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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1910
Page
7
Police investigated after a four month old baby was reported stolen from a sleeping mother aboard a train traveling from Baton Rouge to Memphis. The mother could not be identified by police, and fellow passengers corroborated the account.
On the Standing Rock Indian reservation N. K. Lyon spurred from his bronco and shot a large eagle seven feet two inches from tip to tip while chasing a coyote. The event occurred near Coal Springs Dakota Territory on December 31.
President Taft on Saturday cables New Year wishes to U S troops and sailors worldwide. Forty four thousand bluejackets and eighty thousand troops will receive his message of happy new year and cordial appreciation of services.
Soldiers aboard the Italian cruiser arriving after a city fire in Messina assisted in relief work. They cleared debris and distributed provisions blankets and clothing to families who lost homes.
The Holy Cross social club announces a card party by its officers in the Washington clubhouse Thursday evening January 19 at 8 15 oclock. Proceeds support club activities.
Transfers cover numerous parcels including Emily A Smith to Orpia M Shelley in McCarty first West side addition. Preston Rudy to Hidgar Coffman. Strank Wills to Henry Stock. trusteeship transfers by Indiana Trust. many lots and blocks in Ardmore, Rosemont, Garden additions and others. Total transfers listed amount to $60,749.33 with weekly sum $233,911.33 across multiple properties and streets.
The Denison hotel offers a wine table and a Sunday dinner featuring American dishes. Highlights include a variety of wine selections and a special dinner menu labeled Dinner-American.
In New York City the Stetson faction led by Augusta E. Stetson plans to elect five of nine trustees at the First Church of New York in January, aiming to influence the Mother church in Boston. The campaign centers on the immortality of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the issue of church governance amid existing excommunications and potential canon law actions.
Washington officials disclosed that four of thirty seven defendants in the bathtub trust cases will not face prosecution. Immunity will be granted because they aided the government in gathering evidence and repudiated agreements with the trust before charges were contemplated.
In Chatham New Jersey on Saturday 9 year old Inez O'Hara died with doctors attributing death to heart failure caused by grief after her father died and was buried Sunday. The death return will list heart disease as cause, but physicians say grief weakened her heart.
An early 20th century Indianapolis directory shows The Motor Car Center and multiple auto firms. Listings include National Refining Co overland and premier manufacturers, Studebaker, Phillips, and White Rose gasolines with regional distributors and contact notes.
The plan awards $2,000 in gold and $150 in furniture from the People’s Outfitting Co to the candidate with the highest paid subscription votes. After that, in each district, three prizes are given for paid and contract subscriptions and coupon votes: a Maxwell Touring Car, a $300 European Tour, and a $100 Dismond Ring.
A historic city roster lists residents and addresses for District No 1 in Indianapolis running north of Michigan street and west of East street while District No 2 covers the area south of Michigan street and west of East street Names include L A Barth Mrs Edwin C Boswell Miss Anna Castleman J R Gavanagh Jr Miss Mary Dean E M Dunbar Jacob Fender Joseph H Foley Miss Mary Frances Glazier Miss Rose Griffin Capt Newton Hardin Miss Ruth Heckman Miss Glenn Lacey Rev J M Lloyd Mrs Fred E Perry Herschel Schuck Myrtle M Stout Lot Bray Pierce Cummings Frank Eder Clara Emry Samuel B Gillespie S M Hoff Clara Irwin Goldie Gimble Leona Larkin Ike Lauce Sam Leventral Edith L Pollock Clara Roebke Arnold Schaad Herman Schrader Miss Jeanette Schwartz Miss Cora Scott Kathleen Shinn Bert Swiggett William Smith Miss Sadie Smith Edgar L Stout Dr A E Teague Mrs C B Tyler Herman Weinke Miss Veda West Miss Harriet Zeller Ullrick John B Wood and others listed with varied street addresses in the two districts.
District No 2 covers the city area north of and including Michigan street and east of and including East street and Central avenue as the official boundary description for the district.
A crowd of names and addresses appears for District No 4 Michigan street east of East street. The list includes Miss Mae Allison 919 East Sixteenth street and many others with associated street addresses and monetary figures. The column ends with a final, incomplete entry.
District No 5 covers Marion county outside Indianapolis and five surrounding counties. The list names numerous residents including Opal Matheny Maurice Barlow Orpha May Harvey Orville Alexander Fernendicott Fannie Jarrett Mary Miller Leona Lail Mary L Hunter Edith Young Eva Day Calvin Bellows Frederick Gottlieb Jr Gaynell Watson Glenn McCreary H LM Lemming Mattie Gossett Bessie Woodward totals show 235 335 registered or counted voters.
The document compiles district six members including Miss Emma Walls Danville Miss Ruth Arganbright Gosport Miss Cora McCormick Lebanon and others with numbers like 235,095 13,050 45,165 tied to each name, indicating district financial or enrollment figures. It covers Hamilton Boone Hendricks and unassigned territories with several Indiana towns named.
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