Indianapolis City Council Set for Night Session
Mayor Bookwslter calls a special council meeting to approve franchising for Indianapolis Traction and eight interurban lines. The mayor signs the Citizens' Heat and Light Company ordinance and Atkins and Keach switch measures. A $2000 smallpox fund allocation is approved. The Public Safety Board holds Big Four responsible for injuries to fire company No. 3. Plans to discard the old police station and council chamber are considered.
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Bookwslter
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
Neved
Citizens’ Heat and Light Company
Atkins and Keach
Smallpox Fund
Health Board
Board of Public Safety
Big Four Railroad Company
Mianeny
Council
West
Indianapolis
Mayor Bookwalter to hear Murphy cement charge today
Dennis A. Murphy will be asked to substantiate charges against several city officials this morning by Mayor Bookwalter. Murphy alleges bribe payment to an inspector and cites improper cement walk practice on Morris street tied to contractor T. E. Kane.
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Dennis A. Murphy
Bookwalter
Murphy
Park Board
T. E. Kane
AL Ferguson
Ferguson
Board of Public Works
Board of Public Safety
Morris Street
Kane
City Works Approves Final Assessments and Bids
Routine actions include final assessment rolls approved for curb and gutter projects on Olive street and other streets, bids received for main sewer on Northwestern avenue, and contracts awarded for brick roadways and cement walks. Notices of petitions filed and improvements completed accompany bond approvals and plumber’s bonds.
Road and sidewalk bids on Wilmot and nearby streets
On Wilmot street from New York street to Ohio street W. K. Cooper bids 91.6 per near foot. Brick roadway and curb on Tenth street from Rural street to Olney street George W. McCray bids 2.76 per lineal foot. Cement walks on Oriental street from first alley north of Market street to a point % feet south of Ohio street Marion Caldwell bids Tic per lineal foot.
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Twenty-fifth Street
Ashland Avenue
Cornell Avenue
J. Harry Roberts
Massachusetts Avenue
Eugene Sheehan
Keystone Avenue
Prospect Street
Woodlawn Avenue
T. E. Kane
Linden Street
Orange Street
Sheldon Street
Sixteenth Street
Hillside Avenue
J. D. Hoss
City Trust Safet
Union Surety Company
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Street
Eighteenth Street
Twenty-first Street
First Alley
Dewey Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
Peter P. Cornet
American Surety Company
New York
Alabama Street
Eleventh Street
Thirteenth Street
Capitol Paving and Construction Company
Draper Street
Cottage Avenue
Wilmot Street
New York Street
Ohio Street
W. K. Cooper
Tenth Street
Rural
Olney Street
George W. McCray
Oriental Street
Market Street
Marion Caldwell
Compressed Air Cleans Big Four Shops In Summer Housecleaning
A Brightwood Big Four shop crew describe using compressed air to clean cars and machinery and to spray whitewash in a housecleaning bee. They claim the air hose blows dust out of passenger coaches and aids in forge, foundry, and wool machines while also drying and cooling workers. The method includes a home whitewash recipe mixing lime water oil soap and boiled linseed oil for a durable finish.
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Brightwood
Features Of Horse Show At Fall Festival
The committee hiring D. R. Mills of Des Moines to manage the Indianapolis fall festival horse show expects a large turnout. Mills plans ten carloads of top horses and coaches from the West, including four-in-hand teams, high stepper and polo ponies, high school horses, and Canadian jumps. Local classes include ladies riding and driving and youth divisions, with a coaching parade through the city to open the event.
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D. R. Mills
Des Moines
Mills
Chicago
Mills Publishing Company
Egbert
Mr. Mills
Elpha
Allerton
Indianapolis
Columbia Club
Festival Field
Palmer
Denver
A. B. Ashbrook
St. Paul
Ashbrook
The Windstorm Tops Billboard Loss in Kansas City
A Sunday morning Kansas City windstorm blew at fifty two miles an hour, unroofing homes and destroying trees. Telegraph and telephone services were halted and property damage reported, with many injured and frightened residents. Unsightly billboards suffered the heaviest loss, being torn up by the roots.
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Kansas City
Twilight Hymn In Baltimore American Verse
A lyrical poem by W. D. Nesbit appears in the Baltimore American. It portrays a throbbing cadence of twilight melodies rising and falling softly. The verse speaks of enduring song, distant incense, and beauty growing toward dawn.
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W. D. Nesbit
Baltimore
Sewer plan held back by injunction over city sewer project
Judge Leathers issued a restraining order delaying Northwestern avenue sewer contract approval pending hearings for affected property owners. Complainants Benjamin Pedrow Arthur A Benner and Mary Benner allege late notice and improper assessment increases. Crown Hill Cemetery offers to pay 44.0% of costs while potentially benefiting more acres than North Indianapolis residents’ properties. The sewer's cost to residents is expected near 1.0 dollar, with dispute over equitable burden.
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Leathers
Board of Public Works
Northwestern Avenue
Benjamin Pedrow
Arthur A. Benner
Mary Benner
Board of Works
Crown Hill Cemetery
Crown Hill
North Indianapolis
Divorces Sought by Hadley Davis and Cherry Victims
Levi E Hadley sues for divorce from Lulu A Hadley claiming violent temper and repeated beatings of their adopted child along with repeated separations and verbal abuse. Emma L Davis sues William S Davis for desertion and cruelty while him being a contractor able to support them. Hester Cherry petitions for divorce from John Cherry alleging neglect shopping denied and morphine addiction impairing his ability to work.
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Levi E. Hadley
Lulu A. Hadley
Emma L. Davis
William S. Davis
Hester Cherry
John Cherry
Shelbyville
Suit Filed for Support by Flora Springer Against Spouse and Others
Flora J. Springer files a suit seeking support from husband Robert E. Springer and Jacob Springer and his wife. She states Robert earned enough to support their thirteen month old child but failed to do so, left the state, and that the couple jointly own a lot. She asks the court to sell the property and grant an allowance for herself and baby.
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Flora J. Springer
Robert E. Springer
Jacob Springer
Jacob Sprice
Suit for Value of a Horse Against Atlas Paper Co
Eugene A. Cooper and J. Frank Young proprietors of Meridian stables filed suit against Atlas Paper Company for 100 dollars. They allege they rented a horse to the paper company and its agents drove the animal until it died. The charge includes that the horse pulled heavy loads in hot weather and was not properly fed and watered.
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Eugene A. Cooper
J. Frank Young
Meridian Stables
Atlas Paper Company
Paper Company
Spicklemire Sues Street-car Company for 3000 Damages
George W. Spicklemire filed suit against the Street-car Company seeking 3000 in damages for personal injuries after a street car started as he was alighting, throwing him to the pavement yesterday.
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George W. Spicklemire
New Suits Filed In Indianapolis Courts
George W. Pyle enine vs Indianapolis Street Railway Co demands $3,000 in Circuit Court. Emma L. Davis vs William S. Davis seeks divorce in Superior Court Room 1. Eugene A. Cooper et al. vs Atlas Paper Mills Co seeks $100 damages in Superior Court Room 2. Jora J. Springer vs Robert E. Springer et al support in Circuit Court. Hester Cherry vs John Cherry seeks divorce. William Smock vs Rosa A. Smolerk divorce in Superior Court Room 3. Levi E. Hadley vs Lulu A. Hadley divorce in Superior Court Room 1. Alexander Cohen vs The C C C & St L Railway Co replevin in Superior Court Room 3. Benjamin Redlow et al. vs The City of Indianapolis et al injunction in Superior Court Room 2.
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George W. Pyle Enine
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Circuit Court
Emma L. Davis
William S. Davis
Aivorce
Superior Court
Eugene A. Cooper
The
Atlas Paper Mills Co
Jora J. Springer
Robert E. Springer
Hester Cherry
John Cherry
William Smock
Rosa A. Smoerk
Levi E. Hadley
Lulu A. Hadley
Alexander Cohen
the C., C., C. & St. L. Railway Co
Benjamin Redlow
City of Indianapolis
Higher Courts Record Minute Nothing Yet Final
A scanned list shows various court entries and case notes across Indiana courts including Evansville Terre Haute Railroad vs City of Terre Haute, Adams Express Company vs State of Indiana, United States Express Company vs State of Indiana, and Samuel E Summerland vs Hannah M Summerland among others. The fragment references multiple circuits and terms such as Kosciusko D C and Wells C with notes on assignments of errors and received notices.
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Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad Company
City of
Terre Haute
Parke C. C. Appellee
The
Adams Express Company
State of Indiana
Jackson C. C. Record
Bond
United States Express Company
State of
Indiana
Jackson C. C
Jon
Samuel E. Summerland
Hannah M. Summerland
Kosciusko
D. C
Matilda E. Field
John A. Campbell
Washington D. C
Leper settlement post in Hawaii seeks resident doctor
Dr A Arthur Jones of 1812 Jefferson St and Dr Norman Roberts of 141 Race St apply for the Hawaii lepers settlement post vacated by Dr Oliver. Both men, independent financially with large circles of friends, sacrifice worldly ties for a chance to cure or aid the afflicted, though no appointment has been announced.
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Philadelphia Press
A. Arthur Jones
Jefferson Street
Norman Roberts
Race Street
Hawaii
Oliver
Philadelphia
Roberts
Marine Hospital
New York
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W. H Abbott & Son
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William Bossert
H. A. Mansfield
Marion County Construction Couny
A. K. Shover
M. M. Defrees
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Crown Hall Driveway
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Kenwood Avenue
Charles Street
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John W. Moore
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A. B. Meyer & Co
Thirtieth Street
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Bell Railroad
White River Bridge
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D. BR. Mills
the Court Record
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Wells C
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University of Pennsylvania
Hahnemann College
Zant Oe
United States
Kemm
United States Internal Revenue Department
Cremon
Internal Revenue Department of the United States
Florodora Tag Company
Jersey City
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Florodora
Navy
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Piper Heidsieck
Jolly Tar
Boot Jack
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New Orleans Times Democrat
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Brooklyn Eagle
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