United States deploys warships to secure Isthmus of Panama
Washington reports Washington has shown force with Machias Ranger and the battleship Iowa to deter European intervention and revolts in Colombia and Nicaragua. The move accompanies possible purchase of the uncompleted Panama canal with favorable terms and aims to keep Nicaragua route options open.
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United States
Panana
Nicaragua
Panama
Colon
Canal
Machias
Ranger
Iowa
San Francisco
Maguire Boom Divides City Democrats in North Side Fight
The piece notes Democratic factions in Maguire versus Moore contests with Kissel and Polster backing Maguire. It reports Ward 2 and Ward 4 activity, Moore’s growing North Side organization, and accusations of “out-generalling” by Fanning and the Kissel Polster group.
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Kissecl
Polster
Fanning
Maguire
Board of Works
Taggart
Albert Sahm
Works Board
Bunt
Quigley
Kissel-Poister
Vhey
Holtzman
Bing Maguire
Apple
Billy’’ Maguire
Kissel
Moore
South Side
McGregor
Ward 4
Will Follow Republican Example in Nominating Primaries
Chairman Fanning completes arrangements for the nominating primaries on Aug 26. He learns from Logsdon and will use a similar system as Republicans. Small wooden ballot boxes will be used and Australian secrecy law rejected. Priests may mark ballots on a standing table, with no help to secrecy offered.
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Fanning
Logsdon
Laughing at Maguire Defies Precinct Plans
Moore men mock Charles Maguire as he declares he will not open a headquarters or attempt to form a precinct organization, signaling a conservative stance amid local party politics.
Firebugs Try to Burn Waynetown Townsfolk Fight Fire
Destructive blaze in Waynetown Indiana on Saturday night destroyed six barns and several horses. The town's population worked through the night to save the business district. Officials labeled the fire incendiary in origin.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Waynetown
Stabbing after insult by two white men in Washington Delaware area
John Conn, a colored man of 520 Susquehanna Street, was stabbed with a pen knife at the Washington and Delaware streets intersection Sunday night after passing two white men. He says one man insulted him, two white assailants knocked him down and kicked him, he reversed and knocked one aside before the other stabbed him. the pair fled.
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John Conn
Susquehannast
Washington and
Delaware
Man and Wife Seek Rooms for Housekeeping
A notice in the Sun classifies a couple seeking furnished rooms to maintain housekeeping duties. They request reasonable rent and convenient access, with flexible dates and short-term terms considered.
Locks and guards at Democratic headquarters amid poll copying
Democratic HQ sits under tight security as around 40 workers copy a 60-day poll under watchful monitors. Chairman Logsdon defends the practice, saying trust and openness with supporters prevent loss of friends and that original poll books remain with precinct committeemen.
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Fanning
Morris Murphy
Murphy
Logsdon
Was It a Josh
In the Stevenson building Monday morning mayor T Taggart chatted with Billy Moore who boasted of steady progress. Moore warned the Boo gang waited at the front entrance while the mayor hurried to the elevator.
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T. Taggart
Stevenson
Billy’’ Moore
Billy Moore
Moore
Boo Gang
Water contract signed and railway switch rights granted
Mayor Taggart signed the general ordinance from December 1900 sealing the water company contract. He also enacted an ordinance granting A. B. Meyer & Co. the right to lay and maintain a railway switch across North Street.
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Taggart
Water Company
A. B. Meyer & Co
Northst
Indianapolis Visitors Register at Buffalo Hotels Pan American Exposition
Indianapolis visitors to the Pan American exposition are listed as staying at Buffalo hotels. At Statler’s: Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Nichols, Mrs. Haty, Miss Etta Vallitk, Eugene Richards, Fred Hoeppers and wife, William Reger and wife and daughter, Robert F. Scott and Robert F. Scott Jr. At the Mansion: C. H. Aman and wife, Dr. H. W. Bowers and wife.
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Indianapolis
Buffalo
Statler's
W. C. Nichols
Haty
Etta Vallitk
Eugene Richards
Fred Hoeppers
William Reger
Robert F. Scott
Robert F. Scott, Jr
C. H. Aman
H. W. Bowers
Wrong Keys Come High in Temple Church Incident
Henry Griffites went to church in Temple Georgia Sunday night and sang off key. He was fined seven dollars for unmusical voice. Sessions of the Schley court of inquiry will be held at the Washington navy yard, with a large room set aside for the court.
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Temple
Henry Griffites
Schley Court of Inquiry
Washington Navy Yard
Striking Steel Workers Desert Union and Resume Work
Pittsburg and Monessen areas report mass desertions from the Amalgamated association as 200 strikers return to Painter's mill. Union tensions rise while the American Steel Hoop Co. plans resumption and imports workers from the south amid ongoing labor unrest.
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UNION
Alsogation-Trust
Blood clash at Crescent mills ignites local strike scene
Aug 19 reports the first bloodshed in the local strike of the amalgamated association at Crescent mills. A clash between two special policemen and pickets left one striker with a severe scalp wound and possible skull fracture, another struck on the arm with a club.
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Amalgamated Association
Crescent Mills
University club directors miss quorum on club house plan
Monday noon quorum fails as directors consider improvements at the club house. A series of local notices report deaths divorces and minor crimes including Charles Metzler dying of dropsy at 40, John Hughes to be tried for forging and several embezzlement and intoxication cases. Domestic news notes cover a christening and a divorce petition alleging nonsupport.
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University
Town Guests From Cincinnati and Chicago Attend Event
Town guests included Mr and Mrs Kihn with their daughter Miss Martha Steinle and son Mr Gardelmann from Cincinnati and Mrs Heilig from Chicago joining local attendees for the occasion.
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Kihn
Martha Steinle
Gardelmann
Cincinnati
Heilig
Chicago
Muncie man arrested on obscene letter indictment
Lorenzo Probstd was arrested in Muncie on a federal grand jury indictment charging him with sending an obscene letter from Indianapolis to Ora Jones of Muncie. He will be brought here Monday night. Indicted at the May term he skipped the state and has just returned. He was formerly employed in Muncie at Jill Bros. pot factory.
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Lorenzo Probstd
Muncie
Indianapolis
Ora Jones
Jill Bros
Robbery Report From Kenwood Avenue Home
Bert Harris reports a Friday night burglary on Kenwood Avenue while his family was away at Broad Ripple. Detectives found the jewelry in the front yard including a watch and brooches.
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Bert Harris
Kenwood Ave
Broad Ripple
Indiana Center of Fight Over Evans at National Encampment
Indiana veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic prepare for a strong push against Pension Commissioner Evans at the national encampment in Cleveland. They claim Evans interprets law prejudicially and oppose his removal, citing promises by McKinley and past actions by Indiana encampments. They contrast Evans with younger commander candidate Sickles and Queensland Stewart with focus on protecting McKinley’s re election prospects.
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McKinley
Evans
Dana Sickles
Grand Army
Col
I. N. Walker
Indianapolis
Indiana Department
Columbus
Terre Haute
Logansport
Indiana
Chicago
McHinley
Sickles
Thomas J. Stewart
Pennsylvania
Stewart
Washington
Pension Bureau
Cleveland
MacKinley
Why women conductors were removed from Madison cars
Testimony to the State tax board explained that women conductors favored certain male passengers and conversed mainly with them, provoking jealousy among male riders and reducing ridership. The city’s officials and press on passes also lowered revenue, while the case included various local figures arguing for tax assessments and reductions.
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Madison Light and Railway Company
State Tax Board
J. Roberts
C. B. Johnson
Roberts
Intimidation Allegations Raise Board of Works Inquiry
Harvey Hyatt and R. J. Lashley accuse Patrick Keedy of being coerced to sign a block petition for Emiple Avenue between Washington and New York Streets. Gill denies involvement beyond signing. The board will allow time to file remonstrances as a feud over the Rose Lane to Rural Fourteenth Avenue improvement unfolds. A reunion of the Thirteenth Cavalry is planned in Superior room Sept 18.
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Board of Works
Patrick Keedy
Washington
New York Sts
Reedy
Hyatt and Lashley
M. F. Gill
Ivalry
Superior
Lla
Work Bench For Sale In The Sun Classifieds
Aciinet Work Bench listed for sale in the Sun classifieds page 7. The item appears in the For Sale column as a two line entry with basic details.
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Aciinet
Indianapolis Weather Forecast for 36 Hours
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending 8 p m August 20 shows showers Monday afternoon and evening, then generally fair Tuesday. Temperatures recorded were 71 at 7 am, 76 at noon, and 78 at 2 pm.
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Indianapolis
Storm Center Over Indiana
The weather bureau reports the gulf storm remained centered over Indiana for the past day with steadily diminishing intensity.
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Indiana
Washington
Bureau
Central
Pan American exposition visit offered by THE SAWN
The Pan-American exposition described as the greatest show on earth invites both adults and children to benefit educationally. THE SAWN provides a means to visit with details on another page.
Listless Feeling Tied to Lazy Liver Remedy Slogan
Advertisement notes a sluggish liver causing listlessness and promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a laxative tonic. It references druggists selling 10c 25c and 3c sizes and includes a related horse feed product Janes Dustiess Oats for animals.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Congress
Suchet
Pean
Charles Maguire
Moore’s Camp
Democratic
Wulschner
Wife
Secret Service Bureau
Josh
Billy” Moore
Tom
Mayor Taggart
Indianapolitans
Pittsburg, Pa
Dred Steel
Painter's Mill
Amalgamated
Painter
Hach
Monessen
The
Amer
Ican Steel Hoop Company
Mionessen Hoop Mill
Alabama Joe
Birmingham
Ala
South
Pittsburg
John Dunn
Thomas Thomas
Liverpool
Eng
Old Country
Father Carroll
South Chicago
Shaffer
Duquesne
Carnegiee Company
Tiehe
Riverside Steel Works
Wheeling
Bay View
Milwaukee
Wis
Tighe
Roosevelt and
Fairbanks
City Life
Charles Metzler
Ryan Stock
Los Angeles
Lodge of Elks
Margaret
Wiliam Collett
Josie
Love Wainscott
Business Men’s Committee On
Bedell
Mally Hayes
John Booker
Union Station
Henry Brown
Albert Smith
John Hughes
Dr. Gaylord
Gaylord
Hughes
Illinois
William Samones
Meyer
E. Court St
City Hospital
Snday
Chas. R. Steinie
Highland Place
Lorenzo
White House
Department
Pur
Pose
Under
Kirkpatrick Morris
Kokomo Telephone Company
J. W. Macey
Eastern Hospital Board
Erguid
Indiana Eastern and
Winchester Telephone Companies
Horace Smith
Chicago, Indiana & Eastern Railroad
Converse
Kurtz
Evansville Street Railway Company
Senator Wend
Lafayette
Lafayette Telephone Company
Block
Harvey Hyatt
R. J. Lashley
Gale
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