Public schools named in honor of Garfield McCulloch and Douglass
Citizens urged school name decisions at the School Board meeting with Garfield chosen for the Garfield school, No 5 named for Oscar C McCulloch, and No 19 named for Fred Douglass. The board ended further collections in city schools. Shortridge High girls sought space for their basketball team with board deferring to the business director. A Lincoln school library drive raised funds, shelves to hold books were ordered, and $6,461 in bills were paid.
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Garfield
Garfield Park
Oscar C. McCulloch
Fred Douglass
Kendal
Harrison Fund
Sloan
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Moores
Shortridge High School
Abraham Lincoln
Women Cause Excitement in Morning Highway Robbery Chase
Police pursued two women Bell Johnson of Cleveland Ohio and Maud King a resort resident on East Court Street after a report of highway robbery. The pair fled after a carriage ride and later accused each other of theft involving a young man named George Foltz. Foltz corroborated their stories and was jailed as a witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Johnson
Cleveland, C
Maud King
East Court Street
Johnson
King
Brighton Beach
East End
George Foltz
George Foitz
Grant County Rural Delivery Plan Progress Report
Special Agent Nevin returns from Marion after consults with Representative Steele. Planned delivery expansion for Grant County to match Madison and Marion county services. Indianapolis Fire Insurance Company secures assets over 50,000 in bonds and municipal projects. Office at No. Market Street. John M. Spann serves as Secretary with John H. Holliday as President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevin
Devery
Marion
Repre- Steele
Grant County
Madison County
Marion County
Indianapolls Fire Insuran Cemy
Bends
Maret Street
John M. Spann
John H. Holliday
Elevation Plans Discussed by City Board of Works
Harold C. Megrew, chairman of the Board of Works, signaled no formal decision yet on inserting a provision for elevated tracks in the Indianapolis Southern Railroad franchise. He argued track elevation improves safety and that the city should push for elevated tracks, possibly starting from Morris Street to Union Station, with court action anticipated for city power to require elevation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold C. Megrew
Board of Works
Indianapolis Southern Railroad
Major Megrew
Indianapolis Southern
Megrew
Indianapolis
Southern
Union Station
Supreme Court
Fountain Head
Commercial Club
Hunt
William Fortune
Elevated-Tracks Commission
C. C. Brown
Morris Street
Assessment roll approved for alley paving on Illinois to Capitol
The primary roll for improving the first alley north of Thirtieth Street from Illinois Street to Capitol Avenue by brick paving is approved. Papers ordered for opening and extending New York Street from Dorman Street to Highland Avenue.
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First Alley
Thirtieth Street
Illinois Street
Capitol Avenue
New York Street
Dorman Street
Highland Avenue
Winona affair notes Europe trip for Bible conference speakers
Rev S C Dickey of Winona Assembly returns from Europe with E J Dukes of Peru to engage speakers for the Winona Lake Bible conference August 17 to 27. The list will be public after contracts. A boys school will open next September, teaching trades and agriculture, nine months per year. Board includes Hackett Pittsburg Heinz McDonald Smith Tietzen Studebaker and Chapman. A 300 acre Bass farm near Winona will be bought for the school. Speakers secured abroad come from Edinburgh London and Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Dickey
Winona Assembly
Europe
E. J. Dukes
Peru
Winona Lake
Florence
Dickey
Winona
E. A. Kk. Hackett
Fort Wayne
H. J. Heinz
Pittsburg
Alexander McDonald
Walter M. Smith
C. F. Tietzen
New York
John M. Studebaker
J. Wilbur Chapman
Bass
Edinburgh
London
Bristol
Grocerymen vanish in midwinter missing persons case
Police search for G. D. Jones who ran a Prop yl aeum grocery with clerk Jack Phillips. Jones and Phillips left two weeks ago after stock, wagon, and horse disappeared. Mrs Marie Maxwell holds a mortgage on the stock and seeks arrest warrants. Mrs Phillips says her husband has been absent about a month. she supports herself by a market stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Jones
Propylaeum
Jack” Phillips
West McCarty Street
Jones
Marie Maxwell
Wayne Avenue
Muncie
Phillips
Indiana Horticultural Society Elects Officers at Statehouse
The Indiana Horticultural Society held its annual meeting at the Statehouse yesterday afternoon. W. W. Stevens of Salem was elected president and E. B. Davis of Cartersburg vice president. James L. Keach delivered a practical talk on grading handling and packing apples, noting Indiana climate and soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Horticultural Society
Statehouse
W. W. Stevens
Salem
E. B. Davis
Cartersburg
James L. Keach
Indiana
Indiana growers urged to favor few orchard varieties
The talk stressed that Indiana fruit growers should concentrate on a few straight varieties rather than many. Prof. J Troop of Lafayette, a Pan-American Exposition delegate, reported. State forester W H Freeman spoke on duties nurserymen owe to the public, with papers by D F Marsh E B Davis and E F Royer also read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
J. Troop
Lafayette
W. H. Freeman
D. F Marsh
E. B. Davis
EF. E. Royer
Greensburg Shelbyville Batesville Traction Incorporation
Articles of Incorporation for Greensburg Shelbyville & Batesville Traction Company filed with the secretary of state. Capital is 10000 dollars. Directors include Louis Zoller Sherman P Minear Charles Porter William Harding Thomas Goodrich Enos Porter and Ed Adams. Plan calls for a Shelbyville south line extending the Indianapolis to Shelbyville route, to be completed next year. Zimmerman Manufacturing Company of Auburn files extension of time of incorporation for thirty five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg, Shelbyville & Batesville Traction Company
Louis Zoller
Sherman P. Minear
Charles BR. Porter
William N. Harding
Thomas E. Goodrich
Enos Porter
Ed K. Adams
Secretary of State
Dogs and Poultry Shine at Tomlinson Hall Show
A grand pet stock show fills Tomlinson Hall as a hundred fine hounds mingle with prize poultry. Champion Little Flyer, owned by H. G. Hoover of St. Louis, anchors the dogs while judges name numerous White Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Leghorns, and various bantams winners across many Indiana and nearby entries.
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Tomlinson Hall
H. G. Hoover
St. Louis
Sabatia
M. A. Young
Indianapolis
A. H. Pickett
Darlington
Ind
John Landis
Edinburg
Golden _Wyandottes
Seth T. Gallagan
Logansport
R. E. Jones
Flatrock
Buff Wyandottes
D. C. Harrold
Elwood
Foster Martin
Marshall
W. F. Rossman
Columbia City
George Knauer
West Main Street
Louisville
W. H. Wiebke
Fort Wayne
J. E. Gault
Sycamore
Carl Mueller
Tecumseh Street
R. B
F. R. Hale
Shelbyville
C.R. Malhous
Spencer
William Tobin
Harmon Bradshaw
Lebanon
H. L. Harlan
Illinois Streets
James L. Wood
B. F. Hill
Wes Loser
Terre Haute
Charles Airgood
South Bend
E. L. C. Morse
Cornell Avenue
Chicago
B. B. Red Games
Lane
F. C. Wright
Mount Healthy
J. C. Pratt
Lagrange
Red Pyle Games
Wesley Lanius
Greensburg
D. B. Shideler
West Forty-second Street
Buff Cochin Bantams
Charles Aigood
W. A. Graffis
T. M
Nicholas & Hoss
T. M. Campbell
F. EB. Mow
Union Mills
Parole Petition Signaled for John Higgins by Judge Alford
Judge Alford of the Criminal Court and Prosecutor Ruckelshaus signaled willingness to sign a parole petition for John M. Higgins. Alford promised to act after Higgins had served a year, citing sobriety for a year and family business needs, and recommending parole with a further pardon if sobriety and conduct remain solid.
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Alford
Criminal Court
Ruckelshaus
John M. Higgins
Awed Woman Falls Downstairs at Talbott Avenue
Mrs Prudence Downey eighty one is critically injured at home 2422 Talbott avenue after a fall down stairs Thursday after breakfast Her right arm was broken with bone protruding through flesh She crawled to the door and called a neighbor before fainting and being revived with difficulty
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Prudence Downey
Talbott Avenue
Gas inspector discusses state gas report at capitol
J. C. Leach, state gas inspector, met with State Geologist Blatchley at the Statehouse to review the annual gas supply report. Leach stated he has enforced gas waste laws and claimed concerns about wholesale gas waste are greatly exaggerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Leach
Statehouse
Blatchley
Terre Haute Teachers Visit Indianapolis Public Schools on Special Train
About two hundred Terre Haute teachers and one hundred citizens toured Indianapolis public schools yesterday. Led by Superintendent Wiley and principal W. L. Lake, the delegation inspected Shortridge High School, the M. T. H. 8, Abraham Lincoln School, and No. 45. Miss Lucy Youse and Blanche Freeman remained behind in Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Wiley
W. L. Lake
Terre Haute High School
Lydia Whittaker
Jessie Keith
Mary Stimson
B. O. Ogden
Alice C. Graff
Blanche Freeman
Louise Peters
Jesse Lewis
Louise Barbour
Elizabeth Messmore
Rebecca Turner
Tillie Nehf
Anna B. Hoffman
C. J. Waits
Sarah Scott
Ida B. Ensey
C. W. Cassaday
J. T. Scovell
Lucy Youse
W. H. Kessel
Thomas J. Grosjean
Mary Katezenbach
Rosa B. Griffith
Charles Timm
M. Pauline Scott
Mary E. Hartman
J. H. Stuckrath
Flora Wharton
Union Station
Kendal
Shortridge High School
Abraham Lincoln School
No. 45
New Temporary Church Dedication at North Alabama Street
The First Presbyterian Church plans a 11 o’clock dedication tomorrow for its new temporary edifice on North Alabama near Fifteenth. The 60 by 42 foot building replaces the former site at New York and Pennsylvania now government property. The program includes doxology, invocations, anthems, readings, sermon by Rev. William H. Oxtoby, and a service of dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
North Alabama Street
Fifteenth
New York
Pennsylvania
Shortridge High School
Shelley
Jesus Christ
C. Dickey
D. D
Chadwick
William H. Oxtoby
Seaton's Hat Store Ad and Travel Route Mention
An ad invites travel via B&O S W from Cincinnati at 6 10 am on December 9 through historic Harper's Ferry and along the Potomac and Alleghenies. It lists J B Scott and C P McCarty as passenger agents and promotes German Fire Insurance of Indiana with offices on 29 South Delaware Street. Also endorses Mrs Austin's Buckwheat as the genuine old buckwheat flavor.
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Cincinnati
Attiefields
Harper's Ferry
Potomac
Alleghenies
J. B. Scott
O. C. P. M'Carty
German Fire Insurance of
Indiana
South
Delaware Street
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Monarch
L.sasres
Badger'’S
Zoo
Badger Furniture Co
OF Garfield
Oscar C. M’culloch
Fred Dolglass
Horticultural Society
Practical Talk
New Electric Traction Company
John Higgins
Wulschner
Hood
Kendall
First Presbyterian Congregation
WIHIL
Dunlap
Seaton's Hat Store
Washington
al Capital
Janes
W. F. Kissel
Meridian Crest
J. C. Sipe
N. Med. St
W. W. Dark & Co
New
East Market Street
Leo Lando
Optician
Pennsylvania St
Mrs. Austin
Stevenson
Dias Swami
Ocean Steamers
Newy
Que- Co., Ltd
British North Atlantic Navy
A. E. Outerbridge & Cooo
Broadway
A. Ahern
Quebec
Canada
Thos
Cook & Son
Clark St
Ill
Cas
C. W. Merkel Co
Columbia
Roves
Betz
Mass
Juliusc
Walk& Gon
Washington ST
Members Merchants’ Association
Reinhart Physicians
Capitol Medical Institute
Oliviso
Arker
Charlie Mayer
Charles Mayer & Co
the Schrader China Co
China House
Ann Wivereare
Washington Street
West
China
Vienna Rolls
Joseph Tageart
Massachusetts Ave
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