Deliver Us From Viaducts City Debate Over Grade Crossing Removal
A city debate questions Mayor Bookwalter's support for viaducts to remove grade crossings. Critics cite Detroit style elevated tracks with lowered roadways as safer, cheaper, and less intrusive, urging Indianapolis to avoid viaducts and adopt the improved beneath-the-tracks solution.
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Bookwalter
Virginia
Woodward Ave
Detroit
Lake Shore Road
Indianapolis
Itie Sketches and Songs of a Singer
A fragment from a column shows humorous verse and dialog about a singer and a range of characters. The piece includes lines about angels, success, and a street scene with a freckled fanatic and neighbors, preserving a period voice and local wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itie
Tailor Offers Clothes on Credit in Earnest Conversation
The tailor haltingly offers clothing on credit to Mr. Dunham who gratefully responds that he will forever owe a debt of gratitude. The exchange highlights mutual respect and financial strain reflected in their dialogue.
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Andy Carnegie
Knox
Pittsburg
Andy
Mr. Knox
Will H. Latta
Wisconsin
Charles Droege
College-‘ Ave
John ‘Holtzman
Indianapolis
Indiana Ave
Walter Kutler
Ben-Hur
W. H. Watkins
Berry
Dallas
J. Thorpe
Thomas W. Griffin
Harry Jarrell
Photographers and Advertising Rates Mentioned in Trade
A fragmented exchange shows a photographer discussing pricing and portrait enlargements for advertising. The speaker notes that the model may require a higher rate and mentions consent to take a beautiful picture and possible enlargement for ad use. The text reflects pricing strategy and negotiation aspects in photographic services.
Cat‑servant theory sparks dam age suit exchange
In a Tuesday testimony, Mrs Rebecca Cleninger swore to a lie about our paper. We joked that she used cats as servants to save washing dishes, saying a guilty conscience needs no accuser.
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Rebecca Cleninger
Edward Singer
The Swirl of Society and Local Weddings
The Chevalier club danced at Brenneker's while Mrs. Wagner entertained for Mrs. Moore of Washington DC. Birthdays and luncheons marked Friday as society notes reference Miss Mina Sanborn’s Christmas Eve wedding plans and other dress party gatherings around town.
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Chevalier Club
Brenneker's
Theodore A. Wagner
George T. Moore
Washington, D. C
Richard N. Morrison
Ethelda
Chapman Williams
Charles W. Fairbanks
Boston
Mina Sanborn
Frederick Thompson
New York-st
J. O. Henderson
Ellis T. Silvius
Florence M. Silvius
George J. Cook
Union City
Eva Reiling
David Wagner
Richmond
Edith E. Wickett
A Corner for the Women A Christmas Gift Guide
The piece advises on gift presentation and thrifty ideas for Christmas gifts. It suggests attractive wrappings, simple yet thoughtful items like dates with walnuts, home made macaroons, coconut sweets, and modest linen or lace gifts. It cautions husbands about unsafe fashion gifts and endorses useful luxuries such as soft comforts and negligees. It notes Indianapolis households plan year round and highlights practical gift options and wrapping flair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
New York
Inien
Stories of Tom Reed and a Barber’s Mustache Incident
The article recalls Tom Reed visiting Jerry Simpson in Kansas to denounce his critics in Congress. A Washington restaurant encounter had Reed reacting to a mistaken identity as President Cleveland. A barber once greased Reed’s mustache while he slept, prompting his startled demand to remove it.
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Reed
Jerry Simpson
Kansas
Mr. Reed
Washington
Pioneer Elgin resident says brain center cure saved him
Henry A. Grace of Elgin Newfoundland credits Dr Miles Neuropathic Treatment with saving him from dropsy and heart disease after doctors wrote him off. He recalls severe swelling and breathlessness, and notes relief began quickly with a full recovery by age seventy six.
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Henry A. Grace
Elgin
Miles
Grace
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The
Indianapolis Sun
SUN
B. Ohiost
J. Bilison
Foreign Advertising Department
Tribune Building
Chicago
New York Stock Exchange
Castro
Mr. Windmann
Jinks
Windmann
Jenks
James Collins
Frank McCray
J. Bert Smith
English Ave
Hooroo
Taylor Gronninger
Major Taylor
Merle Walker
Venezuela
A. L. Mason
Hickman
DePauw University
Martin Hugg
Smith
Harry Phillips
William Gibbons
Ansil Moffatt
Charles Polster
Ferdinand Winter
Esther ‘Bowman
Herman Toms
Nobdy
Albert Sahm
Michael Jefferson
Arthur Timberlake
Joe Weimer
Stock Exchange
Henry C. Petiit
Guthrie
Charles Heizer
Union Stockyards
W. K. Burton
Senate
E. M. Williams
Billy” Bogardus
James Billingsley
Sutherland Ave
Fall Creek
Ed McDeavitt
Robert Bryson
Muncie
George Hancock
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, van Wert, & Lima Traction Company
Berry St
Tusty Ruff
Orrville Crescent
Weill
Dr. Shoop
Willigly
Racine
Wis
Indiana
Sec
Rogers
Fancy
Pettis Dry Goods CO
Stories
Tom” Reed
Mr. Cleveland
Cleveland
the Genta
Biddeford
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Indiana Trust Go
Indiana Trust Company
Col. Washington Street
Virginia Avenues
Indiana Trust Building
Federal Union
Bugh Daugherty
Yorxsa
Valusi
Wulsehner Music Co
Wulschner’s
Chickering, Vane, Jewett
Ivers & Pond
Fischer, Cameron, Braumuytae Brewar
Davis
Wulschner
Stodart
Hallet
Europe
Guitars
Columbia
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