Decrepit Riverside Bridge Sparks City County Debate
County surveyor Harry Klausmann tells THE SUN a new bridge at Riverside park is widely favored. Officials across City and County advocate replacement, though funding remains contentious. A petition urges the works board to seek county funds for the Riverside bridge project.
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Riverside Park
Harry Klausmann
Bridge and Stream Commission
Dunn
the Sun
Riverside
Works Board
McGregor
Ittg
Carrie Nation Sparks Chaos at Brewery Workers Meet
At the fifteenth annual brewery workers convention in Columbia hall, a disturbance erupts as a figure named Carrie Nation is invoked. Attendees freeze, the chair hides under a table, and a secretary climbs a post while others attempt to reach upper windows before order collapses and revelers retreat to drink.
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Carrie Nation
Columbia Hall
Alata Roy
Asy Remblage
Scalding Accident At Hotel Boiler Room Injures Worker
A worker named Jne Strudder, described as colored, was severely burned on the chest abdomen and arms while near a steam pipe in the boiler room of a hotel. He received treatment at a home dispensary and clothing changed, with Max Hawley noted in connection to the incident.
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Ahi Dente von Hotel
Jne Strudder
Senatesave
Max Hawley
Good Asphalt Work Expands Along Ohio Street
Reported by the Sun, work crews under engineer OA Hirer Terur are laying fresh asphalt along Ohio Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Wachtawatre, with authorities stressing timely completion to address pressing infrastructure needs and public safety.
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Pennsyinia
Separate Meters Debate at City Council Meeting
Councilman Fishback proposed the mayor’s plan to separate meters amid gas rate talk at the city council gathering. The KAS Company offered rates and projected costs while claiming the fuel gas used for heating remains unaffected by the main gas supply.
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Fishback
City Connect
Meniay Wight
KAS
CHT
Furnitus
Falling Signs Plague City pedestrians fear
Mayor Holtzman probes building inspector Stanley after reports that large signs over Indianapolis streets may fall. The Sun found pedestrians in danger during storms as inspectors lack time to check signage regularly and rely on a single clerk, risking injury from failing signs.
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Indianasane Sirely
Holtzman
Stanley
Stantey
Oata
City Council cuts budgets and delays projects at Monday session
In a Monday meeting the city council pared requests for health and safety funding, cutting medical inspection, laboratory improvements, and several department budgets. Proposals included $68,650 for health, $16,? for safety, and $7,700 for works. An ordinance to raise taxes and funds for Brightwood waterworks were discussed, with $25,000 for a state park plan slated as recommended.
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Health DepartMent
Eric Hinaner
Tam
Susta
Brightwoo
Alee Waltamorka
Alls
Lrief
Massachusetts
Busy burglars hit area as police race to halt spree
Report notes multiple break ins around Thdiahanelig and nearby streets. Five burglars entered buildings Monday morning including the Lingtle eatery, taking provisions from one site and sleep from another. No arrests yet as investigators lack a clear suspect list.
Weather Woes Paint Sky With Pitying Clouds
Boys woke to a gray morning as clouds spread across the sky. Tears in their eyes and muffled words hint at rain threatening the day. A pale, bright apparition bleeds through the hazy scene as the weather casts a somber mood over Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Deranged by Repentance Toledo Woman in Insane Asylum
Mrs Clint Middle once Belle Stevenson a resort mistress with a $50000 fortune, plans to convert real estate to cash and quit the life she led. Her mind broke after remorse and a niece filed an insanity warrant. She is in the Insane asylum as authorities consider permanent mental illness.
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Toledo
Tolapu
Clint Middle
Ai Helle Stevenson
Haldings
AG. Jennings City Missionars
Belle Stevenson
Saylum
The Roosters Crown as Orchestrated Farm Animals Compete
Odd state fair scene where roosters, horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs form an impromptu orchestra to outplay Sousa. Commentators joke about Wagner and Brassy beef choirs while tractors drum and corn shreds swirl. Despite humor, the fair revels in bustling exhibits and livestock displays.
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Sousa
Church Turned Beer Garden in Milwaukee Raises Eyebrows
In Miwaukee, a German Episcopal church built in 1872 near the Pabst brewery became a beer garden and concert venue. The church trustees refused Capt. Pabst's offer to relocate, leading to an elevator dispute that helped finance the conversion to a saloon and hall. The transformed building now operates as a beer and music venue attracting both men and women and maintaining a veneer of respectability.
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Hichard Becker
Milwaukee
Mammoth
Pabst
Fred Pabat
Capt. Pabst
Aum Beeldes
Imulhe
Mr. Pabst
Walt
Cobb elected Maine governor with large margin
Portland dispatch reports complete returns showing William T. Cobb Republican elected governor by a 30009 plurality over Cyrus W. Davis Democrat. Republicans claim a one percent gain over 390 towns and plantations contributing to the result while Democrats note a sizable but smaller gain. Ballots counted exceed two thirds of towns reporting.
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Portland
Almont
William T. Cobb
Cyrus W. Davis
Trepublicans
Scorchers fined in police court for fast speeding
In a police court incident the Scorchers were fined after being cited for speeding. The case involved a traffic violation with the team name attached to the offense, presenting a disciplined public record of penalties assessed.
One Man Fined In Speeding Case In Court
Tharaday morning two motor vehicle owners faced police court for speeding. Fined $5 and costs was Wheeler of 947 N Merillan for driving at a rate of about 30 miles per hour. Another driver, Vornegi of Marketer, was fined 32 for the same charge. McKlain at 380 Meridian St. was discharged for night driving without a light. Dr J D George case for fast driving was continued.
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Thasday
N. Merillan
Delaware
Wheeler
Fase
Felix Vornegi
Marketer
Tyst Dening
McKlain
Meridian-st
J. D. George
Til Barkave
Watches Stolen From Shatver Home In Prospect Street
Two gold watches were taken after burglars broke two side windows at the home of Lewis L. Shaidyer on Prospect Street early Tuesday morning. A colored woman was admitted to practice law in Kentucky, and Mrs. S. J. White of Louisville was noted as a one-armed rescuer. Also mentioned are various travel promos and advertisements.
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Shatver
Prospect St
Lewis L. Shaidyer
Prnapertest
Dy Sripps-McRae
Escape with Engine as 200 Men Pursue Train Robbers
Two hundred armed men from three counties and four cities chase five train robbers who dynamited the Rock Island express near Letta Iowa. The band fled with the engine after looting the car, leaving money sacks along the route and killing the crew. Separately in Chicago a robbery at a wholesale cigar shop ends with Harold Petersen killed and a porter wounded.
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Rock Island
Letta
Dy Scripps Mekas Press Associaton
Davenport
Rock Island Railway
Kansas City
No. H
Columbus Junction
Fruitland
Thare
Scrippe-McRay Ress Association
Chicago
Sep
Harold Petersen
West Lake
Rovbeyst
Peterson
Births and deaths listed with scattered names and places
A chaotic list of births and deaths with numerous names and addresses such as Charles and Minnie Stone 1301 Shefield boy Orren and Clara Cornel 1919 Brookside boy John and Maud Hennard 18 Barth boy and many more. It also includes marriages John Joseph Leach and Elen Mullen Amrose Ross and Alice Blue and miscellaneous notices of repairs, property, and other unrelated items.
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Charles
Minnie Stone
Sheffield
Orren
Clara Cornel
Brookside
John and
Maud Hennard
Barth
Beatriz Giosein
Liberty
William and
Anna Cook
Uplon
Howard and
Mineesa Stangall
Mattie
Wiliam
Mary Miller
Minnesota
Emil
Louisa Bernitt
Col
Mary Moore
Graceland
Tarl
Bertha Paach
N. Windsor
Claud
Cynthia Graves
Boy Parry
Nettle Timberman
Meek
John Holmes
Yil
Martha Armstrong
Wy Morris
Schmidt
Witlam
Kite Myers
Snelpy
Kilgar
Mantie King
Katherine
Tiny
Mary Kirk
Madraon
Bow
Tiernard
Mary Wheers
Lealsa Cooley
Morris
Alexander Ant
Ant Wrst
Tselles Fontaine
Thoms U Hughes
Esther
Fisher
Thomas O Connor
Lows Sueffert
William F. Roberts
Mary J. Wi
John Joseph Leach
Elen Mullen
Amrose Ross
Alice Blue
Kuliett Lowa Kunecki
Mamie
Thorpsare
Filton Cullier
Dela Allen
Foreign News Snippets From Across Europe and Beyond
Reports from Paris, Rome, Vienna, and Constantinople recount expulsions and duels, with figures such as Max Regia and Archbishop Chipette noted. Imperial receptions in Vienna and Cairo diplomacy are described, alongside shipping rate cuts from London to Liverpool and a Turkish monopoly grant to a German company in Mesopotamia.
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PARSS
Paris
Max Regia
Algiers
M. Fontaine
Rome
Chipette
New Orleans
Cuba
Rica
Pope Pius
Vienna
Francis Jone
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Liverpool
Allan, Dominion and
Canadian Pacific
London
Constantinople
Jand W
Citisen
Emyrra
Mgerlin
Anatolian Railway Company
Rovernment & Enncoarian
Vilayet
Manula
Bagdad
Purdue Wreck Vic tin New Heating Plant
There will be a meeting of the friends of the St. Joseph industrial school at Alabama and McCarty on Wednesday night. A committee will be appointed to arrange for the installation of a heating plant in the big building now used by the school.
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Friends of the St. Joseph Industrial Schonol
Alabama
McCarty
Remarkable Photographs Show Russian Convicts in Chains
A German visitor with a camera obtained access to a Russian convict colony on Sagnatien Island northeast of Viadivostos. Weeks later authorities freed some prisoners to fight for the czar, while the images depict masked convicts and a woman tied in chains, the origin of the photos remains unclear.
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Sagnatien
Jn Miley
Viadivostos
Sagiation Fland
Weatehuria
Convier
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