Laughable end to Bank of Corydon tax appeal before State Tax Board
The State Tax Board dropped the Bank of Corydon appeal after the bank failed to prove notes receivable over $200,000 could not be collected. Ex-Senator George Self led the bank’s defense, while the Board of Review claimed notes were worth their face value. The room grew hot and sleepy as Attorney General Taylor teased Self about catching a train, and the case ended amid laughter and jokes about Harrison County Republicans.
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Harrison County Board
Board of Review
Bank
George Self
Republican State Committee
Clarence Jordan
Walter Q. Gresham
State Board
Durbin
Jordan
Mmade
Atty -Gen. Taylor
George
Harrison County
Indianapolis
F. J. van Vorhis
Union Railway Company
Belt
van Vorhis
Marion County Board of Review
Worms Wreck Train Rescue Through Car Top Hole
Sabine Texas August report details a southbound Southern Pacific train dumped into Keith Lake gully after a bridge collapse weakened by worms. Nine cars stacked into a 100 foot span, all submerged. a fishing party cut a hole in a car top and rescued 30 passengers. Several injured, one or more feared lost.
Boy Drowns in Shallow Pond Near Brightwood
Frank Trees, 11, son of widow Jessie B. Trees of 2224 La Salle, drowned in Howland's pond west of Brightwood on Thursday while friends fished nearby. Kaymon a Bloom and Ira Jones alerted help after seeing his head disappear. Alva Avington found the body about 40 feet offshore after an hour of wading. The boy had been underwater nearly two hours and could not be revived. He was taken to his mother's home and then to Wilkerson, Ind., for burial. the mother, recovering from typhoid fever, fears the shock.
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Frank Trees
Jessie B. Trees
la Salle St
Brightwood
Howland’s
Kaymona Bloom
Foundry St
Ira Jones
Bloom
Jones
Alva Avington
Wilkerson
Ind
Trees
Rumor Flows on Kitchener Wounding Near Pretoria
The undated dispatch notes an unconfirmed rumor in London that Lord Kitchener was wounded in a skirmish near Pretoria. The item also lists local notes: Kinley and Woods to be tried for brass theft, W. P. Green injured in Winds street accident, bank examiner McIntosh praising local banks, Rev. Robertson returning from San Francisco Jipworth league, and a pitch for Burdock Blood Bitters. Also advertised are Baldwin’s uprights, Monon Route Colorado excursions with specific fare dates and return limits.
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Cornellave
James McIntosh
National Bank
D. A. Robertson
East Park
A. M. EH
Jipworth League
San Francisco
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania to Vandalia Travel Fares Listed
Ticket prices show Denver and return 31.80 and St Paul and return 18.35. Tickets on sale August 1 to 10 and August 1 to 20 with final return limits October 31.
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Monon
Denver
St. Paul
Government bond quotes and market mood in New York
At 10 a m New York government bond quotations showed 2s at 108 to 109, 5s around 113, and 4s at 107 to 108. Short selling covered, money outlook favorable, Missouri Pacific rising on Mexican investment hopes, and German business failures noted amid Sterling strength. Indianapolis gas bonds at 100, street railway stock near 40.
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New -York
O'S
Pda
Missouri Pacific
Mexican International . Co. B. & Q
New 4
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Germany
Sterling Exchange
Indianapolis Gas Company
Indianapolis Street Railway
Allegra Seelye Eggleston Killed by Lightning
Miss Allegra Eggleston Seelye granddaughter of historian Edward Eggleston was killed by a bolt while seeking shelter from a thunderstorm near Forest Home Ithaca Minnesota The body was found suspended by her feet entangled in roots above Fall Creek gorge a nearby tree showed lightning damage She was a Cornel University graduate of 1899.
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Ithaca
MN Y
Allegra Eggleston Seelye
Edward Geleston
Forest Home
Scelge
Ellsworth
Sage College
Fall Creek
Miss Seelye
Cornell University
Bids Rejected As Too High On Washington St Bridge
The Board of Works rejected two bids for repairing the Washington Street bridge over the White River as too high. Canton Bridge Company bid 414.72 and American Bridge Company bid 3 174. City engineer Jeup noted a private bid as low as 2 800 and the street railway company would cover about a third of the cost. Painting and whitewashing the Union depot tunnel awarded to W Studer at 274. T J Morse and Son bid 544 on No 6 engine house repairs, referred to Scott Moore, architect. Water mains ordered in Center Street from Douglass to Bright Street.
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Board of Works
W. “Washington St
White River
Canton Bridge Company
American Bridge Company
Jeup
Union Depot
W. Studer
T. J. Morse & Son
Scott Moore
Center St
Douglass St
Bright-st
Indiana money flows into Texas oil boom
An Indianapolis oil company reports strong investment from Indiana with a third of its $500000 stock sold and weekly sales doubling. The officer says demand grows as buyers spanned from $100 to $10000 and the manager plans to depart for the Kern River field.
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Indiana Oil Company
Kern River
Moore's Gain in Ballot Leaders as Andrew Steffin Rises
A fragmented ballot tally shows Moore advancing and Appel still leading with Taggart and Steffin making notable gains Thursday. The report lists a long roster of voters and candidates including Dore Johnson J J Appel Edwin St George Rogers and others with final lines showing numbers and marks.
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Taggart
Andrew Steffin
Fred EB. Hamlin
Fresseestseserseeeess
Rook
Ceees Steerer Eeenes
Ceeeneenam
Enees
Paggart
Scsees
Dore Johnson
Sss
Veeeesegeress
J. J. Appel
Edwin St. George Rogers
Evans Woollen
John W
Kern
Edward Hawkins
Cssses
W. H. Messonboy
Seeeeerer Ceases Wees
W. Fi. Moore
Kentucky Man Dies After Gun Battle Firing 60 Shots
In Greenup Kentucky Joel Allen is dying with 30 bullet holes after a pitched battle with Will Wireman and Keise Sturgill. Wireman was shot in the neck and both Wireman and Sturgill are jailed.
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Greenup
Joel Allen
Will Wireman
Keise
Sturgill
Allen
Wireman
At the Park Presents Innocent Sinner in Week Two
The Park begins its second week with Innocent Sinner a tale set in the Tennessee mountains and new to Indianapolis. The show has a fine reputation and a three day engagement is expected to match the current week’s успех. Closing performances at Cripple Creek Friday and Saturday will attract large audiences and round out a big week.
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T’ennessee Mountains
Indianapolis
Cripple Creek
Chicago Professor Dismisses Longfellow and Holmes
Oscar L. Triggs the Chicago university professor called Longfellow trivial and unworthy of consideration and then turned his critique on Oliver Wendell Holmes, adding to his previous assaults on Rockefeller and church hymns.
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Chicago
Oscar L. Triggs
Chicago University
Rockefeller
Shakespere
Longfellow
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Governor Durbin appoints McElroy to audit Home Guard pay
Gov. Durbin and Adjt gen Ward name Francis T. McElroy formerly of the Press to inspect records of the Civil War era Home Guard. He will verify who was paid and who is still entitled under a last legislature act that appropriated $250 for the project.
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Durbin
Adjt
Ward Fave
Francis T. McElroy
The
Press
Old Home Guard
Madison Courier Notes Powell Enters Statewide Race
The Madison Courier reports Nathan Powell, who ran for Congress last fall, is sought for state treasurer. Powell and Nat Hill of Bloomington appear tied to the same Indiana political circle, both from the south, leaving lawmakers puzzled about affiliations.
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Madison Courier
Nathan Powell
Congress
Powell
Nat Hill
Bloomington
Indiana
Railroads provide living quarters at stations for agents
Cincinnati, Muncie, and Richmond have built railway stations so agents and their families can live there. Frank Bronson, son of the Big Four’s assistant general passenger agent Bronson, has secured a good position with Schenectady locomotive works. Daily shipments of watermelons and cantaloupes, about 30 to 40 cars, move north of the I and V line.
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Cincinnati, Muncie
Richmond
Frank Bronson
Bronson
Big Four
Schenectady
Wm H Block Co Expands to New York Stock Wire
The Wm H Block Co Meyer Kiser bankers in the Indiana trust building arrange a New York stock exchange wire for direct handling of all listed stocks and bonds to purchasers. Kiser cites high standard plans matching municipal bond work. Plymouth First Presbyterian trustees seek Sept 15 extension denied. Prince Edmund de Polignac dies in Paris. Dr H O Bolles dies in Springfield.
Pennsylvania Lines Lake Maxinkuckee trip details
Special round trip from Indianapolis to Lake Maxinkuckee for the Maxinkuckee Assembly on Sunday August 11. Depart Indianapolis 7 39 a m and return from Lake Maxinkuckee 6 30 p m with a stop at Maxinkuckee assembly on the way out and returning. Tickets cost $1 00 for the excursion.
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Pennsylvania Lines
Maxinkuckee
Indianapolis
Lake Maxinkuckee
Maiinkuckee
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Thiréday
Ugh
Bank of Corydon
Sabine
Tex
Southern Pacific
Keith
Lake Gully
Kitchener
London
Mish
Pretoria
City Life
John Kinley
Charles Woods
Washington
Burdock
Baldwin's
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Vandalia
Wall-St
Meyer & Wiser
Eggleston
Texas Oil
Fies
Gerritt A. Archibald & Co
Washington Street
Heshe
Standard Tea and Grocery CO
Choice Cove
Rumford
Star Brand
Large Can Gail Peerless Brand
California
Borden
Big Ten
W. Wash.st
West
E. St. Clair
Mass.-ave
Stelby St
Fountain Square
Kington
New Jersey
Delaware
Ohio
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Noble-st
Indiana-ave
Senate
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Sixteenth-st
L. A. Jackson
Colgate
Lancaster
Ene
Needle Books
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Cee Enaaeilne Geee Eeness
Moore
Appel
Cease
O. F. Paepke
Grocer
St. Joe
Alabama
Triggs
McElroy’s
New Place
Railroads
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Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
A. W. Chase
Woodworth
Sicily
HOYT
Cologne
Arnica Tooth
Jergen
Baidsernae
Chambray
van Camp
EAGLE
W. B
Warner's
Thomson
Batiste and
Coutil
Point de Paris
Lonsdale
Nottingham
Hermsdorf
Wm. H. Block Co
New York
Chase
Kiser
Treas
Ury Department
Plymouth
First Presbyterian Churches
Dean
Prince Folignac
Paris
Prince Edmund de Polignac
Passy
H. O. Bolles
Springfield
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