Champagne Provokes Fairbanks Pact That Defied Trust Lawyers
New York bankers recount Crawford Fairbanks of Terre Haute outsmarting three New York lawyers who tried to pressure him with champagne. He drafted and signed an agreement that later exposed the pact as binding, while the eastern trust managers sued to break their own clauses a few months afterward.
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New York
John Frenzel
Waldorf-Astoria
Crawford Fairbanks
Terre Haute
Oldtime Whisky Trust
Fairbanks
Borough of Manhattan
Mr. Fairbanks
Terre Haute House
John Hancock
United States
Tufts Will Probate Sets Aside Large Boston Bequests
The Boston branch of the American soda fountain company will receive about 80000 from the will of James W. Tufts the millionaire soda fountain maker. He leaves 500 to each of five foremen and six counting room heads 260 to 320 married men and 100 to 80 single men. The A D Streight circle will hold a George and Martha Washington tea social at 235 East New York Street Tuesday evening.
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Boston
American Soda Fountain Company
James W. Tufts
Tufts
A. D. Streight
The
Grand Army
George and Martha Washington
New York St
Grape-Nuts Rebuilds Vitality After Total Tooth Loss
An Ada Ohio man who had all his teeth removed found no relief from illness until trying Grape-Nuts. After soaking in cream, he regained strength, slept better, and gained fourteen pounds in two months, while abandoning other foods. He credits the cereal with rebuilding nerves and vigor and plans to delay new teeth. Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Ada
Battle Creek
Mich
Boers Trap Mounted Infantry on Klip River Fight
Trapped mounted infantry suffer heavy losses on Feb 12 with two officers and ten men killed and 40 wounded as Boers force a retreat under cover of a block house on the Klip river south of Johannesburg. Major McDowell among the dead. another British force near Vantonderbeck driven back.
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Pretoria
Klip River
Johannesburg
Maj
McDowell
Vantondersbeck
Morton and Rutherford to wed in New York nuptials
Miss Alice Morton, daughter of former Vice President Levi P. Morton, will marry Winthrop Rutherford at noon Tuesday. Rutherford, long viewed as a confirmed bachelor, is about 44, nearly double the bride’s age, in New York society circles.
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New York
Alice Morton
Levi P. Morton
Winthrop Rutherford
Rutherford
Morton
John Blue Announces Candidacy for Democratic County Chair
John Blue formally announces his candidacy for the chairmanship of the Democratic county committee. Supporters cite his AFL organizer experience in Indianapolis and three-term presidency of the Central Labor Union. Two years ago he ran for the legislature and received 186 of 204 convention votes.
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John Blue
Democratic’ County Committee
American Federation of Labor
Indianapolis
Central Labor Union
Englishman Kimes killed in Flemington saloon brawl
In Flemington West Virginia on a Sunday fight in an unlicensed saloon left Peter Kimes an Englishman dead after a dispute over a poker game. Paul McPhail a colored man was shot three times and mortally wounded. Fry Mayfield, colored, charged with Kimes’s killing, was arrested at Parkersburg. McPhail is held in Grafton jail.
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Flemington
W. Va
Peter Kimes
Paul McPhail
Fry Mayfield
Kimes
Parkersburg
Kimés
McPhail
Grafton
Father Gavisk Out of Danger
Rev. Francis H. Gavisk rector of St Johns church sick with grip and pneumonia at St. Vincent hospital is out of danger.
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Father Gavisk
Francis H.gavisk
St John's Church
St. Vincent's Hospital
Amusements at Grand Park and Empire Theatre Circa Early Showings
Fannie Rice headlines the Grand with a comedy and singing sketch plus vaudeville acts. Mason and Mason join Park's lineup with Lottie Salter Williams in prominent soubrette roles. The Empire showcases The Merry Maidens led by Nellie Hanley while Della Fox tours with The Little Ma mzelle earning mixed reviews. A charity benefit by Wm. A. Brady at Wallack's raised over 33000 for orphans. The Swiss guards are depicted in The Lily and the Prince.
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Fanny Rice
Comediennes
Miss Rice
Indianapolis
Mason
the Park
Lottie Salter- Williams
Fire Haunts Washington Street as Brosnan Building Burns
A blaze in Indianapolis at 6 and 8 W Washington St destroyed the D D Brosnan dry goods stock worth about 60 000 and the interior of the building owned by Henry Schurmann valued at 318 000. Sparks and water ice drew a curious crowd while salvage crews battled the flames for hours. No injuries reported.
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D. D. Brosnan
Washington St
Walter C. Johnson
N. Meridian St
Johnson
Fire Headquarters
Washington
Salvage Corps
Brosnan
Eagle Clothing Store
Arcade Clothing Store
Brosnan’s
Williaam Haerle
Lrosnan Company
Henry Schurmann
Fire damages Roll’s store on Washington Street
A Sunday evening blaze at W. H. Roll’s Sons store at 203 East Washington Street caused about 2000 dollars in losses, mainly from water damage after an overheated stove failed to ignite.
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W. H. Roll’s Sons
Washington St
Kh and O S W Shops Reopen Drawing 600 Workers
Washington Ind Feb 17 The kh and O S W shops will reopen Tuesday with notices inviting all old employees to return. About 600 men are affected and the shops had lost more than 220000 dollars in wages prior to reopening.
Ruffin Buys 89 Acres North Of Brookside Park
Ty W. Ruffin acquired 89 acres from G B Yandes and the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co mostly vacant land from Massachusetts Ave to the Belt Road north of Brookside Park for 30380. The property had been appraised last year at about 27000 and Ruffin plans to plat and market it this spring. EB Haugh sold the old Haugh homestead at 446 LE Vermont St to W H Roll for 24500.
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Ty. W. Ruffin
G. B. Yandes
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Brookside Park
Massachusetts Ave
Co. EB. Haugh
Haugh
Vermont St
W. H. Roll
Porch climbers rob two St Louis homes in dinner-hour thefts
Porch climbers were active in St Louis last week. They struck Moses Greenwood Jr. and Mrs A M Averill within hours of each other, stealing jewelry valued at 35050 and 150 respectively during dinner between 6 and 8 PM. Investigators seek leads in the two daytime burglaries.
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ST. Louis
Moses Greenwood, Jr
A. M. Averilil
Morals and a piano hand burn in New York
Ignace Paderewski, famed pianist, suffered a deep burn on his hand after a friend grabbed his hand to shake, catching his lit cigarette. The physician treated the burn and it is healing rapidly.
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Paderewski
Toledo Woman Builds Million-Dollar Klondike Fortune
Mrs. Charles Purdy, wife of a Toledo native, returned home after four years in the Klondike where she ran a hotel near White Pass. Her cooking drew miners, and she invested cash in claims, opening a free care hospital for destitute miners. A third interest she bought for a few hundred dollars sold last year for $200,000, sealing a fortune well over a million with ongoing Klondike holdings.
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Toledo
Charles Purdy
Klondike
White Pass
Yukon
Furdy
Methodists raise $30,000 for hospital fund drive
Indianapolis Methodist churches Sunday collected nearly $30,000 for the Methodist Home and Deaconess Hospital of Indiana, with subscriptions totaling $5,000 more pledged. The fund now stands at $41,945.50, with donors earmarking $1,500 to $2,500 to endow rooms and beds. Meridian Street Church led with $10,250, Central Avenue $7,100, and other gifts from Roberts Park, Broadway, Fletcher Place, St. Paul’s and more.
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Indianapolis
Methodist Home and Deaconess Hospital
Indiana
Meridian St. Church
Central Ave
Roberts Park
Broadway
Fletcher Place
Edwin Ray
St. Paul's
L Place
Blackford St
Irvington
Madison Ave
Hyde Park
Chicago preacher brands speculators as robbers and gamblers
Rev. Wm. H. Walker of the First Congregational Church in Wilmette denounces speculators as robbers and gamblers in a Chicago sermon aimed at Board of Trade operators. He cites Detroit banker Frank C. Andrews as inspiration, asserting wealth gained from others’ losses is theft and condemning those who use others’ money to profit.
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Chicago
Wm. H. Walker
First Congregational Church
Wilmette
Board of Trade
Frank C. Andrews
Detroit
Meteor Yacht Keels to Sail in February Christening
New York reports Kaiser Wilhelm’s yacht Meteor near sea trials after launching plans. The christening is set for February 25 at 11 a.m., Miss Alice Roosevelt to cut the rope with a nickel-plated hatchet. Capt. Ben Parker to pilot the vessel across the Atlantic. Chicago brief notes the death of Edward C. MacFarlane, ten days married, from pneumonia during a European wedding trip. Florence Ballinger, his bride from San Francisco, is 22. he was 49 and a Honolulu business figure.
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Helm
Meteor
Alice Roosevelt
Ben Parker
Atlantic
St. Paul
Chicago
Europe
G. W. MacFarlane & Co
Honolulu
Auditorium Hotel
McFarlane
Florence Ballinger
San Francisco
California
MacFarlane
Islands
Miss Sampleson Dies After Trial in Dunn Case
Miss Marie Sampleson, key witness in the Dunn murder trial, died in Fort Wayne after giving birth to a son the prior Thursday. She had testified to a criminal affair with Charles Dunn. her death followed a brief illness and a late rebound in health. Her only living relative is a sister in Illinois.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Marie Sampleson
Charles Dunn
Little Alice Cothrell
Dunn
Miss Sampleson
Illinois
Miss Dunn
del Reed
Cothrell
Railway Car Movements and Power Shortage Report
The report records last week 23 951 cars received and forwarded from Indianapolis with 18 087 loaded. It compares 1901 with 1900 showing 20 944 and 21 398 handled respectively. A motive power shortage hindered operations as the Belt transferred 17 505 cars and Belt engines handled 1 196 cars for livestock and private switches.
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Indianapolis
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Ad Teaser
An old box label promises the genuine Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets for cold and grip relief at 5 cents per box, urging readers to seek the authentic remedy.
Southing Syrup for Teething and Local Notices
Mrs Winslows Southing Syrup for teething calms the child and soothes gums. Also claims to cure wind colic and diarrhoea with a 25 cent bottle. Dr W B Craig veterinary surgeon lists office in Wood’s, tel 109. Good second hand upright pianos $125 at Baldwins. Post binders transfer binders and blank holders. We charge 10c for a shave at Phoenix Barber Shop 158 EX Market St in Indianapolis.
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Phoenix
Market St
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