Klondike romanceBerry wife strike big find valued at 2 million
A sensational Klondike tale from San Francisco reports Clarence Berry and his wife Ethel Bush Berry have struck it rich. An option to control four claims at Klondike is placed at two million dollars, with early production in the hundreds of thousands in gold. The narrative covers their overland trek, marriage, and sudden wealth, amid warnings of Canadian duties and frontier tension. News from Victoria and Dawson City notes gold fever shifting to richer districts and crowding in Klondike towns.
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San Francisco
O. O. Howard, Jr
O. O. Howard
Clarence Berry
Klondike
Berry
Ethel Bush
Eelma
Fresno
Alauskah Geold Fields
Forty Mile Camp
Dominion
Sisters of Mercy
Holy Cross
St. Michaels
Alaska
Victoria
B. C
Ogilvie
Stewart River
New York
Edgar I. Misner
Dawson City
Tombstone
Fairbanks recounts ghost tale on Ohio farm visit
Senator Fairbanks shared childhood memories during a Washington to home trip, recalling a farm in Ohio. He described a haunted house three miles west of Woodstock, vacant for forty years, with a visible second story clothesline laden with garments, seen by passing observers.
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Senator Fairbanks
Washington
Ohio
Woodstock
Pass
Ting
Uae
State tax board to hear 15 days of county board appeals
The Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners will spend the next 15 days hearing appeals from county boards of review. Along with Pulaski county’s Dry pumping station case for Cudahy Indiana pipeline, other appeals include Farmers Bank of Frankfort, First National Bank of Frankfort, Richmond Gas and Water, Citizens State Bank of Noblesville, and Consolidated Stone of Bloomington, with disputes over assessed values and item specifics.
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State Board of Tax Commissioners
Cudahy Indiana Pipeline and Refining Company
Bluffton
Pulaski
County Board of Review
Board of Review
State Board
First National Bank of
Frankfort
County Board
Richmond Gas Company and Water Works
Citizens’ State Bank of Noblesville
Consolidated Stone Company
Bloomington
Read and Swell Up
Congressman Overstreet compares Indianapolis and Washington praising Indianapolis offices streets and business. He notes Washington public buildings and pavements are fine but Indianapolis does more business and home merchants attract shoppers away from the capital.
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Indianapolis
Washington
Congressman Overstreet
New York
Philadelphia
Wheat threshing begins at the poor farm and street work planned
Reports show wheat threshing at the poor farm and water mains planned on Villa avenue to Orange. Residents along Shelby street seek improvements while heat records appear. An official thermometer read 94 at 4 p.m. Sunday as crowds gathered in parks and Harry Kinan recovered after heat exposure. The Western Paving and Supply Co. ordered to speed Morris and New York streets work. Hammond Grain and Separator Co. filed for incorporation with $100,000 capital. Indiana cigars show a 2,479,000 decrease year over year with savings about $125,000. rail shipments also fluctuated week to week. Superintendent D. M. Geeting attends seven weeks of teachers’ institutes in Dubois County. Henry Oakey sues street sprinklers for 91 hours pay. case pending. Board of public works defers asphalt decision on Market street due to low property owner support. Several street contracts awarded for paving and curbing with varying bids. Relief funds for miners collected $936.20 with Senator Fairbanks contributing $50. distribution planned Tuesday.
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Villa-ave
Prospect-st
Orange-st
Shelby-st
Raymond
Harry Kinan
Washington St
Western Paving End Supply Company
Morris
New
D. M Geeting
Dubois County
Henry Oakey
Board of Public Works
Market-st
Wastst
Noble-st
Merrill-st
Moerichar-st
Madison-are
Merhersol-st
Twenty-eighth
Twentyninth-st
Ash. St
Madison,ve
Meridian
Merrill St
Miners’ Relief Committee
Fairbanks
Statisticia v
Charles Franke
Vermont-st
Libertyst
Bowlder
Henry T. Nolting
Hudson St
Ohio
New York St
J K. Comper
Fowest
Board of Works
North
New Jersey
Meridian-st
City Construction Company
N. Meridian-st
Senate Ave
City Construction’ Company
Union-st
Falmer
Iowa-st
Indiana ‘Improvement, Company
Tae
Indianapolis Mannerchor
Dolan Arrest at Head of Strikers in Pittsburgh Riot
In Pittsburg on Monday morning Patrick Dolan, miners district president, was arrested on a warrant by T. B. De Armitt while leading a crowd trying to block workers. Dolan urged calm, was released on $500 bail, and named a successor to lead to Plum Creek. Other strike leaders were named in the warrant.
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Pittsburg
Patrick Dolan
Miners
T. B. de Armitt
Dolan
de Armitt
Plum Creek
Cameron Miller
William Warner
Charles Shaw
Columbus
George W. Bright
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Kentucky
Missouri
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Chicago
West Virginia
McCrea
Dorran
Sandy Creek
Bethlehem
Scottdale
Connellsville
Cummings
Pinnickinnick
Wilsonburg
Citywide Power Outage Halts Activity For Hour
Sunday evening shutdown sent the city into a near halt as electricity failed for over an hour, leaving streets dark and businesses idle while crews worked to restore service. The interruption impacted transit, shops, and public facilities across multiple districts. Authorities investigated the cause and urged calm as restoration progressed.
City signs Gamewell police telegraph contract for 35700 dollars
The Board of Public Safety and Mayor Taggart signed a contract with Gamewell of New York for a 100 signal box patrol telegraph system with 180 miles of wire. Completion within four months, underground wiring in downtown, bonds total 45000 dollars, and a legal review cleared affidavits after bids.
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Commissioners of Public Safety
Gamewell Company
New York
Taggart
Central Union Telephone Company
Board of Commissioners
Board of Commissioners Awarded the Contract. Mr. Bell
Births and deaths and marriages notice list
Births record includes T. D. and Ada Deputy at 503 N Liberty St a boy and a girl George and Mary Tucker a boy Adam and Carrie Schuler a girl Clyde and Mary Burgess a girl Howard and Mattie Shekell a boy David and Marietta Rathbon a girl Frank and Ella Henkle a girl J A and Eva Allen a boy. Death notices list Kate Philips 24 consumption 912 Highland Ave William Avery 25 tuberculosis 51 Oak St Hattie McMurry 4 months cholera infantum 328 W Eleventh St Priscilla Burckdall 56 dysentery 708 Drake St August Klanke 51 gastritis 273 Prospect St Infant Brosnan 2 months enterocolitis 749 N Delaware St Cynthia Webster 50 mitral stenosis 496 W Thirtieth St Roy Caylor 2 months inanition Colored orphans home Cordelia Stockwell 50 dropsy 247 Bates Mrs W S Hagerdon 30 peritonitis 4 Greer St McCord Chambers 10 drowning 294 College Ave Josephine Henry 39 tuberculosis 232 N Liberty St Roger R Myers 14 diphtheria 178 N Missouri St Marriages list Martin Smith to Sadie Pierce Tom Oddy to Ida Wolf John S Nichols to Anna Keeler James H Ringer to Katie Jenkins Frank McIntire to Ella Haster John W Blake notary public room 18 Baldwin Block pension vouchers acknowledged filed in the pension office Latest things in Rockers wm L Elder Jones the Tailor 95 old S Illinois St.
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T. D
Ada Deputy
N. Liberty St
George and
Mary Tucker
Adam and
Carrie Schuler
Vermont-st
Clyde and
Mary Burgess
Coffey-st
Howard and
Mattie Shekell
N. Oriental
David and
Marietta Rathbon
Daugherty
J. A
Eva Allen
Elm-st
Hattie McMurry
W. Hleventh
Priscilla Burckdall
Drake
August Klanke
Prospect
Infant Brosnan
N. Delaware
Cyntha Webster
W. Thirtieth
Roy Caylor
Cordelia Stockwell
Bates
W. S. Hagerdon
Greer-st. McCord Chambers
Josephine Henry
Liberty-st
Roger R. Myers
Missouri-st
Death of Rev Henry Day in Indianapolis Pastored First Baptist
Rev Henry Day aged 79 died at 122 N Pennsylvania St Sunday night after a long illness. Born in Massachusetts he graduated Brown 1843 and taught natural philosophy civil engineering and astronomy before directing Broad Street Philadelphia and later Indianapolis churches. He led church funds and mission giving, and built the N Pennsylvania St church while pastor. Surviving: wife Susanna McCarty and children Harry and Margaret. a brother in New York banking.
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Henry Dayden
Nicholas McCarty
Pennsylvania St
First Baptist Church
Mr. Day
Massachusetts
Brown University
Huntington
Columbian University
Washington, D. C
Albert Harkeness
Lyman Jewett
Brown
Day
Broad St. Baptist Church
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Susanna McCarty
Harry
Margaret
New York City
N. Pennsylvania St
City Council Faces Clash Over Saloon District Plan
The common council plans a Monday night vote on an ordinance creating a no-saloons zone north of Tenith street, with strong opposition from saloon keepers and the liquor league. A Republican minority report favors passage citing 4000 petition signatures. gas pricing measures also surface.
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Common Council
New Tenith-st
Liquor League
Allen
Wolcott
Committee On
Alten
Weather Outlook for Indianapolis Area Aug 3
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending 8 p m Aug 3 calls for generally warm and fair conditions Monday night and Tuesday with possible thunder showers and a cooler Tuesday afternoon. Noon Monday temperature reached 2 and 2 p m showed OL.
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Indianapolis
Steamer Sultan Wrecked Near Socotra Island
The Bombay steamer Sultan bound from Jeddah to Calcutta with 1300 Mohammedan pilgrims and rice founder near Socotra Island. The Australian steamer Valetta rescued the crew and some passengers as the vessel sank. Nearly 100 pilgrims perished.
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Jeddah
Calcutta
Vessel Lost With Missionary Crew Near New Guinea
The missionary steamer Meda owned by the Methodist Book Concern struck the northwest coast of New Guinea and sank. A large party of religious teachers from the Fiji islands were aboard and are believed lost or stranded on a desert island. Dana has reached Sydney to report on the wreck.
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Pacific
Vancouver
B. C
Dana
Sydney
Meda
Methodist Book Concern
Board of Mis
New Guinea
Pisces
Ade
Pentecost bands ordain 18 youths for mission service
The Broad Ripple park annual meeting ordained 18 youths from the Pentecost bands. Nine women and four men were named for missionary work in Africa and India. The ordination followed elders healing about 13 members using James 5 as guidance.
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Pentecost Bands of America
Broad Ripple Park
William McCready
Connersville
Ind
Mathias Cline
Lowell, Il
John Mason
Grafton
W. Va
George E. Bula
Indianapolis
Sadie Hill
Bleirsville
Emma Alcorn
Cokesville
Maggie Vail
Greensburg
Lena and
Anna Brown
Hmdon
Louisa Bula
Mount Pleasant
Ina Cone
Lexington
Clara Roberts
Greenfield
Elizabeth Tucker
Corning
Anna
Lena Brown
Africa
India
Walked in Her Sleep Ida Lambert Injury at Washington Street
Ida Lambert aged 16 of 519 East Washington Street wandered from an upstairs window in a somnambulistic trance Sunday night. She fell and landed crouched on her head and knees causing severe cuts and facial scalp injuries though not life threatening. Dr Erdman of CityDispen ward and ambulance staff took her to City Hospital.
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Ida Lambert
Washington St
Erdman
City Dispensary
City Hospital
Inmate Grace Gilbert Attempts Suicide at City Resort
Grace Gilbert, 22, inmate at a 7 Wood Street resort, tried to kill herself Sunday night by ingesting carbolic acid. She alleged mistreatment by other residents. the bottle was taken from her before she swallowed the ounce. Dr. Rhodes of the City Dispensary intervened to save her life.
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Grace Gilbert
Wood St
Dr. Rhodes
Death of John Jordan at Senate Avenue corner
A 25 year old colored man named John Jordan collapsed Sunday night at the corner of Senate Avenue and Eleventh Street with a pulmonary hemorrhage. The patrolman on the beat witnessed the fall and summoned an ambulance, but Dr. Thomas arrived too late to help.
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John Jordan
Willersenth-st
Senate-ave
Eleventh-st
Dr. Thomas
Social whirl outline at local gatherings
W J Wood and family travel to Maxinlaukkee while Mrs Orvill Peckham of Chicago visits Drs and Mrs P Hi Jameson. Miss Alice Long schedules a tally horida to Broad Ripple for Miss Nottingham visiting Miss Lucy Holliday. Stella Adams hosts a garden party with about 100 guests, Lucy Michena as guest of honor. Mr and Dr J K Sharpe Jr mark their golden wedding anniversary with family at home. A garden party is planned at 222 N Alabama St hosted by Mai Robt Aierson and the Miller household.
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W. J. Wood
Maxinlaukkee
Orvill Peckham
Chicago
Drs
P Hi. Jameson
Alice Long
Tally Horida
Broad Ripple
Miss Nottingham
Lucy
Holliday
Stélla Adams
Nevis
Lucy Michena
J. K. Sharpe, Jr
Mai
Robt Aierson W. Cy
Asd Miller
New 222 N
Alabama St
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Klondike ‘Romance
Alasica
War Department
Seattle
Yukon
H. P. Ray
W. P. Richardson
Eighth Infantry
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyo
City Life
Armitt
Board OF Public Safety
Gamewell
Kate Philips
Highland-ave
Wiliam Avery
Martin Smith
Sadie Pierce
Tom Oddy
Ida Wolf
John S. Nichols
Anna Keeler
James H. Ringer
Katie Jenkins
Frank McIntire
Ella Haster
John W. “Blake
Baldwin’ Block
Wm. L. Elder
Henry Day
The
Bread of St
Democratic Party
SRA
Tacoma
Wash
Hera
Sultan
Bombay
Socrata
Grims
Sions
Preyer
Business Office of
the Sun
E. Chrost
Denison House
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