Gas Works Refuse Pollutes Streams
Dr. John F. Geis of Indianapolis warns coal tar by products from gas works such as creosote oil and carbolic acid injure the digestive and urinary organs and can kill fish if dumped into streams. He notes some plants use coal tar by products, but dumping into streams is more deleterious. A Richmond case prompted calls for state health inspection. the state board urged prosecution by the fish commissioner and questioned if there is a public health injury.
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John F. Geis
Indianapolis
Richmond
State Board of Health
Geis
Huffman Seeks Madison County Clerk Nomination
Anderson dispatch reports W. W. Huffman secretary of the senate has become a Republican candidate for Madison County clerk after his Marion county indictment was quashed. Gov. Durbin is expected to back the nomination, with Huffman previously directing Durbin’s campaign HQs and once discussed as the governor’s private secretary.
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Anderson
W. W. Huffmen
Senate
Madison County
Marion County
Durbin
Huffman
Boy 12 Faces Train Tragedy With Remarkable Courage
In Philadelphia on June 6 George Hess, age 12, lost both feet after a train accident. Passengers carried him to the baggage car where he smiled and urged others not to trouble him. At the hospital doctors operated without anesthesia. he is expected to recover.
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Philadelphia
George Hess
Grape-Nuts and Postum Save Laurence Woman's Life
A Laurence Indiana woman, once crippled by poor diet and overwork, credits Grape-Nuts Food and Postum Coffee with restoring her health. She reports calm sleep, restored appetite, return to literary work, and improved nerves after thirty days. Her daughter also recovered from scarlet fever on Grape-Nuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence
Ind
M. C. Waring
Princely barber Murray flees town with wife’s mortgage cash
Claude G. Murray a Woodruff barber, after persuading his wife to mortgage their furniture for 100 dollars to pay a shop mortgage, disappeared. Seen on a train likely toward Buffalo. Father-in-law settled the furniture mortgage, sold the shop, and took the wife home. Murray, once well regarded, left amid surprise and mystery.
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Claude G. Murray
Claude
Tenth-st
Brightwood
Buffalo
Murray
Order of X's
Perrotts Hoss Ordinance Narrows Washington Street Parking
Perrrott's ordinance restricting vehicle standing on Washington Street between Capitol Ave and Delaware St to five minutes max and access for boarding has lingered in committee since May 6. Chairman Evans now leans toward passage after talks with business owners. Negrey calls it impractical and potentially harsh for self driving shoppers, plans to interview more merchants and remains open to conviction.
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Perrcott
Washington St
Capitol-ave
Delaware-st
Evans
Negrey
Chicago Near-Miss as Storm Strikes Harlem Race Track
A fierce storm over Chicago on June 6 caused a blackout and deadly lightning. A strike at Harlem race track killed La Mode, a 2-year-old filly owned by C. E. Brosman of Chillicothe, Ohio, and fatally injured rider Vincent West. Circuit boy Hugh McKenna was prostrated, and Mrs. Clara Frye suffered shocks to her barn, with possible death.
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la Mode
C. E. Brosman
Chillicothe
Harlem
Vincent West
Hugh McKenna
Clara Frye
Blow Out for Yankees in London Chamber Event
A London Chamber of Commerce banquet honored New York delegates with speeches and cordial hopes for permanent ties. Attendees included Morgan Carnegie Choate, and Word Brassey welcomed the Americans invited.
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London
Chamber of Commerce
New York Chamber of Commerce
Word Brassey
Morgan
Carnegie
Choate
Commencement Exercises At Girls Classical School
The Propylaeum hosted a Wednesday night commencement with Rev J Cumming Smith delivering the invocation and Prof H Morse Stephens of Cornell giving the address on The gospel of Kipling. The school chorus sang Ave Maria and diplomas were awarded with multiple prize recognitions for Miss Bertha Bals, Miss Margaret Shipp, Miss Gladys Wright, Miss Anna Barbour, Miss Hilda Fletcher, and Miss Alice Brown among others. Graduates listed include Bertha Meals, Blanche Barbour, Belle Layman, Erma Riberge, Margaret Shipp, Isabel Haas, Julia Kern, Mary Sanders, Beril Showers, Beatrice Klass, Edith Wilson, Iris Wynn.
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Propylaeum
J. Cumming Smith
H. Morse Stephens
Cornell
Kipling
Sewall
Bertha ‘Bals
Margaret Shipp
Gladys Wright
Anna Barbour
Hilda Fletcher
Miss Barbour
Miss Wright
Alice Brown
Nellie Free
Bertha Meals
Blanche Barbour
Belle Layman
Erma Riberge
Isabel Haas
Julia Kern
Mary Sanders
Beril Showers
Beatrice Klass
Edith Wilson
Iris Wynn
Bankruptcy Filings Reveal Small-Scale Debts and Assets
Ernest M. Viquessney of Spencer a restaurant keeper declares bankruptcy in federal court after owing 31 dollars to a firm for battering. His assets include a military overcoat a dress coat and a corporal’s uniform valued at 25 dollars and total debt 134 with property worth 545. John A. Ramsey a Hendricks county farmer also declares bankruptcy with 6996.56 in debts and assets valued at 200, after signing several notes of security and being liable for the sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest M. Viquessney
Spencer
John A. Ramsey
Hendricks County
Huffman mutilation case unlikely to reach supreme court
Prosecutor Ruckelshaus says it is not probable the case for alleged mutilation of the pure food bill against William W. Huffman, late secretary of the senate, will be appealed. He notes the state’s exceptions were only formal and questions the advantage of appealing.
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Ruckelshaus
William W. Huffman
Senate
Supreme Court
Snow Falls in Northeastern North Dakota Towns
Snow blanketed Rugby Larimore and Langdon on Thursday with about three inches of precipitation across the northeastern state.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Rugby
Larimore
Langdon
Reverend Lamb to Lecture at German Evangelical Church
Rev J H Lamb of Cleveland editor of the Evangelical Herald will speak Friday evening under the Young people's alliance at First German Evangelical Church East and New York streets on Being and doing. A crippled African American man named Robinson was fined ten dollars and costs in federal court Thursday for selling liquor without a license after buying a houseboat at Evansville that carried a small saloon setup and continuing sales under the prior license.
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J. H. Lamb
Cleveland
Evangelical Herald
Young People's Alliance
First German Evangelical Church
East
New York-sts
Robinson
Evansville
Fired a church member but kept a saloonist
In Velpin Indiana Rev William H Wade is on trial in federal court for counterfeiting pass ing bad nickels while his brother in law Barney Cato pleads guilty and testifies against him Cato also admits poor memory during cross examination and a saloonkeeper serves on the jury amid questions about Veracity and memory in the case with deputy marshal Peck warning of a lighter sentence if Cato cooperates.
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William H. Wade
Velpin
Ind
Barney Cato
Wade
Taylor Groninger
G .A. Shover
Jacob Burch
North Judson
Groninger
Shover
Cato
Barney
U.S
Peck
Marriage of Miss Hattie M Ryan and George E Campfield
Miss Hattie M Ryan daughter of Mr and Mrs John A Ryan marries George E Campfield in a Wednesday night ceremony at Rev F E Dowds home Attendants were Miss Hannah Cunningham and Todd Fulbright Bride wore a white organdie gown over silk and carried roses All guests attended a reception at the bride and groom new home 236 N Priest with plans to be at home after June 20
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Hattie M. Ryan
John A. Ryan
George E. Campfield
F. E. Dowd
Hannah Cunningham
Todd Fulbright
N. Priest
Births Deaths and Marriages in City Notice
June notices record several births and marriages with names and addresses including Thomas and gan at city boy birth by Dr. A M McClellan May entries list Clarence M and Clarence Stam bury at 2220 N Capitol ave boy with Dr J B Harvey plus other births. Deaths include Mary E Hackelman Donald Miller William Hughes Nappy Erner Anthony Quinn Jessie Coleman Jeptha Holden August Tamm and more with physicians listed. Marriages feature many couples such as Whittington Underhill and Fannie V Sloan Harry L Hammond and Beatrice Mc Clelan and others.
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Thomas and
Gan
City
Boy
A. M. McClellan
Hann
N. Capitol-ave
J. B. Harvey
Clarence M
Clarence Stambury
William and
Millie Neal
Illinois St
George H. F. House
Mary E. Hackelman
Birch Ave
M. A. Barker
Donald Miller
Indianapolis Orphans’ Home
F. C. Stewart
William Hughes
Churchat
G. W. Nash
Nappy Erner
S. Blackford St
Walter C. Beal
Anthony Quinn
Chadwick-st
C. ©. Durhan
Jessie Coleman
Lafayette-st
E. F. Johnson
Jeptha A. Holden
Woodlawn
Tamm
Hillside Ave
A. Leathers
Local Repairs and Frame Houses Listed for Sale
Parmelia Mitchell at 510 Division st repairs for 100 dollars. John Anacher at corner Milton and Rels near sts repairs for 25 dollars. G. B. Honisher at corner Twenty-sixth st and Procdway frame house priced at 5900 dollars. John Deiterich at 819 River ave coalshed and repairs for 109 pounds. Mrs. Henderson at Twenty-second-st between Park-ave and Broadway frame house for 2000 dollars. Fred Cline at corner Buckle and Nineteenth-sts frame house for 2000 dollars.
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Parmelia Mitchell
Division St
John Anacher
Milton
Relsnear Sts
G. B. Honisher
Twenty-sixth St
Procdway
John Deiterich
River Ave
Mrs. Henderson
Park-ave
Broadway
Fred Cline
Old Slave Memoir Sheds Light On 19th Century Life
George Smith, a colored man near 105, lies dying at Capt. David Braden’s home in Indianapolis. Born a slave and sold 19 times, he says 11 marriages followed the broomstick custom, and he fathered 53 children. He once stood beside his dead master Asa Brown after the 1832 Lebanon battle and later lived on Gen. Dumont’s farm. Illiterate yet with a remarkable memory, he recalls early 1800s events.
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George Smith
Capt
David Braden
Capitol Ave
Braden
Asa Brown
Lebanon
Senn
Indianapolis
Gen. Dumont
Kealing Appointed District Attorney Amid Seals
The commission for Joseph B. Kealing of Indiana as district attorney arrives with large seals and McKinley’s signature. Dated May 31, the appointment states service continues until the end of the next U S Senate session.
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Joe Kealing
President McKinley
Joseph B. Kealing
Indiana
U. S. Senate
Famous suit ends as judge dismisses libel claim
Boston June 6 Judge Bell dismissed the $150,000 libel suit brought by Mrs. Josephine C. Woodbury against Rev. Mary Baker Eddy after the plaintiff rested. The ruling said evidence did not show libel. The decision may be appealed. Also noted: Lionel Legare headlines Broad Ripple park next week with feats on a high spiral tower.
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Boston
Bell
Josephine C. Woodbury
Mary Baker Eddy
Concord
N. H
Christian Science Church
Broad Ripple Park
Lionel Legare
Ashton Dogs
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Fannie V. Sloan
Harry L. Hammond
Beatrice McClelan
Frank Burrows
Jessie E. Peterbaugh
Austin Douthit
Lessie M. Mendenhall
Moses A. Walker
Bessie Hadley
James R. Biddinger
Anna Boyer
William H. Mummey
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Hattie Ryan
William Logemeier, Jr
Mary C. Young
Frederick C. Meyer
Bertha Buckhorn
David R. Boots
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Woodbury H. Day
Ina C. Titus
Alexander White
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Josephine A. Greer
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South Chicago & Southern Railroad
State Line & Indiana City Railway
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Cross & Brown
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Reail Estate
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Ppedanaseerxvesse
India
China
Wm. i. Block Co
HEINZ
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Vories’ Business College
Monument Place
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