Hundreds of Lake County naturalizations deemed void under federal ruling
In Hammond a federal court decision in United States versus Langtry holds that clerks cannot remove records to declare an alien at residence. Inspectors Boaster and James tour Hammond and Crown Point reviewing clerk and district court naturalization records. Past practice of outdoor naturalizations in alderman offices is cited as causing many void first papers.
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Hammond
Lake County
United States
Langtry
Carl Boester
Arthur James
United States Naturalization
Federal District of Chicago
Crownpoint
Circuit Court
United States District Court
H. H. Wheeler
George M. Eder
Whiting
East Chicago
Federal Court
Fierce Fire in Richmond Destroys Colonial Office Building
Firefighters from Richmond aided by Dayton and Cambridge City battled a major blaze that gutted the Colonial office building at Main and Seventh in Richmond. The nearly total loss to the building and tenant stocks is estimated between 100000 and 150000 dollars, with insurance coverage.
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Richmond
Wabash Wins Conference Title in Marion Meet
Wabash College triumphs in the Fifth Indiana District convention held in Marion. The event showcased regional teams competing for top honors with Wabash securing the conference recognition.
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Wabash
Marion
Indiana
Woman Faces Two Divorce Suits in Evansville Tale
Mrs Flora Hall Lawrence is sued for divorce by her first husband Wilfred Lawrence in Petersburg Indiana and by Waldo Hall in Vanderburgh circuit court who claims the marriage to Flora was nullified after she represented Lawrence as dead.
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Evansville
Flora Hall- Lawrence
Enoch Arden
Wilfred Lawrence
Petersburg
Ind
Waldo Hall
Lawrence
Vanderburg
City Secures decade long street lighting deal
Lafayvette Lafayette celebrates winning a ten year contract to illuminate the city starting September 1, 1908 at a rate lower than previous costs. The agreement marks a cost saving for municipal lighting and signals continued modernization of public utilities.
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Lafayvette
Lafayette
Democratic Candidates for State Offices Rally Support
Democratic races heat as candidates organize across districts. The article notes preparations for upcoming elections and identifies the lieutenant governor aspirant among the party’s statewide slate.
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Democracy
Denomination of Church of Christ elects officers at Wabash meeting
The church closed its election of officers with Wabash chosen as the next meeting place. Named officers include President Boyd Jones of Marion's Christian Tabernacle, Vice President Ray Q. Miller of Fort Wayne Jefferson Street Church, Secretary W. P. Shambhart of Fort Wayne West Creighton Avenue Church, Christian Endeavor Secretary W. A. McKown of Marion Central Christian, and Sunday School President A. L. Martin of Lafontaine.
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Church of Christ
Wabash
Boyd Jones
Christian Tabernacle
Marion
Ray Q. Miller
Jefferson Street
Fort Wayne
W. P. Shambhart
West Creighton Avenue
Christian Endeavor
W. A. MecKown
Central Christian Church
A. L. Martin
Lafontaine
Green goods swindle suspects vanish after Rush county jury
Charles Warnes arrested by Lima authorities linked to a $10,000 green goods swindle. Irksome Daily and D. R. Daubenspeck, Glenwood farmers, charged as accomplices, are missing after the Rush county grand jury convened. Stamper White was the victim.
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Rushville
Lima
Charles Warnes
Irksome Daily
D. R. Daubenspeck
Glenwood
Stamper White
Rush County
Women Propose Buying 100 Lots at Anderson Meeting
At a second meeting of women in the Anderson area the group approved increasing their purchase plan. The women and the men’s committee announced a pledge to buy 100 lots instead of 25, signaling a stronger commitment to the development project.
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Anderson
City Hears Bids On Lighting After Prolonged Contention
For months the electric light situation has sparked contention between the city council and the board of works. Earlier this year the board of works advertised for bids to improve lighting.
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Board of Works
Wedding Supper Poisoning Hits Talbot Wedding
Following the marriage of Miss Rub Jewell and John Wallace in Talbot, the bride and groom, the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jewell, and a dozen guests were poisoned at the wedding supper by ice cream. All are seriously ill but expected to recover.
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Talbot
Miss Rub. Jewell
John Wallace
Frank Jewell
Press Club Sends Representatives to Indiana Banquet
The Press club of Wabash college sent several representatives to the annual banquet of the Indiana Intercollegiate Press Club association held at Greencastle under the De Pauw chapter.
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Press Club
Crawfordsville
The _Press club of
Wabash ‘College
Indiana _ Intercollegiate Press Club association
Greencastle
de Pauw
Real Estate Not Lagging in Indiana 1907 Figures
Indiana bureau of statistics reports real estate deeds filed in 1907 show no lag in value. Statewide totals indicate steady activity across counties with mixed declines and gains in specific areas.
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Kana
Indiana. Bureau of. Statistics
Ted
Senate Passes Employers Liability Bill With House Progress
Washington reports the Senate approved the employers' liability bill for common carriers by railroad without amendment as Congress pushes ahead despite a Democratic filibuster. Roosevelt urges stronger anti anarchist measures and restraint on publications.
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Senate
House
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
House of Representatives
Department of Justice
Theodore Roosevelt
Cannon
Williams
Revenue Cutter Service
Open Shop Policy Adopted by Great Lakes Vessel Owners
Cleveland readers hear that boat owners adopt an open shop policy for Great Lakes operations this season. The Lakes Carriers association meeting yesterday unanimously approved the stand to affect over 40 000 workers. Unclear if unions will oppose. no union reps attended the meeting.
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Cleveland, O
Great Lakes
Laky Carriers’ Association
Daniel R. Noyes Dies After Illness in Minnesota
Daniel R. Noyes, a prominent Presbyterian lay leader in the United States, died at 1 30 o'clock Monday morning in St Paul Minnesota after several days of serious illness from heart disease. He had been ill since last Thursday.
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Daniel R. Noyes
St. Paul
Minn
United States
New Extradi tion Treaty With Spain Announced
Madrid reports the official Gazette announces a new extradition treaty between the United States and Spain after extended negotiations.
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Spain
Madrid
United States
Earthquake Hero Death Linked to San Francisco Shake
Kansas City man Jay A. Gammage, tormented by nervousness after fifty hours at a telegraph key following the San Francisco earthquake, died by his own act on Sunday. The report notes he suffered from nerves since the disaster.
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Kansas City
San Francisco
Jay A. Gammage
Fierce Riot in Pensacola Over Strike Breakers
A carload of strike breakers from St Louis triggered rioting in Pensacola Florida. Fifteen imported workers were wounded as bricks bottles and shells were hurled while they battled locals near Palafox and Wright streets. Police cleared the crowds and deputies were sworn in. seventy strike breakers were jailed for the night. Benjamin Commons urged calm and for the men to return home.
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Pensacola
Fla
St. Louis
Pensacola Electric Company
Palafox
Wright
Board of Public Safety
Benjamin Commons
International Association of Street Railway Employes
Detroit Jury Acquits Bowin in Welch murder case
In Detroit recorders court Judge Phelan denounced the verdict as a vile miscarriage of justice after 18 year old Percy Bowin of Woodville Ontario was found not guilty of murdering 63 year old Cornelia Welch owner of a Congress Street East establishment. Bowin had confessed to killing and stealing diamonds but later repudiated the confession claiming Captain McDonnell induced it. Police evidence supported Bowin’s confession according to prosecutors.
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Detroit
Mich
Phelan
Recorder’s Court
Percy Bowin
Woodville
Ont
Cornelia Welch
Congress Street
Bowin
McDonnell
Offer of Murder Money In Missouri Trial
In Richmond Missouri Thomas McGonnigle and Mrs Jane Burnett face trial for the murder of Mrs Margaret McGonnigle. Witnesses testified that McGonnigle offered $150 in 1907 to kill her, and that his sister Mrs Burnett joined in the plot offering $50. A witness said poison was prepared in wine and a poisoned cake was planned for use.
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Richmond
Thomas McGonnigle
Jane Burnett
Margaret McGonnigle
Thomas Bailey
Mrs. Burnett
Stormy House session on paper trust inquiries and rules
Washington report describes a stormy Wednesday in the house with the adoption of new rules to curb the Democratic filibuster and two Cannon resolutions seeking information from the justice department and the commerce and labor department about the paper trust. The naval appropriation bill was reported to the house.
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Washington
House
Cannon
Department of Justice
Department of Commerce and Labor
Saved from Fire but Dies in Wisconsin Hospital
Karl Soren Son of Chippewa Falls died Sunday after being rescued from a fire at Northwestern hospital Saturday. He had been on the operating table and was under ether when the fire was discovered.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Karl Sorenson
Northwestern Hospital
Illinois Central Opens Birmingham Division Linking Transcontinental Route
The Illinois Central announces the Birmingham division will open April 19, completing the Harriman transcontinetal route by joining the Union Pacific and Central of Georgia. The Haleyville branch provides access to Alabama coal and iron fields, linking Illinois Central points to Savannah and the Atlantic seaboard. The Mobile & Ohio plans April 20 openings, with Birmingham receptions planned as trains on both lines arrive the same day. A new 80 mile line from Corinth to Haleyville, Ala., enabled the entrance.
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Birmingham
Ala
Illinois Central
Harriman
Haleyville
Alabama
Central of Georgia
Savannah
Union Pacific
Mississippi Valley
Mobile & Ohio
Ilinois Central
Corinth
Miss
Four Women Die in Carriage Crash West of Maywood
A westbound Aurora Elgin and Chicago electric car struck a carriage two miles west of Maywood on Wednesday afternoon. Four women were killed instantly and the carriage driver died four hours later at Maywood Union Hospital unable to regain consciousness.
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Chicago
Aurora
Elgin
Maywood
Maywood ‘Union
River flood claims Huntington mother and two children
A Huntington resident and her two young children drowned when their river bank home slipped into the Guyandotte River amid recent flooding. The house stood on the riverbank and was reportedly undermined by flood activity. Local authorities investigated the accident and identified the victims as Mrs. William Adkins and her children. A bystander witness described the scene near the river as the residence slid away.
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Crown
Huntington
William Adkins
Guyandotte
Congress to adjourn around May 9 say Watson
Indiana Representative James E. Watson predicts the current Congress will adjourn on or about Saturday May 9. He cites discussions with leaders in both chambers and says there is enough time to finish the remaining major bills including naval and sundry civil appropriations, diplomatic and military measures, and the Aldrich currency bill.
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Washington
Congress
James E. Watson
Indiana
Watson
One Man Killed in Missouri Floods. Rail Lines Impeded
Missouri flood reports describe a miner Levi Sevier drowned in the Iroquois mine near Joplin. Floodwaters wash out St. Louis & San Francisco lines near Monett and Granby, with trains delayed and portions of Carthage inundated as the Spring River dam withstands the surge.
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Joplin
Electric
St. Louis
San Francisco
Badger-Peacock
Missouri
Levi Sevier
Iroquois
Monett
Spring River
Missouri Pacific
Granby
Carthage
Spring River Water Company
Varck
Kan
Governor of Galicia killed by Ruthenian student
Count Andreas Potocki governor of Galicia Austria Hungary was assassinated Sunday afternoon by Ruthenian student Mieroslav Siczynski during a student delegation audience. The assassin fired three shots. all took effect and Potocki died shortly after saying he had been the king’s faithful servant.
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Lemberg
Austria Hungary
Andreas Potocki
Galicia
Mieroslap Siczynski
Spinney Must Repay Iron Chain Funds, Bankers Union Connection
Lincoln Nebraska Friday Supreme Court rules Dr E C Spinney of Chicago must repay 7800 dollars received from the Iron Chain Minnesota organization. Spinney led the Bankers Union fraternal society which took over the Iron Chain in 1901 and had Omaha as its home office. Nebraska court finds the Minnesota society purchase invalid.
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Lincoln
Lynching of Suspect in Longview Assault
Fort Worth reports a 12 year old girl was allegedly assaulted in Longview by Albert Fields a Black man. After Fields confessed he was taken to the courthouse yard where a rope was placed around his neck a horse was driven away and he was left hanging.
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Fort Worth
Tex
May Morris
Longview
Albert Fields
Roosevelt Way Planned to Unite Roads Across Continent
Denver announces a Cal A project to connect a series of roads into a single route from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The aim is a straight, continuous highway under one name, Roosevelt Way, linking eastern to western paths.
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Denver
Cal
Atlantic
Pacific
Vandér
Roone
Truth and Quality Laxative Advertisement Claim
Claims that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is a valued laxative due to cleansing and gentle action. Promotes Jonten from the Californias Fig Syrup Co as the physician approved product available at leading druggists.
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Californias Fig Syrup Co
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Internal Action
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. the disease is blood or constitutional. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. The remedy is said to be prescribed by a top physician and is described as a tonic and purifier. Testimonials are available. product sold by druggists for 75 cents.
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Hall
F.J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Recommended His Wife Irvin Cobb Declines Lecturing Offer
Humorist Irvin Cobb is asked to lecture next season by a manager. After a brief talk through a friend, Cobb responds that his wife should do the lecturing, praising her as the best he knows.
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Irvin Cobb
New York
McVeigh
Irvin
Cobb
Pye
Lyceum
Talent
Repartee Between Elder and Younger Sparks Witty Exchange
A brief exchange features Younger questioning lost looks with age and Elder replying dryly that one would be lucky to retain them. The quip highlights generational humor on aging and vanity in a concise dialogue.
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Elder
Lost Money and Health From Wrong Diet and Treatments
A tale contrasts losing $300 on tonics and lax diet with recovery through proper food. A rich young woman admits six years of nervous dyspepsia and ineffective treatments, then credits health improvement to diet avoiding pastry and pork.
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Sengarger
Glittler S State
Frank J Hd
Shame F Cox
Fem
Spstate
Frank J. Hall
John Isenbaier
James Cox
Marion Bailey
Jyrs
Ade
Be. M
Cutcheon
ORE WarripfoRs
Sam
Edward H. Harriman
Slaii
Count Potocki
Austria
Roosevelt Way
Crittick
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