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Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1910

Page

2

Woodruff to Install New Street Lighting System

Woodruff Place plans to beautify the area with shrub plantings led by C M Hobbs, resurfaced streets, and a new street lighting system. Bids open next Monday night for the project, aiming to match Washington street lighting and illuminate esplanade and sidewalks fully. Estimated cost about 2000 dollars. past contracts with Indianapolis Light and Heat not renewed.

Woodruff Place United States C. M. Hobbs Hobbs Woodruff Washington Street Esplanade Indianapolis Light and Heat Company Merchants Heat and Light Company Pew

Church Dedication Marks New Parish in Garfield Park

The New Church of St Catherine of Siena in Shelby and Kelly streets was dedicated with about 1000 parishioners present. Rev Otto Bosler will serve as pastor and Rev Joseph Chartrand conducted the blessing of the walls amid a procession from Fountain Square led by Catholic societies.

Capital Council Knights of St. George Garfield Park St. Catherine of Sienna Shelby and Kelly Streets Otto Bosler St. Patrick's Church Joseph Chartrand SS. Peter and Paul Fountain Square

Veteran Hickey Ends His Life at Daughter's Home

W H Hickey, 70, Civil War veteran, despondent over illness, shot himself through the heart Sunday night at his daughter Mrs John Hastings 1945 Ralston Ave. Neighbors heard the pistol blast and brought Bicycle Policemen Okey and Reidy who forced entry. He left a note asking no funeral services and naming $25 to be used for burial expenses. Survivors include a son Harry Hickey of 1621 Shelby St.

W. H. Hickey John Hastings Ralston Avenue Hickey Okey and Reidy E. Seventeenth Street Harry Hickey Shelby Street

Women Will Pay Offier Salary For Probation Officer Plan

A committee from the Equal Suffrage Association led by Mrs. Alice Banks Mrs. A M Noe and Mrs. Edgar Perkins has sent circulars to Indianapolis women clubs requesting funds to pay probation officer Elizabeth Hopkins salary. The city council will not fund the salary until necessity is proven. Campaign aims to collect ten cents per member sent to Mrs Noe at Capitol Avenue.

Alice Banks A. M. Noe Edgar Perkins Amelia Keller Equal Suffrage Association Indianapolis Elizabeth Hopkins Judge Club Woiden Mra. i Capitol Avenua

Where to Cast Your Ballot on Tuesday

The county commissioners announced the voting places for Tuesdays primaries across wards and townships. Precincts list street addresses such as Brightwood avenue Olney street Oxford street Cooper Street and many others including college avenues and state streets with numerous polling sites. Ballot locations span First through Fifteenth Wards Center Township Wayne Township Decatur Perry and more, detailing each precinct and site.

First Ward Brightwood Avenue Olney Street Oxford Street Cooper Street E. Seventeenth Street Martindale Avenue Columbia Avenue Sterling Street Steele Street Tenth Olney Brookside Guild Tite Twenty-seventh Central Avenue Twentieth Street College Avenue New Jersey Street Ashland Avenue Third Talbott Catterson McLean Place Sixteenth Capitol Northwestern Avenue Fifteenth Street Senate Fayette Street Fourth Ward Illinois Street Thirtieth Street Twenty-eighth Street W. Thirtieth Street Udell Street Road Street Sherman Avenue Drake Street Torbett Fifth Ward Indiana Avenue West Street North Street Walnut Street Minerva Street Blake Street N. Blackford Street Sixth Ward Illinois Stret Senate Avenue Ohio Street New York Street Seventh Ward Fulton Street Ogden Street Alabama Street Lockerbie Street N. Davidson Street E. Wabash Street South Side Fighth Ward Armory Thirteenth Street Tenth Street Meridian Street Scioto Street Wayne Avenue Bellefontaine Street Massachusetts Avenue Ninth Ward Washington Street Eastern Avenue Michigan Street State Avenue Dorman Street Marlowe Avenue E. Washington Street Third Ward Seota Southeastern Avenue Pleasant Street Laurel Street Hoyt Avenue Prospect Street Orange Street Shelby Street Center Township Pine Street S. Delaware Street S. East Street BE. McCarty Street Virginia Avenue English Avenue Twelfth Ward Maryland Street S. Senate S. West Street Madison Avenue S. Capitol Avenue Thirteenth Ward S. Eart Street Wright Street Lincoln Street Applegate Street Orleans Street Schiller Street Union Street S. Meridian Street Wisconsin Street Fourteenth Ward Division Street Birch Avenue Oliver Avenue W. Morris Street Howard Street Nordyke Avenue Fifteenth Ward Elder Avenue Miley Avenue Wayne Township Sheffield Avenue Germania Avenue Baist's Washington Belmont Avenue Clark Rockville Road McLeansville Decatur Township Bcrhett’s W. Newton Valley Mills Pike Township New Augusta Traders Point Warren Township Curanerland Noore Irvington Washington Township Broad Ripple Shackleford

Uncle Sam seeks more talented help tests planned for June

Hoosiers may take elev en civil service exams in June for roles from surveyor to bacteriologist and pathologist with salaries from 720 to 2400 dollars yearly. Positions include Philippine surveyor, plant laboratory helper, geologist in paleobotany, Phoenix school timer, plant physiologist, sugar plant investigator, Manila bacteriologist pathologist, coal miner for geological survey, and a glass blower laboratory assistant.

Uncle Sam Philippine Service Bureau of Plant Industry Department of Agriculture Phoenix Indian School Phoenix Arts Civil Service Bureau of Science Manila Philipppine Islands Geological Survey United States Bureau of Standards Department of Commerce and Labor

Postum Promises Vital Energy From Gluten and Phosphate

Clear headedness and a strong healthy body depend on regular food and drink. Postum is rich in the gluten and phosphates that furnish the vital energy that puts ginger and hustle into body and brain.

Canine Prank Triggers Indiana Legal Quibble

A Green County Tennessee township faces a dog caused loss of a turkey hen and its eggs. Trustee Hyers asks the State Board of Accounts whether the township must pay the turkey owner or the value of the eggs. The board replies a fowl is not a fowl until it is watched, complicating dog fund payouts. The case tests how damages to eggs are treated and leaves the eggs’ condition undetermined.

Stocton Green County A. J. Hyers State Board of Accounts State Board of Accounta Hyer Stocton Township Greene County

Governor Chooses Civic Committee for Indiana Council

Gov Marshall completes the Indiana council of the National Civic Federation executive committee naming members Charles A. Carlisle Amos W Butler J N Hurry Joshua Strange Edgar A Perkins Aston Jones J F McNamee John H Holliday Andrew Smith F C Heath William H Hart James W Noel Wilbur B Lynn W E Stone W I Durbin William Eichorn joining previously chosen Merrill Moores Anthony Deahi E B Sellers C M Kimbrough Officers named President Charles L Jewett Vice President William P Breen Secretary Treasurer John A Lapp

Indiana Council of the National Civic Federation Gov. Marshall Charles A. Carlisle South Bend Amos W. Butler Indianapolis J. N. Hurry Joshua Strange Marion Edgar A. Perkins Aston Jones J. F. McNamee John H. Holliday Andrew Smith F. C. Heath William H. Hart James W. Noel Wilbur W. E. Stone Lafayette W.I. Durbin Anderson William Eichorn Bluffton Merrill Moores Anthony Deahi Goshen E. B. Sellers Monticello C. M. Kimbrough Muncie Charlies L. Jewett New Albany William P

Angora Cat Billy Ends Life After Show Disappointment

In Youngstown Ohio on May 23 Billy the Angora cat leaped from a second story window and died. The pet had recently been passed over by judges at a New York cat show, where Billy’s father had won the blue ribbon, leaving Billy despondent and withdrawn at home of owner H A Gebhardt.

Youngstown, O Billy H. A. Gebhardt New York

Black man charged in slaying at city saloon

Hiley Taylor, a Black man, is held at the city jail charged with a fatal assault. The victim, Roy Bushan, also identified as Black, was struck with a sharp object during a Tuesday night dispute at the Indiana avenue and Vermont street saloon. Bushan died at City hospital Saturday.

Hiley Taylor Taylor Roy Bushan Senate Avenue Indiana Avenue Vermont Street Bushan

Alleged Hold-Up Reported by Sister of Victim

Edward Lamb was held up by two white men at Capitol avenue and South street Sunday night and robbed of $5 and a woman's gold watch. He did not report the robbery to police, but his sister Edna Lamb told about it. Lamb lives at 41 Bloomington.

Edward Lamb Capitol Avenue South Street Lamb Edna Lamb Bloomington

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