Puerto Rico Hurricane Death Toll Across Island Surges
A San Juan dispatch to the Herald reports hundreds dead or missing across Puerto Rico after a hurricane. Arecibo and surrounding towns flood as rivers rise, with six feet of water in the town and widespread starvation and homelessness. Gen. Davis notes the disaster is larger than expected and covers the entire island with crops ruined.
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New York
San Juan
P. R
Herald
Bayamon
Arecibo
Manati
Narangay
Moravis
Ciales
Barcelonila
Cayey
Porto Rican storm tragedy likely two thousand dead
A Washington telegraph from San Juan reports severe shortages in Porto Rico with many deaths expected from starvation and injuries. Destruction of roads hampers relief as stores arrive slowly and communication remains limited to accessible points.
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Washington
San Juan
P. R
McPherson
Davis
Railroad Elevation Debate Shapes Chicago Plan
A Indianapolis railroad committee met Chicago elevation chief O Neill and Supt Mansfield to discuss the merits and drawbacks of elevating tracks. Mansfield guided the inquiry, outlining conditions and challenges while the panel considers future tours to other cities.
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Chicago
Council Railroad Committee
Indianapolis
O’ Neill
Mansfield
Pennsylvania Railroad
Old Settlers Picnic Draws Record Crowd at Broad Ripple Park
The annual Old Settlers picnic at Broad Ripple Park attracted the largest crowd yet. The day featured speeches by Calvin Darnell Oliver Johnson Samuel Shanks J E McCullough and Edward Neal from Noblesville along with pioneer talks. Boat races and contests followed the morning speeches and the prettiest girl was chosen.
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Broad Ripple Park
Calvin Darnell
Oliver Johnson
Samuel Shanks
J. E. McCullough
Edward Neal
Noblesville
Daughter Missing Spoilers Over Family Refusal
Abe Zier of 115 W Morris reports his daughter Sarah aged 12 missing since Saturday. Police say she was found Saturday afternoon in a house on Keystone Avenue but escaped by a back door before her father arrived on Wednesday. The girl has run away several times previously.
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Abe Zier
W. Morris Sr
Sarah
Keystone Ave
Bev eridge Return Date Sought By Indianapolis Friends
Attorney Dague in Senator Bev eridge's office asks for the exact time of Beveridge's return to Indianapolis. Receptions are planned and Beveridge may not be back until September 1 as he aligns his law matters with that date.
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Dague
Senator Beveridge
Indianapolis
Taggart to Arrive in Indianapolis Friday Says His Letter
Albert Zearing received a letter from Taggart stating he expects to arrive in Indianapolis Friday after weeks on the Maine seashore with his family. Bert Harris, a colored man, denied striking Bertha Gray though she showed a swollen eye. An officer said Harris whips colored girls and Acting Judge Collier fined him ten dollars with valid sentence.
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Albert Zearing
Taggart
Indianapolis
Maine
Bert Harris
Bertha Gray
W. Pearl St
Collier
Celery-Wresh cures Headache and Neuralgia claims
Fragmentary notice touts Celery-Wresh as a remedy for headache neuralgia and Harmness with a fall meal price of 1060. The unreadable text suggests a product promotion rather than a clear event or date.
Hears: Questions on Indiana News Tax Assessment
Frank McCray probes the News of Indianapolis with state tax officials and professors present. Merrill Moores questions executives, press contracts, and advertising values as the case pursues 92 year terms and 60 mile service radius.
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Indiana
Frank McCray
County Board of Review
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Charles R. Williams
Hilton A. Brown
Maj
W. J. Richards
Alley University
Merrill Moores
Mr. Brown
Chas. R. Williams
Mourray
Mr. Williams
Associated Press
Williams
The
Press Association
Asa Press
Indianapolis
Ass. Press
Association
Paroled Convicts Ordered Out Of Louisville Foundry
Spt Hert of the Jeffersonville reformatories writes the governor that paroled convicts now employed as molders in a Louisville foundry will be removed this week for new jobs. Union labor objections and an Indianapolis iron workers conference spurred the action. Kentucky Gov. Bradley says parolees are illegal labor, cites a statute with fines. Gov. Mount agrees.
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Spt. Hert
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Louisville
Indianapolis
Iron Workers
Gov. Bradley
Kentucky
Jeffersonville
Mount
Bradley
Negro Struck A Boy At Monument Place Band Event
James McKinnes, a colored man, struck a white boy with a club during a Tuesday concert at Monument place. He fled a large crowd and hid in a cigar stand where Patrolmen Haley and Hagerty arrested him. Acting police judge Collier fined him 10 dollars and sentenced ten days in the workhouse. McKinnes denies striking a boy, claims the pursuing crowd was the Bungaloo gang. Witnesses say the boy was knocked down and seriously hurt.
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James MckKinnes
Monument Place
Haley and
Hagerty
Collier
McKinnes
Indiana Short Cuts in Jeffersonville and Surrounding Areas
Anthrax, a fatal contagious disease for cattle, appeared in Jeffersonville. In Muncie, a union attempted to run non union plants from Parker City but halted due to fuel shortage. Evansville’s McKinley will attend the blue and gray reunion October 10 to 14. Pittsboro farmer Smith Call, drunk, stabbed his hired man Poland, who may die. Jeffersonville’s Col James Keighwin, a famed G A R veteran, is not expected to live due to Brights disease. Crawfordsville thieves robbed Mac of ice factory 21 tons of ice and damaged chimneys and cistern pumps.
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Pittsboro
Smith Call
Poland
Jeffersonville
James Keighwin
Indiana
Bright
Crawfordsville
McKinley to appoint 12 to Paris exposition post
President McKinley plans to name 12 commissioners for the Paris Exposition with Ferdinand W. Peck of Chicago as head. Each commissioner will receive 3000 dollars plus liberal expenses, chosen from prominent governors and leaders, emphasizing honor over salary. Maj. Robert H. White resigns his pension of nearly 2000 dollars a year. Captain Robly D. Evans to consult on navy participation in the Dewey reception. Navy cites no confirmation of Dewey illness.
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Washington
McKinley
Ferdinand W. Peck
Chicago
Robly D. Evans
Allen
Dewey
Admiral Sampson
Navy
Admiral Dewey
1899 Law Requires Cities to Pay Debts From Annexed School Properties
Attorney general interprets the 1899 act to require cities or towns to assume indebtedness on school property annexed to a city or town. The ruling covers future and past annexations, upholding that school corporations hold property as trustees and the state may shift debt to the benefiting city or town without impairing vested rights.
South Side Market stalls fail to meet sales target
The South Side Market stalls sold only 39 of 77 as expectations faltered. Purchasers paid half price in cash and pledged to pay the rest later, netting about 370 dollars. The market opens next Wednesday and will operate Mondays Wednesdays Fridays and Saturdays.
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Southside
IrishAmericans Rally Against Anglo American Alliance In Chicago
Ten thousand Irish Americans gathered at Sunnyside Park on Tuesday and adopted resolutions opposing any Anglo American alliance. They pledged to continue the struggle for Irish freedom and condemned imperialism while praising the Boer republic in its fight against Great Britain.
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Chicago
Sunnyside Park
England
Ireland
United States
Great Britain
City considers opening Westst to Brighton through coffin firm
City attorney Kern weighs board of works request to open West Street from fifteenth to Brighton Boulevard. Residents support the plan but the route would cut through land claimed by the Indianapolis coffin company, which is currently erecting buildings there. The street reportedly opened years ago, and the company may have prior rights to the ground.
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Kern
Board of Works
Westst
Fifteenth-St
Brighton-boulevard
Indianapolis Coffin Company
Ash Street Property Appraisal for City Improvements
The Board of Works reported appraisements on Ash Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Thirteenth Street. The property abutting the street is valued at about $18,300, while the overall property is appraised at $185,300 for proposed improvements.
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Ash-st
Board of Works
Massachusetts Ave
Thirteenth-st
Denied Willful Cause in Assault Trial
Mrs Adam denies she caused the trouble in the assault case against her son in law Luke, who was discharged in police court recently. Charlotta Adam, Luke's mother in law, supports her denial.
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Adam Denies II
Charlotta Adam
Luke
Gilded Dome Visitors Record Fayetteville Geologist and Local Notices
A. H. Purdue, Arkansas State Institution geology professor and former Warrick County Indiana candidate for state geologist, visited the state house Wednesday. Attica Garment Company filed articles with capital stock at $5,000. Roll-clack Brenington of Hartford City visited the capitol Wednesday. Department commander Dunlap and R. M. Smock traveled to Angola for the old settlers picnic and G A R reunion. Justice Smock ordered Edward Dorsey, a colored man, to serve.
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A. H. Purdue
Arkansas State Institution
Fayetteville
State House
Warrick County
Indiana
W. S. Blatchley
Attica Garment Company
Attica
Roll-clack Brenington
Hartford City
Capitol
Dunlap
R. M. Smock
Angola
Old Settlers
Justice Smock
Edward Dorsey
Ford
Governor Mount Taps Delegates to Anti Trust Conference
Gov. Mount on Wednesday appointed delegates for the anti trust conference in Chicago on September 13. Delegates include Democrats and Republicans. At large: E. B. Martindale Indianapolis, John B. Stoll South Bend, B. S. Taylor Fort Wayne, Josiah Gwin New Albany, Aaron Jones South Bend, John Spencer Evansville. Congressional district picks: No. 1 Goodlet Morgan Petersburg. No. 2 Joseph Swain Bloomington. No. 3 Leonard J. Hackney Shelbyville. No. 4 William H. O'Brien Lawrenceburg. No. 5 Isaac H. Strouse Rockville. No. 6 William Dudley Foulke Richmond. No. 7 Daniel P. Erwin Indianapolis. No. 8 W. H. Eichhorn Bluffton. No. 9 A. M. Scott Ladoga. No. 10 A. L. Cumler Lafayette. No. 11 M. Winfield Logansport. No. 12 J. M. Babcock Topeka. No. 13 A. P. Kent Elkhart.
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Gov. Mount
Chicago
E. B. Martindale
Indianapolis
John. B. Stoll
South Bend
Taylor
Fort Wayne
Josiah Gwin
New Albany
Aaron Jones
John Spencer
Evansville
Goodlet Morgan
Petersburg
Joseph Swain
Bloomington
Leonard J. Hackney
Shelbyville
William H. O’brien
Lawrenceburg
Isaac H. Strouse
Rockville
William Dudley Foulke
Richmond
Daniel P. Erwin
W. H. Eichhorn
Bluffton
A. M. Scott
Ladoga
A.l.cumler
Lafayette
M. Winfield
Logansport
J. M. Babcock
Topeka
A. P. Kent
Elkhart
Robbery at Tara Hill Mound Ends in Destruction
London August 16 reports the royal mound atop Tara Hill in Meath County, used for a thousand years to crown Irish kings, was destroyed by a man named Glover seeking the ark of the covenant buried there. He did not locate it.
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London
Hill of
Tara
County
Meath
Ireland
Glover
A Preacher Ends Life in Troy Parlor
George Mac Ardle, a retired Presbyterian minister, killed himself with a razor in his Troy home on Tuesday, in the presence of his wife. Also from Berlin a couple elopes taking an automobile to Stettin for a sea passage to Russia, an apparent first auto elopement.
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Troy
N. Y
George MacArdle
The
Presbyterian Church
Berlin
Toa Stettin
Russia
Odd Tales from the Wires Play Across Cities
Reports from Chester Xenia and New York recount odd incidents. A young woman walked home in her brother’s trousers after thieves stole her clothes while she bathed. a bear attacked a camp, was killed, and the carcass prepared for food. and John McGurk, owner of a grim venue, prayed at the morgue over Tina Gordon’s death amid bewailing crowds.
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Chester
Amy Audenfeld
Xenia
Saltari
New York
John McGurk
Tina Gordon
Jie
McGurk
Bowery
Hudson City votes to incorporate in Alabama
Hudson City Alabama a town of about 400 residents entirely Black has voted to incorporate. The brief report notes racial composition and the recent political move.
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Hudson City
Ala
Question on place and time for essential statement
The text asks how to phrase a fact about a state of place or residence in a clear sentence and when to provide it. It seeks guidance on proper wording for a simple factual assertion.
One Minute Cough Cure Cited In Bluffdale Notice
An old testimonial from B L Nance of Bluffdale Texas endorses One Minute Cough Cure for a child’s month long illness. The rest of the item notes Indianapolis stock market data with cattle hogs sheep receipts and prices for Wednesday including steers hogs and cows with various price ranges.
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B. L. Nance
Prin. High School
Bluffdale
Texas
Indianapolis
Itera Dbcatees
Bucci Odsee
Enees Ee Saint
Wanted Girl for General Housework at Lake Maxinkuckee Cottage
A help wanted notice seeks a girl for general housework in a cottage near Lake Maxinkuckee. Reference required. Contact 2317 WN. 2 Meridian, 19.
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Cottage
Danted Sitaasien
Park
Lake Maxinkuckeeg
Meridian
Commodity price report for wheat corn oats and hay
Wednesday market notes list bid levels for wheat corn oats and hay with multiple grades and car counts. Prices for No 2 red wheat No 3 red wheat and August wagon values appear alongside mixed white and yellow corn quotes and dull oats trading while New No 1 timothy hay ranges from 8 00 to 9 00 per ton.
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Timothy
Br R Shiel Co Livestock Market Report
BR R Shiel and Co reports a strong market with good receipts. cattle prices fall with averages from 4.80 to 4.85 and heavy cattle at 4.75 to 4.80. We quote 120 to 150 average 4.80 to 34.87, 160 to 180 average 4.80 to 4.85.
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Indianapolis
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