Moisture tests flag corn grade flaws in Indiana meeting
At Indianapolis the Indiana Grain Dealers association heard Prof. G I Christie of Purdue describe moisture testing to prove off grade corn to farmers. He cited export data showing only 18 percent of corn shipped as No 2 remained No 2 at destination, with moisture as high as 22 percent and some No 4.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Grain Dealers’ Association
G. I. Christie
Purdue University
Christie
A. E. Reynolds
Crawfordsville
William 3B
Lafayette
Association
Indiana
Foresman
L. H. Mummert
Indiana State News In Brief
Bloomington grants permit to convert the old college campus on South College into a city park with a formal opening set for June 11. South Bend bids July sessions for the Indiana Stationary Engineers convention with about one hundred delegates and officers in charge. Columbus reports four affidavits in Mayor Barnaby’s court for liquor sales were dismissed after a detective used an assumed name. In Van Buren township a drowning occurred when a baby girl fell in five inches of water. Fort Wayne details a will allocating funds to Ft. Wayne Lutheran hospital, the German Evangelical Lutheran synod, the German Lutheran sanitarium at Denver, and St. Catholic church.
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Bloomington
Dlaughters of the
William P. Pierce
Terre Haute
H. B. Smith
E. P. Ohmer
South Bend
Columbus
Barnaby
Jesse Collins
Ary Peggs
Este
Mary Moore
Roy Moore
van Buren
Fort ‘Wayne
Anton F. Kohlsmeier
Ft. Wayne Lutheran Hospital
German Evangelical Lutheran’ Synod of
St. G ‘Catholic
Tefa
Rela
Child Hanged on Fence Near Tell City Death of Minnie Schauss
Minnie Schauss three years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Schauss died at their home near Tell City after attempting to climb a yard fence. Her head was caught between fence pickets and neck broken in the fall. Her mother found the body shortly after the accident. A year earlier an elder sister died by scalding in a tub. The parents are grieving and the mother is under a physician’s care.
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Tell City
Minnie Schauss
Michael Schauss
Interlaken School Plans Silver Lake Campus
Contracts will be awarded soon for the construction of Interlaken school buildings at Silver Lake in the county. The project, costing nearly 1 million dollars, will relocate the school from the city and consolidate a nearby Peoria Ill based institution. Dr Edward R Rumely and Professor Riordan lead the project aiming to create the nation’s most modern campus.
Boy Hero Prospect for Carnegie Medal
Six year old Paul Angle son of William Angle of this city may be considered for a Carnegie hero medal for his quick action in stopping a runaway horse. A baby in a buggy frightened by an automobile caused the horse to jerk free from a post and run. The boy grabbed the broken halter and halted the horse in the public square.
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Princeon
Paul Angle
William Angle
Littl Angle
Eloping Girl Seeks Divorce in Portage County
Mildred Sievert aged sixteen of Porter County and Walther Naldenweg aged eighteen of Chicago eloped to St Joseph Michigan on May 26 and married. They filed for divorce in the circuit court here after giving wrong ages on the license. The couple did not live together as husband and wife and the bride returned home after the ceremony.
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Valparaiso
Mildred Sievert
Porter
Walther Naldenweg
Chicago
St. Joseph
Mich
Five Strikers Arrested After Builders Clash
In Evansville five union carpenters John N. Men strohm Louis Bohres Benjamin Hubert Martin Meitrich and George Wahl were arrested after the first clash of the builders strike. Police say stones and sticks were used and several beatings caused bloody noses and black eyes.
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Evansville
John N. Menstrohm
Louis Bohres
Benjamin Huber
Martin Meitrich
George Wahl
Frees Farmer From Charge in Princeton Case
The jury found Cunningham McElhinney not liable for $25,000 damages after a ten minute deliberation in the Martha McLemore case. She accused the farmer of mistreatment while in his home and linked her troubles to another man she later married.
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Princeton
Martha McLemore
Cunningham McElhinney
McElhinney
Orphans' Home Opens in Bloomington Industrial City
The Bloomington Industrial City project for colored orphans will be formally opened near Unionville along the Indianapolis Southern railroad in Monroe county. Halson V. Eagleson, a local Black man, established the home for the state’s colored orphans. Rev. A. G. Hall of Louisville will deliver the dedicatory sermon.
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Bloomington
Indianapolis Southern
Unionville
Monroe County
Halson V. Eagleson
A. G. Hall
Louisville
Woman seeks divorce after third husband in two years
Mrs Willard Walters a 23 year old resident of Columbus sues her husband for divorce. She has been married three times and twice divorced within the last two years, including two marriages in a single year. She may hold a record for rapid marriages in the state.
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Columbus
Willard Walters
Belt Wound Occurs at Godell Furniture Factory
Joshua Lesbe, an employee at Godell furniture factory in Shelbyville, was found with a belt wound to the throat in the basement after attempting to throw it on an idle pulley. A physician treated him, and his condition was reported serious but likely to improve.
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Shelbyville
Joshua Lesbe
Godell Furniture Factory
Autopsy Prompts Inquiry Into Mrs Archer Death
Washington County coroner Keller opens an inquiry after autopsy results on nineteen year old Mrs. Grover Archer indicate death from the effects of criminal exposure. investigation focuses on circumstances and possible foul play.
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Washington
Morten Keller
Martin County
Grover. Archer
Archer
Illinois Fishermen Conspiracy Allegations Tie Legislators to Bribery
Pekin fish dealer Henry Lemm confessed to Sangamon county prosecutor Burke detailing a 33500 fund used to influence Springfield lawmakers. He named Peoria broker John Dixon and produced the check and letters linking him to the scheme. Lemm said the practice of holding up fishermen spanned twenty years and was known to legislators.
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Peoria
Henry Lemm
Pekin
Lll
Burke
Sangamon County
Illinois
Springfield
John Dixon
Dixon
Ralph O. Lord
Lord
Lemm
Lemm Waastek
Hot Springs
Ark
Henry Bogardus
Tazewell
Will Treat Pittman Fairly Madrid Assures State Dept
Cambridge man Edwin F Pittman brother of William P Pittman American engineer accused of mine laying with Estrada forces captured by government troops. Huntington Wilson telegram confirms no court martial planned and Pittman to be treated fairly by Madrid authorities per Managua consul report. Pittman born in Cambridge twenty two years ago and earlier ran away from home seeking adventure.
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Cambridge
Mass
Edwin F. Pittman
William P. Pittman
Estrada
Washington
Madrid
Huntington Wilson
Pittman
Senator Lodge
United States
Department
Managua
Madriz
Toledo
Irias
Greytown
Roosevelt Talk Is Flayed In London Speech
London officials fear Theodore Roosevelt’s Guildhall address will worsen Anglo-Egyptian tensions. Newsroom scrutiny grows as critics question a foreign guest judging colonial policy while Roosevelt denounces Egypt’s Nationalist movement and urges English governance.
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London
Theodore Roosevelt
Guildhall
England
Egypt
Roosevelt
United States
Edward
Norton Stays: Taft Names Chicago Clerk Secretary to President
President Taft announces Charlies Dyer Norton of Chicago as secretary to the president succeeding Fred W. Carpenter. Norton accepts the post and will likely assume duties when Taft returns from his western trip, probably Monday morning.
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Washington
Taft
Charlies Dyer Norton
Chicago
Fred W. Carpenter
Norton
Taft Addresses Socialism as Greatest Problem in U S
President Taft returned from a western trip and spoke at Jackson on unveiling a bronze tablet honoring the birth of the Republican party. He called socialism the major issue facing America and warned that a government of groups could rise if individuals refuse to yield to party majority.
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Washington
Taft
Jackson
Mich
Rate bill passes Senate with 50 to 12 vote
The administration railroad bill clears the Senate on Friday night by a 50 to 12 tally. The Democratic dissenters listed include Bacon Fletcher Frazier Hughes Money Newlands Percy Purcell Rayner Shively Smith of Maryland and Smith of South Carolina.
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Washington
Senate
Bacon
Fletcher
Frazier
Hughes
Money
Newlands
Percy
Purcell
Rayner
Shively
Smith
Maryland
South Carolina
Illinois Coal War Breaks Out as Miners Strike
Illinois operators and miners clash as leaders order engineers and pumpmen to quit. Pumps must run to prevent flooding in "wet" mines and preserve air in "dry" mines, risking million-dollar losses. Illinois Manufacturers' Association backs operators as talk of federal arbitration rises.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Illinois
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
LaSalle
Taft
Roosevelt Dm
Sean Et
Foreigners at risk as Nanking posters incite violence
The Nanking outbreak prompts U S action with Minister Calhoun urging state department and navy involvement. The New Orleans is sent to Chinese waters after Calhoun cables alarming reports of posters calling for foreigners to be slaughtered and their property destroyed, heightening tension.
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Washington
China
Nanking
State Department
Navy
Philippines
Calhoun
Canton
New Orleans
United States
Ross
Jackpot collector Traut linked to fish bill fund
Beardstown merchant Frank J. Traut served as treasurer for a $2,500 fish merchants fund aimed at defeating the last general assembly fish bill. State's Attorney Burke questioned Traut after a Saturday night visit, with Traut admitting receipt and accounting for contributions from John Dixon of Peoria and others. Traut provided contributor names and addresses as Burke investigates the money’s disposition.
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Beardstown
Ill
Frank J. Traut
John Dixon
Peoria
Burke
Springfield
Traut
A. M. Foster
House Committee On Game and Fish
Dixon
Sangamon
Gotch Crushes Zbyszko to Retain Mat Title
Chicago spectators watched Frank Gotch defeat Zbyszko in two quick bouts at the Coliseum. Gotch dominated the match, throwing the European challenger with ease in the first bout lasting 6.4 seconds and displaying superior technique in the second, never near danger.
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Chicago
Frank Gotch
Zbyszko
Tyro
Gotch
Frank
Jack Pot Fund Allegations Taint Illinois Legislature
Rep H J C Beckemeyer disclosed before Sangamon county grand jury details of a supposed legislative Jackpot corruption fund tied to the defeat of the fish bill. He alleged a $900 St Louis payment and named others linked to the fund during the prior legislative session.
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Springfield
H. J.C. Beckemeyer
Carlyle, Sr
Sangamon County
Grand Jury
Combine
Beckemeyer
Cook County
St. Louis
Compromise Reached in Detroit Railway Tie Up
Detroit United Railway motormen and conductors accept company compromise ending a threatened city lines tie up. Workers had demanded a flat wage scale of 30 cents per hour.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit United Railway Company
Ten Thousand Boston Workers Win Wage Increases
In Boston more than 10,000 men across various trades secured the wage increases they had threatened to strike over, marking a major labor settlement in the city.
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Boston
Bank Closure Shocks Kalamazoo Area
Kalamazoo Michigan Citizens State Savings bank of Plainwell is closed by State Bank Examiner Zimmerman. A T cashier is charged with investing $38000 in Texas lands without directors approval.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Citizens’ State
Savings Bank of
Plainwell
State Bank Ex‘Zimmerman
A. T.ashier
Texas Lands
Arrests in Poisoning Case Ties Count Bonturlin Death
In St. Petersburg Count Lyassy and Doctor Patschenko are jailed on suspicion of poisoning Count Bon turlin an Imperial Guards officer and heir to about 3.5 million dollars. Lyassy, the brother in law, allegedly bribed Patschenko to administer strychnine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Count Lyassy
Doctor Patschenko
Count Bonturlin
Imperial Guards
Patschenko
Man Falls to Death From Prospect Point at Niagara
A man about 45 years old plunged to death from Prospect Point Niagara Falls after balancing on the guard fence and leaping forward as a nearby tourist approached. The incident occurred in Niagara Falls New York drawing quick attention from onlookers and authorities.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Prospect Point
May Operate on W. H. Ellis
Wade H. Elis chairman of the Republican state committee, confined to his bed at a Columbus hotel with acute indigestion, showed slight improvement Friday. Doctors said gall stones might require an operation.
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W. H. Ellis
Columbus
Wade H. Elis
Republican. State Committee
Rail men plan defense against government rate attack
Chicago rail executives led by E P Ripley of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe met to craft a defense against the federal assault on freight rate increases in western trunk line territory. They decided to go to Washington for a conference with the president, who agreed to hear them.
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Chicago
Waterloo
E. P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Washington
Rushing Train Crashes Into Market Wagon in Dayton
A Big Four passenger train rushing to make up time collided with a market wagon in Dayton Ohio. The wreck killed three aboard the wagon and disrupted service as authorities investigated the high speed crash.
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Dayton
Williams and Howard Missionaries in Gulf Coast region
Missiow Williams and Bishop Howard announced as missionaries of the American Baptist denomination serving in the Gulf region north of the city.
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Bombay
Missiow
Williams and Howard
Missionaries of
American — Baptist In
Gulf
Doan's Kidney Pills Claim Permanent Kidney Cure
An old advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a permanent cure for sick kidneys. A Montesano Washington user recounts dropsy, back pain, and fatigue improving after taking the pills. The copy urges buying Doan's at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co. in Buffalo New York.
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Dean
J. N. Markham
Montesano
Wash
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Boy Expresses Joy Over Home Field Move
A letter from the youth conveys pride in returning home to the right field. The writer describes Cyrus’s son as devoted to the country and excited by the move, expressing clear enthusiasm for the placement.
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Cyrus
Pellagra Cause Disputed By Ope Committee
The committee declares maize is not the cause of pellagra and identifies the simulum repans biting gnat as the disease carrier. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis warns that with current capacity, it will take about forty five years to provide adequate hospital beds for all indigent consumptives. Last year 7,000 beds were added but 300,009 remain unplaced across 22,720 beds nationwide. On May 1 1909 there were 15,244 beds in 291 institutions. the association notes 99 new institutions and 7,500 more beds since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
The
National Association
A Horse Lover and Financeer James R Keene Speech
James R. Keene, noted horseman and financier, spoke at Cedarhurst about his lifelong love of horses and keeping them separate from business. A luncheon anecdote contrasted maternal love with a two year old thoroughbred, delivered by a young father nearby.
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James R. Keene
Cedarhurst
FEED CHILDREN On Properly Selected Food Pays Dividends
A mother's letter praises improved child health after changing the family diet. She details reducing potatoes with coffee and heavy meat, replacing meals with fruit, grape nuts with cream, soft boiled eggs, Postum, and balanced dinners with meat and vegetables.
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