Alger Leads in G A R Camp Pushing Tanner Vindication
Milwaukee dispatch notes factional intrigue in the G A R encampment as Corporal Tanner seeks vindication and support, while Alger pursues commander in chief and presidential nomination with Mrs John A Logan backing the effort. Old soldiers criticize pension rulings, and tactics shift as Alger’s organized campaign targets Boston for the next encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Tanner
Alger
John A. Logan
Gen. Sherman
Veasey
Miralogan
Detroit
Boston
Massachusetts
Judge Vansey
Dempsey Falls To LeBlanche In San Francisco Fight
In a tough 12 round bout at the Golden Gate club, George LeBlanche shocked Jack Dempsey by scoring a knockdown and winning on points. Dempsey, weighing 161 pounds, pressed hard with his famous right, but LeBlanche clinched and fouled at times and proved the stronger boxer for the night. About 2,000 spectators witnessed the upset in a non title purse bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Temrepe
George LeBlanche
LeBlanche
Dampsey
Gempsey
Dempsey
Golden Gate Athletic Club
le Blancha
Campbell Nomination Sparks Ohio Democratic Convention
Dayton reports show the Ohio Democratic Convention nominating M. D. Harter for chairman and J. E. Campbell for governor on the first ballot amid excitement and protests. The convention adjourned with Campbell renomination on a second ballot, and tensions remained high as attempts were made for a unanimous slate.
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Dayton, CO
Campbell
Dayton
Norton
Foraker
M. D. Harter
Harter
Sam Hunt
J. E. Campbell
Frank Dougherty
Neal
Martin Foran
Virgil P. Kline
Craft Corrects The Sun On Mayoral Nomination
Letter from W H Craft denies canvassing for mayoral nomination and urges delegates chosen by the people to select the ticket leader. He says he consented to be a candidate only for his name to be used, prefers no undue influence, and hopes the city is governed honestly and economically. The Strikers Win. Lonpon Aug 23 spl. The dig Strike is about over the strikers win
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Crate
Entron
Harry Craft
W. H. Craft
Lonpox
Court fight over Indianapolis school books contract
In Indianapolis a lawsuit seeks to stop the school board from replacing Swinton's geographies with Indianagenies under a 89 act. Ivison Blakeman Taylor & Co accuse the board of violating contract law, questioning governor approval, and warning against monopoly and state ownership of books.
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Indianapolis
Taylor
Swinuton
Indiana
Board of School Commissioners of
Free State
Body of Michael Hare Found in White River Near Morris Street Bridge
Work crews hauling gravel in White River discovered a male corpse floating near the Morris Street bridge. Michael Hare, 41, a streetcar company employee, left home Monday night after heavy drinking and was last seen visiting a man on Liberty Street. The body, discolored and badly mangled, was identified and his family notified. Hare was a G. A. R. member, a mason, and part of the street railway workers union with life insurance.
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White River
Kregele
Michael Hare
Hare
S. Weat St
N. Liberty-st
Morris-st. Bridge
Street Railway
Murdered, A family fatality in which 2 woman figured
In Charlestown Indiana a man named Pierson killed his stepfather Sweeny near Jeffersonville. He shot him in the temple and abdomen then surrendered. The motive was Pierson's claim that Sweeny was intimate with Pierson’s sister.
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Charlestown
Ind
Pierson
Sweeny
Jeffersonville
Central WCTU to Meet. Lunch Room Funds Home for Working Women
The Central WCTU meets Thursday at 2 30 PM at 68 North Pennsylvania St. Miss Lodie Read edits the Organizer from Ohio on two weeks’ vacation. The Central branch oversees a lunch room on North Pennsylvania Street, established eight years ago with $50 seed money and now profitable. Proceeds fund a girls’ home at 71 West Michigan St offering $2 50 weekly board for working women with Christian surroundings. Mrs. I M Kelley oversees the home.
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Central Women’s Christian Temperance Union
North
Pennsylvania St
West Michigan St
I. M. Kelley
Carve Dat Possum Excites Coloreatt Man at Kelleher’s Window
A colorfully stitched tale describes a Black man repeatedly sniffing at Kelleher’s hat shop window as a possum exhibit draws him, with an old storyteller and others debating possum lore and cooking. The piece blends humor and regional speech around the peculiar show window display.
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Kelleher
Poseum
Kelleher’s
William
Chloe
Pat
Willian
Ward politics swirl as rival candidates win nominations
In a busy Tuesday night vote, Robert Martindale ousted councilman Isaac Thalman in ward 11. Ward 3 and 4 saw white voter lines influence outcomes with Henry Sweatland and W. H. Wilson advancing, while David A. Myers backed corporate interests in ward 2. The new Republican committee is set to meet and chart nominations, with primaries planned across wards 6 through 25 and aldermanic battles ahead.
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Robert Martindale
Isaac Thalman
Martindale
At& P. m
Thalman
Bob
SUN
Henry Sweatland
Pritchard
Pierson
Alderman Tousey
Darnell
W. H. Wilson
John Puryear
David A. Myers
Otto Siebhan
Oza Eagle Icg
W. A. Cooper
Wm. Traub
W. N. Wishard
Pearson
New Republican Committee
Ita
John W. Bowls
Bowlus
Gabriel Jones
W. H. Jackson
H.R. Phillips
J. J. Twiname
Hamilton Rankin
Horace KE. Smith
C. S. Danny
Wm. F. Lander
Fred Schmidt
Royal C. Hammer
W. H. Payne
Otto Gresham
Harry G. Patterson
W. B. West
Harry Johnson
A. W
Drunken barber charged after wife takes chloroform
Police arrest W. J. Owens of 143 Massachusetts Ave after he fought with his wife and fled. She reportedly swallowed an ounce of chloroform in view of their 17 month old child, was attended by Dr. Gooding, and remained in critical condition, while Owens was disarmed of razors and jailed on assault and battery charges.
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Mra. Oyrens
Gooding
New Jersey
Chioaga
Aims for Popularity with Free Room Notices
The Sun offers free three day ads for vacant rooms. Call 880 or mail to Tux Son to publish a ten word notice.
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the Sun
The Son Offers Free 10-Word Classified Ad Trial
A historic notice promises ten word free advertisements for three days to those seeking hired help room rentals or job situations. The offer appears in a local newspaper insert inviting readers to try the service at no cost.
Last chance sale on Al wool light weight suits
This notice urges immediacy as suits vanish, offering $10 and $12 Al wool light weight suits, clearances to $7.50 with a $3 to $5 loss per suit. Boys and children's light weights priced low, located at 5 and T West Washington.
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Idl Eagle
West Washington
Trial and court rounds amid city crimes and weddings
Das Hilliard 90 trial on forging W L Remy name to a note. Judge Gresham arrived Tuesday. Fatally burned child of lamans Silera. Burny sues Freund for 2000 damages over alleged infidelity. Wedding bells for Louisa Hibben and Ernest Mason Wiles. Street railway woes rise as Citizens line blocks West Indianapolis. Runaway carriage overturn injuring Misses McKenzie. Counterfeiting suspects held. preliminary hearings set. Pension case in U S court. Barton widow pursues benefits. bank restraining order. Old man arrested for drunkenness given leniency by Mayor Denny amid rioting crowd.
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Frank Shire
Bob Duncan
Louisa Hibben
Ernest Mason Wiles
Kansas City
Price
N. Tennessan St
H. J. Falpott
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Indianapolis
Kentucky Ave
Edwin R.nowland
Currey
Broadway
Seventh St
Misses McKenzie
245
College Ave
Wednesday Brownlow
David Davin
William McReynolds
James Starris
Clifton Hendricks
Pike County
McReynold’s
Davis Boys
Hendricks
Harris
Charles Bailey
Moro Big
Wright
George Avery
Bailey
Avery
Denny
Stanley Herschell
Deaf Mute Institute
Herschell
C.D. Crippin
Denison
J. D. Strachan
Brazil
Emma Elliot
Evansville
United States
Mary M. Barton
Francis A. Barton
Co. B
Fifty-second
Indiana Volunteers
Joel T. Tevis
Tevis
Shelbyville
John Short
Illinois
Washington-sts
Roesner
Roesver
Allie Teams Rally in Pittsburgh Nine Showdown
In Pittsburgh on August 3 the Allies battled in a noisy 2,000-strong crowd. Galvin and Carroll handled pitching for Pitt and Rosie and Sommers behind the plate. Rusie’s wildness cooled the Hoosiers. Pittsburg pulled ahead late with key hits by Beckley, Kuehne, Dunlap, and Bassett, finishing 5 to 3 over Indianapolis.
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Arvreber Toro
Pittspura
Galvin
Carroll
Rosie
Sommers
Lynch
Hanlon
Firat
Rowe
Beckley
Backley
Rusie
Fields
Flrat
Kuehne
Nephera
Becklay
Fiaids
Evangelist Sunday
Dunlap
Kuebse
Seery
Buckley
Andrews
Glasscock
Sam Apone
Denny
McGeachy
Jem
Kushne
Sommars
Bassett
Baseatt
Zero Andrews
Jimmie Galvin
Mr. Carroll
Amos Rusia
Balla
Chimmey
Hoosier Andrews
Hooks
Pittsburg
Indianapolis
Court Martial Topics Stir Washington and Philadelphia Clergy
WAAT Ruckle discusses the court martial of Company D members, noting they were ordered out and questioning property rights tied to service past state formation. A formal court martial order is due Thursday. In Philadelphia a scheme gains traction to have Union clergy preach for civil service, with 500 clergymen backing the plan. Ladies are invited to the Battle of Atlanta at a 25 cent admission.
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Company Cbd
Adj.gan
Ruckle
Co. D
Philadelphia
The
Union
Knickabacker
Indiana
America
Atlanta
Flags and hero Horace McKay mark Indiana flag history
A long feature profiles Horace McKay a 47 year old Indianapolis veteran who helped raise the first flag over Sutann's monument and describes his appearance life in the city and role in flag ceremonies. The piece also explains flag types at federal buildings and contrasts American practices with foreign banners. It notes flag production in Philadelphia and Massachusetts and the growing bunting industry tied to more states. It closes with brief notices about a bloody boxing fight in Day ton and local promotions at the Cyclorama.
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William
Bill Haskins
Ohio
Bea
Texas
Brazil
Jess
Indianapolis
Aggervalin
Horace McKay
Zelda Seguin Wallace
Conver Sion
Sutann
McKay
Toth Ohio Regiment
Benjamin Garrison
Hia
Heb
Gen
I. N. Walker
Indiana Department
Mr. McKay
Secretary of War
Federal
Post Office
Wyatt Banks
Hildebrand
Capitol
Congress
Auntion
Arsenal Aa
Signal Corps
America
Germany
France
Hollard
Persia
Siam
Lew Wallace
Constantinople
James Gordon Bennett
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Benjamin F. Butler
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Mrs. Logan
G. A. BR. Merting
PESCO
Ohio Democrats
Jim Campbell
Rob Martindale
Kfverst Hagt
F& Carry
Chris
Weisa
Columbia
A. A. McCleary
Quill Jones
Sherer
G A. Deitch
Harold
William Cheezum
Mike Burns
James McHugh
Parkinson
Bill Hicklings
Joe Bauer
Sim Coy
Judge Sullivan
T. L. Duffy
O'Connor
Kelly
Martin Murphy
Markey
Johnson
Charley Ganes
R. d. Dolan
John Flaherty
Fred Gaul
Reynolds
J. W. Hess
Frank Hamilton
A. A. Young
Theo Smither
T Ke Hamilton
H. Shover
Tom Clark
Henry Lant
John Rail
Julius Reinecke
John L. Reardon
CLIZY
Tom Cannon
Cincinnati
Luis Bezenet
Covington
Bezenet
Connor
Sparta
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