Otis critic and Philippine fighting report mix
Oct 3 dispatch notes Major Otis questioning a Manila mission leader's fitness while predicting Philippine insurrection containment within three months. Seymour cites rising American fear of Mansionists and election pressures. In Manila, Capt French and Lieut Ferguson of the Thirty-sixth Volunteers are wounded. one officer and eight men killed or captured during trench fighting near Ida Blanca.
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Isshington
Otiscathat
French
Fergu
Manila
Ida Blanca
Losane
Board considers approving new patrol wagon at meeting
The Board of public safety will consider accepting a new patrol wagon at its meeting on Wednesday. Built by Charles H. Black, it has been under construction since last April. Contract price is 3900 with 339.10 in the fund. clerk says other funds may be transferred. The wagon mirrors a newer model but lighter. No appointments expected. only vacancy is captain of detectives, not to be filled for now. Detective Kinney serves as acting captain. Changes to police and fire departments likely await the new board.
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Board of Public Safety
Charles H. Black
Taggart
Kinney
Board of Safety
Washington says: Ex Secretary Sherman refuses interview
Fragmentary post quotes Washington about a political interview. Flo comments on Nash’s chances and Hanna’s absence from campaigning, suggesting strategic voting alignments and perceived impact on Nash’s path to victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Det
Dewey Takes Charge and Moves Into Washington Residence
Admiral Dewey left his quarters at Everett and moved into the residence on Rhode Island Street in Washington. The home was recently presented to him by popular contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ashington
Up Against It Bankruptcy Petitions Arrive in Court
Three men petitioned to be declared bankrupts Monday P E Parmelee an Ilkhart railroad employee with 167 to 11 debts against him Peter Illman jr a Hartford City farmer with 360 debts and 450 assets and John Illman of Hartford City with 2285 debts and 200 assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Parmelee
Ilkhart Railroad
Peter Illman
Hartford City
John Illman
White man defends self after confrontation on streets
On Sunda night a colored man, walking in Cincinnati, encountered three white men near Minois and Georgia streets. The man asserted self defense and allegedly whipped all three assailants before they could flee. Names of the attackers were not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minois
Georgia-st
Cincinnati
Sunda
Defeated by Graft in Monday Bowling Match
Jay Bowled tor games against Lee Brane at the Stone Palace Alleys Monday, leading early but finishing with a split in the last frame. The article notes Shideler becoming the new warden of a Michigan City prison on Thursday and mentions plans to give every man an opportunity to fitness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay
Lee Brane
Palace
Jay Swas
Shideler
Michigan City
Moore Injured After Incident on Pennsylvania Street
A fragment reports an injury occurring Monday near 236 N Pennsylvania Street. Details are incomplete but indicate an injury event with immediate attention and potential medical response.
Ric Cabs Hart 4 Beer Eer
A brief item notes Ric Hart's four beer earnings in a local column, listing an unusual cap on casual bar earnings and a nod to a small business scene. (Note: OCR text is garbled. details uncertain.)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ene Aril
Ric Cabs
Hart
Ohio campaign stirs GOP hopes and Bryan criticism
L governor Mount returns from Ohio praising Republican momentum and predicting a 30,000 lead. He cites rival GOP leaders and warns that some cannot be depended on. He criticizes Bryan touring the state for undignified attacks on the president and doubts McLean’s renomination.
Beating the Bar: Police Court Disposes 90 Cases
In police court on Monday about 90 cases were disposed of. Notable outcomes include Thomas Smith fined 50 dollars and 90 days for stealing cloth from Kaeling's tailor shop. Other incidents involve duels, disturbances, robberies, and a threatening spouse case, with several suspects waived or discharged.
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Thomas Smith
Kaeling
E. Washingtonst
Painters’ Labor Trouble Seeks Early Settlement
Labor Commissioner L P McCormack aims for an early settlement between master and journeyman painters. He notes growing conservatism on both sides and a shared wish for amicable resolution. Some master painters favor unionizing. others oppose hiring nonunion workers. Most union painters seek a settlement, but some contractors who joined the union since the dispute began are profiting and not actively pushing an end to the trouble.
Daring World Cruise Planned by Captain
A news item from Francisco on October 30 reports Captain Cc A plans a bold voyage to circle the globe. The route would avoid Cape Horn and Magellan Strait, aiming to reach Europe. The plan emphasizes navigation challenges and a 30 foot vessel with limited capability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rancisco
Murderer Duncan Declared Insane and Untried
A commission found John O. Duncan insane after the ax slaying of Mary Cole. He will be confined in an insane hospital rather than face trial, with testimony recalling prior insanity declarations. Witnesses described sudden violent assaults and distressed behavior past and present.
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Mary Cole
John O. Duncan
Lockman
Smock
Sterne
Thomas
Tom Ryan
Russell Ave
Duncan
Emma Abbott
Abbott
Justice Lockman
Speculators Lose as Box Office Sells Seats at Regular Prices
Report from the theater district says speculators failed to profit. By noon many seats remained at the box office with no premiums paid. A lone seller asked 32 premium per ticket while others paid minimal marks, and a third party offered 1.4 dollars above face value. Manager Miller recalls Toledo four years ago when top seats went to speculators who could not move them, leading to a 300 dollar loss.
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English
Miller
Toledo
Stewart on Trial for Receiving Stolen Jewelry
George Stewart faced a jury in criminal court on charges of receiving stolen goods. He had clerked at Manny’s jewelry shop when two young girls brought a watch later found to be stolen. both Stewart and Manry were arrested, Mauzy released, while Ikko Matsumoto the Japanese jeweler testified Stewart brought the watch and gold to have a ring made.
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George Stewart
Stewart
Manny
Manry
Mauzy
Ikko Matsumoto
Gas Explosion Damages Home Sparks Suit Overinjury
Cornelia Beard sues the Indianapolis gas company for 5090 in superior court alleging serious injuries from a May 1847 natural gas explosion that wrecked her residence on Lincoln avenue between Broadway and College.
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Cornelia Beard
Indianapolis Gas Company
Superior Court
Lincoln-ave
Broadway
College
Inspector Receives Dueling Fire Curtain and Worker Delay Notes
State factory inspector McAbee cites two letters. An Indiana opera house manager notes a fire curtain is not kept down during a panic. A factory reports a man not returning to work after marriage, saying he went home and took a wife.
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McAbee
Indiana
Hoosier Capital News Briefs On Court, Theft And Divorces
State treasurer paid 8750 dollars in interest on a temporary refunding loan. Fiera E Swineford seeks divorce from Robert H Swineford for cruelty and abandonment. Lucas sues over 100 dollars in law books from John H Rader. Mary Ellen Anderson granted divorce from Sherman Anderson for cruelty. Alien W Zug granted divorce from Mmma J Zug for abandonment. Archie Anderson treated a leg cut at the dispensary after an assault on Washington street. Addie L Hardy sues to force close mortgage on a piano as payment for tuition in shorthand and typing. Robert Barbour reported locked up after incident with a shovel and silk parasol at Mrs Fannie Penfield’s home. A jury reviews a 2000 dollar damage suit between Meyer Steinberg and Isadore Wolfson.
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Fiera E. Swineford
Robert H. Swineford
Francis C. Lucas
New York
Stevenson
John H. Rader
Mary Ellen Anderson
Sherman Anderson
Alien W. Zug
Mmma J. Zug
Archie Anderson
W. Jmarist
Todd
W. Washington St
Addie L. Hardy
Maybel Heller
Isadore
Wolfson
Steinberg
Quarantine Update Transmits New Health Warnings
Fragmentary notes indicate a quarantine status update with mentions of the term raised and procedural concerns. The readable text includes scattered references to medical measures and containment steps, suggesting ongoing public health actions.
Hobart At Death Door As Health Fails
Hobart in Patterson New Jersey shows rapid decline in health at 4 p.m. Monday as Dr Neton informs the family to be prepared for the worst.
Wanted A Site With No Kickers Around Need Apply
Councilman Munro and City Sanitarian Clark discussed sites for a new isolation hospital on Monday. The health board may move the small pox hospital from its current location near the City hospital and lease a farm section, with the tenant using the ground when not needed for quarantine. A building will replace tents, and a winter epidemic heightens urgency to finalize a site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munro
Clark
Health Board
Pinioned Under Lumber Man Rescued in Cincinnati
Harry Richardson of 143 Villa Ave is in a rescue mission home in Cincinnati with a severe scalp wound after riding miles pinned under a pile of lumber. His companion could not free him during the perilous trek to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Richardson
Villa-ave
Cincinnati
Richardson
Births and Deaths from Local Families
Birth notices list multiple families with newborns including Ver Thompson mont-st boy, Maloney girl, Craft boy, Jackson girl, Campbell girl, Clark boy, Knight boy, Cox boy, Brown boy, Banke girl, Kirk boy, Wood girl, McDaniel girl, O Neal unknown, Jenkins girl. Death notices cite Reisner softening of brain, Mix dilatation of heart, cholera infantum, consumption, pelvic cellulitis, phthisis, cirrhosis, typhoid, bronchitis. Marriage licenses include Harvey Houston, Wheeler Mc Cowan, Miles Magsamen, Clark Stout, Johnson Sutton, Stivers, Dillinger Maudlin, Dwineh Patterson, Mark Leupp, Haroun Alexander.
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N. Capitol-ave
Ulysses
Eva Knight
Shermane Ave
David F
Anna Cox
Alfred and
Myrta Brown
Lexingtonave
Frederick B
Iva Banke
Dormanst
John and
Mary Kirk
Minervast
Arthur H
Alice Wood
Lee
Millie McDaniel
Chadwicksu
Kirl John
Mary O’neal
Arrowave
John W
Ella Jenkins
N. Bevilleave
Frederick S. Reisner
Union St
Emma L. Mix
Ethel Taylor
N. Capitolave
Louis C. Lowes
BE. St. Clair-st
Sylvia Bayliss
Temple- Ave
Onie FE
Trinch
Station-st
Sarah Williamson
Frank Kazar
Hough-st
Ole Madsen
Finneman
Thomas Harvey
Hattie Houston
James A. Wheeler
Mary Ann McCowan
William E. Miles
Mary E. Magsamen
Roscoe Conklin Clark
Harriet Myrtle Stout
Wiliam Johnson
Edith Sutton
Wiliam Cacherl
Eliza Stivers
Everett B. Dillinger
Edna May Maudlin
Franklin Dwineh
Rose Patterson
Frank A. Mark
George Haroun
Mary Alexander
Prison Sunday Sermons on Law and Rehabilitation
Rev. C. J. Bacon of Roberts Park M. E. argues law reflects regional sentiment and cites lax immigration for creating criminal classes. Rev. J. A. Milburn of Second Presbyterian proposes indeterminate prison sentences with possible social reintegration. Grace Cathedral speaker calls for better understanding of missionary results and warns against premature judgments.
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C. J. Bacon
Roberts Park
M. E
America
Central Ave Car Overloads After Church Run
A ramshackle Central avenue vehicle, likely Tom Johnson era, carried 54 passengers on a church crowds run though it was built for 18 to 26. The rear platform held four more. many details about conductors and attire are noted in the fragmentary report.
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Tom Johnson
Moses
Tenth-st
Fear of Humbug and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Claims
Article promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a non secret, non cathartic cure for indigestion. It explains ingredients, mechanism of action, and why digestion before fermentation prevents symptoms. The claim is tested by testing after meals and warns against cathartic medicines. Sold by druggists for 50 cents per package. free booklet offered by F. A. Stuart Co. Marshall Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
Firemen Accept Wage Agreement With Road
Firemen express satisfaction with a recent contract settled with the railroad. The deal sets wages from 2.04 to 2.20 per hundred miles, provides full mileage for deadheading, and extra pay for all time over 12 hours a day. Telegraphers report no new developments.
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van Winkle
Big Four
Roundhouse
First fixed date in human history found in ancient papyri
Dr James Henry Breasted notes in a Rome letter that Egyptian papyri nearly 4000 years old reveal the first fixed date in human history. Discovered near the pyramid of Userkaf I at Mahoun 50 miles above Cairo, the records are temple archives from the Twelfth Dynasty about 2000 BC.
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Chicago
Rome
Times-Herald
James Henry Breasted
Userteser I
Tmahun
Cairo
Nile
Built His Own Tomb in Marble Mausoleum
WABASH Ind Oct 30 The tomb of Dr J H DePuy a wealthy resident will be finished this week The mausoleum of marble and granite has compartments for 12 bodies and cost 10000 dollars Dr DePuy is past 8 and anxious lest he die before completion
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Wabash
Ind
J. H. DePuy
State Printing Bids Presented by Several Firms
The state printing board chaired by Gov. Mount and including the secretary of state and auditor reviewed bids on state printing. Levy Bros. & Co and other firms submitted proposals as Attorney-general Taylor reviews forms. It will be several days before a contract is let.
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State Printing Board
Gov. Mount
Secretary of State
Auditor of State
State
Levy Bros. & Co
W. B. Burford
Sentinel Printing Commany
Baker & Thornton
Reporter Publishing Company
Wilson & Trumphreys
Lugarsport
Taylor
Multiple Events Highlight Turbulent Season Across Cities
A scattered digest notes a transport ship arrival in Manila and a hospital relief mission, a Kentucky battleship speed trial, and Boston funding for the Parnell homestead. It records a deadly Findlay streetcar collision, a New York officer found unconscious, and a Chicago forgery arrest. Also mentions a Baltimore rescue, whaling deserters near Fayal, and ships City of Peking and Centennial sailing for Manila with regiments. Low river levels in Indiana influence fishing and dam boards. Latonia race managers face a $25,000 loss, with post show exhibitions planned in Europe, and cannery purchases by Britain amid rising yellow fever cases in Florida.
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Ashtabula
Eustace Speer
M. BE
Athens
Manila
Kentucky
Boston
Parnell Homestead
Ireland
Findlay
Owen Murphy
New York
C. B. Orvis
Chicago
Washington, Pa
Tonsoil
John Jackson
Baltimore
Agnes Burke
Canton
Fayal
Azores
Massachusetts
City of Peking
Centennial
Frisco
Indiana
Broad Ripple
Latonia
Cincinnati
Vienna
Berlin
Kenses City
Omaha
Key West
Flo
Miami
Jackson
Misa
Special Ladies Shoes and Fabrics on Second Floor Sale
A late 19th or early 20th century sale notice advertises ladies shoes in black vicu kid and dongola styles with sizes 11/4 to 3, priced around 1.45 to 1.98, plus ladies’ overgarters, muslin, sheeting, canton flannel, ticking, eiderdown, bunting, outing flannel, robe calico, percales, cotton batting, and other textiles on sale on the second floor opposite the elevator.
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Utica
Navy
Yale
Scceese A OG
del Montestables
Clancy & McLaughlin
Hudson-st
N. Delaware-st
Holton Place
Free New Idea Pattern With Dress Goods Purchase
The William H. Block Company offers a free New Idea Pattern with every Waist Skirt or Dress Pattern of Dress Goods or Silk purchased on Monday. The offer aims to educate customers on pattern quality and denounce high prices for patterns.
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Saxony
Menage
Ohio Republicans face evidence collection in Nash campaign case
A civil service commission member says evidence against Chairman Dick and Ohio state GOP members is progressing satisfactorily. He notes at least one zero letters to government employees aiding the Nash campaign and that evidence will be sent to the Department of Justice.
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Washington, Set
Civil Service Commission
Ohio State Republican Committee
Nash
Department of Justice
Heavy Registration in Ohio May Boost Next Election Turnout
Columbus dispatch notes heavy registration across Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus and Toledo with likely record votes next Tuesday. Republicans at headquarters claim Nash shows 20 percent plurality while Jones may swing three Republican votes for every Democratic one amid statewide trend.
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Ohio
Columbus
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Toledo
Nash
Itlso
Jones
City Grain Market Report for Monday October Se
Market notes show soy. corn. wheat. oats and hay prices and grades. Prices listed by grade including No 2 No 3 and No 4 across white yellow and mixed corn and wheat futures with various car counts and bids. Details include weak wheat and dull corn with bid ranges and timothy hay prices noted for No 1 and No 3 grades.
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City
Timothy
Union Stock Yards Market Report Indianapolis Oct 2
Light receipts of cattle hogs and sheep with quoted prices for varieties from good to prime steers and heifers to cows and calves. Bulls and heavy calves show range across feeder stock and export categories amid Monday shipments and no shipments on sheep listings.
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Union Stock Yards
Indianapolis
Aeigaillena Alte Edie Cptate
Steois Ceccaceranes
Aiereta
Ceesecaee Ren
Interstate
Interstate Stock Yards
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Ce of the Philippines Commission
Tagals
Otis
Bce
United States
Seymour
Hanna
John Sherman
Dewey
Bryan
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Mount
the Sun
Mclean
Daly
Rastus Richardson
William Coon
Cloon
Wesley Coon
Harry Carter
Louisville
Helping Hand Mission
South St
John L. McCormack
Capitol Ave
West St
James Jordan
Henry Smith
Albert Hines
Daniel Coffman
Moses Selig
Lynn Milliken
Meridian St
P. F. Westall
N. Pennsylvania-st
E. H. Bradley
Bradsley
Wall Be
Iene
M’abee
Hoosier Capital
Hobart
Harry. Richardson
J. A. Milburn
Second Presbyterian
H’m
Bishop Hall
Grace Cathedral
MR. Wgqwan
Supt. van Winkle
Egypt
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Acecen Stas Vicewrassene
WM. H. Block Co
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Bath
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Servate Ave
New Ww York
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W. Mertesst
M. W
Ann
Lexington
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