Plan to give idle men work on boulevard project
Commercial Club and Merchants join in pushing street and parkway repairs in Indianapolis. The city council will provide about 45 000 dollars to hire idle men for the Fall Creek boulevard extension from Capitol Avenue to Northwestern Avenue and other public works. A special council meeting is set to appropriate funding next week. This follows a call for citizen cooperation and asserts the boulevard is part of the larger city system designed by George F. Kessler.
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Indianapolis
Fall Creek
Capitol Avenue
Northwestern Avenue
George F. Kessler
Ecommon Ecomneil
Indianapolis Sun
Commercial Club
Sanity inquest figures loom in Marion county probe
Police Surgeon E. E. Hodgin and Dr. Richard Poole will be called before the Marion county grand jury to explain irregularities in inquest affidavits and the system used by justices of the peace. Overcrowded jails and Julietta asylum conditions fuel concerns of railroaded placements.
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E. E. Hodgin
Richard Poole
Marion County Grand Jury
Marion
Poole
Justices of the Peace
Grand Jury
Traveling husband wins divorce over cruel treatment
William Wood, a traveling man, returned to Windsor home to find his wife with another man. He said his wife offered a vague reply, and a divorce followed in superior court. The court granted Wood custody of two children as Mrs. Wood did not appear.
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William
Wood
Superior Court
Refuse to Guard Cars Police on Strike
Chester Pennsylvania April 24 gang dynamited a switch on the Wilmington line causing a car to explode the bomb the car was thrown aloft and caught fire no one was hurt a state constabulary detachment rushed in to prevent rioting Pensacola Florida April 24 sixteen policemen quit guarding trains with strikebreakers over methods of the local traction company leaving only five officers on duty
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Chester
Wilmington
Chester Traction Company
State Constabulary
Pensacola
Fla
Prisoner Howard Pierce Appears After Hemorrhage in Jail Fight
Howard Pierce, a Black man on trial for murder of Robert Henderson, appeared in criminal court Friday morning after suffering a severe hemorrhage Thursday night while confined in his jail cell. Testimony in the case began Friday morning.
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Howard Pierce
Robert Henderson
Henderson
Hendricks Field Meet Brings Five Schools Together
Hendricks county high school track and field meet held in Brownsburg with Danville Brownsburg Amo Clayton and North Salem schools participating this afternoon.
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Hendricks
Brownsburg
Ind
Danville
Amo
Clayton
North Salem
Bandits Lose Nerve When Thain Stops
Butte Mont April 24 Rupert Weak Paul Filenius and Albert Teasdale are under arrest on charges of attempting to hold up the North Coast limited train 17 miles east of Butte last night Weak and Filenius admit they participated at the urging of two armed men who fled when the train stopped They say the bandits had enough dynamite to blow up the train
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Butte
Mont
Rupert Weak
Paul Filenius
Albert Teasdale
North Coast
Weak
Filenius
Boy Fears Prompt Runaway From Home Tragedy
Cornell April 24 The Chicago limited on the Erie railroad wrecked at Canisteo with twenty seriously injured. Guy White a 12 year old boy fled his home after a fight with his brother and his mother struck him with a scrubbing brush. He sought safety with G W McPherson then was returned to his home but refused to stay and was taken to the Detention home. He warned that staying would invite more killings as temper runs high in his family. He had earlier been sought for the killing of Fred Miller and is bound for Plainfield until of age.
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Cornell, N
Chicago Limited
Erie
Canisteo
Pellman
Guy White
G. W. McPherson
McPherson Avenue
John Shine
Shine
Juvenill Court
Guy Whit
Fred Miller
Plainfield
Tennis Club Forms in Indianapolis Aims Clubhouse
Indianapolis Tennis club members plan a clubhouse near Thirtieth and Central or near the Winona Technical Institute. Eight courts will be built with showers and rockers. The project costs about $1000 with shares at $10. Fred Appel, state champion, serves as secretary as 59 members have joined.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Tennis Club
Thirtieth
Central
Winona Technical Institute
Fred Appel
Annie Windhorst Seeks Divorce Over Habitual Drunkenness
Annie Windhorst sues Frederick Windhorst in superior court for divorce claiming he has been a habitual drunkard for two years and made no provision for her in five years. The couple married in 1895 and separated on April 7.
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Annie Windhorst
Frederick Windhorst
Battle near Indi leaves nearly nine hundred dead
Dispatches from Simla, India report an engagement today between Mohammed tribesmen and British and British Indian troops. British losses were 60 killed and 5 wounded while native forces suffered over 20 killed with many wounded and captured.
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London
Simla
India
Kackley Delayed in Getaway Heads for Indianapolis
Sheriff’s office reports Thomas R. Kackley was delayed in his San Francisco getaway but expected to reach Indianapolis by Saturday. Prediction places arrival late Friday night or Saturday morning.
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Sheriff's Office
Thomas R. Kackley
San Francisco
Indianapolis
Cincinnati youths arrested for horse theft in Indiana
Danville Indiana police report Howard Young and Milton Moreland from Cincinnati were arrested at Stilesville for stealing a horse and buggy. They were found to be sons of respectable Cincinnati area parents.
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Danville
Ind
Howard Young
Milton Moreland
Cincinnati
Stilesville
Duc de Chaulnes Dies During European Honeymoon
Paris reports the 30 year old Duc de Chaulnes died suddenly in Paris on April 24 while on a honeymoon with his wife Miss Theodora Shorts. They wed February 15 in New York and planned to return to the United States to take up a traction business. The Shonts family confirms the untimely death and notes a prior illness in Washington.
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Washington
Shonts
France
Mr. Smith
Duc de Chaulnes
Duke
Miss Shonts
Theodore Shonts
Teutonic
Europe
Famous Flag Will Remain in England
April 24 British press praises American William Waldorf Astor for presenting to the Royal United Service museum the flag of the Chesapeake linked to Captain Lawrence's "Don't Give Up the Ship." The flag, set to stay in England, drew American scorn over the purchase by Astor amid dealer speculation the bid was for J. P. Morgan.
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London
William Waldorf Astor
Royal United Service Museum
Chesapeake
Capti Lawrence
Astor
Middlebrook
J. P. Morgan
England
America
Endorsement Boosts Bryan as Democratic Delegates Named
Springfield April 24 delegates to the Democratic state convention endorsed W. J. Bryan for the presidency and instructed to aid nomination. At large delegates chosen include Roger C. Sullivan Samuel Alschuler Fred J. Kern Harry M. Pindell Carroll C. Boggs Edward F. Dunne Andrew J. Hunter Reddick M. Ridgeley.
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Springfield
W. J. Bryan
Roger C. Sullivan
Samuel Alschuler
Fred J. Kern
Harry M. Pindell
Carroll C. Boggs
Edward F. Dunne
Andrew J. Hunter
Reddick M. Ridgeley
Fire Deaths Hit Centerville Family
Centerville Pa April 24 David Wetherby 79 his wife and daughter Mrs Lemm 30 were burned to death at their home while sleeping on the second floor Albert Lemm was badly burned and may not recover. cause of the fire unknown.
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Centerville
David Wetherby
Wetherby
Lemm
Albert Lemm
Farmers form county law and order league amid anti equity sentiment
Madison Indiana April 24 Farmers near Brooksburg and Moore field organize the Jefferson County Law and Order league to oppose the Society of Equity. They threaten hostility and post a warning notice punctured by a bullet stopping an Equity meeting. League members claim legal backing and gubernatorial support, vowing to stand firm.
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Madison, Indl
Brooksburg
Moorefield
Jefferson County
Equity People
League
Four Die In Prairie Fire In Tramping Lake District
In the Tramping Lake district a prairie fire killed four members of a single family. The surviving daughter is badly burned and not expected to recover. William Matthews and his wife perished while trying to save their home and two children.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Lake District
William Matthews
Prince Helie de Sagan Meets Anna Gould in Naples
April 21 Naples reports Mme Anna Gould arriving to be met by Prince Helie de Sagan who waited days for her. The prince rushed to the ship Friederich der Grosse, greeted Gould on deck, kissed her hand and escorted her to a waiting car bound for a hotel.
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Naples
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Helie de Sagan
Mme. Gould
Della Grimsley Wound Recovery Amid Family Assault Case
Della Grimsley, 17, who attempted suicide at her home on English avenue, will recover. Her father Felix Grimsley was arrested on assault and battery charges after a warrant by Mrs. Detrich Strohmeyer alleged he and two relatives entered her house and assaulted her husband over alleged alienation rumors about the girl. The warrants named Hubert Grimsley and Parver Storms, who fled.
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Della Grimsley
English Avenue
Felix Grimsley
Grimsley
Hubert
Parver Storms
Death of William Waller Reported from City Hospital
The body of William Waller, who died Monday morning from head injuries in a mysterious incident, was identified by his brothers Benjamin and Charles. Waller, a shoemaker of Indiana Avenue, had not been seen since last week and his body was taken to a medical college. Detectives Houser and Dungan continued the investigation as his relatives plan burial at 32 N Senate Avenue.
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Wiliam
Waller
Senate Avenue
Benjamin
Charles
Houser
Dungan
Indiana Avenue
Chief of Police Seeks Harsh Speeds Law Vowing Action
Chief Robert Metzger vows to curb fast driving and foul up reckless roadways. He met with city officials to see if a harsher punishment can be drafted beyond fines for repeat offenses. Meier Block paid 25 dollars and costs for a second speed offense. A G Habeny faced charges for not displaying a front license number though state number appeared on rear plate.
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Robert Metzger
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