Court injunction seeks to block West Side sewer tax
Judge orders Charles Ringleben Allen Lewis and John Mulcahey to show cause why an injunction should not restrain them from city assessments on the West Side sewer contract filed by Dr M A Jordan. Uhl’s attorneys may seek postponement as they contest the action aiming to block the sewer bill and possibly trigger a constitutional challenge in the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry
Charles Ringleben
Allen Lewis
John Mulcahey
Board of Public Works
Circuit Court
M. A. Jordan
Waeathers & Long
Uhl
Punk
West Side
Dennis Uhl
Supreme Court
Postmasters Picked in Indiana District
The president and Senators Hemenway and Beveridge announced appointments for Indiana postmasters. Robert Carr White is named for Muncie, Henry L. Deharty for Anderson, and E. E. Farnshell for Elwood. The district was previously represented by Cromer, now a Democrat. Cramer had been a candidate for Muncie postmaster amid a ten day appointment controversy.
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Indiana
Hemenway and
Beveridge
White House
Robert Carr White
Muncie
Henry L. Deharity
Anderson
E. E. Farnshell
Elwood
Cromer
Cramer
Franchises Clash Over Street Sprinkling Plan
The traction company and city dispute the need and extent of sprinkling Erie avenue streets with double tracks planned. The city argues dust requires sprinkling near tracks while the company offers to sprinkle only up to a sprinkler’s reach and leaves the rest to citizens. The franchise decision awaits final settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traction Company
Erie Avenue
Richard Patterson Returns Home After Visit
Richard Patterson, visiting relatives in the city, returned to his Indianapolis home this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Patterson
Indianapolis
Vandalia Line Tracks Avoid Washout After Night of Rain
Heavy rain and rising floodwaters loosened gravel and sand along the L. C. bridge area. Interurban officials and crews worked overnight dumping cinders to shore up weak road beds and prevent washouts feared after January’s flood. No damage occurred as river levels stabilized by morning.
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L. C. Bridge
Bridge Collapse Drowns Three Trainmen in Harmersville Flood
Western Pennsylvania floods threaten the region after heavy rains. A railroad bridge at Harmersville collapsed, sending a freight train into the stream and drowning three trainmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Harmersville
Explosion toll rises in Toulon battleship blast
Toulon France March 13 one hundred fourteen men are unaccounted for or killed in yesterday’s battleship explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulon
France
Milk Wagon Overturned on Broadway and Fifteenth
Ja cob Minneman’s milk wagon overturned last night in the gutter at Broadway and Fifteenth. Milk delivered. no damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Minneman
Broadway
Fifteenth Street
Brice Released From Jail After Two Months
Eddie Brice, jailed for two months, was released this afternoon. Prosecutor Custer advised him to leave town. Brice admitted receiving 2.50, which he claimed Frank Nace stole from a fellow prisoner. Nace had previously escaped jail.
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Eddie Brice
Custer
Brice
Frank Nace
Nace
Barn Struck by Lightning Near Clymers
A barn on Frank Slusser's farm west of the city near Clymers was struck by lightning during yesterday's storm. A horse valued at $200 was killed, and Slusser was in the barn and rendered unconscious. Damage estimated at $400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Slusser
Clymers
Interurban motormen face mandatory medical exams
The Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley interurban motormen and conductors must undergo a physical examination that began yesterday at the offices of Huntington physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley
Huntington Physicians
Bessie Cronin Libel Suit Verdict Filed in Lebanon
A Lebanon Indiana jury returned a verdict after about two hours against Bessie Cronin in her $50,000 libel suit brought against the Indianapolis Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ind
Bessie Cronin
Indianapolis Sun
Sanders Visit In Logansport From Royal Center
Mr and Mrs Sanders of Royal Center are visiting Logansport. The note records a brief social mentioning their stay and origin.
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Mrs. Sanders
Royal Center
Logansport
Lightning Kills Lew Fry and Injures Ed Fry Near Monticello
Lew Fry was instantly killed and his brother Edward Fry was knocked unconscious when a bolt struck their wagon ten miles from Monticello. The brothers were returning from town after selling hogs and were neighbors of Mrs. J. W. Kistler of No 1401 Broadway.
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Lew Fry
Edward Fry
Monticello
J. W. Kistler
Broadway
Kistler
Towna
Lew
Religious Census Opens After Church Meetings
Today is Church Day in the city with pastors meeting their congregations at 10:30. Evangelist Scoville joined church officials at 12:30 at the rink and from 1:30 the citywide census was conducted by church committees.
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Evangelist Scoville
Rink
Carbuncle on Neck Threatens Blood Poisoning
John Manes of 411 Broadway is in critical condition at St Joseph's hospital after developing a carbuncle on a neck cord. He was admitted yesterday and doctors fear possible blood poisoning.
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John Manes
Broadway
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Keller Defaults Over Unpaid Judgment in Champaign
Judgment for $72.95 entered against Emil Keller in Judge Hanawalt's court after noon. An electrical company from Champaign filed the suit. Keller, who ran a vaudeville house there, did not appear.
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Emil Keller
Hanawalt
Champaign
Keller
Tailor Fred Lorenzo Dies After Lapse at Saloon Latch
Fred Lorenzo a Logansport tailor who had returned after a 15 year absence collapsed at a saloon on Third Street shortly before noon and died within five minutes. An autopsy in Killian and McCloskey's morgue showed heart disease. He had been sober for weeks before the fatal episode and left a brother in Illinois.
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Logansport
Killian & McCloskey
Miller
Ilinois
City orders redemption shows small outstanding balance
Controller Middleton announced that orders prior to January 1, 1889, would stop drawing interest after February 14, 1907. Only $700 of $5,000 outstanding orders have been redeemed. origin of other unredeemed orders is unclear. A second notice will be issued to redeem later orders.
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Middleton
Assault Alleged in Battery Case Here
George Conn was arrested for intoxication and charged with assault and battery on Jane Booker by her husband John Booker. Conn allegedly confronted Booker at her house over a board bill, spoke rudely after she refused to talk, and police were called. He was arraigned before Judge Hanzwalt, pleaded not guilty, sent to jail, with trial set for 7 PM tomorrow.
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George Conn
Jane Booker
John Booker
Conn
Hanzwalt
Shylock Controversy Spurs School Ban Movements
Jewish groups across the country push to remove Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice from public school texts. Chicago and Cleveland leaders urge the play's elimination, citing Shylock as demeaning, while Detroit and El Paso ban study of the work amid protests led by Maurice Weidenthal and Jordan Hecht.
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Shylock
Maurice Weidenthal
Jewish Observer of
Cleveland
Weidenthal
Merchant of Venice
Detroit
Mich
el Paso
Texas
Order of
B'nai B'rith
Cleveland Lodge
Union of the Jewish Organizations of
Edu
Thought Dead: Eckert Returns From Mexico
F W Eckert once of this city has come back from Old Mexico where he worked as a ueman. Four years passed since he left town and neighbors believed him dead after undertaker left chairs at his mother's Bates street home. Reassurance followed his return and he plans to go back.
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F. W. Eckert
Old Mexico
Bates Street
Evangelist
Seoville
Christ
Winois
Merchants Rally To Organize Credit Exchange In Logansport
Nearly 150 business men gathered at Stettiner hall to back a proposed Credit Exchange described as the Dunn and Bradstreet of Logansport. speakers urged cash only policy to curb living beyond means, with hope to prevent store closures while aiding those truly unable to pay. Entertainment followed with Lazer and Lazer and Francis and Rogers performing before a program of five minute talks from local professionals.
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Credit Exchange
Dunn 2Nd Bradstreet
Logansport
Stettiner Hall
Exchange
Dunn and Bradstreet
Ladies of the
Christian Church
Lazer
Lazer & Lazer
Dowling
Francis & Rogers
The
Crystal
C. S. Wise
J. P. Hetherington
C. W. Graves
George Miller
H. Kammerer
Geo. Linton
Bill Greensfelder
I. G. Wilson
J. H. Reitemier
Elias Winter
John Viney
J. D. Taylor
Harry Tritt
Conductor Percy Nothstine Killed in Hartsdale Yard Incident
Percy H Nothstine conductor for the city died in a yard accident at Hartsdale while switching cars in heavy rain. He was 34, lived on East Broadway, leaves a wife, and belonged to the Bridge City Gun club. Remains to Circleville for burial tomorrow at 1 20 PM via the Panhandle.
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Percy H. Nothstine
Hartsdale
Nothstine
East Broadway
Bridge City
Circleville
Panhandle
Vandalia Shop Meeting Draws Large Noon Attendance
A large crowd of Vandalia employees attended a noon shop meeting. Dr Seoville spoke and Van Camp sang during the gathering at the Vandalia shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandalia
Dr. Seoville
van Camp
Geese Heard Flying North Overnight Reports
It was reported this afternoon that a flock of wild geese was heard last evening going north.
Evangelist Seoville Draws Crowd at Men's Meeting
A large crowd attended a revival led by Evangelist Seoville despite rain. Thirty-one men stepped forward for Christ, with Seoville noting record attendance and urging prodigals to return to the Wonderful Father.
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OBY
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Heeenway
Interurban
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Jove
Beath
Ed Fry
Fred Ee Tie Oe
Milker
Lorenzo
Man Miller’s Saloon
Third Street
Fred Lorenzo
Pat Pierce
Mansfield
Mantel
Hecht
Chicago
Schoools
Cation
Jordan Hecht
Man Fi
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