State Fair Chiefs Arrive as Ground Preparations Begin
State Board of Agriculture officials arrive to supervise Indiana fair preparations set to open next Monday. Exhibits will be set up from Thursday before closing to visitors on Labor Day. A new show barn for 294 horses, the largest in America, will be ready for opening day with extensive lighting and open stalls for visitors.
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State Board of Agriculture
Indianapolis
Indiana
America
Dead Babe in Mother's Arms on Train Trip
Ortha Bard traveled from Frankfort Kentucky to Middletown Ohio carrying her dead infant. She feared telling the conductor would get her put off the train. In Middletown she met her husband George Bard and the child was turned over to an undertaker. The mother’s home is Chattanooga Tennessee. The infant died after a whooping cough illness.
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Middletown
Ortha Bard
Frankfort
George Bard
Williams
Fathers Who Neglect Children Face Hard Labor
A Marion County report shows the juvenile court handling over 100 neglect cases under a new law. Offenders receive six months in the workhouse plus a $500 fine, with many sent to hammer stone.
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Marion County
G. W. Stubbs
Col. Shaw
Minister Invitations to See Tissot Bible Pictures in Indianapolis
William Henry Fox of the John Herren Art Institute invites Indianapolis area ministers to view the Tissot Bible pictures throughout September. The collection includes Daniel in the Lions Den and Moses with the Ten Commandments, among many other scenes, and aims to attract Bible students and art lovers of all ages.
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William Henry Fox
John Herren Art Institute
Indianapolis
Tissot Bible
Daniel
Noah
David
Goliath
Sampson
Foxes
Jacob
Shiek
Nathan
Jephtha
Moses
Rachel
Tissot
Institute Exhibit to Open September First
The new suggestioners will showcase beauty in each piece. Pictures will hang in the institute’s main galleries and attract many thousands of viewers starting September 1. Admission will be ten cents to ensure the exhibit’s popularity.
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Institute
Bryce's Bread Ad Promotes Sanitary, Modern Bakery
An advertisement extols Bryce's Bread as the west’s largest modern bread-making establishment with two new ovens, capacity for 22,000 loaves daily, and the Barley Mall loaf enhanced by malt extract. It emphasizes cleanliness, scientific baking, and the Red White and Blue label as assurance of quality.
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Bryce
Hisgen Hails Reform Tone At First Presidential Nomination
In Gramercy square Samuel J. Tilden era style crowd cheers as Hisgen accepts the Independence party nomination. Hearst praised as leader. Hisgen pledges direct nominations referendum recall and full campaign finance publicity to curb money influence.
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New York
Gramercy Square
Samuel J. Tilden
Democratic Party
Tweed
Independence Party
Hisgen
Gerard Mansion
William Randolph Hearst
Mr. Bryan
Taft
Thomas F. Hisgen
Hearst
Labor
Powell
Mr. Hisgen
Bryan
Tom Hisgen
Sam
Gompers
County Pays Part of Debt for Machines
Marion county paid 11 567 89 dollars to United States Standard Voting Machine company as part of the 98 000 dollar cost two years ago. The county uses 1 000 dollars of the bond each year with 3 percent interest. 78 000 dollars remains to be paid. Funds from the sinking fund covered this payment, straining county finances and signaling more unpaid bills soon.
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Marion
United States Standard Voting Machine Company
Harry Kahn Buys Boulevard Property in $9,900 Deal
The Washington boulevard unimproved property sold Monday for 40 per front foot. Frank W. Heskell sold Harry J. A. Kahn two lots on the boulevard for 9,900. The lots lie on the west side of the street, each measuring 160 by 300 feet.
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Washington Boulevard
Frank W. Heskell
Harry JA. Kahn
Divorced Wife Claims Share in Wolfe F Falk Estate
The death of Wolfe F. Falk in St Louis triggers a legal clash over a 190,000 estate. Elizabeth J Falk of New York says she is the lawful widow and seeks her share, while Catherine Lingard Falk asserts a prior divorce and marriage. Both women plan court battles amid theatrical circles.
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ST. Louis
Wolfe F. Falk
Elizabeth J. Falk
New York
Catherine Linvard
Catherine Linyard Falk
Falk
Catherine Linyard
Chicago
Foster's Court
Catherine Lingard
Waldorf-Astoria
Falk Here
Nathan Davis seeks divorce over wife's habits and infidelity
Nathan N. Davis files in circuit court for divorce citing Nora P. Davis habit of leaving dirty dishes poor housekeeping and boasting of infidelity as grounds for dissolution of marriage.
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Nathan Davis
Nora P. Davis
Nathan N. Davis
Circuit Court
Lawson Calls Wall Street Manipulation a Farce and Resigns
Thomas W. Lawson said he would comply with the stock exchange committee’s summons as a witness in the A. O. Brown investigation. He criticized Wall Street for disciplining manipulators and claimed major houses profit from manipulation, citing a year of $385,000 in manipulative commissions on a single Wil liam Rockefeller account.
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New York
Thomas W. Lawson
the Stock Exchange Committee
Wall Street
William Rockefeller
Wife seeks legal separation after 34 years of marriage
Amanda Bolander, married to George W. Bolander since 1874, sues in superior court for divorce claiming 12 years of separation with no support. She says she helped support her husband as a seamstress and desires to remain independent without a non-working spouse as her children are grown.
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Amanda Bolander
George W. Bolander
Superior
Mrs Reliance Cozat Dies At Son’s Home In Indianapolis
Mrs. Reliance Cozat 64 died at her son M K Henry 105 Union Street after living in Indianapolis 18 years. Survived by husband Orin Cozat she belonged to the W R C and to the Second United Brethren church.
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Reliance
Cozat
Son
Reliance TI. Cozat
M. K. Henry
Union Street
Dianapolis
Orin Cozat
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