Army board touring Hendricks County tracts for potential post site
Colonel McCaskey and the board viewed Broad Ripple and Clermont lands after a visit to Dr Light and Omar Boardman. Hendricks county delegates offered two tracts at 30 to 100 dollars and 60 to 80 dollars per acre near the Reform School at Plainfield. The board noted lines could extend electric service to the post and Vandalia would add switches. The trip included Broad Ripple inspections, with plans to visit Lawrence and Chicago next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Board
Broad Ripple
Clermont
BR. C. Light
Omar Boardman
Dr. Light
Hendricks County
Marion County
Reform School
Plainfield
Indianapolis & Its
McCashy
Lawrence
Chicago
Open Air Amusements at Fair Bank This Week
Miss Fidith Helena and George Austin Moore star at Fair Bank with Ostendorf’s concert band and Eugene Cowles at the Masonic Temple Roof Garden. Helena, a rising lyric soprano, studied under Chevalier Alberto deini. The program shifts nightly with highlights including The Last Rose of Summer and Caro Nome. Broad Ripple hosts Marion county old settlers day and Hawthorne Musical Club appears Friday. Indianapolis Military Band adds to Fairview Park concerts Tuesday to Thursday. streetcar lines adjust schedules for smooth attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidith Helena
George Austin Moore
Fair Bank
Miss Helena
Indianapolis
Robert Gray
Ellen Beach
Alberto de Ini
Patti
Albani
Portugal
Ostendorf
Eugene Cowles
Bostonians
Masonic Temple
Gar
Chicago
Broad Ripple
Fairview
Marion County
Hawthorne Musical Club
Boston
Satchee
Pairview Park
Indianapols
This Park
Street Parade Novelty by Forepaugh Sells Brothers
The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Consolidated Shows announce a new novelty for their street parade. Allegorical depictions of national battles will feature a mounted, uniformed troop from major American armies from the Revolution to the China war, with accurate costumes and gear. The parade will include new cages chariots tableau cars and cavalcades, with a performance slated for Wednesday August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Forepaugh
Sells Brothers Consolidated
Eet Forepaugh-Sella Brothers Consolida
Runaway Boy Sought in City by Local Hardware Official
H B Loughmiller of Van Camp Hardware reports Harry Ward, a Lafayette resident and relative, left Lafayette for this city yesterday. Loughmiller says Ward is to be arrested if found, as he is considered the object of the boys search for wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Loughmiller
van Camp Hardware Com
Harry Ward
Lafayette
Loughmiller
Arrests released in Lemon death case near Millersville
Robert Underwood and W lam Maynard, both detained after Thomas Lemon died from injuries in a cornfield near Millersville, were released on their own recognizance. The court found Lemon’s death was not caused by the wounds he received in a fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Underwood
W Lam Maynard
Thomas Lemon
Cornfield
Millersville
Lemon
Jubilant visit as typographers tour Indianapolis event
Delegates to the International Typographical Union Golden Jubilee in Cincinnati were entertained by Local No. 1 in Indianapolis. They attended at Grand Hotel, toured the city, enjoyed Broad Ripple Park events, boxing and a vaudeville show, and received souvenir programmes and badges before departing for Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union No. 1
Broad Ripple
Fair Bank
International Typographical Union
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Grand Hotel
Union Station
Broad Ripple Park
Bookwalter
Hellbox
No. 1
Kid" Brune
Jack Shea
Brune
International Union
Boy A Fleet Runner Chases Son Through Dayton Alleys
Mrs. C. Paci, visiting from Dayton, chased her fifteen year old son who ran away three weeks ago from Dayton to Dayton. He worked for a fruit dealer on West Maryland Street and evaded capture by slipping through alleys. She sought police help to arrest him and return him to Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Paci
Maryland Street
German Day Celebration Planned at Germania Park Parade
The annual German day event will take place next Sunday at Germania Park with a banner parade at 9 o clock led by Capt J L Bieler as grand marshal. The Indianapolis Military Band will head the parade followed by the Knights of St George under Capt Charles Gardner and the Federation of German Societies banner. An afternoon festival at Germania Park features performances by the Indianapolis Military Band and several German singing groups. Dr Hugo has been noted in association with activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germania Park
J. L. Bieler
Mischief of Staf
J. W. Loeper
Richard Lieber
George Deluse
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Military Band, Followed By the Knights of St. George
Charles Gardner
Federation of German Societies
Maemnercher Hall
Washington Street
Senate Avepuy
Delaware Street
Germania Hall
Mme
Indianapolis Military Band
South Side Maennerchor
Harugari Saengerchor
Socialistic Saengerbund
Indianapolis Liederkranz
Indianapolis Maennerchor
Hugo
Eisenloher To Deliver Principal Address At Event
Eisenloher of Cincinnati will give the principal address. Games and other sports are being arranged for the children. The programme portion will be led by Charles Truemper and Frank Schaefer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenloher
Cincinnati
Charles Truemper
Frank Schaefer
Seven Men Beat Saloon Keeper Dowdell at Birch Avenue
Seven young men, after a week of work, drank heavily and demanded free beer then refused to pay. Dowdell ordered the beers and asked for payment. A confrontation led to outside violence as two stones shattered a plate glass window and Dowdell was assaulted by the crowd, which then dispersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dowdell
Birch Avenue
Dowdell
Move of Ben Hur Tribe HQ Stirs Indiana Locals
The Tribe of Ben Hur weighs moving its headquarters from Crawfordsville to Indianapolis amid a $213 00 tax assessment by Montgomery County. Terre Haute Fort Wayne and Evansville seek the relocation, with plans for a roughly $210,000 building as the order grows. Mullins, deputy supreme chief, advocates a lodge of businessmen to push the move. The constitution requires a two thirds vote of the supreme tribe to relocate from Crawfordsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullins
Highland Place
Order
Crawfordsville
Sousa Band to Return for State Fair Concerts
The State Board of Agriculture praised Sousa's Band as the best attraction at the state fair last year and contracts will bring the band back for four concerts on September 17 and 18. Sousa will not tour abroad again until year’s end after a successful Indiana fair appearance and Glasgow engagement. He offers a new collection of encores integral to the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Agriculture
Sousa
Indianapolis
Europe
Glasgow
Scotland
Dismissals Hit Street Car Conductors Over Gaming
A recent order from Superintendent Elliott bans gambling on Indianapolis Street Car Company property causing embarrassment among conductors and motormen. The crackdown reached McLean place barns and then a motorman's home, leading to dismissals of identified players with more to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott
Indianapolis Street Car Company
McLean Place
City News Notes and Social Gatherings in Danville
Mr. Arthur L Beard visits Danville after a New York return. Social planned Tuesday at Mrs A Hoypnneeys home with Mrs Rice and others aiding. Horace Ellis to head Idaho State Normal School from Sept 1 after Franklin schools post. Sophie Bradford hostsAug 11 porch party for Albert Matzke headed to New York for studies. Ice wagon driver Thomas Prather hit by a C H D train on Southeastern Ave. horse killed. Prather uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Beard
New York City
Danville
George H. Thomas W. R. C
A. Hoypnneeys
New Jersey Street
Rice
Franklin
Butler College
Indiana University
Sophie C. Bradford
Irvington
Albert Matzke
Young Men’s Christian Association
Thomas Prather
Southeastern Avenue
Prather
Morgan
Simon
Appellate Court Minute Barnard Bockenstein v Schrack
In the Allen Superior Court case Barnard Bockenstein appeals against Joseph Schrack. The record lists both appellant and appellee briefs but contains no further detail on arguments or rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appellate Court
Barnard Bockenstein
Joseph Schrack
Allen S. C. Appellant
Appellee
County Commissioners Report on County Asylum Conditions
The County Commissioners exonerate Superintendent Harcourt and allow inmates to use tobacco with strict limits. Smoking is banned in sleeping or infirm rooms. first offense ten days, second thirty, third offense total ban and possible removal, with superintendent enforcement. They praise the County Board of Charities and say inmates receive proper medical care and humane treatment and adequate food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union
Harcourt
Central Labor Union Committee
County Board of Charities and Correction
County Board of Charities
Missing agents named on Royal Exchange Assurance rt notice
On the publication of the financial return for Royal Exchange Assurance dated August 5 the agents J. B. Cruse and T. C. Day should have been named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Financial Rt
Royal Exchange Assurance of
Don
J. 8. Cruse
T. C. Day
Left License Delays Indianapolis Wedding Tale
An Indianapolis insurance man recalls a humorous incident in which Walter Bond forgets his marriage license before his wedding to Miss Alice Howland. After frantic searches, Bond rediscovered the document at a South Side drug store, enabling the ceremony to proceed as planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Walter Bond
Bond
Lcense
Afernoon
Traveling Col. Hogan Recalls Forty-Four Years on the Road
Col. J. J. Hogan, a New Yorker and veteran commercial traveler of forty four years, spends Sunday at the Hotel English. He says he has traveled everywhere in the United States except Yellowstone Park, never abroad, and notes that the country is more prosperous now than ever. He recalls early trips through Kansas City in 1853 and praises Missouri for fruit production, mentioning a friend who sold his apple crop for twenty five thousand dollars last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
J. J. Hogan
English
Colonel Hogan
North American
United States
Yellowstone Park
Boston
Hogan, Clarke & Sleeper
Hogan
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Missouri
Union
California
Pii
Franklin College Forty Years Prominent Leader
William T. Stott, Franklin College president for over four decades, surveys the institution from Spencer House. He notes assets around 425000, last year’s enrollment about 200, and an expected similar figure forthcoming. The college recently raised 2600 for a Greek professorship and eyes a new library and science building in time. Stott serves on the State Board of Education and opposes trashy literature in public school libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Stott
Franklin College
Spencer House
Franklin
Stott
State Board of Education
Immense Crops Forecast Raise Grain Yields and Markets
Indianapolis banker E. M. Campbell says August crop reports show the nation will yield 175 000 000 bushels of wheat and 2 650 000 000 bushels of corn. He predicts cheaper money, a very active market, and higher prices this fall as steel rails orders exceed a third of annual capacity. Bartholomew County reports 42 deaths in a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Campbell
Indianapolis
Indiana
Bartholomew
Waterman Fines Reported At Mackinac Grand Hotel
Information received at the Denison Hotel notes fines of Dr. L. D. Waterman at the Grand Hotel Mackinac. Dr. Waterman resides at the Denison when in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison Hotel
L. D. Waterman
Grand Hotel
Mackinac
Dr. Waterman
Denison
Indianapolis
Death of William G. York at Meridian Street Home
William G. York died at 4 o clock yesterday afternoon at his residence 3611 North Meridian Street. He was born on March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam G. York
North Meridian Street
Civil War Veteran York Funeral Notice
A Civil War private served 1862 to 186 In Company H Seventeenth Iowa Infantry and belonged to Joseph R Gordon Post. He leaves a widow and seven children C C York Mrs Charles F Kramer Edward C N W Jane E Florence Grace York. Funeral tomorrow at 2 pm from the late residence with burial at Crown Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventeenth
Iowa Infantry
Joseph R. Gordon
C. C. York
Charles F. Kramer
Edward C
N. W
Jane E
Florence
Grace York
Crown Hill Cemetery
New Incorporations and Local Concerns
The Mancie and Portland Traction Company was incorporated with 190 dollars capital. Directors listed include Garrett O. Driscoll and Truman O. Boyd. It will operate McCulloch line through Muncie Albany Dunkirk Red Key and Portland. R. E. Wells & Co. and The Investors' Loan and Savings Company were also incorporated with 4500 and 250000 capital respectively, naming their directors. The notice mentions excursions, rail tours, insurance settlements, and various local ads for services and stores in Indianapolis in 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mancie & Portland Traction Company
Garrett O. Driscoll
Truman O. Boyd
Judson A. Jaqua
James H. LeMer
Nathan B. Hawkins
John Delamore
Frank H. Snyder
McCulloch
Muncie
Albany
Dunkirk
Redkey
Portland
R. E. Wells & Co
Charles E. Osborn
Robert E. Wells
Harry W. Shimer
Investors’ Loan and Savings Company
Ph. Wilhelm
Otto Winkenhofer
D. F. Fleener
Frank K. Sawyer
L. A. Crim
Edward A. Meyer
F. H. Kern
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H. Co. Carr
Green
Pennsylvania
J. c. Sipe
North Meridian St
Ind
Glove Store
East
Washington St
DR. R. C. Light
Omar Boordman
Col. McCaskey
Osheer Parke
Underwood
Maynard
Wulschner
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Dayton, C
Ben-Hur
State Agricultural Board
Street Railway Company
City News Notes
the Court Record
County Commissioners’ Report
South Side
Wm. T. Stott
L. D. Waterman Til
William G. York
Dunlap’s Straw Hats
Seaton’s Hat Store
Monon
Colorado
Utah
Wisconsin
Michigan
South Dakota
R. P. Algeo
Bend
Decatur
Carey McPherson
Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Accident Association of
Browning
Frank Browning
German Fire Insurance of
South
Janes
Martinsville
Kentucky Avenue
Mooresville
C. E & Bro
Virginia Av
Langseenkamp Bros
Brass Works
E. Georgia St
Amazon
Failles
Illinois Street
Indianapolis Fire Insurance
Indianapolis Fire Insurance CO
E. Market Street
Herrington’s
E. Market
W. B. Craig
Wood's Stable
East Washington Street
Julius C
Walke Gon
SSO
Aeural
Penn.st
20Th Century
C. L. Rost Mixchiant
North
J. H. Reed
R. M. Mueller
Delaware and
New York Streets
H. Lieber
the Kodak Reigns
Kodak
THE
Baldwin
Eliington Hamilton
Pianos
Paris
D. H. Baldwin & Co
Pennsylvania St
Sander & Becker Furniture CO
Globe Wernicke
Merchants’ Ass'n
Sistes soShenes
Indianapolis Tent & Awning CO
Ana
Watson & CO
Chas. L. Harris S. Mann Furnisher
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