Italian man sues for divorce over harassing telegrams
Samuel Ferracane sues Katherine Ferracane claiming deception and cruel telegrams about their son Antonio. He alleges false reports from Italy and New York that Antonio was dying, and that the ruse aimed to harass him. He also suspects his wife intends to marry another man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Ferracane
Katherine Ferracane
Italy
New York
Antonio
Samuel Hubbell
Clara E. Hubbell
Fraudulent pension claim leads to multiple court actions
In a federal case John W. Glover of Ayrshire Pike County pleaded guilty to making a fraudulent statement to obtain a pension and received seventy days in the workhouse plus a $16 fine and costs. Willis Glover of Kentucky died during a pending pension claim. Separate cases saw William Dibble fined 300 for mailing objectionable literature, W H Williams acquitted over an anonymous letter to his wife, and William R Hassett sentenced to one year and one day in Columbus prison for using the mails in a fraudulent scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Glover
Ayrshire
Pike County
United States
Willis Glover
Kentucky
Willits Glover
William Dibble
W. H. Williams
Williams
William R. Hassett
Columbus
Foreclosure Action Against AME Zion Church Mortgage
Fidelity Building and Savings Union filed suit to foreclose its mortgage on the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church property after four years of financial strain. Trustees allegedly subscribed for five shares at 100 each, secured a 25 loan, but 26 months of stock dues and 30 months of mortgage interest remain unpaid, with fines accruing for nonpayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Fidelity Building and Savings Union
Fidelity Building and Savings Tinton
Temperance canvasser testifies before county commissioners
A temperance side canvasser who circulated a power of attorney remonstrance in the Fourth ward testified before county commissioners yesterday that he made no misrepresentations and read the remonstrance introduction to all signers. A liquor advocate said he signed the petition but warned any future solicitor he would strike with a club directed at temperance leader T. P. Kiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temperance
T. P. Kiser
Jury still deadlocked in Freese murder case
The jury in the Martin Freese murder case remains unable to reach a verdict. They retired at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon with no sign of agreement, and Judge Alford will keep them out as long as he deems advisable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Freese
Alford
Zimmerman Declared Of Unsound Mind In Local Affidavit
Bridget A. Zimmerman aged forty three of 25 Dunlap street was yesterday declared of unsound mind. The affidavit states she has used chloral and chloroform and roams in night clothes begging money in the streets and endangering household furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget A. Zimmerman
Dunlap Street
Brother files petition to appoint administrator
A younger brother of Mrs Louise Ors bach filed the petition to appoint an administrator for her estate rather than Julius F Reinecke, the named administrator. Reinecke is not related to the matter as stated in yesterday morning's edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Orsbach
Julius F. Reinecke
Reinecke
Superior and Circuit Court Docket Highlights with Defaults and New Suits
The docket lists divorce actions including Price vs Price with plaintiff’s dismissal and costs, Haskins vs Haskins with a divorce decree, and Mitchell vs Mitchell with default and costs. New suits include Hubbell vs Hubbell for divorce, Fidelity Building mortgage foreclosure, Seanton on note, Jungelaus vs Moore on note, Ingram vs Hilbert support, Hamilton vs Hubbard, Ferrucine vs Ferrucine divorce, and Nichols vs Owens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
John L. McMaster
Wiliam Price
Nellie Price
Plaintif
Carrie M. Huston
Adelaide Juillet
James M. Leathers
Min Howard
Indianapolis Street Raiilway Company
Warner
Lorenz
Statehouse Building Association
Matt Keefe
Mary Haskins
Benjamin Haskins
Edna Mitchell
Frank B. Mitchell
Pao
Edna Veuee
Hertha M. Miller
John H. Miller
Samuel Hubbell
Clara E. Hubbell
di Worce
Fidelity Building and Savings Union Ve
Trustees of the
African Methodist Episco
L. Rakestrand
John L. Sean-ton
William PF. Jungelaus
Edwin F. Moore
Wel Ferrucine
Katherine Ferra
Circuit Court
H. Nichols
Mary R. Owens
Mortgage Foreclosures and Court Notices Summary
Superior Court records list multiple mortgage foreclosure actions and petitions for rehearing or briefs. Boone, Marion, Tippecanoe, Floyd, Cass, Greene and other counties appear with cases involving First National Bank of Chicago Indiana National Bank and others. Notices to Marion County and assignments of errors accompany several dockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minates
Indianapolis Union Railway Cou- Ve
John J. Houlihan
Boone C. C. Uest
John Reagan
Jassigness
First National Bank of Chicago, Lll
Marion 8. C
Indiana National Bank Et al
Letta E. Fouts
Frank M. Milligan
Tippecanoe C. C
Marion County
Alfred M. Ogle
William Hudson
Greene CC. C. Appellants’ Brief
Shortridge Senate Debates Taylor Finley Measure At School
Shortridge High School senate discussed the Taylor Finley bill to sentence a Governor for refusal to honor a requisition. Lodge led the measure amid speeches by Deboe Fairbanks and Gear. Adjournment followed after lively exchanges about Kentucky courts and ex Governor Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Shortridge High School
Catherine McCoy
Mary Class
Helen Spain
Edwin Lewis
Lodge
Edwin Friend
Fairbanks
Vermont
Herbert Wagner
Gear
Luther Benson
Deboe
Kentucky
Bluegrass
Pritchard
Earl Pritchard
Taylor
Carolina
Pettijohn, Cohen, Crossland
Charity Organizations Meeting In Indianapolis Opera House
The Charity Organization and Indianapolis Benevolent Society will hold their annual meeting tomorrow night at 7:30 at English's Opera House. Governor Durbin will chair. Program includes music, prayers, and several addresses on care of dependent and neglected children by Rev. J Cumming Smith, A J Graham, Rev H C Meserve, Rev Joshua Stansfield, Rev H W Kellogg, and Rev M L Haines, with musical interludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Benevolent Society
English
Opera House
Durbin
J. Cumming Smith
A. J. Graham
Indiana
Soldiers and Sailors’ Orphans
H. C. Meserve
First Presbyterian Church
Edward Nell
Joshua Stansfield
H. W. Kellogg
America
M. L. Haines
Flower Mission fund solicitation warning in city
An unknown man is soliciting money in this city for a home for consumptives under the Flower Mission. No one is authorized to collect funds for the Flower Mission except the ladies interested, and receipts for such money are printed on blanks bearing the Flower name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flower Mission
Huffman Sees Madison County Solid for Dunlap in Indiana Race
Col W W Huffman of Anderson, former state senate chief clerk, canvasses for Madison county clerk nomination and predicts solid support for Mayor Dunlap in the GOP bid for Congress. He notes Cromer’s chances depend on Delaware county, and cites strong Republican harmony, rising construction and record business in Anderson. Ex Senator A E Harlan also seeks nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Huffman
Anderson
State Senate
Columbia Club
Huffman
Madison County
A. E. Harlan
Alexandria
Dunlap
Indiana
Congress
Delaware County
Cromer
Lefler
Walter Ball
Ball
George Nichol
Moses and Pharaoh in Angelo Moses and Pharaoh clash in art and myth
From a church page on Moses and Pharaoh drawn from Exodus 11 1 10 the piece lauds Michael Angelo s Moses as the peak of modern sculpture and contrasts it with Pharaoh s imperial might The essay notes the pope s tomb plan for St Peter s Cathedral and reflects on leadership the divine call and the ethical questions of the exodus It also surveys plague parallels from history science and sanitation highlighting enduring human struggles and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Angelo
Moses
Angelo
Julius II
St. Peter's
S. Pietro
Vincoll
Gregorovius
St. Peter
Chains
Angela
Egypt
Pharaoh
Peter the Hermit
Europe
Rameses
Rameses. As It Was, He Had the Hardihood
Use Your Ability as a Trust for God and Others
The piece urges Christians to develop and consecrate their gifts, using talent boldly and joyfully as a trust from God. It cites Beecher and Vincent to illustrate the misuse of talent, and calls believers to lead by example, work hard, and face struggle with faith, courage, and cheerful service. AMOS R. WELLS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard Taylor
Clarence A. Vincent
Henry Ward Beecher
Mealies D. Babcock
Goa
Pitt
Locomotive Expert Examines Four Firemen for Promotion
W J Hartman traveling engineer for the Monon system visits Denison Hotel to assess four firemen. Former Westinghouse expert notes railroads push larger, faster engines with larger boilers and higher pressure. He cites Chatauqua type engines between Indianapolis and Chicago carrying 200 psi with special valves, and trains reaching 65 to 70 mph on schedule. Modern locos include S candle power arc headlights and multiple incandescent lights for inspection on side tracks. Electric headlights can be spotted five to eight miles away on straight track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Hartman
Monon
Denison Hotel
Hartman
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Indianapolis
Chicago
Lambeau
Madison No Slow Town Says School Superintendent
Madison city schools Superintendent C M McDaniel rejected the view of Madison as a slow town. He cited new factory locatons and county toll-road buyouts as signs of growth. He noted efforts to boost schooling with manual training sewing and domestic economy and a planned commercial department with shorthand typing bookkeeping and commercial arithmetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Cc. M. McDaniel
Indiana newspapermen form Indiana Associated Dailies committee
The executive committee of the Associated Dailies of Indiana met at the Denison Hotel to plan uniting state publishers outside Indianapolis. Members included F. T. Singleton W. Bent Wilson Harry M. Smith R. S. Truitt and W. S. Montgomery. They set the annual meeting for Friday January 10 in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Dailies of
Indiana
Denison Hotel
F. T. Singleton
Martinsville Reporter
W. Bent Wilson
Lafayette Journal
Harry M. Smith
Greencastle Banner
R. S. Truitt
Noblesville Ledger
W. 8
Lafayette Merchants Block Electric Lafayette to Indianapolis Rail
W Bent Wilson editor of the Journal Lafayette Democratic paper visited the city last night. He spoke of a proposed $5000 YMCA building for Lafayette and said the Lafayette merchants objected to an electric railroad to Indianapolis, halting the plan despite several thousand dollars pledged mainly by local farmers. Businessmen refused further funding fearing harm to their trade yet favored a suburban line connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bent Wilson
The
Journal
Lafayette
Wilson
Indianapolis
Greenfield Opposes Indy-Linked Electric Line
A Greenfield citizen recalls the proposed electric line to Indianapolis as a local benefit while Lafayette towns resisted extending the link. The critic notes Indianapolis shoppers cross to smaller towns for lower prices. Wilson claims no Democratic candidates for Congress in the Tenth district and says Hanly is out of politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Greenfield
Wilson
Tenth
J. Frank Hanly
Congress
Fragment of an admission and surrounding context
A man claimed innocence as authorities described his knees covered in moist dirt and noted a kneeling place under a window, but he could not provide a coherent account of himself.
Friends' Conference Opens in Thirteenth Street Church
The Friends quarterly conference began yesterday in the church at Thirteenth and Alabama streets to discuss Christian Endeavor regulation temperance and Bible societies. Morton C Pearson spoke on Divine and Human Agency In Revivals and papers on Charity Organization Society home mission work were read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends’ Quarterly Conference
Thirteenth
Alabama
Christian Endeavor
Morton C. Pearson
Grout
Charity Organization Society
Reading Circle names books for 192 and 193 school year
The State Teachers and Young People Reading Circle board held its final session at the Hotel English and selected two books for teachers for the 192 and 193 school years. The titles are Methodology by Silver Burdett and Co and Dickens as an Educator by D Appleton & Co. Children’s selections will be made today and the board will meet again at a.m. to finalize about seventeen books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People's Reading Circle Board
Silver, Burdett & Co
Dickens
D. Appleton & Co
Postmaster Predicts Stark Campaign for Democrats
Postmaster W. S. Montgomery of Greenfield, at the Denison Hotel last night, says Hancock county remains Democratic but Republicans are scared. He predicts Stokes Jackson will chair the reorganized Democratic committee and notes that when Jackson rolls up his pants in the fall, the campaign begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Montgomery
Greenfield
Denison Hotel
Hancock County
Putnam County to vote on new courthouse early next year
Harry M. Smith of the Green Castle Banner reported in Greencastle that Putnam County will likely approve a new courthouse in a vote early next year. He estimates construction around $10.00. Smith also noted Greencastle plans to add a tin plate mill to its manufacturing base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Smith
Greencastle
Putnam County
First juvenile police court held in city
The first juvenile police court convened yesterday at police headquarters. George Dowling Walter Brandon and Hershey Brandon faced malicious trespass charges but all cases were dismissed after evidence was heard. Dowling age thirteen had not attended school this year and truancy officer Hiser will monitor his schooling. relatives pledged to ensure regular attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dowling
Walter Brandon
Hershey Brandon
Dowling
Hiser
Democrats of prominence stay at Grand Hotel register
James Murdock of Lafayette Crawford Fairbanks of Terre Haute and Senator W H Johnston of Crawfonsville were among the prominent Democrats registered at the Grand Hotel yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Murdock
Lafayette
Crawford Fairbanks
Terre Haute
W. H. Johnston
Crawfonsville
Grand Hotel
Arrest of man described as coachman at Michigan street
Charles Roberts, identified as Mrs. Benjamin Harrison's coachman, was arrested by Bicycle Policemen Griffin and Manning at 5 West Michigan Street after occupants reported someone peeping in at the windows. Police followed a description to a nearby sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Roberts
Benjamin Harrison
Griffin and Manning
West Michigan Street
Roberts
Indiana avenue shooting suspect given heavy sentence
Albert Price, who created excitement on Indiana avenue Thursday night by firing a revolver, was fined 100 dollars and costs for shooting with intent to kill and for carrying concealed weapons. Lucinda Barber, a notorious colored woman, was fined 16 dollars and costs for carrying a razor and for disturbing the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Price
Indiana Avenue
Lucinda Barber
Merchant Policeman Charges Wandering Man with Vagrancy
Monday night a man unable to account for himself wandered the alleys in the merchant policeman district. He was sent to police headquarters and charged with vagrancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clary
Man Escaped From Asylum Returned by Relative
J W Gore of Forrest Ind brought back a man described as insane named Robbins who wandered from Clinton county asylum Sunday. Sergeant Corrigan identified the vagrant, who had been released that afternoon and advised to go to the workhouse. Gore, a brother in law, said the man had escaped many times and travels across fields away from highways. He was taken to Clinton county. In other news John Chissett won first prize and David Cathron second in the Camera Club contest at the YMCA parlors. The exhibit remains open through Monday due to strong public interest. The Presbytery Mission Conference convenes this afternoon at Fourth Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Gore
Forrest
Ind
Buyler Robbins
Clinton County
Corrigan
Gore
John Chissett
Camera Club
David Cathron
Chissett
Pub
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Fourth Ward
Freese
Supreme Court
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Martha E. Hawes
David M. Kepley
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Samuel
Hart
Catherine Hildebrandt
Cass C. C
Shortridge
May Bliss
North Alabama Street
Ernest Sims
Waite Colgan
Fred Herzch
Harry Walterhouse
Paul Edwards
Edward Gibson
Noble Praig
Miss Donnan
Dunn
Roosevelt
Ife
Richard Langsdale
Merrill Moores
Sumner Clancy
Clancy
Ed Ettle
Fred Appel
Alfred Darlow
Bartlett Williams
Albert Buchanan
James Hoag
Scott
Ed Eitle
al Buchanan
James Gipe
Gladys Nehrbas
George Posey
Mayor Dunlap
Col. W. W. Huffman
Politics
Moses and
Massachusetts
Russia
Iceland
London
Matt. v
Amos R. Wells
McDaniel
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Tion
Mr. Weyman
Tribune
Hannibal
France
Stanley J
Weyman
Edna Lyall
Pirtia
Cromwell
Charles
Nashville
Tenn
Iains
Longmans, Green & Co., Publishers
Riumph
Starr Grand Piano
Brunelli
Varese
Starr Piano Company
Richmond
Kingdom of
North
Pennsylvania St
the Starr Piano CO
the Journal
Friends’ Conference
Thirteenth and
Alabama Streets
Reading Circle Board Meeting
Stokes
Jackson
Maude Adams
Maxine Elliott
Annie Russell
Julia Marlowe
Mary Mannering
Viola Allen
Indianapolis Journal
Fourth Presbyterian Church
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