Political shifts and treasury policy amid city fire and street car woes
Clashes over traction company income in Cleveland surface as mayoral troubles mount. General Woodford backs Governor Hughes for president, noting a Democratic down ticket but Republican Senate resistance to executive legislation. Treasury elastic currency policy cited, with $200 million in government cash held by banks, and an Avellné fire debate in Fort Wayne highlighting firefighter equipment versus insurance costs.
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Stewart L. Woodford
Hughes
Secretary of the Treasury
Avellné Houga
Washington Street
Fort Warne
Fort Wayne Hotel Fire Devastates City In Tragic Blaze
A devastating hotel fire in Fort Wayne claimed multiple lives and left a city mourning. Reports describe heroic firemen and a lack of modern equipment such as nets and ladders that might have saved victims. The rapid blaze exposed needs for fireproofing and improved apparatus to cope with future emergencies.
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Fort Wayne
Aveline
Elckens
Fort Warne Willet
Mbdpers
Soma
Forecasts Of The Week And A Night Of The Three Olivers
Kafer notes safety funding for life saving gear as national events unfold with harbor displays in San Francisco and major conferences from Baltimore to Chicago. State conventions in Ohio Connecticut New Jersey Alabama Kentucky and more shape the political week ahead while Congress debates financial bills and antitrust tweaks. In entertainment, the Three Olivers wire act earns lavish praise at the Temple, promising a stellar vaudeville showcase in Fort Wayne.
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Ton Tany
Board of Safety
Esunel
Kafer
San Frineiser
Baltimore
National Conference of Charition and Corrections
Tuchmond
Gly Servien Enim Missioneca
Chicago
Ohio
Columbus
Connecticut
Repubicans
Iucefor
New Jersey
Trenton
Alabama
Birmingham
Kentucky
Louise
Massachusetts
Heston
Wyoming
Lander
Utah
Salt Lak
Republican Mederal Committee
Denver
House of Representativen
Williams
Senate
Owen Way
Five Civilized Stribes
Trunkine
New York
Standard OW Company
Landis
Lisbon
Manuel
Portugal
Harry Fields
Temple
Olivers
Andl Geld
Saids
Olvers
Vaudevilla
Troune
Mtce
Fort Waynelles
Dr J. Stalts Dies After Huntington Visit
Dr J Stalts dies after visiting friends in Huntington Saturday while a stranger smashed a window at 233 North Calhoun Street. The Young Ladies Society of Westminster Church meets at 6 30 this evening at Carrie Ferguson's home 617 West Berry Street.
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Dr. J
Stalts
Huntington
Calhoun “Street
Young Ladies’ Society
Westminster
Mise Carrie Ferguson
Weet Berry Street
Eating Cocoanut Custard Pie Prompts Palate Pique
A garbled notice discusses cocoanut custard pie and its odd spelling errors. It mentions a pie seller offering varieties Liman Chugulate and Custard at ten cents per cake with claims of digestion benefits and two pies per order. It reads as a quirky, partly unreadable ad item from a historical page.
Abandons Family to Worship Sun in Curious Tale
In Lafayette Purdue professor Winthrop Stone faces board action as his wife, reportedly in Germany, withdraws from family life to join a Kabakon colony linked to sun worship. A friend says Mrs Stone may not be abroad and details remain unconfirmed amid university concerns and rumored orgs.
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Lafayette
Ind
Mayo
Winthrop Elfaworth
Stone
Purdue University
Miyutie
India
Breasted
Stones
Germyny
Wut
Kabakon
South Sex Ista
Pew
Kabalon
Wis
August Englehardt
Numbers Lesg
Uves
South Sea Islands
South Seas
Qornuny
Berlin
New Flampahire
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Gottingen
Magelachusetta State Agricultural Experiment Station
la Tayette
Purdue
Developments Spur Experimental Oil Work in Several States
In Montpelier Indiana May 2 considerable new development is starting in oil fields with some experimental work and no broad push for general development yet. Indiana wells report mixed results with Keystons Camden Marion and other counties showing several wells producing barrels. Oklahoma and Wyoming eyes on renewed activity and potential all producing state status as pipeline disputes loom.
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Montpelier
Ind
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Indiana
Keystons
Camden
Marion
Ohio
Whol
Hanenel
Sandusky
Fairfield
Jefferson
Muskingum
Noble
West Virgila
Tyler
Cabell
Deaths in City Parcel Two-Year-Old Allen Zell Dies
The two year-old Allen Zell, son of Min and Mrs Tacob Toll, died at home on Kins naird avenue from pneumonia. James Richard, who died in Cincinnati, arrived in the city, to be taken to Schone undertaking establishment for funeral arrangements not yet complete.
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Zell
Allen 1
Min
Tacob Toll
Kins Naird Avenue
Richard
James Richard
Cincinnati
Schone
Cunsister of
Jutin Mackey
Smith
Fort Wayne Disaster Opens A Day Of Sorrow And Horror
Descriptions of a catastrophic building collapse in Fort Wayne detail rescue work as firemen and workers extract bodies from the wreckage. Dawn to nightfall watchers recount the mass of ruined walls, twisted iron, and the toll on families and city life as bells toll and prayers rise for the dead.
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Fort Wayne
Journal-Gazette
Ruin and death at the Aveline hotel fire
Fort Wayne witnesses a devastating hotel blaze at the Aveline that left many dead and unidentified. Firemen fought flames from 3:30 AM, with ten bodies recovered by midnight and estimates suggesting up to twenty five or more victims. The five story ruin burned quickly, walls bare, as panic and loss defined a tragic Sabbath morning.
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Aveline
Fort Wayne
Heartrending Fire Escape Ordeal Stuns onlookers
Between screams and cries, occupants crowded windows as fire raged through a building. Firemen battled to reach every floor, ladders stretched to reach those trapped, some leaping to the pavement below as aid neared but time ran out for others.
Fire roars through Aveline building. dozens flee and perish
Firefighters rush to the blaze as flames engulf the Aveling hotel and Journal-Gazette offices. Dense smoke pours from every window while workers, police, and bystanders shout amid collapsing floors and rising inferno. Roof falls at 6 oclock, leaving only charred walls and a grim toll unknown.
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Journal-Gazette
Herman
Traxler
George Pressley
Aveline
Aveling
Fire Eruption Claims Guests as Boiler Room Fire Rages
Diggers traced the blaze to the boiler room with smoke and flames racing through an elevator shaft. The fire rapidly consumed timber and furniture, trapping guests who faced barrier walls of smoke to the fire escapes. Some escaped via iron stairs, while others perished.
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Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
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Postoffice
Cartier
Tor
Daly
Mont
Bardett Panator, Alen and
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Fleming
Twattin
Cyrus W. Cline
Angnia
Pias
Johnson
Traction Company
Telus OF
Scott
Tesh
AlDeapaistes Soc
South Sea Island
East News Bureau
Decatur
Otto D. Bieberich
Caroline M. Kirchner
Preble German Lutheran Church
J. H. Klauslog
Howard Kirchner
Preble
Chila Bieberien
Standard Oil Company
Phonn 262
Cal
J. Sauer & Co. General, Insurance
Clinton Street
Gil Show
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Ruroderry Goods Co
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