Street Cars Must Go New York Air Power Plan
The International Air Power Company, based in New York, says it plans to form a firm in Inland Ohio to use air as motive power for street traffic. It expects to replace street cars with air powered vehicles within ten years, and to secure rights from city government while awaiting massive air supply from congress.
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New York
Innternational Air Power Company
Inland
International Air Power Company
Crneral Car- Wage Company
International Air ‘Power Company
Fifth-ave
Churches Weigh Relocation With New Post Office Site
The University perk site may force the First Presbyterian and Plymouth churches to seek new locations near Delaware or Pennsylvania. Sixteenth Street or the Talbott homestead corner could be considered if prices are reasonable. The Plymouth church would benefit from a central site, while no valuation or official government position has been set.
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Pyterian
Plymouth
Delaware
Pennsylvania-sis
Sixteenth St
Talbott Homestead
Talbott-ave
Sixteenth
Wants to Hang Murder Suspect in Topeka Judge June
In Topeka Kansas federal prisoner Joseph Big Leach who fancies pleading guilty to murder at Fort Riley says he wants to be hanged though capital punishment is abolished in Kansas He suggests the judge may have to accept the plea and impose life imprisonment instead Also mention of a June high school reunion in Indianapolis with alumni spouses and dances
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Joseph ‘Big Leach
United States
Fort Riley
Leach
Probaly
Ianapolis’ High School Association
Blood bitters touted for public health in old society
An item notes a tonic claiming to aid English health, especially in youth and aging society. It highlights blood bitters as a cure for stomach ailments, stomach distress, liver issues, and malaria or fever concerns, portraying them as beneficial to overall vitality.
HOBOES CONCLAVE TO GATHER IN DANVILLE NEXT WEEK
The Danville hobo convention organized Tourist union No. 63 will meet June 17 to 19 with addresses and talks on tramp life. The program covers topics from how to pair-handle a dookie to the history of the organization and life on the road.
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Danville
Koha
Hfe
The Meier Mystery Buried Money Missing Inheritance
Chicago June 10 An envelope marked The will of Marlin Mine opened in probate court reveals Martin Meier naturalization papers and burial receipt missing inside. The anticipated estate of about 560000 is unresolved as the document vanishes. Breenbacks and mortgages totaling over 18,000 plus securities and notes complicate the case. All suspects have been released.
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Chicago
Martin Meier
Marlin
Meier
Indianapolis street railway plans upgrade with new cars
General manager McGowan announces July arrivals of several new streetcars for the Claypool building downtown hub where most lines pass. He says requests across lines are many and some cars will be on each line by next month. He notes talks with promoters about suburban lines and a Greenfield route could be valuable.
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Claypool Building
Illiois
Washington
Central-ave
McGowan
Poisoned Father Suspect Daughter in Cincinnati Case
Police link arsenic found in John Sailman's stomach to poisoning. The 69 year old died Wednesday after Emma Sailman, his daughter, left home Saturday morning and returned to find him dead. She questioned a post mortem and drew police attention with remarks about her mother’s death. The mother died suddenly two years earlier.
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Cincinnati
John Sailman
Emma
Father
Mother
Cleveland Street Car Company hires men in St. Louis
One hundred men have been secured by an agent of the consolidated street railway company of Cleveland to take the places of striking motormen and conductors in St Louis. They will receive 2 per day and board.
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Cleveland Street Car Company
St. Louis
Tthenie Consolidated Street Railway Company
Cleveland
Cleveland Street Railway seeks motormen and conductors in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati Ohio June 10 the Cleveland Street Railway Company has a man in the city looking for motormen and conductors It is not believed he secured any men.
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Cincinnati
Clevelind Big Street Railway Company
Japanese convicted of murder and riot in Hawaii
San Francisco dispatch reports typhoid cases on the transport Sherman en route to Honolulu. A steamer fire at Punalu Landing cost nine lives. A Japanese man convicted of murdering Chinese and rioting at Kahuku on March 20 faces execution or prison terms. fourteen others acquitted.
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Hawaii
San Francisco
Doric
Trom
Honolulu
Sherman
Punalu Landing
Kahuku
Fire Insurance President Killed by Trolley Car
New York June 4 Capt George J Rhoads president of the Stuyvesant fire insurance company and a leading member of the Board of underwriters was killed Saturday morning by an Eighth Ave trolley car on its Devil trip He lay 53 feet from the curb with a fractured skull died at J Hood Wright hospital Motorman John Varos is under arrest.
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New York
George J. Rhoads
Stuyvesant Fire Insurance Company
Board of
Underwriters
J. Hood Wright
Motermin
John Varos
Condition of Bland Increases Hope for Recovery
Bland's physicians in Lubangon Missouri say he may live several days more as he fights a serious condition. Doctors report brain involvement but are unsure if organic or immediate causes predominate and offer no clear prognosis.
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Lubangon
Congr Bland
State officials hail Custodian West ruling on Epworth tent
Officials praised Custodian West for denying grounds to Epworth tent citing polite legality. Gov Mount reviewed West’s decision and said West acted within the law though some believe the governor feared責 burden. Epworth league members argued the legislature granted tent rights and warned of possible injunctions by a hotel guest ready to sue.
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West
Epworth
Headless Body Recovered Off Bay Ridge
The headless body of a well nourished man was found in the water off Bay Ridge on Saturday morning. Boys spotted the ghastly remnant bobbing with the tide and fled in alarm as Crescent athletic club members pulled the trunk ashore and alerted police. A cursory exam yielded no identifying marks. about half the body, including head and part of legs, was missing. The remains suggest the man did not die more than a week ago and indicate a large stature.
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New York
Bay Ridge
Crescent Athletic Club
Law Question on Machan's State Board Seat
Governor appoints J A Machan county superintendent of Lagrange to the state board of education. Machan failed of election last week and it is uncertain if he can serve. The governor considers it a technical issue and may seek court ruling. no successor will be appointed.
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J. A. Machan
Lagrange
State Board of Education
Machan
Saturday half-holiday eyed in state house plan
Gov Mount beat his office for a few hours Saturday and a Saturday half-holiday is discussed in the state house. The plan would close the omeces at 1 am. The attorney general hears inquiries from school officials and municipal corporations about weekly wage payments. The new law allows such corporations an exemption. State Superintendent Jones returns from various commencements and will visit Bloomington next week. Of two county superintendents chosen last week, most were re-elected except one due to new licensing rules.
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Mount
State House
Ife
Stite Supt. Jones
Bloomington
Engineers Sail for Natal From Southampton
Three hundred troops, mostly engineers, sailed from Southampton on Saturday bound for Natal the closest British port to the Transvaal. The movement signals a force deployment in the region amid ongoing British operations.
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England
Transvaal
Southampton
Natal
Town Talk items from nH Indiana editorial meeting and city notes
June 15 and 11 meetings of the Northern Indiana editorial association in Muncie. Police court fines for fast bicycle riding. Iron price hike could curb Indianapolis building. River-bed obstructions cleared by deputy fish commissioner. Ida Church buried at Greenfield after dying in her home. Rural route expansion planned in Congressman Overstreet district. Jerry Sheehan, posing as city inspector, jailed for soap theft. police deem him possibly insane. County board nominees appointed. meeting planned near June 20. List of recent divorces. Alumni banquet at state blind institute with Mattie Reed as toastmistress. Notes on medical and legal matters including morphine incident, Dr Kelly the "notorious" case, and potential perjury questions. Fire in state house trash chute causes smoke but no damage.
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Northern
Indiana
Muncie
Sdward Bates
Harry Phillips
Frank Payton
Indianapolis
John Newhouse
Michigan-st
Vandalia Bridge
Ida Church
Jefferson Ave
Greenfield
Congressman Overstreet
Franklin
Southport
Bridgeport
Nora
Jerry Sheehan
Spector
Albert Sahm
William Pollard
County Board of Review
George
Amelia Hutson
Clara J
John A. McClune
Maud B
Burton Rockwood
Charles
Ida B. Moore
Lillie
Dennis Finch
May C
Warrison B. Butler
State Blind Institute
Mattie Reed
Karchner
Lizzie Schawseoss
Alabama St
Dr. Kelly
Ehrmandale
Vigo County
Hadley
Ehrmardale
Saluted, a Catholic Rite Marks Church Reconciliation
An unusual scene in Rome Saturday showed a regiment passing a religious procession saluting priests who returned the salute. Newspapers hailed the moment as evidence of improved church state relations and a warming of ties between church and state.
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Rome
Health authorities report smallpox case in Indianapolis
Health officers were called to 1115 North Missouri Street Saturday morning to inspect a suspected smallpox case. They found Mrs J F Hill, a colored woman, with a fully developed illness. The house was quarantined but she will not be moved. The case is mild compared with other reported in the city.
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Souri-St
Missouri-st
J. F. Hill
Death of Elijah Horton After Sudden Heart Deterioration
Elijah Horton of Brightwood died suddenly early Saturday from heart disease after years of illness. He became restless around 4 PM and died within 15 minutes despite a doctor’s arrival. He leaves eight children including Joseph Henry and Everett Horton in Brightwood and Ed Horton of Hillside Avenue plus daughters-in-law in Oaklandon and Fortville, with his wife already deceased.
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Elijah Horton
Brogdave
Brightween
Horton
Mr. Horton
Joseph
Henry
Everett
Jortun
Brightwood
Ed Horton
Hillside Ave
Daniel Apple
Jesse McConnell
Oaklandon
John Beaver
Jris
George Scott
Fortville
Engle City post in Alaska named Egbert in honor
Washington June 10 The new military post at Engle City Alaska has been named Egbert to honor the late Col Harry C Egbert who was killed while leading his regiment in battle at Malinta in the Philippine islands
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Egbert
Washington
Engle City
Alaska
Harry C. Egbert
Malinta
Philippine Islands
Mistaken Identity in Wheeling Green Sands Trial
In Wheeling on June 19 B F Beans was acquitted of beating Agnie an Italian saloon keeper out of 210 in a green sands game. Agnie and friends swore Beans was the man, while Seans a blacksmith from Parnhill Ohio testified he was in his smithy that day and legitimate.
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Wheeling
W. Va
B. F. Beans
Agnie
Green Sands
Beans
Seans
Parnhill
Suit Seeks $10,000 Over Alleged Alienation of Wife
Joseph Grant a glass worker of Ander son sues Indianapolis traveling man James C. Torrence for $10,000 alleging Torrence called on his wife during Grant's absence and caused alienation of affection.
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Joseph Grant
Anderson
James C. Torrence
Indianapolis
Torrence
Deaths and accidents report across several cities
The death roll lists Jesse Avis of Robinson's circus run over by a wagon in Coyington Kentucky, with Brighton Ohio as his home. John Juhlman of Cincinnati was found dead in the river, death attributed to his own action. James Slade, a colored man in Norfolk Virginia, jumped into the river to escape officers and drowned. One person reported killed and several injured amid railroading incidents and related wrecks along the railroad.
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Jesse Avis
Robinson's Circus
Coyington
Brighton
John Juhlman
Cincinnati
James Slade
Norfolk
Read House Owner Seals Lease On Lookout Inn
Samuel R. Read, proprietor of the Read house in Chattanooga Tennessee, closed a lease for Lookout Inn Saturday. The move defeats the plan of the Order of railroad conductors to establish a school there, ending their bid to use the property.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Samuel R. Read
Read House
Lookout Inn
Dreyfus sails for France and copper strike near Sierra Blanca
Wire notes report Dreyfus sails for France on Saturday and a rich copper discovery near Sierra Blanca, Texas. The bulletin also cites 1500 Cubans seeking wages at Matanzas, a Cincinnati tool firm fire with $30,000 loss, Dawson’s first gold shipment of the season estimated at $1,000,000, and the death of Rev. William Sedill, 71, a well known Auburn minister. Also mentions a boxing bout between Tommy West and Pat Ready in Syracuse.
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Dreyfus
France
Sierra Blanca
Tex
Matanzas
Barker & Chard Tool Company
Cincinnati
Dawson
William Sedill
M. E
Auburn
N. X
Tommy
West
Pat
Syracuse
Sessroodsien
biGhrinan Aear
Sanday
Higbee Defined as Defendant in Divorce Suit
Elizabeth B. Higbee files for divorce from Frank D. Higbee in Chicago accusing him of infidelity and failure to support her despite a monthly income of 40 to 100 dollars. She also alleges he attempted to poison her.
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Chicago
Frank D. Higbee
McKinley
Cireles
Elizabeth B. Higbee
Newark All Right Capt Colby Reports Seeing Her May 28
Cable from the United States Treasury or naval office relays word that Newark has been sighted in the Atlantic theater. The message, dated Montevideo January 10 and sent from the Pacific Steamship Company, confirms Newark’s arrival at Sandy Point in Patagonia on May 28. Captain Colby’s report alleviates anxieties over Newark’s delayed arrival and notes the sighting near Patagônia.
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Colby
Washington
Ave Department
Pram
Newark
Valparaiso
Montevideo
Pacific Steamship Company
Sandy Point
Patangonia
Sighea Colby
Police Chief Sues Over Dispatch Lies Against Duty
Louisville June 1 Police Chief Hanger swore warrants for Allen R. Parker Dispatch president Albert S. Vietzman business manager and Charles de Stewert editor charging criminal libel. The warrants follow Friday articles alleging that bluager controlled payrooms and failed to shut them.
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Louisville
Aftornoon
Allen R. ‘Farter
Dispatch Publishing Company
Albert S. Vietzman
Charles de Stewiert
Edin
Iibel
Bluager
Wis
Indianapolis Stock Market Quiet On Cattle Receipts Saturday
Indianapolis stock market notes a quiet session with small cattle receipts and no shipments. Wheat and corn prices show limited activity with mixed No 2 red and No 2 white values. several grades listed for oats and timothy hay with prices ranging across multiple cars and lots.
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Indianapolis
Cary
Hay
Ar Timothy
Whiat
Siic
Uitye
Timothy
R R Shiel Co Anti-Trust Live Stock Market Note
R R Shiel Co reports at Lnmenopolis on June 16 a generally lower livestock market. Eastern markets are down. lights plentiful and prices eased. Quotes range from 2.00 to 2.90 with dollars cited. cattle market remains steady.
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R. R. Shiel & Co
Lnmenopolis
Funeral Services For Mrs Ida Miss Miss Ida
Deceased longtime Hancock county native Ida Miss, resident of this city, will be laid to rest at Greenfield Indiana. Funeral is this evening at 8 o clock at the family home on Jefferson avenue. Burial follows at Greenfield. Train departs Sunday at 7 15 a m for those attending.
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Ida
Jefferson-ave
Hancock County
Greenfield
Ind
Mexico rises as a stable republic and Ubero plantation boom
The article lauds Mexico as a stable republic under successive leaders, noting debt refinancing, wealth growth, and agricultural investment. It highlights the Ubero rubber and coffee plantation near the railway, boasting a nursery of a million rubber plants and a million and a half coffee plants, with plans to plant nearly a million more trees this fall. The venture is led by Frank J. Porres, visiting New York, and aims to capitalize on proximity to New Orleans and American demand.
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Japan
Linden
Tehuantepec
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Para
Ubero
Frank J.porres
New York
New Orleans
United States
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