No. 9 Hose House and Tower Fire Station History
Scrubbed day by day No. 9 hose house on Ash and Seventh streets emphasizes cleanliness and discipline. The brick 1850 building houses two horses, Frank and Fred, with a small oak desk from Indianapolis cabinet company. The tower room on the third floor and the Ash street house host frequent public gatherings and active fire watch with Frank Graham as chief observer. The tower, established 1883 by Chief Webster, detects fires citywide, with several notable alarms and a celebratory lounge gift to Graham and Webster. Weather notes for Indiana predict cold, clear conditions with slight warmth upcoming.
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Ash and
Seventh Sts
No. §'S Hose House
Tom Howard
Tom Smith
Samuel Taylor
Allen
Wim. Isinney
No. 9'S
No. 9
Frank
Fred
Bis Mate
Indianapolis Cabinet Company
No. 9’S
Ash-st
Court House
Frank Graham
John
Tommy” King
Louis Raffert
Webster
BE. Chiost
Graham
Stechhan
Morton Tells Harrison He Will Not Seek Re election
Vice President Morton informed President Harrison last Friday that he would not be a candidate for the vice presidential nomination. He urged New York to be represented on the ticket and suggested Secretary Pine as the most acceptable to the state’s politicians, a move that Harrison reportedly viewed favorably.
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Harrison
Ani
Tracy
Pornapharus
Bel
Laformiahich
Washington
Morton
Tharrison
New York
Tin
Off for Evansville in a Tragic Court Docket
Lillie Johnson and her mother were ordered to leave town after a circuit court appearance. The trustee arranged transport to Evansville and packed their goods, preventing a return. The women departed at four, escorted by the matron and officers, ending a sorrowful Indianapolis chapter.
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Lillie Johnson
Circuit Cour
Lanwstay
Platter
Judeve Boskiek
Evansville
Lillie
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania's new luxury train debuts St Louis to New York
The Pennsylvania system launches a first class only service from St Louis to New York with 20 stops, oak and old gold plush interiors, white hair dining car, and five trains in service. Westbound departures are at 12 45 daily, with Terre Haute observers along for the 2 50 p m arrival.
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Pennsylvania
St. Louis
New York
Bruner
Terre Haute
Thieves of the Slums Badger House Gang Busted in Pa
Police broke up the notorious Badger house at 611 Mfurst St as two men and a woman were held for trial and two women sent to the house of correction. Mayia Thomas Georgianna Chase and Harriet Stockler, all colored, led a crew of criminals who lured victims, robbed and beat them, with money jewelry hidden behind furniture and walls.
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Aperrina
House of Correction
Mfurst
William Rollins
Frank Brown
Mayia Thomas
Georgianna Chase
Harriet Stockler
Joursi St
Pan-handle strike tests union resolve and shop labor
The Pan-handle machinists strike hardens as non union labor looms. several workers stay away, while others in the blacksmith shop resume work. The Machinists union pledged support, and master mechanic Swanson defends piece work while promising new hires if needed. Observers fear spread to other shops.
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Swanson
Panhandle
Arcnday
Ife
Darlington
Prigters
Machinists
Illinois Sr
Wholesale Burglaries Alarm Residents Saturday Night
A sequence of burglaries hit several homes including Mrs Dogan, David Crawford, Jack Niel, and Mrs Fisher. Mrs Fisher awoke to a threat with a razor and the burglar fled after she signaled danger. Fisher pursued and aided bystander Michael Apjohn, whom Mrs Fisher identified. Apjohn, a Cincinnati harness maker, was jailed and awaiting court Monday, believed to be the Saturday night burglar.
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Fisher
Michael Apjohn
Ilinois and
Georgia Sts
Ife
Apjohn
WIRE WHISPERS OF A BUSY THEATER WEEK
A jumble of gossip and notices from Salem to New York reports Foie Parkinson poisoning a family in Salem Il after a girl refused to go with him. Secret Service seizes cash registers in Dayton Q for a guard resembling a silver quarter. Count Von Blucher dies in New York. A marriage against a father's wishes ends in tragedy. Slavin Mitchells variety act heads to Grand Monday night with sparring and specialty acts. Rosina Vokes and Frederick Paulding adds to a packed theatre lineup with Lookout Mountain scenery and music by Jesse Williams.
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Foie Parkinson
Salem
Secret Service
Dayton
Count von Blucher
New York
Frederick Paulding
Battery Park
City Hall Park
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Mgr. Paulding
Booth
Margaret Mather
Julia Marlowe
Jesse Williams
New York Casino
Sekokoe
Street Scenes and Graffiti of City Life
Two men on a street corner discuss weight loss after a man quits beer at his wife’s urging. A second figure, shabby and hungry looking, shuffles along in a mudcaked coat and tattered trousers before peeling a Brazil nut with a knife. A comic opera and minstrel show provide a noisy contrast as a campaign fray looms.
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Penneylvania and Marketsts
Pennsylvania St
Heroine of the Sea: Murdock Gillis Saves AVenger Crew
In a blizzard off St Johns Newfoundland a crew of the Prince Edward Island schooner Avenger is saved when Murdock Gillis swims ashore with a life line. After repeated attempts he reaches a rock ledge and reels a line to bring the captain and crew safely to land.
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Vanieax
N.S
St. Johns
N.F
Prince Edward Island
Murdock Gillis
Tie
Blue Book sparks debate among prominent laboring men
Labor figures discuss the railroad Blue Book in a debate highlighting how committees might advocate labor legislation, with calls to select loyal reps, limit public spread, and push for wiser, more representative action. They weigh the book’s value, risks, and impact on future political alignment and reform.
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Wlw
Davy
Simon Schmalholz
Labor
Dean
John F. White
Union Labor
All Trades
Foley
State Federation
Senate
Cornerman White
Trisa Pation
Senator Foley
Legislative Committee of State
Federation of Labor
Mitchell and Slavin in Indianapolis boxing visit
Two famous pugilists Charley Mitchell and Frank Slavin arrived with the Thompson congress of celebrities at the Grand Opera House in Indianapolis. Mitchell claims Jim Corbett is a bluffer and that he is ready for a finish or points fight once free of contracts, while Slavin describes his plan to beat Peter Jackson and earn a shot at John L. Sullivan.
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Chas. Mitchell
Frank Slavin
Indianapolis
Louisville
Thompson Congress of Celebrities
Grand Opera House
Munday
Fred Gallagher
Linden Sportive Times
Depo
Denison House
Niieves
Mitchell
Chantilly
France
Slavin
Sullivan
Jackson
Charley Mitchell
Ife
Jom Smith
John L. Sullivan
Corbett
Jim Corbett
Jack Dempsey
Ed Conly
Chicago Board of Trade
Dempsey
Cou
America
Carhe ‘Tt
Peter Jackson
Morro Mazza duo face manslaughter in old jack death
In Previsune Pa on February 1 Matti and John Mazza, fruit store owner and employee, were committed for manslaughter by the coroner. They are charged in the death of Old Jack whose body was found among Dallmeyer’s building ruins February 10. Authorities believe arson was tied to an insurance claim. Siattl was identified as the man seen emerging from a hole after the explosion.
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Old Jack
Matti
John Mazza
Dallmeyer
Siattl
Prominent Mayo Prisoner Macauley Released From Custody
In Loxton on February 15 a notable Mayo figure named Macauley, once convicted eight years ago in the Cross-Molina murder conspiracy, was released by government order. His prior sentence would have ended in 1894, but release came this Monday.
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Loxton
Molina
County Mayo
League
Macauley
Archduke Charles Louis Named Patron of Austrian Chicago Exhibit
Vienna February fifth official word that Archduke Charles Louis will patron the Austrian section at the Chicago fair. The Austrian commerce minister becomes president of the Austrian commission, the largest government delegation ever appointed for an International exhibition.
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Vienna
Charles Louis
Simeon Coy Urges Henry Langenberg Nomination
Simeon Coy and fellow labor figures canvassed wards 11 13 15 urging support for Henry Langenberg. Coy boasted demoralizing South-side influence while critics predicted Langenberg would fail without strong city support, with Emmet expected to carry the city and Coy’s allies doubting his sway.
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Sherifff Langenberg
Sars Coy
Court House
Simeon Coy
Wollen
Pork House
Maely
Simeon
Bextilis
Henry Langenberg
Goose
Eden
Langenberg
Thas
Mamet
No Towers Indianapolis Rejects High Lighting Towers
The Indianapolis Board of Public Works returns from Detroit where towers were studied for street illumination. They condemn tower lighting and likely adopt Brush Company lighting at 95 dollars per post for all night and 35 dollars for moonlight, for ten years. Detroit’s experience shows towers fail to light streets, though the city looks bright at a distance. Also noted: Fred Rollins pleads guilty to forgery, gets three years. Rollins previously surrendered in Newark for embezzlement, then misrepresented himself in Cleveland. Separate: Typhus cases rise among Russian Jews on Ellis Island and in a Hester Street tenement in New York City.
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Board of Public Works
Detroit
Mich
Conduitt
Scherrer
Indianapolis
Brush Company
Fred Rollins
Cox
Rollins
Newark
N. J
Cleveland
J. W. Langtry
New York
Europe
Yoffinea Island
Hester St
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Vicinity
K. K
Thannk Lou
Penn’s
Committee On Military Affairs
Committee On Commerce
Mississippi River
City Life
Tndianapolis Battalion
Knights of St. John
Columbus
Valentine
North Baptist Church
Cherry-st
Broadway
Frank Kemp
J. R. Budd
North End
Central
Justice Smock
Edmund Russell
Delsarte
Denison
People’s Congregational Church
Michigan
Blackford-sts
Center Township
Council Chamber
Surgical Institute
Boys In Blue
Bookwalter
Aughinbaugh
Twenty-second
Illinois-sts
Illinois-st
Crown Hill
B. of
P. W
Fall Creek
William Morgan
Morgan
Judge Buskirk
Diltz
Warren
Matthew Donahue
John Farrell
Farrell
Philadelphia
Vpolicer
He Touth S.ae
Ohboa Premieusuaely
Cgraen
Slavin & Michell Combination
Pat Rooney
Park—Jas
H. Wallick
Slavin & Mitchell
Slavin-Mitchell
James TH. Wallick
Lookout Mountain
Widlick
Rosina Vokes
Perkins
Fli Perkins
Eli
Annie Rooney
Twain
Lw.d
BIG Pugs
Slavin and
Otie Wart
Jim Cobety
Lick
Lin
SIM Coy
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