Beasts of Directors Extend Invite and Streetcar Debate
The club decided to invite an admiral to visit Indianapolis during a western trip via Chicago. It earmarked $500 to hire an attorney to aid Prosecutor Pugh in probing a streetcar franchise deal. The park committee will push a plan to place Walk lawns and trees under the city park board. Streetcar service questions were raised as officers prepared to confer. service patterns were provided for Central and North Indianapolis lines with mixed intervals and speeds.
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Beast of Directors
Central Ave
Indianapolis
Female Indians in Council Report on Sixth Great Sun Assembly
A lengthy report covers the Daughters of Pocahontas gathering at Washington Street, the Red men’s hall. It notes 100 men admitted, 5,941 members with 679 new in the year, and 606 councils. discusses officers chosen, nominations for great Mintehaha, and questions about membership rules and council procedures.
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Red Men’ S Hall
Washington St
Pocahontas
Great Sun Council
Great Gun
Philadelphia
Shamrock and Columbia to race in extra test duel
New York Oct 19 The Evening World and the Daily Mail of London plan a third cup race between Shamrock and Columbia to prove seamanship in stronger winds. It proposes swapping crews to compare captains and sailors, with C Oliver Iselin and Sir Thomas Lipton agreeing to the terms.
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New York
Shamrock
Evening World
Daily Match
London
Columbia
C. Oliver Iselin
Thiontas
Lipton
World
London Mail
San Francisco Fur House Director Shoots Self
Adolph Liebes of a major San Francisco fur house shot himself three times Wednesday during a personal crisis. He was found in the basement with his shirt torn and breast exposed, taken to a hospital where he may recover. His wife said he had been ill for some time.
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New York
Adolph Liebes
San Francisco Fur House
Morgan and Green wed in Plainfield home ceremony
Dr. Ralph G. Morgan of Indianapolis and Miss Dorinda Green were married at the bride’s parents home in Plainfield. Rev. L. E. Murray officiated. The bride, a Butler graduate and former Plainfield teacher, plans to live in Indianapolis on Illinois Street.
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Green-Morgan
Plainfield
Ind
Ralph. G.morgan
Indianapolis
Dorinda Green
L. E. Murray
Butler
Tllinois St
Fragmented OCR notice reflects unreadable section
The readable fragments hint at a historical notice or brief item with names and dates, but essential details are obscured. The text presents likely OCR errors and garbled phrases, limiting any reliable extraction of participants, places, or actions.
Lipton to Challenge After Wrecked Outlook Race
The 1900s yacht race outlook deteriorates with light winds and near zero prospects of finish. Columbia leads Shamrock early, with Columbia about a mile ahead by 3 05 and Lipton signaling a future challenge for 151.
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Columbia
Suemnoak
Shamrock
Lumbia
Thomas Lipton
Eleventh Indiana Veterans Gather in Plymouth Church
About 3,000 soldiers from the Eleventh Indiana, once led by Gen. Lew Wallace, attended a Plymouth Church reunion. 500 survivors, 100 present, recalled battles from Romney to Cedar Creek. Notables included McGinnis, Elston, Butler, Ross, Ruckle, Deighty, Coens. A campfire program followed by Wallace remarks.
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Eleventh
Indiana Infantry
Plymouth Church
Indianapolis
Crawfordsville
Tipton
Terra Haute
Indianapoli
Lew Wallace
Romney
Fort Henry
Fort Donaldson
Shiloh
Corinth
Port Gibson
Champion Hill
Vicksburg
Jackson
Lake Tasse
Hall Town
Opequan
Fisher's Hill
Cedar Creek
George T. McGinnis
I. C. Elston
George Butler
Cincinnati
J. R. Ross
N. R. Ruckle
J. D.deighty
John H. Coens
Will C. Phipps
Henry Hundratmark
Lincoln County
Kansas
Henry Clay Dooley
Lawrence
Kan
Births Deaths and Marriages in Local Area Census
Birth notices list Isaac and Mary Jaffe twins and numerous other births at various addresses including Raphey and Hartwig families. Deaths record Elizabeth Cochran infant Weiffenbach and multiple adults with causes such as tuberculosis peritonitis and typhoid fever. Marriage licenses include pairs such as William Healy Jr and Katie Baldus, and many other couples with partners named.
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Isaac and
Mary Jaffe
Ohio-st
Max and
Lulu Raphey
E. South-st
Martin W
Margaret Healy
W. Eleventh-st
Samuel and
Josie Pattison
Holmesave
Daniel and
Lillian Vantrees
Wingave
William and
Tillie Hartwig
E. Merrill St
Verlorus
Minnie Butterfield
Ernest and
Henrietta Werner
Dunlop-st
Olvey A
Wilhelmina Lewellen
Ash-st
Jos
Jessie Rogers
W. McCartyst
James and
Dara Cargo
Nelson-st
Gordon and
Alice Lyke
Monrcalm St
Harry and
May Johnson
Gent-ave
Elizabeth J. Cochran
Harlan-st
Weiffenbach
Union-st
Ella Sophia Ahlers
Chadwick-st
John ‘Waldron
George W. Oberleas
Davidson McCullough
William Healy, Jr
Katie Baldus
Charles W. Cordell
Mary J. Morrison
Jesse F. Lawson
Anna M. Sperr
William F. Palmer
Flora D. Wright
Albert A. Starkey
Deasie Reed
John A. Godfrey
Maud M. Gray
Harry Arthur Belton
Nellie Geretrude Cavart
Willam H. Kocher
Parthenia Geretha Wood
Harry Hill
Lottie Ricg
Charlies M. Reagan
Myrtie van Sickle
John J. Baechler
Daisy
To Cure La Grippe in Two Days Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old advertisement promises a two day cure for la grippe using Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with a money back guarantee if it fails. The Grove’s clot box feature is noted on each box.
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Grove
Prepaid express buys and assorted grocery sale items
The notice advertises prepaid express on purchases of five dollars or more within 100 miles of Indianapolis. It lists items like tablets, ruled pencils, plashe rs, linen sheets, bedspreads, striped tafli wraps, buckles, blue and white kid gloves, dressing combs, large olives, rolled oats, coffee and granulated sugar with special period prices and quantities.
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Indianapolis
Escepecacey
Pete
Pam
Telegraphers vote for strike on Big Four railroad
St Louis reports telegraphers vote overwhelmingly in favor of a strike against the Big Four. Action hinges on federated board approval. KEFH Clark, president of the conductors and board chair, asked to convene the group, likely to meet in Cincinnati soon. Powell seeks amicable settlement.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Federated Board
Ke.fh. Clark
Cincinnati
Powell
Jeffries Favorite in New York Ahead of Fight
Champion Jim Jeffries visits New York to see Dr Fayer for a steamed treatment on his injured left arm. The remedy aims to restore movement before the ten day mark prior to the bout. Backers still support him as betting odds stay at 5 to 3.
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New York
Jim Jeffries
Fayer
Bayer
Jeffries
Monroe Hedges Dead at 105 in Rhode Island Street Shack
Monroe Hedges died Wednesday night at age 105 after years of poverty and illness. He lived in a shack behind 1012 Rhode Island Street. His five sons and a daughter were by his bedside, and a Mexican War veteran label appears in the fragmentary report.
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Monroe Hedges
Rhode Island-st
Trumbull Killings: Man Fires Six Shots at Woman
Agnes Williams sought protection from Adolph Brodeur as he chased her with a revolver in a crowded Hartford street. Six shots struck Williams. Brodeur then shot himself, dying later at the hospital, while Williams remains in precarious condition.
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Siartford
Conn
Trumbull
Agnes Williams
Adolph Brodeur
Tie
Partnership Dissolved in Hoosier Wire Fence Company
The Hoosier wire fence company partnership between P. C. Jacobs and D. C. Peters is dissolved by mutual consent. Jacobs buys the business and agrees to pay all debts. Oct. 18, 1899.
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P. C. Jacobs
D. C. Peters
Hoossi Boy Wire Fence Machine Company
Itolley Steel Company Formed by Cleveland Investors
Cleveland capitalists led by Charles I. Pack promote a $5,000,000 steel plant to be named the Itolley steel company. Production will focus on billets slabs bars and plates.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Charles I. Pack
Itolley Steel Company
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