State board debates province to inspect insane hospitals
The State board of charities considers whether it has authority to probe if non sane persons are confined in state hospitals. Governor and attorney general cards on the issue, with senators weighing legal responsibility and administrator insight. Secretary Butler notes improvements in accounting while dry weather raises water and fire fears at Logansport, Evansville, and Knightstown facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Butler
Ellison
Fort Wayne
State Board of Charities
Logansport
Evansville
Orphas
Knightstown
Secretary Long Orders Mouts Shut in Schley Muddle
Secretary Long issued a general order restricting all naval personnel from making public statements about the court of inquiry requested by Rear Admiral W. S. Schley. The directive aims to muzzle potential commentary during the ongoing controversy and maintain official secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sampson-Schley
W. 8. Schley
Fire destroys large block in Richmond business district
A major blaze in Richmond Indiana from 2 to 3 a.m. Monday swept a large tract of commercial property. Losses total about $30,000 with claims including T C Taylor livery 3500 Wm Cain lumber yard 7500 Fry brothers planing mill 5600 WM Hadley business buildings 4500 WM Grottendick livery barn 2500 and partial insurance. Eighteen horses perished and much other property narrowly escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
T. C. Taylor
Thornton Cain
Fry Brothers
Wm. B. Hadley
Wm. Grottendick
Acid Attack Leaves Woman Blind in Muncie
Mrs May Tory was blinded and burned when her rejected lover Peter Tillbury hurled acid into her face after a refused marriage proposal. Tillbury had pursued Mrs Tory previously and, after being denied, visited Sunday night and attacked without warning. The incident occurred in Muncie Indiana with reports of injuries to her face arms and chest.
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Tory
Peter Tillbury
Tillbury
Beasley fatally shot by Fritz near Reed's station
Bedford Indiana July 29 John Beasley was killed by Nelson Fritz at Reed's station near the stone quarries four miles west of Bedford. The quarrel began between the men's sons. Fritz fled as a posse pursues. Beasley tried to stop the fight between the youths and was shot in the head and abdomen during the ensuing clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Ind
John Beasley
Nelson Fritz
Reed’s Station
Fritz
Beasley
Stones
Reed's Station
Mysterious Man Uses Handcar Ride To Evade Detections
A man claiming to be a representative of A S Kent civil engineer of the Monon railroad rode a handcar from Monon to Michigan City and enlisted section crews along the way. What he was fleeing or his purpose remains unknown as road detectives puzzle over the incident.
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A .S. Kent
Monon Railroad
Monon
Michigan City
Ice famine and multiple incidents hit Moncie community
Five cent limit remains per person as a local ice famine hits Moncie. Burglars loot Fancher refreshment stand and steal $25 in firearms from Hale hardware. Everett Workman of Yorktown is near death after a runaway accident. Several heat prostrations, two critical injuries, and a strike at Ontario silverware works include a pending conference between company and workers.
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Moncie
Ind
Individuss
Fancher
Hale Hardware
Everett Workman
Yorktown
John Frenklin
George Mullenix
Linnie Williams
Ontario Silverware Works
A Preacher Denies Mistreatment in Anderson Case
Rev. Robert McCain pastor of Alexandria Presbyterian Church and Arrow Avenue Chapel in Anderson denies mistreating his baby wife Mrs. McCain. He says he made no denial in Alexandria as he did not think it necessary and hints at personal views on household renaming and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Robert McCain
Alexandria Presbyterian Church
Arrow-ave. Chapel
McCain
Alexandria
Fighting Lawyers Fined in Knox Courtroom Brawl
In Knox Indiana attorneys Robbins and Courtright who fought in a courtroom during a trial were fined 10 dollars plus costs by Clerk Hepner last Saturday totaling 25 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox, Ind
Robbins and
Courtright
Hepner
Rain returns to Knox after long dry spell
The first rain since July 3 fell in Knox Indiana on Sunday except for a brief sprinkle last week. Farmers welcomed the shower which saved crops from almost total destruction and brought relief to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Ind
Norris Pallissard Freed After Trial In Rape Case
Norris Pallissard, 18, was acquitted and released Saturday evening after a two day trial on charges of raping Lela Lohse, 15, in Knox Indiana.
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Knox
Ind
Norris Pallissard
Lela Lohse
Asphalt Paving Backed By West-St Board Amid Owners’ Protest
The Board of Public Works favors paving West-St from North-St to Fourteenth-St with asphalt despite owner opposition. The petition shows 40 asphalt supporters vs 46 backing brick, with city attorney gaps over changed signers. Also approved cement walks on Twenty sixth Street and New York Street and a Dearborn Street project.
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New York-st
Indiana-ave
Morris-st
Dearborn-st
Tenth-st
Sixteenth-st
Twenty-sixth-st
Senate-ave
Northwestern-ave
Agnes-st
Lansing-st
Police Uniform Debate Sparks Petition and Shirtless Claim
Officers sign petitions resisting lighter gear as citizens and papers push reform. Only James Admire backs relief, while board chair Hyde denies unbuttoning coats saying some men shave with no shirts, highlighting misperceived aims of the reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Admire
Board of Safety
Hyde
Two Men Found Dead in Corn Field Near Elkhart
In Springfield Illinois on July 29 two men were found dead on the Abe and George Buck farm, 12 miles north of Springfield. A Buck daughter stumbled on a body near the house and later a second corpse was found with a letter from A. C. Braham of St. Louis sent by his Seattle wife dated nearly two years ago. No foul play is evident and the cause of death remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Buck
A. C. Braham
St. Louis
Seattle
Wash
Heat Burden on Indianapolis Patrolmen Sparks Merchants Debate
Police surgeon reports 16 ill among 113 patrolmen with ten out since the heat wave began. Illnesses date from July 15 to late July and wages paid for sick time exceed $200 in half a month. Downtown merchants urge unbuttoned coats to ease the heat while one boss defends uniformity and strict dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hite
Jordan
Crabb
Hoffbauer
Alabama St
Rhodes Reports Primary Expenses for Ward 6 Nomination
W A Rhodes Republican candidate for councilman in ward 6 filed his primary election expenses with the city clerk. Items include assessment of city committee ten dollars and small advertising costs totaling fifteen dollars eighty cents. Ward 6 leans strongly Republican and the nomination is seen as the likely election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Rhodes
Dry Big Walnut Drives Angler Home From Bain Bridge
Amos Hynes returned from Bain Bridge in Putnam County after several days fishing in Big Walnut Creek. He said the creek was nearly dry with no rain for over 60 days, bass crowded into small pools and too sluggish to bite, forcing farmers to fish bass from shallow pools in coffee sacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Hynes
Bainbridge
Putnam County
Big Walnut
Ice Trust retaliates by selling beer
The ice company, now agency for Schlitz Milwaukee beer, sells beer to undercut prices. Albert Lieber, brewer, claims the move targets his refusal to join the Indianapolis co combine. He says Indianapolis would pay about 30 cents a hundred for ice without the trust. Sterling Holt denies any ice trust and says the beer agency is not a fight.
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Consumers’ Ice Company
Schlitz
Milwaukee
Albert Lieber
Indianapolis {Co Combine
Indianapolis Brewing Company
Indianapolis
Sterling Holt
Fifty Dollar Loan Offer for Personal Property Security
Readers are invited to borrow from 5 to 200 dollars using furniture, pianos, teams or other valuables as security. Terms include one to twelve months with weekly to quarterly payments, confidential service, and optional additions for other needs. Salaried workers may borrow on personal notes without security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furni
Ture
Local grocery ad with prices and store locations
Old time grocery circular lists sugar flour tea corn starch extracts Royal baking powder and Mason jars with price points. Includes main store at 344 Wash and branches on Virginia Ave Mass Ave Alabama St and a wholesale section with contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Stores
Wash
W. Wash. St
Virginia Ave
Mass. Ave
Alabama St
Fragmentary Shipment Listings and Prices
Readable fragments show small shipments priced by item with mixed quality notes. Entries mention medium and heavy goods, common to good lights, and assorted meats or goods with varied weights. Prices range across several numbers and codes, but most lines are incomplete.
City Grain Market Wheat and Corn Prices and Inspections
Wheat prices show No 2 red at 65 4c and futures for July at 6544c with milling freight. Corn declines with No 2 white at 5514c and No 3 white at d5l4c. various white and yellow grades listed plus mixed lots. Oats steady with No 2 white dic and No 3 white 40c. Hay bids posted for timothy at 12.75 and 11.56 for No 2. Inspections total 22 cars of wheat and 77 cars across corn and white grades, with several mixed lots and no established grade.
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Timothy
Hay
Rye
Java
Golden Rio
Bourbon Santos
Golden Santos
Prime Santos
Ariosa
Lion
Jersey
Caracas
Dillsworth’s
Columbia
Windsor
Ridgeway
Phoenix A
Empire A
Ideal Golden
Windsor Ex
S$ Ridgewood
Cassia
Lel Sc
New Orleans
Louisiana
Carolina
Chicago Markets Wheat and commodity prices report
Chicago markets show wheat down 1 2 c to 2 with July grains around 68 67 c. Corn falls about 2 to 3 c, oats mixed. Provisions steady with pork 14.10 to 14.20, lard 8.50 to 8.60, ribs 7.85 to 7.87. Butter varied by grade from 12 to 20 cents. Cheese quotes list several varieties. Live poultry prices split by type. geese around 8264.50 per dozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Limburger
Sympathy From Cuba Letter From Lee Nixon On San Juan Post
Tom Farmer receives a letter from Lee Nixon, San Juan Puerto Rico post office worker, joking about tropical heat and avoiding northern snowstorms. Nixon notes nights cooled by a blanket and a summer without a snowstorm seems possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Farmer
Lee Nixon
San Juan
Porto Rico
Nixon
Monster Gas Well Struck in Corydon Territory
In Portland Indiana on July 29 a monster gas well was developed in the new Corydon territory. The well is described as one of the very best in the state and its output is very large.
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Portland
Ind
New Corydon Territory
Indiana Inklings and Local Notes From Greencastle to Buffalo
In Greencastle Methodist minister Rev J H Hoagland condemns Sunday excursions. A Putnam County man refuses 1500 for a buried walnut log, asks 1800. Printer S R Jackson in Columbus notes the Bender lynching tale, denies Kansas lynching. Banker Johnny Johnson to Logansport. wife helps pardon report. Gold finds reported near Spearsville draw Brown County prospectors. William Young mails 400 in gold to Philadelphia mint. diamonds found too. 1862 Goshen man Capt Havilah Smith photographed himself for wife. photo lost, later found in Buffalo exposition, ending in the dean letter office.
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Spearsville
Brown County
William Young
Philadelphia Mint
Havilah Smith
Goshen
South
Dean Letter Office
Sindlinger Kuhn Co Faces Bankruptcy in Indianapolis
Pete Sindlinger and partners of Sindlinger Kuhn Co a Indianapolis butchers filed bankruptcy proceedings Monday morning. The partnership includes Peter Sindlinger former democratic candidate for county treasurer and Wm F Kuhn and John A Kuhn. Assets total 4769.20 with liabilities 11120.29 including 6000 in notes due the State Bank of Indiana indorsed to the Columbia National Bank.
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Sindlinger
Fall Carnival Plans Under Way With Promised Improvements
The fall carnival organizers announce October events are nearly ready to open headquarters soon. They pledge a bigger prettier and funnier affair than last year with no magic circle and a large midway and an explicit promise of no immoral shows. Businessmen are already contributing generously, say the managers.
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Busness
The Jobbing Trade Prices for Animals and Commodities
Market report listing prices for poultry beef and eggs, hides and tallow, coffee and sugars, flour and spices, and other staples. Includes per pound rates for turkeys fowls ducks geese chicks and culls plus butter eggs hides tallow and various coffee grades. Also shows package coffee city prices and granular sugar grades with tonnage and bulk pricing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A boon to travelers Fowler Ex tract of Wild Strawberry
Ex tract of Wild Strawberry marketed as travel aid cures dysentery diarrhoea seasickness and nausea. Described as pleasant to take and perfectly harmless.
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Fowler
Bridge to Stand Guarded as Circus Day Nears
City engineer Jen P says no repairs will be made on the W. Washington street bridge before circus crowds. The bridge will be carefully guarded to prevent overload, using precautions similar to past occasions.
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W. Washington St
Jen P
Empress Frederick Reported Ill Again in Prussia
CRONBURG July 29 official notice says Dowager Empress Frederick who lingered near death last October is again indisposed and her condition causes concern for the royal household.
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Empress Frederick
Cronburg
Prussia
Frederick
St Anne’s church marks two hundredth anniversary
Detroit Catholics celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of St Anne's church on Sunday. In Minneapolis flouring mills workers demand 25 cents more per day amid a potential strike. Chicago businessman W J Reid arrested in Kansas City on embezzlement charges of 400. British forces defeat the Mad Mullah per Aden dispatch. July 77 leaving 70 dead.
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Detroit
St. Anne's
Minneapolis
W. J. Reid
Chicago
Ander
Kansas City
Aden
Mrs Machett Dies. Indianapolis Pioneer Passes at 73
Mrs Lucretia Machett 73 longtime Indianapolis resident died at 3 10 a m Sunday at 317 East St Joseph Street of old age. She born Sweinhart in Baltimore moved here nearly 50 years ago and had been totally blind two years. Survived by sister Mrs Robert Ramsey son C A Mackett and daughter Mrs E Crompton. Funeral Monday at 1 p m at the house Rev Marion Cicssey officiating. body to Crown Hill vault until arrival of Crompton.
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Dianapolis
E. St. Joseph St
Robert Ramsey
C A. Machett
Sweinhart
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Ramsey
C. A. Mackett
E. Crompton
Indianapolis Union Stockyards Cattle and Hogs Prices July
Cattle receipts at 312 shipments with price ranges for export and butcher steers, feeders, heifers, cows, calves, and bulls. Hogs receipts 800 with quotations from good to heavy and lightweights. Sheep and lambs at Interstate Stock Yards with price bands for good to choice sheep and spring lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stockyards
Indianapolis
Cepee Ceee
Scee
Wes'eics
Edward Baker to face police court on embezzlement charge
Edward Baker of 320 McGill Street will have a police court hearing in August on a charge of embezzling 3.50 from the Alhambra Club. The charge stems from allegations by William Dalton, the club president, who Baker says is pursuing spite without prior demand for the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Baker
McGill St
Alhambra Club
William Dalton
Baker
Miscellaneous price list and commodity terms
The fragment lists assorted goods and prices including shot per bag, lead for pressed bars, various wood dishes with sizes and prices, hemp twine and fiber prices, wool, paper, jute, cotton, and woodenware items such as tubs and pails with respective price ranges, finishing with washboards and common goods.
Local Grocers Advertise Nuts and Staples Prices
A fragmented grocery ad lists prices for washboards 1.50 to 1.75, clothes pins, and a range of candies from Stutz to common mixed varieties. Nuts and mixed nuts show varied prices for shelled almonds English walnuts Brazil nuts filberts and more at grocers in the period, with several garbled brand names and unit marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Sun Brand
Vintage Market Prices for Produce and Provisions
A list of assorted goods with bulk and retail prices. Cabbage, oranges, cocoanuts, lemons, potatoes, peas, beans, berries, and fruits show varied per unit or per box costs. Coal, coke, alcohol and chemicals present a dense catalog of commodity prices and weights across multiple categories.
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New Orleans
Valencia
California
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Plainfield
State Health Board
Reform School For Boys
White Lick
Muncie’s Grist
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Public Works Gents
the Board of Works
Ing West-st
Fourteenth-st
Chairman Hyde
THE
Springfield
Abe
George Buck
Elkhart
ICE “Trust
Mr. Holt
Indiana
Lombard Building
East
Washington St
Court House Cut Price Grocery Co
Minnesota
Uneeda Biscuits
Royal
City Grain Market
Cuba
J. H. Hoagland
Greencastle Methodist
S. R. Jackson
Columbus
Bender
Kansas
Oswego, Kas
Enterprise
Johnny Johnson
Pete Sindlinger
Urocertes
Lucretia Machett
Union Stock Yards
Interstate Stock Yards
Jackson
Green County
Blossburg
Castile
Epsom
Kingan & Co
Oysters, Fish and Game
Stout’s Factory Shoe
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