Indianapolis Park Bill Passes House for 1.25 Million
The Indianapolis park bill authorizes a decade long spending of 1.25 million dollars on a wide boulevards and park system. The measure passed 70 to 13 with Gauss the sole Marion county opponent citing debt and limited Southside benefit. Sefidensticker argued no extra taxes for Southside and broad city-wide benefit.
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Indianapolis
House
Gauss
Marion County
Sefidensticker
Stewart
Howard County
Stephens
Madison County
Sullivan Signs as Assistant to Chicago Manager
Chicago February 24 Billy Sullivan catcher for the Chicago American League team has signed his 1909 contract. He is described as a potential second choice for manager if Fielder Jones retires from the game.
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Sullivan
Chicago
Billy”’ Sullivan
Fielder Jones
The Stomach of the Child Propagates Health Notes
An article emphasizes stomach health as crucial to a child’s future, linking digestion to growth, energy, and learning. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, claiming they aid digestion, improve appetite, relax nerves, and support steady nourishment, with a 50 cent price and availability through retailers.
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Cross
Stuart
Cyclone tears through farms near Evansville causing deaths and damage
A cyclone swept Center township north of Evansville Indiana killing livestock and leveling homes and barns. Houses of Robert Moffit Cicero Hornby and others were torn from foundations with sleeping residents forced out. Barns were destroyed, cattle horses and hogs died in the wreckage. In Arkansas a tornado from Lonoke county killed thirteen and damaged several counties with limited reports due to disrupted communications.
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Evansville
Ind
Center Township
Robert Moffit
Cicero Hornby
Moffit
Wilbur Erskine
James Moffit
John Grefe
Little Rock
Ark
Lonoke County
Arkansas
Lonoke, Prairie, Woodruff and
Poinsett
Fisher
Broker Brown Ends Theatrical Tour With Wife
Edna Wallace Hopper finishes a week of one night engagements while her husband A. O. Brown a New York stock broker who recently failed announces he will return home in Memphis after joining the tour in New Orleans and reveals they have been married three months. He may rejoin her later when she resumes engagements.
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Memphis
Tenn
Edna Wallace Hopper
A. O. Brown
New York
Brown
Miles
Boston
New Orleans
Miss Hopper
Woman struck by unknown assailant on Leota street
Mrs. Josephine Aton was hit on the head with a club by an unknown man on Leota street near the C H and D railroad Tuesday night. She recovered enough to seek help at a nearby house and received treatment from Drs Lankford and Thames. no money or jewelry was found on her. The attacker fled. a suspicious man was seen nearby. Mrs. Aton, who lives at 12 Leota street, could not identify the assailant.
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Josephine Aton
Leota Street
Aton
Lankford
Thames
Essault
Colored Y M C A ends drive after 100 members sought
The Colored Y M C A campaign to recruit 100 new members here reports progress with several new enrollees. organizers say the drive continues, aiming to expand local participation and services.
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Thoreday
Five Counties Vote Dry in Local Option Elections
County results show dry victories in five counties with Adams 1,888 Howard and Daviess around 1,357 and Newton near 2,600. Saloon impact counted at 143 ballots. Morgan county Martinsville reported no saloons. Fountain Hendricks and Fayette head to vote tomorrow.
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Howard
Grant County
Newton County
Morgan County
Martinsville
Fountain
Hendricks
Fayette
Prize food praise from a Nebraskan user
A Nebraska woman extols Grape-Nuts as the most palatable economical and nourishing breakfast. She credits the cereal with ending her sleepless anxious period after tea and coffee and notes her children thrive with it. She mentions Postum and Grape-Nuts and cites doctor Dille as endorsing its economy.
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Eige
Dille
Tax Levy Battle Stalls in State Senate
The educational tax bill faced party clashes as the house approved a higher levy while Senate Republicans blocked a house bid to reverse it. Governor Marshall warned against larger appropriations, and three Senate Democrats aided the GOP to block House action. The bill remains pending in the Senate for final decision.
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House
Gov. Marshall
Senate
Wood
Long
McCarty
Proctor
Marshall
Paga Treasury Bill to Help State Finance
The Democratic Senate, led by Senator Kistler, refined Horace Hanna's bill to allow the state to call in funds from counties on demand, streamlining advance finance ahead of semi annual settlements. The measure shifts demand power from the state treasurer to the State Board of Finance and aims to avert near bankruptcy and bond issues. The governor supports the move, citing the need to stabilize finances against central banks and ensure timely debt payments.
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Senate
Kistler
Horace Henna
Marshall
Finance Board
Hanna
State Board of Finance
Sylvia Green and Husband Going Abroad
Sylvia Green daughter of Hetty Green, reputedly worth millions, leaves on a secret honeymoon with Matthew Astor Wilks. They head to Galt Ontario then abroad, with plans to buy a New York residence on return. Hedged dowry details and lavish gifts noted. post honeymoon plans include a lengthy European tour.
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New York
Sylvia
Hetty Green
Matthew Astor
Mrs. Green
Galt, Ont
Mrs. Wilks
Flood Tide Reaches Weak Levels on White River
Heavy rains push White River higher but pumping stations in Indianapolis report only moderate rises. Riverside gauges five feet seven inches and six feet five inches above low water mark. Officials say six feet above low water is needed for potential danger, with river rising about an inch per hour. Fall break near the banks.
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White River
Indianapolis Water Company
Riverside
W.washington Street
Republicans Try to Seal Economy Amendments in Bland Bill
Senate Republicans delayed action to push changes reducing salaries in the Bland public accounting measure while arguing the move would curb 7,000 Indiana offices. Democrats accused them of masking politics behind economy as they sought to force a final vote and claim Republican support.
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Senate
House
Merchants’ Association
Bland
Indiana
War to the Knife: Neighbor Suspect in Cook Theft
Fragmentary OCR reads as a dramatic local dispute with a neighbor accused of stealing a cook. The truncated dialogue hints at heightened tensions and potential social conflict in a domestic setting. No further factual details are available.
Rose Pinto Steps From Stand in Pinto Case
In a courtroom scene, Miss Rose Pinto stepped away from the stand of Joseph Pinto. The fragmented report hints at ongoing testimony in a family or civil matter, with no further details available in readable text.
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Rose Pinto
Joseph Pinto
How to Get Rid of Catarrh by Dr Blosser Treatment
Sufferers of catarrh can trial a home treatment said to clean the head and nose, relieve breathing, and heal diseased membranes. The ad promises a risk free test by sending address to Dr J W Blower at 662 Walton Street, Atlanta, Ga.
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Blosser
J. W. Blower
Walton. Street
Lanta
Eniough
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