Republicans Nominees Filed For County Offices In Indianapolis
Republican petition filings for county offices list candidates in multiple districts and roles including Prosecuting Attorney Wirt C. Smith and John C. Ruckelshaus. Clerk Milton K. Alexander. Treasurer Edward J. Robison. Recorder W. H. Wheeler. Sheriff Elmer Stoddard. Auditor Cy J. Clark. judges of criminal, circuit and superior courts. representatives and others in Indianapolis and surrounding areas.
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Milton K. Alexander
Clinton L. Hare
Willam E. Davis
Harry E. Royse
Edward J. Robison
Charles Krauss
Oliver P. Ensley
W. H. Wheeler
Lewis G. Akin
Lew Shank
Harry D. Tutewiler
Ira E. Dunlavy
Edward H. Diehl
Samuel H. Maipas
T. N. Bennett
A. W.brayton
A. L. Wilson
Ger
Cy J. Clark
Edward R. Seguin
Martin Meyers
John A. Porter
Fred. K. Shepard
Criminal Court
Fremont AlIford
Daniel L. Brown
William Bosson
County council set to act on W Washington bridge
The county council meets Monday to decide the bridge issue on W Washington Street. Speculation runs high on whether the appropriation will be approved quickly so the matter can go to court for legality. Surveyor Klausman could not estimate costs, warning it may take Sunday to finish the figures.
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W. Washington-st. Bridge
Klausman
Millionaire Industrialist flees after $1,060,000 fraud
Odessa reports Alexander Afianoff, an industrial magnate believed to be a millionaire, absconded after schemes totaling $1,060,000. English and American firms are among the main victims as authorities pursue him.
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Odessa
Alexander Afianoff
Claimant Says City Underpaid Street Sweepers in Six Years
J H Furnas and C H Stuckmeyer claim Indianapolis owes them about $5000 for past underpayment of street sweeping. They hired ex-City engineer Jeup to measure losses, with possible suit to be decided later. They cite Broadway payments and Vermont Street square reductions and other similar practices.
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J. H. Furnas
Indianapolis
C. H. Stuckmeyer
Furnas
Stuckmeyer
Jeup
Broadway
St. Clair
Seventeenth St
Vermont St
East-st
West-st
Sewer cave-in near Woodruff place prompts contract protest
A new sewer collapse occurred Friday night about thirty feet east of the initial break at Woodruff place on EB Michigan street. Contractor Mansfield protests continuing work under current two course brick specs and asks for a change to three, with the issue referred to City attorney Joss for opinion on contractor liability.
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Michigan-st
Woodruff Place
Mansfield
Board of Works
Joss
Runaway Team From Reid Household Crashes After Two Squares
An unusual runaway involving John Reid's team from 1427 Shep ard street ran two squares scattering stoves and kitchen utensils. It was halted when the load struck a telephone pole. Remarkably two mirrors on the load remained unbroken in the incident.
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Priday
John Reid
Shepard Sr
Jewelers Note on Mounting in Tiffany Ring
Mounted in a first class gold Tiffany ring. These rings can only be appreciated by examining. J. P. Mullally, Diamonds and Jewelry, 28 Monument Place.
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J. P. Mullally
Feed Your Horse Janes Dustlees Data
The Sun's Belp liner column notes a quirky tip about feeding a horse named Janes Dustlees Data yourself, referencing the offices at 412 125 E.Oniost and offering a brief push toward self-sufficiency for readers.
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Janes
THE
SUN
E.oniost
Two Wives Dead and Husband Suicide in Chicago
Chicago on Friday saw two jealous husbands attack their wives. Steve Pape stabbed his wife Josephine to death and then stabbed himself repeatedly, dying from loss of blood. Fred Wagner shot his wife and wounded her four times before waiting for police. he planned care for his three children but survived. The surviving wife hopes to recover and press charges.
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Steve Pape
Fred Wagner
Chicago
Steve’ Pape
Illinois Steel Company
Josephine
Pape
Banker Tappan Dead in New York at 73
Frederick D. Tappan died at his Lakewood home from pneumonia at 73. He led the Galatia National Bank and was a key figure in the New York Clearing House, earning fame for stabilizing markets during the 1898 panic and later crises including the 1901 Northern Pacific money panic and the McKinley assassination period.
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New York Clearing House Association
Lakewood
Tappan
Wall St
McKinley
Premier Waldeck-Rousseau Slim After Carriage Crash
Paris dispatch reports premier Waldeck-Rousseau severely injured when his carriage overturned on Friday night. He endured a restless night though the condition is described as satisfactory. His shoulder injury will be assessed by X rays today.
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Paris
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Digestive remedy claim from vintage label text
A fragment from a product box or advertisement mentions Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with Grove signature. The readable bits imply a claim that illness can be prevented and cured in two days, attributed to the product.
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Grove
Flood Threat Looms as Ridgway Predicts Record Water
Pittsburg March 1 Forecaster Ridgway of the local weather bureau predicts three feet of water, surpassing all prior floods and bringing vast damage without additional rain. Ten thousand wage earners idle as mills close. streetcars and rail service disrupted. Templeton bulletin warns Allegheny overflow and 25 feet rising, with ice on the river and wrecked boats sweeping by.
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Pittsburg
Ridgway
Weather Bureau
Allegheny
Sixth-st
Piltsburg & Lake Erie Railway
Templeton
Starr Willing to Lead G A R Commander Bid Strong
Local veterans predict Benjamin Starr, Richmond millionaire plate-maker, will win the Indiana G A R state encampment election in May after he announced he would accept the role. Starr’s candidacy could assure Richard M. Smock’s continued hold as assistant adjutant general and general quartermaster, both salaried, based in the state house, a position Smock has held for five to six years.
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Benjamin Starr
Richmond
SUN
Indiana Department
Starr
Logansport
Richard M. Smock
State House
Smock
Girl Laughs So Hard She Tears Diaphragm in Terre Haute
Miss Louise Aiken of Terre Haute laughed at a comedian and tore her diaphragm. She felt a sharp pain, was taken home, and a physician found the injury. She is recovering with treatment.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Louise, Aiken
Death in floods sweep across the mid-Atlantic region
Flood reports from New York Pennsylvania and Maryland show rivers rising. A New York Central freight train derailed at a undermined culvert near Philmont killing Engineer Edward Stewart Fireman Clarence Waltermiere and brakeman Frank Clark. Drowned man Frank Bobollick Edwardsville Pa. and widespread flooding disrupts rail and trolley service.
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Philmont
N. Y
New York Central
Edward Stewart
Clarence Waltermiere
Frank Clark
Frank Bobollick
Edwardsville
Wheeling
W. Va
Virginia
Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
Ohio
Huntington
Marietta
California
Sacramento
Oneida
Garfield
Waltington
Lyndhurst
Lodi
N. J
Passaic
Piedmont
Cumberland
Omnibus Tariff Bill Passes Senate in Minutes
Washington March 1 The Senate wraps up the omnibus claims bill in 15 minutes. Teller presents Colorado’s peace plea for Transvaal. Turner rebuts chair’s previous apology and asserts no hostility. Philippine tariff bill advances with House conferred amendments. duties set at 75 percent of Dingley rates for Philippine fund.
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Washington
Senate
Teller
Colorado
United States
Transvaal
Turner
House
Chouse
Philippines
Farmer’s 40 Acres Tax Mix-Up Triggers County Chase
A southern county farmer caused a stir in the county treasurer’s office on Saturday over a 40 acre farm sale. He could not locate the plot beyond the township and shouted instructions to Capt. Miller. After an hour the farmer declared the 40 was planted in corn last summer, and Miller directed him to the assessor’s office.
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Capt. Miller
Miller
Board Investigates Doctors Smallpox Case In Secret Session
At a secret Saturday session the health board questioned Dr. C. K. Ewing about alleged failure to report a smallpox case involving Mrs. Claude G. Commons of 1924 E. Tenth St. Sanitarian Buehler said she rode crowded transit while infectious. Ewing claimed eruption came from bromides given for nervousness. The board sent a letter to Ewing after the hearing.
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Health Board
C. K. Ewing
Stevenson Building
E. Tenthst
Buehler
Claude G. Commons
Ewing
John O. Sparr
Another Merger Near San Francisco Involving Southern Pacific
E H Harriman is due within ten days to sign papers for a major railway merger. The plan consolidates the Southern Pacific properties to refund $69 million of bonds with new 3 and 4 percent issues, trimming fixed charges by over $1 million annually. The trio includes California, Arizona, and New Mexico Southern Pacific companies.
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San Francisco
E. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific Company
Southern Pacific Railway Company of
California
Central Pacific
Arizona
Southern Pacific Railroad Company of
New Mexico
Double death by own action at Turkish bath
Police report a double death by own action at the Turkish bath 636 Lombard Street in Philadelphia. Two employees, one white and one colored, were found in the sleeping room at 6 a.m. by Mrs Berchadsky, wife of the proprietor. William MacCormack, a deaf mute, had worked at the bath about two years. They were strangers and no reason for the suicides is known.
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Philadelphia
Lombardst
Relief for School 54 walkers prompts board reply
President Megrew of the Board of Works says residents can ask the board for sidewalks. He notes the city attorney must answer whether sidewalks can be placed in front of school No. 54 on East Tenth near Dearborn. The question follows students wading through mud to reach class.
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Megrew
Board of Works
E. Tenth
Dearborn St
Overpaid Taxes In Marion County Accord With Mortgage Exemption
County auditor Harry B. Smith says money due taxpayers under the mortgage exemption law will not be paid. Books are complete and in the hands of the county treasurer. The law, once held unconstitutional by the Marion circuit court, will be effective under the next assessment per Col. Smith.
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Harry B. Smith
Supreme Court
Marion Circuit Court
Col .Smith
Laxative Cure Promoted by Dox Product Ad
An advertising snippet touts Laxative Bromo Quinine as removing the cause of ailment. The image features the signature line Ei. W. Grove on every Dox label, suggesting a branded endorsement and consistent use across the product line.
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W. Grove
Higgins Returns to Prison After Funeral Leave
Ex councilman John Higgins was returned to the Michigan City penitentiary Friday afternoon without a clemency request. Secretary Wilson met Higgins’ escort at Union Station and learned he had just left, with a guard, using funeral leave as a reason the following day. The parole board may reconsider Higgins’ case on Monday.
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John Higgins
Michigan City Penitentiary
Governor's Office
Board of Parole
Wilson
Bi” Flynn
Union Station
Higgins
Parole Board
Alice Roosevelt to Have Portrait Painted by Chartran
Miss Alice Roosevelt is having her portrait painted by M Theobald Chartran at the Corcoran art gallery in Washington She visited Friday with Mrs Roosevelt and granted the painter a first writing Owing to her unpredictable schedule the completion of the portrait will take some time Chartran is guest of Casson the French ambassador.
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Washington
Alice Roosevelt
M. Theobald Chartran
Corcoran Art Gallery
M. Chartran
Cassbon
Fire destroys livery stable and 30 vehicles in city blaze
Fire at Twenty third and Meridian early Saturday morning consumed a livery stable owned by John C. Pierson. It destroyed 13 horses and 30 vehicles, with total loss near 10 000. Employees Gus Hillman and Isaac Young escaped through a window. building insured for 1 000. Fire possibly started in southwest corner. few details on other stock and insurance.
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Pierson
N. Meridian-St
Twenty-third
Meridian-sts
John c. Pierson
Twenty-second
Meridian Sts
Bence & Jones
Ohio St
Meridian
Illinois
Pearson
Glenn Falls
Gus Hillman
Isaac Young
Thomas Etter
Saturnia
Woman asks police to compel husband to take bath
A neatly dressed woman, about 30, called at police headquarters and asked Desksergt Crane to detail a patrolman to take her husband home and compel him to bathe. The officer joked that no such service exists and warned that many would go without help if they pursued the request. The visitor, partially deaf, whispered into a trumpet and left.
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Crane
Sergi
Board of Health
NO CONCESSIONS ON CONTRACTS FOR SHELBYVILLE INTERURBAN
President Megrew says the Shelbyville interurban must adopt the same contract as the Union Traction Company or none. Attorney Harding argues tax grading should reflect line length, estimating one third of Union’s payment. The Shelbyville line did not appear before the Board of Works Friday. President Adams failed to arrive as planned.
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Megrew
Union Traction Company
Board of Works
Shelbyville
Union Traction” Company
W. N. Harding
Shelbyville Line
E. K. Adams
Nothing But Tears and a Woman's Elopement
Fred Funk a railroader traveling between Indianapolis and Chicago passed through Indianapolis on Friday from Cincinnati seeking his sister the wife of Clifford Ahlering to leave Edward Castleton and return to Effingham to await divorce so she could marry Castleton but she refused and an agreement sent him back noting she would marry Castleton after the divorce. He bristled at Castleton in Cincinnati and the three wept at Castleton’s boarding house with the woman refusing to go with him. She eloped with Castleton recently.
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Fred Funk
Indianpolis
Chicago
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Clifford Ahiering
Edward Drekel Castleton
Effingham
Castleton
Funk
Schwab Rents Coastal Cottage for Spring and Summer
Charles M. Schwab has rented the Coates Worth cottage in Atlantic City for 1000 dollars a month. He and his family plan to use it as their spring and summer home. Also noted is a local dentist advertisement and a piano listing in nearby notices.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charles M. Schwab
The
Steel Trust
Fatal fall from Fidelity Building shocks Philadelphia
In Philadelphia the top floor accident at the Fidelity building on Cha men street left 225 dead and several seriously injured. Victims named include Samuel Minnis a mason George Wharton 55 Robert Hunter a workman Charl erson a workman and Frank J pedestrian. The incident occurred in the financial center causing extreme excitement across the city.
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Ors
Samuel Minnis
Mason
George Wharton
Brn
Robert Hunter
Workman
Charlerson
Frank J. Pedestrian
Kidnapped Boy Mystery Shocks Montreal
Montreal reports its most mysterious kidnapping as Edgar Weyland, two, son of E. J. Weyland of the Forgestty wholesale boot firm, was carried off by a servant girl who used the name Audley Erle and later Ethel Young. A general alarm has been sounded with no known treason for the act.
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Montreal
Montreall
Iis
Edgar Weyland
E. J. Weyland
Audley Erle
Ethel Young
Ellen M Stone Released From Captivity in Constantinople
Mis s Stone of the American mission was freed from captivity and appears in Constantinople. The report notes her release occurred Saturday morning as details of her captivity and rescue are outlined by the American mission authorities.
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Constantinople
Ellen M. Stone
Weather forecast for Indianapolis and region
Forecast for the 36 hours through March 2 calls for snow flurries and colder conditions, followed by a Saturday night with fair weather. Sunday brings cooler air and sunshine with temperatures around 36 at 7 am, 37 at noon, and 39 at 2 pm. Indiana Illinois remain generally fair, with possible snow in the north and rain in Kentucky. Forecaster Blyth notes rainfall not heavy enough to flood.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
Blyth
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Elliott
Wirt C. Smith
William Irvin
John C. Ruckelshaus
Edwin
B. Pugh
John C. Spahr
Henry Clay Allen
James A. Pritchard
Frank W. Gasper
Philip Marer
Joseph Miller
Jos. H. Hays
Wm. K. Tullis
John J. Henshen
Thomas W. Smock
M .L. Moore
Coungl
Wallst
New York
Frederick D
Louise Aiken
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Tellier
Uncle Sam
South Africa
Harriman
Mrj. Meyers
Auditor Smith
Michigan City
Alice IN Oil
Chartran
Corcoran Gallery
Schwab
Wuladhner
Joseph Ze Goode
Tom
Newton Claypool
George
Fidelity
Miss Stone
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