Race night clashes: stabbings and street brawls cited
Police faced a busy weekend as a sequence of street clashes and stabbings involved residents of Indianapolis addresses. A white man was injured during a car encounter. Mrs Bayne was robbed. a race‑tinged motorcycle crash led to injuries to Charles Willig. Elliott Chamberlain wounded his wife, who lies in City hospital. Grace Evans was arrested for stabbing her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Alfred Bayne
Central Avenue
Lively
John White
Charles Willig
Linden Hotel
White
Willig
Sheffield
Senate Avenue
H. Plummer
North
Indiana
Capitol Avenues
Helm
Nicholas Goland
East
Vermont Street
Stairs
Elliott Chamberlain
Chicago
West Twenty-fifth Street
Chamberlain
City Hospital
Grace Evans
Morgan and Lancaster
Freight Terminal to Be Built Here in Indianapolis
A new freight station will be built at Delaware and Pennsylvania streets to handle increased traffic from the Pennsylvania Lines divisions in Indianapolis. Ground has not yet been acquired for all buildings and cost is not disclosed. The railroad seeks three extra tracks across Merrill street, with track elevation to be considered by City Engineer H. W. Klausmann and the board of works. The Vandalia, Indianapolis & Vincennes, and Chicago, Louisville and Indianapolis divisions will feed the terminal to improve local shipping.
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Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Lines
Delaware and
Pennsylvania Streets
The
Pennsylvania
South Street
McCarty Street
Board of Works
Merrill Street
H. W. Klausmann
Vandalia
Hibernians Plan 10 Celebrate Victory Picnic
The Ancient Order of Hibernians will hold a Germania park picnic Wednesday to celebrate the Irish victory of Yellowford over Britain in the fifteenth century. The day will feature dancing athletic contests and other events organized by committee chair Michael Casserly with members W H Foley F E McCarthy John Carr M J O'Reilly P J Kennedy John Flaherty and Michael Horan.
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Order of Hibernians
Germania Park
Yellowford
Ireland
Michael Casserly
W.H. Foley
F. E. McCarthy
John Carr
M. J. O’reilly
P. J. Kennedy
John Flaherty
Michael Horan
Travelers push bid to land Indiana state convention
Post B. T. P. A. launched a drive to bring the 1911 Indiana State travelers convention to Indianapolis. A committee led by H. S. Kendall will present the city’s claims before the state board meeting Friday in Richmond. committee members include P. B. Trone A. J. Schmidt and T. Edgar Harvey of New York City, head of the bureau for national publicity.
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Post B. T. P. A
Indianapolis
Richmond
H. S. Kendall
P. B.trone
J. Schmidt
T. Edgar Harvey
New York City
Dies From Fall on Sidewalk Months Ago
Phillip Gross aged 85 died Saturday evening at 721 North Noble Street from injuries suffered December 12 when he fell on a sidewalk after leaving church breaking his right hip. A French native who came to the U S in 1854, he settled in Lawrenceburg Indiana and moved to Indianapolis about twenty years ago. Surviving children are Phillip B. Gross Mrs Mary Gillett Miss Margaret Gross William Gross of Indianapolis and Carl Gross of San Francisco. Funeral at home Monday night and body to Lawrenceburg Tuesday for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Gross
North Noble Street
Mr. Gross
France
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Indianapolis
Phillip B. Gross
Mary Gillett
Margaret Gross
William Gross
Carl Gross
San Francisco
Box of Matches Ties Woman to Robbery Case
Mrs Minnie Baxter, a roomer at 641 Mast Market street, is charged with petit larceny after a box of matches coincides with a second alleged attempt to rob the cash drawer of Robert Nillus at 624 East Washington. Police traced her from a store visit and a bell during the attempted theft on August 19, when $8 was stolen.
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Robert Nillus
East
Washington Street
Baxter
W. H. Elbrecht
Institutes Too Early for Good Work Across Counties
E G Bunnell a department head under Dr Robert J Aley superintendent of public instruction visited fifteen teachers institutes this summer and urged delaying them. He noted heat and fatigue hinder effective learning and said more professors would be available later in the year. Institutes will be held this week in Adams Allen Bartholomew Benton Blackford Cass Clark Clinton Crawford Dearborn Dekalb Blixhart Fulton Grant Hamilton Hancock Huntington Jasper Knox Kosciusko Lagrange Marion Miami Monroe Newton Noble Ohio Parke Pulaski Randolph Ripley St Joseph Steuben Sullivan Tippecanoe Tipton Vanderburgh Vermillion Vigo Washington Warren Wells.
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E. G. Bunnell
Robert J. Aley
Adams, Allen
Bartholomew
Benton
Blackford
Cass
Clark
Clinton
Crawford
Dearborn
Dekalb
Blixhart
Fulton
Grant
Hamilton
Hancock
Huntington
Jasper
Knox
Kosciusko
Lagrange
Marion
Miami
Monroe
Newton
Noble
Ohio
Parke
Pulaski
Randolph
Ripley
St. Joseph
Steuben
Sullivan
Tippecanoe
Tipton
Vanderburgh
Vermillion
Vigo
Wabash
Washington
Warne and
Wells
Local Pastor Now Wanted in Montana
Rev G D Wolfe longtime Fletcher Place church pastor receives transfer to Methodist Episcopal church at Butte Montana likely to begin October 1 Rev Batchelor transferred to Indiana conference this year may fill Wolfe vacancy Wolfe served thirty years in Indiana conference came to Indianapolis from Columbus five years ago He is a Children s Home Society director and is in his second term as grand chaplain of the Masonic order of Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Wolfe
Fletcher Place
M. EB
Methodist Episcopal Church
Butte, Mont
Wolfe
A. D. Batchelor
Butte
Methodist Church
Franklin, Ind
Indiana Conference
Batchelor
Mr. Wolfe
City Ordinances You Should Know Stoves Ordinance 678
City notice outlines stove placement rules for combustible floors requiring air space and metal protection. Brick hearths for portable ranges must extend twelve inches beyond the range face. Penalty ranges from five to one hundred dollars. text notes fines and penalties with garbled remnants.
Pioneer in live stock business dies at Oxford
Roger R. Shiel of Indianapolis, 67, longtime livestock and board of trade figure, dies at 1:40 AM Monday at an Oxford, Ohio retreat after a months long illness. Survived by widow, two sons Walter and Irwin, and two daughters Edna and Mrs. Thomas J. Dugan. Home listed as 1021 North Meridian Street.
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Roger R. Shiel
Indianapolis
Oxford
Thomas J. Dugan
R. R. Shiel & Co
Union Stockyards
Board of Trade
Shiel
Stockyard People
Kingan & Co
Belt Railroad
Indiana, Ilinois & Iowa Railroad Company
Kankakee
Beef Trust
Shiells
Walter
Irwin Shiel
Edna Shiel
North Meridian Street
Educator Buck Starts Duties as Shortridge Principal
George Buck arrives in Indianapolis to assume the role of principal at Shortridge High School for the new academic year and will reside in Irvington. He is praised as a progressive educator with a career spanning country schools, Lexington colleges, Monroe township, Dayon Dayton, Stivers, and Central high in Duluth.
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George Buck
Shortridge High School
Indianapolis
Irvington
Buck
Middle West
Wittenburg University
Lexington
Monroe Township
Dayton
Steele High School
Stivers’ Manual Training School
Central High School
Duluth
Minn
Pastor Chosen to Chair at Concordia College Milwaukee
Rev. Theodore F. Schurdel pastor of Emmaus Evangelical Lutheran church was elected chair of mathematics physics and the natural sciences at Concordia College Milwaukee from among thirteen candidates. He came to St Paul Evangelical Lutheran church in Indianapolis in 1891 and organized Emmaus in 1893. the church now numbers about 1,000 members.
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Theodore F. Schurdel
Emmaus Evangelical Lutheran Church
Concordia College
Milwaukee
Wis
Schurdel
St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church
Indianapolis
Emmaus
Arson Charge Filed Against Alvin Smith
Alvin Smith of 208 North Minkner Street was seen fleeing his home Saturday evening and a nearby cottage caught fire soon after. Patrolmen Judkins and Fletcher reported the blaze caused about 500 dollars in damages and firemen noted gasoline involvement.
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Alvin Smith
Minkner Street
Judkins and
Fletcher
Henry Gassaway Davis Recovers From Earlier Fall
Henry Gassaway Davis, former U S senator and 1904 vice presidential candidate, was reported in serious condition but denied to be so after his Elkins West Virginia home was contacted. He had fallen about a month earlier while en route to his son in law Senator Stephen B Elkins home and has since recovered and is in good health.
Smith faces arson charge after kitchen explosion claims
Police say gasoline was poured on the kitchen woodwork and an explosion caused the fire. Smith allegedly admitted intoxication and absence of knowledge of his actions, staying with a relative until authorities arrived as other family members were away.
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Dence
Smith
Patrolman John Brown Stripped Of Badge 22
Patrolman John Brown with no badge 22 faces charges after a West Indianapolis owl car incident. He allegedly was intoxicated at a labor park picnic and dropped his badge on the car floor during a quarrel with another man who refused him a drink. Superintendent Hyland holds the badge and will present the case before the board of safety.
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John Brown
Indianapolis
Labor Park
Brown
Forest Fire Near Wise River Threatens Heaverhead Fire
Helena Mont August 20 Rapidly gaining ground a new forest fire threatens the Wise river country It sprang from the Heaverhead fire as advices received here Monday indicated the blaze was thought under control Other reports show no great change in the situation The northwest has taken on new hope.
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Northwest
Helena
Mont
Wise River
Heaverhead
Councilmen Lead raid on Armitage Saloon investigation
City Councilmen Frank E. McCarthy Charles F. Copeland and Frederick Owen conducted an on foot tour of saloons including William Armitage's at 311 West Washington trying to find gambling or liquor violations. The raid turned up several loitering arrests and a blind tiger operation while officers collected evidence and prepared liquor samples for analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. McCarthy
Charles F. Copeland
Frederick Owen
William Armitage
West
Washington Street
McCarthy
Copeland
Owen
Fred Heter
South New Jersey Street
Charles Barnes
Maryland Street
James Henry
Benjamin Krell
George Reynolds
Massachusetts Avenue
Defi Gillmer Medical Institute Promotes Cures in Indiana
The Deaf Lame Blind Rheumatic and Paralytic cured to sty cured by the treatment of these Physicians Consultation and Examination Free The Dr Gilmer Medical Institute have located permanent offices at 46 N Pennsylvania Street Suites D and E and have the best equipped offices in Indiana Their cures astonished the community Treatment is quick and permanent and you protect their patients by accepting for treatment only such cases as can be cured Long standing cases given up by other doctors and pronounced incurable are particularly invited to call These Physicians treat all forms of disease any deformities a cure in every case that they will accept for treatment At the first interview a thorough examination is made and if incurable you are frankly but kindly told so also advised against spending your money for useless treatment Ladies who suffer from diseases peculiar to their sex especially those who have been urged to submit to a mutilating operation but who wish to forego the danger and pain of the sturgeon s table should call and see these expert Physicians and learn what can be done to avoid so terrible an ordeal as an operation Male and Female weakness catarrh and catarrhal deafness also varicocele rupture goiter Cancer and as diseases of the rectum are positively cured by their treatment Hours 9 am to 8 pm have 10 to 12 only Build en DP and E 48 N Pennsylvania street If unable to call write for symptom blanks
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Dr. Gilmer Medical Institute
Pennsylvania Street
D and E
Indiana
Builen
Pennsylvanian Street
Nurse in Louisville Theft Strikes Freeport Mother
Mrs. Pearl Morris of Freeport Illinois nursing her sick two year old Catherine on a Louisville train platform, says a man sat beside her and stole her purse with $26 a gold locket a ring and a stickpin. The mother and child were taken to the Home for Friendless Women for the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Morris
Freeport, Ill
Catherine
Louisville
Eagles drill team wins two prizes at national meet
The Indianapolis Eagles drill team returned Saturday from the St. Louis national meet with two first prizes. They earned top honors in the ritualistic drill and the best drilled team on parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Eagles
St. Louis
Aut o Accident Death of Louisa A Haag
Louisa A Haag widow of Charles Haag died after a Saturday midnight auto crash on August 15 at 821 Broadway. Chauffeur Jack Bristow, charged with manslaughter in Miss Eva Hodson’s employ, was rearrested and case continued. Born February 10 1822 in Bavaria she came to America in 1848 and married a year later. Survived by children Lenore Julius and Louis.
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Louisa A. Haag
Charles Haag
Broadway
Jack Bristow
Eva Hodson
Eastern Avenue
Haag
Bavaria
America
Ludwig
Hang
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Times
Hibernians
Minnie Baxter
Market Street
Bunnell
Logal
Montana
Western City
Ohio Hospital
Alvia Smith
Henry G. Davis
Henry Gassaway Davis
Armitage Saloon
Heier
Trimpe
Rucker
Simon
Glenn
Robert Miller
Hquer
Sergt. Cox
Barnes
Hartsell
Stewart
Charles Boggs
New York Street
Supt
Hyland
Stonehouse
Kreil
Coleman
Winkler
Fred Warner
West Market Street
Trick and Hanks
Patrick Glenn
West Walnut Street
Tom Mullin
Locke Street
Mullin
Irick
Safe Deposit
Albank
Esate
the Leading Trust Company
the Union Trust Company
Lize Company
Market Stret
Pettis Dry Goods
Batiste
Dimity
Vaughan Glaser
ST. Elmo
Majestic Theater Ee Wie Arvine
Benton Players
Empire Week
Riverside
Flying Nelsons
Te Weslits
Riverlife
Milwaukee Ins
Weber
Rader, Ferger, Pierson
Meyer-Kiner Bank
Thompson
Dalry Lunch
John A. Schumacher Co
E. St. Clair St
State Life Insurance Co
NEM
Geo
Bauer
Fall Woolens
Denison
Mass
Murat Theatre
Alven Cavett
Hoover-Watson Printing CO. Co
Phoades
Corner Market and
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