Poultry Farm Fraud Plan Fails Leaving 3001 Disappointed
Elyria Ohio December 27 275 An attempted giveaway of a 335000 chicken farm collapses as 3001 people lose money. A. L Worthington raised about 3000 in ads and 3000 in funds selling prescriptions for cures while inviting guesses on bean counts in a jar to win the farm. He now faces refunds amid protests claiming he is the big loser.
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Elyria
A. L
Worthington
Squiers
Blanchard
le Master and Taylor
Elyria Banks
Square
Dreyfus Sees Olive Branch in Baseball Peace Talks
Barney Dreyfus, manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, visited John T. Brush to discuss the impending Cincinnati peace conference. He said he will abide by the committee's arbitration decision and stressed courteous conduct, signaling NL seriousness toward a peaceful settlement. Dreyfus plans to head south for holidays.
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Barney Dreyfus
Pittsburg
John T. Brush
Columbia
Brush
Cincinnati
American League
Dresfus
August Herrman
National League
Ban Johnson
Peace Committee
Dreyfus
New York
South
Polo Teams Battle In Quaker Village Schedule
Richmond hosts Graf for a two game polo double header at the Cyclorama with 3 PM and 8:30 PM starts. Manager Hornaday aims to rebuild to an eight club league by January 1 and denies transferring the Indianapolis or Fort Wayne franchises. Richmond defeats Racine 9 to 6 as Racine flounders, while Richmond plans future Fort Wayne expansion.
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Hornaday
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Richmond
Racine
Apparent Farm Allocation Scheme Draws 3100 Claims
A quoted passage describes a scheme where people were paid for estimates of beans and cures for chicken diseases. The attorney general deemed the plan legal, but warned that failing to give the farm would require returning half the money. About 3,100 claimants seek the farm, each insisting their estimate was correct.
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United States
Pogue's Run Bed Proposed For Elevated Track
John 4 Porter of the township trustees suggests using the bed of Pogue's Run for an elevated track. He argues Indianapolis can solve the track problem by depressing the line in the run and building from north to Union Station then to the river. He believes South-side property values would not suffer and the water remaining in the run is minimal after sewers.
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Pogue
Union Station
Freedman Bobs Up Again in National League Machinations
New York reports Andrew Freedman, linked to the sport’s earlier battles, has again become active in baseball trying to disrupt the National League as peace seemed near. He is expected to make little impact since newer figures now shape the game.
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New York
Andrew Freedman
Spalding
Rise of Miner Munroe Shakes Up Heavyweight Scene
The piece notes Miner Munroe’s surge in boxing drawing attention from top contenders. It highlights Jim Jeffries as a fading force and flags challengers Toothpick Kelly Sam McVey and Jack Johnson as rising rivals in the western circuit.
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Jim Jeffries
Miner Munroe
Munroe
West
Kelly
White
Sam McVey
Jack Johnson
Cupid's Busy Day at Registry Office
Cupid issued marriage licenses for 57 couples on Wednesday, four fewer than last year. George Fate, county clerk, smiled with happiness over a vase and two Christmas trees gifted by his son Clarence, a festive remembrance of the season.
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George Fate
Clarence
Social whirl notes include several weddings and invitations
Mrs J J Price and daughter holidaying in Vincennes. Nellie Franklin wed William G Schick. Miss Smith invites guests for Monday at her Broadway home. Miss Gertrude Kirschbaum to wed Albert Hogenthal on December 20. Miss Lois Pratt hosts card party for Ruth Pratt at the Delano. State weddings include Pearl Millikan and Elmer Hardy in Spiceland and Daisy Headlee and William McDonald in Shelbyville. Nina Muse wed Frederick Thompson Rev Allison officiating. Minnie Buehler and Lewis Foundstone wed at the bride’s parents home Rev Peters officiating.
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Gertrude Kirschbaum
Albert M. Hogenthal
Lois Pratt
Ruth Pratt
Delano
Spiceland
Pearl Millikan
Elmer Hardy
Markiesville
Shelbyville
Daisy Headlee Ard William McDonald
Greenwood
Nina Muse
Tirederick Thompson
Allison
Minnie Buehler
Lewis
Foundstone
Jacob Buenler
Daniel Hibler Dies After Street Collision
Daniel Hibler age unknown died at City hospital at 10 p.m. Wednesday after being struck by a car on W. Washington Street Tuesday evening. He had been unconscious for several hours. Hibler's home is listed as 1846 Tenth Street.
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Daniel Hibler
W. Washington St
City Hospital
Tenth-st
Lincoln Era Heartbreak Refers to Mrs McKee’s Courtship
Mrs Martinet McKee 84 of Lincoln died of heart trouble in Frankfort Kentucky on Wednesday. Formerly Miss Martinet Hardin she was said to have been courted by President Lincoln when he was a young man. Her husband Col Alexander McKee served as consul-general in Panama under Lincoln’s appointment.
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Frankfort
Martinet McKee
Martinet Hardin
Alexander McKee
Panama
Lincoln
Police Arrests and Missing Money Order Reported
George Kaylor a molder living in Rightwood was arrested Wednesday night by Detectives Lancaster and Dugan for allegedly stealing small articles from the Star store. Martha Foresman a stenographer for J. H. Wooling Co. reported a lost money order of 5 and 10 dollars in Ingalls block. The thief took her course from the desk. no clue.
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George Kaylor
Rightwood
Lancaster and Dugan
Star
Martha Foresman
J. H. Wooling & Co
Ingalls Block
Printers' Home at Colorado Springs to Receive Amos J. Cummings Library
The union printers home in Colorado Springs is set to receive the library of the late Congressman Amos J. Cummings. The 80 acre site features a 63-room main building with a hospital annex added for consumptives, funded by early donors including George W. Childs and A J Drexel. The home is maintained by ten cent monthly assessments from union members, with average inmate costs reported as moderate.
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Union Printers
Colorado Springs
Colo
United States
Amos J. Cummings
Cummings
Indianapolis
New Orleans
The
Union
Pittsburg
George W. Childs
A. J. Drexel
Few Evictions From Homes Disturb Christmas Cheer This Prosperous Holiday
In Indianapolis the general prosperity keeps eviction numbers low. Justices of the peace report far fewer suits for possession and writs of restitution in recent months. Managers of installment plan stores also see a drop in replevin cases as holidays approach.
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Indianapolis
Justices of the Peace
Nickerson
Electric car crash hurts motorman and alarms passengers
Robert Stoops, motorman of Broad Ripple street car No. 40, was nearly electrocuted when a broken trolley wire snapped at Central Ave and Thirtieth, setting the car afire. Stoops recovered after brakes, was taken home and listed as not seriously hurt. The article also notes Christmas dining patterns for hotel and restaurant workers.
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Robert Stoops
Broad Ripple
Cen
Tral Ave
Thirtietist
Stoops
Runners Die From Cold After Escape From Woodstock Home
In Woodstock Illinois a group of three inmates from the Chicago industrial home fled Monday. Two girls aged years and nine year old Frank Smith were found dead in a Woodstock cornfield after spending nights in a barn and outdoors exposed to freezing temperatures. Arthur Carlson remained hospitalized in serious condition. In Muncie Indiana a four year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Alford Walker of Reed's Station, was burned to death when her clothes caught fire from a stove.
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Chicago
Woodstock
Arthur Carlson
Muncie, Ind
Alford Walker
Reed's Station
Gel engine for sale by W D Pratt in Century Building
Fairbank Morse & Co. 54 horsepower gas engine used only six months. Jack shaft double belt and dynamo ready. Bargain price. Beth phones 38 Office 121-133 Be Ohio.
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Fairbank, Morse & Co
W. D. Pratt
Century Building
Beth
Ohio
Cooperative Glass Plant Planned in Muncie
Commercial club and the Glass-workers union plan a cooperative glass plant in Muncie Indiana with workers holding significant stock. Local capitalists will advance the project to traction before handing control to the workers to challenge the trust.
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Muncie, Ind
Commercial Club
The
Glass-workers’ Union
Foley and Cunningham Married in Crawfordsville Thirteen
In Crawfordsville Indiana Hon M E Foley a Democratic orator and Miss Mae Cunningham wed in a secret ceremony held Thursday Miss Nellie McNelis of Indianapolis served as brides maid with L W Breaks as best man.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
M. E. Foley
Mae Cunningham
Nelsie McNelis
Indianapolis
L. W. Breaks
Operators Meet Delegation Appointed for Wage Conference
Terre Haute Ind Dec appoints 12 delegates to an interstate wage conference with miners in Indianapolis next month. Operators leave price of mining to the delegation.
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Sion
Indianapolis
Indiana Deaths Briefs Highlight Local Notables
In New Albany G W Clipper 58 a Civil War veteran died. In Princeton Patrick Golden a retired merchant is noted. In Richmond R E Forkner a prominent citizen died in Chicago.
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New Albany
G. W. Clipper
Princeton
Patrick Golden
Richmond
R. E. Forkner
Chicago
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