Mayor asks engineers to move headquarters to Indianapolis
Mayor Bookwalter of Indianapolis addressed the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers convention in Cleveland urging the engineers to relocate their headquarters to Indianapolis. The final site decision will be decided at a later meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Bookwalter
Indianapolis
International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Cleveland
Man Offers to Tell All on Mrs Whitmore Murder
New York May 22 Billy Bart lett in Harrison New Jersey jail for five months as a witness against Theodore S Whitmore says if immunity is promised he will reveal enough to convict Mrs Lena Whitmore’s husband Teddy Whitmore. He claims he was not present at the Christmas night killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Lena Whitmore
Teddy’ Whitmore
Billy’ Bartlett
Harrison N. J
Theodore S. Whitmore
Coal Rate Hearing Now Set For June
The Indiana Railroad Commission postponed the joint coal rate case hearing to June 2. The Big Four seeks a divided rate via Terre Haute on the Southern Indiana and Big Four lines, while the Southern Indiana demanded full legal notice. The hearing is now set for not sooner than June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Four
Terre Haute
Indiana
Editor Pauli Found Dead in Springfield Room
Clarence R. Pauli, 55, editor of the Hi Hois State Journal, was found dead in his Springfield room last night. The death is being investigated by local authorities. Pauli had led the paper for years and was a prominent figure in the state's press scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Clarence R. Pauli
The
Hi- Hois State Journal
Fire at Wintermeyer Box Factory Kills One, Injures Nine
Chicago May 22 One man is dead nine injured in a blaze at the Wintermeyer box factory located at Twenty seventh and Throop streets. The fire destroyed property valued at about 400000 as workers escaped via fire escapes and several girls leaped from upper windows to escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
Wintermeyer Box
Hisey Chosen President of Indianapolis Undertakers
The Indianapolis Funeral Directors Association elected E. R. Hisey as president and Frank McNeely as secretary. They also voted to spend $300 to entertain the National Association next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Funeral Directors’ Association
E. R. Hisey
Indianapolis
Frank McNeely
National Association
Cockrum Boosted for High Lodge Chair in Indiana
John B. Cockrum received strong support for deputy grand sire of the Odd Fellows at the seventy second Grand Lodge of Indiana session. His name will go to the sovereign grand lodge in Denver for the chair position, with the meeting set to begin September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Cockrum
Organization of Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge of
Indiana
Mr. Cockrum
Denver
Husband's Evening Place Revealed by Wife Joke
A humorous item from Harper's Weekly notes Mrs Hoyle accuses her husband of spending evenings at home. Mrs Doyle asks where. The punchline: she explains she had to stay in herself last night, delivering a witty domestic quip.
Pursuit Across Rooftops Leads to Downtown Arrests
In Pittsburgh on May 22 a chase over upper roofs led to the arrest of three young girls, two men, and a Japanese man tied to a WCTU crusade. Officers leaped between buildings while pursued by Yoshimi and an accompanying girl named Nellis Moore. Yoshimi surrendered after a rooftop dash. Mrs. Bertha Acklin and a partner, active in nightly downtown cafe surveillance, spearheaded the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
W. Cc. T. U. Crusaders
Fifth Avenue
Bertha Acklin
S. Yoshimi
Nellis Moore
Yoshimi
Congress backs mining bureau to study mine explosions
Washington May 22 The House passed Congressman Chaney's bill to establish a bureau of mines in the interior department. The measure seeks a $2,900 chief and an initial $150,000 appropriation to investigate mine explosion causes, with a Senate expectation of passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Chaney
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
Senate
John Mitchell
Man Pleads Guilty to Razor Assault in Peru
In Peru Indiana on May 22 James Clear pleaded guilty to assault with intent to kill after a deadly attack on his wife with a razor last weekend. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison. his wife remains in precarious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
James Clear
Fogarty Calls Marion Morgan Putnam Senatorial Convention
A joint senatorial convention of Marion Morgan and Putnam counties is called for Martinsville at 2 p m on Tuesday June 2 1908. Primaries for all Marion wards and townships run 4 to 8 p m on Monday June 1 1908 with delegate allocations by ward and township. Three days' notice of voting places will be published. Signed W M Fogarty chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Marion
Morgan
Putman
Martinsville
Second Ward
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Fifth Ward
Sixth Ward
Seventh Ward
Eighth Ward
Ninth Ward
Tenth Ward
Eleventh Ward
Twelfth Ward
Thirteenth Ward
Fourteenth Ward
Fifteenth Ward
Wayne Township
Washington Township
Warren Township
Franklin Township
Perry Township
Lawrence Township
Decatur Township
Pike Township
Center Township
W. M. Fogarty
City Births and Marriages Record Listing
Births recorded for Blair Kinney Floyd Carr Meyers Lamb Wehrling Oelslager Rea Meadow Fecker Dalson Noe Holmes Lipsey Batty and twins Martindale. with children and parents names plus addresses and a hydrocephalus and bronchitis notes. Marriages listed: Jordan Hutson Parr Ball Glidwell Rogers Korff Ahring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry and
Rose Blair
Minkner Street
Martin and
Maria Kinney
Gelsendorf Street
Chas
Gertrude Floyd
Arsenal Avenue
John and
Elizabeth Carr
Streg
Theodore and
Stella Meyers
Spann Avenue
Will&m
Lola Lamb
Bellefontaine Street
Wood
Louise Wehrling
King Avenue
J. Lewis
Rose Oelslager
Barth Avenue
William and
Estella Rea
Garfield Place
Jimmy and
Lena Meadow
Missouri Street
Joseph and
Daisy Fecker
Detroit Street
Robert and
Selena Dalson
Roac Street
Peter and
Annie Noe
Northwestern Avenue
Martel
Kate Holmes
Martindale Avenue
Hubert and
Catherine Lipsey
James
Jordan
Louise Hutson
Ora L. Parr
Luella J. Ball
Albert G. Glidwell
Della Rogers
Paul F. Korff
Daisy Ahring
Presbyterian Moderator Elected In St Louis Church
Rev Baxter P Fullerton of St Louis was yesterday chosen moderator of the Presbyterian church in Kansas City Missouri May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
Baxter P. Fullerton
St. Louis
The
Presbyterian Church
How many seed compartments in an apple debate
A school inspector urges children to notice small details in nature while the tale recalls a pupil playfully challenging a classmate about counting feathers on a hen. The Philadelphia Ledger notes the moment as a lesson in curiosity and observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Taylor
Minnie
Philadelphia Ledger
The Breathless Model at The Village Wedding Painting
Sir Luke Fildes painted The Village Wedding with a rustic as the bridegroom model. The man grew whiter as the portrait progressed and claimed he could not breathe, saying he must hold his breath constantly while the painting continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Luke Fildes
Sir Luke
Sir
Sailor Wit Sparks Laughs Aboard New York Savannah Trader
A Philadelphia Ledger note recalls a captain famed for sharp humor on voyages between New York and Savannah. During a two day voyage he quizzed a first‑time Irish deckhand with a joking question about steering the main mast down the forecastle stairs. The quick reply noted the need for the captain to call it up from below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Savannah
Philadelphia Ledger
Horticulturist Bipartenite Joins Applicant For Joey
A horticulturist listed as bipartenite joins an applicant in a local matter related to a joey. The fragment hints at a public record or notice involving a person with expertise in plant cultivation and a pending application. Further details are unreadable in the source.
Rescue scenes as Peter Rickmers crew saved on Long Island
A dramatic photograph shows a life saver bearing Captain Bachman of the German ship Peter Rickmers ashore after the vessel was shattered against the Long Island surf. Bliss Native Herbs, 2255 W. Wash. St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Rickmers
Long Island
Bachman
Rickmers
Allowances by Board of Commissioners of Marion County
A historical accounting lists numerous disbursements for April term 198, detailing Supplies for Asylum for Poor and Detention Home, Workhouse, Insane Asylum, and Courthouse accounts. Items include purchases from Pettis Dry Goods, Haag Drug, J M Bour company, Indianapolis Water, and others, plus salaries for physicians and staff and various repairs and advertising charges. Major entries include Haag Drug supplies 99.10 and 82.12, J M Bour company 58.53 and 24.27, Indianapolis Water 60 and 1.3, and W F Charters collection of omitted taxes 3391.40. Additional line items cover detentions, jail repairs, and courthouse maintenance reflecting county operations for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board OF Commissioners
Marison County
Indiana
Asylum For
Indiana Supply Company
Haag Drug Company
Union Carbide Company
J. M. Bour Company
Blanton Milling Company
George T. Evans & Sons
Vonnegut Hardware Company
C. C. Shafer
Ideal Cleaner Company
The
Fleischmann Company
Goldie Devier
Moses McCullum
George Pendleton
Marie Heslop
Pettis Dry Goods Company
Otto C. Beck
Re Coal and Cement Company
Albert R. Worm
George T. Evans & Son
Grocers’ Baking Company
Indianapolis News
Holmes & Co
Woollen & Callon
Varney Electrical Supply Company
Coonsa & Caylor Ice Com Y
Saks & Co
Polar Ice and Fuel Company
Kothe, Wells & Bauer
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
Hide, Leather and Belting Company
J. Holcomb Mfg. Company
Louis B. Haag
Buddenbaum Lumber Company
Aldag Paint and Varnish Company
Woollen & Calton
Standard Electric and Reneir Company
Albert Schiffing
Indianapolis Manufacturing and Carpenters’ Union
Railroad Tansfer Company
Isaac Bremen
Louis Feller
American Toilet Supply Company
Joseph F. Clay
Indianapolis Telephone Company
Marion County
Central Union Telephone Company
W. F. Charters
Browder Ice Cream Company
Indiana Fuel Supply Company
William H. Grim
Indianapolis Dairy Company
Isgrigg Lumber Company
Indianapolis A Water Company
E. E. Stuart
Willis Whitson
H. P. Wasson & Co
Standard ON Company
Sentinel Printing Company
W. K. Schwartz
F. M. Rottler
Rouse Electric Company
J.C. Perry & Co
W. D. Norton
National Veneer and Lumber Company
Knight & Jillson Company
George
George . Powell, $1.20; Kruse & Deventer, $8.60; Knight & Wilison Company
Dunica & Rankin
Brown Brothers
Marie Haslop
M. D
C. B. Day
Indianapolis Water Company
Asylum For Insane
Manufactors’ Shoe Morepary
Levey Bros. & Co
Indiana Fuel ‘Supply Company
William Gale Milling Company
the Fleischmann Company
B.cotton
Crescent Oil Company
Columbia Conserve Company
Indianapolis Belting and Supply Company
Woollen & Son
Ltana
Abe
Charles Daugherty
L. E. Morrison & Co
A. Levenson & Soni
Standard Oil Company
Hide, Leather and Resting Company
le Center Township
C.” Wilaon
Henry C.pany
Mayhew Suai
Kroll &. Chidester
Indianapolis Mortar and Fuel Company
Herman Brothers
Ng. W
Broad Ripple Lumber Company
Bustanor Center Township
Levey
C. M. C. Willis
Shelton & Willis
Renthan & Blackwell
B. R. Hisey
E. E. Gross & Co
Grinsteiner Bros
Flanner & Buchanan
T. B. Callahan
George J. Mayer
Remington Co Ae Company
Harmeéning
Elizabeth Sexton
Jesse C. Moore
Thomas Lukenbill
John R. Carr
Haverstick Comopany
Joosapn F. Clay
David W. Pierson
Board of State Charities
Wi O. Dunlavy
Everett & Schwemeyer
Marie Esnetete
Shortridge
Justice of Peace
C. B. Lockhart
Edward R. Parmelee
Ella B. McCoy
Fidith Spray
Joseph Bristow
James L. Fieser
J. W. Failey
G. A. Haller
I. N. Norwood
A. Witthoft
William Coook
Jeromoe J. Jacoby
R. McClintock
Doeuglas Roberts
B. McLachlan
William Morgan
John Sullivan
J. Guluzo
M. Turk
George Yanthis
William W. Richardson
J. Duncan
B. H. Corley
Georg Sanderson
Solomon B
Walter Esecott
Frank Fleming
Robert Harding
Milton Kelly
Benno Mitchell
John Morford
Charles Royster
S. A. Sherman
Henry Williams
Center
Thomas W. Brown
William
Prinee A. Humble
F. EB. Hazzard
H. Billings
E. E. Shufelton
Earv Cc
J. F E. Ball
W. F. Coleman
Royal C. Hammer
Burt Beville
James H. Tullis
Willam W. Walden
Gan
Henry Coons
J. G. Campbell
B. E Heifer
B. H. Huggins
W. E. Foster
B. M. Joohnson
W. A. Heath
C. W. Beller
E. E B. Locke
Monte E. Huff
D. W. Stevenson
William J. Pfaff
B.C. Wyrick
Amos Loy
David Gilliland
Be Buchanan
James K. Ruark
H. Johnson
H. A. Pease
J. Bennett
George W. Mailett
Hayes Wilson
Ae E. B. Elliott
Jesse E. Cline
J. George Spohr
Arthur Hutto
B. Love
W. R. White
T. O'Reilly
Charles E. Perry
A. L. Charles
C. A. Rutledge
Charles Rock
Fain Prather
C. W. Boswell
A Fixmer
P. $. Lendormi
Miohn Hosman
C. M. Kingsbury
Harry Kries
Glenn H. Cranor
Earl Hutto
John Core
William Lawrence
John
Ter
W. Ww. Christy
Amos Willams
Horace Hunt
Levi F. Moler
Theodore Pfaffin
Sullivan
Ww. D. West
E. Wagner
L. Ric Cormick
A. P. Cranor
Vic Picard
W. WV. Alfant
James Dunn
James FE. Reed
Jane Edeger
FE. Hinchman
H. _ Walter
Ernest A. Smock
Iso A. J. Winterrrowd
James A. Wilson
James M. Sanders
Oliver Gates
Elmer Z. Willett
H. L. Veach
C. B. Noble
Adamh Cable
James Tyner
Chats Rummels
F. A. Kirtley
T. Dakin
J. S. Burris
H. Smith
Luther L. Cloud
A. Hearsberg
Harvey G. Hargrove
James Neal
Harry Marabett
Frat A. Newhouse
Silas C. Saffel
F. O. Streeter
Benjamin Jenrl
Oma Christena
John ©. Lowry
L. M. Pentecost
Joseph S. Weil
George Wallace
Ben Doyle
George Adams
John Wilson
Walter Hodge
William Linus
W. T. Wilson
William Sanders, Jr
John Fonpiano
Frank Matlock
John Riley
Albert Harley
Thomas Corydon
George Zoringer
Bert Mitchell
Harry Wyatt
William Hecht
Otlie P. Chill
Charles Dunmerer
George Dunmeser
Joseph Mullen
Sanford Adkins
David W. Fister
Aes Kugelman
John Rosasco
Benjamin Waggoner
Charles Pott
Oscar Morley
Otto Schisser
Clarence Kaminsky
W. F. Deakin
George W. Noble
E. S. Bord
Commissioners” Court
B. Lockhart
Claire A. Shover
Henry WW. Bennett
Paw Roll
George Pfeifer
E. TD. Mellette
Thad Gurley
J. F. Franklin
Guinense
D. Mellette
Thad S. Guerfey
Je & Franklin
Frank
John McBride
F. B. Carver
John S. Walker
Lavada Doto
Luke M. Fleming
Laura Wilson
John S. Borex
Myra Murphy
Naomi Smith
Jennie Jor
Lottie Meadows
Dietzert. Bowles
Josie Bucy
Urgenoes
George Hamilton
William Reling
Wohadles
Edith Spray
Charlie Daugherty
John Kirk
Elmer Overly
William E
William “Townsend
John Craig
Rcy
J. E. Franklin
Frank Eaton
A. D. Shaw
George Shaffer
Lou Hicks
Anna Ace
Harry Bridewell
Siam Slements
Harry Recity
Bane Waleter Escott
Frank Bea
Jane Martin
William Fiction
Richardson
Kothe & Uhl
Beck
Eugene van Dyne
Center Township
Bert West
William B. West
G. A. Petersdorf
Edna Castor Robinson
A. McManamon
Wayne Township
William Low
Rice
J. W. Hurst
H. G. Klintworth
N. B. Rice
J. B Bradley
D. L. Harris
Hern Cook
Oliver Leonard
Toon
Harry Miller
Mark Hoffman
John McGregor
Woempner
Almond Tebbe
Claran Fisher
William Hume
George Baier
Charles Tebba
M. MM. Hindman
E. A. Clark
B. R. Jordan
Len Hughbanks
Asa Bowser
Christian Asher
L. P. Ayres
J- T. Alexander
John Asher
I. Iy Norman
M. C. Alexander
W. J. Holliday
R. J. Wetnight
Roy Corwin
J. L. Wetnight
George Frager
Calvin Shuck
WW. D. Case
Fred Weber
C. Dawson
Oscar Barthel
A. Wilson
S. A. Pollart
Clark Pollard
Walter Johnson
William J. Heath
T. H. Davis
John McClelland
Henderson Turpin
Joseph Benler
QO. P. Morgan
Everett Horton
J. E. George
Norman Parsons
Fess McBee
Oscar Smears
Earl Fletcher
C.ee Minnemeyer
Henry Harding
Ae McCray
William Swan
Otto Off, Sr
Morris Meyers
Emmet McCray
Christian Meyers
T. Adams
J.layton
Charles Schmink
E. Broyles
John Adams
E. Batty
William Millspaugh
Roy Sanders
J. F. Kerr
Elijah Hoffman
CC. Hetney
W. H. Hoss
S. H.V. List
Arthur Negley
Herbert Stevens
George Negley
Deakyne & Kendall
J. W. Negley
Vandalia Railroad Company
J. W. Peck
Chris Beckner
Ivan Dougherty
William Hall
J. E. Meyers
Roy Howes
Marshall Bailey
Edgar Todd
Charles Long
Sanford Bailey
Charles Printz
Guy McFarland
Willie Hamilton
BE. G. Moore
Gratis Loartepeter
Henry C. Adams
Rap Stone
Ay Ball
John Kirt
William Whitley
William Townsend
Samuel Gibson
Harry Eades
E. D. Malletta
FSA
S. Gurley
Superior Court
D. Maliletta
A. Thads
Gurley
E. Franklin
FE. D. Mallets
Thad S. Gurley
Franklin
Albert Sahm
Marion County financial ledger items and public works notices
A scanned, dense record lists numerous payments to individuals and firms for county and township expenses, from medical attendance and truancy services to supplies, salaries, and miscellaneous costs. It includes payrolls, public health, jail, roads, and assessements, with extensive names, amounts, and service descriptions.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wu Ting-Fang
United States
Chinatown
Chinese Theater
Indiana Railroad Commission
Throop Streets
Hisey
Undertakers
Cockrum
Congress
Aba
Fullerton
Department OF Public Works
Majestic Rlde
Board of Public Works
Sanders Street
East Street
Madison Avenue
Newman Street
Rooosevelt
C.c. c
Division Street
Bay Street
Steele Street
Rockside Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Arid City
T. Elliott
C. Trusler
Reay Rkoard
Public Works
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