Indiana school heads plan three day convention on industrial education
Indiana city and town superintendents to meet November 7 to 9 in Indianapolis to set a program focused on industrial education. Edward Cooley and Charles Prosser will join other leaders and the Indiana commission on industrial education to discuss vocational training, federal aid, and legislative recommendations. The gathering also covers a proposed penal farm study and early discussion on improving jail and lockup conditions. A separate hearing on block signals by interurban lines will decide future installations with a circular by the railroad commission outlining road needs.
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Indiana City and Town Superintendents’ . Association
John A. Lapp
State Legislative Reference Library
Indiana Commission On Industrial Education
H. L. Smith
Bloomington
Superintendents’ Association
Edward Cooley
Chicago
Europe
Charles Prosser
New Albany
Ind
National Society For the Promotion of
Indiana’ Commission
General Assembly
Assembly
Indiana Commission
Indiana
Tegde
Chigges
Sieh
Sup ‘Association
Ito
Eyatem
Board of State Charities
State Conference of Charities
J.J. Netterville
Legislative Commission
J. J. Netterville
Anderson
John A. Hibberd
South Bend
Mord Carter
John L. Rupe
Richmond
Joseph
State Railroad Commission
The
Commission
Eaet
Brazil
Oakland
M. M. Hovey
Smoke Prevention Question Divides Edinburg Officials
Dr J N Hurty state health commissioner received Dr E M Crouch Edinburg schools superintendent appeal over cigarette use by boys. Hurty urged strict school ground smoking rules and public agitation. Dr J M Miller Adams county health officer notes village of Baho approved a new schoolhouse by a narrow majority. Meeting program announced by the Srnek Commissioners.
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J. N. Hurty
E. M. Crouch
Edinburg
J.’ M. Miller
Adams County
Hurty
Baho
Indiana Schools Receive Over Seven Million In Special Revenue
Indiana schools across ninety two counties receive 7 294 985 57 from special school revenue per reports by state superintendent Charles A Greathouse and assistant John I Hoffman. December 1911 settlements total 2 414 254 04 May 1932 settlements total 3 041 535 45 and additional revenue 1 839 200 05. Indianapolis city alone gets 1 183 909 25. Funds fund new buildings and teacher salaries. Synod to Meet in October.
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Indiana
Charles A. Greathouse
John I. Hoffman
Greathouse
Indianapolis
Port Arthur Hero General Nogi and Wife Die by Suicide
Tokio reports General Count Marosuke Nogi and his wife the Countess Nogi, noted as Port Arthur heroes, ended their lives with swords in Akasaka after attending Emperor Matsuhito's funeral. Their deaths followed a formal mourning ritual and a gun signal marking the cortege.
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Port Arthur Falls
Tokio
Matsuhito
Marosuke Nogi
Port Arthur
Nogi
Aoyama
Akasaka
Yoshihito
Stoessel
Maretsu Nogi
Hagi
Cheshu
Fujiyama
Count Nogi
Japan
Third
Matsuhbito
Aviator Paul Peck Killed In Fall At Cicero Field
Chicago reports aviator Paul Peck, 32, died after his Columbia biplane plunged from about 200 feet at Cicero flying field. Gust of wind during daring descent caused loss of control while Peck attempted to recover, hospital later confirming death.
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Chicago
Paul Peck
Columbia
Cicero Flying Field
St.Anthony del Padua
Peck
Motors firm placed in receivers' hands in insolvency
United States Motors company a 42.5 million holding group organized in 1903 to control ten auto and gas engine firms was put into receivership by Judge Hough. Receivers W. E. Strang and Robert Walker named for the holding company and five constituent firms amid roughly 12.25 million in liabilities.
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New York
United States Motors Company
W. E. Strang
Robert Walker
Hough
Brown & Sharp Company
Providence
R. IL
Motors Company
George W. Perkins
Morgan Institutions
Arkansas returns show Democratic sweep and major losses
Official returns from Monday's election indicate the Democratic state ticket won by about 60 000 statewide. Prohibition was defeated by about 12 000. The grandfather clause amendment also failed by around 12 000.
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Little Rock
Ark
Last of Allen Gang Taken in Des Moines Arrests
Sidna Allen and nephew Wesley Edwards, sought for the Hillsville Virginia quintuple murder, were captured in Des Moines and sent east for Virginia trial. Miss Maude Jroler of Mount Airy, engaged to Edwards, accompanied the detectives and claimed a reward share.
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Des Moines
Sidna Allen
Wesley Edwards
Hillsville
Nes-Moines
Virginia
Maude Jroler
San Francisco Feels Quake Quiet Shock Report
A slight earthquake shock was felt in San Francisco on September 13 with no damage or excitement. The tremor was reported as far south as San Jose, about fifty miles away.
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San Francisco
San Jose
Chicago Post Office Tops U S in August Receipts
Chicago led the nation in postal receipts for August with total income near two million dollars, surpassing New York by about 29 thousand three hundred. The figure confirms Chicago as the leading post office center in the United States.
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Chicago
United States
New York
Treasury official ends tariff on dictionaries in learning push
Acting secretary James E Curtis announced free admission of dictionaries to encourage learning of foreign languages. The move removes tariff barriers and supports American readers, with the policy noted in a Washington memorandum dated September 17.
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Washington
James E Curtis
The
Treasury
Haywood Arrested in Boston Over Lawrence Textile Strike Conspiracy
William D. Haywood of Denver general organizer of the IWW was arrested on a capias warrant issued after an Essex County grand jury indictment charging conspiracy related to the Lawrence textile strike. He posted a $1,000 bond. Haywood spoke to 15,000 on Boston Common calling for a New England general strike in protest of Ettor Giovannitti and Caruso murder charges tied to the Lawrence riot.
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William_ D. Haywood
Denver
Industrial Workers of the World
Essex County Grand Jury
Lawrence
Haywood
Boston Common
New England
Ettor
Giovannitt
Caruso
Anna Lopizzo
Woman fatally wounded by stray rifle shot near Sands Point
Mrs. Martha Layman of New Rochelle is dying after a bullet from a rifle fired by a young woman snipe hunter in a canoe off Sands Point. The September 17 telegraph note reports the incident as the lead item. The same dispatch notes the Alaska Yukon boundary survey party completing the 142d meridian survey to the Arc tic.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Martha Layman
Sands Point
Dawson
Y. T
International Boundary Survey
Alaska
Yukon Territory
Pacific
Arctic
Baldwins Renominated for Connecticut Governor
Democratic state convention in Hartford renominates Simeon B. Baldwin for governor and adds Lyman Tingier of Vernon for lieutenant governor Albert W Phillips of Stamford for secretary of state E S Robert of East Canaan for treasurer Daniel P Dunn of Willimantic for controller Presidential Electors named Henry Mc Manus Hartford Charles T Coyle New Haven MM B Cary Ridgefield William Belcher New London Oscar Tanner Windham Ww W B Perry Jr Salisbury John Le Fisk Middletown
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Hartford
Conn
Simeon B. Baldwin
Lyman T. Tingier
Vernon
Albert W. Phillips
Stamford
Robert
East Canaan
Daniel P. Dunn
Willimantic
Henry’. McManus
New Haven
MM. .B. Cary
Ridgefield
William Belcher
New London
Oecar
O. ‘Tanner
Windham
B Perry, Jr
Salisbury
John le Fisk
Middletown
Minister Dies After Assault During Sermon in West Virginia
Charleston reports Rev. R H Green pastor of the Red Sulphur circuit was assaulted Friday after preaching about dishonesty and died from injuries.
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Charleston
W. Va
R.H. Green
Methodist Church
South
Insolvent Farmer Held as Insane in Council Bluffs
A farmer named Martin Thompson was declared temporarily insane in Council Bluffs in September 1917. The case notes describe his detainment and the municipal actions surrounding his commitment.
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Council
Bluffs
Martin ‘Thompson
Wreck of the Kamerun at Hamburg Harbor
The fragment describes a steamer named Kamerun wrecked at Hamburg with date noted as September 18. Details are sparse but indicate a maritime disaster event reported in the news.
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Hamburg
Kamerun
Hoosier Briefs Report Died From Illness and Court News
Worthington Miss Lessie Holt died at her home after a brief illness diagnosed as ptomaine poison. An open well may have caused water contamination. Nellie Holt, seventeen, is out of danger and the others from the melon feast were not sick. Columbus Mrs Jane Norton, eighty four, eldest resident of Bartholomew County, dies. Princeton Grand jury indicts Thomas Verner for first degree murder in the Overton shooting. Ore Dent indicted for an assault. Michigan City Donald Gregory, aviator, collides with a cow on landing. propeller damaged, he unharmed. Kokomo Charles Miller charged with contempt of court for informing a defendant about juror votes. Bloomington Harl Taylor, nineteen, injured when thrown from a log wagon.
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Worthington
Lessie Holt
Nellie
Columbus
Jane Norton
Bartholomew County
Jacob M. Norton
Charles S. Norton
New Long-Distance Telephone Company of
Indianapolis
Princeton
Thomas Verner
Columbus Overton
Warner
Overton
Evansville
Ore Dent
Michigan City
Donald Gregory
Gregory
Fortieth Indiana Infantry Hold Annual Reunion
Sixty one survivors from a 1000 man regiment gathered for the Indiana infantry reunion. About 225 veterans remain. Peter McManzie of Indianapolis re elected president. Lebanon chosen as the site for the 1913 reunion.
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Lafayette
Fortieth Indiana Infantry
Peter McManzie
Indianapolis
Lebanon
Tragedy in Madison and Crash Injures Priests in Gary
In Madison William Alexander is dead after Lon Thornton struck him with a bottle and Thornton, jailed on a first degree murder charge, claims self defense. In Gary a tour car crashed into a telegraph pole injuring three priests and a layman including Rev Edward Kowleski in serious condition. In South Bend ex police sergeant Anders Hansen was robbed of 350 dollars while asleep, money earned for a completed job.
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Madison
William Alexander
Lon Thornton
Thornton
Gary
23Rd Avenue
Broadway
Chicago
Father Edward Kowleski
St. Mary Magdalena Church
Edward Kowleski
South
P. A. Kahellek
St. 'S Hedwigs Church
Father Czajkowski
Hawthorne, Dil
John A. Fabisi
South Bend
Anders’ Hansen
Hansen
Logansport Schools Closed Over Sanitary Violations
Public schools in Logansport are closed by a city board of health order after health officers found insanitary conditions and unfiltered river water in use by students. The board ordered closures until buildings are renovated and water supply is furnished. Twenty schools affected. Connersville A hound belonging of Milltown.
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Logansport
City ‘Board. of Health
School Board
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