Nominating of Campbell Upsets Ohio Convention
Dr J A Norton Ohio railroad commissioner says the sudden push for ex Gov Campbell altered the Ohio Democratic convention. Norton details how Campbell was nominated on impulse amid factional strife, restoring unity, and shaping future contests with Brice and Foraker in play depending on party control of the legislature.
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J. A. Norton
Ohio
State House
Dr. Norton
James £. Campbell
Campbell
Norton
Tar Sun
Judge Peck
Democratic
Buckeye
Calvin
Brice
U. S. Senate
M. E. Ingalls
Forater
Senate
Outlaw Gang Skirmish Wounds U S Marshal Near Purcell
An encounter six miles west of Purcell between the Christian gang, fugitives from Oklahoma City jail, and a U S marshal posse led by Ben Goode left A S Marshal Hocker mortally wounded and Bob Christian injured after a clash. Bill Christian shot Hocker then helped his wounded brother escape on a horse as the outlaws fled.
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Arpmore
LLT
Christian
Oklahoma City
United States
Ben Goode
Purcell
A.S
Hocker
Bob Christian
Bill Christian
Docker
Incident May Shape Waller Case Amid French Flap
Washington reports another complication in the Waller case as French ire grows over American actions linked to the Castine commander not saluting at Tamatave. Observers think Paris may press the issue to delay settlement, but U S authorities will push to keep Waller hearings on their merits.
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Washineton
Waller
Cource
Castine
Tamatave
United States
Weather forecast for Indianapolis area update
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity covers 36 hours ending 8 p m on August 85 with fair conditions. Expect clear to partly cloudy skies tonight and on Saturday night and Sunday with mild temperatures and light winds.
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Indianapolis
British tour tales show Britons miss the joke
John W Kern recounts two stories to American tourists in London highlighting a Briton’s inability to grasp punchlines. The first tale ends with “they killed me,” yet an Englishman asks how the soldier who died could tell the story. A second anecdote about a signboard “Twenty miles to London” ends with the Englishman missing the humor.
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John W. Kern
London
Mr. Kern
Tiar
Kingdom Come
Kern
England
Mr. Korn
Citizens Street Railway Proposition Preview In City Talk
Messrs Verner and Jameson met Mayor Denny and City attorney Scott to say the Citizens street railway company will soon present a proposition. The mayor urged consulting their own lawyers on timing and recipients. Dr Jameson says the lower fare idea will predominate. Judge Brown will decide the Mays injunction case around September 2.
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Messrs. Verner and
Jameson
Denny
Scott
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Dr. Jameson
Brown
Mays
Fire damages Cleveland Williamson and Cuyahoga blocks
Flames broke out in the Williamson block on the public square in Cleveland Ohio early Saturday morning. Firemen could not control them and the adjacent Cuyahoga block appeared doomed as winds fanned the blaze. By 3 a.m. damage was estimated at 300000 dollars.
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Cleveland, O
Williamson
Public Square
Cuyahoga
Miners Killed and Injured In Slate Fall at Algona Mine
Buvermy West Virginia Aug 24 Three men died and three were fatally injured when slate fell at the Algona coal mine Saturday.
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Buvermy
W. Va
Algona
Anti-Taggart Meeting Fails to Decide Delegates in Ward 1 Precinct 8S
An anti-Taggart Democratic club meeting in C. Z. Dunn's yard on Brookside- five debated precinct primary delegates, debated meeting venue at Widman's saloon, and heard mixed views on Taggart, Powell, Rogers, Dunn, and Gold with no concrete decisions.
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Ward 1
C. Z. Dunn
Brookside
Widman
Clifford-ave
Albert Thayer
Narrow Escape Sparks Police Sergeant's Narrow Brush With Death
At about 9 am Saturday Sergeant Laporte stepped from an outbound trolley at Washington and Delaware when a westbound car swept by. He was struck ten feet from the crossing, yet walked to the station with cuts on chin and eye and bruises on chest and arm. He quipped of tougher knocks survived.
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Sergt. Laporte
Washington and
Delaware Sts
Overdose Morphine Causes Death of Mrs Prange at Home
Mrs Frederick Prange aged 56 died at 11 am Saturday at 1938 Davidson Street from an overdose of morphine. She had been seen at Market with her daughter earlier, found unconscious at home at 10. She suffered epilepsy and habitually used the drug. Doctors McShane and Brayton attended. Her husband owns the Prange flour mills.
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Frederick Prange
Davidson St
Law faces breach of promise suit from Miss Mack
Geo Law street railway president and millionaire is sued for 150000 by 21 year old Miss Josephine Mack a lecturer and literary woman who studied music in Paris Col Robert Ingersoll represents her Law married Olga Smith in September 1894 after the alleged promise to marry Mack
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New York
Geo. Law
Street Railroad
Josephine Mack
Evacuation Reported From Port Arthur
A dispatch from Viadivestock says Japanese forces are evacuating Port Arthur as of August 24. The withdrawal signals a shift in the siege and impacts regional defense expectations.
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Port Arthur
St. Petersaure
Viadivestock
Leaky Cisterns Cleaned and Cemented for Sale
A fragmentary ad notes leaky cisterns cleaned and cemented for 1.50 dollars. Pumps and related items appear in the listing along with references to huts and Indi na elements.
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Factor Peices. &. L Huts
Indigna Uve
Poone i
Three Victims Of A Fire At Air Line Hotel
A blaze at the Air Line hotel near Touuno O Aug 24 trapped guests. most escaped in night clothes. Timothy McCarty of Hillsdale Mich died from burns. Two unknown men remain buried beneath debris as crews await cooling. Loss fixed at 20000 dollars.
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Touuno
Air Line
Timothy McCarty
Hillsdale
Mich
Pulding
Fisher Objects to Rabes Saloon License Plan
Geo Fisher wakes charges against license applicant Hermann Rabe who advertised through Tue Suy that he seeks a saloon at College avenue and Seventh Street on property owned by Fisher. Fisher says he has not rented the site for saloon use and that the notice injures his property and goodwill.
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Geo. Fisher
Hermann Rabe
College-ave
Seventh St
Fisher
Rabe
Wisher
Tae Sey
Rockefeller heirs announce three upcoming marriages
Miss Emma Rockefeller, eldest child of William G. Rockefeller, is engaged to marry Pr. David Hunter McAlpin Jr. of New York. Miss Edith Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller’s youngest daughter, is to wed Harold McCormick next month. William G. Rockefeller, Emma’s brother, plans to marry Emma Stiliman. The weddings are expected this fall.
City Life item and notices from Indianapolis period
A burst of local items: James Whitcomb Riley rides a bicycle with witty signs for meals on Washington St. Mayor Denny signs the $10,000 park ordinance. Horace Haynes claims a nine-rat trap record. Broad Ripple park hosts a Sept. 2 basket picnic with races and a ball game. Two Evansville men discuss a $15,000 to $20,000 stern-wheeler on White River. West Indianapolis hikes property tax to 38 cents due to suburb litigation. Soldiers and citizens lawn fete at Armstrong’s park with dinner and a Sunday repeat. A long list of residents tied to a fete and a typhoid fever case, infantile consumption, and diphtheria reports. Mainplace license granted Tyner to Lanham.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Washington St
Denny
Horace Haynes
Odd Fellows
Indianapolis
Broad Ripple Park
Evansville
White River
Broad Ripple
West Indianapolis
Armstrong’s Park
Birres
Lizzie Leonard
Willis
Emma Smith
Andy
Mary McGary
Harry
Millie Smith
Chas
Imma Peck
A. M
Iva Case
Wesley
Anna Bunton
J. P
Mystie Cherry
John
Mystie Haffinger
Geo
Rosana McGee
Mrs. Christoph
James
Mrs. Murphy
Mary Tansy
Peter and
Bertha Nutz
Waiter
Effie Renman
Bey
Capalita Tially
F. Schiebein
Rosa Beihmemann
Nora Lutz
Thos. EH. Tyner
Tina E. Lanham
Office Desks and Wells for Sale at Indiana Avenue
Woman L Elder advertises office desks of all styles and the sale of driven wells at 153 Indiana avenue, phone 179L. Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder is noted as having won a gold medal at the Midwinter Fair in San Francisco.
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Wmn
L. Elder
Indiana-ave
Dr. Price
San Franciscos
Midnight burglar scare ends as lawyer returns home
Neighbors misread noises at the McKee residence when lawyer John F. McKee arrived home late at night. Flo opened the door causing a stumble and a match glow, triggering alarms and a neighborhood search. McKee admitted the only intruder was himself with items he valued still inside.
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John F. McKee
W. Walmnist
McKeKee
Mr. McKee
Flo
McKee
Wright
Sey
Mcisee
Duncan and Spaan to lead Hinshaw murder case defense
John H. Duncan has been employed by Rev. Mr. Hinshaw to oppose Henry Spaan and other prosecutors in the anticipated murder trial of Hinshaw for his wife’s death in Danville next month. The selection of counsel promises a premier courtroom contest in the state's history. Duncan declined to discuss the case on Saturday.
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Hinshaw
Henry Spaan
Mr. Hinshaw
Danville
John 8. Duncan
Duncan
Sunday closing frenzy grips Pontiac during crusade
In Pontiac Michigan on August 24 the Sunday closing push remains the hottest topic. City council faces likely surprise at the next session as petitions surge to close various businesses. A bold new petition seeks to halt city pumps and shut the fire department on Sundays amid widespread signatures.
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Michigan
Pontiac
Mich
Board of Works awards multiple sidewalk and paving contracts
The Board of Works awarded contracts for cementing sidewalks on Broadway Talbot and Nineteenth streets and Woodruff avenue, with rates from 67 to 70 cents and 1.34 dollars respectively. Hi G Caldwell & Co secured Woodruff avenues and New Jersey street work. The Indiana Paving Company won the first alley west of Alabama Street block laying job at 1.40 dollars.
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Board of Works
Broadway
Eleventh-st
Bedford-ave
W. H. Peters
Talbott-ave
Thirteenth
Fourteenth- St
Nineteenth-st
College-ave
Ashland-st
Hi. G. Caldwell & Co
Woodruft-ave
Clifford
Brookside-ave
New Jersey-st
Taggart Endorsed for Mayor by 50 Democrats in Precinct Meeting
At a Friday night gathering, Taggart won an endorsement for mayor from 50 Democrats of precinct 4 ward 6. Evans Woolen, candidate for police judge, stated he seeks the position but will not actively campaign or fight for it.
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Taggart
Evans Woolen
Driven Wells and Cisterns Ad Notice at 205 East Wash
Advertisement for well and cistern services by Jigeniue with guaranteed work and contact phone 796, located at 205 East Washington. The fragment hints at a local business card style notice appearing in a historical newspaper.
Blundering Acts of 95 Critiqued by Lawyer in The Sun
A lawyer voices strong critique of the 1895 acts printed by Secretary Owen. He cites 168 acts with numerous errors in titles and sections, noting 28 acts authorize slipshod work, misnumbered chapters, and unenacted provisions. He mocks enrolled acts that did not pass and urges reform and accountability.
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the Sun
Owen
Secretary of State
Senate
House
Denial of Greenback Policy Sparks Democratic Debate
New York reports a claim attributed to E C Benedict linking President Cleveland's stance to the Democratic platform on retiring greenback currency. Benedict allegedly says the greenback is useless in crisis and acts as a pump to drain gold, risking bond-syndicate gains and repeating government sacrifices and last year's disasters if the party does not retire it.
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New York
E. C. Benedict
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Knights Templar Conclave Invades Boston With Parade
Boston residents faced a restless night as thousands of Knights Templar arrived for the annual encampment. Brass bands accompany their grand parade on Tuesday, with drills for prizes and sightseeing filling the week.
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Knights Templar
Boston
Judge Stubbs Deliberates On Brandt Saloon Case
Judge Stubbs heard the case of Fred Brandt a saloonkeeper at 4d4 W Washington St charged with fracturing the Nicholson law. The matter was argued Friday afternoon with Attorney Jameson for the defense. The judge took the case under advisement for a few days as Deputy prosecutor Walker prepares a brief.
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Fred Brandt
Washington St
Stubbs
Jameson
Walker
Futurity Race Day Brings Fast Track and Big Purses
The Futurity race drew a strong crowd on a fast track with cool air. Handspring led betting at two to one as Bracing Up the Treasury prepared in San Francisco after a bond syndicate deposited half a million in gold in the sub-treasury. Pr Price's Cream Baking Powder earned the World's Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
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Sueepshhad Bay
Handspring
Treasury
San Francisco
Sub-Treasury
Price
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Allen Conduitt
M.A. Brennan
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Mike Brennan
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Gorder
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