Salvation Army Christmas aid brings cheer to Indianapolis
The Salvation Army fed about 1,500 people including 500 homeless men at the Auditorium and provided 1,350 dinners for families. A Christmas tree and 1,000 presents for poor children were arranged for Friday night with Mayor Bookwalter presiding. Major Escott and staff led the effort, aided by Envoy Orth Ensign Watkins and Adj. Miller.
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Salvation Army
Escott Ail
Indianapolis
Army
N. Capitol Avenue
Santa Claus
Major
Escott
Envoy Orth
Ensign Watkins
Adj. Miller
Corps
Bookwalter
Frederick E. Taylor
John’ Worth
Kern
br “e_ceretonics
Nile journey led by Dr Fletcher for Salvation Army kids
Dr Calvin I Fletcher, a wide traveler and lecturer, will guide juvenile tourists on a Nile journey at Salvation Army Christmas night. The trip will travel through ancient Egypt past the Sphinx and ruins as Fletcher explains Cleopatra and Rameses era.
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Nile
Pharoahs
Rameses
Cleopatra
Salvation Army
Calvin I. Fletcher
Greeting and fire report mix with political talk
A Christmas message from Andrew Carnegie is noted amid a blaze at 421 BE Court Street where an incendiary fire broke out in a building used partly for storage by Tuckahoe Water Company and living space above. The piece also covers Indiana House speakership rumors and caucus plans for January.
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Tuckahoe Water Company
BE. Court Street
Remen
Roosevelt Faces Labor Case Proceedings In Washington
President Roosevelt will review the contempt actions against Samuel Gompers, Henry Morrison and Frank Morrison after receiving protests from labor leaders. A conference with Attorney General Bonaparte is planned, with court appeals likely extending into March and possible further review by the Supreme Court. Beveridge’s injunction bill gains momentum as labor and capital watch closely. The AFL executive council plans a Washington meeting January 11 to discuss the decision.
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Beveridge
Washington
Roosevelt
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
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Bonaparte
Daniel Thew Wright
Court of Appeals
Justice Wright
Supreme Court of the United States
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Tnes
Executive Council
The
Federation
Congressman Jesse Overstreet Pays Recount Costs in Marion County
Congressman Jesse Overstreet paid part of the recount costs for Marion county. He sent a $53.15 check to County Clerk Leonard Quill. Fourteen others are to contribute pro rata assessments amid objections to the charges, with no formal objections filed.
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Jesse Overstreet
Marion County
Leonard Quill
Christmas Eve wedding at Highland Place Beeler home
Fred Norris and Miss EMe Beeler wed on Christmas Eve at 9 o clock in the Beeler residence at Highland Place. The ceremony united the couple as many guests attended, celebrating the nuptials in a family setting on Christmas night.
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Fred Norris
Eme
Beeler
Bat Highland
Poultry Show Promises Banner Exhibit in Gosport January
Gosport announces the fourth annual poultry show to be staged in January. Officials tout it as the biggest exhibit ever held in Owen county with more than 2,000 fowls expected to be shown. The event aims to attract regional breeders and buyers seeking quality stock.
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Gosport
Ind
Tee.s
Train wreck at Pleasant Lake injures sixteen people
A Lake Shore passenger train ran into an open switch at Pleasant Lake Indiana last night, injuring sixteen with four possibly fatally. Most serious injuries include Mrs. Albert Forthe Adrian Michigan and Mr. Mrs Hamerton Angola Indiana among others. The locomotive and four cars left the track and were taken to Angola hospital. The Sumerlatts, recently wed, were among the injured.
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Pleasant Lake
Ind
Albert Forthe
Adrian
Mich
Hamerton
Angola
John Carpenter
Reading
Arnest
C. Campbell
Decatur, Mich
Sumerlatt
Millionaire Falls From Window in Arkansas Hotel Death
In Hot Springs Arkansas H M Cox a retired millionaire merchant from Portland Maine died after falling from a hotel window on Central Avenue. He had seated his wife in the dining room before returning to his room on the third floor. The coroner’s jury ruled the death accidental after initial suspicion of self harm.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Waukesha House
H. M. Cox
Portland
Central Avenue
Joy and Tears in Christmas at Russell Plant
David Jackson, serving 193 days in Marion county workhouse for neglecting his family, died Thursday. His six children learned of the death only after attending a Christmas tree celebration hosted by A. H. Russell of the Russell Wind Stacker company, who provided tickets for 200 poor children. Mrs Jackson and the children, residing at 708 N Senate Ave, were affected by the news.
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David Jackson
Marion County
A. H. Russell
Russell Wind Stacker Company
Jackson
Senate Avenue
Russell
William Me pacer dies in Michigan after supper
In Pontiac Michigan last Tuesday a renowned horse named William Me died suddenly while eating supper. The black pacer, born in 1893, began racing as a three year old and compiled 12 campaigns with 127 starts, 62 victories, 3 seconds, 9 thirds, 9 fourths and 12 unplaced. During time with Castile he set 36 track records and 10 state records, including five track records and two state records as late as 1906.
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Chicago
Pontiac
Mich
William Me
Castile
Hoosier Fox Drive To Be A Big Affair
The fifth annual Erie township fox drive in Miami county Indiana will be held on New Year’s Day drawing up to ten thousand spectators from across the state. The event starts at 9 AM and lasts about three hours ending at Erie chapel where foxes are caught. After dinner there is a program of athletics with prizes for winners.
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Thomas Hanana
James Garrard
Vincennes
Seymour
Honan
Garrard
Ways and Means
Harry G. Strickland
Greenfield
House
Democratic House
Indianapolis
United States
Peru
Ind
Erie Township
Miami County
Erie Chapel
Church
Woessner Has Taste of Sheriff Duties
Sheriff elect Jacob Woessner joined a deputy party bound for Jeffersonville with five prisoners. He accompanied Sheriff Joseph Clay who hands the office to Woessner on January 1. County Commissioner W. H. Roberts also traveled with the group. The prisoners included four black highwaymen and a pale thief.
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Jacob Woessner
Jeffersonville
Joseph Clay
Woessner
W. H. Roberts
Black Hand Threat Demands $1500 From Chicago Man
Vito Lantilli of 187 Gault Court has received a third black hand warning demanding $1,500 to be paid before tonight under penalty of death. He reported the letter to police and authorities have placed a close watch on his premises.
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Chicago
Lantilli
Gault Court
Oaks and Go Bring Happiness to 100 Deserving Boys
A crowd of 100 boys gathered at the police headquarters Friday morning to march to Saks and Co. for coats. Some boys were previously forgotten by Santa but remained excited to receive new overcoats as clerks waited at the store. Mothers accompanied many children as the procession and fitting went on amid cheers.
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Oaks & GO
Saks & Co
Santa Claus
Toya
Candies
One Loving Mother Divides Christmas Dinner With Others
A Salvation Army Christmas basket feeds two dinners and a poverty stricken grandmother shares with her grown son and his family. A compassionate neighbor leads them to a Capitol Avenue spot where the mother halves the meal to ease hungry grandchildren. Merry Christmas.
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Salvation Army
Besketc
Capitol Avenue
Army
Christmas Dinner At Denison Delights Indianapolis
The Denison hotel displays festive decorations in its large dining rooms and cafe. Reservations indicate the Christmas dinner will be the most successful yet served in American dining rooms and cafes, reflecting the venue’s growing popularity in Indianapolis.
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Denison
Indianapolis
Vance
Will found in tub seals $250000 estate for Patrick Monahan
In Philadelphia a will of the late Patrick Monahan of Charlestown was found hidden in a red envelope nailed to the bottom of a washtub. The $250,000 estate is left to John Monahan of Chicago, a sister in law Margaret Mullen of Boston, three sisters in Ireland each getting $30,000, with smaller sums to nephews and nieces.
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Philadelphia
Patrick Monahan
Charlestown
Monahan
John Monahan
Chicago
Margaret Mullen
Boston
Ireland
New Harmony asks Congress for Wabash river improvement
New Harmony and towns along the Wabash petition Congress for an appropriation to widen and straighten the river from source to mouth. Citizens and landowners along the stream sign, citing rock and dam remnants blamed for poor navigation and echoing past government spending on improvements.
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Mount Vernon
Ind
New Harmony
Congress
White slave case convict sentenced in New York
Frances Collins, 15, abducted in a white slave case. Mrs. Frances Taylor, accused of running a clearing house for girls, offered no defense. Jury deliberated briefly. Judge Malone sentenced her to seven to nine years and ten months in Auburn prison.
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New York
Frances Taylor
Court of General Sessions
Frances Collins
Resignation of A Delaney from City Athletic Association
A Delaney of Kansas City the athletic annex of the city A C has resigned from his station with the 19th and signed a contract with the athletic association.
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Kansas City
A. Delaney
Ihes City
A. C
United States
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