Trade boosters ready to move upon Illinois visit
Indy trade association plans a two day August 18 19 tour through 16 towns including Terre Haute Paris Ill and Brazil Ind. The group will visit the big piano factory near Brazil and attend Clinton’s annual horse show. The voyage ends with return home at 9 15 p m August 19.
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Indianapolis
Paris
Indiana
Indianapolis Trade Association
Terre Haute
Shattuck
Brazil
Clinton
Coal Prices Set to Rise as Winter Supply Rushes In
Indianapolis residents haul in winter coal ahead of an Indiana railroad commission rate increase. Freight charges on coal will take effect November 1 after prior postponements from June 1 and July 25. Many homeowners contract now at summer prices to avoid higher costs.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Railroad Commission
Hurley Dies on Carlsbad Trip Amid Health Tour
J E B Hurley, general manager of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, died abroad in Carlsbad Austria from heart disease. He had gone overseas for his health two months earlier.
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Santa Fe Railroad
Topeka, Kas
Carlsbad
Austria
J. E B. Hurley
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Forest Fires Cost $7,000 a Day in Northwest
The forestry bureau estimates state costs reach seven thousand dollars daily to fight fires in the northwest. Two new blazes near Republic Washington and Union Oregon raise concerns as Assistant Forester Potter seeks army aid to gain control.
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Washington
Northwest
Forestry Bureau
Republic
Wash
Union
Ore
Potter
New Copper Trust Forming With 200 Million Capital
London reports a new copper trust with capital of 200 million dollars under formation by American and English copper magnates, according to the London Standard.
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NEW Copper Trust
London
London Standard
Earthquake Felt In Moutiers France Aug 16
An earthquake struck Moutiers France on Tuesday August 16, shaking the town and people reporting frightened by the tremor. No injuries or damage details are provided in the readable text.
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France
Moutiers
Witti Uake
Cassel Gives Million for Anglo German Relations
Berlin reports Sir Ernest Cassel donated 1,000,000 dollars to be held by the king and queen of England and the emperor and empress of Germany. The fund aids needy Germans in England and poor Englishmen in Germany, a plan formed before King Edward's death. The gift has stirred German enthusiasm and reflects Cassel's long friendship with the late monarch.
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Berlin
England
Germany
Ernest Cassel
Edward
Ernest
Hoosier Wins in Ohio Shoot at Camp Perry
Sergeant Clark of the Second Indiana infantry won the individual long range Tyre shooting match at Camp Perry. In a field of 339 contestants he hit 19 of 20 bulls-eyes at 1,000 yards. His closest rival was Sergt. H. E. Staly of the United States infantry.
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Camp Perry. CO
5. Clark
Second
Indiana Infantry
Sergt. H. E. Staly
United States Infantry
Canadian Pacific Buys Allan Line Steamers
Rumors spread in marine and financial circles that the Canadian Pacific railway purchased the Allan line steamship company for over 7 million dollars. Confirmation was not available in Philadelphia but reports say the deal closed last Wednesday after a year of freight interchange talks and Montreal meetings.
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Philadelphia
Allan Line Steamship Company
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Allan Line
Montreal
Rumors of Sale Over Allan Line Control Denied
Reports from London indicate Canadian Pacific has not taken control of the Allan Line steamship company. The claims of a sale revival are dismissed as former rumors revived.
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New York
London
Canadian Pacific Railway
Allan Line Steamship Company
Spiteful husband cuts down garden plants in yard
Edward Simpson of 2607 Defrees Street trimmed anger by cutting all garden flowers corn beans and potato vines with a sickle Tuesday morning. Police Bicycle Officers Stewart and Hartsell arrested him for disorderly conduct after he claimed he acted because his wife had taken all produce to her mother's family while he was away.
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Edward Simpson
Defrees Street
Stewart and
Hartsell
Simpson
Panhandle
Indianapolis Automobile Directory Listing Highlights Local Garages
A fragmented historic page shows a directory of auto shops and services in Indianapolis. Entries mention The Motor Car Center American Garage Lamaruet Auto Livery and Capita Crescent Auto Co with addresses along Ohio Street and nearby avenues, plus several auto repair, parts, and truck services including Mitchell Mearley Overland and Premier listings.
Ballinger Stands Firm On Interior Secretary Post
Secretary Ballinger in Klamath Falls declares he will not resign. He denies a Beverly report that he planned to surrender his portfolio on September 15 and says no intimation from the president has been received.
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Portland
Ore
Ballinger
Klamath Falls
Beverly
Beveridge and the Standpat Gang in Indiana Politics
The piece argues the Standpat group will push to remove the county option law through a Democratic legislature. It claims Beveridge faces a rebuke for insurgent moves in the Senate and for aligning with party machine tactics at the state convention.
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Indiana
Beveridge
Senate
Bryan
Mayor's Release Reversed. Woman Taken to Jail
Della Sullivan released without bond by Mayor Shank on Monday was placed under bond by Judge Collings Tuesday and sent to jail. She faces charges of stealing a dress skirt three fruit cans and a pocketbook from Emily Taggart daughter of Thomas Taggart. The pocketbook held 15 cents. The suspect claimed the items belonged to her niece. Mayor Shank knew her and ordered the initial release without bond. Judge Collins set bond at 100 dollars and scheduled a hearing.
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Della Sullivan
Shank
Collings
Emily Taggart
Thomas Taggart
Collins
Man shoots wife then kills himself in Philadelphia
Philadelphia news reports that near oko Bednarsky, 45, shot and killed his wife in their home Tuesday and then killed himself. The killer had arrived in the city from Buffalo the day before.
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Philadelphia
Nearoko Bednarsky
Buffalo
Union Dispute Delays United Mine Workers Convention
Tension rose as Illinois and Pennsylvania delegates clashed over the Lewis Walker feud. The convention debated financing strikes and urged unity, while Nova Scotia and other districts recounted persecutions and warned against interference.
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Walker
Lewis
Illinois
Ilinois
Knights of Pythias Hall
United Mine Workers of America
T. L. Lewis
John Walker
John Mitenetz
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Prays at Bier of Dead Lover In Vienna Tragedy
Olga Menn the Chicago girl involved in the Vienna palace suicide case is in a sanitarium near Vienna in serious condition after the tragedy. She visits the Rothschild burial site twice weekly before seclusion to pray by the grave of the young baron.
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Chicago
Olga Menn
Oskar Rothschild
Vienna
Illinois miners meet as convention fatigue grows
Delegates in District 27 pledge support for miners while talks center on peace and a quick adjournment. Striking districts struggle to sustain delegates with unions loaning $10 a week during the Indianapolis session, hastening convention work amid heavy expenses.
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Illinois
Indianapolis
Smiling Brown’s vanished return to police court
Acting judge Harry Chamberlain challenged Harvey Brown to produce a suitcase receipt and employer letter in police court. Brown smiled through the hearing, agreed to return Tuesday, but failed to show up as Judge Collins presided.
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Police Court
Harry Chamberlain
Harvey Brown
Brown
Judge Collins
Chamberlain
Local Man Dies After Carbolic Acid Ingestion
George Graves, 51, a colored laborer of S19 Athon Street, began a downtown trip for work Tuesday morning and collapsed after about a block. He died at the city hospital. No clear motive for the self inflicted act is known. He leaves a wife.
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Greorge Graves
Athon Street
Jury Overshadow Armour Inquiries
A federal grand jury in Chicago is ready to indict individuals in the beef trust probe. Allegations focus on Armour & Co. and attorney Alfred R. Ullen facing contempt charges over destruction of stenographers' notebooks. Three Armour employees also stand trial.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Beef Trust
Alfred R. Ullen
Armour & Co
Armour Packing Company
Butter price steady at 29 cents on Elgin board
The Elgin board of trade fixed butter at 29 cents on Monday, the same as last week, with scarce supply consumed quickly and no offerings in session. Weekly receipts totaled 78,300 pounds as storage was abandoned.
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Elgin
Elgin Board of Trade
Mae
Circus Train Wreck Kills One and Injures Five
A Milwaukee passenger train derailed an open switch and struck the Campbell circus train near Tomahawk Wisconsin. One person was killed and five injured as nearly all animals in the menagerie perished in the crash.
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Campbell Circus
Menageri
Glenn Fined for Sunday Beer Sale in Police Court
Harry Coddell described taking a beer bottle from Glenn’s saloon at 144 Giesendorf Street after being seen Sunday. Glenn paid a $25 fine plus costs in policy court Tuesday as officers surprised Coddell and four others in the rear of the premises.
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Harry Coddell
Thomas Glenn
Giesendorf Street
Glenn
Sergt
White and
Biegelg
Hartsell
Frank Glenn
Frank
Coddell
Jail Breaker Arrested in London Kentucky
Hamilton Ky Aug 16 John Toned, leader of the jail breaking gang that escaped London jail last week, was captured here on Tuesday. His companions were captured near London.
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Hamilton
John Toned Jeader
London
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Emma Hayes
South Meridan Street
Blackwell
Hoosier
Ohio
Steamer Line
Allan Company
Patch
Indianapolis Automobile
the Motor Car Center
Lamaruet
Crescent Auto CO
Sein
Mitchell -Mearley
National Meters Meter
Venice Co. Oils
Yuna Airmne Cor Pome Overland Gory Ascan
Parry Auto Co
Ecteae Standard and Bivisl
Shelby Sere
Cales Stearns
Jackson and Fuller
Kentucky
Gowing
Nova Scotia
Francis Feehan
District 5
McLennon
Industrial Workers’ Union
Whiners
Moffat
Feehan
Purcell
Iinoia
International Executive Board
Oc. Koehring & Bro
Virginia Ave
Jim
Chamberlin
Landis
Special
Tomahawk Wis
Havana
J.h.lucke CO
Cincinnati
Louis G. Deschler CO
S. Illinois St
Ind
Universal Motor Truck
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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