Boy Swindler Taught Lesson After Nervy Mail Frauds
Memphis report details E Gately alias David Steinberg a teen swindler tied to the Memphis Ride and Fur Co hide trade. He used forged bills of lading and stolen stationery to run audacious mail fraud operations, earning many thousands before being exposed by his employer. He showed precocious guile and a drive for wealth without drinking or gambling.
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S. Steinberg & Co
Steinberg
Memphis Ride and Fur Company
Memphis
Barnhart Answers Questions From Working Men's Committee
Rochester Democrat Henry A. Barnhart responds to questions from a working men's non political campaign committee. He favors injunctions with notice, jury trials in contempt cases, extending eight hour laws to government contracts, and amending the Sherman act to exempt unions and farmer organizations unless public welfare is harmed. He also calls for abolition of contract child labor.
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South Bend
Henry A. Barnhart
Rochester
Ind
Charles W. Miller
Goshen
Congress
Barnhart
Why does a woman take a Man's name Het Why does she take everything else belonging to him
Cartoon caption from New York Telegram questions the rationale of a woman adopting a man's name and possessions after marriage. It uses satirical tone to pose a gendered social critique about ownership and identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Telegram
Ma's New Husband at the Nelson leads with comic farce
The Harry Scott company presents Ma's New Husband on Wednesday September 2 at the Nelson with a full cast of mirth provoking characters. Thorns and Orange Blossoms by Rowland Clifford will follow at the Nelson on Saturday September 5 with matinee and night showings. The company is praised for first class production and traveling troupe quality.
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Harry Scott Company
The
Nelson
Rowland & Clifford
the Nelson
Central Ner
David Edwin
Geo. Fletcher
Theatre Nelsow
Jeffries Returns as Referee for Ketchel Papke Bout
Jim Jefferies has agreed to referee the Labor Day middleweight title clash between Stanley Ketchel and Billy Papke in Vernon. Ketchel trains at the South Side Athletic Club, Papke at Venice by the Sea, with Al Kaufman’s beach resort used earlier by Kaufman and others. Papke reports light work as superstition noted for good luck.
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Jefferies
Vernon
Stanley Ketchel
Billy Papke
Ketchel
Papke
South Side Athletic Club
Venice By the Sea
al Kaufman
Freddie Welsh
Phil Brock
Venice
Man recounts assault and broken leg in city court
Martin Faehnile testified in city court that Washington Walton attacked him, breaking his wooden leg and striking him in the neck before pushing him downstairs. The German complainant noted the cost of the leg and its recent replacement.
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South Bend
Martin Faehnile
North Sadle Street
Feldman
B. J. Cramer
Faehnle
Washington Walton
Mr. Cramer
Claret hair stain recipe from iron sulphate method
A historical hair stain recipe describes dissolving seven grams of sulphate of iron in an ounce of water and adding it to a pint of claret. The solution is steeped for ten minutes without boiling, then applied to wet hair at night and allowed to dry, with more than one application often needed.
Renew Playing Cards With Talcum Powder
Unpleasantly sticky playing cards may be restored by laying them on a newspaper, sprinkling talcum powder over them, and rubbing the powder in well to revive smooth surfaces.
A-bull pup is ugly but can whip Qh the pretty dags
A rough report notes an unruly bull pup with surprising strength, capable of overpowering two or more rival dogs. The incident highlights unexpected aggression in the animal.
Lew Fields Stars In The Girl Behind The Counter In Chicago
Lew Fields and company open the musical play The Girl Behind the Counter at Garrick with Fields as Henry Schniff delivering strong low comedy. Connie Bdiss provides witty foil as his wife, Lotta Faust shines for Chicago audiences, and Daisy Dumont entertains with songs in this production.
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Chicago
Lew Fields
Garrick
Mr. Fields
Weber & Fields
Henry Schniff
New York
Connie Bdiss
Gaiety Theatre
State Flashes Report Local Crises and Developments
Multiple brief items outline local incidents and business moves across Indiana: deaths from falls and accidents, arrests for thefts, a big mortgage filing by Central Indiana Lighting, railway and road incidents, land leases for oil near Richmond, newspaper buyouts, federal building site prep in Greencastle, stray dog killings in Danville, a dog attack on a child in Noblesville, a Lafayette Soldiers Home hospital ready for occupancy, and a new fire apparatus planned for New Castle.
Flower of the Ranch at Boyd Park on Sunday
Local theater ads urge attendance for The Flower of the Ranch at Boyd Park this Sunday August 30. The Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company offers excursion tickets for a round trip from Logansport 50c Burrows 7dc Rockfeld 80c and from Delphi 0c.
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Boyd Park
Fort Warne & Wabash Valley Traction Company
Logansport
Burrows
Rockfeld
Delphi
Election cost estimates outline county expenses
Auditor Cann compiled the next year budget with a 34 000 allowance for election costs. If the Davis bridge is altered an additional 10 000 would be added to the expense total.
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Cann
Davis Bridge
Girl in Boys Attire Arrested in New York Park
Mrs Gertrude Williams twenty six year old widow from Stapleton S I was arrested at Union Square for masquerading as a man. She dressed as a boy to beat her way east from Ohio seeking work and was taken to Jefferson Market court on a vagrancy charge.
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Ohio
H- Way
New York
Gertrude Williams
Stapleton, S. I
Union Square
Winters
Jefferson Market Court
Station House
Cutting Carolina poplars in Wabash Illinois era
In Wabash Indiana on August 28 the city begins cutting down fast growing Carolina poplar trees deemed a nuisance. Leaves pile on sidewalks after frost, so replacements with maple or elm are planned. No council order, property owners regret planting them. The trees proved quick to spread and now will be removed.
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Wabash
Ind
Women Break Up Firm in Caledonia Township
John Fluchnick and Anton Teilf dissolved their eight acre farm partnership in Caledonia township after a quarrel between wives over a washing led to an alleged face slap with a wet towel. The men settled costs and appointed a three man arbitration panel to settle terms.
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Owosso
Mich
John Fluchnick
Anton Teilf
Caledonia Township
Harmony
Fludnick
Telf
New Justice of Peace Sought in Tipton Township
The Tipton township residents petition the commissioners to appoint John H. Wendling as a justice of the peace in the second district.
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NEW Justice OF Peace
Tipton Township
John H. Wendling
The First Requisite for a Good Husband Is a Good Wilt
A brief quip notes humor about marriage ideas. It cites a playful proverb suggesting a strong character or trait as essential for a husband. The line reflects social humor and gender roles in a historical, domestic context.
Indiana Women to Receive Share in Civil War Restitution
Beloit Wisconsin August 28 Papers signed by Mrs John Hunt of this city may bring her a share in over 60000 from the United States government for property destroyed on her father Anthony Cannon’s Louisiana plantation during the Civil War. Cannon loyal to the union was told by Major Hibbard restitution would be made. After his death his son in law David Brame pushed the claim which passed the Senate. Original amount 20750 with interest will total about three times that. Hunt’s sisters Mrs Fanny Jordan and Mrs David Brame join in the fortune.
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Beloit
Wis
John Hunt
United States
Louisiana
Hibbard
Cannon
Kentucky
Indiana
David Brame
Durand
Indian Territory
Senate
Hunt
Fanny Jordan
Evansville
Ind
Prince the ex-fire horse helps crew reach blaze
Street Commissioner Ed Truax rode after Prince the former fire horse as alarms sounded last evening. Prince chased the wagons and arrived just behind the first engine at a house on Park Avenue where a defective flue caused the blaze. The damage was very heavy.
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Prince
Ed Truax
Truax
G. P
Park Avenue
Damas
Cass County stock heads to state fairs
The stock from Cass County will be entered in both the Illinois and Indiana state fairs, reflecting strong breeding and show potential across regional exhibitions.
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Cellington
Clymers
Cass County
Indiana
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Battle
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Jim Jefferies
Martin Faehnle
Garrick Theatre
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Daisy Dumont
E. E. Banta
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Clarence Benadum
Muncie
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Central Indiana Lighting Company
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Charles May
Charles Whitsell
Elwood
Charles Davis
William Hays
Bloomington
Guy Dagroo
Trafalgar
Pittsburg
Richmond
J. W. Wilson
Pike County Republican
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Federal
Greencastle
Danville
Alva Chance
Nobiesville
Lafayette Soldiers’ Home
New Castle
Wabash Traction Co
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Logansport Business
Logansport Business College
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John Water
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