Street Cars and Water Companies Keep Emergency Crews
Indianapolis utilities maintain round the clock emergency wagons and crews for immediate response to problems. The street car system has a dedicated wagon at W. Washington Street with a driver and four hands ready to rush to downed wires or power disturbances. The water department also sustains night crews to shut leaks and prevent flood damage, often arriving within minutes to stop small leaks from becoming floods.
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Public Utilities
Indianapolis
The
Water Company
Street Car Company
W. Washington At. Burns
Password mystery at lodge night in mayoral visit
Mayor Bookwalter T Yargart and Joe Bell meet at the races and seek a password for lodge night. Joe, chancellor commander of Knights of Pythias lodge, whispers he does not know it, then repeats the same attempt. The three are close friends despite political marvels.
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Bookwalter
T.yargart
Joe Bell
Bay
Jos
Joe
Knights of Pythias Lodge
White men report assault by coal wagon driver
Two white bakers from 18 St Meridan say John Musner, a coal wagon driver for Enos Snyder, assaulted them. Hyer, a bystander, claims Musner bit him and damaged his nose. mob tension followed. Hyer and Milner released on bond. colored man kept in jail. Police dispersed a threatening crowd. Additional rural mail routes announced for Indiana starting July 15.
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Raphael Schmint
Arthur Yen Bakers
St. Meridanat
John Musner
Enos Snyder
Hyer
Mimer
Jn Schmidt
Washington St
Misnen
Ney
Byer
Milner
Schmidt
Unknown woman badly burned in front of Courthouse store
A neatly dressed woman was badly burned when a firecracker sparked her dress near the Courthouse grocery store on Washington Street Monday noon. Clerks describe how flames enveloped her as she tore away burning fabric, then walked away with severe burns to her hands. The woman offered a passerby explanation and vanished.
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Washington St
Clerka
Indy
Mina P
Dougall confesses murder claiming accidental killing
London report states Samuel Herbert Dougall was found guilty of killing Mian Camille Holland and sentenced to hang. He has confessed the crime but asserts the death followed an accident. His lawyer requested a pardon based on the confession.
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London
Samuel Herbert Dougall
Camille Holland
Cougalls
Drake murder trial testimony challenges Mrs Drake defense
Weak defense claims emerge as witnesses describe family dynamics and alleged drugstore purchases. Laura Kenned cites Mrs Drake and drinking as triggers, while Dr Rowland links Drake’s death to cholera morbus. The document includes unrelated ads for remedies and travel rates.
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Covington
Ind
Drake
Carys
Rowland
Two Retrothed Couples Drowned in Same Tragedy
Pittsburg Pennsylvania July 7 A conservative estimate places deaths at not more than a dozen from Sunday tragedy as twenty bodies are recovered. Among the victims are Albert M Brown and Eva May Wisantov of Pittsburgh and Joseph Brown with May Burd of Jeannette. The couples had planned marriages this week. Funerals set for Wednesday. Property losses scale from Grapeville to Stewartstown and Penn town.
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Pittsburg
Jeannette Waa
Hromnane
Albert M. Brown
Eva May Wisaintov
Pittaburg
Joseph Brown
Jeatinette
First Sunstroke Case Reported This Season
Joh D Hookersmith of Bellefontaine Street collapsed from heat on New York Street near Meridian, suffering a scalp wound and profuse bleeding before being carried home by a dispensary ambulance. A second item notes William Rudolph escaping from St Louis jail by climbing a skylight during a prison disturbance.
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Joh D. Hookersmith
Bellefontaine St
Minois and
Meridianste
New York St
ST. Louis
Willam Rudolph
Union
Banker 80n Charged With Stealing Auto
Boston reports an 80n banker and Harvard student 18 under a threat charged with stealing an automobile during a touring trip with companions and chorus girls. He allegedly carried 33000 when arrested and was preparing for Europe. New York notes executive changes at a shipbuilding firm with Louis Nixon withdrawing his resignation as president.
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Boston
Mass
Zohn Lankershim
Harvard
New England
California
Europe
Nixon
New York
James Smilin, Jr
United States Shipbuilding Company
Louis Nixon
King Peter Orders Election for New Shupte China
BELGRADE July reports King Meter ordered an election to choose a new shupte china. The result will be announced September 2. Members elected will hold office for four years.
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Peter
Belgrade
Meter
Shupte
China
Tours
Big hippopotamus killer shocks Paris keeper
A chaotic collage reports a hippo in Paris killing its keeper, mixed with notes of political readiness, near-misses in Chicago, and a wave of global incidents. It mentions a San Francisco traveler, a Boston education meeting with thousands, naval reefers, and a lynching incident in Eatontown, New Jersey with a sheriff intervening.
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Paris
Mark Hanna
Madhorne
Joseph Heliot
Chicago
W. K. Vanderbilt
G. A Wyman
San Francisco
New York
Boston
Ma’ams
Evang Saya
Adliatic
J. J. Weldon
Collinwood
Ont
Elopers
Eatontown
N. J
Freehold
Dean's Kidney Pills touted by Indianapolis user claim
Mrs. A Morgan of 1209 Calhoun St reports back and hip pain relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills bought at Henry J Hyder's drug store. She says pills gave positive relief after prior remedies failed. Dean's Kidney Pills cost 40 cents and are sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as U S agents. Remember the name Dean's and take no substitute.
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A. Morgan
Calhounst
Dean
Henry J. Hyder
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
United States
Dean’s
Thousand Islands Delightful Venice of America Declares Series
A passage extols the Thousand Islands as a superb region likened to Venice and Naples with charming hotels on a scenic twenty five mile river. The piece promotes Four-Track Series No 1 The Thousand Islands and offers free mailing upon receipt of a 2 cent stamp to George H. Daniels at Grand Central Station New York.
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Venice
America
Bay of
Naples
Thousand Islanda
George H. Daniels
Grand Central Station
New York
Reduced Rail Rates to Colorado and California
Pennsylvania Vandalia lines advertise reduced round trip fares to Colorado Springs and to California cities. Includes San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego with July to August 7 return limits. For details contact agents at 4 W Washington Street and Union Station. W. W. Richardbun LD A.
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Colorado Springs
Colorado
California
San Francisco
Chicago
North-Western
Los Angeles
Daly
Vine Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
Chaap R
San Diego
Doctor Beebe Questions Knapp Insanity in Murder Trial
Insanity expert Dr He Of Reeve testified for the defense in the Knapp murder trial alleging Knapp suffers from epileptic insanity. The day featured contention over mental state and related testimonies, with travel arrangements and itinerary details mentioned for related travel and publicity.
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Hamilton
He OF. Reeve
Knapp
Pennsylvania Lines Special Train to Baptist Meeting
Announcement for special through sleeper train from Indianapolis July 3 leaving at 2:50 PM to Atlanta and return route via Lake Erie Western. fares listed 1.25 for Michigan City and Rochester segments and 1.00 for other line portions. notes July 12 Sunday schedules and complimentary notices. Sun newspaper ad copy with misc notices and employment classifieds.
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Pennsylvania Lines
Atlanta, Ga
Baptist Young People’s Meeting
Indianapolis
W. W. Richardson
Michigan City
Rochester
Way Pointe
Ex Confederate Soldier Claims Heir to Joe Balls Estate
Jeffersonville Ind July 7 Alick Bail an ex Confederate soldier and noted farmer believes he may be an heir to Joe Balls estate Ball lived wealthy during revolutionary times An attorney formerly wrote Bail claiming heirship Bail then saw a newspaper notice prompting further investigation and new information that could prove valuable to him
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Joe Balls
An Atorney
Bal
Lake Erie & West. R. Excursion to Niagara Falls
Personally conducted excursion rate seven dollars offered by Lake Erie and Western Railway. Ticket sales from July 1 to July 10 with final return by August 31. Details via Sellars and agents. route covers California and West Coast connections. requires distribution through city offices and unions.
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Niagara Falls
AH. Sellars
Banquet Row Spurs Racial Tension in Linton
In Linton Indiana July a group of about thirty African American men were hired as waiters for a banquet but were ordered away. The incident followed a strike at an Indianapolis coal company and heightened hostility toward Black workers in the town.
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Linton
Ind
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Lines Excursion and Madison Return Rates
Travel ads offer a $1.25 round trip from Indianapolis to Madison with a 7:50 a.m. departure and a 6 p.m. return, plus a steam excursion up the Ohio River from Atadiaon for two percent additional. The North Michigan Summer Resorts route via Pennsylvania Lines includes through sleeping cars from Indianapolis nightly at 50 p.m. and mentions ticket agents for reservations through W. W. Richens and G. R. & L. Ay in Indianapolis.
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Pennsylvania Lines
Madison
Indianapolis
Ohio River
Atadiaon
North Michigan
Pennsylvania
Northland
Indianapolia
Richmond
Sta
W. W. Richens Evn
Dy P. Ay
Indianapets
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