Askins Plant Will Stay This Fact Indicated By a Purchase
The E. C. Atkins Company bought ground at Capitol avenue and Gardner street for 4800 to extend yard space for a gas plant and to support future furnace fuel needs. An office will be built at Illinois and South streets this fall. Additional land purchases enable future improvements. A L Mason residence at Capitol and Michigan sold for 1250 to Robert S Hall and wife. Graceland avenue property change for 3000. McKechnnie sold North Meridian street Twenty fourth property for 7500 to Charles T and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Atkins Company
Capitol Avenue
Gardner Street
William A. Miller
Illinois
South Streets
A. L. Mason
Michigan Street
Robert S. Hall
House of Good Shepherd Seeks Aid for Private Sewer Project
Rev Francis H Gavish rector of St Johns Church and agent for the House of the Good Shepherd appeals for funds to cover a private sewer nearly a mile long to connect the institution to the White River. The sewer is essential to health of 18 inmates as public sewers are unavailable. The Sisters provide shelter and work, but revenue from laundry and industrial school covers most costs, leaving a gap for this necessary expense. Generous benefactors are asked to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis H. Gavish
St. John's Church
House of the Good Shepherd
White River
Board of Managers
Indianapolis
Ite
Sisters of the Good Shepherd
Peter Schupp Struck Near Union Street
Peter Schupp, 18 Union Street, walked into the police station about 10 PM covered in blood. He spoke little English and was taken to the City Dispensary with a small scalp wound after claiming a man who courted his wife on McCarty Street struck him. Schupp had separated from his wife five weeks earlier and said the rival threatened to kill him. He was intoxicated. Dr. Schenck treated and sewed the wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Schupp
Union Street
Schupp
McCarty Street
Quer
Hetherington & Berner Foun
Schenck
Trial of Joseph Flack Delayed to Monday in Pure Food Case
In police court Joseph Flack owner of Indianapolis Creamery was tried on pure food law violations. Dr Beuhler presented testimony after Dr Moffatt. evidence showed milk samples lacked required butterfat. Proceedings adjourned as state witnesses were incomplete. police seek escaped prisoner Fred Trotter who broke from Danville jail and fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Flack
Indianapolis Creamery Company
Eugene Beuhler
Moffatt
Nand Smith
Moffatt Beuhler
Indianapolis Cream Company
Fred Trotter
Danville
Ind
Trotter
Burglary suspect arrested after hiding near building
A man who hid until he could slip from his hiding place was arrested in the city. He had been previously held for a burglary alleged in Danville and was taken to Hendricks county about three weeks ago. He lists the city as his home and has relatives in Haughville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Hendricks County
Haughville
Flower Mission Raises 5122 For City Hospital Plan
The Flower Mission reports a total of 5122 raised toward a 5000 donation for a hospital at City Hospital grounds. Vonnegut and Bohn draft plans for a one story 22 bed facility with room to expand. A nurse proposal for the Dispensary is brought to city officials. An ailing teen birth case at 1308 West Twenty-third Street is described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flower Mission
John L. Griffiths
Mission
Vonnegut & Bohn
City Hospital
Ellie Oldana
East Tenth Street
Six Wheels Recovered From James Miller Theft Ring
Police unearthed six bicycles in the cellar of James Miller at 61 West Washington street, linking the small boy to a history of bicycle thefts. Evidence tied Miller to Kinly and others, with a wheel recovered from Kinly’s home and one wheel traced to a rider’s loss. Detectives continue search for the two boys involved as Miller faces prior theft charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Miller
West Washington Street
Miller
Vance Johnson
No. North West Street
Hull and
Griffin
Johnson
Albert Kinly
West Pearl Street
Peurenes
Kinly
Hull
Acme
Coel
ANOTHER NAVAL DESERTER SURRENDERS IN CITY
Frank Smith a Naval deserter who left Goat Island San Francisco Bay last April returned to his home at 2148 Cornell Avenue after reading of Frank Nelson surrendering. He and Nelson will be taken back to San Francisco by Constable John Newhouse today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Smith
Uncle Sam
Goat Island
San Francisco Bay
Frank Nelson
Smith
Cornell Avenue
Nelson
John Newhouse
San Francisco
Band concert at German House garden this evening
In the garden of the German House this evening the band will perform a varied programme including marches, Sousa overtures, polonaises, selections and medleys. Pieces listed include Inperial Edward, All Hands on Deck, Robert le Diable, Dorothy, The Maiden Dreamy Eyes, Gold Blondchen, Pique Dame, Fantasia and Potpourri. New pianos advertised at Wulschoer with prices from $16 and up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inperial Edward
Sousa
Suppe
Clarens White
L. Kehr
Robert le Diable
Indiana Mine Operator Sees Benefit in Anthracite Strike
Job Freeman of southern Indiana mines near Linton says Western operators gain from the Pennsylvania anthracite strike. He notes higher coal demand, steady miners, and no Indiana strike, while praising John Mitchell as level headed and cautious, stabilizing industry during the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job Freeman
Indiana
Linton
Pennsylvania
Mr. Freeman
John Mitchell
Mine Workers’ Union
Mitchell
Gina
Bank Robbery Trio Tale Draws Chicago Arrests and Death
Deputy U S marshal Thomas Middleton recalls Kelley Rutledge and Rice, the trio tied to a Canadian bank theft. They ran a Chicago art studio as a supposed front, attempted escapes in Montreal, and one man killed a guard during a jailbreak. Rice was hanged recently in a grim sequence. A rural free delivery note follows amid hotel gossip and traveler notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Middleton
United States
Chicago
Occidental
Kelley
Rutledge
Rice
Middleton
Montreal
Yacseries
Robbery Suspects Handcuffed After Tolleston Post Office Heist
Thomas Middleton and A. A. Bach from Chicago brought in three prisoners Joe Kallen Joe Gilford and Robert Sullivan charged with breaking into the Tolleston post office last Sunday They also allegedly held up two men at Hobart and tried to rob a depot safe The gang was arrested by Chicago police and Gilford allegedly confessed prompting an assault attempt by the others The Tolleston loss was reported as slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Middleton
A. A. Bach
United States
Chicago
Joe Kallen
Joe Gilford
Robert Sullivan
Tolleston
Lake County
Kallen
Pon- Vac
Hobart
Ind
Gilford
Tax Board Feasts After Session At Old Nip Springs
The State Tax Board met yesterday, then visited Old Nip springs in New Castle for a board feast. A. A. Zion explained the Union Railway Company lease on the Belt road, noting combined earnings and expenditures. J. E. Wilson represented the Chicago & Wabash Valley road, a Jasper county line never appraised by the state board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Tax Board
A. D. Ogborn
New Castle
Nip
A. A. Zion
Union Railway Company
Belt Road
J. E. Wilson
Chicago & Wabash Valley Road
Jasper County
State Board
Thief Strikes Italian Family Home in Broad Daylight
The Ruggieri family found their house in disorder after a break in through a side window. Jewelry including a gold necklace with a diamond cross, a gold watch, earrings, rings, stick pins, and even trousers with money were taken. Police Inspectors Trimpe and Kitamiller investigated as hundreds of Italian neighbors gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruggieri
Trimpe and
Kitamiller
Spiceland Co operative Telephone Company Incorporation
Yesterday the Spiceland Co operative Telephone Company was incorporated with capital of $10 000 to operate telephone systems across Henry Rush Fayette Wayne Hancock Madison Randolph and Delaware counties. Directors named include Charles J Hubbard E T Stanfield and Chester A Groscheider linked to Kentucky Cooperage Company of New Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spiceland Co-operative Telephone Company
Henry
Rush
Fayette
Wayne
Hancock
Madison
Randolph
Delaware
Charles J. Hubbard
E. T. Stanfield
Chester A. Groscheider
Kentucky Cooperage Company
New Albany
Walter S. Randall
Conneaut Oil and Gas Company
Marion
Perry E. Miller
Henry T. Culp
James B. Young
Conneaut
Comstock Novelty Company
Huntington
Ind
Merchants' Heating and Lighting Plant to Cost 300000
The Merchants' Heating and Lighting Company buys unimproved land at New Jersey street and Union tracks for 25500 to build a two story brick power house with fuel storage for 3000 tons of coal. Engineer W H Schott of Chicago directs the project with Duram as assistant. The system will serve downtown businesses and be ready by November 15. Total project cost about 300000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ Heating and Lighting Company
New Jersey Street
Union
Cabinet Makers’ Union
W. H. Schott
Chicago
Schott
Duram
Increased Pay For Firemen Discussed By City Council
City council committee on fees and salaries discussed a proposed ordinance to raise fire department pay and create battalion chiefs. The plan would add about 24000 annually, with three pay grades from 2.00 to 2.50 per day for rank and file, plus 45 monthly for substitutes. Board of Safety largely supports rank and file rises, but the controller and city finances complicate approval. Woodruff Place trustees sent a pension fund contribution, while firemen push for a city Woodruff contract. Funeral arrangements set for Hal W. Reed in Kokomo with region newspaper men attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Billingsley
Rhodes
Warneg
Glazier
Captain Lauck
George Diller
George Holderman
Fremen
Keller and Bryson
Board of Safety
Breunig
Woodruff Place
Indianapolis
Woodruff
Italian Family Resident Robbed After Funeral
Michael Ruggieri and family returned from Raphael Competello's funeral to find their home entered and valuable jewelry stolen. The thief gained entrance during their absence, police report indicates a burglary connected to the funeral eyewitnesses sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Ruggieri
Raphael Competello
Train schedule fragment from Vandalia Line era
Partial timetable notes a departure from Indianapolis at 6:00 a m with arrivals in St Louis at 1 p m and Denver by 3 15 p m The Vandalia Ticket Office at the corner of Washington and Illinois is listed for tickets and a contact CHARDSON WW 7 appears as an oblique signature or imprint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Vandalia
St. Louis
Denver
Washington and
Ilinois
Chardson
Pennsylvania Vandalia Lines Announces Promotional Passenger Fares
Travel offer from Indianapolis via Chicago or St Louis gateways to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Low round trip fares with July 28 and August 1 to 1 inclusive travel, stopovers allowed, return by Sept 9. Tickets available through No 48 West Washington Street and Union Station, or from W. Richardson, D P A, Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Chicago
St. Louis
West
Washington Street
Union Station
Richardson
BIG Four
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Colorado
California
Peoria
East Washington Street
H. M. Bronson
Indianapolia
Niagara Falls Excursion and Atlantic City Trips Offer
Advertises round trip excursions from Indianapolis by various rail lines to Niagara Falls Atlantic City and other destinations. Includes departure details August dates prices from $1.25 to $15 with twelve day return rules. Mentions sleeper chairs and coach options, stopovers at Chautauqua Lake Put-in-Bay and Lake Erie area, and contact agents A H Sellars R P Algeo. Also promotes Yellowstone Park and summer tours via Northern Pacific and other lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Cleveland
Lake Chautauqua
A. H. Sellars
South Illinois Street
Atlantic City
Cape May
Ocean City
Washington
R. P. Algeo
New Brooches and Stickpins Line Debuts At Show
A shop promotes a fresh collection of brooches and stickpins with distinct style and snap. The display invites customers to step in and see the selection firsthand.
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L. S. Ayres& Co
J. C. Sipe
Succes
North Meridian St
Indianapolis, Ind
Askins
House OF Good Shepherd
Flower Mission Affairs
Wulschoer
Kelley, Rutledge
Post Office Department
Fred Shireman
Grand Hotel
Morgan County
W. H. Eichhorn
Bluffton
English
E. E. Cox
Hartford City
I. H. Sample
Logansport
Denison
Martinsville
A. l L. Kumler
Lafayette
Cincinnati
TAX Board
A. D. Og
Union Tracks
Hal W. Reed
Judge Bell
Kokomo
Michael Rugegieri
Cal
Lake Erie & Western
R. R
Niagara Falls
D. and C
Decatur J., D. & W. Ry
Indianapolis Union Station
Terre Haute
Greencastle
Acton Park
Via
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
F. F. W., Limited
Atlantic Express
National Capital
A. L. Ellet,t. P. A., Cincinnati, O.; G. W. Barney
Lexington, Ky
R. B. Parsons
Louisville, Ky
John D. Potts
Monon
Utah
Wisconsin
Michigan
South Dakota
Chautauqua Lake
Cambridge Springs
Erie
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone Lake
Hot Springs
Grand Canyon
Mammoth Hot Springs
Northern Pacific
Livingston
CHAS
St. Paul
Vinagc
Janes
Langsenkamp Bros
Brass Works
E. Georgia St
Techen Sin & Freiberg
East
Washington St
Koewring & Bro
Julias
Son
East Washington St
James S. Kirk & Company
Kirk
Illinois Central
R.R
Chicago, Ill
Omaha
Neb
Council Bluffs
Iow
Minneapolis, Minn
Mion
Ill
Evansville
Ohio
New Orleans
Memphis
Illinois Central and Connecting Lines
A. H. Hanson
Deutsch Tailoring Co
South
Illinois Street
Paris
D. H. Baldwin & CO
N. Penn
Columbia
Hartford
Lilly & Stalnaker
Willig’s Cash Furniture Store
GORA
WM. H. Block CO
GEO, Merritt & CO
No. Sx West Washington St
GasCo
Majestic Building
Lamm
C. L. Rost Mexchan
North Illinois Street
Ec Agia
Aiea Eh
Easton
Vonnegutt
J. H. Reed
R. M. Mueller
Del
New York Sts
Ibrass & Bronze Castings
S.penn
Ube
Ny Tome
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Tudor Hall
N. Meridian St
BIB
Penatpa Clmds
Rev. J
Cumming Sauith
Deeg
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