Municipal Light Plant Sparks City Suit in Richmond
Richmond, Indiana reports work on a municipal electric plant causing a legal fight. The Light Heat and Power Co sues to stop city progress, claiming damages of 10000 dollars, arguing the private firm is harmed. Varney Construction of Indianapolis builds the plant amid prior suits by citizens. In Valparaiso two incidents unfold: Rev R B Helser defends his brother Rev John J Brandt over a Madison Passion Play lecture and recounts a sensational handcar ride from Columbus to Madison. A separate incident notes a girl burned while attempting a rescue, with her face and hair spared from injury.
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Richmond
Ind
Municipal Electric Light
Light, Heat and Power Company
Varney Construction Company
Indianapolis
Cty
Valparaiso
R. B. Helser
John J. Brandt
Brandt
Madison
Helser
Franklin
Columbus
Marriage license granted for couple doomed by tragedy
In Terre Haute Indiana on July 24 John Allen a saloonkeeper and Margaret Frazer obtained a marriage license that was never used. Frazer died after jumping from a car fracturing her skull while Allen carried the body to his new Wrightsville home. The incident followed her planned nuptials with Allen to be held at cigar dealer Herman Siebenmorgan's home.
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Terre Haute
Ind
John Allen
Margaret Frazer
Knightsville
Allen
Siebenmorgan
Wrightsville
Vincennes Scandal Ends With Quiet Marriage After Refusals
Dr Joseph A Swartzel finally married Mrs Belle Horrall to end a sensational Vincennes high life scandal. Ministers refused over adultery charges after a lengthy divorce dispute between Mr and Mrs Horrall, with the ceremony finally held at Rev J W McDonald's home.
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Vincenness
Ind
Joseph A. Swartzel
J. W. McDonald
Belle Horrall
Vincennes
Swartzel
Long lived Kokomo woman suffers fall and fraud leads
In Kokomo Indiana Mrs Lucia Washington 112 fell downstairs at the county house breaking her arm Doctors say she will recover She was born in 1789 as a slave in South Carolina A Palmist named Clark is wanted for fraud and bigamy with Miss Laura Dunlap Other items report Hendricks jailed for forgery and livestock deaths with hog losses in Sharpsville and related thefts and fraud cases in various counties
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Kokomo
Ind
Lucia Washington
South Carolina
McClurg
Clark
Jake
Keokomo
Laura Dunlap
Indianapolis
Rev
Kerstedt
A. M. Hendricks
Alis W. H. Myers
W. TH. Swallow
Columbus
Hendricks
Sharpsville
Tragic Burst Ends Life of Mrs Amborn in Muncie
Mrs Margaret Amborn 44 died after a large artery in her breast ruptured Wednesday morning in Muncie Indiana. She awoke from sleep and called for help but died before a doctor could arrive. Her husband and adopted son are patients in the insane hospital.
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Muncie
Margaret Amborn
Little Girl Burns to Death in Goshen
Eight year old Mary Blume died in a fire in Goshen Indiana after being left alone in a burning building. Authorities investigated the blaze and reported the tragedy as a fatal accident with no immediate foul play suspected.
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Goshen, Ind
Mary Blume
Street Railway Workers Demand Shorter Hours
Vincennes Indiana July 24 street railway employees demand shorter hours and threaten a strike if their demands are not granted.
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Vincennes
Ind
Tipton to Have Another Ice Plant and Local Incidents
A string of brief state items reports Tipton planning a new ice plant while Greensburg records 145 on a tin roof thermometer. Huntington to Zanesville line to be built by the United States Telephone Company. Lafayette water works provides 150 gallons per resident. Various incidents follow from Columbus smallpox, Washington disorderly torpedoes, Muncie fuel waste, a dog retrieving items from water, and multiple local accidents and fires across Indiana towns.
Building Permits and a Sudden Death Report
A list of building permits shows various additions remodels and new brick structures with amounts from 43 to 35450 dollars across multiple addresses led by Eugenia B McOunt project at Washington street near Meridian street. The final item notes the sudden death of W E Enyart of Lawrenceburg at the Grand hotel after being shown to a room and calling for ice water.
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M. L. Wells
Dickson-st
May Stokes
Vinton-st
Co. M. Clark
Ringgold
Minnesota
J. L. Miller
Road-ave
W. H. Drapier
N. Pine St
Anna Morgan
S. Meridian-st
Eugenia B. McOunt
Washington-st
Meridian-st
R. E. Hinchman
Rural-st
A.L. Clark
Ash-st
Twenty-seventh
Dora Glover
Schurman-ave
J. W. Arbuckle
Lawrence-st
Addition
W. E. Enyart
Lawrenceburg
Grand Hotel
Bright
Milk Samples Contain Formaldehyde Warns City Board
The City board of health investigates milk quality and prepares affidavits after finding two samples containing formaldehyde. With hot weather accelerating souring and past abuses, dairymen allegedly use the preservative to mask spoilage, risking child health. The board will collect samples from all dairymen.
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City Board of Health
Local pairs listed in community notices
Daniel Reidy and Johanna Murphy appear alongside Charles Lossner and Grace Groves in a sequence of resident names. Lawrence Wightman and Maggie Skelly are noted with William Moore and Cecelia Dorsey, followed by Orlando Forbes and Flora Carothers and W L Heinrichs with Myrtle Reed. Timothy McKenna and Alice Mahei complete the listed names in this public notices item.
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Orlando C. Forbes
Flora Carothers
W. L. Heinrichs
Myrtle Reed
Timothy P. McKenna
Alice Mahei
Bridge repairs urged by public works board chief
President Albert Sahm of the Board of Public Works expresses readiness to act on the W. Washington Street bridge. He favors at least substantial repairs if the controller balks, citing danger to human life and urging immediate action.
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Albert Sahm
Board of Public Works
W. Washington St
Question on police dress code in heat
Citizens ask why officers must wear buttoned coats in extreme heat. The inquiry questions comfort and safety versus uniform policy and discipline.
Births Deaths and Marriages Record
Births list many names with addresses and doctors including Dr. Crow and Dr. Berry. marriages noted Seth O Lenesford and Emma M Griffin at Interstate Stock Yards. Deaths include Infant Mitchell, George Downie, George Mickerson, Mary Wade, Bartley Linskey, and others with ages and causes such as typhoid fever and heat stroke.
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Mitchell
Maple St
L. Witt
Mock
Bates St
W. F. Laycock
Russell C. Laycock
George Downie
Ouglass-St
Louis Berner
George Mickerson
Holbrook-st
Clay L. Ward
George E. Scherrer
Prospect-st
C. W. Marxer
Marie I. Partlow
C. W. Engle
Jacob Dobrowitz
S. Illinois St
Charles Durham
John B. Eckman
Thomas W. de Haas
Bartley Linskey
Minerva St
Mary Walsh
Hendricks County
John L. Marsh
Stephen Schmitt
Southeastern-ave
C. N. Harold
Netlie A. Taylor
S. State-ave
F. J. Baldwin
Arsenal Ave
Dr. Boyd
Frogs Rain Question Sparks Scientific Debate
Scientists in Shelbyville discuss whether frogs rain down as a meteorological curiosity. The note suggests more data from rainfall would aid understanding in this odd phenomenon.
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Shelbyville
Jeffersonian
Grain and hay prices and car inspections reported
Market notes list wheat and corn prices for various grades and colors plus oats and hay values. Inspections show car counts for Wheat No 2 red No 3 red and several corn grades with totals and a few rejections.
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Timothy
Hay
Chicago Grain and Provisions Prices Rise Sharply
Wheat gains 15 cents led by July and September futures with mixed calls on corn oats and fats. Eggs butter cheese and dairy products show varied gains with creamery and dairy grades quoted, while live poultry and turkey prices edge higher in Chicago market notices.
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Chicago
Limburger
Indiana Union Stockyards Market Report Summary
At Indianapolis Union Stockyards cattle and hogs receipts totaled 800 head and 4,000 head respectively with varied quotations across classes. Good to prime export steers weighed 1,350 to 1,500 pounds. fair to medium export steers 1,200 to 1,400 pounds. prime to fancy cows and calves and several feeder and stocker categories shown. Hogs described as good to choice and mixed lots, and sheep and lambs noted with prices. Also listed were a wide range of produce, building materials, and miscellaneous goods with per unit and per ton pricing.
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Union Stockyards
Indianapolis
Eyne Ty
Adele Eeoe
The Josbing Trade Prices for Poultry and Produce
Prices paid by shippers for poultry and other produce listed in detail. Includes turkey hens at 6 cents per pound, young toms 4 cents, fowls 714 cents, ducks 5 cents, geese 4 cents, spring chickens 1% to 2 pounds at ll W2%e, and extensive figures for cheese butter hides coffee sugars flour spices beans molasses rice and more.
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New York
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Municipal Electric Light Plant
Indiana Inklings
Tipton
Greensburg
The
United States Telephone Company
Huntington
Zanesville
Lafayette Water Works
Washington
John Reno
Frank Patterson
Pendleton
Patterson
Edward Smith
Evansville
2 Circus
George McHaffie
Stilesville
Katharine
Lebanon
Wolf & Son
Wabash
Fortville
Cord Whelchel
Henry Cripe
EB. B. Rhodes
West Baden Springs
Lee W. Sinclair
Rhodes
Sinclair
Clarence Miller
A. N. Martin
Bluffton
Presbyterian Session
Wells County Bar Association
Bar Association
Miller
Mr. Martin
Acton Park
C. W. Tinsley
Cass County
Quincy A. Myers
Judge Woods
Walter Record
Lebanon Bank
Jennings County
Standard Tea and Grocery CO
Rumford
Boston
Isirk
Victor
Northwest Cor
Washington and New Jersey Sts
W. Wash.st
West
B. St. Clair
Mass.ave
Shelby St
Fountain
Delaware
Ohio
Mass.-ave
Noble-st
Indiana-ave
Senate
Illinois-st
Sixteenth-st
L. A. Jackson
Sahm
Joseph and
Marie McMullen
C. R. Crow
Charles B
Gertrude Raub
N. Tenth-st
William A
Matilda Schneider
Chestnut-st
Ollie Deupree
Raymond
Raymond St., Boy. Dr. D. EE. Berry
Wesler
Anna Burton
Baltimore-ave
Frank Magel
William C
Rose Woerner
City Hospital
Bey
William and
Lizzie Hedges
John and
Maggie Seyfried
Maxwell-st
Ambers
Mary Hayden
William F
Rose Romans
Geisendorf-st
E. E. Mauher
James and
Jennie Perry
Montcalm-st
N. D. Woodard
Elmer and
Sedam
Pansy-st
A. R. Harold
Seth O. Lenesford
Emma M. Griffin
Interstate Stock Yards
Frank N. Dean
Anna B. Eldridge
Govert Vandermeyden
Estella
City Grain Market
Union Stock
Winman
Brazil
Sun
New Orleans
California
Cesesese Aemcceee
Etpesege Sepseusewesenesss
Green County
Court House Cut Price Grocery Co
Hong Kong
Thompson
Gail Borden Eagle Brand
Peoria
Ball Bros
E. Wash.st
W. Wash. St
Virginia Ave
Mass. Ave
Alabama St
Josbing
Uroceries
Strictly Prime
Java
Golden Rio
Bourbon Santos
Golden Santos
Prime Santos
Ariosa
Lion
Jersey
Caracas
Dillsworth’s
Columbia A
Windsor A
Ridgeway A
Phoenix A
Empire A
Ideal Gelien
Windsor
Ridgewood
Louisiana
Carolina
Castile
Kingan & Co
Indiana
Link
Sic
Akeen
Robutz
Pennsylvania and
Erie
NOTA
Ey Haa
W. W. Richardson
Pennsylvania Line
J. J. Kyle
E. Chiosst
Central Printing CO
Moses Optical CO
Pennsylvania
LM Rowr
Gardena
Huntington & Page
E. Market St
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