Saloon License Power Shifts as Council Overrides Mayor
The city council, by a 14 to 6 vote, passed the Rouse saloon license ordinance over Mayor Bookwalter’s veto, transferring license issuing from the city controller to the council. The move targets Indiana avenue’s saloon scene, with concerns over added proposed establishments. The council also reconsidered a rotary nozzle ordinance, passing it 12 to 8 to require head nozzles in building basements for fire protection.
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Charles A. Bookwalter
Lockwalter
Royse
William J. Neukom
Indiana-ave
Louis F. Henry
James F. Sullivan
Charles L. Hartmann
Albert E. Uhl
John F. Wood
John H. Hamlet
Bookwalter
Irvington
Washington St
Norwood
Rotary At
Albert E. Cottey
Railroad Committee
Vandalia Railroad
Belmont Ave
Gambling Tables Burned at Kokomo
Special to The Sun from Kokomo Ind July 2 Acting under a circuit court order Sheriff Joe Lindley burned a wagon load of gambling devices on a vacant lot beside the railyard He guarded the blaze until all was consumed The machines and tables were seized in a Russiaville raid and arrestees were required to promise never to gamble in town
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Kokomo
Ind
Joe Lindley
Russiaville
Shock Restored the Mans Sight
Special to The Sum Zanesville Ohio July 2 Two years ago while working on a farm near Dresden a man named D Downs lost sight in his left eye due to a clot. A household accident Saturday evening caused him to fall and strike his head but the resulting shock scattered the clot and he now sees equally well with both eyes.
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Downs
Man Made Fatal Leap At Terre Haute River Bridge
William Reagin of Vandalia Illinois, 21, urged companion Rollo Apple from Crawfordsville to follow, then leaped 50 feet from Main Street bridge into the Wabash river and drowned before rescue. Apple, with Reagin from Crawfordsville where both were employed, says Reagin often leaped into water.
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Sun
Terre Haute
Ind
William Reagin
Vandalia, Il
Banter
Apple
Crawfordsville
Reagin
Newly Elected Officers Installed At Indianapolis Board Of Trade
William J. Mooney presided as president at a dinner for the Board of Trade governors in the new building. Officers were installed, with Jacob W. Smith re elected secretary after 16 years of service. The board planned vacations for staff and adopted a resolution urging more American ships built by American companies. New members Charles O. McMasters, Charles O. McNulty, A. C. Wilkinson, Cin B. Walker joined. DeWitt Moore elected to special membership.
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Board of Governors
Jacob W. Smith
Board of Trade
Hamburg-American Packet Company
United States
Indiana
Washington
William J. Mooney
M. A. Woolen
More Operators To Desert Keys Strike Call
Telegraphers union orders sent from San Francisco to operators across the West to strike on receipt of instructions. Initially Seattle and Portland were eyed, but Chicago developments suggest a nationwide strike. A union member warned the next strike will target a point where it hurts.
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Seattle
Portland
Chicago
Ex-Mayor Arrested in Conspiracy Case Over Lost Cash
Pittsburg July 2. D C Davis a Marietta oil operator and banker testified in Alderman Toole's court about losing 75000 to a brace fare con in New York and Marietta. Davis says a gang trimmed Pittsburgers of over 1 million over ten years as Ranger Adams and Frank Thompson face conspiracy charges.
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S. J. Toole
D. C. Davis
Marietta, O
Marietta
New York
Banko
Alderman Toole
Davis
W. J
Jake”) Adams
Frank B. Ranger
Frank Thompson
Thompson
Ranger
Marion County School Funds Apportionment Summary
The report shows total common school revenue of 1,339,558.58 apportioned to the state, with Marion County contributing 127,406.13 from state tax and receiving 101,858.40 in its share. The enumeration of children statewide is 778,819 with per capita 1.72, and Marion County counters 59,220 youths aged 1 to 21.
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Muarioa
Marion County
Jury Affidavit Filed in Latta Against Mick & Son Suit
Seven of twelve jurors filed an affidavit opposing a new trial in the Latta versus Mick & Son case. The affidavit recaps that initial jury ballots favored the plaintiff, then shifted to awarding $10,000 in damages for selling what is now the State Life building.
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Will H. Latta
W. E. Mick
Freeman Freed After Oath To Avoid Liquor
Lewis Freeman postponed punishment by Judge Stubbs in juvenile court after swearing to abstain from liquor. He faces a suspended sentence following an arrest a week earlier on charges of neglecting his wife and four children.
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Lewis Freeman
Stubbs
Freeman
Fire damages Marietta Glass Works oil shed
Fire at the Marietta Glass Works on Sherman drive and Sixteenth streets burned an outside oil shed Monday night. Hose company No. 27 laid 1,000 feet of hose and No. 20 added 600 feet to control the blaze, preventing spread beyond the shed.
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Marietta Glass Works
Fell From Roof Hurts Man At New York Central Shops
Edward Brasley fell from the top of the shops at the New York Central rail yard suffering injuries. He was found after the fall and given aid by railway workers until medical help arrived.
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Edward Brasley
New York Central Rail
Travous Found Dead At Home In Edwardsville
Charles M. Travous, general facilitator of the Wabash railway, was found dead early Tuesday morning at his Edwardsville home. Police reported no immediate cause of death. the incident occurred in Edwardsville, Missouri. Travous was a prominent railway official with ties to St Louis and the Wabash system.
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Jeripps-McRane Preas Aqnoriation
ST. Louis
Charles M. Travous
Wabash Railway
Ewardsville
Fire Claims Three Children in Grocery Fire
Scripps-McRae Press Association reports in Houston on July 2 that three children of Jacob Prager perished as a frame grocery building burned. Prager and his family resided above the store.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Houston
Tex
Jacob Prager
Prager
North Indy negroes oppose Fremont Bartholomew saloon
A remonstrance filed by African American residents of North Indianapolis objects to granting a saloon license to Fremont Bartholomew. He seeks a saloon at the corner of Northwestern Avenue and Chicago Street, prompting civic pushback from the community.
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Indianapolis
Fremont Bartholomew
Northwestern-ave
Chicago-st
Judge frees receiver of railroad amid solvent finding
Judge Albert B. Anderson discharged George W. Bartlett as receiver of the Chicago Indiana and Eastern Railway after an accounting to the court showed the line solvent. The federal court proceeding ends with the dissolution of the receivership and the road's financial status validated.
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Albert B. Anderson
Federal Court
Chicago, Indiana & Eastern Railway Company
George W. Bartlett
Pledged to Socialism by Western Federation of Miners
In Denver Colorado on July 2 the Western Federation of Miners convention approved a new constitutional preamble by a vote of 283 to 66. The action signals a shift toward socialist principles within the federation and outlines the organization’s broader aims and identity.
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Denver
Colo
the Western Federation of Miners
Next Blow at Chicago Telegraphers Strike Planned
The telegraphers union plans the next strike in Chicago but expects no action today or tomorrow. Deputy President Konenkamp says Chicago is the strategic target and 95 percent of Chicago operators are in the union. A San Francisco order for a strike prompted cautious comment from Konenkamp as he coordinates with President Small.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
New York
Chicago
Konenkamp
San Francisco
Small
Mr. Small
Playgrounds Open in City With Eight Centers
Tuesday marked the opening of eight play centers across city sections after a committee selected sites in populous neighborhoods. Supervisors and janitors oversaw outdoor gym equipment while weekly trips in two wagons take children to the public bathhouse for play and swimming.
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Hyde School
Vermont
New Jersey-sts
Union
Norwood-sts
Bloomington
Market-sts
Merrill and
West and
Feleventh-Sts
W. Ray
Warren-ave
George Washington School
Sheldon
Seventeenth-sts
Children's Aid Society
Liabilities and Losses Reported for Reinsurance
Fragmented OCR reading shows figures and terms about losses resisted unadjusted claims against a company and amounts needed to reinsure outstanding risks. The text is garbled with numbers like 66.845 and 33 5,400, hindering full clarity on exact totals or entities.
Return to Work Ends Ice Wagon Strike in New York
Secripps-McRae reports that American Ice Company officials met strikers and offered old jobs if they returned immediately. About two thirds resumed duties, with the company granting the holdouts until tonight to report. Early deliveries saw minor violence, but order is restored.
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