Window of Flames at Prest-O-Lite Plant Blazes
A major fire at the Prest-O-Lite Company plant on East Street occurred shortly before noon Sunday. A large stock of calcium carbide and gas produced explosive blasts as workers and three women escaped via windows. Property damage estimated at 45 to 50 thousand dollars for stock and about 60 thousand for the building. Patrolman James Kerns aided victims including Miss Emma Brown who fell and was rescued unharmed apart from a scare.
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Prest-O-Lite Co
East St
Imost
Noel
Prest-O-Lite
Com- 7
Union Fway Company
Indiow Hie
Prest-O-Lite Company
Satie Metz
Emma Brown
Mma Clemmens
Jim Kerns
Theoutheast
Parolman James Kerns
East
Washington-sts
Brown
Local notes and events in Indianapolis in August
Mrs F S R Phillips of Indianapolis will publish an official catalogue of horse and cattle entries for Indiana State Fair as a city souvenir with illustrations of public buildings. Hoosier Circle members surprise Andrew Klisler on his 21st birthday at 1789 Fletcher Ave. Two hundred guests attend. Public works board awards contracts. Knights and Ladies of Honor hold lawn fete at Howard St and Blaine Ave. Ditch laws draw farmer complaints. Hiawatha Degree Staff hosts a card party at Red Men’s Hall. Theater building work speeds up as season nears. City council plans another Seeing Indianapolis Saloons excursion. State Board of Abstractors to meet in September, Denison hotel. A clothing store near Gayety Theater posts Gone fishing sign. Mayor Bookwalter supports appeal against ruling on saloon license ordinance. Irvington streets remain impassable after weeks of work. Theatrical season is approaching. amusement parks lack expected patronage due to weather. D H Palmer named office superintendent for State Life. McCormick family holds seventh reunion in Brookside Park Friday. Holy Cross church schedules lawn fete Aug 20–22 at Ohio and Oriental streets. contests, vaudeville, and card party included. Adscript club to attend Cincinnati advertising meeting Aug 28 with 100-member Indiana Grand Lodge K of P to set Denison Hotel HQ in October. Ed E Daly leaves for New York to supervise Murray & Mack in The Sunny Side of Broadway.
City Record for a Day babies and deaths listed
A city day record lists births at various addresses including Charles and Esther Full, 188 Prospect. William and Mary Wamscott, 550 King Ave. Walter and Katie Sullivan, 52 Jones St. James W. and Margaret Elward, 420 Abbott St. William and Hilda Lewellyn, 2106 Prospect St. Frank L. and Mattie Hartsock, 819 E Georgia St. Henry and Letta Harrison, 1684 Naomi. John and Nora Springer, 1503 Montcalm St. Fred and Lena Wilmuth, 1523 Wade St. Several deaths are noted in facilities and homes: John W. D. Rich, 43, paralysis. Thomas Larkin, 46, Flower Mission Hospital, pulmonary tuberculosis. Rudolph Berner, 86, broncho pneumonia. Jesse S. Marley Jr., 7 days, inflammation of bowels. Ester Herald, 2, chronic morphine poisoning. Lorine Lentz, 9 months, acute enterocolitis. John Collings, 34, Flower Mission Hospital, pulmonary tuberculosis. Joseph Hannan, 23, State College Hospital, typhoid fever.
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Charles and
Esther Full
A. H. and
Elgie Alberhardt
Prospect
William and
Mary Wamscott
Kingave
Walter and
Katie Sullivan
Jonesst
James W
Margaret Elward
Abbott-st
Hilda Lewellyn
Prospest
Frank L
Mattie Hartsock
E. Georgia-st
Henry and
Letta Harrison
Naomi
John and
Nora Springer
Montcalm St
Fred and
Lena Wilmuth
Wade-st
Edward and
Katherine Heebel
S. East-st
John W. D. Rich
Capitol Ave
Thomas Larkin
Flower Mission Hospital
Rudolph Berner
Maryland
Jesse S. Marley, Jr
New York
Ester Herald
Madison Ave
Lorine Lentz
John Collings
Joseph Hannan
State College Hospital
United States Weather Forecast Preview
Fair tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Sunrise 4 56 Sunset 6 39. Moon phase noted. Ad copy for distilled water and half gallon bottles priced, plus a dental office listing for Grant H Clay MD in Indianapolis referencing New York Dental Company affiliation.
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Emijohnos
Grant H. Clay
New York Dental Company
Knights Celebrate Prize Wins at Indiana State Encampment
Amid Riverside park tents the Knights of Pythias crowned Indianapolis Company 48 for drill prowess winning 300 as class B first prize. Gen Merrill Wilson praised funds paid in full, announced a future U S flag purchase, and thanked squads, patrolmen, and organizers while planning a Boston biennial encampment tour via trains and a boat.
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Gen. Wilson
al Womack
Robert Kinsey
Sergt. Cox
Jance Monahan
Knights
Womack
Knight Co. E. Roberts
Roberts
Monghan
Serst
Cox
Scott
Finley
Wright
Gaughan
Henks
Green
Helm
Rowilen
McGee
Boston
Indiana
Old Point Comfort
Harry Wade
Jance Monyhan
Company 48
Indianapolis
Vegetable care for criminals brings Arcadian reform idea
Special to The Suz Chicago August 17. A garden colony for amiable criminals who grow peaches and roses to learn goodness is proposed as a reformative method. John F Geeting editor of the American Criminal Records and Chicago lawyer advocates the Arcadian principle. He targets swindlers who prey on others and plans to embed the concept in writing for legislature.
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Chicago
John F. Geeting
American Criminal Records
Geeting
Harriman denies Reno interview report as fabrications
Former Judge Lovett of the Union Pacific said he received a telegram from E H Harriman in San Francisco denying an interview attributed to him in Reno. Harriman says he never spoke that way and authorized denial.
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New York
Lovett
Union Pacific Railway
San Francisco
Reno
Prof Coulter Delivers Last Winona Lake Lecture
Special to The Sun Winona Lake Indiana August 17 depicts a profitable summer session for students and the school as Prof John M Coulter gave his final lecture urging teachers to gain more than teaching skill and to seek broader life perspectives The public seeks nature work amid rising magazine and newspaper articles but warns against fake writers while stressing true scientific labeling and understanding of plants and animals
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Winona Lake
Ind
Winona
John M. Coulter
Pythian Tales Plans October Reunions Across Companies
The First Regiment Uniform Rank organizes company visits with Plainfield inviting others in October. A statewide effort to increase lodge membership, termed the dedicatory Page rank class, secured 1700 to 1800 new members. Names will be etched on bronze tablets in the grand lodge hall.
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Plainfield Company
Grand Lodge
Ultimatum Demands Surrender Of Casablanca Town
Kabyles tribe issues an ultimatum to General Drude commanding foreign forces in Casablanca threatening a general Arab attack if surrender is not granted. Arabs vow destruction of the town and death of the French. General Drude to respond to the demand.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Drude
Patrolman Vaughn Dies at Home After Ill Health
Patrolman James Vaughn died at his home on Kenwood Avenue at 2 a m Saturday after over two years off duty due to illness. Born in 1861, he joined the police department on May 5 1899. He leaves a widow and one child. The department sent him to California for health but it did not help.
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James Vaughn
Kenwood Ave
Vaughn
Police Department
Ro- Mee Department
California
Shipp Joins Forest Service In Roosevelt Era Move
Thomas R. Shipp, longtime secretary to Senator Beveridge, will resign and take a Washington forest service post as editor of the service. The $4,000 annual role places him in line with Roosevelt administration efforts to preserve natural resources and curb land grabs, with ties to Pinchot Garfield and the Public Lands and Inland Waterways commissions.
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Thomas R. Shipp
Albert J. Beveridge
United States Forest
Derstood
Forest Service
Public Lands Commission
The
Keep Commission
Inland Waterways Commission
Gifford Pinchot
Roosevelt
Washington
Mr. Pinchot
James Rudolph Garfield
Bank cashier arrested for twelve thousand dollar shortage
New York August 17 cashier Robert H Gill of the Stapleton L I National Bank is under arrest charged with a $12000 shortage in his accounts. Gill described as a man of good habits led an apparently exemplary life. No explanation for the downfall is offered by bank authorities.
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New York
Robert H. Gill
Stapleton, L. I. National Bank
Gill
Four Foreigners Arrested Near Lafayette on Postal Charge
Four foreigners were arrested near Lafayette on a federal postal law violation. Lafayette officers and Deputy Marshal Boyd detained John Kulek August Pheiepsek John Dallastke and Peter Peterson. A farmer's wife reportedly saw them taking letters from rural free delivery boxes at about 1 am Saturday. They did not post the $200 bond and remain in Lafayette jail awaiting trial.
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Lafayette
Marshall Boyd
Indians Federal District
John Kulek
August Pheiepsek
John Dallastke
Peter Peterson
Local operators confident amid strike in Indianapolis
Officials at Western Union and Postal telegraph offices in Indianapolis voiced confidence as strike actions continued. Western Union reported full handling of incoming business and stable operator staff. Postal office indicated about two thirds of normal volume. Striking telegraphers organized a fundraising baseball game likely at Washington Park next Saturday, with tickets on sale. Brokers in Indianapolis reportedly signed the scale with telegraphers.
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Omctais
Indianapolis
Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Companies
Western Union
Western’ Union
United States
Postal
Chisago
Washington Park
Robert Pinkerton Dies Aboard Bremen Head of Pinkerton Agency
Robert A Pinkerton longtime chief of the Pinkerton Detective Agency died August 12 aboard the steamer Bremen while en route to Europe for his health. Born in 1848 in Dundee Illinois he led the firm founded by his father Allan Pinkerton and served in the Civil War era US secret service. He and his brother William A Pinkerton later ran the New York offices for nearly four decades as heads of the agency.
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Bremen
Europe
Robert A. Pinkerton
Dundee
Ill
Allan Pinkerton
United States Secret Service
William A
Chicago
New York
Protests Over Boxing Schedule On Admission Day
In San Francisco on August 17, Native Sons oppose boxing on Admission day while promoters insist the holiday allows public events. Manager Jack Gleason, set to promote the Gans Britt title bout, defends legality, noting boxing is lawful here and that authorities will not intervene if laws are followed. Some accuse opponents of sporting bias. Billy Hanlon of Sacramento defended past protests but remains near ringside for the Britt Nelson fight.
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San Francisco
Jack Gleason
Gans
Britt
Nelson
Billy Hanlon
Sacramento
Unions Prepare Walkout Across Nation Next Week
Chicago unions from many trades ready for a sympathetic strike if needed to back telegraphers. Electricians on the drainage canal have been ordered to quit, while the Chicago Federation of Labor plans to discuss targeted tradesmen action at its meeting. Peace negotiations and a high level federal and federation discussion proceed, with a strategy board planning a test of strength between telegraphers and companies.
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Chicago Federation of Labor
United States
Neill
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Board of Strategy
Small
Russell
Quick
Perham
Chicago
Roossevelt
National Labor Organization
McKinley Monument to Be Finished by Dedication Day
Justice W R Day announced the Canton McKinley monument will be completed in time for the dedication on September 30 President Roosevelt plans to attend and deliver the principal address on that day in Canton Ohio.
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Canton
W. R. Day
United States Supreme Court
McKinley
Roosevelt
Three Dead At Fire In Old Orchard Maine
A deadly blaze at Old Orchard Beach claimed three lives with one more dying from injuries after a soda tank explosion killed Dominick LeBrecque. Reverend Rufus H. Jones, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Saco, was expected to die shortly, bringing the toll to four.
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Old Orchard
Philip Perrault
Dominick LeBrecque
Rufus H. Jones
Trinity Episcopal Church
Saco
Workman Injured at Capitol Lumber Plant
George Cunningham, an employe of Capitol Lumber, was caught in a cogwheel Saturday and seriously injured. His right leg was mangled while working as a planer. He was taken to his home at 1934 Thalman Ave.
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George Cunningham
Capitol Lumber Company
Thalman-ave
Arrest Report After Threatening Crowd at Riverside Park
John 8. Small, nicknamed Little, was taken from a threatening group at Riverside park by Sergt. Cox and patrolman Bolan and brought to the police station Friday night. He is charged with attempting to assault Marie Denner, an 11 year old girl of 545 North Pennsylvania Street. The girl called out as Small grabbed her arm.
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John 8. Small
Little
Riverside Park
Sergt. Cox
Aatrolman Bolan
Marie Denner
Pennsylvania St
Small
ER GEM LAUNDRY Ad Notice
ER GEM LAUNDRY offers family washings rough dry and ironing at 50 per pound. Ad promotes services and location Paenes 387.
Commissioner Neill to Mediate W U Strike Crisis
Commissioner of Labor Neill will go to Washington as president's representative to mediate the Western Union strike. The parties hope for concessions and a peaceable settlement with a Sunday conference held to press for a conciliatory attitude. Neill will report to President Roosevelt on the strikers' demand for material improvements and assurances of better working conditions.
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Labor Neill
Neill
Roosevelt
Washington
Clowry
Western Union
Telegraphers Union Announces 90 Day Plan
The union at its headquarters announced this afternoon that plans have been completed for a 90 days campaign. Details on actions and goals were outlined, signaling organized efforts by local telegraph workers to press for changes.
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Telegraphers’ Union
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