City council halts Virginia avenue repairs amid remonstrances
The city council, without dissent, struck the repair ordinances for Virginia avenue and E Washington street after property owners’ remonstrances. Harry Haldeman resigned as president and will move to Chicago, triggering talks on successors including W A Rhodes and James Billingsley. Ordinances introduced include Armstrong park annexation and power line switches. passes include North western avenue sewer cost share and name changes for streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia-ave
E. Washington St
Harry M. Haldeman
Chicago
W. A. Rhodes
James Billingsley
Haldeman
Rehosen
Albert Daller
J. J.waldenaire
James Munro
George Harris
John Marsee
Eppert
Armstrong Park
Indianapolis Light and Power Company
Kentucky
Indianapolis
E. North-st
Peru-ave
Davidson-st
Bruce-st
Holmesave
Memphis Slap on Roosevelt Parade Stirs Tense Race Clash
Memphis headlines recount slow reception planning for President Roosevelt and General Wright with military honors dropped. A clash between white residents and black guards at the Roosevelt hunting camp sparked warnings that a white man fired on a black sentinel, narrowly avoiding tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Roosevelt
Washington
Luke E. Wright
Philippine Islands
Governor’s Guard
Kodak
Fishers relocate to Allegheny after hospital discharge
Actor Frank Fisher and his wife Gladys Clark left Indianapolis for their home in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Fisher was discharged from St Vincent hospital on Monday. Dr Westover reports he is practically cured though gum hemorrhages could recur at any time.
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Frank Fisher
Gladys Clark
Indianapolis
Allegheny
St. Vincenta Hospital
Westover
Fisher
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Promoted As Blood-Path Cure
An Albany druggist touts Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a safe blood based remedy for catarrh. The article argues topical treatments fail and emphasizes tablets containing red gum and blood root with no cocaine or poisonous minerals.
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Stuart
Albany
Saloon Proprietor Shot Dead in East Carondelet Robbery
Nicholas Boismenue, owner of a saloon at East Carondelet Illinois, was killed when two robbers entered the business and held up him and six others. Boismenue resisted and was shot as the thieves escaped on a handcar.
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ST. Louis
Nicholas Bismenue
East Carondelet
Ill
Boismenue
Various Indiana hometown items from Novio-18
Reports from Winamac Bedford Connersville Lafayette Evansville Kokomo Elwood Portland Richmond Fort Wayne Columbus Plainfield detail petty crime striking blasts business openings public notices and local developments including a youth thief confession a fatal assault a brass foundry plan an artillery battery movement energy shifts and an oil can anecdote.
Savage 10 Year Old Attacks Teacher In Indiana
Philip Coates, 10, savagely attacked Miss Lulu Moore after she reprimanded him for striking a girl in the eye. He bit the teacher and may cause amputation of a finger. Coates was arrested on mayhem charges as the case is pursued as an example. In Chicago Casimir Kova Povalovski, kidnaped from Whiting, was shot and killed by a constable near the stockyards station while trying to escape. the constable and Tony Bartkowick were arrested for aiding the kidnapping.
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Coates
Lulu
Moore
Chicago
Casimir Kova Povalovski
Whiting
Ind
Stanley Swiercz
Stockyards
Kig
Tony Bartkowick
Povalovski
Judge narrowly escapes gunfire on train near Rushville
In Rushville Indiana on November 18 Judge Douglass Morris faced a narrow escape when a shot from an unknown assailant shattered a window opposite his seat on a Shelbyville bound train. The bullet passed through the opposite window and would have struck him were he not reclining.
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Rushville
Ind
Douglass Morris
Shelbyville
City council hears street franchise requests in Kokomo
George Marott of Indianapolis and President McCulloch of Union Traction appeared before Kokomo’s council on Monday night seeking street nighting franchises. Marott’s proposal was referred to a committee while McCulloch’s ordinance was not acted upon as maximum dates were not specified.
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Kokomo
Ind
George Marott
Indianapolis
McCulloch
Union Traction Company
Marott
Planet plant to move to LaPorte boosting population
The Planet manufacturing company of Chicago will shift its plant to LaPorte adding about 1,000 residents and employing 300 workers. A new addition will be laid out and $35,000 raised for building construction on the site near New Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
The
Planet Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Births and Deaths Notice Summary
Birth notices list Virgil Hurston Mamie Butterworth and several couples with newborns. Death notices include B W Bennett Mabel Fahrion Merle Wryrick Mamie Perker Howard Kimbrough Arthur Brewer and others with ages and causes. Additional lines list married couples and longtime residents.
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B. W. Bennett
Mabel Fahrion
Ottowaave
Merle Wryrick
Emmerson-place
Mamie Perker
W. Thirteenthst
Howard Kimbrough
Oxford St
Arthur Brewer
Division St
Sarah J. Lang
S. Missouri St
Charlotte G. W. Johnson
S. Keystone Ave
Laura E. Freeman
Jefferson Axe
Alexander F. Tennant
Nora Casserley
Laura St
Old Sue May Trigger More Volcano Activity
Rome reports Stromboli eruptions growing more violent raising fears of triggering other extinct volcanos. Lippari Islanders uneasy as Vesuvius also shows unrest with slews of activity.
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Lippari Isles
Vesuvius
Indiana charity conference opens with prison reform talk
At Meridian street church the Indiana conference of charities held its first session. Thomas C. Day chaired as Gov. Durbin and Mayor Bookwalter spoke briefly. George A. H. Shidefer of Marion discussed Indiana prison progress praising parole yet urging judges to visit institutions. Franklin MacVeagh praised organized charities.
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Indiana Conference of Charities
Meridian-st. Church
Thomas C. Day
Gov. Durbin
Bookwalter
George A. H. Shidefer
Marion
Indiana
Franklin MacVeagh
Chicago Bureau of Charities
Bargains at L Strauss Co. Men’s and boys clothing sale
The Eagle advertises tremendous value with low costs on suits overcoats trousers and hats. Highlights include men s sack suits from 7.00 6.00 for other fabrics boys 2 50 two piece suits for 7 16 years reefers 4.00 hats from 1.50 and 2.00 and a range of furnishings plus 50 cent shirts and sweaters. Located at 5 and 7 West Washington Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orr & Co
Union
L. Strauss & CO
W. Washington St
Indianapolis
Ind
John Truck Executed in Auburn for Farmer Slaying
John Truck, who murdered farmer Frank W. Miller on March 14, 1599, was electrocuted in Auburn prison. State executor Davis delivered 1750 volts and eight amperes in repeated shocks until death. Autopsy performed within hours as witnesses watched in the death chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Miller
Davis
Champer
Dr Shoop Rheumatic Cure Claim Ad Offers Free Trial
An advertisement promises to cure rheumatism after 2000 experiments, claiming no drugs are used and offering six bottles of Dr Shoop's Rheumatic Cure for five dollars and fifty cents if it works, with a money back guarantee if it fails, and an offer to send a book and order for medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Shoop
Local repairs and remodeling notices listed
A rough ledger of repair and remodeling jobs including Lycrist in the city for coal shed costing 50 dollars, A George at 2445 N Pennsylvania street for remodeling 965 dollars, M W Batley at 1005 St Peter street cottage 300 dollars, and Margaret Becker at 1528 East East street summer kitchen 25 dollars.
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Hi. Lycrist
A. George
N. -Pennsylvania-st
M. W. Batley
St. Peter-st
Margaret Becker
E.east-St
Indiana Patriarchs Militant elects new department officers
The Indiana division Patriarchs Militant ended its session Monday evening by selecting officers for the coming term. Maj. Gen. J. E. Bodine of Indianapolis was named department president and Brig. Gen. J. G. Stober of Wabash as vice president. Other posts include Col. J. O. Clarke of Noblesville as clerk, Col. D. W. Krisher of North Manchester as officer of the day, Col. C. G. Hudson of Decatur as chaplain general, Capt. Howard Witt of Anderson as department aid, Capt. John M. White of Terre Haute as sentinel, and Chevalier D. M. Bell of Dunkirk as picket.
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Department Council
Indiana
the Patriarchs Militant
Order of Odd-Fellows
J. E. Bodine
Indianapolis
Brizadiergen
J. G. Stober
Wabash
J. O. Clarke
Noblesville
D. W. Krisher
North Manchester
C. G. Hudson
Decatur
Howard Witt
Anderson
Department
Sentinel
John M. White
Terre Haute
Chevalier D. M. Bell
Dunkirk
Wife of Edward Lamm Dies in Los Angeles
The wife of Edward Lamm died in Los Angeles on Monday while with the family who had moved to California for health reasons. Her remains are to be brought to Indianapolis for burial. She formerly resided at 1009 North Beville.
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Edward Lamm
California
Los ‘Angeles
Indianapolis
Éormerly
N. Beville
PAZO OINTMENT PROMISES CURE OR MONEY BACK
An advertisement promises a refund if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure ringworm and skin ailments from pimples to blackheads. The product claims it treats eczema and related sores for 80 cents.
Photographs and Travel Timetable Advertisements
The page lists photography and barber supply ads including Clark’s Studio and I E Bodine Co with local addresses and special prices. It notes a travel schedule from Indianapolis to Detroit on Lake Erie and Western and Wabash lines departing 12 20 p m and arriving Detroit 10 10 p m. Also medical ads claim Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething at twenty five cents a bottle.
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Detroit
Lake Erie & Western
Wabash Roads
Indianapolis
Change of Car Service Details in Indianapolis Route
Informational notice lists daily trains to Dayton with times 8:10 am to 3:05 pm and 0:57 am 5:57 pm 10:10 pm. Tickets and full Washington street car route information available at 48 W. Union Station.
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Indianapolis
Washington-st
Lis
Dayton
Vecvcceeese
Eevsesvece
Sedesendenadeasis
W. Union Station
Sandow Believed Drowned In Steamer Wreck
London Nov 18 Eugene Sandow the world famous strong man is believed drowned after the Ellingamite wreck ashore on Three Kings islands a week ago His wife notified friends in London that they planned to sail from Melbourne to New Zealand aboard the Et Ungarmite and no news has come since.
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London
Eugene Sandow
Strong Man
Three Kings Islands
New Zealand
Melbourne
Mrs Molineux Joins South Dakota Divorce Colony
News from New York reports Mrs. Roland B. Molineux has left for Dakota to secure a divorce. Friends had long suspected estrangement as she resided at the Murray Hill hotel and avoided visits to her husband at the Tombs. Roland B. Molineux discussed the move with his attorney G. G. Battle Tuesday.
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Roland B. Molineux
South Dakota
New York Sets Coaling Record In Six Hours
The cruiser New York loaded 850 tons of coal in six hours at Honolulu. The band played on the bridge throughout the operation, eight hours total, to boost morale and speed as sailors rushed coal aboard. Captain MacKenzie approved eight hours of band music instead of leave.
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Jackies
MacKenzie
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Charlie’s Boulevards
Council
Governor's Guard
Smedes Station
Presidential Committee
Roosevelt Camp
Winamac
Homer Yergan
Bedford
Oolitic
Jim Higgins
Gil McDonald
McDonald
Gunn
Owen
Marshal Sears
Foundry For
Connersville
Lafayette
Indiana National Guard
Evansville
Vanderburg County
Farmers
Richard Rawlings
Elwood
Tipton
Portland
Richmond
Luther Feeger
Earlham
John Mitchell
Feeger
Fort Wayne
Wayne
G. J. Mills
Wayne Hotel Company
A. M. Tyler
E. D. Cummings
W. H. Starke
Columbus
Ministerial Association of Columbus
Boonville
Plainfield
Taylor Reagan
Fred Marshhael
Savage Youngster
Philip
Morris
New Castle
Virgil
Mamie Hurston
W. ‘Twenty-Sixth-St
Butterworth
Wm. H
Ada Halligen
N. Il- Hndlsat
Conrad
Lutie Bolger
E. Fifteenth-st
Stark
Jacob and
Josie Williams
N. Priest
B. L
Myrtle Smith
E. Michigan-st
Henry and
Lena Rockhold
Alvordst
George and
Helen Peace
Metavist
Karl and
Lulu Schneider
Concordia-st
James W. and
Rose Elliott
Henry Rauch
Elizabeth Schreiner
A. Campbell
Sarah B. Houtz
George A. Connor
Bessie Earhart
Marshall Taylor
Ella Mathews
Rome
Charities
Star
John Truck
Auburn
F. W. Miller
N. Y
Elizabeth H. Shute
Elida Culver
Melinda Culver
John Foland
Aurora
Henry Devers
W. R. McConnell
Dearborn County
Philip Davis
Scott Davis
T. E. Powell
Clark
N. Iil
I. E. Bodine & Co
Ohio
Clark's Studio
E. E. Reese
Newton Claypool Mullaing
Pennsylvania
Short Lines
Indiana ‘Dental
College
Delaware and
Chiets
le Aree
Qutterin
L. S. AYRES @ CO. Ind
Gem Laundry
Indiana Ave
Zhools and Colleges
Vories's Business College
Pheses
Mecemet Place
Foeiliona
H. D
Usiness Universit
J. Meezer
W. H. Betts
Delaware St
Indianapolis, Ind
Massach
East Michigan
Delaware Street
Usetts Averth Streets
SUN
Sandow
Ellingamite
Molineux
New York
Honolulu
San Fran
Cisco
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