Rise of A. L. Lawshe from small town to national postmaster adviser
A. L. Lawshe, born 1864 in Somerset Wabash county, rose from Wabash Courier devil to editor and postmaster contractor then deputy auditor in Washington. He earned McKinley and Roosevelt trust, led Cuba and Philippines missions, and directed the Philippine exhibit at St. Louis, shaping finances and governance.
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Lawshe
Converse
Ind
Converse Journal
Republican National Committee
Indiana
McKinley
Washingston
Cuba
Neely- Rathbone
Philippines
St. Louis
Wabash
Carnegie to Aid Montpelier Public Library
Hartford City reports Andrew Carnegie agrees to donate 10,000 dollars to Montpelier for a public library if taxpayers raise 1,000 dollars annually for maintenance. The city’s finances prevent new taxes, and the school board will cover operating costs if the library is built within 200 feet of the school and usable for high school references.
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Carnegie
Montpelier
Hartford City
Andrew Carnegie Nog
Lactare Medal for Boston Woman Named Recipient
Katherine Eleanor Conway editor of the Boston Pilot is chosen as the Lactare medal recipient for 1907. The honor recognizes Catholic laity in the United States for service to religion art science or philanthropy and she becomes the fourth woman to receive the award from Notre Dame.
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Boston
South Bend
Death of a Pioneer in Indiana
Mrs. Catherine M. Harter died here from age related complications. A Wabash county resident since the early 1850s she was a noted pioneer. She leaves three daughters Mrs. James V. Sweetser Mrs. Phil Motter of this city and Mrs. John C. Eastman of Chicago and three sons John M and Alfred Harter of Wabash and Edwin Harter of Huntington.
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Marion
Catherine M. Harter
Indiana
Wabash County
Harter
James V. Sweetser
Phil Motter
City
John C. Eastman
Chicago
John M
Alfred Harter
Wabash
Edwin Harter
Huntington
Bank Burglary at Hazelwood Stirs Danville District
Five suspects dynamited a private bank and a general store at Hazelwood eight miles south of Danville. They robbed $100 in stamps and loose cash. Citizens pursued the burglars, exchanging shots as the thieves fled toward Morgan County.
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Danville
Hazelwood
Ethel V. Milbou
Morgan County
Easter Festival Under Fire By Modern Club
Logansport group denounces Thanksgiving and Christmas as feasts of gluttony and slaughter and calls Easter red with innocent blood for the bird billings used to decorate women’s bonnets.
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Logansport
Revival in a Saloon at Crown Point
Crown Point sees a one hour revival in a saloon led by evangelists Garwood and Hill with Rev. B. B. Horton assisting from the Presbyterian church. The event transforms the venue into a house of worship for the occasion.
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Crown Point
Scott A. Babbitt
Garwood and Hill
B. B. Horton
The
Presbyterian Church
Court Fight Continues as Judge Overrules Motion
In Goshen the judge overruled a motion to separate causes in the St. Joseph Elkhart superior court injunction case. The action concerns the legality of the estates and related issues in a court fight now proceeding.
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Goshen
Dodge
St. Joseph-Elkqhart
Victory for Unionists in Presbyterian Church Case
Judge Gilchrist of Vanderburgh Superior Court ruled in two Indiana cases that Presbyterian unionists may form church unions as a constitutional right. He held that uniform action by the churches is admissible when taken in accordance with their own laws, applying the principle to both cases from Washington and Vincennes.
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Evansville
Gilchrist
Vanderbrugh Superior Court
Presbyterian Church Union
Washington
Ind
Vincennes
Anderson postmaster scene unsettled new office plans advance
Robert Grimes continues as Anderson postmaster awaiting official word on his successor. He sent plans for a new office addition to Washington and preparations to redistrict the city are under way. Influential men have discussed the matter with Senator Beveridge by long distance call as Nichol’s backers push for appointment and Grimes supporters hope for extension of his term.
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Clingson
Anderson
Robert Grimes
Washington
Senator Beveridge
Nichol
Grimes
Girl Sues Casino King In Orange Circuit Court
Miss Gould of Bloomington sues A. H. Brown former king of the French Lick Casino for 5000 damages alleging an attempted assault in December. Brown is represented by Perry McCart of this city and the case may go to trial at the April term.
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Paoli
Orange
A. H. Brown
French Lick
Miss Gould
Bloomington
Brown
Wells Hotel
Perry McCart
Blackmail Charge Dropped Against Grace Myers Baum
Grace Myers Baum is released from jail after the plaintiff company Champlin filed a motion to dismiss the blackmail charge. Prosecutor Van Nuys had demanded a hearing or dismissal while Champlin chose not to prosecute. The case had kept her in custody for three weeks as rumors of extortion faded.
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Anderson
Co. Co. Champlin
Grace Myers-Baum
van Nuys
Champlin
Explosion Wrecks House in South Bend
Gas explosion at the residence of J. B. Arnold, a wealthy South Bend lawyer, seriously injures Louis Bernard a plumber who had come to repair a leak. Bernard lit a match in the cellar triggering the escaping gas and provoking the blast that wrecked the Arnold house. He was taken to Epworth hospital in serious condition.
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Scauth Bend
J. B. Arnold
South Bend
Louis Bernard
Epworth Hospital
Arnold
Bernard
Whisky sales case yields mixed penalties in Petersburg court
Petersburg prosecutors convicted Ralph Davidson and Hicks Coleman of liquor law violations. Davidson paid a $90 fine plus costs, while Coleman faced two cases with $30 and costs in one, and $50 and costs in the other. In one instance Coleman was found guilty of selling ten cents of whisky while employed in a drug store.
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Petersburg
Ralph Davidson
Hicks Coleman
Davidson
Coleman
Three Days Honeymoon Suits Indiana Hotelier Couple
Terre Haute businessman and politician Charles Padgett of Sullivan county sues Newton Vaughn Green county recorder for 15000 dollars alleging alienation of his wife’s affections. Padgett claims acts occurred three days after the couple wed.
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Terre Haute
Charles Padgett
Sullivan County
Indiana
Newton Vaughn
Green County
Dowie Founder of Zion City Dies in Zion City
John Alexander Dowie founder of the Christian Catholic Apostolic church died at Shiloh house in Zion City at 7 40 am He forgave followers before death and spoke of successor Wilbur Voliva Dowie aged 1847 born in Scotland built Zion City with a 6500 acre tract and vast wealth He left Australia for a wider field and his wife and son were at a Michigan home at his bedside
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church
Shiloh House
Zion City
Wilbur Glenn Volixa
Dowie
Earth
Presbyterian Church
Australia
Zion Church
Melbourne
Scotland
San Francisco
Evanston
Tab
Holy Land
New York City
Bermuda Islands
Mexico
Jamaica
Wilbur
Plan of Rebuttal in Thaw Case Adjourned to Monday
Defense rested in the Thaw murder trial and the court adjourned to Monday at 10 30. Jerome began rebuttal strategy and sought a subpoena for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw to produce letters by Stanford White. May Mackenzie and Howard Nesbit were summoned as witnesses. Nesbit discusses family estrangement and the Countess of Yarmouth.
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New York
Jerome
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Stanford White
Mackenzie
Miss Mackenzie
Thaw
Howard Nesbit
Abraham Hummel
Dodge-Morse
Countess of
Yarmouth
England
Pittsburg
Lorraine
ONLY ONE FARE FOR NEBRASKA
Nebraska railroads ban all reduced fare classes in retaliation for a two-cent per mile passenger rate law. Circulators direct agents not to honor clergy permits charity or any reduced rate orders, aiming to make the two-cent rate the sole Nebraska passenger fare.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Burlington, Northwestern
Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
Great Northern
Jilted man kills himself in Cleveland doorway
Henry De Burt prominent contractor shot himself at the doorway of Florence Patterson’s home at 1416 Prospect Avenue after being repulsed in love. He was taken to a hospital in a dying condition. A trunk contained numerous letters from Patterson, who had recently rejected him.
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Cleveland
Henry de Burt
Prospect Avenue
de Burt
Florence Patterson
Looters Drive Shootout Aims At Carlinville Post Office
Two men opened fire on two policemen during a running gun battle at the Carlinville Illinois post office. Officer Van Meeter was seriously wounded. The robbers fled before looting the safe. postmaster reports nothing stolen.
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Carlinville
Nebraska Railroads Prepare Legal Challenge to Two-Cent Fare Law
A private Chicago sourced report states Nebraska railroads will contest the new two-cent fare statute enacted by the legislature and signed by Governor Sheldon. The carriers argue the law is confiscatory and may be unconstitutional despite the emergency clause and swift implementation.
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Omaha
Neb
Chicago
Nebraska
George L. Sheldon
Sheldon
Bullets Fly In Jackson Kentucky Feud Turmoil
In Jackson Kentucky residents awoke to a long night of gunfire aimed at the home of Judge James Hargis tied to the Marcum assassination case. The Hargis Brothers store and Deputy Town Marshal Smith home were hit as shots continued for about 40 minutes Police arrested Curtis Smith in connection with the shooting incident.
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Jackson
James Hargis
James B. Marcum
Hargis
Supreme court rules barbers not obliged to shave colored men
Hartford residents report that Connecticut's supreme court upheld a Bridgeport ruling that barbers are not required to shave colored patrons. Henry H. Faulkner sued Thomas Solazzi after being refused service, arguing his shop was not a public accommodation. The court affirmed the shop's private status.
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Hartford
Conn
Supreme Court of
Bridgeport
Henry H. Faulkner
Thomas Solazzi
Solazzi
Faulkner
Supreme Court
Spooner Denies Hiring by Hill Upon Resignation
Senator John C. Spooner of Wisconsin rejected reports he would become personal counsel to James J. Hill on May 1 when he leaves the senate. He said he is leaving without a client and has had no business relations with Hill since 1884. He cannot predict his successor.
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Washington
John C. Spooner
Wisconsin
James J. Hill
Senate
Spooner
Hill
Shipyard Strike Averted by Chicago Local Action
Chicago Shipbuilders and Boilermakers union local defied national strike orders on Saturday night, averting a broader stoppage that threatened the shipbuilding industry. Independent action by Chicago members prevented a nationwide walkout.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Weight loss case shows recovery after Peruna
W A Mitchell of Martin Georgia reports his wife fell from 130 to 68 pounds and was near death. An old physician advised Peruna and she began to recover gaining strength and weight to 106 pounds and now does her own housework and cooking.
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W. A. Mitchell
Martin, Ga
Quick Cure Effected After Dancer Walks Home Crippled
A Atchison young lady complained of sores and tired feet Saturday afternoon and was carried upstairs by her father. A few hours later she attended a dancing party and danced until three o'clock Sunday morning, according to the Atchison Globe.
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dAtchison Globe
Matrimonial Infelicity and Rising Divorces in Society
The piece notes that divorces are rarer in high society yet separations by mutual consent grow yearly. It cites incompatibility of temper and the practice of early marriages as causes, referencing London Throne.
Debility sufferers aided by Williams Pink Pills
A Riverside physician advertises Williams Pink Pills as a proven cure for debility in women. It cites Mrs. Sarah Ramsey of Litchfield Illinois who after childbirth endured pain, dizziness, weakness, and nervousness but improved after using the pills. The notice urges purchase from druggists or by mail from the Williams Medicine Company.
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Williams
Sarah Ramsey
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