People's Choice for Fort Wayne Mayor and Council
The Fort Wayne Post endorses candidates who oppose corporate control of city utilities. It attacks Scherer for subsidies to corporations and praises Mayor Oakley for pushing franchise payment terms and home labor in contracts. It urges voters to elect leaders independent of the Consolidated monopoly and to support a council and mayor aligned with the people.
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Board of Public Works
Scherer
Mr. Scherer
Oakley
Fort Wayne
Home Telephone Company
City of
R. T. McDonald
McDonald
Consolidated Street Car Monopoly
Pole
H. P. Scherer
C. B. Oakley
Legia
Elexing
Pho
Women Reformers Take Men Hostage in St Joseph
A controversial account claims that new women reformers kidnapped Mayor Stern for two hours demanding city reforms. They allegedly pressed for a curfew bell to dismiss children at certain ages and warned against lax enforcement of liquor and saloon practices. The piece portrays fierce tactics as potentially destabilizing politics.
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Stern
St. Joseph
Evening Post Free Scholarship Race Tops Contest at International Business College
Charles Condon leads the Evening Post scholarship race with 1000 coupons in the International Business College contest. Louis W. Kock has 800, Harry Smith shows no clear total yet. Urges boys to join now as only weeks remain before closing. Also notes travel ad for Dr Bawning of Cleveland at Aveline Hotel.
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Evening Post
International Business College
Charles Condon
Louis W. Kock
Harry Smith
Velvet trims rise again in stylish fashion
Velvet trims dominate recent fashion with white velvet at collars cuffs hems and fronts. Jet plush embellishes reverses and belts while velvet outfits appear for day and formal wear. Alpaca and mohair gain favor in green gray and blue with black white fierce contrasts in striped or checked silks and ribbons.
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Princesa
Prisoner Wilson runs mail order scam from jail
New York Recorder reports Jersey City inmate Wilson, jailed for green goods mail fraud, continues to operate by advertising a mail order business from Hudson County Jail. Post office and district attorney clash over whether authorities can intervene, as hundreds of letters flood the jail and officials scramble for a lawful remedy.
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Wilson
Toranne
New York
Hudson County
Newark Avenue
United States
Jersey City
Nicoll
Romaine
Plac
Crutody
Department For ‘ Asio
Nither Asters
New York Recorder
Court hears underworld tale in Pearl Bryan murder trial
Testimony portrays a sensational chain of events around Pearl Bryan. Embalmer Will Abbots claims a quart and a half of blood in her veins, while defense argues she was killed in Cincinnati and moved to Kentucky to avoid punishment. Evidence on Beattie Jackson and George A. Jackson aims to place alibis and link shoes to the crime, as prosecutors seek a clear location of death.
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Scott Jackson
Will Abbots
Pearl Bryan
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Kentuckia
Abbott
Beatt. Jackson
David R. Lock
Jackson
George A. Jackson
Outlook Not Encouraging For Trade In May
R G Dans & Co weekly trade review warns that gains are smaller than expected as season advances. Retail activity eases stock and debt but does not lift orders for mills or factories. Prices across commodities and manufactured goods run about 1 percent below April and the longest decline since October 1892. Failures rise slightly in US and Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dans & Co
United States
Canada
Bon Voyage Echoes In Shifting Verse And Frayed Prose
Fragmented lines mix light hearted social hints with coastal poetic imagery. A dated New York Press fragment cites farewells Bon voyage sweet and longing for spring while weaving in urban coughs and a looming sale or bid amid restless verse.
Democratic Nominating Convention Sets Allen County Coroner Candidacy
W W Barnett M D Deputy Coroner notes two Democrats, H Karrs and Eprron, announce their candidacies for Allen County coroner subject to the Democratic nominating convention. The messages urge party decision and public declaration of names.
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Eprron
Allen County
H. Karrs
New Bridge Over the Maumee Linking Lakeside
The Maumee bridge will be built this year connecting Walton avenue south of the river with Walton avenue in Lakeside. A street car line from Washington street will cross the bridge, joining the Lakeside line to form a belt railroad. East end residents expect a blooming suburb as Lakeside two ends connect along the street car route.
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Maumee
Walton Avenue
Lakeside
Washington Street
Wayne Street
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