Lightning Strikes Barn Injuring Men and Damaging Farm
A storm procession struck a barn two miles east of land two miles from Indianapolis injuring two men, John Phillips and Roy Craft, and causing severe damage. The bolt knocked a man from the doorway, burned a hole in a check and left him with chest injuries. Roy Craft was shocked on a wire fence, while another man, Andrew Craft, was injured inside the barn and feared to have internal injuries. Neighbors report extensive crop and farm damage along the storm’s path. The mother of the injured man was en route to the scene and doctors expected recovery for some.
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Raft
Andrew
Roy
Central Ave Bridge to Be Made an Attraction
President McGowan of the street railway directs painting of ornamental iron poles on the Central Ave stone bridge and talks with county commissioners about lighting. The goal is a lighted bridge to draw visitors to Newby oval fairgrounds and parks, though no lights exist yet and rust begins to stain the poles. Commissioners will press the company. power could come from Indianapolis lights if trolley wires are not tapped.
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Centraljave
Elliott
County ‘Commissioners
Newby Oval
McGowan
Soch
Hibert
Greer
Indianapolis
Woods Seeks Ward 15 Council Seat in Democratic Primary
Patrick Henry Woods of 100s 8 Senate Ave announces candidacy for councilman from ward 15 to succeed Higgins. A telegraph operator by trade, Woods is well known in the ward and has not run before. His friends expect nomination at the primary on Saturday June 2. Also listed: Indianapolis garment company at 40 N Illinois St assigns to Crate D Bowen for creditors. No assets or liabilities shown. stock on hand filed.
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Patrick Henry Woods
Senate
Higgins
Woods
Indianapolis Garment Company
Illinois St
D. Bowen
Sub Tropical Rambles The Authors Experiences
U S Consul Pike of Port Louis Mauritius writes of a coffee alternative Postum Food Coffee. He describes insomnia and despair from coffee and how switching to Postum improved eyesight mood and health. He notes his six family members also switched and remain users.
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U. S
Pike
Port Louis
Mauritius
Paul
Virginia
Cols Pike
New York
Exchange.Place
Births Deaths and Marriages Notice Summary
Births list many families with addresses and newborns including Theodore Farnsworth and Mildred at 1221 N Senate Ave a girl by Dr H Ostroff. Charles Simberlake and details, deaths include Iliza Gilmore age 82 at 480 N Pennsylvania St with sclerosis. Marriages include Emil Haspel and Bertha Thomas among numerous listed couples.
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Theodore
Mildred Farnsworth
N. Senate-ave
H. Ostroff
and Mirs
Emmett Copeland
W. Ohrost
G W. Jrick
Arthur E
Nellie Eaton
Graceland-ave
G. H. F. House
Charles and
Katie Warriner
N. Blackford St
David Wall
Lon
Kittie Languel
J. M. Rhodes
Francis
Blanche Lytle
Temple-ave
C. O. Lowry
George
Sarah Ellis
N. Liberty-st
F. Curryer
Omer
Burnett
Minerva-st
O. B. Petti
K. Neidlinger
Iliza M. Gilmore
Pennsylvania St
J. Brannan
Charles Simberlake
H. M. Losh
Catharine Hall
Maxwell, St
Grip
D. Wall
Ida ‘M. Scott
W. Pearl St
W. C. Beall
Elmer Guess
G. J. Cook
Patrick O'Connor
Minerva St
E. J. Brennan
Jefferson
Woodlawn Ave
Evan Hadley
Emil G. Haspel
Bertha E. Thomas
George L. Golder
Lizzie Steel
John Beard
Mary F. Cushingberry
James Mcintosh Judson
Clara Ingram
William F. Mitchell
Minnie L. Bilanck
Charles A. Carlisle
Beatrice Mildred Webb
Herman Schrader
Johanna Sullivan
Clarence Albert Doll
Nannie Murphy
John N. Wales
Florence Hall
Charles E. Tracy
Edith Huey
Dietrich Schmidt
Mabel L. Albersmeier
Peter Kuchler
Eva Thone
Herbert Heath
Clara Adelaide Bane
Victor
Gilbreath
Mabel Grace Cook
A. Lee Taylor
Edna Burton
Charles FE. Perry
Jessie R. Allen
Robert Jones
Mabel Jumper
Harry BE
Murburger
Tyce Wymond Bryant
Thomas Sullivan
Bridget Keating
John Henry Carton
Sarah A. Cass
Dora Brock
Maude Rogers
Bernard N. Gallagher
Katharine O'Hara
George F. Schneider
Josephine A
Building Permits for Numerous Frame Homes
D. T. Powers filed for a frame cottage on Villa avenue near Woodlawn avenue costing 600 dollars. P. W. Soltan seeks a frame dwelling on Jefferson avenue near Michigan street for 1400 dollars. G. W. Winter applies for a frame cottage on Holman avenue near Washington street costing 500 dollars. N. B. Hardacre requests a double cottage on Yan des street near Twentieth street for 1400 dollars. W. Reichwein for a frame cottage on Tenth street near Haugh street 3800 dollars. J. T. Dwyer seeks frame cottages at 1707 9 W Market street for 770 dollars each. J. W. and O. W. Collins file for a frame dwelling at 2428 Ashland avenue costing 1724 dollars. M. and E. Wenke request a frame cottage on Chestnut street near Iowa street for 800 dollars. E. B. Porter brings repairs to 336 S. Pennsylvania street for 200 dollars.
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D. T. Powers
Villa-ave
Woodlawn-ave
P. W. Soltan
Jefferson Ave
Michigan-st
G. W. Winter
Holmanave
Washington-st
N. B. Hardacre
Yandes-st
Twentieth-st
W. Reichwein
Tenth-st
Haugh-st
J. T. Dwyer
W. Market-st
J. W
O. W. Collins
Ashland Ave
M. and
E. Wenke
Chestnut-st
Iowa-st
E. B. Porter
S. Pennsylvania St
Board of Review Fixes Assessments for Local Firms
The Board of Review set assessments Wednesday for several Indianapolis firms including Home Realty Company at 400 dollars, Hunt C Company at 1,750, Indianapolis Elevator Company at 26,700, Indianapolis Rubber Company at 133,340, Indianapolis Surgical Institute Company at 7,000, and Indianapolis Varnish Company at 45,000 with 18,000 listed separately. Local officials reviewed properties and values to determine tax obligations.
Millionaire rescues Seventh National Bank in New York
Gen Samuel Thomas, a veteran financier, lent 1 million dollars to the Seventh National Bank to cover a debit shortage of 938000, averting a financial crisis. Directors elected Edward R Thomas, the general's son, as bank president, age about 30, after the day’s events. The bank had faced heavy drafts and slow settlements from patrons, with deposits from Cuban funds and post office accounts inflating daily.
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Gen. Thomas
Edward R. Thomas
Wm. H. Kimball
E. R. Thomas
Linda Lee
Louisville
Seventh National Bank
Henry Marquand & Co
Post Office
Chase National
Seventh National
Dems Aide Jim Crawford Linked to City Office Exit
A clerk office hanger on claims Jim Crawford, employed as assistant while Weller Shaffer was sick, touched public money but left after a drunken incident. Geckler says Crawford denied money handling, left under dispute, later vanished from town and may have mixed funds with his own. Crawford is a printer and roamer by nature.
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Jim Crawford
Geckler
Crawford
Weller Shaffer
Tamm
Man with Lumpy Jaw Rare Disease Discovered
Dr. Jacobs at City dispensary treats a peculiar case suspected as rays fungus or lumpy jaw. The condition, linked to cattle, involves a growth with small filaments and is usually fatal. The patient, a young man injured by a stone hook, led to an initial cancer misdiagnosis later reconsidered as possible streptococcus.
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Jacobs
de. Jacobs
Wright
T. Jacobs
Wynn
Indianaapolis
Ross Spends Night Quietly After Insanity Ruling
James Ross of Winigan was declared insane and sent to the asylum last week. Doctors testified he had epileptic fits and impaired mind but he spent a calm night and appeared in good spirits while ward physicians observed him. Dr Young maintains no mistake was made in determination.
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James Ross
Young
Ross
Buennagel Named Deputy Auditor Of School Board
Jacob Buennagel, bookkeeper in the city controller’s office, will become deputy auditor of the school board to replace J P Dunn who moves to Controller Johnson’s post. The new position pays $1,300 a year, up from his current $1,000 salary.
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Jacob Buennagel
J. P. Dunn
Controller Johnson
Jacob
Pilgrims See Mrs Eddy at Pleasant View In Concord
Three thousand Christian Science members from the U S Europe and Australia visited Pleasant View the home of Mary C Eddy founder and leader to glimpse her and hear her speak 53 words She read her text spoke of future meetings and then withdrew to her study The note ends with a promotional line for Hood s Sarsaparilla as a tonic for appetite and sleepless nights.
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Concord
N. H
Christian Science Church
United States
Europe
Australia
Pleasant View
Mary C. Eddy
Barrett law case goes to U S Supreme Court
A Huntington county Barrett law case appeals from the Indiana Supreme Court to the U S Supreme Court. The Indiana court previously upheld the Barrett law as constitutional in the Shelbyville decision and in Hannah Schaefer v Werling, with a rehearing denied. The case is set for the second Monday in October amid debate over a substitute tax method and Norwood decision implications.
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Shelbyville
Hannah Schaefer
Julius Werling
United States Supreme Court
High Courts Affirm Morgan Circuit Abuse Over Death Claim
The Supreme Court affirmed the Morgan circuit court ruling that Charlotte Richardson executrix cannot collect $10 from the death of her husband killed when Byron Dawson's runaway team crashed on Churchman pike. The court found the record incomplete and prevented no questions, while the appellate court ruled a real estate conveyance to a daughter for $1 and a bond for the father and his wife fraudulent as to creditors in Sarah Spier v Whitesell et al from Munroe County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Dawson
Pike
Richardson
Supreme Court
Munroe County
Sarah Spier
Wilias Whitesell
Man Seeks Board Help Over Birth During Insanity Stay
A Bryant Ave resident visited the Board of Health to resolve birth matters linking to a son born while he was ten months in an insane asylum. Officials refused action and advised legal counsel. Also a short ad touts Secold head eczema cream with Dean's Ointment for scalp relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ave
Board of Health
Dean
Cloudburst Floods Cass Station Wreck Killing 15
A cloudburst washed away a small Cass station bridge near Peru Indiana on June 26. Fifteen people were killed including 14 Italians and an interpreter. About 50 were injured as a Wabash train plunged into waterlogged embankment. Rail officials and Catholic aid workers ministered to survivors and losses.
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Peru
Ind
Cass Station
Frank Williamson
Bowling Green
Wabash
Italy
Salt Lake City
Utah
J. Af. Walsh
Logansport
New York
Panhandle
Bunker Hill
Cherabuses
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Sturn. Ie
Dianapolis
Julia
Byland
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Dr. Payne
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the Stewart Soap Co
Ciacionati
Ohio
Board O’ Review
The
Board of Review
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Oan
Daniel Boone
Jaxon
Japan
Santa Clara Prunes
Pillsbury
Delaware
Indiana Ave
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Mass.ave
Wash
New Jersey
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Wash St
Shelby-st
Fountain Square
Mass.-ave
Noble-at
L. A. Jackson
Samuel
Thomas
New York Tribune
Pearl
Dee Seaweagh
York
Melton
Tate
India
Ensues
Castor
Navy
Oxford
Hermsdorf
Nottingham
Backa
Sue Kind
Pillsbury’s
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Ginghams
Amoskeag and
Lancaster
Penh
Wm. H. Block Co
Buennagel
Dunn
Sister Eddy
Hood
U. S. Supreme Court
Barrett Law
Huntington County
Preme Court ‘of
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Supreme
Indiana Supreme
Morgan Circuit Court
Charlotte Richardson
Health Board
Heiskell
Heiskell’s
Johnston, Holloway & CO
Commerce St
Philadelphia
Susie May Schell
Mott Ave
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