Negro Vote Losses Highlighted In GOP Discussion
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1908
Page
4
Poles and Pirates in Chicago Taft Roosevelt Clash
A letter describes radical black support for the Democratic nominee while backing Republican tickets in the legislature. It claims organized northern black voters could force a Republican reorganization before the next campaign and vows aggressive action against Taft and Roosevelt amid remarks on Chicago delegations and the Niagara movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Taft
Roosevelt
Brownsville
South
Congress
North
Republican Party
Indiana
Avith
Ober‘lin
Ohio
New Jersey
New York
Ilinois
Harry Ss. New
Conto
GRAFT PLAN NO STRONGER THAN SIGHT
Frank Ramsey a Pittsburg steamfitter used a eye disease to graft funds from physicians. He passed fraudulent checks on Dr. Phipps in the Knights of Pythias building and on Dr. J M Phillips on West Tenth Street. Ramsey was arrested by detectives at the physician’s office after a suspicious $40 check and letter from a nonexisting Dr George Hale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ramsey
Pittsburg
Ramsey
Jean Phipps
Knights of Pythias
J. M. Phillips
W. Tenth Street
Phipps
George Hale
Nashville, Tenn
Gerber and
Larsh
Lieut
Manning
Accused Woman Brings Baby to Police Station
Detectives arrest Mrs. Maggie Spurrier and Mrs. Flora Inox on theft charges involving a rig linked to Jenn Tilford. The women drove to Jeffersonville to visit Rufus Spurrier, selling a horse for 65 dollars en route. Police escort required Spurrier to bring her baby to headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Spurrier
Flora Inox
Jenn
Tilford
Morris Street
Gerber
Larsh
Jeffersonville
Rufus Spurrier
Spurrier
Knox
Jefferson
Columbus
Ind
Geisendorf Street
Eureka Investment Co Sues Reviewers Over Taxes
The Eureka Investment Co. sued County Treasurer E. J. Robison to stop tax collection after objecting to Board of Review figures. Judge Vinson Carter heard the case Monday afternoon as the company contends the charges are excessive and unjust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Investment Company
E. J. Robison
Vinson Carter
Eureka Company
Board of Review
County to Seek 5000 for Three Notch Road Repairs
County commissioners will ask the county council in special session for five thousand dollars to repair Three Notch Road. The road has been washed out and surveys will be made to determine necessary work and costs. Toledo Grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Notch
Livestock Market Prices See Sharp Advances on Hogs and Cattle
Light receipts of hogs push prices higher while steer quotes rise to top grades. Steers 1300+ lbs bring 7 00 to 7 25, 1150–1250 lbs around 5 60 to 6 80, and 900–1100 lbs about 4 50 to 5 75. Heifers 150–435, cows 20 30, calves 2 50 to 6 50. Hogs and sheep also show gains with varied weights and classes listed.
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago market update shows hogs receipts 30 000 with prices mostly 10 to 15 cents higher. Bulk hogs 6 15 to 6 35, light 5 85 to 6 40, mixed 5 90 to 6 50, heavy 5 90 to 6 55, workers 6 25 to ease 4 80 to 5 60. Cattle receipts 19 000 up 1 cent. beeves 4 85 to 8 50, Texas steers 4 00 to 6 60, western steers 4 75 to 6 90, steers and feeders 2 60 to 5 45, cows and heifers 2 40 to 6 30, calves 4 75 to 6 50. Sheep receipts 2 000 down 5 cents. natives 2 85 to 5 25, western 2 85 to 6 35, lambs native 4 00 to 6 00, western 4 00 to 6 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reaseny Sais
Cicie Ocbls
Poland
Indianapolis
Price
Ede Peres
Chicago
Beeves
Texas
Western
City Grain Prices and Car Inspections Report
Grain and feed prices for wheat corn and rye listed with grades and through billing terms. Inspections show car counts by grade including rejections and totals across wheat and white yellow mixed classes. Wheat No 2 red through No 4 red with July August terms. corn No 2 white through No 4 white and No 2 mixed. rye No 2 rye. hay noted as None.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jnc
Timothy
Grain market notes from Toledo on June 29
Toledo grain prices note cash and futures for wheat with figures for June and July contracts. The brief lists September and December delivery terms with numbered bids and price quotes in cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
All Stocks Quiet in New York Market Start
In New York on June 29 the stock market opened with most issues down and light volume. Union Pacific Reading St Paul and Great Northern led declines while American Car and Foundry rose about one point. Copper and cotton weakened, curb trading dull, bonds steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Shotwell
York
Union Pacific
Reading
St. Paul
Great Northern
American Car and Foundry
London
Wheat and meat futures rise on Chicago rains
Heavy rains in the winter wheat belt lift the opening in futures with September wheat up 3 4 cents and July prices higher across grains and meats. Closing figures show wheat at 85 8 6c, corn 8c, oats 44 percent, pork 14.70, lard 9.20, ribs 8.32, reflecting advances and mixed shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. W. Thomson
Bres Aga
iNew
Nold
Branaugh Convicted In Western Construction Graft Case
After a hard trial the court sentenced Branaugh to prison for altering city inspector records to overcharge for asphalt patching. He fled under an assumed name, was tracked to Detroit, and his conviction follows efforts by M. A. Ryan John W. Kern and Joseph E. Bell for the defense and Prosecutor Elliott R. Hooton and Deputy Charles Remster for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Construction Company
Brunaugh
Branaugh
Indianapolis
Wabash
Ind
Detroit
Joseph Clay
Marion County
M. A. Ryan
John W. Kern
Joseph E. Bell
John S. Duncan
Elliott R. Hooton
Charles Remster
Jackson Company Cleared of Receiver After Solvency Claim
The Mr. Jackson Sanitarium company was found entirely solvent and released from receivership by Acting Judge Mull. The Security Trust Company had been named previous by the court, and a final report was offered before the receiver was discharged after a brief Sunday in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pany
Mull
Security Trust Company
Woman Fined For Practicing Dentistry
Elizabeth Weper of Raihia faces a fine after practicing dentistry without a license. The incident highlights regulatory action against unlicensed dental work in the region. Local authorities noted the case as part of broader efforts to enforce professional practice standards.
Detroit Home Independent Telephone Plans July 1 Charges
Detroit June reports the Detroit Home Independent Telephone Company will begin regular charges on July 1 after surpassing 7,000 installations. Plans include long distance circuits to Boston and connections with Indiana and other states, with a goal of 19,000 instruments by August 1 and extensive underground cable in the city and suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Detroit
A. E. Barker
William B. Woodbury
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Max Koehler
Canada
Metropolitan Home Independent
Plannette, Ex-Pastor, Held In Insane Ward Reciting Verse
Edward E. Plannette, a Presbyterian minister and former Los Angeles pastor, is held at police headquarters and to be sent to the Eastern Insane hospital. He recites his own poems and sings, claiming mental strain and hilarity without a definite diagnosis. He came from Los Angeles and has sought publication for his verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Plannette
Hancover College
Plannette
Eastern Insane Hospital
Fie
Los Angeles
Cal
Bobbs- Merrill Company
Nineteenth Street
Central Avenue
Union B. Hunt
Senator Beveridge
James PB. Goodrich
Indiana Christian Endeavor Union Elects Officers
Evansville dispatch reports the Indiana Christian Endeavor Union annual convention elected Charles J. Orbison as president and Florence E. Lanham as general secretary. A. J. Barry became treasurer with multiple vice presidents named including Frank W. Fox and J. W. Kliewer. Re-elected officers include Lillian Hayes and Merlin Baker with Walter J. Lewis re chosen as World’s Christian Endeavor vice president. Next meeting site undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Indiana Christian Endeavor Union
Charles J. Orbison
Indianapolis
Florence E. Lanham
A.3. Barry
Ft. Wayne
Frank Wl. Fox
BE. RR. Edwards
Kokomo
J. W. Kliewer
Berne
B. Whittaker
Merom
John Humphrey
Angola
P. W. Dierberger
Muncie
Lillian &. Hayes
Dunreith
Merlin Alice Baker
Lafayette
Morton (. Pearson
E. H. Clifford
Press
J. Elmer Rhea
City Record Notices and Marriages Highlight Local Records
The listing records births in City records for multiple families, followed by a lengthy death toll with names, ages, and causes such as Brights disease tuberculosis organic heart disease and carcinoma of uterus. It ends with a long gun of marriages linking numerous couples across neighborhoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard
Bessie Lewis
Eighteenth Street
Oscar and
Goldie Holmes
New Jersey Street
Ernest and
Grace White
Brookside Avenue
Earle and
Ethel Foxworthy
Lesley Avenue
John and
Carrie Wampner
E. McCarty Street
Charles and
Constance Koehler
N. Hamilton Avenue
Edward and
Henrietta Scherer
Church Street
Catherine Schultz
Little Sisters of Poor
Lavina Pickett
S. Meridian Street
Bright
Mary Golden
Geisendorf
Manry Henry
Anna E. Bristow
Daisy Street
Mary £. Richardson
Laural Street
Mary E. Kerlin
University Avenue
Caroline Thormeyer
S. Butler Avenue
Martha J. Mes
Tacoma Avenue
Alex Halt
Flower Mission
Joseph Breinlich
Concord Street
Uriah B. Marley
Bloomington Street
Alonzo Wcleesee
Merrill Street
Capito Avenue
John W. Sloan
Belmont Avenue
Dollas Swift
City Hospital Annex
Martha Ann Chambers
Croft Street
Fort Taylor
Mill Street
James Bowen
N. T Hinois
Michele Giardini
Margherita Rini
Friederich A. Schreiber
Wilhelmina Woest
Harry Fostrom
Nettie Grimes
Chester J. Leonard
Maud Mugen
Frank Kefauver
Mary Tuttle
Conrad Riebe
Ada M. Stickan
Arthur Goines
Mary Farrow
Barney C. Hall
Ella F. Bowne
William H. Jerden
Sarah E. Montgomery
Samuel C. Means
Hannah Minnehan
Carl Glen Johnson
Nora Jane Schrader
Richard T. Parson
Mary L. Bales
Pittsburg Live Stock Cattle and Hogs Market Report
Pittsburg market recap June 29 shows cattle receipts 120 loads with higher prices. Price ranges include extra 7.15 to 7.40, fair 4.35 to 6.55, prime 6.65 to 6.70. Heifers and fresh cows noted. total receipts 35 loads with a 2 drop in value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Saengerfest surplus funds to return to subscribers
The Saengerfest surplus totals $9 206 with a 30 percent dividend planned to be returned to original subscribers. A permanent organization for future song festivals will be formed and The Echo No modeled after a St Louis group. The financial report shows over 12000 single tickets sold, receipts $45 000, expenses $36 000, average receipts of about $2 000 per concert as the meeting voted thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo No
St. Louis
Indianapolis Public Works bids on Sixteenth Street improvements
City of Indianapolis invites sealed proposals for brick paving and grading on Sixteenth Street from Senate Avenue to C&O Tracks and related streets. Plans include curb work, inlets, marginal stones, and extensions of services. Bonds and insurance required. bids due July 1908. board may reject all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department OF Public Works
Board
Majestic
Sixteenth Street
Senate Avenue
Catterson Street
Illinois Street
Twenty-First Street
Elcled Avenue
Washington Street
Michigan Street
First Alley
Shelby Street
Sanders Street
Morris Street
Property Cine
Property One
Prospect Street
Board of Public Works
Indianapolis
Indiana
Joseph T. Elliott
Preston C. Trusler
Fred J. Mack
Vacant Room Rent Savers Prompts Consideration
The Sun notes readers should consider saving a vacant room to attract rent. It suggests using free-wand columns as a feature and invites favors to facilitate occupancy.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Panama
Troosevelt
Eureka Investment CO
Three Notch Road
Toledo- Grain
MMT
Jackson Company
Mr. Jackson
Elizabeth Weper
Rai Hia, Wi Ne Ihal Equi
Telephone Company
Endeavor. Union
Gue Ghee Papcake
Aes Ee
Mheny A ‘aRzane
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