Indiana State Fair Sets Attendance Record Fringed by 148000 Visitors
The Indiana state fair closed with an estimated 148000 attendees the largest in history. Officials note about 20000 entered on final day with 19000 counted by gates before the tally ceased at 3 pm. The week’s total neared 128000 prior to the final day and surpasses previous years.
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Indianapolis
Fair Grounds
I. Newt Brown
Franklin
State Board of Agriculture
Brown
Reunions Attract Indiana Civil War Veterans
Two major Indiana veteran reunions were held in Indianapolis this year the Fifty first Indiana volunteer infantry and the Persimmon brigade survivors. Officers included President William T. Smith Indianapolis and Vice-President George W Fuller Indianapolis. Dinner on Streight lawn served by Tuxedo Park M E church ladies. Capt James H Shouse of Wheatland Washington guest speaker. George W Scearce Danville responded. Several speakers and a camp fire session with old colors displayed. Allan Godfrey Clarksville Ark and Charles P Cox Three Springs Ky attended. Robert Denny 84 visited after six years unable to attend prior reunions. Meeting held at G A R hall 222 East Maryland street.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Fifty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Persimmon Brigade
William T. Smith
George W. Fuller
John Smith
Nellie Williams
Streight Lawn
Tuxedo Park
M. E
James H. Shouse
Wheatland
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
George W. Scearce
Danville
A. B. Charple
J. H. Welton
Bicknell
Ira P. Holmes
F. M. Green
Urbana, CO
Allan Godfrey
Clarksville
Ark
Charles P. Cox
Three Springs
Old Persimmon Brigade
Robert Denny
G. A R. Hall
East
Maryland Street
Indiana Methodists Eager for Bloomington Conference
Indiana ministers and lay members prepare for the eightieth annual Methodist Episcopal conference in Bloomington at the new $100,000 church. Rev. Joshua Stansfield and Rev. Albert Hurlstone are expected to remain in place as congregations await appointment announcements. Bishop McDowell will preside and H W Baldridge will be secretary. Seven delegates will be chosen for the Minneapolis general conference, with several Indiana men named as possible lay delegates.
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Indiana
Bloomington
Indianapolis
Joshua Stansfield
Meridian Street M E
Meridian Street
Middle West
Doctor Stansfield
Albert Hurlstone
Roberts Park M. E
Bishop McDowell
Chicago
H W. Baldridge
Brightwood M. E
Jay
Minneapolis
Minn
West May
State Inspector Hooton Orders All Field Inspectors Mobilized
Head of the new state bureau calls in all factory and boiler inspection staff. Inspectors are instructed to prepare for immediate action across facilities under the department.
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Hooton
New State Bureau
Indiana Apple Show premium list opens in Indianapolis
The premium list for the Indiana Apple Show to be held November 6 to 11 in Indianapolis is tentatively issued. The commission seeks larger prizes to attract all Indiana apple growers with classes for plate tray one box five box one barrel five barrel and an orchard display. Top awards include 250 for best orchard display 200 for a sweepstakes box and 35 15 10 and 5 tier prizes across classes with a ten acre orchard land prize yet to be named. Prof J H Van Dieman of Washington will judge the event.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
J. H. van Dieman
Washington
Roosevelt attacks treaty plan as weak and hypocritical
In Hartford Taft blasts the senate foreign relations committee for narrowness on treaty power. Roosevelt in Outlook denounces the proposals as foolish and impractical, arguing the draft is too loosely drawn to enforce and would mislead the public about arbitration. He warns the nation cannot bind itself without clear terms and cautions against abandoning peaceful methods.
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Roosevelt
Hartford
Conn
Taft
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Senate Committee
Republic
The
West
America
Stolen Girl Found Dead in Lake Monona Murder Suspected
Annie Lemberger seven was abducted from her Madison home on September 6 and found naked in Lake Monona. Police suspect murder for revenge though the cause remains a mystery with possible neck discoloration indicating strangling. The body was found near a railroad bridge, with speculation she was killed in or near the water.
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Annie Lemberger
Madison
Wis
Lake Monona
George Younger
South Madison
Henry Davenport
Martin Lemberger
Beattie Sentenced to Death for Wife Murder
Henry Clay Beattie Jr. was condemned to die in the electric chair for killing his wife Louise Owen Beattie on the Midlothian Turnpike July 18. The Chesterfield Virginia court sentenced him for execution on November 24, with higher courts likely to review the case. Beattie showed no tremor as the verdict was read.
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Chesterfield
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Louise Owen Beattie
Midlothian
Richmond
Beattie
Harry N. Smith
Attorney Smith
Watson
Inspection Report Reveals August Food Safety Actions
Inspectors under the city health board condemned 222 gallons of milk 70 pounds of smear 185 pounds of fish 86 baskets of peaches 38 crates of muckmelons one half car of cabbage 60 watermelons and 37 cattle and hog carcasses. Eight arrests were made for selling unwholesome food. 360 dairies inspected two closed for insanitary conditions four dairy barns condemned 70 barns ordered improved. 105 creamery inspections 261 bakery restaurant confectionery and grocer inspections. City chemist 1048 examinations no preservatives found. 507 bacteriologist examinations. Sanitary inspectors 9571 inspections 906 loads of trash removed. 0924 citizen complaints investigated 166 not verified.
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City Board of Health
SCHOONER WHISPER EXPLODES OFF COSTA RICA KILLING 14
The schooner Whisper, commanded by Captain Winston Hall, exploded after a gasoline tank blew up near the Nicaraguan coast 100 miles southeast of Port Limon. Fourteen men died as the vessel and its cargo of mahogany burned to the waterline and vanished.
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Port Limon
Costa Rica
Whisper
Nicaraguan
Here
Winston Hall
Philadelphia
Astor and Force wed at Newport Beechwood
John Jacob Astor and Madeleine Force married at Beechwood Newport by Rev Joseph Lambert. After the ceremony they boarded the yacht Noma for Ferncliff Rhinecliff for their honeymoon. The groom praised the idea of remarriage after divorce, expressing sympathy with strict laws.
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Newport
R. I
John Jacob Astor
Madeleine Force
Beechwood
Joseph Lambert
Elmwood Temple Congregational Church
Providence
Astor
Noma
Ferncliff
Rhinecliff-on-the-Hudson
Mad monk of Tsaritsyn warns of mass casualty event
Helicodorus, the so called mad monk of Tsaritsyn, declares Jews and the Russian intelligentsia will be struck after the Black Hundreds congress. His public boast causes semi panic in the city as talk of a mass casualty attack spreads in the bazaars.
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Tsaritsyn
Russia
Helicodorus
Volga
Governor Marshall Names Delegates to Conservation Congress
Governor Marshall announces the appointment of delegates to the third national conservation congress. The roster includes appointed representatives earmarked to attend the national gathering.
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Conservation
Marshall
Congress
Three Hungarians Killed by Detroit Trolley Incident
In Detroit suburb near Ecorse an interurban trolley struck three unidentified Hungarian men who were on the track and did not notice the approaching car. One man was seriously injured as a fourth person.
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Detroit
Mich
Ecorse
Cars Crash injures nineteen in fog bound collision
Nineteen people were injured in a rear end smash on the Muskegon Grand Rapids Interurban line about ten miles from Muskegon. Fog obscured the view and the motorman of the following car, William Darling, leaped clear to avoid impact, suffering severe internal injuries.
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Muskegon, Mich
Muskegon Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids
William
Darling
Collapse at El Dorado Theater Kills Dozens
In the El Dorado music hall ruins many bodies have been recovered and forty workers are buried. The disaster left numerous injured as rescuers work at the collapsed theater site in a grim, chaotic aftermath.
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Nice
Ixteen
el. ‘Dorada
Pathfinders Seek Lakes to Gulf Route in Tennessee
Pensacola scouts arrive in Nashville to study a lakes to gulf highway project. Their next stop is Bowling Green as they plan to teach Chicago by September with aims to map the route.
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Nashville
Tenn
Pensacola
Fla
Lakes-To-Thegulf
Bowling. Green
Chicago
Indict Wealthy Men in Jenkins Jewels Smuggling Case
Federal grand jury secretly returned three counts in separate indictments against Nathan Allen of Kenosha Wisconsin and John R Collins of Tennessee for smuggling diamonds pearls and other gems valued at more than 300000 found in the possession of Mrs Helen Dwelle Jenkins. The cases allege smuggling and conspiracy to smuggle.
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New York
Helen Dwelle Jenkins
Federal Grand Jury
United States District Attorney
Nathan Allen
Kenosha
Wis
Decline Seen in Grain Yield Across United States
Government crop report shows total grain at 4.409 billion bushels up 136 million from last month but down 734 million from last year. August weather was broadly favorable yet crop conditions improved little. corn yield up slightly to 23.6 bushels per acre vs 27.4 last year, while wheat and oats show notable declines.
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Washington
United States
Serious Crisis in China Sparks American Naval Action
Washington reports cabled orders to Admiral Murdock to deploy gunboats to protect American citizens amid upheaval in Szechuan over railroad policy. An international naval presence gathers as Williams at Peking warns of a critical situation. Public unrest includes meetings, shop and school closures, and tax refusals. Missionaries remain at posts with exceptions for some women travelers.
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Washington
Murdock
Szechuan
China
Williams
Peking
State Department
Mr. Williams
Cheng-Tu
Chung King
Deer Halt Fire Fighters at Novato Front
Forest fires raged across northern California for three days and reached near Novato eleven miles north of San Francisco. Ten miles of countryside burned as five hundred men fought the flames and deer fled from the hills crowding the roads and hampering fire crews.
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San Francisco
California
Novato
Here
Gary Officials Held for Bribery in City Engineering Case
Gary Indiana officials were charged with accepting a bribe of 5000 dollars from a contractor. Investigators allege the payments involved several city engineering personnel including deputy sheriffs.
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Gary
Ind
Lucc
Thomas ‘Elmen
C. A. Perce
Munyon Promises Health Breakthroughs for Despondent Sufferers
Philadelphia health pioneer Professor James M. Munyon declares early death a result of ignored health laws and offers his new system of treatments. He touts cures proved in the city and across America, inviting the sick to consult without charge at Munyon's Laboratories, Fifty third and Jefferson streets.
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James M. Munyon
Philadelph Health Authority
Munyon
America
Fifty-third
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Dr. Munyon
J. M. Munyon
Bailiff Mimics Southern Dance Call in Lippincott Piece
A Lippincott's Magazine excerpt mocked Southern social distinctions by describing a rural Alabama dance scene. Floor manager orders groups by footwear and stockings, prompting entertainment as fiddles and banjos play to a mixed crowd. The humor relies on dialect and class cues within a big hall setting.
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South
Alabama
Lippincott’s Magazine
Lady Lecturer Credits Grane Atout Food For Health
A Philadelphia writer describes how proper nutrition sustains her nerves and stamina for an arduous teaching career. She attributes her recovery to regular use of Grane Auta food, claiming it restored her health and strength.
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Philadelphia
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