Strang Wins Briar Cliff Auto Race With Deaths Reported
Strang in the Isotta car wins the Briar Cliff race in 5 hours 14 minutes, as Cedrino in Fiat and Vaughan in Stearns place. The event sees a death and several injuries including Washington Irving Kilpatrick who was struck by exploding pilot lights, A. A. Smith's sudden collapse, and others injured or burned while attempting to extinguish fires. The start drew about 240,000 spectators. multiple cars wrecked.
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Washington Irving Kilpatrick
William Watson
Thomas Cotter
Wilcox
Charles Uherson
New York
Strang
Italy
Cedrino
Fiat
Vaughan
Stearns
Irvington
East View Hospital
Yonkers
Kilpatrick
A. A. Smith
East View Almshouse
Jhappene Thomas
Cotter
Wee Come
Eer
East View Turn
Bianchi
Percy Owen
Sartori
E. R. Hollander
Apperson
S. B. Bowman
Lyttle
America
Isotta
J. H. Tyson
F. B. Stearns
Leland
Parker
Lozier
H. A. Lozier
Michener
Snyder Family Stars in Gentry Show Comic Canines Rule
The Snyder family of canine actors remains a leading feature of the Gentry show with highly educated dogs and a trained ape as nurse helper. The program also features trained pigs and over 10 dogs of rare breeds, English greyhounds, and a monkey brigade with pre show band concerts by a military band.
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Snyder
Monkey Fire Brigade
Do Garg Used by Ringling 3 for Big Show
The article extols Ringling Brothers mam moth shows as the pinnacle of American entertainment. It details 85 transport cars, 1,280 staff, a 12 000 seat tent, 12 acres of ground, 108 cages in the menagerie, 40 elephants, and 6450 draft and performing horses. It notes a three mile parade and two daily performances run without delay, praised by military chiefs as the best governed amusement institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling Brothers
Trust Companies in Indiana Report Two Million Dollar Rise
The annual reports of Indiana trust companies up to March 31, 1908 show a marked business increase. Ninety two companies, despite recent financial turmoil, are in better condition than a year ago, with an overall rise of nearly two million dollars in assets.
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Trust Companies
Indiana
Lawyer injured aiding in salvage from burned residence
Albert Baker of Baker and Daniels is bedridden at his home 1410 N Pennsylvania after sustaining back injuries while helping carry furniture from the burning home of James M Winters at 1305 N Pennsylvania street on Tuesday. Baker strained his back but did not feel it until the next morning.
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Albert Baker
Baker & Daniels
Pennsylvania Street
James M., Winters
Baker
Youth Rescues Boy From Canal Waters
Oscar Hagen aged 12 of 314 West Vermont Street was saved from drowning in the canal Thursday afternoon by Ed Kroeckle age 18 of 5224 North West Street. The boy was fishing when his bait fell in and he fell in while trying to recover it. He was semi conscious when retrieved from the water.
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Oscar Hagen
Vermont Street
Ed Kroeckle
West Street
Hagen
Lemon Sells Interest in The Peoples Bank
M. Lemon announces sale of his interest in the Peoples Bank and his resignation as cashier after seven years with the bank. He will be temporarily with the Central Shoe Company at 34 W. Maryland Street and will conduct an investment and loan business.
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Co. M. Lemon
People’s Bank
Lemon
Central Shoe Company
Maryland Street
Snake encounters squirrel. man saves prey in Indiana
Hazelton Indiana April 24 Walter Lagenour killed a nine foot blacksnake and saved the life of a fox squirrel being swallowed. He saw the snake struggling with the squirrel and bleeding from wounds inflicted by the rodent.
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Hazelton
Ind
Walter Lagenour
Lagenour
Indiana Club Acts Against Experimental Voting Machines
The Indiana Democratic club condemned trial voting machines at the nominating primaries on May 15 after a county wide meeting. A resolution demanded uniform machines in all precincts and a committee was formed to present it to the Board of Primary Election Commissioners. A vigorous fight to block trial machines is planned. The election commissioners were offered ten new machines by the United States Standard Voting Machine company.
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Indiana Democratic Club
Board of
United States Standard Voting Machine Company
Sugar Creek Sabbath Teachers Convene in Boggstown
Shelbyville Indiana April 4 Sabbath school teachers of Sugar Creek township will hold a township convention in Boggstown Sunday. County President Frank R. Hale and Prof. R. F. Boger will deliver the principal addresses.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Sugar Creek Township
Boggstown
Frank R. Hale
R. F. Boger
Ernest Chitel Resigns to Lead La Crosse Brewery
Ernest Chitel, an assistant brewmaster with the Indianapolis Brewing Company for two and a half years, resigns to become superintendent of the J. Michel Brewing Company in La Crosse Wisconsin. He will start May 1.
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Ernest Chitel
Indianapolis Brewing Company
J. Michel Brewing Company
la Crosse
Wis
Fire destroys nine business blocks in Richmond Vermont
A morning blaze in Richmond Vermont leveled nine business blocks including the Belleview hotel the Park View house and the post office. The loss is estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Richmond
Belleview Hotel
Park View House
Cocoa Tea Cakes Make a Big Hit at Gas Lectures
Mrs. Helen Armstrong led a cooking lecture at St Marys church on Thursday with priests and sisters and local scholars in attendance. She demonstrated cocoa tea cakes popovers and broiled steak, stressing economical gas range use and food science topics. Next week’s free lecture at the German house is anticipated for housewives and cooks.
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St. Mary's Church
Helen Armstrong
Indianapolis Gas Company
Sunset marriage on the Sun Shine steamer near Evansville
J W Hanson and Miss Dora Hurley wed on the steamer Sun Shine while anchored in the Ohio River in Evansville Indiana. The ceremony took place at night in front of the city with the couple as the main participants.
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Evansville
Ind
J. Ww. Hanson
Dora Hurley
Sunshine
Women Fear Contempt Of Law Maker In Indiana Row
Miss Sarah Montgomery denies voluntary resignation as superintendent of the Indiana Girls School after pressure from Mrs. John B. Elam. Gov. Hanly and the State Board of Charities condemn the move while trustees face questions about legal authority and supervision. Women fear repercussions for female managers and trustees amid calls for inquiry and possible legislative action.
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Indiana Girls’ School
John B. Elam
Elam
Miss Montgomery
Hanly
State Board of Charities
Miss Rhodes
Jewish Charities Aid Hundreds as Aid Applications Climb
The Jewish Federation reports a surge in aid requests ending March 31, with applications doubling from the prior year. S. J. Levinson notes aid to more than five times as many people as last year, while Aaron Wulfson records $10,000 received for charitable purposes, up $6,000 from the year before.
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Jewish Federation
S. J. Levinson
Levinson
Aaron Wulfson
Burglars Break In Pawnshop Reaping 14 Revolvers
Burglars entered Ertel's pawnshop at 209 Massachusetts avenue Thursday night by breaking the front door glass and unlocking it. They stole fourteen revolvers and assorted silver watches, leaving the door set back in a recess with the burglars hidden inside. At another burglary scene, burglars pried a rear window at 1036 Virginia avenue next to 8 P. Calvin's grocery and took a dollar’s worth of sugar.
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8. P. Calvin
Virginia Ave
Methodists 10 Hold Hospital Dedication in Indiana
Special dedicatory services will be held Sunday morning April 26 in all Methodist churches in Indiana for the opening of the new hospital at Sixteenth Street and Capitol Avenue. Sunday night Epworth leagues in Indianapolis will meet at Roberts Park church. Gov Hanly will attend Tuesday night services where Rev William A Quayle of Chicago will speak. A banquet will follow at the hospital building. Dedication services are set for Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock.
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Indiana
Sixteenth Street
Capitol Avenue
Epworth
Indianapolis
Roberts Park
William A. Quayle
Chicago
Happy Couple 60 to Florida on Honeymoon
Miss Maude Thurston wed Hayward Clyde Curry at her parents home on Pleasant street. The ceremony was performed by Thomas C. McNerry of Sixth Presbyterian church. A wedding trip to Jacksonville followed. they will reside at 1241 Pleasant street after returning. Mrs. Charles Wills hosted a birthday gathering with euchre and luncheon. Engagement announced for Sadie Burnett to Benjamin Cronstein with date not fixed.
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Clyde Curry
Pleasant Street
Thomas C. McNerry
Sixth Presbyterian Church
Thurston Home
Mrs. Curry
Jacksonville
Fla
Charles Wills
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