Corner Stone to Be Laid for First Presbyterian Church
The cornerstone for the new First Presbyterian Church at Delaware and Sixteenth Streets will be laid Thursday at 4:30 PM. Prominent ministers will participate in an order of invocation music scripture reading prayer and laying of the cornerstone. The church, of Ramana Ind. stone with quartered oak furnishings, will cost about 80000 and take about 18 months to complete in a modern low Gothic style with electric lighting and hot water heating.
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First Presbyterian Church
Delaware
Sixteenth Sts
Frank Otis Ballard
J. Cumming Smith
George L. Mackintosh
John W. Parker
M. M. Lawson
Ramana
Ind
Christian Endeavor
Heavy sentence for wife beater Simpson
William Simpson a photographer at 424 East Washington street was fined 100 dollars and ordered to serve 90 days in the work house by Judge Stubbs after a police court chamber hearing. He beat his wife Mrs Simpson leaving black and blue bruises and claimed a doctor was involved with her.
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William Simpson
New York,sr
Stubbs
Simpson
Gregoire
Firemen face Board over unpaid bills on green carpet
About a dozen fremen were hauled before the Board of Safety Tuesday afternoon to explain overdue bills some two to three years old. Most had excuses and were allowed more time, but warned the bills must not return. The board suspects bar bills and aggressive lenders. A firefighter described being drained by installment creditors and wage assignments.
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Board of Safety
Bananas Tied to Death in Indiana
In Evansville Indiana on June 25 Mrs Lizzie Nottingham 30 and Mrs Alice Frazier fell ill after eating excess ripe bananas. Nottingham died Tuesday night doctors say natural poison in the fruit caused death as composition set in.
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Evansville
Ind
Lizzie Nottingham
Alice Frazier
Nottingham
Son avenges father in Knoxville hotel shooting
Roy Smith, 25, shot Judge David Rogers in a dining room as he entered Smith's Maynard hotel. Rogers, who had killed Roy's father G. W. Smith in a 1896 pistol duel in this city, died from two bullets. Smith fled and remains at large.
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Roy Smith
Rogers
Smith
Knoxville
Tenn
David Rogers
Maynard
Union County
Strike of Agricultural Workers in Andalusia Declares Start
MADRID June 25 The feared general strike among Andalusia agricultural workers begins with violence as a group of strikers assaults and scatters a religious procession at Alicante after a brief mobilization Wednesday.
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Madrid
Andalusia
Alicante
Summer Frolic Get Ready Now
Grape-Nuts provides easy to digest energy ideal for hot weather. It preserves grain nutrients through predigested starch to support brain and nerve function. A breakfast of Grape-Nuts and cream with fruit or eggs sustains through the noon meal. Desserts using Grape-Nuts offer a mild, satisfying sweetness. It reduces cooking heat and effort, helping you feel cooler in summer.
Unknown man attacks female mail carrier in Vincennes
In Knox County Indiana a mail carrier Mrs Alice Moore was seized by an unknown man while delivering between Red Cloud and Decker. She kicked him, her horse bolted and dragged her away. If captured he will be roughly handled. Also Mrs Louis Coval 35 died Tuesday afternoon of tuberculosis. Funeral Thursday.
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Vincennes
Ind
Alice Moore
Red Cloud
Decker
Louis Coval
S. West St
Wesby argues he was pensioned without request
Charles Wesby former Indianapolis fire department captain says he was retired and placed on the pension list without his knowledge after a 1895 Herod residence fire injury. He claims years of medical costs and low earnings from a Capitol Lumber collector job do not match his fire service record.
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Charles Wesby
Indianapolis Fire Department
THE
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No. 14
W. W. Herod
Capitol Lumber Company
Bryan Blocks Governor Nomination in Nebraska Fusion Deadlock
W. J. Bryan opposed his own party’s governor nomination as fusion talks failed. Democratic delegates backed Constantine J. Smyth while populists chose M. F. Harrington. The platform reaffirmed Kansas City principles and attacked Republican trusts and Philippines policy, with tax on railroads and corporations seen as the next battleground.
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W. J. Bryan
Constantine J. Smyth
M. F. Harrington
Kansas City
Trusts
Philippines
Grace French’s suicide attempt linked to love affair in Logansport
Grace French attempted self harm by carbolic acid in Logansport Indiana on June 45. She survived the attempt with non fatal injuries. The incident is attributed to a love affair as the cause.
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Logansport
Ind
Grace French
Boy may lose eye after powder blast in Warren
Warren Indiana June 25 Henry Adams fifteen years old filled a small can with gun powder and touched it off as a result he may lose both eyes.
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Warren
Ind
Henry Adams
Local Births Deaths and Marriages Record
Birth notices list Franks Freund Ottilie Freund Wallace family births and several others with addresses. Death notices include Mary Stark railway injury and several heart disease cases. Marriages section lists many couples with names and no locations shown. Residing permits record repairs additions and new houses with costs.
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Mary E. Stark
King-st
Wm. T. Cotton
E. Market St
Clarence FE. Archer
Hovey-st
Jennie E. Combs
Michigan St
Henry Baugh
Delaware-st
Nelson Holeman
Three Men Loot Hooversville Store in Massive Bank Robbery
Somerset Pa June 25 three men robbed Perry J Blough s general store at Hooversville blowing the safe with nitroglycerine. They took about 20000 in cash checks notes and stamps and escaped on a handcar. The theft was discovered at 7 am. Blough had been elected president of the First National Bank of Hooversville but it has not opened yet.
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Somerset
Perry J. Sblough
Hooversville
Here
Johnstown
Blough
Bilough
First National Bank of
Indiana music teachers hear welcome at Marion session
The Indiana music teachers association gathers in Marion with Judge Brownlee delivering the welcome address and President Oliver Willard Pierce replying. The event marks a formal start to the association’s proceedings in the city.
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Marion
Ind
Indiana Music Teachers’ Association
Brownlee
Oliver Willard Pierce
Bessie Blackwell-Dawson In Police and Court Records Mix
Bess ie Blackwell-Dawson told police of a warrant sworn out for Sam Dawson after a Tuesday incident. The couple later reconciled and the warrant was not served. She had previously attempted self harm for love of him. The notice also advertises Burdock Blood Bitters and transit sales in Cincinnati with train schedules and a Cincinnati baseball game.
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Bessie Blackwell-Dawson
Sam Dawson
Bessie
Sam
Bechtel Injured After Elevator Shaft Fall in Wabash
Edward L. Bechtel, a former prominent shoe merchant, fell through an elevator shaft at the Bradley block in Wabash Ind and sustained serious injuries. Doctors fear he may not recover from the injuries.
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Wabash
Ind
Edward L. Bechtel
Bradley Block
Death notices list several regional passings
State Deaths report several persons: George W. Deem aged 61 of Winchester. Rev. Frederick Biddle aged 82 of Elk Hart affiliated with Lutheran. Irene Hanlan of Portland died of cancer. John Trover of Geneva died after a derrick fall. Wash Weathers aged 68 of Brownstown and father of Safe Weathers of Indianapolis.
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Frederick Biddle
Lutheran
Elkhart
Irene Hanlan
Portland
Wash Weathers
Brownstown
Safe Weathers
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Lines Madison Excursion Prompt Return Trip
Special train leaves Indianapolis at 7 30 a m for Madison then returns at 6 p m for $1 25 round trip. Steamboat excursion twenty miles up the Ohio from Madison costs 25 cents round trip. Read The Sun for Rent Rooms. Both phones 88 123 16 E Ohio St.
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Pennsylvania Lines
Madison
Indianapolis
Ohio River
SUN
Ohiost
Edward H. Jenkins Dies in San Antonio
Edward H. Jenkins formerly with the Indianapolis gas company died at 4 a m in San Antonio Texas after an operation. He will be brought back for burial. His wife and daughter resided at 25 West Walnut. He had served as superintendent of the San Antonio gas street railway and electric light works.
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Edward H. Jenkins
Indianapolis Gas Company
San Antonio
Tex
Mr. Jenkins
Jenkins
Indianapolis
Evansville Round Trip Train Fare Notice
Tickets priced at 2.50 for trips from Evansville to Indianapolis and return. Departures from Indianapolis Saturday at 3 30 p m and 11 20 p m June 28. Return train No 6 from Evansville at 1 10 a m Monday June 30 arriving Indianapolis by 6 50 a m.
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Evansville
Indianapolis
N. H
Indianapolis to Terre Haute Return Fare Notice
Train schedule snippet lists Indianapolis departure at 7:25 a.m. and Terre Haute return at 7:30 p.m. with a special service tied to the Terre Haute route and Green Castle fare options 75 cents and one dollar.
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Terre Haute
Greencastle
Indianapolis
Luxury Overland Limited Train Service Announced
Chicago and Northwestern announces the Overland Limited from Chicago August 2 to 10 with departures at 8:00 p m offering three day travel the best scenery and routes. New drawing room sleeping cars compartment cars observation cars with telephone all meals in dining cars buffet library cars with barber electric lighting through out two other fast trains at 10:00 a m and 11:30 p m daily. Personally conducted tourist car excursions to California Oregon and Washington available through ticket agents or N M Breeze 435 Vinest Cincinnati O W B Kniskern G P A.
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Chicago & Northwestern B.y
Chicago
Overland Limited
California
Oregon
Washington
N. M. Breeze
Vinest
Cincinnati
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