Suicide at 315 N Capitol Avenue Ends Life of Foreman
Charles Kopp 22 employed at Yuncker Hotting Works on Massachusetts Avenue committed suicide at 315 N Capitol Avenue Thursday evening after a period of heavy drinking and losing his job as stable foreman. He called on Bertha Doty at 7 o clock to bid farewell and was found dead at the back door from acid poisoning two hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kopp
Yuncker - Hotting Works
Massachusetts Avenue
Capitol Avenue
Kopp
Bertha Doty
Kennedy becomes president of Division No 3 AUH
J. D. Kennedy is named president of Division No 3 AUH while A. U. H. Daniel Foley serves as recording secretary. Capital Council UM L plans to elect officers Tuesday night. A big sale offers men’s fancy vests priced at 1.8 dollars. Hedrick located at 18 E Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Kennedy
A. U. H. Daniel Foley
Capital Council
Hedrick
Washington Street
Ohioan Must Stop Courting Widow
In Toledo Ohio on December 4 Judge Brough granted a temporary injunction to Mrs Elsie Smith widow prohibiting William C. Ragan from pursuing her romantic advances. She alleges two years of persistent attention and coercive conduct including taking her to theaters and threats to harm himself after a recent visit. She seeks a permanent injunction after the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, O
William C. Ragan
Elsie Smith
Brough
Five Dollar Bonus for Miss McQuey at Bad Country School
Belvidere Kansas December report notes Miss Bessie McQuey will receive five dollars a month as a bonus if she conquers the wayward boys at the country school north of Belvidere. The school has gained a reputation for being bad after two years of disruptive behavior by the pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belvidere
Kas
Bessie McQuey
City Records Day Births Deaths Marriages and Permits
Births list includes Robert and Anna Malloch at 2025 N Alabama Street a girl Alonzo and Fannie Bullock 533 W Twelfth Street a girl Joan and Florence Smart 3232 Kenwood Avenue a boy Leon and Anna Lockwood 44 W Michigan Street a boy Frank and Ida Byers Kinsley and Nolan Avenue a boy Elijah and Jessie Stone 422 S Ritter John and Julia Duncan 935 N Sheffield Avenue a girl Theodore and Cora Wilson City Hospital a boy. Deaths include James F Bunce 3243 Pond Street diphtheria Robert K Armstrong 77 City Hospital nephritis Mary Voelker 445 Blake Street cirrhosis Evelyn Mae Aufderheid 824 English Avenue broncho pneumonia Rechel Holmes 42 City Hospital tubercular enteritis Flora A Dickey 5 months 1833 W Morris Street asphyxiated by bed coverings George Frederick Linkenfelts 41 722 Beecher Street phthisis pulmonalis Marriages include Earl McCoy and Nellie L Shepp Frank Cook Ida Brossart Earl Besore Edna A White James Cason Mary Umphrey Edgar E Woods Katie Goose Ora E Smith Sophia Ferber Joe M Christie Clara A Breeding James E Hornbeck Phoebe Rosier Edwin C Taylor Anna L Stevenson Prentis Millar Emma Suggs Building Permits G H Bunton house 1712 E Maryland Street 1000 George S Bruce garage Park Avenue and Twenty fourth Street 400 Frank Selmier building 1220 S New Jersey Street 200
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Bama Street
Alonzo and
Fannie Bullock
Twelfth Street
Joan and
Florence Smart
Kenwood Avenue
Leon and
Anna Lockwood
Michigan Street
Frank and
Ida Byers
Kinsley
Nolan
Elijah and
Jessie Stone
S. Ritter Avenue
John and
Julia Duncan
Sheffield Avenue
Theodore and
Cora Wilson
City Hospital
James F. Bunce
Pond Street
Robert K. Armstrong
Mary Voelker
Blake Street
Evelyn Mae Aufderheid
English Avenue
Rechel Holmes
Flora A. Dickey
W. Morris Street
George Frederick Linkenfelts
Beecher Street
Earl McCoy
Nellie L. Shepp
Frank Cook
Ida Brossart
Earl Besore
Edna A. White
James Cason
Mary Umphrey
Edgar E. Woods
Katie Goose
Ora E. Smith
Sophia Ferber
Joe M. Christie
Clara A. Breeding
James E. Hornbeck
Phoebe Rosier
Edwin C. Taylor
Anna L. Stevenson
Prentis Millar
Emma Suggs
G. H. Bunton
E. Maryland Street
George S. Bruce
Park Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
Frank Selmier
New Jersey Street
Roosevelt Cousin to Wed Nathaniel Rives in Germantown
Miss Katherine Roosevelt, daughter of the late Alfred Roosevelt and Roosevelt's first cousin, will marry Nathaniel Rives of Germantown. The school year saw pupils break in the new teacher Miss McQuey, who disciplined the Evans brothers. Jud Evans, treasurer of the school district, offered extra wages if discipline continued.
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Alfred Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Nathaniel Rives
Germantown, Pa
Miss McQuey
Evans Brothers
Jud Evans
Tom and Jerry Mystery in the Bar Bowl Question
A Ko komo Dispatch note questions the fate of the old fashioned Tom and Jerry bowl set on a bar, asking if changes are due to weather or rising egg prices. The fragment hints at nostalgia and local flavor without clear details.
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Tom
Kokomo Dispatch
Notable Property Transfers and Sums Across City Addresses
Multiple entries list individuals and heirs with varying sums for properties or sheds. Names include Sarah E. Ryan A P Stanton A Clayton heirs of George H. Brinkman and Peoples Light and Heat Co. with addresses at 509 Parkway 36 S. Meridian Street 332 Graham Street 430 N. Davidson Street and the intersection of Alabama and Sixteenth Streets, amounts range from 50 to 3 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah E. Ryan
Parkway
A. P. Stanton
S. Meridian Street
We A. Clayton
Graham Street
George H. Brinkman
N. Davidson Street
Peoples’ Light and Heat Company
Shed
Alabama
Sixteenth Streets
Wheat and pork futures move at Chicago Board of Trade
On December 4 at Chicago, May wheat traded around 1.11 dollars with July at 1.04 while May corn opened near 6.34 and oats around 5.24. May pork opened at 16.25, with lard near 9.42, ribs about 8.57 per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Hedrick's Winter Clothing Sale At Half Price
Hedrick’s big sale at 151-133 E Washington St Arcade offers a fine stock of winter suits and overcoats at one half price. The surplus New York output was bought for 37c on the dollar, and customers may secure stylish garments at half price this season.
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Hedrick
Washington Street
Arcade
New York
Man of 7? years weds fifth time in Torrington
Henry H. Catlin aged 75 or so and widower four times marries Betsy Barker of Portland Maine after answering her matrimonial ad. Catlin, who had been under conservatorship to guard his money, hopes for a larger allowance now that he has found his fifth wife. Betsy Barker, widowed thrice, matched him at fifth sight and the couple have settled in Torrington Conn.
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Torrington
Conn
Henry H. Catlin
Isle of Pines
Montreal
New York State
Catlin
Betsy Barker
Fortland
Adam
Straus Plans Regulation of the Trusts
Washington dec 4 Oscar S Straus secretary of commerce and labor urges regulation not prevention of combinations of capital He argues for a federal publicity system requiring regular interstate corporate reports and access to records in exchange for registration granting federal standing to firms open to scrutiny
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Washington
Dec
Oscar S. Straus
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Bureau
Straus
Matron Admits Corporal Punishment Of 270 Girls In New Jersey
New Jersey State Home for Girls matron Mrs Mansel in Trenton acknowledged using corporal punishment on inmates. She described cells labeled as dungeons and kept some in a wire cage with reduced rations for up to a week. The issue draws a legislative push to ban corporal punishment in state institutions.
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New York
Elizabeth Vv. H. Mansel
New Jersey
Trenton
Scarfs of satin capture fashion moments in prints
Scarfs of satin and two vertical maire stripes appear among current offerings. Persian effects seem to suit their own, though most men still prefer solid color scarfs for daytime wear, with dress occasions favoring other styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild’s
Women to Start Penny Lunch at Cincinnati Schools
Cincinnati board of education approves a Penny Lunch program after a Women's club petition. Aimed at hungry pupils, the experiment will run before morning classes in Guilford Morgan or fifth district schools. If successful, lunches will be provided in all city schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Board of Education
Women's Club
Guilford
Morgan
Fifth District
Deutsch
Charlies Handman
Palace of Danger and Helianthus in new books
New Books presents The Palace of Danger by Mabel Wegnal s with Madame Pompadour as the royal favorite amid intrigues in a Convent girl tale. Ouida’s Helianthus, published by Macmillan, surveys international politics and love, set largely in Helianthus Italy, with a dramatic royal backdrop and a note on the author’s passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Wegnal
Madam Pompadour
France
Louis XV
Destine
Pompadour
Madame Pomadour
St. Cyr
Pigtoristaiiter
John Ward Dunsmore
Nk & Wagnal. Co
Worry Up Tommy Shoeless Morning Rush
A mother calls to her son Tommy from downstairs urging him to hurry as they are late and he confirms he has all shoes except one. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer piece captures a bustling domestic scene with a child readying for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Mother
Seattle Post-Inteltimene
Pullman Berth Rates Under ICC Scrutiny
Washington dispatch notes the Interstate Commerce Commission plans to begin a proceeding to determine if upper berths should cost as much as lower berths, if section charges are reasonable in relation to others, and whether all Pullman car charges are too high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paige
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rheumatism Prescription Promises Quick Relief
An old time remedy claims simple, harmless cure for rheumatism back pain and kidney purification. Mix one ounce compound syrup of sar saparilla with toris compound in half a pint of whiskey and take tablespoonfuls before meals and at bedtime, shaking bottle each use. Effects said to appear after a few doses and should not be discontinued until full recovery.
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Ruben S
Rubens
Suite Tailors
King OF Clothiers
West
New Indiana Union Traction Co. Mileage Books
Indiana Union Traction CO
Darby
Polk’s Milk
W. H. Roll
Dr. J. Francis Wilson
Coughlin & Wilson Dental Co
The
Vonnegut Gift Store
Vonnegut
Carvers
Vonnegst Hardware Co
E. Washington St
Fai
Robert and
Anna Malloch
N. Ala
Roosevelt
Katherine Roosevelt
Chicago
Hedrick’s
State House
Castoria
Cae
Iaker
Jane Garment CO
Massachusetts Ave
Delaware
J. Laibling
Ouida
Helianthus
Ouila
Macmillan Company
Fifth Avenue
Europe
Italy
Fretianthus
Elim
Illyris
Francis Joseph
Czarina
Oulda
London
Domb Bros
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