Crack of a pistol follows street car dispute
Joseph Farrell, intoxicated after a street car altercation on Brightwood line, hurled a rock at Conductor Roxy Williams. Williams fired three shots, killing Farrell. Williams was arrested and held without bail as witnesses supported self defense claims.
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Joseph Farrell
Orangeave
Roxy Williams
Brightwood
Farrell
Barns
New Hill-ave
Quigley
Stout
College Ave
Williams
Jimil Fesler
Cornell Ave
J. S. Farrell
N. Linois-st.yle
Wiliams
Christmas in the county and prison court notes
A jumble of local items reports a Christmas observed at a hospital ward with patients given keepsakes and a dance for tenants, Anna Cook's trial and one year sentence for robbery, a lethal wire incident at a street corner, mass of marriages and death notices, and various public notices and bids in county affairs.
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Aamie Cook
Women’s Prison
Board of Health
Prion North
Charles Dickensom
Tamnapolis
Pheodore Se
N. Pemusyiva
Nestyveay
Phe
Maturdiss
Associat of
Disdiana
Lon
Board of Trade
Jackson
St Louis
Bie
John Korcan
Thetrai
Wani
Anna Cook
Joseph Ning
Aia Mt Dackeon
Ton Ro
Tesday
Fernche Reformator
Washington
Pennsylvania
Jerry Moore
Geo
Joseph
Carrie Pfleger
Maphtall
Esther Kenson
Mary McNau
Robert
Mary Ross
Harry
Jinda Sample
Mirv Frick
Paul
Minnie Striebeck
Wim
Mary Thomphrey
D. W
Fannie Edwards
Angelo
Margaritta Guerrieri
Jacob
Lina Buenagel
Enric Thompson
Henry
Lizzie Green
Frank
Anna Pees
John W. M. Werner
Sophona McCarty
Arthur HH. Kahn
Lena Biberkleid
Susan M. Yount
Elizabeth Lombard
Joseph Alexander
Jos. B. Linder
James Manning
Jeremiah O’connor
Christian Hug
Isaac Slifes
Sophia Peterson
George A. House
Mary R. Butts
Chas. L. Childers
Tillie Bearant
James E. Dennis
Hattie Tyrrell
Edgar M. Cobb
Edna K E. Davis
Frank Shaw
Phoebe Smith
Homer C. Cooper
Mable C. Witty
Chas. i. Campbell
Bertha Gibson
Joseph Lt. Thomas
Elizabeth Richards
William
Ff. Cooper
Blanche W. Shugert
Chas. B. Raugh
Gertrude C. King
Century-Old Indiana Woman Relates Life of Frugality and Fortitude
Mrs. Ann Featherstone, near 100, recalls a hard working life from a humble room at 852 8 Alabama Street. She raised five children, built wealth from boarding work and land near North Vernon, spun clothes for her family, and lives on a $12 monthly pension after her husband’s death. She remains sharp, though nearly deaf, inviting visitors and New Year calls.
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Alabama St.rives
Ann Featherstone
Navy
Lott Occupi
Gouven
Pan
EL Fen
Mary Ann
McCgowan
Columbus
Thie
Vandren
Sciother Tor
Oll
Coanty
Aed
Ilapee
Pumas
North
Vernon
Prenton
New Jersey
Wong
Louisville
Featherstone
Indiana
Madison
North Vernon
Insurgent Attacks and Rail Disruptions Hit Cuban Campaign
A Havana dispatch reports rebels attacking Camarones garrison, burning sugar estates in Matanzas including Espana Angelito and San Vicente, and destroying railway lines between Cardenas Tavana and Aladan Losca. General Mirabel wounded and possibly dead. volunteers mobilized to front.
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New York
U. P.pa
Havana
Cuba
Camarones
Matanzas
Espana
Angelito
San Vicente
Robnero Robledo
Crenerals Gomez
Maceo
Guintana
Cardenas
Tavana
Aladan
Losca
Colan
Opines
Rvellapos
Betnween Artica
Macagua
Navajas
Colon
Praidie
Santa Clara
Guize de Avelona
Ilavana
Ino Elavana
Cristy
Despateles
Guantanamo
Sav
Firmoaf Brooks & Coin Galedad
Fire damages old Pittsburg House lodging in Indianapolis
A second story fire damaged a tumble-down building once the Pittsburg house and now used as a cheap lodging. Two Hebrew tailors occupied rooms on site and about 200 dollars was the loss. An earlier blaze halted Christmas shoppers before the flames were extinguished. Police cleared the streets as firefighters contained the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aboui Y Ofelocik
Kentucky Ave
Wpe Paratas
Indianapolis
Pittsburg House
E. Gillespie
Annie’s 26 Cents Creates Christmas Gift Plan
Bright Annie saves 25 cents and pockets 26 as she shops with her mother. She spots a toy counter, counts her treasure, and tears into a generous impulse. She asks for four gifts one for papa one for mamma one for Leuny and one for me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie
Wike Annie
Wei
Papa
Mamma
Leuny
Mayor Taggart Drops Turkey Gift Plan for City Workers
In the auditor’s office Thomas Taggart, while mayor, considered giving each city employee a turkey at Christmas. His secretary calculated a cost over $600 and Taggart declined the idea.
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Thomas Taggart
Armenians Besieged at Zeitoun In Asia Minor
Despatches from Asia Minor report Armenians trapped at Zeitoun while Mehlers attack aim to imply a new slaughter. Indiana obituaries list several deaths including Robert Neuner near Kokomo and James I Lownsdale, lieutenant colonel of the Forty-second Indiana regiment. Other deaths noted: Mrs Ellen Freeman Franklin, 70. Mrs Almira Fry, 72. Trale Sexton, 20. J H Kilson, Liberty. William J Graham, 638 Warsaw.
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Vienna
U. P
Asia Minor
Zeitoun
Mehlers
Indiana
Robert Neuner
Kokomo
Ellen Freeman
Franklin
Almira Fry
James I. Lownsdale
Forty-second
Indiana Regiment
Trale Sexton
Rushville
J. H. Kilson
Liberty
The
Liberty Manufacturing Company
William J. Graham
Warsaw
Found Among the Wipers of the Late Maurice Perkins
A dialect narrative recounts a comic interruption during a dinner scene featuring Mr Woodpecker and Mistah Crow. The tale describes a chase, a fall from a tree, and Crow’s attempted help ending with Woodpecker’s dramatic retreat and Crow’s calm assessment of the scene.
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Maurice Perkins
Woodpecker
John
Dave
Alistair Crow
Alistair Crow An’ Selalins
Parrins
Jiro
Christmas Secrets and Small Town Tales
A Victorian style jumble recounts a telegraph operator suspecting his wife hid a Christmas gift. The wife travels to relatives with a mysterious trunk key promised for Christmas. A mix of family chatter includes a girl named Katherine, a lawyer shopping for a seven month old baby, and humorous anecdotes about gifts and calendars amid holiday chatter and a Lemon Tonic advertisement.
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Springeid
Hoodeiboe
Wuibets
Ryosten
Lita
First Blood of the War in Indianapolis
A drunken street brawl in a downtown drug store ends with a punched poet and a fleeing assailant. A bystander kicks the injured man as he curses English bliss, then six youths confess to assault but legal action hinges on locating the prosecuting witness.
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Indianapolis
Uncle Sam
John Bull
Tam
Ile
Squire Lockman
Traction Strike Ends as Imported Workers Depart
Tuesday saw the contraction of the strike with imported workers leaving the traction company and most of them returning to Brooklyn. Of about 600 attracted from other cities, not more than 250 remain. Rioters caused damage and extra police costs, with projected municipal expenses around 40,000, plus possible claims from the traction company for car damages.
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Pricapenpaia
Dee Afi
P.l
Traction Company
Brooklyn
Beitler
GGU
Rio
Bogie collision injures two men near Eagle Creek west of Indianapolis
On the first road crossing beyond Eagle creek a bogey carrying two men was struck by Big Four No. 72. Injured were Slaines of North Salem and Davis of Leary Illinois. Slaines refused ambulance ride and vanished. Davis suffered scalp wounds and body bruises. both expected to recover. Davis has a sister in Indianapolis.
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Eagle Creek
Indianapolis
Big Four
Mr. Slaines
North Salem
O. 4
Davis
Leary
Slaines
Dr. Marsee
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Smith Sent to Workhouse After Grocer Robbery
On Tuesday criminal court sent Bender Smith to the workhouse for six months for robbing grocer John W. Cook. Smith shocked the Judge by asking why the jury could sentence him to six months when he had been told the minimum was two years and the maximum fourteen, a question that remains unanswered.
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Criminal Court
Bender Smith
John W. Cook
Smith
Amusements at the Grand and Park shows draw crowds
Stuart Robson attracts large audiences at the Grand with Bob Acres and promises Government acceptance next. Tim Murphy stars in A Texas steer while The captain s mate plays at the Park. The Empire and Lemon's extravaganza company headline a busy week with packed houses and growing seat demand.
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Stuart Robson
Bob Acres
Tim Murphy
Prank Ad Promises Energy With Lemon Tonic Laxative
A short ad offers Lemon Tonic Laxative in large bottles for 50 cents claiming to boost energy appetite and mental clarity. It mentions hardwood mantels and grates and lists contact as Steves Connetted Any Part of the City with phone 1791.
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Steves
Striking Traction Workers Clash in Philadelphia Depot
Non-union men were driven from the Girard Avenue depot as ex-strikers protested alleged discrimination in hiring by the Union Traction Co. Police restored order but no cars ran on the branch at 10 this morning. The president's country home burned, with seven horses and two cows killed, Loss around 20000. Parolees Kennedy and Foster received Christmas releases from a northern prison. Meyer Schoenfeld said the strike would likely be settled by week’s end as more contractors’ men return to work under new terms.
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Williams
Orange-ave
Hillave
Pilisidepre
Hadaawads
Ant ii
Columbia-avye
Farrell
Wits
Pennesylvania and
Market
Darrel
Massachusetts Ave
Parrell
Lave
Bill Fessler
the Loy
Farrel
Besser
Sen
Farrell Erie
Miller
Hillside and
Hillares
Pedd’s Grocery
Columbia Ave
Transis
I. Michigan-st
Puianeneura
U. P
Girard-ave. di
Union Traction Company
J. Lowther Welsh
New York
Meyer Schoenfeld
Te.ax
Train at Big Four crossing injures vestibule but motorman safe
A car failed to stop at the Big Four crossing on West Washington Street on Tuesday evening as a train approached. The cab vestibule was torn to splinters yet the motorman escaped injury and the vehicle was halted on the track.
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Ee Stiltz
W. Washington St
Elis
Local Weddings Darken as Illness Delays Ceremony
A string of Tuesday evening marriages appears across Indiana towns. E E Reese and Emma Banworth wed at the bride’s home in Muncie while Sara Cornelius’s ceremony was canceled due to the mother’s serious illness. Other pairings include Jessie Brown and Libbert Maddy, Marguerite Roberts and Clarence Foster, James Lackey and Alice Jennings, Florence Raschig and Herman Vance, Blanche Shugert and William Cooper, with post wedding plans and residence details noted. A cold wave looms, forecasting a 20 degree fall by Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Reese
Emma E. Banworth
E. Chrost
Sara Cornelius
Andrew H. Parker
Clarence M. Foster
N. Alabama
G. A. Carstensen
James E. Lackey
Alice Jennings
Pride
Fletcher Ave
Catherine St
Greensburg
Harry Gaines
Mollie Matson
Evenin
Ramsey-ave
B. F. Cooper
Indianpolis
North Vernon
Jefferson-ave
Frozen Pumps Thawed Frakk Butts and Street Names
A terse notice mentions a person named John Miil linked to a fragmentary item listing addresses and items including 133 Indiana Ave and Telephone Hood Frames, with unclear context and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Ave
John Miil
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