Woman learns divorce record shocks Indianapolis wife
Mary Watkins, living with Henry D. Watkins and their two children in Indianapolis, discovers in court records that Watkins was divorced from her in Superior Court No. 2 on December 10, 1898, with notice by publication and her nonappearance. He had left her in Pittsburgh years before and used the name Wright. She plans legal action to challenge the decree.
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Henry D. Watkins
Mary Watkins
Pittsburg
Watkins
Indianapolis
Wright
Parade of 35 Unions Precedes Poehler Case Meeting
A parade of 35 local unions will precede a Friday night meeting at Tomlinson hall to discuss Judge Anderson’s federal court decision selling Louis W. Poehler’s property to cover costs from the Pope Motor Car works strike. The route runs Meridian to Market and Market to Pennsylvania then to Washington and back to Market before the hall. Fred Junneman serves as grand marshal with assistants Harry Bassett HE W McGinnis Robert Gill and Patrick Dugan. Speakers begin at 8:15 and a full lineup was not yet announced.
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Tomlinson Hall
Anderson
Federal Court
Louis W. Poehler
Pope Motor Car Works
Meridian
New York-sts
Meridian-st
Monument Place
Market
Pennsylvania
Washington
Illinois
Ohio
Fred Junneman
Harry Bassett
HE. W. McGinnis
Robert Gill
Patrick Dugan
New State Board of Optometry Elected at Governor’s Office
The newly created state board of optometry met at the governor's office on Monday and elected officers: President M. T. Jay of Portland, Secretary J. H. Ellis of South Bend, Treasurer A. M. Murphy of Brazil. Members Dallas F. Green of Fort Wayne and Dr. A. N. Baker of Logansport. A rule requires spectacle dealers to pass a license exam unless they have three years practice. Peddlers selling glasses may be exempt. The board was in session Tuesday.
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State Board of Optometry
M. T. Jay
Portland
J. H. Ellis
South Bend
A. M. Murphy
Brazil
Dallas F. Green
Fort Wayne
A. N. Baker
Logansport
Brick injures P. J. Mooney at Washington Street building
P. J. Mooney, a laborer at a building purchased by the New York Store, was struck on the head by a brick dislodged during demolition. He walked home to 4 West Washington Street after the wound required several stitches.
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P. J. Mooney
Washington St
Mooney
New York
Washington-st
Local Jottings: City Notes on Townsfolk and Trends
A compact survey of Indianapolis life with sketches of Dr. G A Petersdorf the coroner, a stenographer turned out by a wife, bazaar hosts Mrs Walter Jenkins and Miss Frances Rikhoff, the need for safer crossings, new bands and lawn festivals, mushrooms and corn planting reports, and local chatter on taxis, spitting on bait, and ongoing civic curiosities alongside streetcar tales and chatter about officials and camped home-building prospects.
Flippant view of marriage tied to new law
Indiana couple Anna Coombs Keating and John W. Keating seek an annulment after marrying in Illinois to sidestep Indiana law. Judge Henry Clay Allen questions the act as a public example of flippant attitudes toward marriage while noting the couple’s young age and disputed motives.
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Henry Clay Allen
Circuit Court
Anna Coombs Keating
John W. Keating
Man Found Wounded After Suicide Attempt at Brightwood Saloon
P F Braine of 2210 Depot Street Brightwood was found in a saloon rear room with a deep throat wound and a butcher knife beside him. He had been drinking heavily after a Monday fishing trip with the saloon owner. He was revived at City hospital but remains gravely weak from blood loss. An overnight concealment and a night attempt triggered the incident, with Bicyclemen Kadamacher and Wilson investigating.
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P. F. Braine
Depot St
Brightwood
Brightwood Ave
Braine
United States Weather Forecast Outlook Shifts to Cooler Showers
A weather forecast indicates showers and probable thunderstorms across the United States with a notable drop in temperatures. Expect cooler conditions Tuesday night into Wednesday with possible sunrise at Tamais noon.
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United States
Snow Falls Across Eastern Nebraska In May Snowstorm
Snow covered a large part of eastern Nebraska early today following last night’s snowfall in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The weather arrival set a wintry scene across the region as residents noted colder air and accumulating flakes.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Sympathetic Strike Cripples Grain Shipments in New York
Six hundred grain elevator workers walked out in a sympathetic strike in support of longshoremen demanding higher pay. The move halted grain shipping, creating a deadlock across the industry and further straining port operations in New York.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
New York
German inventor to start mills in United States
Washington May 14 Announcement via the consular agency reports a German inventor of paper cloth plans to start mills in the United States. The new xylolin thread, made from abundant U S raw material, blends cotton and linen qualities at one third their price. Consul Hurst notes it can fashion delicate shades and enable canvas shoes hats and wall hangings. a three piece suit could cost under a dollar.
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Carl B. Hurst
Plauen
Germany
Bureau of Manufacturers
Hurst
Bank Safe Blown Open in Yates City Robbery
In Peoria Illinois on May 14 robbers blew open the Yates City bank safe and escaped. The safe reportedly held 28000 dollars though the exact sum stolen is unknown.
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Yates City Bank
Park View Sanatorium Treatment and Services
Park View Sanatorium offers treatment for cancer skin uterine and rectal diseases under Dr L T Leach with New York and California contacts. Heal Bros practical plasterers advertise and provide phone numbers Main 605 New 5567 1828 New pianos priced from 166. Wulschner's.
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Park View Sanatorium
L. T. Leach
New York and
California-sts
Heal Bros
Bound and robbed in Denver home burglary case
Charles Rathry and his wife were bound and gagged when burglars broke into their Denver residence after a theater visit. The robbers stole 30 in money and some diamonds before escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-MeRose Press Asociation
Denver
Col
Charles Rathry
Memorial day parade marshal named for Lawton unveiling
Adjt.-Gen. Oran Perry is chosen as parade marshal for the Memorial day and Lawton monument unveiling. Maj.-Gen. William J. McKee will command the parade, starting at 2 p.m. from Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks’s residence on N. Meridian. Regular troops and Indiana National Guard to be inspected from the president’s carriage. The semi military and civic group will line the west side of the street in single rank, then wheel in review before the president at the stand at Washington and Delaware streets. Full program to be announced soon.
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William J. McKee
Charles W. Fairbanks
N. Meridinnst
Indiana National Guard
Adjt
Oran Perry
Judge Allen Rules For Whallon In Bond Case
Judge Allen ruled in favor of Judge Whallon on Sanders demurrer seeking bond reduction and an early police court hearing. Sanders arrested for joitering at McLaughlin's saloon. attorney Seyfried said an amended complaint would be filed and an appeal possible if overruled.
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Joseph Sanders
Whallon
Sanders
McLaughlin's
Judge Allen
Henry Seyfried
Tor Sanders
Flooding at Shortridge High School Biology Lab
A hydrant left on in the biology laboratory on the second floor of the new Shortridge high school building caused flooding Monday night. Part of the second floor and several first floor rooms were drenched, plastering saturated, raising fears of ceiling failure. Classes were moved and damage control begun.
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Shortridge High School
Market was wild at Chicago wheat pit as unsettled trading
Traders passed the clearing house safely after a wide market sale that had been awaited for days. The May contract closed at 93 1/2 cents and July at 92 1/2 cents as rumors of disaster faded and obligations met.
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Chicago
Cleveland Merchants Visit Indiana Trade Extension Trip
Cleveland men from the Wholesale Merchants board and the Cleveland chamber of commerce toured Indianapolis on Monday night then met with wholesale merchants Tuesday morning to trade and greet before boarding a special train to Danville. The annual trade extension excursion visits Indiana towns, with Grant Clay promoting artificial teeth at 198 N Delaware St.
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Indianapolis
Wholesale Merchants’ Board
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Danville
Indiana
Grant Clay
New York Dental Company
Delaware-st
Riddick Acquitted of Perjury and Mortgage Exemption Charges
Carl W. Riddick editor of the Winamac Republican and secretary of the Republican state committee was acquitted on three charges including perjury and making a false statement to secure mortgage exemption. He and friends allege political motives behind the arrest and prosecution in Winamac Indiana.
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Winamac
Ind
Carl W. Riddick
Winamac Republican
Republican State Committee
Riddick
Corey Anger Quelled by Bride at Midnight Wedding
Steel magnate Corey, enraged at reporters and photographers, wed his bride shortly after midnight after difficulty securing a pastor. The couple began their honeymoon trip to France following the ceremony.
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Corey
Bride
Corey Wedding Costs Top Four Million Dollars
A historical note lists Corey spending four million two hundred fourteen thousand six hundred ninety dollars on marrying Marielle Gilman. Items include settlements with a first wife and mother, a French chateau, royal hotel suites, meals, décor, roses, a wedding supper, clergy fees, and a long honeymoon abroad. Rumors claim a one million dollar gift to the bride.
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Corey
Marielle Gilman
Hotel Gotham
Coreys Honeymoon Cancelled Honeymoon Departure After Wedding
William E Corey head of the steel trust and actress Mabelle Gilman wed in the Hotel Gotham Brooklyn. The couple sailed for France from the Kaiser Wilhelm II pier after a midnight ceremony observed with 30 guests. Corey scolded photographers and reporters but bade the press good luck as they departed, promising nothing to say to reporters.
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New York
William_ E. Corey
The
Steel Trust
Mabelle Gilman
High Seas
France
Paris
Corey
Hotel Gotham
William E. Corey
Gotham
J. L. Clark
Bushwick-ave. Congregational Church
Brooklyn
People's Lobby Explains Work And aims In Indianapolis Visit
Oscar L. Pond of the People's Lobby spoke to the Commercial club in Indianapolis to spark interest ahead of Henry Beach Needham's planned visit. The lobby, formed in Washington at Roosevelt's suggestion, keeps daily records of congress and votes to inform subscribers. It seeks public support and funds to operate a publicity bureau on congressional action and aims to improve representation by informing citizens about legislation.
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Oscar L. Pond
People’s Lobby
Indiana
Commercial Club
Henry Beach Needham
Needham
Indianapolis
People's Lobby
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Pond
D. C
People’s Tobby
Jury selection in Haywood murder trial continues in Boise
In Boise on May 14, during the third day of William D. Haywood's murder trial for ex-Governor Steunenberg's death, all jury seats were filled with at least four jurors to be passed for cause and more to come. Prosecutor Richardson pressed for an unbiased panel questioning veniremen on politics, while Sheriff Hodgin defended the process as nonpartisan as a man who attempted to influence Juror No. 5 was arrested.
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Boise
Idaho
Eldes
William D. Haywood
Steunenberg
Richard Tacaly
Gov. Gooding
Richardson
Clarence Dagrow
Salisman
Venremen
Hodgin
Iiet
Gooding
Commission on trip inspection down Mississippi River
The national deep waterways commission left St. Louis for an inspection trip down the Mississippi. The May 14 departure marks the commission's ongoing field study of river commerce and navigation facilities.
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Scrippe-McRae Presse
ST. Louis
National Deep Waterways Commission
Mississippi River
Woman fatally scalded by machine in Chicago shed
Special to The Summit Chicago May 14 Miss Gene Gement 22 was fatally injured yesterday when her hair was caught in a shearing device in a building at 0 W. Getney street. The accident occurred after her hair was pulled and the rest of her clothing or body was drawn into the machinery. Authorities investigated the incident and reported the details of the mishap.
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Chicago
Gence
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G. A. Petersdorf
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Frances Rikhoff
St. Joseph’s Hall
Tom
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White River
George Gamble
Hugh Runyon
Curt Deer
Dorothy Vernon
Vincennes
Conductor Crinned
Susie Murray
Condersville
Maude
Joy
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Lyons Station
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Lola Porter
Lola
Alex James
Our
Richmond
Alex
Dogwoods
Frederick Matson
Cy Clarke
Fremort Alford
Charles P. Benedict
Criminal Court
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Cincinnati
Moses Gunter
Mike Gunter
Allen
NEW Law
Keating
Paducah
Metropolis
Ill
Wife OF Steel Trust President
W. E. Corey
Tamais
Consular Agency
Secrippa-MecRae Preas Association
Peoria
Wulschner
Gen. Perry
Lawton
Eral
Wheat Brokers
Scripps-MacRae Press Association
Cleveland
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Special
the Sun
Scrippa-Mchrae Preas Association
Coreys
Corey Mansion
Fifth Ave
Tion
Haywood
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J. L. Waggoner
Waggoner
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