Indiana State Fair Opens With Livestock Pavilion Dedication
The Indiana state fair began with heavy crowds and busy vendors. A new livestock pavilion, decorated with flags, was dedicated at 11 with Gov. Hanly addressing the audience. Hundreds of children from Indianapolis schools attended on a free day as livestock and exhibits drew lively attention.
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Indianapolis
Weber
Cincinnati
Sidney Conger
Indiana State Fair Association
Gov
Hanly
Races and Festivities Highlight Opening Day at Fair
Bleachers buzz with popularity as races begin at 1 PM with a Western Horseman Stake Pace of 2100 and several purses. A 25 000 hourly capacity crowd is anticipated with extra police, special trains, and extended streetcar service. The new livestock pavilion draws crowds and the Igorrotes entertain while plans for an Indianapolis day holiday by business groups loom.
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Illinois-st
Centralave
College-ave
Indianapolis
Board of Trade
State Fair Grounds
County Council Cuts Levy Plan And Scrutinizes Bridges
Marion county officials gasp at a $714,099.50 appropriation for expenses and then cut proposed bridge funding. The council reduces the bridge budget to $266,900, debates keeping general levy increases, and contemplates preserving tax ferret work to avoid losing $60,000 yearly. A gravel road levy may be abolished as funds move to general purposes. County Auditor Cy Clark hosted a noon dinner for the council.
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Marion County
White
Fall Creek
Capitol Ave
Eagle Creek
Fagle Creek
White River
Morrisst
Delaware St
Senate
William F. Charters
Charters
Cy Clark
Fair and cooler US forecast with delays noted
A national weather forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions tonight and Tuesday. The report lists sunrise at 5 20 and sunset around 6 04 with some unclear markings and timing details.
Bellefontaine Man Dies From Hic Cough After Fall
Special to The Sun. George Hull died Saturday night in Bellefontaine Ohio after a fall from a building at Lakeview weeks earlier. Physicians say the fall triggered hiccoughs that began five weeks ago and led to his death.
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Bellefontaine, O
George Hull
Lakeview
Funeral services for Civil War veteran Edward Rudolph
Edward Rudolph died Friday at 220 Hamilton Ave. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 30 PM in the Grinstoner Bros chapel on East Market Street. Burial followed with undertakers.
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Edward Rudolph
Grinstoner Bros., Undertakers
E. Market St
Rudolph
Hamilton Ave
Electrician sleuth captures three men during fair week
Michael Hunter an Indianapolis police electrician proved his sleuthing by catching three men described as good men working crowds during fair week. Among them was Richmond Kohles, wanted since last fall for stealing a ring from waitress Lofttle Zimmerman. Kohles confessed pawning the ring. police later recovered it from a friend. Kohles was fined 19 dollars plus costs and given 10 days in jail. Williams and Chambers of Memphis had their cases postponed.
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Lofttle Zimmerman
S. Wiineis St
Richmond Kohles
Hunter
Delaware
Kohles
Williams
Chambers
Farm scheme tale ends with mother and daughter fleeing south
A Nebraska farmer and two Evansville women linked to a marriage bureau scheme flee to the south after a postal law case. Mischnich funded bonds, then urged arrest for both women still on bond. Authorities seek them as narcotic and deceit concerns surface. Red Man Scrap ad appears at end.
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Courtland
Neb
Evansville
Garnet Lancaster
Violet
August Mischnich
Nebraska
Indianapolis
Federal Grand Jury
Mischnich
United States
South
Young Drug Fiend Howell Accused of Bank Scams And Prisoner Boy
A 24 year old, Percy Howell, is jailed for loitering related to a drug fueled scheme involving fake bank accounts and a mobile wealth plot across Ohio and Indiana. He held 14 year old John Schuster prisoner, with Schuster later telling detectives he feared Howell and supported his arrest. A 15 year old boy who accompanied Howell as a supposed brother testified relief at detectives’ arrival, while a boardinghouse keeper prompted the capture by reporting suspicious conduct.
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John Schuster
Liberty St
Cincinnati
Young Schuster
Percy Howell
Indianapolis
Bank of Meyer & Kiser
Indiana National Bank
First National Bank
Dayton
Hamilton Dime Savings Bank
Canneraville
Emily Thatcher
S. East St
Perjury Charge In Wreck Case In Indianapolis
William T. Hall, brought from Memphis, is charged with perjury in a New York Central railroad damage suit related to the Fowler Ind wreck. Hall, said to have been in the caboose and later claiming injury, allegedly testified he sat with a man when he was on a different train, and has sued the railroad in his own name. Sheriff Joseph C. Clay delivered Hall to Indianapolis authorities.
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William T. Hall
Indianapolis
Memphis
Tenn
Joseph C. Clay
Clay
Hall
New York Central Railroad Company
Fowler. Ind
Temptress Vena Foster in Indianapolis hotel scam
Vena Foster described as a skilled con artist who poses as a appealing woman to separate men from their money. She used looks to approach travelers, lift pocketbooks, and claim government employment while traveling with her husband. Capt. Bray and Clerk McIntyre encountered her on West Chiost Street after reports of repeated arrests.
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Indianapolis
William Moore
Vena Foster
Foster
W. Chiost
Bray
McIntyre
City Council Delays Meeting Awaiting Judge Harvey ruling
The council postponed Monday night’s meeting again and will wait to hear Judge Harvey’s decision on the saloon license ordinance before scheduling another session.
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Judge Harvey
Boys Coming Home From Indiana Institute
Probation Officer Axtell will escort 20 boys from White's Manual Training Institute in northern Indiana back to the area. They have completed their terms and will be released by the local juvenile court.
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Axtell
White's
Manual Training Institute
Indiana
Wealthy Residents Push Gas Lamp Lighting On Shaded Streets
A petition signed by Sterling R. Holt, George W. Stout, Ferdinand Winter, W. B. Burford, Addison C. Harris, J. K. Lilly and others was presented to the Board of Public Works requesting an incandescent gas lamp system for shaded streets on North Meridian and other tree shaded areas. The Sun Vapor Street Light company has installed trial lights to demonstrate improvement over electric lighting.
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Sterling R. Holt
George W. Stout
Ferdinand Winter
W. B. Burford
Addison C. Harris
J. K. Lilly
Board of Public Works
Sun Vapor Street Light Company
Watermelon feast hosted by State Board at statehouse
The annual watermelon feast for state officers and statehouse employees will be held in the statehouse basement at 10 oclock on Tuesday. New board members supply the fruit with John C. Billheimer and John McCardle arranging the selection from across Indiana. The governor cuts the first melon as Sam Shutt and Will Freeman assist, ensuring plenty for all attendees.
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A. M.E. Church of
Indiana
Bethel Church
Vermont
Toledo Pats
Sam Shutt
Will Freeman
Death Was Close At Belt Road Crossing
George W. Smith aged 84 a transfer man was injured at the Belt road crossing at Capitol avenue Monday shortly before noon He did not see an approaching yard engine and was caught under the wreck of the wagon He was removed to his home 863 Riverave The extent of his injuries is not known Internal injuries are feared.
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George W. Smith
Capitol Ave
Bryan keeps out of it in Denver political scene
United Press reports W J Bryan refrained from involvement in his daughter's Denver Women's Democratic club leadership. He declined to discuss her activity, saying he had long viewed woman suffrage as an experiment, and he heard members accuse the corporation wing of the party wives of influencing her.
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Corporation
Democratic Party
Bryan
Paying for Sport Arrests Highlight Indiana Wildlife Rules
Albert Cones of near Thorntown was jailed by Deputy J. J. Martin for hunting without a license with fines and costs totaling 36.70 dollars. Scott Berry and Ed Hahn were arrested by Deputies Martin and Duckworth near Winamac for possessing spears. Jacob Hoffman faced charges over a trammel net, each paying 3 dollars. New Pianos 165 dollars and up. Wulschner's Oyster Frank opens tomorrow at 113 N. Alabama Street Indianapolis.
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Thorntown
Ind
J. J. Martin
Scott Berry
Ed Hahn
Martin and
Duckworth
Winamac
Jacob Hoffman
Domestic help charged with grand larceny in Meyers home
Maggie Anderson, a domestic worker at Mrs. Meyers home on 2018 N Alabama St, was arrested Sunday by Detectives Gerber and Larsh for grand larceny. A diamond ring and brooch valued at $175 disappeared three months ago. the brooch was recovered at her father’s Carolina Street home, but the ring remains missing.
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Larsh
Carolina St
Shaw Found Safe In Welsh Mountains After Night Lost
George Bernard Shaw, noted author and playwright, arrived safely in Dolgelly after spending a night missing in the Welsh mountains. A widespread search had been conducted throughout the countryside.
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Geo. Bernard Shaw
Dolgelly
The Gem Laundry and Unison Barber Shor Ad
A compact old ad notes The Gem Laundry offering family washings rough dry by the pound and all flat pieces ironed with phones for contact at 1671. It also mentions Unison Barber Shor as a barber shop in the same ad layout.
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GEM Laundry
Lightning kills three at Springs hotel blaze
A lightning strike caused a fire at the Springs hotel in Cleveland Springs North Carolina killing three people. Miss Cora Smith of Philadelphia and two unidentified Black women died while the building was destroyed.
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Springs
Cora Smith
Philadelphia
Phillips widow placed under bond in Cleveland murder case
Mrs Charlotte Phillips, accused of killing wealthy coal man J J Phillips, was taken by invalid carriage to East Cleveland town hall and posted 15000 bond on a second degree murder charge. Three porch witnesses heard distress cries the night of the murder, and detectives consider digging Rockefeller grounds if the murder weapon remains unfound.
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Cleveland
Phillips
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Phillips Place
Justice Brown
McGunnon
Burglars Strike Homes and Stores in Local Area
Charles Kennedy reports a Sunday afternoon burglary at 41 Eastern Ave with 310 missing. C W Jobbe’s grocery at 336 S Meridian St robbed of cigars tobacco and small change. A grocery at Thirteenth Street and Senate Ave also burglarized Sunday night.
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Charles Kennedy
Eastern Ave
Nerve of farm firms’ engines sparks city clash
Residents on WN Meridian street and other streets to the fair grounds protest spikes wheels tearing up pavements. City ordinance fines heavy engines on paved streets, raising risk of arrests among representatives at the fair grounds.
Musig for the Governor visits Governor Hanly office
A juvenile Salt Lake City band en route home from Winona serenaded Governor Hanly at his office. The group, from a Plainfield-like institution led by Judge Willis Brown, wore neat zouave uniforms and played well. The governor thanked them, praising boys of the era and bidding them a pleasant trip home as he shook hands with each musician.
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Salt Lake City
Winona
Gov. Hanly
Mone
Plainfield
Willis Brown
Parlor Queen Base and Double Flue Heater Ad
An ad from People’s Outfitting Co lists a 35 dollar Parlor Queen Base and a powerful double flue heater warranted to heat three rooms and hold fire 48 hours. $2.00 cash or six cents per week. Address 133-135 W Washington St and 82-34-36 Kentucky Ave. Also Harrod’s Studio advertises cabinets at $2 per dot and is located at U6 Virginia Ave.
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Barnes
People’s Outfitting Co
Washington St
Kentucky Ave
Fall Athletic Goods and Local Shops Ad
Football and basketball equipment offered by Gus Habich at 121 W Washington and Harrod's Studio at 116 Virginia Ave promote baskets and cabinets, with a note asking have you seen my cabinets, two per dot.
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Harrod
Virginia-ave
Fall Athletic Goods
Gus Habich
W. Washington
Vireginia Ave
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