Muncie Lawyer to Try Williams Damages Suit
Muncie lawyer and former mayor Lon A. Guthrie was chosen to try Gene Williams’ $100,000 damages claim against city officials including Judge William A. McClellan and Prosecuting Attorney Clarence Benedum. Williams says he was arrested on a prohibition officer’s cue without a warrant and imprisoned for a day.
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Muncie
Lon A. Guthrie
Gene Williams
William A. McClellan
Clarence Benedum
Thomas Hiatt
Fred Puckett
Williams
Leonard Eviis
Princeton
Gibson County
Indiana
Seymour
Franklin
Masonic Temple
East Chicago
Board of Public Works of
Indiana Public Service Commission
C Company
Washington
Tanana Bankers’ Association
Evansville
Walter Tayes
White River Bank
Longootee
C. Howard Battin
Mercantile Commercial Bank
Nockport
Roebbers
Lake State Bank
Richmond
Goshen
William T. Charnley
Margaret Irene Murray
Willian Murray
Chicago
Bedford
Yale
Jesse Gray
Harry Shepherd
Ruby Real
Lafayette
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Stanley Wyckoff
Palmer
National Personal Liberty League
Leo M. Rappaport
Harry St. Calkins
Bloomington
Indiana Daughters of Veterans
Department of Indiana
Grand Army of the Republic
Etta Bicknell
Fort Wayne
Republican National Convention Opens in Chicago with Lodge Chair
National Committee Chairman Will Hays opens the seventeenth convention in Chicago with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts presiding for the keynote. Old-guard shifts occur as Crane Weeks and others replace departing members. De Valera seeks a Pro Irish plank. notable New York figures and women join the committee. youngster John Hand directs the band and Boies Penrose misses the session due to health.
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Chicago
National Committee
Will H. Hays
National Republican
Hays
Louisville
Charles F. Woodcock
Charles P. Miller
Minnesota
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
W. Murray Crane
John W. Weeks
James A. Hemenway
Indiana
Joseph B. Kealing
J. Henry Rorabeck
Connecticut
John T. King
Boies Penrose
Pennsylvania
Charles D. Hilles
Herbert Parsons
New York
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Sam A. Perkins
Washington
Sherman
Thompson
Lawrence Y. Sherman
William Hale Thompson
Ulains
Jacob Babler
Missouri
James L. Minnis
Spencer
Nicholas Murray Butler
Congress
Chauncey M. Depew
Mr. Depew
Depew
Abe Lincoln
Abe Lincoln Was A Sure Thing. There Was No ‘Dark Horse
Hayes
Wadsworth and
Calder
Robert L. Bacon
Henry W. Taft
Henry L. Stimson
Charles S. Whitman
Ogden L. Mills
William Barnes
Albany
Lafayette B. Gleason
John W
Dwight
Charles F. Murphy
Brooklyn
Ohio
Myron T. Herrick
Frank B. Willis
Rudolph K. Hynicka
Cincinnati
Moore
Wilford Jordan
Independence Hall
Eamonn de Valera
Irish Republic
Trish Republic
de Valera
San Francisco
Republican National Committee
Florence Collins Porter
California
William H. Crocker
Mary Garret Flay
Josephine Corliss Preston
Samuel A. Perkins
Vennona T. Swan
James S. Bealing
Tennessee
Jesse M. Littleton
Hubert Wark
Colorado
Rudolph WK. Ehynieka
W. L. Highland
West Virginia
John T. Adams
Iowa
R. B. Howell
Nebraska
Ralph TE. Williams
Oregon
Coleman du Pont
Delaware
Youngster
John Hand UT
Armin Hand
Theodore Roosevelt
Beliefs About Dogs in Folklore and Superstition
A survey of Southern folklore recounts superstitions about dogs. Beliefs include bad luck in giving away a dog, implications for marriage, omens from barking and howling, and dogs as messengers of illness or disaster. It notes a link between dog behavior and fate, including murder, fire, and death omens.
Women delegates and families in Republican convention slate
Mrs. Priest daughter of Supreme Court jurist Judge John B. McCall is a Tennessee delegate-at-large. Mrs. Anna Studebaker Carlisle of Indiana is an alternate-at-large and mother of six. Mrs. Mantey L. Fossen of Minneapolis is bringing up two sons. Mrs. Alice Curtice Moyer Wing of Missouri splits time between caregiving and writing fiction. Barclay Warburton of Philadelphia has three children Mary Brown Barclay H Edger ton Warburton.
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Priest
John B. McCall
United States Supreme Court
Tennessee
Anna Studebaker Carlisle
South Bend
Ind
Charles A. Carlisle
Mantey L. Fossen
Minneapolis
Alice Curtice Moyer- Wing
Wayne County
Mary Brown
Barclay H
Edgerton Warburton
Barclay Warburton
Philadelphia
Omens and superstitions from a street walk
A selection of folk beliefs describes fortunes and misfortunes linked to daily encounters. Meeting a drunk man or a person who looks like you signals ill luck, while meeting the same person twice brings luck. An empty hearse portends disappointment and a black cat hints at misfortune.
Worth Knowing Facts From the Era
A collection of curiosities and historical notes mentions the origin of the term admiral in England in 1207 the use of derodrome for a flying machine and the vast navigable waters of the River Amazon. It cites the Vatican library’s volumes and manuscripts and notes remarkable feats such as a fly bag lifting 170 times its weight. It also covers oyster sensitivity to shocks seedless apples a typists travel distances and other small wonders.
Famous words echoes from famed women and judges and more
A quirky collection links famous women, judges, dancers, authors, children and newsboys through memorable lines. It pairs playful phrases with the idea of public speech and notoriety, highlighting how short quotes define moments and personas across eras.
Congress Passes Surprising Bill Giving Sedgwick Post Hall
The House and Senate approve a bill to accept Sedgwick Post No. 10 G A R and its memorial hall in Bedford Iowa for federal use. The post’s occupancy on the second floor will be rent free until its dissolution, with a bronze tablet to mark the gift. Sedgwick Post once had about 500 members. now only 25 remain.
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Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Sedgwick Post, No. 10
Grand Army of the Republic
Memorial Hall
Bedford
Taylor County
Iowa
Post
Sedgwick Post Women's Relief Corps
Mann
Illinois
Senate
House
Sedgwick Post
Refund of duties on 1916 field kitchens debated in House
House debate on a bill to refund duties paid on rolling field kitchens imported for the National Guard during 1916. Proponents argue the kitchens aided troops at the Mexican border and would prevent taxation of patriotism, while opponents warn of dangerous precedent and wider levies.
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Britten
National Guard
War Department
Canada
Cannon
Mr. Cannon
House
National Treasury
Congressional Push For New Coins Sparks Mint Pessimism
The article notes the mint director’s reluctance as Congress eye’s three special half-dollars for Pilgrims tercentenary and Alabama Maine centennials, plus possible 2-cent and 24% cent pieces and Theodore Roosevelt medallion coinage urged by the Women's Roosevelt Memorial association. It traces U S coinage history from 1792 to 1876, including the introduction and later discard of the three-cent piece and the 1864 two-cent coin.
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United States Mint
Congress
Alabama
Maine
Theodore Roosevelt
Women’s Roosevelt Memorial Association
Frelinghuysen
Bil
California
Forty Words Could Not Be Read Dooming Romance at Ellis Island
Frederic Stone, 75, was barred from entering the United States because he cannot read English. His fiancé Miss Madeline Gauff of TauntonMass had come to marry him if admitted. Despite showing $6,000 and reassurance of more funds, the literacy test denied him entry prompting an appeal and a wait for Washington officials.
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Madeline Gauff
Taunton
Mass
Frederic Stone
Ellis Island
Mr. Stone
Uncle Sam
America
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Frank Hasselman
Waveland
Michael J. Curley
St. Augustine
Fla
Notre Dame University
Morgan Joseph O’brien
Thomas Burke
Anderson
Indiana Association of Spiritualists
Chesterfield
C. M. Reid
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Company
Public Service Commission
Warsaw
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Shelbyville
Cecil Gelpin
Gelpin
Shelby
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
E. Blain Haskin
Bureau
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Crown Point
Lake County
Vanderburg
Pauline Stoermer
St. Mary’s Hospital
William Casey
Ww. Co. T. U
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Newbern
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Alexandria
Crystal Chemical Company
Summitville
Scipio
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Otart
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Massachusetts Statesman
Roosevelt
Gleason
Delphi
N. Y
New York City
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Penrose
George W. Perkins
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Catskills
Bronx
Thomas W. Whittle
Mr. Perkins
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