Vital Statistics Births and Notices Reported
Vital statistics for December 1 list numerous births with local addresses and family names, and note related obituaries and funeral notices. The fragmentary OCR includes street addresses, names such as Crockat Whitworth Hoye Cave Judd and many others, plus references to tuberculous and bronchitis cases, and a column of funeral director ads and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saas
Nel Ng
Renee Sn
Alice Whallon
Exst
Joseph
Maggie Schiotter
Walcott
Kay
Joesph
Georgia Blilope
Middle Street
Wallace
Neal
West Twenty
Tailors advertise guarantees and low prices for garments
Sunn Sue scales tailors offer pants and suits with fit and workmanship guaranteed. The Scondon Tailor announces four mats. Peerless Fire Kindlers seek grocers and agents nationwide. 3 1/2 cents sample and terms requested from Peerless Manufacturing Company at Stevenson Building, Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunn Sue Gsais Eee
Ceeeetery Bonee
Scondon
Indianapolis
Peerless Manufacturing Company, & Stevenson
Ind
Live Stock Markets Conclude With Scattered Lamb Sales
The livestock market shows scattered lamb sales up to 5.40 and best types at 5.25. Sheep mostly bring 2.55 to 2.75, with bucks from 2.00 to 2.75. Quotes indicate good to choice lambs and common to medium stock in the lower ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keinde
Oinor
Wisconsin
New York
Limburger
Elgin Creamery
State
Horses Held At Firm Prices In Indianapolis Auction
About 100 head of horses arrived for the opening sale of the week at Union Stockyards Indianapolis. Attendance by buyers improved over last week with more bidding activity. Some extra fine coach horses sold above 700 dollars, most drivers and coach horses brought 100 to 150, drafts mostly under 150 and medium stock 100 to 133, light ponies sold slowly from a to 5 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stockyards
Indianapolis
Cattle and hog markets across Chicago and East Buffalo
Cattle receipts around 6 010 to 13 000 across cities with steady to firmer markets. Priced ranges show good to prime steers at roughly 5.20 to 5.68 in Chicago and 4.50 to 5.25 in St Louis, with hogs opening weaker and closing strong at about 4.65 and 4.70. Sheep and lambs remain steady to higher in several markets, while calves and feeders hold firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Buffalo
N. x
Ana Stroneerkers
Eee
Pssaaee
Ramraa City
Patton Helfers
Choi
Tiga Cabarer Carr Iinet
Aiea
Orkers Mapples
ST. “Louis
Dec
Eacett Patoning
Texas
Suas
Carnegie Gift to Fund Thirty Philadelphia Branch Libraries
City Council committee voted to accept 1.5 million dollars from Andrew Carnegie for building thirty branch libraries in Philadelphia. Gift requires city to provide sites and 10 percent of total cost for maintenance and books. Opposition cited needing about 150 thousand dollars yearly for upkeep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
City Council Committee On
Andrew Carnegie
Sniggs Challenge Sparks Assertions and Provocative Blues
A fragmentary exchange shows Sniggs declaring prowess and warning against attempts to test him. The terse lines mix bravado with implied confrontation, hinting at a heated verbal exchange or social clash reflected in the era’s vernacular.
Railroads Brace for Earnings Dip as Northern Securities Case Looms
Managements across many systems anticipate a drop in gross earnings after January as grain rates rise and shipments adjust. Coal demand and winter freight offset declines for some lines, while pass controls tighten, with executive-approved travel for employees and no passes for shippers or private car owners to curb preferential traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Erie & Western
Wabash
Big Four
Central Traffic Association
Exwaiters
Mississippi
Trunk Line Association
Break in Harlem Railroad Contract Heads to Final Hearings
Hearings nearing end before Referee Charles Andrews in a suit by Harlem stockholders seeking to void the 1597 second supplementary contract with New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Plaintiffs claim illegal board action deprived Harlem of about 82 million dollars in rental value and allege irregularities in a 10 million bond refunding that profited favored directors and stockholders. The original 1873 contract would run for 374 more years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Andrews
State Court of Appeals
New York & Harlem Railroad Company
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Harlem
New York City
Central Company
Supreme Court
New York & Harlem
New York Central
New York Central Company
Harlem Company
Central
New York & Harlem Stockiders
Harlem Road
Big Four freight activity and leadership changes noted
In November the Big Four moved 8 048 cars at city depots, with 164 488 loaded and 20 304 loaded on the Peoria and Eastern. Promotions include Frederick B James to superintendent of the Omaha division, A Philbrick succeeding. Charles Bell becomes general yardmaster at Cairo. The line leases engines from New York Central and Lake Shore. Winslow B Pierce resigns as general counsel of Union Pacific to focus on Western Maryland. President Burt’s special train covers Ogden to Omaha in 24 hours, four and a half hours faster than the Union Pacific. The Chicago and Eastern Illinois extends double track from Danville to Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Peoria & Eastern
Pennsylvania
Indianapoli
South Street
Frederick
James
Omaha
Illinois Central
A. Philbrick. Co
A. Winnedge
Union Railway Company
St. Louis Terminal Company
New York
Samuel B. Sweet
Lake Erie & Western
Charles Bell
Big Four
Cairo
New York Central
Lake Shore
Brooks Locomotive Works
Winslow
Pierce
Union Pacific Railroad
Maryland
Gould
Burt
Ogden
Union Pacific
Chicago & Eastern Ilin
Danville
Haute
Railroads Enter Expansion Era Across Midwest and Americas
Chief Cleveland of Erie & Western travels to South America with Geneva Manager Shaler of the Panama Railroad to inspect lines and discuss a press bureau. Southern Indiana Railroad plans Evansville extension and Terre Haute to Chicago. Big Four doubles track in St Louis division for World’s Fair traffic next year. Pennsylvania Railroad clears final obstacle for New York terminal with Thirty second Street closure. St Louis lines resume rapid service enhancements and new timetable boosts. Welling, son of VP Welling, assists on Gillman Springfield branch. Jacksonville conference aims to speed perishable freight. Continuous upgrades and consolidations reshape Illinois, Texas, and Gulf routes amid rising demand and expo traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Erie & Western
Colon
Geneva
Shaler
Panama Railroad
South America
Co. P. Benjamin
Canadian Pacific
St. Louis
St Louis
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York City
Board of Estimate
Thirty-second Street
Seventh
Ninth Avenues
Mammoth
Southern Indiana Railroad Company
Evansville
Elnora
Ind
Chicago
Terre Haute
F. W. Ranno
San Francisco
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Cape Girardeau
Thebes
St. Louis Valley
Fort Wayne
The
Order of Railway Conductors
M. ©. Ginty
R. B. Evans
J. A. Welling
Welling
Illinois Central
Clinton
Corps of
Gillman
Springfield
Princeton
Jacksonville
Southwestern Railway
Pennsylvania
Chicago, Peoria
Louisiana & Northwest Railroad
Gibsland
M. D. Shaff
Peoria
Big Four Railroad
Mr. Shaft
C. E. Shaft
Big Four
Texas
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf
Fort Worth
Southern
Dallas
Terral
I. T
Amarillo
Texola
Bravo
Texhomo
B. Hervie
H. P. Greenough
H. P. Conlon
Dalhart
J. Meyers
Consolidated Ine
J. T. McCabe
W. H. Firth
Northern Securities
United States Supreme Court
Transmisseurl
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne & Chicago
Panhandle
Norfolk & Western
New York Central
West Shore
Vanderbilt
Lake Shore
Nickelplate
New York
New Haven
Manufacturers May Fight Union Labels
Chicago December meeting of the Citizens' Industrial Association of America will consider a policy to urge members to buy goods without marks or labels that discriminate against workers. The group, organized in Chicago October 29 and 30, plans a bulletin and wider organizing across the United States to spread the doctrine among employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Citizens’ Industrial Association of America
Dayton
Frederick W. Jobb
Chicago Employers’ Association
United States
Doenvig Life Saving Globes Tested in Storm Off Skaw
In a December Copenhagen report, Captain Doenvig tested life saving globes at Skaw on the North Jutland coast. A buoy and four others entered the buoy, released from the cruiser Heimdal, and successfully cleared breakers to drift ashore safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Doenvig
Skaw
Jutland
Mrs Vanderbilt Out of Danger After Fall at Grand Opera House
Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt, injured by a fall while leaving a box at the Grand Opera House last night, was reported to be resting comfortably and out of danger this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L
Reginald Co. Vanderbilt
Grandpa House
Mand Leader Drops Dead in New York City
Howard Courtenay Lowrie sixty six, an accomplished musician and well known West as a band leader, is dead in New York. The Union National Bank solicits your business facilities second to none, William J. Richards, president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Howard Courtenay Lowrie
West
Union National Bank
William J. Richards
Local wholesale hardware merchants seek steel price cuts
Indianapolis hardware merchants urge reductions in iron and steel goods as manufactured prices stay high while steel costs fall. Some expect a cut of about 15 percent within weeks, though manufacturers have shown no plan to reduce prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Boston
The Jobbing Trade In Drinks And Dry Goods Prices
A dense list of wholesale prices across candies nuts figs salts powders and fabrics. Items include Bris candy, mixed nuts, bar iron, alcohol, quinine salts, bleaching sheetings and prints, coffee blends, sugars, soaps, dyes, and kitchen ware with numerous firm names and price points.
Indianapolis and Greenfield Rail Timetable Summary
Timetable notices for Indianapolis rail services list departure and arrival times to multiple destinations including Greenfield Knightstown Richmond New Castle and Martinsville. Services originate from Meridian Street and Pennsylvania Washington streets with schedules detailing hourly departures and connections through Franklin Building offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield Line
Franklin Building
Meridian
Richmond
New Castle
Itam
Knightstown
Innet
Greenfieid
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Vital Statistics
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Alma Nettle Gibson
John Spacker Atones Cromwell
Miller
Ine Rooker
William & Severney
Chartle Smith
Grover
Hurt _ a
Mary Ethel Wilhite
Harry Wilbur Kinnick
Cecil EB. B. Scott
Grace Scott
H. Campbell
Mary A. Cronin
Peter J
Tiookhouren
Catherine Dooley
Smith ‘Gray
Anne Schnee
City Hospital
Brownsburg
Se Schaub
Elizabeth Schaub
Pdemeth Schneuers
Burns
John E. Duan
Orwell Avenue
Ursday
A. Diener
E. Wash
Crown Hill
M. OH. Farrell
Washington St
New
Mik
C. BE
N. Lil
Frank A Blanchard
N. Warest
Bertermann Bros
N. del. St. Tol
Horace Wooik
Oscinan Tra Buckea
Peerless Foundry
Joseph Gardner
Kentucky
Hawking
Virginia Ave
Blaw
Dash Vince
Aurora Tea Store
Western Union Teleg T
South Meridian
Une
Met
Giwi
Massachusettachusetts Av
Hoshour
Ta College Av
Tath
Ailinole Ste. i Oe
Walsote
Wyandot
Oeal
Initinia N. C. FO
Dttics
Sisnawinr
Fim
O. M
I. BE. L
Denison Hotels
Nn Financial
Frank Sawyer
Ns—Monsy
C. F. SAYLES @ CO
Eat Market Street
Sale—Orient
W. D. Allison CO
Alabama
North
Mainland
MFG. CO
Yondesst
Sale
Montha
Best of Indians
Jay
Hogan Transfer and Storage Co
ETORA
W. Arte
Fee
H. A. Crossland
Mgr
Penn
Uton
Carnegie
Ested
Citizens’ Industrial Association
Nate
Mrs. Vanderbilt
C. B. Jefferson
Brasil
Coal and Coke
Iron and Steel
Oman
Cabot
Gamberlana
Deen Ainehor
Farwell
Hope
Linwood
Tae
Pepperell
Ted Ate
Atlantic A
Boott C
Huck's Head
Gartiste
Dwight Star
Tige
Great Falls
Bee
Hill Fine
Indian Head
Allen
American Indigo
Arnold
Arnold LLC
Cocheco Fancy
Hamilton
Saar
Merrimac
Simpson
Ieee
Berlin
EU Ree
Warren
Rennes
Moskeay
Conestora Sige
Cordle
Cordis T
Pay Gors
Ayx
Oakland AF
Portsmouth
Susquenance
Shetucket SW
Jetucket
Orein
American
Harmony
Stark
Oh. Hams
Amoskeagarene
Oa Nora
Sac
Graham
Macy
Aenslish
Harry Beresford
Wednssay
Wea
Y & Luder
Henbhy W. Savage
Prince OF Pilsen
Wabash Ad Empire Theater
Matinee Paily
Bob Manchcster
Bob van Isten
Duck-Nose Man
Vanity Fair Co
David Baxter
Bess
EL ES Mardi Gras
Tomlinson Hall
Ariosa
Lion
Caracas
Dilworth's
Gates
New Orleans
Ile
Cassia
Olin
Ra’ Il
Lee
Ees
Bates Wein Tn
Malagas
Indiana
Ory Salt Tee Ile Ee
Colorado
Denver
Reer
John Campden
Adair Jets
Frank W. Owers
Channing Sweet Somiatet
A. Oaagt
Wilson
McKinley Memorial
Canton
Kinley
Porto Ri
Gent
Jackson
Ohio
Winifrede
Hocking Valley
Brazil
Connellsville
Momtete
City Ticket Ofice
East Washington
Tulesland Ae
Union City
Lewis
Eoria
Bloomington
Eor Joomt
Be & Wnenes
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Limited
Toledo
Detroit
Claypool
Decatur
Springfeld Express
Dayton OX
Povens
Eaenee
Detroit Express
Chicago Mat Mail
Chicago Express
Chicago Vestibule
Lake, Erie & & Western RR
Chihenge
Muncie
Lafay
Jennsy
Washington
Daly
Philadelphis
Baltimore
Jumbus
Lud
Lauien Columbus
Madison
Acer
Bedford
Xenia
Logansport
Greencastle
Terre Hi
Indiana Union Traction Company
Anderson
Alexandria
Marion
Intermediate Pointes
Nee
Elwood
Feon
Trate
Noblesville
Tipton
Hananciis
Noblesvilleie
Canoon
India
Tipton P
Ress Department
Seehvadl
Vinta Beta
Pointe
Ad Alexendria
Northwestern
Union
Frankfort
Spolts
Lebanon
Indianapol
Indianapolis, Shelbyville & Southeastern Traction CO
Hyder
Indianapolis & Eastern Railway Company
Columbia & Southern Traction Company
Washington Streets
South
Greenwood
Frankiin
Amity
Invury
Tay
Columbus
Lin
Sand Wam
Con
Georgia
Idian Streets
Greenwend
Indianapolis & Martinsville
Kentucky Avenue
Kenne Sucky Avenue
Martinsville
Mooresville
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