Interurban Fight Shifts as Wabash Claims Street Access
In Loganport Indiana the Wabash railroad replaces Boyd traction in a street conflict with L R and N. City council grants L R and N rights over Railroad Ave for blocks while Wabash asserts ownership of the thoroughfare as the station approach. An injunction blocks Wabash from further action until Nov 18 while authorities review the case. A separate note mentions a man named Beckett near Henryville linked to a shooting claim on his brother.
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Logansport
Ind
Wabash Railroad Company
Boyd Traction Company
Wabash
L., R. & N. Company
Wabash Railroad
Petrified Body Found in Yellow Clay Grave in Indiana
In Fairmont Indiana on November 7 a grave dig in Vinson cemetery near Summitville yielded a nearly petrified body of an elderly woman buried 17 years ago in yellow clay. The corpse was exposed from a partly water filled grave, the head decomposed, casket intact. Four men carried the stonelike body to the surface.
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Fairmognt
Ind
Vingon
Summitville
Park Cemetery
Thieves steal $750 hidden in clothes basket in Greenville
In Greenville Indiana Mrs Kate Martin found her $750 stash in a closet basket stolen by burglars. Bloodhounds trailed suspects for about a mile before the scent faded. Her husband is a prison guard at Auburn New York and she planned to move there. In Marion Indiana William Were and four small children were hospitalized with typhoid fever while the father recovers from a fall. The children's mother died weeks earlier from fever.
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Greenville
Ind
Kate Martin
Marion
William Were
Marion Hospital
Seymour
William Humes
Mtaz
Minnie Garison
Harmon Sierp
Sauers
Winchester
Cory Jones
Crawfordsville
Jim Lee
Geencastle
Fillmore
Maud May Allen
Michigan City
Harriet Jackett
Hoeseville
Domestic found loaded revolver. woman shot in Muncie
Catherine Evans, a domestic at Giles Collins home in Muncie, found a loaded revolver and it discharged while she examined it. The bullet entered her left breast and there is no hope of recovery.
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Muncie
Ind
Catherine Evans
Giles Collins
Goshen Mayor Robbed En Route to California
Goshen Mayor George F. Alderman was robbed near Hed Land while traveling to California. The thief took $165 from him. An additional note reports Bert Moore missing from a house and a fire causing less than $1,000 in damages. In Martinsville, 15 year old Arthur Self accidentally shot his knee while cleaning a revolver. A brief line mentions Charles McCain at Bengal.
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Goshen
Ind
George F. Alderman
California
Hed Land
Orange
Bert Moore
Martinsville
Arthur Self
Bengal
Charles McCain
Plan to Abolish Tin Cups in Indianapolis Schools
A movement in Indianapolis schools follows Chicago trends to end common drinking cups. Superintendent Kendall supports a fountain system with a continuous gentle stream to prevent lip contact, noting Washington School already uses such a setup though costly.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Kuslewski
Chicago School Board
Washington School
Gine
Supt
Kendall
The Husband and the Dog in a Divorce Trial
In Chicago Nov 7 testimony at a divorce case centers on love for a Newfoundland dog, strong drink, and the Baron von Schanzler. His wife notes three prior divorces, a cramped kitchen, and dog dinner table etiquette. She describes nightly ritual of the baron kissing a picture of his first wife and son Paul, claiming he lost his soul by marrying an illiterate American woman.
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Chicago
West Gresadale
Paul
West Grassdale
Wood chopper and a day in a color ward report
A collection of brief items includes a man injuring his foot and using a crutch, a new daughter for Orson P. May, a fatal fever in Saludan, and several local notices. A vivid description details hospital color rooms and their effects on melancholia patients, explaining red rooms as stimulating and black rooms as calming, with color sequences used in care.
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Columbus
Orson P. May
Saludan—Lemuel ‘Tague
Illinois
Linden
James Sutherland
Hiquor
Color cure tested for insanity on Ward's Island
Dra Bond and Monette test a color based treatment at Ward's Island New York claiming many patients are cured. Dr Trent of the Woman's Hospital supports a dedicated ward and atmosphere of primary colors with vibrations said to affect the patient.
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Dra. Bond
Monette
Ward
New York
Dr. Trent
Woman's Hospital
Applause Flares as New Ro Molineux Trial Begins
New York November 7 public sentiment shifts as the current trial sees approval bursts after each defense success. Handwriting expert Carvalo testified first, with subsequent experts appearing to support the defense.
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Carvalho
Bargain Blast at Old Granger Store Saturday Sale
Old Granger Store promises greatest bargains for Saturday with prices cutting across men’s overcoats suits boys’ coats walking skirts woman’s shoes and rubber goods. Highlights include $7 overcoats $10 suits $2.98 skirts $1.50 men’s shoes $1.80 ladies’ shoes and 35c rubbers with limits per customer.
Early life and career of a famed European pianist explainer
He began at six and by twelve was a renowned performer beyond his local scene. At sixteen he toured Russia, at eighteen joined the Conservatoire of Warsaw, and in 1887 he caused a sensation in Vienna. His Paris success was unprecedented and echoed in London. The following year he toured America for the first time, earning a fortune from a single season.
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Russia
Conservatoire of
Warsaw
Vienna
Paris
London
America
Odell Fights Election Costs and Campaign Spending
Gov Odell filed his election expense report with the secretary of state on Thursday revealing a 14000 contribution to the Republican fund equal to his first year’s salary. Other figures show congressmen elect Sherman Draper Brackett and Warnecke with various campaign spends. The ad about Burdock Blood Bitters follows.
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Secretary of State
Bargains In Upright Pianos at Baldwin's
A reader notes bargains on slightly used upright pianos at Baldwin's and invites inquiries via THE SUN with two phone numbers and the office address. This ad appears amid other notices and a voter license filing from Marion county Indiana seeking permission to sell intoxicating liquors in limited quantities for on premises consumption. The license request cites addresses on Wabash Street and Washington Street in Indianapolis ward 7 and ward 11 respectively, filed under Loul s Brown.
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Baldwin's
Seventh Ward
Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
Wabash St
Square 44
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania St
Jos
Keating
Ware
Board of
County Commissioners
Washington At
Metager & Robinson's
Washington St
Eleventh Ward
Board of Commissioners
Martog County
State of Indiana
Russell-ave
McCarty St
Norwood
Outlet 122
Russell Ave
McCartyst
Philip Ungar
Twelfth Ward
River Ave
Bybee and Pratt
Indianapoile
Riverave
August Huber
Fourth Ward
Twelfth
Drake & Mayhew
N. West St
Douglas Barnes
Tenth Ward
State of
Pearl St
Meridian
Pennsylvania Sts
Marfoy County
Peaki St
Frank A. Heidrice
Omega gas heater promises efficient combustion and sanitation
Marks a revolution in gas heating and household sanitation. The Omega unit achieves perfect combustion by intense heat and thorough mixing of gas with air, using at least four cubic feet of air per cubic foot of gas. It combines economy in fuel, complete combustion, and sterilization as outcomes of extensive scientific research.
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Omega
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Rose Lightcap
William Beckett
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Astoria Farafate
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Shelbyville
Dennis Howard
Bedford
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William Nickerson
Rochester
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John Shultz
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Eer
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ODELL
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N. Y
Republican Campaign Fund
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Congress
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Eagar T. Brackett
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Think
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Friedle
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