Four Die as Train Collides in Indiana Wreck
Lapatets Indiana Aug 7 At 12 40 a m Tuesday two south bound Monon trains a passenger and a freight collided at South Raub ten miles south of here Four persons were killed James Hudson Lewis Raub Thomas Croft Charles Cain died Eugene McCool Callahan seriously injured Several passengers suffered serious injuries The baggage and mail cars overturned and hurled onto the track beyond the engines
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Monon
Bouth Raub
Here
James Hudson
Lewis Raub
Thomas Croft
Charles Cain
Path
Woman Rescues Cat Believed Drowning Child at River Bridge
In Muncie Indiana Aug 7 a crowd investigated cries from a river bridge. Miss Etta Roach stripped to her undergarments and entered the water to save a supposed drowning baby. The “child” was a cat and she was clawed but reached shore with the feline alive.
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Muncie
Ind
Etta Roach
Indiana Catholics Convene Amid Midwest Notices
Richmond hosts the eleventh annual Indiana Catholic Benevolent Legion convention with Judge J W Williams giving the welcome. A flood of brief items follows: Wa bash College treasurer Alexander Thomson dead. a 30 year street railway franchise granted to New Albany. several deaths including Rev Samuel L Hamilton and a Lebanon mayor. local theft and crime reports. various injuries and curiosities across Indiana towns. a mysterious death linked to a Shelby Michigan letter suggests possible McGinty.
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Richmond
Ind
Spl
Indiana Catholic Benevolent Legion
J. W. Williams
Union City
Sharkey Announces Engagement With Jennie Tuttly
The engagement of boxing fighter Tom Sharkey and Jennie Tuttly, known as the Belle of Coney Island, was announced from Coney Island on Tuesday August 7. The report notes the pairing as a notable social sporting union.
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York
Coney Island
Tom” Sharkey
Mins
Jennie Tuttly
Bolle
Republicans Flak at Crisis in Stuckmeyer Case
Council chaos over the Stuckmeyer contract ends with no reconsideration after partisan votes. Negley pressed for action but Evans failed to move. Crafl corrects ruling on reconsideration. Bills aim at milk preservative sales and handbill tossing face party line opposition. Budget talks show a $70,000 need for current expenses and a $37,432.85 loan payment plan.
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Munro
Spiegel
Stuckmeyer
Evans
Knight
Crafl
Negley
Billingsley
Negrey
Public Safety Committee
Fire Department
Johnson
Public Safety and Comfort Committee
Burke’s anti-imperialism speech interrupted by marching National Guard
Democratic congressional candidate Frank B. Burke faced a disruption as Company H of the Indiana National Guard passed by in formation during his anti-trust and anti-imperialism address at the Bryan Stalwarts tent in Capitol Avenue and Ohio Street. The crowd followed the soldiers. Philip Heise of Omaha then spoke in German. Bryan expected to speak later as the campaign tour continued with nightly and afternoon meetings planned.
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Frank B. Burke
Bryan
Capitol Ave
Ohio St
Burke
McKinley
Republic
Mr. Burke
Indiana National Guard
Philip Heise
Omaha
William J. Bryan
Tomlinson Hall
Boers Surrender Harrismith and Iberian News
Lord Roberts reports Harrismith surrendered to Gen MacDonald on August 4. The Bloemfontein to Ladysmith railroad is open. Kitchener moves south of the Vaal to surround De Wet, joined by Brabant's horse. Jan Hamilton relieves Rustenburg and Baden-Powell area. Elands river firing shifts. Canadians believed relieved. An escaped prisoner says Boers are in good health.
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London
Lord Roberts
Harrismith
Orange Colony
MacDonald
Bloemfontein
Ladysmith
Kitchener
Vaal
de Wet
Brabant
Jan Hamilton
Rustenburg
Baden-Powell
Elands River
Roberts
Zeerust
Kruger Ready to Quit Says Pretoria Dispatch
A Pretoria dispatch reports President Kruger is willing to surrender once he is assured of his ultimate destination. He was last seen at Baherton near the Transvaal Portuguese border.
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London
Pretoria
Kruger
Baherton
Transvaal
Cremation Tragedy At Palmyra Barn Fire
E R Allen a farmer in Palmyra Missouri died in a barn fire after a manic episode caused him to set the blaze. His wife saved the house as Allen burned trapped inside. animals perished in the blaze. In Cowes the Meteor yacht won the queen s cup race beating Satanita. time two hours 27 minutes 45 seconds.
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Allen
Cowes
Emperor Wiliam
Injunction Probable Over Stuckmeyer Litter-Box Contract
Councilman Harry Negley predicts an injunction to block the sidewalk obstruction plan. He says merchants adjacent to the proposed boxes will likely file suit, arguing the city has no right to permit private obstruction on sidewalks and that the boxes are not a public necessity.
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Harry Negley
Stuckmeyer
Jennie Ellis Dies in Suspected Trance Tension
Coroner ordered the removal of Jennie Ellis’s body from 828 Blake Street to Adams and Kreiger's morgue where an autopsy determined death from congested lungs and pulmonary hemorrhage. Mrs Willets, Ellis’s hostess, claimed she was in a trance receiving heaven sent revelations for a preaching tour. The body was later moved to her sister’s home on Massachusetts Avenue.
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Nash
Jennie Ellis
Blake,st
Adams & Kreiger
Willets
Massachusetts Ave
Humbert Wore Mail Armor After 1897 Attempt
Rome August 7. It is stated the former attempt to assassinate King Humbert in 1897 led him to wear a shirt of mail, a precaution he later abandoned at Monza, believing himself absolutely safe there.
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Rome
Humbert
Monza
Floral parade designer closes carnival contract
Mrs H McCall Travis, originator of large floral parades, nears deal with carnival managers to stage a parade with at least 100 fashionable vehicles. Entries must consult Mrs Travis on vehicle decoration and ladies' attire.
Woman Kills Ex Husband After Return from Prison
In Mason City Iowa on August 7 Mrs Wallace Burgess shot and killed Harry Wheelock when he attempted to force entry to their former home. Wheelock had just returned from prison.
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Mason City
Harry Wheelock
Wallace Burgess
Wheelock
Local Births and Deaths Reported Across Several Families
Birth notices list Frank and Mary Smith. Welch. Rollison. Douglas. White. Noblett. Hoehr. Cline. Wetzel. Crone. Dickerson with multiple addresses. Death notices cite Jennie Ellis hemorrhage of the lungs. Louis Lehr uraemia. Morris OConnor dysentery. John Thaw pulmonary hemorrhage. Wm W Babbitt carcinoma. Anna H Jackson cholera infantum. Jessie Milroy enterocolitis. Marriages show Ephraim L Hause with Charlotte West and George T Smith with Della M Locke.
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Frank and
Mary Smith
Broadway
Daniel and
Tillie Welch
English Ave
Thos
Lena Rollison
Blaine Ave
Flavia Parkhurst
Jefferson Ave
Burg
Ada Douglas
W. Morrisst
Warren E
Hettie White
N. West St
James and
Jane Noblett
W. Merrillst., Boy. Edward and Sophia Hoehr
N. A
Nora Cline
Columbia Ave
Henry A
Lottie Wetzel
N. Capitol Ave
Harry J. Crone
Bellefontaine-st
Jesse and
Laura Dickerson
Erie-st
Morris O’connor
Bates-st
John Thaw
Holbrook-st
Wm. W. Babbitt
S. Bismarckst
Anna H. Jackson
Jessie Milroy
Ephraim L. Hause
Charlotte West
George T. Smith
Della M. Locke
Pratt Will Probated. Morris Named Executor and Hanna Trustee
The will of Julius F. Pratt was probated on Monday. Nathan Morris is named executor with a $100,000 bond and H. H. Hanna serves as trustee. The home on North Pennsylvania Street and all personal property go to daughters Lois and Ruth. James Jackson, a colored servant, receives $1,000. The Art Association gets $2,000 and the Benevolent Society $1,900. Uncle William Pratt receives free rental of 1831 North Delaware Street and an annual income of $350. If both daughters die, the Art Association Franklin College and the American Missionary Union of Boston will share one third of the real estate.
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Julius F. Pratt
Nathan Morris
H. H. Hanna
N. Pennsylvania St
Lois
Ruth
James Jackson
Benevolent Society
William Pratt
N. Delaware St
Art Association
Pranklin College
The
American Missionary Union
Boston
Mass
Baby Adoption Rumor Quietly Debunked
The infant child of Mr and Mrs George Wampner 1138 Dawson Sr died hours after birth. The couple later adopted a boy from the Orphans home. A circulating tale alleging a doorstep infant adoption at the cemetery is denied by Mr Wampner as gossip.
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George Wampner
Dawson Sr
Germans Prepare Parade Roles For First Division Marshal
The article lists Jacob Scholl as marshal of the first division with F. Freund in the second division and Theodore Hauff in the third division as preparations for a large parade proceed.
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Jacob Scholl
F. Freund
Theodore Hauff
Society Notes Preview Seashore Plans and Guests
Judge Woods to join his wife at the seashore at month’s end. Miss Abbie Lyons and Miss Anna Garrity return from Chicago. Mrs Bernard Vonnegut and children sail for Europe in September. Miss King of Columbus visiting Miss Margaret Clark in Philadelphia. Mrs James Everett hosts a lotto party for sister Mrs Line of Philadelphia. Household tea by Hall Place Church’s Women’s Foreign Missionary Society at Mrs J D Pearson’s home.
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Judge Woods
Abbie Lyons
Anna Garrity
Chicago
Bernard Vonnegut
Europe
Miss King
Columbus
Margaret Clark
Fayettest
Miss Tutewiler
Louise Tutewiler
Tennessee Mountains
James Everett
Mrs. Line
Philadelphia
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Hall Place Church
J D. Pearson
N. Delaware-st
E. D. Snively
Pearl
Nannie
Jessie Spurgeon
Edinburg
Hermitage
Ralph Prosser
Pittsburg
Ben D. Crose
New York
Blanche Doyle
Church of the Transfiguration
Twelfth-st
Hungry Thief Fined For Midnight Church Lunch
In Chicago on August 7, Stephen Zavodny a Polish tramp was fined $5 for stealing a midnight lunch of roast beef peaches and biscuits from St. Rose's parish residence. He also took ornaments and a purse with $4.85. Father Hayes pleaded for Zavodny's release after sentencing. The priest has been robbed previously.
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Chicago
St. Rose’s Church
Stephen Zavodny
Zavodny
Father Hayes
Anarchist Defense in Paris Meeting
Anarchist Salson faced Valletes in Paris on Tuesday after an assassination attempt on the shah. The two men met and embraced briefly but denied any shared plot or accomplice role.
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Paris
Building Permits Reported for Several Local Addresses
Mary C Rauch 122 124 W New York St adds room for 1500 dollars. Nicol 25 N Pennsylvania St fronts store for 750 dollars. Margaret Eberhardt 307 Morris St builds a frame cottage valued at 368 dollars. St Vincent s Hospital corner South and Delaware St remodel for 789 dollars. Jasper N Clary 823 BE Washington St adds summer kitchen for 65 dollars. W H Hoover 854 Indian Ave sheds for 35 dollars.
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Mary C. Rauch
New York St
Nicol
Pennsylvania St
Margaret Eberhardt
Morris St
St. Vincent's Hospital
Delaware-sts
Jasper N. Clary
Washington St
W. W. Hoover
Indianave
Empty Stomach Cures Paralysis Claims by Farmer
Thomas Good, a Bucks County Pennsylvania farmer, reportedly fasted 42 days with no food or drink and claims recovery from stomach paralysis. At an advanced age, he now enjoys good health after the extreme fast, spurring sensational local curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Thos. Good
Bucks County
Pennsylvania
Notable Deaths and Filings From Various States
A string of brief reports notes victims and suicides across several states. Charles Brunswitz aged 7 and John Murphy aged 12, both of New York, were killed by live wives on Monday. Harry James of Hot Springs Arkansas killed himself the same day. Otto Schwartz, 35, of Rochester New York, committed suicide citing too many cigarettes. An unknown young man leaped from a boat at Atlantic City New Jersey and drowned. Louis Heder killed C A Peterson of Chicago at Monterey Mexico in self defense. Mrs M Burt of Jacksonville Florida died from blood poisoning after a bug bite. Peter G Gardner prominent in Chicago G A R circles drowned Monday. Jack Reed aged 13 shot and killed his cousin Matthew Heed of Gate City Tennessee in a boy class self defense incident.
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Harry James
Hot Springs
Ark
Otto Schwartz
Rochester
N. Y
Atlantic City
N. J
Louis Heder
C. A. Peterson
Chicago
Monterey
Mex
M. Burt
Jacksonville
Fla
Peter G. Gardner
Jack Reed
Matthew Heed
Gate City
Tenn
Lake Manitou Excursion from Rochester Aug 12 1900
An excursion to Lake Manitou departing from Rochester via the Lake Erie & Western railroad on Sunday August 12 1900. The Colored People's Club under archives presents the trip with leave time at 7 30 a m from Union Station and return details noted as Rochester bound.
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Rochester
Ind
Lake Erie & Western
R. R
Colored People’s Club
Union
Ting
License notices for Indianapolis liquor licenses in several wards
Notices by Angelo Rosasco Nathan Berkowitz and others announce applications to Marion county Board of Commissioners at the September term 1909 for licenses to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premise consumption. Details include business locations at 1846 N New Jersey St Ward 2, 930 East Washington St Ward 8, and 423 W Ohio St Ward 6, with pool and restaurant privileges sought in the same room.
Beck Seeks License and Pool Table Privileges in Indianapolis
The subscriber gives notice to Tenth ward voters in Center Township Indiana of intent at September term 100 to obtain a license to sell intoxicating liquors in less than five gallons per sale with on premise consumption. Location specified as 372 S Meridian St in Blake's subdivision, Marion County. Also applies for pool table privileges in the same rooms. Fred Beck.
Application for license to sell intoxicating liquors in Indianapolis
An Indiana notice states that Frey will apply to the Marion County Board of County Commissioners at the September term for a license to sell spiritous and vinous liquors in quantities under five gallons at a wine room. The establishment is on Monument Place first floor of a four story brick building in the English Hotel, Ward 5, Center Township, Indianapolis.
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Sixth Ward
Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of
Monument-place
Square
Indianapolis
Censter Township
Marion Counts
Dey al Frey
Notice to voters seeks liquor license in Indianapolis ward
Wolf Sussman gives public notice to voters of the Eleventh ward that he will apply at the September 1900 term of the Marion county Board of Commissioners for a license to sell spirituous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in a room fronting east on Illinois street in a two story brick building at lot 2 in Binkley’s subdivision outlet 1% Center township Indianapolis known as No 6048 Minois street Ward No 11 and also for pool table privileges.
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Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Illinois St
Binkley
Indianapolis
Minois St
Wolf Sussman
Notice of liquor and pool table license application
Notice to voters of the Third ward Center township Marion county Indiana that Joe Tobin will apply to the Board of county commissioners at the September term 1900 for a license to sell spirituous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premise drinking privileges. The business is in a room facing east on Senate Ave first door of a one story frame building on lot 1 square 14 Drake's addition in Indianapolis Center township Marion county Indiana southwest corner of Senate Ave and Thirteenth St ward 3. He will also apply for pool table privileges in the same room.
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Seventh Ward
Center Township
Board of Commissioners
Marion County
State of
Indiana
Alabama St
Indianapolis
Louis
State of Indiana
Alabama
New Jersey-sts
Allen and Root
New Jersey St
Angelo Rosasco
Tenth Ward
Meridian-st
Meridian and
South-sts
Blake
Metice
Eleventh
Board of County Commissioners
Illinois St
Jet
Birt Janapolis
Marion
Cityote St
David
Third Ward
Board of Commissioners of
Tenth-st
Ketcham . & Smith
James P. Drake
Tenth St
John Finitzer
Senate Ave
Drake's
Senateave
Thirteenth St
Joe
Tobin
Indicts License Request For Alcohol Sales In Indianapolis
A request to the Board of County Commissioners at the September term 1900 seeks a license to sell spirituous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking allowed. The business location is 25 E Georgia St Ward 10 Indianapolis Center Township Marion County Indiana in a one story brick building fronting north on Georgia Street. The applicant is M. M. Scotty.
Emb rich seeks license to sell liquor in Wayne Indiana
John C Embrich gives notice to the Wayne county board of commissioners that at the September term 1900 he will apply for a license to sell spiritous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with drinking on premises in Emerichs place a two story brick building at the northwest quarter section 38 township 16 range 2 at Lafayette and Crawfordsville gravel roads Wayne township Marion county Indiana and also for pool table privileges in the same room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Section 38
Township 16
Lafayette
Crawfordssville
Emerich’s Place
Crawfordsville
John C.embrich
Notice of liquor license bid in Indianapolis ward
Voters of the Eleventh ward Center township Marion county Indiana at their September term 1900 apply for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities less than one gallon with on site consumption allowed Annie’s business located at 325 West Washington Street first floor a three story brick building square 69 city Indianapolis Ward No. 1 Center township Marion county Indiana away from the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
State of Indiaca
Annie
Washington St
Square 69
Indianapolis
Indiania
W. Washtiytat
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