Gary Sinks In May Arrest Wave In Gary Indiana
Police records show 352 arrests in May in Gary with about 75 percent on intoxication charges. The surge follows the reopening of 135 saloons under the Moore remonstrance law, prompting Chief Martin to add five officers and seek another patrol car. Outsiders from Chicago and Hammond accounted for many bookings, while saloon men organize to enforce statutes and curb blind pigs amid a rising liquor economy and higher bank deposits.
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Gary
Jane
Walpons
Martin
Chicago
Hammond
Crown Point
Council
Pew Patrol
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Company
Marshall
Knotts
Oder
Matthew McBride
McBride
Anti-saloon League
Cravens
MecBride
Blind Pig
Broadway
Indiana Republicans to Discuss Congressional Campaign Plans
Indianapolis June 7 Members of the Republican state committee executive committee arrived for a meeting at state headquarters. Officials expected debate over Indiana's congressional campaign and noted State Chairman Lee aimed to secure a Republican majority in the national House with a vigorous campaign.
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Indianapolis
Republican State Committee
Indiana
Lee
Republican Executive Committee
Washington
Taft
Hitchcock
National Committee
Hitcheck
House of Representatives
Indiana Republican Conference Aims for Broad Campaign Support
National party leaders discussed coordinated speaking efforts with Indiana Republicans to maximize success in congressional districts. A key point is avoiding cross purposes between visiting speakers and state speakers. The executive committee may set candidate assessments at current levels. Members listed include Serrit, Remy, Armfield, Guthrie, and Falls.
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Beut
Hitchcock
Indiana
National Republican Organization
Charles G. Serrit
Washington
Charles F. Remy
Indianpolis
O. A. Armfield
Elwood
W. A. Guthrie
DuPont
Harry D. Falls
Brazil
Rat Killing Day Gains Ground In Indiana County
Hazelton reports the first official rat killing day with about 200 rats slain in three sites by a 30 man crew and dogs. In Princeton Gibson county Ward Mitchell is injured by a falling timber during rats day as thousands of rats are killed and rat harbors cleared. J R Strickland lauds results with county trustees backing anti rat campaign and requesting township stats on kills and methods.
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Hazelton
Indiana
Rinkey Kinman
Hamlin
Princeton
Gibson ‘County
Ward Mitchell
Here
Mitchell
J. R. Strickland
Strickland
Singer Manufacturing plans largest stock dividend in years
New York reports the Singer Manufacturing company to hold a June meeting in Elizabeth New Jersey to increase capital stock from 36 000 900 to 60 900 000 and declare a 34 900 000 stock dividend. The move preserves a large surplus as working capital and follows a 20 9 per cent dividend by International Harvester.
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New York
Singer Manufacturing Company
Elizabeth
N. J
International Harvester
Singer Company
Stinging defeat for Southern Indiana Glass Works at Odon
Loogootee Sentinel reports Southern Indiana Glass Works suffered a 11 to 0 loss in Odon as Red Harding pitched for the hosts. Carton and Little worked for the visitors while local fans followed the game to Davies county town witnessing a one sided rout.
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Loogootee Sentinel
Southern Indiana Glass Works
Odon
Red" Harding
Carton
Little
Davies County
Young Woman Dies of Wounds From Accidental Shot
Bedford east of city reports Miss Minnie Hawkins aged seventeen died Monday night from a gunshot wound inflicted when her sister Mrs Grace Meadows playfully pulled a loaded trigger while holding the infant. Mrs Hawkins testified she did not know the gun was loaded.
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Bedford
Minnie Hawkins
Grace Meadows
Derby winner Joe Morris takes Latenia Derby
Joe Morris wins the Latenia Derby with Boola Boola second and Donnu, the Kentucky Derby winner, third. Time 2 33 2 5.
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Joe Morris
Boola Boola
Donnu
Kin Hubbard Confirms Abe Martin Terms for Lecture
Kin Hubbard famed creator of Abe Martin declines to lecture without audience aid. He demands 1 000 000 a minute and a Marine band to accompany his talk. D M Robins, Loogootee Bible Class for Men president, replies proposing ten minutes at Hubbard price with band.
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Abe
Indianapolis
Kin Hubbard
Abe Martin
Kin
Marine Band
Mr. Hubbard
D. M. Robins
Loogootee
OD. M. Robins
Engineer Under Wreck In Amboy Crash
Charles Brady a 3 year old Chicago railroad engineer is in critical condition at his Peru home after a wreck near Amboy caused by a broken flange under the engine tank. Fireman Cook was injured but not seriously. The locomotive backed to Losantville at about thirty mph when the tank tilted and the engine toppled, Brady trapped in wreckage for over an hour before help arrived.
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Peru
Charles Brady
Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville
Amboy
Here
Cook
Losantville
Brady
Drowned Soldier Joseph Myers in Line of Duty
Mrs. Alice Myers of Loogootee learns by telegram that her son Joseph Myers, a regular army soldier, was drowned while in line of duty at the Washington Navy Yard. He was about twenty five, had served one enlistment, and reenlisted recently. details are not yet known.
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Loogootee
Alice Myers
Joseph Myers
Naval Station
Washington City
Young Myers
Sugar Fraud Trial Reveals Large Deposits by Ex-Official
In New York on Monday a Nassau Trust director testified that Oliver Spitzer a former dock superintendent for the American Sugar Refining company deposited 106 457 dollars in the bank between May and November 1907. He testified he then earned 43 dollars weekly.
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New York
Nassau Trust Company
Brooklyn
Oliver Spitzer
American Sugar Refining Company
Spitzer
Croker Criticizes Fire Dept Efficiency After Fatal Fire
Chief Croker of the New York Fire Department says the force is only forty percent efficient and blames civil service firemen for suffocation deaths at a Monday blaze. He calls for physically fit men over weaklings with schooling.
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Croker
New York Fire Department
Civil Service
Gideons Raise Funds to Put Bibles in Columbus Hotels
At a June 7 Gideons rally in Columbus enough money was raised to place 100 Bibles in city hotels. D S Ulrick of the Indianapolis camp presided with short talks by Meigs Williams Harlow Thompson and Thomp son.
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Columbus
The
Gideons
D. S. Ultick
Indianapolis
C. D. Meigs
George D. Williams
O .A. Harlow
O. C. Thompson
Dismissal in Case Involving Dr. Loren Doxey and Wife
Circuit Attorney Jones of St. Louis announced the dismissal of the murder case against Dr. Loren B. Doxey and his wife Dora Elizabeth Doxey who faced charges in the death of William J. Elder. The declination implies an acquittal for Mrs. Doxey and effectively frees Dr. Doxey as well.
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Jones
St. Louis
Loren B. Doxey
Dora Elizabeth Doxey
William J. Elder
Time Extended for Packers Plea in Dissolution Suit
Judge Grosscup of Chicago extended the time for the National Packing Company and subsidiary concerns to plead in the dissolution suit. Counsel have until July 1 to demur and until August 1 to enter pleas.
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Judge Grosscup
Chicago
National Packing Company
Grosscup
Nail in Foot Delays Express Worker
Arthur Drury, formerly an express driver for United States Express, secured work at the Shops Saturday morning and ran a nail into the ball of his foot about half an inch. He will be unable to work for several days.
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Arthur Drury
United States Express Company
Doctors Attend Major Rail and Medical Meeting
Dr. J. P. Sellman and Dr. Henry Herr returned from St. Louis after attending a joint gathering of the association of B. and O. railroad surgeons and the American Medical Association.
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J. P. Sellman
Henry Herr
St. Louis
Association of B. & O. Railroad Surgeons
American Medical Association
International Dankine Group to Invest in Southern Pacific Bonds
Berlin announced the Dankine Group would buy 25,000,600 dollars in bonds from the Southern Pacific rail war. The move signals foreign capital backing amid wartime finance.
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Berlin
International Dankine Group
Southern Pacific
Children’s Day Exercises at Maysville M E Church
Children at Maysville M E Church will perform next Sunday night in a program that gives the young parishioners a chance to display their talents in observance of Children’s Day activities.
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Maysville M. E
Father of local men dies in Dubois County
Michael Kempf father of Herman and Joseph Kempf of this city died Sunday at his home in Dubois county. His sons traveled to Dubois county Monday to attend the funeral.
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Michael Kempf
Herman
Joseph Kempf
Dubois County
Dubois
Violence at Baltimore and Ohio strike breaks in city
A B and O Southwestern machinist attack occurred Saturday evening at West Main and Ninth, injuring a strike breaker badly. Police found four teeth loose, a black eye, a gash under the right eye, and multiple bruises. Railroad detectives pursue suspects as guards are increased.
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Baltimore and Ohio
West Main
Ninth Streets
Thomas Holland
Ninth Street
Main
Main Atreat
Bia
McCarty
Railroad Patromen
McCrisaken
Automobile a Curse Says Syracuse Chancellor at Graduation
Syracuse University Chancellor James R. Day told graduates that automobiles have become a costly luxury draining productive capital. He warned that about 500 million dollars invested in autos is largely non-productive and urged self denial and shared financial planning between spouses to avoid excessive indulgence.
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Syracuse
N. Y
James R. Day
Syracuse University
Negro Troops Face Identification Test in Seattle
In Seattle on June 5 the Twenty-fifth Infantry paraded before a woman who alleged an attack by a masked soldier. She could not identify any of the soldiers as her assailant, repeating a prior negative result. Fort Lawton residents plan a mass meeting to seek removal of the battalion.
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Seattle
Wash
Twenty-fifth United States Infantry
Negro Regiment of
Brownsville Fame
J. W. Redding
John S. Kulp
Fort Lawton
Ackerman Expands Ventures Beyond Gold Mine
Wibert T. Ackerman, Martin County commissioner and owner of a Loogootec gold mine shaped like a telephone exchange, broadens his efforts into new fields and devotes time to tackling the automobile industry with his “Twele Al’s” venture.
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Wibert T. Ackerman
Martin Counts
Loogootec
Unruly Drive Ends With Road Adventure
Al Ackerman drives a car along the White River near Hindostan and Mt Pleasant, knocking down utility poles and rafts, persuading Mrs Ackerman to ride along. He talks in German at the wheel, sparking fear before the trip reaches Cannburg. Witnesses compare his path to a rattlesnake’s trail as villagers fear a crash.
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White River
Old Hindostan
Mr. Ackerman
Cannerburg
Mt. Pleasant
Drunken Practical Joke Sparks Town Scandal
A town businessman kept a bottle of liquor for colic relief. A friend, in a prank, emptied the bottle and replaced it with water and pepper. The owner drank the substitute, suffered a sharp reaction, and nearly broke lifelong friendship before being caught.
Montgomery Blues Defeat Washington Cubs 9 to 8 in Scrimmage
Large crowd at the shop grounds watched the Montgomery Blues beat the Washington Cubs 9 to 8 after the Cubs led until the eighth inning. Cubs second baseman Stellings starred with brilliant plays while Shinkard and Thompson pitched for the Blues. Cubs wore natty new uniforms and booked games with nearby teams.
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Montgomery Blues
Washington Cubs
Shop Grounds
Cubs
Stellings
Blues
Shinkard
Thompson
Conley
Hudson
Angel of Regiment Dies at Eighty in Indianapolis
Mrs Lorna Streight widow of General A D Streight and famed during the Civil War as the angel of the Fifty first Indiana regiment died at her home in Indianapolis Sunday at age eighty. She served as a nurse with the regiment throughout the war and carried messages between generals Buell and Boyle in Tennessee before being captured and escaping by forcing a teamster to take her out.
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Streight
Libby
Old Cistern Tragedy Claims Two Children in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on a June night a wooden cistern top collapsed, sending Edith Peale six and William Peale four into the water. Edith drowned, while bystander August Wiese leaped in, kept the dog afloat, and saved the younger child despite being overcome by cramps.
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Cincinnati
Edith Peale
Wiliam Peale
August Wiese
Old Folk Meeting At Soud Washington Church
An old folk meeting was held at the Soud Washington church with several speakers. The eldest attendee was Axson B. Johnson of this city who will be ninety on his next birthday in December.
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Soud Washington Church
Axson B. Johnson
Disputed Feeney Divorce Records Recovered in Martin Court
Mrs Mary Feeney of Plainville sought to reform divorce records in Martin circuit court alleging a widow pension claim. Discovery revealed a valid decree of divorce from William H Walker dated April 15 1870 found in the common pleas order books clearing the prior dismissal.
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Mary Feeney
Plainville
Martin
Herald
Common Pleas Court
Circuit Court
Common Pleas
Walker
Kidney Remedy Cures Man Citing Hereditary Disease
J Budlong of Washington RI warns against delaying kidney treatment after using four bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy. He attributes severe suffering to hereditary disease and urges others to seek prompt care. sold by Smith and Winton.
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J. Budlong
Washington
R. I
Foley
Smith & Winton
Notice and Proceedings in Daviess County Court
Legal notices from Daviess county Indiana include Willam P. Coan vs Jonathan Gregory with hearing set September 6 1919 in Washington Indiana. board of review meeting June 1910 to review assessments. appointment of executor for David B Burks estate with Hastings Allen Hastings as attorneys. all notices filed in Daviess circuit court.
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Knights of Columbus
David B. Burks
Steele Township
Samuel P. Arterburn
State of Indiana
Daviess County
Daviess Circuit Court
Willam P. Coan
Jonathan Gregory
County Board OF Review
City of
Washington
Indiana
Thomas Nugent
Hastings, Allen & Hastings
Attys
Jiwo
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Montgomery
A. T. Morgan
Hastings, Allen & Hastings, Attys
Benjamin R.carroll
Wilson R. Carroll
Mattingly & Myers
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