Annoyer of Girl Giver Fined Forty Nine Dollars
Anthony Brown, accused of harassing young girls in the western city area, was fined 50 dollars and costs in police court Friday. Police records place him first at Military park, then Thursday on Geisendorf street near Washington street where Bicycle Officers Kitzmiller and Trimpe encountered him offering candy.
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Anthony Brown
Brown
Military Park
Geisendorf ‘Street
Washington Street
Kitzmiller and
Trimpe
Woman Sentenced to 90 Days for Giving Beer to Girls
Frank Gardner, charged in juvenile court with contributing to the delinquency of Ivy and Daisy Jett, was discharged by Judge Stubbs. Margaret Connolly, charged with Gardner for giving beer to the girls, was convicted and sentenced to 90 days in the workhouse. The girls reportedly drank three glasses each and became intoxicated.
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Frank Gardner
Ivy
Daisy Jett
Las
Stubbs
Margaret Connolly
Gardner
Hogs Down Slump in Indianapolis Market Receipts
Indianapolis August 7 receipts show 1000 hogs 1500 cattle and 1000 sheep with hog numbers up from a week ago and cattle down. Prices fell sharply with hogs selling mostly between 6 and 6.83 per hundredweight while top hogs neared 36.00. Cattle and sheep faced steady demand with lighter steer run and lambs selling from 6.00 down.
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Indianapolis
City Grain Market Report Cold and Mixed Prices
Wheat steady with No 2 red at 91 14c and 92c through billing. No 3 red 8c. No 4 red 891éc. No 1 rejected 86%C. October 92c. August 9146c. Corn easy with No 2 white through billing 7744c and No 4 white through billing 7814c. Hay choice timothy 11.50, No 1 timothy 11.25. Inspections list 19 cars of grain across wheat and corn with various grades and rejections.
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Hay
Timothy
Stocks claim new high marks as market shows strength
New York August 7 Stocks rose across the board touching yearly highs. Smelters led with a 2 percent gain at a fresh high near 102. Amalgamated Copper climbed 14 points to 82, with others like Anaconda Great Northern Reading National Lead Southern Pacific Union Pacific and Northern Pacific hitting year highs. Canadian Pacific slipped on strike impact. Steel shares traded heavily with blocks up to 8,000 as common reached 47. American Locomotive edged up to 58. Missouri Pacific also advanced. Government bonds steadied while other bonds remained firm.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
Anaconda
Great Northern
Reading
National Lead
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Canadian Pacific
American
Missouri Pacific
The Wagon Market and Wheat Prices Report
Local market notes list wagon prices for corn oats timothy and clover hay plus timothy hay timothy new and old and straw values. Chicago wheat and corn belt weather spur a lower opening with mixed futures prices and closing points for wheat corn oats pork lard ribs and related commodities.
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Rouse Bros
Kentucky Ave
Straw
Notices and briefs from across the world dated August 7
Late news bulletins include the Western Passenger Association denying a special rate for Bryan’s notification on August 12. Cardinal Gibbons improves in Rome after illness. Canadian Pacific trainmen strike support may shut down the system in Winnipeg. The Culgoa arrives at Auckland signaling fleet arrival in New Zealand. A bank clerk in Rutland, Vermont is killed by a spring gun set by an employer. Wilbur Wright prepares for a Le Mans flight but weather delays ascent. A Richmond, Virginia fire causes $50,000 damage. Crop conditions report spring wheat 80.7, winter wheat yields 425,940,000 bushels, oats 76.8, corn 82.5, tobacco 85.8. Bonaparte states he will not resign as cabinet officer. Miss Mills rumored to wed Lord Granard.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Rome
Rutland
Frank Smith
Philadelphia
Frederick Blanchard
White
Lemans
France
Wilburt Wright
Washington
D. C
Bonaparte
Lenox
Mass
Thoney of Washington Park Runs Fast But Brain Slips
The excerpt compares Jack Thoney, a former Washington park sun-gardener, to Ty Cobb in spirit eastward and notes his speed hitting and fielding abilities while mentioning occasional lapses in judgment or brain function.
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Washington Park
City Births and Deaths Record, Local Notices
Birth announcements list Adolph and Lena Rosenfeld and others with names and addresses for newborn girls and boys. Deaths include John Elexes Morgan and several others with ages and causes. Marriages recorded include Harry Jenkins and Alice Murphy among several couples.
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John Elexes Morgan
S. West Street
James
Fliff Menefee
Downing Avenue
Hubert Potish
Virgie C. Waters
Leefis Avenue
Mary Eldora Martin
Calhoun Street
Magdelena Miles
Home of Good Shepherd
Mary Jennings
City Hospital
Harry Jenkins
Alice Murphy
Emerson A. Thompson
Mame M. Patterson
Melvon A. Marquette
Castleton
Ind
Annia
Husband and neighbor wives pool winnings at cards
A humorous anecdote from the Argo about a young wife and mother trading on a husband’s nightly billiards winnings. She explains that her husband plays for money at clubs and with Mr Nextdoor, and both couples effectively double their take by exchanging winnings. The story reflects light social chatter rather than a named event.
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Argonaut
Fooling the Farmer. Quick Witted Rastus chickens ruse
A humorous note from Life magazine captures a sly farm prank about a coop and a joke where a character named Quick Witted Rastus speaks softly about nobody in the head coop stealing the chickens.
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Rastus
Getting Acquainted. The Bride and Groom Pie Scene
A humorous caption from Harper's Weekly depicts the Bride chiding the Groom for eating pie with his fingers after an advertisement notice. The Groom responds about promises not to eat pie with a knife, reflecting a playful exchange about propriety and domestic life.
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Henry
Mary
Harper’s Weekly
The Danger Point Conversation Recounts Wives Debate
A column on social opinions argues that plain women may be best wives, while warning against overprecise judgment. It explores how outward appearances influence marriage expectations and the hazards of naming standards.
Capt Bray Critiques Steffens On Police News Policy
Lincoln Steffens argues press should publish burglaries to aid police and expose failures. Capt. Bray, detective chief, counters that publishing can help thieves or reveal department plans, urging that information should be shared cautiously. A cited case of Willard Douglass shows harm from premature press details.
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Dward Bray
Lincoln Steffens
American Magazine
New York
Bray
Plainfield
Capt. Bray
Willard Douglass
Samuel Dungan
Douglass
Indianapolis
Washington Street
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