Grand jury probes Standard Oil methods in Indianapolis
The grand jury, currently in session, will investigate Standard Oil of Indianapolis practices in selling and distributing oil. Former employees may testify. Albert Campbell, a former employee, testified before Inspector Wulfson and Frank Baker that the company used wooden blocks to under weigh gasoline as it moved from tanks to delivery tanks. Wulfson is weighing Campbell’s testimony.
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Standard Oil Company
Indianapolis
Albert Campbell
Wulfson
Frank Baker
Campbell
Durgan to Be President of Municipal League
Loganport Indiana June 20 Municipal League delegates in convention here have practically decided to elect Mayor G P Durgan of Lafayette president of the league Richmond stands the best chance of being chosen the meeting place next year Congressman James Watson addressed the league last night and ex Mayor E Dunne of Chicago spoke today on municipal ownership.
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Logansport
Ind
Municipal League
G. P. Durgan
Lafayette
Richmond
James Watson
E. ¥. Dunne
Chicago
Saved Woman's Life by City Doctor After Morphine Overdose
Dr. E. L. Swadner of the city dispensary saved Lyda McKinney aged 50 from morphine poisoning on Wednesday night. McKinney of 312 West Merrill street said she used the drug as medicine and had taken an overdose. She has nine living children and eight dead.
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E. L. Swadner
Lyda McKinney
W. Merrillst
Couple married in Elkhart linked to Bedford tragedy
Attorney Ira H. Church and Miss Ethel Keefe, schoolmates of Miss Sarah Schafer the Latin teacher killed at Bedford years ago, were married in Elkhart yesterday. The couple grew close through their shared interest in the Bedford tragedy.
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The
Sun
Elkhart
Ind
Ira H. Church
Ethel Keefe
Sarah Schafer
Bedford
Mr. Church
Keefe
Winterrowd Objects to Bluks Holding After Session
Thomas A. Winterrowd battles the Griggy Bluks sect based at the church corner of New York and Alabama streets. He contends their post service locking of doors denies entry while adherents claim they wrestle with demons during prayers.
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Thomas A. Winterrowd
Griggy Bluks
New York
Alabamasts
Winterrowd
Blukes
Lightning Strikes House Wounding Boarder in Gloucester
During a thunderstorm a lightning bolt tore through D. W. Whiley’s house in Gloucester striking the bed where boarder J. Frank Clancy slept. The electric surge knocked him unconscious and knocked out his teeth. He regained consciousness hours later and was otherwise well.
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Gloucester
Mass
D. W. Whiley
J. Frank Clancy
Clancy
Neglected Children Case Shocks Local Family
Charles L. Simpson of 2248 Gray street was arrested by Juvenile Court Officer Axtell on charges of neglect after discovery that his wife and three children were living in a barn at the rear of a lot.
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Charles L. Simpson
Gray St
Axtell
Summer society notes and two weddings in Indianapolis area
Society notes report Walter Sprankle sailing to the Pacific coast for summer while Frances Wykes-Stevens and daughter Mary return to Kokomo after visiting Indianapolis friends. Miss Bertha Willoughby visits Bloomington and returns to Indianapolis. Elsie Crull visits from Dublin to relatives in Indianapolis. Zetathea club held its annual Garfield park outing. Miss Florence Kittle sails to Europe with her mother and two friends. A wedding at the Alfred Thompson home joins Miss Josephine Thompson and George Brown Wilson, with guests from Chicago, Pittsburgh, Dayton and Detroit. Other weddings include Cleo M. Hume and Alvin L. Young in Shiel, and Florence Small and Graham D. Hoffman at Hamilton Avenue home, with Hoffman’s wedding tour to Portland Oregon.
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Maud Cunningham
Florence Kittle
Europe
John O. Miller
Miss Cunningham
Florence Baxter
Esther Armstrong
Ethel Collins
Miss Jones
Kokomo
John Sloane Kittle
Stella Vondersaar
Bessie
Gertrude Brown
Stella Earle
Detroit
Alfred Thompson
Josephine Thompson
George Brown Wilson
L. C. Bentley
Mises May Slater
Wilson
Terre Haute
William Damewood
Chicago
Anna Walter
Earnest Walter
Jessie Walter
Pittsburg
Flora Ward
Dayton
Wash
Cleo M. Hume
George E. Blaine
Alvin L. Young
Piqua, C
Shiel
R. D Lecklider
Thirty-first-st. Baptist Church
L. Young
Piqua, O
H. Kinne
F. Frantz
Ovid
Virgil A. Smith
Hamilton Ave
Florence Small
Graham D. Hoffman
Charles Geckler
Simms
Frank Hohit
Park Theater close date caps season and opening
Amusements and events listed for Indianapolis venues including Park Theater closing Saturday night signaling end of 1906 07 season and planned July 2 reopening. Acts at White City skating rink Wonderland Park and Fair Bank draw crowds while Park Theater Stock Company led by Harder & Hall gains popularity and highlights star Adora Andrews and Henry Crosby. Marriage notices for Miss Jaynes and Miss Frazee with partners Li Beau and Parker noted.
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Park —Park Stock Company
Carmen
White City
Wonderland Park
Rose and Lemon
Ardi
Adam Fetzer
Fair Bank
Natiello
Capital City Garden
2Zara
Park Theater
Indianapolis
Park
New Park Theater Stock Company
Harder & Hall
Adora Andrews
South Carliney
A Trotting Ostrich At Wonderland Farm Exhibition
The Ingrsm Ostrich Farm and Alligator Ranch opens at Wonderland for two weeks starting Saturday. Seven giant ostriches and several alligators will be shown, including Hurricane the trotting ostrich who ran a mile in 2.64 minutes hitching to a sulky. An alligator 12 feet long is trained to carry a man on its back through the water. Free shows run every afternoon and evening.
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Ingrsm
Happiness and Marriage Across Years in Fame
Marie Dressler weighs in on why women marry younger men in a frank note. She says happiness drives the choice, adds she will not chase a marriage, and emphasizes personal temperament and the quest for happiness as the core motive behind such unions.
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Marie Dressler
Roosevelt
Inhis
Draft Tank Law Proposed to Regulate Oil Tanks
A proposed ordinance to regulate the disposition of oil tanks was submitted to the Board of Public Safety. Building Inspector Thomas A. Winterrowd drafted the ordinance which the board approved and sent to Corporation Counsel Matson for an opinion on legality. The aim is to lessen fire dangers from stored oil.
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Board of Public Safety
Thomas A. Winterrowd
Corporation Counsel
Matson
Board selects Dr John L Freeland for city hospital
The Board of Health has chosen Dr. John L Freeland, 1106 Pleasant Street, to replace Dr. Norman E Jobes as superintendent of the City hospital. Dr Jobes resigned to return to private medical practice.
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Board of Health
John L. Freeland
Pleasant St
Norman E. Jobes
Jobes
Heirs form The M Lauter Company to run Lauter furniture
The heirs of Herman Lauter, a furniture manufacturer who died intestate, have incorporated and will operate the Lauter furniture business under the name The M Lauter Company. The move names the heirs as the controlling parties in the firm.
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Herman Lauter
M. Lauter
Lauter
Runaway accident leaves two dead in unclear details
Two individuals are reported killed in a runaway incident with sparse, fragmented details. Names and circumstances are unclear from the readable text, but the event is confirmed as a fatal runaway. Further information pending official updates.
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Atere Tadianapoli
Carl L. Rost
English Hotel
Buffet Monument Place
Elmer 8
Long
Ichac Press Association
Was
Walter S. Sprankle
Pacific Coast
Frances Wykes-Stevens
Mary
Bertha Willoughby
James Cain
Bloomington
Elsie Crull
Dublin
S. A. Bradley
Fort Wayne
C. W. Noll
Zetathea Club
Garfield Park
Miss Kittle
Miss Small A Bride
Fair Banhe
Miss Rossi
Columbia
Thomas Lipton
N@ila
Delibes Caprice—‘‘Militaire
Rollison Selection
Mauzella
M. Durlauf
L. Durlauf
Mantini
Marie Rossi
Teeewens
Herbert
Jaynes
Mary Elizabeth Jaynes
Ralph Li Beau
Everning
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Frank O. Ballard
Li Beau
New Jersey
Miss Frazee
Julia Frazee
Judson Frazee
Edward A. Parker
Pittsboro
Newman-st
Frederick Taylor
First Baptist Church
Parker
DR. Freeland
Uneeda Biscuit
Marshall
Léc
N. Pean. St
Ginger
Snap
State Howe
Claude ER
Te Jone
Wasson
Madras
H. P. Wasson & Co
Greater Wonderland
Katna Ames
Feathers
Aligator Pond
Fetzer
Capitol Ave
Latour
Monk’ Biddle
Buck
Wing Dancer
Bene
Seleist
Bend Music
Washington Park
Robert Hall
Big Four
Washington St
Lawrenceburg
Aurora
Cincinnati
Rusille Co
Connersville
Cincinnai
Decatur
Bloomingdale
Py. Ie
Home Brewing Co
Prospect
Dally
Armstrong Laundry
Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Rochester
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Olga
Metzger Tesley
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