Campaign images of Indianapolis politics heat up in preview
A bustling scene around republican headquarters on Delaware street shows Preston Curry Trusler leading the push, with Wagner and Bookwalter backers countering. Delegates and primaries are slated for Aug 9 10, in English’s Opera House, as Trusler gains momentum and Nixon is eyed for city clerk.
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Delawarest
Preston Curry Trusler
Wagner
Bookwalter
Trusler
Pettijohn
Opera House
Tomlinson Hall
Shellhouse Co Dr Price Cream Awarded Gold Medal
Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder earned a gold medal at the Midwinter Fair in San Francisco honoring its quality. Shellhouse & Co. promoted the accolade as a mark of trusted baking results amid regional competition and consumer interest.
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Shellhouse & Co
Dr. Price
San Francisco
Two Thieves Lynched After Farmhouse Robbery Crews
Jeffersonville Ind July 80 A telephone report says two robbers plundered a farmer near Alton Crawford county then torched the house. The blaze burned the inmates as neighbors used bloodhounds to pursue them. After a tense chase the men were captured and lynched by a mob with little ceremony.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Alton
Crawford County
Case Without A Prisoner In Habeas Corpus Fight
Judge Harvey prepared Tuesday to hear James Cornell’s habeas corpus bid to leave the workhouse on grounds of jurisdiction and new law. Cornell vanished from the police court cage during transfer, slipping away on leg bail after guards failed to account for him, prompting a fresh challenge to the law in a similar future case.
Warden French to Lead New Leavenworth Prison
Warden J. W. French, named to head the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, plans to take charge after settling affairs at the state house. The site marks a decade of U.S. moves to operate its own prisons, with capacity for about 600 inmates from western and southern states, not Indiana.
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French
J. W. French
U. S
Leavenworth
State House
United States
U.S
Indiana
The Aurania Arrives Off Bar In New York Toll
The disabled Cunarder Aurania was sighted off the bar at 9 30 Tuesday morning as it neared New York harbor.
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New York
Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder Ad at 198 Indiana Ave
An advertisement lists Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder with tag lines World’s Pair Highest Modal and Diploma and a contact at 198 Indiana Avenue with telephone 179L. The ad also references Driven Wells at 40c per foot.
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Indiana-ave
Price
s.Cream Baking Powder
DHE TRUSTED IN HIM By His Failure to Carry Out a Promise Of Marriage
Miss Anna Monroe of Edinburg Indiana sues Frank Graham for $5000 claiming he pursued her from October 794 in Edinburg and Indianapolis and promised to marry, then abandoned her in February after they lived together at a rented Indianapolis room. Graham resides at 538 Linden Street.
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Anna Monroe
Edinburg
Ind
Frank Graham
Graham
Commercial
Indianapolis
Lindenst
West Indianapolis Seeks Suspect in Ida Gebhard Murder
Police say they have crews locating a suspect in the murder of Ida Gebhard and Marshal Perry. Reports note a pursuit to Danville for a suspect who fled hurriedly last Thursday as bloodhound search talk began. The West Indianapolis council offers a $500 reward for the killer's apprehension.
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West Indianapolis
Ida Gebhard
Marshal Perry
Danville
Ill
Council of
West
Judge McCray Fines Three Saloonists in Tuesday Case
Judge McCray fined John Baish 10 and costs for selling on Sunday, David Wolf 20 and costs for supplying minors, and John Gassaway 10 for selling on Sunday July 4 and to minors. All three pleaded guilty.
City Life Highlights and Local Court Actions
Paulson sues Citizens street railway for ten thousand dollars alleging serious injuries in North Indianapolis on January 8. Jerry Gates of Mt Jackson jailed ten days for selling liquor on July 4. total costs 57.10. Joseph Robinson protests Meridian and Monument property sale, vows court if needed. Ida Harp writes of secret marriage to George Garrett. couple reportedly married months ago and happy now. Additional local ads note parlor goods and a Pioneer ballhouse company.
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Jerry Gates
Mt. Jackson
McCary
John Woodward
West Indianapolis
John M. Thomas
Woodward
Jos. R. Robinson
Christchurch
Meridian St
Monument Place
Ida Harp
George Garrett
George
Holmes Confesses Insurance Murder and Skeleton Find
Reports detail H H Holmes issuing a prison statement denying Pietzel alive and claiming Pietzel died in an accidental explosion at the Callow Hill Street house as Holmes sought insurance. Chicago police recover two human skeletons, including Miss Emeline Cigrand, with relatives traveling from Indiana to identify the remains.
Amigler linked to H. H. Holmes case in Indianapolis
An Indianapolis man named Edward Zeigler, alias B. A. Zeigel and George A. Nforris in Chicago, is tied to the Holmes murder circle. Zeigler, employed by a building and loan association, lived on Massachusetts Ave with a wife who worked in a picture frame shop. He was arrested in March on a swindling charge involving property via letters signed TH. H. Holmes, and he is said to have visited Holmes at his notorious castle and held many interviews with him.
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Patrick Quinlan
Ben
Eleventh-St
Morris St
Pietzel
Holmes
Callow Hill-st. House
Pretzel
Callow Hill-st
Lolmes
Benjamin Pietzel
Fidelity Company
Thlmes
Fle
Ite
Callow
Chicago
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
FL. WY. T Holmes
H. H. Holmes
Edward Zeigler
B. A. Zeigel
George A. Nforris
Building and Loan Association
Massachusetts Ave
Ward
Zeigler
TH. H. Holmes
Secret wedding shocks Indiana state capitol crowd
Miss Madge Allen a four year state auditor of state stenographer wed Hamilton B. Wells of Rose publishing in a hush ceremony Monday. Tuesday morning the capitol learned of the nuptials as quiet wheels amid gossip and consternation spread. The groom hails from Rose publishing, the event marking the first wedding among state house inhabitants in months. The scene shifts to Boston where Mrs. Gardiner of Arcadia is missing after a death scare and tailed by thieves amid a large jewel haul and unverified burial report.
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Auditor of State
State House
Madge Allen
State Capitol
Itamilton B. Wells
The
Rose Publishing Company
U. P.S
Gardiner
Mrs. Gardiner
Courier confirms no fighting at Jackson's Hole
July 30 report from Market Laks Ida says a Jackson's Hole courier confirmed the assertion that no fighting has occurred there.
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Ida
Jackson’s Hole
Maryland steel firm to raise wages for 700 workers
Yuet Us Move More of St Rahimons July 80 The Maryland steel company has decided to raise the wages of its 700 employes 10 per cent immediately.
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Yuet Us
St. Rahimons
Maryland Steel Company
Opening of Billee Taylor thrills Wildwood crowd
Amusement notes praise the Monday performance of Billee Taylor at Wildwood with strong applause for solos and Howard Blake's waltz rendition. Tuesday's show will feature the same bill. Broad Ripple’s new summer theater opens next month with Robert F. Maddox in the stock company, a merited dramatic impersonator from Ash Street, who has offers from Gustave Frohman.
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Billee Taylor
Wildwood
Howard Blake
Broad Ripple
Robert F. Maddox
Ash-st
Leaky Cisterns Cleaned and Cemented for Rate
A small repair notice describes cisterns cleaned and cemented at 1.50 each. The ad lists pumps at Factory 34 Ree 4 and identifies Butts, 183 Indian Wave, with a contact phone.
Public Works Board Hearing Over Sidewalk Plan Fight
Tuesday session of the Board of Public Works saw a heated exchange between Geo Bruce and E Cox as they argued a proposed sidewalk on Park Ave between Bedford and Fifteenth streets. Cox backed the project claiming property value benefits, Bruce disputed it. President Holton ordered both men to cool off. Contracts were awarded for cementing Alabama Street east sidewalk and a local sewer project nearby.
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Board of Works
Park Ave
Bedford
Fifteenth-sts
Geo. Bruce
E. Cox
Cox
Bruces
Bruce
Mr. Cox
President Holton
Alabama St
Ohio St
W. H. Peters
Gansbere & Roney
Illinois St
Fourteenth
Sixteenth St
Demented Woman Attacks Doctor With Buggy Whip
Sadie Bruce age 45 living at 233 HK Ohio street entered Dr. E F Hodges office Tuesday morning and assaulted him with a buggy whip. After a struggle she was ejected, arrested for assault and battery. She is described as demented with ten years of trouble.
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Hodges
Hidden treasure hunt hunts for buried Wells Fargo loot
John Brady the train robber went to Marysville with two detectives to locate the $53,000 buried by Browning after the Wells Fargo express robbery. Brady’s recollection is faint since the money was buried in the night and the treasure likely will remain unfound with Browning dead and no other witnesses.
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Sacramento
Cal
John Brady
Marysville
Browning
Wells- Fargo Express Company
Brady
Bogard
Forced to Vote by Police at City Council Meeting
Six Democratic council members were arrested for failing to attend a joint session called by the mayor to confirm Judge Commager’s election board appointment. Police escorted them to the session, forcing a vote as claims of party betrayal sparked a quorum breach and potential further trouble.
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Totepo
Common Council
Commager
Board of Elections
Tailors Sign Pact as Strikers Rally in New York
At the Brotherhood of Tailors headquarters in New York on Tuesday, 34 employers signed the new agreement, affecting about 500 workers. Strikers remain hopeful and confident, with morale high as negotiations advance amid a tense labor climate.
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New York
The
Brotherhood of Tailors
Youthful Thief Faces Trial For Hardware Store Heist
A 12 year old, Albert Knickerbocker, stood before Judge Stubbs on Tuesday charged with stealing two revolvers from Buchanan's Hardware on W Washington St. The judge lectured him about remorse and set the amount at $10 after the youth failed to show genuine contrition.
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Stubbs
Albert Knickerbocker
Buchanan
W. Washington St
Albert
Ailsa Defeats Britannia in Cork Regatta Tuesday
Defender defeats Vigilant again in a Tuesday race from Huntington Long Island to New London Connecticut. Bayard the U S ambassador in London says Brazil is excited over Trinidad islands and England seeks to lay a cable there.
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Ailsa
Cork
Huntington
S. 1
New London
Conn
Bayard
U. S
London
Brazil
Trinidad Islands
England
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Jerry Collins
Albert I. Zearing
Cadi Buskirk
George C. Webster
Chapman Post
Kentucky
Mr. Webster
Dan Ransdel
Van
Mr. Ransdel
Denny
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Anna Feonror
City Life
Paul C.paulson
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Es Elder
Uallhouss & Co
PHS
Miss Cigrand
Pumapuputa
H. Holmes
Benjamin PF. Pietzel
N. Mleventhst
Emeline Cigrand
M. ©. Chappell
Holmes’ “Castle
Cigrands
Chicaro
Annperson
Emiline Cigrand
Amigler
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Board of Public Works
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