Aged Man Fatally Hurt After Stairway Fall
Theodore F. Smithers, 64, was seriously injured at his home at 1942 Park Avenue Tuesday when he fell down four stairs. His condition is critical and he may die. He stepped into the stairway while reaching a door in the hall. neighbors describe him as a lifelong Indianapolis businessman. Dr. Wagner and Dr. John attended him.
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Theodore F. Smithers
Park Avenue
Smith
Indianapolis
Theodore, Wagner
John
Wall Street Stocks Quiet After A. O. Brown Failure
Stocks were very quiet and irregular on Wall Street with fractional advances in opening prices and most trading in 100 share lots. The Brown & Co failure left contracts on many houses and losses ahead for which Brown & Co will be held responsible. Speculative movers paused awaiting full explanation. Cotton rose about 50 cents per bale.
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New York
Wall Street
Brown & Co
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Chicago Live Stock Hogs and cattle prices posted at Union Stock Yards
Chicago Union Stock Yards reports receipts of 21,000 hogs and 17,000 cattle and 25,000 sheep. Hogs quoted from 5.80 to 6.80 for various classes, cattle steady to a shade lower with beeves up to 7.70, stockers and feeders 2.60 to 4.60, cows and heifers 1.75 to 5.80, lambs and natives around 3.50 to 6.15 depending on type.
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Chicago
Union
Texas
City Grain Trade Report with Mixed Wheat and Hay Prices
Grain and hay market notes list wheat values by grade and month, hay firmer prices for timothy and clover, plus detailed inspections by commodity. Inspections show car counts for wheat, corn, and hay across No 2 to No 4 grades with totals, reflecting activity at market.
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Wwacon
Hay
Timothy
Clover
East Buffalo Livestock Market Receipts and Prices
East Buffalo New York August 26 reports receipts and prices for cattle sheep hogs. Cattle steady with calves and yearlings in the mid range. Sheep receipts 600 active and steady with lambs 4.75 to 6.60 and yearlings 4.75 to 5.28. Hogs receipts 3740 steady with Yorkers 6.25 to 7.00, pigs 5.25 to 5.80, mixed and heavies 7.00 to 7.10, roughs 6.00 to 6.50.
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East Buffalo
N. Y
Am . i
Ae Culver Ieee
Genesee
Pittsburg Live Stock Market Update
Pittsburg Pa August 26 cattle receipts light and steady with prime at $5.90 to $6.00 and best cows and springers at $16.00 to $55.00 hogs receipts ten loads steady with heavy at $5.95 to $7.00 and pigs at $5.00 to $5.40 sheep receipts light and lower with prime wethers $4.40 to $4.60 and ewes and wethers around $3.75 to $4.20
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Pittsburg
Nurse Announces Expected Baby Boy in Classroom Scene
In a brief classroom moment a nurse announces to a professor that the expected baby is a boy. The professor, distracted, prompts to ask the child what he wants, revealing a lighthearted exchange.
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Boston ‘Transcript
Hog and cattle market report from Indianapolis fair week
Indianapolis market notes receipts for hogs at 7 000 cattle 1 750 sheep 850 show declines in hog and cattle trading with a rise in sheep. Hogs mostly 4 50 to 9 00, better hogs 6 15 to 6 80, trims and trashy kinds lower. Cattle demand fair, calves strong, bulls steady. Sheep and lambs large receipts, trading quiet but near steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Vote to Retain Old Men in Order in Indiana Grand Council
Delegates of the Grand Council of Indiana voted to reject a proposal to retire members over 35 from active membership. The Detroit drafted measure would grant advisory, not voting, power to those over 25. The decision followed a hot debate and the group planned to adjourn by Thursday afternoon.
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Grand Council of Indiana
M. L
Detroit
Grand Council
Lodger Turns Hubbergoon in the Oils
A. J. Douglas, robbed of $50, investigates at the Traction Terminal station and identifies two men matching his roommate and another as suspects. In under two hours, the pair are arrested at Greensburg, Ind, with Captain Bray notifying the Greensburg sheriff and detectives planning further action.
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Traction Terminal
A. J. Douglas
Greensburg
Ind
Douglas
Illinois Street
Denver
Col
Jack Shaffer
Bray
City Record Births Marriages and Deaths
City records list multiple births including boys and girls at various streets such as Good Jet Park avenue Madison avenue and Kennington street. Enterocolitis pulmonary tuberculosis gastroenteritis phthisis and other illnesses are noted with patient ages. Several marriages are recorded among numerous couples. The final entries list additional names and combined marriage pairs.
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George Holderman
Whittier Place
N. Temple Avenue
Jakli Anastasio
City Hospital
Patrick Kinney
N. Walcott Street
Juliette O. Shores
Agnes Street
Chas. H. Beaver
E. Washington Street
Jennie Lahman
West Street
Janne Bell
Chas. G. Loutt
Temple Avenue
William Mahoney
St. Vincent's Hospital
Indiana's man hunt ends with Coe killed in Kentucky
After a two year chase across the nation and Canada Indiana detectives finally close the case as Jesse Coe is killed by Kentucky Sheriff Bryant and deputies near Tompkinsville. Coe had eluded capture since escaping in Indiana and had been linked to the killings in Kentucky following a confrontation in a Louisville area yard.
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Coe
Williams
Kentucky
Coeridge
Manning
Sheriff Bryant
Mandy Coe
Bryant
Cumberland River
Tompkinsville
Jesse Coe
Indiana
Gro
Ladoga
Ind
Indianapolis
Union
Mexico
Canada
United States
Police Department
Charles G Loutt Dies Leaving Nine Children
Chas G Loutt died at his home 846 N Temple Ave. He was a lumber inspector for the Indianapolis Chair Co and a member of the I O O F. He is survived by a widow and nine children.
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Chas. G. Loutt
N. Temple Avenue
Indianapolis Chair Company
First Ward Club 13 Called by President
The First Ward Democratic Marching club will meet Thursday evening at o'clock for important matters. President Keely seeks full attendance and invites all Democrats to visit the clubrooms at Seventeenth street and Roosevelt avenue.
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First Ward Club
Keely
Seventeenth Street
Roosevelt Avenue
Hindu Child Wives Have Friends Here
Nellie Ross reports on a Los Angeles lecture tour by Mrs. Caroline P. Wallace and Miss Carrie A. Tennant advocating aid for Hindu child wives. Indianapolis women and groups will support a national league effort to fund teams that travel to India to urge an end to child marriage, while noting internal U.S. debates on local options.
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Marion County
Indianapolis
India
Caroline P. Wallace
Los Angeles
Cal
Carrie A. Tennant
Wallace
Indiana
League
F. F. McCrea
Broadway
L. H. Wolf
N. Delaware Street
Public Works Bid Notices for Barnes Avenue and Whittier Place
Indianapolis Board of Public Works invites bids for sewer and sidewalk improvements on Barnes Avenue and Whittier Place East Side. Plans and specs are on file. bidders must provide contingent liability insurance and a certified bid bond. Bid security min 2.5 percent. failure to sign contract leads to forfeiture. Board reserves right to reject all bids.
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Department OF Public. Works
Indianapolis
Iud
Board of Public Works
Indiana
Sheaty Hospital
Majestic Building
Joseph T. Elliott
Preston
Truslier
Fred J. Mack
Department OF Public Works
Board
Majestic
Ind
City of
Quill Street
Minnisota Strevt
Palmer Street
Irvington Avenue
Lowell Avenue
Barnes Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
Fermira Street
Ang
Whittier Place
Sid
Preston C. Trusler
Governor Hanly Buys Art After Speech Offer
Governor Hanly offered to deliver a $250 Chautauqua lecture to a lone artist in his executive offices. Artist Montgomery, famed Illinois figure, displayed a detailed painting of corn and pumpkins. The governor joked about paying $250 for a speech and bought the artwork for 50 dollars, to hang at home.
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Hanly
Montgomery
Illinois
Gov. Hanly
Col. Gemmer
Two Barn Fires On Baltimore Avenue Cause Notable Loss
An incendiary fire damaged H. A. Bolin's frame barn at 2430 Baltimore avenue Tuesday night, spreading to T. E. Shearer's barn at 2428 Baltimore avenue and a shed behind St. Paul M.E. church at 2499 Manlove avenue. Total loss pegged at 70 dollars. Bolin moved horses to the stable after 7 pm and the animals survived. a haystack owned by Shearer near the barn was also destroyed.
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H. A. Bolin
Baltimore Avenue
T. E. Shearer
St. Paul M. FE. Church
Manlove Avenue
Bolin
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A. W. Thomson
Ava
A. O
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Tate Eenereres
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Hubbergoon
Michiel
Laura Wing
N. Good
Jet
Boy
Giovanni
Erminia Passarelli
Park Avenue, Boy
Louis and Mary Mills
Kennington
Gustave and
Dorothea Bluemel
Madison Avenue, Boy
Rose Stuck
Woodlawn
John and
Anna Brandt
Union Street
Ernest and
Emily Blumberg
Thos. and
Marie Elliott
Webb Street
George Small
Dorval Pensfield
Edgar A. May
Margaret Cutsinger
Albert C. Martin
Ida Smith
Charles D. May
Blanch L. Martin
James Burgen
Mable Loyns
Jette Shepard
May Harrison
Oscar W. Schaub
Gertrude A. Rogers
Ruben Stephens
Isabella Meyers
Jerome C. Sweet
Julia Beard
Henry Flabeney
Harriet C. Allers
Carl Green
Dexter N. Gregory
Orville Lewis
Elizabeth F. Schneider
Phrederic
Taggart
Russell and Petticord
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Charles G. Loutt
First Ward
Nellie Ross
Erbocks
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First Alley
Twenty Ninth Street
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