Governor Ralston Tours Indiana Deaf School
Governor Ralston with Charles A. Greathouse and state officers visited the Indiana State School for the Deaf in Indianapolis. They praised the work, noted possible remedies for past criticisms, and discussed open cooperation with Superintendent Richard O. Johnson. The visit followed complaints about teaching methods and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralston
Charles A. Greathouse
Indiana Institution
Indianapolis
Indiana State School For Deaf
A. O. Neal
A. R. Charman
Indiana State Normal School
Amos W. Butler
John B. Elam
Board of State Charities
Mary A. Spink
Richard O. Johnson
Johnson
Illinois Humane Society Reports Foster Role and Local Achievements
The forty fifth report shows Springfield Humane Society as foster to smaller clubs. It records 174 child work complaints with 19 placements and three cruelty prosecutions, plus 152 aided cases. Animal work covers 259 complaints with 254 relieved, 244 animals humanely destroyed and four prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Report of Humane Society
Illinois ‘ Humane Society
Springfield Humane Society
Butt
Special Humane
Hast St. Louis
Springfield
Department of Animal Work
Fairbanks to Speak at Clinton County Arbor Day
Charles W. Fairbanks president of the Indiana Forestry association will speak at Clinton county Arbor Day observances on April 17. He will address public schools park events and the courthouse yard planting. A city and county schoolchildren parade is planned with local service groups.
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Fairbanks
Charles’ W. Fairbanks
Indiana Forestry Association
Clinton County
Frankfort
George B. Lockwood
Muncie
Finance
Ww. B. ‘Montgomery
Frank Coulter
D. F. Kern
Oliver Gard
Joseph Combs
William Shanklin
W. R
Hinds
Fred Kramer
Frank Crebs
Republican Convention Rail Service Brief Notes
Republican state convention discussed rail service and potential funding. Mentions Marion and three percent tithe around party members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Governor Ralston to Exhibit at Purdue Egg Show May 6 7 8
Governor Ralston will display at Purdue University egg show May 6 7 and 8. He ordered a specially selected dozen for the exhibit. The event boosts practical education and improved egg production marketing and shipping in Indiana. The show opens a high school class with premiums for best dozen brown and white eggs and a grand sweepstakes trophy awarded by the Purdue extension department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralston
Purdue University
Purdue
Indiana
Purdue Agriculturist
Purdue Etension
Rulers Widow Empress Dies as Theaters Close in Japan
Dowager empress Haruko died after a long illness at Nazuma palace in Tokyo. The emperor and royal family were summoned. coronation planned for November 10 may be postponed. Bright's disease caused death. court prepared for state funeral.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nazuma
Toyal
Bright
Mitsuhito
Haruko
Yoshihito
Mutsuhito
Huerta Bows To Demand For Salute At Sea
US pressure on Huerta leads to a pledge that a salute to the Stars and Stripes will be fired as reparations for the Tampico incident. Hancock orders to Tampico to rescue refugees as fighting rages in the city. Carranza arrives in Chihuahua as the constitutionalists establish a new capital while Villa and Velasco move toward Saltillo amid ongoing clashes. Washington debates upcoming talks between Wilson, Lind, Carranza, and Villa, with Lind expected to report from Vera Cruz.
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Washington
Huerta
United States
Tampico
Dolphin
New Orleans
Hancock
Mayo
Chihuahua
Mex
Carranza
Villa
Torreon
Parras
Velasco
Constitutionalists
Wilson
West Virginia
Lindia
Vera
Cruz
Fuesday
Lind
Madero
Higgins admits guilty in North Henderson killing
Robert Higgins, of Galesburg Illinois, pleaded guilty in Aledo before Judge Olmstead for killing his wife in January over infatuation with his 16 year old stepdaughter Julia Flake. The court, hearing Julia Flake's deposition, will sentence Higgins Tuesday with a possible life term.
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Galesburg
Ill
Robert Higgins
North
Henderson
Julia
Flake
Aledo
Olmstead
Higgins
Julia Flake
Bank Reopens After Major Failure In Pittsburgh
The First-Second National Bank, once one of America's largest failures last summer, will reopen within a week. The Pittsburgh Clearing House association voted to reinstate the bank, and the Treasury Department approved the assets as ready for resume. A certificate will be granted once all required matters are completed.
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Pittsburgh
National Bank
Talis
Pittsburgh Clearing House
Association
Treasury
Department
Washington
Porter. Killed Train Holdup in New Orleans
Clues from April 14 report about a train holdup in New Orleans by two masked bandits. Ongoing investigation details remain unclear as authorities pursue leads and confirm casualties and motives.
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Porter
New Orleans
Ela
Cores Gonger
Prison Escape Leads to Ten Year Burglary Term
James gan, a trusted convict, escaped from the penitentiary in Fort Madison on April 13. He is serving a ten year term for burglary from Dickingon county, and remains at large after the escape.
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Fort ‘Madison
James Gan
the Penitentiary
Dickingon
Cancer Radium Fails Says Mayo Group at New York Meet
Dr William H Mayo and fellow surgeons told the American Society for the Control of Cancer in New York on April 14 that radium has produced mostly failures, with cures outnumbered about 100 to 1. They urged early operation as the only sure cure while noting radium may offer palliative help when operation is impossible.
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New York
American Society For the Control of Cancer
William H. Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Francis G. Wood
Columbia University
Mayo
Bank chiefs Siegel and Vogel plead not guilty at arrest
New York reports on arrests of Henry Siegel and Frank Vogel, heads of Siegel Enterprises, indicted on grand larceny and state banking law violations. They appeared in court and pleaded not guilty. Nearby briefs note Isaac McKanley, a Winnebago chief, dying after shooting himself following the death of Henry Warner. In Kansas City Vie Gueringer, convicted of an earlier attack on Mrs. Gertrude Shidler, is sentenced to be hanged on May 28. Ashland sees Adam Stenz die after falling from bicycle during a fire watch.
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Indiana
John “J. Keegan
State’ ‘Building and
Marion County
Indianapolis
State Department
Keegan
Gilbert H. Hendren
Hendren
Legislative
New York
Henry Siegel
Frank
Vogel
Siegel
Sioux City
Isaac. McKanley
Winnebago
Henry’ Warner
Kansas City
Mother Kills Children and Herself in New York
In New York on April 14, Mrs. Biffets Diamond, overwhelmed by her husband’s mistreatment, killed her two children and then herself in a tragic family murder suicide. The case draws attention to domestic violence and the urgent need for protective support.
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New York
Four Gunmen Executed for Rosenthal Murder in Sing Sing
On Monday at Sing Sing prison in Ossining New York the four gunmen convicted of fatally shooting Herman Rosenthal near Times Square in 1912 were electrocuted. Frank Cirofici Dago Frank Jacob Seidenschner Frank Muller Whitey Lewis Harry Horowitz Gyp the Blood Louise Rosenberg Lefty Louie were executed in sequence between 5:38 and 6:17 a.m. Seidenschner spoke briefly before dying. Mary Chofiel mother of Dago Frank sought clemency but Governor Glynn refused. The quartet were convicted November 19 1912 for the Rosenthal murder.
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Ossining
Ney
New York
Herman ‘Rosenthal
Sing. Sing
Frank” Cirofici
Dago Frank
Jacob ‘Seidenschner
Frank Muller
Whitey Lewis
Harry ’ Horowitz
Gyp the Blood
Louise Rosenberg
Lefty Louie
Seidenschner
Cirofici
John W. Goff
Justice Goff
Whitman
Chicago
Manhattan East Side
Herman Rosenthal
Hotel Metropole
Forty-third Street
Broadway
Rosenthal
Metropolis
Charles S. Whitman
Tenderloin
Charles Becker
Bridgey
Times Square
Fifth Avenue
Speaker Clark to Lecture at Atlantic City Parade
Speaker Champ Clark plans to deliver a lecture in Washington on April 13 before traveling to Atlantic City to observe the boardwalk parade. He will speak to crowds in the seaside town about current events and policy.
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Clark
Washington
Atlantic
Referendum Report Signals End of Copper Strike Uncertainty
Unofficial reports indicate a two thirds majority in favor of returning to work with 1012 voting yes. The miners claim most demands including eight hour day and three dollar minimum wage have been granted since the strike began. The strike cost the union over a million dollars and thousands of miners were imported to fill positions. The National Guard was deployed early, with no lasting disorder. Charles H. Moyer and 37 WFM officials face trial for alleged conspiracy in Michigan.
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Atrike
Western Federation of “Miners
Nuimber
Hietela
National Guard
Federation
Western. Federation
Houghton
Mich
Charles H. Moyer
The
Western Federation
O’brien
Woodbridge N. Ferris
Calumet
Heclar
Denver
Colo
Charles*h. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Fedration
Michigan
St Johns Steamship Kite Sighting Report
A fragment from St Johns Newfoundland notes a steamer and a kite sighting. The unclear text suggests observers reported a vessel and airborne object over the harbor area. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
Fragmentary OCR Note from Athens Paper
A damaged OCR snippet references Athens with unclear names and a sea area. Readable items include a location tag and scattered letters suggesting a report or notice but specific events, people, or figures remain indiscernible.
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Everybody’s Book
Chihuahua—Lind
National of
Smoky City
Ashland
Wiss
Adam Stenz
Superior
Iron:and Chemical’ ‘Company
Goff
Pier
Cere
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