the ill children, with two boys placed in an orphanage and a three months old baby to care for. The Charity Mission has supplied clothing and food while trustees furnish coal and food, and a night nurse is needed. The Joneses live at 704 Grove Street.
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Salvation Army
Harley Jones
Keith
Joneses
Grove Street
Annapolis Football Player Undergoes Delicate Neck Surgery
In Annapolis on November 30 a Midshipman Earl D. Wilson who fractured his neck during the October 16 game underwent a careful operation. Surgeons removed laminae to relieve spinal cord pressure and inspected the cord. They removed bone fragments from the fifth vertebra and found the fourth vertebra dislocation caused the major injury. The cord remains intact but injured. doctors believe pressure is relieved and recovery prospects improved.
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Annapolis
Earl D. Wilson
Wilson
Crow Roost Draws Crowds as Hunters Struggle
Bedford reports the Crow Roost six miles southeast attracts thousands of birds each afternoon from sites near the Ohio River. Farmers’ efforts to scare them with guns fail while hunters recently shot into the roost, provoking angry bird aggression. The flock feeds on corn, causing notable crop losses.
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Bedford
Here
Ohio River
Alabama votes wet amendment defeted by wide margin
From Alabama county precincts reporting by 5 pm the amendment vote went against the measure. Indications show losses in a majority of counties with a statewide majority near 20 000. Large counties largely opposed while white women and children at polls did not affect outcomes. No disorder or excitement reported.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Cherry Mine Disaster Views At Majestic Theater
The Majestic screens a special Cherry Mine disaster reel this week featuring heroes, rescuers, and the mine scene. A top vaudeville program follows with The Springfield Twins and Campbell and Prown performing singing and talking acts.
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Cherry
Illinois
the Majestic
The
Majestic
Springfield Twins
Campbell
Prown
Jone
Young violator in Brooklyn court fined for speed law
The Brooklyn children court arraigned a 15 year old, Rogers Burkh am, who claimed a chauffeur license and pleaded guilty. He was fined $2 and paid it promptly.
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New York
O'Keefe
Brooklyn Children’s Court
Rogers Burkham
Worker Survives 100-Foot Fall at Sandusky Glass Plant
Walter Saunders, employed by Weber Chimney of Chicago, fell about 100 feet from scaffolding near the top of a stack at the Enterprise Window Glass plant. He was unhurt in the incident reported in Sandusky Ohio on November 30.
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Sandusky, Q
Walter Saunders
Weber Chimney Company
Chicago
Enterprise ‘Window Glass Company
Funeral ignites loss for water works chief Carl Seamans
Carl Seamans, superintendent of the water works, returned home from Winchester after attending his father’s funeral. His father died Friday after a stroke two weeks earlier, and was buried Sunday.
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Carl Seamans
Winchester
Semans
Switchmen Strike Ends in Northwest After Talks
St Paul Dec 1 after fifteen days of negotiations between the Switchmen's Union of North America and a joint committee of railroad managers representing thirteen railroads of the northwest a strike involving 2300 switchmen ended with an agreement or settlement reached despite early suspicions of prolonged disruption.
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Switchmen
St. Paul
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Joint Committee of
Northwest
Rail strike threatens traffic on western railroads
Workers on railroads from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast struck at 6 o'clock last night. The action disrupts freight movement and could cause serious traffic interruptions, with wheat prices rising in Chicago as grain cars become scarce.
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St. Paul
Lake | Superior
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Duluth
Superior
Rumor of County Option Law Decides Supreme Court
Indianapolis reports a circulating rumor that the state supreme court will soon rule the county option law unconstitutional. Anti-saloon league researchers and saloon interests dispute timing, noting briefs were filed late and the court is on vacation. A December or January decision is possible.
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Indianapolis
Supreme Court of
Anti-saloon League
Supreme Court
Shirts & Fetig
Noblesville
Ferdinand Winter
J. Frank Hanly
R. C. Minton
Superme Court
Spreme
Postpone Graft Cases in San Francisco
An order from the superior court delays all bribery prosecutions until January 10, 1910. The current district attorney will not handle the cases further. disposition will rest with district attorney elect Ficket.
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San Francisco
Superior Court
Ficket
Stabbed in scuffle at Smithville revival meeting
Bloomington reports Si las Siscoe aged fifteen stabbed Thomas Vaugat during a scuffle outside the Methodist church at Smithville. Vaugat, seriously wounded, was taken home about a mile away and is expected to recover.
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Bloomington
Methodist Church
Smithville
Silas Siscoe
Thomas
Sigcoe
Typographical Union 6 Convicted of Court Contempt
New York City job printers union 6 upheld on appeal for contempt after years old strike and picketing at a publishing house. The lower court ruling was confirmed by the appellate court in Albany.
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Albany
N. Y
Typographical Union 6
New York City
Apepdis
Class Elects Officers At Local High School Meet
The class of 1909 met at Miss Ade line Castro home Saturday night and elected officers. Asa Jones was chosen president, Jesse Steele vice president, Clara Westhafter secretary, Lois Bukley treasurer. A reunion will be held in December.
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Adeline Castro
Llows
Asa Jones
Jesse Steele
Clara Westhafter
Lois Bukley
Apples on display from Washington state at Little Gem
Display shows two Washington apples from a half-dozen sent by Evans to his father Frank Evans. The apples came from a carload that sold for 26 dollars per bushel.
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Little Gem
State of Washington
Evans
Frank Evans
Ada Bolton Diagnosed With Diphtheria In Cornettstown
Ada Bolton daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Bolton is ill with diphtheria. The town notes a band initiative promoting happiness patriotism and general benefit. Local residents and visitors are listed with brief movements and visits including Beulah Carroll Sher man Carroll and Dora Willams among others.
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Cornettsville
Ada
Charles Bolton
Marl Cunningham
Eaglesville
Will Hawkins
Lettsville
Bell Courtney
Robert Lester
Arthur Sims
Terre Haute
James Sparks
Plainville
Ed Myers
Walter Fleenor
Eaglesrills
Carl Boger
Washington
Beulah Carroll
Elnora
Sherman Carroll
Curtis Myers
Wash
Boy Whipped by Father on Judge Order in Tennessee
In Nashville on December 1 a fourteen year old, Harvey Ayers, was given thirty lashes with a hickory switch in circuit court by his father under Judge Deupree. The boy pleaded guilty to throwing stones at Lavina Hedrick’s house, was fined five dollars and costs, and the punishment was defended as corrective though criticized by locals.
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Nashville
Harvey Ayers
John Ayers
Deupree
Lavina Hedrick
Roberts
Train Killings Near Kewanee Claim Two
Edward OBrien was killed and James Dwyer seriously injured when a fast mall train struck a buggy on a crossing east of Kewanee near Tiskilwa. OBrien is the son of a prominent Bureau county farmer.
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Kewanee
Ill
Edward O’brien
James Dwyer
Here
Tiskilwa
Bureau County
Nature slips a cog in Lake County spring
Hammond reports an odd late November scene as springlike weather prevails for weeks. Lilacs bud and dandelions bloom while residents seek their annual spring cure of sulphur and molasses.
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Hammond
Lake County
Falls From Tree Injures Princeton Man
Elmer Jones aged thirty fell thirty feet from a catalpa tree while picking beans at Princeton. He suffered a broken back and other injuries and is reported in grave condition.
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Princeton
Elmer Jones
Catalpa
Painkiller advertised by Our Town Druggists
The notice promotes a Painkiller sold by Our Town Druggists claiming it is the best medicine kept. It urges buyers to pay their quarter for a bottle, citing customers as not too poor to pay during hard times. Bottles offered at 25c, 3d, and 50c respectively.
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Washington High School
Will FitsGibbon
Terre ‘Haute
DR. O'C. Fairhurst
Fairhurst
Andy Te
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