Open Senate Avenue and West Indianapolis Stock Yards Discussed
Indianapolis editorial attacks Ward 45 councilman Higgins over opening S Senate avenue to the Premier steel works and a new stock yards project. It argues for letting the city aid economic growth, criticizes Higgins and Downing, praises commercial club efforts, and notes Democratic figures Van Vorhis and Brown in ongoing county investigations amid political tempers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Higgins
John
S. Senate Ave
Smiley N. Chambers
Indianapolis
Higgins
Downing
Board of Public Works
Old Stock Yards
Epworth Leaguers Hear Vision of Elevated Indianapolis Ride
The message to Epworth leaguers predicts a future ride into downtown Indianapolis on elevated tracks if Dewey accepts the free silver nomination. The speaker muses on how a vanquished man might feel in such a political shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth Leaguers
Indianapolis
Dewey
Anecdotes and Oddities Highlight Local Life
A collection of brief vignettes from readers and observers recounts a judge fishing on Silver Lake, voters’ quirks, telegraph poker among operators, malapropisms of Cleveland’s rich, and a theatergoer’s cheer for Julia Marlowe. The column blends humor with social commentary.
Various political and social quips from 19th century papers
A compact montage of editorial asides and dispatches noting figures like Altgeld Carter Harrison Otis and Morgan. It touches on the kissing bug from the Philippines a bicycle trust stock reorganization and satirical quips about laws religion and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Altgeld
Christopher Columbus
Bryan
Carter Harrison
Tere Haute Express
Philippines
Hobson
Lafayette
Manila
Otis
Goshen News
Bicycle Trust
Columbia City Post
Morgan
Alabama
Kentucky
Kokomo News
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
Mexican Vets Plan National Reunion Committees
Mexican war veterans met at the Grand hotel to arrange the Indianapolis reunion on Sept 13 and 14. Committees were named for finance, banquet, progress, badges, and reception with officers from Greenfield Indianapolis Bloomington Logansport and other locales guiding the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Hotel
Indianapolis
A. L. Ogg
Greenfield
Lowe and Cassidy
J. B. Mulky
Bloomington
A L. Ogg
Dickey
George F. McGinnis
L. McFadden
Logansport
Jason Dame
W. W. Lowe
Charles W. Jones
J. L. Parkhurst
Messrs. Parkhurst
McGinnis
Dame
Jones
Ogg
Mulky
Swirl of Society Highlights In Indianapolis Social Scene
The Clean club danced at Broad Ripple and lawn party hosts Miss May Fleming and Miss Marie Thomas staged visits. Fort Wayne attorney James E. Graham wed his stenographer Luna Buchanan, honeymooning in Indianapolis. Evansville reports Viola Valrey wedding to Alfred Hunter, valued at about $50,000.
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Clean Club
Broad Ripple
May Fleming
Marie Thomas
Spencer
Indianapolis
Keesling
Logansport
C. E. Kyregelo
Blanche O’donnell
Miss Carroll
Lynchburg
Harriet Augusta Prank
Miss Farrell
Baltimore
James E. Graham
Fort Wayne
Luna Buchanan
Evansville
Marion Winis
St. Louis
Alfred Hunter
Viola Valrey
City Life News Briefs and Local Notices
Edward Langdon, 12, fell from a swing at his home at Pratt and Pacasts, breaking both arms. Joseph Littoral of Rushville, paroled after a two year term for assault with intent to kill, expires August 6. Indianapolis military band opened a series of open air concerts in Garfield park Thursday night under the Commercial club amusement committee. The German American democratic club plans to attend the Bryan meeting in Greenfield next Thursday with George J. Dudley J. C. Hinckley and August Tamm on arrangements.
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Edward Langdon
Pratt and Pacasts
Joseph Littoral
Rushville
Indianapolis
Garfield Park
Commercial Club Amusement Committee
August Tamm
The Union Pacific Overland Route Offers Wide Travel Options
Advertises fishing in Rocky Mountain streams hunting in Wyoming bathing in Great Salt Lake curative waters in Utah hot springs in Idaho and Oregon. Describes palace sleeping cars buffet smoking and library cars dining cars with a la carte meals and ordinary sleeping cars year round with agents in Cincinnati and Indianapolis for timetables and tickets.
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Union Pacific
Rocky Mountain
Great Salt Lake
Guyer
Hailey Hot Springs
Utah
Hot Springs
Soda Springs
Idaho
Colorado
Wyoming
California
Oregon
A. G. Sherman
PL Ror. Co
Carew Bidg
Cincinnati
J. H
Trav. Pass
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Jackson Place
Indianapolis
Ind
Wit and Brains Urged by Fort Worth Cleric at Inglish’s
Rev W F Lloyd of Fort Worth Texas preached at Inglish’s opera house on Thursday night urging Epworth Leaguers toward higher education and consecration. He warned that baptism alone is empty without a prepared heart and mind, saying God wants brains and calling for usefulness through spiritual empowerment.
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Inglish
W. F. Lloyd
Fort
Worth
Tex
Epworth Leaguers
James B. Harter Funeral Reported
James B. Harter died Thursday afternoon and funeral services were held Friday at the family home 603 North Senate Avenue. The body was shipped to Niles Michigan for burial. He was formerly with the Cincinnati Wabash Michigan railroad and recently with the Powell and Harter ticket brokerage firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Harter
Senate Ave
Niles
Mich
Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railroad
Powell & Harter
City Markets Indianapolis proves abundant meat prices
City markets in Indianapolis list numerous meat and produce prices including smoked meats hams bacon and sausage with per pound and per bushel figures. Fresh pork lard beans greens onions potatoes potatoes and fruit prices are provided for wholesale and retail buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Indiana
Tierces
Grocery Price List Highlights Various Produce and Goods
A catalog of prices for oranges lemons sugar coffee canned fruits and vegetables plus fish seeds hay and coal. Items include Messina lemons 4.50 a box, standard canned peaches 1.75, river salmon 1.75 to 1.90, clover seed 3.75 to 4.00 per bushel, and many other groceries and farm supplies with company and unit prices.
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California
Ridgewood
Phoenix A
Empire A
Ideal Gold
Windsor
Ariosa
Lion
Jersey
Marion Club
Johnson
Columbia River
Yarmouth
Polk
Ealers
Lettie Toy
Cholea
Timothy
Kentucky
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Brotherhood of the Key
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Indiana Trust Co
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Frank W. McCkee
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