Coal Ordinance Sparks Debate In One Mile City
Citizens touting hard coal claim it would clear smoke while soft coal users worry about higher costs. Councilman Linus says only hard coal could work, but manufacturers like E C Atkins Co insist boiler systems must change, making the plan impracticable. Emancipation celebration speaker D R Lucas and governor Durbin’s travel noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Linus
Linus
Indianapolis
Amile
Mark Kerst
Ame
Mile
E. C. Atkins & Co
South and
Knaissts
Atkins
Glimpses of City Life at the Fair
Prosecutor Ruckelshaus recalls taking his young son to a city fair where the boy demanded to see the pigs above all else. Despite the father’s plans to tour the exhibits, the child’s obsession with pigs dominated the visit, leaving the prosecutor with vivid notes on the pig exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruckelshaus
Morton Club to host J Frank Hanly in Indianapolis
Morton club members eagerly anticipate a major campaign event with Republican governor candidate J Frank Hanly speaking in Indianapolis. City officials fixed the October 2 date after a letter from Hanly. organizers say the meeting will be one of the larger precinct gatherings of the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Hanly
Morton Club
Indianapolis
Smith
Hanly
Money Gone From Toronto Guest at Jefferson Hotel
John Cochran of Toronto reported to police that $60 vanished Tuesday night from his hotel room at the Jefferson. He left the door closed but unlocked during a theater outing. Upon return three hours later the room showed signs of disturbance with a rug ruffled, suggesting a possible intruder. Detectives are investigating.
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John Cochran
Toronto
Can
Jefferson Hotel
Cochran
Focal
Grand Jury Hears three cases from police court
Three men were bound over to the grand jury after waiving examination. William Beard, shooter of Albert Ross, was sent without bond. James Williams, charged with shooting Porter Page, was held on 230 bail but failed to furnish it. William Jackson, alleged to have tried to kill his wife and himself, was bailed at 1,000 with bail posted. The revolver found on Williams is a large 41 caliber bulldog pistol, described as an old relic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
William Beard
Albert Ross
James Williams
Porter Page
Prospectes T
William Jackson
Himerif
Willams
Robbers Hit Madison Street Restaurant In Frontier Style Heist
Four masked bandits entered a Madison and Curtis street restaurant in frontier fashion, displayed revolvers, forced cashier Agi Treshman and three patrons to the wall, robbed the cash register and two customers, then escaped. The restaurant is owned by Jax Braler. In Janesville, Wis., thieves looted the Parker Pen Company factory, taking pens valued at $1.00 and a large cash sum. no crew present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae Prose Association
Chicago
Madison and Curtissts
Agi Treshman
Jax Braler
Janesville
Wis
Parker Pen Company
Hungry Sea Serpent Threatens Fish Catch at Wolf Lake
George Defrees, a Goshen painter, was fishing at Wolf Lake when a sea serpent rose from the water and grabbed his bag of bluegills and bass. He reports the creature to have a head inches above the surface, a mouth large enough to bite through the bag, and about ten feet in circumference and six feet long.
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Goshen
Ind
George Defrees
Wolf Lake
Detrees
Land Firms Form Mutual Land and Investment Co
Indianapolis real estate growth drives finance sector expansion with new firm Mutual Land and Investment Company filing articles of incorporation. Prominent local businessmen F. E. Barrett A. C. Smith W. T. Coyner G. W. Brown Lambert G. Oppenheim W. J. Relfell William A. McDonald H. C. English and B. A. Richardson oversee 220000 capital.
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Indianapolis
F. E. Barrett
A. C. Smith
W. T. Coyner
G. W. Brown
Lambert G. Oppenheim
W. J. Relfell
William A. McDonald
H. C. English
B. A. Richardson
the Mutual Land and Investment Company
Eleanor Hospital Opens for Public Inspection
The Eleanor hospital for children, run by the Flower mission, will be open Thursday from 3 to 6 p m for public inspection. It aims to care for sick children from poverty-stricken homes and for those born under challenging circumstances, providing dedicated medical care and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Hospital For Children
Flower Mission
Eleanor
Montreal fire guts Canada Hardware building, $780,000 loss
The Canada Hardware Company wholesale house in Montreal burned on Tuesday, with damages pegged at about $780,000, partly insured. The blaze prompted a lengthy courthouse visit by State Senator W A Kittinger who joked about napkins and handkerchiefs stolen by a washerwoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ScrippeMcRae
Montreal
Canada Hardware Company
Canada
Kittinger
W. A. Kittinger
Anderson
Court House
Estate dispute in Greensburg as Texan claims Lundy estate
In Greensburg Indiana on Sept 21 a Texan businessman M G Samuels alleging he is Amos Lundy’s son files for control of the Deratur county farmer’s 10000 estate. Lundy died by suicide at his Burmey home and Mrs Lundy inherited but died last January. An administrator Sackett was appointed and now Samuels seeks to push his kinship claim and seizure of Lundy property into his administration.
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Greensburg
Ind
Theensburg
M. G. Samuels
Terrell
Tex
Amos Lundy
Deratur County
Burmey
Samuels
Lundy
Sackett
Mrs. Landy
Tstate
Amos Landy
Alice Samuels
Alice Samuela
Tne
Texas
Shelton Fight Leads to Injuries and Claims
Salt grounds and seriously injured. Jones is said to be in jail. It is claimed he assaulted French for accepting a position Jones desired. Christian churches of southern Indiana plan a convention at Washington on Sept 29-30. Rockelite business men form an oil company to prospect in Delaware County. Rev E R Clevinger of Mitchell accepts call to Baptist church in Greenville. Dr J B Stewart, Ed Warble, William Conner, John Rigglesberger, C M Barnes and Alexander Cutsinger of Shelbyville prospect in Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Sait
Indiana
Washington
Rockelite
Delaware County
E. R. Clevinger
Mitchell
Baptist Church
Greenville
J. B. Stewart
Ed Warble
William Conner
John Rigglesberger
C. M
Two Divorces in Separate States
In Ashtabula Ira L Sherman won a divorce from Ida Beil Sherman on habitual drunkenness and neglect. Custody of a 9 year old son contested after Sherman took him to a Canadian school. In Paducah D M Flournoy, a Paducah broker and society figure, was granted a divorce from Laura Flournoy after meeting at an evangelistic event last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-3cRae Press Associaton
Ashtabula
Ira L. Sherman
Ida Beil Sherman
Sam Small
New York City
Sherman
Buffalo
Scrippe McRae Press Association
Paducah
D. M. Flournoy
Laura Flournoy
Sam Jones
Enticing Suit Dismissed in Adirondack Court
In Plattsburgh on Sept 1 a snow flurried over Saranac Lake as temperatures dropped below freezing. Sam S. Smith’s lawsuit against Anderson Jennings and Mr and Mrs William Miles for abducting his wife was dismissed after Smith repudiated the suit. Jennings had faced concealed weapons charges with Smith as prosecuting witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Reinhold
Sam 5. Smith
Anderson Jennings
William Miles
Smith
Jennings
Alford
Births and Deaths and Marriages Listing
Births report many pairs with addresses and newborns including James Watters Erie, and F Shanneberger, Rutledge, Mankedick, Collins, Miller, Reinert, Martin, Alartin, and others. Deaths list Mrs Mary Webb, Henry Thompson, Mason Gwinnup, Matilda Stellinger, John Cook, Mary Viner, Charles Holland, John Knight, and Charles A Holland plus more. Marriages feature multiple couples led by William White and Lydia Baker with several other pairings listed.
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James and
Erie Watters
Iarry
F. Shanneberger
Unots
Wiliam and
Nettle Rutledge
Belmont
Emma Mankedick
Center Township
Frank and
Anna HU
Central
Charles and
Alice ‘Collins
Wiliam
Etta Miller
Gladstone
John and
Barbara Reinert
Ouis
Mrs. Alartin
N. Noble
Mary J. Webb
Deaconess Hospital
Pneumenia
Henry ‘Thnmpeon
Indianapoda
Mason Gwinnup
Villa
Matilda Stellinger
City Hospital
John M. Cook
Lynn
Mary Johanna Viner
Union
Charles A. Holland
Park
Bright's
John Knight
Broadway
William 8 White
Lydia Emeline Baker
Lyla B. Justus
Jesse Francis
John C. Schilling
Katherina E. Roeder
A. H. Jenson
Erma E. Olsen
Carl A. H. Notting
Bessie F. Specht
Charles Pavy
Mamie Mortenbeck
George Hare
Myrtle Wilts
Otto Pierson
Agnes Honen
Arthur von Spreckelsen
Stella Fred Gus A. Klotz
Jeanette Cummings
Wiliam Pierce
Beatrice Findley
Wiliam Russell
Pearl Forls
John Hazicherst
Pauline Chapman
George W. Fansler
Ida Brown
Building Permits Report From City Listings
Ed Wolfram repairs at 614 Arch for 350 dollars. James Rybert repairs a double frame in Bellefontaine for 1800. Charles and Fred Held double frame at 1089 Dawson for 500. Oliver Bettcher barn at Winchester for 62. E L Cathrell cottages 515 Cottage and 617 Cottage with 31.200 and 1.00? respectively. BD La Cothreti cottage 510 Cottage for 1.00. Albert E Cottey frame at 1617 Newland for 131,100. Nelson repairs 180 Columbia for 3200. Wrecking Co rate building at 19 Alabama for 5250. Candry Petry shed New Jersey 95. Louisa F Daweon repairs 82 Greer for 13600. Ed C Houston cottage 1134 Harlan for 1,500. Rebecca Davis porch 86 Broadway for 100.
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Ed Wolfram
James Rybert
Bellefontaine
Charles
Fred Held
Dawson
Oliver Bettcher
Winchester
E. L. Cathrell
la Cothreti
Albert
Messiah Hunt Sparks Pilgrimage From Canadian Settlers
In Rosthern and surrounding areas, Hibernians and Russian Fatates followers, misreading reports of Lord Minto’s overland ride from Battleford to Saskatoon with mounted police and pomp, conclude he is the awaited Messiah and begin pilgrimages. Several are arrested and detained in a vacant building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae Press Association
Rosthorn
Canada
Lord Minto
Battleford
Saskatoon
Chattanooga chosen as army Cumberland headquarters
In a unanimous vote the army of the Cumberland selects Chattanooga as its future headquarters. Speeches by Gen. Wider, D. M. Steward, Capt. Chamberlain, and Gen. H. V. Boynton praise Confederate veterans and loyalty amid enthusiastic cheers. New York produce prices list various meats and dairy items. Toledo grain quotes include wheat corn oats rye and hay prices.
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Chattanooga
Army of the Cumberland
Wider
D.M. Steward
Capt. Chamberlain
H. V. Boynton
Chicago Produce Prices and Varieties
Chicago markets report butter creamery extra and firsts at 11 1 2 cents, seconds 14 1 2, NY lZc packing stock, cheese full cream at 5 1 2 to 9 1 2 cents, young Americ blue and long horns at 9 1 2 percent, Swiss and German varieties listed, Hamburg beef items, hamburgers, eggs and poultry prices for turkeys, hens, springs, ducks, and geese with per dozen pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Itge
Wwe
Choice
Itimser Hers
Meat market and stock quotes across cattle and pigs
The report covers hog receipts and market tones with light to good prices, notes on sheep and lambs, and wholesale beef values. It also lists grain prices for wheat and corn, with futures and spot quotes, plus Chicago and Cincinnati livestock standings and New York stock movements driven by Union Pacific.
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Chicago
Thoreley
Elba
New York
Union Pacific
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Missouri Pacific
T. P
Commission House
U. P
Reading
Southern Railway
Amalgamated Copper
Atchiton
Cincinnate Livestock
Cincinnati
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Durbin
Washington, D. C
Aid
Japan
Matsunami
Tyo
Sions
Brownsburg
William Allison
Matthews
Allen County
Tipton
Oaktown Melons
S. Louis
G. M. Beldon
Crothersville
Union Christian College
Blerom
Muncie
Spring Lake Park
Evansvile
Danville
St. Connersville
I. W. Krider
Wabash
Ada Webster
Homesa Christian Church
Windfall
James Myers
Marion
Wesley Simmons
Hammond
Thomas Doyle
Loogoater
St. Louis
John Renner
Hobbs
Whs Davis
Michigan
Pavey Wilson
Richmond
William Githers
Cambeidge City
Sutelée
Nellie Kroh
Kokomo
Hubbard Drug Store
Fitzythvons
Richmond Palladium
Palladium
D. G. Reid
United States Senate
Anderton Herald
Herald
Bulletin UN
L. J. French
Indianapolia
Albert T. Jones
Vincennes
URI Scrippe-McRas Prees Association
Plattsuhrg
Saranac Lake
Adirondack
Sarah J. Johnson
Henry J. Pope
Henry T. Pope
Cireuit Court
Castoria
Rexall
Henry J. Hyder
Cor, Penn. and
Wash
W. Wash. St
Army OF Cumberland
Toledo Grain
Toledo
S&c
Alsyke
Amathy
Islump
Jack Frost
Chicago Board of Trade
Scripps-McRae Press
Devemnver
Idetild
Sliowelaa
Ehening
SLM
Cora Affe
Saye
JOW@Ic
Sic
Msc
REBMC
Teor
Moe
Ste
Choke Timothy
L Timothy
Timothy
Cary
Pittsburg
Cattie
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