Indiana National Guard’s Rise Under McKee in 19th Century
The piece chronicles Indiana National Guard origins from 1878 to the 1880s, noting dwindling prelude, formation of legions, and full regiments. It credits Brig Gen W J McKee with organizing regiments, improving funding, encampment practices, and equipment, culminating in a modern force of three regiments, an artillery battalion, and annual encampments at the state fairgrounds.
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Indiana
Indiana National Guard
Legion
Terre, Haute Light Guard
Indianapolis Light Infantry
Evansville
Sherman Guards
Frankfort
Waterloo Rifles
McCune Cadets
Rockville
Remington Guards
W. J. M’kee
Carnahan
Hhe
Ohio
Congress
Lafayette
Barnum
W. 1 McKee
Trojan
State Fair Grounds
Changes In The Marion County Bar Over Fourteen Years
The Marion county bar has undergone a radical shift in the last 14 years as leading firms and figures from Baker to Harris fade, replaced by clerks and new apprentices. The piece recalls past luminaries like Hendrick and Baker and notes the shift from a broad general practice to specialized law.
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Marion County
Marion County Sbar
Indianapolis
SUN
Hendricks
Gov. Baker
Livingston Howland
Gresham
Thayer
Hanna
Weffler
Holstein
Winter
Keen
Baker
Harrison
McDonald
Butler
Miller
Hendricka
Harris
Fire department doubles equipment in fourteen years
The Indianapolis fire department has greatly expanded since the Sun’s birth. Hose wagons rose from ten to twenty two, engines from six to eleven, and the crew reached 201. Modern gear includes four-wheel hose wagons, a water tower, a new Gamewell alarm system, and improved organization.
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Indianapolis
Irvington
Gamewell
Life sentence in Nashville shock murder duo linked to wife killings
In Nashville on May 1, Dave Bales and Hal Webb were sentenced and sent to prison after a plan to kill Webb's wife and Bales's wife unfolded. Bales struck the woman while Webb fired the fatal shot, with both men eventually taking Webb to Kell's home.
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Nashville
Tenn
Dave Bales
Hal ‘Webb
Cus
Sales
Webb
Bales
Three Railway Accidents Shape a Life of Predestination
A memoir of repeated rail crashes reveals a career risked by fate more than fault. The narrator recalls three wrecks near Springfield and Bloomington, a Madison to Indianapolis journey, and a brutal trestle fall that left lasting injuries. Strong entities include the narrator, fellow travelers, doctors, and railway staff. The incidents illustrate how chance and proximity to danger altered one life on the road.
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Tom Halls
Déwa
Chidren
Terra Firma
Jackson
Springfield
A& Messenger
Bloomington
Indianapolis
White River Bridge
Market Gossip at City Market Turns Playful Scene
In a crowded city market a large woman in black silk argues that the girl nearby is not Tom's but his cousin's, while a younger woman with a daisied hat and a red faced baby stands in the passage. A boy scoops beans as onlookers frown and a young man threads through the crowd. The exchange ends with a taunting remark about a “smarty” neighbor.
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Tom
Palm salesmen and a persistent plant vender tale
A flower stand scene shows a woman followed by a child who hesitates to pay. The palm seller touts discounted stock claiming superior quality and overstock. He urges buying two plants and shadows another stand offering clematis vines at 75 cents, while a customer questions the price. The venturer remains undaunted.
Old Mule Car Days of Indianapolis Streetcars
The Sun chronicles Indianapolis streetcar history from mule traction to electric lines. It notes 125 miles of tracks now versus two-thirds fourteen years earlier, and timetable gains from 35 minutes downtown to College Ave to about 14 minutes. It recalls fast mule car runs in the early days and the shift under Schafer.
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Birth of the Sun
Indianapolis
Tom L. Johnson
J C. Schafer
College-ave
Twentieth-st
Early Indianapolis Interurban Drive Exposes Crude Fare Tricks
A nostalgic tale recalls early Indiana streetcar days with a reckless driver, a bridge mishap, and the violent end of a ride as Tom Johnson shoots the driver. It also notes the rough fare system, with box thefts by a beetle and a pinching bag, and the later invention of better fare devices as interurban networks expand.
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Squire Glass
Squire
Virginia Ave
Ward Pleasant Run
Waterloo
Tom Johnson
Indianapolis
Veteran civil war veteran falls from trestle near Acme mills
John Sweezie aged 70, a Civil War veteran of the 146th Indiana Volunteer Regiment, fell through a trestle at the rear of the Acme mills Sunday night. Patrolmen found him. he was taken to City Hospital with a broken right shoulder and two broken ribs.
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John Sweezie
Acme
146Th Regiment
Indiana Volunteers
Freight car movements at Indianapolis week ending May 10
Freight cars received and forwarded in Indianapolis totaled 21 144 loaded and 5 780 empty for the week ending May 10. Compared with last year, 21 324 loaded and 6 266 empty. The Belt road transferred 18 530 cars last week, down from the prior week.
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Indianapolis
Annual convention of Indiana democratic editors in Indianapolis
The Association of Democratic Editors of Indiana will hold its annual convention in Indianapolis on May 2 and 2. Grand events include speeches and discussions by state party leaders.
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The
Association of the Democratic Editors of Indiana
Indianapolis
The Tale of a Shirt
Joseph Dunn of 524 EB Washington street told police his wife would not let him keep his shirt on. After a fight she tore his shirt away, and when he tried another shirt she tore that also. In response he admitted scratching her with his fingers.
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Joseph Dunn
Washington St
Free Cure Offer From Doctors At 6 Dest Marketst Fitzgerald
An advertisement invites both rich and poor to try a new treatment at no cost for one month except medicines. A thorough first interview determines curability, with standard care and medicines provided if curable. The clinic, led by a chief specialist in a women’s department and with German and English army experience, promises to cure nervous and chronic diseases and male ailments. Office hours are listed and the address is No 6 Dest Marketst, Fitzgerald, second floor, with an elevator.
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Women’s Hospital
Germany
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W. AH. Messenger
Merchants Association
Steel Ranges
Bissell
Ingram
Wil
Buising
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