Man Hangs Self in Shoemaking Shop as Workers Nearby
Max Schultz, 59, ended his life by hanging in a rear room of George Kopp’s shoemaking shop on Illinois Street Thursday noon. Six men labored nearby, mistaking the rope for a heart attack. he was found crouched, throat bound, and later pronounced dead. Schultz, a shoe fitter living at 16 South Delaware, left a widow and two sons, amid recent heavy drinking and despondency.
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Max. Schultz
George Pp
Llilinois
George Kopp
Schultz
Behultz
Chultz
Schopp
Jacob Dellett
Washington St
Dellett
Henry
S. Delawarest
Schoop
Local Jottings From an Indiana City
Wind toppled dead limbs over city streets, storefronts report, and Odd Fellows day prompts charitable plans. Clerks, sailors, and local officials figure in short notes on town life with jokes and small happenings around Indianapolis and nearby Irvington.
Cornerstone of Temple Placed in Indiana Highlights
The cornerstone laying of the new I. O. O. F. building at Washington and Pennsylvanian streets featured remarks by Robert T. Daniel of Georgia and music by the Indianapolis Military band. Grand officers and Rebekah assembly members participated, with a copper box containing journals, reports, photographs, and documents from the era, including copies of local papers and organizational histories.
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Indiana
The
Indianapolis
Rebekah Assembly
Louise Langjohr
Artie
S. Andrews
Annetta Brehm
Ora E. Norris
Hettie McClary
Frances Spencer
Marshall
May Hannah
Lottie M. Rizor
Rose Metcalf
Sinside
Mahala C. Bonn
Guardian
Maggie Frank
Grand Lodge
Indiana Pythian
Journal of
Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah
Department Council
Greensburg
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Odd Fellows
Robert T. Daniel
Georgia
Plese
Atrychyre
Powers Victories Shape Start Of Caleb Powers Trial
Georgetown Ky November 21 United Press notes the Caleb Powers trial opens with a pending Grant county venire. Sheriff W C Warring and deputy Shyff prepare to summon jurors while Powers’ lawyers celebrate a victory from yesterday in defeating Harrison county venire. Life prisoner Jim Howard will be brought to consult and remain to testify for the defense.
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United Press
Georgetown
Grant County
W. C. Warring
Thomas Kk. Shyff
Caleb Powers
Powers
Harrison County
Jim Howard
State Penitentiary
Hartje’s bid for divorce denied by Pennsylvania court
Augustus Hartje, Pittsburg millionaire, was again denied a divorce when the superior court refused to reopen the case. The court denied his petition for divorce and possession of his children after he presented testimony of shocking nature and accused his wife of gravest improprieties.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Augustus Hartje
Pittsburg
Superior Court
Tower Court
Hartje
Dairy expert to instruct city on dairy scoring in December
City sanitarian Dr. Eugene Buehier reports that a Washington DC dairy expert will visit Indianapolis in the third week of December to instruct health officers on scoring dairies. The visit aims to standardize dairy inspections and improve sanitary practices in the area.
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Eugene Buehier
City Sanitarian
Washington, D. C
Indianapolis
The Gem Laundry Advertisement
A compact laundry notice touts rough dry service and washings by the flat with pieces ironed. The ad invites customers to try the service.
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THE
GEM Laundry
Deer At Large In The Country Near City
John Newhouse on the army post road nine miles from town spotted a full grown deer wandering near his property on a Wednesday afternoon. He chased it into the woods then alerted police. City deer from parks were claimed to answer roll call, prompting speculation on the animal’s origin.
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Post Road
Newhouse
Tongue River Ranching Co Formed In Indiana
The Tongue River ranch, an Indianapolis concern with 200000 dollars capital stock, was incorporated Thursday afternoon. Directors are Clarence Stanley Elmer W Stout of that city and Frank M Hughes of Hamilton Ohio. The firm aims to buy sell and hold real estate and collect rents. It is said to own 260000 acres of land in eastern Montana and plans to split operations between ranching and sale with a manager to oversee the venture.
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Clarence Stanley
Elmer W. Stout
Frank M. Hughes
Hamilton
Hind
Montana
Commercial Club Monthly Issued In Indianapolis
Indianapolis gains a new monthly magazine titled Commercial Club Monthly devoted to club interests and the city. The issue highlights recent changes and improvements, includes city half tone images, a roster of officers and committees, news items, personals, and light humor.
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Indianapolis
The
Commercial Club
Commercial Club Monthly
Marie Stewart
Irvington
Fall at Cabinet Maker Union sheds injures worker
Thomas O'Donnell fell ten feet from a shed roof at the Cabinet Maker union on Market and Priests where he was employed. He suffered back injuries while repairing the roof and was taken home by ambulance to Wis Harrison Sr. in the City hospital.
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Thomas O'Donnell
Cabinet Maker Union
O'Donnell
Wis Harrison Sr
City Hospital
Fourth Floor Remodeling Considered for Courtrooms
County commissioners prepare a report to county council on remodeling the fourth floor of the courthouse to house new courts. County Surveyor Henry Klausmann was directed to study the feasibility and an appropriation may be requested later for connecting first floor offices to basement rooms and converting the fourth story into courtrooms.
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County Council
Henry Klausmann
Oyster Frank's and Feder-Weiser Ad Offerings
A compact 2 p m weather note is followed by local ads. Nice Oysters on tap at Oyster Frank's 113 Alabama Street. Feder-Weiser promoted at Schuller's Winehouse 210 North Meridian. A cabinet inquiry mentions 2 per dozen from Harrod's Studio on Virginia Avenue.
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Alabama-st
Feder-Weiser
Schuller’s Winehouse
North Meridian
Woe and Destitution After Italian Earthquakes
A Perruzzano Italy ruin tale shows Calabrian damage from quakes around Reggio and Satanzaro. Ferruzzano near Catanzaro suffered the Oct 26 shock that killed about two hundred and left many homeless. A second quake on Nov 18 deepened fear as survivor villages, rebuilt with Milan and Turin aid, were again laid waste.
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Perruzzano
Italy
Reggio
Satanzaro
Calabria
Ferruzzano
Catanzaro
Milan
Turin
Skilled Employes After More Cash
Indianapolis city workers say skilled professionals such as draftsmen chemists and bacteriologists deserve higher pay. Draftsmen earn about 87 a month while patrolmen and firemen make around 80 a month. Draftsmen argue their work is precise and costly to the city and point to proposed increases that were defeated. They note draftsmen in other cities earn 100 to 125 monthly and call for parity with police and fire raises.
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Indianapolis
City Board of Health
Eugene Buehler
COMPEER CIGAR and New Primes advertise dentistry in Indianapolis
An odd classified fragment touts COMPEER CIGAR as best on earth and new Primes from $166, alongside Grant B. Clay, M.D. Dentists. It references a New York Dental Company history and a location at 16 N. Delaware, with a stray note about Teratiness ball in Indianapolis.
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Grant B. Clay
New York Dental Company
N. Delaware
Teratiness Ball
Indianapolis
Walsh Defense Claims Bankers Should Not Be Punished
Chicago November 21 The defense argues that if a financier violates the law and succeeds he should not be punished as Walsh lawyers label the plea Napoleon I theory of expediency. Government evidence cites 17 notes of 42 000 each moved to conceal Walsh operations and trans fers recorded to hide stock sales to Chicago National Bank as cross-examination reveals directors and others involved.
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United Press
Chicago
John R. Walsh
United States
Dobyes
Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Home Savings Bank
Equitable Trust Company
The
National Bank
C. KK. G. Billings
Maurice Rosenfeld
W. S. Wilder
M. W. Wells
C., F. Weinland
Bankers Indicted in Borough Bank Case
In New York on November 21 five indictments were returned by the grand jury in the Borough bank Brooklyn case. Cashier Arthur D. Campbell was arraigned on forgery in the third degree and grand larceny in the first degree. Four other men were to be arrested immediately.
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Ccnase
Borough Bank
Brooklyn
Arthur D. Campbell
Strike Ties Up Lackawanna Yards In Scranton
In Scranton a cipher misread from Buffalo caused Lackawanna yard night watchmen to strike. The day shift failed to report this morning, congestion halted trains briefly, but day workers returned and order was restored.
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United Press
Scranton
Buffalo
Lackawanna Yards
Wellman Returns From Polar Flight Effort
United Press dispatch from New York reports Walter Wellman, the polar balloon explorer, returning to the United States on the Majestic with his daughters after a disrupted Spitzbergen flight. He says his airship is in Paris being prepared for another northward attempt next summer, while the Majestic carried $2,500,000 in gold.
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United Prezas
New York
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Majestic
Paris
Bradley in Court Abandons Cross Examination
In Washington a woman testifying in a murder case remained composed as District Attorney Baker failed to break her. After a long session she was excused with 10 hours 40 minutes on the stand over two and a half court days. The defense noted her calm demeanor and detailed responses while questions about past actions and threats were carefully navigated.
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Baker
Bradley
Tay
Powers
Mrs. Bradley
Annie Adams Tetter
Senator Brown
Rinleigh Hotel
Brown
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