Vital statistics and marriages fill Aug 25 notices
Vital statistics list births and marriages in multiple addresses including Indianapolis and North Dearborn. Entries note a boy or girl, parents, and addresses followed by a list of marriage licenses and names such as Frazier Townsel, Lela Lee, Louis Roth, Mary Milber, Helm, Annie Etta Wiley, Nora Gallivar, and various others. Also includes funeral notices for Miss Mary E. Sparks and service details for a Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frazier Townsel
Lela Lee
Rosa
Agnes Landers
Joan W
Louise Wabler
Louis R. Roth
Mary Milber
T Whiteside
Frances Prentice
Helm
Annie Etta Wiley
Monumental Funeral and Undertaking Listings
A dense local notice listing multiple undertakers and related services in Indianapolis and nearby areas. Includes names such as TuteWilla and Son, Johnson Hassler and George, Blanchard, Olivery Race Wood Carriages, and various shops offering hearses, stoves, and foundry work. Also lists rental rooms, sales ads for maps, and public notices about estate matters and auctions.
Proclamation Declares Labor Day Celebration in Indiana
Governor Durbin issues a Labor Day proclamation praising labor as a national interest and urging statewide observance on Monday September 7 with public displays of the flag and gatherings. The note emphasizes arbitration and cooperation between industrial groups and the nation’s progress through toil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durbin
Indiana
State Fair Bill Posting Standoff With billposting firms
State Board of Agriculture faced friction over posting duties for the upcoming state fair. Secretary Downing split work between the Indianapolis Billposting Company and Empire Billposting Company. The Indianapolis firm refused to proceed when it learned Empire secured part of the contract, causing Downing to assign all posting to Empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Agriculture
Billposters’ Association
Indianapolis Billposting Company
Downing
Empire Billposting Company
Mr. Downing
Empire Company
Indianapolis
Cholly Champleigh and Miss Cutting Hintz Talk of Hope
Dialogue reveals Cholly Champleigh seeking hope from Miss Cutting Hintz after she refuses marriage. He inquires aloud while noting his father’s waning activity, and she replies there is a light if he hurries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cholly Champleigh
Doutcher
Cutting Hintz
Protective Bureau Targets Rail Ticket Scalp Robberies
The Vandalia and other Central Passenger Association lines issue circulars to ticket agents warning against ticket scalping. They describe how brokers use fountain pen inks to alter signatures and routes to defraud passengers, with multiple stages to evade detection. The memo also notes historical rail lore and upcoming line projects across the network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
City Government Becomes Political Taxonomy of Reform
A Indianapolis Journal letter argues the Republican city administration must inherit Democratic failures. It portrays Holtzman as a weak Republican candidate tied to the Democratic machine and asserts Democrats consistently fail city governance while Republicans deliver reform, economy, and order. The piece cites historical patterns across city, state, and nation, urging continued Republican control. Lucius Perry Hills, in Atlas Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Holtzman
Indianapolis
Democratic Party For Reform
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Won Her Then Left Her Mrs Omar Firestein Seeks Divorce
Ollie Firestine deserts his eighteen year old wife soon after marriage in Sycamore Island injunction suit. She recounts five year courtship starting at thirteen, marriage at eighteen, nights in billiard rooms, meals at his mother's home, wages given to her mother, illness and indifference. She seeks alimony and restoration of her maiden name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar J. Firestine
Ollie Firestine
Sycamore Island Dispute Fueled by Government Title Claim
In White River near Riverside Park a legal fight seeks to halt Sheriff Metzger from selling Sycamore island as the city and county contest. argument holds the island formed from river sediment, potentially placing title with the United States Government. Judge McMaster hears injunction details as liens and prior claims surface. The case mirrors concurrent local matters including Joseph Green’s assault trial and conflicting testimonies over threats to Mrs. Hannah Howlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sycamore Island
White River
Riverside Park
McMaster
Metzger
United States
Frank Davenport
William B. Lain
Joseph C. Green
Brightwood
Sheppard
Hannah Howlet
Green
Court rules express firms must deliver within city limits
In United States Express Company v State of Indiana the Howard County Circuit Court held that legislative bodies may require express firms to deliver all packages within city limits. A separate Superior Court filing by Maud Samuels requests separation and child custody, alleging adultery cruel treatment and habitual drunkenness by Levi Samuels after a photograph shown to her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelton
Marion County
Indi
Elizabeth Shelton
Arthur & Bales
Marion Circuit Court
Pleasant W Bales
Arthur
Ana
St Sala Circuit Court
Aaid
Brealee
Pleasant W. Bales
Columbus Barracks
Columbus
Pailman
Chicago
Columbus Bar
United States Military Reservation
Ohio
Congress
Colum
Mcoeney Cha
Howard County
United States Express Company
Indiana
SN Res Com
Maud Samuels
Levi Samuels
Court record new suits filed in Superior Court
William H Messenger sues Nelile Grant replevin in Superior Court Room 3. Samuel Welch sues Indianapolis Street Railway Company damages in Superior Court. Ollie Firestine sues Omar J Firestine divorce in Room 3. Maud May Samuels sues Levi Samuels divorce in Room 1. In the matter of the petition of Charles Copeland and others in Room 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Messenger
Nelile Grant
Superior Court
Muel Welch
Indianapolis Street Railway
Company
Ollie Firestine
Omar J. Firestine
Maud May Samuels
Levi Samuels
Charles Copeland
Supreme Court and Appellate Briefs and Motions Listed
The page lists appellate cases and briefs across Indiana courts including Lawrence Black v State Indiana Huntington County, Chicago & Erie Railroad Co. v Lam, United States Express Co. v State of Indiana, James Hoop v Affleck, William H. Davis v Affleck, Louisa J. Cochran v Thomas Boleman, George Vinare v Hendricks, Chicago & Southeastern Railway v Potts, John W. Atkinson v Indiana, Union Traction Co. of Indiana v Buckland, with notes on briefs, motions, assignments of errors, and Rule 19 submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Black
State of
Indiana
Huntington C, Co. Appellee
The
Chicago & Erie Railroad Company
Henry Leroy Lam
Fulton C. C
United States Express Company
Howard C. C
Wise
James Hoop
Thomas Affleck
Marion C. C
William H. Davis
Bond
Appellate Court
Louisa J. Cochran
Thomas Boleman
Vanderburg
C. Appellant
George Vinare
William G. Hendricks
Marshall C. C. Appellee
Chicago & Southeastern Railway
Emma
Potts
Parke
John W. Atkinson
State of Indiana
Jay CC
Union Traction Company of Indiana
James F. Buckland
Madison
Legal Opinions on Contract Fraud and Railway Injury Standards
The record outlines principles for proving contract understanding when a signer cannot read. It notes that a fraud claim requires showing the signer understood the document. It also cites railway liability for passenger injuries from a cinder near an open door, with no clear evidence of carrier negligence. The excerpt mentions oral licenses affecting building access and the durability of improvements, plus notes on accident insurance liability.
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Northwestern
Kirkpatrick
Pacific Rep
Kansas
New York Supplement
Judge McLennon
Liz
New York State
Gildersleeve
Romanjee Byramjee Colah
Daly
New York
Real Estate Transfers Recorded in Marion County
Instruments filed in Marion County Recorder's office detail 24 hours ending Aug 25 18 with transfers to Laura Tarkington Mary G ea to Samuel Oliver Purcel to Columbus Wright and others. Notable sums include 4000.00 300.00 600.08 300.00 100.00 and 5000.00 in varied parcels across Brookside Drakes Add Eastburn Ovid Butler sub railroadmen association and other subdivisions. Transfers total 21918.00 with additional improvements and property repairs listed for multiple parcels and owners.
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Recorder’s
Marion County
Indiana
Laura D. Tarkington
Mary G Ea
Ingram Fletchrace
Chutuinn Shaw
Samuel Oliver
John D
Nichols
Brightwood
S.s
Purcel
Columbus Wright
Lot
Pursels Broad Biogread
Broad Ripple
K. Mlatener
Aith Brookside
Nia
Eeceseete
Charies F
Frances J. Benton
Anna Clark
Hebane
Light
Bellevue
Eline Jacobytt
Henry J. Prior
Helen J. M. Groves
Robson & Voorhees
Herman C. Tuttle
Sarah Grabhorn
K. Fleteha
Huntington
Lincoln Park
Willam E. Walling
Frenty Glatt Felder
Frank & Ryan's
Indianapolis
John B. Andrew
Central Park
John C. Holmes
Nellie Holmes
Blake's
City of
Frank V. Wadsworth
Eliza
Wadsworth
Look After the Brakes Letter to the Editor
A Indianapolis reader urges daily brake inspections by electric and steam railroads after near misses. He recalls two incidents on the belt line where defective brakes nearly caused a wreck, stressing that early repair could have averted danger and saved lives.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bell Crossing
Indianapolis
Kilpatrick Executed in Media Jail for 193% Murder
Media Pa August 25 Robert Kilpatrick was hanged in jail today for the murder in February 193% of Elizabeth Bearmore his housekeeper The execution took place in Delaware County corrections facility and ends a high profile case in the area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Media
Robert Kilpatrick
Elizabeth Bearmore
Dela
Indianapolis and Eastern Railway schedule excerpt
Train times cover stations from Station Magnolia to Martinsville with departures starting 4:15 a.m., hourly until night, limited services to Anderson and Muncie, and connections at Anderson. Express consignments delivered same day between Indianapolis and Muncie. Regular and Sunday schedules include Greenfield, Knightstown, Martinsville, and Shelbyville routes with half hour and combination passenger trains. Freight and special Saturday Sunday services noted.
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New York Central
Buffalo
New York
Lake Shore
Charley Cooke
Cook
Mr. Burns
Auburn Road
Syracuse
The
Central
Burns
John Wood
Rochester
Vanderbilt
Wood
Lis
Chesapeake & Ohio
St. Louis
Big Four
Lme
Indianapolis
Theodore Brent
A.S. Dodge
San Francisco
Western Lines
Union
J. Rochwitz
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Kansas City
Relkwitz
Santa Fe
Marshall Mount
Cincinnatis
Hamilton & Dayton
Dayton
Northern Pacific
Minnesota & International Railroad
Minnesota & International
Braina
Logansport
Pennsylvania Company
Western Railroads
Minneapolis Millers
Ralph Peters
Pennsylvania
Southwestern System
Ohlinger
Chicago
Boston & Albany
Motive Power
Beom
George Washington Cross
Southwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Empire Fast Fat Company
St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute
General Southwestern
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Miller and Fireamin Jr. Dennis
Panhandle
Vandalia
Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western
Peoria & Eastern
Louisville
Indianapolis & Vincennes
Magnolia Building
Kentucky Avenue
South Capitol
Anderson
Muncie
Marion
Alexandria
Elwood
Tipton
Pees
Anderton
Marton
Indianapolis & Eastern R, BR. CO
Franklin
Meridian
Richmond
Greenfield
Knightstown
Pasepet Care Lea
Walting Room
Kentucky
Martinsville
India
Ville
Mooresville
Bimington
Georgia
Greenwood
Shelbyville
Washington and
Meridian Streets
Huder's Drug
Washington
Pennsylvania Streets
E. KK. Ensley Pharmacy
Brubbine Hotel
Diack
Ba. Indianapelis
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Vital Statistics
Prange Stehihuter
North Dearborn
Wiliam
Lalu
Clare
S. Walter
Elizabeth Garrett
Bertha Lentz
North West
Minuie Horsterg
Boy
Josie Williams
Susquehanna
Joseph and
Bosale Castall
East Twentieth
Eliza Hardie
Randolph
Hrlae Campbell
Concord
Hazel Greegor
Bellefontaine
Nitam
Maggie Fitz
Minerva
Nora Gallivar
Vermont
Bosedow
Romecee
San Avers
Tas Christian Church
Bomm
Uraday
Lula Newman
Bparks
Mary E. Sparka
Washitrance Crown
West
Washington St
Tutewilla & Son
Market St. Tel
Johnson. Hassler & George
Massachusetts St
Old Main
Frank A Blanchard
Ploriets
Bsatermann L Bros. New No
Olivery Race Wood
Ciel
Foundry
Maryland
Rej
College
Allison Co
Alabama
GALE
Conde
T. Conde Implement Co
Vermilion St
Danville
H. T. Conde Implement Co
Ston
Whateeale
RICE
An. i. Care
F. Cram
Care the Journal
Brown & CO
Hall Building
Kan- Lirenses
Michigan
Deneaatt
Pinder
Indpls. Warehouse Co
Henry Tay- Ech
N. Senate
Central Pence
W A. m
Statehouse
Board of Tram
Ren
United States Marine Aere
Ind
Pure Food CO
Sts Mars
Willis & Conyers
Modoc
Mass
Sawyer
CanSen
C. F. Sayles
East Market
Inana
C. N. Williams CO
Market St
State Board of Agriculture and
Bill Posting
State Board of 42
Instere
the Protective Bureau
Pinto
Patterson Creek
Keyser
Pinto Tunnel
Cumberland
Fred A. Husted
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis
Charles Hunt
Lackawanna
Canadian Northern
Minneapolis
He. A. Graber
Port Arthur
Baltimore & Ohio
E. F. Seixas
Niagara, St. Catherine & Toronto Railroad
W.W. J. Laird
Chicago Great Western
Maine
Ford Wood and Son
Yellowstone Park
Vandelia
Greensburg
Lawrenceburg Junction
M. E. Williams
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Indian Traction Company
McAlester
W. Kk. Christie
Pere Marquette
Saginnaw
Mich
Lake Erie & Detroit River
Walkerville
Austin
HH. J. Eliott
Mlinois & Iowa Car Service Bureau
Consignees
Gage
Lave
Lucius Perry Hills
Atlante Journal
Omar Firestein
Uncle Sam
Supreme Court
Ates
Empire Theater Cients
Bowery
Watson
Telephone
Fairview Park
Vitascope Motion Pictures
McKinley
Mount Pelee
Baseball
Milwaukee
Martin Fritsch
Annie Goodwin
Lee
George Bubert
Harlan
New
Répet
Eugene F. Lentz
F. Mann
Eleventh and
Sleep
A. Jordan
Roosevelt
Han
Zestas Sont
iDaily
BIG
RC City Ticket Ofice
East
Mr. P
Jevelan
Torkan
Union City
Cleveland
Boston
Jim
Union Civ
S.Y
Knickerbo
Benton Harbor Express
Benton Harbor
Elshart
Eccommodation
Peoria
Teoria
Bloomington
Eoria
Springfield
Lynn Secommad
Ld Ae
Sol
Este
Se Artiva
Elo
Ham
Dayton RY
City
St. Claypool
Cincinnati Express
Cincinnati
Toledo and
Rest Express
Cincinnati Limited
Toledo
Detroit
Decatue
Springfield Express
Chicago Express
Decatur
Che
S. Pehe
Lake Erie
Phiadelphia
Baltimore
Piqua
Vincennes
Kxittisburg
Phil
Newrt
Bradford
Philadelphia
Cran An
Vincen
Accomm
Ttsburg
Bar Phil
Lim
Vandalia LI Spencer
Frei
French Lick
Xenia
St. Louis Limited
Ste Terre Haute
St. Low
Terre Haute
Western Express
Greencastle
Terre
Yeunday
Indiana Union Traction CO
Indianapolis & Martinsvilly
Trac
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