Presentations of legislatures in Indiana race for offices
A Sun reporter recaps Indiana legislature at large by listing paid posts and candidates. Key roles include president of state benevolent institutions with a 2200 salary, prison board trustees, house speaker, librarian, and senate doorkeeper. Contenders span Marion, Floyd, Allen, and other counties, with insurgent and incumbent figures, plus prospects for ward and district representation.
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Sun
Indiana
Harrison and
Hovey
Legion
Supreme Court
Phillip Gapen
Thomas Markey
Common” Council of
Indianapols
J. L.carnon
Shelby County
J. H. Burrell
Louis Holtzman
The
Brazil Democrat
Jos Flack
Marion County
Insane Hospital
John R. Gordon
Calvin Stogdill
John B. Green
David W. Chambers
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Blind Asylum
Northern Prison Board
Charles Mayne
Warden Murdock
Henry Manning
Allen
George Majors
Benton
Cockera
John G. Shoemaker
Marion
French
Lafayette Journal
John J. Young
Huntington
John Horn
New Albany
Clement Doane
Jasper County
George W. Denbo
Corydon
Patten
Gabriel Schmuck
James A. Willard
Floyd
Mason J. Niblack
Vincennes
Judge Niblack
Lee ¥. Wilson
Shelby
Will H. Shambaugh
Lowry
C. G. Conn
Elkhart ‘Band
Nist
Bureau of Stastics
William A. Péelle
Edward Cooper
Shelbyville
W. Shidler
Ella Nave
Hibben
S Agnes Bosler
N. B. Taylor
Indianapolis
John R
Gordon
Greencastle
Porter
Ahrens
Peru
Misa Pendleton
Nineveh
Mary I. H. Jones
Clinton County
Izzie ‘Callis-Scott
Grubbs
Renceburg
R. O. Johnson
de Déafand -Dumb. Asylum
Jacob 2 Dum, Jr
Mld
Eus
State House
Tim Griffin
Hose
Isaac D. G. Nelson
Fort_ Wayne
Andrew
James B. Wilson
Posey County
Ed. S. Hayes
Dubois
Felix Monroe
Montgomery
House
Thomas Newkirk
Rushville
Wash P. Turner
Henry County
William Grose
Fayette and Henry
Republcan
Charles B. Crowley
Sullivan County
M. T. Stokes
New York
Harrison
Senate
J. B. Harkey
Hendricks Club
Frank Faulkner
Fort Wayne
Bulger
Robertson
Mr. Green
Doors
Green Smith
William G. Craig
Sentinel
Wm. M. Moss
Bloomfield Democrat
John D. Carter
Orange
Ed. Wells
Benevolent and Penal Boards
Christmas events and local incidents in City Life area
City Life notes Christmas festivities at South Street Baptist Church will proceed without decorations after a fire at Ger man alt Zione Church damaged decor. A man assaulted on Indiana Avenue. arrest followed. State officials push compulsory schooling and free textbooks. Indiana academy of science opens with sessions in Superior Court Room No. 2 led by a president’s address on Religion and the law of continuity. Juvenile offenses include Jesse Gray and Charles Brady pleading guilty for drinking on Christmas Eve. fines likely to be remitted pending recovery of funds from intoxicant sources.
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South-st. Baptist Church
Alt Zione
W. Chiosi
Patrick Griffin, Jr
Indiana Ave
Wm. Neff
Griffin
LaFollette
Indiana Academy of Science
Superior Court
Jesse Gray
Charles Brady
Brady
Hig
Gossip and Christmas Mischief From City Happenings
A potpourri of city life and amusing episodes. A gambler raid musing, editor feuds, quail season notes, and a Chicago bankruptcy case prompt playful reminiscences. A New York Langtry ushers row, two witty boys trick Santa, and a mild aside on V P Morton reception.
Gertie Richie Marries Ah Back in San Francisco Contract
A va riety actress Gertie Richie married leading Chinese theater actor Ah Back by contract in San Francisco on Sunday evening. Back earns about $1,000 annually, dresses well, and maintains clean, well furnished rooms. Richie, recently from Philadelphia, wore paste diamond jewelry and said she would do what others would not to get the man she loved despite public opinion and Vanderbilt's advice.
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Vanderbilt
San Francisco
Gertie Richie
Ah Back
Chinese Theater
Philadelphia
Ahue
Back
Monon right of way ordinance defeated by aldermen
In a Monday night council meeting the Monon right of way ordinance faced protest from Reynolds Wright Potts Milliagan and others. The debate centered on routing the tracks along the west side of the L. E. and W. lines near the Massachusetts avenue depot. Citizens who funded track widening opposed moving the route. An amendment to place the Monon west of the depot failed by a tie and the ordinance itself was voted down 9 to 11.
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Morton
Cleveland
Garfield
Jas. G. Blaine
M.P
Aldermen
Board of Aldermen
Council
Reynolds
Wright
Grdmedes
Yto IL
Somebody Wants It Notice For 30 Cents Per Week
The Sun offers a 10 word classified notice for 30 cents for a week. Gasper's Place at 55 North Penn Street invites readers to place selling notices for household items like a bedroom suit bureau table or stove to reach customers.
Taken From the Grave in Comstock Death Buried Alive Fears
Dennis Carmichael of Comstock Kalamazoo County died last Monday at Kimble engine works. His body was exhumed after a life like expression at funeral. Efforts to revive him in a Methodist church basement failed. Relatives oppose reburial despite doctors declaring death.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Comstock
Dennis Carmichael
Kimbie Engine Works
Carmichael
Methodist Church
White Caps Whip Farmer in Sherman County
In Columpus Ohio Richland County residents report revived White Caps warnings. Night riders with white caps abducted Vick Fisher from his home near Shelby and whipped him severely after alleged prior abuse. Regulators threaten to administer the same treatment Fisher supposedly gave his wife.
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John Sherman
Columpus
Richland County
Ohio
Mansfield
Shelby
Vick
Fisher
Fine shoes and slippers featured at George P. Marott's
The advertisement promotes fine shoes and slippers for Christmas, highlighting new, neat, and stylish merchandise at George P. Marott's located at 16 North Pennsylvania Street.
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George P. Marott
North
Pennsylvania-st
They Eloped In Louisville in a 5am wedding
Louisv ille society talks of an aromatic elopement byThomas Buchanan son of a wealthy real estate man and Ida Shallcross daughter of S H Shallcross in Louisville. They wed at a squire Keirwin, then a second ceremony followed after a family dispute. Mayor Denny’s Christmas actions include presents and arrests. Police court cases include liquor sales, thefts, and burglaries. One waiter, Georgia Bowman, accused of profanity after unwanted advances. An adjutant general’s plan is dropped. Burglaries hit Wilcoxon Hoffman grocery. cigars and tobacco stolen. Paroled boy Samuel Trout noted as least culpable among assaulted youths.
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Louisy Inle
Thomas Buchanan
Ida Shallcross
H. Schallcross
McFerran, Shallcross & Co
Packers
Louisville
Buchanan
Shallcross
Mr. Buchanan
Jeffersonville
Squire Keirwin
Mr. Shallcross
Mayer Denny
Denny
C. I. Bochstahler
W. B. Kissel
Lyra Hall
I. Burkele
Rosenberg
Chas
Buckworth
Andy Beeler
Johnson County
Toot? Sullivan
Ernest Roder
George Rosenthal
Frank Hanley
Frank Cookin
John F. Kerr
E. Ninth-st
George W. Williams
Georgia Bowman
Foster
James Smith
Smith
Kontz
The Game of Marbles and Indianapolis Contests
A vivid portrait of a marble craze in Indianapolis with players from Peoria and Saxony marbles. It details marble types like agate from Oberstein, prices, and games such as Old Kentuck Roly Hole Big Boston and Foller Up. Local legends include Doomers bank run and notable shooters Alvin Anderson and Bud Sylverer.
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Peoria
Indianapolis
Saxony
United States
China
India
Oberstein
Nahe
Germany
Amr
Boston
Washington St
Agates
Doomer
Buckles
Cansian Sun
Alvin Anderson
Sylverer
Washington
Bud Wooden
John Dergom
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Nelson
Duann
Mattie Davis
City Hospital
Dark County
New Harmony
Ind
J. F. Murphy
City Life
Francis Murphy
Ron
Lord Granville
David Powell
Hancock
Mack
Sandusky
Register
Buffalo Times
Hoe
Chicago
Bruce Carr
Nimrod
Col. Bridgeland
Ben Butterworth
Lachrymose Lindauer
Moses
Children of Israel
Rosenblatt
Selen’s
Mr. Birher
W. H. Fisher
Helen
Mr. Fisher
Santa Claus
Flop
Gerite
Nother
Wilcoxon & Hoffman’s
Central Ave
Sergt. Bruer
Gerard Drake
Chris Raever
Samuel J. Trout
Gray
Trout
Hoosier Kids
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