Detective's child admitted after color-based refusal at School No 4
Detective Ben Thornton enrolled his six year old daughter at School No 4 after a confrontation with Principal Miss Ingersoll over racial admission. Thornton asserted equal citizen rights and threatened legal action. the child was initially enrolled pending school board review. Attendance on opening day was high, with No 2 crowded and No 4 short.
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Ben Thornton
Bright
Thornton
Miss Ingersoll
Schoos No
Supreme Court
Forest Fires Create North Wind Haze Over City
Northwest winds carried smoke from distant forest fires around 400 to 500 miles, blotting the afternoon sky and bringing a gray blanket over the city. Forecasters expect fairer, cooler weather only if the wind shifts, with smoke possibly lingering several days.
Light Artillery Faces Debt and Plans Fundraisers
The Light Artillery remains $2,200 in debt with a $4,500 mortgage, $2,400 of which is already raised. After a profit of only $100 from a park entertainment, Charles Kahlo urged Indiana citizens to help avert collapse, announcing a forthcoming committee meeting to appoint about 100 honorary members. An October entertainment on the baseball grounds is planned, a football team may form, and Armstrong park entertainments will pause for now.
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Light Artillery
Armstrong’s Park
Charles Kahlo
Tue Sun
Armstrong Park
Brutal beating of 12 year old girl near Paca nt
Lacey Jones, color ed and only 12, was kicked and struck by three men in a huckster wagon near her home at 73 Paca nt. The attack happened Sunday evening as she played outside. Neighbors heard her cries and the assailants fled after a confrontation with a pursuing crowd. Authorities later moved to arrest two more, but the trio escaped.
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Lacey Jones
Pacant
Sergi Lowe
Sutphen
Washington
West Kts
Alabama St
Milwaukee Tail-riders Ride Past Infield in Three straight
Milwaukee wins three straight as the Tail-riders shake off a lengthening skid at HK Oblost grounds. Milwaukee tops Indianapolis in two games and takes a third by a late finish halted by darkness, with strong hitting from Carey and Twitchell and solid pitching from Retiger and Pepper.
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Milwaukee
S. Milwaukee
Indianapolis
WL & Harned
Lully
wcCarthy
Blakesty
Gray
Goodrrough
Switchell
Carey
Retiger
Vy Pailips
Palls
Oly Rettzer
Phillips
Loian
Iwestlake
Ehurosiers
Miianapolis
Loutlovd
Mills
Cruegman
Long
Twitchell
Streck
Stephenys
Pepper
Indianapolis Fastest Track Question From 1894 History
A quoted dialogue from Lester of Kershner's restaurant asserts that Indiana’s history will claim Indianapolis as the fastest race track in 1894. It notes pacing race results, horses Hobert J and Joe Patchen, and Robert J’s 220.215 time as proof, with the claim that the track cannot be beaten.
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Lester
Kershner’s
Indiana
Indianapolis
Hobert J
Joe Patchen
Robert J
Q.wasa
Snake Reporter Slams School Board Gas Bill Controversy
A city transit style report quotes Commissioner Hendrickson denouncing a 10 600 gas contract for the school system as a robbery while accusing John P Frenzel of blocking cheaper coal or a five year deal. The piece notes prior bids around 3 000 and references a tense school board meeting and local political figures.
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Gae
Hendrickson
Tur Sun
John P. Frenzel
Consumers’ Gas Trust
Kuase
Dalton Village Burns. Wide Fire Devastates Town
Massillon, Ohio, Sept. 10. The village of Dalton nine miles west of here is on fire and half destroyed. Help has come from Massillon Canton and Orrville. The blaze began at 2 a.m. on Monday and is believed incendiary. Fifty houses burned and the business section swept away. Loss at least 200000 dollars. Wires down, post office burned, limited outside communication preserved by train. Insurance light. Also reports from Vancouver note a Dunn nugget weighing 1800 ounces worth over 30000 dollars found in Australia. Influenza spreading in western Australia and feared to reach America this fall.
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Tom Taggart
West Baden Springs
Bynum
West Baden
U. S
Canada
Pittsburg
Gov. Matthews
G. J. Whitcomb
Frankfort
Marion Club
Chicago
Monon
Lake Erie
Harry Baum
A. U
Winnie Smith
Citizen's Street Railway
Henry 8
Blue
Fair Grounds
Denny
August M. Kuhn
Louis Shaler
Cg, Gc, C. & St. L. Railway Company
Isaac P. Gray
Alexico
Diaz
Feliz Grounds
Fuller
James Hignite
E. Washington-at
Mary Summers
Mary A. Forsher
Emmioe Tincell
Clarence Smock
Elnora Smith
William Champ
Maggie Stiers
Emanuel Yingling
Mary E. Lytle
Wilbert Whitlock
Pearl Johnson
John Kimber
Minnie Roach
MassiLuon
Dalton
Here
Canton
Orrville
Vancouver
Australia
Warrimoo
America
Chicago Couple Found Dead in Bed at Ravenswood Home
A Chicago couple, J. A. Rawlins and his wife, were found dead in bed Monday morning at their Ravenswood home. Gas had leaked into the sleeping rooms from an open gas jet, according to the report dated Sept. 10 in Curoaco. Goss Makes a Speech. Indianapolis school teachers, 400 strong, met at the High School building Saturday afternoon and heard the new superintendent D. K. Goss outline cooperation, oppose educational revolution, and urge centralized governance aligning with national plans.
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Chicago
Curoaco
J. A. Rawlins
Task
Ravenswood
Goss
Indianapolis
Teschars
D. K. Goss
Millard Robinson Seeks Legislative Nomination
Millard Robinson announces his candidacy for a legislative nomination. A graduate of Indiana University and Cincinnati Law School, he serves as county attorney and was reading clerk in the last House. He is viewed as a strong stenographic potential for the role.
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Millard Robinson
Indiana University
Cincinnati Law School
House of Representatives
If You Sell Bananas Your Efforts Will Bear Fruit
An old ad style line touts selling bananas and making wholesome beer like Columbia or Home Brew from the Home Brewing Company. It mentions Hottles and Aelephor 6 1060 in a quirky promotional note.
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Columbia
Home Brewing Company
Hottles
Dreamer Simon Bunte Stages Nude Sleep Walk on City Streets
Simon Bunte, 40, boarding at 34 8 Mississippi at., wandered on W Washington st Sunday night about 10 in a nude state. Pedestrians fled as a crowd trailed the sleepwalker. Officers found him asleep behind Cone's overall factory, but a police wagon ride woke him. Police surgeon Kahlo advised release Monday as no insanity evidence.
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Simon Bunte
Mississippi At
W. Washington St
Mississippi-st
Sim
Gsomnambulist
Ata Safo
Leppert and
Simpson
Bunte
Cone
Kahlo
Property price debate stalls school purchase at $60,000
Local real estate men and politicians from Pantzer to Harper condemn the Ricketts property price as excessive while a legal path to condemnation is cited. Blackledge asserts school law allows court appraisal, warning that paying $60,000 could amount to robbery and burden taxpayers for decades.
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Hicketts
Flw
Pantzer
I. Schrader
Henry Kahn
W. H. Coleman
H.B. Gates
R. C. Browning
H. D. Hopkins
Judge Harper
Tur Sun
Kicketts
Tl. McWhirter
Snze
Blackledge
Ricketts
Thz Sun
Circuit Court
Americans and Japanese in Sino-Japanese tensions at Shanghai
A French mail steamer at Shanghai was boarded while searching for Japanese officers. the captain resisted, warning of a warship call. All Japanese dockyard foreign staff dismissed as guards tighten. The Mogul, on the Northern Pacific line, reportedly bought by the Japanese government for 2 million dollars, may become a cruiser. In Corea, Chinese forces isolated, forced to slaughter cattle and horses for food due to supply shortages.
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Sn Hancuar
Japan
Europe
American Steamship
Tacoma
Sikh
Japanese Steamship Company
Snancuat
Corea
Victim of a River Game Ends in Loss at County Fair
Gus Ranke and friends were swindled for about 4500 by an old game run by a tramp who cleaned Headke’s saloon across the river. The trio backed by strangers watched as a boastful runner failed to win a county bet, letting the bogey crowd drive away with the stakes. The con appears tied to a Chicago gambling ring seeking a pot.
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Gus Ranke
Headke
Indianapolis
Dr. Jackson
North Weat
Rehke
Mother and son in court over theft and clash
In police court Harry Spray bound over to the grand jury on grand larceny after taking 15 dollars from his mother Frances Spray who chased him with a butcher knife. At Patrick Campbell’s home he allegedly stole a watch before returning home. His mother and he reconciled as police arrived. Mrs Spray fined 10 dollars and Dirk received zero for officer interference.
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Fler Son
Harry Spray
Meridian Sr
Frances Spray
Patrick Campbell
Spray
Harry
F. C. Dirk
Sherman Morissy’s Comedy Troupe Opens Big Week in Indianapolis
The Park theater hosts a stellar program headlined by Sherman and Morissy with a real circuit act and a team of specialty artists. Mile Dealmore, famed dancer in Paris and London, stars with dazzling Calcium light effects. The act features a wrestling pony Bajor and Billy Kersanda of the Georgia minstrel troupe, promising a grand run with matinees Saturday and next week's Blue Jeans show concluding with multiple performances and scenery.
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Indianapolis
Sherman & Morissy
Jay
Mile
Dealmore
Paris
London
New York
Bajor
Billy Kersanda
Georgia Minstrela
Billy
Opera House
Grand
They Were Called Down J D Brosnan Relates Abroad Visit
J D Brosnan just back from abroad shares an Irish experience with Redcoat soldiers in Limerick and poor Irish wages under English landlords. He criticizes travel conditions, tariff support abroad, and drunken London scenes. He recalls travel hassles, baggage labeling, and a voyage on the Umbria from Aug 19 to Aug 2.
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J.D. Brosnan
Tux Sun
Limerick
Ireland
England
Europe
America
France
London
New York
Staten Island
Liverpool
Dudley
Ingland
The Strange Woman Who Had Secured Girls
A colored woman named Ids Dorsey was fined $40 in police court on a charge of being a procuress. Police say she worked to lure girls for immoral purposes in Minnesota lumber districts, claiming they were bound for Minneapolis. She posted a large cash bond and telegraphed for funds, drawing attention to possible agency for others.
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Ids
Dorsey
Wags
Tux Sun
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Hara
Detectiva Thornton
Miss Dorsey
Supt. Powall
Dead infant found near logs in city veneer yards
Late Saturday two children playing in Williame Adams veneer yards at Massachusetts and Columbia avenues found a newborn corpse between logs. The coroner was summoned and suspects the child was placed there the previous night. The infant appeared prematurely born. no parentage clues yet. A thorough investigation will follow.
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Williame & Adams
Massachusetts
Columbia Aves
North End Collision in Hoosac Tunnel Kills Three Brakemen
A north end crash in the Fitchburg line inside the Hoosac tunnel near Nextly Apail Mass on Saturday night kills two brakemen and injures three others as dense smoke from an east bound freight blocks visibility. The 400 Needs Reform discourse follows at Seventh Presbyterian with Rev. George L. Knox arguing municipal corruption spans all classes. Indiana weather forecast calls for cooler, fair conditions through Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass
Fitchburg Road
Hoosac
George L. Knox
Seventh Presbyterian Church
English Interference Denounced Over Southern Lynchings Probe
Governor Claude Matthews of Indiana denounces an English committee plan to investigate southern lynchings as meddlesome interference. The World aligns with the probe critique, while other items note K of P meeting choices, vaccination antics, a vanilla versus arnica cake mix up, and local character vignettes amid quarantine and community life.
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N. Y
Gov. Matthews
Ida B. Wells
England
Indianapolis
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