Conference of Methodists in Central Ave Church Scene
A two day Methodist conference at Central Ave church may cut presid ing elders districts from nine to seven or six. Indiana and Southeast Indiana districts planners, with 845 preachers attending, include colorful figures like Geo D Wolf from Princeton and Rev Jirod of Linton. The report notes Rev Hinshaw, accused wife-murderer, is a preacher in the district and most preachers believe the state prosecutes the wrong man.
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Conference of Methodists
Central-ave. Church
Indianapolis
Indiana Conference
Indiana
Geo. D. Wolf
Princeton
Jobo Williams
A. N. Jirod
Linton
Lealdes Forbes
Bishop Mallalien
Mineral City
Green County
Forbes
J. M. Baxter
New Albany
H. C. Clippinger
Talbott
Mr. Hinshaw
Thestate
Widowly Blackmailer Preys On Young Men In St Thomas
A female blackmailer operates in St Thomas Ontario, targeting young men with a ruse involving a note demanding immediate payment to avoid a police scandal. She lures admirers to her rooms, collecting $10 or $20, often from men of higher status to prevent public exposure. She arrived about two months ago and has remained at large while deceiving wealthier victims.
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St. Thomas
Ont
A Dishonored Bride Ends Her Life After Confession
New York report says Mrs. Catherine McCarty, once wed to Thomas McCarty, died by poison at 486 Clermont Ave Brooklyn on Wednesday. A dying confession claimed she had been unfaithful to her husband, influenced by a former admirer who supplied the drug. The marriage lasted less than three months. The notice also mentions Lemon Tonic Laxative advertising.
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New York
Catherine McCarty
Thomas McCarty
Clermont Ave
Brooklyn
Desperate American Citizens Flee Cuba Over Cruel Persecutions
Key West Florida reports John A. Sowers a prominent American sugar planter, ordered to leave Cuba after 30 years in Sagua la Grande, arriving on Mascotte. He vows to appeal to the state department to shield his property and seek indemnity. Cuban authorities arrest suspected sympathizers and search for contraband arms. Lopez faces life imprisonment.
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Key West
Fla
John A. Sowers
Sagua Lagrande
Cuba
Mascotte
Martinex Campos
State Department
Sowers
Muscotte
Havana
L. Someillan
United States
Lopez
Saloonkeepers Bar Tender Gamblers Barred From I O F
Atlantic City N J September 19 during the Sovereign Grand Lodge session amendments to the OFO F constitution were voted on. The key change adds a section to article 16 barring saloonkeepers bartenders and professional gamblers from membership. The measure passed 167 to 82 after hours of debate, meeting the required 135 threshold.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Vessel Collision Near Starpoint Ends With No Losses
In dense fog at 1 o clock Thursday morning the Netherland-American steamer Edam collided with the Turkestan 50 miles southeast of Starpoint. The trawler Vulture rescued Edam passengers and crew. Turkestan was lost but later reached Cardiff with no fatalities. Many wreck survivors are Americans.
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Prymody
Eng
Edam
Turkestan
Starpoint
Vulture
Cardiff
Indiana 86-Hour Forecast Ends Sept 20
The outlook for Indiana over the next 86 hours ending at 8 p m on September 20 calls for continued warm and fair weather with no precipitation expected and temperatures staying above seasonal norms. Clear to partly cloudy skies prevail as high pressures dominate the region.
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Indiana
Lemon Tonic Laxa' ive Sold At Boots Stores
Boots markets a large bottle Lemon Tonic Laxa' ive promising added energy appetite and clearer thinking. Advert reads as a health booster claiming mental alertness and vigor. Endorsed as a sensational tonic for daily use with bold claims and vivid packaging.
Thursday's Fair Crowds and Races at the Grounds
Crowds gathered early as the fair opened at 6 am with cars loaded to the rails. Trains brought many visitors, bands performed, and Dandy Jim won the 2:11 to 2:09 trotting class in a tight race. Watch Eye won the ely pace, Allie Wilkes second, Captain Crouch third, while Jolly Wilkes led the 2:5 trot heat before darkness halted more running.
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Indianapolis
Hoogers
Goshen
Shelbyville
Second Regiment
Chicago
Ely
Watch Eye
Allie Wilkes
Captain Crouch
Jolly Wilkes
Red Star
Kitty Wilkes
Mayor and officials inspect fair grounds amid gambling crackdown
Mayor Denny Sunt Powell and others toured the fair grounds on Thursday after the Board of Agriculture ordered gamblers off the premises. They viewed side shows including the Tie she or it, the du ventre dance, and the Trilby dance. the mayor deemed the naked female act a disgrace and urged management to remove it. The du ventre dancers adjusted their routine for the visit and the Trilby dance drew little objection.
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Denny
Sunt
Powell
Fair Grounds
Board of Agriculture
Fair Management
Wreck of Barcastegui Crippled by Collision Near Port Barcastegui
Havana reports the cruiser Barcastegui wrecked in a midnight collision with the merchantman Mor tera off Port Barcastegui. General Parejo and three officers die, 30 crewmen lost, with Parejo and Captain Ybanezs bodies recovered in severely mutilated condition.
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Havana
Barcastegui
Mortera
Port Barcastegui
Parejo
Ybanezs
Board of Works Notifies on Late Season Sidewalk Petitions
The Board of works desires all interested property owners to know that, owing to the lateness of the season, it will be impossible to favorably pass upon petitions presented for cement sidewalks where it is the intention to have them laid this season.
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Board of Works
Fitzsimmons’s son born as New Jersey Republicans meet in Trenton
Pugilist Fitzsimmons becomes father of a 12-pound son on Thursday. New Jersey Republicans hold a convention at Trenton on Thursday afternoon. Chicago businessman F C Wood dies by his own hand on Thursday amid financial troubles. Lemion Tonic Laxative offered in large bottles at 60 cents, advertised to boost energy appetite and mental clarity.
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Fitzsimmons
New Jersey
Trenton
F. C. Wood
Chicago
McDonald Will Case Reversed by Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court upheld the lower court against Mrs. McDonald in the Joseph F. McDonald versus Malcomb A. McDonald case. It held the challenged duplicate will never existed as a genuine will and rejected attempts to admit testimony on its origin. The decision notes the lost or destroyed will cannot be established in this proceeding and finds no reversible error.
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Supreme Court
Joseph the F. McDonald
Malcomb A. McDonald
Hamilton Circuit Court
Appellees
Joseph EH. McDonald
McDonald
Osceola mine disaster inquiry ends with no blame
The coroner reports in CamunuEt Michigan that no individual is held responsible for the Osceola mine disaster. Witnesses describe below ground scenes after the explosion and fire as workers, including Mike Harrington, recount narrow escapes and futile candle light while climbing levels to reach the surface.
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CancumuEt
Mich
Osceola
Mike Hplarrington
Harrington
Warrington
Family Tragedy From Accidental Gunshot Near Falcon
In Owensboro Kentucky Dave Burnett while cleaning a long idle gun at Falcon Mining Station accidentally fired at a corn field where his two children, a 3 year old girl and a 9 year old boy, were playing. The girl was shot in the chest and abdomen and the boy in the shoulders and head. Both are expected to die and the father, devastated, is distraught over the accident.
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Owensboro
Falcon
Here
Dave Burnett
Moonshiners fatally wounded in Kentucky revenue raid
Lexington Sept 19 John and James Howard Knott county moonshiners were mortally wounded in a battle with revenue officers. Marshal Ingraham was badly shot. The Howards had long defied law and recently tried to kill Revenue agents Collver and his posse. Lemon Tonic Laxative offered.
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Lexington
John
James Howard
Knott County
Marshal Ingraham
Howards
Collver
Fire Tears Through Indiana Store and Bank Ruins
A devastating blaze at Eastman Schleicher Lee in Indiana tears through the Indianana Store and bank vaults, causing losses of about 35 000 dollars for the store and 50 000 for the bank, with the vault containing nearly 1.9 million in cash and 248 000 in checks amid the rubble. Firefighters and workers inspect the ruins as firms reassess losses and plan rebuilding, while speculation about the fire’s origin remains.
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Eastman, Schleicher & Lee
Liriek Foundation
Y.T. Malatt
Tional Bank and
Eastman
Schleicher Grice
Washinston-st
Bank
Fastman, Schleicher & Lee
Herman Martens
J A Cullen Illness Shrouds West Indianapolis Figure
J A Cullen of 120 Oliver avenue West Indianapolis is gravely ill with a complication of diseases. The former Methodist minister who helped establish Trinity M E church in West Indianapolis has recently moved into business. Illness began three weeks ago and prospects of recovery are doubtful.
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J. A. Cullen
Oliver Ave
West Indianapolis
Jlé
Trinity M. E
Wednesday Accident Victim Falls From Building
Jas Christy of Newport Vermillion county died after plunging from the seventh story of the Indianapolis gas company's new building on Wednesday. His parents, wife in Chicago, and two children survive.
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Wednesday
Jas. Christy
Indianapolis Gas Company
Newport
Vermillion County
Chicago
City social at Walters chapel and local notices
City Like Zion M E church plans a social at Walters chapel on Barth avenue this Saturday night. The A convention adjourned with officers elected. president Jas A Kilton of Denver secretary I E Steel of Philadelphia treasurer John F Hoffer of Louisville. Senate committee on employing state convicts met at the Denison. members Loller Ellison Duncan. Marriage licenses issued include many names. obituaries list multiple deaths and illnesses with ages. Lemon Tonic Laxative ad promises energy and clear brain.
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Lena Gerald
Charlotte Fitzgibbon
Markel O’toole
Gertrude Palmer
Wm. Primey
Reuben
T. Brown
Alma
Cannaday
Tida Milton
Elizabeth Todd
Albert Loyd
Emma Moore
John EL
Moon
Jas. A. Hester
Emma Munce
Lorenzo A. Jay
Talma Lk. Thompson
Carl T. Warmeling
Marie Helen Kohl
Coffin trial resumes in federal court with tangled bank records
The Coffin trial reopened in federal court on Thursday. Expert witness Louis Robinson returned to finish detailing the Coffins' transactions with the Indianapolis National Bank. Prosecution challenged some defense questions as the sequence of daily transactions grew tangled for the jury. The court ruled that itemized days must be detailed to prove the counts.
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Louis Robinson
Indianapolis National Bank
Mysterious Death of Man Found in Livery Stable Stall
An elderly man, last seen delivering apples from the Checkered livery stable on West Washington, was found dead in an unused stall the day after he disappeared. A testament and an address reading Samuel S. Adair of Putnam County were found in his pocket. investigators plan a post mortem. The man is believed to have lived in Roachdale.
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W. Washington St
Samuel
Adair
Putnam County
Roachdale
Castor
Empire attendance to break season record this week
The Empire is expected to draw record crowds as Rose Hill company and other top attractions like The wild west and scout at the Park English's and Grand draw audiences. Also showing Superba and The fatal card with Lemon Tonic Laxative advertised in large bottles.
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Empire
Rose Hill Company
Grand
Scout
Superba
Fire destroys J. F. Smith grain elevator in Alabama Street district
A major fire gutted the J. F. Smith & Co grain elevator on Alabama Street near the viaduct early Thursday, destroying 16,000 bushels of corn and hay. Firemen saved adjacent property but one colored firefighter was injured by debris. The Union Railway Company buildings and Pembroke Printing stock suffered losses, with no insurance on printing stock. Total loss estimated around 35,000 dollars.
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J. F. Smith & Co
Alabama St
Eics
John A Allen
Union Railway Company
Pembroke Printing Company
Two More Council Nominees Opposed to Gas Meters
Democratic candidates J. P. Leyendecker and Edmund A. McClarnon pledge strong opposition to gas meters and gas company franchises. Leyendecker says he will oppose the system and demand city value from franchises while watching corporations to curb undue influence. McClarnon states opposition to the gas meter introduction and to city franchise growth without clear public benefit.
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J. P. Leyendecker
Ond
Citizens’ Company
Edmund A. McClarnon
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Cuban
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Umor
Harris’ Law Office
A.C. Harris
Indiana Trust Building
Western Union
Meridian-st
Robinson
Virginia Ave. Viaduct
Harry Thursday Horning
E. A. McLarnon
Cor Cepany
Cleveland Club
Spiegel
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