Diamond dispute clouds city detective case
City detective Thomas Dugan faces a formal inquiry after VanCamp manager William F Quigley accuses him of taking a diamond during a night out on Washington Street. Dugan says he returned the same diamond and describes a sequence ending with an apology after a scuffle. The matter prompts a thorough police review by Supt. Taffe, with Hyland appointed to investigate.
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William F. Quigley
VanCamp Hardware Com
Quigley
Washingtonst
Dugan
English’s
Washington St
Illinois St
VanCamp
Octdertal
Illinois
Washingtonsts
McGuff
Occidental
James F. Quigley
Electric lights sing whistle and talk in Pittsburgh
S K Smith and R A L Snyder, Bell telephone electricians, demonstrated an arc lamp and telephone linked to create singing and whistling sounds. dubbed the Archiphone, the device transmits speech via flame and arc with potential uses like street corner voice annunciations.
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Pittsburg
S. K. Smith
R. A. L. Snyder
Bell Telephone Electricians
Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania
Europe
Chicago City Council Votes Track Elevation Plan
The old city council closed its last business session by unanimously passing the track elevation ordinance requiring raising 88.53 miles of track for six railroads.
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Chicago
Old City Council
First Lady’s Garden Parties Bring Washington May Soirees
In Washington on April 3, the first lady Mrs Roosevelt plans a series of garden parties on the White House grounds. She will oversee fashion, host entertainment, and serve tea and cakes in a balmy evening setting with maids and guests. This marks a historic first for a White House mistress to stage such events. Earlier garden parties were proposed by Mrs McKee but canceled due to Mrs Harrison’s illness and death.
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Abhington
White House
Boy Murderer to Be Paroled in Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa April 3 the senate voted to parole Wesley R Elkins once one of the youngest murderers in history Elkins killed his parents on his eleventh birthday in 1869 after years of abuse by the victims He has been in prison since 1220 and Cornell College Professor Harlan has offered to care for him and guarantee good behavior if parole is granted
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Senate
Wesley R. Elkins
Elkins
Prof
Harlan
Cornell College
A.parola Ja
City Life notes and local changes in Indianapolis
Republican primaries to elect delegates to the state convention will be held in all precincts from 4 to 8 pm on April 22. Chief justice Jordan officiated at a wedding. Charles Lynn traveled to Terre Haute with his son who intends to go to St. Louis. Stout Shoe Co. buys 321 N Delaware St for 9000 dollars and plans store enlargement. Four graduates from Physio Medical College of Indiana honored at the German House. No bids yet on state house plumbing work. 7000 dollars appropriated, extensions granted. Indianapolis shoe merchants protest a Cincinnati bid near the low bidder for inmate shoes at the state hospital. Woman’s Home Missionary Society officers elected in the Indianapolis district.
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Supreme Court
Mary Wynn
State House
William H. Burke
Charles Lynn
N. Capitol Ave
Terre Haute
St. Louis
Stout’ Shoe Company
L. Higgins
Delaware St
Stout
Delaware-st
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Ward
J. B. Shannon
C. B. Thomas
J. L. Parsons
Physiomedical College of Indiana
German House
Indianapolis
Woman's Home, Missionary Society
Benedict
C. E Bacon
H. W. Kellogg
Edgin
Hartzog
F.dricks
Mite Boxes
Rene
Man Survives Bullet in Heart Revealed by X Rays
Berlin April 3 a German surgical congress heard Prof Bergmann describe a man who shot himself with a small calibre pistol the bullet pierced the heart yet the wound healed. X rays later showed the bullet on the right ventricle moving with each heartbeat and now encased it causes no trouble.
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Berlin
German Chirulogical Association
Bergmann
Bargain Hunting Instinct and Sweatshop Talk
Mrs Florence Kelley spoke on sweatshop and child labor at Mrs May Wright Sewall home. Consumers league sets standards against shopping near closing hours and late deliveries. Alfred Potta blamed bargain hunting women for evils. Kelley cites economy and ads as drivers of the habit.
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New York
Florence Kelley
May Wright Sewall
Consumers’ League
League
Alfred Potta
Florence Burns to Join Chorus in Miss Simplicity
Report from New York states Florence Burns, recently discharged after a preliminary trial for murder, plans to go on stage. She will appear in the chorus of Frank Oates company’s Miss Simplicity at New Haven, Connecticut, next Monday.
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New York
Florence Burns
Walter Brooks
Frank Oates
Miss Simplicity
Comic Opera Company
New Haven, Conn
Physician Regains Health After Giving Up Coffee
Des Moines physician Dr. O W Mathewson testifies that years of strong coffee worsened his heart disease and nearly destroyed his health. After switching to Postum Food Coffee he rapidly improved, losing weight and regaining strength within three months.
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O. W. Mathewson
Penn. Ave
Des Moines
Circus kinapping case draws plea for arrest in Hoboken
Mrs Fraulin Waehl reports Franklin Waehl kidnapped their child during a pedestrian walk on Ferry street. The couple, once with Walter L. Main circus, separated months ago. Waehl chased mother from Cleveland to Chicago and Hoboken, allegedly planning to use the girl in a circus act. The police seek Franklin Waehl.
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Hoboken
N. J
Boer Leaders Open Peace Negotiations In Field
Pretoria April 3 Acting president Schalkburger and Boer leaders discussed terms with President Steyn of the Orange Free State as negotiations begin. Nashville April 3 The Isaac Reese coal mining firm, spanning Kentucky and Tennessee with railroads and river fleets, sold for 500000 dollars to a Chicago and New York syndicate headed by J B Nesvns of New York.
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Steyn
Orange Free State
Nashville, Tenn
Isaac Reese Coal Mining Company
Kentucky
Tennessee
Memphis
Paducah
New York
J. B. Nesvns
Fire-chief Coots seeks 6000 for English avenue fire houses
Fire chief Coots plans to borrow six thousand dollars to complete and fit up the English avenue and Cerealinetown fire houses. The old administration left them half finished, requiring eleven hundred dollars more to finish. Breunig will likely recommend an appropriation to the council at the next meeting. The Commercial club’s sewage irrigation committee reviews Dr. J. N. Hurty’s report.
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Breunig
Council
The
Commercial Club Sewage Irrigation Committee
J. N. Hurty
Ferryboat Maid of Perth Sunk in Hudson River Collision
The Maid of Perth of the Albany and Rensselaer line sank after a collision with the tug Reno in the Hudson River early Thursday. Three passengers remained aboard besides the crew, two were rescued, and a farmer and his horse swam to shore after the boat went down. The farmer was later placed in a rowboat as the vessel vanished. This marks the fourth loss for the company, following the Newton and the Adams, and the Camden.
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WN. Y
Maid of Perth
Renssalaer Line
Reno
Hudson River
Staten Island
Elizabethport
N. J
Newton
Adams
Camden
Smallpox Case Reported at 196 Martindale Avenue
A health board report noted a smallpox case at 196 Martindale Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, detailing the location and timing of the exposure.
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Martindale Ave
The
Health Board
Baldwin block landmark noted in old drug ad
An old advertisement cites the Baldwin block at the Delaware and Market Street corner. It mentions Dr. Jordan, a throat and lung physician, with a box of Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets priced at 23 cents and branded as a cold and grip cure.
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Delaware and
Market St
Loose Leaf Ledgers With Self Locking Extension Back
Indianapolis Ind Co W Kriel Main Cigar Store 105 Monument Place English Block Wholesale retail LL D & W Ry Sleeping and chair cars to Springfield Ill
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WM. B. Burford
Indianapolis
Ind
Springfield, Ill
An Old Nurse for Children advertises soothing syrup
An old advertisement promotes Mrs Winslows soothing syrup for teething children claiming it soothes the child softens the gums relieves pain cures wind colic and diarrhoea priced at twenty five cents a bottle.
Indiana Dental College Offers Dental Services Daily
The Indiana Dental College at 123-125 East Ohio Street advertises patient care from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for all kinds of dental work and notes contact numbers 880 with Ss. W. Cor Delaware and Chiosts in its wanted help columns.
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Delaware and Chiosts
Ohio
War Will Continue In South Africa Says Adviser
Amsterdam April 3 A Kroonstadt telegram to the London Daily Mail reported British terms of peace in South Africa as unconditional surrender by the Boers A former President Kruger's adviser commented If true it means the war will continue He noted there is nothing in the war's recent history to cause despair
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Amsterdam
London Daily Mail
South Africa
California Winter Attractions on Sunset Route Train
California offers sunny coastlines and attractions for winter travelers with surf, golf, and fishing from Los Angeles to San Francisco. The Southern Pacific Sunset Route runs daily vestibule service from New Orleans to Pacific coast points, with the Sunset Limited train every Monday Thursday and Saturday offering various car types and a la carte dining. For literature and info contact W. H. Connor, general agent, Cincinnati.
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United States
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San Francisco
Golden California
Pacific Ocean
Monterey
Catalina
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
W. H. Connor
E. Fourth St
Cincinnati
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