Vital Statistics Births and Obituaries Aug 20
Birth and death notices list numerous entries with names and addresses in Indianapolis area. Entries include births including boys and girls to Lancaster, Dwyer, Fretere, Brennan, Armstrong, Portteus, Keller, Collier, Barbieur, Worman, Rhoads, Hathorn, and others.Deaths include dysentery and pneumonitis cases. a McCormick funeral notice. Oma holes Mahoney and Greene relatives. and various local business directory entries for funeral services and marble works. More details cover addresses on North Illinois, Laurel, South Capitol, and Market areas, with names such as Maud Lancaster Thomas Dwyer and Mary Capron among others.
Financial loans and storage services advertised locally
Multiple financial notices promise mortgage money from C F Sayles Co and others, offering 5 percent loans on Indianapolis city property or farm land. Thomas C Ay & Co and NS Wills & Co advertise loans with own funds and prompt service. Union Transfer and Storage Co lists first class storage, crating and packing at East Ohio Street.
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C. F. Sayles & CO
East Market Street
Thos. C. AY & CO. Law Building
Indianapolis
Mney
Indiana
C. NS
Wills Is & CO
Market St
Union Transfer and Storage Company
East Ohio St
Union Tracks
Court actions show foreclose on RanSome Concrete lien at Claypool Hotel
Eugene A. Dollie as receiver for RanSome Concrete Fireproofing Company filed suit to foreclose a mechanic lien on the new Claypool Hotel claiming a contract price of 35 600 and full compliance with specifications though the hotel company allegedly did not pay. The petition seeks interest and attorney fees totaling about 27 000 plus 1 00. Reinhold Stark sues Builders Supply Co for 1 000 over linseed oil quality harming his painting business. A group of dairy farmers including William T. Johnson and others appeal criminal court judgments after being fined for selling substandard milk. Frederick Bohrman is named executor of Louise Bohrman’s estate with bond of 2 300 and Pleasant W. Bales administrator of Arthur S. Bales’s estate with bond of 1 000.
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Eugene A. Dollie
Ransome Concrete Fireproofing Company
Claypool
Ransome Company
Dollie
Reinhold Stark
Builders’ Supply Company
Frederick Bohrman
Louise Bohrman
Pleasant W. Bales
Arthur
New Suits Filed In Superior Court Rooms
Reinhold State sues Builders Supply Company for damages of 1000 dollars in Superior Court Room 2. Delia Copenhaver seeks divorce from Oro Emmett Copenhaver in Room 1. Eugene A. Dolle as receiver sues Edward F. Claypool et al. on a mechanic's lien in Room 2. The City Bond Company sues Minnie C Schwab et al. on an improvement lien in Room L. The City Bond Company sues Theodore H Scheicher et al. on an improvement lien in Room
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Reinhold State
The
Builders’ Supply Company
Superior Court
Delia Copenhaver
Oro
Emmett Copenhaver
Eugene A. Dolle
Edward F. Claypool
the City Bond Company
Minnie C. Schwab
City Bond Company
Theodore H. Scheicher
Supreme Court Minute and Appellate Court Notices Indiana
Minute entries list cases: Hogan vs city of Indianapolis. Henry vs Kanovosky. Jessie E Schilder vs Frank Taylor. Grand Lodge United Workmen of Indiana vs Addie Roment Marshall. Emma Robinson vs John M Foust. Includes appellant briefs, record assignments of errors, joinder notices, and served notices. Proceedings noted in Marion, Starke, Clark, Montgomery, Vanderburgh counties.
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Supreme Court
Wiliam J. Hogan
City of
Indianapolis
Marion
C. Appellant
Henry Aaenoat
Joseph Kanovosky
Starke C. C
Jessie E. Schilder
Frank Taylor
Clark C. C. Appellant
Grand Lodge of Ancient Order United Workmen of State of Indiana
Addie Roment Marshall
Vanderburg
Co. Appellant
Emma Robinson
John M. Foust
Montgomery C. C. Appellee
Arsenal Grounds Bid Controversy Prompts Public Debate
A letter to the editor questions syndicate efforts to bid on the arsenal grounds and urges securing the post for Indianapolis. It notes Technical Institute involvement, appraiser nominations, and the city’s duty to obtain ground for the new post at a fair price. c. E. Sims, Indianapolis, Aug. 2.
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Indianapolis Journal
Arsenal
Technical Institute
Army Board
Luraeneaen
Secretary of War
C. E. Sims
Atlanta Constitution Verse Fragment Tourists Homebound
Fragmentary verse line from the Atlanta Constitution hints at steady travel homeward across a sky and rainbow metaphor. The text evokes farewell cadence and repeated promise of return as a voice urges perseverance and eventual homecoming.
Big Four Earnings Fall on Per Diem Plan Results
The Big Four earned 377,282.31 in the second week of August, down 21,782.23 from last year, with two weeks totaling 736,106.96 a 61,192.10 drop. Freight fell due to light coal traffic while passenger revenue rose. Promotion of Warren B. Kniskern to passenger traffic manager of Chicago and Northwestern is announced, with a long career history noted for context. E. O. McCormick promotes a colonization scheme for 120,000 acres near Fresno, California, to attract ready-made California farms.
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Big Four
Nnes
Chesapeake & Ohio
Peoria & Eastern
Warren B. Kniskern
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Kniskern
General Ee
Nlinole Central Railroad
New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad
New Orleans
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Louisville
Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburg
Northwestern Line
E. O. McCormick
Southern Pacific
Chicago
Fresno
Cal
California
McCormick
Pittsburg Post
A. B. Starr
Pennsylvania Lines
Starr
Pennsylvania
Grain rate cuts announced for Upper Midwest routes
Reductions of 8 to 12 percent per hundred pounds are set for grains moving from Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota to Minneapolis St Paul Duluth Milwaukee and Chicago. A 1000 pound load from Minot to Minneapolis now 20 cents becomes 108 dollars for the car, saving twelve dollars per car. Several railroad executives and plans are noted, with tariffs and terminal expansions for the Great Northern Chicago & Eastern Illinois Pennsy lines.
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Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Duluth
Milwaukee
Chicago
Great Northern
Northwestern
Hill
Northern Pacific
Northwest
Minot
Rail executives and line updates across the era
Appointment notes at Erie and Western. Grant W. Taylor resigns from Southern Railway after 17 years. Pennsylvania special runs late Crestiine to Pittsburg. Wabash rebuilds with eighty pound rails and key bridges. Big Four and Vandalia officials head to Chicago for car service meeting. Terminal talks deny opposition to Chicago Rock Island Pacific. Young Men’s Christian Association building plans altered by condemnation. Wheeling & Lake Erie grows via Wabash link. California tourist travel surges. John Hale shifted to gravel work on Wabash. Monon engineer Charles Ream injured but hopeful. Big Four discusses Chicago & South Eastern purchase. Baltimore & Ohio orders large locomotive and car deliveries. Wabash files $25,000 condemnation bond as rail expansion continues. Carnegie wins 26,000 tons of steel rails contract worth about $700,000.
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Ke Erie & Western
New York Central
Grant W. Taylor
Transportation Department
The
Southern Railway
Wabash
Grand Trunk
Detroit
Buffalo
Chicago
Cavanagh
Big Four
Young Men's Christian Association
Teairs
Pennsylvania Road
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Lnk
California
John Hale
Attica
Covington
Charles Ream
Monon
M. BE. Ingalls
Chicago & Southeastern
Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburg
Monongahela River
Lake Erie Road
Joseph Hamsey, Jr
Unfriendly to America in Venezuelan unrest
Washington Star reports American interests in Venezuela safeguarded amid rebel advances. Rebels pillage Barcelona and the American consular office though not attacking American property broadly. Castro's dictatorial rule and anti US stance prompted a push toward a revolution, with the United States backing a return to orderly governance through ballots rather than force.
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Washington Star
Venezuela
Barcelona
Castro
United States
Caracas
South
Central America
Hall on child discipline and dancing revival
Dr G Stanley Hall at Chicago University attacked slang but also pressed views on child discipline. He opposed reasoning with under tens, urged spanking, and warned that repressing large muscle development harms education. He praised dancing as a cultural exercise and urged a revival of dancing to music. The piece ends with a nod to Mrs Austin.
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New York Evening Post
G. Stanley Hall
Chicago University
Hall
J J Hill Urges Mississippi Improvement Over Isthmian Canal
J J Hill of the Northern Securities Company told the Transmississippi Commercial Congress that while not opposing an Isthmian canal he favors deepening the Mississippi between St Louis and New Orleans. He warned that irrigation and railroad shuttle of Western farm products to the Orient would yield faster returns than heavy spending on river or canal works. He urged directing shipments via Puget Sound and emphasized need for better transportation to expand trade with China, Japan and the Orient.
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Paul
J. J. Hil
Northern Securities Company
Transmississippi Commercial Congress
Japan
Earth
Hill
China
Orient
Puget Sound
Pacific
United States
New York
Suez Canal
Mississippi
St. Louis
New Orleans
Great West
Weather improves as wholesale market activity rises
Warmer conditions boost Commission Row trading though home grown produce suppresses business for commission houses. Apples and peaches remain partial failures requiring distant goods. Tomatoes, eggs, cheese, poultry, butter, and dry goods show varied movements with steady provisions and firmer hides and leather. Flour gains tone on quality. overall no other major market changes.
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Commission Row
Rebel Flag Flies on Ex-Government Gunboat Boyaca
In Panama Aug 2 reports say the former government gunboat Boyaca, captured by Colombian revolutionists, now sails under the rebel flag at sea. Salazar ordered nonfire aboard to avoid danger, machinery poor, believed battles caused its fall. PalenaDock reports meeting Boyaca off Tabquilla Island near Panama.
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Panama
Colombia
Boyaca
Agua Dulce
Salazar
Boynce
Wilmington
Del
Senor Concha
Washington
San Francisco
Barranquilla
Herrera
Palena
Tabaquilla
Grain Market Steady with Oats Stronger Than Tuesday
The local grain market shows no new features with prices steady across cereals except oats, which gained strength. Inspections totaled 38 cars with mixed grades for Wheat, Corn, and Hay, while track bids listed steady Wheat and various mixed, white, and yellow grades. Wagon market offered ample oats and hay with variable sales, and miscellaneous produce including poultry, dairy, and coal prices noted by shippers and wholesale dealers.
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Hay
Timothy
Secretary of the Board of Trade
Forward Reduction Company chief files bankruptcy in Cleveland
Dr Chauncey B Forward president of the Forward Reduction Company declares bankruptcy in U S District Court with debts of 478575 and assets of 4225 An estimated 4 stockholders hold the firm s capital stock valued at 5 million The company operates refining oil products from Texas to Louisiana and plans reorganization to satisfy creditors with stock Where the creditors lie across the United States and abroad and include lawyers doctors clerks and shop employees
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Cleveland, CO
Chauncey B. Forward
Forward Reduction Company
United States District Court
Orange
Jefferson Counties
Texas
Louisiana
Forward
L. V. Denis
Cleveland
Beri Beri Strikes Crew Aboard Santa Rosa
The Peruvian bark Santa Rosa arrived at Port Townsend from San Buena Ventura with most of its crew ill from beri-beri. Twenty five days out three sailors died as officers fell ill on August 1. Captain Bentrie, one mariner, and a boy navigated the vessel, which reached the Straits of Fuen area after twelve days at sea. Sick sailors were sent to the Marine Hospital and the ship placed at Diamond Point quarantine for disinfection.
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Port Townsend
Wash
San Buena Ventura
United States of Colombia
Santa Rosa
Bentrie
Straits of Fuen
Marine Hospital
Diamond Point
Protests Over Venezuelan Blockade Testers Evacuate Cumana
Washington reports a Caracas telegram stating government forces left Cumana the night before. Bowen says Germany France and Britain questioned the blockade as inefficient and urged proof. The United States will not recognize an inefficient blockade and the Venezuelan foreign office accepts the stance.
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Washington
Department of State
Bowen
Caracas
Cumana
Germany
France
Great Britain
Foreign Office
United States
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Vital Statistics
Maud Lancaster
North
Ilinois
Iomas
Mary Dwyer
S& West Merrill
A.B
NS. Brown
Laurel
BR. Wendling
Weahover
A. Fretere
South Capitol
Jaed L. Srennan
South Missouri
Henry Armstrong
Mary J. Beidenmeister
Otto Shefft
Mabel Collis
Samuel A. Portteus
Della May
David Jones
East Twenty-second
George Svaner
Fulton
Con- Vultons
Hannah Edwards
East Twenteth
Pneumonitis
Louise M. Urter
Cornell, Pert
Ee McOrmick
Jededian
R. Mcformick
North West Street
Sever
Omahones
Margaret (Mahoney
P. J. Omahoney
Shelby St
St . Church
Anne
Mra Lottie Swixert Greene
C. E. Bacon
Joseph ©. Swigert
Mpatie
Diener
Crown Hill
Sre Works
Indiana Marble and Granes
N. del. St. Old Tel
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SSS Ae Flanner & Buchanan
Ilital Street
Olami
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Fureral
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Frank Blanchard
N. Delaware St
Bertermann Bros
N. del
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Thompson KR. Bell
Ingalls Block
STOVE
Peekess Foundry CO
H.C Stevens
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Huckle
W. Larue
Chalfant
Sevel
Michigan
the Builders Supply CO
East
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Gregory & Appel
Muncie
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Saleeman
Soifeit
Tiaches
Poattion
Roy Care the Journal
de Caeaeneae
P.O
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Lorette Motel
Watson & Jackson
Massachusetts
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Galbnek
Kentucky Ave
Indianapo Wrecking CO
Corneilay
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Journal
Indiana, Decatur & Western Hallway Company
Transeon
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Indianapolis & Wes’ Realway Company
Whien Morimony
Board of Directors
Balch
News OF the Courts
Saen Claypool Hotel
Dairymen
William T. Johnson
Charles F. Hessong
J. Walter Kennedy
Louis Hammel
Willam Kesler
Siebern F. Stevenson
Grant Newby
Perry St. Clair
the Court Record
Appellate Court
NewsSuit
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Atlanta
E. 0. McCormick
W. B. Kniskeron
W. H. McDoel
City
J. W. Walker
Santa Fe
Joseph Ramsey
Lake Shore
Niagara Falls
Miller
Vandalia
Trade Journal of
W. L. Agnew
F. D. Underwood
Erie
Warren J. Lynch
Arizona
Mexico
Pacific Coast
Homestead 2
Union Belt Line
Grand Army of the Republic
Bie
Chesapeake
Galveston
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Ratrosd Avenue
Big Four Crossing
de Witt Moon
America
Prof. Hall
Mrs. Austin
J. J. Hill
Pairview
Avery Aer
Ronney Wilson
Clifford Tyler
Liver Isensee
Bree
Lima Denne
Coal and Coke
Dressburg
Jackson
Kanawha
Raymond
Winstrede
Luhrig
Hodking Valley
Brazil Block
Greene County
Nut
Slack
West Virginia
Connellyville
Drees
Castile
Lie
Graham
Androscoggin Berkeley
Cabot
Gye
Capitol
Cumberland
Dwight Anchor
Farwell
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Androscoggin
Knaicoseere
Bax
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Great’ Falls
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al. G. Field
Greater Minstrels
Eugene Cowles
Ostendorfs
Solcrete
Tate Fair Grounds
Cresceus
Trotter
Shetucket SW
Shetucke
Sao
Swift River
Bates
Sic
Toll du Nord
Honater
Lancaster Grain
Amoskeag
Att Aire
Harmony
Stark
Lion
Jersey
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Java
Eepeareee
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Windsor A
Ridgewood A
Phoenix A
Empire A
Ideal Golden
Windsor
Ridgewood
Cassia
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Duchess
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