Indiana health school trains state doctors in disease control
In Indianapolis on June 26 a state health board training school drew over 300 physicians. Summons required attendance and payment of expenses by cities or counties. The first such Indiana program discussed preventing contagious diseases, including smallpox, noting some counties have no dedicated funds for outbreak response.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Board of Health
Indiana
Indiana Court Rules Pedestrian Cannot Claim Damages After Crossing Behind Streetcar
The Indiana appellate court ruled that a pedestrian who exits a streetcar and crosses behind it without checking for oncoming traffic cannot recover damages if struck by another car. Louise Tenner of Indianapolis had previously won damages in the lower court after being injured crossing the track between west bound and east bound streetcars.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Appellate Court of
Indiana
Louise Tenner
Coasting Merry-Go Round Accident In Fort Wayne
Ten cars on a coasting amusement ride left the track in Fort Wayne Indiana on Friday evening. Seven passengers were thrown out and one car hurtled from the track carrying three riders. All injured were taken to St. Joseph's hospital including Mrs Pattee over brain concussion Anna Steckley bruised and unconscious Theodore Lillie with head injuries likely to lose an eye.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Mary Pattee
Anna Steckley
Theodore Lillie
Crothersville Moves to Enforce Curfew Law
Crothersville town board to enforce curfew for residents under 45. A public bell will ring as a warning, signaling youths should be under parental supervision.
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Crothersville
Ind
Infernal machine found after explosion injuring Mrs Neese
The small wooden box device that caused the blast at Brazil Indiana has been located. It was poorly charged and contained a safety pin and two partly burned matches. Mrs. Maggie Neese suffered very serious burns from the explosion.
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Brazil
Ind
Maggie Neese
Lockerbie Fair opens in Riley home with charity carnival
Indianapolis June 25 The Lockerbie Street home of James Whitcomb Riley hosted the second annual street fair. The event supported relief for poor and sick Indianapolis children with a festive evening.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Locker- Noie Street
James Whitcomb Riley
Judge Baker Offered $50,000 Post Refused It
Goshen Indiana June 25 It leaked out Wednesday that Judge Francis B Baker of Goshen United States judge of the Seventh circuit and former Indiana supreme court chief justice was recently offered a position by four large New York corporations at fifty thousand dollars a year and refused it.
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Goshen
Ind
Francis B. Baker
United States
Seventh Circuit
Indiana Supreme Court
New York Corporation
Crushed Under Wheels in Greenfield Freight Accident
A. M. Vanhook, 23, a brakeman, was killed when he fell under a moving freight train while attempting a running switch in Greenfield Indiana on June 27. The report states his body was ground to pieces.
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Greenfield
Ind
A. M. Vanhook
Vanhook
Wheat threshing begins in Mt. Vernon area
Wheat threshing has started in Mt. Vernon Indiana with crops averaging 12 bushels per acre, about half the last year. Experts say not as much wheat as last year will be produced. The grain weighs 47 pounds per bushel according to County Treasurer Morelock.
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Mt. Vernon
Ind
Morelock
Failed to Secure a Divorce in Goshen
Goshen Ind June 25 Wednesday Carrie Matzdorf was refused a divorce from Frank E Matzdorf the leading local restauranteur because of insufficiency of complaint and failure to prove charges Both parties were anxious for decrees and had settled property rights out of court.
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Goshen
Ind
Carrie Matzdorf
Frank E. Matzdorf
Lafayette Street Railway to Transfer to Interurban Syndicate
Lafayette Indiana June 27 Arrangements completed to transfer the Lafayette street railway to the Fort Wayne Logansport Lafayette and Lima syndicate which controls interurban lines to Lima Ohio The transfer will occur in September Co D Emmons formerly a Lafayette line superintendent will be general superintendent of the consolidated lines.
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Lafayette
Ind
W. J. Griffiths
J. L. Caldwell
J. T. J. Levering
Charles Murdock
F. M. Rater
Philadelphia
Lafayette Street Railway
Fort Wayne
Logansport
Lima
Co. D. Emmons
Consolidated Lines
The Price Of A Hug In A French Masters Trial
Indianapolis youths witness a courtroom ruling in which Police Judge Whalton sets a hug at three dollars during the assault and battery trial of Nestor Lemaire, a French fencing master and rug maker. A factory girl testified she was hugged twice, and the judge imposed fines reflecting the per hug price.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Whalton
Nestor Lemaire
Lemaire
King Peter Arrives in Belgrade and Is Welcomed Throngs
King Peter entered Belgrade to enthusiastic crowds on Wednesday morning. Officials and citizens gathered at the station as a guard of honor saluted. He proceeded to the cathedral for mass and then to the new palace in a state procession. On Thursday he took the oath of office before the skupshtina and reviewed the troops.
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Belgrade
Peter
M. Tebarykoff
Herr Dumba
M. Avakumovics
M. Tearhykoff
Democratic state convention rejects minority platform reports
In Des Moines on June 25 the Democratic state convention voted 4639 to 3541 to reject a minority report adding to the platform reaffirming the 1900 national platform, and 6281 to 19944 to reject a minority plank for government ownership of railroads if rail control fails. The ticket nominated includes J. B. Sullivan for governor and W. S. Porter for railroad commissioner. The platform urges economical government, fair taxation, lowest bid purchases, and direct election of U S senators.
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Des Moines
Committee On
J. B. Sullivan
Creston
D. B. Butler
Iowa County
Supreme Court
John R. Caldwell
Tama
A. R. McCook
Howard
W. S. Porter
Harding
United States
Brakeman Struck by Telegraph Wire On Illinois Central Freight
W. A. Austin, brakeman, was struck in the face by a hanging telephone wire as an Illinois Central freight passed west of Sullivan Indiana at 35 miles per hour. The wire snagged on a brake beam and broke. Austin clung to a bar on the car top to avoid being dragged under the train.
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Sullivan
Ind
Illinois Central
W. A. Austin
Austin
Indiana Hotelkeepers discuss insurance plan at annual banquet
Indianapolis June 25 The Indiana Hotelkeepers association met Wednesday afternoon to discuss a plan of insurance similar to the national association but left undecided. Elected officers include President Joseph Hennings Anderson Vice President George Fullwell secretary D H Jackson Indianapolis Senator Beveridge spoke at the banquet that night.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Hotelkeepers’ Association
National Association
Joseph Hennings
Anderson
George Fullwell
D. H. Jackson
Beveridge
Double Funeral For Two Veterans In Lawrenceburg Parlor
In Lawrenceburg Indiana on June 26 two elderly people died within a short span. The first victim was the aged mother of the wife of the former mayor of the town. Soon after George M. H. Roberts aged 89, father of the former mayor, was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train and died from the injuries. A double funeral will be held.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Roberts
George MH. Roberts
Eastern Indiana Millers Form Association
Organization of the Eastern Indiana Millers association was completed in Anderson on Wednesday. The group aims to encourage farmers to raise a better grade of wheat with W. H. Martin of Newcastle elected president J. W. Wellington of Anderson as vice president and Co. I Pickering of Middletown as secretary and treasurer.
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Eastern Indiana Millers
Anderson
Ind
Eastern Indiana Millers’ Association
W. H. Martin
Newcastle
J. W. Wellington
Co. I. Pickering
Middletown
Smallest Odd Fellow F G Epply in Critical Condition
F G Epply known in Indiana as the smallest odd fellow and a longtime Anderson city clerk is critically ill at St John hospital. At sixty he stands under three feet tall and his health deteriorated during ten years in public service.
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Anderson, Ind
F. G. Epply
Indiana
St. John Hospital
Epply
Anderson
Girl Dies From Apron Fire At Brownstown
An 11 year old girl, daughter of Oliver Hall, living west of Brownstown, Indiana, died about two hours after her apron caught fire from the stove while she was getting dinner. She ran to her father for help but could not be saved.
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Brownstown
Ind
Oliver Hall
Here
Eagles to Hold Brazil Street Carnival August Week
Brazil Indiana will host a street carnival the week of August 24 to 29 with Labor Day events planned. UMW leaders President Mitchell and Vice President Lewis are expected to attend the Labor Day activities.
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Brazil
Ind
Mitchell
Lewis
United Mine Workers
GUILTY OF PEONAGE IN TWO STATES
In Macon Georgia Judge Speer fined William Shy Arthur Clawson and Robert Turner 1000 dollars each for involuntary servitude of a negro. conditions suspended. In Montgomery Alabama J W Pace of Tallapoosa County pleaded guilty in 11 peonage indictments, with five year sentences in each case served concurrently and bond set at 5000 dollars.
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Macon
Speer
William Shy
Arthur Clawson
Robert Turner
Montgomery
Ala
J. W. Pace
Tallapoosa County
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Pace
Tillman Murder Trial Set for Lexington South Carolina
Judge Townsend announced the Tillman murder case will be tried in Lexington County South Carolina. The next court term in Lexington opens in the third week of September with Judge Gage presiding. Saluda had been sought as the place for move by the defense.
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Lexington
Columbia
S. C
Townsend
James H. Tillman
N. G. Gonzales
Gage
Saluda
Judge Harker Accepts Dean Post At University of Illinois
Springfield June 27 Judge Oliver A Harker of Carbondale has accepted the dean position at the College of Law Illinois University Champaign He has served 25 years as circuit judge and 12 years on the appellate bench He was president of the State Bar association in 1895 and 1896.
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Springfield
Oliver A. Harker
Carbondale
College of Law
University of Ilinois
Champaign
Harker
State Bar Association
Frederick Hartman Illinois Stage Driver Dies at 88
Frederick Hartman, the first stage driver in Illinois, died at Eureka at age 88. He operated a Danville to Peoria route from 1836 to 1860 and spent the last 40 years as bellringer at Eureka College.
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Fioneer
Bloomington
Frederick Hartman
Illinois
Eureka
Hartman
Danville
Peoria
Bellxinger
Eureka College
Cornell crews sweep Intercollegiate races in New York meet
In Poughkeepsie Cornell won all three events at the Intercollegiate boat races on Friday. Varsity Seay Saved two mile race led by Cornell with 10:54 as Pennsyl vania followed and Wisconsin trailed. freshman eight finished Cornell first with 9:13 and Syracuse second. varsity four mile race saw Cornell again first at 18:57 with Georgetown second and Wisconsin third. Ottawa reports a Canadian House censure motion failed after government argued it was about restocking Boer farms.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Columbia
Syracuse
Yale
Cuarnell
Georgetown
Ottawa
Ont
Pope
United States
William Mullock
Sydney Fisher
Roosevelt Homecoming Marred by Rival Reception Crews
President Roosevelt returns to Oyster Bay for summer. rival reception committees from the Oyster Bay board of trade led by J Morgan Griffin and ex Assemblyman Maurice Townsend stage separate welcomes. He unveils a civil war trophy gun, addresses the crowd, and parts with the children singing their welcome.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Roosevelt
Long Island City
J. C. Travers
Navy Department
Sagamore Hill
Loeb
Barnes
Moore Block
White House
Christchurch
Nirish
Bank Robbery Shock Hits Cary In 1900s Inquiry
In Cary North Carolina on June 25, two men dynamited the private bank of L E Mintch around two AM taking about $3000 plus notes and securities. The bank vault was wrecked, papers and books lay scattered as a posse formed to chase the robbers toward Fox River.
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Cary
L. E. Mintch
Fox River
President to transmit petition on Jews in Russia
Washington June 26 The president will transmit to the Russian government a petition from the B N a i B r i t h executive council on Russia's treatment of Jewish subjects. The move follows reconsideration after initial reluctance. The petition will be signed by leading American citizens and may take about two weeks to complete.
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Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
Roosevelt
Russia
Washington
B’nai B'rith
Executive Council
The
B'nai B'rith
United States
St. Petersburg
Kishineff
Three Negroes Lynched Near Albany and Louisiana
Albany Georgia June 27 three Black men Garfield McCoy George McWinney and Wiley were taken from Newton jail by a lynching mob for the killing of F S Bullard. They were hanged a mile from town and riddled with bullets. In Louisiana Lamb White was lynched ten miles from Monterey Landing after a white man assault in Concordia parish.
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Albany
Garfield McCoy
George McWinney
Wiley
Newton
Baker County
Here
F. S. Bullard
Jonesville
Lamb White
Smithland
Monterey Landing
Concordia Parish
Whittle
Murder at Moccasin Church Sparks Hickory County Chase
Springfield Illinois June 27 A known resident Jehler Hawker of Muc cassio Effingham county was stabbed to death in the Moc casin church after services concluded and lights were out A citizen posse pursues the suspected killer in connection with an old grudge the assailant fled into darkness after the fatal wound inflicted to Hawker’s heart
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Effingham County
Springfield
Jehler Hawker
Muccasio
Hawker
Moses
Kansas Legislature Adjourns After Flood Aid Bills Pass
The extra Kansas legislature adjourned Friday at two in Wopeka. Over 50 bills passed, two of general nature. Most authorize counties to restore flood damaged bridges and use county funds to aid victims. A relief appropriation measure failed, drawing criticism. Also in Boston, Gen Joseph Hooker statue dedication included a grand parade and a 13 gun salute.
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Kansas
Wopeka
Kan
Boston
Gen
Joseph Hooker
Statehouse
America
Joseph Hooker Wood
Gen. Hooker
Theevening
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