Shortage in City Treasury Sparks Crankiness Over Accounts
Marion county Treasurer Osterman faces criticism as city funds show a $14,000 overdraft amid disputed balances. Miller and finance committee clash over figures from December to January, revealing miscalculations that shift blame and delay clarity on the city’s true fiscal position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Osterman
Marion County
Common Council
Osterman
Puncil
Paearson
Thulman
Frank Miller
Finance Committee
Miller
Pearson
Sun
Fletcher
Wyckoff
Poerrson
Sheei
Bowles
Dew
Treasury
Street
Sullivan
Johnson
Tomount
Bacha
The Pardon Business, Governor's Private Secretary Says
Will Robarts, the governor's private secretary, describes pardon as the hardest part of governing. He cites constant pressure from friends seeking pardons for illness or influence, and recalls a case where a remonstrance with a thousand names was stolen from files.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
Businens
Will Robarts
Thera Ien
Ohio Democratic caucus names slate of officers
The hones democratic caucus was held Saturday with 66 legislators present. Aysell nominated for speaker and Robinson of Darke for speaker pro tem. Fisher of Hardin named chief clerk, Taylor of Brown journal clerk, Mott of Defiance message clerk, Albright of Ackland enrolling clerk, Pollock of Warren engrossing clerk, and Mies Brown of Bancock reading clerk. In the senate Perry Adams named president pro tem, W. A. Taylor chief clerk, ex-Senator Mortley sergeant at arms, and Mies O Haran of Erie engrossing clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hones
Aysell
Robinson
Darke
Ficher
Hardin
Teylor
Brown
Mott
Defiance
Albright
Ackland
Pollock
Warren
Mies Brown
Bancock
Reading
Perry Adams
W. A. Taylor
Mortley
Atarms
Mies O’ Haran
Erie
Negro Exodes Mark South Carolina to Florida Migration
ATLANTA on January 4 reports about two thousand regions moving southwest with belongings after leaving North Carolina. CHARLESTON, S C also notes the Atlantic Coast Line Railway carried 4 090 negros to Florida in the past week, indicating permanent departure from the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Colerca Peopis
Atlanta
North Carolina
Charleston
S. C
Haa
Florida
Explosion in Creston yards kills one, injures two
A railroad engine boiler exploded in the Creston Iowa yards on Saturday, killing one man and seriously injuring two others. The blast disrupted rail operations as emergency crews responded to the incident. Officials said the cause is under investigation.
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Crestron
Bruiler
Memorial services for Justus Rathbone held at Tom Linson Hall
In memory of Justus H. Rathbone founder of the Knights of Pythias the lodge will host a memorial service and sorrow at Tom Linson Hall at 2 pm Sunday. Nine lodges and five divisions of the uniform rank will join the exercises with addresses by Gen Joseph R Carnahan and Judge Joseph C Suit of Fort Wayne. The public is cordial invited to attend.
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Rathbone
Knights of Pythias
Tomlinson Hall
Justus H. Rathbone
Order
Jos. R. Carnahan
Jos. C. Suit
Frankfort
Panera Puba Ie
Amusements Notes on Vaudeville and Allie Akerstrom
A century article reviews touring acts and the shifting tastes of audiences. It recalls Allie Akerstrom a vivacious singer dancer who rose from variety stages to the legitimate stage after years of aiming higher. Her success included a New York engagement earning over $14 000 and a tambourine dance praised for terpsichorean grace.
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Allie Akerstrom
Allie
Heroef
New York
Star Theater
Metropolis
Hoosier Drummers Welcome Speech and Union Changes
Indiana commercial travelers hold fifteenth annual meeting in board of trade rooms. Mayor Sullivan’s welcome, brief remarks by President Tanner and Cooper address. Constitutional changes adopted, including medical director and assessment notices. Membership gains 22, deaths 7, assets near $14,906.20. $63,500 paid to widows and orphans since founding.
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Sullivan
Indiana Commercial Travelers’ Convention
Board of Trade Rooms
Denpy
Lucas
Central Chriatian Church
Tanner
Board of Trade
Cooper
Rayusis
Maj. Hoss
Thase
Maj. Rees
Kokomo
John Perhamus
New York
Fick
Association
Perhamie
Darrail
Montgomery
Miller
Messrs
van Orsdel
Gordon
Carr
Prior
Ross
Central Traffic Association
Messrs. Schipp
Piercea
Mullen
Frank Bird
Tomlisson Hall
A. F. Sharpe
Alabama
Seventh-sts
Jas. E. Norris
Indianapolis
B. W. Woodard
E. W. Coffin
Milton Daily
Geo
W. Geiger
J. Stubbs
C. N. Spencer
Gossip and Railroading Tales From a Prairie Town
A lively blast of gossip and tall tales unfolds from a Denison hotel scene. The Follower joke prompts laughter and curiosity about authorship, while railroad memories recount a brutal blizzard stint with a caboose full of prairie chickens and a six day siege. News notes update baseball signings, player movements, and spring conditioning for stars like O'Brien, Galvin, Marr, and Boyle as teams map next season.
Chicago Tailoring advert in Delaware and Market sts
An old newspaper ad invites men to purchase new suits and overcoats for holidays. It promotes a wide assortment of fabrics and foods at reasonable prices and directs readers to the Chicago Tailoring Company at the corner of Delaware and Market streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tailoring Company
Delaware and Marketsts
Wreck on Texas Freight Train Claims Several Lives
A San Antonio and Arkansas freight train with about eighty aboard crashed through a bridge at Wallitsville Texas Thursday night. By Friday night seven rescued, four seriously hurt, four more bodies recovered, with reports of three corpses found seven miles downstream. Details remain scant.
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Wallitsville
Tex
San Antonio & Arkansas Pass
Man Kills Wife Then Self After Prayer Session
Jan 4 report details Thomas Williams, described as an honest man, who after praying earnestly at each bed, attacked his wife and then himself with a blade. A neighbor’s wife’s remarks about her boldness are cited as a catalyst for the tragedy.
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Mostreat
Thomas Williams
Willams
Four loggers die in Beebe's camp blaze near Tennesses river
Parucan Kentucky January 4 reports say four loggers were burned to death at Beebe's camp on the Tennesses river about 75 miles from Parucan. Details are scarce as investigators await more information.
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Tengesase Woods
Parucan
Beebe’s Caimp
Tennesses River
Krowe
Reforming Trade Hall Showcases New Furnishings and Governors Room
The BUATG presents a repaired building with a bright hall map, a well furnished reading room housing trade and market papers, and a newly decorated governors room. The secretary’s office received a modern redesign with linoleum, a rostrum, and the chairman’s antique oak desk. Forty four cherry chairs upholstered in erzen leather line the floor, with furniture made in Indianapolis and separations by Indianapolis parties.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolia
Hie Disked America. Loxnon Special Report
Loxnon January 4 report notes John Raskin as Gying on Saturday morning with limited readable details from the dispatches. The fragmentary telegraph caption offers no further names, places, or outcomes due to OCR damage.
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America
Loxnon
John Raskin
Gying
Decline of Colored Minstrel Acts Shown in Indianapolis Tale
A veteran railway porter recounts the collapse of the Franklin colored minstrels in Indianapolis. Managers bled him for hats and drums, debt forced a chattel mortgage, and several troupe members migrated to other jobs while theater patrons dwindled and backing failed. Pisgwalnt Turner, author of A Million in Gold, now writes a new play and works as head waiter at Schaffner's.
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Billy Kerszacs
St.Louis
Besras
Sam Lucan
Palmer House
Chisago
Billy Reynolds
Franklin Winstrals
Indianepolis
Greensburg
Indianapolis
Martinsville
Will
Wil
Franklin Minstrels
Through a bridge disaster and other events in Houston
Jan 3 reports a passenger train 35 on the Arkansas pass railroad plunged through a bridge into the river at Shinor near Houston. rescue teams rushed to the scene as officials feared heavy loss of life. The notice also lists local incidents including a fatality from a Monon train, a missing insane patient from the poor farm, a murder case, a boiler injury suit, court verdicts, and social events with local officials and citizens involved.
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Houston
Tex
Arkansas Pass
Shinor
Wild West Weather and River Floods Across Rail Lines
Severe winter weather reports from multiple regions describe record cold in Seattle and Minnesota, heavy snows disrupting railroad traffic, a Sierra City snow slide claiming seven lives and demolishing four houses, and a Mississippi River region lake overflow with a 150 foot trestle lost.
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Marysville
Sierra City
Hinens
Mont
Seattle
Washington
Deadwood
S. D
St. Pau
Minn
Jan
Iron Hall Branch 1 Banquet Highlights Growth in Indianapolis
M F B Somerby of Philadelphia, supreme justice, praised Iron Hall amid rivals in Indianapolis while noting 1,700 new members last month. There are 1,139 branches with 50,000 members and $125,000 monthly in sick benefits. Cashier M C Davis and Accountant 3 E J Walker spoke briefly. Somerby offered to pay the next feast if 35 new members join in 60 days. Weather: Indiana region forecast calls for threatening weather and rain with slightly warmer temperatures. Indianapolis area forecast notes cloudy skies and rain for the next 24 hours ending 8 p.m.
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Order of the Iron Hall
Sherman
N. Pennsylvania-st
M. F.B. Somerby
Philadelphia
Supreme Justice of the Order
New Orleans
Iron Hall
Indianapolis
Supreme
M. C. Davis
E. J. Walker
Somerby
Burglars Strike Railway Offices at Leesburg and Warsaw
Burglars broke into ticket offices of the C. W. M. railroad at Leesburg and Warsaw on Friday night, taking money and tickets along with express matter. A hole was bored in the safe at Warsaw but not blown open. The exact loss is not yet known.
Personal matters and notable local movements
Harry C Currens book-keeper at Paur eon's music store has become a parent Friday night. G C Pearson leaves for the east Saturday night to be gone ten days. William Dudley Foulke, disciple of civil service, was in Indianapolis Friday. North Landgraff has gone on a seven weeks tour of California, Washington and the west. Mrs Lettig Mae Arthur, founder of the Fifth Presbyterian Church, died Thursday and will be buried from the church Sunday.
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Civil Service Examination
Eddie Williams
Candice Norton
Robert Philpott
Morris Williame
Alton Scott
B.C. & W. P. Wright
Zachariah Pyle
Pendleton
Taylor
J. B. McElwaine & Co
Citizens’ Street Railroad Company
Pennsylvania-st
College-ave
Young Men’s Gray Club
J. P. Tork
James H. Bevy
F. P. Bohn
Powers
Kingan’s Park-House
Kregero
Wagner
J. HK. Williams
West Indianapolis
Emma Fender Friday
la Grippe
Jean Merritt
George Merritt & Co
A. W. Alexander
Irvin
Mitchell Refuess
Joseph Gramas
Nicholas
John Riblin
Lafayette
Grand Hotel
Toiniingen Hall
Southport
S. Merician St
Temiingon Hell
Sullivan
Denny
Austin
George Brown
U. S. Navy
Austin H. Brown
San Francisco
Williams
Gas Trust Company
John Wilhelm
van Buren
Adinistration
Howland Friday
F. J. Mottler
Citizens Street Railroad Company
Wataeh-st
Higaaloon
Chiost
Redman
Rushville
Union Depot
Plainfield
Riley
Downey
St. Paul
Getheemare Parish
Knickerbocker
Minneapolis
Mcra
New York
Harry C. Currens
Paureon
G. C. Pearson
East
William Dudley Foulke
Civil Service
Indianapolis
North Landgraff
California
Washington
Wild West
Lettig MaeArthur
Fifth Presbyterian Church
Sunday Services Listings by Local Churches
Sunday morning and evening services across First Baptist First Presbyterian Central Christian Seventh Presbyterian Plymouth Congregational Fourth Presbyterian Meridian Methodist and others feature sermons by Rev Taylor Rev Daniels Dr Haines Dr Lucas Dr Hunter Dr McCullogh Rev Whallon and Dr Cievetai Mnorbing with themes ranging from revival and eternity to living and honor plus a community Watch Club with Carr at 656 Virag noted.
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First Baptist
Taylor
Rew Church
Daniels
First Presbyterian
Haines
Central Christian
Lucas
Seventh Presbyterian
Hunter
Plymouth Congregational
McCullogh
Fourth Presbyterian
Whallon
Meridian Methodist
Cievetai Mnorbing
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Cerry
Ohio
Negro
Virginia
Voices Company
Lee Holtanan
Hoosier
Smith
Flemingspurg
Hal Smith
Hara
Fleming County
Ricamonp
Spi
Allen & Ginter
Crane
Hamilton County
East St
Minnesota
Tate University
Sagasta
Venserbilta
Byice
U. S
Chio
Ginger
Denison Housa
Hornaday
Steif
Bicknoll
Pogue
Thomason
John Holliday
Duce
Jenager de Rois
Alose
Detroit
Cea & Prairia Chicken
John Martin
Thurasay
Chad
Haya City
Woon
Etic
Hays City
Ronning
Wierrra
S. T. Kelloggz
Sedgewick City
O’brien
Gastright
Columbus
Jimmy Galvin
Cincinnati
Lefty Marr
Columus
Teain
Fergon
Boston
Hank O'Day
Payers
Fred Pfeffer
Charlie Bennett
St. Louis
James Adams
Chris Von‘der Abe
Hawley
Cleveland
Brotherhood
Ezra P. Lincoln
Teunton
Mass
Brockton
Hilltea
Crry Life
Jordan
Wild West Weather
Frank Blanchard
Blanchard
Fishner & Buchanan
Kregele
Fianner & Buchana
Renihan
Long & Hedges
Indianapoliis
Hanaghyilie
Health Board
Indiana
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