Indianapolis Campaign Rumors Shape Quiet Party Strategy
Grand jury weighs indictment against Harry B Smith county auditor over alleged pledge about supporting mayoral candidate Charles A Bookwalter. Republicans plan house to house canvass, expect cross party votes, while Democrats favor a restrained pace. Mayor Taggart’ s stance remains uncertain as Colu mbia club weighs Bookwalter’s chances. Taylor Groninger to replace John Wall as police court prosecutor during the campaign.
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Taylor E. Groniinger
John Wall
Mr. Groninger
Thomas Blackburn for City Clerk Nomination
Thomas Blackburn, manager of the Union co operative painting and decorating association, seeks the Democratic nomination for city clerk. A two term president of Central Labor Union, he led union men after a painters’ lockout and later became manager to secure work. He is a walking delegate of the Painters' union and expected to gain solid union labor support as a South Side candidate.
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Thomas Blackburn
Union Co-Operative Painting and Decorating Association
Blackburn
Central Labor Union
Master Painters’ Organization
Painters’ Union
Blackourn
Local Births Deaths and Marriage Licenses Report
Birth announcements list Walter Harrison and Laura Harrison for a boy. A A McCaskey and Margaret McCaskey for a boy. David Stephenson and Katie Stephenson for a girl. W A Dwyer and Pearl Dwyer for a girl. Edward Talbott and Anna Talbott for a boy. Frank Johnson and Lavina Johnson for a girl. Roscoe Brown and Ellen Brown for a boy. Thomas Ash and Mollie Ash for a boy. John Fehr and Minnie Fehr for a boy. Edgar Thompson and Kate Thompson for a girl. Death notices include Willie Millspaugh age 6 weeks, Marie Oertel age 22, Bernie Cominsky age 6, William Brindall age 47, Henry Kokemiller age 34, Ralph Hill age 72, John Swisher age 43, Maud Murphy age 18, Olive Applegate age 38. Marriage licenses list Brown to Anna Jones, Browne to Mary Clark, Brown to Bertha Hubitz, Reisinger to Kate Archey.
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Walter
Laura Harrison
Margaret McCaskey
Fort Wayne-ave
David
Katie Stephenson
New York-st
W. A
Pearl Dwyer
Dave
Mrs. Alrey
Pearl-st
Edward
Anna Talbott
S. Delaware-st
Frank and
Lavina Johnson
W. Tenth-st
Roscoe
Ellen Brown
Lynn-st
Thomas
Mollie Ash
Merrill
John
Minnie Fehr
S. Meridian-all
Edgar and
Kate Thompson
S. Meridian-st
Willie Millspaugh
Marie
Oertel
Tnion-st
Bernie Cominsky
Capitol-ave
William Brindall
S. West-st
Henry Kokemilier
Senate-ave
Ralph Hill
E. New York-st. John
Swisher
Senate
Mortgage scheme target calls in professor chain letter
Gov and Moount received a persistent chain letter Tuesday from Professor DeLane of Hagerstown Maryland asking him to contribute ten cents and have five friends do the same. DeLane aims to raise a mortgage.
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Moount
DeLane
Hagerstown
Fragmented OCR Weather Note
A damaged OCR fragment mentions weather terms with unclear context. The legible bits show fragmented phrases that do not form a complete report or identifiable locations or dates. No definite event or outcome can be determined from the readable text.
Dog Tax Law Challenge Reaches Supreme Court
John Denton of Southeast township Orange county challenges the dog tax law in the supreme court after a grand jury indicted him for possessing a dog without a receipt. The circuit court fined him one dollar plus costs, and the appeal argues that nonpayment should not be criminal and imprisonment for debt is unconstitutional. Grand juries statewide have indicted others for nonpayment as if it were a crime. the appellant claims dogs fall under police regulation only when they trespass on others’ property.
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John Denton
Orange County
Feared Republicans Delay on Elevated Track Ordinance
The council railroad committee weighed a favorable report on an elevated track ordinance but, assuming six Republicans would oppose and two Democrats be absent, decided not to call the measure. Harston's cigarette manufacturing and sales ordinance was defeated. A territory north of Haughville was annexed into precinct 7 of ward 4. Costello proposed a ban on meetings on vacant lots or near residences without three-fourths adult consent within one square. Inspectors for the October election were appointed.
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Council Railroad Committee
Harston
Bell
Haughville
Costello
Yaqui War Update: Mexican Forces Advance Toward Potam
Mexican troops four thousand strong under Gen Torres press toward a point south of the Yaqui river near Potam as Yaqui defenders retreat through forest toward the mountains. About seven hundred warriors remain in the valley while women and children are moved to safety and supplies plus cattle are stockpiled for six months.
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Potam
Mex
Torres
Major Harrison Santiago Ill in Cuba
Maj. Russell B. Harrison, in Cuba, is listed as critically ill with yellow fever but shows slight improvement. Doctors expect a medical verdict on his fate within 48 hours as the illness runs its course.
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Santiago
Cuba
Russell B. Harrison
Maj. Harrison
Butterfield Improves. Possible Dewey Committee Stay
Gen Butterfield's condition at Fishkill Landing New York improved somewhat Monday and it remains possible he may stay with the Dewey committee.
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Butterfield
Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Dewey
Congressman Baker Serious in Illness
BELLEVILLE Aug 22 Two days after his collapse Congressman and ex minister to Venezuela John Baker remains unable to sit up and his condition is described as serious with only slight improvement reported.
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Congressman Baker
Belleville
Ill
John Baker
Venezuela
Fire devastates Victor business district in Cripple Creek blaze
Fire destroys the business portion of Victor, Colorado, wiping out shops and mines while residents flee. The loss is estimated at 2 million dollars as flames spread from a restaurant amid strong winds, with several prominent firms and individuals listed among the heavy losers.
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Cripple Creek
Buffalo
Cripple Credbk
Col
Victor
Gold Coin Mine
the Woods Investment Company
Robert Donnelly
Ketten & Co
I. Ampier
George E. Simonton
George Bockfinger
J. J. Trenchard
William Sudtap
Victor Banking Company
Bank of Victor
Daily Record
Evening Times
Colorado Trading and Transfer Company
Victor Supply Company
Gardner Mercantile Company
Midland Terminal Railway
Jim Ducay
Arthur Reynolds
Stebbens & Co
Shilling Dry Goods Company
Sale of Coroceries and staples offered at auction
Advertises assorted groceries including crackers eggs biscuits coroceries, corn meal sardines oats lemons and coffee with listed quantities and prices. Highlights Arbuckles Coffee 1 package 10 2. Sugar 18 pounds 24 cents, sugar 19 pounds 1.00, coffee 18 cents.
Fire at Messarsmith furniture works causes huge damage
A blaze Monday night at H. Messarsmith manufacturing house furniture in Buffalo New York raged with unusual severity. The fire damaged the building and stock, with total losses estimated at over 206000 dollars.
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Buffalo
N. Y
H. Messarsmith Manufacturing House
Telegraph dispatches on transports sailing from Manila
Aug 22 telegraphs from Gen Otis report ships Zealandia Valencia and Montana with discharged men aboard detained by a typhoon. Tartar sailed from San Francisco with Companies B through M of the Nineteenth Infantry under Col Snyder. Gen Joe Wheeler aboard.
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Washington
Otis
Manila
Zealandia
Valencia
Montana
San Francisco
Nineteenth Infantry
Col. Snyder
Joe Wheeler
Whitelaw Reid Home Robbed in Greenwich
The Greenwich residence of Whitelaw Reid was entered Monday night with a bicycle and a large sum of money taken. Two Polish men were arrested Monday afternoon in connection with the theft. Police report the amount stolen is not yet learned but said to be substantial.
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Whitelaw Reid
Greenwich
Conn
Court Handles Confusing Bond Debate In Debt Case
A 335 judgment in an Agnes Castle versus John Olds case led to a debate over whether $12 paid to a constable as bail should stay with the judgment or be forfeited as bond. Justice Smock postponed ruling as Constable Newhouse claimed he acted without authority and offered to refund pending a court decision.
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Smock
Agnes Castle
John Olds
Olds
John Newhouse
Newhouse
Reverend Wise Resigns from Greencastle M B Church
Rev. William H. Wise pastor of College avenue M B church resigns unexpectedly after Monday night service. He plans to join the Wilson and Hollingsworth social crusade work in Chicago after a recent London visit to study social conditions. He is highly popular locally and had notable success.
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Greencastle
Ind
Sps
William H. Wise
Collegeave. M. B. Church
Wilson and Hollingsworth
Chicago
London
More Money and Medicine Raised for Storm Victims
Donations to the Red Cross Porto Rican relief fund include gifts from E. C. Atkins & Co. Parry Manufacturing Indiana Book and Stationery Co. Emanuel Baptist Church and others. Volunteers are assigning streets to solicitors and aiming to ship a carload of contributions this week. An unrelated Central New York wreck reports 30 freight cars derailed near Syracuse with two injured and a section foreman trapped.
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Red Cross
E. C. Atkins & Co
Parry Manufacturing Company
Indianapolis Chain Company
Tanner & Sullivan
Indiana Book and Stationery Company
Udell Works
Ees
Ccarence
Hattie Clark
Caddie
Washington St
Pennsylvania
Illinois-sts
Anna Earle
Julia Tincher
Pennsylvania St
Ohio
Washington-sts
Syracuse
N. Y
New York Central
St. Joseph's Hospital
Dennis Long
IT COST $20 A MILE INDIANA TELEPHONE FIGHT
The Jasper county telephone company challenged a $175 per mile assessment on 66 miles before the State board of tax commissioners. cost actual line about $20 per mile. Western Indiana telephone company also appealed. Injunction against the board remains in force by agreement until federal court reconvenes.
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Jasper County Telephone Company
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Western Indiana Telephone Company
Tax Board
Incorporated Telephones
American
National Express
Change of venue sought in saloon keeper case
In police court Attorney Lemon E Reinhold moved for a venue change from Judge Cox in the John Northan saloon-keeper case. The affidavits alleged prejudice. Judge Cox granted the change and criticized Reinhold for inducing perjury by Northan, who denied asking for the change.
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Lemon E. Reinhold
Cox
John Northan
Northan
Reinhold
Y M I Convention: Indiana Grand Council Meets in Indianapolis
The fourth Indiana grand council of the Young Men's Institute convened at Y M I hall 615 E North St with a solemn high mass by Rev G J Lannert and sermon by Rev Herman Alerding. Sessions cover officer reports auditing committees laws revision and elections with a trolley ride and closing reception planned.
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Indiana
Grand Council of the
Young Men’s Institute
Y. M. I. Hall
E. North St
Grand Council
Indianapolis
Train Collision Wrecks Two Engines in Circlesville
A belated eastbound passenger train on the C M road struck a siding at high speed, wrecking engine No 812 and the passenger locomotive. Engineer Ditto suffered three broken ribs and internal injuries, baggageman McGuinn dislocated shoulder, Mrs Leoto Reichelderfer Cridersville spine injury and lost teeth, Kate Delong Indianapolis and Rev C H Eckhardt Lima cut and shaken up, with about many others injured.
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Circlesville
Ditto
McGuinn
Leoto Reichelderfer
Cridersville
Kate Delong
Indianapolis
C. H. Eckhardt
Lima
Girl Four Stolen From Cincinnati Grandmother Home
Goldie Locke, four, daughter of Charlies Locke, was kidnapped Monday afternoon from her grandmother’s Cincinnati home. Suspect Mary Bosman alias Rasmus, with Dayton ties and Xenia parents, faces a issued warrant in connection with the kidnaping.
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Cincinnati
Goldie Locke
Charlies Locke
Mary Bosman
Rasmus
Xenia
Dayton
Street Car Conductor Hurt In Collision
Henry Knapp a street car conductor of 502 N Nobiest collided with a trolley pole at Hinois and Maryland streets Tuesday morning sustaining a concussion of the brain He was removed to City Hospital where he remained unconscious Tuesday afternoon.
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Henry Knapp
N. Nobiest
Hinois
Maryland-sts
City Hospital
Up Against It Douglas B McLear Files Bankruptcy Petition
Douglas B. McLear a dry goods clerk of Richmond filed a petition in bankruptcy Tuesday listing liabilities of 2003 dollars and assets totaling 160 dollars.
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Douglas B. McLear
Richmond
Attempt on Gen Otis's life reported from Minnesota
Otis in danger after a letter from a Minnesota regiment member claims an assassination attempt by a soldier. Dated June 3, the letter notes the assault occurred shortly before that date and questions the arres t of the assailant. The writer says Otis fears for his life and never leaves headquarters without seven or eight aides.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minnesota Regiment
Otis
Prisoners Well Fed Says Soldier Brother in Philippines
Charles M Sturgeon writing from the Philippines to his mother Mrs Clemey Sturgeon reports daily rain and knee deep water to reach meals. He notes Filipino prisoners are well fed and then returned to the firing line. He fears many soldiers are killed and that some fake sickness avoids front lines.
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Charles M. Sturgeon
Philippines
Clemmey Sturgeon
Linden St
Hinshaw pardon appeal expected for Belleville clergyman
Hinshaw Michigan City Ind Aug 22 A formal appeal will be made to Gov Mount in a few days for the pardon of William Hinshaw the Belleville clergyman serving a life term for the alleged murder of his wife. His attorneys claim conclusive proof of innocence and Hinshaw says he would resume his ministerial work if pardoned.
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Michigan City
Ind
Mount
William Hinshaw
Belleville
Hinshaw
Fool Frog-Eaters Deemed Too Indefinite for General Harrison
A letter addressed to Gen. Benjamin Harrison in Paris France was returned to the local office marked address too indefinite. The note illustrates the difficulty of reaching the famed figure despite his global renown.
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Benjamin Harrison
Paris
France
Plucky Girl Bather Rescues Unconscious Woman
Miss Jessie O'Brien president of the Gravesend yacht club saved a drowning woman, Helen Wilcox, Monday afternoon. O'Brien swam to her as she sank and brought her to shore where a doctor revived her.
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New York
Jessie O’brien
Gravesend
Bride burned to death as dress catches gas flame
Marion woman Mrs Dan bivans died five weeks after her wedding Monday night when her dress ignited from a gas flame. Nearby, Jacob Christman fired at a neighbor but missed then set his house ablaze and killed himself. His body burned in the flames, described as insane. John R McLean arrived in Cincinnati denying presidential candidacy plans. He says Ohio Democrats will endorse Bryan and the Chicago platform.
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Dan Bivans
Marion
Steve
Jacob Christman
Newman
John ‘R.' McLean
Cincinnati
Ohio Democrats
Bryan
Chicago
Saw mill accident mangles man in Cumberland
In Cumberland Maryland on Monday afternoon at a saw mill John Smith grabbed a 20 horsepower fly wheel and was pulled into the machine when Sherman Leighty started the steam. Smith was horribly mangled before the gear could be stopped.
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Cumberland
John Smith
Sherman Leighty
Smith
Leighty
Boiler Explosion Kills Two in Appleton Mill
A boiler exploded at H. Wickert's planing mill in Appleton Wisconsin on Tuesday killing two men and seriously injuring eight others. The dead are Nathaniel Patterson and Robert Pasch and William Boidman is severely scalded and may die. The factory was wrecked and losses are placed at fifty thousand dollars.
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Appleton
Wis
H. Wickert
Nathaniel Patterson
Robert Pasch
William Boidman
Scalded
Incorporation Notice for Combination Table Company
The Indianapolis based Combination Table Company incorporated with capital stock of 12000 dollars. The document lists the company as organized in Indiana with standard corporate details and authorized capital.
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Combination Table Company
Indianapolis
Divorce Suits Filed Over Beatings Desertion and Claims
Alice Meyer sues Theodore for divorce claiming beatings and maltreatment. Mary Russell also seeks separation alleging desertion and failure to provide. Elizabeth M. Rangel seeks a division of property involving Jacob following two years of alleged marriage issues.
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Alice Meyer
Theodore
Mary Russell
Emanuel
Elizabeth M. Rangel
Jacob
Meron
City Grain Market Report for Tuesday August 22
Wheat prices steady to weak with No 2 red at 69 cents and No 3 red around 66 to 69. Corn prices dull to mixed with No 1 white 32 cents and No 2 yellow about 31 to 31 and a half cents. Oats and hay show light trading activity with No 1 timothy hay at 8.00 to 9.00 and No 2 timothy at 7.50 to 8.00 per unit.
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City
Hay
Timothy
Shiel anti-trust livestock market reports strong receipts
Indianapolis August 22. Good receipts and a strong market with prices up about five cents on all grades. Corn fed lights and mixed cattle quoted around 4.80 to 4.90 per hundredweight with other classes at 4.80 to 4.85. Cattle market about steady.
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Indianapolis
Webber-Burton Ad Offers Lodge Regalia and Flags
The Webber Burton Co at 120 N. Pennsylvania St advertises special prices on lodge and society costumes regalia banners and flags for upcoming events.
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Webber-Burton Co
Pennsylvania St
Furnished Rooms for Rent in Multiple Locations
Short notices list furnished rooms for rent including two rooms at 230 E New York Street a furnished room for one gentleman at 307 N New Jersey and parlor rooms with bath at 901 N Alabama.
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New York St
New Jersey
Bath
Alabama
College
N. West
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