Big Sunday excursion crowds fill Indianapolis parks
Fifteen thousand visitors from Ohio Kentucky Illinois and Indiana spent Sunday in Indianapolis with railroads handling 20 000 passing through Union Station. Excursions to Cincinnati Greencastle Terre Haute Rochester Michigan City Decatur and Springfield drew thousands from Louisville and along the Pennsylvania line. Park crowds at Fairview Broad Ripple Riverside Brookside and Spades Park estimated in the tens of thousands as bands played and families enjoyed al fresco lunches.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Ilinois
Indiana
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Greencastle
Terre Haute
Rochester
Michigan City
Decatur
Springfield
Union Railway Company
Union Station
Louisville
Pennsylvania
Monon
Hammond
City
Big Four
Big
Térre Haute
Hoosier Capital
Iunof
Fairview
Broad Mle
Broadipple
Spades Park
Herman Arndt
Jones
FINE RECORD FOR INDIANAPOLIS BUILDING GAINS
Indianapolis led national July gains in building operations with a 251 percent rise over July last year. In July 1908 the city issued 248 permits totaling 793 397 dollars, with Atlanta and Cleveland following in percentage gains and New York Philadelphia Seattle Minneapolis and Memphis showing declines.
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Indianapolis
Atlanta
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New York
Philan Washington
Seattle
Inneapolis
Memphis
Funeral of longtime Indianapolis funeral director Christian Wiese
The funeral for Christian Wiese, a respected Indianapolis funeral director for over 23 years and a prominent German resident, will be held from his North East Street home Wednesday at 2 PM. Interment follows at German Lutheran Cemetery. he leaves a widow and nine children.
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Christian Wiese
Indianapolis
North East Street
Wiese
Train strike injures resident at Belt crossing
Right Lege and Arm Crushed Da. Mack Buston, a Miley Avenue resident, was struck by a freight train on the L. 1D. & W. Railway at the Belt crossing early yesterday morning. He sustained injuries and was taken to City Hospital.
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Mack Buston
Miley Avenue
Belt Crossing
City
Tragic Railroad Official Dies From Abutment Fall
Clinton Jones superintendent of construction for the Big Four Railroad at Guilford and Indianapolis resident died at Lawrenceburg from injuries after being knocked from an abutment to the ground fifty feet. His body will be shipped for burial. wife and three children reside at 125 Woodlawn avenue.
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Clinton Jones
Big Four Railroad
Guilford
Indianapolis
Lawrenceburg
Woodlawn Avenue
Garment Workers Elect Officers Amid Close Races
The twelfth annual United Garment Workers of America convention in Claypool adjourned with re elected President B A Larger and Secretary Henry White. A tight contest for treasurer auditor and board of trustees featured H Carno challenging T J Crouchley. Waxman narrowly won treasurer. Next convention set for Rochester with Buffalo in August.
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United Garment Workers of America
Claypool
B. A. Larger
Cincinnati
Henry White
New York
H. Carno
T. J. Crouchley
Brooklyn
Crouchley
Carne
Jey
Henry Waxman
Union
A. J. Bromley
Attica
N. Y
Cutters
Overall Workers
Waxman
Board of Trustees
Nathan Wolfe
M. Pugatsky
Robert Noren
Chi
Charles K. Lipshutz
Philadelphia
Lillian Fredericks
Indianapolis
Ellen Lindstrom
Chicago
Samuel Simons
Boston
Buffalo
Rochester
General Executive Board
City Fathers Vote On Important Ordinances
City leaders will consider a $100,000 boulevard bond for Fall Creek and Pleasant Run drives. A chicken ordinance faces a key vote with opponents and supporters lining up as council debates Standard Oil and park land gifts.
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Fall Creek
Pleasant Run
Bookwalter
Council
Finance Committee
Boswell
J. H. Billingsley
Park Board
Central Avenue
Billingsley
Eheers
Alevard
Moriarity
Standard Oil
Ates
Standard Oil Company
Eleventh Ward
Council Committee On Public Property and Improvements
Indianapolis
Eppert
Sourbier
Spray
Wahl
Rhodes
Rhod
Rhes
Boppert
Fire in Saloon Causes $125 Loss on East Washington
A fire last night damaged the saloon run by George Whitsell at 85 East Washington street. The blaze caused about $125 in losses and was traced to an overheated range.
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George Whitsell
East Washington Street
Snake hypnotic powers fascinate expert says
Detroit Free Press reports Graham Peck, noted authority on snakes, discussed a snake’s hypnotic gaze and movements. He described observing a black gopher snake in pine woods mesmerize a ground squirrel as forked tongue and slow approach drew the prey within inches before a strike.
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Detroit Free Press
Graham Peck
Pine
Street Car Crash Injures Fifteen in St Louis
A Cherokee division street car struck a wagon carrying fifteen near Grav ers avenue and Meremac streets in St Louis Tonight seriously injuring John J Mauser and his wife Bertha and slightly injuring Robert Otto Bleh heir ae son Mrs Jinger Ming td Zimmer Miss Mary Gabel.
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ST. Louis
Cherokee Division
Gravers Avenue
Meremac
John J. Mauser
Bertha
Robert
Otto Blehheir Ae
Jinger
Ming Td Zimmer
Mary Gabel
Snakes Lure Using Subtle Tone in Southwest Tale
A squirrel recalls a fatal encounter involving a venomous snake. The passage explains how rattlesnakes possess a powerful attraction that misleads prey, and how their venom acts after a deceptive initial bite. The victim’s flutter and branch retreat precede the deadly effect as the snake observes.
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Jack Enakes
Maniac Shouts At Jail Spark Public Alarm
Henry Suitors, in a drunken stupor, emitted thousands of shouts from his county jail cell last night. A physician gave morphine to quiet him after a commission declared him insane in Justice Sheppard's court. He remains confined awaiting transfer to an insane hospital. Rumors of federal prisoner trouble were unfounded as crowds gathered outside.
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Henry Suitors
Sheppard
Nile tourism compared to American river travel
The Nile offers rich ancient ruins and desert mysteries as main attractions, with Arab settlements along its banks drawing crowds. If Mississippi boats offered similar comforts and flexible treatment, voyages might rival Nile trips, though readers expect Europeans’ allure over nearer shores.
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Nile
Althoug
Europe
Finnish Freedom Suppressed Under Russian Rule
Boston Herald argues Russian imperialism crushes Finland, wrecking its constitution, education, and self government. It details exile, arrests, and deportations of Finnish leaders and citizens under General Bobrikov, urging Christian nations to protest and halt the oppression.
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Boston Herald
Russia
The
Hague
Kishineff
Germany
Europe
Lew Wallace
General Wallace
France
Cassius M. Clay
Finland
Bobrikos
Magnus Rosendal
Academy of
Ulenborg
Nicholas II
Siberia
United States
Rustice
Indiana unions elect delegates to international convention
Samuel French and John Berry of Indianapolis were chosen as delegates to represent Indiana unions at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers convention in Salt Lake City. About fifty local unions were represented in Morrison Hall as officers for the year were elected, with French re‑elected president and S C Bostick of Terre Haute named secretary and treasurer. A further delegates meeting will be held in Indianapolis on the first Sunday in November.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Morrison Hall
Salt Lake City
Samuel French
John Berry
Indiana
Indianapolis
8. C. Bostick
Terre Haute
Protest to Tax Board Mine Owners Say Unmined Coal
John S Bays an attorney of Sullivan will appear before the State Tax Board to day to represent coal companies from Sullivan and Greene counties. The dispute centers on assessing underground coal as property and Bays argues the value should be limited to capital stock and tangible assets. He cites unfairness if unmined coal is taxed as land value, noting a test case in Greene county and comparing to potential holdings in Morgan and Brown counties.
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John S. Bays
Sullivan
State Tax Board
Greene Counties
Board of Review
Greene County
Sullivan County
Bays
Claypool
Ffic
Greene County Board
Morgan
Brown Counties
Down the Mississippi and Other Rivers by W E Curtis
W E Curtis compares the Mississippi with rivers worldwide noting the Mississippi’s superior scenery and rail and steamer access. He criticizes Amazon and Orinoco beauty, admires Danube tourist care, and comments on riverbank cultivation and channel improvements affecting river travel.
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W. E. Curtis
Chicago Record-Herald
St. Paul
St. Louis
Hudson
Rhine
Amazon
Manoas
Orinoco
Ciudad Bolivar
Parana
Paraguay
Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
Mississippi
Magdalena
Colombia
South America
Missouri
Europe
Danube
Balkans
Russia
American citizen warned against return to Finland amid Russian policy
Nearly twenty years after planning a visit to his old home, an American recalls Finnish friends advising against entering Finland as Russia bans entry for Americans who have dodged military service. The writer notes Russia’s stance tarnishing U S prestige while still hoping to view the Czar as a friend.
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Finland
The Hiss Juice of France in New York City Tale
A Washington Post correspondent recounts a New York ferry incident where a wealthy friend gave away money to newsboys and strangers after a race track spree. A sensational yellow press story misrepresented him, triggering a flood of begging letters to his family.
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Washington Post
New York
Manhattan Island
Gravesend
Long Island
France
Rockefeller
Morgan
Croesus
Dalny Russia’s port city built for power and trade
Dalny, the Russian port on the Linotung Peninsula, grows from a handful of Chinese villages to a 42,000 resident commercial center under Russian supervision. The 21,000 acre city, soon 28,000, spans three quarters with administration, European commercial, and Chinese zones. It features brick and stone residences, port offices, telegraph and railway services, banks, schools, a hospital, hotel Daluy, water and electric systems, and a fire brigade.
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New York World
Dalny
Port Arthur
Russia
Talienwan
Manchuria
Tallenwan
Railway Company
Fer
Daluy
Russo- Chinese Bank
Priner
Supth
Danny
New York
Pacific
Harbin
Moscow St. Petersburg
Transsiberian
Moscow
Baikal
St. Petersburg
E Nese Rmwa
Southampton
Family tragedy near Paducah ends in fatal shot
In Paducah Kentucky Fred I was shot and fatally wounded by his sister Mrs May Iverlett who mistook him for someone else. He had married a few days earlier and was returning to his sister's room when the shots were fired.
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Paducah
Fred I
May
Iverlett
Card quarrel ends in Breathitt killing at Oakdale
In Breathitt Kentucky on August 16 Charles Salyers and Ed Eastin, who argued over a card game yesterday, met at Oakdale this morning. Eastin was instantly killed and Salyers was wounded. Salyers was lodged in jail here.
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Jackson, Ky
Charles Salyers
Ed Eastin
Yesterda
Oakdale
Eei Eastin
Salyers
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