Wood says he will stand by all laws if re-elected
At the Republican nominating convention in Lafayette State Senator Will R Wood accepted the joint senatorial seat from Tippecanoe and Benton counties and pledged to uphold all statutes. He defended the Payne Aldrich tariff and praised Senator Beveridge saying Indiana should return him to the US Senate. State Chairman E M Lee and Finney P Mount spoke on other races.
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Tip- Pecanoe
Benton
Will R. Wood
Repub-ican
Lafayette
Wood
Republican Party
Beveridge
Indiana
United States Senate
E. M. Lee
Finney P. Mount
Crawfordsville
Russell K. Bedgood
Tippecanoe
Montgomery
DePauw
State Auditor Reports Second Quarter Fee Totals
Cyrus W. Neal reports for the second quarter general fees of 8820.10 and license fees of 2564 totaling 11384.10, up 993.60 from last year. Six month figures show general fees 69944.28 and license fees 19296, beating last year. Oil and gas inspections yielded 1846.30 to the state treasury with regional totals for Indianapolis, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, Lafayette, and New Grand officers of O E S.
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Cyrus W. Neal
the Auditor of State
Lcense
Sid Conger
Indianapolis
Fort
Evansville
I A Is Incorporated and Other Local Firms Form
Articles of incorporation filed with the secretary of state list the Indianapolis Trade Association and several area groups as forming to promote commercial and industrial welfare. Directors include George Alig Sr and J. H. Lilly among many. Additional incorporations cover The Old Settlers Club Gary The Superior Social Club Linton Parr Creamery and Boulevard Place Improvement Association with varied capital stock and listed directors. Changes reported for Simpson Computing Scales of Elkhart and Indian Commercial Car Co remaining activity.
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Indianapolis
George Alig, Sr
H. C. Atkins
Harvey Bates, Jr
C. A. Bookwalter
H. A. Brown
J. N. Carey
P. H. Clifford
L. W. Cooper
J. F. Damody
O. P. Deluse
W. J. Dobyns
B. C. Downey
S. H. Fletcher
W. J. Griffin
C. V. Griffith
C. C. Hanch
E. A. Hendrickson
H. J. Hibben
J. S. Holliday
F. L. Hollweg
H. W. Lawrence
T. B. Laycock
O. D. Lepler
Richard Lieber
J. H. Lilly
J. A. McGowan
C. M. McElwaine
W. J. Mooney
G. B. Moxley
W. L. O'Connor
J. R Reagan
H. H. Rice
William Scott
H. O. Smith
A. G. Sni
C. E. Paulson
T. V. Summers
M. Riley
Simpson
Elkhart
Will Barnes
Tian Commercial Car Company
Iste
Chief Justice Fuller Dies Suddenly at 71
Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller died July 4 at his Sorrento Maine home from heart failure. Appointed by Cleveland in 1888, he served 22 years as chief justice and shaped major rulings including income tax, Danbury hat, Western Union tax, insurable interest, and Moore v Crawford.
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Melville Weston Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Sorrento
Fuller
Taft
United States Supreme ‘Court
Chicago
Cleveland
Lloyd W. Bowers
United States
Supreme Bench
Supreme Court of the United States
Marshall
Taney
Grover Cleveland
Senate
Maine
Bowdoin College
Harvard Law -School
Justice Harlan
Cultom
Illinois
Danbury
Western Union Telegraph Company
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Bank of Washington
Hume
Imean
South Carolina Railway Company
Moore
Crawford
Taft and Roosevelt Meet in Beverly on Interstate Commerce
President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt met privately in Beverly Massachusetts with Senator Lodge and Secretary Norton present. Taft stressed the ICC will enforce the new act fairly and target only unreasonable rate increases while aiming to reassure investors and railroads.
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Mass
Taft
Burgess Point
Roosevelt
Theodore
George
Senator Lodge
Norton
Bayt
White House
Martin A. Knapp
Commission
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Knapp
West
Diver Finds Body in Ship Hull Near Waupun Man
Diver John Murray located the body believed to be John Plein of Waupun in the hull of the steamer J. S., which burned to the water line Saturday night. The body is wedged between a boiler and wreckage and cannot be freed until another diver arrives. It lies near the ship’s prison site.
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la Crosse
Wis
John Murray
John Plein
Waupun
J. S
Curtiss Plans Lake Crossing Flight in Chicago
Glenn Curtiss, famed aviator and inventor, aims to fly across Lake Michigan from Chicago in a bold aviation feat. The pioneering pilot’s move highlights his ongoing work in aeronautics and public demonstrations in the city.
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Curtiss
Lake
Chicago
Glenn
On - Curtiss
Femous
Aero
Eaid
Che
New York Direct Nomination Bill Defeated In Senate
Albany reports the senate rejected the Cobb direct nomination bill by 25 to 19 after amendments from Lloyd Griscom and Roosevelt. The assembly earlier passed the progressive inheritance and an appropriation of 25000 for extraordinary session expenses. The split showed Roosevelt’s leadership not accepted by either chamber.
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Senate
Lne
Assembly
Lloyd C. Griscom
New York Corporation Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Cloudburst Devastates Kentucky as Dozens Die
A Kentucky cloudburst in Magoffin Floyd and Knott counties leaves at least fifteen dead with dozens missing. Saylersville reports twelve recovered bodies as rescue efforts continue amid widespread flooding and estimated property losses around one hundred thousand dollars.
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Magoffin
Floyd
Knott
Magoffin County
Kentucky
Floyd and Knott Counties
Licking River
Railroads Win as Interstate Commission Blocks Classification Change
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission will not suspend official classification 36 affecting over 6000 items. The ruling is seen as a railroad victory as Buffalo area lines gain permission to raise flour and wheat product rates by one cent per hundred pounds to eastern destinations. The commission’s review found 58 changes with 28 reductions and 30 increases including 12 carload weight increases.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Buffalo
Forest Fires Ravage Rainy River District
Winnipeg Manitoba reports forest fires in the Rainy River district have caused extensive destruction to timber and property over the past few days, with gates and other structures reportedly burned and losses mounting.
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Rainy River
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Forest
Rainy River District
Timbe
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised in Holly Springs
A Holly Springs reader lauds Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for healthful effects after a doctor's warned operation. The ad-style testimonial touts thirty years of use and invites letters seeking advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Holly Springs
Miss
Lydia EE. Pinkiam
Willie Epwards
Tme
E. Pinkham
When Father Helped
The scene shows a fond father wrestling with a manuscript while his son struggles with pronunciation. The boy protests solemnly about tyranny and desecration, and the father stumbles over "the palladium of our liberties" as the boy storms off with the paper.
Soup Etiquette and Diplomacy in a Family Dinner Tale
A child tastes oyster cream soup and discovers an unrecognized object at the bottom. The mother explains it is an oyster to improve the soup, while the tin epicure decides the soup is fine without it. The text then reflects on diplomacy as convincing others you are interested when you tire them.
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Dora
Epicure
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