Parade Postponed From Heat Threat At Camp Colgrove
A surgeon committee from the Michigan Illinois and Kentucky brigades asked General Karp to delay the parade at Camp Colgrove from 220 to 5 pm due to extreme heat. Dr Earp supported the delay and the request was sent to Gen Carnahan amid expectations of approval due to the risk of heat casualties.
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Illinois
Kentucky
Karp
Camp Colgrove
Dr. Earp
Carnahan
Supreme Lodge
State House
Parade schedule shifts as marchers face withdrawal threats
Weather did not force a postponement and by 11:50 the committee dropped its delay request. At 1 Gelock on Tuesday, Gen. Carnahan’s office confirmed the parade would leave Camp Colgrove at 2:30, though many walkers vowed not to participate due to dissatisfaction.
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Carnahan
Gelock
Camp Colgrove
Monument Ablaze Illuminates Soldiers and Sailors Monument
A 5,000 strong crowd watched the monument blaze with yellow radiance as four searchlights sprang to life. The display used 5,140 lights and $5,900 in power, with windows framed in light and fountains glowing white, green, then purple. The monument will be illuminated nightly this week until 11.
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National Grand Army
The First Hoosier and the Knights of Pythias
Charles E Reynolds recalls being solicited to join the Knights of Pythias in Indianapolis. He notes that founder Rathbone visited in 1868 and visited him after a Bates clerk referred him. Reynolds says he declined membership at the time and reflects on the potential impact.
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Charles E. Reynolds
Pythbias
Thin Tous
Hat
Rathbone
Order
Indianapolis
Indiana
Bates
Trousfer
Knights of Pythias
Reynolas
Still A-Comin Union Station Besieged By Crowds
A crowded scene at Union station with a record level of travelers expected after the G A R encampment. Delegations from Shelbyville in Irish linen attire lead a lively parade as a vast throng gathers, bands play, and camp life noises disturb rest. Alcohol stands attract attention as cheers and jests echo through the tents.
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Union Station
Sept. Zion
Shelbyville
Threshing Season Turns Hoosier Knights Action Ready
A Hoosier state camp hosts hundreds of Knights of the Farm during threshing time preparing ground for sowing. Farmers say lodge members are busy in the fields and cannot leave. Travel weary I P men arrive, rinse, and settle in as water from the city arrives, and the knights ready themselves for action in their camp.
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Hoosier
Rensselaer
I. of P.’s
Drills Start Wednesday at Newby Oval
Entries open for company drills at Newby Oval with teams preparing for upcoming events. Officials urge timely registration as the schedule forms.
Prize drills for class A and B at Newby Oval detailed
The report lists competing fire companies in class A on Wednesday and Thursday with names such as Ottawa county No. 28 Illinois commanded by Gus tav J Slim Kalamazoo Company 9 Michigan commanded by Otto Burchner Yellow Cross company 83 Alliance U commanded by Chas Shinn Jr Terre Haute No 4% commanded by wA L C Duddleston and others plus later classes. Prizes for classes A and B include first prizes for drill proficiency and a battalion prize with an entry note for the Second Ohio. A separate note describes Indianapolis heat events with high temperatures and medical responses.
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Newby Oval
Ottawa County
Illinois
Gustav J. Slim
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Otto Burchner
Yellow Cross Company
Alliance
Chas. Shinn, Jr
Terre Haute
Wa.l C. Duddleston
Rea
Joan Griffiths
Marshall, Ill
St. Louis
LH. Weerert
Friendship
Cington
Brownsfield
Vigo
TerrelFaute
Daniel Fasig
Scranton Nech
Pennsylvania
David Brown
Chen
Huu Claire
Wis
Don Feige
de Lion
Taancaster
Supreme lodge meets with greetings in K of P Hall
The Kentucky and Indiana supreme lodge session opened at 10 a m in the Hall of Representatives. Dode Matthews of New Albany and figures like Gov Mount Mayor Taggart and Grand Chancellor Hunt attended welcome remarks. Cosgrove spoke on Pythianism healing national strife and sectional wounds.
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Supreme Lodge
K. of P
Hall of Representatives
Gov. Mount
Taggart
Union B. Hunt
Grand Lodge
Denny
Supreme Council
Cosgrove
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
Forecast for the 36 hours ending 8 p.m. Aug. 24 calls for fair weather with a chance of scattered thunderstorms and cooler conditions in the afternoon. Tuesday night and Wednesday should be fair and cooler. Early readings show 7 a.m. temperature at 76, noon at 90, and 2 p.m. at 92.
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Indianapolis
Battery’s Suffering Agent to Porto Rico Investigates Ill Boys
Gov Mount appoints Smith Strickland as agent for the Twenty-seventh Indiana Battery auxiliaries to travel to Porto Rico. He will assess conditions, examine letters home, and arrange medicines. Credentials pass through lines. expenses covered by the women’s group with expectant legislative reimbursement.
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Gov. Mount
Womans Auxiliary
Indiana Battery
Smith Strickland
Porto Rico
Strickland
They Wanted Mother Two Seven Year Olds Run Away
Leo Delisin and Charles Wright escaped from the Board of Children's Guardians Monday night and reached police headquarters Tuesday morning. They asked to see their mother for ten minutes, promising to return. One boy’s mother is dead and the other a widow who must work to support them.
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Leo Delisin
Charles Wright
Board of Children’s Guardians
Gregoire
Judge Hackney Considers Exit From Ticket for Big Legal Job
Judge Hackney may withdraw from the democratic ticket to accept a lucrative corporate legal offer. If he resigns, the state committee will appoint a replacement. Kate Morris died at 980 Market Street, with the coroner noting drunkard's liver, a lattice of red and yellow streaks, among the finest specimens seen. Mrs. Morris had consumed alcohol heavily in the three weeks prior to death.
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Kate Morris
W. Market St
Governor Mount to Speak at Cincinnati Camp Fire Event
Governor Mount accepts invitation to attend the camp fire in Music Hall during national encampment week and deliver a speech. Part of his illuminated staff will accompany him.
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Gov. Mount
Music Hall
Cincinnati
Struck by Car on Massachusetts Avenue Injures Man
H. W. Cooney of 1108 Ash street was struck by a College-avenue car 408 while crossing the tracks Tuesday morning. A rear wheel of his buggy was torn away and he was bruised but not seriously injured.
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H. W. Cooney
Ash-st
Massachusetts Ave
College-ave
The Kershner Dining Offer and Career Note
A fragment advertises The Kershner at 140 E Market for meals and hints that expressing job wants via The Sun’s liners is better than aiming for work by other means.
Desperate Wife Kills Two Children and Self in New York
Kate Mangan lured by starvation and abuse as a drunken husband neglects the family. She attached a gas tube to a sleeping girl and baby boy, then took the tube for herself. James Mangan, a former streetcar conductor, found the bodies and confessed the motive rooted in neglect and intemperance. The family lived on the top floor of a tenement at 1052 Third Avenue.
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New York
Kate Mangan
James Mangan
Mangan
Third-ave
Tunnel Disaster Buries Men in Pittsburg Work Crew
In Pittsburg on the Chartiers division of the Panhandle railway, a tunnel wall collapsed burying a gang of six workers. Foreman John Jones of Ashton Wa and laborer Felix Mills are identified among the dead. five other foreigners and six injured were at the scene. One severely injured man, unnamed, was taken to West Pennsylvania Hospital. The seven men were employed by Casper Paris of Cahimbus Ohio and were tearing down the tunnel wall when it failed trapping all at the end of the excavation.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Tunnel
Chartiers
Panhandle Road
John Jones
Ashton
Felix Mills
Nesto
West Pennsylvania
Gang of
Casper Paris
Cahimbus, O
Chartiers Valley
Panhandle
15778 Regiment Considers Muster Out Amid War Calls
In Indiana a request from the 15778 Regiment prompts Col Studebaker and Capt Ranke to report mixed wishes. Officers will await orders while enlisted men favor muster out and return home. Gov Mount telegraphed the War Department seeking guidance as disease pressures mount among the unit. Capt Ranke notes some men wish to remain.
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Frei Trois
Studebaker
17Th Indiana
Ferdinanda
Capi Ranke
Indiana Battery
Mrs Coretta Adam Receives War Letter From Son Louis
Louis, with the Twenty-seventh Indiana battery in Porto Rico, writes from Arroyon about a battle near Guayma. He reports a town capture, enemy casualties, and a Spanish spy to be shot, plus a wet rainy night and tents still aboard ship as the rainy season begins.
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Coretta Adam
S. East St
Louis
Indiana
Porto Rico
Arroyon
Guayma
Ohio Infantry
Major Taylor cries foul over exclusion from meets
Major Taylor the famed colored cyclist protests a conspiracy to deny him the 98 championship. He is in New York after entries were rejected at St Louis and for a Baltimore national circuit meet. He plans to appeal to the racing board of the L A W. The absence harms paint sales tied to events.
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Taylor
New York
St. Louis
Baltimore
Lap Dusters and Fly Nets at 37 Monument Place
Strawmyer and Nilius advertise Lap Dusters and Fly Nets at 37 Monument-place. They also promote Acetylene Gas for country houses and stores as a safer lighting option, along with Janes' Dustless Oats and a 10¢ dry tobacco product from Pro Bono Cigar.
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Strawmyer & Nilius
Monument-place
H. ‘Walcott
Pennsylvania-at
Janes
Cigar Atic
Cuban Flag Hoisted Then Taken Down in Santiago Crisis
In Santiago on August 23 Cuban civil authorities raised the flag over municipal buildings but Gen Wood ordered its removal. Flags over the San Carlos club and several stores remained. Harvard and Prairie ships sailed for Montauk Point with troops, while Clara Barton set sail for Havana with relief supplies aboard the Clinton.
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Santiago
Wood
San Carlos Club
Col. Hood
Harvard
Prairie
Montauk Point
Thirty-third
Michigan
Gen. Chaffee
Clara Barton
Havana
Red Cross
Clinton
Whiurf
Miss Barton
Fifth Army
Hinds
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
Cubans Still Fighting Despite Peace Declaration In Force
Madrid Aug 23 Cabinet reports Gen Correa says Cuban insurgents continue attacking Spaniards. Blanco ordered a tougher stance against insurgents as Admiral Manterola replaces Landerg as Cuban commissioner. Decrees for suspension of constitutional guarantees not for electoral use. queen regent to sign Tuesday.
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Madrid
Havana
Evans
Correa
Cagis
Blanco
Coche
Manterola
Eh Mari
Antilles
Fasturo Landerg
Cuba
Courst
Admiral Cervera responds to New York salute
A telegram sent to Admiral Cervera by the New York soldiers and sailors protective association praises his conduct toward Hobson and his men. In Annapolis on August 19 he replies, expressing gratitude and promising to remember American sympathy.
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New York
Admiral Cervera
New York Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Protective Association
Metropolitan Opera House
Hobson
Annapolis
John Byrne
Hodson
United State
Cervera
Captain Evans III Taken From Brooklyn Yard In Private Car
Capt Evans of the battleship Iowa was removed from the Brooklyn navy yard in a private carriage heading to Roosevelt Hospital. He is reported seriously ill with typhoid fever and his condition was not to be fully known until Tuesday. Subordinates say he is very sick. Admiral Schley in Westport Conn is also ill with malarial fever.
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New York
Evans
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Roosevelt Hospital
Iowa
Capt. Evans
Navy Yard
Admiral Schley
Westport
Conn
Garcia Resignation Accepted Amid Cuban Turmoil
Havana August 23 Garcia insurgent leader who met Shafter at Santiago has tendered resignation to the insurgent government for the second time and it has been accepted. Gen Luque prepared to attack Gibara as news of peace arrived. Provisions are scarce and Havana reports disturbances while rural districts show uprisings and insubordination.
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Havana
Calixto Garcia
Shafter
Santiago
Governns
Clibara
Luque
Gibara
Pando
Mexico
Voli
Alon
Bermudez
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Denison
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18Th
Chickamauga
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Goddess of Music
C. WH. Chase
Brockton
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Stllinois
Lorela McCoy
Martin
Jos. FE. Hawkins
Selma
Ark
Military Park
Jaeger
Arthur Flarmes
Colgrove
Dode” Matthews
New Albany
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