Carrie Nation Ends Indiana Lecture Tour With $80
Carrie Nation spoke 26 minutes to about 500 in Indianapolis and Greenfield, railing against drink and tobacco. She toured saloons, prayed at a church, and collected a small silver sum while lamenting limited audience turnout and declaring she will not lecture for a bureau again.
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Ture Bureau
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Washington Sts
Greenfield
Denison
Pennsylvaniast
Joe Gasper
Mrs. Nation
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Carrie Nation Firebrand Chooses Bricks Over Hats
The Nation crusader dismisses hatchets claiming she used brickbats and bottles in Medicine Lodge to attack saloons. She taunts a Sun reporter about rumors of a hatchet and mocks a casino crowd as she admonishes a smoker and a young drinker.
Mayor Taggart Sees Backlash Over Saloon Claim
Mrs Nation comments on the mayoral saloon allegation saying the accusation is horrific but not solely his fault. She shifts blame to voters who elected him, urging accountability for the outcome.
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Taggart
Saloon allegations spark city critique filed by visiting Mrs Nation
Mrs Nation claims she found several councilmen drinking in a saloon Sunday night and says Indianapolis lacks laws to close them. She cites a public school principal drinking there and condemns the city, contrasting it with Kansas as "clean."
Parrish in Trouble Again Arrest for Selling Liquor Without License
Saloon keeper Joseph Parrish at 2818 Northwestern Ave was arrested Sunday for selling liquor without a license. License revoked earlier on citizen complaint but authorities say sales continued. Trial set for April 2. Also charged Thursday are Conrad Peters 353 E Washington. Frank Stratman manager of Valhalla saloon. Robert N. Booker 1108 E Thirteenth St for selling after 11 pm.
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Joseph Parrish
Northwestern Ave
Conrad Peters
E.washingtons
Frank Stratman
Valhalla
Robert N. Booker
E. Thirteenth St
Wedding Tragedy Strikes Louisville Feast
In Louisville Kentucky on April 1 Reuben Lankins a local dignitary hosted a double wedding feast. A guest Dick Fishback is dead another guest Anstein Johnston mortally wounded and Henry Burton badly hurt after a clash over a waiter’s unpaid chicken. Lankins led the melee.
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Louisville
Reuben Lankins
Taylorstown
Fishback
Anstein Johnston
Henry Burton
Burton
Lankins
Purdue Bonds Sold by State Officials
The governor, auditor and treasurer signed Purdue university bonds Monday afternoon. They run another 20 years and total $340,000. They bear 5 percent interest, payable by the state at $17,500 annually, and cannot be sold or converted to money.
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Purdue University
Governor Durbin to fill all appointments including police board
Governor Durbin is set to make all appointments this week including the police board. He returned from Anderson Monday morning, and his office was early filled with applicants.
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Durbin
Police Board
Anderson
Auebagets of the Girls Board Scene
A fragment notes actions by a group called Auebagets of the Girls. Details are unclear, but the item suggests a local youth organization meeting or notice within a newspaper page segment.
Indianapolis in Brief hits and misses in 1900s town life
Local records detail receivership action on a railroad sale, wheat and corn inspections, wages disputes, license sweeps, and injuries from blows and accidents. Obituaries note Mrs. Elia Jessup’s pneumonia death. Packing houses report hog kills, and public notices cover licenses and notaries. Community events include a spiritualist anniversary and skat prizes.
Whirlin World Through a Spyglass Items and Obits
A jumble of items notes Detroit letter carriers to wear shirt waists, Sir John Stainer dead in London, Tim Donahue’s stake in a local western ball team, landslides in Apennines, a small battle at Vryheid with casualties, and legal disputes in Paterson. Other items report a world of fires, shootings, drownings, a headless body, and a Carnegie library gift for Portland.
Machinists Prepare Mass Protests for Nine Hour Day
In New York on April 1 union members of the International Association of Machinists plan mass meetings across the United States Mexico and Canada. They aim to push a nine hour workday with the demand to take effect May 20 employers must prepare by May 1.
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New York
International Association of Machinists
United States
Mexico
Canada
Chinese Plenipotentiaries Instructed Not To Sign Manchurian Pact
Washington reports on April 1 that Minister Wu informed the State Department his government instructed Chinese plenipotentiaries not to sign the Manchurian agreement with Russia. Similar guidance came from Special Commissioner Rockhill.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Rockhill
Troops May Go from Shantung to Rescue Emperor
A Globe dispatch from Shanghai reports 100,000 troops could be sent from Shantung to Singanfu to rescue the emperor from reactionaries and escort him to Pekin if powers pledge moral support.
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Shanghai
Shantung Province
Singanfu
Pekin
Infant found dead amid dirt at Sellers farm
Lee Thompson and his son Will discovered a badly decayed infant's body in a dirt heap on Sellers farm Sunday. They removed it with boards, and the father notified the coroner. Coroner investigating with no clues at this time.
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Lee Thompson
Will
Sellers Farm
Hoary Plumbing Bill Aims at Tickets and Bonds
Monday council meeting to introduce a licensing rule for ticket scalping with a 2 dollar annual fee and a 1000 dollar bond for low cost dealers. Building inspector powers likely not up for debate. Also an ordinance ratifies a Bemis Bros track over Ringgold Ave to connect to Union Railway, crossing Barth Avenue and angling southwest to reach a new Bemis building.
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Board of Works
Bemis Bros. Bag Company
Ringgoldave
Union Railway Company
Barthave
Theater managers urged to remove chairs from aisles
Factory inspector McAbee will visit managers of all theaters in the next two to three days to enforce the law against placing chairs in aisles. He previously hinted to a downtown church pastor that aisle seating must stop.
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McAbee
World of Labor Faces Strikes Across Major Ports
Engineers' strike on lake steamers must be settled before any US boats at Milwaukee start. Motion to adopt sympathy resolutions for the Chicago Typographical Union No. 16 was defeated. Union egg testers in Chicago struck for a 10 hour day at 25 cents. Six hundred Buffalo teamsters walked out demanding $1 extra per week.
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Milwaukee
Chicago Typographical Union No. 16
Chicago
Buffalo
Edison and Tesla Called Humbugs by European Metallurgist
Paris April 1 E Schneider head of Creusot iron works denounces Edison claiming he cannot separate hematite from magnetite to make Bessemer steel. He says Edison is dreaming and that real scientists worldwide regard Edison and Tesla as humbugs. He cites the phono graph as Edison’s only major discovery.
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E. Schneider
Creusot Iron Works
Thomas A. Edison
Bessemer Steel
Edison
Tesla
Army officers tied to Manila commissary theft scandal
A U S army fraud case in Manila uncovers a large scale theft ring involving Capt. Frederick J. Barrows and seven commissary sergeants plus civilian clerks, a major contractor, hotel official, and bakery owners. Flour and bacon supplied to the depot disappeared. the scheme dates to 1900 with thousands of dollars at stake. Investigation led by Lieut. P. K. Sweet under Col Wilder, with more arrests anticipated.
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Department of Southern Luzon
Oriente Hotel
Lieut
P. K. Sweet
Fortieth Infantry
Col Wilder
Tanzy Acquitted by Safety Board Reinstated to Police
The Board of Safety exonerates Policeman Tanzy of insulting white women on the streets and orders his reinstatement. It cites Tanzy’s alibi supported by his testimony and disputes Miss Morrow’s claim, finding no evidence of widespread accosting of other white women.
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Miss Haton
Miss Morrow
D. Havenar
Assessor Comments on Tanzy Case Stir
Marion Eaton county assessor commented on the Board of Safety action in the Tanzy case, saying she thinks a lot but would not speak further. Her daughter was among the women who charged the patrolman.
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Board of Safety
Tanzy
Marion Eaton
Mayor endorses safety board finding in Tanzy case
Mayor Taggart supports the Board of Safety verdict in the Tanzy case. He says the board could not find another conclusion given the evidence. Tanzy's alibi was solid and Hovey testified Eaton was unsure if Tanzy accosted his daughter.
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Taggart
Board of Safety
Tanzy
Hovey
Eaton
Man Arrested For Officer Killing In Norwalk Case
A man calling himself Randolph but likely Ezra Moore is under arrest in Richmond Indiana on a Norwalk officer killing charge. Authorities have partially identified him. In a separate report Nathan C Wright a 64 year old farmer and Quaker hanged himself in a barn. no motive is known and his wife found the body.
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Richmond
Ind
Randolph
Ezra Moore
Norwalk
Nathan C. Wright
City Sees No Income From Stuckmeyer Waste Boxes
City officials report no revenue from Stuckmeyer waste paper boxes on streets. Controller Johnson notes the city should receive 15 percent of proceeds from the boxes from all sources.
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Stuckmeyer
Johnson
Loss Made Him Insane Artist Man
Philip Wolfrom an artist cowboy and model in Paris posed for a Christ painting by Aissot and Munkaeczy. His sister found him ill in 1899 and brought him home to New York where his studio fire destroyed his works and his mind gave way. He is confined at Bellevue hospital.
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New York
Philip Wolfrom
Tissot and Munkaczy
Christ
Bellevue Hospital
Paris
Aissot
Munkaeczy
Forest Fires Burn 5000 Acres Near Winslow New Jersey
Forset fires near Winslow have scorched about 5 000 acres of land and destroyed several farm houses. Winslow residents fought the flames Sunday night with trenches and many women and children moved household goods to safety in open fields.
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Hammonton
N. J
Winslow
Carrie Nation Elephant Joins Travelers Protective Association
At a Saturday night meeting the Zoo elephant Carrie Nation was admitted to membership in the Travelers' Protective Association. A parade by drummers and visiting performers followed, with some debate over admitting the elephant. Carrie Nation became the second elephant to climb to the second story of a building in U.S. history.
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Carrie Nation
Travelers’ Protective Association
Tom Arnold
Hermann
Burt Cox
Carrie
New Faces in the State House Begin Terms
Harvey E. Jones of Wabash started as clerk in the treasurer's office succeeding Capt. Wm. H. Hessin of Huntington who resigned. Plaskett began duties as superintendent of public instruction's clerk. Elizabeth Johnston new stenographer in the auditor's office and Nellie Moore promoted to clerk.
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Harvey E. Jones
Wabash
Wm. H. Hessin
Huntington
Jones
Levy
Plaskett
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Elizabeth Johnston
Auditor's Office
Nellie Moore
Moore
Man shoots self in Goshen, leaving eye loss likely
George Mann, 25, attempted suicide Sunday night by shooting. The ball cut out both optic nerves and he may recover but will lose both eyes. Ex-City marshal John A. Rigany appointed district U S marshal to succeed E O Rose of Angola.
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Ind
George Mann
John A. Rigany
U. S
E. O. Rose
Angola
Praise Indiana tax laws praised by Minnesota commissioners
Auditor Hart welcomed three Minnesota commissioners to review Indiana tax laws. Ex Attorney Generals William J. Hahn and H W Childs and General Iles stated Indiana laws are the most satisfactory examined to date.
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Hart
Minnesota
Wm. J. Hahn
H.W. Childs
Gen. Iles
Indiana
Smith's Safe Robbed at Eddy Smith's Fish Market
Police seek a burglar who pried a rear window and escaped with $6 from Eddy Smith's Fish Market at 125 N Tilt ois St at 6 30 p m Sunday. Two clerks saw the store safe at 4 p m with no sign of theft no clue. Mrs Patterson recovering from injuries in Washington st run 3 is reported.
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Eddy
Smith's Fish Market
N. Tiltois St
Patternson
Irvington
Washington-st
The Modern Way to Cure Disease Is to De
The fragment hints at a discussion of disease cures. It mentions modern methods and a phrase about curing disease but lacks clear names, places, or outcomes to anchor a full item.
Brave Rescues by Policemen Save Five in Moore Street Fire
In a four story house at 21 Moore Street a lamp explosion started a blaze. Policemen Maher Instone and Edwards used knotted belts to lower a rescuer from the roof and save Mrs Bessie Finkelstein and her nephew Isaac Kornstein while Fireman Traverse and Miss Annie Heyser were injured. The one day old baby was saved and all others escaped.
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Vryheid
Harry Sleight
Paterson
N. J
Chas
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Sleight
New York Dispatch
Samuel Smith
Wandsworth
Enc
Misa Ettin Stephenson
George Meisner
St. Joseph
Col
Thos. B. Rand
New York
Tolman Young
Knowlton
Liberty
Young
C. J. Hard
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Hard
Moore St
Bessie Finkelstein
Isaac Kornstein
Instone
Edwards
Finkelstein
Maher
Miners Board to Meet in Indianapolis Over Strike
President John Mitchell of United Mine Workers is due Tuesday as the national executive board convenes in Indianapolis next Monday. They will consider continuing the two years long strike in the southwestern coal fields. Outside workers have been hired at the raised rate, but many quit once learning conditions. A new editor for the Mine Workers Journal is to be chosen to replace Scott.
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United Mineworkers
National Executive Board
Indianapolis
Wilson
Mine Workers’ Journal
Scott
Miners Celebrate Eight-Hour Inauguration With UMW Rest
All coal miners affiliated with the United Mine Workers rested on Monday to mark the inauguration of the eight-hour workday. The event highlighted better labor conditions and solidarity within the union ranks.
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The
United Mine Workers
Sander & Recker Furniture Co Incorporated in Cincinnati
The Sander and Recker furniture firm is incorporated with capital of 50000 dollars to succeed the old business on E Washington street. Incorporators include Theodore Sander Gustav A Recker Adolph Sander Carlos Recker Carl G Sander and Lena Recker all of Cincinnati.
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E. Washington St
Theodore Sander
Gustav A. Recker
Adolph Sander
Cincinnati
Carlos Recker
Carl G. Sander
Lena Recker
Prof Jordan to Visit Hawaii for Scientific Fish Expedition
President David Starr Jordan of Stanford accepts US Fish Commission offer to lead a two month scientific study expedition around the Hawaiian islands. The party will sail soon to investigate marine life.
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San Francisco
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
United States Fish Commission
Hawaiian Islands
Tiger Attacks Zoo Superintendent During Sick-Tiger Visit
Mathew Johnson, superintendent of animals at the Zoo, was clawed and torn on his right hand and arm when attacked Sunday by Rajah the man eating tiger while tending a sick tiger. Doctors Buehler and Pritchard dressed the wounds.
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Zoo
Rajah
Judge appoints Steffiin to grand jury after Schoppenhorst resignation
Criminal court judge Alford fills the grand jury seat by appointing Andrew Steffiin to replace William Schoppenhorst, who resigned Saturday amid a bribe solicitation accusation by Theodore C. Whitcomb. The jury convened Monday.
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Andrew Steffiin
Wm. Schoppenhorst
Schoppenhorst
Theodore C. Whitcomb
Vehicle exit injures man on Central Avenue
Andrew J. Gebhardt, 65, was dangerously injured Saturday night while attempting to alight from a moving Central Avenue car at Twenty-fifth Street. The incident occurred as the streetcar was in motion.
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Andrew J. Gebhardt
Twenty-fifth St
Capitol liquor dealer fined for license offense
David Cox known as Capitol averageist ran a store where Frank Reeves was assaulted by Sam Baldwin and Ed McCarty. In criminal court Monday Cox was fined $15 for selling liquor without a license.
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Capitol
Frank Reeves
Sam Baldwin
Ed McCarty
Malt Nutrine Presented as Distinct Strength Malt
Malt Nutrine is described as a pure strengthening malt prepared only by the Anheuser Busch Brewing Assn of St. Louis, setting it apart from many similarly named products which are merely strong beer.
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Anhe Busch Brewing Ass'n
St. Louis
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