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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
4
Prospects for settling the dispute delaying the army post transfer look brighter as Maj. John T. French reports workable propositions to the War Department. Government decision and land purchase moves hinge on cemetery removal and site clearance at Union Cemetery, with three acres and about 1,000 bodies affected.
The Indianapolis Civic Improvement Association outlines its next steps at a Commercial Club meeting. Vice presidents were named from each city ward, with members including Dr Orlando Coffin, Russell Leeds, Louis Gibson, and others. Plans for articles of incorporation, by laws, and yearly aims were announced.
The Lady Maccabees of Capital City Hive No 88 celebrated their fifth anniversary at 216 North Meridian Street. Rooms were decorated in black red and white. The program featured harp music by Professor Marone, an address by Lady Commander Hinsley, a talk on the hive’s growth, recitations by Lady Quinn, music by Ladies Taylor and te, and a drill guard exemplary degree led by Lady Captain Gardner.
The Gas Consumers' League plans a meter based contract for Consumers' Gas Trust to sell natural gas by meter while also manufacturing gas to meet city demand. A commercial club meeting discussed a meter ordinance to equalize supply and rates. If natural Gas runs low, manufactured gas would supplement, with the aim of boosting revenue and funding an artificial gas plant.
Mrs Ruany Pangborn aged eighty nine died of old age at 1929 North Meridian street the home of her son George W Pangborn at 10 30 Wednesday morning She was born in Albany New York in 1815 and lived there about thirty years Her husband died about that time She later lived with her son who was then Santa Fe Railroad general agent in Buffalo She moved to Kansas City with him and later to this city with another son G W Pangborn with whom she has lived the past ten years Funeral from the residence today and will be private
The State Pardon Board, created by the Legislature, refused to spend 900 for clerk hire after meeting in a called session. The veteran board members offered to perform duties themselves to save state money and withheld transactions from publication. It hinted at possible pardons recommendations to the Governor.
E M Klemroth of Brunswick Georgia has been appointed to oversee construction of Indianapolis public buildings. He currently runs Brunswick building projects and will be transferred immediately. Architects Parker and Kellogg endorsed him as highly competent. He is in Washington and will depart today for Indianapolis.
Mary L. Sulgrove sues Tarquinia L. Voss for 15000 in damages alleging she is a tenant at 46 East South Street and fell in a dark passageway on September 3 after tripping over a valise, injuring muscles nerves and ligaments of her left leg.
County health officer Dr. McGaughey visited Norwood to assess a measles outbreak. He found little change, deemed dismissal unnecessary for now, and planned to vaccinate unprotected pupils upon his return. The epidemic appeared widespread but with few severe cases.
Apparatus for the Indianapolis Gas Company's candle power test was incomplete. The missing part was ordered from Philadelphia and should arrive by Monday, pushing the test to early next week after delays yesterday and today.
Judge Allen appointed William H. Leedy Fred K. Shepard and John J. Appel to form a board of appraisers to assess benefits and damages to property owners along the proposed Ron and Fallik Soulevards routes.
A $1 automobile prize from the Elks Mardi Gras raffle will be raced off Thursday. The winner will receive the car on Christmas day. A committee of newspaper men will run the raffle, with James I. Jones of the Indianapolis Street Railway Co. serving as judge. Methods of selecting the winner remain to be determined by the committee.
Mrs. Austin offers famous buckwheat batter for quick cakes. Instructions promise a ready result in moments, ideal for a speedy breakfast or snack.
Health officers closed a school last night with a banquet at the Claypool and a reception for George M. Sternberg former surgeon general. Governor Durbin was toastmaster and guests included Prof. F. G. Navy Dr. Frank Allport and Dr. Charles O Probst. Discussions covered protozoal diseases sleeping sickness and tuberculosis prevention.
M. 8. McHuron of Fort Wayne spoke with the decorating committee and W. T. Lockwood of Lafayette about decorating the Indiana building for the world’s fair. They discussed interior painting colors and aim to display as many Mucha paintings as possible, with submitted pieces sent to H. Lieber Company for framing and shipment to St. Louis. No local exhibition is planned.
Bids for the pesthouse in Cerealinetown will be received by the Board of Public Works this morning. The contract will be let immediately and construction will be pushed, marking another chapter in the detention hospital's checkered history.
Russell Brown, described as a negro, was arrested in the courtroom on an old larceny warrant sworn by Hancock, whose brother was being tried for stealing a dog. Both Brown and Hancock’s trial were continued until near Tuesday.
A State Charities Board bulletin praises the care at the Fort Wayne School for Feeble-minded Youth, noting ninety women in Harperlodge perform washing cleaning and sewing while maintaining the grounds. It cites costs from early records showing long term public support and argues for earlier state custody to prevent future costs and moral decline.
Judge Stubbs after a conference with Prosecutor Ruckelshans ordered that boys arrested for smoking be brought before the Criminal Court to reveal where they obtained their tobacco. The move aims to convict one sellers to minors and curb illicit sales. Also local ads: holiday excursion tickets, wines, and coal offerings from merchants Herman’s, Schuller’s Wine House, and Coburn Coal Co.
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