Pulpit Debate Over Gambling Dens Sparks City Meeting
Indianapolis ministers met at the Y M C A to press police for statistics on bawdy houses gambling dens and wine rooms. The Ram’s Horn editor and several pastors urged action to curb sensationalism and restore biblical preaching while warning against using sermons as crowd draws.
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Brown
Ram’s Horn
van Buskirk
Reese
Pall Mall Gazette
Indianapolis
Dr. Lucas
Ministers’ Association
Fairview Park
Dr. Williams
Lot
Charlie Ross
Bob Ingersoll
Moody
Spurgeon
Dr. Jenckes
N. B. Hyde
Moses
Sampson
Texas
Judge Reprimands Family With Kind Advice
A Cincinnati wife seeking her deserting husband Henry Greve found him at 165 N. Mississippi with a woman named Annie Miller. Judge Buskirk urged the wife to forgive and the Miller woman to seek friends. The couple left with their child. five children in Cincinnati remain objects of charity. Annie Miller planned to visit a sister in St. Louis.
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Cincinnati
Henry Greve
Mississippi St
Annie Miller
Buskirk
Saloonist with a Gun In Chicago Shooting
Constable Hoskins and a posse attempted to seize William Fenton’s saloon on Monday. Fenton fired into the crowd, wounding Hoskins’ brother severely, and was arrested.
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Chicago
Hoskins
William Fenton
Fenton
Weather forecast for Indiana May 3 1892
For the eighty six hours ending 8 p m Tuesday May 3 1892 cooler cloudy weather with local rains and probable thunderstorms Monday afternoon or evening followed by colder conditions.
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Indiana
Three Men Buried In Wreckage Of Local Rail Crash
Westvi Lux Ind May 2 Spl J Eight cars of freight on the Louisville New Albany and Chicago railroad were wrecked near here Monday morning. The engineer fireman and brakeman are buried beneath the ruins. The wreck was caused by a wash-out one mile north of Otis amid Sunday night rains undermining a bridge. Traffic on the north end of the road has been suspended.
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Westvi Lux
Ind
Spl
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
Otis
Township Elections In West Indianapolis Vote On Tax Issue
West Indianapolis and Haughville faced town elections Monday as voters streamed to polls from daylight until sundown. Indications at noon showed Republicans ahead on the tax question with a full vote cast and strong turnout noted.
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Indianapolis
Haughville
Elks Convention Renters and Rivalry in Buffalo
Indianapolis figures prominently as James V. Cook from Indianapolis is a leading candidate for grand secretary of the Elks in Buffalo. The piece outlines factional splits between New York and outside lodges, Cook’s peacekeeping image, and a rival from Boston, with broader notes on business ventures, river and rail topics, and a stalled Indianapolis street railway deal amid labor tensions.
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Elks
Buffalo
Indianapolis
James V. Cook
Cook
Modjeska
John Dean
Boston
New York City
New York
Lodge of Elks
Order
Methodists In Session At Omana Nebraska
The first session of the Methodist General Conference opens in Omana with Bishop Bowman presiding. About 4,000 delegates and visitors attend the packed Boyd’s Theater. Monroe elected secretary by two thirds, with Hard and Hudson named assistants. Layman seating dispute debated as ministers and lay delegates clash on seating arrangements.
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Neb
Methodist General Conference
Bowman
Boyd’s
Newman
Foss
Merrill
Baltimore
Taylor
Africa
D. Monroe
Pennsylvania
Manley S. Hard
Wyoming
Monroe
Hard
Charles Hudson
Indiana
Jay
John Lonahan
J. C. Schinkel
Kentucky
Judge Murray
Recollest
John Field
Philadelphia
Niaen
Cummings Smashes Flirt-Target on Riverboat Return
Amos Cummings of New York, with his wife and party, allegedly struck a man who was flirting with a member of the group aboard the McAllister after a Marshall Hall outing. The man fled with his companions and warned of vengeance. witnesses say Cummings acted rashly, while supporters claim provocation.
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Cummings
New York
the Herald
Washington
Amos Cummings
Marshall Hall
McAllister
Bufkin Cancer Specialist in Indianapolis Ga N Ist
Bufkin, described as a cancer specialist, is associated with Indianapolis Indiana and appears in a fragmentary notice from a historical page segment. The terse item lists positions or titles without a clear event or date, yielding a brief professional reference.
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X. Bufkin
Indianapolis
Ind
Global labor unrest flares with scattered incidents
Across Amsterdam Milan London and Paris, red flags and protests drew crowds but few parades. An anarchist speaker was mobbed in London while Hyde Park drawn 50 000 listeners. Cadiz and Liege saw minor disturbances with bombs and injuries.
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Amsterdam
Gompers
Cincinnati
Glasgow
Manchester
Bradfod
Wolverhampton
Eng
London
Hyde Park
Paris
Liege
Death for Deeming in Melbourne Murder Trial
In Melbourne on May 2 a jury found William Deeming guilty of first degree murder for the wife killing. Key witnesses Dr Springthorpe and Dr Fishburne testified on alleged insanity habits. Deeming described a brutal family history and past asylum time. The defense argued mental irresponsibility but the verdict imposed the death penalty.
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Melbourne
Deeming
Springthorpe
Victoria
The
Medical Association
John Fishburne
Deacon
Fred
Freddy Williams
Miss Mather
Jules
Two Fat Ex Clowns and Other Oddities of Stage and Life
A column recounts Tony Denier once famed as the nation’s top clown, now grown fat and retired from the ring. It notes real estate earnings, domestic life, and offers reminiscences of a Big Four baggage master who gained weight after in-ring glory and a health setback. Also mentioned are obituaries, amusements, and theatre notes about the Liliputians at the Grand and Holden Comedy Company, with profiles of Franz Ebert and Selma Goerner and a nod to John Russell’s old City Directory troupe.
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John Martin
Albert Lea
Minneapolis
Martin
Duluth
Gray
West Superior
St. Paul
McDougall
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Mr. McDougall
Rockefeller
Tex Sun
J. C. Shaffer
Chicago
Frenzel
Brotherhood
Sun
Tony Denier
Hsts
Tony
Humpty Dumpty
Tobe
Liliputians
the Grand
Franz Ebert
Selma Goerner
Hosa
Hoss
Reed
Collier
John Russell
City Directory” Company
Russell
bin Gee
AFTER VENGEANS. Colored Men Kill Three Whites and Capture a Town
Nashville telegram reports that organized negroes moved toward Goodlettsville to avenge a lynching. Wires cut as they reportedly seized Traine, thirty miles from Nashville, and killed three white residents. No trouble reported yet at Goodlettsville.
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Nashville
Goodlettsville
Grizzard
Traine
Igar Makers Strike Over Wage Demands
The cigar makers in large factories walk out on Monday over a demand of one dollar per thousand in wages, seeking parity with other cities. Manufacturers reject the demand, citing unaffordable costs, as union and boss committees plan further talks at Stef fin's cigar store.
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Steffin’s
John Wolf
the Sun
Guns Pop In A Rankin Alley Brawl And Other May Day Incidents
Sunday violence and disorder spill from a Rankin's alley craps game to street gunplay and a goat pursuit as Killian and Edmunds clash over a razor threat. A stray shot wounds a man. officers arrest Killian and other assailants while a mix of whites and blacks engages in bottle and blade clashes near Brighton beach. Separately, Officer Ward arrests Fulkerson for carrying concealed weapons amid a dispute over a horse ride. A saloon altercation leaves Jeff Davidson and Jones with severe injuries. May Day brings broad legal actions as Pan Handle injunctions are argued in circuit court as strikers challenge restrictions. Episcopal ministers meet amid church appeals and diocesan progress reports.
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Jim Edmunds
Rankin’s Alley
Fifth-st
Sam Willian
Killian
Edmunds
Runnels
Rhodes
Simpson
William Jones
Hart
Winn
Brighton Beach
A. d. Joe
Wiliam Bruner
Maroer
James Gordon
Heegyorg
Ward
Robert Fulkerson
William Losey
Reubé Williams
Fulkerson
Williams
Pete Conway
W.wasghitton St
Jeff Davidson
Frank Jones
Davidson
Jones
Dawson
Davidg Gon
Indianapolis
Congress Vote Records Narrow Passage on Free List
In Washington on May 2, Congress debated free list binding. The vote stood 183 to 47, reflecting a public importance stance on preserving or altering the free list.
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Congress
Washington
Grins Bhort's K. EK druggists sell it
Parcel of fragmented OCR text mentions druggists and a low price for parlor goods with unclear context. Names and places are unreadable, leaving only hints of a sale or product offering and a miscellaneous price reference.
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K. EK
Atoerty
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Papa” Barus
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