North and South racial prejudice clash across Indiana
A regional article condemns white prejudice in Indiana, recounting threats to Black residents in Elwood and Indianapolis strikes over Black workers, plus tensions in Haughville and park unrest last summer. It argues Northern racism mirrors Southern bias and calls for restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Booker T. Washington
White House
North
Indiana
Elwood
Kokomo
Indianapolis
Haughville
Indianapollis
South
Board of works pressures street railway for curb to curb paving
Indianapolis officials press the Board of works and Mayor to compel the street railway company to maintain paving between and 18 inches on each side of the tracks as per contract. The company offers excuses and promises to escalate the issue to President McGowan upon his return from Cincinnati. The city pursues strict adherence and fair upgrades amid improving service and fewer complaints.
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Board of Works
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Jones
McGowan
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Civic alliance fights grand jury over saloon law indictments
The Civic alliance pledges action over the grand jury's handling of looser saloon law violations. The Y P C T U may file affidavits against jurors who refused to indict, while critics urge punishment for jurors who ignore the law and evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Alliance
Interurban curb sought on Washington Street traffic
President McGowan urges keeping interurban cars off Washington Street between Pennsylvania and Illinois to ease congestion within two blocks of the busy area. A cross line on Christ Street is proposed to relieve traffic from Illinois to Pennsylvania. The governor plans to resolve a Board of Control appointment dispute by reappointing incumbents. The piece notes the severity of the crime involving "Chappy" Johnson and Joel Combs in a rare, sensitive framing of the incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGowan
Street Car Company
Washington-st
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Christ
Ohio State Center Rush Breaks Neck Rousing Football
The Ohio State University center rush broke his neck Saturday yet fans remain fired by football's enduring, traditional cheer. The report notes the sport's high energy and the crowd's continued enthusiasm despite the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State University
Rush
Trust and milk agreements with cows and representatives
A fragment notes trust would succeed if cows agreed to give milk to none but trust representatives. The text is unclear on context or participants and lacks identifiable organizations or places.
Jealousies over soldiers monument prompt night watch idea
Tensions over the soldiers monument may require hiring a special night watchman to prevent removal of engraved records. Escaping natural gas has discolored paint on most Marion residences, though gas companies claim to supply all available fuel. Back-room bars and other Sunday saloon devices, linked to the Taggart administration, persist under the new regime.
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Marion
Taggart
Taggart Returns to Town Among French Lick Visitors
Taggart arrives in town again drawing attention as he mingles with locals and generates chatter about his influence on French Lick and possible impact on Indianapolis.
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T. Taggart
Indianapolis
Rooms for Rent Ad Listing Reads Like Classified
Fragmentary OCR shows a small rental notice from THE SUN offering rooms for rent. It includes a phone contact 880 and an address 123-15 E. Qhiost with terse lines.
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Colum
E. Qhiost
Idle Moments and Odd Marital Tales in Penny Dreadful Style
A compilation recounts a French convict seeking marriage to a dead wife’s widow, the priest demanding proof, and the man’s grim confession of killing her. Other items include a Los Angeles clergyman's sermon-seeking boy, a Harlem bride and roach tragedy, and a New York minister’s daughter joking about hell in a village school.
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Seay
Los Angeles
Evangelical School
San Francisco
Argonaut
Harlem
New York Sun
New York
Mamie Blank
New York Times
Passing of the Cloth Diners and Tables Without Linen
A guide celebrates bare wood table settings as fashionable. It urges keeping natural woods polished with shellac or oil, using simple napkins, and choosing modest doilies. A floral centerpiece and neatly arranged glassware and silver complete an attractive, individualized table.
Swirl of Society in Elwood and Nearby Towns
Judge and Mrs Wiley host North-side club Monday. Mrs Minnie Aufderheide hosts a Friday luncheon for Mrs John Kolmer. Mrs T A Winterrond schedules a November 5 luncheon for Mrs Elliott Perkins Jr. Catholic ladies form a card club at St Joseph's industrial school with Mrs T F Barrett as president. Three Elwood marriages occur Sunday: Laura Holmes and John A Morris. Rosa Westland and John W Hesting. Eva West and Jonathan Galloway. Burly Armstrong of Lafayette and Wilma Brander of Evanston will wed Wednesday at the bride's home. Armstrong is a navy veteran.
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Judge
Wiley
Minnie Aufderheide
John Kolmer
T. A. Winterrond
Elliott Perkins, Jr
St. Joseph’s Industrial School
T. F. Barrett
Elwood
Laura Holmes
Tipton
John A. Morris
Rosa Westland
John W. Hesting
Eva West
Jonathan Galloway
Burly Armstrong
Lafayette
Wilma. Brander
Evanston, Til
Armstrong
American Gentleman at Park Draws Large Audiences
William Bonelli and Miss Rose Stahl headline the Park's opening run with a tale of a Yale figure in a gypsy camp seeking his father’s murderers and buried treasure. The Grand offers a lively vaudeville bill with new tricks, comic sketches, and a startling female impersonation by Stuart, while the Empire stage promises constant fun and strong musical numbers all week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bonelli
Rose Stahl
Bonelli
Miss Stahl
George Hathaway
Sampson
Yale
Hacker
Lester
Gardner Crane
Burton
Brooks
Cushman
Holcomb
Curtis
Rialta
Indianapolis
Stuart
Pauline Hall
Faust
the Empire
F. J. Carroll
Kelley Brothers
Craig
Ardell
What the Papers Say Buried in Early 20th Century Snips
A sampling of editorials and quips from multiple papers. The items reference automobile records taxes state supreme court stamps a jail sentence for carrying a concealed pistol and a remark on the Schley inquiry. Names include the Illinois corporations Detroit Free Press Washington Post Topeka Journal and Montgomery Advertiser.
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Buffalo News
Illinois
Supreme Court
Detroit Free Press
Pat
Cooper
Memphis
Montgomery
French Proverbs on Self-Deception and Patience
A collection of aphorisms exploring themes of self deception happiness forgetting duty and restraint. It notes that fraud begins within and that contentment requires memory and silence. It also asserts waiting as a sign of strength and links today’s sorrow to tomorrow’s joy.
Federation elects officers for German societies
The Federation of German societies elected officers on Monday night with Fred Francke as president Joseph Keller as first vice-president Carl Freund as second vice-president Jacob W Lozner as secretary Joseph Behringer as treasurer and trustees Henry Victor and Henry Habeney with Jacob L Bieler as marshal.
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Federation of German Societies
Fred Francke
Joseph Keller
Carl Freund
Jacob W. Lozner
Joseph Behringer
Henry Victor
Henry Habeney
Jacob L. Bieler
Mrs Olive Cavanaugh Seeks Receiver for Mercantile Firm
Mrs Olive Sr Cavanaugh requests a receiver for the Mercantile guide and bureau company citing financial difficulties. The request indicates the business is operated at a disadvantage and seeks court intervention.
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Olive Sr. Cavanaugh
Mercantile Guide and Bureau Company
Death of William Moore In Glenn Valley Delirium Tremens
Deputy coroner Knox ruled 70 year old William Moore died at home in Glenn Valley from delirium tremens. The death occurred Monday with no other details given.
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Knox
William Moore
Glenn Valley
ME SKETCHES AND SONGS OF A SINGER
A poem contrasts a lavishly dressed woman with a modest husband whose toil in a mill is ignored by his wife. The speaker imagines the mill’s furnace fires and the worker’s long shifts as a stark counterimage to gilded city life.
Podunk Opera House Hosts All-star Entertainers
The Podunk audience endured a ragtag bill led by Siva Lee whose celebrity impressions drew jeers and laughter. A burlesque act with a dark complexioned boxer, Violetta Esmeralda’s baying voice, and biograph reels spurred crowd energy. The graphophone farce triggered a mass rush to the device, ending with Lenore Wilson refusing to perform and a punchy verdict that the show was bum though admittance wasn’t protested.
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Podunk
Opera House
Siva Lee
Chauncey Depew
Germany
Violetta Esmeralda
Susan Thompson
Susan
Sampson
Schley
Edison
Uncle Josh
Col. W. Stewart
Edison Record
Lenore Wilson
Mark Twain
Mountains to the left and Alkalia rising on the right
A stark rural scene describes ground white with snow. Edward Singer notes twenty greasers sixty whites half a score of blacks and a lone Chinaman near shacks, painting a tense racial snapshot of a frontier settlement.
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Edward Singer
Note Writing Etiquette in 1900s Style
The article advises black ink for notes and forbids purple ink or pencil. It condemns typewritten notes for business and postal cards for orders. It favors unruled paper, warns against cramped signatures, and describes how to present names with proper etiquette for signatories.
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Robert Ward
Mary Louise Ward
Mrs
Reheated Boiled Potatoes Avec White Sauce
Boiled potatoes sliced lengthwise are reheated on a baking tin with oil in the oven or over coals. A white sauce is prepared with butter flour milk or broth, yolks added with parsley onion juice and lemon juice, seasoned and cooked briefly before serving.
Windfall Man Fatally Stabs Rival Over Ball Game
In Windfall Indiana on October 29 Ralph Gable fatally stabbed Hiram Ogle with a pitchfork after a quarrel over a ball game. Police investigated the incident and intervened to prevent further violence.
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Ind
Ralph Gable
Hiram Ogle
The Song of Autumn Radiator Song
A Washington Star poem reflects autumn sounds of heating returning to life as a radiator sings. It contrasts warm tones with faded summer joys and notes the frost over foliage while readers yearn for steady steam and comfort.
Excellent Substitute for Mahogany Furniture
A frugal shopper can use green painted pieces as stylish substitutes for costly mahogany, offering good shapes after old models for those with a slender purse seeking artistic appeal.
Bunco Tale Turns on Clever Player and True Game
A brief exchange from Town Topics and Chicago Post describes a lighthearted bunco episode. A wary pair discuss a game where the seeker notes both risk and wit, highlighting a small ruse in a social setting.
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Fuch
THS Sun
Eevese
Miles
Washington
Schley Court of Inquiry
City of
Terre Haute
State Health Board
Babcock
LaGrange County
Czolgosz
State School Fund
Johnson
Joel Combs
Darky
France
Husband and
The
Podunk Times
Eggleston
Times
Washington Star
4Carpet Sale
Bigelow Axminster
Axminster
Pettis Dry Goods Co
UNDAY
Avi
Janaps
Security Trust Company
Pennsylvania St
Post Office
Columbia National Bank
West Washington Street
Indiana National Bank
Chicago Post
Oes
Nana Rast
Union Trust Company
Company
East Market St
John H. Holliday
Henry Eitel
Howard M. Foltz
Charles 8. M’bride
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