Indiana Interurbans May Merge Under One Control
Indianapolis reports pending Philadelphia negotiations could consolidate all Indiana interurban railways under a single management with capital near 20 million. Leaders include Hugh J. McGowan and George McCulloch, backed by the Widener Elkins Syndicate and United Gas Fuel Company, with plans to add lines from Logansport to Lafayette and connect Lafayette’s system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Indiana
Hugh J. McGwan
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
George McCulloch
Union Traction Company
Indi Na
Widener- Elkins Syndicate
Cincinnati
McGowan
Widaner-Elkins Syndicate
United Gas Fuel Company
McCulloch
Logansport
Lafayette
Delphi
Kokomo
Noblesville
Tipton
Everett-Moore Syndicate
Everett-Moore
Central Traction Company
Jane Toppan Confesses To Thirty One Murders
Boston June 4 Miss Jane Toppan a nurse declared insane and found guilty of murder admitted to Judge Bixby that she killed thirty one people during her career and that she set fires and committed other acts She said she could not help the crimes and knew they were wrong while she sought to cure patients before poisoning them Morphine was her agent and many victims were friends and patients of reputable physicians She was taken to Taunton Insane Hospital to begin life sentence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Jane Toppan
Fred M. Bixby
Brockton
Barnstable
Ten Minds to Share in a $34 000 Contest
A pitch promises ten times the chances by pooling brains for a $34 000 prize pool. Recruit nine friends to contribute their estimates and join the effort to win one of the 1,490 prizes.
Weather Bureau crops report cites cool week and variable conditions
The weekly crop summary notes abnormal cool weather east of the Rockies with frosts in central and northern districts. Corn growth slowed in the northern belt, while the central gulf states faced drought and poor Texas corn. Winter wheat harvest delayed in the lower Missouri Valley with others progressing. Harvesting extends to Southern Kansas and Virginia as prospects vary by region.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
South Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Rocky Mountain
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
New York
Gulf States
Texas
Missouri
Lower
Lake Region
Pacific Coast
Corn
Ohio Valley
Ake Y
Missouri Valley
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Tennessee
Atlantic States
Central
Middle Atlantic
Oregon
California
Wisconsin
Northwest
Mississippi
Arkansas
Kansas
Virginia
City Electric Lighting Update Delays New Contract
City electrician L H Weissieder testifies the current lighting equals the proposed contract set to start June 1. The system would cut energy use to four fifths though improved lamp distribution maintains better light. The Board asks the Corporation Counsel to draft a resolution to pay Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company for temporary service about 1500 dollars monthly less than the old rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Electrician
L. H. Weissieder
Board of Public Service
Elect
Doard
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Estimating Contest Offers 14,900 Chances for $34,000 Prize
The notice explains a contest where you and nine friends share estimates. Each person gets ten chances, totaling 14,900 opportunities to win a portion of the $34,000 in prizes.
Willis Law Upheld By Ohio Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court sustaining the Willis law by unanimous vote holds it a valid fee on corporate franchise. The statute taxes corporations one tenth of one percent on capital stock with expected annual revenue around $400 000. Agreement notes it is not double taxation but a franchise protection charge. Justice Burker to author the opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Supreme Court
Judiciary Building
Willis
Hardin
Burker
Southern Gum Company
Laylin
Common Pleas Court
Franklin County
Sheets
Messrs
John W. Warrington
Cincinnati
Andrew Squire
Cleveland
Resignation Accepted at Home of the Friendless Meeting
At the Board of Directors meeting held in the offices of James Albert Green the resignation of Dr 8 J D Meade as house physician was accepted. Dr C D Crank of Mt Auburn was appointed to replace him with full power to organize staff. It is expected Drs Simcox and Hatfield will resign. The matron’s powers are to be extended to hire and discharge horses under her.
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James Albert Green
Fourth
Walnut Streets
J. D. Meade
C. D. Crank
Mt. Auburn
Crank
Tod Sloan Tops Turf Bets After Big June Run
Paris June 24 James Todhunter Sloan rebounds from a 500000 loss to post a string of wins in June. He earned 180000 on the Grand Prix and secured a 10000 annuity from Credit Lyonnais as protection against reverses. Riley Grannan, long down and out, won 20000 at Auteuil and plans to imitate Sloan by buying an annuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Paris
James Todhunter
Sloan
Siloam
England
France
Credit Lyonnaise
Riley Grannan
Auteuil
Grannan
Entrants Listed for Sheepshead Bay Autumn Card
Today's entries show multiple races at Sheepshead Bay including a two year old maiden on the Futurity course and a first race with 11 entries. Notable horses include Fitzbrillar Subdue and Southern Belle in the two year olds and Hackensack Monte Carlo in the Zephyr Stakes with weights shown for each entry.
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Fitzbrillar
Subdue
Southern Belle
Jack o'Lantern
Kickshaw
Musco
Lady Charlot
Short Hose
Hero
Heir Apparent
Ace Full
Bright Girl
Sadie O
Bonus
Keynote
Port Royal
Hackensack
Hurstpark
Monte Carlo
Whorler
Bounding Beauty
Serge
Champion
Hark Forward
Somerset
Self Protection
Deluge
Emerson
Facile
Borough
Adjutor
Rock Light
Headland
Knapsack
van Ness
Pure Pepper
Worry
Lord Radnor
Leonid
Ohio Girl
Rossignol
King
St. Vitus
Ben Lear
Rd Laysen
Votary
Jack Young
Maverick
Clate Bell
Maltoferin
Wolfram
Katie Cromwell
Pour Quoi Pas
Goudy
Frank Bullock
Skipwith
Mr. Mulkey
Stringtown
Kalos
Eloria
Captain Gaston
Countess Clara
John Storm
Lola Home
Aker
Honor Bright
Gay Gallant
Mr. Timberlake
Federalist
Taxes
Zazel
W. B. Gates
Gdnor
Jim Winn
Wallabout
Phoenician
Parrassus
Great Star
Vice Vance
Lady Curzon
Gallantrie
Sinfi
Bengal
Sir Christopher
Miss Golightly
Weideman
Reducer
Ben Beach
Markets Show Irregular Trading on Grain Pit Day
Chicago June 24. Board of Trade futures mixed with volatile turns across wheat corn and oats as outsiders avoided pits. News of manipulation rumors, weather shifts, and packer activity kept prices choppy with July options closing slightly higher in a unsettled session.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Imp Sent Back to Chillicothe From Lexington
John B. Ewing of Willimette Stud shipped the race mare Imp and her noted foal Fondling to the D. R. Harness estate at Chillicothe Ohio. Imp will be bred to Imp Top Gal Lant and Fondling to Imp’s Wag ner. Horses kept at Chillicothe until September then moved to New York for sale to settle the estate.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
John B. Ewing
Willimette Stud
D. R. Harness
Chillicothe
Imp
Top Gallant
Wagner
New York
FAST TROTTING STALLION KINGMORE BOUGHT FOR $1500
Beery and Holt house of Decatur Ind bought Kingmore bay trotting stallion from Atlantic King and Josephine. Kingmore foaled 1898 has shown 2 10 speed though never raced. Price paid was $1500 with Strathmore as sire of many speedy harness racers.
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Tribone
FT. Wayne
Ind
Women’s National Championship Opens at Philadelphia Club
The women's National championship tennis tournament starts June 2 at the Philadelphia Cricket Club Wissahickon Heights with many past champions entered. Feature match sees Miss Maud Banks lose to Miss M. E. Winner of Washington. Miss Helen Chapman defeats Miss Maule. Miss Closterman of Cincinnati beats Miss Haldeman of Marietta.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Cricket Club
Wissahickon Heights
Maud Banks
M. E. Winner
Washington
Helen Chapman
Virginia Maule
Closterman
Cincinnati
Haldeman
Marietta
Wright Again Defeats Clothier in Tennis Round Robin
Beals C. Wright wins a tight three set match against W. J. Clothier at the Crescent Athletic Club Bay Ridge as part of the round robin tournament. Raymond D. Little defeats Clarence Hobart in three sets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Beals C. Wright
Crescent Athletic Club
Bay Ridge
Wright
W. J. Clothier
Harvard
Clothier
Raymond D. Little
Princeton
Clarence Hobart
John Gates Cleaned Up At Washington Park
Special Despatch to Commercial Tribune Chicago June. John W Gates plans to enter the racing game after success of John A Drake in an Aner Derby. Gates won Articulate Emathion and Captain Gaines place and show, and was credited with $15 000 from the ring. He will build a high class stable once suitable horses are found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John W. Gates
John A. Drake
Gaines
Mr. Gates
Erne and Ryan Win Their Fights in London
Frank Erne defeated Jim Maloney of England in the seventh round. Tommy Ryan of Chicago defeated Johnny Gorman of New York in the third round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erne
Tommy Ryan
London
Frank Erne
Jim Maloney
England
Chicago
Johnny Gorman
New York
Subscribing to the Commercial Tribune Claims $34,000 Just Think It Away
An ad urges readers to stop thinking about a sum of $34,000 by subscribing to the Commercial Tribune and sending in an estimate. The promotional message promises relief once the payment is made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Tribune
Phenix Grain & Stock Exchange Details
Cincinnati business listing for Phenix Grain & Stock Exchange at 15 Vine Street with phone number 96. Includes location and contact in brief trade directory entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phenix Grain & Stock Exchange
Vine Street
Cincinnati
Wheat Market Moves On Crop News And Shorts Scare
New York traders watched wheat rise briefly on July shorts scare then ease, with good crop news offset by thrashing reports. No. 2 red elevator price quoted 79% cents, futures July 80 forward, September around 77 to 78 cents. corn futures mild gains capped by long-liquidation and showers. Flour receipts 32,225 barrels and exports 12,895 barrels. ample receipts for the session.
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Daly’ Sic
Ves Ee
Essork
New York
Allige F. O. Bb
Northern
Duluth
Manitoba
Market Rumors and grain quotes from multiple cities
A summary of commodity quotes across markets notes oats, coffee, sugar, and grains. Wheat and corn move with mixed tones in St Louis Baltimore and Toledo with firmer oats and softer coffee futures amid receipts and demand shifts.
Estimating Contest Offers 1490 Chances to Win
The Commercial Tribune invites readers to invest $1.00 in its $34,000 estimating contest. Participants may acquire 1,490 chances to win a prize, with details on entry and rules likely published in the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Tribune
Available supplies show declines in multiple regions
New York reports, by Bradstreet telegraphic update, that wheat supplies in the United States and Canada east of the Rockies fell by 3 059 000 bushels, Europe by 1 400 000, totaling a 4 459 000 bush decrease. Corn and oats also declined across the US and Canada with notable drops in Manitoba and Chicago private elevators. Increases include 101 000 at Dallas, 84 000 at Newport News, and 50 000 at Fort Worth.
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New York
Bradstreet
United States
Canada
East Rockies
Europe
Rockies
Manitoba
Chicago
Depot Harbor
Coteau
St. Joseph
Omaha
Dallas
Newport News
Ft. Worth
Oil City and regional market notes June 24 brief
Oil City reports credit balances of 1.20 with no bids on certificates and shipments totaling 104 748 barrels. Toledo notes Lima prices and Savannah lists turpentine and rosin quotations with diverse resin grades. Charleston spirits turpentine rosin unchanged while Wilmington shows limited activity with steady rosin and firm crude turpentine.
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Oil City
Toledo
North Lima
South Lima
Indiana
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Real estate sales and transfers in Cincinnati area
Real estate notices list auction sale to Cincinnati Savings Society for E P Harrison on 2524 Park avenue Walnut Hills with a frame residence sold for $7600. Numerous transfers and mortgage activity include Varnhorns to Henry Varnhorn and various lot deeds, mortgages and cancellations across Cincinnati and Elmwood, with many parcels priced at $1 or modest sums and several large loans noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William V. Ebersole & Company
E. P. Harrison
David Pool
Cincinnati Savings Society
Park Avenue
Walnut Hills
New Suits Filed In Common Pleas And Superior Courts
Common Pleas Court filings include Anna E. Jackson versus Charles Jackson for divorce. Fannie Newman versus Max Newman for divorce. Mary J. Brigs versus W K Briggs for divorce and alimony. Sarah Corcoran versus Charles B Wing seeking 5000 damages. Theresia Hofmann versus Wm F Heisel seeking 2000 damages. Superior Court lists Wm Hillikowitz versus The City and Suburban Telegraph Association for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna E. Jackson
Charles Jackson
Vincent Schwab
Fannie Newman
Max Newman
Max B. May
Mary J. Brigs
W.K. Briggs
W. J. Davidson
Sarah Corcoran
Charles, B. Wing
Denis F. Cash
Theresia Hofmann
Wm. F. Heisel
Powell & Smiley
Superior Court
Wm. Hillikowitz
The
City and Suburban Telegraph Association
Bates & Meyer
New Industries May Come Here After Fire Ruins
The blaze at two Sterling Paper mills in Hamilton leaves over 300 workers unemployed. Cincinnati officials plan to attract new industries, including a pearl button factory and a steel wagon maker, by stressing fire protection and local investment. The Royer Wheel Company may return after its plant burned and moved to Aurora, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Welborn
Hamilton
Sterling Paper Company
Horace Friend & Sons
West Carrollton
Will L. Finch
Cincinnati Industrial Bureau
Friends
Welborn
Cincinnati
Finch
Industrial Bureau
Illinois
Bureau
Royer Wheel Company
Aurora
Ind
Cady Placed in Lunacy Probe as Pinching Suspect
Samuel Cady known as Jack the Pincher faces lunacy proceedings after police allege he pinched girls and harassed women. Doctor Davis reports a weak mind but not insanity. Cady denies pinching and may be sent to Longview Asylum if found unfit. He will return to Police Court on assault charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Cady
Jack
Cady
Lueders
Davis
Longview Asylum
Freeman Avenue
James R. Colter
Blue Ash
Colter
Harry Barnes
Carlisle Avenue
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Widener-Birkins Syndicate
Sharge
Capital
Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Comany
Capal
Indianapolis, Greenwood & Franklin Railroad
Indianapolis & Martinsville Rapid Transit Company
Indianapolis & Plainfield Electric Railway
Indianapolis, Shelbyville Southeastern Traction Company
Indianapolis & Lebanon Traction Company
Northern Traction Company
Miss Toppan
Weissieder
Willis Law
Dr. Crank
Dr. Meade
Tod Sloan
Sheepshead Bay
Jiminez
Wild Pirate
Nitrate
Prowl
Aladdin
Marque
Andy Williams
Jingler
Foxey Kane
Topsoil
Airlight
Nieto
Ahola
Inspector Shea
Flying Torpedo
Belling Boer
Hermencia
Hans Wagner
Hiuminate
Fox Flyer
Ernest Parham
Alfred Wargrave
Vulcain
Favonius
A. D. Gibson
Brief
Bragg
John A. Clarke
Foundling
Brigade
Golden Rule
Ciales
Theory
Evelyn Byrd
L'Etienne
Stuyve
Gid Hutch
Zibia
Huachuca
Pretorius
Orla
Langdon
St. Louis
Liverpool
Minneapolis
Seaboard
Nebraska
Mage Tae
John Gates
Washington Park
Grain and Stock Exchange
Grain and Provisions
I As
Vi Saeed
Cordova
Baltimore
Christopher Varnhorn
Henry Varnhorn
Mitchell Av
Observatory St
James Maher
John C. Lenahan
Jos
A. James
Fairmount
Theresa Kromer
Emil Kromer
Chestnut St
Township St
Elmwood
Henry Woebkenberg
John Green
Henry W. Davis
Tell Cottage Grove
William Strunk
George Lambert
South Norwood Syndicate
Frances Manfred
Louisa F. Batsche
John McLean
Clark St
Henry L. Sloan
Hester E. Sloan
Robb & Fee
Joseph S. Peebles
Augusta Fratz
Barr St
Joseph R. Peebles Sons Co
Baymiller and
Barr Sts
Joseph S. Peebles Et al To the Joseph R. Peebles Sons Co
John A. Russell
Margaret Tieke
Blue Rock
Delaney Sts
Isabella L. Baker
Cook
East Third St
Kilgour St
Susan N. Wellman
Georgie Crosby
Hopkins St
John St
William Stephenson
Anna K. Zimmermann
Hamilton Pike
Hoffner Sts
Grand Central B. A
Margaretha Koerzdoerfer
Elmore St
Edmund Burke
Patrick R. Burke
Hopkins
Paul
Fortechritt Bau Verein
Bernardina J. Kersteins
Price Hill
W. H. Johnson
Henry A. Hodges
Wm. Kayser
Molitor L. & B. Co
Wm. Keller
Eagle B. Co
C. J. Strong
Union S. B. & T. Co
M. A. Darby
Woodb
Angeline Wilsohm
Bankers’ Surety Co
J. Pieper
Western German Bank
Mary, Pfennigwerth
Cin. Sav. Society
East End L. A. Co
Theo. A. Raterman
Margt
A. Daly
Margt. Tieke
Garden D. & L. Co
Mt. Adams B. Co
Mary L. Woodruff
C. Sindlinger
Mahala A. Bell
John W. Bell
Wm. Witte
Mozart L. & B. Co
J. F. Vonderheide
C. H. Avery
F. J. Zimmerman
West. Ger. Bank
Wm. Stark
J. W. Linnenberg
Bernardina K. Brinker
Mary Dill
Carthage S. & L. A
Lewis Hall
Same
E. F. Walter
Hyde Park
Elizabeth Shaw
C. Strong
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