Baron Rothchild Named Assistant Attorney General
Leopold G. Rothchild longtime bank and land clerk in the state auditor’s office will be assistant attorney-general under Charles W. Miller. The appointment, decided at the state convention, links Rothchild to Senator Beveridge and follows the nomination of David Sherrick for auditor. William Geake of Fort Wayne will be deputy attorney-general, succeeding Cassius Hadley.
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Leopold G. Rothchild
Bank and Land Department
State Auditor's Office
Charles W. Miller
Miller
Rothchild
Merrill Moores
Indianapolis
Beveridge
Mr. Rothchild
Clifty
Decatur County
Ind
Uni
Michigan
Connersville
Dailey
David Sherrick
Mace
Marion Club
Senator Beveridge
Fort Wayne
William Geake
Geake
Cassius Hadley
Indianapolis woman seeks divorce from millionaire Columbus husband
Winifred Hunter Mooney asks the court to sever the bonds of marriage to William A. Mooney a prominent Columbus Ind tanner. She cites cruel treatment including violent language and confinement. She seeks alimony and custody of daughter Dora Berryman Mooney. Mooney disputes the suit through counsel and the case may be contested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Columbus
Winifred Hunter Mooney
William A. Mooney
Ind
William G. Hunter
Mooney
Cincinnati
Louisville
Dora
Berryman Mooney
Divorce Dispute Between Bayer Couple Over Alleged Abuse
Mrs Mary Bayer files cross-complaint to divorce from Joseph Bayer filed a week earlier. He claims July 28 1874 marriage and Dec 7 1902 separation with repeated neglect and assaults including cold water poured on him and bedclothes removed. She counters with he beat and once whipped her with a blacksnake whip and seeks divorce and alimony. The couple have five children, youngest 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bayer
Joseph Bayer
Bayer
Independent brokers form group in Indianapolis
The independents led by Sol Meyer organize with Meyer and Kiser as president and secretary. Members include A. W. Thompson, Clifford Arrick & Co., and others. They accuse the stock exchange of printing bunco figures and claim nonmembers issue bunco quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Stock Exchange
Sol Meyer
Meyer & Kiser
A. W. Thompson
Clifford, Arrick & Co
Stock Exchange
Bunco
Exchange
New Liner Advertisements on Seventh Page Today
The seventh page features new liner advertisements listing positions for a colored girl after school, boys, two agents, a seamstress, and a note about furnished rooms for rent and first mortgage loans on improved property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oe . Ie
Uncle Sam Stood On His Head In Indianapolis Flag Upside Down
Laborer Frank C. New noticed the flag on a government building in Indianapolis was upside down. He reported it to John Plummer and custodian Archibald Young, and the flag was righted. One observer said it signified nothing more than a careless worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Indianapolis
Frank C. New
Merchants’ Heating and Lighting Company
Delaware
Marketsts
John Plummer
Plummer
Archibald Young
Jewelers Offer Xmas Diamond Stock and 10 Percent Savings
J P Mullally, jeweler at 28 Monument Place, advertises up-to-date Xmas jewelry and a complete diamond stock. He invites calls before purchase to save 10 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Mullally
Monument-place
Expert Refractionist Woodard Optical Shop
Woodard at 221 Massachusetts Avenue offers complete optical services and eyewear. Precision refraction lighting lenses and frames, with personalized fittings and repairs available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodard
Massachusetts Ave
Billingsley’s Rise to City Council Presidency Signals Gop Split
Billingsley wins the presidency of the city council Monday night amid anti Bookwalter sentiment. Republicans debate Spray’s vote and Furnas ties as they weigh political fallout and future committee appointments. City hall buzz centers on whether the administration can unify six supporters while Democrats may leverage the rift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Billingeley
Billingsley
B Billingsley
Bookwalter
Spra
City Hall
Rhodes
Wheeler
Spray
John H. Furnas
Furnas
Edwin D. Legsdon
County commissioners award supplies contracts
The county commissioners on Tuesday approved contracts for county institutions for the first three months of the year. Vendors cover drugs, dry goods, disinfectants, groceries, clothing, flour, shoes, bread, brooms, meat, coffee and more with multiple firms named, including Louis E Haag Pettis Dry Goods J C Perry Co Eagle Clothing Bliss Swain ONeill Eppert Bryce Phelps Brace Co and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis E. Haag
Pettis Dry Goods Company
Daniel Stewart Company
J. C. Perry & Co
Eagle Clothing Store
Bliss, Swain & Co
John O'Neill
Fred W. Eppert
Bryce
Baking Company
Indiana Industrial Home
William Beck
Karl Wacker
Phelps, Brace & Co
DePauw to Enter State Intercollegiate Association
In Greencastle Indiana on December 16 a special athletic board session approved DePauw University joining the State Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Ind
DePauw’ University
Christmas Dinner Draws Many to Marion Workhouse
In the Marion county jail case load before Judge Stubbs on Tuesday, many habitual offenders pleaded guilty and were sent to the workhouse for 11 days. The punishment keeps them housed until two days after Christmas, ensuring a communal holiday dinner.
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Marion County
Stubbs
Missing 18 year old Nanette Gwynn sought by police
Nanette Gwynn an 18 year old girl from 549 Goodlet Ave is missing after planning to go to Chicago last Saturday. Indianapolis police and Chicago police are searching as her father Levi Gwynn reports she left for work at a trouser factory but never arrived at Union Station.
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Chicago
Nanette Gwynn
Levi Gwynn
Goodletave
Indianapolis
Tone Union Station
Miss Gwynn
W. R. Reed
Reed
Verdict for Jennings in Salem whitecaping case
Federal court jury found for the plaintiff Jennings in the Jennings Menaugh whitecaping case. Damages set at 519 and costs 7000 split. defendants Eli Menaugh Jeremiah Jamison Calvin Menaugh Volney Reed Asa Bennett Thomas Smith Charles Schlagel Henry Schiagel Charles Jackson Bevity Pace face payment and 45 days to request a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
W. V. Rooker
Jennings
Cash Hadley
Blythe the Great Foresees Cold Weather in Indianapolis
Blythe the Great the Prophet of the Winds predicts woe for Indianapolis as a cold spell grips the city. He warns temperatures will drop 8 to 12 degrees tonight and that coal use will rise while natural gas stoves chill homes. The forecast coincides with the press’s third anniversary.
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Blythe the
Prophet
Majestic
Blythe
Indianapolis
Sullivan Former Deputy City Controller Arrested for Domestic Assault
John Sullivan once deputy city controller was arrested Monday evening on a wife assault charge. Patrolman Scribner responding to the Sullivan home at 2023 Highland Place helped arrest him after an argument. Sullivan posted a $20 cash bond for police court but failed to appear, with the case set to be called Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sullivan
Scribner
Sullivan
Highland Place
Weather forecast for Indianapolis and nearby area
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity covers the 36 hours to 8 p m December 16 with partly cloudy skies and snow flurries and colder temperatures. Tuesday night will be colder with Wednesday fair. morning temperature 30 degrees, noon 27, 2 pm 27. Brisk westerly winds expected across Indiana and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Woman Dies of Severe Smallpox After City Hospital Admission
Lillie May Howard aged 23 died after 19 hours in City hospital from a severe smallpox outbreak. She fell ill at her home on Saturday night, was treated for pelvic inflammation, and developed eruptions Sunday evening before being moved to the hospital Monday evening.
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City Hospital
Lillie May Howard
Lockest
Fotograters Offer Best Portraits for Holiday Orders
Wilhite and Holloway advertise as top photographers at 25 NE Perna opposite the new Federal building, promising the very best likenesses in any finish or style and urging holiday orders without delay.
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Wilhite, & Holloway
Fotograters
New Federal Widg
Antis take control of city council in party shift
The anti administration faction gains majority 7 to 6 after William Spray joins them and supports James H. Billingsley for council president while opposing Willagn A. Rhodes. Eppert announces a move to rewrite rules to favor antis in committee chairs with Democratic backing expected to pass the measure.
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Brillingsley
Crall
Eppert
Sourbier
Spray
Wheeler
Wysong
Wynne
Rhodes
Negley
McFarland
Holliday
Cooper
Antis
William Spray
Anti
Billingsley
Ghosts Hold Dance at Tragic Kokomo House
In Kokomo Indiana on December 16 a couple began housekeeping in a south Kokomo house where a murder occurred at a dance three years earlier. A dozen invisible guests danced to unseen music reenacting the fatal night when Herman Schultz was killed by Arthur Woolford who is now in prison. The couple fled at dawn and the house remains vacant.
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Kokomo
Ind
Charles Abney
Bride
Herman Schultz
Arthur Woolford
Abney
Downtown Christmas Décor Sparsity Expected This Year
If Washington Street displays its usual Christmas decorations this year the merchants along the street must furnish them since the Merchants' Association declined the job. Previously the association decorated the street with electric lights and holly.
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Washington St
Merchants’ Association
Frances Cummings Offers Library to Amos J. Cummings Home
Mrs Frances Cummings widow of Amos J Cummings is touring Indiana with her brother E J Van Ness. She may donate her husband’s private library to the National Printers Home at Colorado Springs or establish a memorial library on the grounds. The home already holds about 7000 volumes and may build a dedicated library in time. Bramwood, a trustee, says no official offer has been received yet and will refer the matter to the trustees.
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Frances Cummings
Amos J. Cummings
New York
Indianapolis
E. J. van Ness
International Typographical Union
Congress
Salem Hill
New York Tribune
Sun
Air
Cummings
W. ‘Bramwood
Board of Trustees of the Home
The
International Union
Colorado Springs
Bramwood
Oil Inspector to Move Into State House Luxuries
W H Freeman secretary of the State board of forestry will vacate his two bright north third-floor rooms in the state house to make way for Sid Conger Shelbyville the new oil inspector who occupies a single third floor room The custodian favors Conger for the finest space while Freeman is described as content with a tent in the forest and rumors say Conger will host chafing dish parties and social events at the expense of state officials
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Freeman
State Board of Forestry
State House
Sid Conger
Shelbyville
Freeman
Conger
Zaring
Rabbit hunting arrest in Riverside Park
Andrew Ritz and Julius Loos of Haughville were arrested for entering Riverside Park on Tuesday during a rabbit hunt. The pair reportedly fired at a rabbit but missed, with Patrolman Partee detaining them as they exited the area.
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Andrew Ritz
Julius Loos
Haughville
Riverside Park
Partee
Bethsb Gghaniers
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Fred Charles W. Maller
Ment
Independent Stock Exchange
Uncle Sam
Xmas Jewelry
Council
DePauw
Walscheine
Bennett
Formas
Goode
Newton
Claypool
Xmas Fotografe
Printers
Lid Conger
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