600 Horny-Handed Sons in Great Union Parade
Indianapolis labor day parade draws thousands, with Elwood and Alexandria contingents leading unions from Muncie Delaware county and Anderson. Delegations arrive by train, uniforms and banners flash amid a busy Circle scene. Gov. Mount and Mayor Taggart attend as unions march for 1899 celebration and labor unity.
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Dawson
Monument-place
Meridian-st
Muncie
Delaware County
Ance
Elwood
Madison County
Iron and Steel Workers
Anderson
Sisters Die By Suicide After Vowing Each Other
Elsie Kaden swallowed carbolic acid after a promise from sister Meta to end her life as well. Meta confirmed her pledge when she witnessed Elsie’s death. The double tragedy stemmed from a shared love for the same young man.
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Chicago
Elsie Kaden
Meta
Hisse
City Life Items and Local Notices From Garfield Park
Garfield park band concert slated for Monday night. Annie Castle of Lafayette visiting Indianapolis relatives. Democratic leaders deny appellate judge nominees withdrawal report. Elizabeth Kirk, nurse at Door of Hope, travels to Denver for health. Hattie Sullivan of Wabash guest of Washburns at Woodruff Place this week. Why cats seek the roof prompts curiosity. Women of Company D 158th Indiana to meet 7:30 p m Monday with Mrs F F McCrea. Charles Roach injures chin at Union Station after falling from a train. Fredonia Allen of Girls classical school granted leave to attend Cornell for a year. Mada Paddock Sprague to occupy place. James Meyer and son John fined five dollars and costs by Squire Sears for chasing Wishmeyer’s two hogs to death.
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Garfield Park
Annie Castle
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Elizabeth Kirk
Door of
Hope
Denver
Col
Hattie Sullivan
Wabash
J. L. Washburn
Woodruff Place
158Th Indiana Regiment
F. F. McCrea
Broadway
Charles Roach
Union Station
Fredonia Allen
Cornell University
Mada Paddock Sprague
James
Meyer
John
Squire
Sears
Anthony ‘Wishmeyer
the Meyers
Pando Dishes Up Critique Of U S War Effort In Cuba
Gen. Pando, second in command of Spanish forces in Cuba, describes American incompetence and lack of discipline, praises the U S Navy, calls Shafter unfit, and blames Sagasta for missteps. He says the war is not over and Cuba could be independent with Spain offering it. He later becomes incommunicado at the Hotel America and plans to leave.
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New York
Pando
Cuba
United States
Mobile
Florida
Santiago
Gereca
Shafter
Sagasta
Porto Rico
Philippines
Spain
America
Divorces and disputes in pasted notices across 19th century pages
A collage of claims shows the US government unpaid for pavement bills around Philadelphia post office and arsenal totaling about 15000 dollars. Individual quarrels include Daglish accusing his wife of neglect and petty crimes, Johnson seeking divorce, and Kerbox and Cowan airing accusations. The Indianapolis Mannerchor reports a river storm interrupting an Ohio river excursion with no serious damage.
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T U
John Daglish
George Kerbox
Lora D. Johnson
Richard
Mary D. Cowan
David
Indianapolis Mannerchor Society
Madison
Many Glad Mothers Welcome Home 117th Indiana
Camp Mount buzzed with reunion joy as the 117th Indiana arrived with mothers and sweethearts, though 12 men were hospitalized from Tampa fever. Fort Wayne Battery also arrived, with doctors tending malaria cases and a broken leg, while chaplain Medbury’s memory uplifted the troops.
Will Snyder Is Dead and Embalmer in the Regiment
A Fort Wayne boy Will Snyder dies after fever as the 167th Regiment brings his body home. His father rushes from Indiana to Fernandina then Indianapolis to learn the fate. An embalmer in the 157th, William Birch of South Bend, served many regiments. 229 answered sick call at Camp Mount on Monday morning.
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Camp Mount
117Th Indiana
Ana
Tampa
Fort Wayne
Chickamauga
Indiana
Union Station
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ranke, Bresher
Dr. Rabus
Medbury
Rev
Fafth
Angola
Elkhart
Volnie King
Chester Graesk
Henry Rowder
George Wolf
Schrump
William Schrump
South Bend
Fort Wayne Battery
Sith
Battery
Will Snyder
167Th
Harlan
Ind
Fernandina
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne Company
A Snyder
William Birch
157Th
Mond Lay
Open letter targets Camp Thomas hospital management
A veteran staff officer at Chickamauga publishes an open letter criticizing Gen Boynton and Camp Thomas hospital officials. He lists alleged failures including patient neglect, delays in death, lack of floors and disinfectants, poor sanitation near malaria zones, concealment of sickness, and reliance on Red Cross and private aid for medicines.
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A. R
Chickamauga
Boynton
Camp Thomas
Woman bicyclist injured by transfer wagon in city crash
A woman cyclist collided with Frank Bird's transfer wagon driven by John Massey at Pennsylvania and New York streets. She was thrown to the pavement, suffering a scalp wound and unconsciousness. Identified as Rose Foster, daughter of Gen. Foster, she remained unconscious at Deaconess hospital with possible brain base injury and other injuries. Gen. Foster was en route from Cincinnati.
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Frank Bird
John Massey
Pennsylvania
New York-ets
Massey
Masters
Klartin
Miss Foster
Gen. Foster
Cincinnati
Deaconess’ Hospital
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity 86 hours ending Sept 6
Forecast covers Indianapolis and vicinity with occasional showers Monday night and fair weather Tuesday. Early temperatures: 67 at 7 am, 86 at 2 pm. Big Four smashup on Chicago division near the workhouse Saturday night involved switch engines 57 and 471 with an extra freight. no injuries though freight cars rear sections were demolished. The pony train with a cut of cars ran on the main line to bypass a minor P and BE wreck.
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Indianapolis
Big Four
Chicago
Is Earl Nichols Dead in New York Newspaper Account
A New York paper reports the death of a man named Nichols from Indianapolis on the Mohawk voyage to Porto Rico due to neglect. The recruiting station record lists Earl E Nichols of 2504 Brookside who enlisted in the heavy artillery last May, but the number on file does not match.
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Earl Nichols
New York
Nichols
Indianapolis
Porto Rico
Brookside
Grand Jury Fails to Indict Effie Cordell in Grayson Case
Minnie Grayson pleaded with the grand jury not to indict Effie Cordell after a quarrel over a man and a bullet. The jury adjourned Saturday without indicting Cordell. Indictments and discharges followed for numerous individuals in related cases, with several cases continued for further investigation.
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Grand Jury
Effie Cordell
Minnie Grayson
Grayson
Miss Cordell
Corde
Andrew Payton
Louis Jones
SL Goudy
Frank Smith
Ida Washington
Arthur Melvin
James A. Menaughlin
Hubert Sickinger
Like Harrington
Fannie Morris
Stephen Groke
Elmer
Bert Moore
William Fitzpatrick
Philip Toner
Carl Harvey
William and
Emma Craig
Charles Madison
Henry Mathews
Thomas O'Brien
German girl detained as insane in police HQ
Freda Holz a two year old German girl is confined at police headquarters on grounds of insanity. She imagines a fortune teller named Madam Gross on Massachusetts Ave will force her into simultaneous marriages. Fragments suggest she once had some money, which Madam Gross allegedly gained by living with her. No such person can be located.
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Freda Holz
Tal
Madam Gross
Massachusetts Ave
BUNGALOO GANG Fined Again As Judge Warns West End
Two more members of the Bungaloo gang Carl King and Theodore Hughes were fined in police court on Monday. Judge Cox said he will break up the organization if he must send every boy in the West-end to the workhouse. The gang now carries sticks with nails to steal fruit from grocers and to use as weapons when pursued. King received a fine and ten days Hughes received a fine. Amphion Club appoints new director Carl Schneider after Oliver Pierce resigns due to concert engagements. a rehearsal is set for the Metropolitan School of Music with a concert planned for late October or early November.
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Cox
West-end
Carl King
Theodore Hughes
King
Hughes
Amphion Club
Oliver Pierce
Carl Schneider
Metropolitan
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O. S. Tuttle
Muncie Lodge
Alexandria
Relly Ax Works
White Star Lodge
Tipton
Enterprise
Noblesville
Mr. Volpp
Stone Masons
Robert Thomas
The
Painters’ Lodge
Amalgamated Wood Workers
Cigar Makers’ Union
Union
Prince Albert
Fair Grounds
McGregor
Court House
Elsie
City Life
Cervera
Corps Sanitaire
Congress
Caress Happy Sons
Indi
George Ra del
Pearl Curl
Charles Geake
Josh Seaman
Fred Sabine
Paul Zimmerman
Clyde Whiteleather
Frank North
Francis Coyle
Peru
W. H. H. Miller
Warren Luse
Company H
Rev. Medbury
Camp Thomas Hospital
Kansas City
Gen. Boynton
Missouri
Third Army Corps
Georgia
Red Cross Society
Lytle
Chattanooga
Meges
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