Military honors planned for Mrs Streight funeral
Mrs Lovina Streight widow of Gen A D Streight will be buried with military honors at 2 pm. Veterans from the G A R will arrange taps by bugler A T Dooley and color bearer G W Fuller will carry colors. A firing squad from the Indiana National Guard will fire, with pallbearers named from Indiana towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovina Streight
A. D. Streight
Washington Street
T. Dooley
Danville
Fifty-first
Indiana
G. W. Fuller
Indianapolis
Indiana National Guard
James H. Welton
Bicknell
Ind
W. B. Osborn
Pittsboro
W. T. Smith
E. House
W. Q O. Piper
Denver
E. W. Searce
H. T. Kirk
W. R. Hartpence
Harrison
J. K. Henley
Greenfield
Wiliam M. Cochrane
W. T. Wicker
Shelbyville
J. K. Bowers
W. D. Lewis
C. Weaver
Bridal Shower Disaster at Holtman Home
A mob of youths near Henry Holtman’s 521 N Temple Ave showered the house with tin cans buckets and sheets of tin roofing in honor of Julia Hollman’s marriage to Robert Wurster. Police arrived after the stunt as Bicyclemen Trimpe and Rucker rushed to the scene. Holtman later hired a two horse wagon to haul away the debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Holtman
N. Temple
Shank Pushes Peage Board For City Ferry Peace
City discussions consider a jointly chosen arbitration board by the Board of Works and city council to settle the ferry business dispute. The proposal has limited support from both bodies, though Mayor Shank backs it. A peace conference is expected within a week or two after the charter-based suggestion for regular meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Works
Shank
Club Woman Taken To Local Hospital
Mrs. W. S. Major of Shelbyville Indiana was hospitalized at Methodist hospital Tuesday afternoon after a long illness caused by a cold contracted at a State Federation of Clubs meeting in Indianapolis nearly two years ago. She has been unable to move without subsistence and will receive treatment for pneumonia symptoms. Major is a well known figure in Indiana women’s club circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Federation of Clubs
Indianapolis
W. S. Major
Shelbyville
Ind
Methodist Hospital
Wack Quill Promoted to City Passenger Agent
Wack Quill is promoted to city passenger agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad in this city after 14 years with the company. He succeeds Jerry Hardie, who was sent to Denver, Colorado, and Quill becomes the most widely known railroad official in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wack Quill
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lnes
Quill
Gud
Erry Hardié
Denver
Col
Othe
State
Missing former councilman John F. Wood inquiry into fate
Former councilman John F. Wood vanished after failing to appear in criminal court on charges linked to the Irvington Land Co. case. Reports say he told attorney John YU. Spahr he might drown himself near a canal or river. No one has seen him since, and no trace exists at his home 2405 Talbott Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington Land Company
Wood
John YU
Spahr
Talbott Avenue
Court grants chance to a young woman after minor alcohol case
In police court Peter Schmitz owner of Ye Ark on Ohio Street faced a charge of selling beer to a minor when 18 year old Gertie Bowman was escorted in. The bartender argued age was not questioned. Bowman was jailed but placed with Matron Hopkins for a home. The judge told her she could be good if she chose to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Schmitz
Ye Ark
Ohio Street
Gertie Bowman
Bledsoe
Hostetter
Schmitz
Hopkins
Spiritualists End State Convention in Indianapolis
The Spiritualists of Indiana closed their convention in Indianapolis late Tuesday electing Rev. J. F. Carney of Martinsville as president and F. Campbell Sheridan first vice president. Elected officers also include Mrs. C. B. Andrews Indianapolis second vice president, Miss Libby Skelton secretary, C. B. Andrews treasurer, and trustees J. Condon Seymour L. Veeguarden Indianapolis Mrs. J. Walls Martinsville and Harry P. Hoag Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
J. F. Carney
Martinsville
F. Campbell
Sheridan
C. B. Andrews
Libby Skelton
J. Condon
Seymour
L. Veeguarden
Chase Ends With Fugitive at Large
The pursuit by Superintendent Hyland and detectives Kinney Askin and Price ended with the fugitive at large after a three mile cross country race in Shelby county. Hyland, though the fastest officer, could not close in on Price before he vanished over a hill as Mayor Shank watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyland
Kinney
Henry Askin
Otto Price
Harry Shelton
Shelby County
Price
Supt. Hyland
Mayor Shank
Europe Draws Many Indianapolis Tourists Abroad
Indianapolis will send a large number of travelers to Europe this summer with routes including Liverpool, France, Germany, and Italy. Most plan to visit Oberammergau for the Passion Play and join trips around the world or to Brussels for an international libraries congress. Notable travelers include Mrs William Reid and daughter Jeannette, Miss Kate Crimm, Mr and Mrs Hugh J McGowson and daughters, Mr and Mrs C S Denny, Miss Eliza G Browning, Mr and Mrs J Irving Holcomb, and Miss Elizabeth Everitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Liverpool
France
Germany
Italy
Oberammergau
Joe
William Reid
Jeannette Reid
Kate Crimm
Hugh J. McGowson
C. S. Denny
Eliza G. Browning
International Congress of Libraries
Brussels
J. Irving Holcomb
Tenth Infantry Prepares For Chicago Tournament
The Tenth Infantry at Fort Benjamin Harrison trains for the Chicago military tournament and fall maneuvers. A 40 mile four day hike begins Tuesday as part of the summer monthly marches. The Second Battalion at Fort Thomas Covington, Ky conducts target practice awaiting relief duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Chicago
Ft. Thomas
Covington
Ixy
Department of the Jakes
Kentucky Regiment
Ft. Benjamin Clarrison
Class Will To Be Read At Ceremony At Shortridge
The Shortridge high school senior class day exercises are set for Monday afternoon at Caleb Mills hall with an elaborate program. The old class history prophecy and poem will be read, new novelties added, with Miss Gertrude Schoull as historian Miss Katherine Tinsley as prophet Charles Sherman as historian Miss Margaret Metzger as poet and George Glendenning as class administrator. Class president J R Hasselman will present the acts with a strange ceremony. A musical program will feature both senior and junior classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shortridge High School
Caleb Mills Hall
Gertrude Schoull
Katherine Tinsley
Charles Sherman
Margaret Metzger
Patrolman Shot by His Own Revolver in City Incident
Patrolman Albert Miller was shot in the leg by an accidental discharge of his revolver while aiding Patrolman Walter Cox in a report of boys on a drug store roof. As Miller transferred the gun from his pocket to a holster, it slipped and fired, shattering the bone above the ankle and sending him to City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Miller
Walter Cox
Miller
Albert Laube
Shelby and
Beecher
Crown Hill Officers Are All Re-Elected
The Crown Hill Cemetery association re elected officers Volney T. Malott president Nicholas McCarthy first vice president John S. Duncan second vice president William F Landes secretary and Thomas Spann treasurer The board of managers were re elected and J K Lilly Oliver Reveal and T C Day were appointed to fill vacancies caused by deaths Walter H Wheeler was appointed superintendent to succeed John Chislett
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Hill Cemetery Association
Volney T. Malott
Nicholas McCarthy
John S. Duncan
William F. Landes
Thomas Spann
J. K. Lilly
Oliver Reveal
T.C. Day
E. B. Martindale
S. J. Fletcher
Jesse Fletcher
Walter H. Wheeler
John Chislett
Millions Are Spent American Tourists in London
London expects twelve and a half million dollars from American visitors this season. About 100,000 Americans are forecast to travel to England, spending an average of 125 dollars each excluding railway fare. The total is lower than earlier years due to the end of the London society season after King Edward's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Edward
London “Society
Wulfson Resents Being Kidded At Court Hearing
Isidor Wulfson, inspector of weights and measures, charged John Elliott with falsifying weights. Elliott, accused of misleading weigh-masters, claimed a mistake and offered a $5000 bond to clear the slate. Wulfson insisted the practice existed, noting corn load short by 790 pounds. Judgment was suspended as friends interceded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliott
Mr. Wulfson
Elliott
Wulfson
Yardmasters Take Inspection Trip Around Indianapolis
A special train carried 200 visiting yardmasters on an inspection tour of Indianapolis terminals and points of interest. They visited the state fairgrounds Kingan Co Van Camp Packing Beech Grove and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where cars were provided for a track tour. Fort Benjamin Harrison was also inspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Fairgrounds
Kingan & Co
van Camp Packing Company S
Beech Grove
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The
Speedway
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Tramps Describe Death of Comrade Near Shelbyville
Three tramps testified about the crossing accident five miles from Shelbyville in which Frank Maher of Cincinnati was killed by a Big Four train. They said he lost his hold and fell beneath the wheels as Edward Carson flagged the crossing. Patrolman Mason pursued the fleeing trio with Bicycle Policemen Hanks and Murphy but could not catch them. Police later confirmed Maher’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Carson
Frank Maher
Cincinnati
Shelbyville
Mason
Hanks and
Murphy
Maher
Indiana G A R selects recruiting staff for Atlantic City encampment
The newly elected Indiana Department Commander A P Asbury orders posts to choose aides for his staff. He publishes recruiting officers and delegates for the forty fourth national encampment to be held in Atlantic City starting September 19. The list names delegates and alternates from many Indiana posts and assigns recruiting officers by district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury
Atlantic City
Indiana
Flavius J. van Vorhin
Indianapolis
Johnn ¢. Shaffer
Boonville
Morris Ford
New Harmony
I. K. Springer
Lebanon
James Owens
Bedford
el Meningh
Salem
James Petree
Elizabethtown
Lewis King
Columbus
Lawrence Burnett
Terre Haute
John W. White
Danville
A. S. Creath
Greensburg
W. B. Murray
Connersville
Samuel M. Compton
Zacharia Laniers
James H. Chaddick
Bluffton
Dol. K. Shockley
Decatur
A. R. Tucker
Noblesville
Taylor la Tour
William W. Riddle
Kendanville
Joseph Turnock
South Bend
J. C. Gordon
Argos
Woodson Marshall
Marion
Eph Rowe
D. W. Brown
Evansville
G. D. Abrams
Odon
A. J. Streeter
Washington
James A. Gerdner
Troy
T.G. Das
Versailles
John F. Hammell
Madison
David Strouse
Rockville
Albert Martin
Core
John K. Henley
Greenfield
Merritt Dorsey
Oxford
James Walsh
Otterbein
Marcellus Rawiles
Lafayette
John A. Clevenger
North Manchester
B. G. Shinn
Hartford City
J. D. Leighty
St. Joe
Albert Preston
Lagrange
Adolph Hunneshagen
Kewanna
J. S. Smith
Warsaw
Charles Kretchmer
Joseph Streeter
Edmund Cave
New Albany
Ohn Moss
Centerpoint
J. K K. Bowers
Shelbyvile
W. D. Wilson
H. C. Melick
George Teeter
Tipton
E. C. Powell
Jesse Parmenter
Wabash
J. W. Hoffman
Ligonier
S. I. Brown
Knox
Newspaper Men Meet at Grand Hotel for Indiana Weeklies
Newspaper men from across Indiana will gather Friday and Saturday at the Grand hotel as members of the Indiana Associated Weeklies hold preliminary business discussions and address printers concerns and public interest topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Indiana Associated Weeklies
Grand Hotel
City Faces Debt From Marion Court Judgments
City discovers a legacy of 1400 in Marion court judgments and costs left by the previous regime. City Attorney Merle N A Walker relayed the finding to Charles F. Hurst as he asked City Controller Howard Kimball to seek a 4100 appropriation from the Council to cover the judgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Merle N. A. Walker
Charles F. Hurst
Howard Kimball
Pardon Granted for Illness Suffering Reformatory Inmate
William Kinley of Indianapolis, imprisoned at Indiana Reformatory Jeffersonville since 1902, is paroled by Gov Marshall. His six years beyond minimum sentence due to tuberculosis and health concerns prompted the release, with intent to transfer to another state for care. Reformatory physician urged the parole, supported by Wares Pey ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kinley
Indianapolis
Marshall
Kinley
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Wares
D. C
Peyton
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John F. Wood
Creted
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Europe
Someaher
Elizabeth Everitt
New York
Ft. Harrison
Shortridge
Bullet
Crown Hill
Isidor Wulfson
John W. Elliott
Collins
Route
and Motor Speedway
A. P. Asbury
Farmersburg
American National Bank
Old Post Office Building
Market and
Pennsylvania St
Marion Paint Company
Our Steamship Department
Reserva
Merchants National Bank
the Leading Trust Company
the Union Trust Company
Ffice Company
East Market Street
Invest In Bonds Inc
Indianapolis Street Railway Co
Citizens Street Railroad Co
B&b
Indianapolis & Martinsville Traction Co
Kokomo, Marion & Western Traction Co
Indianapolis Water Company
Indiianapolis
Bond Department
Fletcher National Bank
Wade, Mgr
A Nair
Shubert
Thers
Fel and Gee
ALL Star Stock CO
Ida Fuller
Ovington & Wilbus Gardner
Revers Cook Sisters
Byers & Herman
Matinee Daily
LA Sorciere
Barber
Todrome
Brewster’s Millions
Mr. George Acrina
Uncle Tom
Sefa Ghai
Baleaur
Fries Cresta and
Seta Gaatrs
Aight Ress
Gorda
Haloeay
Ay Éallery
Empire
Vaudette Theater
Jack Johnson
Jim Jeffries
Cotton
Cutler
ST. Paul
W . Thursda ST. Paul “Sass
Securday
Ball Park
Weber
Huder
Ferger
Pierson
Meyer-Kiser Bank
Thompson's Dairy
Lusch
Sun
General House
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