Decision Ready on Saloon License Rights in City Council
Judge Leathers prepared a written opinion on a test case challenging a city ordinance that requires saloon license applications to be approved by the city council. The case centers on 55 licenses refused by the council and the legality of issuing licenses without council approval. A ruling could empower the council to close out noncompliant saloons and affect brewers.
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Opinéh
Peter Brown
E. Washington St
Brown
Porge
Leathers
Thomas Whallon
Local Jottings: HoBo Thanksgiving Notes in City
A collection of quirky items from Indianapolis city life includes a poem by a beggar, notes on Thanksgiving crowds at Union Station, and various vignettes. Highlights mention Dr. Charles A. Clark with a cob pipe, hotel profitability, and local officials reacting to court and police matters.
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Charles A. Clark
City Board of Health
Union Station
Indiana rail commission protest over car distribution
The Indiana Railroad Commission charged the Southern Indiana Railroad with discrimination in coal mine car allotment. It alleges adequate car supply exists but only one third of cars reach mines, favoring the United Fourth Vein and Southern Indiana Coal Company lines. The complaint asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to end discrimination and base car allotment on need.
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Commission
SLES OF MR. JEFFERSON is Go by and He Walks to His Office
Assessor Mike Jefferson walked to his office on Tuesday morning after choosing the back route to avoid people hoping for jobs and donations. After repeated failed bus rides along his path, he decided to walk the rest of the way, noting several streetcars passing him along the way.
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Mike Jefferson
Jefferson
Wrightst
Union-st
Bold Burglars At Mooresville Foiled By Alarm
Mooresville Indiana November 28 three masked men bound and chloroformed railroad depot agent Ray Callender carried him across the tracks from the station. They opened no cash drawer and fled when alarms sounded. A Camby depot attempt at 3 am matched their description. Police in Indianapolis alerted.
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Callender
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mooresville
Edward Nelson
Indianapolis
Camby Station
Cortelyou Closes Subscriptions for 3 Per Cent Bonds
Secretary Cortelyou announced that subscriptions to the 3 percent certificates of indebtedness are closed. No further offers will be accepted after November 27, and the treasury expects no extension. The move follows improving business conditions and signals a diminishing currency famine as government aid is no longer urgent.
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Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Stranger Drops In At Woodlawn Ave Home
Walser, after a night shift, heard a front window fall in and an intruder enter. Walser chased the man upstairs then returned to find the stranger by the fire. The drunk visitor, Alex Klutzy aged 22, claimed he went to the wrong house after taking a girl home. Officers Kitzmiller and Radmacher arrested him.
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George
Kitzmiller and
Radamacher
Alex Klutzky
Virginia-ave
Railroads Agree to Lower Freight Rate for Hay Shipment
A railroad conference hosted by the Railroad Commission at Terre Haute with E. and T. H. and E. and I. officials settled a hay shippers freight-rate dispute. The agreed compromise reduces the rate from 1.40 to 1.00 dollars per ton, satisfying all parties involved.
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Railroad Commission
Terre Haute
Railroad rates dispute splitting B&O Southwestern from case
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad company filed an answer with the Railroad Commission in the complaint by Harry Jennings and the Central Cooperage Company of New Castle alleging that Lake Erie and Western lines overcharged for timber used in cooperage. B and O Southwestern says it never handled the petitioner’s business and asks to be eliminated from the suit.
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Railroad Commission
Harry Jennings
Central Cooperage Company of
New Castle
Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Man Fatally Wounds Intruder In Chicago Home
Jesse Lewis woke to a prowler in the hall and fired from his bed with his revolver. The intruder, wounded in the back, died at County hospital an hour later. Lewis is held by police, claiming he acted against a burglar. the dead man’s name is not released.
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United Press
Chicago
Orly
Jesse Lewis
Lewis
Hunter dies after accidental hip wound in Martinsville
Claude Deadmore aged 25 was fatally shot in the hip during a hunting trip with 16 year old Emsley Trusty of Waverly. The gun discharged when snagged in Trusty’s clothing, the shot lodging in Deadmore’s hip and killing him within hours.
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Martinsvil. Ind
Claude Deadmore
Emsley Trusty
Waverly
Deadmore
Trusty
Mergea Quits Politics for Nonpartisan Administration
Charles O Mergea of Warsaw Ind, once an associate of Gov LaFollette of Wisconsin and a former congressional candidate, states he is thoroughly disgusted with party affiliation and will stand for a nonpartisan administration.
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The
Sun
Warsaw
Ind
Charles 0. Mergea
Gov. LaFollette
Wisconsin
President sent rifles to guides after bear hunt
In Greenville Mississippi on November 28 Har vey and Ollie Metcalfe the guides who led President Roosevelt on his bear hunt received rifles with silver name plates in the stock. Each gun came with a note inviting the pair and their wives to the White House for an indefinite stay.
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United Press
Greenville
Miss
Harvey
Ollie Metcalfe
Roosevelt
White House
Record of the Season Ends with 71 Hunters Killed
Chicago reports 71 hunters dead in the 1907 season mostly from carelessness and 90 injured, slightly below last year’s 71 deaths but above the prior year’s 70 injuries.
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United Press
Chicago
Phi Psi Banquet Honors Indiana Alumni Leaders
About 200 members of the Indiana Alumni association of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity attended the thirteenth annual banquet at the Claypool hotel on Wednesday evening. Toasts were given by Wilbur E. Ward of South Bend George B. Baker of Boston and Will Hough of Greenfield Ind. Judge Merle N. A. Walker of Indianapolis was elected president and Roy Palmer, Indiana University alumnus, was chosen secretary treasurer.
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Indiana Alumni Association
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Claypool
Wilbur E. Ward
South Bend
George B. Baker
Boston
Will Hough
Greenfield
Ind
Merle N. A. Walker
Indianapolis
Roy Palmer
Indiana University
Dr Kingsley Claims Wife Denied By Friends
Friends of the late spiritualist Dr Kingsley in Minneapolis say he was never married and he spoke against marriage on stage. The dispute widens as two women seek his body and four claim him as husband. Mme Isha travels from Indianapolis to pursue her rights.
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Leslie R. Kingsley
Minneapolis
Mme
Isha
Indianapolis
Kingsley
Hunters flood fields as license rush fills game warden office
Hunters roamed fields and woods at dawn while experienced marksmen and amateurs chased Bob White. The statehouse game warden office was packed Wednesday with license seekers, signaling high hunting activity and demand.
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Bob White
Statehouse
Deere Estate Leaves $20,000,000 to Grandsons
The will of Charles H. Deere, farm implement maker, bequeaths nearly all his $20 million fortune to grandsons Charles Deere Wiman and Dwight Ek. Wiman, sons of William D. Wiman of Chicago. The provision highlights the wealth transfer following Deere's death on a late date.
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United Press
Charles H. Deere
Charles Deere Wiman
Dwight Ek. Wiman
William D. Wiman
Chicago
Banquet for Moores Hill Alumni at Grand Hotel
Moores Hill college alumni, former students and corporation members will dine at the Grand hotel Friday night. Toasts will be given by F. C. English J. T. Scull Jr. Mrs. R. N. Robertson H. M. Adkinson C. E. Lambertson and Dr. John J. Kyle. Greetings from alumni across the United States will be read. The banquet committee includes Dr. J. F. Robertson Miss Alta M. Roberts Dr. John J. Kyle Rev. C. C. Bonnell and P. R. McQuatty.
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John J. Kyle
C. C. Bonnell
P. R. McQuatty
Hunting accident leaves man shot in face near Evansville
In Evansville Indiana on November 28 Chester Roycroft was accidentally shot in the face by a fellow hunter. One cheek was nearly torn away and blood poisoning is feared as doctors treat his injuries.
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Evansville
Ind
Chester Roycroft
Southern Indiana railroad begins coal car distribution
The Southern Indiana railroad started distributing coal cars in compliance with Indiana Railroad Commission rules. Independent operators report receiving all they need while a court-ordered compliance remains in effect pending injunc tion hearings set for December 3.
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Sux
Terre Haute
Ind
Southern Indiana Railroad
Indiana Railroad Commission
Rail tragedy claims civil war veteran in Rushville
Samuel English, 67, a civil war veteran, was struck and killed instantly by a Big Four passenger train in Rushville Indiana on November 28. The incident occurred in the city as the train hit him while he was crossing a track.
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Rushville
Ind
Samuel English
Memorial services for Indianapolis Judge No. 7
Memorial services for the Indianapolis Judge No. 7 of the Independent Order Knights of Fidelity will be held Friday afternoon in Orpheum hall on N Delaware Street. Members and friends are invited to attend.
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Indianapolis
Independent Order
Knights of Fidelity
Orpheum Hall
N. Delawarest
United States Weather Forecast Update
Fair tonight and Friday with cooler temperatures. Sunrise at 6 48, sunset 4 21. GRMN in See .3.
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United States
GRMN
William Walden At Fort Worth? Carbolic acid suicide attempt
William Walden of 735 Holmes Avenue attempted to end his life by drinking carbolic acid Wednesday night. He was taken to City Hospital, where doctors report he is expected to recover.
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William Walden
Holmes Ave
City Hospital
Car collision injures funeral hearse driver in Shelbyville
A car struck Henry C. Wehling’s hearse on Virginia avenue as it headed a funeral procession. The hearse overturned, the casket belonging to F C Poehler was dropped, driver Charles Marshall was injured, and Wehling and the casket were moved to safety. A second wreck on the traction lines caused rail damage with no riders aboard. Both incidents were blamed on slippery rails.
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F. C. William Poehler
Charles Marshall
Wehling
Poehler
Virginia-ave
Undertaking Establishment
Virginia Ave
Shelbyville
Fort Wayne
Ohiost
Seven Men Perish in Kansas City Rooming House Fire
Seven men died in a Union Avenue rooming house fire believed caused by a natural gas explosion. The saloon and lodging house housed laborers. only one victim, identified as Frenchy, was named. Owner B. J. O'Connell said he did not know how many men slept there, escaping in his night clothes.
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Frenchy
J. O'Connell
Bryan in the Pulpit at Adams Street Church
William J. Bryan preached a Thanksgiving sermon at Adams Street Congregational Church Worcester Massachusetts at the invitation of Rev. Percy H Elper formerly of Lincoln Seb After the sermon Bryan visited Elpers home and shared a portion of a half pound turkey and sides with the clergy man and his family.
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United Press
Worcester
Muass
Wiliam J. Bryan
Adams St. Congregational
Percy H. Elper
Lincoln, Seb
Bryan
Earle Seeks Health in Italy, With Julia Kuttner
Ferdinand Pinney Earle, originator of affinity art, has gone to Italy seeking a cure for his health while his wife remains in Paris. He plans marriage to Julia Kuttner, who sailed to Europe recently. His displaced wife stays with her parents in Paris and has not begun divorce proceedings.
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New
York
Ferdinand Pinney Earle
Modern School of Affinity Artists
France
Julia Kuttner
America
Italy
Ohio Labor Federation to Oppose Foraker
The Ohio Federation of Labor will oppose Senator J B Foraker for any future Ohio election position. Newly elected secretary Harry D Thomas says Foraker is a corporation man and will be opposed.
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Cleveland, O
Ohio Federation of Labor
J. B. Foraker
Ohio
Harry D. Thomas
Federation
Thomas
Foraker
Rollyn furnaces and coal data from Hawkins and Wulschner's
Rollyn furnaces require less than a ton of coal per room for the heating season. Rollyn Hawkins Co., Main 3363, New 3686. Kew Primes priced at $165 and up. Wulschner's.
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Rollyn
Rollyn Hawkins Co
Powerful double flue heater advertised for three rooms
An advertisement from People's Outfitting Co. lists a powerful double flue heater warranted to heat three rooms and hold fire eight hours. Price is $2.00 cash with weekly payments available. Located at 13-18 W. Washington Street and 2-24-36 Kentucky Avenue.
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People's Outfitting Co
Washington-st
Kentucky-ave
Hood's Sarsaparilla Recommended for Quick Convalescence
Convalescence after pneumonia typhoid fever and the grip is sometimes only apparent. Hood's Sarsaparilla is highly recommended as a real and rapid tonic. Thousands testify to its efficacy. Take Hood's.
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Hood
Electric forge blower sale at Elliott Tel and Elec Co
New electric forge blower priced at 38.00 offered for 17.50 cash. Sold by Elliott Tel and Elec Co located at 421 Mass. Ave. Also listed Biles Native Herbs at 255 W. Waab St. for related ads.
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Elliott Tel
Elec. Co
Mass.ave
Biles
W. Waab. St
Tragic Double Death At Hotel Belleclaire New York
J Whitley a Brooklyn heating and ventilating engineer shot his wife in a ninth floor room then leapt to his death from the Belleclaire on Broadway near Seventy seventh street. Police say nervousness treated by Dr Wallace may have driven the tragedy.
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United Prensa
New York
J. Whitley
Fulton St
Brooklyn
Hotel Bellecaire
Broadway
Seventy-seventh-st
Whitley
Blackburn
Keen
Martinique
Thirtysecond St
Belleclaire
Vote Honors Officer and Public Safety Call
A letter to the Board of Public Safety recommends Officer Eugene Buehler be required to examine prisoners sent to the workhouse rather than overburden dispensary doctors. Col. A D Shaw notes lack of prisoner examinations at the Marion county workhouse. The board also commends Patrolman Simpson Hart for heroically saving a six year old boy from drowning in the canal at Twelfth Street.
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Board of Public Safety
Col
A. D. Shaw
Marion County
Simpson Hart
Glenford Walden
Twelfth St
Sigma Nu Banquet Draws Indiana Fraternity Crowd
The Sigma Nu banquet at the Claypool hotel drew about 260 members with several state and out of state figures as toasters. Wade H. Eulis Ohio attorney-general could not attend due to business duties. Eight courses and eight toasts were on the program with James W. Noel as toastmaster. Speakers included Walter James Sears Chil Heathe O Ford H. Haywood and Thomas A. Sims.
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Sigma Nu Fraternity
Indiana
Claypool
Wade H. Eulis
Ohio
James W. Noel
Walter James Sears
Chil Heathe
Thomas H. Pickels
Lexingon
Ford H. Haywood
Columbus
Thomas A. Sims
Indianapolis
Burglars Steal Food From Two Homes in Thanksgiving Thefts
Thieves broke into ice boxes at the homes of Harry D. Foreman on 621 North Senate Avenue and Theodore Smithers on 1924 Park Avenue. They carried away items from the Smithers table including two large plum puddings.
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Harry D. Foreman
N. Senate-ave
Theodore Smithers
Park-ave
Smithers
Local Advertisements and Business Notices
Grant H. Clay, D D, dentist, long time New York Dental employee now at 108 N Delaware St Indianapolis. The Gem Laundry offers family washings with per pound rates. Bull and Bear promotes new Queen range models at 33.5 with six holes and reservoir. People’s Outfitting Co advertises 133-1355 W Washington and 3-26 Kentucky Ave. Oyster Frank’s markets top oysters at 118 N Alabama St.
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Grant H. Clay
New York Dental Company
N. Delaware St
Tomlinson Hall
Indianapolis
People's Outfitting Co
Washington-st
Kentucky Ave
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