Hanna Named Model of Public Service for Monetary Reform
The World's Work highlights Hugh H. Hanna as setting a new standard of unselfish public service in support of the gold standard. It notes his leadership in 1896 97 Wisconsin Indiana and national campaigns, his role in the Indianapolis monetary conference, and honors from the New York Chamber of Commerce Harvard MA degree, and LL D from Abash College. The piece lauds his untiring public spirit and local impact in Indianapolis and his ongoing service with the Tukegee Normal and Industrial Institute and Southern Board. A full page portrait accompanies the article.
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Hugh H. Hanna
Hanna
General Harrison
William E.dodge
New York Chamber of Commerce
Dodge
Indianapolis
McKinley
Congress
Polis Board of Trade
Secre
Treasury
Shaw
Iowa
Among
New York Co Member of
Commerce
Deedee
Alexander Jon
Harvard University
Abash College
Tukegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Southern Ion Board
Burglaries Reported From Local Homes
Reports say Charles McCarty’s home at 618 Home Street was entered last night. A pair of opera glasses and a gold ring were stolen. Burglar entry remains a mystery. Bicyclemen Trimpe Lowe investigated rear windows lacking fasteners. Streit and Losh had a burglar call experience on North Avenue. A woman and her escort were in a churchgoing couple as events unfolded. Police were alerted after a door key jammed in the front.
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Charles McCarty
Trimpe
Lowe
Streit
Losh
Meccery
North Avenue
House
Prince Charming
Girls Escape from City Hospital Pavilion
Myrtie Luke aged fifteen and Marie Williams, both smallpox patients, escaped from the City Hospital pavilion on East Tenth and Court streets. They eluded attendants briefly before returning. Williams suffers a severe smallpox case. Luke’s condition not stated.
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Myrtie Luke
East Tenth Street
Marie Williams
Court Street
Willams
Monroe Kills Hubbard in Early Morning Fight
In an early morning melee at Indiana avenue and New York street, Gus Monroe was shot in the intestines by Charles Hubbard after a confrontation over alleged information given to a patrolman. Monroe, 30, a barber, is hospitalized with little chance of survival. Hubbard, 44, is jailed on a shooting with intent to kill charge. Witnesses include Douglass Edwards, held as participant and Andrew Venable sought as a witness. Both men are described as colored. the scene involves two revolver shots and a tense stand-off with prior altercations and a history of trouble for Hubbard.
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Gus Monroe
West Fourteenth Street
City Hospital
Charles Hubbard
Indiana Avenue
New York Street
Hubbard
Monroe
Douglass Edwards
North Arsenal Avenue
Montgomery
Muncie
Clark Burton
Edwards
Monroe Edwards
Griffin
Hull
Simon
Morgan
Ben
Tomlinson
Tomas Venable
Archie Greathouse
Andrew Dillon
Haughville
A. B. Graham
John Oliver
George J. Cook
Mrs Beswick in Struggle Over Despair and Marital Turmoil
Mrs Jennie Beswick aged thirty six of 97 West Washington street was reported to have attempted suicide by strychnine. Despondent over recent marriage to Newton Beswick and ongoing domestic trouble she lies in a rear West Washington street apartment with four children. Doctors differ on the poison claim and her condition remains serious though improving. Her troubled history includes multiple police actions and a recent affidavit for assault against her husband who has vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Beswick
West Washington Street
Beswick
Pettijohn
Jacobs
Rhodes
Newton Beswick
Indianapolis shell game operator seized again
William Vance a long time shell game worker in Indianapolis was arrested with Harvey Raines on loitering charges. Both men from West Twenty seventh Street were known at Brighton Beach where the police had reports of a new shell game. An officer responding to a tip observed Vance at work near an aqueduct and the attempt to flee ended with pursuit toward a canal.
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William Vance
Indianapolis
Harvey Raines
West Twenty-seventh Street
Brighton Beach
Bright Gay
Capes
Hylaid
Aey Elemen Mull van Griffin
Vance
Child Dies After Drinking Corrosive Sublimate
Ora McFadden, two years old, died at noon yesterday after ingesting corrosive sublimante from a bottle in a vacant upstairs closet of a Cook and Georgian streets double tenement. Louis McFadden and Dr. Kennedy of the City Dispensary attended but could not save him.
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Ora McFadden
Louis McFadden
Cook
Georgian Streets
McFaddens
City Council panel tightens on meter and franchise votes
Tonight's council session in Indianapolis is expected to be busy with a meter ordinance likely to be introduced and gas company communications to be reviewed. The Southern Franchise may face a vote amid Democratic opposition and potential Republican turnout, while the pesthouse site appropriation and other measures seek action, though finance opposition looms.
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John P. Frenzel
Committee On
Tomlinson Hall
Licely
Indianapolis
Negley
Shelbyville and Southeasternation Company
Irvington
Crowds Thrill City Streets In First Spring Sunday
Crowds packed downtown streets and park areas as spring sunshine chased off rain. Streetcars ran full on North Illinois and Garfield Park lines with as many as five hundred riders to Fairview Park. Capitol Avenue hosted a horse trotting scene from 2 to 5 pm with numerous fast horses and driveways crowded with turnouts.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Washington
Hulinsis
Illinois
Illinois Street
Union Station
Ilinois
Fairview Park
Garfield Park
North Illinois Street
Ark
South Side Park
Arge
Capitol Avenue
Siow
Twelfth Street
Thirtyfourth Street
Great Exhibits Draw Furniture Trade in Grand Rapids
In Grand Rapids during July and January about 4 percent of U S furniture is sold as factories exhibit for buyers from department stores and parts of Europe. Richard Oppel notes hotels fill, city dresses in holiday attire, and two months bring lively trade yet few local acts beyond exhibitions. He argues consumer taste favors light polished finishes and optimistic styles, while deeper artistic finishes cost more time, and urges culture can lift demand for higher quality furniture.
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United States
Grand Rapids
Mich
Richard Oppel
Europe
Grent
Anna Held
Theodore Thomas
Tomlinson Hall
Temporary bridge opens for street cars at White River crossing
Street cars began running yesterday over the temporary wooden bridge at West Washington street crossing after City Engineer Nelson halted use Thursday to fix weak spots. The line now extends along Washington avenue to Blake street, with the temporary span about twenty feet north of the old bridge. Indiana law requires life insurers to deposit with the state auditor the net cash value of in force policies.
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White River
Washington Street
Nelson
Washington Avenue
National Road
Blake Street
Life Insurance Law” of
Indiana
American Central Life Insurance Company
Johnston optimistic on Indiana Senate chances
Senator William Johnston, visiting Crawfordsville after a trip to Brazil for his sister’s burial, voiced optimism that Democrats can win a U S Senate seat next session with a House majority of ten to twelve. He predicts a favorable year for Democrats in the lower house and notes Republican tension over the Crawfordsville city convention, implying potential Democratic gains amid intra party divisions.
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William Johnston
Indiana
United States
Johnston
Grand Hotel
Crawfordsville
Brazil
United States Senate
Senate
Kipling era tale inspires Englishman paper praise
An India tea grower in Calcutta lauds the Englishman newspaper as modern and commendable. He recounts the tale behind the name Tommy Atkins, explaining how soldiers were identified after capture and how the nickname emerged for the English soldier.
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Calcutta
Harold Weddle
Rudyard Kipling
Tommy Atkins
Tommy
Atkins
German wine dealer visits annually from November to May
Mr. Busch normally travels to this country each year from November until May in Germany. He plans to return home next month accompanied by his brother. He states that he sells more than $10,000 worth of wine in America annually.
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Germany
Mr. Busch
America
Mine Workers Board Members Arrive for Conference
United Mine Workers national executive board members arrived at the Occidental Hotel to attend the conference starting today. New arrivals include John L. Grier of Florence, Col E S McCullough of St Charles Mich John F Ream Beacon Ia H Bonsfield Kansas P G Gallagher Freeland Pa B W E Salkeld Six Mile Run Pa Mark M Smith Meyersdale Pa G Brown Fort Smith Ark Don Kelleher Rentick Mo Miles Dougherty Shamokin Pa John Feallon eer Pa William Morgan Massillon Ohio.
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National Executive Board
The
United Mine Workers
Occidental Hotel
John L. Grier
Florence
Col
E. S
Sixmile Run
Mark M. Smith
Meyersdale
G. Brown
Fort Smith
Ark
Don Kelleher
Rentick
Miles Dougherty
Shamokin
John Feallon
Eer Pa
William Morgan
Massillon
Kokomo Prosperity and Plans for New Steel Plant
H L Ashley of Kokomo reports steady growth with no vacant houses and a new Kokomo steel plant slated to start, expected to process 400 tons daily and employ 600 to 800 workers. He notes prosperity across the area while Hotel English owner Henry W Lawrence reveals a Cairo Egypt card from E F Claypool dated March 21. The message mentions a Nile trip and an expected July return to Indianapolis.
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H. L. Ashley
Kokomo
Marion County Construction Company
English
Mr. Ashley
Henry W. Lawrence
E. F. Claypool
Cairo
Egypt
Nile
Holy Land
Fred Rush
Indianapolis
Keenan Arrested for Burglary at Local Grocery
Charles Keenan aged twenty one was arrested by Patrolmen Smith and Gillespie on burglary and petit larceny charges. He broke into Andrew Harmening's grocery at Blake and New York streets late Saturday night, stealing tobacco and cigars. the goods were found at his camp near West and Washington streets after his confession. He joked that a wagon would have helped.
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Charles Keenan
Smith
Gillespie
Keenan
Andrew Harmening
Blake
New York
West
Washington Streets
Patrolman Pope Nearing Death at Home
Henry Pope, the patrolman kicked by a horse months ago, is reported dying at his North West street home. After a brief convalescence a sinking spell occurred and he slipped into unconsciousness, with death expected at any moment.
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Henry Pope
North West Street
Mr. Pope
Jones Makes Charges Against Police Officer
William Jones a colored cook lying in the rear of 515 West Fifteenth street was arrested on a charge of assault and battery. He claims he was assaulted by a feminine friend last February and accuses Patrolman Montgomery of threatening arrest to force charges. He says he will expose the policeman's tactics in Po Hee Court this morning.
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William Jones
West Fifteenth Street
Jones
Montgomery
Po- Hee
Dunlaps Hats at Seaton’s Hat Store Event
Big Four excursion to Lafayette on Wednesday April 9 departs Indianapolis at 7 20 a m. Celebration marks Lee’s surrender with hats on sale at Seaton’s Hat Store. Ticket pad indicates return on the regular train April 10.
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Lafayette
Indianapolis
German wine merchant Anton Busch at the Denison
Anton Busch one of the world's largest wine merchants is visiting Denison. He is the brother of Adolph Busch of the Anheuser Busch Brewing Company. Busch resides in Germany and spends about a quarter of each year in the United States, his brother roughly the same.
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Anton Busch
Denison
Adolph Busch
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company
Germany
United States
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H. Lieber Company
Hr. H. Hanna
Avother
Wulschner
Strychnine
Law
Advan
City
Street Car Company
India
Kipling
Mine Workers’ Board
Pope
Dunlap
Seaton's Hat Store
Lee
BIG Four
Union City
Wabash
Janes
Springfield
Leo Lando
Optician
Pennsylvania St
Aes
Graham
National Biscuit Company
Ft, Ccostis Sn
Merrell-Soule Co
Syracuse, N.Y
Robly D. Evans
U.S.N
Bob
Funston
U. S
New York City
Kahn
Hoosier Flour Mills
Indianapolis, Indiana
Rogers
Lilly & Stalnaker
Washington St
Uct
W. Bb. Barry Saw and Supply Co
Penn, ST
Georges Huda Thompson
F. Mrb
Newport
Bay
Indianapolis Gas Co
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