German American Alliance to Meet in Indianapolis
L W Henley reports on the annual gathering of the German American Alliance of Indiana in Indianapolis. The meeting will assess political matters, plan a German day picnic at Germania Park, and discuss local option and temperance policy with leaders from multiple cities.
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Indiana
Apolis
Pedro Hilgen
St. Louis
Jeffersonville
Logansport
Alexandria
South Bend
Vincennes
Evansville
Wabash
Peru
Fort Wayne
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Act of Congress
Germany
America
Joseph Keller
State Federation
Piano Bank Gives Up Seven Dollars
A burglar entered Calbert Keating's home at 1337 Linden Street Thursday night by cutting a screen and unlatching a door. He searched a piano and took seven dollars hidden inside, leaving fourteen dollars in the instrument as seven dollar notes fell into the piano but could not be retrieved.
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Calbert Keating
Linden Street
Evelyn Thaw tale mocked by Paris companion Miss Forsythe
Miss Hattie Forsythe defends Evelyn Thaw and Stanford White, calling Evelyn an awful storyteller and insisting Harry Thaw is not crazy. She says White treated Evelyn as a father figure, denied abuse, and urged reporters to misinterpret Evelyn while noting Evelyn’s ambition and charm. Forsythe recalls Paris days and the couple’s refuge with her.
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Hattie Forsythe
Stanford White
Millionaire
Madison Square Garden
Paris
Evelyn
Harry
Harry Thaw
Madison Square Roof Garden
Miss Forsythe
Central Park
Willis seeks protection after husband threats to destroy home
Alma Willis rushed to the superior court Friday asking for a temporary restraining order to bar Francis D. Willis from entering the home and harassing the family. In a divorce complaint she alleges abuse and foul names. he is described as a drunkard. They married in 1884 and have seven children aged 2 1/2 to 4. She seeks safety of her property and financial support including weekly allowances.
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Alma Willis
Francis DM. Willis
Wilhis
Willis
Kicked Out Wef Eye Sentenced for Assault
John Bell a Black man was convicted in criminal court for assault and battery with intent to kill after he attacked his wife Lillian Bell severing two fingers and injuring her severely. He received a sentence to the Jeffersonville reformatory for two to fourteen years. The court found the premeditated and vicious nature of the attack evident despite his denial of a knife. Witnesses testified to the eye gouge and other injuries.
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John Bell
Lillian Bell
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Bell
Seek Safety From Man By An Injunction
Edward Dohn is restrained by order of Judge C T Hanna from harming his wife Anna Dohn or taking her belongings or destroying their home. The temporary restraining order was issued Friday in a divorce proceeding filed with the complaint. The couple married in Shelbyville in 1908. she reports repeated beatings, hair dragging, vulgar name calling, and recent abuse including a street assault on Aug six with purse theft and threats to kill if trouble arose.
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Almanger Butchinson
Thomas C. Whallon
Adele Schirmer
Solomon
Justice Hutchinson
W. N. Harding
Whelson
M. M. Bachelder
Albert Lizber
C. S. Dermy
Anna Dohn
C. T. Hanna
Superior Court No. 5
Cohn
Shelbyville
Secret Jaunt Divorce Suit Alleges Cedar Point Tryst
Chester A. Oldham filed a sensational divorce suit in superior court claiming Blanche Oldham and O. D. Strickland were at Cedar Point Sandusky Ohio from July 10 to July 36 while he was away. He says he discovered July 3 1906 that his wife had been at the resort and that the alleged escapade harmed their marriage.
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Chester A. Oldham
Superior Court
Blanche Oldham
O. D. Strickland
Cedar Point
Sandusky
Saya
Co. D. Strickland
Levere
Wall Street soars on bumper crop optimism in New York
This Aug 7 report notes stocks hitting new high records led by Union Pacific and Smelters as expectations of a bumper wheat crop and corn stability fuel a bullish market. The curb market mirrors the surge, with notable gains for National Lead and Amalgamated, amid claims Rockefeller influenced the advance.
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Wall Street
Amalgamated
Steel Trust
Brooklyn
Union Pacific
National Lead
Steel
Reading
St. Paul
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Great Northern
John D. Rockefeller
Kingsley Sees No Hostility to Americans in Europe
Darwin P. Kingsley president of New York Life reports from Europe that he found little hostility to Americans or American institutions. He notes American products and enterprises are increasingly visible in major cities with American typewriters plows reapers machines and life insurance widely represented.
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Darwin P. Kingsley
New York Life Insurance Company
Europe
Smi
Ameerican
Prosperity Ahead Says Harriman On Crops and Railroads
Edward H. Harriman told San Francisco on August 7 that crops would be large and valuable this year driving prosperity. He urged railroad credit to raise trade and improve efficiency, supported regulated publicity but warned against forced competition as destructive.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Hotel owner kills rival employee at station
James Goodlove, proprietor of a hotel in Upper Sandusky, shot and killed Frank McCormick, an employee of a rival hotel, at the Pennsylvania railway station last evening. Goodlove is jailed.
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Upper Sandusky, CO
James Goodlove
Frank McCormick
Pennsylvania Railway Station
Goodlove
Marius from Victor Hugo serial coming to Indianapolis Sun
The Indianapolis Sun will publish Marius from Victor Hugo's Les Miserables as a serial starting next Monday. The story is described as powerful and highly engaging, offered to both familiar readers and newcomers as a chance not to miss.
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Victor Hugo
Indianapolis Sun
Mystery Bride Shocks New York Friends
Mystery surrounds Vida Whitmore a former chorus girl said to be married to Deville Hall. Rumors claim a Mrs Mandeville Hall already exists in New York as friends voice confusion over the union.
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Vida Whitmore
Mandeville Hall
Prisoners Favor Reform School Over Workhouse
In a criminal court, Samuel Carter a black man convicted of stealing harness. He and accomplice Edward Williams a white man sought new pleas and asked to be sentenced to the Jeffersonville reformatory instead of Marion county workhouse. They preferred reform school placement for their punishment.
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Samuel Carter
Head
Edward Williams
J. Oa. Fritchard
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Jeffersonvile Reformatory
Marion County
Burglars Flee Under Fire in Indianapolis Night Burglary
Thieves who operated in Indianapolis Thursday night fled after Charles Tobias fired at them, injuring none though shots rang out. A burglar entered Ame lia Nichols room at 104 W New York St. she screamed, the intruder fled. The gang took 330 from John Manley at 703 Greer St. One burglar entered Louis Perry’s home at 41 Virginia Ave. A man in Salvation Army garb frightened away others at 1928 Park Ave after door ringing and window peering.
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Indianapolis
Charles Tobias
Gale Street
Amelia Nichols
New York Street
John Manley
Greer Street
Tobias
Miss Nichols
Louis Perry
Virginia Avenue
W. H. Taylor
Park Avenue
Salvation Army
Indiana University President Arrested in Libel Case
John D. Roberts, president of Indiana Federal university, a United Brethren institution, was jailed after Friday's arrest on criminal libel charges filed by Aaron W. Roop, former Lebanon College dean. Roberts published The Indiana News. Roop accuses him of calling Roop an embezzler and a liar. Roberts could not post a $1,000 bond.
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John D. Roberts
Indiana Federal University
Aaron W. Roop
Roberts
The
Indiana News
Roop
Lebanon College
Women Join In Fight Over Liquor License Bid
County commissioners heard extensive remonstrances against granting two liquor licenses to Edward J. Gimbel at 3301 Massachusetts Avenue. The court was crowded with supporters and opponents including many women. The matter was adjourned for further discussion until Friday afternoon.
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Edward J. Gimbel
Massachusetts Avenue
V Commissioners’ Court
Rightwood
Ward
Banker Richcreek Fled to South Africa Exposed in Crash
The Indianapolis banker Seth M Richcreek fled after his Delaware street bank failed leaving hundreds in the crash. In a May 25 1908 letter from Johannesburg he calls himself Rich M Smith and says he has plenty of money and plans to return to the states after people forget. He details a long voyage from New York to Rio to Liverpool across Arabia and Cape Town and asks a friend to forward mail while he hides. He claims to be developing in Bra zil and hopes to see friends though he fears being tracked.
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Indianapolis
New York
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Rio
Liverpool
Continent
Arabia
Cape
Ogborn
Miles
Seth M. Richcreek
Mr. Miles
St. Louis
Jerry Harter
Richcreek
Rehcreek
Harter
Rich M
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