Rushville Politician Weighs State Ticket Nomination
Rushville's Frank J. Hall may be the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor next year. His supporters plan a fan response. he is a long time party figure known across the state and nicknamed a veteran war horse after thirty years as Rush County Democratic chair. He has counted among his allies Thomas A. Hendricks Isaac P. Gray and Blue Jay Williams.
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Rushville
Frank J. Hall
Hall
Rush County
Democratic Committee
Ife
Thomas A. Hendricks
Isaac P. Gray
Blue Jay” Williams
Graft Bared In Indianapolis City Asphalt Scandal
City Engineer Blaine Miller uncovered a theft of thousands in asphalt work funds in Indianapolis. He alleges alterations in the inspectors' books show forged changes benefiting Western Construction, with up to 50 thousand dollars falsely charged for patchwork across multiple streets.
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Indianapolis
Blaine Miller
Miller
Western Construction Company
Woman Cleared of Murder in Three Oaks Case
Florence Gray was acquitted by a superior court jury of murdering Frank Brown, her lover, in self defense after a 35 minute deliberation. The defense showed Brown was armed with a razor and revolver and had priorly assaulted her, with marks on her body cited as evidence of his brutality.
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Laporte
Florence Gray
Frank Brown
Three Oaks
Brown
Farmer Haunted by Spirits in Laporte Tragedy
Fred Kessler, a wealthy Laporte farmer, was declared insane after saying spirits inhabiting his body haunted him overnight. He awoke convinced spirits entered him while asleep, stirring a neighborhood alarm and prompting Sheriff Smutzer to take him into custody. Physicians fear his reason may not be restored and predict he may die in delirium.
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Laporte
Fred Kessler
Kessler
Smutzer
Policeman Nicholas Seery sidelined by club injury
In New Albany, veteran Policeman Nicholas Seery has developed blood poisoning from a constant swing of his club for 18 years. The repetitive strike to the palm by a leather thong strap caused bruising and will keep him off duty for several weeks.
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New Albany
Nicholas Seery
Man Rescued From Log Boat Accident at Berks Lake
Louis Banekie paddled a log to recover a wounded mud hen on Berks lake when the log went wild and submerged him. He struggled for three hours before two hunters found and rescued him. He is in a serious condition.
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South Bend
Berks Lake
Louis Banekie
Reward Offered for Incendiary in Columbus Fire
Knoxville man Y H Shanklin offers a 100 reward for the arrest and conviction of the incendiary behind the East Columbus grain elevator fire that caused a 310 000 loss. He plans to rebuild immediately.
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Columbus
Y. H. Shanklin
Knoxville, Tenn
East Columbus
Shanklin
Next Meeting at Hammond Woman's Relief Corps Convention
Valparaiso reports the annual convention of the Woman's Relief Corps of northern Indiana is scheduled with the Hammond meeting set to discuss organization aims and activities. Local members prepare for speeches, reports, and community service planning.
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Hammond
Valparaiso
Woman's Relief
Corps of Northern
Tudiana
Cattle Feeders to Meet at Purdue Experiment Station
Purdue University leaders plan a cattle feeders convention in the Agricultural Building on November 15. An eight-way study will involve 80 head across seven lots including calves, yearlings, two and three year-olds to gauge age effects on beef economy and profit. Four two-year-old lots test fattening rations. a short-fed lot uses shelled corn and cottonseed meal on pasture since August. The station will also showcase 14 high-class show steers from Angus, Galloway, Hereford, and Shorthorn breeds, with some entered in Chicago’s international live-stock show.
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Lafayette
J. H. Skinner
Purdue University Experiments Station
Agrcultural
School of Agriculture
Chicago
Savings Banks Prosperous in Indiana for 1907
Indiana savings banks report prosperity for the year ending September 30 1907 with total assets of 12 688 118 72 up from 12 039 804 35. The five banks show assets distributed across loans notes secured mortgages bonds and stocks cash on hand and deposits with state auditor John C Bihleimer noting the 11 month fiscal year adjustment.
Southern Indiana Dunkard Brethren Convention Ends at Pyrmont
The three day district meeting in Pyrmont concluded with nearly 400 delegates. Sections focused on Sunday school work ministerial work and business affairs. Delegates were hosted by the Brethren with all meals served in the church basement of a recently completed large structure.
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Delphi
Indiana
Dunkard Brethren Church
Pyrmont
Ideal Brethren
Militia Company Formed in Laporte Under Maj Aurand
A militia company has been organized in Laporte under Maj B J Aurand, Civil War veteran. After officers are elected, the company will be mustered into state service by Adjutant General Miller.
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Laporte
B. J. Aurand
Adjt
Demands Probing of Records Fletcher Case
Bedford recorder Fletcher calls for a thorough probe of public records amid concerns over access and disclosure. Officials urged committees to review paperwork and ensure accountability in document handling and release practices.
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Bedford
Fletcher
Russians Nab Americans In St. Petersburg Arrests
William English Walling of Indianapolis and his wife Miss Anna Strunsky were seized Sunday night in St. Petersburg by gendarmes for links with Finnish progression party members. Walling, 30, a wealthy socialist and grandson of 1880 vice presidential candidate William H. English, had long aided the Russian cause. The Wallings and Miss Strunsky were separated. Walling sent to detention prison, wife to women’s prison, and Strunsky to the new secret police jail. Strunsky is described as the principal captive. Mrs. Walling is a Stanford graduate.
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St. Petersburg
William English Walling
Indianapolis
Ind
Rose Strunsky
Finnish Progression Party
Walling
William H. English
Gen. Hancock
Russia
Wallings
Mr. Walling
Miss Strunsky
Willoughby Walling
Chicago
United States
Edinburgh
University of Chicago
Wiliam H. English
New York City
University
Rivington and
Eldridge Streets
J. . Phelps Stokes
Robert Hunter
Anna Strunsky
Leland Stanford Jr. University
California
WANTS LIBELERS HANGED
President E Benjamin Andrews of the University of Nebraska denounces press distortions of acts by public men at George Washington University. He calls for hanging as punishment for proven libelers, condemning the brutal campaigns of libel and caricature in recent months.
Train Smashes Street Car in Cincinnati Crash
A Cincinnati Indianapolis Springfield Division train #38 of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton railroad struck a crowded street car at Harrison and State avenues on Sunday afternoon. The impact killed Mrs. Ow and injured others, with one victim reported as likely to die. Local authorities and rail officials investigate the fatal accident.
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Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Springfield
Explosion Rocks Fontanet Powder Mills Wrecks Town
A Dupont Powder mills explosion in Fontanet Indiana Tuesday morning killed 38 people and left about 600 injured, with 50 in serious condition. A total loss is estimated at 750000 dollars as 500 residents remain to salvage belongings under state guard after a hot box caused sparks to ignite loose powder.
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Fontanet
Ind
Dupont Powder Mills
Heinzes Hard Hit as Copper Collapse Shakes Wall Street
In New York the copper showdown followed a cascade of events. Otto Heinze & Co. was suspended on the stock exchange while F Augustus Heinze resigned as president of the Mercantile National Bank of New York. Amalgamated Copper cut its quarterly dividend from two percent to one percent. Boston and Montana Copper boosted its quarterly dividend to six dollars from 132 dollars.
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New York
Financial
United Copper
Otto Heinze & Co
Stock Exchange
F. Augustus Heinze
Butte
Mercantile -National Bank of New York
Amalgamated Copper Company
Boston & Montana Copper Company
Old Texas Bank Assigns in Houston Bankrupt
One of Texas oldest banks, the House bank of Houston established in 1838, filed a general assignment under state law Thursday. Assignees named are W W B Chew, W D Cleveland and J S Rice. Resources reportedly ample to pay creditors 100 cents on the dollar. Inability to realize on securities not readily convertible to cash cited as the sole cause.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
T. W. House
W.W. B. Chew
W. D. Cleveland
J S. Rice
House Bank
House
Roosevelt’s Bayou Hunt Yields Three Bears Twelve Squirrels
President Roosevelt ended a bear and small game hunt at Bayou Tensas and Bear Lake with a breakfast gathering at Leo Shields’s residence in Stamboul Louisiana. He described the hunt as successful noting three bears and various small game while praising the possum and bear liver.
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Stamboul
Roosevelt
Bayou Tensas
Bear Lake
Leo Shields
Vicksburg
Student shoots fellow at Eureka College seminar
Peoria Til-Lewis M Wilson a student at Eureka College Theological Seminary in Eureka Illinois shot fellow student John Walsh during a class gathering for recitation The bullet hit Walsh in the neck near the jugular vein and left him seriously wounded Wilson challenged Walsh to a fight earlier that day and fired a revolver at close range.
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Peoria
Til
Lewis M. Wilson
Eureka College Theological Seminary
Fragmented OCR note with unreadable names
A damaged text fragment from a newspaper page provides unclear content with scattered letters and no discernible events, dates, or entities readable enough to identify a concrete news item or subject.
Clinton trial ends in acquittal for Magill couple
Decatur Ill jurors acquit Frederick Magill and his wife Faye Graham Magill of murdering Mrs Pet Magill after judge Cochran instructs that the corpus delicti was not proven. The verdict cheered the defendants as the court urged order.
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Decatur
Cochran
Frederick’ Magill
Faye Graham Magill
Pet. Magill
Magill
Magills
San Diego
Calyx Magill
Clinton
Miss Graham
Lahm Cup Won By U S Balloon Flight Over Three States
United States signal corps balloon No 10 piloted by Aeronaut J C McCoy and Capt Charles DeF Chandler crossed Illinois Indiana and Ohio after Thursday evening ascent. The 500 mile straight line voyage earned the Lahm cup awarded by the Aero Club of America for longest distance traveled from American soil. Provisions and instruments were carried for a long test flight ahead of international contests.
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Lahm
United States
Paris
Republican National Committee to Choose Next Convention City
Washington dispatch says the Republican National Committee will meet December 6 and 7 to decide the site and date for the next party convention. Acting chairman Harry S. New says several cities have applied, including Chicago Kansas City St. Louis Denver Seattle Atlantic City and Pittsburgh.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Harry S. New
New
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Denver
Seattle
Atlantic City
Pittsburg
Blaze Destroys Colchester Hardware and Book Store
Fire in Colchester Illinois Saturday night destroyed about $50,000 in property in the business district seven miles west of Macomb. Flames were seen in the rear of Carmon’s hardware building shortly after eight o’clock and spread rapidly threatening adjacent shops. Incendiary origin suspected.
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Macomb
Colchester
Carson’s Hardware
A. Hardware
Peruna Seen as Both Tonic and Catarrh Remedy
Readers debate Peruna as tonic and catarrh remedy. The article argues Peruna must be both to relieve catarrh, citing Hydrastis Canadensis and other herbs as essential components backed by medical writers and tests. It notes widespread testimonials and practical use across regions.
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Collinsonia Canadens
Survivor of John Brown trial marks 75th anniversary
Williams Abrams Martin, a juror among the twelve who convicted John Brown, still lives in Virginia and has celebrated a seventy fifth anniversary related to the historic case.
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John Brown
Williams Abrams Martin
Virginia
The Milk Pail Recommends Cleaning and Smokes at Peoria Factory
A fragment notes staleness and slime risk in a milk pail washed with Borax and water. It mentions a jolly effort affecting quality. The text also advertises Lewis' Single Binder cigars from Lewis' Factory in Peoria MI and comments on a careworn woman not caring about attire.
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Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
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