Carnegie Funds Sought for Six Indianapolis Branch Libraries
Indianapolis eyes six branch libraries costing 20000 dollars each funded by Andrew Carnegie. City would provide sites and annual maintenance, while the legislature may be needed for ongoing costs. Commercial club and School Board back the plan as a means to secure Carnegie support without naming him on buildings. Each branch would receive 2000 dollars annually from public funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Indianapolis
Carnegie
Carnegie Library
Bookwalter
Carnegie Monetary
Commercial Club
Body of Mrs. Hartridge Buried at Mother's Home
The body of Mrs. Clifford Hartridge, 34, wife of Harry K Thaw's former personal counsel, died Monday in Pittsburgh from cerebro spinal meningitis. It was shipped to Canton, Ohio, for burial at her parents' home, ending the sensational disappearance from October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Clifford Hartridge
Harry Kk. Thaw
Hartridge
Canton
Can
Mrs Ensey Improves After Street Car Fall
The condition of Mrs C W Ensey who fell from a North Illinois street car on Sunday night at Twenty Ninth street is slightly improved. She remains at the Methodist hospital. Mrs Mines, though not out of danger, has regained consciousness briefly after a skull base fracture and is listed as improving Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Ensey
N. Illinois
Twenty Ninth Street
Methodist Hospital
Mines
Inscription Dilemma in a Ring Engraving
A young man explains to a jeweller that the inside ring inscription should read Marcellus to Irene with Irene lightly engraved. The jeweller cautions about depth, and the exchange ends with the request not to cut the Irene name too deep.
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Marcellus
Irene
Harper’s Weekly
Thief Steals Grave Marker. Goats Damage Highland Lake Inn
In Reynoldsville a widow finds her son Frank McMann’s tombstone missing from Beulah cemetery. In Winsted goats from D I Moore’s Highland Lake hotel cause extensive damage, eating wall paper, mats and cushions. In Kendall Montana nurse Miss Mary Hastings, kin to Grover Cleveland, inherits 3000 from his estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynoldsville
Frank McMann
Beulah Cemetery
Winsted
Conn
Moore
Highland Lake
D. Lk. Moore
Cleveland
Kundata
Mont
Chriners Hear Addresses and Parade in St Paul
The Imperial council Nobles of the Mystic Shrine opened in St Paul with a parade and a living flag of 2% school children directed by D T Delville. Noble Frank C Roundy of Chicago spoke for visitors and Noble E R Swygert delivered an address. Governor Johnson’s secretary Frank A Day welcomed the visitors for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minn
Imperial Council
Mystic Shrine
George C. Knispel
D. T. Delville
Frank C. Roundy
Chicago
Imperial Potentate
Noble E. R. Swygert
Frank A. Day
Gov. Johnson
Hearst Party Nominates Marion County Ticket
The Independence league of W R Hearst will nominate a full ticket in Marion county including a candidate for congress in the seventh district. The likely candidate will be from outside the district and must devote full time to speeches and canvassing. A conference at Hotel English Tuesday night set campaign plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence League
W. R. Hearst
Marion County
Congress
Hearst
English
Warren G Sayre Gets Place With The Elks
Dallas, Tex July 15 The National convention of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks elected officers and chose Los Angeles as the 1909 convention city. Warren G Sayre of Wabash Ind was named grand lecturing knight along with other officers including Rush L Holland John G Shea A M McElwee Edward Leach Fred C Robinson Alfred T Holley and A M Taylor in the final slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Los Angeles
Rush L. Holland
Colorado Springs
John G. Shea
Hartford
Conn
A. M. McElwee
Fort Worth
Warren G. Sayre
Wabash
Ind
Edward Leach
New York
Tyler
Charles EF. Decker
Minnesota
Alfred T. Holley
Hackensack
N. J
Fred C. Robinson
Dubuque
A. M. Taylor
Florida
Poultry Slaughter Pens In City Sanitation Drive
A city crusade by the Board of Health targets poultry slaughter pens. Dr. C S Stout, meat inspector, visits establishments and orders cleanup, reporting very filthy conditions at these sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of Health
C. 5S. Stout
Watson as a Vote Getter Debate in Indiana Politics
Indiana Republican managers tout James E. Watson as a top vote getter citing his 1904 and 1906 congress races. A critical review notes Watson’s margins lag behind Fred Sims in individual counties and questions the earned distinction. The piece also mocks the push for Watson speeches and suggests independent voters doubt his temperance alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Henley
Republican Party
Indiana
James E. Watson
Watson
Congress
Roosevelt
Fred D. Sims
Sims
Fred Sims
Wayne County
Hancock County
Henry County
Eenee
Decatur
Henry
Union
Fayette County
Franklin County
Secretary of the State Committee
Jim” Watson
Bob” Ingersoll
Mob in Tennessee kills Black man on sapling limb near Middletown
In Middletown Tennessee on July 14 a mob of about 100 men hanged Hugh Jones a Black man who had attempted to assault 17 year old Miss Ora Yoppys. The victim died near a sapling limb outside the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Tenn
Hugh Jones
Here
Jones
Ora Yoppys
Moyer predicts anti injunction law aids labor
President Moyer of the Western Federation of Labor told the Denver convention that the judiciary would interpret the Democrats anti injunction proposal as favorable to labor if enacted into law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Moyer
Western Federation of Labor
Youthful Wife Desertion Case Sparks Mercy Show
Elmer Jester, a youthful husband, faced desertion charges in criminal court. The judge suspended a 90 day workhouse sentence on good behavior after pleas from attorneys and help from the young man’s mother and sister, with plan to consult the injured wife before a final ruling. The dispute stems from alleged quarrels between families amid a claim the wife winked at an insurance agent.
War on impure milk starts in Indianapolis
Indianapolis physicians moved to secure certified pure milk for residents citing sick babies in need. A committee plans to push for a city milk commission with dairy inspections and certificate issuance. Doctors O N Torian Eugene Buehler Victor Keene L Burckhardt R H Ritter lead the effort. A two week meeting will hear the committee report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Medical Society
O. N. Torian
Eugene Buehler
Victor Keene
L. Burckhardt
R. H. Ritter
Society
City Hospital
Postmaster Bryson Plans Indianapolis Excursion to Cincinnati
Postmaster Robert H. Bryson outlined a July 28 train trip from Indianapolis to Cincinnati for Republican nomination events. The voyage aims to unite all Indianapolis Republican clubs and ensure a successful excursion for Taft’s formal nomination acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Bryson
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
W. H. Taft
Lost police badge on Meridian near Thirty-eighth street
Louis Flinn, secretary to Chief of Police Robert Metzger, misplaced his police badge while driving on Meridian street near Thirty-eighth street. The notice asks the bearer to return the badge.
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Louis Flinn
Robert Metzger
Meridian Street
Thirty-eighth Street
Park Theater Set to Reopen July Second With New Productions
The Park Theater plans a July reopening with Nobody's Claim as the opening attraction. A schedule of Melo dramas and star acts follows including The Candy Kid Shadowed by Three Jane Eyre Buncoed in Arizona and In Bandanna Land. Big names from Broadway and other stages are billed, with renovations completed to boost comfort and cooling for the season.
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Jane Eyre
Rowland
Clifford
Buncoed
Arizona
Lillian Mortimer
Broadway
Murray and Mack
Eugene Walters
George Ade
Ouiet College
Lena Rivers
Bulezah Poynter
Bonita
Charley Grapewin
Ward
Voices
Rose Melville
Sis Hopkins
Hanlons
Superba
Murray and
Mack
Gayety Theater
Ed E. Daler
Masonic Theater
Louisville
West
New York
The
Park
Prominent Doctor Drowned at White Lake
Chicago physician Dr. Frank Hugh Montgomery a Rush Medical College faculty member and summer resident at a lakefront home drowned at White Lake Michigan when a small sailboat with his nine year old son Hamilton and Chicago stenographer Mrs. Head capsized. Mrs. Head also drowned while the boy was rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank Hugh Montgomery
Rush Medical
White Lake
Mich
Hamilton Montgomery
Negro on Trial Over Knife Attack in Carnival Tale
Presley Vincent, a Black man, faced trial in criminal court for cutting Ella Hicks with a pocket knife after alleged insults. Hicks testified of injuries to neck face and shoulder, while Vincent and others claimed Hicks was the knife wielder. Testimony included conflicting accounts and references to cocaine's effects on Black temper. The case, with multiple Black witnesses, continued as prosecutors and defense presented corroboration and contradictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presley
Vincent
Ella Hicks
Pritchard
Steam Pipe Burst Injures Engineer On Sandboat
William A. Kall, engineer of Coyner & Gravel, 1019 Kentucky Ave, seriously burned when a steam pipe burst on the sandboat he operated near 1027 N West St. He was blown against the boat and exposed to scalding steam, later admitted to City hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Street
Coyner &Gravel Company
Kentucky Avenue
Boy Found Safe After Hiding Behind Stove
Police searched for three hours Tuesday night for six year old Albert Thompson at 403 Rankin Street. Miles of the canal bank were patrolled but no trace was found until the boy was discovered crowded behind the kitchen stove at home. He had stayed out late and hid to avoid punishment.
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Albert Thompson
Rankin Street
Canal Bank
Playful mice start fire in Terre Haute grocery
Mice played with matches and started a blaze at A. E. Kelleys grocery located at 1014 East Nineteenth Street shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters faced a threatening blaze in a frame structure owned by the Terre Haute Brewing Company. Loss estimated at 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Kelley's
E. Nineteenth Street
Terre Haute Brewing Company
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DIOP
Hai
Mrs. Hartridge
Mrs. Ensey
Danbury Hat Co
Wash
Frank
Goats Riddle Hotel
Chriners
Warren G
Sayre
ELKS
Owatso
Litical
Perance
MOB
Tennessee
Uynghes
Merchants National Bank
Manchester
Jacquard Madras
Worth &€ c
Choice
Elmer Jester
Chance
Medigal Mek
Bog Bryson
Flinn
Park Theater
Candy Kid
Ray Raymond
Petus Dry Goods CO
SI K
Womers
Tailor Mide
Flo
William A. Kall
Columbia National
East Washington St
Mice
Egg-0-See Cereal Company
Tonica
Indianapolis Brewing Company
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