Primary Night in Jefferson Precincts Stirred by Beer
Amid Jefferson era drama, Sullivan and Downing factions clash in precincts 72, 79, and 6 warning of a heated convention. Beer flows as Watermann, Bernhamer, and Polster vie for delegates. Reardon’s table collapse fuels Sullivan loyalists. Olsen bets on a Sullivan nomination while Keach loses in ward 11.
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Simeon Coy
Sullivan
Downing
Bermbamer
Ward
J. Shafer
Ohio
F. T. Edenharter
Tommy
Chris Watermann
Downing People
F. A. Bernhamer
Bill Peelle
Bernhamer
Watermann
Journ
Sidi
Billy Peelle
Sullivan, Buskirk God Abrams
Peelle
Rearden
John Reardson
Reardson
Reardon
John
Jim Keach
Fred. Grossart
Gil
Shanklin
Keach
Pat Gorman
Mr. Sullivan
Olsen
John Reardon
Bart Parker
Claypool
Aquilla Jones
Dick” Herrick
Sam Perrott
World Fair fire claims many lives at Hercules exhibit
June 11 reports from Carcace describe the catastrophic blaze at the World’s Fair Hercules iron company exhibit. Eighteen dead and eighteen seriously hurt as fire cut off escape from a five story wooden structure. Capt. Fitzpatrick and Marshal Murphy perished after heroic efforts to rescue others as the tower collapsed. By July 11 casualties rose, with 17 dead and 7 missing as crews search ruins and authorities reassess building safety and insurance.
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Carcace
Hercules Iron Company
Capt
Fitzpatrick
Frn
Marshal Murphy
Davis
Harkness
Douglas
Caresco
Harrisonius
Pitzpatrick
Hercules Iron Works
City Building Department
City Niemen
Chicago Herald
Council of Administration of
Cyrcaco
Chicago
Curiaco
Malloy
Brown
Irwin
Acmival Hats On View At Wm L Elder Store
Local shop Wm L Elder introduces new hat racks showcasing premier brands of tobacco products. Store staff emphasize quality and selection while inviting patrons to experience the refined display and exclusive lines.
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Wm. L. Elder’s
Resignations Rock Society Editor and Non-conformist
Vincent Weeks, in Cuba after a $200000 estate loss to Countess Isa bella Von Linden, resigns from trusteeship and faces $1,000,000 in shortages while editor Henry Vincent quits the Non-con formist amid editorial clashes over policy and management. Chas. XII Matthews also departs amid a prior damages suit.
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von Linden
Cuba
New York
Francia
West Superior
Wis
Isabella von Linden
Count von Linden
Wurtemburg
Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Stuttgart
Central Trust Company
Weeks
Weel
Henry Vincent
Non-con
Eect
Vincent
Tabor
Chas
Matthews
Judge Baker Overrules Motion in City Rail Case
Federal Judge Baker on Tuesday overruled the City railway company's motion to dismiss the Citizens street railway suit. The decision holds that the case presents a federal question since state granted rights and municipal actions may impair contracts, and that the federal court has jurisdiction to determine the rights created by the city under state authority. The opinion details the Citizens company organization and notes the City grant undermines the former franchise.
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Baker
Federal Court
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
City Railway Company
Citizens’ Company
City Company
United States
Common Council
Drummer Murderer Found In Londonderry Field
In Lepanon Pa on July 11 a body of an unknown elderly man was found in a Londonderry wheat field. The well bred man, about 80, had been shot twice in the head and stabbed, stripped to shirt and trousers, dragged about 100 feet, and presumed a drummer robbed and murdered with no clue.
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Lepanon
Petringla
Londonderry
Mary Gibbons Sues Kampman For 310000 Damages
Mary Gibbons filed suit against Mrs. Jevuaie Kampman for 310000 damages alleging an assault at Market and Noble streets after living with Kampman, wife of a butcher. The incident occurred on the night of April 6 when Kampman allegedly jumped from behind a tree and attacked Gibbons, tearing hair and beating her. a man reportedly nearby to help if needed.
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Mary Gibbons
Jevuaie Kampman
Mary
Kamginap
Market
Noble-sig
Alury
Drs. Kampolan
Gbe
Owidone
Rainy Forecast Hidden Incoherent Rhyme Note
A garbled weather note for Indiana hints at slightly warmer fair conditions. The text appears as a distorted stream of words with scattered phrases about timing and rivers, lacking clear dates or locations beyond Indiana. It mentions a rainmaker and forecast themes without concrete data or actionable details.
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Indiana
Oldest Brazil resident killed by Vandalia train
John Weaver, 82, Brazil’s oldest citizen, was struck and killed by the Vandalia passenger train eastbound near Knightsville Tuesday morning. A longtime resident since 1845, he had shipped the first load of black coal over the Terre Haute & Richmond line to Indianapolis.
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Brazin
Ind
John Weaver
Brazil
Unknown man killed near LaPorte on train fall
An unidentified young man died after falling from a train near Union Center, LaPorte County. His body is at the local morgue, and a letter found in his pocket suggests a possible home in Ainsworth, Oregon. The incident occurred Tuesday morning. Dr. G. Chitwood reports his office and residence have moved to 227 ScaLb East Street.
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Gisen
Olaf Olven
Kentucky-ave
Sun Jr
Olsen
Laporte
Ind
Ainsworth
Union Center
This County
Dr. G. Chitwood
ScaLb East-st
Meeting of the Press club directors held Thursday
Report covers a sequence of local notes including meetings of the Press club directors, lodge formations, thefts and injuries, court appearances for assault and battery, a divorce claim, railroad department plans at Union depot, guardianship petitions, jail and prison terms, and various community notices.
Swindler Meyer Hits Detroit Church Trades in Thulepee Case
In Laporte Indiana on July 11 William Meyer, alias Hoffman, swindled Detroit business men by posing as a St. Joseph Catholic church trustee. A church altar and cigar maker arrived to perform contracted work only to find they had been victimized. Meyer obtained loans by that ruse as consignments of deities were routed to unnamed recipients. The full scope of his scheme remains undetermined.
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Laports
Ind
William Meyer
Hoffman
Detroit
Meyer
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Chesterton
Carousal ends in murder after heavy drinking incident
In Cmrcaco on July 11 Minnie Estelle Williams, an octoroon, was shot at 4 AM by J L A Cadwell, a mulatto horse trainer and husband of jockey Williams. The killing followed a night of heavy drinking and occurred without provocation at Cadwell's hands.
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Cmrcaco
Mia
Minnie Estelle Williams
JL. A. Cadwell
Williams
Washington Park
Cadwell
Lawsuit Seeks Damages From Seifert and Hasse
Mrs. Alwine Hasse sues John Seifert and Herman Hasse for two thousand dollars alleging maltreatment. The plaintiff claims Huaage, her husband’s brother, intervened seeking to regulate domestic discipline and asked Seifert to assist.
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Alwine Hasse
John Seifert
Herman Hasse
Huaage
Alwine
Siefert
Missing Minnie M. Prebble Reported by Police
Minnie M. Prebble aged 20 missing after leaving 21 Gurtfield Place to visit in Richmond Indiana. She has not been heard from since. Police notified and seeking information on her whereabouts.
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Minnie M. Prebble
Gurtfield Place
Jane
Richmond
Ind
Judge Jenking Dismisses Sunday Opening Suit
Cureago July 11 Judge Jenking of the U S court ruled Wanamaker and Brown lack standing to challenge the fair’s Sunday opening. The suit to restrain the opening was dismissed.
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Cureago
Jenking
U. S
Wanamaker
Brown
Threatened Uprising Prompts Rifle Shipment to Barderal KY
July 11 report from Papeteau Ky notes a threatened negro uprising after a lynching and burning incident involving Miller. A consignment of rifles and ammunition was sent to Barderal Kentucky as a precaution. Also, Abs EH DeRoy and Louis VanAllen of Pittsburg arrived in town after riding from Pittsburgh in under four days, setting a new record.
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Papeteau
Miller
Barderal
Abs EH. DeRoy
Louis VanAllen
Pittsburg
General Parker of the Six Nations stricken with paralysis
New York reports Gen Parker last surviving chief of the Six nations and a Grant staff member during the war is stricken with paralysia on Tuesday. He is expected to recover.
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New York
Parker
The
Six Nations of Indians
Grant
Will
Mutcher Nominated for Unexpired Congressional Term in Pennsylvania
Bethlehem Pennsylvania July 11 Howard Mutcher a Democrat was nominated Tuesday to fill the unexpired term of his father in Congress. The section of the election will be held July 26 to determine the successor.
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Bethlehem
Howard Mutcher
Legal Qs and Answers From The Sun Editor
A 19th century legal column fragment covers questions about note durations, marital tort liability, joint liability, patent execution, justice of the peace jurisdiction, divorce prosecutions, police wagon rights, Malice and retraction in newspaper reporting, and the Parker murder case. It presents terse legal musings and responses from the Sun’s legal editor.
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Tui Sun
Sun
W. O
the Sun
Supreme Court
Mandamus Suit Threatens Indianapolis Over Bonds
A mandamus action is likely against Indianapolis to force payment of 621000 on bonds. City officials, including Mayor Sullivan, face possible damages and costs totaling nearly a million dollars, with New York brokers awaiting a 20 percent interest gap. The city contends the bonds are protected while creditors press for July payment.
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Coftin & Stanton
Indianapolis
Business Administration
Sullivan
Wien
New York
Dun
New York Life Insurance Company
Unsettled Bank Debts and Labor Strikes Hit Midwest
Kansas Citys safe deposit bank assigned with assets about 2 million dollars and liabilities near 3.7 million, promising full repayment within 80 days before its closure. Galveston receivers take over North Galveston Lane and Improvement, liabilities about 3,?00,000, with hundreds unpaid. In St Louis heirs assign estate liabilities exceed assets. In Leyville Thornton bank failure leads to Savmilis assignment of 5,000 with 825,000 liabilities. Fort Wayne workers strike on Third Street sewer contract demands 50 cent daily raise.
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Moo
Uwtls
Ar. Louis
Charles Henry
Hila
Xinrge
C. C. Nichols
Lary
Leyville
Ill
Thornton Bann
Firemen’s tribute after Bowen Merrill tragedy and Auburn bank failure
After the Bowen Merrill fire in which 11 firemen died, Chicago firemen sent 600 dollars to the bereaved families. A subscription fund is being organized to aid the dead firemen’s families. Auburn Bank in Fort Wayne, Indiana, failed to open Tuesday, with L. Davenport appointed assignee. The Trank line offered one fare to the world’s fair with four weekly excursions. The President’s condition reported as excellent. he visited the post office at Buzzard’s Bay.
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Board of Review
Joseph Wallace
Memphis
Alonday
Atlentant
Mary Hall
Mary Hoyward
E. Georgiast
Mary Howard
Justice Daniels
Central Labor Union
Cincinnati
C. O. Patterson
Geo
Rosie McCauley
John
Bessie Schmidt
James
Mrs. Allison
Charles
Rosa Milargugh
J. A
Eliza Clark
Frank
Mrs. Helvie
Anna Hardin
Frank Richey
Mrs
van Arsdal
Ida May Shaw
Michael Brodbrick
James Brunan
A. Armacot
Oney Sayles
Francis Haya Martin
Erest Kendall
Mary W. Marthew
Thomas Anderson
Mamie Morarity
Horace E. Parr
Eva Alice Bradfield
Harry W. Boyd
Mary E. Cossel
Chicago
Auburn Bank
Fort Wayne
Ind
Spi
John L. Davis
Auburn
L. Davenport
Kates
New York
Asao
Buzzard's Bay
Admiral cigarette line not made or controlled by a Trust
A brittle claim states that the strictly high class cigarette aboard the mar oel Admiral is not manufactured or overseen by any Trust. The wording suggests cautious assertion of independence from a trust conglomerate.
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U Huat
Maroel
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