Indianapolis Light Artillery reunion banquet at Grand hotel
A Monday night banquet for the Indianapolis Light Artillery closed their reunion at the Grand hotel with 137 seats set. Toasts by Capt. James B. Curtis and Mayor Charles A. Bookwalter recalled past drills, Porto Rico service, and a New Orleans ovation, praising the unit and urging more such organizations in Indianapolis.
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Grand Hotel
Indianapolis Light Artillery
John C. Ruckelshaus
James B. Curtis
New Orleans
John W. Holtzman
Indianapolis
Old Battery Quartet
Harry Murburger
Oran B. Perry
Maj Woods
Turer
Robinson
Ill
George W. Combs
Ten Hours in Coffin Sealed Frat Initiation Ends
Roy Lorraine, a Dubuque high school student, endured ten hours in a coffin as part of a frat initiation. Gagged and bound, he was kept overnight in a cellar with candles lit around him and air to prevent suffocation. He was released at dawn by friends.
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Dubuque
Roy Lorraine
Lorraine
Slash in throat leaves man in serious condition
Bedford Ind Sept 24 William Lawrens is in a serious condition at his home after a four inch slash in the throat. The knife was wielded by William Schilles. Lawrens is the second man whose throat was cut here last Saturday afternoon.
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Bedford
Ind
William Lawrens
William Schilles
Lawrens
Siler Benefit Netted Six Thousand Dollars
George Siler the veteran referee received about 6000 from a testimonial in the Coliseum last night. The event happened as Chicago continues to face boxing restrictions under Mayor Busse who ordered no boxing gloves in the building and signaled boxing will not be allowed during his administration.
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Chicago
George Siler
Vicher
Coliseum
Busse
Chicago aldermen urge telegraphers strike arbitration
Chicago on September 24 called for arbitration of the telegraphers strike. Resolutions blame company methods, urge employers to meet the men and restore service, and order copies sent to President Roosevelt. Alderman John Coughlin submitted the measure at strikers' urging, with Congressman McDermott promising congressional push for government ownership of telegraph service.
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Chicago
John
Bathhouse
Coughlin
First Ward
Congressman McDermott
Congress
Butler Football Opens Season With Freshman Recruits
Butler's football season began with Athletic Editor John McKay arriving, a college bulletin call for men, and promising candidate pool. Freshmen Nolan of Anderson High and Roberts of Knightstown noted for good reputations. Scheduled games include Rose Poly, State Normal, Hanover, Franklin, and Culver. Manager Kitterman oversees field prep for scrimmages.
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Butler
John McKay
Nolan
Anderson High
Roberts
Knightstown
Rose Poly
State Normal
Hanover
Franklin
Culver
Kitterman
Irwin Field
Criminous Strife Among Chicago Police and Deputies
Chicago police and Cook County deputy sheriffs battle over graft as officers face multiple charges. Testimony recounts beatings and robberies by officers McAvoy Jennings Steindle and Pierce. arrests and alleged saloon shootings. corruption involving parole risks and drug sales to jail inmates. dozens of probationary officers under 23 face criminal probes since March.
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Chicago
Cook County
James Kostakos
Petit
McAvoy, Jennings
Steindle
Pierce
Norah Cullivan
Thomas Woodward
Coleman
Reed
Richard Barry
Teamsters
Paderewski Plans and Society Notes
Paderewski will give about 80 American concerts between October and May 1, with 12 recitals and 12 concert appearances alongside major orchestras in Boston New York Chicago Pittsburg and Cleveland. A wedding at 912 East Fourteenth Street united Emma Webber and Earl Ridpath in a ceremony with Mendelssohn music and fall decor. Blanche Strain Goode, Indiana pianist, will perform at the Propylaeum. Indiana Gamma's Pi Beta Phi house at 361 Downerave hosts ten days of campus events ending with a Columbia Club dance.
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America
Jenace Paderewski
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Theodore Thomas
Chicago
Pittsburg Orchestra
Pittsburg
Cleveland
J. F. Webber
Fourteenth St
Emma
Earl Ridpath
Albert Ridpath
Jessie Webber
Fred Webber
Mendelssohn
Grace Black
H. G. Hill
Third Christian Church
Goldenrod
Xavier Hutter
Covington
Martha Ridpath
Greencastle
Otto Lakin
W. N. Lakin
Coatesville
Webber
Ruby
Elma
Edith Wilson
Jess Mitchell
Nell Ridpath
Mrs. Ridpath
Ashland Ave
Indiana Gamma
Pi Beta Phil
Butler College
Columbia Club
Normal College of the
North American Gymnastic Union
Carl Krib
The
Matversity of Chicago
Trained Nurses Endorse Gauss Catarrh Cure
A nurse asserts Gauss Catarrh Cure will permanently cure catarrh by ridding the body of germs. The ad claims rapid relief and offers a free trial by mail to Marshall Michigan readers, urging immediate action and a coupon submission.
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Gauss
C. E. Gauss
S&t
Marshall, Mich
Co. E. Gauss
Main Street
Ritionia Novelty & Manufacturing CO
Baldwin Bik
Indianapolis
Ind
Officer Leaves the Force After Duty Neglect Charges
Patrolman Herbert Fletcher resigned Monday afternoon and refused to answer Chief Metzger about Frank Boles drinking on duty. Fletcher and Bolen were partners. Pietcher says he will quit if self-respect cannot be retained. Charges of drinking on duty also leveled at Patrolmen Johnson and Israel.
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Herbert Fletcher
Police Department
Metzger
Frank Boles
Fletcher
Bolen
Pietcher
Hagerty
Yandes and
Ninteenth-sts
Johnson
Israel
Woman pleads for support in juvenile court
Mrs. Georges Williamson told Judge Stubbs that her husband should provide for their daughter Hester so she could attend school. She said in Albany, Indiana they were sent away for 13 weeks and he sent only four dollars for clothes while living with her widowed mother with a small pension. Dorene.
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Georges Williamson
Stubbs
Hester
Albany
Ind
Dorene
Healer and Charmer Sued for Damages in Evansville
Mrs. Mary F. Alexander sues Mrs. Anna M. Steinbach for 10000 dollars alleging alienation of affection. She claims Steinbach is a magnetic healer with great power over body and mind and that her husband Lyman B. Alexander visits the healer and is charmed.
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Evansville
Ind
Mary F. Alexander
Lyman B. Alexander
Anna M. Steinbach
October Wedding at Cottage Avenue Home
Miss Katherine May Elsasser will marry W B Gilbert in October at the bride’s Cottage Avenue home. Also notes a skating party hosted by Misses Millie Keller Eva Coburn with 50 attendees chaperoned by Coburn Keller Patton and other couples. An Indianapolis engagement lists Mabel Headly and Clarence Cowgill for Sept 9 nuptials at the bride’s home 1324 Oakland Ave. Indianapolis Social Society hosted a sewing for Indianapolis poor with Luncheon. Sigma Chi dance planned at Butler College on Thursday night.
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Katherine May Elsasser
W. B. Gilbert
Cottage-ave
Millie Keller
Eva Coburn
Washington St. Tink
Hazel Mook
Marion
Gerda Winner
Milwaukee
Willard Coburn
Robert Keller
C. U. Patton
Hubert Keller
Indianapolis
Mabel Headly
Martinsville
Clarence Charles Cowgill
Oaklandave
John Harrington
Union-st
Arbutus Club Plans First Dance and Winter Events
The Arbutus club announces its inaugural dance on Wednesday Sept 25 with eight dances planned this winter. Members and guests include Miss Josephine Morss bound for New York then Egypt with her mother, Mrs 8 E Morss, and other locals visiting family across Lafayette Hartford City and Purdue. Several residents travel or relocate for education and trips, with returns from Maine Pennsylvania and Alabama noted.
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Arbutus Club
Josephine Morss
New York
8. E. Morss
Egypt
Acheson In Line For Rivers and Harbors Chair
In Pittsburg on September 24 friends of Congressman E F Acheson express optimism he will be named chair of the rivers and harbors committee to replace Theo dore E Burton of Cleveland. Burton plans mayoral bid and won t seek reappointment. Acheson is the ranking member and joined the committee with Burton.
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Pittsburg
E. F. Acheson
Rivers and Harbors
Theodore E. Burton
Cleveland
Burton
Tom Johnson
Acheson
Louis Schorr Dies In Indianapolis Home
Louis Schorr died at his residence 910 Hamilton Avenue in Indianapolis after six years in the city. He leaves a widow and two daughters Mrs. H. T. Meyerose and Mrs. William Weimer. Burial is set for Crown Hill Cemetery on Wednesday.
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Louis Schorr
Indianapolis
Hamilton-ave
H. T. Meyerose
William Weimer
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis to be union headquarters at American Central Life building
Delegates of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers meet in Indianapolis and decide the city will be the union’s future headquarters with head offices in the American Central Life building.
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International Association of Lridge and Structural Iron Workers
Indianapolis
American Central Life Building
Death by choking at Riverside hotel in Fort Wayne
Samuel Snodgrass aged 60 a Wabash railroad employer formerly of Toledo and Vanburen Ohio choked to death in the Riverside hotel tonight while eating supees noting the incident reported as Special to The Sun Fort Wayne Indiana September 24
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Samuel Snodgrass
Toledo
Vanburen
Ohio
Riverside Hotel
Watson in trouble as district backing frays in Indiana
Indications point to James E. Watson needing strong support to sustain his bid for governor amid growing GOP dissatisfaction in Sixth district counties including Rush and Wayne. Critics say his hesitancy to declare early cost him allies, with locals urging a stronger congressional candidate to prevent a Democratic win led by Rev. T. H. Kuhn who defeated Watson’s machine.
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James E. Watson
Rush County
Old Wayne
Watson
Wayne County
Congress
Charles Stivers
E. E. Moore
Fred Barrows
Wilfred Jessup
T. H. Kuhn
Smithereens
Thomas Hallinin Dies. Longtime Indiana Railroad Man
Thomas Hallinin, one of Indiana's oldest railroad men, died at his home on Prospect Street. Short services were held at the home and St. Patrick's church before burial at Holy Cross cemetery. He had resided in Indiana for many years and is survived by sons Thomas, and King Haughton.
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Indiana
Prospect St
Holy Cross
St. Patrick's Church
Hallinin
TovRsone
King Haughton
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