Auto Highway Plan to Link Indianapolis and Chicago
Four armed robbers held up Fishmann's at 444 Seventh Avenue injuring no one and making off with cash. Separately Indianapolis backers propose an automobile highway between Indianapolis and Chicago with 15,000 shares of 1000 each, seeking a 1.5 million capital and a railroad-like right of way and schedule. Carl Fisher is linked to the project with Charles Hernly handling finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Chicago
Indiana
West
New York
Carl Fisher
Charles Hernly
New Castle
Bank Defaulter Emmerich Vanishes With $10000
Indianapolis bank bookkeeper Emmerich disappeared Saturday night after new bookkeeper detected discrepancies from 11 to 500 dollars. Bank president Stalnaker says the embezzlement, now totaling at least $10000, is covered by a bond. Pinkerton detectives and police seek his location while examiner Johnson reviews books to reveal the method. Emmerich, once a messenger, was trusted and known in athletic circles and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmerich
Vermont Street
Indianapolis
Stal
United States
Europe
Rogers Will Puts Million Into Trusts
The will of Henry H. Rogers filed in New York provides a life estate to his widow with a trust fund of 2.5 to 3.9 million dollars to furnish an annual 100000 to her, a residuary share to his son Henry H. Rogers Jr., and multiple trusts for relatives totaling about 550000. A 100000 endowment goes to Fair Haven for schools, four children receive remaining residuary trusts with staged principal access at age 40, and executors include H H Rogers Jr John W Sterling Walter P Wincor and Farmers Loan and Trust Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry H. Rogers
Town of
Fair Haven
H. H. Rogers Jr
John W. Sterling
Walter P. Wincor
Farmers Loan and Trust Company of
Thieves haul brasses away in a big wagon
Burglars who drove a wagon broke into Chandler and Taylor's machine works on Washington avenue and took finished grass valued at 200 dollars Thursday night. The robbers broke in through a window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandler &, Taylor's
Washington Avenue
Fatal Fire Destroys Four Buildings Near Summit Ill
In Chicago on May 28 George Pallas is reported missing after a mysterious fire near Summit Illinois totalled four buildings. One man is seriously burned and many others slightly hurt as 40 to 50 workers narrowly escaped. Three of the structures were workingmen hotels and the fourth a saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Pallas
Summit
Ill
Daughter Inherits Bulk Of $20 000 Estate In Will
In a probate before Judge Ross, Rebecca Jane Hill left Emma Belle King the bulk of her roughly $20 000 estate while each son Colvin and Roderick received $1 000. Central Trust Company named administrator.
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Emma _ Belle King
Rebecca Jane Hill
Ross
Colvin
Roderick
Central Trust Company
Fines Spruce City Creamery For Short Measure
Daniel W. Jackson manager of the Indianapolis creamery was fined ten dollars and costs by Judge Pritchard on Friday after a city inspector Isidor Wulfson filed an affidavit. The court found the creamery had used a short quart measure.
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Daniel W. Jackson
Indianapolis
Pritchard
Isidor Wulfson
Jackson
Track Elevation Cases Headed to High Court in Kentucky
An appeal to the supreme court was granted by Judge Leathers concerning track elevation damage cases. The matter, tied to Kentucky Avenue, proceeds on Friday morning as the elevated tracks become the central issue in the legal action.
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Supreme Court
Leathers
Kentucky Avenue
Grief Stricken Husband Under Inquest For Fatal Shooting
Coroner Blackwell opened an inquiry into the Thursday night shooting at No 56 East Tenth street in which Mrs Jennie Thompson was killed by her husband George W Thompson who mistook her for a burglar Friends fear the husband may attempt suicide as he remains at large from police custody Funeral services for Mrs Thompson are set for 2 PM Saturday at the home of William Oakey 1116 Cornell Avenue Oakey a longtime family friend assisted in handling the body Thompson has not returned home since the tragedy and the coroner postponed statements until after the funeral to protect the grieving man from further strain
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Blackwell
Jennie Thompson
George W. Thompson
Tenth Street
Mr. Thompson
Thompson
William Oakey
Cornell Avenue
Mr. Oakey
Oakley
Mrs. Thompson
Dinner Buckets Despoiled By A Hungry Tourist
Ray Taylor a homeless man was found in a closed box car at Liberty Street and the Union tracks by Bicycle Policemen Todd and Oakey on Friday. He was feasting on dinners taken from Indianapolis Coal Company workers at FB Washington Street. Five hungry coal yard workers reported missing edibles after Taylor carried a large sack. He had just been released from the workhouse.
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Ray Taylor
Liberty Street
Union Railroad
Todd and
Oakey
Taylor
Indianapolis Coal Company
Washington Street
Josephine Morss to Wed Robert Loonen in Paris
Josephine Morss daughter of Samuel E. Morss of Indianapolis will marry Robert Loonen a Frenchman next Tuesday in Paris. She met him in Japan while traveling worldwide with her mother. Her father was American consul-general in Paris from 1893 to 1897.
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Paris
Josephine Morss
Samuel E. Morss
Indianapolis
Robert Loonen
Japan
Miss Morss
Rajah Proposal to Deering Daughters During World Tour
A newspaper caption notes Miss Marion Deering and her sister Miss Barbara Deering, daughters of Charles Deering of Chicago, chairman of International Harvester. An Indian rajah on tour proposed to them, though his record includes eleven wives. The remark ends with, Good thing Papa Deering wasn’t here.
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Marion Deering
Barbara Deering
Charles Deering
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Papa Deering
Vollmer Sentenced to Prison for Box Theft
Thomas Vollmer, from a Columbus family, was sentenced Friday in criminal court for stealing tobacco boxes from a freight car in Martinsville. He received 1 to 14 years in Michigan City. his sister pleaded guilty, and he has a prior prison record.
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Slater
Thomas Vollmer
Vollmer
Columbus
Ind
Martinsville
Pritchard
Befer
Michigan City
Wasson Bank Suit Awards Damages in Federal Case
The H. P. Wasson and Company won a $16,275 verdict in federal court Friday against C. Burns Company of New York. The case claimed Burns failed to secure 25,000 bona fide depositors for Wasson Savings Bank, earning Burns $27,500 for 22,000 depositors, only about 8,000 were bona fide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Wasson,and Company
C. ©. Burns Company
New York
Wasson Company
Burns Company
Wasson Savings Bank
Paris to Holland bound body through Chicago today
Chicago dispatch notes the body of Mme Helena Medjeska is expected to pass through Chicago today from Los Angeles to Holland. Also, Laura Clarkson sues H W Gussard Co for 25009 over alleged corset advertising.
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Chicago
Mme
Helena Medjeska
Los Angeles
Holland
Laura Clarkson
H. W. Gus-sard Company
New York
Alice
Old Ft. Wadsworth
Little dog welcomes bicycles at quiet burglary scene
Bicycle policemen Mullin and Hunter found a residence at 809 W New York street surrounded by a crowd guarding against a burglar. They entered after unlocking the door and lighting gas, but found only a little dog wagging its tail and glad to see them.
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Mullin
Hunter
New York Street
Auto Theft From Porter Barn On Illinoist Street
A man climbed a ladder into Malcolm Porter’s barn on Illinoist Street and Boulevard Thursday night, entered the stable and drove Porter’s car away. The auto was recovered Friday morning at Meridian and Thirty-eighth Streets.
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Malcom Porter
Illinoist Street
Boulevard
Mr. Porter
Meridian
Thirty-eighth Streets
Cincinnati Firm Buys Large Printing Plant in Court Sale
Kennedy & Co. of Cincinnati won the bid for the Scott-Miller Printing plant in a superior court sale by Judge Leathers on Friday morning. The purchase price was $10,151.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy & Co
Cincinnati
Scott-Miller Printing Company
Judge Leathers
Superior Court
Emmerich a Model in Physique and Good Habits
The article profiles Max P. Emmerich, a trusted Indianapolis figure from a respected German family, famed as an elite athlete and community leader. It recalls his size, athletic versatility, and status as a model of character, noting his roles in banking trust, Marion club leadership, and as a turnfest model used in city park decorations.
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C. E. Emmerich
Manual Training
Emmerich
Sears
Indiana
Marion Club
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Mr. Emmerich
Stalnaker
Surety
Pinkerton
Tective
Dianapolis
Mr. Star
Rogers
George Thompson
Thiloghy
Rajah
Eagoningt
Marion County
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Atenews
Springfield
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Rome
Ciadeca Canal
Venice
Abilene, Tex
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Young Emmerich
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