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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1902

Page

9

Vital Statistics Aug. 18 and Hiaine births and deaths list

A dense roster records births and deaths with names and addresses in various locales. Entries list newborns by parents and residences, followed by multiple death notices with ages and causes such as heart disease, typhoid fever, meningitis, and tuberculosis. Funeral details, monument services, and local business ads complete the column.

Financial loans and university bid notices in Indiana

Financial notices advertise mortgage loans from C F Sayles Co and Thos C Ay Co with 5 percent rates and prompt funding. Indiana State University Bloomington invites sealed bids Sept for plumbing gas fitting and heating work on new Science Hall with bonds and performance guarantees. bids due with plans at Bloomington or Sp

C. F. Sayles & CO East Market Street C. AY & CO Law Building Indianapolis C. N. Williams & CO Market St Indiana State University Bloomington Indiana Ihe Aocal Aitheul Bloomlin Louis Gibson Spnter Noes W. L. Bryan Maine JOHN _W. CRAVENS Board of Trustees

Tornado hits Lost Springs demolishes buildings

Wichita Aug 18 report notes a tornado struck Lost Springs destroying a grain elevator church and five residences. Three freight cars were blown from tracks and three men were seriously hurt with several others injured.

Wichita Kan Rock Island Lost Springs

Editor praises Indianapolis Sunday Journal in Chautauqua letter

Daniel P. Baldwin of Chautauqua extols the Indianapolis Sunday Journal for its freshness and breadth, comparing favorably to New York and other great city Sunday papers. He notes the absence of yellow features and urges restraint on page count, appreciating twenty four pages of closely printed matter.

Indiana Olls Journal Chautauqua Cleveland New York City Boston Philadelphia Indianapolis Sunday Journal New York Sunday Tribune City Indianapolis United States West Chicago St. Louis Marion Caldwell Oriental Street First Alley Market Street Ohio Street National Surety Company New York W. K. Cooper Wilmont Street New York Street Union Surety Company

Real estate transfers filed in Marion County Indiana

Instruments filed for record in the recorder's office for a 24 hour period ending Aug 18 include numerous lot transfers in Stratford, North Indianapolis, and nearby areas, with buyers and sellers such as Augste Yanneck, Charles Domroere, Catherine Shove, John B. and Frances Bradley, George E. Jones, and William J. Lowry. Total transfers show 19 items with a combined value of 21,929.00 plus associated real estate purchases and improvements across multiple townships and streets.

Recorder’s Office Marion County Indiana Indiana Title Guaranty and Loan Company East Market Street Te Marshall Lynn Senate Carle- Con Charles Domroese Auguste Yanneck Arizona St Stratford Cor McPherson St Stantonay Charles Domroere Catherine Shove John B Frances South East Diets St Wear George E. Jones Frederick Rosemeyer Chas. T. Robbins Houghville Downing St Michigan St Richani F. ‘Stone William J. Lowry Acres Hunslinger Lot Windsor Place Sterling St Ith St John W. Henderson Livina Watson M. R Perry Township William Wilkins Dora Grave S. S Hozilla M. Beaty North Endignapolle Oegene St Clifton Susan McKernan Samuel Hamilton Bik Tuxedo Park New York St Linwood Av Mary E. Goddard John Harper E. M R. Johnson Irvington Ritter Lowell John Doty George W. Carpenter J. C Cumberland

Vanderbilts gain control of Clover Leaf and nearby lines

News from Vanderbilt sources reports Toledo St Louis and Western to be operated in close affiliation with Vanderbilt roads. The move follows ongoing Vanderbilt absorption of lines above the Ohio River, strengthening influence north of the river as they seek through routes from St Louis to the coast.

Wall Street Journal Vanderbilt Toledo, St. Louis & Western Vanderbilt Roads Vanderbilts Ohio River St. Louis Lake Erie Big Four Seaboard Gulf Lake Shore Hocking Valley

Ball Bearing Journals Tested by Illinois Central

Experiments on a boxcar fitted with ball bearing journals show effortless movement by multiple people. Four traces of three-quarter inch balls support thrust around curves, with 132 balls per airphape capable of 73,000 pounds crush. Car carried 5,000 pounds steel castings to New Orleans, loaded coffee there, and returned to Chicago. Journals reportedly last seven years, promising major rail efficiency and potential doubling of trainloads with the same power.

Illinois Central New Orleans Chicago J. R. Cavanagh Big Four Put-in Bay W. A. Peters Columbus Toledo & Ohio Central Union Railway Harry Miller Vandalia Brightwood M. R. Maxwell Lake Erie & Western Proctor H. J. Rhein Buffalo Atlantic Cleveland D. L. Wells Erie Railway Huntington Ind J. H. Hackett George B. Simpson Chicago & Alton H. F. Burgesser General Eastern Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsbury New York H. F. Bicknell Sandusky Lake Erie

Railroad dealings and progress across the era era rail lines

The report surveys Goulds Wabash and Harriman Morgan interests amid Wabash control shifts and a Rising washout delaying a Peoria and Eastern train. It notes Pennsylvanian tunnel work with third rail, Cassell's long Panhandle service, Canadian Northern expansion, fast Pennsylvanian and other line speed talks, and major locomotive orders. The Ann Arbor Railroad shows Gould ownership with 1.59 million gross and 520 thousand net earnings, ferries accounting for 46 percent of freight.

Rising Peoria & Eastern Pennsylvania Railroad Company Westinghouse Electric Company New York Pennsylvania John Cassell Panhandle Old Country Northwest Port Arthur Winnipeg Frank Bronson H. M. Bronson Big Four Indianapolis Pittsburg Crestline Philadelphia & Reading Baldwin Locomotive Works New York Central New York, New Haven & Hartford Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Santa Fe Queen & Crescent Locomotive Works Virgil L. Vogue Vandervater Maryland Landstreet Baltimore Ann Arbor Gould George Gould Cc. W. Kreck Lake Michigan

Gas ordinance debate risks majority hurdle for passage

A spokesman notes that enacting the gas use restriction needs more than a simple majority. He predicts Hastings will appear within ten days and, as a consumer, would pay nearly any price to keep gas for culinary and heating needs. He argues natural gas, even at the proposed rate, is preferable to artificial gas at a dollar per thousand. He anticipates opposition from gas companies.

Mr. Hastings Indianapolis Gas Company

Council Weighs License Ordinance For Fortune Tellers

The Indianapolis council debates an ordinance licensing fortune tellers, palmists, and astrologers with a $100 annual fee or daily fines. It mentions Thomas Taggart as a political fortune teller while denying intent to create a monopoly or attack the art. The body also amends fire department salaries and approves several appropriation ordinances and bridge safety measures.

Taggart Negley Blythe Billingsley Committee On Judiciary Leutenants Wynne Board of Public Safety Irvington Tuxero North Side Board of Public Works East North Street Warren Fletcher Avenue Lafayette & Indianapolis Rapid Hallway Company Committee On Crown Hill Association

City moves to probe Isaac King under charter rules

City officials refer pending issues on Western Avenue sewer and contracts to committees. Mayor Bookwalter asks City Attorney Joss to review Isaac King a Democratic Park Board member for possible charter violations over cement contracts with the Board of Public Works. If King’s involvement breaches rules, resignation may follow. City records show numerous resolutions, bids and openings on streets and sewers, including curbing, paving and sidewalks.

Bookwalter Joss Isaac King Park Board Board of Public Works King T. E. Kane

Nuns Defied Closure in Brittany as Army Intervenes

In Brittany three unauthorized Congregationalist schools faced forceful closure by authorities. Commandant Le Roy Ladurie was arrested for defying orders to aid closure. Across Ploudaniel Folgoet and St Meen residents resisted with bells, songs and barricades while gendarmes sustained injuries. Petitions and protests spread to Quimper as councils general meet and Loyalties to Libery and Sisters cited.

Paris The Temps le Roy Ladurie Nineteenth Infantry Ploudaniel Folgoet St. Meen Brittany Judas France Loubet Premier Combs Quimper Finisterre Combes Department of Charent Inferieure

Wholesale trade quiet with slow demand on fruits and grains

Local markets show steady prices with weak fruit and vegetable demand. Grain and flour markets are quiet, butter weak while eggs and poultry hold firm. Wagon market nearly bare with firm prices for various grains and hay. travelers optimistic for September as retail stocks are low.

Commission Row Hay Timothy

Explosive Injuries Hit Salem Chautauqua Crowd in Peoria

In Peoria on August 18 four people suffered injuries from a gasoline explosion during a pyrotechnic display at the old Salem Chautauqua. Col W F Merriam of Williamsfield lost a thumb and two fingers, Harry Lovering the director had three fingers torn from his right hand, Arthur W McDavitt of Auburn was severely harmed after inhaling flame and smoke, and Lyle Watkins of Auburn sustained burns but may recover.

Peoria Old Salem Chautauqua Col W. F. Merriam Williamsfield Harry Lovering The Chautauqua Arthur W. McDavitt Auburn Lyle Watkins

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