Medal Belonging to Paul Gaul Reappears in Journal History
The Journal recalls a Napoleon era medal once owned by Paul Gaul of this city. It was one of five medals given by Napoleon to five Dravest officers. A Kansas City collector, R W Ehrecke, claims to own a rare medal after seeing a Los Angeles Herald article. He says his father received it in 1870 from a soldier in the Franco Prussian War and shared photographs to prove its authenticity.
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Journal
Paul Gaul
Napoleon
Gaul
R. W. Ehrecke
Kansas City
Los Angeles Herald
Ehrecke
Men Keep Open House for Leap Year Guests
A group of young men led by Chester Jones and Robert Wilson plan an open house on New Year’s Day at Floyd War North Illinois Street. In leap year, they will reverse the habit and receive their girlfriends at the residence, promising pleasant surprises and a festive visit from friends.
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Chester Jones
Robert Wilson
Fred Somers
Walter Hyatt
Roy Robertson
Will Dickson
George Jackson
Floyd
Primary Calls For Seventh District Delegates In Indiana
Floyd A Woods chairman of the Seventh district GOP issues a call for Jan 5 1904 primaries to choose 1 percent delegates to the district convention on Jan 12 at Indianapolis. Marion countywide ward and township totals assign delegates with Elliott also issuing a county plan and ward by ward counts.
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Floyd A. Woods
Charles N. Elliott
Woods
In Ana
Republican State Committee
Indiana
Republican County Central Committee
Marion County
Iwi
Marion County Republican Central Committee
Indianapolis
Repubican State Central Committee
Seventh Congressional District
Elliott
Ellicott
Criminal Court Room
Daniel E. Storms
Fifteenth
Center Township
Center
Lawrence
Washington
Pike
Warren
Franklin
Perry
Decatur
Wayne
Republican Central Committee of
Voting places named for county Democrats
W. W. Spencer, chairman of the Marion county Democratic central committee, announced the primaries and district convention venues to elect delegates to the state committee. Voting places span wards and townships with locations from Roosevelt avenue to New Augusta High, and the district convention set for the following afternoon at 2 o'clock in Masonic Hall.
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W. W. Spencer
Marion County Democratic Central Committee
State Committee
Masonic Hall
Indiana Avenue
New York Street
Ohio Street
Eighth Ward
Alabama Street
Little's
Fifteenth Ward
Haughville
Center Township
Washington Street
John A. Weber
Orchard Avenue
Lee Township
Washington Stree
Decatur
Valley Mills
Bethel Hig
Newethend
Spring Valley School
Broad Ripple
Wayne Township
Oxsterman Pike
Keach faction claims unfairness in Spencer bias at primary
The Democratic district chairmanship race between Taggart supporters led by Joseph Fanning and Keach's Wallace Maines heats up as primaries near. Charges fly over county machinery and primary board representation with W W Spencer backing Fanning, while Keach supporters decry bias and allege unfairness.
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Taggart
Joseph T. Fanning
Keach
Wallace M. Maines
Pike Township
of Keach
W. W. Spencer
Maines
James Leroy Keach
Spencer
Fanning
Probate order authorizes sale of estate assets
Probate Commissioner Walker approves Harold B. Taylor as administrator of the late R. B. F. Peirce estate to sell remaining assets including claims stocks letters patent and items for making electric airlights and engines at public auction for not less than two thirds of their appraised value 267.50 the sale to proceed upon a showing that the administrator cannot realize privately
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Walker
Harold B. Taylor
R. B. F. Peirce
Saj
Turpie recounts youth in Sketches of My Own Times
Former United States Senator David Turpie discusses pioneers and their values in his new book Sketches of My Own Times. He praises frank, plain speech and diligent work while noting the old spirit of American diplomacy and meaningful correspondence with foreign powers.
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United States
David Turpie
Turple
Webster
Hulseman
Seward
Louis Napoleon
France
Austria
James Wilson Absent On Bond After Denison Hotel Escape
James Wilson remains missing after an audacious escape attempt from Detectives Holtz and Bray via a third floor window ledge at the Denison Hotel. He failed to appear for a Police Court hearing and has not returned to Indianapolis, with police confident he will not come back. Wilson had been released on a 1000 dollar cash bond after his bond was reduced from 2500 on Christmas Eve. Attorney Newton Harding asserted Wilson would return for trial. The cases of Lillian Van Dusen and Fannie Hester, arrested with Wilson, were continued until Tuesday afternoon.
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James Wilson
Holtz and Bray
Denison
Indianapolis
Wilson
Whallen
Ruckelshaus
Newton Harding
Harding
Lillian van Dusen
Fannie Hester
Decree on injunction suit over Indianapolis Foundry strike
Judge Carter will hand down a ruling next Wednesday in the injunction suit brought by Indianapolis Foundry Company against the Lren Molders Union of North America and three local lodges. The plant strike led to assaults on some employees amid tensions, with past testimony and a prior order allowing two pickets near the foundry until a final decision. The unions suspended pickets as the case awaits the judge’s decision.
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Indianapolis Foundry Company
Lren Molders’ Union of North America
Carter
Bell Supposed to Have Left the City
Preston Bell the man who killed Abraham Welch during a drunken fight on Christmas morning on Willard street is still at large. Police say Bell, an ex convict недавно paroled from Michigan City State Prison, likely fled the city after the shooting. His photos have been distributed across the region. Several other men present in the Welch home, who were parolees, will be returned to Michigan City.
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Preston Bell
Abraham Welch
Sit Willard Street
Bell
Michigan City
Welch
Railroad branch of Y M C A work expands with seventeen new buildings
The international committee of the railroad branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association reports rapid growth in 1903. Seventeen new buildings completed, including a men’s street-railway facility and sixteen others, with total building valuation rising to 1,821,500 and memberships up by 12,176 to 62,318.
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International Committee
The
Young Men's Christian Association
Ontario
Stratford
G. I
Quebec
Montreal
G. T
Arkansas
Hoxie
Illinois
Beechwood
I. C
Urbana
Ee & St. L
Minnesota
Proctor, M. N
Indiana
Elkhart
St. L
Kaceventens L
Kansas
Topeka
Sy & F
New York
Brooklyn, Rapid Transit Company
Oswego
N. Y
Nebraska
Chadron
N. W
New Jersey
Secaucus
Ohio
Bellevue
Texas
Childress
F. W
D. C
Vermont
Island Pond
Peru
Ind
Parsons
Kan
Building Inspector Stanley Pushes Radical City Building Reforms
City Building Inspector Stanley argues for drastic changes in Indianapolis building laws and calls for an assistant inspector to oversee outlying districts. He cites the city’s area doubling over ten years from 15.68 to 29.14 square miles, and estimates the workload would require four hours of office work and twelve hours of outside inspection daily, impossible for one man.
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Stanley
Indianapolis
Car Jumps Track Injuring Passengers in City Streetcar
A street car at Illinois and Twenty fourth streets jumped the track yesterday morning, injuring several passengers not seriously and leaving one likely seriously hurt, Mrs. Louisa Bowersmith, taken home semiconscious. Motorman could not explain the mishap as witnesses claimed the car sped around the curve at high speed and collided with an iron post.
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Illinois
Twenty-fourth
Louisa Bowersmith
Emelie
Death of Dr Jerome Anderson eminent theosophist
News comes from San Francisco of the death of Dr Jerome Anderson a prominent theosophist long known in Indianapolis born and raised in Richmond where he practiced medicine for years. He led in the San Francisco Theosophical Society and Pacific coast branches authored Reincarnation and Karma and helped form the Universal Brotherhood at the Chicago convention. He later joined the Theosophical Society to establish a school in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Jerome Anderson
Indianapolis
The
Theosophical Society
Salesmen Hold Annual Meeting of Indiana Association
The Commercial Travelers' Association of Indiana held its annual meeting yesterday forenoon at the Claypool Hotel. Rev. M. L. Haines gave the opening prayer and Mayor Holtzman spoke briefly. Officers elected for the year include President John T. Gardner, vice president for Indianapolis D. J. Reagan, secretary and treasurer W. F. Henley, directors J. J. Hinman Jefferson Caylor P. J. Kelleher Edwin A. Wentz, with Charles Copeland chosen as director to replace Gardner who became president.
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Commercial Travelers’ Association of Indiana
Claypool
M. L. Haines
Holtzman
John T. Gardner
Indianapolis
D. J. Reagan
W. F. Henley
J. J. Hinman
Jefferson Caylor
P. J. Kelleher
Edwin A. Wentz
Charles Copeland
Mr. Gardner
Panama Treaty Ratification Chance Seen By Senator Fairbanks
Senator Fairbanks arrived in Indianapolis predicting ratification of the Panama treaty with Southern Democratic support likely. He cited possible debate delay but expected sufficient Democratic votes and wide Republican backing, plus plans for Fort Benjamin Harrison issues and Harrison Memorial statue talks with Treasury Secretary Shaw and Harrison Memorial Association.
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Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Panama Canal
Washington
Root
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Harrison Memorial Association
Federal Building
Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Harrison
New Year's Greeting Card Campaign by Indiana Trust Company
The Indiana Trust Company mailed 36,000 New Year cards to local schoolchildren. Five clerks spent a solid week addressing and stamping them. The cards showcase colorful art featuring major U.S. cities and Indian head designs, with no text beyond a greeting.
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Indiana Trust Company
Veterinary Surgeon Office Ad at 137 East Washington
W Craig veterinary surgeon advertises office and residence details with phone 1097. Reads as an absolutely visible typewriter entry and mentions an Underwood typewriter at 137 East Washington Street.
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W. Craig
Underwood
Washington St
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