Woman Inherits Million From $100 Cal Acre Lot
Chicago dispatch reports Lulu H K Davies received a letter from an attorney in Cripple Creek Col stating she is worth one million dollars. A Plainfield California lot she bought 12 years ago for 100 dollars has allegedly become a gold mine, with the writer claiming the plot originated when she lived in Gwensbury New York.
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Lulu HK. Davies
Cripple Creek
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Plainfield
Cal
Daives
Gwensbury
Elks to Play Baseball at Washington Park Next Tuesday
Indianapolis Elks meet Portland Elks at Washington Park for a real exhibition game. Harry O Brien will pitch for the locals with Frank Sten catching, promising a showcase of national game fundamentals rather than a travesty.
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Indianapolis Elks
Portland Elks
Washington Park
Harry O Brien
Frank Sten
Caine-Fitzgerald Scrap Promises Ten Round Bout
Eddie Cain and Willie Fitzgerald meet in a ten round bout after Watsons Burlesquers at the Empire Friday night. Both fighters train with McGovern camps and promise to seek the knockout. A preliminary between Sam Young and Billy Powell is scheduled, with strong advance ticket sales due to the fighters connections.
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the Empire
Eddie Cain
Willie Fitzgerald
Willie
McGovern
Sam Young
Billy Powell
Robbers Dynamite Postoffice Safe in Jefferson
Three masked men dynamited the Jefferson post office safe early Friday, stealing 250 dollars in cash and 800 dollars in stamps before fleeing aboard a south bound train. Watchman Lawrence Jones was bound gagged and placed near the safe during the blast but unharmed. The thieves later made a bed of hay in a coal shed and covered him before escaping on a passing train.
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Jefferson
Lawrence Jones
Rival unions halt plastering at New Claypool hotel
Forty plasterers quit Wednesday over the use of men not in Plasterers Local Union No 46. Bondsmen for the subcontractors Glenn Bros. were told by the general contractors to proceed to finish the job on time. The dispute centers on employing members of an independent local not chartered by the AFL.
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Wreck injures many at Marion Belt crossing
A Union Traction interurban car struck a flat freight car near the Belt crossing by Soldiers' Home in Marion Indiana injuring more than a score of passengers. Motorman jumped to safety and the car front was wrecked. Dr J A Houser suffered severe injuries along with a list of others from Marion Van Buren Fairmount Warren Toledo Sweetser and Sweetser.
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Belt Crossing
J. A. Houser
John Bowman
Motorman
Fred Ragan
Reed Haskins
BE. W. Gill
Warren
Fred Miller
Toledo
John Woods
van Buren
D. B. John
Charles Smith
George Smith
Walter Coyle
Fairmount
Frank Thomas
Misa Mamie Sanders
Claude Baker
Henry Cutcell
W. T. Brimacombe
Gilber Baum
Sweetser
Mary Baum
Man nearly killed by prank gunpowder pipe in Indiana
Shinnery Thornberry of Yankeetown, Dublin vicinity, is in serious condition after comrades tricked him by filling his pipe with gunpowder and a touch of tobacco. A blast shatters his jaw, blows out four teeth, and burns his face. doctors expect recovery.
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Shinnery Thornberry
Yankeetown
Here
Thornberry
Enormous Cattle Trust Forming in Chicago
Chicago Sept 19 A cattle trust with a proposed capitalization of 50 000 000 is forming, according to local dealers who say promoters have approached them. The new combine would control cattle business in the north western and southwestern states, creating a practical national monopoly. Completion is expected by January 1, 1903.
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Chicago
Roosevelt Leaves Oyster Bay on Western Trip
President Roosevelt started westward from Oyster Bay aboard the Sylph at 9 30 a m with Mrs Roosevelt and daughters. Secretary Cortelyou accompanies them aboard the yacht while others travel by special train to Jersey City to join for the Pennsy ride to Cincinnati. Dr Lung and Dr Richardson also connect there. In Florida the orange crop is put at 700000 boxes as rain causes fruit split and prices run at 170 per box.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
Alice
Ethel
New York
Cortelyou
Jersey City
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Lung
J. D. Richardson
Washington
Evansville and Return Train Fare From Indianapolis
Tickets priced at 2.50 for Evansville and return on Saturday September 20. Trains depart Indianapolis 3:30 and 11:20 p.m. Good on all regular trains to and including Evansville train No. 6 departing Evansville 1:10 a.m. Monday September 22 arriving in Indianapolis by 6:00 a.m. Call ticket agents at 48 West Washington Street, Union Station, or W. W. Richardson, D. P. A., Indianapolis.
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Evansville
Washington Et
Union
W. W. Richardson
Most Men Dig Graves With Their Teeth Says Rev Lodge
The Rev G M Lodge of Iowa City reports a health boost from Grape-Nuts after a three month trial breakfast and supper. The 65 year old preacher says memory improved, names and dates returned, and he could preach without notes. He endorses Grape-Nuts as brain and nerve food for students teachers and mental workers.
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G. M. Lodge
Iowa City
Iowa
Kansas
Railway aims to set Boston to Chicago speed record
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway plans a Sunday run from Boston to Chicago to establish a new time record. The special, expected to arrive in Chicago 28 hours after departure, would shave one hour off the current standard, with only stops at Albany Syracuse Utica Rochester Cleveland Toledo and Burkhart Indiana. The Boston to Chicago distance is about 1050 miles.
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Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company
Sungay
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Albany
Syracuse
Utica
Rochester
Cleveland
Toledo
Burkhart
Ind
State Fair Week Robberies Strike Local Stores
During state fair week a spate of robberies hit area shops. Elmer Hoes grocery at 20 Bloyd avenue was entered Thursday night and $35 worth of meat and five boxes of cigars stolen. E Leughner's store at 318 Indiana avenue was entered and robbed of chewing gum and a phonograph with records valued at unknown.
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Elmer Hoes
Bloyd-ave
E. Leughner
Ungrammatical Notice Promises Cheap Suits and Phones
A fragmented ad fragment offers cheap suits with guaranteed quality and mentions an office at 121-123 EB and a line about phones priced at zero. The text is garbled and lacks complete details but implies a promotional notice for attire and communications.
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Obio
Violence at Indiana Ave Restaurant Ends in Assault
James Whitaker and Harris Welch, both described as colored, argued at a restaurant on 224 Indiana Ave. Whitaker drew a public safety item and fired three times. Welch then attacked with a large carving knife, slashing Whitaker’s head and hands. Welch was restrained in the police station. Whitaker faces charges for drawing a dangerous public safety item and Welch for assault and battery with intent to cause fatal harm.
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Harris Welch
Welch
Indiana Ave
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Aker
Whitaker
Jim
Trimpe
Lowe
Kisses Are Cheap Jury awards six cents in kiss case
In Newark New Jersey a first district court jury ordered Policeman Thomas Dockery of Montclair to pay Theresa Heavey six cents after she sued for $300 for an unwanted kiss. Heavey sought vindication more than money, and the verdict granted a symbolic payoff.
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N. J
First District Court
Thomas Dockery
Montclair
Theresa Heavey
Miss Heavey
Dockery
Salary Raise for 51 Rail Way Mail Clerks
Notice from the Indianapolis post office reports salary increases for 51 rail way mail clerks on the St Louis to Pittsburg route, with clerks earning $1200, $1300, and $900 bands raised by $100. Also includes an unrelated product plug for Dean's Ointment claiming skin cures at 50 cents.
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St. Louis
Pittsburg
Indianapolis
Balancce
Dean
Bargains on Upright Pianos at Baldwin’s Pianos
The Indianapolis Business University notes strong enrollment in its fifty third year. President Heeb says prosperity is high and campus growth continues with new departments and increased patronage. Prospective students are calling daily.
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Indianapolis Business University
Heeb
Special Cincinnati Return Train Fares and Schedules
Two fast trains operate Sunday September 21 from Cincinnati. One departs at 6:30 a.m. nonstop to Cincinnati and returns this evening at 6:20 p.m. The other leaves at 7:15 a.m. with stops at Rushville Connersville and Hamilton. Fares are 1.25 dollars for the round trip. Traveling via the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton route.
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Indianapolis
Madison
Rushville
Connersville
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Convenience and Savings Ad Shoppers’ News Inquiries
A fragment advertises convenient inexpensive options with liners and phonica like S80 and Omce 121-183.E. Ohio. The note emphasizes guaranteed results and affordability, urging readers to try the products. The terse item reflects a period cigarette or phonograph accessory catalog snippet from a seventeenth page.
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Omce
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