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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1901

Page

9

Vital statistics reveal varied listings and notices

A long OCR fragment lists numerous names, ages, and addresses with medical conditions and statuses, including tuberculosis and pneumonia notes. It also covers monument vendors, funeral directors, burial vaults, and real estate and financial notices, reflecting a dense late 19th or early 20th century public record page.

Indianapolis Business Directory Items

A compact listing of local service providers in Indianapolis including agents, laundry, patent lawyers, engineers, restaurants, stables, stove repairs, wall papers, funeral directors, gas engines, dentistry, safes, hat renovators, plating, patterns, electrical supplies, horsehoeing, gas engines, and advertising notices with contact details and brief notes on offerings and locations.

Peerless Foundry CO Meek St. Ola H. C. Stevens N. Benate Ave Peas Blanchard Delaware St Tutewiler & Son W. Market St

Christmas Dating Debate Echoes Ancient Festivals

John Dean of Indianapolis argues against Dr Clarke on the date of Christ’s birth. He cites solstice lore and Roman Saturnalia, noting Christmas as a survival of pagan midwinter feasts and possible January 6 observances until the fifth century. He criticizes primitive astronomy as astrology. August 12.

Indianapolis Journal W. B. Clarke Rome British Cyclopedia Augustine Clarke John Dean Indianapolis

Chicago judge reforms crime with savings condition

A police justice in Chicago led a crime reform by sentencing a youth guilty of playing ball in the streets to save money. The boy must increase his savings bank balance to avoid further punishment, linking legal action to financial discipline.

Troy N. Y Chicago

This is the death that I crave in the night wind

Fragmented verse from a literary page invokes death as a repose among Nature. The speaker imagines dying in a shaded woodland under whispering leaves, longing for sunrise over distant mountains and a dreamlike voyage toward an endless land, credits Devetonm in the Academy.

Trolley opposition reshapes Central Passenger talks

In Findlay Ohio and Massillon Ohio trolley lines draw protests from the Central Passenger Association against electric line competition. The group condemns Horner’s free ride scheme and notes trolley incursions eroding steam railroad business, especially in Indiana gas belt corridors and between Anderson and Elwood.

Central Passenger Association Horner Findlay Cleveland Terminal & Valley Road Massillon Indiana Gas Belt Brazil Terre Haute Anderson Elwood

Rail officers reshuffled as Whitcomb ascends to general claim role

George Leboutelier leaves the Wellsville line as O H J Whitcomb, after nine years as loss and damage freight claim agent for Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, is promoted to general claim agent. Whitcomb has fifteen years with the company and succeeds Leboutelier in WellsvilleOhio. The piece notes rail expansions and new equipment across several lines, including increased excursions, construction trains, and a forthcoming Portland through train to link with Northern Pacific.

St. Lawrence & Adirondack Canada Southern Ingalls Big Four New York Master Car and Locomotive Painters’ Association Buffalo J. Q. van Winkle Lake Wawasee E. A. James Canadian Pacific Winnipeg Edward M. Hicks Lake Erie & Western Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Massillon J. J. Archer Columbus Cincinnati, Richmond & Muncie D. M. Rogers Chicago Tennessee Northern Pacific Great Northern Northwest Indianapolis Vincennes Bethany Park Wabash New Haven Butler Pattison James Barker Missouri, Kansas & Texas Southwestern Passager Association Minneapolis Railroad Club Cincinnati Charles Clifford Union Pacific San Francisco B. Ogle Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Seokuk Baltimore & Ohio Southern Pacific Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company Tacoma Seattle Portland Pittsburg Fort Wayne Edward T. Clapp Joseph Ramsey The Milton Knight Wells H. Blodgett Indiana, Decatur & Western Inoinnati Hamilton & Dayton Western Territory Vandalia Elvira Miller Louisville Louisville & St. Louis Edward Price Incinnate Southern Panhandle Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Western Central Lines Ross C. Harris Cleveland and Marietta Pennsylvania Richmond George Leboutelier Cleveland Wellsville H. J. Whitcomb Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Whitcomb Atlantic City Chesapeake & Ohio Covington Cincinnati, Hamilton & Yeyton William Ehaw St. Louis Billings Monon Carmel Lowell Delphi J. C. Stubbs Harriman Lines BE. L. Lomax St. Jago Atlantic & Great Western Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Rafic

Receiver Roemer Sues Directors Over L S A Funds

Charles O. Roemler as receiver of the Morris-street Saving and Loan Association filed suit against officers and directors including Hofstetter Drewes Hansen and Fuerst seeking 310,000 to cover funds alleged to have been misused by treasurer Joseph Ernst. The complaint claims improper securities, unauthenticated bonds, lack of proper deposits, and Ernst’s insolvency with the board allowing him access to funds. The total claimed against Ernst amounts to 9,122.56 along with other court actions and estate notices listed in the docket.

F. Sayles East Market Street Atreet J. J. Krebet Lemeke Building Ss O. BE. Pizteld Majestic Building Warra Satiefel Furthey Law Building Charles O. Roemler Morris-street Saving and Loan Association Joseph Hofstetter Charles Drewes Martin Hansen Joseph Fuerst Henry Fechman Rasmus Hansen George Kohlstadt George Koers John Buennagel Joseph Ernst Ernst Board

Appellate Minute and Civil Notices in 1982 Cases

A reel of minutes and notices from the Marion and Allen county appellate dockets includes Clara L. Shank et al. vs William C. Smith et al and Frank J. Leibold vs Louise Leibold with appellant briefs and assignments of errors. It also notes Gas Light and Coke Co. vs City of New Albany and state cases with notices below, plus a warranty dispute where a farmer paid installments after defect discovery and could not recover payments.

Clara L. Shank William C. Smith Marion C. Appellants Frank J. Leibold Louise Leibold C. Appellant Gas Light and Coke Co City of New Albany Floyd Marcellus Alexander Dustan N. Bonelates al Wells Allen 8 Pacific Kansas Dester Usurg Py Sas Tak

Damages and Injunctions in Early 1900s Cases

A compilation of brief rulings covers a contractor’s liability for weather damages after workers damaged a wall, a barber’s noncompete sale leading to injunction, and a life insurance case where an insane suicide could not breach a policy. Noted are damages, exemplary damages, and enforceability questions from Pacific and Federal reporters.

Pacific Rep Colorado Steele Russell Nansas

Meeting of Fire Chiefs Arranged During August Convention

Arrangements are underway for about 500 members of the International Association of Chief Fire Engineers to meet in the city for the convention August 27 38 29 and 20. Preceding events include a stag smoker at the Indianapolis Elks Lodge and a minstrel show. The program features lectures on firefighting apparatus demonstrations at Grand Hotel trolley tours and papers read before the assembly with a busy entertainment committee coordinating plans.

International Association of Chief Fire Engineers United States Canada Indianapolis Elks' Lodge Masonic Hall Grand Hotel Trury Broad Ripple Fairview Fair Bank Board of Frank L. Dougherty William Co. Long James H. Davis William Tobin Herman F. Newman John Rail Richard Herrick Indianapolis Fire Department N. J. Hyde T. Goodloe Saul Munter W. R. Williams Bert Feibleman Myron King Armin Koehne George B. Elliott Michael Jefferson John H. Crall E. Earp William G. Maguire W.S. McMillen James F. Quigley George R. Colter George June V. Perrott Women's Reception Thomas F. Barrett Nelson J. Hyde John H. Mahoney Wilson S. McMilligan Charles E. Coots Edward H. Davis William O. Sherwood John G. Pendergast Joseph H. Webster William C. Long George H. Holderman Walter Ilg N. Graham Wilmer Christian Richard C. Herrick James F

Baseball in Luzon as English Teacher

The Army and Navy Journal suggests introducing American baseball in Luzon to promote English study among youths. It cites a Milwaukee German paper lamenting German language loss and praises a clear, vivid baseball account as a model for Filipino readers, highlighting vocabulary and diction.

St. Paul Luzon Aguinaldo Placido Aggy Sigismundo Buencamino Strapetco

Demagogues and dirt roads flash by in candid press bits

A Louisville Courier Journal scene shows Senator Dillworthy and Col Mulberry Sellers at a veranda bar as a reporter grills them. Dillworthy ducts Bryan’s politics while Sellers dismisses the interviewer and touts a Kansas Nebraska tidal wave aiding free silver. The piece ends noting the public’s appetite for dramatic quotes.

Louisville Courier-Journal Dillworthy Col. Mulberry Bryan U. S Col Mulberry Sellers Colonel Sellers Punkin Sellers Missouri Ufe William Jennings Bryan Kansas Nebraska Rocky Mountain Range Gulf Stream Atlantic Seaboard Cape Cod Key West

Roast corn kindness inspires bittersweet memory

The Lindeborg Record describes a farmer showing mercy to a ragged newspaper editor by giving a large mess of roasting ears. The editor recalls sharing the corn while playing a tune, noting the tenderness of Dick Jukes and the reaction on their faces.

Kansas City Journal Kaneax Lindeborg Record Dick Jukes Beoe Anaraoec

Local Grain and Market Prices Signal Strong Trade

Active wholesale market opens the week with higher prices across dry goods groceries iron and hardware. Grain demand remains brisk with inspections up and No. 2 red wheat at 71 cents while corn and oats rise. hay supplies steady and wholesale prices firm for livestock feeds and tobacco and sugar products.

Board of Trade Timothy Hay Rye

The Walking Delegate’s Defeat in San Francisco

A San Francisco letter denounces Jefferson Davis Pierce, the so called walking delegate of the American Federation of Labor, as a schemer who exploited workers to enrich himself. It claims strikes by cooks, waiters, butchers, porters, and packers failed due to his influence and warns unions to reject his tactics before a broader collapse. It highlights graft from travel expenses and new charters, and alleges Pierce profited from organizing workers under grandiose titles.

San Francisco Jefferson Davis Pierce American Federation of Labor Pierce Los Angeles Brotherhood of Laborers Water Front Labor Temple International Union of Tobacco Workers Union

Fishermen in Great Leck Chronicle a Bold Day on the Flats

A Detroit Free Press account recalls a fishing day at Great Leck where a veteran and a boy crowd together in a lively contest. The narrator hooks bass by 9 am, outpaces rivals with a Shakespeare spoon, and recounts a tense scene as others try to encroach on territory.

Detroit

The Blessedness of Labor

A fragment from the Minneapolia Tribune ponders labor as a primal cure and cites Parisian quotes praising honest toil. It notes age and a noted writer’s views, reflecting on work as a mitigating circumstance in life.

Minneapolia Tribune Paris

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