Three Men Escape Death In City Balloon Ride
Capt G L Bumbaugh and two doctors took a wild 25 minute ascent in the Indiana balloon above the city. A gale forced a cross city flight ending when the basket landed in a tree near 2828 North Pennsylvania street. a tether snagged power lines, cutting lights and phones as residents watched a risky descent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Bumbaugh
Speedway
Terra Firma
L. E. Custer
Dayton
C. W. Mills
Chillicothe
Indiana
Gus M. Wise
Pennsylvania Street
Bumbaugh
Orphan home broken into during night
Supt Rose of the German Protestant orphan home on State avenue and Nebraska street fired two shots at a negro found in the cornfield ten nights ago. The prowling incident failed to deter intruders. Monday night the laundry was broken into and clothing scattered, but nothing was stolen.
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Rose
State Avenue
Nebraska Street
Rider suffers broken hip after sulky fall in city
Arthur Lemon, 34, of 2462 Highkind Place, was thrown from a sulky at Thirtieth and Illinois streets Tuesday morning when the horse became unmanageable. He sustained a broken hip, was examined by Dr. G. H. F. House, and advised sent to City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lemon
Highkind Place
Thirtieth
Illinois
Lemon
G. H. F. House
City Hospital
Madrid Labor Vote Rejects General Strike Proposal
Madrid authorities report labor organizations in Madrid voted 76 to 0 against a general strike after the collapse of strikes at Bilbao and Saragossa. Gen Weyler has returned to Barcelona to command troops in the region.
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Madrid
Bilbao
Saranossa
Butcher
Weyler
Barcelle
Bavarian Drayman Decorates Barn With 100 Pictures
Claus Kahl, a 60 year old German native living at 1014 Harrison, showed neighbors a unique barn in Indianapolis shaped by nearly a quarter century of work. The 30 by 40 foot barn houses hundreds of framed pictures, a clock centerpiece with world colored spools, carved wood bells, oriental flags, and a richly equipped office behind hidden panels and drawers. A dummy phone sits on his desk while his real line lies at the house rear. He keeps four tons of coal inside and locks himself in to escape his wife, planning yearly remodeling and new additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claus Kahl
Drayman
Harrison Street
Kahl
Germany
Claus
Clhius
Prussian Singing Society of
Indianapolis
Arvine and Players Shine in The Lost Paradise Revival
Labor day opening at the Majestic Theater drew two capacity houses for the Arvine-Benton stock company. The Lost Paradise, a drama of capital versus labor, featured strong performances by George Arvine and Louise Dunbar as lead lovers. Frank Thomas and J Francis Kirk earned praise, Fay Baker impressed as a factory girl, and the production overall was well staged with minor flaws in intermission numbers.
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Labor Day
Majestic Theater
Arvine-Benton Stock Company
George Arvine
Louise Dunbar
Frank Thomas
J. Francis Kirk
Fay Baker
Whit ney Fails 10 Find Cook Records
Bristol R I Sept 6 Harry Whitney of New Haven Conn and Paul J Rainey of New York return from Arctic hunting with Capt Robert Bartlett aboard Roosevelt. At Sparbo near Baftius bay they visited Cook records base but found no trace of any Cook record, and no search was conducted.
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Bristol
R.“L
Harry Whitney
New H[aven
Dr. Cook
Miss Addie Lafferty Found With Elmer Jones in Arthur
Miss Addie Lafferty has been located in Arthur Oklahoma with Elmer Jones. They will be brought back by Sheriff George. Jones, a former local storekeeper, blacksmith and baseball team member, left his wife and four children to run away with the 16 year old girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landessville
Ind
Addie Lafferty
Arthur
N. Ok
Elmer Jones
George
Jones
Miss Lafferty
Thirty-First Indiana Volunteers to Reunite in Terre Haute
The Thirty-first Indiana volunteers plan a reunion at the Commercial club rooms in Terre Haute on Wednesday and Thursday. About 145 to 150 living members are expected to attend.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Commercial Club
Health and wealth linked by bowels say advertisers
An advertisement claims digestive failure causes financial ruin, blaming constipation for brain blur. It promotes Cascar ets as a cure, urging a week long, 916 box treatment and touting it as the world's best selling remedy with a million boxes monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascarets
Dynes Features in Pittsburg Meeting
W L Dynes of Indianapolis addressed the National Association of Supervisory Post Office Employees in Pittsburgh Pa in response to an address of welcome by Postmaster W H Davis He called the gathering largely educational noting the post office work and employer challenges The association aims to cooperate with the department improve service raise efficiency secure uniform pay and widen opportunities for postal workers In the afternoon C P Canfield first assistant postmaster general spoke to the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
W. L. Dynes
Indianapolis
National Association of Supervisory Post Office
W. H. Davis
Dynes
Post Office
Department
C. P. Canfield
Apple Growers Sell Nearly Million in Hood River
In Hood River Oregon on September 6 the Hood River apple growers' union closed the largest single sale of apples. Steinhardt and Kelly of New York City bought most of the Hood River valley crop, totaling 300 000 to 400 000 boxes. Proceeds to the orchardists approach one million dollars.
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Hood River
Ore
Union
Steinhardt & Kelly
New York City
New York
Progressive party urged by Georgia delegate at congress
St Paul Minn Sept 6 A new political alignment in the old solid democratic south is suggested a progressive party with merit in accomplishment and Roosevelt as a guiding star W H Shippen of Atlanta Ga a Georgia delegate to the conservation congress advances the plan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
Col. Roosevelt
W. H. Shippen
Atlanta
Mr. Shippen
Georgia
Conservation Congress
Fire destroys Menhaden fish plant near Mere
A $250000 blaze early Tuesday gutted the Menhaden fisher company plant near Mere. Much machinery and twelve boatloads of fish were destroyed in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewes
Wes
Menhaden Fisher Company
Mere
Six Leap From Auto Ahead Of Crash In Wet Wreck
Two women their husbands and two children leaped to safety as the Thompson Milan Indiana auto was crushed between trolley tracks and a ditch on the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern line near Irvington. Motorman Cotsfield halted the car after spotting the vehicle and stopping but the car slid 100 feet before impact. Mrs Thompson jumped from the driver seat while Thompson and others freed themselves from the rear seats. The auto was wrecked in the collision.
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Lfe
Terre Haute
Indianapolis & Eastern Traction
Irvington
Thomas H. Thompson
Milan
Ind
Adam Cotsfield
Thompson
Dog at Fire Saves Family From Death
New York dispatch reports a Brooklyn fire at 312 Wyant Street that damaged a Dr Samuel Lieber home. A barking tramp dog awakened the sleeping occupants, allowing Dr Lieber his daughter and a housekeeper to escape smoke. The dog was moved to a neighbor and will have a permanent home. Damage estimated at $4,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wyant Street
Brooklyn
Samuel Lieber
Mistaken for Burglar Woman Killed in New York
In New York at 4 a.m. on Tuesday, Mrs. Louise Geiss, 36, was shot dead by Kurt Weisslox, 19, who mistook her for a burglar at 430 East Eleventh Street. Her husband and 16-year-old daughter were grazed by the bullet. Weisslox collapsed after realizing the mistake. The prior night a burglar had entered the flat causing fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louise Geiss
Kurt Weisslox
East Eleventh Street
Women to enter temperance campaign in Indiana county
Crawfordsville Ind Sept 6 The county council of women voted to take an active role in the temperance campaign. Mrs Emerson Bradlord will head a committee to evaluate candidates on temperance and morality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
County Council of Women
Emerson FL Bradlord
Man Walks Into Water Rescued By Life Guard
Peter McDonald stepped from a boat into seven feet of water at Belle Isle bathing beach while clutching a Bible opened to Christ walking on the water. He was fully dressed when Life Guard McNally pulled him to safety.
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Petroly
Mieh
Christ
Peter McDonald
Belle Isle
McNally
Wife in Need of Breakfast Appeals for Aid
A 22 year old married woman told Carle Morton at the state free employment bureau she had no work for two weeks, her husband Jake Hoffman was jailed on Aug 26 for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and she described a rough past and abuse before being provided a good breakfast and a place to stay.
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Carle Morton
Mabel Hoffman
Jake Hoffman
West
Washington Street
Shoals
Ind
Employment Bureau
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
West Washington Street
Pennant Winners Enjoy Auto Ride Through City
Members of Elmer Tenley’s Pennant Winners toured Empire in decorated Overland trucks yesterday morning. The theatrical troupe drew much attention as they rode about the city, celebrating with a festive motor parade that showcased their community spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Tenley
the Empire
Overland Automobile Company
Despondent wife swallows acid after disagreement
Mrs Emma Rodgers, three weeks married, became despondent over her husband living with his parents at 31T Spring Street. She went to her father’s home at 106 South Noble Street and swallowed carbolic acid. Two doctors revived her. she is expected to recover.
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Emma Rodgers
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Meridian
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Twenty-fifth
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Hadley
Clyde “Park
Carey
Westfield
Georgetown
Bambach
Burley Tobacco Society
Henry L. Cahall
Cahall
Cahull
American Tobacco Company
Ohio
Arvine
Majestic
Whitney
Cook
Peace
Mullally
Progressive Party
Dayton Limited
THE
Continental National Bank
North Meridian Street
Marion Paint CO
Gia Picne
Ynainnapolin
F.S. Chapman & Co
Oberammergau
Marius S. DE Voll
Barytone
Miskhel Palmer
Bevin
Hammel
Dawson
Ladley
Clarence Carson
Mader’s
WM. A. Brady
Armstrong
Walter Ehlers
South Illinois St
HOTEL
Kingston New
the State Free Employment Bureau
the Leading Trust Company
the Union Trust Company
Office Company's
E. Market Street
Pettis Dry Goods
Spring Street
Indiana State Fair
Coliseum
Herzog
Weber's Prize Band of America
Blanche Mehaffey
Pain
Fcenery
Oscar Hadley
Charles Downing
Belasco
Mon
Arvine-Benton
Sam J. Curtis & Co
Musical Luciers
Count de Butz and
Tassell
Innes & Ryan
Grace de Winters
Sam Hood
Victo Talking Machine
Victors
Walschner-Stewart Music O
Burgheim
Optical Department
Registered Optician Services
Barris-Thompson CO
South S
Phenes
New
Piper Machine Co., Ine General Machinists
Pheue, M
Aland St
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