Doorbell tale tops hotel lobby chatter
In a Denison hotel lobby, Capt Harry H Sheets recalls a doorbell that defeated his father for state senate in Indianapolis long ago. Attorney General Taylor and colleagues listen as Sheets contrasts aristocratic image with a common man’s appeal in 1833 era campaigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Taylor
W. B. Burford
Harry H. Sheets
Fairfax County
Virginia
Denison
Taylor
Brookville
Indiana
Captain Sheets
Indianapolis
Father
Sheets
W. A Burtora
Streets Torn Up for Noblesville Interurban Road
R and Truitt, Noblesville Ledger publisher, visits to note the interurban electric road work in Noblesville. He says streets are torn up and work progresses fast, with operation expected in five to six months though merchants fear the holiday rush. He notes early opposition by local business leaders has shifted to acceptance, expecting net gains from connecting Noblesville with Indianapolis and drawing trade from smaller towns.
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R. &. Truitt
Noblesville Ledger
Noblesville
Indianapolis
Styles in Shoes Bring Massachusetts Connecticut Dealers
Shoe dealers visit Indianapolis on quarterly sales trips as 198 salesmen from Massachusetts and Connecticut arrive. Eleven attend Sunday and more registered at Granite, presenting spring and early summer samples. Shoewear favors patent calf and chef kid with large round toes dominating the upcoming season.
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Massachusetts
Connecticut
Indianapolis
Granite
Patent Calf
Chef Kid
Hotels Fill With Holiday Travellers in Indianapolis Scene
A night clerk notes many travelers flocking to Indianapolis around Christmas with visiting merchants and lawmakers in town. Architects F M Andrews and W F Behrens oversee finishing decorations at the new Claypool Hotel while Roscoe E Kirkman works on legislative organization. P J Freeman and W L Sontag also reside at the Hotel English as plans for the Legislature unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
F. M. Andrews
Evansville to Princeton Interurban Road Hears Ambition
Mr Sontag and another man visit the city on business connected with an inter urban railway project linking Evansville and Princeton. They show interest in the proposed line and discuss its prospects during their stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Sontag
Evansvile
Princeton
In Town on Business at Hotel English Visit
James S. Dodge and Perry Turner of Elkhart stayed yesterday at Hotel English while in town on business. Their visit carried no political significance and was of routine nature.
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English
James S. Dodge
Perry Turner
Elkhart
City
Indiana Board Accepts Revisions for School Texts
The Indiana State Board of Education moved to revise Cook-Cropsey arithmetics and other texts after hearings by committees on arithmetics readers geographies and copybooks. Publishers Silver Burdett Co agreed to revisions with board approval by Jan 1 184, and exchanges offered if revised books cannot be used with old editions.
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State Board of Education
American Book Company
Mills
Earlham College
W. W. Parsons
Eer
State Normal School
Wiliam Lowe Bryan
Indiana University
Frank W. Cooley
Evansville
Silver, Burdett Co
State Board of Schoolbook Commissioners
Met
J. N. Study
Fort Wayne
Frank L. Jones
G. W. Worley
Kosciusko County
Indiana
Calvin N. Kendall
Indianapolis
W. E. Stone
Purdue University
W. T. Stott
Franklin College
Tate
Parsons
Board of Education
Sident Stone
Jones
Coal Price Rise in City Firms Faces Shortage
Scarcity of coal for city manufacturers pushes up price of Brazil block by cents per ton. Mines charge a 3 percent premium in coal cars and a smaller premium in ordinary cars, with the current price around 4.50 per ton. Dealers report ongoing shortages and expect no near relief, predicting sustained high prices until shipping capacity improves.
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Brazil
First in the Sparkling Champagnes Cook's Imperial
An old advertorial touts Cook's Imperial Extra Dry as “first in the list” of champagnes, urging readers to try it and claim it will be first on their last. The tag line emphasizes prestige and priority in a period tone.
Salem suit scottish: Jennings damages verdict upheld
Attorney C C Hadley says no appeal or new trial likely in the David A. Jennings case against Salem residents. Jury awarded Jennings 10 damages on a $200 000 claim. Plaintiff's attorney W V Rooker has not filed to set aside Judge Baker's costs ruling, which splits costs $849.72 for the plaintiff and defendant each. The total costs reached $1 699.44 not including attorney fees.
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Baker
Rooker
Children Play In Court In Meyer Divorce Case
In Circuit Court Judge Allen presided as Louis H Meyer and Charlotte M Meyer request divorces. She accuses neglect and idle outings at the Empire Theater and harming their two children. He counters that she is a poor housekeeper, quarrelsome, and insults him. The two white headed boys played in the courtroom as the case continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis H. Meyer
Charlotte M. Meyer
Allen
Myer
Wreck Echo Leads To Personal Injury Suit
Bertha Young filed in circuit court seeking damages for injuries from a November 26 collision between a Garfield Park street car and a Belt Railway freight train at South East street. She claims permanent injuries, medical expenses, and alleges the street car conductor violated flagging rules while Union Railway Co ran the freight train at high speed against city speed ordinances.
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Garfield Park
Belt Railway
South East Street
Belt Railroad
Bertha Young
Union Railway Company
Pregee Dong
Marion Bond Company gains authority to sue and contract
The Supreme Court reversed a Marion Superior Court ruling to declare the Marion Bond Company a de facto corporation. It may sue and enter contracts, and its organization cannot be collaterally attacked in a case to collect street improvement bonds held by the company for the Mexican Coffee and Rubber Company. Suits had been filed to secure bond payments.
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Supreme Court
Marion Superior Court
Marion Bond Company
Indianapolis
Mexican Coffee and Rubber Company
McCook estate sues Yukon Gold Mining Company for accounting
Walter McCook as administrator for James McCook sues the Yukon Gold Mining Company in Federal Court claiming the estate held a half interest in nearby gold mines and that profits of at least forty five thousand dollars were not shared. In a second matter Harry Faulkner a hotel porter was tried for petit larceny with a trunk burglary tied to missing items. the case was advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter McCook
James Church McCook
Yukon Gold Mining Company
Indiana
James McCook
Yukon Company
Dawson City
McCook
Philadelphia
Harry Faulkner
Enterprise Hotel
Alford
Faulkner
Jury rules for defendants in Grossman v Meyer Buddenbaum case
In Superior Court Room 1 the jury awarded judgment for the defendants against Rosa Grossman, denying her damages. The case involved an injury from falling through a sidewalk grate at McCarty Street and Capitol Avenue, with claims against Meyer, Buddenbaum, and the city of Indianapolis. The optical garbled text also references Whiting’s street-rights through B. &.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Grossman
FP. J. Meyer
Harry Buddenbaum
City of
Indianapolis
Superior Court
Mrs. Grossman
Meyer
Buddenbaum
McCarty Street
Capitol Avenue
Tom and Clara exchange a playful accusation across the room
Tom claims he can read Clara's thoughts and she flatly doubts it. He adds a joke about distance, and she responds with disbelief, teasing that such a power would remove their separation. The exchange hints at a close, teasing relationship.
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Tom
Clara
Court affirms highway status in county expansion
The Appellate Court ruled yesterday that the County Commissioners laid out the highway and it remained a highway though not opened when the land joined the corporate limits of the city, affecting O. and C., R. and M Railroad interests.
Appellate Court Affirms Service on Gas and Oil Leases
The two branches of the Appellate Court ruled yesterday that Service may recover on gas and oil leases in the estate of Charles Doxey vs William A Service et al. Judge Henley did not participate due to cross-complainant interest. Separately, the Ohio Cultivator Company filed in Federal Court for an injunction against the Moline Plow Company to restrain use of a patent owned by the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Doxey
William A. Service
Service
W. J. Henley
Ohio Cultivator Company
Moline Plow Company
Verdict Against Nelson Wells in Street Railway Suit
A jury in Room 2 of Superior Court yesterday returned a verdict against Nelson Wells in his damages suit against the Indianapolis Street Railway Company.
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Nelson Wells
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Superior Court
Court updates in multiroom docket with verdicts and trials
Superior Court rooms list verdicts for defendants in Rosa Grossman v Meyers and Nelson Wells v Indianapolis Street Railway Company. Multiple cases proceed in Circuit and Criminal Courts with dismissals, continuations, and a few guilty findings. New suits include damages claims and divorce actions across Superior and Circuit courts.
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Superior Court
John L. McMaster
Rosa Grossman
Frederick Meyers
Adolf Schilecher Company
George Frenk
James M. Leathers
Nelson Wells
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Vinson Carter
Emma Bunauer
Indianapolis Streetrailway Company
John Sherrin
Philip L. Boegler
Oscar L. Pond
J. W. Noel
Henry Clay Allen
Woodruff Lewis
Harry Lawkin
Louie Athene Ingram
George Ingram
Louis H. Meyer
Charlotte Meyer
Fremont Alford
Charles Idler
Marion County
Harry Faulkner
Indiana appellate court summaries mix many cases
A long Indiana records excerpt outlines decisions across several appella te court matters involving corporations highway law sewer assessments and township funds. It notes that a voluntary association can become a de facto corporation for its purposes and that trusteeship in pleadings is a description. Multiple cases list affirmances and rulings on limitations, appropriation of funds, and procedural exhibit requirements.
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Marion Bond Amey
Mexican C. & R. Co
Arion
Dowling
Andrews
Huntington Co. C
Martin Et al
Frank van Buskirk
Lydia Stover
Madison C. C. Appellee
City of
Hammond
Lake
Henley
Burns
Board of Commissioners
Cs Railroad
Whiting
Daegling
Robinson
Inser
State
Steuben C. C
Su Seale
Legal Notices and Case Citations From Court Docket Summary
Digest lists multiple court actions and decisions across counties and districts. Notable items include Farmers Mutual Life Insurance Company vs Vetter with affirmance of a ruling on demurrers, Estate of Doxey vs Service reversed, and Golibart et al. vs Sullivan among others. Also appears are notices of briefs, amendments, and resignments in various cases and appeals.
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Ensley G. Andrews
Amy Ann Andrews
Huntington D. C
Superior Court
William L. Shinkard
Nancy Shilton
Greene C. C
United States Express Company
John E. Joyce
Gibson C. C. Appellant
Tillie Dugan
Grace M. Meyers
Marion C. C. Appellant
Matthews Glass Company
B. F. Bourke
Grant C. C. Appellant
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company
Hal H. Branham
Floyd C. C
James Carpester
Delaware
C. C. Appellees
Rief
Millie A. Wilkinson
Henry P. Verdermark
Whitley C. C
Appellee
Artist Sarena Hogan Exhibits At Home In Delaware Street
The exhibit showcases Miss Sarena Adline Hogan at 823 North Delaware Street with water colors china painting and burnt wood work. Her original burnt wood designs and oil colored fire screen attract attention. portraits landscapes and china ware demonstrate skilled realism. She plans studying and teaching in Chicago then New York for an indefinite period.
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Sarena Adline Hogan
North
Delaware Street
Miss Hogan
Chicago
New York
May Help Hero's Mother Remembered by Banks
Wesley Reynolds was killed defending bank property at the Westville Indiana Bank. Mrs Reynolds needs money and Charles L Farrell of Capital National Bank notified Indiana Bankers Association president Smith. Farrell and Westville Bank president Smith urged action. President O Hare will present the plan to directors in Greencastle for funds to support Mrs Reynolds.
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Wesley Reynolds
Westville
Ind
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Bankers’ Association
Greencastle
Association
O'Hare
Just as It Used to Be Poem Fragment
A nostalgic verse laments wishing to be a boy again and youth renewed. The speaker imagines returning to heroic deeds and fairy tale adventures with references to Palrylang Jack Beanstalk ogres and mermaids, while a child counters that nothing has changed. The text fades with garbled endings and stray names.
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Beanstalk
Jack
Boots
Lopeerick Mitchell Monrgs
Tews and
Cope
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P. J. Freeman
That City
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Price of
C. C. Hadley
Jennings
W. V. Rooker
The
Rogers Bros
Vonnegut Hardware Company
East Washington Street
the Court Record
Earl Steener
Advance Veneer and Lumber Company
Circonit
Ertha Young
Indianapolis Union Railway Company
Lee L. Shucraft
Lizzie Shucraft
Circuit Court
James E. Roberts
A. W. Hatch
Wm. Holton Dye
Robert M. Booker
Walter J. Hubbard
James H. Waddington
Mary L. Waddington
Foster Lumber Company
George Paullison
City Bond Company
Charles A. Bates
Farmers’ Mutual Life Insurance Company
Vetter
Marshall C. C
Black
P. J
Doxey Vs
Madison C. C
Wiley, J
Golibart
Hero
I. N. Love
New York City
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Marion Sims College of Medicine
St. Louis
American Medical Association
Aferica’ Mirror
P. B. Barringer
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
J. Allison Hodges
University College of Medicine
Jos. Holt
New Orleans
State Board of Health of
Louisiana
Buffalo Lithia Springs
Patton Bros
Lowney
America
Great Southwest
California
Santa Fe
California Limited
Europe
Geo. T. Gunnip
T & Santa Fe Railway
Walnut St
Cincinnati
the Starr Piano Co
Representative Piano House
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Coburn Coal CO
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