Last Ride Drownings After Canoe Collision on White River
Isadore Cohen of Muncie, visiting Meridian Street, drowned when his canoe capsized in White River near Broad Ripple during a rain. A companion clung to a rowboat as a steamer passed, lighting the scene where Cohen sank for the last time. Rescue attempts failed. body recovered after barbed wire drag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isadore
Meridian St
White River
Broad
Fort
Haorvin Corwin
Pio Sayd
Pauline
Robinson
Aquatic Club
Malpas
Dannia Dullavin
Cohen
Muncie
Short
Raids Arrest 594 Poolroom Gamblers in New York
In New York on Friday, 594 men were arrested in four poolroom raids. Detainees faced arraignment Saturday in police court on gambling charges. Allen’s raid was his 85th. he was reportedly absent on Long Island where his wife had died. Police faced heavy entry with hammers ladders and iron doors, while Magistrate Dever criticized command decisions and warned police captians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Allen
Long Island
Dever
Smith
Going Rally Amid Chaos In Indianapolis Hospitals
Deputy sheriff R C Craft notes a mental health surge in Indianapolis with 24 June cases and near daily arrivals. Doctors cite June and October as peak months for derangements, with patients from city and rural districts, many young, including Steven Dixon of the University club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
R. C. Craft
Ufe
Steven Dixon
Apg
University Club
Governor Durbin Eyes Indiana and Bears in Yellowstone
Govenor Durbin reports a happy trip in Yellowstone Park with his party and wires daily from the hill office. Two railroad workers die in a Coaldale IA wreck as four peasants are killed in a Croatian uprising near Ludibres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coaldale
Cote
Vienna
Ludibres
Crotia
Newinser advertisements on ninth page today
Newer classified notices appear on page nine describing sale of a rooming house a house girl position for general home work and several items including hops for sale and a small manufacturing business for sale with terse phrases and partial descriptions
Rail excursion notices from Indianapolis area lines
Zion announces Sunday excursion times for multiple routes. From Indianapolis stations to Cincinnati, Madison, Michigan City, Greencastle, Terra Haute, Fort Wayne and other points, with departures ranging from early morning to midafternoon and returns through night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. BE
Michigan City
Lafayette
Vandalia
Greencastle
Terra Haute
Indianapolis
W. BR. R
Fort Warns
Peru
D'Eorfa
Sandusky
Big Four
Lyrdi Mattoon
Tv Op. Ms
Cincinnati
Tugu i
Decatur
Springfield
Vandalia Jine
South Hend
Colex
Butler
Colfax
McCormack Faces Legal Questions on Busybody Interference
Labor commissioner McCormack complains of busybodies affecting the Bedford strike and the wider impact on 1,500 workers locally and 1,000 others nationwide. He plans to seek attorney-general guidance on legal protection and will travel to Byracuss next month to review a boycott case involving Mgiat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCormack
Bedford
Mr. McCormack
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
St. Outa
Vincennes
New York
Kentucky
Byracuss
Gold Watch Offer For New THE SUN Subscribers
Indiana youth can earn a gold watch by securing two new THE SUN subscriptions using office blanks. The Sun will deliver papers for those who meet the goal. offer runs through August 1 and has already rewarded many winners who gained 28 subscribers in a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
SUN
SUN Office
Inferno Strikes Milwaukee: Massive Fire Causes Explosions
A mysterious blaze in Milwaukee started behind Schreiter and Schimmel, spreading to Davidson hotel annex and Boston store sections. In three hours the fire caused extensive damage estimated at five thousand dollars and injured several workers. later, explosions ripped through American Malting elevators, with losses reaching the thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Schreiter & Schimmel
Matthews
Davidson
Boston
American Malting Company
Sto
Lockerbiest Fair Nets About $1000 For Mission Cottage
Managers report the Lockerbiest fair earned around $1,000 Friday night surpassing expectations. The proceeds will pay off indebtedness for the Fresh Air Mission cottage built last year by residents of Lockerbiest. A larger crowd of about 1,900 shoppers contributed generously, and organizers praised the event as more successful than prior nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockerbiest
Fresh Air Mission
Marvin, Bank Robber Now in Indianapolis
George Marvin, alleged bank robber and highwayman with a disfigured face from a nitro explosion, was brought to Indianapolis by a U S marshal on a Friday night. He faces trial for robbing the Michigantown post office and refuses to answer questions. No physician was provided for his injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Marvin
Indianapolis
Michigantown
Marvin
If I Were Mayor: Yeager Proposes Clean City Vision
Steve Yeager, official shiner of shoes for the estate house, declares in a quoted line that if he were mayor he would ban wine rooms with women in Indianapolia and fire any policeman permitting them on his beat, while criticizing hungaloos as slog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Yeager
Indianapolia
Priscilla Ann and Friends Stage An Old Maids Event
An evening at the First Friends church featured an old maids convention organized by the Bachelor maids club. Members exchanged borrowed old fashioned names for entertainment, with original verses performed singling out each guest and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends Church
OLD Maids’ Convention
First Friends’ Church
Ezeh
Weather forecast for Indianapolis area and vicinity
Forecast for the three hours ending p.m. June 28 partly cloudy with showers possible Saturday night and Sunday. Temperatures 7 a.m. 60 noon 72 2 p.m. 74. Showers probable in Indiana and nearby states with variable winds. Also includes items on Wahl Gaasch Co and interurban line capitilization and incorporators. multiple business notices and a jewelry sale ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wahl-Gaasch Company
Indianapolis
Jin Musical Instruments
Anthony B. Wahl
Theodore
Otto Ganeen
Northern Traction Company of
Indiana
Laporte
Hammoand
South Hend
A. Wright
J. J. DeVine
W. C. Nelson
F. M. Case
Opium Den Raided at 511 Bow Man Street
Police raided a second story opium den at 511 Bow Man Street early Saturday. The Tullivans, a white couple, were arrested on keepers charges. neighbors had reported nightly activity. Officers found four pipe bowls, bamboo stems, opium gear, lamps, a pit nerdle, and a mixing bowl valued over 19 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bow- Man-st
William Tollivan
Cnatory
No. SI
Perams
Women Go To Court Over Possession Of Baby
Judge Allen's court hears a dispute over Clarence Powers a two year old boy. Margaret Powers of Greensburg seeks possession from Jennie Otto of Cable-At the foster mother who cared for the child. Powers had left the boy at Otto's home six weeks ago for boarding, and Otto refuses to relinquish him. The judge postponed the case until Tuesday to allow the foster mother to prepare. Meanwhile the mother continues to hug the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Powers
Nearlyn attack in Hot Springs leads to possible lynching
In Hot Springs Arkansas on June 27 murder defendant Dougherty, condemned to hang August 14, attacked Roger Williams with a razor, slashing him near the waist. Williams survives only faintly as citizens brace for possible mob violence amid high tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
Dougherty
Roger Williams
Willams
One Witness Testifies In Arthur Simpson Trial
Edward Hedges took the stand in the Arthur Simpson case on Saturday morning. His examination and cross examination extended to noon as prosecutors sought discrepancies in Simpson’s kept books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Simpson
Edward Hedges
Simpson
Indianapolis News named in bail for rap shooter fines
A damaged Indianapolis record shows Thomas Ware fined for gambling and loitering in 1901. The Indianapolis News, through clerk Heiskell, signed as stay of execution for 90 days. The paper allegedly failed to collect the fines, with Ware later connected to a craps arrest and reporting that the News refused to pay the fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
Indianapolis
Elliott
Thomas Ware
Ware
Patriman Shine
Daly
Marion County
State of Indiana
Mtn City
Elion
Nowayse
Fla FE
Washington St
the Sun
Saul
Sue Hilton
Balit
Cotton King Brown Controls World Cotton Supply
New York June reports reveal Brown from New Orleans amassed thousands of bales and over 10 million dollars in cotton deliveries. Mills threaten shutdowns amid record prices as 80 thousand bales entered the market and observers fear a cotton crash if Brown cannot sustain cash payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brown
New Orleans
Muddle With Russia Moves Toward Russian Petition
The Washington state department outlined steps for forwarding a petition to the czar via the U S embassy in St Petersburg seeking improvements for Jews in Russia. If Russia refuses to receive the memorial, officials say no affront occurs and the matter ends there. The idea that relations between the two nations could be altered by the incident is dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
St. Petersburg
Russia
State Department
United States
Department
Peach tree found on Indiana farm near New Albany
Report notes John Baucond discovers a peach tree in his woods with abundant fruit despite a booming Ko koma building boom delaying bricklaying until July 3 due to brick famine. AI Miss Tite Neo of New Albany wed Victor E Palmer, with secrecy over how long Palmer proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Baucond
New Albany
Kokoma
White man arrested by colored policeman for stealing chickens
A white man was arrested by Patrick Lee, a colored patrolman of the twenty third district, for stealing eight chickens from J W Mendall at 68 W Tenth St. The chickens were sold to a poultry dresser who paid Dixon hog for the fowls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane
Charles Wixon
Patrick Lee
Twenty-Third District
J. W. Mendall
W. Tenthst
Dixon Hog
Notorious Hatless City Echoes in Hoosier Odds
A fragmented 19th century hoax tale mentions Indianapolis as a crowded hub for job seekers. The text references fear of travel and wintry exploitation, noting judge Whallon and hoboes from Buffalo. It hints at movement between Buffalo and St Louis and a public note about Indiana work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Buffalo
St. Louis
Indianapolia
Whallon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Durbin
Bears
Yellowstone Park
George B. Lockwood
Bovernor
Dorbin
Hill
Mt Manufacturing Bual
Butinski
Wassemer'r
Denison Barber Shop
Jones
J E. Woodard
Optician
Fairview Park
Priscilla Ann
Patricia Tabitha
Maria and
Kate
Europe
Bowman- St
Baby
Gerk Elliott
Hester
Judge Whallo
Martinavilly
Indianapolis & Martin
Moore
Mooresv
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!