City eyes single telephone franchise for Indianapolis
The city council considers consolidating to one telephone company under a deal that promises lower rates and city control. An independent committee urged open negotiations for consolidation with transparent public oversight, while a federal suit in Cleveland probes alleged improper influence and private gains. The Indianapolis Sun pledges to report only verifiable facts and figures.
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Board OF Public Works
Public Treasury
Indianapolis
Brailey
Committee of Business Men
Indianapolis Sun
Cleveland
Indiana
Steamer Clemenson Believed Lost After Weeklong Search
All hopes for the safety of the steamer Clemenson are abandoned as no news of the crew has arrived. The Provident Steam Co of Duluth owned the coal freighter, 5531 tons and 468 feet long, commanded by Captain S. R. Chamberlain. Tugs have been sent from Duluth to seek survivors.
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Luth
Mino
Clemenson
Lake Superior
Provident Steam Company
Puluth
Wease
Duh
de Clemenson
S. R. Chamberlain
Wheat and grain prices tumble amid shipping drops
The market shows lower prices as world shipments ease demand. Wheat for May at about 1.10 a bushel, corn around 62 cents, oats near 62 cents. Pork and lard prices also move lower with May ribs and other pork contracts quoted, reflecting overall selling pressure.
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ICAGO
Dec. T
R World
Mariet
Riba
Indiana Leads In Top Notch Beef Cattle
State Treasurer Oscar Hadley and Insurance Commissioner Cyrus W. Neal praised Indiana livestock after returning from the Chicago stock show. Hadley won three firsts out of five events with Polled Durhams, earning ribbons and a cash prize. Neal lauded Indiana as having the best stock, noting superior cattle and horses compared to neighboring states.
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Indiana
Oscar Hadley
Cyrus W. Neal
Chicago
Iowa
Man Who Signs His Own Money Weds A Teacher
Fred J. Mueller of Los Angeles obtained a license to wed Flora B. Keely of Indianapolis. He peeled a $20 bill from a large roll of his own money and paid with it, the bill signed with his own name, and Mueller is a cashier of a national bank in Los Angeles.
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Flora B. Keely
Indianapol
Mueller
Los Angeles
Tipsy saloon owner denied liquor license by county board
David O'Donnell appeared intoxicated while applying to sell liquors at 86 W Washington St and was refused a license by the county commissioners on Monday. He sought time to confirm ownership of the saloon but his conduct prompted immediate action by the board.
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David O'Donnell
Washington Street
O'Donnell
New Zealand Couple to Entertain at Central Christian Church
Rev Rawei and his family from New Zealand will present an 8 o'clock program at Central Christian church Fort Wayne avenue Walnut streets. The event features a musical program with hymns chants choruses and incantations and includes optical views of land scenes.
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Rawei
New Zealand
Central Christian Church
Delaware
Fort Wayne Avenue
Walnut Streets
Lso Beatere Optico
No Divorce Denied as Bixby Wife Wins Custody and Costs
Circuit Judge Remster refused to grant the divorce to Allan S. Bixby after Mar guerite E. Bixby fought to keep her husband, a 5000 dollar a year Indianapolis manufacturer. The court granted the wife 176 dollars for expenses. The case featured three children and allegations of a fast life, with proof including a photograph an ex wife described as a grass widow.
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Remster Monday
Allan S. Bixby
Marguerite E. Bixby
Bixby
Indianapols
Knickerbocker Hall
Bohemia
Eva Letta Johnson Wins Divorce and Alimony
Superior Judge Bartholomew granted Eva Letha Johnson a divorce from Charles Q Johnson and awarded her 1500 dollars alimony. The case notes that Johnson’s political entry and a 19000 dollar legacy contributed to marital decline. They married in 1892 in Terre Haute and had four children, with Johnson’s fortunes dwindling after his trusteeship and failed store venture.
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Bartholomew
Evaletta Johnson
Charles Q. Johnson
Charles QO. Johnson
Terre Haute
Ind
Washington Township
Johnson
Broad Ripple
Jury Commissioners Appointed And Sworn In 1909
James T. Eagilesfield and Gen Charles Shaler have been appointed and sworn as jury commissioners and began work Monday by selecting names for the jury box They will draw no juries until after the new year County Clerk Leonard Quill says The old commissioners will pick the January grand jury late in December for the January term to begin the first Monday in January 1909.
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James T. Eagilesfield
Gen
Charles Shaler
Leonard Quill
Quill
Burglary at Mrs Rickey Home Net $3.50 Loot
A burglar pried open a window at 1746 Sheldon Street Sunday night and obtained $3.50. Several burglary arrests were reported within a week as lawmen pursued suspects.
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Jennie Rickey
Sheldon Street
Swedish consul Eckstromer sues cyanide death in St Louis
Charles A. Eckstromer Swedish consul in St Louis and manager of West Disinfecting company in New York swallowed cyanide of potassium this morning and died minutes later. Family found him. A note read to police suggests the act was suicide. Eckstromer drew attention two to three years ago in a dispute with President Roosevelt over the post office department in the E G Lewis Publishing company case.
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ST. Louis
Charles A. Eckstromer
New York City
Eckstromer
Protest Over Saloons Next Door to Residence
Charles E. Brunning, neighbor at 1127 Madison Ave, protests to county commissioners against a saloon license for Jacob Schneider next door. He has an ongoing damages suit against the saloon property owners and agents in superior court and seeks to forestall any license action while that case proceeds.
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Charles E. Brunning
Madison Avenue
Jacob Schneider
County Commissioners
Schneider
Brunning
Superior
Flynn Aims 10 Seat in City Council Bid
J. H. Flynn, a Thirteenth ward Democrat, announces he will seek to represent his ward on the city council subject to the citizens of the ward.
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Flynn
J. H. Flynn
Thirteenth Ward
Y M I Will Elect Officers at Fountain Square
Capital Council Y M I unit 276 will hold its officer election Tuesday evening at the clubrooms in Fountain Square hall.
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Capital Council
Fountain Square Hall
Man Kills Himself at Home in St Louis
Charles Wahrendorf Blow, 50, died by suicide with a revolver at his residence 4450 Laclede avenue in St Louis. He was described as despondent. In Springfield the National Exchange Bank, capitalized at 100000, remained closed by order of the comptroller of the currency.
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ST. Louis
Charles Wahrendorf Blow
Laclede Avenue
Springfield
National Exchange Bank
Comptroller of the’ Currency
Brave Negroes Confess In Deadly Market Street Robbery
William Andrews a Civil War veteran lay between life and death at City hospital after a Saturday night shooting on Market Street during an attempted highway holdup. Edward Junar and Henry Stevens confessed Sunday to the attack, with police linking other arrests to a wider crime ring involving James Blackwell, Albert Dorsey, and others. Andrews, shot in the back when he knocked a revolver from a assailant, remained in critical condition as four daughters hurried from Mooresville.
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William Andrews
City Hospital
Edward Junar
Henry Stevens
Andrews
Missouri
Market
Junor
James Blackwell
Albert Dorsey
John C. Rowland
Blake and
North Streets
August Leauty
S. Capitol Avenue
Serat
Weaver
Mulvehill
Anderson
John Scott
Dorsey
Ohio Street
W. Ohio Street
Sergt. Weaver
Tippecanoe Street
Stevens
Jacob Kurtz
West Street
Indiana Avenue
Bookwalter
Scott
Mooresville
James B Suit Dies at 86 in Indianapolis
James B Suit, 86, died Sunday at Dr W B Fletcher's sanitarian after a long illness. He lived in Indianapolis for 50 years, began as a machinist at Eagle machine shops, rose to an executive role, and retired two years ago. A bachelor, he resided with the James T Layman family. Funeral at 1:30 PM Tuesday at 5703 East Washington Street.
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James B. Suit
W. B. Fletcher
Mr. Suit
Indianapolis
Eagle Machine Shops
Suit
James T. Layman
Layman
Washington Street
Irvington Presbyterian Church Dedicated Despite Rain
The new Irvington Presbyterian church at Johnson and Julian avenues was dedicated Sunday with Rev. Robert Fulton as speaker. Completed last June, it cost $12,000 and hosts about 200 congregants. A large pledge was raised to lift the church debt.
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Irvington Presbyterian Church
Robert Fulton
Johnson and Julian Avenues
Jonathan Co. Day
New Men May Land Two Big Federal Jobs
The United States marshal post held by Harry C. Pettitt of Wabash is expected to be vacated as Pettitt retires. Similarly, Terre Haute or Lawrenceburg revenue collector John Bonfiell is said to be stepping down, opening two federal positions.
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Harry C. Pettitt
Wabash
Beveridge
Pettitt
John Bonfiell
Revenue
Terre
Lawrenceburs
Telephone rate comparison stirs Indianapolis debate
Analysis contrasts 1898 Bell rates with Brailey ordinance projections and 1910 figures under city council plans. It notes how competition could curb costs, highlights Central Union’s franchise leverage, and outlines proposals for city control over future pricing and potential buyout terms.
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Indianapolis
Eevesee
Eveserer
Bel Company
Braney
Destesanes
Goel
Central Union
New
Indianapols
Hotel Lashelle Burned in Atlantic City Fire
A hotel blaze in Atlantic City New Jersey destroyed the Hotel Lashelle early this morning. One woman was killed and many others were injured. The loss is estimated at 960000 dollars.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Lashelle
Kind Bully of a Case Spurs New Billik Reprieve
Springfield officials grant a further reprieve for Herman Billik, condemned for the Vizal family murder in Chicago, delaying his hanging to January 28, 1909. Edna Billik, his daughter, launches an letters campaign urging friends to write Gov. Deneen and lift the execution.
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Springfield
Ill
Sherman
Herman Billik
Gov. Deneen
Hinkley
Billik
Vizal
Chicago
Edna Billik
Papa
Gov. de Neen
Girl and Young Man Elope in Indiana County
Floyd Webb eighteen and Minnie Nading seventeen from Madison county eloped and likely fled toward Covington Kentucky or Benton Harbor Michigan. Webb asked for a horse and buggy to Elwood but rode to the girl’s home and boarded a traction car at Hobbs. Parents consented to marriage despite age, forgiveness awaiting their return.
Dreams of spring and finds water in the orchard
In Oil City area residents of Cherry Tree township rejoice over a spring uncovered by Benjamin Walters, after guidance from a dream told to his mother. A hole 18 inches deep yielded a stream large enough to supply the neighborhood, despite a distant frozen creek.
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Oil City
Cherry Tree Township
Benjamin Waltera
Brother shoots during hunting injures Marion man
Ovid Julian returned from a hunting trip in southern Indiana with ten bullets in his body after his brother fired at game. Eleven shots entered his body. one was removed because the rest could not be extracted without more surgery. He is not seriously injured.
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Indiana
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Aly
Gordon Don
Tenth- Street
Fred J. Mueller
Los Angeles, Cal
William “A. Stokes
Brooklyn, N. Y
Angel
Market Street
James Suit
Presbyterian Church
Irvington
Herbert L. Satterlees
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
NAVY
Billie
Marion
Ovid Julian
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