Change in the Route New Entry for Southwestern Traction Line at Wabash
Wabash officials and Southwestern Traction Company approve a franchise modification allowing entry by Water street, with cars planned from Fort Wayne to the business center by next week. Terminal at Miammi and Market streets to be set if property-owner petition grants Brock in each direction.
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County Democrats pick delegates amid GOP glow in Evansville
Evansville Democrats selected delegates to their county convention set for Saturday with J. W. Spencer leading the slate. The party reported difficulty finding candidates due to a strong Republican majority in the county. In Vincennes, Knox county soldiers' reunion drew large crowds with speakers including Republican candidate John C. Chaney for Congress and Democrat Robert W. Miers.
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Indianapolis Journal
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Ind
J. W. Spencer
Vincennes
Knox County
John C. Chaney
Dongrees
Robert W. Miers
Prospects of Trouble Eliminated in Flint Glass Trade
Pittsburg reports a two day conference between manufacturers and workers in the pressed ware department. A horizontal 5 percent wage advance was agreed upon for submission to ratification, with further wage scales ranging from 6 to 10 percent proposed for the workers. Only the stopper department scale remains unsettled affecting seven men directly and about ten more in skilled branches. Overall, the agreed terms are expected to quell potential labor trouble across flint glass trade branches.
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Pittsburg
Street Railway Strike Developments Darken Prospects
In Lafayette Indiana on August 22 Labor Commissioner Frank Schmidt reported that street railway company General Manager Murdock withdrew yesterday’s concession to place the nine striking workers on a waiting list and return them as openings occurred. The move deepens gloom over a settlement as Schmidt noted the conference had little hopeful outcome.
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Ind
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Street-Railway
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Strike boycott unsettles city transit and shops
Union talks fail as company refuses further concessions and vows no settlement. Merchants' Association seeks a settlement to curb harm to business, appointing a committee to report next Sunday. A manifesto from car workers claims wage disputes were not the cause and cites a small group pressuring others. Arbitration可能 discussed. In Anderson grocery clerks fail to unionize. in Muncie the Albany Model glass house workers strike over new ware prices not in the wage scale.
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Suicides and injuries reported in Goshen and Lafayette
GOSHEN Ind Aug 22 Sylvanus Farrell aged 53 of Waterford near Goshen died by drowning in the Elkhart river his body found by his sister and two fishermen He had left a despondent note after his wife died two months earlier He leaves nine children LAFAYETTE Ind Aug 2 Ollie Marcum a threshing worker was seriously injured when pitched by Charles Loveless Loveless struck him with a pitchfork during a quarrel Loveless surrendered and was bonded to await action
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Terror and pursuit shape Indiana crime reports
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Terre Haute details that Clinton Pierce was killed by police after menacing by wielding a razor. His widow and relatives live in Louisville. Patrolman Pierce was cut but uninjured. In Bloomington, James Sloan, sought in Crawford County Illinois, was captured after eighteen months on the run. Sloan admits guilt but claims self defense after allegedly killing Cox and is jailed during a soldiers reunion stand arrest.
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Elkhart Capture of Alleged Attacker Al Elco
Al Elco an alleged criminal assailant who escaped from Tonia Michigan on Tuesday was captured in Elkhart Indiana and is in jail He refuses to go back without requisition ending the pursuit and confirming his detention by local authorities
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Indianapolis Journal
Elkhart
Ind
al Elco
Tonia, Mich
Terre Haute Pythians Plan Welcome for Bank Prize Winners
In Terre Haute Indiana a joint committee of city lodges decided to coordinate a city wide celebration with Commercial Clubs inviting uniformed bodies from within fifty miles after two Terre Haute Uniform Bank companies won prizes in San Francisco. Notables Major General Carnahan Mayor Hookwalter and other Pythians will be invited. In Richmond plans are set to greet Charles E Shiveley supreme vice chancellor of the Knights of Pythias returning from California with a reception and banquet attended by state leaders including Representative James E Watson and Union B Hunt.
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Ind
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Indianapolis
Obituaries From Indiana: Four Dies in Ridgeville, Markle and Richmond
RIDGEVILLE Indiana August 2 Lucinda Nixon widow of pioneer John Nixon died at her daughter Mrs John L Wilmore home in Ridgeville Thursday night aged eighty six Eight daughters survive Interment will be at New Mount Pleasant Isaac Roe eighty two earliest Mississinewa valley settler died at his niece home in Markle on Thursday of paralysis He left a son Born in Ohio came to Ridgeville about 1832 CONNERSVILLE Ind August 2 William Scotton died while getting shaved in Walker barber shop Aged around forty five Born and reared in Connersville Richmond Aug 2 Edward H Exsemeyer deputy county treasurer paralysed died last night Born here in 1857 spent life in city In grocery business before entering treasurer office two years ago William Bockhofer died at home near Fountain City aged sixty four Born in Germany came to America in 1888 Willam widow and two sons Fred and Edward survive WINAMAC Ind Aug 2 Mrs Mary O Connell aged sixty four died at this
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Ind
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Jay County
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Isaac Roe
Mississinewa Valley
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Ohio
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Walker
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Richmond
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Fountain City
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Rockport
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Indianapolis
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Columbus
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Lexington
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Dublin
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Hopewell
Death notices in Indiana reflecting typhoid and cancer
In Knox and surrounding counties deceased include James Gorrell aged seventy six, father to editors J J Gorrell and Don Gorrell with interment planned at Ossian Wells county. In Waltz township Thomas Bowman mourns multiple losses as typhoid fever hits family. Bessie Lewis dies in Lafontaine aftermath. Franklin sees Sarah Irons pass after cancer surgery and relapse. New Castle reports John D Wright, town treasurer and grocer, dies after long lung illness.
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Evansville Tragedy as Lineman Suffers Severe Burns
Aug 22 Evansville reports a live wire incident injuring Jeff Bailey a rookie lineman with severe burns and near death after touching a grounded live wire. Other items include a Grand Trunk train collision in Laporte injuring six, a brakeman killed near Ingalls, corrected names from a Pythian wreck in Ogden, and a horse injury causing lockjaw to a boy near Royerton.
Diverse Indiana notices from Aug 22 summaries
A syndicated update from Indiana cities reports Isaac A. Manning returning to Richmond after years abroad to manage a Nicaragua coffee plantation, and notes on Mocha and Java coffee blends. Hartford City oilman Samuel McPherson plans a northern Russia assignment with high pay and long stay. Miss Kittie Harte sues for damages over a $7,000 Stoneburner robbery case. Elwood opens Apollo amusement hall with polo rink and drill champions. Evansville oil prospectors report a productive Birdseye well. Portland reports Charles McArdie alias Williams in a local case.
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Horse theft suspect captured near Corydon and moved to Decatur
Reports place the wanted man McArdle in custody at New Corydon after a daytime capture, with pursuit across Indiana. He is accused of stealing a horse and buggy from Martin Bobnmeyer near New Corydon, and was brought to Decatur by Fort Recovery and New Bremen marshals.
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Reverend Bates Resigns From Brownstown Presbyterian Church
Seymour reports Rev S C Bates, longtime Brownstown pastor, has tendered his resignation and will close his pastorate this month. Madison notes Prof Samuel J Copeland of the city has accepted a call to the Greek Latin chair at the United Brethren College in Westfield. Time is a Moore’s Hill graduate.
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White Slaves in Mills in Connecticut and the South
Brooklyn Eagle denounces a cotton duck company planning to move from Connecticut to the South to use child labor. The piece condemns mill owners for exploiting children, mocks compulsory education as a remedy, and urges unions and public outrage against profiteering mills that pay pennies and force long, deadly hours in dark rooms. It draws a parallel to slavery history and calls for action against such practices.
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Wholesome Indiana Decision on Slap and Squeeze Nuisance
The New York Law Journal reports an Indiana case settled in which recurring forceful greetings were deemed a nuisance. An elderly man injured by a friend’s habitual horseplay won damages, and the appellate court upheld reproof of such conduct among women, rejecting the defense of harmless friendship.
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Concord Historian George Bartlett Hero of Picnic Tale
The passage recounts a tale of George Bartlett, noted Concord historian, who assisted a young lady on a hill during a picnic. She declined his help, asserting independence, and Bartlett humorously fell to his knees saying he had searched for a woman who could support herself. Mrs. Austin is mentioned as a cautionary reminder.
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Flour rate cut to match grain reductions in Minneapolis
Traffic representatives from the north coast and Minneapolis-Chicago lines met in Minneapolis to address rate disparities. They decided on a 2 cent reduction in flour rates to align with the recent grain rate cuts, with expectations the roads would also adjust elsewhere.
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