Local banks resist monthly charges on small deposits
Indianapolis bankers doubt policy of charging $1 monthly on deposits of $200 or less will take hold locally. Andrew Smith notes banks are ruled by circumstances, while C N Frenzel says efficiency drives the move. The trend mirrors New York and Chicago, with banks seeking to trim expenses and retain small depositors who promote broader business.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Andrew Smith
Capitol National Bank
C. N. Frenzel
The
Merchants’ National Bank
Hitchcock Wins Auto in Raffle
Washington August 5 Postmaster General Hitchcock amid new philanthropy duties reveals he bought a $50 raffle ticket from the Working boys home drive. With 800 tickets sold he did not claim his number, won the automobile, then gifted the prize back to the charity after a brief spin, citing it would be improper for him to keep a raffle prize as a public official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hitchcock
Taft
Oan
Bullock Inspects Navy Recruiting Stations in Indiana District
Lieut. C A Bullock commander of the Navy recruiting stations in the Indiana district begins an inspection tour of eleven stations. He left Thursday and will visit Evansville Terre Haute Vincennes Booth Bend and Hammond Monday. Stations inspected meet department standards and report promising prospects for navy enlistments in the next two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Bullock
Navy
Indiene
Thureday
Evansville
Terre Haute
Vincennes
Booth Bend
Hammond
Bold robbers hold up road. $500 taken
A robbery report reached police from Hudson New York on August 5. The incident occurred on a road between Hudson and Poughkeepsie where two bandits halted a vehicle at night and fled with five hundred dollars.
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Hudson, N
Poughkeepsie
Conand
Pacific Steamer Believed Sinking
A wireless dispatch from Juneau Alaska reports that the Canadian Pacific steamer Princess May carrying 100 passengers is sinking off Center Island. The vessel was bound for Victoria from Skagway and was due in Juneau on Friday.
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Seattle
Washb
Juneau
Alaska
Center Island
Victoria
Skagway
Wireless leads to capture of suspect
Milwaukee, Aug. 5. Wireless telegraphy helped capture Cyrus Taylor after he fled a Goodrich line steamer bound for Milwaukee. He claimed to be the son of a Chicago railway official and was arrested following a shipboard search prompted by wireless information. The captain alerted shore officers who conducted a targeted search within half a mile, leading to the suspect’s arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Globe
Crippen
Chicago
Taylor
Kicks Against New Township Roadway
William F Mil holland filed a remonstrance against a Wayne township highway seeking $2000 in damages. Charles M Cooper and others petitioned for a new Wayne township road treated as a public utility. Elijah W Foley and others asked for a Washington township road with $200 damages. both roads were ordered opened by the county commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Township
William F. Milholland
Charles M. Cooper
Elijah W. Foley
Washington Township
No More Padding in Shoulders for Men
Chicago fashion notes forecast fall look with narrow shoulders and broad chests. Exhibits at Coliseum show a shift from wide padded silhouettes to relaxed overcoats and great coats. Slim fitting business suits will hug the hips with pegtop trousers and tight shoe-top hems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Coliseum
Seismograph Records Major Earthquake Felt Far Away
Father Oden bach of St Ignatius college reports a serious distant quake. The first preliminary event occurred at 7 38 15 p m on Thursday night. The main disturbance at 7 50 33, maximum at 7 52 15 and end at 8 41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Father Odenbach
St. Ignatiua College
Former Treasury Official Horace A. Taylor Dies
Horace A. Taylor aged 74, former assistant secretary of the treasury, died in Washington on Friday. He served under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt from 1899 to 1908 and was appointed from Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Horace A. Taylor
the Treasury
Taylor
McKinley
Roosevelt
Wisconsin
Cicero Paper To Resume Publication In Noblesville
In Noblesville Indiana on August fifth the Cicero area paper The Sun notes a suspended publication for Cleetoco Tetene. The brief item indicates a resume of paper activity is expected soon.
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Cicero
Indiana Knights Templar to Attend Conclave in Chicago
Indiana plans a large presence at the thirty-first triennial Knights Templar grand encampment in Chicago. About 1,200 Indiana Templars from roughly 20 commanderies will join a grand parade, with drills expected midweek and a special display at Washington Park. Indiana headquarters will be at the Palmer House, with a day officer and roster reporting to Secretary John H. Nicholson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Chicago
Knights Templar
Palmer House
John H. Nicholson
Indiana Knights Templar
William B. Hosford
L. P. Newby
Frederick Glass
Isaac P. Leyden
Calvin W. Prather
Charles L. Hutchinson
Harry G. Strickland
George H. Steel
George S. Parker
Saratoga
San Francisco
Washington Park
Texas
Mississippi
Winflela T. Durbin
Massacre Report Claims 1000 Slain in Syria
Dispatches from Damascus report that this week as many as 1000 Christians and Mussulmans were killed in Syria amid ongoing massacres. The situation is said to be easing slightly with the arrival of troops toward the scene.
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Constantinople
Mussalmans
Syria
Cording
Damascus
State Librarian to Leave for Europe
Demarchus C. Brown Indiana state librarian will sail from New York to Brussels for the international congress of librarians and archivists beginning August 26 and attend a meeting in Exeter on September 5. He goes to improve Indiana archives as an authorized delegate though the trip is unfunded by the state. Brown urges better archival work, noting Indiana lags behind European systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Germany
International Congress of Librarians and Archivists
Exeter
Indiana
International Congress
Brown
United States
Harlow Lindley
Earlham College
Wendling Maintains Innocence In Alma Kellner Case
Denver August 5 Joseph Wendling in a Denver jail cell declared his innocence in the murder of Alma Kellner. He said he knows nothing beyond newspaper reports and suggested the body was hidden in a Louisville church basement while he slept. Wendling had been brought from San Francisco with Louisville detective Captain Carney and will continue to Louisville.
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Alma Kellner
Denver
Joseph Wendling
San Francisco
Louisville
Wenadling
Carney
Wendling
Amateur desers miss court martial on Ozark deserters
Twenty five amateur sailors from the district militia training ship Ozark may avoid court martial if they return within ten days. Major Hodges, judge advocate general of the DC National Guard, says charges could not be brought after their ship's return. The men walked home citing bad food and constant deck swabbing.
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Washington
Ahip Ozark
Maj. W. &. Hodges
National Guard
District of Columbia
Ozark
Women Seek Money Under False Pretense
Two women posing as solicitors for the Chil dren's Aid Association visited several businesses on the south side in an automobile Thursday afternoon seeking funds. The organization says it has no paid solicitors and warned the public that the women are swindlers. The group sent 2000 appeal letters to raise 83,900 toward a $12,000 fund for permanent milk stations and related work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childrens’ Aid Association
South Side
Frank D. Loomis
Burglar Forces Woman to Guard Dog at Daylight Break-In
Mrs H L Davidson of Los Angeles told police a burglar trapped her on a porch, tied her to a post with a rope, and forced her to restrain the napkin guarded dog Fido while he ransacked the house. The intruder took only $1.50 from a purse.
Take Off the Fat Where It Shows
An advertisement urges women to shed fat quickly citing social humiliation from excess weight. It promotes Marmolsa tablets as a supposed quick fix that suppresses appetite, claims daily fat loss of 12 to 15 ounces, and markets the product as harmless and portable, available in drug stores.
Gruiser Brooklyn Near Junk Pile
A naval board led by Rear Admiral Thomas began deciding the fate of three historic cruisers, the armored Brooklyn and the protected Columbia and Minneapolis, once navy leaders costing over 8.5 million dollars. Officials believe Columbia and Minneapolis may be consigned to junk as their condition worsens.
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Philadelphia
Naval Board
Thomas
Crusiers
Brooklyn
Columbia
Minneapolis
Columia
Minneapolia
Ile
Eohire ‘van Admiral
Bctiley
Newburgh publisher to receive Knights of Pythias memorials
Charles E. Spaight publisher of the Fishkill Standard will receive memorial resolutions from the Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge. The resolutions were prepared after a false death rumor at Far Rockaway and sent to Spaight’s family as he recovers from appendicitis surgery in Newburgh.
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Newburgh. WN. Y
Charles E. Spaight
Fishkill
Newburgh Hospital
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
Far Rockaway
Spaight
Lipps Andrew dies at 2219 Hovey Street
Andrew Lipps, son of Mr and Mrs Wm A Lipps, died August 4 at 11 00 p m at 2219 Hovey Street Funeral is Saturday at 2 30 p m Friends invited
Funeral Directors and Undertakers Listings and Notices
A dense catalog style notice lists multiple funeral directors and undertakers with addresses and phone numbers, followed by miscellaneous ads for monu ments, dental and barber services, and job postings. It includes firms such as Tute wiler and Son, E E Gross, Johnson and Hassler, A E Shirley, Adams & Krieger, Herrmann, Renihan & Blackwell, Whitsett Titus & Hiley, George Stigman Co, Flanner & Buchanan, plus a monu ment service note and various advertisements for training, watch sales, loans, and employment opportunities in Indianapolis. The page also features notices of civil service exam prep and business college courses, with several “WANTED” classifieds for workers and trades.
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Yorkers
Ing Law
Bullock
Pacific
Farmer
Apedal
Noblesville, Ind
Cleeto- Co Tetene
Kesida
Hoosier Templars
Libarian
Europe
International Congress of Archivists
Demarchus C. Brown
Indiana State
Brarian
Lloyd Line
Solicitors For Children’s Aid Association
Los Angeles
Cal
L. Davidson
Gruiser
Tutewiler & Son
E. E. Gross
Prospect
S. Delaware
Johnson & Hassler
Massachusetts Ave
A. E. Shirley
Michigan Street
Adams
Krieger
Ohio St
Undertakers
George Herrmann
Undertaker
S. Delaware St
Renihan & Blackwell
Flanner & Buchanan
Fred . Case
Central Buasiness College
Moler Barber College
Washington St
Tolliver
Deaxtal College
Delaware
Chiosts
Elgin
Waltham
Hampden
S. Winds
Sun
Carpenter's Dairy
Virginian Ave
Fred
Union
S, Illinois
East Market
8&T
Indiana Telegraph College
Bell
Main
Frank Ross
Central Business College
Holliday West
New City Hall
Alabama
Christs
Clayton
Meriaan and
Washington Sts
Wires
Southeastern Ave
Ind
Aus
Armstrong Laundry
Illustrated
Traction Terminal
Prof
Gordon
S&c
North
Illinois
Business Chancee
Seminal Co
Capitol Loam Co
E. Market St
Baldwin Elk
East Market ST. Loan CO
LAW Bldg
E. Market &J
Central Loan Association
State Life Building
East Washington Street
Indiana Mortgage Loan Co
Lombard
Eashington 8&T
Riva
Ani
Addrees
le State Loan CO. Cor
Pennsylvania
Wash
Ste
Tolman
Indianbeouis
MFG. CO
N. Delaware
Louis
Ross
Dean Nuos
Strawbert
JAS. R. Neff E
Maryland
Security Elecic Co
Burton’s
Circle
Ski Miller Oil and Supply Oo
Let—Broome
West ST
TOE Stag
W. Pritt St
Business Guide
Architects
Ry J. G. Brown Art Glass
Aarepe Lass
Ena
Ojene Foe Hire
Pew
HB Caldwell
W. Kammerdienere
Georgia St
Ianapolia
L. A
Peterson
Wir
Nia Ave
Thompson Balliday Supply CO
Massachusetts Avenue
Te Ee
Howard's
Dreithaler & Martin Cing
Earhart & Earhart
Pennsylvania Street
Poppa al la
Advance Elecrical Co
Wayne Ave
Electrical Construction and Aire
Mass
Home Builders
Lalla Lola
Sewelers
H.C. Schergens
Inois St
American Siar Laundry
Madison Ave
Royal Laundry
North At
Formes Light CO
Hepeiring
Anna B. Fair
Hoyt Ave
Battle Creek
Alabama St
New Jermney
Obie
Della Carson
Vermont
Medical
DE. Brigam
W. Market St
Miller
N. Illnoits
R. W. Magee & CO
Truss
Ont&t
Pfleger
E. Washington St
Stephens Photo Supply Co
Hamilton
Shank Furniture
Eustas Co
Hoth
W. Hudechter
Washington ’St
Yassy
D. P. Stirk CO
N. East St
PPC
CAP Indianapolis Welding CO
A& Meridian St
T. J. Briggs Company
Lemchte Bidg
W. P. Seash 4 Company
Seash
Xas
Spring Ranch
Old Main
New PLC
W. S. Blur
W. N
Delaware St
Twenty-ninth St
Paris Ave
M. J. Moore
Indiana Trust, Co
Badorf & Bear
North Side
Suacesteed
Kear
Illinois Street
Aicime Apolis
J. B. Williams & Son
Capt Ave
Woeed Bros. Wagon CO
Orris St
Pleasant
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