Kennedy the Indiana congressman buried at Greenlawn
An Indiana congressman, Andy Kennedy, died of smallpox in 1841 at a Palmer House hotel, then buried at Greenlawn cemetery. A transcript recalls Kennedy a strong Democratic figure, his legislative career from Muncie town to Congress, and the mysterious burial details including a late 19th century monument and lingering questions about his exposure and death.
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Andrey Kennedy
Indiana
Palmer House
Occidental Hotel
Andy Kennedy
Uncle Joe
Joe
Lineledon
Democrata
Cale Smith
Kennedy
Muncie Town
William Henry Morrison
Mar
Jonathan McCarty
Smith
Mccarty
Gnathero
Gward Wan
Jdemocratic
Kenevedy
Partrs
Luw
Congress
House
United States
Whitcomb
Greenlawn Cemetery
Jam
Eyay
Jefe
Skull Fracture in Crash Sparking Recovery Hope
Frank Lucke superintendent of the Honal Motor Vehicle Company was hospitalized at St Vincent's with a fractured skull after his auto van was struck by a Ripple car Friday night near Twenty-ninth and Central avenues. His companion Charren M. Bhoop, 24 Park Ave, was knocked down. Groom Kills Himself in San Francisco in front of his home bride at the Grand Hotel room. Peter Hanson of Pentautama shoots himself in his room. Liberty Bell reaches Williamsport Pa with crowds.
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Frank Lucke
Honal Motor Vehicle Company
Bt. Vincent
Lucke
San Francisco
Jone
Peter Hanson
Pentautama
Cal
Jeelf
Grand Hotel
Miraculous metal finding boy linked to Alaska mining deals
Galveston dated report tells of Henry techary a farmer’s son near Lockhart who can locate gold and other metals using a whalebone rod. Mining operators in California and Alaska allegedly contract to take him on locating expeditions with payments totaling 181690 over ten years. He carries a long whalebone divining rod and reacts with quivering limbs when under the metal’s currents. He has allegedly identified metallic leads in Cripple Creek and elsewhere through such influences.
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Galveston
Tex
Lockhart
Catredo
California
Alaska
Zachary
Uroken
Cripple Creek
Four knocks and jollies at the asylum visit
County officials report on the asylum visit noting unsatisfactory room conditions for patients who lack bodily control and a required night watchwoman. They commend plans for more tillable ground, a missing pew laundry, wire guards over radiators, and Supt Morgan’s patient histories. Buildings and grounds are generally described as good with Morgan’s garden and steeping rooms for officials praised.
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County Beat of Charities
Juiles
Morgan
Sultan of Morocco to reply Monday on Perdicaris release
Tangier June 2 The sultan of Morocco will answer to the demand of Ion Perdicaris release and the English position tomorrow. The report notes the sultan’s planned reply to pressures from Britain and the United States over the present crisis.
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Ion Perdicaris
Tangier
Morocco
Americaft
Eciferus
McClellan and Black Nomination May Follow Ticket
The text discusses McClellan of New York for president and Joan A. Black of Linai for vice president. It suggests they would carry New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin and notes Cleveland has little chance if nominated, with Roosevelt seen as similar but older and possibly shorter-lived.
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Chickasaw
F. T
Henry Wateterson
Kingfener
Tadahl
Fayor
Geo
Re McClellan
New York
Dent
Joan A. Black
Linai
New Jersey
Delaware
Indiana
Slantos
Wisconsin
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Quiet Indiana Coal Mines Signal Slow Demand Lows
Indiana coal mining remains quiet with miners working two to three days a week. The reduced demand in warmer weather keeps activity low, though signs point to a pickup and a healthier state soon as markets improve.
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Indiana
RoMes
Baterday
Fractured Forehead After Altercation Over Potatoes
Babb Sage, 49 Larnell street, recounts a family dispute that left him with an indented frontal bone fracture after a rock struck him at a neighbor’s house and her husband later hit him with a hammer. He was treated by Dr. Martin in City hospital, with a portion of the frontal bone removed and repaired.
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Brishon Babb
Larnell St
Babba
Dornick
Dinka
Babb
Plum
Muse
Philosophical approach to sentence outcome described
Deputy Boyd and two companions returned from Fort Leavenworth where they went with Cyran McCendy and Alfred Parker of Bedford. The men took their fate philosophically, remained cheerful, and were praised as good accountants by Mr Goya and the warden though the purpose remains unstated.
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B.-marchal Boyd
Fort Leavenworn
Cyran McCendy
Beymour
Alfred ©. Parker
Bedford
Canhiera
Mr. Goya
Market Report From The OLIS Stock Exchange
OLIS STOCK EXCHANGE market report covers stocks, bonds, grain and live stock quotes. It lists wheat and oats prices by grade, milling and futures contracts, with other commodities and regional livestock prices from Cincinnati Toledo Pittsburgh and New York markets. It notes receipts, bid ranges and price movements for cattle hogs sheep and dairy items across major Western and Eastern centers.
Insane Man Hangs From Hotel Window In Chicago
Otto Saeger, violently insane, dangled from a third story window at the Northern hotel for about thirty minutes on Saturday morning. Two men, Hazirg and another bystander, attempted to assist as Saeger was rescued by Hearne and taken to the detention hospital.
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Chicago
Otto Saeger
Hazirg
Ching
Hearne
Newman Recites In Saloon Aboard Leyland Line
Boston passengers arriving on the Leyland line include Rev CB Newman of Indianapolis who has been in Europe. He sailed from Boston on the White Star liner for Naples. On the voyage he appeared in a charity entertainment reciting an appropriate poem The Chambered Nautilus.
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Boston
Leyland Line
Indianapolia
Europe
Naples
Newman
Indiana News in Urgent Briefs From City to State
Indianapolis items report clerks leaving posts at Grand Hotel and a traveling life, plus editor friction and staff shifts. Notes mention Lawrence McTurnan out of town, Irvington streets torn up, Walter Rinker moving to Indianapolis, and various social events at Knights of Columbus jail. Governor Durbin’s party returns from St. Louis as Steady political chatter continues.
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Fred Bhireman
Grand Hotel
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Lawrence McTurnan
Atate House
Charlie
Ivington
Walter Rinker
Muncie
Chapel Club
William Lalley
Knights of Columbus
Alice Roosevelt’s visit dominates early 1900s newspaper space
Reports show Alice Roosevelt consumed vast newspaper space with 15 columns daily coverage. Photographers chased her private receptions and public events, capturing moments from dinners to walks as crowds filled pols and generals were among those photographed.
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Lats
Law
Alice Roosevelt
Ainnete
Tt S
St. Louis
Indianapolis & Northwestern Win Traction Case Ruling
Judge Baker in federal court ruled that the Indianapolis and Northwestern traction company gains control over Crawfordville streets ending a long dispute with Inv Gianapolla and North Western and blocking the Consolidated traction company from operating streetcars in the city. The Crawfordville council had granted competing franchises, fueling the years long conflict.
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Baker
Indianapolis & Northwestern Traction Company
Crawfordaville
Gianapolla & Northwratern
Consolidated Traction Company
Can
Ytraet
Ste Knea
Collery Ity
Crawfardaville Council
Northwestern Company
Mout man dies after winning pinactte trick
In New York John Steele, 27, declares M out before collapsing at the table. Death from heart failure ends the momentary victory in a pinactte game. The report notes a Michigan plant move by Rockwell Whbush company and a stray misprint about prejudice.
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John Steele
New York
Alheane
Michigan
Wabash
Ind
Rockwell
Whbush Company
Argent
Muskegon
Mich
Indianapolis Live Stock Market Report June 1
Receipts include 2 shipments with market steady. Cattle: good to choice steers 1,300 lbs and up, common to medium feeders 11 to 1,200 lbs, good to choice cows and heifers, stockers and feeders mixed. Hogs: receipts heavy, market fatty with modest advances, grading from ordinary to good. Sheep and lambs: receipts light, spring lambs and yearlings listed with price ranges. grains and hay prices noted.
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Cincinnati Live
Cincinnati
Wong
Lambs
Bota
Pittsburg
East Buffalo
B. C
Chipago
Western
BOOT
Indianapolis
Benin
Aya Iereeee
Woman Drinks Elixir on Sixth Avenue Scene
A bottle labeled elixir of youth led to a chaotic street scene on Sixth Avenue near Fiftieth Street. A group of refined women drank the dose, danced to a street piano, and behavior escalated until officers cleared the area and the intoxicated person was taken to hospital for recovery doubt. Ceasar Young, a noted bookmaker, reportedly shot himself in a cab while with Mrs. Nan Patterson, dying instantly. His wife resides at Mentone Park.
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New York
Sixth-ave
Ike & Child
Ceasar Young
Nan Patterson
Young
Mento Park
Chicago Produce Prices Report June 4
Butter creamery and cheese quotes vary with extras listed. Meats and poultry including live poultry, geese, ducks, and turkeys show assorted per unit prices. details mixed and partially obscured in the OCR.
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New York
York
Butler—Creamery
Chicago
New York stocks open with slight rise on June 4
In New York the opening Mock market showed a slight upward tendency with demand led by low priced coal stocks. Prices for BR and T rose modestly as summer influences persisted, while government bonds remained unchanged. Trading focused on covering shorts amid bear trend retreat, with a notable stake in Stel preferred and other industrials.
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New York
Reactiue
Erle
Muffan Inn
Bt Paul
Stel Preferred
Capner
Steel
Bray
Metropolitan
M. P
Shalehi
Bales
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Atlas Engine Works
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Pow Co - Columbiaational Bank
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Consumers’ Gas Trust
D&m. Telephone Federal Union Surety Home Brewing Company.co
Indiana Hotel Company
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Martinsville RT. Co
Indianapolis Fire Ins
Indianapolis Gas Company
Indianapolis & Fastern Ry
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Northern Traction
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Indianapolis Water Co
Kekomo Ry. & Light Ca
Merchants' Heat & Light Ca
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Rolla Bott
Hindle
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J. ¥. Radley
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Judge Anderson
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Indianapolis & Northwestern
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