Spencer's Little Slate Indianapolis Aims for Three Pensions
Martin V L Spencer the newly appointed Indiana pension agent arrived in Indianapolis with a plan to award three of twenty seven bureaucratic slots to Democrats. He told Tan Ray he will appoint only competent Democrats and will require congressmen to recommend first class accountants. Reilley named for chief deputyship, appointments set for April 27, apprentice tenure planned, with concerns from Secretary Reiflley and Secretary of the Democratic state committee Sheerin heard praising forthcoming campaign literature.
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Prince Albert
Martin V. L. Spencer
Indiana
Audross
Nicholas Linsley
Grand Hotel
Tan Ray
Indianapolis
Jos Reilley
Spencer
Reiflley
State Committee
Peck of Trouble Flares Over Youngstown Street Line
A. A. Anderson, new manager from Indianapolis, sparks a street railway strike in Youngstown. About 3,000 idle workers blocked a car he tried to run, mobbed it, and forced him to resign. He holds 50 nonunion workers at the power house, while strikers drive away produce wagons. He seeks district attorney protection and aims to operate by Wednesday night.
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Youngstown
A. A. Anderson
Indianapolis
Anderson
Six Persons Injured in Pennsylvanian Derailment Near Columbus
A Tuesday night derailment of special passenger train No. 20 on the Pennsylvania line near Columbus Ohio injured six crew members in a tower and switch operation accident. Passengers escaped with minor bruises. A separate incident at 157 Woodlawn Avenue involved a double suicide attempt with morphine, but both survived after medical intervention.
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Columbes
Pennsyl- Vania Road
Tower House
Woodlawn Ave
Julia Thompson
Thompson
Dr. Trees
Ufe
Fire destroys residence on Alabama Street in Shelbyville
Mrs. R A Johnson owned and lived in the home at 969 N Alabama St when a Wednesday morning fire destroyed it. Insurance covered the $1000 loss due to a defective flue. In unrelated items a train fatality in Shelbyville and a Brooklyn church crusade against small sacramental sips are noted.
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Alabama St
R. A. Johnson
Chilling Tale Of Eggs In Bed And A Court Roundup
A Chillicothe story reports a man died after a fever and his wife conducted bizarre experiments with eggs in the bed, cooking many during the funeral bustle. Separate note says Superior Court Judge Bartholomew's room cleared 37 cases in February terms with the docket fully up to date.
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Ciincinnat
the Paquirer
Chillicoths
Elias Anne Schoninger
Stony Creek
Leroi
Superior Court
Bartholomew
Superior Court Room 3
Odd Encounters and Postal Scams Highlight City Notes
An eclectic column recalls a humorous miscommunication at the mayor's office, a health board remark on party balance, and a schoolyard tale of a pupil punishing himself. It also reports on a postal advertising case causing domestic misunderstandings, plus a druggist fearing fallout from a menacing card campaign and a concluding note about wallpaper cleaning in California Street.
Morse seeks Deity recognition in Constitution debate
Washington dispatch notes Representative Morse Massachusetts presses a measure to recognize the Deity in the Constitution while church groups favor it and free thinkers oppose. The House committee weighs audience rights for both sides as petitions pour in from New York Chicago and Washington. A separate note covers U S postal matters and reduced pan slips to pensioners by registered mail.
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Washington
Morse
Masenchusetts
Free Thought
New York
Chicago
Bomb threat and illness rumors ripple through city
A box found on a Bow Street police station window led to a long security check and watering before examination. Meanwhile ex-premier Gladstone was reported critically ill at Downing Street after a chill, doctors saying his condition remains very serious.
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Hiow-st
Bow-st
Lasoon
Gladatone
Downingst
Triadstone
Robbers Fail To Halt Mobile and Ohio Train At Forest Lawn
Report from March 7 notes four recent bandit attempts on the Mobile and Ohio train near Forest Lawn. None of the robbers have been caught and no clear clues exist. The culprits appear inexperienced, fleeing in fear during the botched hold up.
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Ciue
Hobbers
Sr. Laws
Slo
Forest Lawn
Bodies Near Gaylord Mine After Rescue Efforts
Rescuers at the Gaylord mine uncovered two mine cars on Wednesday morning and continued work despite a thick stench of decomposed flesh. Officials believe the bodies of 18 miners are nearby as disinfectants were used to purify the air and rescue efforts proceeded.
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Plym Motirim
Gaylord
Sent Up for Robbery in Indiana Juvenile Case
Clarence Strinfellow and James McLride, both 17, were sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for robbery. In Chicago, I H Horton, a stranger, was lured into a colored den at Harrison and State streets and robbed of 1100 in currency. Weather forecasts expect warmer conditions with showers midweek then fair, followed by colder conditions Thursday night.
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Wastington
Ind
Farch
Clarence Strinfellow
James McLride
I. H. Horton
Clarrison
State St
Indiana
Indianapolis ball club visits town with signed players
Manager Billy Sharaig arrives with Chas Snyder first baseman James Graham and Walter Plock from Philadelphia. He notes 11 Indianapolis players under contract and plans to add more. A pest house conference between county and city officials yields tentative steps. Braden burial, divorce suit, petty larceny trials, and local civic notices fill the rest of the day.
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Kanaeer Sharsig
Billy Sharaig
Chas, Snyder
Indianapolis
Jas. Graham
Walter Plock
Philadelphia
Trand
Tui Sus
Sharaig
Fsat
John Gray
Wilqwaukee
Leounty
Reinecke
Hays
Hunter
Wall
Board-of-public-work
Myers
Wages of Berlin Victim Annie Henning Dies in Mystery
Annie Henning a 26 year old woman died after a criminal operation in a room over 174 Washington street. Investigators say she lived under the name Annie Beck and had been in the city about three weeks. A male companion from a gambling room claimed ignorance while autopsy confirmed peritonitis from the procedure. Her father mourns the loss, recalling her quiet, kind nature at home.
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Annie Henning
Corater
Washington St
Trock
Annie Beck
Parks
Taw
Grinsteiner’s
Iorgue
Michigan Ave
Slot machines face removal orders clash with protests in Vamaraiso
In Vamaraiso Indiana authorities ordered all local slot machines removed as gambling devices. Merchants replaced the machines after the order but manufacturers vow to defend operators in prosecutions. About 5,000 machines exist in the state and owners anticipate further action as Big Four sidewalk dispute looms in circuit court.
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Vamaraiso
Ind
Powell
Des Moines
Denial From Charles J Buchanan Over Household Removals
Charles J Buchanan emphatically denied the allegations in divorce papers involving his sister-in-law Mrs Nellie Roll Buchanan. He claimed no knowledge of goods removed from Dr Buchanan houses until Mrs Buchanan informed him at the house. He said he neither planned nor participated in the removal.
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Charles J. Buchanan
Sun
Nellie Roll Buchanan
Dr. Buchanan
Child dies after swallowing morphine pellets
In SuxeSpyvilLE Indiana on March 7 a two year old child of Dr J W Rucker of this city accessed a prescription case and swallowed a large dose of morphine pellets. The child died two hours later.
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Papa
Suxespyville
Ind
J. W. Rucker
Laundry Voucher Policy Cited In City Memo
A fragmented OCR excerpt references Telalee and anircd in a note about laundry costs and a reduction to twelve cents. The sparse text implies municipal guidance or a policy memo, but details are unreadable.
Pugilist Dixon Faces Bantamweight Contender In Downbeat Clash
In a heated preview, bantamweight Eily Pluimimer, clad in a teek slave outfit, spars with Dixon the colored pugilist as plans form for an English challenger match. Dixon weighs 118 pounds and aims to weigh in at 114 hours before the bout, seeking fairness and a finish within ten weeks at most.
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Eily Pluimimer
Dixon
Vlimmar
Hat
Asken
Doomed pair found with gas in Irvine room
Dr Leek a local dentist and Miss Addersley were found Tuesday in Leek’s room with the gas on. Both were white in the face and died from narcotic poisoning. Authorities deem the deaths likely self-inflicted. mystery surrounds the incident. Also reported: Calumet paper co sues Hasselan printing for 150. Divorce suit filed by Adary Brummer. Tax compromise on Gallup estate. Bank of commerce sues L H Stone Furniture for 50,000 mortgage foreclosure.
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Irvine San Praixcisco
Leek
Ladying
City Hospital
Miss Addersley
John Ensey
St. Clair-st
Calumet Paper Company
Hasselan Printing Company
Idary Brummer
Gallup Astate
Tas State Health Board
Chicago
Hiraly
Hemura
Bank of Commerce
L. H. Stone Furniture Company
Harper
Coulter
Lake Forest University
Chas. Gusedmann
N. Pennsylvania St
Sirs. Heizer
Greenfield
Riley
Dirs
Bk. Ferrabee
U.S. Supreme Court
Big Four
State Tax Board
Wy. Whiteford
van Buren
Stoward Kitchen
Indianeapolis Gas Company
Washington-In
Haughville
Michigan-st. Bridge
Michigan-at
Washinston-at
Luton Co-Operative Laundry
Dass Nellis
Ferdinand Troges
Blonday
Henaging
Chas
Hazilrigg
Schaub
Carelas Guesa
James
Mattie Armatrong
Boy
Andrew
Sulla Neckel
Piri
Simory
Core Ilerr
Poy
Ernest
May Menze
G. A. Moore
Mary Welch
Francis Lailey
Benjamin EF. Jones
Dora Alay Morford
George A Page
Georgina SJ. McDonald
Herman Reifeig
Emma T
Charles C. Hendrickson
Addie Alia- Rash
Henry Dehner
Nelle Brickley
Pirates Loot West Indianapolis Street Car Barns Chaos on River Barr
In a Wednesday morning incident on the White River near the Kentucky avenue and Morriest bridges about 500 onlookers witnessed four men, police, and detectives as four alleged burglars tore parts from street car motors. Detectives Kinney and Richards located the stolen gear by a sandbar. the suspects fled by water, were pursued, and captured after cooling in a boat rescue. The gang, named as Peter Garbison, Ed Biy, Henry Wilton and Chas West, face burglary and grand larceny charges. losses run to several hundred dollars.
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Indiana Union of Literary Clubs
Lpropy Teum Board of
Imma Weiner
Jacob
N. Eastst
Relief Bureau
Finance Committee
John H. Holliday
Simon Yandes
Chas
Boom
Frantfort
Board of Works
Hiring Bros
Henry Nolting
Harry Roberts
Julia Schoth
Lon Stewart
Jennie
Capitel
Callie McMechen
Kentucky-ave
Aiorriest
Mida'a
Indianapolis
Kinney and Richards
Sergis
Kurtz
Barlow
Ja Yain
Campball
Peter Garbison
Ed Biy
Henry Wilton
Chas. West
Cries Aloud When His Wife Calls Upon Him
Ferdinand Torges a girangser caused a scene at the mayor's office and later at police headquarters his wife sought him, he was deemed insane and kept confined. Other items report a fatal shooting in Troy New York during a mayoral election and a body swept over Niagara Falls ice, with unknown identity.
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Ferdinand Torges
Torgas
Tun Styx
Houston
Tex
St. Louis
Chicago
Torges
Columbus
Troy
N. Y
Bhis City
Robert
William Roses
Bat” Shea
Shea
Rosses
Rtobert Ross
William
John McGough
William Osf
Ross
English's Bessie Boneh at Park theater attracts large crowds
English's Park theater draws big audiences as Bessie Boneh and Panik-ohe continue in lively programs. Tiffany in Lady Barney draws crowds with a strong company, while Playmates at English's features a sharp Sow newsboy portrayal. Sousa's band expected to draw many at Tomlingen Hall after Gilmore's death. Engllsh's announces DeWelf Hopper engagement with no matinee. box office opens Thursday at 9.
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the Park
Aaonie Ward Tiffany
Lady Blarney
Engiigh’s
Gessis Bunshill
Sousas
fTomlingen Hall
Church J
Gilmore
Sousa
DeWelf Hopper
Eigglish
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