Indiana teachers discuss ideals and reforms in state meeting
The Indiana education symposium in the state house covered indirect culture, school reform, and rural education. Amos Butler urged physical training and baths in schools, while Frank L. Jones advocated consolidating small country schools to improve teaching quality and resources.
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Indiana
State House
Howard Sandison
Terre Haute
Amos Butler
State Board of Charities
Minnesota
Port
Frank L. Jones
C. A. van Matre
Delaware County
DSM
Geeting
R. I. Hamilton
Huntington
Reich Arrested for Gold Theft at Stock Yards
John Reich was arrested Thursday afternoon charged with stealing 45 dollars in gold and two gold watches from Mrs. William Elkins of 802 Warren Ave. Police found three 35 gold pieces on Reich. The purse with most of the money was hidden in a stock yards pen. The bicycle squad recovered it there.
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John Reich
William Elkins
Warren Ave
Reich
Turned Down Again Over County Claim of 600
The county council heard Attorney W. W. Spencer seek action on a $600 claim by Mayor Bookwalter and Hunter McCaslin for a percentage of fees from county book investigations. The commissioners earlier rejected the claim, and the council was told it cannot act until the commissioners pass it again.
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Bookwalter
Hunter McCaslin
W. W. Spencer
McCaslin
Spencer
Coml
Com
Governor to Inspect Anderson Fire Damage at Buck Brickly Store
Gov Durbin plans Saturday visit to Anderson to assess losses from Thursday's blaze including the Buck Brickly drug store one of the damaged buildings. The governor will review the scene and report findings on the cost of the fire.
Dense London fog blankets Cincinnati street scene
Cincinnati suffered a thick fog with smoke and stagnant air that blocked sun and all electric lights. Motormen and drivers operated with extra caution as business slowed and visibility collapsed. Miss Nell Demmerly is visiting her brother Frank Sincs ule.
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Cincinnati
London Fox
Nell
Frank
Sincs Ule
Polite Board Letter to Union Traction Prez over Passenger Stops
The Board of Works sent a courteous letter to G. F. McCulloch, president of Union Traction, noting complaints that streetcars sometimes fail to stop for passengers in the city. The board asks prompt attention and asks what action would follow if he does not comply. Ed Logsdon declined to specify.
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Board of Works
G. F. McCulloch
Union Traction Company
New Jersey Man Noah Rabey Sees Second Youth at 130
Noah Rabey, a Pis cataway township poorhouse inmate near New Brunswick, shows a remarkable physical change after illness. He believes he may live to 150, recounts memories from about 120 years ago, and despite blindness and a bent back walks with ease. His diet lately has been sausage and boiled turnips.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Noah Rabey
Piscataway Township
Las
Noah
Santa Claus
City flush program to continue with limited funds
The Board of Works flushed central streets Thursday night and will extend the work Friday night until major streets in the mile square are flushed. Funds ran low before the election preventing alley cleaning, so small gangs will be deployed to scrub the central city areas.
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Board of Works
Mile Square
Violent storm halts trains as telegraph lines fail
A violent southeastern Norway storm rages for days causing trains to be snowbound and telegraph lines down in Christiania and surrounding areas.
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Christiania
Norway
County Officials Faulted Over Dirty Jail Alley
County commissioners face pressure from the Board of Works and a building inspector suit over violations of the smoke ordinance. They allegedly blow boiler discharge into an alley west of the county jail creating a scoured lake on Maryland Street and permit coal waste to accumulate from hauled coal. The Board seeks a sewer remedy.
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Board of Works
Bartel
Maryland-st
New Street 10 Be Opened In North Indianapolis
The Board of Works ordered Twenty ninth street opened from Nice street to Northwestern avenue and from Elmira street to Schurman avenue. The action restores a section cut by the Taggart board and vacated near the canal, amid a large turnout of property owners opposing the Edwards estate heirs remonstrance over the 35 acre tract the street will cross.
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Indianapolis
Board of Works
Twentyninth-st
Nice-st
Northwesternave
Elmira-st
Schurmanave
Illinois-st
Taggart
Elmirasi
Canal
H. L. Hewitt
Edwards
Shaw to settle stone choice for Indianapolis federal building
The dispute over material for the new Indianapolis federal building likely moves to secretary Leslie M. Shaw with Rankin and Kellogg in choosing stone. Competition may be opened with bids on granite marble Indiana limestone and Ohio sandstone. Bids advertised February 1 to 15.
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Indianapolis Federal
Indiana
Ohio
Maj Belknap's Death and Arlington Burial
The remains of Maj. Hugh R. Belknap who died of appendicitis in the Philippines were buried in Arlington National Cemetery beside his father Gen. Belknap former secretary of war. He was son in law of Rep Steele of Indiana and served as a congressman from Illinois from 1884 to 1898. After his second term he joined the volunteer army and was promoted to major general by President McKinley for his service.
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Washington
Hugh R. Belknap
Philippines
Arlington
Gen
Belknap
Maj
Representative Steele
Indiana
Congress
Illinois
Volunteer Army
McKinley
General Miles not seeking 1904 presidential race
Washington Dec 27 Gen Miles denies reports he plans to enter the 1904 presidential contest though once hopeful of the nomination. A close friend says the general is gratified by favorable newspaper expressions but insists he will not pursue the candidacy while aiming to keep public goodwill.
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Washington
Miles
Hensen Hanged in Trenton for Murd er of Mother and Child
Robert Hensen colored was hanged in Trenton on Friday for the murder of Mary Anne Van Lieu and her child about a year earlier. He declared his innocence at the gallows.
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Trenton
N. J
Robert Hensen
Mary
Anne van Lieu
Indianapolis Weather Forecast for 36 Hours
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending 3 pm Dec 28. Fair Friday night and Saturday. Temperature at 7 am 34, at noon 36, 2 pm 38. Fair in Indiana and adjacent states, probably rain by Saturday night. Variable winds.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Carbondale Marshal Shot. James Adams Wounded
Fragmentary wire service note from Carbondale Illinois reports Marshal James Adams shot at night. Wounded condition is mentioned with uncertain circumstances and nearby town of Herrin referenced in the Italian related crime context.
Annexation debate heats Fourth Ward fight in Indianapolis
North of Fall Creek residents, including Ardmore and Mapleton along Central and College avenues, mobilize against Councilman Eppert’s annexation ordinance. Voters say annexation aims to swell Republican strength and affect a College avenue bridge project. Gas company reducing station near Thirty‑seconds Street feared to face removal if territory joins city.
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Fall Creek
Eppert
Ardmore
Central Ave
Mapleton
Fourth Ward
Indianapolis
N. Pennsylvania St
Bookwalter
Republican Ring
Thirtieth-st
College Ave
College-ave
W. Washington St
Indianapolis Gas Company
John R. Pearson
Old Twelfth-st
Meridian
Mrs Shaw Seeks Washington Social Role After Governor Appointment
Des Moines dispatch reports Gov. Leslie Shaw's appointment as secretary of the treasury elevates his wife, Mrs. Shaw, to Washington social prominence. She plans to accompany him, noting she aims to share in society duties and will spend beyond their salary to maintain status, though unsure of exact expectations.
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Des Moines
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Shaw
Mr. Shaw
Allison
Washington
Nell Cropsey Case Ends With Self Inflicted Death
The body of Nell Cropsey 18 missing from Elizabeth City North Carolina since November 21 was recovered in the Pasquotank River. James Wilcox her suspected lover was initially charged with murder but authorities now indicate she died by her own act by throwing herself into the river. A separate notice states Austin Mann will hold communion services at St Albans Mission Christ Church chapel Sunday morning for deaf mutes.
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Norfolk
Nell Cropsey
Elizabeth City
N. C
Pasquotank
Jas
Wilcox
Fev
Austin
W. Mann
St. Alban's
Christ Church
Indiana science academy meets in state house room
The Indiana academy of science gathers in room 12 at the state house on Friday morning. Retiring president Prof. M. F. Thomas of Wabash College urges forestry preserves funded by local capital. Theodore Roosevelt gifted birds to the university museum via Jordan. 60 papers are on the program including a study on the eyes of the Rhineura Floridana.
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Indiana Academy of Science
State House
M. 4. Thomas
Wabash College
Indiana
Ww. H. Freeman
State Forestry” Board
C. H. Eigenmann
The
State University
University
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
David Starr Jordan
Severance Burrage
Purdue
Lafayette
Ind
Eigenmann
Florida
Academy of Science
Elks Manager confronted by odd automobile liquidation offers
Albert R. Thompson, local manager for Granger Farwell and Co., faces varied proposals to swap the elks' automobile for other alleged value. A letter from a county seat man proposes trading for an undefined vacant property near Indianapolis, with promises of clear title, gas, oil wells, factories, and an electric line extension, urging immediate response and a visit to inspect the property.
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Albert R. Thompson
Granger, Farwell & Co
Elks’ Automobile
Albert
Elks
City of Co. Ind
Rolin
Indiaapolis
Oast
Depot
Thief Charged Over Bath-Tub Brass Heist
Detective Holtz eyed a pile of battered bath-tub lining brass stolen from an E. Washington street house. The brass valued at $20 brought $2 at a junk show. Jack Levell is jailed for stealing and selling it, while Charles Hunt faces receiving charges for harboring the brass. Police note such thefts target vacant homes and damage costly fixtures.
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Holtz
E. Washington St
Jack Levell
Charles Hunt
Geisendorf St
Levell
Levin
Aged Vagrant Fined for Begging in Police Court
Kate Sullivan, an elderly vagrant, was fined 50 in police court for begging. Her case notes she has a home with daughters but relies on street begging for money. The fine would confine her in the work house for about two months unless overturned, with workhouse hospital treatment planned.
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Kate Sullivan
City Hospital
Workhouse Hospital
Declared Insane In Civil Commitment Hearing
Herman Krentler, 65, was declared insane Friday after a judge ruled he imagines a need to defend himself and arms himself with a butcher knife, threatening others. The case centers on his mental health petition and commitment status.
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Herman, Krentler
Interurban Franchise Conference May Be Delayed
Hugh McGowan leaves it to interurban lines to set a date for a franchise pow wow after January 1. A rep says McGowan is willing to meet anytime after year’s start. Attorney Lew Wallace cannot fix a day, awaiting Board of Works consent. Shelbyville line may skip the meeting as Newt Harding voices fatigue with conferences.
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Lew Wallace
McGowan
Board of Works
Shelbyville
Atorney Newt Harding
Tariff measure blasted as tyrannical in Bryan’s Commoner
W J Bryan denounces the Philippine tariff bill in the Commoner declaring it shameless and tyrannical. He compares it to Castilian rule and Spanish cruelty, says Filipinos are shut out from trade and representation, and condemns Democratic support as strengthening their party at the expense of the people.
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Lincoln
W. J. Bryan
Commoner
House of Representatives
England
Spain
Cuba
Republican Leaguers
West Indies
Indiana Professor Terrifies Freshmen With Roaring Speech
Prof Andrew Stephenson secretary of the State association of college professors at Denison inspires fear in freshmen with booming oratory. He chairs history at DePauw and dominates lectures, famed for frightening new students and his aversion to indolence. The Denison meeting ended Friday at noon with standard papers and discussions.
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Denison
Indiana
DePauw
Hmself
Hts
Colle
Interurban Franchise Granted From Indianapolis to New Castle
County commissioners granted a franchise Friday morning for a new Interurban line from Indianapolis to New Castle. Petitioners are M. D. Whitney, W. E. Lown and Emil C. Rassmann. The route starts at the city corporate limits at the end of New York Street and proceeds east along an extension to National Avenue, then northeast along Pleasant Run and east again.
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Marion County
Indianapolis
New Castle
M. D. Whitney
W. E. Lown
Emil C. Rassmann
New York St
New Yorkst
National Ave
Pleasant Run
Inn Keepers Gather for Indiana Hotelkeepers Meeting
At the Grand hotel in Indianapolis hotel-keepers from across Indiana assembled to discuss mutual interests under Joe Hall who held multiple roles. Tom Taggart and John W. Kern attended as speeches were planned and a Friday banquet would close the gathering with extended hospitality and debate on politics and mince pie.
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Grand Hotel
Indianapolis
Tom Taggart
Taggart
Dick Croker
French Lick Springs
John W. Kern
Unknown Fragment Teases Col Amane Help Request
Fragmentary text references phones and numbers with Ethio in a cryptic context. No clear event, person, or organization can be identified from the readable portion.
Nelson Thrown Down Over Cement Walk Placement
The Board of Works ruled in favor of curb placement for new cement walks between New York and Tenth streets, reversing City engineer Nelson who had recommended the property line. A petition with 20 names supported the line, while 24 named parties backed the curb. President Megrew, a Canitel avenue resident, favors the curb and influenced the decision.
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N. Capitolave
New York and
Tenth-sts
Board of Works
Nelson
Megrew
Canitel Ave
Fire Chief to raise aerial truck to test streetcar wires
Fire-chief Coots will raise the aerial fire truck at Washington and Pennsylvania streets at a.m. Sunday to inspect feed wires on the south curb of Washington Street. If the feed cable leaks while the truck is against it, it could be fatal for the crew, and firefighters complain precautions were not taken.
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Coots
Washington and
Pennsylvania Sts
Washington St
Illness Delays Paris Opera Season Opening
Paris reports Jean De Reszke, renowned operatic star, stricken with severe influenza. The illness causes an indefinite postponement of the Paris opera season opening.
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Paris
Jean de Reszke
Real Estate Ads Dominate Sun Pages Six And Seven
Real estate listings fill the Sun newspaper sections six and seven. The ad pages feature varied properties, from city apartments to suburban homes, with brief descriptions and price hints. The compilation targets buyers seeking diverse options in a single local edition.
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Sandison
BOOKWALTER AND_ M’CASLIN
Wes
Anderson
Traction CO
Treasury
Maj. Belknap
Arlington Cemetery
Gen. Miles
Derer
Mamma Shaw
Papa Shaw
Will
Bib
Tucker
Hoosier
A. RR. Thompson
AUTO
Eda
Augenbaugh’s Drug Store
Interurbans
M’gowan
Hugh McGowan
Inter
Bell Boys
William Bryan
Manila
Suakld
Andrew Stephenson
Sec
the State Association of Col
Interurban Railroad
Colamane
de Reszke
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