Undertakers to hold thirty second annual convention
Indiana Funeral Directors association plans a three day meeting at the Denison hotel beginning May 21 in Indianapolis. Edward Haverly will open with Success Crowns Efforts. Lectures cover statistical reporting, public trust, church and minister relations, health topics, and funeral reforms with a trolley ride to the speedway and a vaudeville evening program. About 250 members expected.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Funeral Directors’ Association
Ivory C. Tolle
Lebanon
Denison
Edward Haverly
Mitchell
C. A. Carter
State Board of Health
Harry E. Caste
Kirklin
J. A. Maynard
Gaston
J. F. Rainer
Yuba Wilhite
Franc Wilhite
Anthony J. Lauck
L. B. Stewart
Scottsburg
Clifford G. Askin
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Butler College Quartette
Harry D. Tutewiler
Martha Adams
Thomas M. Honan
E. W. Clippinger
Norris Swearingen Little
Plainfield
Association
Lebanon Presbyterian Quartette
Joseph F. Byrne
Harvey M. Thompson
Norval H. Hege
Columbus
Askin
Edwin R. Hisey
S. P. Templeton
Bloomington
Harry McLeland
O. M. Davies
Marshall
Crawfordsville Inspector Reports Weights and Measures Examinations
J F Sullivan weighs and measures Inspector filed a monthly report to H E Barnard showing 430 examinations with 296 correct and 134 incorrect. The breakdown lists platform scales seven bad one good suspension scales six bad six good counter scales five bad seventeen good spring balance eight bad one good beam scales five bad twelve good computing scales five bad forty good and five bad dry measures thirty four good thirty three bad liquid measures twenty two good twenty five bad yard sticks thirty eight good eight bad weights one hundred one good thirty one bad.
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Hygiene Laboratory
J. P. Simonds
Laboratory of Hygiene
State Board of Health
Ohio
Indiana
Indiana Laboratory
Simonds
J. F. Sullivan
Crawfordsville
H. E. Barnard
First Indiana Federation Meeting Opens Charity Group
The Indiana State Federation of Organized Charities held its inaugural session at the Charity Organization Society rooms in Indianapolis. The new association seeks to unite all city diary organizations of the state for coordinated efforts and ongoing charitable work.
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Charity Federation
Indiana State Federation, of
Organized Charities
Charity Organization Society
Indianapolis
Drafts Book on Food Inspections by H E Barnard
State health chemist H E Barnard outlines a forthcoming Wiley and Sons book on Food Inspections. The work focuses on sanitary inspection of food establishments and notes a recent Attorney General opinion on flour sale quantities. Barnard also mentions synthe a cream substitute and reports from city sealers.
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H. E. Barnard
State Board of Health
Wiley & Sons
New York
Barnard
Honan
J. F. Sullivan
Crawfordsville
Three Cities Vie For Indiana Apple Show Venue
The Indiana apple show commission plans its second annual fall exhibit. Fort Wayne and South Bend offer $1,000 donations and a hall. Indianapolis proposes free usage of Tomlinson Hall but no cash. The event is set for the week starting November 13 with Purdue’s C. G. Woodbury to check if H. E. Van Deman can return as judge.
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Indiana
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Tomlinson Hall
Indianapolis
C. G. Woodbury
Purdue
H. E. van Deman
Washington
van Deman
Pensions Granted to Indiana Residents Listed
Pensions were granted to several Indianians including Oliver Green of Albion, Harrison Cramer of Avilla, Henry Lutz of Cataract, Julius Tzechoppe Chandler, William Dye of Elkport, Richard I. Robinson of Fort Branch, John Kinter of Gotland, and Mylom En Th rad, with amounts ranging from 15 to 20 dollars.
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Oliver Green
Albion
Harrison Cramer
Avilla
Henry Lutz
Cataract
Julius
Tzechoppe
Chandler
William Dye
Elkport
Richard I. Robinson
Fort Branch
John Kinter
Gotland
Big Suffrage Move Parade Is Mammoth Affair
In New York on May 6 20 000 women marched from Washington Square to Carnegie Hall in the largest suffrage parade in America. Participants included Miss Annie Tinker’s cavalry in breeches and boots and horses adorned with blinders, plus Miss Mytle Jin’s squad of Chinese suffragists and Mrs. Albert Plimpton’s band of African American marchers. The event featured a three cornered black straw headdress with purple green and white cockade worn by a notable sculptress Mrs. Palding Farnum and a civic crowd gathered at three o'clock with marching ordered three hours later by Mrs. Blatch.
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New York
America
Washington Square
Carnegie Hall
Annie Tinker
Albert Plinpton
Myrtle Jin
Tinker
Inez Mulholland
Mabel Lee
Palding Farnum
William Bracher
Richard S. Chisholm
Ten Dead In Texas Storm Near Laredo
A cyclone and cloudburst swept across the Rio Grande country near North Laredo on Wednesday killing ten people and wounding about twenty. Wires were cut between Laredo and Green. Among the dead is Grover Nye, a North Laredo planter, with three women and children killed nearby. The ranch owned by J J Davis was destroyed and several of his workers were killed or injured.
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San Antonio
Tex
Rio Grande River
North Laredo
Laredo
Green
Grover Nye
Nye
J. J. Davis
Texas
Paper Change Nears as Marion Daily Mirror Sold
Marion Ohio May 7 Brooks Fletcher purchases the Marion Daily Mirror from former owner H R Snyder who will devote attention to the Gary Indiana paper. Cleveland broker L Leamborn handling the deal, with Snyder transitioning ownership to Fletcher.
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Ohio
Marion, O
Marion Daily Mirror
Brooks Fletcher
L.leambornsot
Cleveland
H.R. Snyder
Will
Gary
Ind
Floyd Allen Trial Opens as Prosecution Denounces Gang
Wrytheville Virginia May 4 Floyd Allen facing murder charges with a courthouse shooting history recounted. State attorney J C Wysof labels the Allen gang as ruffians and conspirators while defense argues misrepresentation and asserts Allen acted only after being shot. Judge Bolen recalls the killing at the Hillsville courthouse and witness Weddell places Allen at the scene predicting violence if convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrytheville
Floyd Allen
Virginia
Allen
Commonwealth
William Mr. Foster
J. C. Wysof
R. H. Willis
Nancy Ayers
Dexter Goad
D. W Bolen
Hillsville
Claude Allen
B. Weddell
Bill Foster
Weddell
Rebels Form a Government in Juarez Mexico
Emilio Vasquez Gomez was named provisional president and set a provisional capital in the Juarez customs house. He appointed Col. Pascual Orozco minister of war and Sic Moreno Canton of Yucatan minister of foreign relations. The rest of the cabinet to be named later.
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el Paso
Tex
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Mexico
Juarez
Francisco Madero
Col
Pascual Orozco
Sic Moreno Canton
Yucatan
Death of Right Rev Charles William Stubbs Bishop of Truro
Right Rev Charles William Stubbs bishop of Truro died in London on Sunday. He authored many publications and served as Cambridge select preacher from 1881 to 1895.
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Stubbs
London
Charles William Stubbs
Truro
Cambridge
75000 Ducks Burned At Cumberland County Farm
Harrisburg May 7 75000 young ducks were burned to death Sunday at the duck farm of C M Stauffer in Cumberland county Stauffer also lost other poultry and several duck houses.
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Harrisburg
C. M. Stauffer
Cumberland County
Stauffer
Duel Ends Two Lives in Benton Illinois
Two men died after a duel in Benton Illinois on May 1 eighteen eighty eight with one officer named Willan reporting the incident and William Sith identified as a participant.
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Benton
William Sith
Sunda
Acty
Willan
Taft Reports Co operative Unions Cost of Living Study
President Taft mailed the second installment of consular reports on co operation and living costs. France Belgium Netherlands and Denmark are covered with findings on pricing, member benefits, and profits. The reports show co ops in France and Belgium expanding membership with groceries and bakeries dominant and prices kept fair. Belgium co ops often sell below market and pay 6 percent dividends to members while funding insurance and relief funds.
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Taft
Europe
Congress
Washington
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Denmark
United Kingdom
River Boat Turn Turtles Sinks In Old River
Baton Rouge Louisiana May 7 The transfer boat of the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company towing a barge loaded with freight turned turtle in Old River Sunday and sank No lives were lost
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company
Taving
Old River
Fire Causes Loss in Crawfordsville May Day Blaze
A Crawfordsville property fire on May 1 caused about 40 000 dollars in loss. Fire crews battled the blaze at a local structure, with damage to the property and potential contents. No injuries reported.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Train Wreck Kills Four, Wounds Many Near Hattiesburg
The Texas Confederate reunion special wrecked six miles north of Hattiesburg Mississippi killing four trainmen and at least twenty five passengers with five more bodies believed buried in wreckage. The engine baggage car and three tourist sleepers derailed plunging down a trestled embankment while the remaining cars served as a temporary morgue and hospital. The train from New Orleans carried veterans and families and the cause remains undetermined as rescue operations continue and traffic is halted.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Macon
Gunns Mill
New Orleans & Northeastern
Charles Holmes
Bay Springs
Tex
James Cameron
Henderson
Billy” Wood
C. C. Jones
Meridian
James S. Downing
Atlanta
Boone
Denham
Mansfield
Veterans’ Special
New Orleans
Cumberland Telephone
Backache Relief Through Root Health Claims
A Kentucky reader shares a testimony for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, describing relief from years of backache linked to female disorders. The letter urges others with doubts to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co and notes privacy. A separate joke hints at domestic turmoil over alimony after a divorce.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Ollie Woopall
Morton’s Gap
Kentucky
Lydia E.pinkham
How His Brother Identified Him
Uncle Harris, long time servant for Colonel Slemmens of Monticello Arkansas, visited Memphis and told the colonel’s daughter how he found a brother he hadn’t seen in thirty years. A spare built man asked him on the street, “Say, ain’t you my brother?” and Harris replied, “Sure I is. Who is you?”
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Harris
Colonel Slemmens
Monticello
Ark
Memphis
Miss Slemmens
Uncle Harris
Minia Arrives in Halifax with Titanic Victims
The steamship Minia arrives in Halifax with 15 bodies aboard after aiding the Titanic disaster search off the Newfoundland grand banks. Seventeen bodies were recovered, two buried at sea, including Charles M. Hays, late president of the Grand Trunk railway, whose casket was transported by special car.
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Halifax
N. S
Minia
Mackay- Bennett
Newfoundland Grand Banks
Charles M. Hays
Grand Trunk Railway
Hays
Woman seeks annulment over forgotten marriage in Middletown
Poughkeepsie May 8 Eleanor K Frazzier of Middletown applied to Justice Mor schauer for annulment of her marriage to Marriet F Rasher four years ago. She says she cannot remember the event.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Eleanor K. Frazzier
Middletown
Justice Morschauer
Marriet F. Rasher
Bees Sting Dog to Death in Mount Vernon
A dog owned by Asabel Free was killed when a bee hive he teased stung him to death. The event occurred in Mount Vernon Illinois on May 8. The dog endured terrible suffering before death.
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Mount Vernon
Ill
Asabel Free
Aviator Sustains Serious Fall
An aviator suffered a serious fall during an incident reported in the May edition dated Monday. Details are limited but the injury is described as serious and the event involved J. B. McCall.
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Arriba
J. B. McCall
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