Constable Scavenger Pounces on Poor Tenants for Rent
A harsh portrayal of rent collectors as predatory officials who swoop on vulnerable tenants to seize dollars. The piece casts the practice as predatory gloating over hardship among the poor.
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
9
Honest Negro Washerwoman Sued Three Times in Six Months
A Black washerwoman described as diligent and responsible faces three eviction suits in six months over eight dollars in rent. The article portrays landlords and constables forcing rapid payment, arguing that delaying rent risks broader losses, highlighting systemic coldness toward poor tenants and the harsh rental system.
Infirmary Fire Trap Warns Marion County Inspectors
Marion county infirmary deemed a fire trap by city building inspector Thomas A. Winterrowd after a November inspection. He calls for immediate safety upgrades including exits and stairways, urges abandonment of upper floors, and notes 213 inmates with 17 blind, 14 paralytics and 5 crippled residents. Commissioners seek 200000 dollars for a new infirmary on the old farm. plans estimate 250000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Infirmary
Thomas A. Winterrowd
Winterrowd
County Infirmary
Marion County
Woman Devoted to a Prisoner Ends in Tragedy
A devoted woman strongly connected to a prisoner is central to a local tragedy as reports describe her unwavering care and its consequences. Officials note the case involves a jail escape attempt and community reaction remains unsettled.
High Pressure Not Needed In Indianapolis Fire Policy
Councilman Royse argues against a separate high pressure system for fires. He says adding hydrants, larger mains, and engine connections within the existing network achieves the same effect at a fraction of cost. The plan would use hoses up to 3 inches and 2 inch streams for large fires, improving efficiency without installing a full high pressure system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile Square
Mill Square
Union Station
Women Win Concessions as Half of Fireproofing Strike Return
In Perth Amboy New Jersey on December 1 1918 half the workers at National Fireproofing accepted concessions and returned to their jobs. Militia units vacated their camps and withdrew. Two plants reopened fully and a third partially while wives reportedly urged remaining strikers to quit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perth Amboy
N. J
National Fireproofing Company
Reaay
Mrs Peetz Seeks Deputy Post In State Statistics Bureau
State statistician J I Peetz may appoint his wife Mrs J I Peetz as chief deputy in the statistics bureau. She helped in securing his nomination and election and has asked for the deputy role, despite other applicants. Reorganization of the office is planned after the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. I. Peetz
Bureau of Statistics
J. Iu. Peetz
Peetz
Fire destroys C B Haines plumbing shop at Illinois street
A fire in a basement bale of oakum at C B Haines plumbing shop 88 and 810 North Illinois street caused 5000 damage to stock and 1000 to the building. An employee started the blaze by striking a match near oakum. A woman occupant on the second floor escaped as smoke filled the level. Fire burned rapidly through the basement and first floor interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Haines’ Plumbing Shop
Illinois Street
Federal Judge Gives Terre Haute Man Six Months To Pay Fine
A fine of zero dollars and costs, with six months to pay, was assessed by Judge Anderson in federal court Tuesday against Henry Tennis of Terre Haute for using the mails to spread information on where obscene postal cards could be procured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Federal Court
Henry
Tennis
Terre Haute
Forger Fakes Paycheck. Man Trapped For Forgery
A.G. Williams allegedly forged W.E. McVey’s signature to a Big Four payroll check, drawing $87.25. Detectives Kinney and Morgan arrested him for petit forgery after Williams reenacted the handwriting during questioning. Williams, a Big Four brakeman, resides on Fletcher Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Williams
W. E. McVey
McVey
Williams
Kinney and Morgan
Tuesday Williams
Big Four Railroad
UM Fletcher Avenue
Frisco Police Chief Biggy Dies in Bay Incident
San Francisco reports the sudden death of Police Chief William J. Biggy believed to have fallen from a patrol boat near Belvidere. Engineer Murphy, the only other aboard, is in custody as investigators review rumors of self harm and possible foul play amid graft-prosecution tensions. Biggy served since 1907 and is survived by his second wife and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William J. Biggy
Belvidere
William Murphy
Murphy
Chief Biggy
Biggy
Taylor
Morris Haas
F. J. Heney
Haas
Duke
Burns
Thomas Burks
Hanly Appointees Begin State Payroll
Judge McClure joins the railroad commission succeeding Union Banner Hunt who resigned and began duties Tuesday morning. Fred Gemmer starts as a member of the State Board of Tax Commissioners with no active work yet. he succeeds John Wingate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge McClure
Railroad Commission
Union Banner Hunt
Fred Gemmer
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Mr. Gemmer
John Wingate
Death by Self Inflicted Shot At Hotel Roland
Mark A. Newman pawnbroker died by suicide in the Hotel Roland parlor today after a long illness. Pope Pius I improves from a cold and may resume duties by week’s end. Prince De Sagan warns of more startling evidence against Count Boni De Castellane tomorrow. The American cruiser Des Moines arrives in Port au Prince with Tacoma and other foreign cruisers nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mark A. Newman
Roland
Rome
Pius
Paris
Prince de Sagan
Count Boni de Castellane
Port AU Prince
Hayti
Des Moines
Tacoma
France
England
Kellogg Questions Archbold in Standard Oil Suit
In New York on December 1 Frank Kellogg, special assistant attorney general, began cross examination of John D. Archbold, a Standard Oil vice president. Archbold, pressed on tenure with the company, said he had been a leading spirit “Always” but then admitted he could not remember. The questioning covered Manhattan Oil of Ohio, the OH Creek refinery, and Standard Oil's organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank B. Kellogg
Standard Oil Company
John D. Archbold
Archbold
Standard
Mr. Kellogg
Kellogg
Manhattan Oil Company of
Ohio
OH Creek
Manhattan
Auto driver Paul Russo fined for wreck on Washington Street
Paul Russo was fined $1 and costs in police court after his car collided with a street car at Senate avenue and Washington street while returning from Dan Long's roadhouse. Four witnesses said the car traveled slowly east on Washington, while Russo and a witness claimed it moved only four to five miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malley Hay
Kate Seth
Shellyville
Indianapolis
Hay
Hiis
Correctional Department of the Women's Prison
Robert Jones
Miss Seth
F. M. Curtis
Curtis
Paul Russo
Senate Avenue
Washington Street
Dan Long
Russe
Federal Court Petition Seeks Receiver for Logansport Hotel
The federal court is asked to appoint a receiver for the Logansport Hotel company that runs the Barnet house in Logansport. A Cass county court receiver oversees the company, and involuntary bankruptcy petitioners contend the hotel is being mismanaged by incompetent people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Barnet
Cass County
Vet says dog bite caused horse death in Marion County case
In Judge Bartholemew's court Marion II Woody won $300 and costs against Center township Marion county for a lost horse. The animal died November 8 from a mad dog bite after April infection and rabies. Woody sought reimbursement from the dog tax fund November 16. trustee refused. The ruling orders payment of $300 plus costs from the dog tax fund and township responsibility for trial costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion II
Woody
Bartholomew
Center Township
Marion County
Tramp Rescued After Cave-In Near Pleasant Run
Henry Stultz a tramp escaped death when a cave-in buried him under three feet of earth in a dugout on the Pleasant Run bank near Prospect Street. A boy alerted Oscar Farmes foreman of street crew two blocks away, and his men dug him free. Two dugouts connected by a tunnel collapsed after Stultz lit a fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stultz
Pleasant Run
Prospect Street
Stultz
Oscar Farmes
Doctor I8 Held In Bride's Death In St Louis
Dr Paul Pritchett was held by a coroner's jury in St Louis for the death of his wife, a bride of five days. The jury ruled a criminal operation had been performed and he was taken to police headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis. Mo
Paul Pritchett
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Mrs. Peetz
Joe
Fire N Plumbing Establishment
Frisco Police
HANLY
Doctor
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