Warren Elected President of DePauw University Meeting
Warren, a self made man and son of a minister, was elected president as DePauw University works to raise funds. The gathering led by Chancellor Hickman discussed $105,000 already raised and two donation plans including a long roll and after death bonds to support church and college endowments. The session included President Gobin and was followed by a public meeting at Roberts Park Church.
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Denison
Sity
Wasiéhonen
Samuel Plants
A ‘University
Appleton
Wis
Persident
Gobin
Hickman
DePauw University
Greencastle
DePauw
Indiana
William J. Warren
Bishop Warren
Roberts Park Church
Burglary and robbery charges for George Russell
George Russell colored, serving a 60 day workhouse sentence for carrying concealed weapons, will be brought in on burglary grand larceny and highway robbery charges. Edith Burnett identified him as the man who snatched her pocketbook near her home. Officers searched his home at 1022 Rhode Island St. finding dress items belonging to Mrs. W S Whitney. Police believe other robberies may be linked.
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George Russell
Hyland
Stevens
Edith Burnett
N. Senateave
Rhode Island St
Michael J. Sampson
Chicago
Ireland
Gov. Sayers
Texas
Mamie Delong
Calvin Andrews
Lizzie Sissons
Tampa
Fla
Tucker
Clarksburg
W. Va
Frank Seymour
George A. Lankford
Houston
Tex
W. J. Nealy
Jersey City
N. J
England
Hiram C. Smith
Philadelphia
L. A. Root
Knights of Maccabees
Port Huron
Mich
Isaac D. Job
Columbus
Efe
John
Bradford
New York
Booth-Tucker
New Orleans
Cape Henry
Enechio
None take Chamberlain threat seriously in Paris press
Paris reports the jingo press is quiet after Joseph Chamberlain's speech on Thursday. The British lion reportedly roared yet the Paris press remains calm and skeptical, with even moderates amused by the episode.
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Paris
Jos. Champberlain
France
Squire Dead Among Richmond Fraternity Members
Fragmented obituary note from Indiana reports the death of a squire and a Richmond-based charter member of a fraternal lodge. Details are limited due to OCR damage, but the item records a deceased member on a Friday morning and references a local lodge context.
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William Cree
Richmond
Town Talk notes and scattered fragments from Marion area
Disjointed OCR fragment list mentions Sombro Box Company in Marion, capital and liability figures, a Mrs and Charles E Spenzel card game at home on Ogden Street, a colored man 44 involved in an accident, and scattered references to a republican meeting at Denison with various garbled phrases and stray names.
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Sombro Box Company
Marion
Way Iday
el Men
Bierce
Crawfordsville Fair
Béja
Charles E. Spenzel
Ogden-st. Dkins
Indianapolis Character Robert Chism Dies at City Hospital
Robert Chism, a long known Blackford Street resident and colorful figure in Indianapolis, died recently at City Hospital claiming to be 96. He believed a vast government robbery existed and named Gen Harrison and McKinley as key actors, showing odd knowledge of history while spiraling into paranoia about tenants and public officials.
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Robert ‘Chism
Indianapolis
City Hospital
United States
Blackford
North-sts
Gen. Harrison
McKinley
Charges Against Dugan Reviewed by Board of Safety
Quigley told the Board of Safety on Friday that charges filed by Charles Jackson against Detective Dugan are unfounded and not worth a trial. Dugan and Asch detained Jackson after finding two overcoats on him and released him after questioning. Jackson later claimed Dugan struck him in the chief of detectives' office.
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Quigley
Board of Safety
Dugan
Charles Jackson
Asch
Jackson
Students Riot at University of Chicago Classes
Crowds of students disrupted recitations at the University of Chicago on Friday. They broke doors and dragged out students as a mob filled the main building for about an hour before President Harper appeared and ordered calm.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Harper
Bad Wreck at Garrett on B. and O. Railroad
A freight train crashed into idling box cars east of Garrett Indiana at 6 a m Friday. The engine overturned and rolled down the embankment. Fireman John Dixon is buried and not yet found. Engineer L Fralich died instantly. Both men resided in Garrett. This marks the seventh recent wreck.
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Garrett
Ind
John Dixon
L. Fralich
Consul Ma crum Seeks Return to United States
Washington dispatch reports Consul Ma crum of Pretoria again requests permission to return to the United States. He was told to remain at his post, offering no reason but promising to explain on arrival. His departure could leave Great Britain without a mediator.
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Washington
Ma‘crum
Pretoria
United States
Great Britain
Highwayman Robs B and O Agent in Jeffersonville
Night agent J. C. Roller of the B and O at Watson was held up in his office early Friday morning and robbed of his own funds and three dollars from the company.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
J. C. Roller
Waston
Beery Mix, Morphine Death Case in Jeffersonville
In Jeffersonville Indiana Dee 1 a man dies after his wife mixes morphine with beer and drinks the concoction. The article notes the event followed previous unwellness and domestic distress.
Local Merchants Plan Cooperative Electric Light Company
In Kokomo Indiana on December 1 local merchants announce a Friday night meeting to organize a cooperative electric light company citing current rates as too high.
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Goroperative Light Plant
Kokomo
Ind
Serchants
Ore
Electric Light Company
Eloped With the Farm Hand in Indiana Farm Tale
In qMOMON Indiana on a December night, the 16 years 8 day old daughter of Mrs W B Kelley eloped with Albert Baycourt the farm hand from Michigan. The couple fled Thursday night prompting local concern and a quiet town search.
Engineer killed in head-on freight collision at Woodstock
An engineer named Fjams of Columbus died in a Friday morning head-on collision between two freight trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Woodstock. The incident halted service as investigators assessed the wreck and secured the scene.
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Dée
Pennsylvania
Woodstock
Columbus
Eagle and Dog Scrap Ends in Tragedy
Fragmentary report describes Charles Cookeriel killing an American eagle five feet from tip to tip after a dog fight. The text mentions choking the bird and a vague note on remedies for grippe and consumption, with garbled 1698 references to VERGO Tish-I-Mingo.
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Ind
Charles Cookeriel
Tip
Federal Officers Nab Counterfeiter in Haughville Cellar Case
Dr Franklin Pierce Galispy pleaded guilty to counterfeiting in Haughville and drew three years in the Ohio state penitentiary plus a $100 fine and court costs. Accomplice Isaac Reynolds got two years six months. others received shorter sentences in Marion County. Judge Baker denied mercy amid petitions from neighbors.
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Franklin Pierce Galspy
Haughville
Ohio State Penitentiary
Isaac Reynolds
Isaac W. Little
Isaac Little
Charles A. Messer
Frank Yale
French
Ind
Marion County
Clarence Sandifer
Clarence Downs
Charles Mavis
Frank Mills
Cotter
Ford
Galispy
Murphy
Baker
Street Lamp Contract Adopts New Lighting Plan
The Board of Works approved a vapor street lamp contract for the first half of 1900. The plan includes pro rata deductions for unlit lamps and a 20 cent nightly fine per lamp. The specifications call for 290 14 candle power lamps and 80 naphtha 70 candle power lamps.
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Board of Works
Case of George Washington Corn Sale Stirs Circuit Court
In a circuit court Friday the case of George Washington colored, barred from selling this year's corn crop on Wolfe Pike, drew a packed crowd of colored farmers. Washington rented land from Samuel Rice, failed to pay rent, and Rice sought a restraining order to recover 348 due from corn sales. Washington reportedly sold part of the corn before the order. The crowded courtroom included many colored men and youths summoned to testify.
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George Washington
Wolfe Pike
Washington
Samuel
Rice
Smallpox Epidemic Rumors Sweep Texas
The report claims smallpox is becoming epidemic in Texas while other items note deaths from crimes and accidents, political moves in Texas and nationwide, and wartime concerns. Also listed are gold mine output, rail and social unrest, and police actions across several states.
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Texas
Births and Deaths in Local Record List
Births record numerous couples with addresses and newborns including boys and girls. Deaths note ailments and fatalities such as carcinoma hasty consumption pistol shot and typhoid fever. Marriage licenses list many couples with varied names and residences.
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Robert Chism
W. North-st
Elizabeth Davis
Rhode -Island-st
Mary Smith
Bird-st
Philomenia R. Snideman
S. Missouri St
Harry A. Ege
Harvey St
Cain Jordan
N. California St
Clara R. Spence
Laura Kattenhorn
Julia Lynch
Tacoma Ave
Charles Jofton
Buckle St
Dora Dippel
N. Pinest
Trust Likely To Form In Thresher Industry
AS Ay McKain, president of an Indianapolis manufacturing firm, reports from New York that a thresher trust will be formed and control about 70 percent of the market. The American Thresher Co. may serve as the trust name with offices in Indianapolis or Chicago. Capitalization set at 60 million dollars, with 11 Indianapolis agencies joining. most agencies likely to close, leaving one exception.
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AY McKain
Indianapolis
New York
Thresher Trust
McKain
American Thresher Company
Chicago
Wood's Norway Pine Syrup Aids Health in Old Age
A vintage ad asserts Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup helps men and women attain a happy vigorous old age by fighting neglected colds and ailments, promoting long term wellness and vitality.
Interstate live stock market report at Interstate Stock Yards
Interstate Stock Yards posted cattle hogs and sheep quotes for Friday December 1. Good to prime steer prices ranged around 1 330 pounds and up with various grades and weights listed for steers heifers cows veals and calves, plus hog and lamb quotations and receipts noted.
Warner's Safe Cure Promoted As Kidney Disease Remedy
An advertisement touts Warner's Safe Cure as the sole method to halt Bright's disease and kidney degeneration. It cites a Medford, Massachusetts man who says the cure restored weight and health after typhoid and kidney trouble, claiming it saved him and urging immediate use at first signs of back pain, cold skin, or poor digestion.
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Bright
Warner
C. H. Linceln
Medford
Mass
Indiana Health Report by Dr J N Hurty
Dr J N Hurty secretary of the State board of health presented his annual report to the governor. It lists deaths from communicable diseases for the year including tuberculosis 2279 diarrhoeal diseases 537 with 309 in children under five diphtheria 452 scarlet fever 108 typhoid fever 667 smallpox 1 and cerebrospinal meningitis 382. He notes likely undercount of pulmonary tuberculosis deaths.
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J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Hurty
McGowan Appears Before Grand Jury In City Inquiry
Hugh McGowan of the street car company testified before the grand jury on Friday afternoon and refused to speak to reporters. Floyd Wood was recalled to clarify a presumed conversation with Larz Whitcomb a Marion county representative.
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Hugh McGowan
Street Car Company
Grand Jury
Floyd Wood
Larz Whitcomb
Marion County
A Thief's Confession Leads to Charges in Grocery Burglary
Detectives Splann and Wilson arrest Charles Haynes of 1243 Market Street Dan Greile 23 Huron Street and Herbert Leipper 9 C Huron Street for burglary and petit larceny after a Madden's Grocery heist at Washington and Arsenal. Haynes allegedly confessed implicating the others. About $17 stolen.
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Splann and
Wilson
Charles Haynes
Market-st
Dan Greile
Huron-st
Herbert Leipper
Madden
Washington and
Arsenal Ave
Haynes
Fatal Thanksgiving Hunt in Carrollton Young Hunter Killed
Frank Boring aged 16, son of Cyrus Boring, accidentally shot himself while hunting Thursday afternoon in Carrollton Indiana. The tragedy was reported in a spl. dispatch dated December 1.
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Carrollton
Ind
Frank Boring
Cyrus Boring
Rochester Optical and Camera Co Incorporates in Albany
The Rochester optical and camera company of Rochester New York filed articles of incorporation on Friday with a capital stock of 3.5 million dollars.
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Albany
N. Y
Rochester Optical and Camera Company
Rochester
Union Stock Yards Cattle Prices and Shipments Summary
Indianapolis December 1 cattle receipts number about 700 with Friday shipments around 200. Prices range from prime steers near 1360 pounds to heavy midrange cattle, with good to choice feeding steers at 4.40 to 4.75 and common to good stockers at around 4.30. Heifers and cows show 3.15 to 4.60 in various grades. veal calves 5.25 to 6.25. bulls 3.25 to 4.25. Friday’s heavy shipment figures are incomplete in the text.
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Interstate
Chicago Markets Review of Wheat Corn Oats and Provisions
Chicago. Wheat firm early on Argentine shipments and northwest strength, then declines as New York shipping house failure weighs on sentiment. December wheat 65 52 to 64 3/4, May 66 8/4. Corn December 31 30 1/2 cents, May 32 3/4. Oats December 22 1/2 to 32 1/4, May 24 1/4. Provisions: pork 9.37 to 9.45, lard 5.10 to 5.12, ribs 4.95 to 4.97.
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Chicago
Northwest
New York
Igc
For Rent and Wanted Classified Fragments
A jumble of rental notices and employment wants lists rooms for rent with weekly rates and addresses across streets such as E Washington and N Ohio in various neighborhoods. Several entries seek garment workers, a dressmaker, a job printer, and general day work with locations including Arch Street Delaware Street and Massachusetts Avenue.
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Victor
N. Delaware St
Arch-st
Lord
N. Hiinois-st
N. Diinois-st
E. Market
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