Miners Convention Delegates Arrive Amid Wage Demands Rumors
Delegates from across the country gather for the miners convention as debate over wage demands intensifies. President Mitchell urges reasonable aims while preparations for a potential general strike loom if contracts expire April 1 and talks with anthracite and bituminous operators fail. Several far flung delegates arrive, including five from British Columbia, with committee efforts and a planned smoker event at Empire theater marking the proceedings.
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Union
Treasur
Mitchell
Occidental
British Columbia
Northwest
Arkansas
Texas
Missouri
Ranges
Indian Territory
J. Lavery
Lg Green
Tomilagon
Indianapolis
Graduation plans and city events at Manual Training High
Plans completed for January graduation exercises at Manual Training High School. A class play and reception at Woodruff Place club are scheduled. Local court matters include bankruptcy case by Frank Busteed of Frankfort with debts around $6919 and assets of $4,4. Various notices cite changes in school activities, elections, and social events across Indianapolis with multiple local organizations and individuals named.
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Manual Training High School
Dan
Conorlal Power
Woodruft Place Club
United States
Frank Busteed
Frankfort
University Clu
Votney T. Malott
F. M. Ayres
Meredith Nicholson
Owen
Motheraead
Shortridge High School
Shortridge
Cleveland
East High School
Ohio
Indianapolis
BRR
Immett Club
Plays With Deadly Weapon Ends In Injury At City Hospital
Arthur Willard seventeen accidentally shot his roommate Edward Nolen while cleaning revolvers after target practice. Both believed guns unloaded. Nolan severely wounded and taken to City hospital in dying condition. Willard, a machinist helper, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. Nolan tied to Haul Marks, a machinist murdered weeks earlier.
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Arthur Willard
Edward Nolen
Natan
Arborsave
Eagle Creek
Shane
Nolan
Bray
Asch
Manning
Simor
Willard
Willard Sai
Paler
Norayke & Marmaun
Bullet Does Its Work. Man Named Harry Wruns Shot
A man identified as John White died early Monday at Vee City hospital from wounds received Friday night in an attack. Sunday, Capt. Bray and Detectives Manning and Simon presented White before Williams, who gave a statement.
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Harry Wruns
Anther Negra
John White
Vee City Hospital
Bray
Manning
Simon
White
Williams
Harper’s body laid to rest at Oakwood cemetery
Special to The Sun Chicago reports the death of W R Harper's wife and her burial in Oakwood cemetery vault yesterday. The final resting place will be in a Memorial chapel and crypt planned for the university grounds.
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Harper
Chicago
W.R. Harper
Chicago University
Oakwood Cemetery
Readers of The Sun prize names for new Indianapolis ship
The Indiana Transportation Company builds the lake steamer Theodore Roosevelt to be named from reader contests in The Indianapolis Sun and Chicago Journal. Prizes of 20 and 28 cents plus trip passes went to dozens of readers, with 125 submitting names and 4,80 coupons enclosed. The president of the company declined use of his name, but authorized the title Theodore Roosevelt.
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Theodore Roosevelt
the Lake Steamship
Indiana Transportation Company
Trenpylove Mott
Chicago
Clay
Joseph. Clay
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Sun
Chicago Journal
the Sun
Post Offiee
Roosevelt
Hoorter Staten ' Ros
Theodore Reosersit
Indianas‘Transportation Company
Siip
Crampacker
Congressmn
Crumpacker
Indiana ‘Transportation Company
Michigan City
Ind
Hoosier State
Renown
New Era
Usena
Indiana
Water Queen
Central States
National
United States
Guancome
Vandalia
Savganash
Miere
Majestic
Queen Defiance
Peerlees
Chicgo
Alert
Eclipse Western Star
Swan
Hoaseven
Wig
Hoff Sentenced In Polling Place Quarrel Tragedy
Hoff, 38, pleaded guilty in a criminal court to murder linked to a polling place quarrel in the Tenth Ward. Judge Alford sentenced him to two to life years in state prison after a planned plea of insanity was avoided. The shooting occurred as Jonni Smith left Hoff’s door on election day. witnesses described jealousy and a fatal shot.
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Merman Hoff
Alford
Hoff
Jonni Smith
Thanks Cuticura For Complete Cure
Claude N Johnson of Walnut Kansas writes in 1905 that Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills cured his skin eruption after two years of suffering. He details buying the remedies from the advertisement book and using them from the first application, expressing gratitude and offering approval for publication.
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Cutiura
Claude N.johnson
Maple Grove Farm
Walnut
Kan
Cuticura Promises Relief for Skin Ailments
A sensational health pitch touts warm baths with Cuticura Soap and gentle Cuticura Ointment to cure thousands of skin disorders. It urges use of Cuticura Resolvent Pills and suggests physicians may fail, presenting a dramatic remedy claim amid a cluttered ad-like fragment.
Elevator Test Drops Egg Basket in 80-Foot Descent
The rearva building mapecnon conducted another west elevator test on Saturday. The car dropped from the shaft top into the basement air chamber, a drop of 80 feet. In the car were a dozen eggs, two china bowls, and two cups. half the eggs broke and one cup damaged.
Failure at St Paul Ends in Merchant Collapse
John Doran & Co commission merchants and members of the Chicago Board of Trade have failed in St Paul Minnesota. Estimated liabilities reach $200,000.
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ST. Paul
Herippe-McRine Press Association
Minn
John Doran & Co. Commission
Chicago Gourd of Trade
Fourteen students arrested for hazing at local high school
In YROY Ohio on January 15 fourteen high school students were arrested this morning on charges of hazing a fellow student and a Presbyterian minister. The incident involved service groups and the Prean Association. Police reports indicate the actions occurred on school grounds during morning activities.
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Hazers
Service-Mesies Prean Association
Yroy
Fourteeh High Choo
Presbyterian
Interchangeable Book to Be Abolished in 2-Cent Fare Plan
Gov Hanly and the assembly press for a two cent mileage fare with railroad action. Big Four officials, motive power leaders, and Central Passenger Association discuss replacing the interchangeable book with per road mileage books. Railroads seek same protection while expanding steel and power equipment orders and new advertising, depots, and mixed trains planned between Indianapolis and Bloomington by Feb 15.
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van Wokle
Smaster
Big Four
Gar‘stang
Hane Ng
Aries
Hanly
Central Passenger Associaton
Mommissioner Donald
Central Passenger Association
Negie Steel Company
Eyatm
Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company
Rushville
Henry
Eneratore
Indianapolis Passenger Association
Claypool
W. W. Richardson
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis Southern
Indianapolis
Bloomington
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Acid Balance Cure
A historical ad claims rheumatism fades only after correcting blood acidity. It states Hood's Sarsaparilla has cured thousands by adjusting the blood condition that rheumatism depends on, suggesting relief lasts beyond temporary soothing agents.
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Hood
Five men vie for Goshen postmaster job after Sherwin removal
In Goshen Indiana on January 15 31 V Starr Myron Arader J O Wood M A Cornell and W G Parker emerge as postmaster candidates after Postmaster General Cortelyou ousts C D Sherwin following his rank reductions of two clerks Lamar P J Troup and Guy Boulton who protested the campaign fund demand. The clerks appealed to the president civil service commission and post office department with the likely term ending January 20.
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Goshen
Ind
Bullet in His Breast at Carlisle Mystery Shrouds Death
Carlisle Indiana January 15 Lett Le Bells a rural mail carrier was found dead late Saturday night with a bullet wound in the breast near the heart. It is unclear if murder or self inflicted. He carried six dollars in insurance and was known to be heavily in debt. The wound appeared powder burned and the ball did not exit the body, a detail that lends weight to the suicide theory.
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William A. van Buren
United States District
National Bond and Realy Company
van Buren
Benjamin Wratkiin
H. Hall
N. Pennsylvania
W. B James
E. B. Janeway
Frank Bill Ungs
Tote
J. Pierpont Morgen
H. C. Frick
Robert S McCormick
United States
France
H. H. Rogers
Paul Morton
Weld
Stanley Feeld
Field
Snoruy
Pield
Carlisle
Inds
Bells
Buried Side by Side in City History
Two of the city’s oldest residents, ayceiar 10 Ie once SEW CASTLE Ink. and Mrs. Henry L. Shopp, were buried side by side today. Mr. Shopp died Tuesday, and Mrs. Shopp, who had been growing worse, passed away Saturday night. Both were members of the Christian church.
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Ayceiar
Henry L. Shopp
Shopp
Tinnyald
Trame- Mately
Christian Church
GAPT. FRANZ INAUGURATED IN OKLAHOMA
Guthrie Oklahoma January 15 special wiring Brow brought many thousands here for the inauguration of Captain Frank Franz as governor. The oath of office was administered by Associate Justice Frank Gillette.
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Franz
Seripph-McRae Prensa Association
Guthrie
Okla
Warria J Browght
Frank Franiz
Ausociute Tuatiee
Frank Gilibette
Fatal poker quarrel in Greensburg man killed
Ed Williams a resident of Mount Sterling Kentucky died after a dispute during a poker game in Greensburg Indiana on Saturday night. The shooting occurred following a quarrel over the card game. Police described the events as a fatal altercation. Williams was visiting the area when he was killed. The suspect faces unspecified charges as authorities investigate the case.
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Spevia Wwane
Greensburg
Ind
Ed Williams
Cluliiy
Baward Gateskit
Mount Sterling
Marion man struck by interurban ends in broken neck
Special to The Sto, Marion Indiana January 1. While returning from church Charles Boy breaks his neck after being struck by an interurban car. Lawson Juret, in Gallipoli January 15, wrestled on Reservoir Hill with a party of youths. a playmate tripped and fell over a cliff, also breaking his neck.
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Sto. Marion
Ind
Charles Boy
Meanah
Scrippy-Mefine Prean Association
Jelectric Cir
Gallipoli
Lawson
Grape Nuts Ad Promotes Health Cure Claims
An advertisement from the era touts Grape-Nuts breakfast food as a natural health aid. It recounts a reader’s testimony of recovery from illness through the product, crediting renewed strength, restored vitality, and improved daily life after using Grape-Nuts and Postum products from Battle Creek, Michigan. The piece references a medical skeptic and urges readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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Kirkman
Richmond
R. EB. Kirkman
Wayne County
Pere Haute
Ind
Jun
Acar
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mic
Wollville
Craft Dead at 81 in Charlottesville Community
Charlott esville Ind jan 1 Capt John A Craft 81 retired merchant is dead. His widow and three children survive.
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Craft
Charlottesville
Ind
John A. Craft
Selma Dedication of New Church Costs 12500
Selma Indiana January 14. The new aL E church here was dedicated yesterday. Rev DW Patr of Koken delivered the dedicatory address. Building cost 12500.
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Speciate the Sa
Selma
Ind
Patr
Koken
Two Men Sentenced in Lebanon Assault Case
Arthur Quackenbush and Dean Stephenson were sentenced in Lebanon Indiana for assaulting Harve Brandenburg. Each man received a jail term of months and a $200 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ind
Arthur Quackenbush
Dean Stephenson
Harve Brandenburg
Professor Hoover Killed in Freight Train Accident
In Fowler Indiana on January 15 Prof Hoover of Maub High School attempted to board a freight train and was killed after slipping under the wheels. His body was taken to Hagerstown for burial.
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Hoover
Fowler
Ind
Maub High School
Hagerstown
Buriel
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George H. Chapman Post
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Hlm
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Indianapolis Retail Grocers’ Association
Fort Wayne
Indiana Retail Merchants
Earl Dalrymple
Perk-ave
St. Clair St
Harry Cling
Southport
Morris Turpen
Princeton
Plainteid
University Club
John
J. Griffiths
William C Cutshall
Virginia Tuts
Cutsnall
Ztte
Douglas Hyde
Tomlinson Hall
Ireland
Gavish
The
Missionary Society of the
First Presbyterian Church
Walt H. Nicoles
County Recorder
Denison House
Purdue Clark
Charles [Shatthck
Wes Stafeuno
Frank Wells
DB. J. Reagan
McNevin
Seventh Presbyterian Church
Ald Sayolets
J. Jm. Lloyd
Eos
Lad
Marks
Danbury Hat Co
Waslington St
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Roy Thompson
Cov Ington
Kate — Branitam
Arsena Ave
Rooseveltt
John Thompson
New Jersey
Indianapolia
J. E. Merritt
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William Cook
Straughn
Thomas J. White
Chadwick St
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Harlon St
Indianapolly
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Cuticura
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Hig Bros
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Pranktorn
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Ioonta
Fay Insurance
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Civic Federation
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National Civic Federation
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