North Capitol Avenue Cement Walk Petition Reopens Dispute
An old fight over cement sidewalks along North Capitol Avenue near New York Street to Tenth Street resurfaces as a petition to the Board of Public Works gathers signatures including Thomas A. Wynne and City Engineer James B. Frelsom. Previous efforts faced a large remonstrance and postponement over cost and necessity. The matter is expected to be presented to the board early in the week.
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Board of Public Works
North Capitol Avenue
New York Street
Tenth Street
Thomas A. Wynne
James B. Frelsom
Board of Works
Irvington Opposes Water Works Franchise Move Amid Annexation Talks
Sylvester Johnson and many Irvington residents challenge rumors of a proposed American Light and Water Company franchise. They argue the town cannot afford rentals due to debt limits and floating obligations, insisting annexation by Indianapolis is needed for improvements. The plan would create a six mile water tank system, 1,000,000 gallon daily capacity, with town stock in the company and annual rentals, increasing if a night plant is built.
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Irvington
American Light and Water Company
Indianapolis
American Water and Company
Residents Press Petition Over Present Street-Car Service
College avenue residents told the Board of Works the street-car service is a misery and endangers health. They asked the board to order better service. McGowan defended current operations while noting bad weather and slippery streets. The committee and council members heard the case and deferred action to allow potential service improvement.
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College Avenue
Board of Works
Mt McGowan
J. Wilson
Arthur Timberlake
Bookwalter
Negley, Cooper,eer
Wheeler
Washington Street Bridge Repair Begun on White River Bridge
Work to repair the weak Washington street bridge over the White river began yesterday. City Engineer Nelson says completion is expected within two weeks with new iron flooring and bracing. Estimated cost likely not less than 2,048 dollars. The sewer streets and alleys committee met to discuss an ordinance about Belle f street segment from Twenty first to Twenty third street to Ashland. few residents attended and a report was deferred pending resident input.
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Washington Street
White River
Nelson
Com- Boe
Council
Jaquelin S. Holliday
Bellef Street
Twenty-first
Twenty-third Street
Ashland
Indianapolis City Payments Highlight December Salaries
The city of Indianapolis paid city officers and staff a total of $4,559.23 yesterday. Most of the sum covered December salaries, with the remainder allocated to the quarterly salary, though the text is partly garbled and several details remain unclear.
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Indianapolis
Board of Works Routine Bids Received
The Board of Works reviewed local sewer bids along various streets. Bids from Loughlin, Roney, Sheehan, and others were rejected for exceeding estimates or failing to meet specifications. readvertisement ordered and investigations directed to the city civil engineer.
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Blackford Street
New York Street
New York
Gr Loughlin
Charles
H. C. Roney
Roney
Bren
E Loughlin
Kenwood Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
Kenwood Park
M. B. Loughlin
N. Cc. Hurt
William Bossert
Sanders Street
Edgewood Street
W. K. Cooper
Greer Street
McCarty Street
M. E
N. C
Final assessment and street vacation notes in Indianapolis
The city civil engineer reviews petitions for cement walks on Capitol avenue from New York street to Tenth street. Board approves Maria Hilfer subdivision plat in David Bty's addition. Final assessment roll approved for cement walks and curb on Holly avenue from Marion avenue to Oliver avenue.
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Maria Hilfer
Li Ose
David Bty
Indianapolis
Indiana
Holly Avenue
Marion Avenue
Oliver Avenue
Injunction Sought Over Smoke From Glue Plant
Arthur Jordan Company sues National Glue Company to stop smoke from factory stacks settling on Jordan's ice pond. Judge Leathers hears depositions from workers testing smoke. affidavits claim smoke rose high and did not affect the pond while cerealine works smoke did. Trial extends beyond day’s end.
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Arthur Jordan Company
National Glue Company
Leathers
Superior Court
Jordan Company
Other Heirs Protest Guardian for Baumgartner Estate
A probate petition filed by Harding and Hovey asks for a guardian to manage Elizabeth Baumgartner’s property. They claim after her husband’s death she holds an eighty acre farm and city property, with other farmland deeded to a son who controls the income, while she allegedly lacks life’s necessities and cannot manage funds.
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Harding & Hovey
Elizabeth Baumgartner
WANTED TO KEEP WIFE AWAY
Luther W. Curd sued for divorce from Sarah S. Curd claiming cruelty and injurious scalding during a kitchen quarrel. She threw hot water on his foot from a teakettle, prompting a restraining order request. Judge Allen refused to bar the wife from her own home.
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Luther W. Curd
Sarah S. Curd
Allen
Circuit Court
Curd
Ls Atlantic Reporter
Judge Page
William Ennen's judgment over Spinks sales schemes unfolds
Yesterday Justice Lockman awarded William G. Ennen five dollars against Alexander B. Spinks of the South Indianapolis Improvement Company for selling suburban lots. Ennen charged he was brought from Cincinnati to solicit buyers at fifteen dollars weekly plus expenses and was paid only one week’s salary. Justice Sheppard also ruled the county owes Christopher B. Herman thirty two dollars and fifty three cents for advertising services to the company.
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William G. Ennen
Alexander B. Spinks
South
City court widow wins damages in alley opening case
Mrs Dorothy Senstock won a suit against the city in Circuit Court on appeal from a Board of Works decision. The alley opened first south of Morris Street widened her driveway by five feet. Judge Allen awarded $75 after appraisers found benefits insufficient.
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Dorothy Senstock
Circuit Court
Board of Works
Frst
Morris Street
West Street
Senstock
Ft Circuit Court
Allen
Superior Court Docket: Union v Rechow and Dismissals
In Room 1 Judge John L McMaster presides over a trial by court for Indianapolis Manufacturing and Carpenters' Union versus Carl Rechow et al with a mechanic's lien. Damages sought in Louisa Garnett et al versus Samaria Hammons et al. plaintiff dismisses. Judgment entered for costs. William Bell versus Della Bell ends in divorce.
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Superior Court
John L. McMaster
Indianapolis Manufacturing and Carpenters’ Union
Carl Rechow
Louisa Garnett
Samaria Hammons
William Bell
Della Bell
Court actions dismissals and damages across courts
Dismissed for want of prosecution at plaintiff's cost. Contempt in Tillie Von Burg v Barney Von Burg with five days jail. Arthur Jordan Co v National Bee Co damages. Dismissed with costs in Empire Worsted Mills v William H Block Co. Quiet title suit John W Vandiver et al v Carter. Divorce decree in Cora Hall v Hall with plaintiff restored as Cora Derbyshire. Various other suits filed or heard in Circuit and Superior Courts including tax sale set-aside, damages, liens, mortgage foreclosures, and quiet title actions.
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James M. Leathers
Tillie von Burg
Barney von Burg
Arthur Jordan Company
National Bee Company
Call
Vinson Carter
Empire Worsted Mills
William H. Block Company
John W. Vandiver
Charles W. Carter
Circuit Court
Henry Clay Allen
Cora Hall
Wiliam
Hall
Cora Derbyshire
Cora A. Stack
Stephen BE
Perkins
Mary Nichols
Betty Lions
Ution
William C. Smith
Ida G. Smith
Marion Smith
Carroll E. Teeguarden
Lilly P. Teeguarden
the City Bond Company
Mary Healey
Superior Court
Plymouth Savings and Loan Association
Jerome H. Scott
The
City Bond Company
Ellis J. Willits
Improvement
Bell Johnson
Edna Nelson
Ida Anderson Porterfield
Margaret Larwill
James West
Emma V. Brown
Brice
Brown
George W. Stout
Higher Courts' Record and Appellate Briefs Summary
A historical listing of appellate cases across several county courts including Hamilton Boone Marion St. Joseph and Steuben C C. records mention appellee briefs petitions and notices for rehearing assignments of errors and separate error assignments. Names include James M Bolton William Clark Marcellus Alexander Dunstan Spaulding Ella Webb William Rhodes Elijah Peterson Union Trust Co Lilla Green Aaron Cosand Aaron Seabrooke Anthony Zooker.
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James M Bolton
William Clark
Parke C.C. Bond
Flora J. Gipe
Admr
Hamilton C. C. Appellee
Marcellus Alexander
Dunstan M. Spaulding
Wells C. C. Appellant
Ella A. Webb
William A. Rhodes
Marion S. C. Appellee
Elija J. Peterson
the Union Trust Co
Adams C. C
Union Trust Company
Charles 8. Peckham
Lilla A. Green
Cass C. C
Irvin E. E. Thom
Aaron Cosand
Boone
New Cares
Edward BE. Paxson
Edwin R. Dean
St. Joseph C. C
Appellee
John Calthout
Aaron M. Seabrooke
Jackson
Unskilled landlord repairs liable for tenant damage
A landlord who undertakes repairs at a tenant request without a repair stipulation, and does so poorly, becomes liable for the tenant’s losses from the ineffective work. Each damage may be counterclaimed against past due rents. The case cites Kansas and New Jersey, with related notes on habitual intoxication, innkeeper liability, adultery condonation, confessions, and a murder arrest without warrant.
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Pacific Reporter
Kansas
Greene
Governor Durbin Eyes Statehouse Heating Plant Plan
Governor Durbin may urge the next Legislature to authorize a plant supplying heat water light and power for the Statehouse and soldiers’ monument. Officials say it could pay for itself in a few years by saving fuel and other costs as gas is short this winter. Estimated cost exceeds 100000, with site options near the Friendly Inn or a trade for land nearer the Statehouse.
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Durbin
Soldiers’ Monument
Friendly Inn
Statehouse
Siege of Vicksburg markers eyed by lawmakers
Capt William Rigby of Vicksburg Miss and members of the Vicksburg National Park commission met in Indianapolis with General McGinnis and other veterans of the Vicksburg siege to locate their regiments. The next Legislature will be asked to appropriate funds to place markers on the Vicksburg battlefield as has been done at other sites.
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William Rigby
Vicksburg
Miss
Vicksburg National Park Commission
Indianapolis
McGinnis
Vicks- Bure
Cackscnie
Shi
Posey County
Indiana
Brosnan Dry Goods Rewards Clerks With Christmas Bonus
The Brosnan Dry Goods Company will award clerks 1 percent of their six day sales before Christmas. The bonus is meant as an extra Christmas gift, providing each clerk with a handsome sum for holiday work.
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the Brosnan Dry Goods Company
Laxative Bromo Quinine advertises E A Grove box label
An old advertisement states that the name E. W. Grove must appear on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, described as the celebrated Cold and Grip Cure. The imprint underscores brand authenticity and consumer trust in the product.
Balancing the Ration for Farm Livestock
A Philadelphia Record column urges balanced feeding for livestock, noting corn’s lime and phosphate deficit. It champions mixing foods, including clover hay, bran, middlings, skim milk, and roots, to boost bone, flesh, and milk production, with practical hen and horse feeding tips.
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Philadelphia
Sober grows vast chestnut grove in Pennsylvania
Coleman K Sober of Union County Penn owns the United States largest chestnut grove, 205 acres with over 100000 trees. He plans grafting Paragon chestnuts to yield thousands in years, harvesting 30 bushels this fall valued at 7 dollars a bushel and forecast 15000 dollars next year from land worth little for farming.
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Philadelphia Press
Coleman K. Sober
Union County
Pennsylvania
United States
Sober
Lewisburg
Commonwealth
Irish Valley
Shamokin
Paragon
Wholesome milk and soil care for productive farming
Damaged or moldy food is costly and taints milk, so choose pure wholesome milk from wholesome foods and water. Good drainage warms soil for early spring work, while careful nursery stock inspection and fumigation prevent disease. Mulch protects strawberries and roots improve yields with potash and phosphates. Roots supplement corn for cattle, aiding growth and efficiency.
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England
Christmas Entertainment at St John's Girls and Boys Schools
The St John s Girls Academy and Boys School held a Christmas program in Masonic Hall with decorated stage boxes of fruits and nuts and a bricklike candy mantel. A mandolin solo, poems, quartets and choirs followed, ending with Luke Noon as Santa handing out about 400 gifts to children.
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St. John’s Girls' Academy
Masonic Hall
Emmet Kelleher
Thomas Lenihan
John O'Donnell
Frank O'Leary
Martin Moran
Samuel Rule
Dolly Gray
Gloria
Luke Noon
Santa Claus
John’s Academy
Jap Rose Soap James S. Kirk & Company
Jap Rose Soap is associated with James S. Kirk and Company in a brief notice likely advertising or branding details from a historical newspaper segment. The read text centers on the product and the company name without additional context or events.
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Lady Bountiful
Twenty-first Street
Hovey Street
Hillside Avenue
Picken Street
Ralston Avenue
Bett Railroad
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Capitol Avenue
Barney Vonburg
Vonburg
Sam Shank
Shank
Judge Allen
W. I. Earhart
Henry Severin & Co
Earhart
Stout
Severin
Severin & Co
Hulda Dietrich
Rufus M. Dietrich
William A. Altland
Hiram Altand
Schuyler A. Haas
Thomas J. O'Brien
Sheffield H. Wright
Nettle B. Sharp
the Court Record
Supreme Court
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Atlantic Reporter
N. J
Judge Fort
Southeastern Reporter
Southeastern
Georgia
Judge Simmons
E. W. Grove
E. E. Rexford
Niagara County Farmers’ Club
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N. Y
J. E. Rice
Christmas Entertainment
St. John’s Girls
Annie Russell
Julia Marlowe
Mary Mannering
Viola Allen
Indianapolis Journal
Jap Rose
James S. Kirk & Company
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Chicago
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Frank H. Carter
Henry J. Huder
E. W. Stucky
Julius Wohlfeld
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