Hudsons slain in farm home homicide near Noblesville
A married couple, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hudson, were shot to death in their bed at their southeast Noblesville farm. A daughter returning from Anderson found the bodies. Authorities and coroner C. C. Ray seek clues while noting the theft motive and lack of valuables. The crime is treated as robbery with possible local involvement.
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George W. Hudson
Turee
Alva Hudson
Anderson
Hudson Wee
C. C. Ray
Local Jottings Brings Humor From Mt. Vernon City
A collection of quick items notes garden harvests, a Putnam county reunion fade, church ladies meet at Mrs Shideley's home, and a mix of local curiosities. News lists parlor talks on saloon licenses, catarrhal pneumonia, and city growth especially Irvington.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of the Tabernacle Church
J. S. Shideley
Forty-third St
Saloon Crackdown Prompts Fines for Front Backdoor Vendors
Sunday raid by police nabbed several saloonkeepers for allowing patrons through backdoors. Martin Donahue Jacob Reynolds Ed Becker and Walter Miller pleaded guilty and were fined $10 plus costs. Others including John Scanlon Harry Farber and Charles Baaske Joseph Ross asked delays to later dates.
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Martin
Foreclosure suit against church over unpaid contract balance
Leon Joyce and John G. Karstedt sue First United Brethren Church of Christ Indianapolis for foreclosure claiming general contractor Alvin G. Beard gave them a sub contract and failed to pay a $497 balance, seeking $700 plus costs.
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Leon Joyce
John G. Karstedt
First United Breth
Ren Church of Christ
Indianapolis
Alvin G. Beard
Indiana Full Train Crew Law Declared Constitutional
Special Judge William Irvin ruled the Indiana full train crew law constitutional in the case State vs Pennsylvania Lines. The decision upheld state power to regulate commerce inside Indiana and require an extra rear flagman on in state passenger trains, rejecting the challenge based on interstate commerce limits.
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Indiana
William Irvin
Pennsylvania
Irvin
Special Judge Sentences Joseph Williams for Misappropriation
Judge William Irvin sentences Joseph Williams to 60 days in the workhouse after he spent wages not his own. The case involves confusion with a white colleague John Williams at the Polar ice plant where Joseph worked. A $14 envelope misattributed to Joseph led to his partial confession and plea. The itemized sale notes offer four furnished rooms valued at $235 for $156.
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William Irvin
Joseph Williams
John Williams
Polar
Joseph
John
Weather summary: fair and cooler tonight into Tuesday
The forecast calls for fair skies and cooler temperatures tonight and on Tuesday. Sunrise is 4.54, sunset 6.46, with afternoon highs around 85 degrees.
Unexplained blaze guts Tremont Avenue home and store
A fire damaged a grocery and dwelling occupied by M. Cohen at 533 N Tremont Ave shortly after dawn on Monday. Firemen found the blaze fanning briskly on arrival. The Cohen family escaped with no rescues needed. Loss estimated about 200 dollars.
May Enter Kicks Criminal Court Adjourning to Sept
The criminal court will adjourn on Monday until September 8. During the interval the prosecutor will be at his office in the courthouse ready for affidavits. Judge James A. Pritchard, seriously ill, is nearing recovery and may resume his bench when court resumes.
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Criminal Court
James A. Pritchard
Pritchard
Arbuckle to Return to Cleveland After Coast Trip
George Arbuckle western supervisor for the Winton company will return to Cleveland next week after a three months trip to Pacific Coast points.
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George Arbuckle
Winton Company
Cleveland
Pacific Coast
Law Adds Crew Member To Trains In State
The measure aims to boost public safety after several serious railway disasters blamed on inadequate precautions. The law requires an extra crewman on most trains, though no rear flagman is added as duties shift to brakemen. Judge Irvin notes broad implications for railways and traveling safety.
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Irvin
Funeral of Mrs. Charlotte Bates Held Private
The funeral for Mrs. Charlotte Cathcart Bates wife of Major Harvey Bates of Indianapolis was private and held at Lake Maxinkuckee with burial in Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis. She spent youth in Philadelphia and lived in Indianapolis since marriage at eighteen. Her father Andrew Cathcart a railroad supervisor and inventor of a cog wheel engine.
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Charlotte Cathcart Bates
Harvey Bates
Meridian St
Lake Maxinkucke
Indianapolis
Crown Vie Cemetery
Madison
West Railroad
Indiana
Bates
Miss Guilford
Cleveland
Catherine Merrill Club
Extension of Time for State Corporations
Reports from corporations of the state continue to arrive at the secretary of state. The last day of July was the legal limit, but a reasonable extension was allowed because the law is new and not yet fully understood.
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Billy’ Bangs
Sulmiers Go Home as Gen Perry Withdraws Militia
Gen Oran Perry telegraphed Gov Hanly that Tell City Indiana was quiet and there was no need to hold the state militia, announcing withdrawal of the militia Monday.
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Oran Perry
Hanly
Tell City
Ind
Governor Hanly Returns to Desk After Western Trip
Governor Hanly returns from a Kansas and western states tour and holds court at the desk Monday as visitors swarm his office. The Sun invites readers to use free want columns offering ten words for housework ads.
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Hanly
Kansas
Telegraph Operators Strike Drives 6900 Walkout Across U S
About 6,900 telegraph line workers quit with around 6,000 leaning in cities including Chicago St Louis St Paul Minneapolis Milwaukee Denver Kansas City Memphis New Orleans Topeka Sedalia Pueblo Jackson Meridian El Paso Nashville Columbus Oklahoma City Birmingham Augusta Sioux City Omaha Knoxville Council Bluffs Charleston Galveston Atlanta Texarkana Fargo Los Angeles Colorado Springs Beaumont Cairo Des Moines New York City Montgomery Denver Cleveland. The nationwide action involves multiple unions and regional hubs creating widespread disruption.
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Chicago
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Denver
Kansas City
Memphis
New Orleans
Topeka
Sedalia
Pueblo
Col
Jackson, Miss
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Tex
Houston
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Columbus
Meridian
Miss
el Paso
Salt Lake City
Helena, Mont
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Birmingham
Montgomery, Ala
Denver, Col
Cleveland, QO
Bulldog Attacks 12 Year Old Boy on Washington Street
Ben Schulman, 12, was severely bitten by a large white bulldog Monday as he entered a building on FE Washington St near East St to sell fly paper. He fled up stairs, left leg and ankle lacerations treated at City dispensary. Police investigated. dog not believed rabid. Owner unknown despite reports the dog had bitten others.
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Ben Schulman
Caught in the Act: Two Boys Detained Near Construction Site
Will Kunsath and Herman Hillan, both 14, were found pockets of a workman at a home on N Meridingst between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets with streetcar tickets and tobacco. Police suspect they may know who robbed a worker of a gold watch last week. Det Quigley and Driver Morgan arrived in a small automobile and took the youths to the police station.
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John PL Peenzel
N. Meridingst
Quigley
Morgan
Mixed directions in routine traffic and speech case
Police testified in the case of Dr Benjamin F Bye charged with violating the speech ordinance while speeding. Officer Rkingenstein and patrols traced north and south bound cars on Capitol Ave near Fourteenth Street, with Dr Gye claiming a sick patient required northbound travel. Van Camp and Alig pleaded guilty to speeding, each fined one dollar plus costs. Van Camp resides at 2820 North Meridian Street.
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Benjamin F. Bye
Thomas C. Whallon
Habich Bicycles and Furnished Rooms Ad Offer
Classified items include Habich Bicycles with steel rims Thor hubs and saddle price 25 dollars plus 5 dollars for a coaster Furnished three rooms complete valued at 175 dollars offered for 125 dollars at The People's Outfitting Co The Gem Laundry offers family washings rough dry five cents per pound with ironing and new phone 277 Puro Distilled Water Co sells half gallon bottles six cents five gallon demijohns forty cents new main number Grant H Clay M D dentist lists 108 N Delaware Indianapolis Ten words free three days in The Sun Rent Brooms Help Wanted Situations People’s Coal and Cement Co advertises as successor to Logsdon Bros Fuel Co with both phones listed
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Puro Distilled Water Company
Postal clashes escalate over union/nonunion work
Secretary Russell of Chicago launches a move that may trigger operators in all cities to quit work as postal workers in New York and Chicago refuse to handle nonunion personnel and many leave keys behind.
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Russell
Chicago
Western Union
New York
Postal Company
Cotton Exchange
McInerny
Operators Strike Sparks Nationwide Labor Action
Union operators in New York Cleveland and Denver prepare for a general strike as demands rise. President Gompers and leaders from AFL and other bodies discuss arbitration and support. In New York Western Union and Postal workers walk out while others threaten broader action.
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