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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
2
A notice outlines a state requirement for polls to begin tomorrow. Landlords, innkeepers and hotel managers must prepare voter lists sixty days before the election, detailing age occupation and residence. Violations carry fines and possible prison sentences for sharing voter details or wrong information.
The United Garment Workers held a national convention at Claypool in Indianapolis as tailors push to unionize the Kahn Tailoring Company. Proponents hope to place the firm on the unfair list if needed, while Henry Kahn objects to certain union terms. An evening Morrison Hall meeting will decide on possible actions and the election slate for Saturday.
Adjutant General Ward sent warrants to every National Guard company and battery for pay of officers and soldiers for the annual camp of instruction. The total payroll of $20,718 was forwarded to Washington for requisition against Indiana’s $25,000 appropriation.
Indianapolis architects were set to submit plans and specifications for a modern office building on the Board of Trade site by September 7, with a cost target of 165000 dollars. The committee announced the plan and invited the board of governors to review at the next regular meeting on September 7. Signs were removed after merchants complained that Anderson ads posted in the city drew unwanted attention to playing in their yard.
Merchants in Anderson and gas belt towns ban entertainment notices in Indianapolis. Local business men retaliate by removing signs and displaying notices elsewhere. Signs will be taken down as part of the dispute.
An agitated Oakville man, George Davis, seeks a marriage license denial for his daughter Early, who eloped Tuesday with John Owens aged sixteen. Davis followed them from Danville to the county clerk’s office in an attempt to stop the license, suspecting they may have married in Cumberland or Covington, Indiana.
In Martin Murphy's saloon on West Washington street two men James Sanders and Kay Woods dueled after an argument over spelling Gallatin Tenn. Both were wounded but not killed with Woods hit in the left wrist and Sanders in the right hand. They were treated at the City Dispensary and arrested by bicycle patrols.
Charles Signor of 429 East Market Street was rearrested on a charges tied to his wife’s death. Coroner Tutewiler will investigate possible criminal negligence and an autopsy may follow to determine if death was hastened by the husband.
The twenty first annual Old Settlers Association reunion for Marion county drew a huge crowd at Broad Ripple. Albert Womack won election as president to succeed Robert Johnson, with many prizes awarded including a cigar box to the old settlers and top honors for Grace Sourwine Blanch Elliott and Mary Ann Reddick among others.
Carlyle Cobbins, who fled City Hospital on a tricycle days after an amputation of his left leg, was captured yesterday by Township Trustee Mendenhall and sent back to the hospital. Fears grow that another amputation may be needed due to his escape.
The YMCA gymnasium will open shortly after October 1 with ceremonies and a general reorganization of classes. A basketball team will be formed and younger members will take country jaunts before the opening.
A brief mention of Kruse and Deventer known for celebrated warm air furnaces at No 437 49 East Washington.
Leave Indianapolis 7 a m for Decatur Cincinnati and Terre Haute with round trip fares from 1 25 to 1 00. Tickets available at Union Station North Illinois and East Washington Streets. Special fast train and local fare rules apply. H M Bronson A G P A.
The Northland Limited with through sleeping cars departs Indianapolis daily at 6 50 p m via Richmond and G R I Railway The Fishing Line Reservations through agents of W W Richardson D P A Indianapolis Pennsylvania Lines Through coaches and sleepers leave Indianapolis 6 50 p m Friday Aug 14 Return limit twelve days See agents 48 West Washington Street and Union Station W W Richardson D P A
Advertisements describe multiple rail fares and routes including Lake Erie and Western Rail Road with an 815.00 return option to Atlantic City via Lake Shore and Lehigh Valley, with sleepers and twelve day return limit and stopovers at key cities. Also listed are Lake Erie and Western return 15.00, Niagara Falls, Lake Chautauqua stops, A H lorepe D P A contact, plus via C H D and Michigan Central itineraries, Indianapolis specials, and Monon Route Seattle Portland lures with 52.55 and 56.00 round trips and tickets valid to August 14 with return by October 15.
En campment No. 10 of the Union Veteran Legion passed resolutions objecting to President Scot Butler of Butler College for his Memorial Day address. The society faulted his statements on the patriotism of Southern soldiers.
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