Indianapolis Bids On Street Work Rejected for Lack of Proof
Indianapolis board rejects bids for street improvement contracts citing failure by Indian apolis fregrating and Hoosier construction to prove they could perform the work. President Downing notes rejections. officials discuss creosote options and contract delays affecting award timing.
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Delaware-st
St. Clair
Pixteenth
Nobic-st
Lb & Ww
Dradks
Ohio-st
Infanapolis Cres Company
Xteenth
Noble St
Downing
Hoosier Construction Company
Ash-st
John W. Cooper
Indiana
Bermudez Asphalt Company
Indianapolis Streasoting Company
Inanapolis Creosoting
City Board Relinquishes DePauw Land Claim and Grants Free Phone
The Board of Works rescinded its condemnation of a DePauw land strip west of Greenlawn cemetery, avoiding a lawsuit. It accepted a Central Union telephone offer to provide free service for the rest of the year and approved multiple street improvements including gravel roads brick gutters and cement walks on several avenues and streets.
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Board of Works
No-man's-land
DePauw
Greenlawn Cemetery
Kern
Central Union Telephone Company
Grace St
Washington
Moore-ave
Hamilton-ave
Michigan
Pratt
Hudson
Welnut
North St
Alabama
Stabbed With a Hat Pin Incident Reports in ERSON
In ERSON Indiana on June 14 a stabbing occurred at police headquarters involving a hat pin attack. Details remain limited as investigators pursue the perpetrator and motives.
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Farren
Jarrie Lautzey
Erson
Ind
Cary
Woman Bitten by Rattler in Marshall County Cellar
Mrs. Peter of Marshall County was bitten by a rattlesnake in a cellar on Tuesday. Her condition worsened with fears she may die from the bite.
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Ind
Peter
Marshall County
Ake
Miss Lilly Shields Files Bankruptcy in Federal Court
In Goshen Indiana on June 14 a report shows Miss Lilly Shields of Jack the Wall tker filed a bankruptcy petition in federal court. The statement lists liabilities at several times her assets and notes the involvement of county clerk Boeke in the proceedings.
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Bld, Ind
Jack the Wall
Tker
Goshen
Ind
Federal Court
Inves- Boeke
Suspect Arrested After Diamond Thefts Reported
Detectives Kinney and Diomarian arrested a man Tuesday night on burglary charges after a red silk pouch containing a diamond was dropped during the escape. Police describe the suspect as colored and a description is broadcast for identification and further investigation.
Divorces Sought in Local Suit Wednesday
The article reports multiple divorce petitions filed Wednesday by Tiate Atkele Sheilhouse Caroline Schilling Annie Moseley and Florence Grant against their spouses amid allegations of abuse and abandonment. Judge Allen granted Jessie I Michaels a divorce from Theodore F with $300 alimony after a trial noted for Michaels being deaf mute and accused of cruelty.
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Tiate
Atkele &H
Wednesehay
Willhire
Sheilhouse
Conrad Shellhouse
Conred
Sheblheause
James A. Torrence
Grant
Torrence
Convention Adjourns and Elects Honor Officers
Both A O U W and Degree of Honor adjourned at noon and spent the afternoon sightseeing by carriage. The Degree of Honor elected officers led by Superior Chief of Honor Adelia Harding and Superior Lady Pauline Ennis, among others, and adopted thanks to Indianapolis for hospitality. A delegate to the fraternal congress will be elected Thursday.
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Degree of Honor
Adelia Harding
Hebron
Neb
Pauline Ennis
Girard
Isas
Ella Mantor
Willmar
Minn
Mary A. Tinker
Jackson
Mich
Emma
Bickford
Manchester
N. H
Louise Bush
Aberdeen
Wash
Irene Raikes
Buffalo
N. Y
Kate Blewett
Bismarck
N. D
Law Committee
Indianapolis
Race Prejudice Not Displayed At Epworth Affair
Report notes no organized move to bar negro delegates from downtown dining during Epworth league convention. Several restaurant owners deny discrimination and promise equal service. Homer Smith, longtime proprietor of Smith's restaurant, recalls no prior black patrons and opposes change.
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Lee Burnett
Sherman’s
Foster's
Haynes
Homer Smith
Smith's Restaurant
Saloon-keeper Fined Under Nicholson Law
Abraham Polaski of 875 Virginia Ave admits guilt in police court and is fined $10 by Judge Cox for Nicholson law violation. He appeals prompting the judge to raise the fine to $50 plus costs, remarking I will give you something to appeal for.
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Abraham Polaski
Virginia Ave
Cox
Abraham
Supreme Court ruling ties school bonds to city indebtedness
The Indiana Supreme Court holds school bonds must be counted in the 2 percent constitutional debt limit for civil cities. Justice Monks and Dowling join the opinion reversing the lower court, with Baker dissenting. Bluffton and Indianapolis cases illustrate the impact on municipal debt totals and bond validity.
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Indiana
Supreme Court
Hadhey
H. T. Wilcoxon
Bluffton
Fire Department
Indianapolis
Civil Corporation of
To Take Strikers' Jobs in Cleveland Train Carload
On the Big Four through train a carload of St Louis street car men traveled to Cleveland to take strikers' places. Union men gathered at Anderson depot and jeered them as the train departed.
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Anderson
Ind
St. Louis
Cleveland
Indiana Candidates Passed Cadet Examination at West Point
West Point New York June 14 Indiana candidates who passed the cadet examination are Arthur E. Ahrens Roger D. Gough Clement A. Lacey and Benjamin F. Restine.
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Hoosier
West Point
N. Y
Indiana
Arthur E. Ahrens
Roger D. Gough
Clement A. Lacey
Benjamin F. Restine
Defeated Johnson's Hobby in Michigan House
In Lansing Michigan on a Wednesday the single tax bill pushed by Tom Johnson and a large lobby failed in the state house by 56 votes to 42.
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Johnson
Hobby
Lansing
Mich
Tom Johnson
House
Births Deaths and Marriages Summary
Births report several new babies including a son for Valentine Foltz and Anetta Foltz, a girl for Charles Bauer, a girl for Henry Berka, and a boy for George Spordenbecher. Deaths list Mary Dierking, John Muener, and Moses Jay with causes and addresses. Marriage licenses show nine couples including Harry McClaughlin and Mary Godown, William Sanders and Mary Michel, Richard Early and Mary Mathews, Frank Wright and Elizabeth Hild, Otto Mix and Lula Miler, Joseph Burr and Minnie Meterrin, Charles De Haas and Gertrude Moore, and Lawrence Dugan and Carrie Gurt.
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Valentine and
Anetta Foltz
Eastern Ave
Charles and
Christina Bauer
Dunlop-st
Henry and
Christine Berka
Bismarck Ave
George and
Anna Spordenbecher
Vandes-st
Harry Mcclaughlin
Mary Godown
William Sanders
Mary Michel
Richard Early
Mary Mathews
Frank Wright
Eliizabeth Hild
Otto Mix
Lula Miler
Joseph Burr
Minnie Meterrin
Charles de Haas
Gertrude Moore
Lawrence Dugan
Carrie Gurt
Wrecked by Cattle Delays Big Four Freight
The Big Four P and EB division fast freight Train 11, due at 11 30 a m, missing until 12 15 p m Wednesday after a wreck nine miles east of Springfield. The incident was caused by a cattle drive crash causing nine derailed cars.
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Big Four
Springfield
Tolosa Coffee and Rubber Company opens office in Stevenson building
Local investors are invited to join Tolosa Coffee and Rubber Company of Mexico, which claims 10 000 acres of rich lands on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Dr Henry Jameson leads as president with a full board, offering shares at 3100 dollars with easy installments and projected annual income of 25 to 40 percent.
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Stevenson
Tolosa Coffee and Rubber Company
Mexico
Trehuantepec
Hey
Henry Jameson
S. J. Morss
J. W. Sharpe, Jr
J. M. Churchman
A. H. Nordyke
Ingram Fletcher
J. J. Lybrand
Lybrand
FE Corona
United States
Leaders warn of bloodshed if strike broken in Evansville
Evansville June 14 leaders of striking miners say they aim for peaceful settlement but warn bloodshed if operators bring in black laborers. They frame the issue as a potential clash over labor and race amid the strike.
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Evansville
Ind
Riot in Cleveland Hurts Motorman and Damages Cars
Five street cars were held up and stoned by sympathizers of the striking street car men in Cleveland. New motorman J. H. Anderson was struck with bricks and seriously injured. Police arrested two men as cars suffered heavy damage.
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Cleveland. C
J. H. Anderson
Doings of the World: Cattle Disease and Crimes Across Cities
Anthrax kills hundreds of cattle in Louisiana. Gertrude Surran, 20, dies by own act in Covington Kentucky. Thirty people poisoned by ice cream in Dalton Michigan. Engineer John Dennis fatally scalded in a Guthrie Kentucky wreck. Ed A. Price, Brookside Alabama, kills John Highsmith during a quarrel. Authorities deny Jos Chamberlain will leave the British cabinet. Better lights and danger signals planned on the Manacles near Falmouth England. Dr Jefferson Goddard of Jefferson City Missouri sentenced to 20 years for killing Fred Jackson. Joseph Bryan of Baltimore Maryland sentenced to hang for murdering Mary Peck. Ed McAlister of Mr Hope West Virginia kills an unknown burglar at a mine. James Broci arrested in Toledo Ohio for suspected murder of Herman Sheffield. Ted Sloane wins a race at Ascot England. Kost Beilol di Austrian craftsman arrested in Chicago for murder. Marie Veoediecka, fiancee of someone in Vienna, indicted in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in March 1898.
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Louisiana
Gertrude Surran
Covington
Dalton
Mich
John Dennis
Guthrie
Ed A. Price
Brookside
Ala
John Highsmith
Jos. Chamberlain
Manacles
Falmouth
Eng
Jefferson Goddard
Jefferson City
Fred v Jackson
Joseph Bryan
Baltimore
Mary Peck
Ed McAlister
Hope
W. Va
James Broci
Toledo
Herman Sheffield
Ted Sloane
Ascot
Ridiculed His Misfortune in Divorce Hearing
Judge Leathers heard testimony in the divorce case of Charles QC from Ahna Adams. He states he is lame from an accident and that his wife called him limpy and kangaroo. The case is contested with many witnesses telling their stories.
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Leathers
Charles
Ahna Adams
Kangaroo
Ink Trust With $18,500,000 Capital Forming
In Philadelphia on June 14 a Federal ink company is nearly formed with capital of 18,500,000 dollars. About 95 percent of output is then controlled by the new organization.
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Ink Trust
Philadelphia
Federal Ink Company
Dodds Marriage Annulment Reveals Another Wife
Judge Carter voided the marriage of Jennie and Samuel Dodds on Wednesday after proving Dodds already had a wife at the time of their union. The plaintiff was described as a middle aged woman seeking annulment.
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Jennie
Samuel Dodds
Carter
Dodds
Havens Seeks Retention After Cuba Service
Maj. B. F. Havens of Terre Haute Indiana has returned from Cuba where he served as a paymaster and is seeking to be retained in the service. He recently arrived and expects a decision on his status soon.
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Kenyon
Ash-st
B.F. Havens
Terre Haute
Ind
Ctuba
Local Grocery Sale Promises Bargains and Value Picks
A garbled grocery listing shows prices on crackers oats lemons and coffee beans, with mentions of Acorn Baking Powder vinegar and flour. It claims refunds on Bedford’s Cocoa and promotes roller flour as a tomorrow only deal, including various sack sizes and limits per customer.
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Gozo
Cullen Wins 20 Round Fight Over Morrissey in City Ring
In a Tuesday night bout Jack Cullen and Young Morrissey, both from this city, fought 11 of 20 scheduled rounds. Morrissey was knocked down multiple times and quit after heavy punishment. Referee Joe Duffy oversaw a large crowd as Cullen weighed 128 pounds and eyed a next match with Eddie Burns or another 128-pounder via C. Fy. Roloff, 321 W. Maryland St.
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Jack Cullen
Morrissey
Cullen
Morrissey Morrissey
Joe Duffy
Eddie Burns
Indianapolis
C. Fy
Alonzo Shope Dies at 18 From Cigarette Smoking
Tipton Indiana report states Alonzo Shope, 18, died at his home from prolonged cigarette use after weeks of nosebleeds. Doctors were unable to help. Also notes F J Reinhard to speak to the German American club in Mozart hall on Why am I a democrat with refreshments served Thursday evening.
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Tipton
Ind
Alonzo Shope
Here
F. J. Reinhard
Mozart Hall
Classified Notices and Retail Offerings
Too late to classify for rent notices and wanted ads, including furnished rooms at 462 Massachusetts Ave and 220 N Capitol, and a large parlor at 129 W Michigan. Also a TV Wave sale note offering 5,000 yards wool fabrics at fifty cents on the dollar by Henry Deutsch Southeast Corner ofols and oa sts Ocean.
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SUN
Henry Deutsch
Cattle and Hog Prices Mixed in Indianapolis Markets
Cattle receipts total 500 with market active and prices mixed. Export and feeding cattle show higher quotes for good to prime steers around 1,350 pounds plus, while hog receipts near 4,000 reflect a higher market with good to choice weights leading. Sheep receipts none. prices steady for spring lambs and yearlings with general activity noted.
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Indianapolis
Cess Wilayerslsat Grea A
City Grain Market Prices and Totals Report
Wednesday market report lists wheat and corn by grade and car counts, with prices for No. 2 red and No. 3 red wheat, No. 3 white corn, and equal totals across grades. Oats remain dull with quoted values for No. 2 and No. 3 white and mixed. Hay prices shown for No. 1 and No. 2 timothy.
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City
Dune H
Hay
Timothy
Howe
Shiel & Co Anti-Trust Live Stock Market Report
R. B. R. Shiel & Co report strong receipts and heavy orders but insufficient supply. Market held at yesterday's levels with prices at least 5 cents higher than the Trust. Quotations cover assorted hogs ranging from 3.77 to 3.82 per cwt with mixed lots quoted accordingly.
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R. BR. Shiel & Co
Trust
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Naomist
John Muener
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Tehuantepec
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The
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Chicago
Marie Veoediecka
Vienna
Austria
Pittsburg
Samuel Spooner
Grigas
Washington Notes
New York
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Leen
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Kentucky
London
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Bakers
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Pilpots
Tom Baker
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