Parachute Stunt Follows Hospital Dash And Night Horse Races
An elderly man named Prehin, injured near Washington Street after a fall on Saturday, is loaded into an ambulance with his small coal black dog close by. The dog provokes protests as it resists, while Prehin is carried to 391 Trowbridge Street for treatment. The performance includes a parachute leap and a bicycle stunt with races featuring horses and bicycles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Washington Ste
Trowbridgest
Ambilan
Crawford's Lame Road Registers the First Kick
The State Board of Tax Commissioners weighed a registration by Harry Crawford road. Reser, Tippecanoe County former representative, serves as stenographer. The board includes the governor and state officials. no major corporate kicks anticipated due to rising business activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Chicago & Southeastern
Harry i Crawford
Reser
Tippecanoe County
Ernor
Flood Devastates Manila Streets and Sinks Soldier Bunks
Flooding around Manila has persisted for 48 hours with water covering streets in low areas. Soldiers suffer shortages as supplies wash away and bunks, raised on boxes, are surrounded by three feet of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Assaulting 9 Year Old Daughter Shocks City
Police report Joseph Hazulick of 1804 Orleans Street assaulted his 9 year old daughter Poldine on Saturday evening. The child remained injured Sunday as authorities investigate the incident at police headquarters nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hazulick
Orleans St
Pélicé
Poldine
Chi
Frightened to Death and Trial of Fateful Night Events
A jail escape and hanged man revived briefly as physicians fought to restore consciousness. In San Francisco Park bidders raised the Jeffries Sharkey bout to 60000 dollars with a plan for open air admission. A doctor reports a fright incident after a burial candle set off a fatal accident at a home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
T Park People
Edmunds
No Indemnity for Austria on Hazleton Damages
Vienna reports the proposal for damages for certain subjects at Hazleton Pennsylvania in September 1581 has been declined by the United States authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austris Posal
Hazleton
Titember
United States
Board of Works approves street and alley repairs bids
Ri and Bes gutters on Nebi from Chestnut to Madison and gravel roadway east of Chestnut St are bid with $1.04 and 29 cents first alley north of Oho2st. Indiana and Joseph K. Cooper bids received on alleys but taken under advisement. Rescinded action on Chesapeaké St from Senator ford. brick on first alley north Adelaide to Bastes. Resolutions adopted for Raymont St from Daisy to Meridian with asphalt on first alley south ment St to Ca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bes
Nebi
Chestnut
Madison Avy Notting
Chestnut St
Nek Palmer
J. Harry Roberts
Senatford
First ‘Alley
Adelaide
Bastes
Raymont-st
Daisyian
First‘alley
Soutment-St
Meridian
Deaths and shooting report from Wisconsin and Pennsylvania
Fragmentary notices report a drowning in Beloit Wisconsin and a separate gun shooting incident in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. Names appearing include Edward Mullander age 14 and possible victims George and Louis. Details are incomplete in the OCR text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Louis
Beloit
Wis
Edward
Mullander
Carth
County Judges Seek More Room for Law Library
Superior judges and a Bar association committee urged the county commissioners on Monday to expand the law library to house the John M. Butler legacy of 1400 volumes. A plan proposes linking the library to the surveyor’s room by a large door and moving the surveyor to the lower floor, with likely approval from the commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Association
Law
John M. Butler
Seized a child leads to fine and workhouse term
Paul Louventh of Haughville was fined and sentenced to 90 days in the workhouse by Judge Cox on a charge of attempting to assault 12 year old Mildree Craig of 7th Warman avenue. The alleged attack occurred Saturday night in an alley and was stopped when the child cried out. Louventh was captured by Patrolmen Ross and Couk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Louventh
Haughville
Cox
Mildree Craig
Warman-ave
Ross and
Couk
Secret Wedding and Street Petition Mentioned in City Notes
The piece notes a secret wedding between Henry J. Brandon and Miss Helen Armstrong on July 3, with Brandon from Jameson & Joss law, and Armstrong daughter of Captain W H Armstrong. also reports a street opening petition from Souncisman Higgins to connect Senate avenue Merrill to McCartyst cutting through grounds of a rolling mill plant, with a general demand cited for the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Higgins
Senateave
Merrill
McCartyst
Higgins
Helen _Armstrong
N. Meridian St
Brandon
Jameson & Joss’ Law Office
W.H. Armstrong
Indictment Quashed Over Baseball on Sunday
The motion to quash the indictment against George Hogriever for playing baseball on Sunday was overruled in criminal court Monday per the supreme court opinion. Hogriever cannot be tried again after a prior trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hogriever
Supreme Court
Hogriever
Fined riders cited for fast bicycle riding
Searchers including Jesse Garner and Prank Black were fined amounts and items by Judge Cox on Monday for speeding on bicycles. Gus Blake and Raymond Brow were fined for similar offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Garner
Prank Black
Edets
Gus Blake
Raymond Brow $l
Coats
Judge Cox
Births and Deaths in City Ledger Noted
A chaotic, partial list records numerous births and deaths with ages and causes. Entries include Edna Smith and Louisa Kirseh among births. John Sickel and Emma Clark among deaths, with many other names and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Smith
Oriental St
Louisa Kirseh
Nebraska-st
Carl Dean
Gracelandave
George Julian
Irvington
Sylvester
Connelly
W. McCarty
Fate Gritfin
Asthme
W. Ray
Arthur Bombie
Jones
Jane Berry
Will Baker
Blake
John
Emma Sickel
Yandes St
Ebay
Rumors Spark Mayor Race Shakeup and Sahm Shadow
Speculation swirls around Mayor Taggart amid health rumors and talks of him not running. Observers point to Albert Sahm as a favored successor, noting Sahm’s sudden policy shifts and a prepared letter ahead of a city committee meeting.
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Taggart
Albert Sahm
Sahm
Aetter
Washington plans Dewey reception with congressional sword
A letter to Admiral Dewey through Secretary Long outlines a Washington reception plan. Secretary Long will present the congress voted sword on the capitol’s east front in the president’s presence. The president has approved the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Secretary Long
Capitol
Congress
103YearOld Lucy Young Sent to Almshouse in New York
Mrs. Lucy Young claiming 103 years will be moved to the Almshouse. She remains alert and lively while her husband, younger and "never was much use anyway," is in Cleveland. She hopes to return to Ireland before she dies and would go tomorrow if passage were available.
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New York
Lucy Young
Gas firm caps deep well as land rush spreads
In Muncie Indiana July 10 agents of the Ohio and Indiana gas company are buying and leasing land in Delaware Randolph and Jay counties. The company was drilling a well to 3500 feet when the drill stopped and the well was capped. A strong flow is believed to have been struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie, Ind
Ohio "& Indiana Gas Company
Delaware
Randolph
Jay Counties
Dying in Poverty Strikes Once Wealthy New York Figure
Lloyd Aspinwall, son of the late Gen. Aspinwall and a once prominent social and sporting figure, is reported to be dying friendless and penniless at the Metropolitan hotel in New York. He was a joint heir to the Aspinwall fortune, a status that recently faded from public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lloyd Aspinwall
Aspinwall
Metropolitan Hotel
Czar's Brother Dead Heir to Russian Throne
St Petersburg reports the death of Grand Duke George brother of the czar and heir to the Russian throne. The line of succession is affected as officials confirm the demise in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
George
Ready to Scrap Again
San Francisco reports private telegrams from Central America say Guatemala nears another revolution. President Cabrera aims to flood the country with 6 million dollars in paper currency, triggering the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Guattemala
Cabrera
Wife Charged In Erie Murder Case
Erie Pa July 10 Clarence E Shattuck was shot Sunday night and his body crushed by a trolley car either before or after the shots. His wife is under arrest and believed connected to the death she remains cool under questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Clarence E. Shattuck
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad Sold in Reorganization
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railroad was sold Monday to the reorganization committee led by E. R. Bacon of New York for 5,510,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. & O. Seld. Cincinati
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad
E. R. Bacon
New York
Diphtheria Outbreak Ties Wakarusa Family
Five cases of diphtheria in Henry Wenger's family at Wakarusa with one death reported. A strict quarantine is enforced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Henry Wenger
Wakarusa
Frost Hits Northern Indiana Corn Crop
Reports from Portland Indiana and surrounding area state that frost has badly damaged the corn crop in the northern part of the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ind
Fires Break Out At Kentucky Ave Dump And McGowan Barn
Firefighters battled two blazes in the early hour. A dump on Kentucky avenue burned at 3 a.m. Monday. Earlier Sunday a fire struck Hugh J. McGowan's barn at rear 1219 North Delaware street with origin undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky-ave
Hugh J. McGowan
Delaware-st
Whispers and World Notes From The Era
Whispers report various unrelated items: a kissing bug arriving in Taunton Massachusetts, five assistant surgeons ordered to Cuba, London calm about the Alaska dispute, Bartholdt in Berlin inviting the Kaiser to St Louis Expo, McLean returning to Cincinnati to reside and wind down Washington interests, H W Sellers of Reading Pennsylvania detained as insane after alleged train wreck attempt, Mexican officials arresting and accusing Jaurez engineer and fireman of smuggling goods, John Reed involved in a violent incident with Mrs Wright and Sheriff Spiritedly removing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taunton
Maas
Cuba
London
Bartholdt
St. Louis
Berlin
St. Louis Exposition
John R. McLean
Cincinnati
Washington
H. W. Sellers
Reading
Jaurez
Mexico
John. Reed
Guyley
Tenn
Geo. Wright
Peake
Two Regiments for Philippines Volunteers Forming New Units
Major General Otis telegraphs the War Department that two veteran regiments will enlist about 1000 men. First and Second regiments will be named First and Second Philippines United States veterans volunteer infantry. Recruit officers to be chosen from U S forces. recruiting to begin in the United States. About 1000 recruits expected locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Otis
United States
Rst
Second Philippines United States Veterans Volunteer Infantry
United States Volunteers
Bridegroom Found After Missing Wedding
T J Pranay of Bradford Pa, the missing bridegroom who planned to wed Miss Flora Buchinger at Dalton, has been heard from via a letter from Oil City Pa. He says a $200 wedding fund was stolen from him, leaving him broke. Miss Buchinger disputes the claim and may pursue damages suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nunda
N. Y
T. J. Pranay
Bradford
Flora Buchinger
Dalton
Oil
City
Wraney
Dreyfus Diet Claim From Havet Letter
Al Havet, friend of Dreyfus, writes that Dreyfus was kept on bread and water for a month after arrival at Devil's Island. He says Dreyfus was kept in the ship’s hold during the voyage and subjected to extreme heat in the hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
the Figaro
al. Havet
Dreyfus
Devil's Island
Baker Denies Involvement With Countess
Ex Senator Baker is visiting Marion with his family and denies reports that he and the countess he was involved with have reconciled. He says he will have nothing more to do with her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Baker
Tie
Hurled Stones Injure Boy. Two Teenagers Arrested
Harry Heckman of the Wellar chemical works and a companion tossed stones to wake Andy Crabtree a colored boy asleep near the police station at 416 West Chesapeake Street. One stone struck Crabtree above the eye and Heckman was arrested for throwing stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Heckman
Wellar Chemical Works
Andy Crabtree
Chesapeake St
Heckman
New York Street Railway Strike Talk Fails to Take Hold
About 75 percent of workers are satisfied with current wages, ending strike talk on the city street railways. In contrast an estimated 10,000 coat tailors in New York plan to strike within a week for wages won in 1807, which have since fallen by about ten percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Affairs Summary of Washington Diplomats
United States ambassador in London Jos H Chneate names Bayard Curtis as private secretary and Joseph Mo Chante Jr. is named third secretary. Adee returns to duties after a European trip. No evidence of a planned Catholic plenary council in America. State Department denies investigation of Munster Henter in the Richards case. Humter to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. H. Chneate
United States
London
Bayard Curtis
Jos. Mo Chante, Jr
Adee
Switzerland
Italy
France
Apostolic Delegate
Catholic Church In
State Department
Munster Henter
Richards
Guatemala
Hay
Humter
Grass fire report and small town notices
A grass fire on Oliver and Birch streets caused no damage. State school superintendent Frank Jones returned from Mackinac. Butcher Mike Sperr at 545 E Washington nearly cut a finger. 12 year old Earl Steth faced grand jury for $8.50 theft from Summerville laundry. Beverly Howard reports a 12 minute bicycle ride from Hill Avenue to Millersville. Bedford stone company sale drew no bids. court may reorder. Mapleton church event plans old time interior revival dinner at the parsonage Wednesday.
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Oliver
Birch Sts
Frank Jones
Mackinac
Mike Sperr
Washington St
Earl Steth
Grand Jury
Summerville
Beverly Howard
Hill Ave
Columbia Ave
Millersville
McCleary
Bedford Stone Company
Mapleton-church
Boston
Song writer dead in New York hospital
Charles Graham, famed ballad writer, died at Bellevue hospital Sunday after a life of success but poverty. His song Two Little Girls in Line earned a lone dollar for him while the publisher reaped large gains. The Picture That Is Turned Toward the Wall brought the publisher about twenty five thousand dollars. He lamented to a friend that he received crumbs while others grew rich and claimed he would rather write songs than earn wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chas. Graham
Bellevue Hospital
Jess
Anti-trust Beef Market Fight Prompts Reformation Talk
A July Indianapolis notice by R. R. Shiel & Co. denounces a trust that barred business, cites J. Davis & Co. breaking away after a $100 fine, and pledges to absorb three months of stock while promising fair market for consignors. It hints at new stockyard scales and market reforms with quoted prices for various hog lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Lincoln
J. Davis & Co
Commission House
Chicago
Thousands of Teachers Arrive for Los Angeles Convention
More than 1000 teachers are registered for the 38th annual educational convention opening Tuesday in Los Angeles. The day sees 23 expected special sections and many more. The city displays heavy decorations with thousands of palm leaf and electric globes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angilles
Cal
Effie Cooper to Practice Medicine and Mission Work in India
Miss Effie Cooper of Noble county and a graduate of several medical schools will travel to India to practice medicine and undertake missionary work, as announced from LaPorte Indiana on July 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Laporte
Ind
Effie Cooper
Noble County
Indianapolis Stock Market Cattle and Hogs Prices Typed
Market reports show cattle receipts light with steady prices and mixed quality. Hogs receipts total 2,000 with good to choice lightweights and roughs listed. wheat and corn futures quoted with assorted car counts and prices for No 2 red wheat and various corn grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Starket
Osensces Eee de Dees Cose
Aireequeeca
Mormon Elder Cannon Arrested Over Polygamy
A Mormon elder, An sus M. Cannon, arrested for violating the anti polygamy law, refuses to discuss the case. Mrs. Martha P. Hughes Cannon the state senator and co wife also declines to talk beyond hoping the issue will be settled for all time. She hints at showing the baby described as the source of the uproar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ansus M. Cannon
Martha P. Hughes-Cannon
Cannon
Pierce Bound Over On Stamp Tax Deed Charge
Henry D. Pierce appeared before US commissioner Moores on a charge of failing to put a revenue stamp on a deed. He waived examination and was bound over to the November grand jury under a 100 dollar bond. He says the arrest stems from a misunderstanding that will be cleared up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Pierce
United States
Moores
Help Wanted and For Rent Clerk Sheet
Classified notices show numerous help wanted requests for housekeepers and chambermaids, plus apartment rooms for rent, in different streets. Entries include a widow with child seeking a $1.50 wage position and other domestic posts, with addresses on Cornell Ave and Park Ave, plus rooms for rent on New Jersey and Ohio streets. Also notes lost items including a handkerchief and a medicine case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dugdale Can Co
S. Meridian
Belt R. R
New Jersey
Ohio
SUN
Massachusetts Ave
Michigan St
Drake St
Ea Nolan
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Crawford
Army
Board OF Works
Harves
Ewer Vers
Gevly
S. Senate
Ave
Beth Drusbach
Wast-St
Nun Brown
Elizabeth Euler
Talbott-ave
Martha’ Kershaw
Nicholas-st. Delta
Cochran
Brookside-ave
Johh
Ethel Clark
Highlandave
Roy
Bertha Shaneberger
Chasaria
Ford
College-ave
Lilly Gilpin
Minnesota-st
O William
Elizabeth McLean
Sen‘ate-ave
Fred
Emmi Wood
Burbon-ave
Gir
Emma Davis
Indiana-ave
Will
Lena Sachs
Church-st., Boy
Daisy Younce
Tacoma-ave
Anna’ Watson
Ruby
Czar’s
Hie
Stadeford
Ae Deposit, Co
Pittsburg
Sterling Remedy Company
Montreal
Gen. Otis
The
Philippines
National Affairs
Ireland
Scotland
Ptr
Tania
Tomor- Tow
TGI Aion Ab Eens
Ciore Operive
Rand
Ily
Salt Boxe
Manahan
Charles Graham
R. R. Shiel & Co
Los Angeles
WN. E. A
City Grain Market
Elder Cannon
Cornell-ave
N. Tllinois
Park-ave
Bath
New Jerser
Senate
N. Meridian
N. Senate
M. E. Clemens
Jossea
Virginia Ave
Monument
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