Vital statistics and notices in Indianapolis area
A mixed page lists births at several addresses on Union Street, North 3 Legacy Street, Chadwick Street, South Pennsyl vania Street, West Vermont Street, Douglass Avenue, Peck Street, and West Arizona Street, noting numerous infant girls. Deaths are recorded for Deetia sixty three Olney Til Kem- Murray sixty three and others, with conditions including old age and consumption. Monument notices for A Diener and Crown Hill are shown, along with multiple funeral directors and admissions for services.
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Oliver and
Nellie Cars
Union Street
Alvin & and Isabelle Lockard
Legacy Street
Joseph and
Stella Angie
Chadwick Street
Anne Egerton
Pennsylvania Street
William and
Maria Norumel
Vermont
Fil and
Minnie Keen
Douglass Avenue
Charles and
Lulie Williams
Peck Street
Deetia
Olney
Til
Kem- Murray
Ney
Tienty J. Sibert
Arizona Street
Elsie Bodurtha
Alnetern
Hill Avenue
Laure
Journal Business Directory Listings and Church Notices
A dense page lists businesses from elevators and optical shops to stove and wall paper dealers, with addresses in Indianapolis. It also contains a long schedule of church services across multiple denominations, plus job ads, recruiting notices, and various wanted ads for harness makers, salesmen, and other workers.
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Columbus Carriage and Harness Company
Columbus
ANK
D. LA LA &O
Philadelphia
Army
United States
North
Illinois Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Scranton
Stevenson Building
Railroads See Stable Tariffs and Rising Equipment Needs
Big Four president M E Ingalls warns tariffs must stay fixed awaiting directors approval and pooling allowed. Joseph Ramsey Jr of the Wabash foresees higher revenue with steady tonnage, cites heavy gains in freight equipment and wage costs. News notes cover railway shop enlargements, telegraph schemes, and ongoing locomotive deliveries and reorganizations.
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M. E. Ingalls
Big Four
Control Of Normal Schools In Minnesota Court Decision
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the State Board of Control has full charge of normal schools. The Normal School Board had challenged the Board of Control’s authority to finance and direct state institutions under its supervision. The decision upholds the Board of Control law as constitutional and favors liberal construction of act titles.
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ST. Paul, Minne
Supreme Court
State Board of Control
Normal School Board
Board of Control
Northwest
Normal Board
Advertisers Convention Planned at Delmonico's New York
Arrangements are under way for a general advertisers convention to be held at Delmonico's New York on January 2 and 3. An interesting programme on key advertising topics has been prepared, with a large turnout anticipated from advertisers nationwide. A banquet is planned Wednesday evening with addresses by prominent publishers, and reduced railroad rates are expected to be secured.
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Joseph Ramsey, Jr
The
Wabash
New York
Joan
Delmonico
Wealthy Jersey county man dies in Jacksonville runaway
Henry Gil a prominent and wealthy citizen of Jersey county was instantly killed in Jacksonville Jan 3 when he leaped from a buggy during a runaway.
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Jacksonville
Itil
Henry Gil
Jersey County
Rail and railways shift near Indianapolis and nationwide
The report notes wage talks for engineers and firemen, an Indianapolis St Augustine sleeping car service starting Jan 7, and major equipment and management changes across rail networks. It highlights new superintendents, investment in yards and lines, and key executives like Cavanaugh, Storrs, Daniels, and Harriman shaping rail operations and policy.
Isthmian Canal Route Advocates Nicaragua Path
A letter to the Indianapolis Journal argues the Nicaragua route for an interoceanic canal is superior after extensive studies by U S commissions and political party support. It counters Panama advocates, addresses lock versus sea level claims, cites costs and engineering hurdles, and rebuts map and dam concerns while noting seismic and flood risks.
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Indianapolis Journal
Central America
United States
Nicaragua
Panama Canal Company
Transcontinetal
Panama
de Lesseps
Managua
Commission
Pacific Strito
San Juan River
Culebra
Bohlo
Chagres
Canals Across Routes See Feasibility Despite Earthquakes
S A Thompson of Richmond Ind argues that floods on Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua regulate the Panama route despite quake risks. He contends dams on both routes are feasible, urges railways to back Nicaragua canal bonds, and dismisses opposition as short sighted. He cites historical cathedrals and distant volcanic activity to minimize danger.
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Nicaragua
Managua
Bohio
Alta Juela
Chagres
Panama
Granada
Leon
Coseguina
Straits of Sunday
Nicaragua Canal
S. A. Thompson
Richmond, Ind
Indiana Jail Population Report Shows Over Twenty-Eight Thousand Inmates
Indiana boards report 28,014 inmates in 92 county jails for year ending Oct 31 1901. Of these 26,115 are men and 1,899 women with 15,922 serving sentences and 5,209 tramps. Vigo and Grant counties cited severe overcrowding and unsanitary conditions amid warnings against jails serving as tramp houses.
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Board of State Charities
Indiana
Butler
Marion County
Union County
Brown County
Franklin
Vigo County
Grant County
Madison County
Cass County
Vanderburg
Vigo
Grant
Madison Counties
Tippecanes County
Cass
Johnson
Lake
Decatur
Miami
Jay
Orange
Knox
Floyd
Warren
Owen
Wrence
Madison
Delaware
de Kalb
White
England
Butler's Second Term Opens at College
Butler began the second term of its forty seventh session with many returning students and a large influx of newcomers. Debates with Franklin Earlham and Miami are planned, fraternities prepare for activities including a new Phi Delta Theta hall on Central Avenue, and the Delta Tau Delta hosts a reception. The Collegian will be edited by the classes, and Professor Karslake faced a decorated seat incident after a holiday wedding.
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Butler
Franklin
Earlham
Miami
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Central Avenue
The
William C. Ela Promoted to Special Agent in Indiana
William C. Ela, formerly a rural free delivery inspector in Texas, has been promoted to special agent through Representative Overstreet. He will be stationed in Indiana and has long resided in Indianapolis where he is known for his work with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, where he served as secretary.
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Pennsylvania Company
Dennison
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Lima
Angus Sinclair
Locomotive Engineering
Automobile Magazine
W. W. Richardson
The
Pennsylvania
Toledo
St. Louis
Wabash
Toledo, St. Louis & Western
Harry Miller
Vandalia
Malott
Norton
Clover Leaf
Vanderbilts
New York
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Terre Haute
Otter Creek Junction
Union Pacific
A. M. Schoyer
S&s
J. C. McCullough
Cassatt
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania Lines
Chicago
Nother
National Railway Clerks’ Association
M. S. Conners
Hocking Valley Road
Hayes
Grand Trunk
Pullman Company
Missouri Pacific
Joseph Bratch
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
P. M. Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
J. J. Hanrahan
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
William C. Ela
Texas
Representative Overstreet
Indiana
Indianapolis
Mr. Ela
Ruling on Examination of Officers in Corporate Suits
Judge McMaster of the Superior Court ruled that in lawsuits against corporations officers cannot be examined against their will when the corporation is the named party. The State Bank of Chicago had sued Huntington Page, and the officers refused examination, a decision the judge sustained for this type of case.
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McMaster
Superior Court
State Bank of Chicago
Huntington-Page Company
Huntington and Page
Huntington & Page
Eli F. Ritter
Alien
Circuit Court
Schafer
Allen
Ritter
Evans Woollen
Lawsuit Seeks Return of Hemengray Glass Stock
In chambers Judge Baker of the United States Court hears argument in a case over 470 shares of Hemengray Glass Company stock from Muncie. Complainant Bradford Shinkle of Covington Kentucky sues Samuel Vickerey of Evansville and Russell B. Gibson of St. Louis to obtain possession of the stock.
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Baker
United States Court
Hemengray Glass Company
Muncie
Bradford Shinkle
Covington, Ky
Samuel Vickerey
Evansville
Russell B. Gibson
St. Louis
Nichols family probate appoints new estate administrators
Edwin Nichols appointed administrator of the estate of Benjamin O. Nichols and posted a $5,000 bond. Mary Unger appointed administratrix of the estate of Katherine Weissrod and posted a $1,000 bond.
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Edwin Nichols
Benjamin O. Nichols
Mary Unger
Katherine Weissrod
Court Record Summary of Civil and Criminal Trades
Superior and circuit courts record multiple cases including Roach vs Everett with a judgment of 37.6 plus costs, Allen court actions with ejectment and quiet title, estate and foreclosure matters, and criminal matters noting burglary and a fourteen-year-old offender. New suits include wills construction and mortgage foreclosures in Miami County and Allen County dockets.
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Superior Court
Vinson Carter
Addison L. Roach, Jr
Harmon J. Everett
George McClure
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Circuit Court
Henry Clay Allen
David Davis
Joseph H. Pattison
Amanda E. Albert
Edward C. Dickman
Otto Dickman
American Car and Foundry Company
The
Vimotum Company
Willard W. Hubbard
Louis Kotthoff
Fremont Alford
Earl Harris
Charles Tucker
George L. Sullivan
Sarah Catherine Waymire
Sarah J. Hackleman
George B. Harris
Railroadmen’s Building and Savings Association
Mary
Boldt
the Railroadmen’s Building and Savings Association
Charles A. Stalhart
Insurance Pasts and Trusts Highlight Historic Legal Opinions
A compilation of late 19th century cases covers insurance fraud when the insured withholds knowledge of prior destruction, the possibility of retrospective insurance for remote property like ships at sea, posthumous child rights in a trust, mortgage conversion of deeds, bail after conviction, and contempts involving bribing witnesses in Wyoming.
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N. Y
Gaynor
State Rep
Judge Jenks
Court of Equity
Southern Rep
Alabama
Tyson
Louisiana
Lanchard
Supreme Court of Wyoming
Fort Hamilton Seine Catch Report Returns No Gadgets
New York dispatch notes a brief, unclear fishing activity near Fort Hamilton with mentions of Moulins and Sohaa in the waters. no decisive catch details or outcomes are provided in the fragment.
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NEW_YORK
Fort Hamilton
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A. Diener
Washington Tet
Crown Hill
North Illinois Street Fries
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Tutewiler & Oe Undertakers
Market St. Tel
W. A. Greyer
Majestic
Gregory & Appel
Bath
Pewriter and Supplies CO
Rollyn Hawking
Virginia
Tistry
J. H. Bloor
Lemcke Building
S.F. Earhart
H. P. Wasson
Insurance
Banjeste Ag
Washington St
GW. McCurdy
Ces
GE Inpls Warehouse Co
E. Kurtz
H. A. Crossland
Mgr
Penn
Union Transfer
Ohio Street
Pacific Coast
Joseph Gardner
Kentucky Ave
Indianapolis Wrecking CO
Corneil
C. F. Sayles
D. W. Coffin
Ajestic
SPANN @ CO
Markencial—Kreat
E. Fifield
Majestic Building
Sherife
Marion Cir Court
Walter J. Hubbard
Henry C. Jordan
Tew County
Keystone Park
Sid de Ee
Eugene Savliy
Pas
Lyman Jones
Plaintiff
Shoerife
Marion Cirguit
Merion County
Juhn
Beesley
Jacob Leonard
Mark County
Jones
Saulcy
George K. Perrin
Tinion National Law and Loan Asseuistion
Kant Ohio Street
Intianapolis
Ome Pashey
Sorkhelders of the
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Waathie Street
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OpTician— House & Mathew
Practical Opticians
Monument Place English Hotel
E. T. Silvius & CO
Pennsylvania St
Thomas R. Bell
Ingalls Block
H. Lockwood
Lemeke Building
Stigmelr Ros
Bd Chop House
Et Wrac Ood
Stove RE
Peerless Foundry CO
Meek St
H. C. Stevens
N. Senate
Vere Blanchard
N . Delaware St
First Baptist Church
Thomas J. Villers
Christian
Central Christian Church
Delaware and
Walnut Streets
Allan B. Philputt
Christian Endeavor Society
Plymouth Congregational Church
Temple
Tenth Streets
H.C. Meserve
Park Avenue
B. Birge
Tissot
Christ
Methodist
C. F. Coffin
Meridian-Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Joshua Stansfield
C. E. Bacon
Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Church
North Alabama Street
Fifteenth Street
M. L. Haines
D. D
Society Christian Endeavor
Second Presbyterian Church
Canfield Jones
Erie
de Motte
Mayer Chapel
Catherine Streets
Samuel Sawyer
Edward P. Matthews
Tabernacle Church
Meridian
Eleventh Streets
J. Cumming Smith
Universalist
Central Universalist Church
New Jersey
Fifteenth Streets
Marion Crosley
Address Twentieth Century CO
Detroit
Mich
JAN Hong Low CO
W. Court
Elty
San Franciso
Enery
Harry Balden
Holmes
Lucas & CO
St. Louis, Mo
Ingalls and
Ramsey
President Ramsey
Northwestern
St. Augustine
Fla
Florida
J. R. Cavanaugh
Mr. Storrs
Lake Erie & Western
George L. Bradbury
Samuel Vauclain
Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Altoona
W. K Vanderbilt
W. H. Newman
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
George H. Daniels
New York Central
Mary Orner
Union Station
San Francisco
William Kingsbury
Kingsbury
Union Railway Company
California
Railway Age
J. K. Dillon
Col
Samuel Moody
Colonel Moody
W. C. Hazzard
Cincinnati
Louisville
Allen M. Nye
Peoria
Lafollette
C. C. Clark
Chattanooga
Central
G. H. Markham
Southern Pacific Company
Houston & Texas Central
Houston
Atlantic
Markham
Dudley Evans
Wells, Fargo & Co
E. H. Harriman
EB. H. Huntington
Southern Pacific
Express Company
Capital
Worth
Co. W. Kriel
John W. Fike
Fike
Jonas Weymire
Sullivan
the Court Record
Appellate Court
the Board of Commissioners of
Miami County
William E. Mowbray
Miami C. C
Cornelia Boseker
Executrix
Norman H. Chamberlain
Allen C. C. Appellants
Eliza Smith
Leonard Schmidt
Sabian
English
Hiowvard Kyle
Nathan Hale
She
Mats Sie
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Moady
Julia Marlowe
Saul Kester
Charles Major
Gertrude Haynes
James Byrnes
Charley Grapewin
Anna Chance and Co
Felix
Barry
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Guntay
E. Perehe
Oberammergau
Emeire
Ore Weels Orsia
Rush’s Victorias
Harry Morris
Sentinel
Maxine
Elliott
H. E. Hamilton
Pembroke Arcade
American Law Register
Court of Appeals of
Kentucky
Alex. A. Knapps Company
Dunkirk
Seters Cor Husker and Company
Calaine Thal
Money Coal Company
Oakland
William C. Pearce
William J. Jackson
Leonard Hanbaugh
Gibson County
George Hodge
International Y. M. Cc. A
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