Flood Chaos Eyed by City as Residents Rescue Efforts Survive
Residents battled back flood waters along Pogue's run with brooms and hoses as police officer Hagerdorm and Patrolman Fettle led rescue efforts. A gas trench and strong currents hampered rescues including a woman pulled from water after stepping on a makeshift plank. Drowned boys Oliver Echols and Freddie King were recovered as cleanup stretched into the night. estimates placed total damages around ten thousand dollars.
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Pogue
Atex
Davidson St
North-st
Hagerdorm
Strees
Fettle
Wettle
State Ditch
Sophia Norwood
Ft. Wayne
Wm. Kemper
N. Meridian Sr
Indiana
No. 2 Engine Hous
SUN
Colbert
Sullivan
Freddie King
Hast St
Kregelo & Whitteett
Kregelo's
Girton
Echols
Harry
Washington St. Girton
Oliver Echols
Pague
Washington-st
Rregelo & Whitsett
Eye E
Moyer & Co Advertises Building Materials in City Trade
A. Moyer & Co. lists lime and cement, sewer-pipes, hair, plaster and fire bricks at 450 North Milsset as part of their building supply shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Moyer & Co
N. Milsset
Lake Erie & Western Strikers Urged Back to Work
General manager Bradbury of the Lake Erie and Western road declares a return to work or discharge. He cites brakemen and conductors demanding higher pay, sympathy among other divisions, and threats to take control of the line if workers do not return by tonight. He notes layoffs at Lima, Peru and Lafayette and says the company will replace absent workers. President Ingalls criticizes the wage advance given to all men on the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradbury
Lake Erie & Western Road
Peoria
Lafayette
Supt. Hill
Bell
Lima
Peru
Ingalls
Victims Recover After Electric Lightning Shock
Wednesday's bolt at Olaf Olsen's machine works left Chas Linn with a useless right limb and a swollen hand. Doctors say recovery of use is uncertain while Mr. Kimbelin fully recovers from the shock. Charles Blackwell missed work but shows no lightning injuries, and pressman Joseph Maudlin nears recovery after a prostrating shock.
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Chas, Linn
Olaf Olsen
Thura- Gay
Kimbelin
Hurricane Claims Nearly a Hundred Lives in Caribbean
From Paris reports on a Martinique hurricane details are scarce but indicate 60 fatalities from Wednesday with 12 dead at Fort de France. Many rural deaths feared. eight French small vessels reported missing with no crew loss details yet.
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Paris
Martinique
Canes
Fort de France
Railroads press board hearings and tax complaints flare
Newland of Kickers notes railroad day and Staite board of equalization as Indiana lines send lawyers to plead the poverty act. Col Baker of Goshen claims Lake Shore and Michigan Southern taxed $4000 too much on its main line citing Chicago freight share dropping from 35 to 12 percent. Mackey system presses for lower rates. P and D taxed 100 percent higher in state than Illinois. Government extension of Union Pacific floating debt under dispute. Burglaries, a gun battle by a city marshal’s wife, and Frederick Douglass speech at Irving Park conclude this chaotic update.
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Newland
Kickers
Staite Board of Equalization
Indiana Lines
Col. Baker
Goshen
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Chicago
Anditer Henderson
Mackey
Inllinois
World’s Fair site acreage claimed for Chicago
Commissioner Martindale of the world’s fair board states there are 600 acres at the world’s fair site in Chicago. Fred Schwab pleads guilty to pointing a deadly weapon at Samuel Young and is fined 30 dollars. George Cunningham sustains a severe hand injury at Huey & Son’s planing mill. Dr Marsee treats the wound. A city meeting endorses donating Indianapolis to Morris Oyok News and John P. Frenzel for a watch-chain charm.
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Chicago
Martindale
Indianapolis
Morris Oy Ok the News
John P. Frenzel
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Political realignment murmur as Blaine gains in Pennsylvania
Aug 20 dispatch notes unrest among office-holders over Blaine’s momentum. Indiana may solidify for Harrison, while administration allies push to secure Indiana for Harrison or Harrison’s renomination. Split rumors loom, with Taft era figures referenced as weighing options.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Harrison
Blaine
Bar Harbor
Tracey
Indiana
Garrison
Hoosier
Gresham
Marrison
Harticon
Hawthorn Berry Ride After Clerk Nomination Defeat
City clerk candidate Bud Swift and janitor O'Keefe shared a streetside exchange after Swift's defeat. O'Keefe offered a hawthorn berry and urged that “the haws will grow again” as a message of encouragement for future attempts.
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Bud Swift
O'Keefe
Court House
E. Washington St
Bud
Sun
Tran
Bat
Ghastly Sacrilege Marry Over Groom's Deceased Mother
Aug 20 Loxpoy Patrick Archibald and Anta Raffert wed Thursday morning above the coffin of Archibalds mother and hold her funeral after. Will Forecross New York reports the New York Equitable Life Insurance mortgage of 200060 on New York Steam Heating Co foreclosed and the property saled. President Wallace says the companys finances are intact and debts will be paid. Secretary Foster may rest at Cape May for a few days with no bankers conference planned regarding bond extensions.
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Loxpoy
Patrick Archibald
Anta Raffert
Archibald
Will Forecross
New York
New York Equitable Life Insurance Company
New York Steam Heating Company
Wallace
Steam Heating Company
Washington
Foster
Cape May
Secret marriage ends in bride's death in New York
Miss Matilda Roome and Wm J Phoenix wed fourteen months ago in secrecy until Phoenix’s medical graduation failed. The bride fell ill and died after revealing the marriage. Phoenix sought relief in the Adirondacks. The notice also recalls a stolen boy found, political maneuvering for a New York delegation, a diving accident in Pa, a hen and rat duel, and a sea serpent sighting by Captain Cooney.
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Matilda Roome
Wm. J. Phoenix
Phoenix
New York
Phenix
Adirondack
Roome
Flocking Pilgrims to View Holy Coat in Treves
Berlin reports railways to Treves prepare for vast Sunday traffic with 50 000 pilgrims expected to reach the city for the Holy Coat relic viewing. Officials predict up to 860 000 pilgrims will march in processions. most will bring their own food. The cathedral provost declines military aid. A volunteer guard from Catholic elites will oversee the route. The pope allows a two month exhibition, but six weeks may be enough.
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Berlin
Treves
Guard of Honor
Hydrophobia Hope Fades As Woman’s Convulsions Are Reassessed
At No. 87% North Street Wednesday evening a woman named Price suffered convulsions and a wild, doglike snapping. A crowd gathered as Dr. Pettijohn examined her and concluded hydrophobia was unlikely, attributing the fit to other causes after noting a past dog bite.
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North St
Price
Pettijohn
Raikes Illness Hinted From Overwork Strain
In Lonpox on August 20, reports say Postmaster General Raikes is seriously ill. Friends attribute his condition to prostration from excessive overwork and stress.
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Wannamaker
Lonpox
Raikes
Dickson to Tier Comic Debut in Incog at the Opera
Friday evening Dickson appears in his first legitimate comedy role in Incog at the opera house. The piece stars him as a humorous performer with a rival advertising editor Romeo Johnson noted for his prolific program circulation. The text also covers K Emmet Jr starting as Fritz, with the New York Herald critiquing his managerial missteps in a prior venture, and contrasts his potential with his father’s magnetic stage presence.
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Dickson
Romeo Johnson
Opera House
K. Emmet, Jr
Paterson
N. J
Joe
Fritz
Wichita's rise and fall as the princess city of the west
In his reminiscence A M Sturdevant recalls Wichita's boom days when money flooded the streets and real estate soared. Promoters built courts houses hotels and colleges as speculation peaked, only for eastern funds to depart and the city to relapse into decline.
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A. M. Sturdevant
Wichita
Kan
Indianapolis
Wm. Griffinetein
Indian Territory
Main St
Douglas-ave
Willan
Arkansas River
Murdock
Y. M. OC
Southwest
Bausan City
St. Louis
The
Eagle
Wichite
Griffinstein
Ohio
Union
Charles H. Cox Appointed County Attorney Deputy
Prosecutor Holtzman named Charles E. Cox to fill the county attorney vacancy after Arthur V. Brown moved to the post. Cox, brother of Judge Cox, has served as deputy prosecutor in Justice Habich’s court for eight months and was a six year state law librarian.
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Charles H. Cox
Holtzman
Arthur V. Brown
Charles E. Cox
Cox
Justice Habich
Sun
Maj. Mitchell
Oliver Craven dies at 80 longserving Thorntown justice
Oliver Craven aged 80 a longtime Thorntown justice of the peace and early pioneer died Thursday morning in Lebanon after forty years of service in the Thorntown area. He served as a local magistrate and community figure.
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Lebanon
Oliver Craven
Thorntown
Grain speculation and market drift on the wheat pit
The piece reviews Thursday grain action with wheat near 1.02 to 1.05 and a muted corn drop. It notes broker caution at bucket shops in Indianapolis, anecdotes about fortunes won and lost, including Royal Hammer, and comments on gambling habits among preachers and other classes amid global grain pressures.
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Russia
Siberia
France
Indianapolis
Royal Hammer
Hammer
Sun
President leaves Bennington for Lt McGregor on special train
The president and party departed North Bennington Vermont at 9 o clock Thursday for Bloant McGregor to be guests of W J Arkell. A large crowd at the depot cheered as the train moved off with reports of crowds at stations along the route. The president spoke briefly at several stops.
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Bennington
Lt. McGregor
North Bennington
Bloant McGregor
W. J. Arkell
Train held up by masked men in Kansas, brakeman killed
Two masked robbers stopped a freight train near Harlem riverfront and shot brakeman Hiram Castle, killing him instantly. The robbers seized a small amount of money before fleeing. Local authorities pursue clues as investigators inspect the scene.
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Kansas City, St. Joe & Council Blutia
Harlem
Paniuelar
Hiram Castle Sud
Kiliea
Roast on Indianapolis politics sparks national criticism
Deinhi Journal laments the Indianapolis campaign as dirty and indecent, saying falsehood and slander dominate the scene. The piece argues the state capital’s politics have degraded state morality and undermined civil service reform efforts.
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Indianapolis
Deinhi Journal
Darkness and light protests near Lincoln Park prompt pleas
In a long-voiced complaint residents near Lincoln Park report dense darkness with no gas lights from western limits to Atlas works and Twelfth street. They urge fair city-wide lighting and threaten action if ignored. Meanwhile French press comments on the visit of the French fleet to England and the queen’s reception note possible political significance and England’s independence implications in Europe.
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England
Paris
Europe
Pockmarked World News Mix of Conflicts and Disasters
Reports list diverse events including Canadian officials accused of patronage selling, Australia planning a south pole expedition, a scaffold disaster in Germany, large forest fires in Algeria, U S flour price in Chile, Emperor William's beard, Traves burgomaster expecting visitors for a holy coat, rising China unrest, Italians captured by Turkish brigades, Italy halting Victor Emanuel monument work, a Martinique hurricane causing destruction, and German officials' political rifts.
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Australia
South Pole
Scaffold
Nordenharm
Germany
Algeria
Chili
United States
William
Traves
China
Italy
Victor Emanuel
Martinique
von Caprivi
Herr Miller
Fletcher clinic limited to thirty patients
Fragmentary notice shows Dr. W. B. Fletcher running a clinic with a cap of thirty patients. It mentions payment details and a request to contact for information, with a partial address reference to North Pens and Yania Street.
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W. B. Fletcher
North
Yania St. Cail
Murderer Conway Goes to the Gallows in Liverpool
London reports the hanging of John Conway, 60, for the May murder of a boy. He cried and prayed as the drop fell, his head reportedly nearly severed from the body. The attending priest read a signed confession stating Conway enjoyed watching dying processes.
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Conway
Kops
London
John Conway
Liverpool
IS LONGSTREET SRELVED The Great Racer Said to be in Vary Bad Fix
New York report denies a match race between Firenzi and Longstreet. Byrne offered to race the mare against Longstreet, with Ed Corrigan funding sweep stakes and Riley involved, but Longstreet remains unavailable and may never race again. Dwyer calls the horse sorn and not in shape for some time and doubts return to racing.
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New York
Firenzi
Longstreet
Byrne
Ed. Corrigan
Riley
Dwyer
Recessions Talk Alsace Lorraine and a Triple Alliance
At EBerlin the Tageblatte is to publish a Prussian diet member’s letter proposing cession of Alsace and Lorraine to France if France joins a triple alliance, a move said to push Russia toward general disarmament. In Baltimore 64 Jewish refugees from Baron Hirsch were blocked by pauper immigration laws.
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Russia
Eberlin
Tageblatte
Alsace
Lorraine
France
Baltimore
Baron Hirsch Benevolent Society
Features of Sporting Lite with scattered league notes
Chicago leads again as Collins may replace Burns in Brooklyn's right field. Pittsburg seeks Lally and Ward from Minneapolis. Denny Lyons of St. Louis suspended for excessive lash. Boston beats Baltimore 6 to 2 with Buffington and Kelly vs McMaton and Robinson. Cleveland’s grand stand praised. bleacher crowd criticized. Ben Bass and Anderson defeat Henry Raymond in a 500 yard race. Muncie races note winners Janis Morrison 2 56, Silver Tone 2 8, Jersey Hunt half mile dash. Isle League results show Cleveland over Cincinnati 4 3 and Chicago 10 6 over Pittsburgh. Staley and Bennett in bat. Brooklyn loses 4 7 to Philadelphia with Kirsiow, Lovett in bat.
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Chicago
Collins
Burns
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Lally
Ward
Minneapolis
Jerome Park
Spendolet
Blansay
Lavich
Hros
Cynosure
Bassance
Denny Lyons
St. Louis
Lash
Boston
Baltimore
Buffington
Kelly
McMaton
Robinson
Jays
Levy
Brightor Beach
Muncie
Janis Morrison
Mies Williams
Kansas
Miss McKinley
California
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Gruber
Young
Zimmer
Harrington
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Douglass
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