Health Board warns mayor of danger at City Hospital
Dr Edmund Clark president of City Board on Health told Mayor Bookwalter and officials that aging dry wood partitions and oil soaked floors create a high fire risk at City Hospital. He urged a $590000 plan to tear out a wing and replace interiors with fireproof construction and improved exits. The report notes limited fire protection and unsafe wooden stairways endangering patients during a blaze.
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Edmund Clark
City Board On Health
Bookwalter
Brennig
Harry E. Royse
City Council
Pr. Clark
Counci
Adolph Scherer
Commercial Club
Freeland
Paildisney
Eldridge Lumber Chief Ends Life in Indianapolis Barn
George Eldridge vice-president of the Eldridge Lumber Co. shot himself at 6:00 AM at his home 2522 Broadway. He wrote beforehand telling his wife not to wake him. Found in the barn with a revolver, he had been troubled by ill health and business worries. Survived by his wife and 1 year old son Arthur. his father Oliver Eldridge killed himself in 1881. Born July 4, 1883 in West Springfield Mass, he had worked in Indianapolis since 1874 and planned a move to Lufton Texas.
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George
Mr. Eldridge
Sedinge
Oliver Eldridge
Massachusetts
Sheriff Hunts With Witnesses in Voting Machine Deal
Grand jury to hear subpoenas for Joseph B. Keadling United States district attorney Harry B. Gates former Lincoln league president Fred Joss George B. Elliott Cyrus Clark and Oliver P. Insley The prosecutor aims to prove whether undue influence affected the $97 450 voting machine contract as the probe begins Sunday into potential machine deal mediation.
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Joseph B. Keadling
United States
Harry B. Gates
The
Lincoln League
Fred Joss
George B. Elliott
Cyrus Clark
Hoosier Nominated For Tacoma Mayor
Republics of Tacoma nominated John W. Link former mayor of Madison Indiana for Tacoma mayor. Link served in the Indiana legislature in 1890 and is a longtime political figure.
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Jacoma
Walsh
Republicans of
Tacoma
John W. Link
Madison
Ind
Link
Hooton Hesitates Over Suit Tied to Bell Interests
Indianapolis Prosecutor Elliott R. Hooton weighs signing a suit crafted by attorneys aligned with Bell Telephone to block competition. The move aims to force Indy Telephone to sever its contract with New Telephone, potentially undermining a Board of Trade led effort to resolve the phone controversy. Hooton met with Henry Spaan and others, saying he does not intend hasty action.
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Tating
Bell Telephone
Indianapolis Telephone Company
New Telephone Company
Board of Trade
Commercial Club and Merchants’ Association
Preston C. Trusler
Board of Public Works
Bookwalter
Y M I Council Aims To Reach Five Hundred Members
Capital Council No. 2765 Y M I plans to become the nation’s largest by year end. It currently has 383 members and seeks 500. A ciss will be taken on March 29, with 25 to 30 applicants pending. The lodge will march out on St Patrick's day.
Marion County Officials Call for Public Pause on Investigation
Marion County government leaders led by Commissioners John Mendenhall and William H. Roberts, Attorney John C. Ruckelshaus, Auditor Albert Lahm, and experts urge the public to suspend opinion while a thorough, impartial inquiry into county records proceeds. They pledge no friction among parties and insist the investigation will be fair, fearless, and complete. Public judgment should wait until results are clear.
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John Mendenhall
William H. Roberts
John C. Ruckelshaus
Albert Lahm
E. R. Parmelee
C. B. Lockhart
Sun
Marion County
Board of Commissioners
Murderer is Hanged in Allegheny Jail
Pittsburg March 12 Morris Holmes 23 was hanged in Allegheny county jail for murdering his sweetheart Nancy Miller in 1997. The execution followed a court case that drew local attention and ended with the death penalty carried out this morning.
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Pittsburg
Morris
Holmes
Allegheny County
Nancy Bb. Miller
Matrimonial Mayhem In New York Millionaire Family
Four hundred interested New Yorkers follow the divorce drama of Alfred Dieterich and his wife. Mrs Dieterich, valued at 26 million, left with former Vanderbilt coachman Warry Brenchles and is now reportedly in France. A recent photo accompanies the item.
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New York
Warry Brenchles
Alfred Vanderbilt
France
Dieterich
Miners Gather at Tomlinson Hall and Big GOAL MENAGE FIGHT START
In New York on March 12 the Hitchcock case opened with Assistant District Attorney Garvan detailing alleged improper conduct by actor Raymond Hitchcock. Mrs. Mary Von Hagen testified as the first witness, with prosecutors claiming Hitchcock took girls to his Great Neck home and to a furnished room on West Forty-fourth Street.
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New York
Raymond Hitchcock
Garvan
Hitchcock
Mary von Hagen
Fittchcock
Great Neck
W. Forty-fourth-st
Old neighbors plan banquet for W. J. Bryan in Bloomington
In Bloomington on March 12 W. J. Bryan speaks at the Jackson club banquet. He will be entertained by Prof and Mrs H W Johnson, former neighbors of Bryan in Jacksonville Illinois years ago.
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Bloomington
Ind
Hf Bryan
Jackson Club
H. W. Johnson
Bryan
Jacksonvile, IL
Miners Meet in Tomlinson Hall to Chart Wage Scale
About 900 miners from Pennsylvania to Illinois gather at Tomlinson Hall for a special session led by John Mitchell to study operators’ stance on a new interstate wage scale effective April 1. The wage scale committee will meet at Engish's hotel while the convention adjourns to Friday morning for further action.
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United Mine Workers Convention
John Mitchell
Tomlinson Hall
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Mitchell
Ile
Engish’s
Good Samaritan Loses Watch After Shelter Offer
Joseph Bruggner of 2215 S Illinois helped a stranger who asked for shelter on Wednesday night. He awoke Thursday morning to find his watch missing, the alleged theft linked to the unknown visitor.
Saloon Keeper Convicted Under Blind Tiger Act
Saloon keepers who sell in rear rooms on Sunday face new enforcement. Pat Lanahan of 5 W Maryland Street was fined $50 and costs by Police Judge Phillip Wilkinson on Thursday. Lanahan’s bartender was fined Monday for Sunday liquor sales. Lanahan is the first saloon keeper convicted under the act.
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Pat Lan
Lanahan
McGregor Taken to Sanitarium Amid Bribery Case
County Commissioner John McGregor, under indictment on bribery charges tied to a county power hose boiler deal, was removed from Indianapolis to a sanatorium in Martinsville Thursday. Illness and anxiety over the county scandal hastened the retreat as his family sought quiet rest away from the city.
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John McGregor
Martinsville
McGregor
Denison
Indianapolis
Father Whips a Baby Girl Neighbord Art
William Coppeck a laborer is charged with whipping his months old baby girl A warrant was filed for Coppeck s arrest in juvenile court by Humane Inspector John Shine who investigated the case Inspectors learned from residents at 141 S West St that Coppock whipped the child several days ago and on a prior occasion the blows required medical action Tre is charged with neglect and abuse of the child
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William Coppeck
Coppeck
Humane
John Shine
Shine
Coppock
S. West St
Tre
Sergeant Stewart S. Wills Dies in Pittsburg Indiana
Stewart S. Wills, 68, a sergeant in Gen Benjamin Harrison's regiment, died in Pittsburg Indiana on March 12 from Bright's disease. His widow and six children survive.
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Harrison
Pittsburg
Ind
Stewart S. Wills
Benjamin Harrison
Bright
Cambridge City to Create Public Park in Local Ground
Cambridge City trustees accept WA Creitz proposal and buy land near waterworks for a public park. The site lies with Mrs Margaret Metaffrey Mrs Theodore Frohnapfel and heirs of John Cocke Fair deceased. Creitz donates 50 toward the purchase of two acres for 3275 with Frohnapfel donating 125 and other owners reducing price. The aim is to convert the area into a natural woodland.
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Cambridge Stry
Ind
Twe
WA. Creitz
Wero
Margaret Met‘affrey
Theodore Frannapffet
John Cockefair
Creitz
Frohnapfel
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Hesi
Home Presbyterian Church
Iuiter
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Michigan City
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J.P. Durham
Alfred Dieterich
Mer. Dieterich
the Young Standard
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Big Goal
W. J. Bryan
Joseph Bruggner
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