Blair & Baker and Co move horses to Interstate yards
Blair and Baker along with Warman Black Chamberlain sign a five year contract to move from Union stockyards to Interstate stockyards. Two new stables 40 000 dollar value will be built by James E Shover, ready by Oct 1, with 2 barns each 100 by 400 feet and 0 stalls per barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair & Baker Horse Company
Warman, Black, Chamberlain & Co
Union
W. B. Blair
Blair & Baker Co
Baker
James E. Shover
Shover
Latte
Interstate Yards
Blair
Interstate
Stockyards Exchange
A. S. Lockard
Charles Bieler
Interstate Stockyards
City Refuses 35000 From Water Company Under New Contract
City officials will not accept 35000 due from the Indianapolis Water Company until contract conditions are clarified. City Controller Dunn cites a required certificate the city balks at issuing. Water company Vice President Davis says payment will occur once formal documents are public and the contract is signed, ratified, and approved. The Board of Works has not recorded the schedule, and legal advice is sought on the pencil corrected foilecap schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Water Company
Dunn
Board of Works
Davis
Water Company
City engineer cites 20 cost to fix Blake street sewer error
City Engineer Jeup says the Blake street sewer grade mistake can be corrected for about 20. The contract required stopping work and reporting the error, but the contractor did not cease operations after discovering the fault. Jeup notes the contractor bore the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeup
Blake-street
City Board Allows East Wall of Bates House Adjoining Building to Stand
The Board of Works reversed Building Inspector Redett and allowed the east wall to remain, while ordering the rear stable removed. It is a party wall and a lawsuit is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Works
Redett
City approves contracts and bonds for repairs and sewers
Contracts and bonds authorized for Morse & Son for house repairs and Hurlbert for local sewers on Tuxedo street from Washington to Moore avenues and on Twenty eighth street from Tinies street to the first alley east of Capitol. Two story brick buildings at 124 and 126 West Washington street ordered torn down. Party wall on Bates House site allowed to stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Morse & Son
Tabel
Hurlbert
Tuxedo Street
Washington Street
Moore Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
Tiineis Street
Capitol Avenue
West
Bates House
Law Violations and Leniency in City Records
The city clerk's records show leniency toward violators of gambling and liquor laws. Fines often not collected, partial payments made, and some distinctions noted with Carl Hatich. One case, William Armitage in 1899, saw fifteen arrested for gambling. fines and unpaid rent are cited and nonpayment extended across cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gambiers
Carl Hatich
Carl Habtch
William Armitage
Armitage
Unpaid Fines and Bond Practices At Police Station
The text notes fines that must be stayed by a responsible land owner and describes bond procedures. It highlights that gamblers arrested are allowed to sign bonds for release but no surety signs, and in many cases the surety’s name is never written, though other blanks are filled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Peabody
Pitcairn
N. Y
DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Corporations file articles of incorporation in state records
Several firms filed incorporation papers with the secretary of state. Margaret Smith Home in Wayne county is nonprofit with no capital stock, aided by a $55,000 gift from Mrs Hannah Leeds. Heucks Opera House Company of Cincinnati lists $175,500 capital. Banta Furniture Company of Goshen adds directors and notes capitalization. Park Furniture Company of Rushville has $50,000 capital with four directors. Gelsecke-D Oench-Hays Shoe Company of St Louis reports $800,000 capital. Johnston Glass Company increases capital from $1500 to $2000. Archer Printing Company Fort Wayne issues $10,000 in preferred stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Smith
Wayne County
William B. Leeds
Hannah Leeds
Heuck
Opera House Company
Cincinnati
Frank G. Hubbell
John G. Knox
Edwin W. Hawks
Harry F. Banta
Banta Furniture Company
Goshen
Ind
Park Furniture Company
Rushville
Jasper D. Case
Cyrus F. Mullin
Walter M. Pearce
Robert A. Innis
Gelsecke-D'Oench-Hays Shoe Company
St. Louis
Johnston Glass Company
Archer Printing Company
Fort Wayne
Notable Factor of Social Degeneracy Addressed at Denver
Amos W. Butler of the Indiana State Board of Charities will speak before the National Association for the Advancement of Science in Denver on feeble-mindedness as a social problem. The synopsis outlines rising numbers, public dependence, illegitimacy links, custodial care, and calls for education and preventive measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos W. Butler
Indiana State Board of Charities
National Association For the Advancement of Science
Denver
United States
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Colorado
Letter from Rear Admiral Schley to Fredericks
A letter from Rear Admiral Schley to Sergeant J R Fredericks of the Indianapolis Weather Station thanks him for his story on the relief expedition that aided the Greely party. The missive notes the article covered the relief effort and the Cinched Camp Cache at Cape, praising timely action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Fredericks
Indianapolis
Schley
CS. N
Fredericks
Greely
Cape
W. S. Schley Thanks Generous Helpers for Braver Days
A letter expresses deep gratitude for kind words amid hardship. The writer recalls brave fellow soldiers reached just in time, the struggle through ice and snow, and storm, and wishes blessings upon the generous friends who offered support. Very sincerely yours, W. B. Schley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 8
Schley
Local Court Session Faces Friday for Riot Suspects
In Police Court Alfred Andrews William Johnson and Joe Drake faces continued hearings for inciting a riot after their Fairview Park arrest. Ida Park fined for shooting within city limits faints during sentencing, Julia Parill gets 120 days in workhouse after $2 theft, Harmon's second degree murder appeal pending. Teresia Goeble sues nephew Emanuel for partition of jointly bought real estate. Marion county grand jury opens jail case review as Judge Alford issues no special instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Andrews
William Johnson
Joe Drake
Fairview Park
Ida Park
Daly
Supreme Court
Samuel Harmon
Charles Marshall Reynolds
Brazil
Clay County
Harmon
Reynolds
Marion County Grand
Alford
Criminal Court
Court actions listed for several civil cases and divorces
A compilation of cases across Superior and Circuit Courts including Ella Serano versus Henry Burgheim on note, Carrie V. McGregor versus Charles McGregor divorce, Hobbe et al. versus Louisa Heiner et al. on appeal bond, Stahl versus Rentsch partition, Mollie Hunter versus Allie Hunter divorce, Carney Bros. versus Rochow on bond, Goeble partition, The City Bond Company versus Charles Martz improvement, Joseph Williams versus Clara Williams divorce, Richcreek versus Rex quiet title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Serano
Henry D. Burgheim
Superior Court
Carrie V. McGregor
Charles R. McGregor
Circuit Court
Robert D. Hobbe
Louisa Heiner
Margaret Stahl
Walter J. Rentsch
Mollie Hunter
Allie Hunter
Carney Bros
Robert T. Rochow
Supreme Court case and appellate briefs listed
Supreme Court 19228 Samuel F Barney versus Indiana Railway Company et al appellees additional brief Appellate Court Minute a8 Jennie Y Van Hook versus Estate of Harriet B Young Clark C Court appellee brief a8
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel F. Barney
Indiana Railway Company Et al
St. Joseph C
Ante nuptial and other wills in ancient legal opinions
Recent legal opinions discuss an ante nuptial property transfer where $6,000 lands passed to the wife and to her son after marriage, with bona fide purchasers later claiming protection. They also cover undue influence in wills, and a thirteen year old worker’s injury under a factory arrangement. A fraudulent nominally valued conveyance to a daughter is also reviewed for creditor rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Corn
Atlantic Rep
N. J
Magic
Two Women Badly Hurt In Industrial Accidents
Mary Snyder of 728 North Missouri street employed at the Indianapolis Canning Company plant was badly scalded yesterday morning when a large wooden tank holding hot water burst. She ran toward the tank in panic. Mary Ferrell of 217 East North street was also badly burned when a can she had filled with fruit exploded spilling boiling fruit on her face and chest. one eye was so severely burned sight could not be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Snyder
North
Missouri Street
Indianapolis Canning Company
Mary Ferrell
East North Street
Crichton
Devonshire House
Hussars
Brummell
Brumwell
England
Angel
Alvansey
Wiles
Chesterfield Street
Calaly
Thackeray
Brumemell
Neberis
d'Oresay
Two Hearts and Fragile Clay Art in Dresden Tone
A decorative heart motif described with fragile clay and vines, named Dresden, bearing the inscription Take Care. The piece invites gentle handling to avoid a slip that might cause it to break, reflecting a metaphor for life and love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Anna
Central Labor Delegates Denounce Injunction at Hammond
Central Labor Union denounces Judge Baker’s injunction against striking workers at W B Conkey Co Hammond Indiana. Delegates vow to ignore it, praising Gompers as a guide and threatening contempt. A resolutions committee to draft denouncing statements was formed, with Governor Durbin’s Labor Day proclamation ordered displayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Kerr
Typographical Union
Judge Baker
Harry Slough
Typograpical Union
Central Labor Union
Organized Labor
Edgar A. Perkins
State Federation of Labor
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Feltman
Thaddeus Gurley
John Koch
Roscoe Barnett
William F. Ewald
Durbin
Central Labor Union Hall
Plasterers’ Union No. 46
Nonunion Disasterers
A Soldier of Science Koch Tragedy and Triumph in Tuberculosis
A portrait of Dr. Robert Koch detailing his rise from a Goettingen student to Berlin professor and leading microbiologist. The article covers his tuberculin promise, the 1890s Berlin tragedy from premature public excitement, his cholera investigations, and his ongoing experiments toward a curing serum while acknowledging mixed results and setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dustry
Robert Koch
Europe
Koch
India
Germany
England
Berlin
Institute of Hygiene
Dr. Koch
No Trial Out of Court Portsmouth Era Letter
Boston Journal defends court martial, condemns yellow press over Schley case. Urges respect for Navy Department process and warns against pretrial public sentiment shaping verdicts. Calls Schley literature an old pamphlet repackaged as news to sway opinion before officers decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Journal
Admiral Sehley
Navy Department
Admiral F&chley
Yellow
Schley
McKinley
Secretary Long
Washington
New York
Schleyiterary Bureau
Admiral Schley
Admiral Bley
Admiral Schrey
Admiral Sampson
Debate on Shafter and Sampson in the Cuban fleet clash
The piece argues Washington Post reports on General Shafter and Admiral Sampson around the Devera/Cervera sortie are unreliable. It contends Sampson likely did not know of Cervera's plan when he withdrew to Biboney, defending Shafter's honesty while predicting future country-wide reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Sampson
Cervera
Biboney
General Shafter
Shafter
Shootout at Overland Stage Crew Creates Legend of Hickok
In December, ten masked riders attack a California trail stage property near Manhattan. James Butler Hickok, fed by the dugout with a gun, wounds or kills several assailants, while his ally Doc Mills misses a chance. Hickok’s ferocious defense and single combat leave one attacker dead, another captured, and a legendary frontier reputation born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everybody's Magazine
Rock Creek
Overland Stage Company
California Trail
Manhattan
Bill MecKandlas
McKandlas
Jim McKandlas
Bill McKandlas
Doc Mills
Quail Fame
James Butler Hickok
Hickok
Mills
Little Creek
The Dudes of Long Ago from The Argosy
A dated fonds-like fragment notes 18th century fashion and social life. It cites King George II era attire with silk coats powder and flamboyant accessories. References include George Setwin Paris 1766, Earl of March, Margulis Wellesley, and Brummel as a symbol of late 1700s elegance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George II
Gunnings
George Setwin
Paris
Earl of March
Duke of Richmond
Margulis Wellesley
George Bryan Brummel
Lord North
Eton
War as a teacher of geography in central America study
The piece argues war sharpens geographic awareness as red war zones draw attention to distant regions. Cuba the Philippines South Africa China and Central America become familiar through conflict, much like the Civil War educated the North about the South, though at high cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
Cuba
South Africa
China
Centra America
National Fraternal Congress Opens in Detroit
Delegates arrive as the Mallona Fraternal Congress holds the press and medical sections at Hotel Cadillac. Reading of papers dominated the first session of both bodies. It is expected that many delegates will attend the opening session tomorrow with about three already slated to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific Schools of Business
Hugh T. Reed
Indianapolis
J. H. McKenzie
Ted
Hotel English
Detroit
Mich
Cadillac
National Congress
Also Mentioned on This Page
Terstate Company
Blake
Secretary of State
A. W. Butler
Tor
National Association For Act
Mt of Science
Teresia Goeble
Emanuel Goeble
Grand Jury
Northeastern
Two Hearts
Mra
Ausin
Bak
Central Labor
Department
London Daily Mail
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift
Goetlingen
Jacob Henle
Hamburg
Egypt
Avaine
Davaine
Pasteur
Finklebury
University of
Bonn
Keech
Sehley
Admiral
DeWitt
Frank H. Carter
Henry A. 4Iuder
E. W. Stucky
Lima, Indiana
Cape Colony
German East Africa
Wild Bill
George I
Voriel
American Cs Conservatory
Dramatic Art
Yeaders
Culver Military Academy
Culver, Ind
Lake Maxinkuckee
Military Academy
Central
Sozovont
Hall & Ruckel
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