Gas Belt residents alarmed by girl traffic to Indianapolis
Elwood Indiana residents report awakening concern over a network of underage girls lured to Indianapolis via gas belt resorts. Sisters from Elwood were entangled with a resort keeper who enticed them with debt and threats. One sister is now married, another remains at home as police monitor Indianapolis operators targeting smaller towns.
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Elwood
Ind
Gas Belt
Indianapolis
Senate-ave
Stubbs
Lfe
Rpw
Alexandria
Marion
E. Court- St
State
City Receives Extra 1000 From Hogan Transfer Co
Supreme court ruling forces Hogan transfer company to pay vehicle tax and transfer license fees totaling 1000 dollars. Other firms already paid regular vehicle tax or transfer license, and the city collects back taxes for last year and this year into the general fund.
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Supreme Court
Hogan Transfer Company
Thieves Stage Series of Thefts Across Mooresville Area
Thieves struck Mooresville area fifteen miles from Indianapolis on Tuesday night taking a valuable horse from William H. Hadley but leaving harness. They hit a second barn stealing a harness set and a buggy from a third location. No clues available.
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Mooresville
Indianapolis
William H. Hadley
Sanitarian Orders Van Camp Plant Cleanup
Sanitarian Buehler orders Van Camp packing company to clean up. Mayor advised, inspectors Johnson and Gola placed on duty at the plant to ensure Searkine company does a good job.
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Sanitarian Buehler
Johnson
Gola
Four Year Terms Sought by Municipal League in Indiana
Alexandria officials Mayor John S Shannon and City Attorney J A May say a strong municipal league lobby will push to restore four year terms for city officers outside Indianapolis. The move follows a 1903 law cutting terms to two years. Mayors and clerks could steer the legislature, though Shannon plans to run for Madison County prosecutor in 1904.
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Alexandria
Ind
Johns. Shannon
J. A. May
Indianapolis
Municipal League
Shannon
Madison County
May
Council of
Residents Aim to Stop Rail Haulage on South East Street Extension
Charles D. Stilz urged the Board of Works to protest the street car company removing rails for the South East Street extension. Ed Logsdon said rails would be reused for the Bismarck and College avenues projects, with the East Street line the third in line after those extensions. The company plans further growth, despite sewer concerns on Ili no a Street. residents are warned no kick is coming as delays persist.
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Board of Works
Street Car Company
S. East-st
Isast St
Ed Logsdon
Works Board
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Logsdon
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Thirty-eighth-st
Ilinoa-st
East-st
Shelby-st
English Ave
Martindale-ave
Coleman Appointed Receiver for American Chemical Company
Judge Leathers names Lewis A. Coleman as receiver for the American Chemical Company located at 442 and 441 S. Meridian Street. Levi Barnett claims the firm owes him attorney fees and warns the business is near insolvency. the company was previously the Madiana Pharmacy Company.
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Levi Barnett
Lewis A. Coleman
Leathers
American Chemical Company
S. Meridian St. Barnett
Fers
Madiana Pharmacy Company
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinins Tablets with a signature CU Sevestio on every box and a price of 3.50 per ton for Indiana Jackson. It lists contact numbers 9291 and 1150 Main as old and new phones.
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Indiana Jackson
Northwest-Low Rate Excursions With Rail Connections
Advertises Canadian Northwest excursions from Chicago via Chicago and Northwestern Ry on Nov 18 Dec 2 and 16 with one fare plus 2.00 round trip liberal return and stopover limits. Four daily trains at 9:00 am 6:30 pm 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm connect with St Paul Minneapolis. Also notes sleeping and chair cars between Indianapolis and Springfield Illinois and includes a nurse's soothing syrup product for teething priced at twenty five cents.
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Chicago & Northwestern Ry
Chicago
Alllings
St. Paul
Minneapolis
City Health Targets Meat Preservative Abuse
The health department orders sealed air tight cans and three samples per case. One sample goes to the dealer another for chemical analysis and a third is kept by the inspector for court. Dr Buehler cites clear evidence of preservatives in Indianapolis meat. Retailers face prosecution for impure food and wholesalers for adulterating food.
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Buehler
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Market Report Shows Dull Cattle and Active Hogs
The cattle market was dull with zero shipments. Hogs were active with receipts of 5,000 and prices mainly 5 10 to 6 25 for heavies, while sheep and veal seen at varied levels in that day's trading.
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Indianapolis
Boulevard Bond Issue Heads to City Council Vote
The Fall Creek boulevard project faces a $100,000 bond ordinance at the upcoming city council meeting. Mayor Bookwalter says abutting property owners should pay nothing and predicts the issuing ordinance will pass, noting several Democrats support boulevards and that funds are in city coffers.
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Fall Creek Boulevard
Bookwalter
Rare closing day upset as Immortelle wins at odds 40 to 1
A Milwaukee News account recalls a betting fiasco on closing day where Immortelle, ridden by surprise, defeats Lady Strathmore and sends a bettor who had trusted Hayes barn into a windfall. The tale follows coded tips and last minute flips leading to a $1,600 net win from a $50 wager.
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Phil Bollinger
Tom Hayes
Lady Strathmore
Jordan
Roger Hayes
Tom
Immortelle
Hayes
Jim
Mumias
Bas d'Or
Hetzel
Henry McDaniel
Polo Team Contract With City Nears Final Approval
Hornaday and Cohen fail to sign yet, but city controller says terms for Tomlinson Hall use by polo season are agreed and will be signed soon. City to receive $3 nightly rental with polo firm paying lights. hall dates kept for league games and nonconflicting events.
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Hornaday & Cohen
Tomlinson Hall
New York Market Opens Irregularly Amid Mixed Moves
Market starts slow with many stocks under pressure as C F I issues rise 1 to 24 percent. Manhattan up 1 percent while Rock Island preferred slips then recovers on heavy trading. Reading falls, Canadian Pacific weak, Baltimore Southern Pacific and St Paul down. Manhattan railway pool aids gains near 2 percent. Anthracite strike talks fade with Reading bouncing back. Government bonds unchanged.
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New York
Manhattan
Rock Island
Reading
Canadian Pacific
Baltimore
Southern Pacific
St. Paul
Manhattan Railway
Cattle and hog market update from East Liberty
Cattle receipts show a fair market with choice values around 6.20 to 6.35 for prime grades and veals from 7.50 to 7.95. Sheep receipts steady with wethers 3.75 to 4.00 and lambs 5.40 to 6.60. hog receipts mixed with prime heavies 6.30 to 6.35 and mediums 6.12 to 6.15, pigs 5.66 to 6.00.
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East Liberty
New Orleans
California
Market Report from Union Stock Yards Ill
Cattle receipts 12,000 with prime beef $5.75 to $7.20 and lower grades $3.25 to $4.85. Hogs receipts 33,000 with prices from $5.70 to $6.40 for various grades. Sheep receipts around 1,000 with sheep at $2.00 to $4.00 and lambs $5.00.
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Union
Ill
Cupid in the Telephone Wedding in New York Romance
Miss Lulu Hillyer a Jersey City central office operator married Thomas Joiner foreman of the Lafayette shop at the Hudson County gas improvement company. The wedding follows a telephone romance that began with a playful Central exchange and led to an engagement and marriage. May Sanborn will wed Joseph Fernandez another office worker.
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New York
Lulu Hillyer
Jersey City
Thomas Joiner
Lafayette
Hudson County Gas Improvement Company
William Ruth
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Joiner
Central
Cupid
May Sanborn
Joseph Fernandez
Grain and hay prices and car loadins report
Wheat shows steady to mixed prices with No 2 red at 13c track and 7c milling freight, No 3 red 69 7lc, Wagon 72c. Corn weaker with mixed white and yellow prices, oats steady to mixed, hay No 1 timothy around 112.5 to 912.78, inspections list various car counts by grade and mix.
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Wy Hay
Timothy
Hay
Indianapolis Markets Prices on Poultry to Groceries and Hides
Prices paid by shippers for old turkey hens toms and young turkeys, geese and ducks, and fresh butter cheese and hides listed. Wholesale fruits vegetables cereals canned goods and meats priced with per bushel per barrel per case and per dozen figures for many items including oranges lemons cranberries apples pears grapes potatoes flour molasses and oysters with multiple grades and regional sources.
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New York
Malagas
Jersey
Price list of chemicals and fuels from a historic market page
A dense catalog of chemicals including morphine, quinine, morphine per ounce and other drugs with per ounce or per pound prices. Also lists various oils, salts, acids, and solvents with unit pricing. Includes coal and coke retail prices for multiple regional sources and types.
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