Kern campaign plans emerge from Indiana talks
John W Kern plans to open his campaign in September with speeches in Auburn East Enterprise Versailles and Swiss county. He aims to return to Indianapolis soon and hopes for energetic effort despite health issues amid factional intrigue in Indiana politics. Myron King notes strong Democratic hopes in Gary and Plymouth while labor reforms attract attention and local party leadership changes occur.
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Moines
John W. Kern
Iowa
Clark
Joseph State
Rien
John W.s Kern
Indianapolis
Auburn
Ind
East Enterprise
Switzerland
Ohio Scantiles
Versailles
Ripley
Kern
Shively
Indiana
Plymouth
Gary
Crumpacker
Thirteenth
Barnhart
Masons Will Have Charge of Burial for Leonard Sargent
Leonard Sargent 53 president of Sargent Paint and Color Company died at home on Central Avenue Monday afternoon from Brights disease. A Mason and club member he led in business from St Louis to Indianapolis. Survived by widow son Leonard G Sargent mother Lizzie M Sargent sister Mrs William H Baumgartner. Masons will conduct services at 2 pm at the home with burial at Crown Hill cemetery.
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Leonard S. Sargent
Sargent Paint and Color Company
Central Avenue
Bright
Sargent Paint Company of
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Sargent
German House
Turnerwein
Marion Club
Leonard G. Sargent
Lizzie M. Sargent
New Jersey Street
Harry G. Sargent
William H. Baumgartner
Masons
Crown Hill Cemetery
Wasson Family Appoints New President At Indianapolis Store
H K Wasson, son of the late H P Wasson, elected to succeed his father as president of the department store known to Indianapolis shoppers for 25 years. He vows no reorganization and to keep the same policies. Also notes a temporary change of car routes due to Meridian and Washington street work with adjustments on Central and College lines.
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H. P. Wasson Company
H. K. Wasson
H. P. Wasson
Indianapolis
Postmasters Gather for Sixth Indiana League Convention
Mayor Shank welcomes delegates at the sixth annual Indiana state league convention of the National League of Post Masters to convene Wednesday in the federal building. President A L Jackson will respond. Reports from secretary E A Bush and treasurer Mrs M A Morgan precede afternoon addresses by M A Perry and others on postal service influence and operations. The event, attended by most of Indiana’s 1400 postmasters, will base at Oneida hotel.
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Shank
Indiana State League
National League of Post
A. K. Hoag
National League
Orchard Park
N. Y
National League of Postmasters
KE. A. Bush
Reynolds
FF. W. Kritz
Waveland
Oneida Hotel
Association
Gar Track Repair Alters Old Routes
Owing to repairs by the car company the east bound track on Washington street between Illinois and Meridian streets will be closed to car traffic for ten days. Various streetcar lines are redirected: College avenue Central avenue south via Pennsylvania and Georgia to Illinois then Ohio to Massachusetts. East Tenth Brightwood Brookside Alabama via Illinois to Maryland and Meridian to Washington. Irvington East Michigan via Washington to Illinois and Maryland to Pennsylvania to Washington. Illinois street southbound turns at Washington to Capitol to Union Station then Illinois. Shelby South East routes go via Virginia to Washington to Illinois to Maryland to Virginia. Stock yards Garfield park South Meridian routes go from Georgia to Capitol to Washington to Illinois.
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Meridian
Washington Streets
Central
College
Pennsylvania
Atreet
Georgia
Celilo
Ohio
The
Car Company
Washington Street
Illinois
Merid
Pew
College Avenue
Central Avenue
Pennsylvania Street
Georgia Street
Mhlinois Street
Ohio Street
Massachusetts Avenue
East Tenth
Brightwood
Brookside
Alabama
Illinois Street
Maryland Street
Meridian Street
Irvington
East Michigan Street
Capitol Avenue
Union Station
Virginia Avenue
Maryland Sttreet
Garfield
Indiana title association to hold fourth annual convention
About 200 title abstractors from Indiana will gather August 30 31 at the Denison hotel for the fourth annual Indiana Title Association convention. Sessions in the hotel assembly room promise enhanced programs with papers by state and regional experts on topics including abstract work cooperation, qualifications, suits to quiet title, and real estate relations. Officers named include J R Morgan president, CC E Lambert vice president, J C Fletcher secretary, and L H Johnson treasurer.
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Indiana Title Association
Abstacters
Denison
George M. Spoher
Frankfort
Finley P. Mount
Crawfordsville
C. 8. Kitchell
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Milwaukee
J. R. Morgan
Kokomo
CC. E. Lambert
Rockville
J. C. Fletcher
Knox
L. H Johnson
Crawfordville
Uribe Returns to Work After Legal Ban Lift
Marcelino Uribe once a stateless Mexican migrant gains entry with help from Assistant Secretary Cable of the commerce and labor department. He will work in New York under a vow not to leave the United States, after being stranded by travel bans from Havana and Tampico.
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Washington
Marcelino Uribe
Mexico
Cable
Department of Commerce and Labor
Uribe
New York
United States
Havana
Tampico
Bilis Island
Indianapolis Named Theatrical Center For Two Syndicates
Indianapolis will be the headquarters for two theater syndicates next season. Léonard Blumberg, former Murat theater manager, will head the Shubert theaters in the Midwest from here. Shafer Ziegler, ex Grand Opera house manager, will lead the Anderson and Ziegler syndicate in Ohio and Indiana with the Park theater as a member. The territory headquarters previously rested in Cincinnati.
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Indianapols
Léonard Blumberg
Murat Theater
Shubert Theaters
Middle West
Shafer Ziegler
Grand Opera House
Anderson and Ziegler Syndicate
Ohio
Indiana
the Park Theater
Cincinnati
Aged Dumb Faker Forgets And Swears In Patrol Wagon
John Kelley of Cleveland, aged 60, was placed in a patrol wagon after acting deaf and dumb. He swore loudly when restrained and hauled to jail. Bicycle officers Trimpé and Rucker found him at 1422 West Washington street seated at a table with a meal he refused to eat. He attempted to write but the text was unreadable. Police arrested him, and his outburst followed.
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John Kelley
Cleveland
Trimpé
Rucker
West
Washington Street
Kelley
Fire damages home as gasoline stove explodes
A man at 1016 North West Street attempted to light a new gasoline stove Tuesday morning. A leak caused the stove to ignite and flare instantly. He dropped the stove while removing it, setting the room on fire. Building loss estimated at 50 dollars with similar furniture loss.
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James Bre¢k
North West Street
McGinnis Elected President of Local Labor Union
Everett W. McGinnis defeated Joseph Obergfel by sixty seven to fifty five to win the presidency of the Central labor union after a bitter battle and a tied election two weeks earlier. The vote followed a heated debate over open versus secret ballot and saw Thad Gurley push for open balloting, which was approved 54 to 53.
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Everett W. McGinnis
Joseph Obergfel
Central Labor Union
McGinnis
Obergfel
Brewery Workers’ Union
Edgar A. Perkins
State Federation of Labor
Thad Gurley
Koster
Carl Ott
Mile Bergerat Seeks Spin On Riverside Speedway
Mile Bergerat, a French stunt driver, plans a trial spin at Riverside motor speedway. The daring chauffeur, invited by inventor Morok after a Paris crash, praises the track as the greatest in the world and performs her death defying exhibition twice daily.
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Bergerat
Mile
Riverside Bathing Beach
Miss Bergerat
Charles Morok
America
Morok
Mlle. Bergerat
Paris
Bois du Boulange
Morek
Berger
Motor Speedway
Motorcycle crash leaves leg broken on Washington Street
Walter Reagan of Bridgeport Illinois struck Scott Parker at 998 West Washington Street Monday night. Parker suffered a broken leg and was taken to City Hospital. Reagan was arrested for assault and battery by Bicycle Policeman Simon and Glenn.
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Washington Street
Walter Reagan
Bridgeport
Ill
Scott Parker
Parker
Reagan
Simon and
Glenn
Greek Robbed of 6 Dollars Near Lawrence Indiana
Greek laborer John Papas was robbed of six dollars near Lawrence Indiana in a back alley behind Pete Browns barrel house. Papas chased through box cars and identified Ira Luft of Michigan as the suspect. Luft resisted arrest until bicycle policemen Trimpe and Rucker intervened, charged with loitering.
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John Papas
Lawrence
Ind
Pete Brown
East
Washington Street
Papas
Ira Luft
Michigan
Luft
Trimpe
Rucker
Hungry Burglar Foiled by Quick Escape in Indianapolis
A four inch tall burglar, hungry and stealthy, raided a home while Mrs. Mooney was away. He laid a table, gathered silverware, fried eggs, coffee, and bread, then vanished as Mrs. Mooney reentered. Bicycle cops searched but found no trace of the tall intruder.
Socialists in Indianapolis Pressure for Essex Reinstatement
The Seventh ward branch of the socialist party calls for J F Essex to be rehired after a February dismissal from the postal service. They allege political influence and civil service law violations, claim Essex was efficient, and condemn the firing as driven by his party ties. The resolution is signed by Halligan Jackson Ott and secretary William H Henry.
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Seventh Ward
Socialist Party of
Indianapolis
J. F. Essex
Postal Service
Essex
W. W. Halligan
W. F. Jackson
Cat
Largest Engine in State to Be Here in Indiana
By mid September the Merchants' Heat and Light Co on Washington avenue will install the largest engine in Indiana. The 1,250,000 pound machinery includes a 28 foot flywheel weighing 250,000 pounds and a 6 foot tall access cylinder. It will generate 10,000 horsepower and drive a 32 foot dynamo, mounted on a 9,500,000 pound concrete base. Allis-Chalmers builds it. completion is planned for December 1, with forty railroad cars needed for transport from Milwaukee to Indianapolis.
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Merchants’ Heat and Light Company
Washington Avenue
Indiana
Allis-Chalmers Company
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Mayor plots 10 kill cellar pelts
In a dark Shank cellar the mayor plans a drastic pest control method. He traps thousands of fleas with fly paper as a grim, experimental measure, after abandoning poison and goats due to cost. The outcome remains unknown.
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Buzz
Mayor Shank
Charges Loom Over Missing Funds Case
An unclear report details alleged robbery and charges connected to a missing sum of $560 tied to a person named Charles. A visitor at a Brown Springs site is mentioned as making a payment of $25 and two bank transactions, with references to a water sample analysis and minerals like epsom salts. The fragment mentions Brown County and Indianapolis in a scattered, non-cohesive manner.
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Brown
Indianapolia
Brown County
Epsom
Marshall Defers Advice On Aley For Maine University Presidency
Gov. Marshall will not urge Dr. Robert J. Aley to sacrifice his chance for a higher educational post to aid his party at the polls. If Aley withdraws, other candidates may seek the Maine university presidency offered last week. Maine University at Bangor reports 850 students onsite, 1,401 living alumni, endowment funds around $218,300, and facilities valued at $600,000.
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Gov. Marshall
Dr. Aley
Aley
Marshall
University of Interest
Maine University
Robert J. Aley
University
Bangor
Penobscot River
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