Local notes mention court, travels, and store ads
The April term of Court opened with a light docket. Frank Wolfe of Michigan City visited our lumber yard. Rev A P DeLong of Indianapolis and others from Attica were in town. The Christian Church Ladies held a supper. Mrs Harley Townsley underwent appendicitis surgery in Lafayette and is recovering. Merryman Bros advertise highest hides price and J Loeb's Stores promote lace curtains and diverse goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wolfe
Michigan City
Easter promises and town notices in Veedersburg
Local notices mention tax deadlines May first, laundry services at New Process Laundry with phone 33, and carpets at M. Board's Furniture Store. Residents include Ed Malory, Tom Crigler, Fred Bender, Barney Russell, and Sam Simms with various civic, legal, and social notes from Veedersburg and nearby towns.
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Devastate City
Earthquake and fire create California's worst calamity with about 1000 deaths in San Francisco and huge property losses. The downtown business district burns, water is scarce, and fires spread as the city declares martial law and braces for relief.
City in Flames After Earthquake Sparks Fires
A major earthquake triggered widespread fires as aftershocks subsided. In multiple districts flames broke out nearly simultaneously, sweeping blocks and complicating rescue efforts as authorities assessed the devastation and began coordinating relief.
Fire devastates Hall of Justice area and St Ignatius loss
A northern downtown fire swept around the Hall of Justice and into Chinatown before moving west and south along Kearney street. St. Ignatius church and college at Vanness avenue and Hayes street was destroyed, a major Jesuit institution valued at about $2,000,000. Dense smoke rolled over the business district, with dramatic colored flames from chemical storage spots.
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Market Street
Ninth Street
Grant, Parrott
Flood
Call
Examiner and Monadnock
Palace
Grand
Sansome Street
Water Front
Broadway
Mission
Second
Market
Eighth
Folsom
FE. Myron Wolfe
Pacific Coast
East
Europe
Dinan
Hall of Justice
Chinatown
Kearney Street
St. Ignacius Church and College
Vanness Avenue
Hayes Street
Jesuities
March of Destruction in San Francisco Earthquake
The city faced utter ruin as an earthquake and fire destroyed about thirty thousand homes. Officials warned of 150,000 homeless and up to five thousand deaths, with 25,000 firefighters rallying to combat the blaze and many heroic rescues reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Mission
Market Street
Schmitz
Funston Seeks Tents and Rations for San Francisco
Washington reports General Funston’s plea for thousands of tents and ample rations after a devastating fire. About 100000 homeless and 1000 presumed dead, with troops aiding police as orders move to Portland for supplies and possible additional troops to San Francisco.
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Washington
Funston
War Department
General Funston
Taft
Carpenter
Bell
Sharpé
Portland
San Francisco
Fire and Robbery at Kewanna Telegraph Office
Miss Pet Troutman woke to smoke at 3 am as fire burned through the floor above the post office. Robbers blew the safe and escaped with stamps worth 100 dollars, money order papers, and mail matter after packing items into a leather pouch missing from the scene.
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Kewanna
Ind
Pet Troutman
Republican Ticket Heads Indiana Convention Slate
Fred A. Sims headed the slate for secretary of state with James Bingham for attorney general and Edward Fitzpatrick for clerk of the supreme court. Oscar Hadley led for state treasurer, with John C. Billheimer for auditor and F. A. Cotton for superintendent, as Blatchley Stubbs and Jordan retained in their posts. The convention nominated Hadley and Billheimer on initial ballots, Stoner withdrew, and Nominees were declared by acclamation for several posts.
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Secretary of State
Fred A. Sim3
Auditor of State
John C. Billheimer
Indianapolis
Brick
Edwin A. Schell
Crawfordsville
W. E. English
Gardner
Washington
Daviess County
Hanly
Committee On
Charles B. Landis
Congress
Ninth
Edward Hancock
Brookville
Landis
House of Representatives
Fred A. Sims
Frankfort
James Bingham
Muncie
Joseph Stubbs
James H. Jordan
Martinsville
Supreme Court
First District
Elmer E. Stoner
Greenfield
Shelby County
Stoner
Bilsheimer
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. Board’s
Vallaces J. Loeb’‘s
A. P. DeLong
Wednnesday
Geo. P. Sadler
Wm. MaWhorter
J. W. Wicker
Attica
J. Loeb’s
Christian Church
Wright Room
Homer Sewell
Will Nail
Marshfield
Fulton
James T. Bell
Chancey Vickery
Hot Springs
Fowler-Stuffiebeam Co
Rossville
Ill
Hoopeston
M. Board
J.L. Allen Jr
Jos. Edwards
Mellott
Harley Townsley
LaFayette
St. Vincent Hospital
Merryman Bros
Malory
Jno. Keller
Waynetown
Tom Crigler
Greensburg
Mr. Bender
Chicago
Fred Ritz
Fred Purnell
Fred
David Wright
Shell
Montivedio
Minnesota
Kenosha Wis
J. Loeb’s Stores
Barney Russell
Will
Veedersburg
Sam Simms
California
The
Beau
Golden Gate
Ing
Palo Alto
Leland Stanford University
Memorial
Oakland
San Jose
Sacramento
Berkeley
Alameda
Palace Hotel
Union Ferry
City Hall
Grand Opera House
Mission Street
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
Opera House
Cail
Stevenson Street
Claus Spreckies
Postal
Western Union
Union Trust
Parrott
State Supreme Court
Academy of Sciences
Jennie Flood
History
Bay
Rialto
Fred Funstow
Splendid Ticket
the State Republican Committee
Billheimer
Hadley
Bingham of
Dent
Blatchley, Stubbs
Jordan
Splen
Oscar Hadley
Edward Fitzpatrick
F. A. Cotton
W. S.S. Blatchley
Supreme Court, First District
Leander J. Monks
C. C. Hadley
Ward H. Watson
Daniel
W. Comstock
J. M. Rabb
Frank Roby
Plainfield
Jacob Joel
Jonce Monahan
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