Cold horse show crowds grow as warmer weather returns
The weekly horse festival saw a rising crowd as temperatures climbed from 41 at 7 am on Wednesday. Attendance improved after a cold start, with notable entries in ladies saddle and pony classes. Gen Castleman on Matilda drew attention while Jack Diamond won on Mat Cohen’s horse. more riders were expected midweek.
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the Mercury
Stella Raih
Indianapolis
Willie Blair
Fielen Donson
Castleman
Matilda
Jack Diamond
Mat Cohen
Richmond
Ind
Fall Festival and Horse Show Schedule Highlights
Wednesday program featuresBroncho riding exhibition at 2 p m. Stallion class for 3 years and over at 8 p m. Gaited saddle stallion at 8 15 p m. Runabout class at 8 33 p m. Local ladies turnout at 9 p m. Local harness pairs at 9 20 p m. High steppers at 9 35 p m. Four in hand driving through obstacles at 9 50 p m. Green hunters at 10 05 p m. Potato race with entries at 4 35 p m. Thursday highlights include best-troomed horse at 2 p m and Shetland ponies at 2 45 p m.
Army Downs To Sixty Million? 59,600 Men Now State Policy
Washington Oct 15 The War Department ordered the army reduced to 59,600 the minimum allowed by law. The cut comes by presidential direction amid a comparatively peaceful Philippines where about 65,000 men are maintained.
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Washington
War Department
Philippines
Newspaper man lands a good job
Alma Perry of the Indianapolis Journal is named emigration inspector at $150 per month with stationing to be announced. Ora Coppenhaver, convicted wife murderer, will not face death until after the motion for a new trial is argued in a few days before Judge Alford.
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Alma Perry
Indianapolis Journal
Perry
Ora Coppenhaver
Alford
Classified Advertisements Listing Various Help Wanted and Properties
The notice compiles multiple ad lines seeking workers and housing in West Indianapolis area. Listings include voices for performances, nurse or housework help, stay-in domestic help, waitstaff and bakery roles, and general labor. Property sales include eighties acre farm, five room cottages, furnished rooms, and various dwellings north. Also mentions second-hand safes, mortgage loans, and equity offers in cottages for sale or trade.
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Indianapolis
Republican thunder to roll through Indiana with top speakers
Indiana news notes a Republican campaign sweep with Senators Fairbanks Beveridge Hanna and others touring cities Evansville Terre Haute Indianapolis Anderson and South Bend on Oct 23 24. The Tomlinson Hall event on Mon night will feature Leslie M Shaw and Hugh H Hanna presiding. Beveridge cannot attend all meetings.
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Beveridge
Indiana
Hanna
Evansville
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Anderson
South Bend
Tomlinson Hall
Leslie M. Shaw
Hugh H. Hanna
Senator Beveridge
Representative Watson
O'Brien
Democratic State Committee
Denison hotel diamond theft case headed to hearing
Mrs Mamie Green and her daughter Bessie Nicholson face hearings on charges linked to a October 4 Denison hotel diamond robbery. The three rings, owned by Hartford City visitor Mrs Grant Lupton and valued at 500 dollars, were taken from a washstand. Police traced two rings pawned for 60 dollars and found the third valued at 15 dollars with the daughter. Green says she found the rings at the Ohio street hotel entrance.
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Mamie Green
Denison Hotel
Bessie Nicholson
Grant Lupton
Hartford City
Arbitration Talks Span White House Visit By Mitchell
Wilkesbarre report says President Mitchell left for Washington with Walter Wellman to discuss arbitration terms with President Roosevelt. National secretary Wilson to join on return. In a separate scene, George W. Perkins Edward Bacon and J. P. Morgan were seen in a tense pantomime attracting a crowd outside Morgan’s office as a broker group watched.
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Washington
Roosevelt
W. B. Wilson
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
George W. Perkins
Edward Bacon
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Bacon
Mr. Perkins
Judge Stubbs Exonerates Indiana Medical College
Formal report on a search for bodies at Indiana Medical College was presented to Judge Stubbs after college officials claimed detectives failed to properly execute a death body search warrant. A three member committee found the remains to be old dissection subjects and Judge Stubbs ruled the bodies were lawfully present.
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Indiana Medical College
Stubbs
Indiana
Asch and Manning
Indiana College
J. A. Sutcliffe
Frank W. Flanner
H. A. Brown
Man Steals Coal to Warm Ill Wife in Police Court
Albert Maihler 511 Euclid ate stole five baskets of coal to ease cold for his sick wife and family. He said the coal came from railroad tracks and cars. He was fined $1 and costs in police court on Wednesday.
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Albert Maihler
Maihler
No Drop in the Price of Anthracite
New York reports no price decrease as the coal strike ends. Over three weeks no fixed price existed with asks from 18 to 25 dollars per ton. On Tuesday dealers quoted 20 dollars a ton. Also noted is J P Morgan's involvement in a pantomime in New York.
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New York
Coal prices climb as Indiana Jump reports higher costs
Indiana Jump raises prices by 50 cents Wednesday morning. Mines show a 60 cent advance. A Cincinnati dealer offers a few cars of anthracite at 12.50 a ton to Indianapolis buyers, unlikely to be accepted. Dealers note soft coal dominates Cincinnati demand and anthracite supply is limited and costly.
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Indiana
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Indiana Block
Jackson
Coal Train Robbery Reported in Marion Ohio
A Hocking Valley coal train was robbed of several tons while in Marion Ohio on Tuesday evening. The conductor turned away to watch only part of the cars and the thieves escaped before police could arrive as the train departed the city.
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Marion, O
Hocking Valley Railroad
Kanawha Miners Return to Work After Strike Concessions
Black Hawk operators on the Kanawha near Charleston sign the scale and miners resume work. Cannelton mines also reopen. All Kanawha mines are operating under the strike concessions.
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Charleston
W. Va
Black Hawk
Kanawha
Cannelton
Mitchell Sees President Washington Visit
President Mitchell arrived at 11 35 a m Wednesday and boarded a street car to the temporary white house to confer with the president.
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Washington
Mitchell
White House
Neighbors Plowed Each Other's Corn in Farm Dispute
George Coyle and Gottlieb Buchi, both Crawfordsville area farmers, clashed over field boundaries and plowing. Tried before Justice Emrich, then Buchi appealed to superior court. Judgment awarded Coyle $1.50 with costs expected around 0.50, attorneys' fees not included.
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George Coyle
Gottlieb Buchi
Crawfordsville Pike
Emrich
Wayne Township
Buchi
Superior Court
Smith
Coyle
Ice Hook Fight Ends In Police Court Quarrel
Cuba and wife Rose Clark separated two days after their wedding fueled by George Piper's comfort of Mrs. Cuba. At Mrs. Cuba's home Tuesday the trio fought with picks ice hooks and an ax. Cuba and Piper fined ten dollars each Mrs. Cuba five dollars. Judge warns of further disturbances from the trio.
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J. W. Cuba
Rose Clark
George Piper
Chicken thieves strike Ben Davis farm area near Indianapolis
Thieves raided farm houses six miles from Indianapolis Tuesday night pulling away more than 100 chickens in wagons. B F Morgan lost 40 birds while J B Flathers reported 40 to 60 missing. only an old rooster remained Wednesday. Detectives suspect residence in Indianapolis. Scrofula line appears as an ad for Hood's Sarsaparilla.
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Ben Davis
Indianapolis
B. F. Morgan
J. B. Flathers
Morgan
Weather forecast for Indianapolis and nearby region
Forecast covers 36 hours ending 8 p m Oct 16. Expect fair conditions, warmer Wednesday night and Thursday. Temperatures show 41 at dawn, 59 at noon, 64 at 2 p m with westerly winds across Indiana and adjacent states.
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Indianapolia
Indiana
Atates
Grafter sells coal souvenirs at town fair
A visitor to town hawks a coal souvenir in the shape of a pennant piece of anthracite sourced from Pennsylvania mines. He claims it is cheap fuel, and his coal sells readily with customers paying a premium for novelty.
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Pennsylvania
Indianapolis high schools seek tax levy increase
Tax measures propose enlarging Shortridge high school and replacing No. 40 colored school. Increases target maintenance and shop facilities at M. T. H. S. with annual totals around sixty thousand dollars and a 60 cent tax levy raise.
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Shortridge High School
Indianapolis school board seeks levy rise to fund expansions
The Indianapolis school board plans to ask the legislature for permission to raise the tax levy to cover a $868,000 debt and a proposed $345,000 colored school and $125,000 Shortridge expansion. Overcrowding at M T H S and Shortridge, shift to North Street, and a $60,000 annual maintenance rise are cited to keep high school standards for ten years.
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Indianapolis
Shortridge High School
Shortridge
North St
M. Pies N. S
Broncho Busters Exhibit Private Wild Horse Handling
Five decorated broncho busters escorted a fractious herd from the Union stockyards to the horse show with no stampedes. They haltered wild horses in a pen, lassoed and led a frightened grey away, while riders described the prairie instincts and crowd-pleasing feats. Public rides to stockyards followed with dramatic maneuvers and near-misses.
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Lgst
Union
October Weddings in Christ Church and Central Ave Church
Two marriages in October described with details on venues, bridal parties, gowns, bouquets, and reception. Miss Lucy Ranney wed Henry J. Huder at Christ church with Bertha Ranney as maid of honor and William Moody as best man. The couple’s reception followed at the bride’s home. Dr Francis O Dorsey and Miss Edith Smith married at Central Ave church with Katherine Ayres as maid of honor and several bridesmaids, ushers, and a buffet reception at 112 E Thirteenth St. The couple will reside at 110 E Thirteenth St.
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Christchurch
Lucy Ranney
Henry J. Huder
Bertha Ranney
William Moody
Loretta Adams
Josephine Harmann
John A. Piaff
John Stem
Frederick Ranney
Frederick Mieth
Chicago
Edith Smith
Francis O. Dorsey
Central-ave. Church
Katherine Ayres
Crewe
Mary Wilson
Ella Vonnegut
Helen Rockwood
Stella Adams
Mary Lord
Alma Hoegh
Minneapolis
Arthur Smith
Fred Ayres
Ralph Lemcke
Samuel O. Johnston
Owen Mothershead
Percy Williams
Lafon Allen
Louisville
Thirteenth-st
Mrs. Dorsey
Soldier fraud case tied to Gettysburg claim
John Redmond from the Marion soldiers' home is jailed on a $500 bond in Indianapolis awaiting extradition to Pittsburgh for fraud charges. Deputy Rankin and special inspector Taber allege Redmond falsely claimed a Gettysburg limb loss after losing a leg in a sawmill.
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U.S
Rankin
Marion Soldiers
Indianapolis
E. M. Taber
John Redmond
Pittsburg
Redmond
Gettysburg
Original store decorations light up People's building
A carnival themed display by E. Whittingham features a clown on the third story niche with green and white ribbons tied to three wooden horses below. Immense horseshoes of incandescent lights illuminate the storefront at night, creating a striking effect.
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People’s Outfitting Company
E. Whittingham
Indiana federation of women's clubs convenes in Greencastle
In Greencastle Indiana the Indiana federation of women's clubs will hold its annual convention on Thursday. The meeting is expected to be the largest in attendance among Indiana events with many women noted for literary and educational work scheduled to attend.
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Greencastle
Ind
Indiana Federation of Women’s Clubs
Indiana
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