Delegates Barrage Shelbyville For One Day Visit
At Shelbyville 300 delegates to the Supreme Court of Honor convention will visit C. H. Tindall. The Tuesday session saw a stormy debate over an amendment that would deprive standing committeemen of voting rights. Debreen of Dallas opposed the clause, terming it a possible "railroading" threat. Officers were elected Tuesday, including Hereford as supreme chancellor and Tindall as delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Supreme Court of Honor
C. H. Tindall
Order
Israel ‘Debreen
Dallas
Tex
Hisses
W. B. Risse
A. L. Hereford
Debreen
Springfield
Ill
Z. W. Busard
Colorado Springs
Col
L. M. Dixon
W. E. Robinson
J. @. White
J. H. Hatfield
Columbus, C
Mae
Court Fines Speeding Messenger and Revokes License
Judge Collins disciplined Walter Sanders 19 of Downey Avenue for speeding on Delaware Street. Sanders, a collector for Edson T. Wood, was fined 10 plus costs and had his motorcycle license revoked after being stopped by Motorcycle Officer Stone at about 42 mph. Wood had urged leniency citing Sanders’ work speed and his family waiting with keys. The judge emphasized stopping speeding and reckless driving as the court’s aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Walter Sanders
Downey Avenue
Edson T. Wood
Sanders
Wood
Stone
Delaware
Nine Speakers for Corn Show Booked at Lagrange
Lagrange Ind June 22 With nine speakers engaged the Lagrange County Farm Products Show and Corn school in October promises to excel past successes. Speakers include former Gov John T Rich of Michigan Senator L Ert Slack of Franklin Horatio 8 Harle former state highway commissioner of Michigan United States Senator Albert J Beveridge Congressman Charles E Townsend of Michigan Charles N Mikels past grand master Indiana Masons former Congressman James E Watson John W Kern and Congressman Nelson Dingley of Maine. Last year attendance on Corn School day reached 30 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagrange
Ind
Lagrange County
John T. Rich
Michigan
L. Ert Slack
Franklin
Horatio 8. Harle
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
Charles E. Townsend
Charles N. Mikels
Indiana Masons
James E. Watson
John W. Kern
Nelson Dingley
Maine
City Attorney Slated For Council Backlash
Louisville council proposes a $25 fine against the city attorney for failing to attend meetings after denying his power to appoint assistants. The June 22 report notes swift council action in response to Blakey's authority dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Blakey
Louisville Council
Business Girls Marry Men Earning $29 Weekly Study Says
Indianapolis area excerpts from Robert H. Schauffler's Success Magazine July series survey business girls stenographers cashiers clerks and other workers. They seek partners with strong means and education while preferring younger husbands and optimistic about marriage. Widowers and divorced men are less favored. Two-thirds want educated husbands. Average expected salary of suitors cited as about 1500 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Schauttler
Success
Indianapolis
Schautfer
Schauffler
Philadelphia
Millonaire
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Chicago
Two Men Drown in White River During Separate Incidents
Two men drowned in White River on Tuesday night in separate swimming holes about a mile apart. William Head of 234 Minerva Street died after going beyond his depth while attempting to save himself and nearly dragging Arthur Likins. Fortman of 1108 W Morris Street drowned nearby while swimming with companions. Rescue attempts failed. bodies taken to the city morgue. Police and boats joined the search, and Fortman’s body was recovered about 20 minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Head
Minerva Street
West Washington Street
Louis Fortman
W. Morris Street
Morris Street
Head
Arthur Likins
Likins
Roy McGregor
Beauty Street
Simon and
Glenn
City
Man
Fortman
Henry Fortman
W. C. Crossley
John Bundage
Cincinnati
Bastin
Haughville Urges Street Car Line Extension
Residents of Haughville held a meeting Tuesday night to push a resolution for laying a street car line along W Tenth street. They say Mayor Shank promised to back the W Michigan extension but has not acted. Speeches by C R Cameron R M Boone and William Regan were given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huaughville
W. Tenth Street
Shank
W. Michigan
C. R. Cameron
R. M. Boone
William Regan
National Auto President Charles E Test Dies
Charles E Test age 55 of 795 Middle Drive Woodruff Place died Tuesday night at Rest Haven hotel in Walkershore Wisconsin. The body will be brought to Indianapolis for burial later in the week. He left a wife two sons and a daughter. Test founded the National Automobile company in 1899 and formerly led the old Indianapolis Chain and Stamping Company. He had lived in Indianapolis for nearly 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Test
Mddle Drive
Woodruff Place
National Automobile Company
Rest Haven
Walkershore
Wis
Indianapolis
Charles Test
Indianapoli
Wires ignite fire at Henry Shover grocery store
Electric wires started a fire at Henry Shover's grocery at 911 East Washington Street early Wednesday. The rear of the store suffered heavy damage with about 200 dollars in building loss. The adjacent building houses several families who escaped after waking to smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Shover
East Washington Street
Woman Miss Harriett Eftel Confronts Stranger In Home
Miss Harriett Eftel of 1803 North Meridian street found a man in an upstairs room Tuesday evening who had entered by posing as an electric light inspector. The intruder fled burning, and police suspect a thief active on the north side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriett Eftel
Henry Eitel
North Meridian Street
First Car Moves in City on Wednesday
The Indianapolis Newcastle and Yoledo Traction Company construction car moved beyond Brookside Park on Wednesday morning, signaling the line should reach the city in about two days. The car is powered by current drawn from overhead wires, with motors on the car driving the stretching work as it reaches Olney and Twentieth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis, Newcastle and Yoledo Traction Company
Brook
Water wagon horse turns vehicle over
Richard Hasselman, a driver for a distilled water company, was severely injured when pinned under his wagon after the horse he was driving ran away at Twenty second and Pennsylvania Street on Tuesday afternoon and the wagon overturned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasselman
Ter Company
Twenty-second
Pennsylvania Street
Burglars Bind Couple Steal Savings On Farm
Desperate burglars bound Joshua Hawk and his wife on a Shelbyville road farm nine miles south of the city and choked them into revealing a few dollars hid in a washstand drawer and in Mr Hawks pocket. Neighbors with shotguns searched the area but found no trace of the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Hawk
Shelbyville Road
Hawks
Lieut. Cortigan
Ulery
Dugan
Hawk
Boosters Plan Multiple Summer Trade Trips Through Midwest
The Indianapolis Trade association will run several tours through Indiana and Illinois this summer. The longest itinerary may be a five day steam route visit across southern Indiana and Illinois. Towns to visit include Morristown Rushtown Connersville Shelbyville and Greensburg. Some trips will last a day while others extend through multiple towns and may end at the gates of St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Trade Association
Indiana
Illinois
Morristown
Rushtown
Connersville
Shelbyville
Greensburg
St. Louis
Poisoned fish in Mississinewa River near Matthews
Special to The Sun reports mass fish deaths in the Mississinewa River near Matthews, Indiana. refuse from a strawboard plant near Hartford City is blamed for poisoning millions of fish, with dead fish clogging Harmon Flour mill wheel and stacking against the Matthews dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Miss Sissinewa
Matthews
Hartford City
Harmon
Delaware county Democratic convention split by wets and drys
In Muncie Indiana on June 22 the Delaware county Democratic convention was torn by factional fights between wets and drys over resolutions. Speaker John W Kern addressed the gathering amid the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Delaware County
John W. Kern
Jury views land in Talge Colege Park case
The jury in the Talge and Colege Park Land Company case toured the land north of the city Wednesday to better understand the arguments from both sides. Jurors returned to court just before noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Talge
Colege Park Land Company
Tin Plate Mill Will Go to Gary
Muncie, Ind June 22 Official advices received here are that the American sheet and tinplate mill will be moved to Gary Oct 1 It will be a great loss to Muncie The reason given is the desire of the Steel industries to concentrate at Gary and the economic advantages of the new steel city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Muncie
Anton Potkell Denies Death Rumor After Paper Report
Hammond editor clashes with Anton Potkell after a Chicago dispatch claimed he was dead. Potkell, a saloon keeper, objected to the obituary like report saying he is alive. He threatened vengeance on telegraph wires amid the rumor of being killed on railroad tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sun
Hammond
Ind
Chicago
Anton Potkell
Anton
Potkell
Fire Damages Home In Hammond as Sun Feeds Matches
Insurance adjusters fix damages to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Witte at $150 after a fire started by a box of matches left in a kitchen window. The sun's glare caused the matches to ignite, and the blaze gained headway before discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Also Mentioned on This Page
Court of Honor
Tindall
Castoria
Bears
White River
Haughville
National Auto
the Leading Trust Company
the Union Trust Company
Office Company’s
E. Market Street
Newcastle
Olney
Twentieht Street
Animal
Driver
Richard Hasselman
Trade Association
American National Bank
American National Bank Building
Ola Postoffice Building
New York
Quebec
Bermuda
Steamship Department
Merchants National Bank
Stree
Carl L. Rost
Illinois St
Kokomo, Marion & Western Traction Company Gold Bonds
Fletcher National Bank
Wade
Mgr
Bond Department
Steel Industries
Steel City
Biork Store
Pettis Day Were Co
Anderson
Rep
Pique
Dimity
Shubert Millrat Theatre
ALL Star Stock Co
Clyde Fitch
Coolest Theatre America
George Arvine
Mexico
Riverside Bathing
Henrici
Baldwins
the Colonial Theatre
Washington Park
Hasan Ben Ali
Powers
Polar—Conti
Weber's Drug Store
Bryce
Hoover-Watson Printing CO
Corner Market
New Jersey
On Mortgage State Life Insurance Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!