Labor Troubles Hit Indianapolis Workers Hard
Indianapolis faces labor unrest with a street workers strike, a bloody clash between unions and nonunion men, and color line job competition. An injunction bars striker references as machinists strike at a National vehicle factory amid broader urban tensions and side chatter from papers.
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Fes
Indianapolis
Hacmen
Bellefontainert
National Vehicle Factory
Superior Court
Basso Cowles Delights Fairbank Audience Again
The famous basso of the Bostonians and The fortune teller repeated a Tuesday night success at Fairbank with a program echoing Monday. Forgotten Annie Laurie and the Anvil song pleased the crowd, Cowles in fine voice and popular as ever. He sings nightly this week and at a Saturday matinee with love ballads. Outendorf's band accompanies, a Palr Beak staple for two seasons. Pavilion seats are reservable by phone.
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Fairbank
Annie Laurie
Mr. Cowles
Street cleaners attacked after walkout by Marion county crew
John F. Lyons leads a street cleaning gang at 66 Bates nt. when about 18 men, likely from Marion county construction company, attack them Monday night after most white employees quit Saturday over extra work. Bir Lyons sustains a painful wound from a thrown brick. W. Smith, secretary of the company, says the Saturday walkout was due to extra work ordered for that night.
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John F. Lyons
Bates Nt
Marion County Construction Company
Bir
Lyons
W. €. Bmith
Songs and Sketches of a Singer in the Style of Edward Singer
A fragmentary satirical piece presents a caricature of a singer with humorous sketches. It describes habitual acts in a bar and shop scenes, noting mannerisms, clothing details, and social observations. The spoof features a narrator credited to Edward Singer and riffs on consumer behavior and public life.
Witty quips mark comic exchanges in papers
A string of humorous quips from various papers features a senator and other figures debating prosperity, manners, and romance. The dialogue highlights social irony, relations, and marriage misunderstandings through quick one liners and playful exchanges.
Pointed Paragraphs And Quips From An Old Paper
A collection of wry aphorisms and social barbs on truth, talkativeness, knowledge, manners, marriage, and employment. The piece riffs on wit, miscommunication, and stereotypes with dated phrasing and humorous jab at couples and careers. It reads like a human interest filler from a bygone Chicago News style.
Corner for the Women Fussing Girl and Fashion Notes
A Philadelphia Ledger column lampoons the fussing girl, cites theatre and trolley anecdotes, and critiques petty irritations from clumsy partners to wardrobe woes. It also offers cooking tips for asparagus, plus brief fashion and etiquette paragraphs on mourning rings, belts, and summer clothing trends.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Crowden
Suburban conductor tale and hat mishap at Grand Central
A conductor recalls a puzzled visitor asking what makes electricity power the car, admitting he was outsmarted in minutes. In New York Grand Central, two fashionable women entangle hats and veils, sparking a quick station rescue. Brief, quirky scenes cover daily urban life.
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Josh
Troley
Tarnation
Grand Central Station
New York
Disinfection move and varied 1903 notes across regions
The item aggregates assorted 1903 and earlier references from St. Petersburg actions, Pennsylvania coal mine figures, a Swiss editor incident, a Royal Cambrian academy remark, British army strength, French locomotive trials, Manchuria fertility, California lemon trade impact, and Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Ettawberry touted as a remedy, reflecting a collage of public notices and notices.
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St. Petersburg
Pennsylvania
Royal Cambrian Academy
Walter Marshall
Leeds
P. C. Jones
England
de Glehn
France
Great Western Railroad
Manchuria
Oregon
Texas
New York
California
Mediterranean
Sicily
United States
San Diego
Chicago
Lake Erie and Western Rail Return Fare to Sandusky
Train line offers $2 round trip from Indianapolis to Sandusky departing 9:00 p m Saturday night June 20. For berths chairs and full particulars contact A H Seilors district passenger agent Illinois City.
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Lake Erie & Western R. R
Sandusky, O
Indianapolia
A. H. Seilors
Sweeping injunction against machinists union granted
Superior Judge Carter granted a temporary restraining order against the machinists union and named officials and two others, all strikers at the Aarionat meter and vehicle plant, to prevent interference with National Motor and Vehicle Co. business after an assault on employer William Wheeler. Local strikers deny involvement, saying outsiders acted in sympathy with them.
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Carter
Aarionat Meter and Vehicle Company
Machinists’ Union
National Motor and Vehicle Company
Machiniats’ Union
William Wheeler
Lois
Wheeler
Murderer Brags in Tittsfield Jail Case
June 17 report from Tittsfield notes Fred Ming in jail after killing N Harris and his stepmother. Ming boasts about the acts and talks of possible lynching while awaiting further proceedings. The public discussion grows over his fate and potential punishment.
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Tittsfield
Fred Ming
N. Harris
Woody
Society Weddings and Local Club Notes
Miss Elmin Newsome and Marshall Rinford plan a Wednesday wedding. Edith Connor to wed Dr Frank Williams on Tuesday. Mayme South wed George Bauer on Tuesday morning. Mrs Charles Bookwalter hosts a Thursday luncheon for Mrs Morton Hookwalter of Philadelphia. A dance at the country club marked a bride elect’s evening. Adla White and Arthur Pollard’s home wedding took place Tuesday. Margaret Stevens and Henry Schumacher married Tuesday at the bride’s N Tacoma home. New Indianapolis Free Kindergarten officers include President Mrs J H Holliday and several vice-presidents, secretarys, and treasurer.
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Elmin Newsome
Marshall J. Rinford
Edith M. Connor
Frank Wilton Willams
Mayme Gertrude South
Henry Smith
George Bauer
Charles A. Bookwalter
Morton Hookwalter
Philadelphia
Country Club
Mary Evelyn Nobite
Adla M. White
Arthur M. Pollard
Stockbarger
Margaret Stevens
Henry Schumacher
N. Tacomanve
Indianapolla Free Kindergarten
J. H. Holliday
Mra
J. B. Elam
H. H. Hama
John W. Kern
Eddy N. Campbell
J. H. Taylor
Dire
G. W. Hufford
H. F. Tucker
Train Fares and Schedules for Indiana Towns
The Lake Erie and Western Railroad offers a 1.28 dollar Michigan City round trip and a 1.25 dollar Decatur round trip on Sunday June 21. Departures from Indianapolis are at 6:30 p.m and 7:00 a.m with returns to follow via the Chicago, Cincinnati and Dayton line.
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Michigan City
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Lines Special Train Schedule Notice
Local line announces a 91.50 round trip to Loulaville and back for Sunday June 21 with a local train leaving Indianapolis at 7 25 a m and a special fast through service with no intermediate stops. The return departs Loulaville Main Station at 7 00 p m.
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Loulaville
Indianapolis # a.m
Indianapolis
Apotia
Loulaville Main
Vandalia Line passenger trains enter St Louis Union Station
All through passenger service on the Vandalia Line now operates into and out of the St Louis Union Passenger Station using our own tracks. W. W. Bichardhe on, D 2, details the service change and the consolidation of routes at the gateway station.
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Bt. Louis Union
W. W. Bichardheon
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