Bakers Bridge Prepared For Another Fall At Fort Harrison
Fort Harrison set to host a large biennial camp of instruction from Sept 1 to 21 with 15,000 troops. The 10th Infantry and Indiana National Guard units will participate. A staged bridge demolition during maneuvers will test crossing under opposing fire while divisions of regulars and militias practice with two armies, red and white. After camp, the 10th Infantry will hike 200 miles through Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker’s Bridge
Baker's Bridge
Fort Harrison
United States
Fall Creek
United States Army
Fort Benjamin Harrigan
Tenth Infantry
Indiana National Guard
Indiana
Hospital Corps
Signal Corps
Third Ohio Infantry
Kentucky Militia
Fifth Infantry
Ohio Militia
Fifth Illinois Infantry
Second
Michigan Infantry
Engineer Corps
Hodges
Charles Hodges
Department of the Lakes
Company I
B. BE. Eames
National Guard
Eames
Indiana Union
Capitol Avenue
Vincennes
Marion
Peru
G. Maury Cralle
T. B. Esty
Col
Thomas Cruse
Jack Hayes
Adjt
George W. McCoy
Quartermaster’s Department
Switzerland County Residents Plan Reunion at Garfield Park
Switzerland County residents former in county areas will hold a reunion at Garfield Park Sunday at 2. The second reunion is expected to draw a promising attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland County
Switzerland “County
Indianapolis
Garfield Park
Isj
City Ordinances You Should Know Regulation of Grass Plots
Ordinance 1,421 allows property owners to erect a twelve inch high fence around the front plot between curb and sidewalk edge. They may beautify with grass or plants. It is unlawful to walk on or disturb the planted area. Penalty up to $50 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Indianapolis
Nine cents as fortune of fifteen applicants
Twenty men lined up at the state employment bureau. nine cents was the only stock for many, as fifteen were penniless. Two cents charged for correspondence, yet one man who returned after four months paid, proving memory and conscience may outshine trust. Domestic offers abound, with about a dozen daily requests. }
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Free Employment Bureau
Bureau
Budget demands push Indianapolis city budget to 2.31 million
The city faces a large budget request for the next fiscal year, totaling 2,314,876.50 dollars, with only about 17,515 dollars potentially left for the treasury. The council may trim appropriations to avoid tax levy increases as department needs are debated. A mayoral cabinet meeting is scheduled for Friday to discuss the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Treasury
Board of Works
Large Addition Planned for Methodist Episcopal Hospital
Plans call for a new four story addition to the Methodist Episcopal hospital at Sixteenth street and Capitol avenue. The $100000 project has $45000 subscribed, including $20000 from the Mary S. Yount estate of Shelby county. The wing will front Capitol avenue and Sixteenth street, match the main building style, measure ninety eight by forty six feet, include a roof garden for convalescents, and double hospital capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Hospital
Sixteenth Street
Capitol Avenue
Mary S. Yount
Shelby County
Finance Board Seeks Law Change on Public Depositories
The Marion County Board of Finance met Tuesday and urged amending the public depository law to grant designation of a public depository for emergencies. Current law restricts county funds with the Continental National Bank until after January, a bank established after the 1909 depository law. Depositories can be designated every two years from January 1, 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Board of Finance
Continental National Bank
Indianapolis
Sergeant Weaver III Hospitalized For Appendicitis
Desk Sergt. Cletus Weaver of police headquarters is at St. Vincent's hospital with a severe attack of appendicitis. An operation is expected in the next few days. Weaver was on vacation and visiting in the east when the illness struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt
Cletus Weaver
Police
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Sergt. Weaver
Jockeying In Eighth District Delegates Chooses Tuesday
As Bluffton prepares for the Eighth district Republican convention next Tuesday and the Grant Delaware judicial conclave next Wednesday, delegates will be chosen Thursday amid jockeying for influence. Candidates include Leffler Snyder Ball Vestal for Congress and Cromer Van Atta Davis McClelland for judicial posts, with trading of support and frame-up rumors shaping the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth District
Bluffton
Grant
Delaware
Cromer
James Goodrich
Eighth
Joseph G. Leffler
Muncie
Frank Snyder
Portland
Walter Ball
Albert Vestal
Anderson
George Cromer
Robert van Atta
Marion
Foster Davis
Fred McClelland
Frank Ellis
Leffler
Congress
Republican State Committee
van Atta
Delaware County
Grant County
Judge Leffler
John A. M. Adair
Jay County
Adair
Boy In Indianapolis Sought Father After Abduction
Grey Stevens, 14, is with Mrs. Mattie Hendricks at 821 Massachusetts Avenue while the Indianapolis Humane Society searches for his father William Stevens. The boy was sent from Gosport to Indianapolis with a stranger named Jeemes Allen who could not locate the father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grey Stevens
Mattie Hendricks
Massachusetts Avenue
Indianapolis Humane Society
William Stevens
Gosport
Indianapolis
Jeemes Allen
Versatile Mayor Plays Horseshoes at Central Station
Lew Shank, the versatile mayor, spends afternoons pitching horseshoes, claiming the game supplies good exercise and beats all the cops at central station. Once mayoral duties and other roles failed to satisfy him, he found joy in throwing rings while his secretary notes his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Station
Apollo Belvedere
Shank
Entries at fair show fine fruits and banners
Indiana’s state fair entry list signals a strong crop with many high grade fruits. About 3,000 plates of exhibits will display top produce as the agricultural department expects larger horse and cattle showings than last year. One farmer enters 100 contests and four plan to ship entire farms to the fair. At least twenty farm boys will enter the judging contest with $500 in prizes funding five Purdue scholarships. Farm Boys will score stock using blanks and compare with official scorers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Agricultural School of Purdue University
Price Rise Seen for Scarce Turkish Cigarets
A local tobacconist warned that a rare Turkish cigarette brand may cost more as internal revenue creates a scarcity. Dealers say sales reach over half a million packages every seven weeks and if manufacturers do not cut to fifteen per package, prices could rise five cents per pack. The duty stands at seventeen cents per thousand.
Boy Dies at Home of Apoplexy In Terre Haute Area
William Thomas Dickerson 14 died Tuesday at his East Thirty-eighth Street home from apoplexy. An avid horse racing fan, he was related to driver Buck Dickerson. Surviving are sister Margaret and brothers C N and Jeremiah Dickerson of Terre Haute. Body to be taken to Versailles, Indiana for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Thomas Dickerson
East Thirty-eighth Street
Dickerson
Mexican War Veterans Encampment Plans in Indianapolis
The annual encampment of Mexican war veterans in Indianapolis Sept 6 will feature a parade with G A R Spanish War veterans Sons of Veterans and German veterans. Former Vice President Charles W Fairbanks is asked to preside with brief addresses from Senator Beveridge Governor Marshall and Mayor Shank. A six man reception committee will be named by the Commercial club and board of trade. Ninety eight Mexican war veterans are on state pension rolls and George T Barney of Elkhart proposes yearly state meetings despite anticipated end of the national association due to aging members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Fairbanks
Beveridge
Marshall
Shank
Commercial Club
Board of Trade
George T. Barney
Elkhart
State Association of
Noted Speakers to Attend AP Banquet in Indianapolis
Melville E. Stone Col Charles S Diehl and Harry L Beach will attend a September 22 banquet in Indianapolis hosted by Indiana AP editors and publishers. Gov Marshall James Whitcomb Riley Charles W Fairbanks Beveridge Shively Kern Ade will deliver short addresses. Toastmaster A J Moylihan and committee members Hilton A Brown B F Lawrence George Cook organized the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville E. Stone
New York
Associated Press
Charles S. Diehl
Mannager
Harry L. Beach
Central Division
Chicago
Indianapolis
Indiana
Marehall
James Whitcomb Riley
Charles W. Fairbanks
Beveridge
Senator Shively
John W. Kern
George Ade
A. J. Moylihan
Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette
Hilton A. Brown
B. F. Lawrence
George Cook
Dust Lingers on Fair Road Delays Oiling City
State board of agriculture warns that Thirty-eighth street oiling is delayed and promises from the housing of works may leave the street dusty during fair week. Residents fear the road will be nearly impassable, hindering traffic and access to events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-eighth Street
State Board of Agriculture
Indianapolis Woman Credits Nonoperative Cure by Physicians
An Indianapolis woman credits Dr. Gilmer Medical Institute with curing her long standing illness after four weeks of treatment. She says other doctors claimed only surgery could help and praises the physicians for avoiding operations. The ad claims hundreds of invalids praise the treatment for chronic diseases and urges women to seek their care to avoid mutilating procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Gilmer Medical Institute
Indianapolis
N. Pennsylvania Street
Indiana
Judge Frees Streeter After Advice in Court
Police Judge Col lina told Herman P. Streeter to seek spiritual guidance as he faced charges for backing a Atlas Engine Works car into a streetcar on Aug. 17. Streeter, 2229 Bellefontaine, was fined 25 dollars and costs for driving under the influence and given until December 1 to pay 300 dollars in damages to the demolished vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Michigan
Arsenal Avenue
Hugh H. Hanna
Atlas Engine Works
Streeter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bakers’ Bridge
Indiana Employment Bureau
Sergeant Weaver III
Boy
Empire Circuit
Casino Theater
Brooklyn, N. Y
Sons of Veterans
Committee On
Senator Beveridge
Melville Stone
Inlana
Safe Deposit Department
American National Bank
OLD Post Office
Franklin
Sky
Collina
Herman P. Streeter
Belle
Fontaine Street
Lice Court
Pettis Ory Goods
Peter Thompson
the Leading Trust Company
the Union Trust Company
Office Company's
E. Market Street
Nancy
Boyer
Riverside
Mlle. Bergerat
Mayer
ST. Paul Sacasay
Minneapolis
Weber, Butler
Ferger
Jerson
Mayer-Kiserbank
Watc
Thompson
Laire Lane
Broad Ripple Park
OLD Settlers
State Life Insurance Co
Hoover-Watson Printing CO
Corner Market
New Jersey
Little Denison Cafe
Sas
Murat Theatre
Mighty Alven
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!