Mayor Presses for Coal Rate Pact in Indianapolis Southern Deal
Prominent attorneys debate if the city can require Indianapolis to haul coal at fair future rates as a condition of granting a right of way. Mayor Bookwalter leans that the franchise must ensure reasonable coal rates for residents, while some say city boards lack authority to bind operations beyond city limits.
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Bookwalter
Indianapolis Southern Railroad
Southern
Indianapolis
Rockwalter
Board of Works
W. H H. Miller
Harrison
United States
John W. Kern
Baker
Faker Daniels
Baker Maken
Eee
Ithern C. Haris
Commercial Club
Coal rate dispute shapes Indianapolis Southern franchise
City officials weigh a coal rate clause in the Southern franchise while D M Parry says he will not fix rates. Board of Works members believe the city may compel minimum coal rates, with the Commercial Club backing the issue and track elevation also on the priority list.
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Southern
Fred Joss
Board of Works
Indianapolis
Anderson
Commercial Club
Butler College Oratorical winner chosen for state contest
Samuel J. Offutt of Greenfield wins first in Butler primary oratorical held in the college chapel. Miss Josephine Canfield of Indianapolis takes second, Henry L. Herod of Indianapolis third. Prizes total 28 dollars with 3, 15 and 10 dollars awarded.
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College Chapel
Josephine Canfield
Henry L. Herod
Butler
Indianapolis
Charles Underwood
Pennville
Samuel J. Offut
Greenfield
Charles W. Moores
J. M. Clapp
Hector Fuller
Franklin Holt
Pertie Herod
George W. Benton
Chester Venter
The
Oratorical Association
Garment Makers’ Appeal
King Alfred
H. L. Herod
Miss Canfield
Arthur Waters
Charlotte Powell
Melvin Campton
Earl Edson
Orval Mehring
Verle Blair
Ovid Butler
Raymond Longley
Roy Adrey
Theodore Nance
Pred Frick
Night Dress Run Sets Relatives on Edge in City
Sadie McDonald twenty three living on North California Street ran to a relative’s home on Fayette Street early yesterday morning in a thin night dress. Illness and delirium prompted relatives to fear insanity and summon police. Bicycle officers Streit and Losh declined to file an insanity affidavit at Police Surgeon Garstang’s request, deeming the condition temporary.
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Sadie McDonald
California Street
Fayette Street
Streit and
Losh
Garstang
Indiana Prison Officials Discuss Water Supply at Jeffersonville
Superintendent Hert of the Indiana Reformatory at Jeffersonville met Governor Durbin to oppose current water rates. He urged the state to install a pumping system. D. A. Coulter of Frankfort, a Michigan City State Prison director, met the governor. his term ends January 1, but he is expected to be reappointed.
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Hert
Indiana
Indianapolis Fire Insurance Company Asset Snapshot
The Indianapolis Fire Insurance Company shows assets over 150000 invested in government bonds municipal securities mortgages and a home company. President is Joan Holliday Ann Holliday.
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Indianapolis Fire Insurance Company
Ann
Joan H. Holliday
Fernald Co Wins City Bond Bid in Eleven Offers
Boston firm George A. Fernald & Co. secured the entire $19,100 city bond issue with a premium of $1,833, bids total $196,533. Other offers ranged from $195,190 to $196,448. The deal drops interest from 4.75 percent to 3.81 percent, boosting net city receipts. drafts to be paid Saturday and sent to the city treasurer for refunding temporary loans.
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George A. Fernald & Co
Boston
New City
Boston Banking House
J. F. Wild & Co
Fernald Company
Lst
Geo. A. Fernald & Co
Indianapolis
Parkinson & Burr
R. L. Day & Co
W. J. Haynes & Son
Cleveland
Een National Bank
Breunlg
Eudorus M. Johnson
John F. Wild & Co
Isolation of Children: Planned Reform at City Station
A visiting committee from the local Council of Women and Major Megrew with Charles Maguire reviewed confinement methods for youths at the city police station. They favored utilizing the garret for young offenders but were told by Judge Stubbs and Superintendent Taffe that juveniles will be returned to parents for confinement at home until trial. Weekly hearings for youth cases were announced to prevent contact with older inmates, effectively ending police station confinement of children.
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Megrew
Charles Maguire
Board of Works
W. H. Hart
James 8. Tarkington
Mary Moody
Lew Wallace
Council of Women
Stubbs
Taffe
Building Inspector files affidavits over smoke nuisance
Building Inspector Bartel swore out affidavits against Frank Maus Fatyre Fauvre and Frank M. Talbott for ignoring notices and allowing dense black smoke from their properties at the Circle Market and Pennsylvania Market corners. Fauvre contends improvements are under way. Talbott has not indicated plans. Bartel vows to pursue convictions in Police Court to enforce the nuisance law.
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Journal
Bartel
Frank Maus Fatyre
Frank M. Talbott
Fauvre
Franklin
Circle
Market Streets
Talbott
Pennsylvania
Washington Street Bridge Faces Urgent Planking Repairs
The Board of Works investigated the iron bridge on West Washington street over White river and warned that without new planking the city risks damages from salts. They will likely order repairs to the bridge floor immediately, with the streetcar company possibly required to lay plank between its tracks.
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Washington Street
White River
Board of Works
Messrs. Megrew
Maguire
Indiana Foundry Company
Streetcar
Y M C A Considers Smoke Abatement Plan
Y M C A directors tackle the furnace smoke nuisance after a building inspector’s notice. Sommerville proposes a brick rear wall to recirculate gases and burn them, aiming to reduce emissions. Feasibility questions arise due to required constant fireman attendance. patent stokers may be used if necessary.
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Bartel
Sommerville
Harrison day contributions report from county superintendents
Reports to State Superintendent Jones indicate large contributions will reach a substantial total from Harrison day. Over $1,000 has been sent to headquarters. Catholic order sisters teaching in Dubois county schools report smaller contributions from township schools.
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Jones
Harrison Day
Dubois County
Railroad Employee Killed by Coal Cars
Fred Schuler, employed at the Panhandle shops, was instantly killed yesterday morning when a cat of coal cars rolled over him in the yard beside the shop. He stepped onto the track and was crushed. His body was moved to the morgue of C. E. Kregele. Schuler lived at 115 Applegate Street.
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Fred Schuler
Panhandle
C. E. Kregele
Schuler
Iss Applegate Street
Romance Spoiled As Chicago Couple Ends Run In Indianapolis
La Verne Green a twenty year old man and Marie Thompson a sixteen year old girl ran away from Chicago to Indianapolis. Green later was arrested for stealing a gold watch and held while authorities investigate. He claims the watch belonged to the girl's mother and says they planned to marry after earning money. Detectives trapped them with a fake telegram and the girl’s father brought her back to Chicago. Green describes his past as a well educated but wayward youth with stage ambitions.
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la Verne Green
Chicago
Marie Thompson
Ed Thompson
Green
Miss Thompson
Indianapolis
Omer Smith
East Washington Street
Smith
Smith's
Wallace and Holtz
Gerber
Police Department of
Wisconsin
Ife
A Closer Watch on Boys Curfew Enforcement Reported
Patrolmen report strong enforcement of the curfew ordinance with few boys roaming streets at night. They are instructed to escort youths home and inform parents of potential police and truancy actions if children are not kept in at night or in school during the day.
Night bicycle patrols expanded to six men
Superintendent Taffe orders an increase in the bicycle night patrol, detailing about six men to follow district patrols. The move aims to break habitual routes thieves exploit, ensuring criminals have less opportunity to observe police rounds and escape detection.
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Taffe
Eaton Dispatch Reports John Rhea Drowns It Creekside
A dispatch from Eaton Ohio says John Rhea seventy seven a local businessman in Richmond Cincinnati and this city drowned himself in a creek near Eaton He left a note on the veranda of his son in law’s home telling where his body would be found The city directory does not list the name Rhea.
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Eaton
John Rhea
Richmond
Cincinnati
Rhea
Indiana State Soldiers' Home annual report details costs and demographics
The report to Governor Durbin shows maintenance cost for year ending Oct 31 at 856,231.42 with state reimbursement and per capita costs. It notes 64 members and 75 on waiting list, 27 men and 11 women deaths, 998 sick visits, 5,650 consultations, 9,600 prescriptions, and 148 operations. Attorney general figures. changes in board of trustees. old and new officers. finances and receipts from state auditor and pension funds. per capita costs and repairs.
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Indiana State Soldiers’ Home
Durbin
Foster
Murphy
Alexander N. Scott
Ladoga
Louis B. Fulweiler
Peru
John Levering
W. S. Haggard
United States
Indiana
Sudden Deaths Strikes Local Residents In City
Mrs. Sarah Hewitt, aged forty five, died of heart disease in her Indiana avenue room late Wednesday night with six to eight people present. Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Patterson, wife of William Patterson, will be held today at 1 30 PM. she had lived here since 1858 and belonged to Roberts Park Church, survived by husband two daughters and a son. Mrs. Maud D. Gibbs, eighty one, died Wednesday at George Baker’s 17 Addison street home from heart disease afterFeeling ill, she expired shortly after cup of ginger tea.
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Sarah Hewitt
Marquette Block
Indiana Avenue
Sarah Patterson
East Ohio Street
William Patterson
Hamilton County
Ohio
Roberts Park Church
Maud D. Gibbs
George Baker
Addison Street
Holiday Excursion to Havana Under Cincinnati Teachers
Holiday excursion departs Cincinnati 8 05 p m December 20 with a stop at en route sites. Tickets include sleeping car and hotel accommodations. For itinerary and rates contact CHAS W ZELL Division Passenger Agent Queen Crescent Route Fourth and Race streets Cincinnati O. Feed your horse January 5 Dustress Oats. Also advertisements for Langsenkamp Brass Works Leo Lando Optician Mrs Austin buckwheat and a diamond importer.
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Cincinnati
Chas. W. Zell
Queen & Crescent
Fourth End Race Streets
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Silversmiths
Jackson Blvd
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Maillard’s
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Friedgen
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California Fruits
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R. M. Mueller
En Pianos
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West Pearl ST
GORA
WM. H. Block CO
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Paris
Dhanwis & CO
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Willig’s Cash Furniture Store
Penn.st
Marcy
West
Marcy Sentice
Charlotte Russe
Nickumi
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