Guests Flee As Jamestown Hotel Burns In Fire
A massive blaze in Jamestown New York destroyed the Sherman hotel and damaged five buildings after a day of smoldering at the Gokey factory. One man died and several firefighters were injured while 50 guests fled for their lives. Elevator boy heroically aided escapes before perishing injuries. Firefighters battled flames with aid from Buffalo equipment as the city mourned a heavy loss.
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Gokey
King
Lawrence
Jones
John Hanson
Goes
Ansistant
Alfred Shoesmith
Thomas King
Joel O’brien
Buffalo
Here
Bufalo
E. E. Duffee
Saxe Brothers
Sherman Hotel
Hurlburt-Sherman Hotel Company
Wright Specialty Shop
Postal Telegraph Company
Chautauqua ‘Traction Company
Jamestown Street Railway Company
Weas Cigar Store
Greek-American Fruit Company
Gokey Show Company
Guerney Ball Bearing Company
Chadakoin Worsted Mills
Ashworth & Odwell Woolen Mills
Ficss
Gokey Business
U. S. Briggs
Lyle Hall
Hanson
Mother Theodore to Be Canonized in United States
Terre Haute March 14 Recommendation from the pope prompts steps toward canonization of Mother Theodore founder of the Sisters of Providence in 1840. She came from France with six sisters, noted for incorruptibility after her brain was found pliable upon remains’ removal, and established a vast network of parochial schools with 1,200 teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Hauth
Mother Theodore
Order of Sisters of Providence
United States
France
St. Merys-of-the-Woods
Hows
Rome
Guerin
Ruille-Sur-Noir
Terre Haute
General Bradley Dead in Tacoma
Brig Gen P Bradley aged years old, retired, died in Tacoma on March 14 from paralysis.
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General Bradley
Tacoma
Wash
Ts P. Bradley
Funeral of George W Bliss at 2 P M in Indianapolis
The body of George W Bliss Indianapolis merchant who died suddenly at a Hot Springs hotel was brought home to 2292 North Meridian Street. Funeral services will be held at the family residence this afternoon at 2 o clock before burial in Rushville Indiana. Bliss was a partner in Bliss Swain Co a prominent local businessman and former drummer boy in the Civil War. He spent part of each year traveling as a representative and was active in the Merchants Association and a Scottish Rite Mason Knights of Pythias and Elks member.
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Hot Springs
Rushville
George W. Bliss
Indianapolis
Meridian Street
Ind
Bliss
Bliss, Swain & Co
Concord
Mr. Bliss
Jacob Block
Mr. Swain
Shelbyville
Mr. Life
Merchants’ Association
Knights of Pythias and
Elks Lodges
Wallace Elected Chairman and Coleman Secretary on ballot
Harry H. Wallace was elected chairman of the Republican county committee unanimously by acclamation. Williem F. Coleman was elected secretary on the ninth ballot after a close race with Louis H. Flinn James F. Cleary Maux C. Fiscus and Albert Miller. Fiscus and Miller withdrew after five ballots, shifting votes to Coleman and Cleary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Wallace
Republican County Committee
Will-iem F. Coleman
J. 8. Cruse
Fred (. Gardner
Coleman
Louis H. Flinn
James F. Cleary
Maux C. Fiscus
Albert Miller
Fiscus
Miller
Tallote
Celeman
Cleary
Saved Ho vey Brigade at Vicksburg by Crossing a Log
Indiana Civil War veterans recall a personal journal account by Capt. Lynn Richardson. In December 1862 he crossed a bayou on a log to warn Gen. Hovey’s brigade before a doomed assault near Vicksburg, preventing annihilation. Richardson valued his timely warning and the rescue of Hovey’s troops.
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Bayou
Capt. Richardson
Gen. Hovey
Indiana
Sun
Washington Service
Hibbs
Washington
Alvin P. Hovey
Hovey
Vicksburg
Lynnn Richardson
J. M. Thayer
Fred Steele
Richardson
Omaha
Virginia H. Richardson
Frank Blair
Morgan
Capt
Blair
Colomns
Thayer
Iowa
Steele
Sherman
Effeers
Steeler
Agguse Rich Men as Tax Dodgers
Warrants issued for David R. Francis former Missouri governor Henry Priest John Scullion A Clifford and James H Allien charging failure to file taxable property returns. They signed bonds while Francis resisted until told to go to court. Hearings set for March 25. Assessor Brinkop says action starts a campaign to prosecute delinquent rich taxpayers.
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ST. Louis, Mo
David R. Francis
Missouri
Henry
Priest
John Scullion
A. Clifford
James H. Allien
Francis
Scullin
Allen
Brinkop
Incendiary Fire Destroys Two Barns in City
Police investigate an incendiary blaze at 3131 Sutherland Avenue where a barn was set alight shortly after 4 am. The fire spread to C. H. Hoard's barn at 3738 Bellefontaine Street. Losses: $100 on the origin barn and $200 on the second. Police deem it arson with no other fires nearby.
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Sutherland Avenue
C. H. Hoard
Bellefontaine Street
Widow Ingersoll Receives 90000 From Davis Estate
Mrs. Robert G. Ingersoll, widow of the famous agnostic, inherits 90000 in cash from the Andrew J. Davis estate at Butte Montana. The sum comes through the administrator after long litigation over an old law fee, with the judgment recently affirmed against the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Ingersoll
Andrew J. Davis
Butte
Montana
Ingersoll
Davis
Banker Green Returns to Prison for Horse Theft
Michigan City Indiana March 14 Robert Green arrested in Elgria Ohio for horse stealing will be sent back to the northern Indiana prison to serve twelve years of an indeterminate sentence. He escaped a year ago and later sold four horses. Green, once president of the Waynetown bank, was said to be worth substantial sums before the bank failed. He confessed to stealing about twenty horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
Robert Green
Elgria
Indiana
Green
Indiana Institution
Liberty
Waynetown
Eckemann Walks To Death Chair In Murder Case
In Clining New York on March 14 Frank Eckemann who had to be carried into court was executed for the July 8 murder of Mrs Sophia Stayer in Brooklyn. Accomplice Carlo Giro had recently been executed. Eckemann, who used the alias John Bwyth and Johann Schmidt, proclaimed his innocence in a witness statement before being strapped in the electric chair.
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Clining
N. Y
Frank Eckemann
Sophia Stayer
Brooklyn
Carlo Giro
Schemann
John Bwyth
Johann Schmidt
Last Rites Held for Edwin Bryant in Crown Hill Funeral
Funeral services were held at Crown Hill cemetery chapel for Edwin Douglas Bryant age 70. The body arrived by train from French Lick Indiana, with Bryant described as a highly respected public servant and father of Mrs. Thomas Tagerart.
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Edwin Douglas Bryant
Thomas Tagerart
Union Station
French Lick
Ind
Crown Hill Cemetery
Bryant
Flo
Two Young Women Chosen to Teach Indians in West
Miss Mary Maxwell of 412 Bret Twenty third street and Miss Evelyn Miller of 2426 North Illinois street have been accepted by the United States government to teach kindergarten among the Indians. Maxwell sails to the Sac and Fox Reservation in Iowa while Miller goes to the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota. Both are Shortridge High School graduates.
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Mary Maxwell
Bret Twenty Third Street
Evelyn Miller
North Ilinois Street
United States
Indiana
West
Maxwell
Sac and Fox Reservation
Iowa
Miss
All Unionists Likely to Ask for More Pay
Philadelphia on March 14 reports a shift from sympathy to a wage strike across industries. The ten day old general strike now prompts demands for higher wages and better conditions. Famine fears rise as 24 hour food deliveries threaten to halt with labor leaders calling bank withdrawals to reduce circulation. Cars run near normal. both sides push for a settlement.
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Philadelphia
Committee of Ten
Kensington
Europe Hears About Our Women Police
Mayor Lew Shank's push for women policemen has drawn international attention with London firm Fuller & Osborne requesting a photo of Indianapolis women officers. Secretary Babcock laments that Indianapolis has no women police to send for the image, denying them international notoriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Lew Shank
Fuller & Osborne
London
England
Indianapolis
Babcock
Ketchel Vows Dry Spell After Three Month Bet
Stanley Ketchel remains on the water wagon to prove his claim of a dry spell will last three months. The Memphis Athletic Club proposes Ketchel versus Harry Woest of Cincinnati for March 25. Tommy Dixon is scheduled to fight Charley White in Memphis on March 21.
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Stanley Ketchel
Memphis A. C
Ketchel
Harry Woest
Cincinnati
Tommy Dixon
Charley White
Memphis
Cure for Epilepsy Spasms Claims Restorative Nervine
A vintage testimonial cluster touts Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a cure for epilepsy spasms and St Vitus dance. Patients from Michigan, Massachusetts, Indiana, and Wisconsin report relief after multiple bottle courses, urging readers to buy the Miles product from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
M. I. Coffman
Coldwater
Mich
Peter McAuley
Springfield
Mass
Myrtle Dague
Rochester
Ind
St. Vitus
Dr. Miles
Nannie Land
Ethel
Saloon Keeper Fined By Court For Maintaining A Blind Tiger
Clarence Patton saloon keeper at 1126 BE Tenth Street faced charges of giving away liquor on Sunday. Patrolman Burris testified four men drank beer in a rear room, leading Judge Collins to file an affidavit for maintaining a blind tiger. Patton fined $30 and costs. Jackson discharged. four men warned not to appear again.
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BE. Tenth Street
Burris
Patton
Herman Jack
Imuen
Jackson
Collins
Public sale notice of Stout real estate in Indianapolis
By order of the Superior Court Room No 2 Marion county Indiana Cause TS385 the Marion Trust Company receiver for George W Stout Company will offer Lot 852 in Stouts Tenth Street addition Indianapolis at public sale March 21 1910 at 10 am and daily thereafter to highest bidder for cash free of liens with sale subject to court approval
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Superior Court
Marion County
Indiana
Benjamin T. Stout
Stout
Tenth Street
Indianapolis
Recorder’s Office
Renal
Marion Trust Company
George W. Stout Company
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New York
Joseph Bradley
James Sheppard
James Landy
Nathan Hoffman
Wallace
Agguse
Edwin Bryant
Ers
Shank
Ketchell
Vonnegut
Hardware Company
Pettis Dry Goods Co
Norway and the Orkneys
the Merchants National Banks
State Life Insurance Co
Polk’s Milk
Polk
Clarence Patton
Oslar’s
Vernis Martin Colonia
Hoy
Gus
E. Washington
Greenfield
Knightstown
Cambridge City
Erroca
Ae. m
Dayton
Richmond
Columbus
Zanesville
Shriners
Carl L. Rost Medias
N. Mine
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