Perry auctioneer ends his life at Fairview Park
Lorenzo M. Perry, auctioneer of McCurdy and Perry, killed himself with morphine at Fairview Park after a long financial decline and his wife’s insanity. He was found unconscious by a policeman, revived at the City dispensary, then to City hospital where he died Tuesday morning. He left several sons and no Indianapolis relatives other than his mentally ill wife.
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Lorenzo M. Perry
Undertaker Whitsert
City Dispensary
City Hospital
Central Insane Hospital
Eenepe
Benepe
Thomas
Perry
Indianapolis
Ayvyots
Warding
Cox
David Gant
Gla W. Washington St
Jacob Jurt
Hurt
Gant
Tiurt
Wrestler George Davis and widow in scuffle shows lash lesson
Chicago Aug 17 A wrestler George Davis suffers wounds after a quarrel with Mrs May Johnson a pretty widow over accusations. A stranger appears with a whip The widow grabs and lashes Davis for about five minutes Mrs Davis later accepts the weapon as a grim memento of honesty and manhood. Also notes Deputy-coroner Dodds moves and a man shot while cleaning a revolver with hospital update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George. Davis
George
May Johnson
Mrs. Davis
City Lite
10000 of God's Troopers Opens Young People's Union Convention
Delegates and visitors to the Young People's Christian Union convention arrive in Indianapolis by Tuesday afternoon, with estimates predicting up to 10,000 attendees. The Denison hotel hosts the group, while local businesses don Sunday attire. The event includes daily meetings from Wednesday evening at Tomlinson Hall and through the next week, with a strong local chorus and a focus on youth engagement. The union, with about 60,000 members in the United States, emphasizes zeal, revival, and expanding activities among children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Christian Union
Indianapolis
Union Station
Pioneer Church of Logs
Tomlinson Hall
Lsten
United States
Denison
Golden finds in Trinity Center area spark boom
Frank Wolff reports ongoing gold strikes around Coffee creek and Trinity River. Murphy and Burgess pan eight pieces at Hickory Gulch yielding ten ounces, later 427.50 in a pan higher up at 7,600 feet. Claims of large sums mixed with cautions of exaggerated returns. Government meat inspection funding limits hamper expanding pork export trade amid impurity concerns.
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Redding
Cal
Frank Wolff
Trinity Center
Coffee Creek
Murphy
Burgess
Hickory Gulch
Trinity River
Trinity County
Murphy & Burgess
Park Theater to Open With Reserved Seats Rush
A new Park theater opening will draw big crowds with bookings for ten cent seats, plus twenty and thirty cent options in the morning. The Salter Martin company opens with Uncle Tom's Cabin, while Empire season debuts feature Merry Widows burlesque and a lineup including Tillie Dewitt, Lulu and the Fannyette sisters, and Barnaim's flying woman Maggie Claire.
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New Park Theater
Pembroke Arcade
Salter & Martin Company
New Park
Joe
Merry Widows
Tillie Dewitt
Faunyette Sisters
Krior
Gates
W. FH. Mack
Ida’ Elliott
Mack
Lulu
Barnaim
Maggie Claire
Miners Strike Draws Mixed News Across States
Reports from Columbus Ohio and Sparsely detail a mixed scene in late August as operators view the miners struggle as a setback while national officers remain hopeful. Dispatches describe marches by organizers in West Virginia, reduced coal output, injunctions, and tense demonstrations near Plum Creek and other towns.
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Columbus
National Miners
Gas Company Wins Temporary Restraining Order in Indiana
In Goshen Indiana Judge Baker of the U S district court granted the Indianapolis gas company a temporary restraining order against Indianapolis aimed at halting enforcement of a city ordinance. The order requires a bond of two-fifths of patronage receipts during the interval before final hearing while the gas company argues it cannot operate and pay dividends at the 1.25 per 1000 feet rate.
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Baker
Goshen
Indianapolis
Railroads Press Tax Board Over Assessment In Hearings
State board of tax commissioners faces ten days of hearings as railroad treasurers and attorneys contest new assessments. Joliet & Eastern seeks limit of 16,000 dollars per mile, while Pawsford belt railway sees its rate jump from 40 to 20,000. Chicago officials challenge figures citing reduced business and revenue from key quarries. Kentucky and Indiana bridge opponents argue against higher taxes on their lines as hearings proceed.
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State Board of Tax Commissioners
FL D. Raymond
Chicago
Joliet & Eastern
Bs Railroad
Frank M
Vissat
Pawsfard Belt Railway
Mr. Trissot
Si. Wheeler
Col. Bennett Tr. You
Louisville
Republicaf
Yellowstone highwaymen rob seven coaches near Leia
Four New Yorkers including J W Merriman and his wife endured a daylight hold up by two armed highwaymen in Yellowstone park last Saturday. The bandits wore hoods with eye slits and fired their rifles, but only about 78 dollars was taken as passengers were ordered to throw out cash and one man attempted a camera shot before a vanish into timber.
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Leia
Mont
Yellowstone Park
Wonderland
J. W. Merriman
Charles
Merriman
Wilson
Toman
Births Deaths Marriages notices list several families
Births include Mose and Bahet Priescients Jerdinand and Wathin Meyer Will and Marie Wiesle Thomas and Mollie Nomell Ulysses and Amelia Stofer George and Martha Truasch Charles and Mary Reimer Tilliam and Sadie Shelton Dear and Ida Shepard Edward Hartmann infants and girls named. Deaths record Mrs Ella Fox infant Barnett Marjorie McThenna Katie Kelly and others. Marriages list Benjamin Rice and Maggie Beeler Jonathan Tomlinson and Mary Foster Frank OBS and Anna Snider Emily Conway.
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Mose
Bahet
Morrisil Tilliam
Sadie Shelton
Vermont
Dear
Ida Shepard
Temple-ave
Fidward
Edith Hartmann
Prospect-st
Benjamin
Rice
Maggie M. Beeler
Jonathan Tomlinson
Mary F. Foster
Frank B. Obs
Anna L. Snider
Métliam
Logetto
Emily B. Conway
Surgeon Dogs Treated at Dr W B Craigy Veterinary
Veterinary ad notes W B Craigy and Wood’s stable offering surgeries for dogs with contact at phone numbers 1097 and 193, and references Worth dentist at the corner of Sixteenth and Illinois.
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W. B. Craigy
Purses and plundering in Indianapolis council fight
A $40,000 purse is tied up as Democrats in Indianapolis battle over transferring funds for street repairs and a larger appropriation. A curfew ordinance is debated. The debate features George Kerpick and a parade of civic figures amid a tense council session.
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Q. I
George Kerpick
Council
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for 36 hours
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity through 8 p m on August 18. The pattern calls for fair weather with a clearing Tuesday night into Wednesday. Noon temperature Tuesday was 70 degrees with 2 p m readings near that value.
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Indianapolis
Kidnaping Case Routs Albany Crowd As Letter Demands 23000
Albany buzzed after little John Conway vanished from in front of his home. A barefoot 10-year-old delivered a ransom note demanding 23000 and detailed payment steps while a trap was laid. Police were active but no kidnapper appeared as Conway, a railroad dispatcher, faced potential financial strain.
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Albany
N.Y
John Conway
M. A
Charley Hoss
Conway
West Albany
New York Central Railroad
Police search for William Bridgewater in murder case
Reported pursuit of William Bridgewater, colored suspect in Oscar Wharton murder in Wenodruff place, Indianapolis. Details describe Bridgewater’s absence from local haunts, mother-in-law Minnie Cabal's home on Yandes street, and ongoing police stakeouts. Also notes arrests for intoxication, a drive by a mayoral candidate, a poultry dispute, a military park band concert, and a North-side wedding of W C Love and Emma B Conway.
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William Bridgewater
Oscar Wharton
Wenodruff Place
Kentucky
Indianapolis
Minnie Cabal
Yandes St
Bridgewater
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Liquor Leagues of the
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Jas. Byrnes
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Harry Walker
Harry Morin
Sam Dinnis
Wm Tron
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Herb Green
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Fredlig
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Martin Matz
Casper Jiess
Jno
Agnew
Albany, N. Y
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Neturn
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Lock St
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Hendricks
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Military Park
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Dallas
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