Burglary Suspect Shot During Robbery Dies in City Hospital
William H. Kirns, shot while burglarizing Frank Blythe's meat market at 801 Virginia Ave, died Wednesday morning at City hospital. He was found by C. H. Schrader, a neighbor grocer, prying a transom. Kirns allegedly advanced on Schrader, who fired, the bullet entering Kirns' face and lodging behind the left ear. He was taken to City hospital.
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Frank Blythe
Virginia Avenue
Schrader
Kirns
Salvation Army appeals as Indianapolis faces winter need
A Salvation Army drive in Indianapolis appeals for aid to feed 2000 poor at Christmas and provide dinners for 300 homeless men and 1000 children. Local donors, including regular contributors, receive letters detailing winter relief plans amid scenes of urban poverty and a separate report of stockyard fires destroying several barns and racing horses.
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Michael Reardon
Helen Winter
Allen Winter
Trotter
Dunn
Harding and
Morris Streets
Cofer Mules Company
Blair- Baker Company
Indiana Democratic club plans new clubhouse and growth
The Indiana Democratic club aims to build a magnificent clubhouse and grow membership from 500 to 1500 with Democrats from every region. At a directors meeting Tuesday night the erection of the club building was approved and financing plans were presented by B M Ralston, a real estate dealer and leading Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Democratic Club
B. M. Ralston
Greenw ich Bank Raid Ends in Death and Wounding
City Marshal Clyde Wood killed a bank robber during a dawn raid at First National and Farmers' Bank in Greenwich Ohio, but was fatally wounded. The other four robbers escaped after stealing a horse and buggy. Marshal Wood died after days in hospital. DeMoss guarded him during his decline. The article also recounts unrelated political loan schemes and clubhouse plans involving Democrats and figures like Frank EB. Gagin John W. Kern and William M. Fogarty.
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Greenwich
Clyde Wood
First National and Farmers’ Bank
Wood
Bugsy
Goshen
Dredging Battle Over Lake Wawasee Dredge Standoff Renewed
Legislators plan to renew a bid to halt Sandusky Portland Cement dredging in Lake Wawasee this winter. Backed by local landowners, the effort alleges rival cement interests seek to cripple Sandusky Cement. Sandusky argues dredging harms nothing and preserves an important industry at Syracuse Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky-Portland Cement Company
Sandusky Company
Lake Wawasee
Goshen
Theandusky
Sy- Fracuse
Ind
Creditors Bring Suit Against Otterbein Dealers
The Van Camp Hardware Co of Indianapolis the H T Conde Implement Co of Indianapolis and the Harper Buggy Co of Columbia City petition for the bankruptcy of Rowell & Yeomans of Otterbein dealers in implements and vehicles. Attorneys Marshall McCagny & Clugston of Columbia City represent the petitioners.
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van Camp Hardware Company
Indianapolis
H. T. Conde Implement Company
Harper Buggy Company
Columbia City
Rowell & Yeomans
Otterbein
Marshall, McCagny & Clugston
Starving Mother and Infant Found at Traction Terminal
Ada Hoggard deserted by husband at Greenwood was taken in by Indianapolis residents Tuesday and placed in the Home for Aged and Friendless Women. She was ill, partly blind, penniless, with a three week old baby and a crying child to feed. The trio were hungry, chilled, and destitute.
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Ada Hoggard
Greenwood
Indianapolis
Train collision kills three in Limoges tunnel
Limoges reports three dead and many wounded after two trains collide in the Poueh tunnel. Vienna reports thirteen killed in a coal mine explosion. Williamsport notes an iron girder collapse on a Potomac River bridge, killing four.
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Limoges
Poueh
Vienna
Doman
Hungary
Williamsport
Potomac River
Salvation Army Christmas Charity Praised by Police Chief
Indianapolis chief Robert Metzger commends the Salvation Army for thorough service and its Christmas provision that brings cheer to many homes, making the day happier for hundreds of children and underscoring the organization’s vital impact in the city.
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Salvation Army
Indianapolis
Robert Metzger
Mother of Hains to testify in murder trial
In Flushing New York the defense seeks to prove lack of premeditation by Thornton Jenkins Hains by calling his mother Mrs. Peter C. Hains to testify. She would recount a visit to Ft Hancock the day before the Bayside shooting and say the parents directed him to look after his brother to avert violence. Jurors were completed the previous day.
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New York
Supreme Court
Flushing
Thornton Jenkins Hains
William E. Annis
Ft. Hancock
Bayside
T. Jenkins Hains
Annis
Capt
Hains
Philippines
Gen
Capt Hains
Thornton Jenkins Hanna
William J. Hill
Thomas Walsh
Henry P. Hacker
Samuel W. Johnson
John
Mother Who Dodged Duty Is Sentenced
Mrs. Barbara Crossley was sentenced to 60 days in the women's prison and fined $50 on two counts of abandoning and neglecting three children in juvenile court. Evidence said she driven her husband away, gave away her children, and left them with others while living a reckless life.
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Barbara Crossley
Bishop Vincent Praises the Salvation Army
A letter to The Sun urges Indianapolis to support the Salvation Army a world wide Christian movement praised for its unselfish work and broad ecumenical scope urging the public and city to provide financial and practical backing to the Army’s Indianapolis efforts.
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Bishop Vincent
The
Salvation Army
the Sun
Fere
Indianapolis
Sete
Black youth trapped in swindling note scam at city grocery
Police detain 17 year old Richard Walker after he delivers a forged note to T. A. Wilson at a West Washington Street grocery. The note, forged in the name of Wilson's daughter by Viola Mitchell, leads to Walker's capture and return to reform school. Mitchell faces forgery charges as the scam collapses on a second attempt. Local letters reveal poverty and charity debates, including appeals for help and Salvation Army remarks on aid effectiveness.
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Escott
Baldédwin Blk
Indianapolis
Ind
Salvation
Army Charity
Baldwin Block
Christian Sisters
Washington Street
Richard Walker
T. A. Wilson
W. Washington Street
Walker
Reform School
Viola Mitchell
Wilson
Mitchell
Lodge Celebrates Twenty-Seventh Anniversary of K P No 97
City lodge No 97 K P celebrated its twenty seventh anniversary at Tomlinson hall Tuesday night with an elaborate program and a banquet following the entertainment.
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Calpital
City Lodge
K. of P
Ita
Tomlinson Hall
Blanche Hendricks Sues for Divorce and Custody
Blanche Hendricks sues Charles E. Hendricks for divorce and custody of their son. Married in 1907, they separated in 1907. She alleges desertion in June 1906 with a return in November, and a February 1907 expulsion from home. He allegedly forced her to travel with belongings and child to trains via two cities and abandoned them without support.
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Blanche Hendricks
Charles E. Hendricks
Grand Haven
Mich
Indianapolis
Pooleal for Char Pooleal for Char
Indications Wednesday favored Thomas Honan as speaker with a safe majority in the house. A leading Democrat said the speakership race appeared settled, with Honan drawing pledges from previously uncertain members. The contest remained friendly and Honan’s party leadership and fairness as a parliamentarian propelled him to the front.
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Thomas Honan
House
Honan
Henan
Brown Estate Will Rewards Churches With Large Gift
The will of Agnes C. Brown leaves about 21 000 for home mission work equally to the Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal churches after other legacies. Executor Thomas H. Spann named, with numerous individual bequests including money, jewelry, and heirlooms to friends and servants. The will also directs the testator's aged horse to be shot.
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Agnes C. Brown
J. W. Brown
Presbyterian and
Methodist Episcopal Churches
Thomas H. Spann
Moravian Episcopal Church of
Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiannapolis
William V. Wheeler
Effie C. Skinner
Brooklyn
N. Y
Alice Harwood
Nettie King
Richard Gaddie
Ann Jones
Louis Runnels
Alice M. Cheney
Kansas City
Kas
Jennie Brown
St. Louis
Emma G. Minnich
Irene W. Prentice
Oak Park
Ill
Ralph M. Skinner
Ethel §. Foster
San Antonio
Tex
Mary Losey
Brown
Man Ben Simms Kills Self at California House
A 60 year old man registered as Ben Simms from Fartmersburg Indiana committed death by his own action at a California house on Wednesday afternoon by swallowing carbolic acid.
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Ben Simms
Fartmersburg
Ind
California
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