Citizens' Gas closes purchase of Consumers' mains
The Citizens’ Gas Co of Indianapolis completed a deal to acquire the Consumers’ Gas Trust Company mains for 409,061 dollars. A stock rush followed, with about 600,000 dollars subscribed and 20,000 dollars received Thursday, as officers and directors celebrated the sale and anticipated further growth toward a million dollars.
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Citizens’ Gas Company
Indianapolis
Consume Gas Trust Company
Mr. Potts
Union Trust Company
Local Jottings From Indianapolis City Notes
Brief items from Indianapolis city life include remarks on naturalization, library size, courthouse furniture, street conditions, and local officials. Headlines touch on Bailiff Myers, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Remster, the police bureau, fire department horsefeed needs, and the new city hall site with risk of growing troubles.
City to Sell Old Mules and Cleaning Equipment
The Board of Public Works notified Judge Henry Clay Allen that it intends to sell a lot of old city mules wagons harness sprinkling carts and related street cleaning department articles. Appraisers named are Horace F Wood Frank Young and Ernest Rockford.
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Board of Public Works
Henry Clay Allen
Circuit Court
Allen
Horace F. Wood
Frank Young
Ernest Rockford
Rogers Sentenced to Electrocution in Olney Murder
United Press reports Charles H. Rogers, found guilty of murdering Fred R. Olney in Goshen New York, was sentenced today to be electrocuted during the week beginning December 8.
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United Press
Goshen
N. Y
Charles H. Rogers
Fred R. Olney
Oyster Frank's and Elmer Long operate weathered listings
Fragmented notice advertises Oyster Frank's at 113 N Jabamast and Elmer Long formerly of English Hotel now at Ark 15 East Ohio. It reads as a muddled weather forecast page with address snippets and local business references.
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Elmer S. Long
Ormerly
Ye Ark
E. Io
Judge Walker Opposes Most Divorces in Probate Court
Probate Judge Merle N. A. Walker denounces divorce except when legally required, denying about 75 percent of petitions. He favors keeping families united and only allows separation to protect children's welfare or when one side bears sole blame. Other Marion county judges grant about 75 percent.
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Judge Walker
Walker
Marion County
Widow seeks proof as husband dead in eerie case
The widow of John H. Wroughton, a magnetic healer, waited today for signs of life from her husband’s body. She claimed he died Tuesday and vowed not to bury him until decomposition. Ten years earlier he reportedly awoke from a coffin during a funeral sermon.
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Wroughton
Appellate Court Affirms $1,800 Damages in Railroad Collision Case
The Floyd county circuit court ruling awarding Francis A. Bulleitt $1,800 for injuries in a collision with Southern railway company was affirmed. The plaintiff sought $2,000 and the railroad’s motion for a new trial alleging excess damages was overruled.
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Floyd County
Francis A. Bulleitt
Southern Railway Company
Bulleitt
Farley Charged In $2 Fraud With Home Journal Offer
Prosecutor to try Ralph Farley in criminal court on November 7 for taking $2 from Mrs. Hwa Porter by false pretenses via a Ladies' Home Journal subscription offer. He allegedly defrauded about 150 women with promises of pianos silk waists and numerous items including carpet and furniture.
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Ralph Farley
Criminal Court
Farley
Home Journal
Mra Porter
Ladies’ Home Journal
Theatrical star Hitchcock disappears amid bail risk
New York detectives search every New York harbor outbound ship for Raymond Hitchcock the comedian who vanished after six indictments for alleged mistreatment of young girls. His wife is distraught at a cousin’s home, believing blackmailers may have killed or decoyed him. Some say he fled abroad while others warn of suicide or a bail jump.
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New York
New York Harbor
Raymond Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Europe
Broadway
The
Lambs’ Club
Herman Fromme
Taft Gets Strong Horse Found for Secretary Taft
Washington Oct 31 Secretary Taft, once deemed a "swivel chair" warrior due to lacking a suitable horse, has obtained a mount. Reports from Fort Riley indicate four states and Missouri were scouted before locating a capable army mule in the natural habitat of the equine.
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Taft
War Department
Fort Riley
Missouri
Gillette Granted Doubt. Perjury Convict Released on Bail
Walter Gillette, former vice president of Mutual Life Insurance, convicted of perjury and jailed six months, received a certificate of reasonable doubt from Justice Dowling. He was released on $15,000 bail pending appeal.
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New York
Walter L. Gillette
Mutual Lafe Insurance Company
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
Gillette
Receiver Appointed for Carnehan-Sherwood Printing Firm
Walter R. Beard filed for a receiver in Superior court seeking control of the Indianapolis firm Carnehan-Sherwood, claiming insolvent finances and $50,000 debt with no dividends on his three preferred shares valued at $300. Arthur Jordan attended seeking conference. Orlando B. Hess named receiver after a conference, plant to continue operating, with assets about equal to liabilities.
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Superior Court
Leathers
Beard
Arthur Jordan
Orlando B. Hes
Whallon Revokes Saloon Licenses In Police Court
Police Court Thursday shaped like a saloonkeepers convention as liquor law violators faced Judge Whallon. Harrington lost his license for a third Nichols on offense and was fined. Several others, including Kolker and Van Sickle, faced fines or case continuances for selling liquor or liquor violations.
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Thomas C. Whallon
Whallon
Herrington
Harrington
Seyfried
John van Sickle
William Peterman
Bronze tablet sought for courthouse corner stone
County Commissioner John McGregor will ask the county council for funds to cast a bronze tablet to replace inscriptions nearly obliterated on the courthouse corner stone. The planned inscription recalls the stone laid June 11, 1872 by M W G Lodge and displays the names Christian Fetta, Isaac Hodgson, and other Masons.
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A. D
M. W. G. Lodge
A. Masons
State of
Indiana
Christian Fetta
Isaac Hodgson
City to pay in cash as warrants cashed at controller office
Friday pay day in cash, with George T. Breunig, city controller, guaranteeing ready funds. Warrants from taxpayers cannot be cashed in the county treasurer's office due to high volume, so they will be cashed in the controller's office. A transfer of $62,000 to the controller's office will occur Friday morning, with Warrants issued in one room and cashed in an adjoining room, Merchants' National Bank sending a teller to cash them.
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George T. Breunig
Merchants’ National Bank
Coroner Calls Carman J M Mahoney Testimony
County Coroner Dr G A Petersdorf summons J J Mahoney superintendent of Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Co to testify in the inquest of Clifton Manleaf motorman killed in a collision between a W Michigan Street car and an interurban on the Ben Hur line Bank Ave scene notes a single track and a prior collision on this track.
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J. J. Mahoney
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
G. A. Petersdorf
Clifford Manleaf
Bank Ave
Car and wagon crash injures local rider
Nathan Calacoss of 4.7 South DelawareStreet was bruised and shaken after his wagon collided with a street car on West Street near McCarty Street Wednesday night. The wagon was damaged and Calacoss said the motorman did not ring the gong.
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Nathan Calacoss
S. Delaware St
Calacoss
West-st
McCarty-st
Car Shortage Sparks Grain Shipment Conference
Grain dealers and shippers on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois line met with the Railroad Commission Thursday afternoon to discuss shipping conditions. Elevators are reported full of grain while a shortage of cars raises the risk of loss.
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Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Railroad Commission
Berryhill seeks annulment case over Rhodius marriage
In Superior court Friday morning the guardianship case of James M. Berryhill for George Rhodius is argued against Elma Dare Dodsworth Rhodius. Mrs. Rhodius lawyers claim Berryhill has no standing to sue and Rhodius himself could not sue while under guardianship.
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James M. Berry Hill
George Rhodius
Elma Dare Dodsworth Rhodius
Superior Court
Vinson Carter
Ryan and
Ruckelshaus
John Kern
Rhodius
Berryhill
After the Smokers Warrants Issued for Smoke Ordinance Violations
Warrants charging breaches of the smoke ordinance were served Thursday on William Holt of the Grand hotel William Fowler of Denison Hotel company Ithamer Holloway proprietor of the Tacoma laundry Edward Ferger druggist 47 W Washington Street and Charles Hogate chief engineer for the Indianapolis Traction Terminal company The ordinance has been upheld by higher courts City Prosecutor Fred R Bonnifield and Smoke Inspector Walmsley have worked to prepare affidavits against downtown factory and store owners.
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Wiliam Holt
Grand Hotel
William Fowler
Denison Hotel Company
Ithamer Holloway
Tacoma
Edward Ferger
Kokomo Fame Spurs City Delegation Plan
Chicago Dispatch reports Kokomo Indiana weighs public reaction to Booth Tarkington's The Man From Home now at Studebaker theater with W T Hodge as Daniel Ransdall Pike. Mayor W H Arnett and CongressmanCharney Landis plan a Chicago visit Nov 4 to decide thumbs up or down and have arranged a special train for the trip. Bliss Native Herbs and The Gem Laundry ads appear among local notices.
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Cnuited Press
Chicago
Kokomo
Ind
Booth Tarkington
Home
Studebaker Theater
W. T. Hodge
Daniel Ransdall Pike
W. H. Arnett
Charney’ Land
Lincoln League to Pick State Convention Site
A committee appointed by Edward E. Gates, president of the Twin Lincoln league, met at the Denison hotel Wednesday night and failed to select a site for the next state convention. The executive committee will decide on November 9. A resolution invited C. W. Fairbanks S Beveridge and Hemenway to attend. The convention will be held on the 12th 13th and 14th. President Gates spoke of the candidates and whether he would be present.
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Edward E. Gates
Twincoln League
Denison
C. W. Fairbanks
S. Beveridge
Hemenway
Gates
Grant H. Clay Dentist Opens New Office In Indiana
Grant H. Clay, M. D., dentist with the New York Dental Company for 14 years, now located at 16 North Delaware Avenue opposite Torelinson Ball in Indianapolis.
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Grant H. Clay
New York
Dentae Cmpany
Delaware
Torelinson Ball
Indiananols
Mystery death at New York convent by Miss Josephine Hill
Deep mystery surrounds the suicide of Miss Josephine Hill a Kentucky girl who shot herself in the House of Mercy where she had lived as a secluded teacher Sister Superior Gertrude knew only that she came from Kentucky and sought solitude from the world The incident occurred in New York Oct 31 and was reported by United Press
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New York
Josephine Hill
Kentucky
House of Mercy
Gertrude
Mss Hill
Furnace repairs and installations offered by James P. Carroll
I am prepared to repair your furnace or install a new Round Oak furnace on very short notice. A shop full of skilled furnace men operates at the corner of Tenth and Broadway under James P. Carroll.
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James P. Carroll
Tenth and Broadway
Insurance Man Freed in Bribe Case at Minneapolis
Elmer H. Dearth once a state insurance official was acquitted by verdict today in a trial on receiving a bribe from W. F. Bechtel, former president of Northwestern Life Insurance. Bechtel testified he slipped $200 into Dearth’s pockets after a favorable report, but the court ruled the testimony insufficient for conviction.
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United Presse
Minneapolis
Minn
Elmer H. Dearth
W. F. Bechtel
Northwestern Life Insurance Company
Bechtel
Dearth
Finest Oysters in the Land at Oyster Frank's
Oyster Frank's announces top quality oysters at 113 North Alabama Avenue. Local patrons flock to the shop for fresh seafood, noting prized shellfish and steady daily supply.
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Alabama-at
Mob surrounds town jail over murder of little girl
A 509 strong mob gathered at Renova Pennsylvania jail awaiting the identity of suspect Fred Jackson 22 after the murder of Mary Donnelly. Assistant District Attorney Kentner restrained the crowd from breaking doors while police search for matching footprints and a witness description from Mrs Katherine Langeen. The case rests on evidence tying Jackson to the crime with potential lynching if proven.
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Renova
Fred Jackson
Jackson
Kentner
Howard
Katherine Langeen
Banks Resume Payment Of Checks In Several Cities
Banks across the state resume paying checks gradually with $100 limit in Indianapolis. Auditor of State officials say reconstruction will take days and no danger exists as affairs settle post New York disruption. State examiners met with John Hillheimer to review new examination rules while Treasurer Oscar Hadley paid state employees in cash. Indianapolis banks plan to handle local payrolls in cash Saturday to avoid inconvenience.
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Fice
Auditor of State
New York
John Hillheimer
Oscar Hadley
Indianapolis
Banks urged to raise circulation to ease money pressure
Comptroller Ridgley appealed for banks to increase circulation beyond the legal limit. Dispatches in large numbers expressed willingness, though an immediate universal adoption is unlikely. Authorities note national banks hold the key and co operation could relieve pressure on ready money.
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United Press
Washington
Treasury
Department
Doctor Jumps to Death in Delirious Frenzy
Dr William B Kinner aged 35 leaped from a second story window of his Ferguson Missouri office at midnight in a delirious frenzy said to be caused by excessive cocaine use He was instantly killed according to United Prensa reporting from St Louis on October 31
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United Prensa
ST. Louis
William B. Kinner
Ferguson
St. Louis County
Outfitting Co offers heaters and rew planеs
Powerful double flue heater warranted to heat three rooms and hold five hours. Priced at 2.00 cash or 75c per week. People's Outfitting Co located at 133-135 W. Washington. Includes 62-41-36 Kentucky-ave. Rew Planes from $165 and up. Wulsch.
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People's Outfitting Co
Washington-sty
Kentucky-ave
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Alfred F. Potts
Potts
Dong Gum Hong
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Denison House
John Myers
Superior Court No. 5
Charles Remster
Pennsylvania
Chiosts
Pearl St
General Information Bureau
Delaware and
Washington-sts
Indiatnayolis
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Coots
Charles W. Tutewiler
Board of Public Safety
Joseph Foppiano
Metzger
Police Department
Bookwalter
Ohio and
Alabama Sts
E. Tenth St
Alfred Cook
Washington St
Board of Trade
Board of Works
T. E. Will
American Association of Forestry
Marion
Anderson
Thomas A. Winterrond
H. P. Lieber
Central Ave
United States
Frank
N. Jabamast
Bull and Rest
Ohiost
Tively
Merle N. A. Walker
Probate Department
Indian Territory
Muskogee, I. T
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Railroad
COURT
the Prosecutor
Hwa Porter
New York City
Star
Secy. Taft
Laited Press
Carnahan
Sherwood CO
Walter R. Beard
OF Harrington
Police Court
William Harrington
Alabama
Martindale-ave
Henry Seyfried
Oren Hack
John Hett
Henry Kolker
Kolker
Andy Reinhardt
Mike Ford
Thomas Fox
Perry Potter
Joe Michaelis
Jerry Gates
Mike Wells
John Miller
Oneida
Mike Lucid
William Blumberg
Charles Haas
Ed Rosemeyer
Patrick Campbell
Patrick Holleran
Mat Lewis
John
McGregor
Mr. McGregor
Coroner
Carman
Bliss
W. Wash
GEM Laundry
Ark
E. Chfost
Convent
Br United Press
Howard, Pa
Mary Donnelly
R. B. Oglesbee
Ofe
Wulsch
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