Indiana Protest Over Vespement Act Unconstitutional
Notes and Comment discuss mock court under Senator Milburn ruling the act unconstitutional. The piece questions replacing experienced Supreme Court jurists with college graduates. Rev J T Moody resigns as town clerk and pastor after enforcing blue laws. He moves to Duluth Minn to lead a new church. Sunday enforcement limits business, medicine requires physician orders, and towns resemble historic New England villages.
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Indiana University
R. M. Milvurn
da- Viees Dubois
Indiana
J. T. Moody
Newburg
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Duluth
Mins
C. P. Churc
Moody
First National Bank of Montgomery Indiana Report 1903
The report details resources including Loans and Discounts of 835 307 98 dollars and U S Bonds 6 250 00, banking house 2 000 00, reserves 7 033 12, and deposits totaling 236 519 46. Cashier C C Martin swears to the statement sworn June 12 1903 with notary J H Fanning officiating.
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First National Bank
Montgomery
Indiana
U. S
Tawreil
Money Reservery Bank
Vrzz
U.S. Freesurer i
National Bank
State of Indiana
County of Daviess
Ss. I
C. C. Martin
Washington readers praise Doans Kidney Pills for relief
Mrs John F Chapman of 1600 Perry Street reports chronic backache and headaches from kidney issues improve after using Doans Kidney Pills from Hoosier drug store. She notes morning fatigue dizziness and unwell feeling lessen and urges others with similar symptoms to try the product. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY distributes. Remember the name Dean's and take no substitute.
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Washington
John F Chapman
Doans
Hoosier
Wuoan
Striking Hotel Workers Face Arbitration Refusal
Chicago hotels remain open though strike action persists as workers quit. Employers fill posts with outside help while arbitration offers are rejected. Union leaders demand fair terms and threaten continued work stoppages despite improving service.
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Chicara
Fune
Chicago
Otelepuy
Istrikers
Elf
United Mine Workers President attends Scranton convention
National President John Mitchell arrives for a Scranton convention as miners debate operators representatives on the board of conciliation and the credentials of District Presidents Nicholls Dettery and Fahy. Mitchell offers a broad liberal approach and says the union will advise but not control operator action.
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Scranoton
John ‘Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Board of Conciliation
Nicholls, Dettery
Fahy
Mitchel
Tie
National League Scores and Openings Report
National League scores show St Louis 1 Boston 5 Cincinnati 7 New York 6 Chicago 4 Philadelphia 2. American League no Sunday games. Association games include Columbus 4 Kansas City 0 Toledo 3 Milwaukee 6 Louisville 2 St Paul 1. President will attend the Northeastern Sängerbund opening in Baltimore with a reception and address by President Roosevelt.
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St. Louis
Boston
Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
American Association
Columbus
Kansas City
Toledo
Milwaukee
Louisville
St. Paul
Georgian Patricide in Eastman Ends in Apparent Accident
Dr T J Buchanan of Eastman was shot and killed by his son Ogletree during a family confrontation. The father had seized a pistol and threatened his wife and children. The mother wrestled the weapon and the son entered the room with a pistol. the report says the fatal shot was accidental, striking the father through the heart.
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Georgia
Eastman
Gai
T. J. Buchanan
Ogletree
Floods in France halt mining and rail traffic
Violent rainstorms flood Mines in the Etienne region halting work. Washouts interrupt rail traffic as rivers Coise Mare and Glen flood and the Loire rises ten feet above normal at Bligny. Damages from inundations estimated in millions of francs.
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Etienne
France
Coise
Mare
Glen
Loirere
jiBligny
Damage from Cloudburst Delays Colorado Midland Tracks
A cloudburst on Capitol Creek caused a landslide that buried railroad tracks under tons of dirt and stone. The Grande River rose several feet, flooding town streets. no loss of life reported.
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Col
Capitol ‘Creek
Colorado Midland Railroad
Grande River
Explosion at Milwaukee store and home kills two
A kerosene spill ignited in the store and residence of John Brokokowski in Milwaukee on June 15 with Annie Borzokowski and Tony Borzokowski dead and six others badly burned. Gusia Wolf suffered serious injuries.
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Milwaukee
John Brokokowski
Annie
Tony Borzokowski
Gusia Wolf
Sliding Scale Settlement Elusive in Lafayette Strike
Lafayette Ind June 13 A long running carpenters strike remains unsettled with no progress since Sunday. Employers insist on a sliding scale from 25 cents minimum to 34 25 cents maximum and grade workers into classes. Union opposes the proposal leaving about fifty men ungraded and unlikely to accept the terms.
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Lafayette
Ind
City Des Contin Anc
Maxwell Sues Over Sullivan County Sheriff Control
A brief was filed in the Indiana Supreme Court in the case of state ex rel. William P. Maxwell v. John B. Dudley. Maxwell, coroner of Sullivan County, seeks to gain sheriff duties after Dudley’s removal in a lynching case involving James Dillard. The circuit court ruled the controlling law invalid.
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Indianapolis
Supreme Court
William P. Maxwell
John 8
Dudley
James Dillard
Sullivan County
Sherif
Circuit Court
Wabash Mother Alleges Assault by Son and Daughter-in-Law
Margaret Griffey swears out a warrant in Wabash Indiana charging Charles French and his wife with assault with intent to kill. Griffey says the elderly woman, nearly seventy, was beaten and her food poisoned with arsenic. Police arrested the pair on the charge.
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Wabash
Ind
Charles French
Margaret Griffey
Editors Elect Officers in Kendallville Meeting
The Northern Indiana Editorial association elected officers at Kendallville. President Clay W. Metsker of the Plymouth Democrat. Vice presidents George Y. Fowler A W. Tracy and H. C. Willis. Secretary and treasurer J. S. Conbourne. Corresponding secretary W. S. Haggard.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Kendallville
Northern Indiana Editorial Association
Clay W. Metsker
Plymouth Democrat
George Y. Fowler
A. W. Tracy
Hartford City Times
H. C. Willis
Waterloo Press
J.S. Conbourne
Kendallville Sun and Standard
W. S. Haggard
Lafayette Journal
Stepped on Wrong Track Fatality in Indiana
In Sweetser near Marion Indiana Darius Buroker fifty and his grandson Russell Colbert six were killed by a switch engine on the Pennsylvania railroad while walking on the main track. They stepped onto a switch as a freight train passed a yard engine struck them. The elder died instantly and the boy thirty minutes later.
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Marion
Ind
Darius Buroker
Russell Colbert
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sweetser
Failing Health and Drink Ends in Desperate Act
Evansville Indiana June 15 David Nisbet, from a prominent family, killed himself in the saloon of Samuel Whitemore on Water street by shooting himself in the head after months of failing health and alleged excessive drinking. His father was once the city’s wealthiest man.
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Evansville
Ind
David Nisbet
Samuel Whitemore
Water Street
Nisbet
Workman's Frightful Plight at Hartford Mill
Hartford City Indiana June 15 John Myers a finisher at the National Rolling Mill was caught in a coil of red hot wire and badly burned about neck arms and back He extricated himself with great difficulty and the neck burn reaches the jugular vein Doctors fear it may rupture and end his life Also on June 15 Evansville reports seven year old Welen Boales badly burned when her skirt ignited from a gasoline stove Grandparents B T Moredeck and his wife were dangerously burned saving her The child likely will recover A separate incident in Vincennes sees six year old Lee La Marsh killed after falling thirty feet from a skylight at the Central foundry
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Hartford City
Ind
John Myers
National Rolling Mill
Evansville
Welen Boales
B. T. Moredeck
Vincennes
Lee la Marsh
Central Foundry
Governor Durbin in Washington for war department talks
Governor Durbin travels to Washington to meet war department officials over a long standing nuisance case from his Spanish American War days in Jacksonville. The article notes loyalties, parade preparations, and plans involving secret societies and state fair interest including livestock and farm product displays.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Durbin
Washington
War Department
Indiana
Jacksonville
Arance
Suverior
Furth
Damag
Electric Bitters Promised To Cure Nervousness And Ailments
An old advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for nervousness sleeplessness stomach upset and general weakness. It claims benefits to the stomach kidneys bowels liver and blood with a satisfaction guarantee and a 50 cent price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.i Ni Jones
Elkhart Street Pole Removal Sparks Street Fight
Elkhart Indiana council orders street commissioner and police to remove twenty five poles of Elkhart Electric from Crawford street after the company set them without franchise approval. Pole removal to a parallel alley is required to transmit power from a million dollar Hen Island plant ten miles west. A hot contest is anticipated.
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Elkhart
Ind
Elkhart Electric Company
Crawford Street
Hen Island
Local Ad Fragments Promote Goods Services In Town
A collage of小 notices touts meat values at a Washington market 110 Main street and a dairy drink shop offering crushed fruits and ice cream. Also advertised are cheap summer Burlington Routes rates to Colorado and Utah resorts and a sale of sailor hats at reduced prices.
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Washington
Charles G. Stumpp
Main Street
East Main
Burlington
West
E. Micnet
Tray
I. W. Waxecey
Pine Street
St. Louis
Colorado
Utah
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pabble
Glenwood Springs
Salt Lake City
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