Crowd confronts non-union men after streetcar crash
At the Scoville and Woodland streetcar collision several passengers suffered severe injuries and were taken to stores. An enraged crowd threatened the Scoville motorman and police had to restrain them. Cleveland’s Fifth Regiment and naval reserves were ordered to report for duty at Huron Street armory.
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Scoville
Cleveland
Fifth Regiment Infantry
Ohio National
Huron-si
Naval
Ingersoll Funeral Arrangements Explained
New York July 22 funeral plans for Robert G Ingersoll emphasize secular simplicity. Family recovery delays final decisions on service details and burial sites with Sleepy Hollow or Woodland Cemetery as possibilities. The deceased wished to remain conscious at death and have a secretary record his thoughts notes.
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New York
Robert G. Ingersoll
Sleepy Hollow
Tarrytown
Woodland
Dobbs’ Ferry
Peoria
Col. Ingersoillorce
Col. Ingersoll
Mr. Farrell
Milwaukee
Wis
Martinelli
Ingersoll
Britons Win London International Athletic Contest by One Point
England clinched the title in London by one point as Harvard and Cambridge athletes posted wins in multiple events. A. N. Rice led high jump, H. W. Workman won the three mile, P. E. Graham the half mile, C. D. Davidson the quarter mile, W. A. Boal took the hammer, F. J. Quinlan the hundred yard dash, and G. Vassall the long jump amid a large crowd.
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London
A. N. Rice
Harvard
England
H. W. Workman
Cambridge
Ingland
P. E. Graham
C. D. Davidson
W. A. Boal
F. J. Quinlan
A. Hunter
Fox
G. (. Vassall
Oxford
Moulders Meet Amid Badge Display and Constitution Debate
The Epworth League showcases blue badges with a flaming red ribbon bearing Toronto 195. Moulders discuss constitutional revision as they plan to elect officers once the work is finished and then adjourn the convention.
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Epworth League
Toronto
Quick Deaths Prompt Local Tragedies and Accidents
Reports from Pewee, West Virginia list Hartley charged with the death of George Sims by a stone. Ripley Ohio sees Joe Foerder killed by a flobert rifle during a mishap. Chicago incidents include Ostar Anderson and Raymond Corcoran drowning attempt and Mrs C A Wolf shot by W Cole after denying a caller.
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Hartley
George Sims
Joe Foerder
Ripley
Denison lobby concert stars 12 girl club led by Minnie Oliphant
The 12 girl club performed in the Denison lobby with encores led by Miss Minnie Oliphant who boasted of a Chicago social special route. The group sang English numbers at 3 pm and 4 30 pm in a tent, with plans for a Monday night entertainment and prior Friday at Bethany Park delivering 35 numbers.
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Denison
Canoe
Minnie Oliphant
Ilinois
Chicago
Bethany Park
Miss Oliphant
Methodism Discussion Draws Preachers at Market Day Tent
Editor Buckley and others discuss the spirit and life of Methodism as crowds gather on market day near Tent Epworth and Tomlinson Hall. Mrs. Lucy Rider Meyer of Chicago speaks on women's work in Methodism, appearing in a small black bonnet tied with white strings.
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Buckley
Tent Epworth
Tomlinson Hall
Lucy Rider Meyer
Chicago
M. E. Church
Ripley church meeting features Armstrong and church leaders
Hon Holly G Armstron g speaks on child church membership in Roberts park church. Dr Buckley editor of New York Christian Advocate covers Methodism and educational leaders. Bishop Fowler and Galloway both energize crowd as Tomlinson hall hosts male speakers and Mrs Gordon Wright from London Ontario urges women to confront card playing and vice.
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Holly G. Armstrong
Troly G. Armstrong
Ripley
W. Va
Roberts Park Church
Buckley
New York Christian Advocate
S. R. Copeland
Ann Arbor
Mich
Fowler
Galloway
John Wesley
Wesley
Tomlinson Hall
Gordon Wright
London
Ont
Hat mystery halts hunt in the distraction
A writer describes a moment where a man, seated with a hat in hand, contemplates a discovery he cannot enjoy as plans fail. The scene centers on disappointment and the weight of an overlooked find.
Auditor Draws Warrant for Soldier Clothing Reimbursement
The auditor of state issued a 910.30 warrant Saturday for Company A, 158th Indiana, to cover clothing costs. Adjutant-general Gore secured the warrant and plans to send it to the captain who pays the men. Gore objected to newspaper mention, but reporters argued records are public. The censor forced a circuitous route for the payment news.
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Auditor of State
Company A
158Th
Indiana
Gore
Tickets Found In Train Coach From Indianapolis To George Ia
Police recover two railroad tickets valid for travel from Indianapolis to George Iowa. The cards bear the names S. M. Bradshaw and Mary J. Bradshaw and were found inside a railway coach.
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Indianapolis
George
S. M. Bradshaw
Mary J. Bradshaw
Ticket confiscation prompt police action at station
Superintendent Quigley caused Central Passenger Association officials Fort and two assistants to be taken to police headquarters after complaints that tickets were seized. A colored woman named Friday and three New York men, Harry Rose, F. Allen, and Fred Kroot, reported return coupons were confiscated. Fort said the men could not prove they were original purchasers, so tickets were returned to their owners.
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Quigley
Fort
Central Passenger Association
Union Station
New York
Harry Rose
F. Allen
Fred Kroot
Unlucky 13 policeman car wrecks near Brooklyn line
An electric car carrying 13 Manhattan police officers on guard duty for the Brooklyn rapid transit strike plunged down a steep embankment at Canarsie. Motorman Richard Battle admits fault after striking a cross switch at full speed. All aboard were injured, with several badly hurt including Day, whose spine injury is feared permanent. Conductor Cramer also injured.
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New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Lne
Canarsie
Richard Battle
Battle
Jas
E. Dillon
Andrew Armstrong
Thomas R. Meyers
Wm. Day
Dennis Cavanagh
Pat Brogan
Wm. O'Connell
Robert Walt
John Schultz
John Buckridge
James Bach
Charles Coughlen
John Hill
Cramer
Feud Flares in Laurel County with Shootings and Threats
The feud between Griffin and Philpot factions escalates in Laurel and Manchester Kentucky. Homes are shot at and residents seek safety while trials loom. Deputy Caldwell leads the Griffin side as Whites and Howards back them.
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Griffin Army
George Philpot
Pete Philpot
Robert Philpot
Philpots
Thacker
Wright
White
Kentucky
Howards
Morris
Caldwell
Griffin Party
Bev White
Italian Lynching Reported in Tallulah Louisiana
Count Vinci, Italian chargé d affaires, received news of five Italians lynched at Tallulah Louisiana on Wednesday. He asked the state department for protection of Italians there. Secretary Hay and Assistant Secretary Hill promised immediate investigation and a telegram was sent to Louisiana's governor.
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Washington
Count Vinci
New Orleans
Tallulah
State Department
Vines
Hay
Hill
Louisiana
Col Downey Visits Indianapolis Police Chief
Col Downey of Cleveland formerly police commissioner and city council member called on Turnkey Al Taffe at police headquarters in Indianapolis Saturday.
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Col. Downey
Cleveland
Council
Indianapolis
Turnkey
al Taffe
LOGSDON Matters at Republican convention in court house
At the Saturday session in the courthouse chairman Gerard called the meeting to order at 2 35 p m. Secretary Harry Royse was absent then admitted after a dispute with doorkeeper Harry Gates who said he joked. The credential committee report was adopted. Ed Logs don was chosen chairman and A M Glossbrenner along with James Twiname were nominated for vice chairman with Glossbrenner representing the anti faction.
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Court House
Gerard
Harry Royse
Laz Whitcomb
Royse
Harry Gates
Gates
Ed Logsdon
A. M. Glossbrenner
James Twiname
Glossbrenner
Composite Portrait Of The Ministerial Brethren
The Epworth meeting gathers many sideburns preachers whose uniform style confers a broad, long face. Bushy lower sideburns widen the visage, and a calm God bless you smile completes the striking soft-voiced portrait of these soul-savers.
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Epworth
Gordon Didn't Appear At Lecture by General Gordon
General John B. Gordon failed to appear for a lecture at Tomlinson hall on Friday night due to a likely dispute over pay. Bishop C. C. McCabe filled in as the evening’s entertaining Methodism speaker, while Mr. Du Bose cited final arrangements as the stumbling block.
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John B. Gordon
Tomlinson Hall
M. du Bose
C. C. McCabe
Sunrise meeting attendee wears oversized straw hat at English Opera House
A lone man at the sunrise gathering in English's Opera House wore a very wide-brimmed straw hat that did not fit the seat rack, leaving two empty spots beside him while his hat remained on display.
Maybrick Case Returns to Parliament Over Release
London July 22. Florence Maybrick, the American woman imprisoned for poisoning her husband in 1889, will have questions in Parliament Monday directed to the home secretary regarding her release.
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London
Florence Maybrick
Home Secretary
Epworthian Hurt in Street Car Accident
An Epworthian named J. W. Hurt of Collinsville was struck by a street car at the courthouse steps on Saturday. He did not wait for the car to stop and suffered a cut chin and bruised cheek.
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Hurt
J. W. Weer
Collinsville
Court’ House
Damaged Fragment Mentions James Slamm and Washington Street
A fragmentary note references a person named James Slamm and a location on Washington Street. The text notes a bruise and a Friday night context with unclear details about what happened. Further readable specifics are not provided in the fragment.
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James
Slamm
Washington-st.j
Fairbanks Announces Postponement of Joint High Commission Meeting
Senator Fairbanks said a planned joint high commission meeting in Quebec on August 2 will not be held. The delay follows correspondence with Sir Wilfrid Laurier, with a later date to be set jointly if possible. Boundary tensions remain high despite the halt.
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Washington
Fairbanks
Joint High Commission
Wilfrid Laurier
Quebec
Wilfrid
Fertilizer Trust Proposal and Global News Notes
A proposed nine million dollar fertilizer trust is reported. Ex Commissary gsen Eagan returns from Hawaii. Lightning destroys the Park house in Nantucket. About one thousand miners stranded in Kotzebue district seek aid. British West Indies seek closer ties with the United States. William Cagie arrested with moonshiners at Madisonville Tennessee. Schooner John Breden foundered on Lake Huron Friday. three lost. New Bryan daily to begin in Chicago backed by Millionaire Wetmore. About fifteen hundred mules shipped to the Philippines from Chattanooga in two weeks. Rose O Donnel injured in Xenia fuse factory explosion, Ollie Davis dying. Rev George Stuart, Sam Jones partner, says true good is impossible in Louisville. Morning Star missionary bark visited Caroline Islands and was warmly received by Spaniards. Mint director Roberts notes gold to meet all needs. Esti
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Eagan
Hawaii
Park House
Nantucket
Kotzebue
West Indies
Sam
Wm. Cagie
Madisonville
Tenn
John Breden
Lake Huron
New Bryan Daily
Chicago
Millionaire Wetmore
Rose O'Donnel
Xenia
Ollie Davis
Geo. Stuart
Sam Jones
Louisville
Morning Star
Caroline Islands
Roberts
Births Deaths and Marriages Notice List
Birth announcements for Oliver and Laura Parker a boy at 1321 Vigost and Adam and Druse Maurer a girl at 1111 Splann ave. Albert and Ernestine Ward a boy at 825 Grove st. Death notices for Annie Brewer 65 heart rupture 327 S Alabama st Mariah Holt 45 tumor 208 N Missourist Anna Hoffmeyer 40 enteritis 714 Highland ave Mary Apgar 3 meningitis 843 English ave Minnie Whitsett 4 months cholera infantum 1414 Raymond st Frederick Wehling 1 meningitis M17 Kennington ave Florence Winings 34 pneumonia 117 E Sixteenth st. Marriage licenses for Deldart McCandless to Ora Stevenson Van Dyke Crager to Lizzie Reischling.
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Oliver and
Laura Parker
Adam and
Druse Maurer
Albert and
Ernestine Ward
Annie Brewer
S. Alabama-st
Mariah Holt
N. Missou-rist
Anna Hoffmeyer
Highland-ave
Mary Apgar
Minnie Whitsett
Raymond-st. Frederick
Labor unrest across cities with varied strike actions
The report notes no Pittsburg district coal mining troubles this year while Ashtabula hosts a partial strike settlement for longshoremen. Hanna cocks idle as Western Union and American district messenger boys in Cincinnati and New York threaten walkouts over pay and uniform costs. Streetcar strikes in Manhattan and Brooklyn fade as a large labor movement begins at the Grand Central palace.
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Pittsburg
Ashtabula
Hanna Cocks
Western Union Messenger Boys
Cincinnati
Postal
American District Messenger Boys
New York
Parsons
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Grand Central Palace
Late Hoosierisms and Local Oddities Flash Across Indiana
In Muncie a hermit known as Old Hickory has lived alone so long he forgot his first name. Mrs Latshaw in Muncie suffered a bite said to be from a kissing bug, blood poisoning followed. Anderson reports a window glass trust offering options on plants across several Indiana towns and two Ohio plants Findlay and Lancaster. Farmers in Jeppersonville threaten to hunt fire bugs with bloodhounds. Portland votes against police enforcement of Sunday closing. In English news a four year old daughter of Therese McGovern was strangled by a rubber toy Friday.
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Muncie
George Latshaw
Anderson
New Window Glass Trust
Upland
Sheridan
Converse
Gas City
Dunkirk
Matthews
Pendleton
Indiana
Findlay
Lancaster
Ohio
Barnesville
Quaker City
Jeppersonviles
Portland
Therese McGovern
Indianap olis Stock Market Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
Indianapolis July 22 cattle receipts light with veal calves at 72 to 500 head. Prime to fancy export bulls 400, good to choice bulls 25 to 60, cows and calves 35 to 400. Hog receipts 3,000 with market active and higher prices from 4 58 to 4 70 for various weights. Sheep receipts light, market steady with export cattle quotes for steers at 520 to 550 and other classes ranging 4 50 to 5 25 per 100 pounds.
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Indianapolis
Ccccee
Ccecse
Blogis
Slcots
City Grain Market Report for Saturday Prices
The market notes No 2 red 18 cars No 3 red 17 cars No 4 red 1 car rejected 6 cars unmerchantable 1 car total 36 cars. Corn No 3 white 26 cars No 3 yellow 9 cars No 4 yellow 1 car No 3 mixed 6 cars total 42 cars. Wheat weak No 2 red 6ic No 3 red 64 66c July 670 wagon 67c. Oats weak No 2 white 28c No 3 white 1ic No 2 mixed 25 4c No 3 mixed 25c. Hay No 1 timothy 9.00 9.50 No 2 timothy 8.00 8.50.
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Timothy
Shiel Anti-trust Livestock Market Report
R. R. Shiel & Co reports light receipts and a wild market in Indianapolis on July 22 1899 with cattle about steady and hogs about 10c higher. Markets look for a strong week ahead though receipts may cap gains at 5c to 10c per day. Medium and heavy cattle quoted around 4.62 to 4.67 with lights at 4.68 to 4.74.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Wanted German helper for cooking and housework
Wanted a German preferred helper for cooking and housework in a small family. Good wages offered. Address 308 N East Street. For rent two more furnished rooms for light housekeeping at 230 Nee Street.
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Michigan
Gseoma
Alabama
East-se
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