Board reversed order against Va Packing firm over river dumping
The Works Board, lacking authority, backed down from a plan to restrain Van Camp Packing Co from using White River behind its plant as a dumping site. City attorney Camp packing company New Linn D Hay advised reconsideration. He noted the deed grants rights to use the back yard, possible injunction needed, and potential flood damage if dumping continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn D. Hay
Board of Public Works
van Camp Packing Company
Megrew
van Camp Company
White River
West Indianapolis
White Citer
Hay
Indianapolis
WII Likely Secures Marion County Heat Plant Franchise
The Marion County Heating Company applied to the Board of Public Works for a twenty five year franchise to supply hot water steam and electricity. Attorney Charles N. Thompson led the filing with bonds proposed 190 and 26000 and a 5 percent gross receipts share. The company would charge up to 17 cents per square foot and guarantee access to books for the franchise term. Construction to begin within days of signing. The board discussed city ownership options and a possible purchase clause, with Thompson awaiting legal guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Hot Water Heating Company
Board of Public Works
Charles N. Thompson
Home Heating and Lighting Company
Aay
Brag Re Aes
Cerin
Thompson
Mayor’s Office Door Rule Sparks Protests in Indianapolis
Business leaders and city officers protest Mayor Bookwalter’s order closing the outer office at 3 PM, saying it hinders public access and matters of general interest. Eight South Side Citizens’ Club members met on Wright and Downey to discuss municipal issues, especially gas meters and track elevation, but took no action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Bookwalter
South Side
Citizens’ Club
Wright and Downey Streets
Roadway and walk upgrades blotched in Indianapolis petition list
A series of public works items include sidewalk and road resurfacing on Jackson Street Becker to Harris Avenue, and State Avenue from Washington to Michigan, with cement walks on McCarty Street. Vacations, lot plats, and two subdivision approvals accompany a building condemnation notice for East Washington Street properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Street
Becker Street
Harris Avenue
C. D
First Alley
Woodlawn Avenue
Shelby Street
State Avenue
A. F. Shover
August Witcher
Indianapolis
Marion County
State of Indiana
Homestead Riverside Park
Township 16
Marion
Indiana
Washington Street
Frank F. Rodgers
Ministers Resolutions On Charges Against Attorneys Brown And Porter
Methodist ministers met at Meridian street Church to review a report on charges brought by T P Kiser against attorney W T Brown and Allen B Porter. The committee found Kiser’s claim that the attorneys aided temperance remonstrances in the Fourth ward not entirely accurate and noted some denouncements overstepped their proper bounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian-street Church
W. T. Brown
Centralavenue Church
Allen B. Porter
Meridian Street Church
TP. Kiser
Kiser
Fourth Ward
Stev
Stev. Joahua Stansfield
Committee On
Circuit Court
Henry Clay Allen
Jesse Foltz
Jonathan Foltz
Foltz
Barker
Hitchcock
Harvey B. Fatout
George D. Hardin
George T. Roberson
Ione W. Selvage
Carrie V. McGregor
Charles
Henry Greening
John Ferguson
Charles E. Newlin
Luther T. Curd
Sarah
Curd
Louis J. Morgan
George W. Jackson
Replevin
Temperance Meeting Adopts Resolution After Discussion
Church leaders debated a temperance report amid praise for Mr. Kiser and concern ministers felt it was weak or critical. After speeches by Reverends Bacon Chamberlain Baker Roberts Reynolds and others the fens was adopted as the will of the meeting.
Mortgage Deduction Law Appears In Suit Against Auditor
A new chapter was added in the Marion county mortgage deduction case challenging exemption provisions. The trial court ruled the law invalid and refused to order deducting Lewis property from assessed value. The appeal argues the measure grants a tax exemption to a class, violating uniform taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Appellee
Benjamin Lewis
Judge Rules 1897 Law Applies Only to Mortgage Loans
Judge Leathers yesterday held that the 1897 chattel mortgage law requiring receipts for paid and due sums applies only to mortgages given to secure loans, not to mortgages securing notes for property purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leathers
Court Docket Highlights Damages and Divorces Across Courts
Multiple cases heard in Superior and Circuit Courts include Albert Clinger v Shaw Love for damages and Louise Tenner v Indianapolis Streetcar Company. Partition and sale orders issued in Foltz v Foltz. Foreclosure, dissolving trusts, and divorces noted with several dismissals and cost judgments. Criminal matters include assault, burglary, grand larceny pleas and a state prison sentence. New suits filed include Weertfall v Westfall and Holmes mechanics lien actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
John L. McMaster
Albert Clinger
Shaw Love
Vinson Carter
Louise Tenner
Indianapolis Streeter Company
Fremont Alford
Hattie Williams
Faulkner Stewart
Nelson Parrish
Noble Rockey
Indiana
William Dye
Oliver Weertfall
Iona Westfall
Circuit Court
Henry C. Prange
Erwin Eugene Holmes
August Wacker
Louise Wacker
Inquest and brief filings in Indiana court cases
A list of minutes and case notes detailing appellant and appellee filings across Indiana Circuit Courts including Marion, Wabash, Clark, Lake, Delaware and Fountain counties. Entries mention petitions for oral argument, additional authorities, waivers, and an injunction denial involving The Wabash Railroad and related parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rinkard
State of Indiana
Wabash C. C
Wabash R. R. Co
Per Curiam
Marquis L. Engleman
Wabash C. C. Appellee
Anna E. St. Clair
Henry M. Marquett
Delaware C. C
Michael Zehner
Indiana Bituminous Coal Company
Samuel Buffey
Fountain C. C. Appellee
Vicious Dogs Liability And Real Estate Broker Commission Rule
A dog attack creates liability for mischief or savage conduct regardless of owner’s intent. Real estate brokers earn commissions only if they procure a buyer able and willing to meet owner terms, or if terms acceptable to the owner exist. after authority ends, no commission on owner sale. Public Lands exemption notes a married crippled man in poverty context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Rep
Watson
Northwestern Rep
Minn
Mortgage Validity in Homestead Case and Fire Regulation Notes
A land claim proceeds with five years of residence and improvement, but the family never inhabits the site, mortgage validity is upheld while land remains nonexempt. Fire ordinance case infers no injunction where alteration proceeds after permit denial without demonstrable harm. Damages suit against an electric company for a pole fall is affirmed as not excessive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land Department
Joan
Northwestern Rep
North Dakota
Morgan
Northeastern
No. LJ
Exhibits at Lieber's Show Two Local Artists’ Works
Lieber gallery hosts a dual exhibit featuring Miss Emma B. King of Indianapolis presenting oil and pastel landscapes with atmospheric coastal scenes and Adirondack views, and Mrs. Alice Ross Hadley of Indianapolis displaying original china paintings including Keramic Studio acclaimed pieces and decorative bric-a-brac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieber Gallery
Alice Ross Hadley
Emma B. King
Miss King
Indianapolis
New York
Paris
Miss Eine
Adirondack Mountains
Canal
Fairview
Keramic Studio
Art Journal
Wagner Voice Delights Propylaeum Audience in Die Walkure Night
Karl Schneider baritone led a refined music evening at the Propylaeum with Wagner's Die Walkure selection and three Strauss songs. The program featured McGibeny and Mrs Smith, with McGibeny on violin and Mrs Deet Smith on piano accompaniment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Propylaeum
Wotan
Brunhslde
Richard Wagner
Karl Schneider
Wagner
Mr. Schneider
Brunhilde’s Rock
Schneider
Hugh McGibeny
Cecil Smith
E. McDowell
Mr. McGibeny
P. Tschalkowski
Broad Ripple Town Marshal Asked to Resign
The Town Board of Broad Ripple requests the resignation of Frank Shields, the town marshal, alleging failure to enforce the prohibition on slot machines found in drug stores, saloons, and restaurants throughout the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Ripple
Frank Shields
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab Lets Mentioned on Boxes
The prompt states the name must appear on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets, the celebrated Cold and Grip Cure, 3c. The wording emphasizes authenticity and branding across all packaging.
Farm and Garden Interests What the Farmer Should Do
Telling farmers to feed their own stock and grow all feed on the farm, Sotham argues that self-sufficient feeding increases profits and reduces risk. The piece extols finishing one steer and one hog per ten acres, stresses prudent scale, and warns against overexpansion. It also covers apple orchard protection and notes on poisonous plants and their erratic effects on animals and humans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. B. Sotham
Breeders’ Gazette
Louisiana
Texas Panhandle
Farm to Market: Waste Reduction and Early Soil Prep Tips
The article urges farmers to use manure promptly and plow early to cut costs and boost yields. It praises improved implements like the disc plow and weeders, stresses destroying weeds when they are young, and advises readying horses and equipment as spring begins to counter drought and delays. It also notes the apple crop downturn in 19 and the impact of rain, pollen loss, scab, bitter rot, and drought on New York New England and Western orchards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Brooklyn Eagle
New York
New England
Ilinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Department of Agriculture
Florida
The
Department
Colorado
Agricultural Swindle and Farm News in One Page
A New York Evening Post report details a nationwide hen lay scam selling red albumen as a miracle feed, later found to be largely nonfunctional ink and sand. It highlights how druggists and firms across cities were pulled into selling or debunking the fraud while urging farmers to rely on proven feeds and sensible farming practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
South
Middle States
West
Ohio
New York Agricultural Experiment Station
Geneva
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Charleston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Attorney Hay
Va Heating Company
Camp Packing Company—New
Marion County Company
WII
Ents
Board OF Works
Board
Board of Children's Guardians
Hoover
Elizabeth Crawford
Eleanor Hospital
Traction Company
Indianapolis & Western Traction Company
Plainfield
William Gardner
Fred J
Nancy Parish
Monroe Hubbard
Marcy A. Pence
Mary W. Martin
Priscilla Bailey
John Pierson
Dye
Alford
Kentucky
the Court Record
Higher Courts Record
Supreme Court
Appellate Court
Lieber's
China
Mrs. Hadley
Marshal
BE. W. Grove
Theodore Dreiser
Ainslee
Providence Journal
David Conover
Pittstown
J. E. Peabody
Pitcairn
N. Y
E. C. DeWitt &Co
DeWitt
Frank H. Carter
Henry J. Huder
E. W. Stucky
the Journal
Maude Adams
Maxine Elliott
Annie Russell
Julia Marlowe
Mary Mannering
Viola Allen
Indianapolis Journal
Reinhart Physicians
Stevenson Building
Capitol Medical Institute
Sentinel Printing Co
Torrne
M Market Si Street
Notick
St Louis Chop
Marton
Foururrounding
Artin Wadt
Meridan St
Willig’s Cash Furniture Store
Soule Agency
Lang
Steinway
Pearson
Tney
Sunday Journal
Queen & Crescent
Chek Manage
Faee'gkat
Comeimmari
Lilly & Stalnaker
E. Washington St
Cataiosus Ae Teas
Kenranan
Onsiah
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