Fifth of Eight Brothers Shot
MISHAWAKA Ind Aug 27 A telegram from Manila reports M S Greene of this city was killed there Saturday He was a special signal service officer and had served 22 years in the U S Army Greene is the fifth of eight brothers to die for their country Their father served in the Mexican War his grandfather in 1812 and his great grandfather in 1776.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Manila
M. S. Greene
Special
United States Service
Greene Is
Logansport
Esther McManaway
Warren
Goshen
Aus
Harry Waters
Howard Hopkins
Episcopal
Philippines
Neltie Bullock
Gentryville
Spencer County
Edgar T. Bogle
New Albany
Malolos
Aguinaldoe
Congress
Bogle
Mattie Alunt
Ladoga
Hashbarger
Miss Alunt
Saloons end free lunches in Logansport region
A string of incidents from Indiana towns shows local woes and oddities. Reports include a free lunch ban on Logansport saloons, a Goshen man’s suicide, a Logansport conductor’s return amid possible dementia, and a mischief of thefts and fires. Other items cite injuries, killings, and court actions across Allen, Shelby, and surrounding counties.
Steamship Ohio Arrives From Nome With Treasure and Passengers
The steamship Ohio arrived in Seattle from Nome on Sunday with a number of passengers and an estimated treasure onboard.
Bryan Attacks His Own Child and McKinley Defense
A political feature notes Bryan’s shifting stance on imperialism and the Philippines, accusing him of branding his own policy as a child of imperialism. The piece cites Charles Deaby urging McKinley’s re-election and covers campaign plans by B F Shively and G B Lockhard with remarks on party loyalties. It also covers Charles Finley’s critique in the Pennville Rough Rider of the Caleb Powers verdict and its comparison to the Dreyfus affair.
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National Republican Committee
Charles Deaby
Evansville
China
First Philippine Commission
McKinley
Bryan
Hawaii
Jack
William Jennings Bryan
Pennville Rough Rider
Charles Finley
Kentucky
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Dreyfus
France
Powers
Births and Marriages Reported in Perry and City
Births list includes Peter and Mary Hilarides. Perry township boy. Co J and Retta Osborne. jls English Ave girl. I E and Josie Clary. 1299 Fletcher Ave boy. Families record many more births with names and addresses. Also noted are marriages such as Wm Huston and Jane Magegard and James Gould and Cora Pollard among others. Death entries cover multiple ages with causes like tuberculosis and pneumonia. Public health notes list illnesses and hospitalizations.
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Peter and Mary Hilarides
Perry Township
Co. J
Retta Osborne
English
I. E
Josie Clary
Fletcher Ave
Harry and
Anna Blythe
S. East St
Joe
Jeanette Dodson
Dan and
Florence Bareswell
Adams-st
Joseph and
Victoria Rusché
Kennington-st
Anderson
Bettie Davis
E. Eleventh-st
Robert
Mattie Johnson
Teledo St
F. C
Mary Lingenfelter
Woodruff Place
Carrie Bollen
Indianapolis-ave
Irene Thomas
Eugene-st
Sophia Engle
Tacoma-st
Wm. IL
Ella Cook
Geo. W
Anna Knodle
Talbottave
Boy
Geo
Esther Bowman
Holloway-st
T. Miller
Southeastern Ave
Sun Liners Win In Sensational Ninth Inning Finish
The Sun Liners beat the Sentinels 13 to 12 after trailing 12 to 7 as Sur Gay sparked a dramatic rally. Mc Graw and Welsh were knocked from the mound. Gallagher Wilson and Englekinz formed the Liners battery while the Liners boasted younger players against an older Sentinel lineup.
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SUN Liner
Sentinels
Sur- Gay
McGraw
Welsh
Liners
Gallagher
Wilson
Englekinz
Sentinel
Real Estate Listings for Becherer and Hopkins
Two cottages listed with owners and prices: C H Becherer at 1223 Stume Street priced 1232 dollars and S Hopkins at 2559 North Gale Street priced 900 dollars.
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C. H. Becherer
Stume St
Hopkins
N. Gale St
Actress Camille d'Arville Marries E W Crellin
San Francisco reports Camille d Arville, the actress, wed E W Crellin of Oakland at noon Monday. She states she will never return to the stage.
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Ban Francisco
Camille d’Arville
E. W. Crellin
Oakland
Charley Ross Claimant Appears in Court
A vagrant in Poughkeepsie claims to be Charley Ross the Philadelphia kidnapping victim. He asserts a New York man can prove the tale and shows a photo from just before the abduction. The man has traveled for ten years with no money or work and offers no explanation for the enduring mystery.
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Ross
Frank Reume in a Box in Detroit Con Game Mixup
An Indianapolis man named Frank C. Reume, traveling to New York for a collar and cuff factory, is mistaken for a Detroit con man after finding his own name in the Detroit city directory. The two Franks discover they are distant relatives from France who both died in early American wars.
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Frank C. Reume
Indianapolis
New York
Detroit
Reume
McGraw Building
Tragic Vendome Hotel Shooting After Prize Fight
In New York at the Vendome hotel H. J. Ford from Boston shot A. J. Spudson of Baltimore in the bar room over a trivial quarrel. Ford then killed himself with a bullet to the brain after the fatal confrontation. Both men had come to attend a prize fight and were formerly on friendly terms.
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New York
H. J. Ford
Boston
A. J. Spudson
Baltimore
Spudson
Reverend denounces golf for women in Sunday sermon
San Francisco August 27 Rev A C Bane of the California Street Methodist Episcopal Church created a sensation during a Sunday sermon by denouncing the practice of women playing golf on Sundays. He urged adherence to Sabbath observance and questioned the social implications of such leisure activities.
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San Francisco
A. C. Bane
California-st
Bon Ton burlesquers open season at Empire theater
The Bon Ton burlesquers with a chorus and vaudeville features open the season at the Empire theater on Monday. The game keeper exploiting Smith O'Brien will appear at the Park the first half of the week.
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Smith O'Brien
Mrs Sadie Crouse Dies in Fire at Home
Mrs Sadie Crouse 34S Tuxedo Street died Sunday midnight at St Vincent's hospital after a kerosene lamp exploded in her parlor. Passersby John Beck and Theodore Woodbeck at the Cronse Taylor icehouse heard screams and found her amid flames, clothing torn away and fire subdued with a blanket. The husband W S Crouse manages a local paper box factory. It is believed a neuralgic attack caused her to drop the lamp.
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Sadie Crouse
Tuxedo St
St. Vincent's Hospital
John Beck
Theodore Woodbeck
Cronse & Taylor Icehouse
Revising Fire Insurance Rates in Indianapolis
Monday, S A Barclay and T M Goodine began drafting a new fire insurance rate schedule in Indianapolis. The process will take two to eight weeks, after which the draft goes to local agents, company headquarters, and the national committee in Chicago for approval. A committee will work with Manufacturers and Merchants associations as the board of trade and the Commercial club push for a stronger fire department.
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S. A. Barclay
Chicago
Indianapolis
T. M. Goodine
Tee
Bureau
Manuafacturers' and Merchants’ Associations
Board of Trade
Commercial Chi
Fire Department
Fatal Burns Claim Sun Day Woman at Home
Mrs. Cornelia Moore, 76, died at her son’s home at 227 S East St Sunday night from burns suffered in a gasoline explosion last week. She attempted to fill a gasoline stove tank with burners lit, and the fumes ignited, catching her clothing.
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Cornelia Moore
S. East St
Chicago Couples Spark St Joseph Marriage Wave
In St. Joseph Michigan on Sunday 77 couples from Chicago began marriages here with 50 more Gotham couples expected in the week to be wed.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Chicago
Gotham
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promotes Health Claims Advised
An advertisement urges readers to begin taking Hood's Sarsaparilla to improve blood purity and appetite, presenting the product as a remedy for perceived health shortcomings.
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Hood
Force May Be Used Against Scabs at Jail Project
Pat Moran, president of the fitters union, denies a strike on the jail project despite sympathy for electrical workers. He vows to resist any scab labor and predicts nonunion workers could be forced off the site. Wage disputes exist but are expected to settle quietly as Secretary Anderson and Commissioner McGregor discuss an agreement plan.
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Pat Moran
Fitters’ Union
Anderson
McWilliams & Co
Sandburn Electrical Company
Court House
McGregor
Improvements and contracts for city paving projects
Final action approved on numerous sidewalk and street paving works including cementing York Street to first alley, brick paving Wabash Street from New Jersey to Fast, and curb and walk installations on Arch and Park avenues. Remonstrances filed against some block and street paving, bids awarded to several contractors for projects on Bird Street, Pierson Street, Ruth Street, Spruce Street, and multiple alleys with prices listed.
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York-st
Silver-ave
First Alley
Massachusetts-ave
Fratt
Tenth
Wabash-st
New Jersey
Fast
Noble
Arch-st
Park-ave
Broadway
Keystone-ave
Washington
New York
Michigan-st
Cincinnati
Fifth Alley
North-st
Spring-st
Big Four
Union-st
Merrill
Mc Carty
Bird St
Ohio
Prospect
Lexington-ave
R. F. Sall
Illinois-st
McLean Place
Twenty-second-st
George A. McCray
Capitol Ave
P. E. Phillips
Georgia St
Shelby
Leota
J. Harry Roberts
Recruiting Station Opens to Colored Recruits for Philippines
The local recruiting station received an order on Saturday to accept colored recruits for service in the Philippines. Several applications from colored men were received on Monday.
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Philippines
Taggart Bluffs Them Into Line
The council holds a special session Monday night to consider a ordinance authorizing a temporary 54000 loan to cover current expenses. Republicans split over the measure with threats of electric light cuts. Daller headed opposition and Evans supports the loan. Megrew is away. a regular meeting is planned next Monday to push the measure.
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Sagegart
Daller
Evans
Megrew
Finance Committee
Military Field Day At Garfield Park By Father Mathew Brigade
The Boys of Father Mathew brigade hold their third annual field day in Garfield park on Wednesday from morning until 8 p m. The program features prize drills trumpet and drum contests football tug of war foot races bicycle races jumping contests baseball games and a prize pig chase. The winner captures the pig and receives a galler...
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Father Mathew Brigade
Garfield Park
A. Galler
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