Brayton Reports Smallpox Fight in St Louis
Coroner A W Brayton returned from St Louis where he spoke to the St Louis medical society on the epidemic in the Mississippi valley and vaccination efforts. He noted rising cases, strict detention hospitals, free vaccination, and citywide measures to prevent a western outbreak ahead of the world’s fair with 40,000,000 visitors.
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A. W.brayton
St. Louis
St. Louis Medical Society
Brayton
St. Louis Society
Mississippi Valley
New York City
West
Health Commissioner
Hudson River Gorge Floods Homes in Albany Area
The Hudson River reached 18 inches below the Feb 14 1900 high mark as an ice gorge formed at Stuyvesant. The lower Albany area is flooded, hundreds of families displaced, traction cars out of service, fires extinguished at the powerhouse, and railroads crippled.
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Hudson River
Stuyvesant
Floods Reach Rochester Area As Genesee Rises
The Genesee River hits its highest level since 186 after flooding parts of Front and Exchange streets. At Wadsworth stock farm near Genesee 28 registered cows drowned Sunday as Elmira experiences widespread flooding.
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Rochester
WN. Y
Genesee River
Front and Exchange Sts
W. A. Wadsworth
Genesee
Elmira
Flood Damage Reaches 1.23 Million Dollars in Mills
In Pittsburgh on March 3, cold weather followed a flood that receded leaving factories and mills with heavy damage from flood and mud. Rough estimates place manufacturing losses at 1.23 million dollars.
Man Bound Over In Cherry Tree Theft Case
James J. Armentrout of 2043 N Klinofs Street was bound over to the grand jury on charges of stealing a cherry tree on Washington’s birthday. He admitted taking the tree, claiming street commissioner Evans authorized it. The tree belonged to Dr. Edson, former pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, valued at $100. Detectives found the tree at a veneer factory.
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James J. Armentrout
N. Klinofsst
Washington
Armentrout
Evans
Edson
Second Presbyterian Church
Dying minstrel Neil Bryant, 71, passes in Brooklyn hospital
New York report states Neil Bryant the renowned minstrel is dying in a Brooklyn hospital. At 71 he marks the end of a family long famed for vaudeville style humor and entertainment dating back more than fifty years.
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New York
Neil Bryant
Brooklyn Hospital
Bryant
Influenza Epidemic and Disturbances Across the Nation
Reports note an influenza epidemic in London and snow slide deaths near Telluride Colorado. Minstrel Billy Rice died in Hot Springs Arkansas. Miss Stone endured captivity with brigands. Grand crowds welcomed Prince Henry in several cities. A Cleveland bakery collapse killed five. A Chicago doctor, Orville Burnett, found guilty of murder with a requested new trial.
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Billy’ Rice
Hot Springs
Ark
Miss Stone
Cleveland Baking Company
Cleveland
Prince Henry
Columbus
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
Nashville
Lions
Mattoon
Ill
Sidney Stapp
Orville
Burnett
Chicago
Charlotte
Nicholl
Doctor Ewing Defends He Was Improperly Censured
Dr. C K Ewing protests his censure by the city health board for allegedly failing to report a smallpox case. He says he treated Mrs. Commons for nervous ailments for weeks and notes there was no characteristic eruption by Tuesday. He questions the board’s legal authority and asserts he never visited Mrs. Commons’ home.
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C. K. Ewing
City Health Board
Kate Soffel to be tried over Biddle boys escape
Mrs Kate Soffel of Pittsburgh faces trial for allegedly aiding the Biddle boys to escape. The case will be acted on by the grand jury on Wednesday as she endures a severe cold from Butler awaiting a possible development.
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Pittsburg
Kate Soffel
Biddle
Butler
Grand Jury
Poke and Robbery on Kentucky Avenue Sun Night
John Flower of 21 Davidson Street was assaulted on Kentucky Avenue Sunday night and had $25 in change and a $140 check stolen. No suspects or clues were found at the scene.
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John Flower
Davidson St
Kentucky-ave
Boys Prevented Wreck on Clover Leaf Road Bridge
Clifford Chapman and Daniel Carbuckie aged 9 and 12 prevented a Disaster on the Clover Leaf road near Kokomo Indiana Sunday. They spotted a broken rail on the Wildcat bridge as a freight and passenger train approached at Middleton. One boy flagged the passenger with a red cap and the other alerted the depot agent.
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Kokomo
Ind
Clifford Chapman
Daniel Carbuckie
Clover Leaf Road
Middleton
Wildcat Bridge
Weather forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending 8 p m March 4. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures. At 7 a m 26, noon 28, 2 p m 30. Threatening conditions Monday night and Tuesday with possible showers or snow flurries across Indiana and adjacent states southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Wirde
County Council Favors A Wide Five-Arch Bridge
The county council debated an appropriation for a new White River bridge at West Washington Street. County surveyor Henry Klausmann proposed a 70 foot wide, five arch design costing about 160000, but members urged 80 to 93 feet wide with costs rising to 190000 to 205000. Attorney Martin Hugg warned on legality while discussing funding options and potential city transfer of ownership.
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Klausmann
County Council
White River
W. Washington St
Fred C. Gardner
Ington St
Council
Recorder's
Henry Klausmann
D. L. Dawson
Samuel Pfendler
Ty Treasury
Fred Gardner
Gardner
Nordyke
Hoffman
Dawson
Pfendler
Johnson
Martin Hugg
Hugg
Harry B. Smith
Indianapolis
Big Hominy Trust Formed In New Jersey
The American hominy company is a new New Jersey incorporation with $4 million capital. Principal offices will be in Indianapolis or Chicago. The group includes firms from Ohio Indiana and Illinois and plans to manufacture brewers grits hominy corn oil and feed. The association likely will include a majority of U S producers.
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New Jersey
Indianapolis
Traveling traders in Jockey Alley defend legitimate work
William M. Henry, owner of two livery stables on Jockey Alley, says not all traveling traders are bad. He admits many wanderers swindle but asserts local dealers conduct honest business and cooperate with police to recover stolen horses and capture thieves. He supports removing skinflint travelers while keeping legitimate dealers.
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Jockey Alley
William M. Henry
Charles E. Thornton Reported Dying at Home
Charles E. Thornton, president of the Indiana Society for Savings, lay gravely ill at his home at 1216 Broadway after weeks of heart trouble. Hope for recovery faded as Mayor Bookwalter, his business partner in the society, remained at his bedside Monday.
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Charles E. Thornton
Indiana Society For Savings
Broadway
Mr. Thornton
Bookwalter
Thornton
Society For Savings
Robbers Take $1500 From Joliet Bank
Burglars entered the private bank of Kerby Harrison Co at Elwood nine miles south and stole $1500 in cash. The theft was discovered Monday morning after the Sunday break in.
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Joliet
Bank of Kerby, Harrison & Co
Elwood
Local Bargain Pianos and Feed Offered at Bennett’s
An old classified note offers pianos from 16 dollars, horse feed labeled Janes Dustress Oats, and other farm goods at Bennett’s. Short sale listing appears with fragmented pricing and dates.
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Janes Dustress
Durbin urges Roosevelt to attend Charleston exposition
Governor Durbin reports to President Roosevelt that Charleston offers a splendid exhibition with generous hospitality. He assures the president he would be welcomed and urges him to visit, denying sectional tensions from the McLaurin Tillman affair. Tramps were removed during the Asheville to Atlanta leg and briefly fired on train crews.
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Gov. Durbin
Roosevelt
Charleston Exposition
South Carolina
Durbin
Charleston
McLaurin-Tillman
Indianapolis
Asheville
Atlanta
City Board approves extension of Hast Street car line
The Board of Works on Monday ordered the extension of the S Hast street car line from Morris Street to Nebraska Street. It is expected to authorize additional extensions in the coming weeks, including the Ohio Street loop.
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Board of Works
S. Hast-st
Morris-st
Nebraska-st
Ohio-st
Woman Walks 111 Miles to Wed Local Suitor
Mrs Ellen Williams, a Knoxville widow with three children, travels from Chattanooga to Knoxville covering 111 miles to marry William Wick who cannot leave his job. She tentatively plans to arrive Tuesday as she funds transport for her children and prepares for the marriage.
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Knoxville
Tenn
William Wick
Ellen Williams
Chattanooga
Prince Henry travels guarded by U S detectives on royal train
Tom Talis reports a cigar on the prince as Prince Henry tours Havana with large tobacco imports. Three U S detectives Billy Burns John Connors and Lazaricks shadow the royal train from Union Station to the rear platform. They blend with crowds, ensuring no harm to the royal party.
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Tom Talis
Indiana
Prince Henry
Hank
Halls
Royal Apartments
Union Station
United States
Billy” Burns
John Connors
Mr. Lazaricks
PUMPING STATION EXPLOSION KILLS TWO AT DESOTO
In Muncie Indiana on Monday a gas explosion at the Manufacturers' Gas station in DeSoto six miles east of Muncie destroyed the facility. Two men Bert Lee and Albert Newkirk were killed. The blast was set off by a plug blowing out of a main causing gas to fill the building and ignite. Window damage extended for miles and the loss to the company is estimated at $40,000.
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Muncie
Ind
The
Manufacturers’ Gas Company
DeSoto
Bert Lee
Albert Newkirk
Newkirk and
Lee
Jubilee mass at St Peter's crowns pope silver jubilee
Rome March 3. A vast crowd attended a morning mass in St Peter's Cathedral to honor Pope Leo XIII's silver jubilee. The ceremony featured a jeweled cross, Sistine Choir, and a pope carried aloft in a chair with a triple crown, amid cheers from thousands including many Americans and members of the diplomatic corps.
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St. Peter's Cathedral
Leo
Rome
St. Peter’s Cathedral
Italy
St. Peter's
Royal
Liecyenstein
Pope Leo
Sistine Choir
Juco
St. Peter's Tomb
Cardinal Vannutelli
John M. Farley
New York
Wiliam H. O'Connell
Portland
John J. Kennedy
The
American College
James Ryan
Alton
J. A. Parrell
Count Camillo Pecci
Baseball star Jimmy Galvin gravely ill in Pittsburgh
Jimmy Galvin a famed baseball player lies near death in Pittsburgh after six months of illness. complications began with stomach trouble and now affect his lungs. He previously worked as a bartender and hails from Allegheny's flood district.
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Pittsburg
Jimmy Galvin
Galvin
Allegheny
Ministers scold Indianapolis church leaders over temperance work
Prominent church members were sharply rebuked by Indianapolis ministers at a union meeting. They urged the strong in the churches to act, calling for Thursday evenings devoted to prayer meetings and urging moral reform. Rev. T. A. Goodwin spoke on the early history of Indianapolis churches.
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Indianapolis
T. A. Goodwin
Grace Church organist honored with gift of watch and cane
The chained organist QO J Hoovey of Grace M. E. Church received a fine gold watch fob silver mounted umbrella and cane plus an ornate set of resolutions as thanks for his musical work at the church on Sunday.
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QO. J. Hoovey
Grace M. E. Church
Maj John E Miller to resign and enter insurance business
Maj John E Miller, clerk in Adjt gen Ward's office, will resign within a month to pursue insurance work in Fort Wayne. Ward names a possible successor but has not decided. The Place pays $99 yearly. A police court social and ladies sale is set for Tuesday night by Streight circle of G A R at their hall 35 E New York St. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised for appetite and strength recovery.
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John E. Miller
Streight Circle
The
New York-st
Indianapolis firm formed to deal in bonds and real estate
The Northern Investment Company of Indianapolis was incorporated on Monday afternoon with capital to buy and sell bonds and real estate and to borrow and loan money. Prominent organizers include S ae, Kemore, James I. Dissette, Wm. B. B. Kurtz, Wm. H. Dillman, Frank W. Milligan and Charles S. Lewis.
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The
Northern Investment Company
Indianapolis
Smiths Seek Clear Answer on Interurban Franchise
Indianapolis interurban terminal president Charles Finley Smith asked the Board of Works to set a definite date for ruling on the petition for a separate streetcar franchise. A delegation led by Attorney Wm. A. Ketcham urged extending N Illinois street to Mapleton as service on Fairview and Broad Ripple lines remains poor. The board promised a decision next week.
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Charles Finley Smith
Indianapolis
Smith
N. Llinois-St
Llinois-st
Mapleton
Thirty-fourth-st
Wm. A. Ketcham
Fairview Park
Broad Ripple
Ketcham
N.-Uhnois St
Fatal hemorrhage on Big Four train claims Pittenger
George C. Pittenger aged about 40s perished after a lung hemorrhage struck him on a Springfield Big Four passenger run. Conductor John Scanlon halted the engine and rushed to help but Pittenger died before Carlos City. He had worked for the line for years and lived at 2411 W Washington St.
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George C. Pittenger
Stance
Carlos City
Scalon
Pittenger
Big Four
Washingtonst
Yen Transported for Exclusion Act Violation
Henry C. Pettit United States marshal and Deputy John Foley escorted Mark Yen a Chinaman arrested in Muncie for violating the exclusion act to New Orleans. Yen will join others being sent back to China on the same charge with pickups en route to New York.
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Henry C. Pettit
United States
John Foley
Mark Yen
Muncie
New Orleans
Washington
Yen
China
New York
Grand Jury Sets Focus on Bonded Suspects
The grand jury met in its regular monthly session Monday with Judge Aliford's generic instructions. It is expected to limit work to cases where alleged violators are currently jailed or have posted bond.
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Aliford
Cold Damp Feet Won't Give You a Wora
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising relief and warns that cold damp feet won t cause a sore throat. It features the groves signature on the box and urges timely use.
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B. W. Grove
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City OF
Albany
Albany, N. Y
London
Telluride
Col
Pennsylvania
Beveridge and
Fairbanks
Ohio Society
DR. Ewing
the Health Board
Mrs. Soffel
County
Coungl
BIG Hominy Trust
Hominy Company
Ohio
Illinois
Corn Oil and Feed
Association
Proba
W. M. Henry
Ellwood, It
Wulschoers
Ag ‘Price
Bennett's
Waah
South
Thomas
Gar -On-The
Tom Halls
Maj. Miller
Hood
New Investment Company
Interurban
Mary Pierce
Fourteenth-st
Ira Clay
Vermont-st
Mildred Tyler
Wiliam Tyler
Martindale Ave
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