Mass Meeting Discusses Washington Population Count
A weather soaked mass meeting at city hall, called by Mayor McCarty, discussed recounting Washington’s population. Attendees debated census errors, district divisions, and appointing eight district chairmen to conduct another count amid claims of miscounts in previous censuses.
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McCarty
Washington
Spencer
James A. Zaring
Bedford
Zaring
Washingston
William H. Heffernan
Nashington
McGehee
Evans
Evans Told of Visiting One House In the Fifth Ward
Arnold J. Padgett
Fr Ureg
Padgett
Hastings
Elena
A. Gd
Anna
Open Meeting Delights Woman’s Club Guests
A joyful afternoon open meeting hosted by Mrs. Emma B. Hyatt featured a charming musical program with piano by Susie Cabel violin by the Misses Neal and Kretz three vocal solos by the Misses Hosken Gardiner and Porter and refreshments of lobster salad wafers olives cake chocolate and mints. The hall was festive with holly red roses and carnations and christmas colors.
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Emma B. Hyatt
Susie Cabel
Neal and
Kretz
Hosken
Gardiner
Porter
Kiss Incident Lands Ramsey in City Jail
In Asheville North Carolina on December 28 James Ramsey was jailed after allegedly kissing Mrs Zella Ward during a holiday visit in the Ward home. A witness said Ramsey kissed Mrs Ward in front of her two young children prompting police action.
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Asheville
N. C
Zella Ward
James Ramsey
Ward
Ramsey
Truant Law Shows Strong Year In Indiana
A state report credits the truant law with returning 23 172 Indiana schoolchildren to class in 1909 1910 while 1 382 enrolled in private or parochial schools. Butler notes officer shortages in several counties and cites costs of 50 647 94 for salaries and supplies. Paras prosecuted 485 guardians, with 300 successes. officers in most counties, many with multiple posts, operated statewide.
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Indiana
Ajos Vy. Butler
Board of State
Butler
Brown, Pike
Wabash
Clark County
Indland
Blackford
Ohio
Allen, Clark
Elkhart
Bloyd
Grant, Laporte
Tippecanoe
Viga
Lake
Madison
Anniversary Celebrations for Zed Morton and Richard McDonald
Zed Morton enjoyed a 36th birthday gathering at home with relatives and friends including James Steen Carl Sterling Thomas Harbin Sam Smith Quill White A J Morton Rebecca Morton Sulfa Arms and Henry Campbell. Richard McDonald county commissioner marked his 50th anniversary with a surprise party planned by family members.
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Zed Morton
Mmany
James Steen
Carl Sterling
Thomas Harbin
Sam Smith
Quill White
A. J. Morton
Rebecca Morton
Sulfa’ Arms
A. & Frederick
Henry Campbell
Richard McDonald
Slays His Brother in Hatchet and Pistol Duel
In Prescott Arkansas on a Tuesday, Georg Hendrix slapped his brother William Hendrix’s fiancée Nellie Brown provoking a hatchet and pistol duel at their father's store. Georg was shot through the heart and killed. William was wounded and arrested, held without bail, as the aged father witnessed unable to intervene.
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Prescott
Ark
Georg Hendrix
Nellie Brown
William
George
William Hendrix
Bomb wrecks tenement in Italian quarter blast
New York police report a black hand bomb exploded in a lower hallway of a tenement on East Fourteenth Street, shaking occupants from sleep and shattering the first floor and windows. Salvadore Catalanio, a lace manufacturer on the ground floor, says he received a ransom letter demanding 1000 dollars under threat of death or property destruction.
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New York
Fourteenth Street
Salvadore Catalanio
False Teeth Explain Death in Broadway Lodging Case
Oakland California December 128 A set of false teeth explains the death of a woman found in a Broadway lodging house. The coroner's jury returns a verdict of death by a blood clot on the heart, induced by strangulation. The victim is identified as Mary Frances Collier thirty nine a resident of Oakland. Louis Nieman a teamster detained earlier has been released.
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Oakland
Cal
Broadway
Djury
Jwas
Mary Frances Collier
Louis Nieman
Indianapolis Boy Shoots Himself While Hunting
William Koehler fifteen, while hunting near Broad Ripple with two brothers, triggered a self inflicted gunshot that blew off the top of his head. The lad died instantly as one brother witnessed the cap fly into the air. The incident occurred yesterday in the woods during a hunt.
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Indianapolis
Wiliam Koehler
Broad Ripple
Man credits Brown's ointment for back pain relief
Mr James C Lee of 1100 9th St 8 E Washington DC writes of a fall from a scaffold thirty years ago that left him with severe back pain. He says Brown's ointment relieved the pain and now he can do ladder work as before, expressing gratitude for the remedy.
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James C. Lee
9Th St
8.E
Washington, D.C
Broan
Ba Hi
J. P. Evans
St. Alry
Sloan
Addrew Dy
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
U.S.A
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I Standard Oil Company
Cacorpors
Rosé Hill
Eoherty
East Main Street
L. C. Cosby
Washington, Ind
Rank B
Washington Realty Co
Main Street
EE. Forsyth
H. Keifer
Alec
Pan
Salt ‘Lake Tribune
Nnight
Tribuna
John R. Mattingly
Primrose Path
Nathi
Outre
Nhyin
Hoos
Bali
RTT
Inamel
Wilson Bldg
Daviess County
Washington, MD
J Smiley Hos
Milley Smiley & Miller
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