Fall Creek Sewage Controversy In City Parkways
Long article argues Fall creek should not be used as a sewage outlet for Fort Harrison and city, warning of pollution and health risks. Residents insist the parkway along the stream must be preserved and that logic and common sense will eventually save the creek. Also reports Edward Harriman’s return from Europe in fair health after two months abroad on the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
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Army Post
Fall Creek
Fort Benj. Harrison
War Department
Indiana
White River
New York
Edward H. Harriman
America
Europe
Harriman
Arden
Cherbourg
E. H. Harriman
Gastein
United States
Marriman
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Railroads
Wall Street
Harriman Lines
Robert H. Lovett
Union Pacific Road
Kentucky Wife-Deserter Manhunt Launches
Deputy Sheriff Oscar Merrill departed Mount Sterling Kentucky to arrest Harry Swango on a desertion charge. Swango is wanted for leaving his wife and children in Indianapolis and is to be brought to Kentucky for legal action.
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Oscar Merrill
Mount Sterling
Harry Swango
Indianapolis
County Opens Bids For Asylum Laundry Building
County commissioners opened bids Tuesday for the construction of the laundry building at the Julietta Insane asylum. Bids ranged from $3,238 by Frank Mefd to $4,100 by John A. Schumacher Co, with several firms submitting amounts between.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yné
Julietta Insane Asylum
Wolf & Ewing
Frank Mefd
W. C. Halstead & Co
William P. Jungelaus Co
John. A. Schumacher Co
Burglary via Ladder At Massachusetts Avenue Stores
A burglary occurred before daylight on Massachusetts Avenue near the Pythian building. A ladder against Dyer's jewelry store enabled a burglar to reach the rear of C. C. Hauger's clothing store, pry open a window, and steal items. Initial report claimed ten suits missing but later said three suits were gone.
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Massachusetts Avenue
Pythian
Dyer’s
C. C. Hauger
Hauger
Strikers See Soldiers and Anger Rises in Pittsburgh Area
Troop B of the state constabulary moved to Home stead then McKees Rocks to avoid city traffic. An ominous quiet hangs over McKees Rocks Schoenville and near the Prassed Steel Car plant as troopers deputy sheriffs strikers bystanders and residents recall Sunday night carnage. Strikers show readiness to fight if provoked, though not seeking trouble.
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Pittsburg
State Constabulary
Homestead
McKees Rocks
Lake Erie
Schoenville
Prassed Steel Car Company
Hillside Coal Plant 6 Destroyed by Fire
The Hillside Coal and Iron company plant at Dupont near Wilkes-Barre was torched early today. The entire plant burned with the shaft interior catching fire and authorities fear the fire may spread to the mine. Loss is about $60,000.
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Wilkesbarre
Hillside Coal and Iron Company
Dupont
Iowan Gets a Bride
A marriage license was issued yesterday afternoon by County Clerk Quill to Robert H. Sherman of Des Moines and Miss Evelyn Stoner of Southport Jad.
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Robert H. Sherman
Des Moines
Evelyn Stoner
Southport
Jad
Bank Clerk Shoots Self in Metropolitan National Bank
In Pittsburg today, M. L. Ott man aged 30, a bookkeeper at Metropolitan National Bank, walked to the directors room and shot himself through the head at noon. Fellow clerks found him dead. ill health listed as the cause. He was married with two children.
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Metropolitan National Bank
M. L. Ottman
Senator C K McCullough Stricken With Illness In Michigan
Indianapolis friends of Senator C K McCullough of Anderson report he is seriously ill at a Michigan summer resort. Messages say he shows little improvement since leaving Anderson and is unable to write letters, dictating only a brief note expressing no better health.
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Indianapolis
C. K. McCullough
Anderson
Michigan
McCullough
Indiana
Mob kills Wade Gentry after shooting 21 in Monroe clash
Wade Gentry, a Black man, shot and wounded 21 people in Monroe Louisiana. An infuriated mob killed him and burned his body. Two victims were seriously injured. witnesses named Ross and Wilkins.
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Monroe
Wade Gentry
Gentry
Ross
Wilkins
Courthouse Officials Attend Mendenhall Farm Auction Dinner
Several men skipped offices at the courthouse to attend County Commissioner John Mendenhall s public sale on his farm and joined a sumptuous dinner hosted by the women of the Valley Mills M E B church.
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John Mendenhall
Valley Mills M. EB. Church
SOD MILE RAGE MAY BE RUN OVER AGAIN
The 200 mile race that ended after three deaths at the speedway may be run again next month during the 24 hour races. The A A A executive committee may decide ownership of the $19 000 trophy if the race is not resumed. Jackson Automobile company filed a trophy claim on Lyttle who was leading when the event was halted.
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Jackson Automobile Company
Lyttle
Maniac After Murder Charge In New Jersey
John Laughlin an engineer is hospitalized at Bayonne jail after being arrested and charged with beating his wife to death. The suspect reportedly became incoherent while in custody and the case arose from detective work by the victim’s sister.
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Bayonne
N. J
John Laughlin
Laughlin
Barber Hero Saves Two Lives in Pueblo Runaway
Relatives report Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Turpin and daughter, formerly of Indianapolis, were seriously injured in a Pueblo, Colorado runaway a few days ago. A barber leaped into the street and seized the frightened animal, stopping the perilous incident and saving the family.
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Columbus
Ind
Charles A. Turpin
Indianapolis
Pueblo
Col
Lincoln Pennies For Indiana Trust Patrons
The Indiana Trust company has secured a supply of Lincoln one cent pieces and will provide them to patrons and friends. The new coins are described as the handsomest issued by the government and are eagerly sought by the public.
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Indiana Trust Company
Collision Drowns Hundreds at Montevideo Festival Harbor
Between 200 and 300 people, mostly women and children, died when the Argentine steamer Colombia collided with a German passenger ship at the Montevideo harbor entrance. The Colombia was en route from Buenos Aires to the festival city. Rescue efforts saved some passengers and the German captain, who lamented the disaster. The German vessel sank quickly, leaving few survivors.
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Montevideo
Colombia
Mountavidaa Howhan
Aplualuu Yiuuu Lialuul
Buenos Ayres
Week's Outing for Mothers and Children
Maj Escott of the Salvation Army returned from a camp meeting at Anderson to take 25 poor mothers and babies to the Salvation Army fresh air farm at Carl Fisher summer home near New Augusta for a week. A previous group of 25 had just returned to Indianapolis, and 25 more will go next Tuesday, bringing total served this summer to 250. Contributions to fund the farm remain welcome, sent to Maj Escott in the Baldwin block.
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Maj. Escott
Salvation Army
Anderson
Carl Fisher
New Augusta
Indianapolis
Mas. Escott
Capt
Mrs. McLain
Baldwin
Deaths at Speedway Investigated by Coroner
Coroner Blackwell probes the deaths of William Bourque and Harry Holcomb, Knox car driver and mechanician, killed at the Speedway on Thursday. Witnesses blame unfinished track and an open ditch for worsening the crash. Brandon, Weaver, Strieger, Haibe, and another officer cite track condition as the key factor.
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Blackwell
William Bourque
Harry Holcomb
Knox Automobile
Speedway
Bourque
Holcomb
Frances .T. Weaver
W. Tenth Street
Frank S. Brandon
N. Delaware Street
Albert Strieger
Kansas City
Reno Haibe
E. Michigan Street
John T. Weaver
Walker Street
Brandon
Thief Breaks Window and Flees from Jewelry Store
Night corner policeman Bates in Illinois and Washington streets heard a crash and saw a man run from the City Loan and Jewelry window on W Washington. He gave chase but the thief escaped after breaking the window with a brick.
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Bates
Ilinois
Washington Streets
City Loan and Jewelry
W. Washington Street
Ilinois Street
Dessie Redick Sues Husband for Divorce in Superior Court
Dessie E. Redick alleges her husband Charles choked her beat her and cursed her. She has filed a divorce suit in superior court seeking relief.
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Dessie E. Redick
Charles
Daughter jailed for neglect as neighbors report tavern use
A 21 year old Jesale Rickets from Burton Avenue was fined and sentenced to two days in the women's prison for neglecting her three year old son. Neighbors testified beer was carried to her home by visiting men while her father worked as a plasterer. The father asked to take custody. the judge urged proper care and dignity for the child.
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Stubbs
Jesale Rickets
Burton Avenue
Gungaulus
Seattle
Wash
Judge Stubbs
Rickets
Two Men Disappear Leaving Families Anxious
Thomas W. Davis aged 41 vanished from his home at 222 Winter Avenue on August 2. Relatives appealed to police for help. Charles Bowditch of Philadelphia, visiting for Broad Ripple construction, also disappeared from his Claypool hotel room.
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Thomas W. Davis
Winter Avenue
Davis
Charles Bowditch
Philadelphia
Broad Ripple
Bowditch
Claypool Hotel
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C.K. McUllough
Merdenhall
The
American Automobile Association
Lincoln
Indiana Trust
Montevideo Harbor
Chogked
Dessie Redick
Bibl
the Women’s Prison
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