Bash block fire at Fort Wayne causes big loss
A five story Bash block in Fort Wayne burned Thursday afternoon starting in the Imperial waist factory on the second floor. Owner C S Bash loses about 5000 insured. Imperial shirt waist factory valued at 30000 insured for 14000. Grocer B W Skelton insured for 11000. Johns loss by water not estimated. Total damage around 50000.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Bash
Imperial Waist
Imperial Shirt Waist Factory
B. W. Skelton
A. L.johns
Seven liquor license applicants in Centerville faced remonstrance over five years
In Centerville over five years seven men sought liquor licenses. Five were defeated by remonstrance, one dropped out, and the seventh has applied again. He will be opposed on grounds of immoral character. In Jonesville, Frank Abel, 18, Columbus High senior, is violently insane at his parents’ home, reportedly after winning a flat oratorical prize. doctors attribute the illness to over study.
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Dublin
Ind
Centerville
Jonesville
Frank Abel
Columbus High School
Muncie Broker Fred Bader Missing From Kinsey Firm
Muncie Indiana reports Fred Bader manager of the Muncie branch of L A Kinsey & Co Indianapolis is missing. His books are correct and he sent the office keys to Mr Kinsey in a puzzling disappearance.
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Muncie, Ind
Fred Bader
Muncie Peanch
L. A. Kinsey& Co
Indianapolis
Kinsey
Floating on the Wabash Rescue Near Peru
James Smith is rescued from a hut adrift on the Wabash River near Peru after the shelter lodged on an island west of the town. He had survived several days afloat and reported feeble cries and four days of starvation before responders reached him.
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Peru
Ind
James Smith
Smith
Knights of Pythias Judge Rules Against Prayer Nights
Lebanon Indiana March 9 The K of P lodge refused ministers requests to surrender Thursday nights for prayer meetings citing 30 years of meetings on that night. The ruling preserves the lodge’s traditional schedule and indicates ongoing church-lodge tensions in the community.
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Lebanon
Ind
K. of P. Iudge
Coal Prices Unchanged in Indiana Operators Session
TERRE HAUTE Ind March 9 The Indiana bituminous coal operators in session Thursday night announced there would be no change in prices before April.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Indiana Inklings and Local News Snapshots
A collage of Indiana items notes Brazil acquiring a natural bank and Washington an ice factory. Salem debates a valued property and a railway through town. Separately, Wabash and Silver Lake residents reach ages over 100. Dana News relaunched as Vermilion County News amid soldiers’ YMCA work in the Philippines. A drowning accident near Muncie, and a miner killed by falling slate near Oakland City are recorded. Territorial local tales include Auburn church children sending pennies to the Boers, expulsion of two saloonists from a Terre Haute association, and a brewery license ordinance challenged in federal court. Social issues touch mob prevention near Marion, a dynamite accident injuring a New Haven boy, South Bend preachers urging Friday prayer meetings, and odd local anecdotes from Carmi to Mishawaka.
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H. A. McCord
Ayershire
Oakland City
George Fisher
John Gibbs
Terre Haute Liquor Dealers’ Association
Terre Haute
Seymour Woman Wounded in Shooting By Son
Mrs Thomas Higdon of Seymour was shot through the shoulder but not seriously by her son on Wednesday night after awakening him to a burglar alert. He fired after seeing a figure, striking her as she went downstairs.
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Napoleon Pompey
Mishawaka
Samuel Maniy
Poleon
Thomas Higdon
Otis in Poor Health Report From Chicago
Chicago dispatch notes Gen. Otis is rapidly declining in health after a Philippine trip. F. W. Keyes, recently back, describes Otis as a shadow of his former self. He has grown thinner, with snowy white beard and hair, and struggles with tasks he once performed easily.
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Chicago
F. W. Keyes
Philippines
Gen
Otis
Keyes
Southside groups push to locate art museum downtown
A South-side committee, appointed by the committee of 100 South-side citizens, passed resolutions at Seventh Presbyterian church on Thursday night protesting the art museum’s location far from the city center. The sub-committee plans a new Southside club to protect South side interests, proposed as the Indianapolis civic and improvement club.
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Seventh Presbyterian Church
Indianapolis
Democratic Mass Meeting Opposes Puerto Rican Tariff Bill
Mazonic hall hosted a Thursday night Democratic mass meeting to protest a Puerto Rican tariff bill. Speakers included Alonzo Green Smith chairing, who argued constitutional limits on federal power in territories, and Frank B. Burke lauded Harrison. J E McCullough and John W. Kern also spoke as resolutions were adopted opposing congressional or presidential authority over territories without constitutional bounds.
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Mazonic
Joseph E. Bell
Alonzo Green Smith
Smith
United States
Puerto Rico
Congress
Frank B. Burke
Lincoln
Harrison
J. E. McCullough
John W. Kern
Eight Clubs Form N L for Two-Year Contraction
Eight National League teams will compete for the remaining two years of the ten year pact after a unanimous vote. Freedman missed the meeting but reportedly opposes paying to drop clubs. Rumors place Louisville at $10,000 and the Wagner brothers at $46,500 after deductions. A schedule was drafted Friday to fit an eight club circuit.
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New York
Freedman
Louisville
Wagner Brothers
Dineen
Freeman
Barry
Boy on Bicycle Crashes Through Saloon Window
Elmer Davis, 16, of 524 Bates street, rode into a Virginia avenue saloon window after failing to steer around people on the corner. His neck was cut but the jugular vein was narrowly missed. He crawled to Morrison's drug store, received eight stitches from Dr Karchner, then walked away with his father and sister.
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Elmer Davis
Bates-st
John Newman
Virginia-ave
East-st
Morrison's Drug Store
Richmond Royals Trample Henleys In Friday Victory
In Richmond Indiana on Friday night the Munice Royals defeated the Richmond Henleys by a decisive 9 to 0 score, delivering a strong win to the visiting team.
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Richmond
Ind
Muncie Royals
Richmond Henleys
Cunningham Wanted Remarries Chicago Pitcher Signs With Club
Chicago on March 9 reports Manager Loftus of the Chicago baseball club secured the release of pitcher Cunningham from Pittsburg. The star of Louisville for years, Cunningham will likely sign with Chicago in a few days after the arrangement.
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Cunningham
Chicago
Loftus
Chicago Baseball Club
Pittsburg
Little Twirler
Louisville
R R Barnstormers at Portfolio Club Show Declared A Success
A one night engagement titled The living statue of the winking policeman drew a large crowd before the Portfolio club Thursday night though new York bans the play. Special police monitored crowds while actors advertised local Friday bargains as part of the program. Various vendors and instructors announced offerings from bone setting to wax flower making and tatting with sales of kitchen and building items noted.
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R. R. Tie Barnstormers
Portfolio Club
New York
W. A. Brayton
Oliver Willard Pierce
T. C. Steele
Freedman Holds Out On Eight-Club Pact Signing
Reports from the baseball magnates meeting room say Andrew Freedman had not yet signed the eight-club agreement verbally fixed on Thursday night. It was noted there should be no trouble, as Freedman was in full accord and would sign Friday afternoon.
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Freedman
New York
Andrew Freedman
Labor riot at Link Belt plant in Chicago turns deadly
In Chicago on March 9 a labor dispute at the Link Belt Machinery plant escalated into street violence after closing time. Foreman Joe Walsh and superintendent H. K. Meillard along with four non union workers were attacked by about 20 striking machinists. Walsh was felled by a black jack but fired as he fell. the bullet struck union man William Schendler in the right lung. He may die.
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Chicago
Link Belt Machinery Company
Joe Walsh
H. K. Mee‘Lain
Walsh
Wm. Schendler
Tales of the Wires Bunt Ho Bokken Thieves and Marriages
In Hoboken police hear of crepe thefts from doors with several complaints from undertakers. One arrest reported Thursday. In Chicago Frederick C. Muehlke aged 70 wed again to Johanna Fritz widow of Belden. Tacoma four men descend 1000 feet along Chilkoot trail on avalanche hauling out aerial tramway construction for Yukon railroad. Household necessity Dr. Thomas electrics heals burned cuts.
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New York
Hoboken
Chicago
Frederick C. Muehlke
Johanna Fritz
Tacoma
Wash
Yukon Railroad Company
Dyea
Kentucky Republican Club to raise 25000 for Gov Taylor
In Washington on March 9 the Kentucky Republican Club voted to raise 25000 by popular subscription to reimburse W S Taylor for his expenditures in the gubernatorial contest. Taylor reportedly dipped into his own fortune and was left penniless unless Pugh and Boreing of Kentucky spoke kindly of Goebel, the assassin’s victim.
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Washington
Kentucky Republcan Club
Taylor
Kentucky
Pugh
Boreing
Goebel
Reward Commission Sets Goebel Reward Payout
In Frankfort Kentucky the Goebel reward commission met to allocate the $100,000 fund. They decided $5,009 will be paid for the arrest and conviction of the principal. If convictions exceed ten, the reward will be prorated to the total as $50,000. The remainder is to be held as an emergency fund.
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Frankfort
Goebel Reward Commission
Mainder
Found $700 in old trunk prompts report
Loganport Indiana reports John Senn found 700 dollars in gold and silver in an old trunk once owned by his father. A Milesburg Pennsylvania woman, Mrs Calvin Zimmerman, endorses One Minute Cough Cure as a speedy remedy for coughs colds croup and sore throat claiming it has no equal and immediate results for bronchitis pneumonia grippe throat and lung obstructions though wording is garbled and contains advertisement.
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Logansport
Ind
John Senn
Indian Township
Calvin Z\mmerman
Milesburg
Rome
France Expects War as Paris Warns Delay Unlikely
Turkish officials hear French ambassador Constans report that ministerial circles in Paris believe an Anglo French war cannot be postponed much beyond the exposition's close. Constans is cautious, and his statement is considered highly weighty.
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Constantinople
Constans
Porte
Paris
M. Constans
Attempted death by own action after trouble with lover
Ida Williams, 21, was removed from Ferris saloon to her sister’s home after taking morphine at about 7 p m Thursday following a quarrel with a young lover named Patterson. Dr Karchner described her condition as precarious then improving after she reached home. Bar staff and Patterson initially claimed ignorance of her presence.
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Karchner
City Dispensary
Ida Williams
Ferris
Washington St
Illinois St
Patterson
Immigrant Tide Bolsters New York Workforce In March
Thousands of immigrants arrive in New York as 12,000 land during the week ending Saturday. Three steam slips bring 3,017 home seekers while 7,820 are admitted on the prior days. Italians, Croats, and Poles comprise most arrivals. many aim to work on the big tunnel or in Pennsylvania mines. Some young Englishmen leave home to avoid military service.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Double Life Found in South Side Widow Nellie Land
Chicago reports reveal Nellie Land a rich widow by day and Nellie Tuttle by night, leading a double life in the tenderloin. After her death Tuesday, investigators uncover a 20 year career running slum resorts and a $75,000 estate left to a 17 year old adopted son studying at an Indiana university.
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Chicago
Nellie M. Land
South Side
Nellie Tuttle
Indiana University
Nimes Mine Disaster Kills Sixteen Workers
Paris report says sixteen miners were killed at Nimes after a Friday fire damp explosion in a coal mine. Rescue teams traced the blast and were cataloging casualties as officials investigated the incident.
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Paris
Nimes
Amusements Review Highlights Park Minstrels and Burlesque Cards
Vogel and Deming's minstrel men deliver strong performances at the Park, the only white minstrel company this season, with handsome stage settings and lively encores. Queen, Deming, Bentham, and Byrne lead a witty act, while George Jones and Hugh Cannon excite audiences. Olvie the contortionist opens, Arthur Deming performs a monologue, and the triple bar act by the Petits entertains. Carmen draws big crowds at the Grand, while English's hosts Victorian burlesquers in a spirited but uneven program.
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Vogel & Deming
John Queen
Deming
Queen
Bentham
Byrne
George Jones
Hugh Cannon
Olvie
Arthur Deming
Olle Young
Three Petits
Swirl of Society Highlights Local Events and Weddings
Louis Hollweg heads to Europe on business. Mannerchor women host a guest day party while Lyra casino club plans an old fashioned costume party. Mr and Mrs J B Cockrum announce a reception. Miss Carson from New York begins YWCA meetings. Charles Beatty and Josephine Goodykoontz wed at 2130 N Hinds. First Baptist Women host a reception for Frank Levering of Telegu mission. Portfolio club presents a one act cast.
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Louis Hollweg
Europe
Mannerchor Ladies’ Society
Lyra Casino Club
J. B. Cockrum
Alabama St
Miss Carson
New York
Charles TE. Beatty
Josephine Goodykoontz
N. Hinds St
Women's Mission Circle
First Baptist Church
Frank Levering
Telegu Mission
India
The
Portfolio Club
Mrs. Hunter
Grace Alexander
William Forsyth
George Cottman
Epworth League Badge Patented in Richmond
Rev. W. E. McCarty of Richmond has received a patent for a new Epworth league badge to be used by the general organization. The Richmond district Methodist conference chose Richmond as the next meeting site in Middletown. Rev. M. E. Nethercut of Union City was elected secretary treasurer. Dr. D. H. Moore of Cincinnati offered the conference address.
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Richmond
Ind
W. E. McCarty
Middletown
M. E. Nethercut
Union City
D. H. Moore
Cincinnati
City Markets Smoked Meats Lead Indianapolis Market
Indianapolis March 8 city market report lists provisions with prices for smoked meats including hams sugar cured California boneless cottage and black hams and dried beef products from Reliable and other brands with assorted price figures.
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Indianapolis
California
Market Prices for Groceries and Provisions Listed
Wholesale and retail prices for meats, lard, lard products, fruits, vegetables, canned goods, nuts, coffee, teas, sugars, canned fruits and vegetables, fish and game, seeds, grasses, and farm staples. Includes specifics on pork, bacon, sausage, beans, onions, potatoes, cabbage, citrus, apples, cranberries, honey, nuts, candy, and various canned items with per unit costs and bulk tonnage where noted. Contains extensive pricing details by item and format for a general market listing.
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Newport
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